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The Springdale news., 1918-06-28
OAK GROVE.


Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Casey,
June %, son.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Roark June %, daughter.
We are needing rain very much now
as the harvesting is over
Arley Smith went to Bentonville
Sunday to report for duty for the
army.
The huckleberry crop is good this
year and they are bringing good
price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rec Holland and son,
Elisha went to Bentonville shopping
Saturday.
Mrs Bud Haney who has been sick
the past three weeks is not much i'm
proved at this writing.
Mrs. B. T. Whitezell is On thi sick
list. Her sister. Mrs. Maggie Der
rick is staying with her.
Mrs Uston Morris of Rocky Com
fort spent the latter part of the week
here with friends and relatives.
Mack Edwards is at home from
| Fayetteville where he had been taking
electric treatment for rheumatism.
Some from here attended the ice
cream supper at Healing Springs Sat
urday night, which was for the Jun
| ior Red Cross.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28
[3iEtjils{3al:f62S[ Tablets
MOUNTAIN HOME.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. V. Sherrod are bet
ter again.
Erton Vaughn spent Sunday with
Clarence Savage.
Jack Cloer and Sam Gayer left for
Camp Pike Monday.
T. H. Mayes is helping Mr.. Savage
with his hay this week
Jim Cloer gave the young folks a
party last Saturday night.
John Hilton's neice from Indiana is
spending the week with relatives.
Uncle Tom Johnson of Pilgrim Rest
is seriously i'll with Bright's Disease.
Dan Mayes of Wagner, Oklahoma,
spent few days with his mother last
week.
Aunt Vena Mayes has been sick this
last week, but she is better at this
writing.
Willie Overton of Springdale is WIS.,
ting his grandma, Mrs. Overton of
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Neil attended
the ice cream supper at Sonora Satur-
day night.
T. II. Mayes and his two daughters
Alva and Naomi went to Springdale
last week.
T. H. Mayes is getting quite a LOT
of trade since he has bought his
fathers store.
William Jennings Bryant of Hab-
berton is getting acquainted in this
locality Of late.
Misses Julie and Madge johnson Of
Jaybird, spent Saturday night anc
Sunday with Jewel Cloer.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Hardin of Nc
Alister, Oklahoma, are visiting at w
r. Mayes', and other relatives this
week.
Severe heat has damaged garden.
and crops in this locality considerable
S. j. Mayes recently visited rela
tives at Pilgrim Rest.
Mass meeting at Mt. Home june
% to PURCHASE War Savings Stamps.
Calvin Savage is taking care o.
q nice lot of hay this week
While unloading a hay rake Mrs
May Mayes was injured by a rake
tooth becoming caught and slipping
off, striking her near the eye, pene
trating under the skin to near the ear
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28


There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years it
was supposed to be TIC lrable. Doctors
prescribed local remedies, and by c, n
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment pronounced it incurable. Ca
tarrh is local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. j. Cheney e. Co., To-
ledo, Ohio, is a Constitutional rene
dy. is taken internally and acts - ri
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of
the System. One Hundred Dollars
reward is offered for any case that
Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold ny Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for eonstitpa-
ton.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28
Greatly Benefited by Chamberlain
Tinimenf

II have used Chamberlain's Lini.
ment for sprains, bruises and rheun.at-
ic pains, and the great benefit ] have
received justifies my recommending
it in the highest TERMS writes Mrs
Florence Slife, Wabash, Ind. If you
are troubled with rheumatic pains Vor
will certainly be pleased with The
prompt relief which Chamberlain
liniment affords. Obtainable ov-
erywhere.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28
Restored to Good Health.

