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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-03-20
Correct These Children

Editor Herald 1T has been re-
ported to the ladies of the Civic
Association that the boys of the
town have been doing "a great
deal of mischief with their air
guns. They have broken four of
the beautiful stained-glass mem
orial windows in the Methodist
church and other windows, and
are shooting the birds, which is
against the law, and the parents
can be heavily fined.
One little boy broke the leg of
a. hooking bird, which is still liv-
ing and singing with the poor lit
tie leg dangling. l think the
same boy shot another hooking
bird and then stamped on it till
he killed it.
Mothers, teach your children to
love and study the birds and all
animals: teach them mercy and
kindness. One little girl / know
kicks her playmates on the shins
till they cry. Teach the children
kindness of heart.-MEMBER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-03-20
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-03-20

Surgeons agree. that In cases OF cuts
burns, bruises and wounds, the firsi
treatment is most important When an
eincent anttseptic is applied promptly.
there is no danger of infection and the
wound begins to heal at once. For use
on man or beast. Borozone il the ideal
antiseptic and healing agent Buy it now
ana be ready for an emergency Sold by
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
PITCAIRN ISLAND IS LONELY
Natives Occupying Spot, Peopled by
About $50, Have Degenerated
Through lntermarriage.

Home is where the heart is, but the
heart picks out some most unusual
locations at times. Rather near. as
Pacific ocean distances go, to the So
ciety islands, is Pitcairn island. II is
certainly a lonesome spot. says the
New York Sun, and as far back as
1856 the British authorities decided
that II was no fit place for human
habitatlon. So. the descendants of the
mutineers of the Bounty" who had
settled there in 1870 were transferred
that year 10 the more inviting Norfolk
island. Several families, however,
were so homesick that they went back
To Pitcairn
The population from these few fam
lilies has now increased until about $50
people are on the island. Through in
termarriage and other evils of isola-
tion these islanders have degenerated
and their retrogression undoubtedly
will end in their determination.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
LOCATIONS OF VOLCANOES
Eruptions Come From Weak Spots on
Esrth's Crust-Areas Divided IN
Four Groups.

Volcanoes are located on the weak
spots in the earth's crust. scientists
say, according 10 a writer In Leslies
Weekly. These areas are in the ocean
basins. the lands bordering these ba-
sins, or mountains which flank or con
struct outlines OF contimfnts. These
areas are divided into four groups,
viz: % Pacific-Carihbean belt fol-
lowing the Andes Of South America,
the lesser Antilles, Central America,
and Mexico. the west coast OF North
America, Kamchatka. the japanese
Islands, the Philippines, and Sunda
Sea Islands. New Zealand and Victoria
land, in the Antarctic; CD the Medi-
Caspian region; CD Allan
tic region. including the volcanoes of
Iceland and the Azores; (D the Pa
cific region. with volcanoes in Polyne-
STA. Hawaiian and other islands. Just
why these parts Of the earth's crust
should be the weak spots has not been
convincingly explained.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04

knows | needed it. but Jch and me'vc
been Ike brothers. and jest had to
help him"
well | amt one 10 raise ructions
in families, nor TO sci man against
wife; but do say that If you loaned
Jeb white Fifty dollars YOU was do
ing a Christian act and he'll pay il
back. for he's straight Besides. didn't
you have 10 pay fine 10 keep Tavy's
worthless brother out of jail last win
ter? | guess she's never counted that
Wen. what DO YOU want me to dog"
That's what | come for. Aunt Ma
rindy." the man replied helpleSSly. 81
lowed you'd tell me"
Lord =" calculated the woman. ~
don't wan the job of handling Tavy
white. especially when I'm backing
such a poor bet as YOU are. \ man
that's cruel to his Wife orto be shot.
But it's every man, righi-and >ome-
times his necessity stamp around.
puff ont his chest and talk about be-
ing master I'm his own house. He may
eat out of her hand for twenty-nine
days. but he'd better put up big blun
on the thrtieth. But | might put the
words In your mouth and the minute
Tavy'd get in eye-shot of YOU you'd get
limp. drop youi chin aud put on HAT
aggravating humble look of yours. and
then. OF course, any woman'd tramp
on you-let alone Tavy."
Il reckon you're right. Aunt Ma
rindy." aSscnted Tink. with an air of
dependency. Tin poor critter. com
pared to Tavy But couldn't YOU rca-
son with her a little?"
"Bosh. Tink Wilnite, Did you ever
Try TO reason with balky mule? |
have. and balky man or woman is
about the same Why. Tavy is putting
i'm full working hours right now. think
ing mp arguments against the time
she's going To be reasoned with. The
best way for YOU 10 cure her tantrums
would be to stamp your foot and roar
that YOU are the boss, but you're TOO
GRUMPY for that 80 you'd better stay
here n few days and let her get good
aud lonesome, 80 she'd take YOU back.
The hired man needs help on the north
eighty. anyway. so that'll make il all
right with the neighhors.'
Tink could sink no farther In his
chair. hut he gave the impression of
one whose skeleton no longer upheld
his flesh.
"Tavy'll never do thatl" be groaned.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
S0RCERY GRIPS THE ALASKAN
Natives Formerly Implicitly Believed
In Words and Actions Of
the Shaman.