Il was sick for four years with
stomach trouble" writes Mrs. otto
Cans. GAINESVILLE, Ohio. Il lost weight
and felt so weak that ! almost gave
up hope of being cured A frienl told
me about Chamberlain Tablets, and
since US. two bottles o. them !
have been a we'll woman" Obtainable
everywhere.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

For Indigestion, Constipation w
BiliOusness
Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-roS
WITH pEpSN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public by Paris Med
cine Co, manufacturers of Laxative Bromo
Ouinine and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

A bilious, half sick feeling, loss of
energy and constipated bowels can be
relieved with surprising promptness
by using HERBINE. The first dose
brings improvement, few doses puts
the system in fine, vigorous condition
Price SOC. Sold by J. R. Joyce Drug
Co.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Children that are affected by worms
are pale and siekiy and liable to con-
tract some fatal disease WHITES
CREAM VERMIFUGE expels worms
promptly and puts the child on the
road to health Price 25c per bottle
Sold by ]. R. Joyce Drug CO.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

A regular morning operation Of the
bowels puts you in fine shape for the
days work If you miss it you feel
uncomfortable and cannot put vim in
to your movements. For all bowel
irregularities HERBINE is the rem
edy. Price SOC. Sold by j. r.
Joyce Drug Co.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

For any itchiness of the skin, for
skin rashes, chap, pimples, etc, try
Doan's Ointment. Coo az all drug
stores.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Men are inclined to boast, yet ac-
cording to statistics three out of four
are buried at somebody else's expense.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Considering what most people are
willing TO do for money it's a wonder
more people are not millionaires.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Very few people trouble themselves
to generate enthusiasm for things in
which they have no interest
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

1t is easier to believe that you have
good taste than it is to convince 9TH
erS
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

You can't offend a homely woman
by telling her she is pretty.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

How easy it is to tell others it
no use to worry.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Because OF its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA.
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinne and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature Of z. W. GROVE SOC.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Better a close mouthed frierd than
a closed listed enemy.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Pleasures we anticipate seldom
come up to the specifications.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Domestic economy is taught in the
school of matrimony.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to
20 through the depressing heat of summer by tax
ing GROVES TASTEL ESS chill TONIC. 1t purifes
and enrches the blood and builds up the whole sys-
tenn You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invieor-
atins Effect. Co.,
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Keep both eyes on an enemy who
wants to do you favor.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

Silence may be golden, or It may in
dictate guilt.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

4 It happened it's in The News.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-28

If it happened it's in The News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. G., DECEMBER 90 1918

solved; every ono of these victims
hhd been struck with Il weapon cut in
the shape of the character for ham.
boo! Truly had the Venerable GRAND
one blessed him on his departure
thy way!
The. following afternoon n native
ira elcr, with beard and cue of gray,
nailed wheelbarrow coolic plying
Iti ..''e on N" I.o of the Bubbllng
Well and asked him:
"knowest thou the way to the Tenn
pie OF The Bamboo Idol?"
AYE, father, l know it WELL Take
thy seat upon my barrow and for
thirty coins of brass l take thee safe
ly there"
"Fellow, I give thee twenty"
"'Tis we'll, my daily rice bowl is
not yet filled; take thy seat upon the
barrow and begrudge me not the
10 mo ey ut tho close"
The traveller descended at the gate
way Of the temple and for few cop
pers induced the unSuspecting priest
to unlock the shrine. He bowed rever-
entity before the idol and. noticing he
missing fingers, asked how it came
about. The old priest hesitated, but
finally, as tribute to his age and
of the riot and the curse of the Queen
of Hades and the Hairy Turtle pro-
ncunced upon the villain from Ming
Po. They sat down together and
drank their tea and smoked the pipe
of hospitality. The guest finally in
quired, as he rose to leave: And did
they find the Ming Pc man and wreak
the r..I.e pom hIn?'
mo, they never found the man, but
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suit to their protectress-and fearing
il they did not do 50, that she would
he vengeance upon them and
their families. had hired three low
fellows of the yamenrunner order to
disguise themselves as Ming Pc visit
ors and obtain admittance to the
meeting of the Ming Po guild. which
the house boys were innoccntly at
tending They armed themselves
with the temple clubs, carved with
the symbol for bamboo. and sudden
ly turning down the lights, struck at
every member of the guild within
their reach. shrieking as they did so:
THE curse of the Bamboo Idol and
the Hairy Turtle" And then they es-
capped into the darkness.
nut WA. u.u.. tney seize them
there and then? Do you mean to tell
me that twenty-five or thirty men
would allow themselves to be thus
held up by three?"
Not ordinarily. of course, but you
see In this case the suddenness Of 1t
alyzed them"
well, why didn't they report 1t to
heir masters and to the police? Why
all this air OF mystery about 1t and
this lying out OF it? Were they
ashamed OF it,"
Partly so: but. you see. this was a
matter Of the guild and one of the
first principles of Chinese guild is.
Keep out of the clutches of the law
and no wants to be the one to involve
the others in trou e. The moment
they heard the woi1s Curse of the
Hairy Turtle whic'. always strikes
terror to the native heart, they knew
that some Ming Pc man had desc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

Boston to Baltimore IL 274 miles.
and from New York to Balti-
more $50 miles. The saving of the
water distance between PhiiadelphIa
means economizing the cost Of trans
portation in all kinds Of products,
and also an enormous increase in
safety by the cutting off of danger
Gus parts of the sea.
*
X
As tn tho danears Tho rou+a
around cape Cod has been RESPONSE
BILE for a vast number of wrecks. 1t
enables the ships to avoid one of thu
nnost donaorous 49,, - 49, aoaa.
mus ua"e eious parts Oh the coast
including shoals. fogs and frequent
storms. According to official records
IN the tWenty-three years beginning
with 1879. ther' were GIT wrecks
or near Cape Cod. involving loss Of
over loo lives ana property valued
at over Slo.oVO,ooo. the disasters
alols lhe Atlantac seaDoard dor the
uecaae eIuins !yus were o,too' ana
. en noo iusut.eu ~ tIe Ioss .: more .i'ai
2,0oo i1ves. me obstruction OF YES,
SEES anu cargo curing tna Az p per
~ me .ake me NE cahaas In ue. III
anu sho" VIVA. me government e. pro
poses 70 40. we snall start at cape
Cou IL you WIN iook at the map OF
NeW england vow Will see that me
Cape Sod Penlnsuia IS OF tne shape
81 sickle joined to the body OF
Massaehuss'ts, ana that II runs
BAY or cape COO. inc peninsula Is
about sixty-nve miles IN leng.h' ana,
Wnere IL JOINS Inc mainland cape
Cod bay and Bnzzards pay are only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

some of the guild OF Foo Chow men.
hear in private, redeemed the honor
OF the Bamboo Goddess and gave the
Ming 20 guild the sign of the Sacr, d
tree by. beating them with the temple
STATS"
!, pector Gubbins looked ut his watch
"Morchcad," he said to the waiting
assistant, its past 10 o'clock now
and Wang Foo was due this morn
ing" Scarcely had he uttered the
words when the office coolie brought
in the card of the expected visitor He
was most cordially greeted, welcomed
to a seat and, after the door was
carefully locked. the interview began:
well, Mr.. Wang, we hope you have
brought us cheering news"
Il bring you news, sir, most GER
tainly. but whether it is exactly
cheering or not will remain for you
to say"
The Chinese detective then pro-
ceeded to unfold his tale. 1t was SIM
ply the old story, somewhat compli-
led, of an inteAprovincal fight. in
which S. perstition and religious fear
had PLACED a prominent part. The
man frofs Ming Pc who had hurled
the stone at the bamboo idol, was in
state of tntoXica ion, and had been
taken by h.J barrow to the Foo Chow
I,lgple i,stcad OF to his own. Not
realizing At all what he did. or what
the consequences would be. he had in
his drunken rage, assaulted the idol
of the rival clan. He had escaped and
had probably. on returning to his
sense, tled to parts unknown. Some
members of Foo Chow guild, having
pledged themselves to avenge the in
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men This was clinched by the fact
that the Office staff and the orse-
boys We're from Canton and the
coolies natives of Shanghai and not
one OF them had been touched. 1t vas
an attack upon the Ming Po clan
aiohe. AS regards the second point,
sui, lhlhg must have occurred to
cause q rival clan to make the as
Thii,' out now, or when, or why?
LIE Lis WAS the puzzle. Wang Foo re-
U ."rh tne words in the great clo ssic:
The prncely man sta DIS by his kins-
men and he knew that it must have
oeeh carefully planned and con-
cetted action. They ere all in it
anu they were In it together.
nut the star, the wounds in the
shape or the star that Morehead had
1escrlbed the star with one point
longer than the others, what of that?
he lighted his little cloissonne pipe
ana leaned back in his wicker chair
repeating these words over to him
sell; "A star with three points, a star
win three points; one point longer
tnan the others-longer than the
oeners. HIS eyes rested upon the
celAng, where hung the tablet with
the household motto:
The Perfect Rest of the Ramhoo
Heavens" "oo
Why did he start up so suddenly?
why did he jump to his feet with a
sudden Inspiration? Why? Because
right above him shone the golden
outline of the ree-pointed star of
MS search, the ancient Chinese SYM
Dol for bamboo. Yes! There it. was.
with one point oblique, one horizon
tai. and one vertical, longer than the
others! The mystery SO far was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

by water to the New England ports
north Of Cape Cod. This coal goes to
some of our most thickly populated
manufacturing districts, including
wooden and cotton mills. boot and
shoe factories munitions plants and
electric works. The states affected
by 1t produced in 1914 one-half of the
boots and shoes. three-eighths of the
cotton goods and one-fourth OF the
wooden and wash goods of the coun-
try;
submarines for at least 40 miles 1t
will. in the opinion of Admiral Ches-
ter, be almost as valuable as the Kel
canal, which was built by the Ger
mans at a cost of S10O.0OO.0Oo. That
canal does not reduce the distance
between the base Of the German fleet
in the Baltic and the North sea by
much more than is gained by the
Cape Cod canal. between Newport
and Boston.
Maj. Gen. Wood wants the canal
wide enough and deep enough for
our largest battl ships. and says the
whole water ay should admit the
passage of submarines from Balti
more to Boston.
The Cape Cod canal project is one
of the oldest of the United States.
The line Of the waterway vas a
petty trade route in the days Of Miles
Standish. Three years after the Pill
grims landed on Plymouth Rock he
went up the little stream that flow, d
into Cape Cod at this point and
crossed over Ruzzards bay to get
provisions from the Dutch ships that
came there. AS time went on there
was talk of canal for the trade be-
tw' Ell the Dutch Of Manhattan Island
and the Pnrftans of Massachusetts
bay, and just about 100 years before
Washington died the court of Massa-
chusetts investigated the subject.
about the time Of the declaration of
our ind pende~ce. and it has been
discussed at intervals from then until
1899. when a charter was granted to
the company that dug the canal
which the government is now OPP
Grating
The project for canal across New
Jersey is also old. II was talked OF
at the beginning Of the last century
and the De'a are aud "aritan canal
was begun and to 81 large e"tent built
during the nresideNcy of A"dre~
Jackson. This c"nal connecss New
York and Philadelphia. 1t runs by
the way Of Paritan hay to the Della
ware river at Bordentown, passing
through New Brunswick. Bound
Brook and Trenton. l. Is less than
forty-four mi'es long and It has a
working depth Of only about seven
feet The canal was opened in 1924
has been used by tn" Pennsylvania
railroad at a rental of about $4,000 900
a year. The railroad administration
has taken charge Of II and 10 to
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Grated an Idol somewhere, and tAe
words, Curse OF the Queen OF Hades,'
identihed 1t at once with the Temple
Of the Foo Chow guild So they at
once agreed to keep Il absolutely Sc.
crct"
But how will it be settled up be.
tween themc"
"Oh, that will be all adjusted in a
Few days by mutual feast at some
tcahouse, and. justice having been
done, and face saved. as they say,
they will smoke the pipe of peace and
drink the wine Of harmony, and all
will go on merrily again. To restore
mutual harmony in the words of the
master, Is the great virtue of human life."
Just one question more, Mr.. Wang.
that puzzles me: how did those chaps
in the temple know that the assailant
of the goddess was Ming Pc man2
Was 1t his clothes?"
"Oh. no. not necessarily; they knew
IT at once from his accent-you see
the dialect is quite different there
from here or from Foo Chow"
what are we in the department to
do about 1t. then?"
There Is absolutely nothing that
you can do about 1t, gentlemen. and,
in the words Of your own western
wisdom. I advise you to let well
enough alone. The guilds and clans
prefer to settle their own affairs un-
der their own roofs"
"Or" interrupted Morehead. AS we
say at home, don't interfere in fam-
lily squabble."
Eyes. that's It," replied the man Of
mystery.
Copyright. 1918, by Mcclure syndicate.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

peninsula of Denmark. A ship canal
through these fourteen miles would
be worth a whole fleet to the United
States IL we were besieged
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal
has been operated independent Of the
railroads. A large part of it's traffic
Is anthracite coal. which goes from
the Delaware river to Washington,
which comes from the Chesapeake
bay and the south through here on its
way north. The engineers Of the War
Department estimate that a free canal
will have several million tons OF
freight per annum This canal Is TOR
sale, and about twelve years ago q
commission headed by Gen. Felix Ag-
nus made a report to the War De-
partment that $2,500,000 would be q
fair price for the property. l UNDER
and SO far it has been impossible to
agree upon the price. The Depart
ment of Justice has been asked to
condemn the canal in order that it
may be bought by the government.
the new plans will be $10.000,0o0 or
more. The Agnus commission esti-
mated it at upwards of $12,Ooo,oo0.
In connection with the Improvement
of which I have written will come
the widening and deepening of the
waterways which connect the Chesa-
peake bay with Beaufort. N. C. These
include the Dismal Swamp canal and
the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.
bemarle sound and: Pamlico sound.
thus giving hundreds of miles Of in
closed waterway. I am told that the
Norfolk and Beaufort canal system
can be easily dredged, and that there
Is nothing from an engineering stand
ship canal. The canals now in opera
ton have been In use for many years.
The Dismal Swamp canal was first
talked of in 1887. and the national
along In the twenties. The canal was
improved before the civil war and q
good many years ago the government
recommended that 1t be widened and
900. This did not materialize. This
canal has a surface width Of sixty
feet and vessels drawing eight feet
six inches can pass through 1t.
The present project for an inland
waterway was adopted BY Congress
twelve feet deep at low water. at an
estimated cost Of about $5.400,000. Up
to the present Congress has appro-
priated more than one-half Of this
money. 1t has bought the Albema-le
and Chesapeake canal. and is dredg-
ing 1t out to depth of twelve feet.
Twenty-six miles Of channel have
been dredged, and this will probably
be widened and deepened.
The four canals running from North
Carolina to Cape Cod all told are not
more than 100 miles long. but they
tectedr waterways to the busiest parts
OF the industrial east They Will con-
meet with the Hudson river and Erie
canal, or the New York State Barge
canal. as 1t is now called. and thus
Join the great lakes by n short water
cut to the east and the south. In
addition to their military value they
Will relieve our railroad congestion.
and have an important part In thu
great manufacturing development,
which. fostered by the war is bound
to be even greater In peace.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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The FIipnant Answer.

uTHEY'VE always got a fippant
answer ready"
The speaker was a congressman.
who was conducting q suffrage arr
gument.
"Our opponents have always got q
f1ippant answer ready" he repeated.
They're like the waiter in the cafes
terra.
waiter said a patron, there's
not single oyster in this oyster
soup
WELL said the waiter. fiippantly,
wedding yesterday. but you didn't find
any members OF the cabinet in 1t. did
you?'"' en-,
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Poor Material.

THE increase In drug taking which
has followed the enforced de-
crease in drinking led a, senator to
say. In Philadelphia;
But, after alf. what Kind Of men
resort to drugs? Pretty weak ones.
III you study a collection OF drug
victims II makes you feel diseour-
aged. A. you look at their receding
chins and sensual mouths, you re-
cali tina Chinese proverb: g.,
Rotten wood cannot DO carved.'".