ShamaDism. or superstition and sor-
Gerry, always has played an important
part In the life of The Alaskan native.
says the Chicago Evening Post. So
implicitly did the Alaskan of not many
years ago believe in he words and
actions of the shaman that a whole
tribe would go hungry rather than in
cur his displeasure by eating foods he
had tabooed
The Shaman attained his position
and power by unusual methods. By
fasting and prayer amid the solitudes
of the woods or mountains, where he
fed only on grasses and roots, he pre-
pared himself TO become a shaman. BY
this method it was believed the can
didate's body became sufficiently puri-
fed 10 become the abiding place or
spirits.
Usually the spirit, willing to abide
with the shaman, sent the novitiate
land otter, which the candidate
killed, the offers tongue to be pre-
served as talsman away from HUI
man view. for should il he seen II was
believed shaman would go insane or
be turned into the animal from which
the tongue was taken.
Thus the land otter was regarded
as too sacred 10 be killed by other
than shamans.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
FORGOT HE CHANGED HIS HAT
Aged Restaurant Patron Makes Search
for Straw Toppiece, But Flnds
Own Derby.

Nice old gentleman in the restau-
rant. with long line OF hat trees
running down the center. His dinner
finished, he picked up bis check and
turned 10 the hat tree back ~ him
and took down his hat. or the hat he
had no doubt was his. but when from
force OF habit he looked inside OF IL
TO make sure he found that II wasn't
his hat at all
So he put that hat back on the tree
and tried the next most likely one,
hut with the same result. and 1t was
the same with all the hats on the
tree, which he looked into one by one
until he had looked into all excepting
a black derby, which he did not in
spect, for what he was looking for was
a straw.
But then, to leave no stone un-
turned. he took down that black derby
and looked into it; and good gra-
cious that was the hat he was really
looking for; that black derby hat he
was now looking into was his very
own.
He smiled as he put II on. He had
changed that morning from straw to
felt and then had forgotten all about
IL.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
ehononraph Repeats Record.

When the needle comes 10 the end
OF it's travel and the music ceases the
owner Of a monograph equipped with
q new attachment, SAYS Popular
Mechanics magazine takes no heed.
and moment later the machine Is
playing the same air over again.
This interesting result is achieved by
means of metal arm pivoted az 4
point outside the turntable, its Inner
end resting upon the projecting tip OF
The spindle. Al the end 81 the record
the travelling sound box engages a
trigger which actuates a vertical
screw. and the metal arm rises, lift
ing the needle from the record The
sound box slides back along the in
clincd arm 20 IFS starting position,
the descending arm replaces the needle
accurately in rhe outer groove, and the
music goes on
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Apiary Adjunct of the Hospital.

The curious idea of making the
apiary an adjunct Of the hospital has
been suggested. The sting Of the bee
has long been popularity regarded as a
cure for rheumatism. and British
beekeeper has now announced that II
is an almost infallible test OF the
safety OF administering aneSthetics.
The keeping Of The bees, therefore.
may become necessary rs a means of
deciding whether surgical operations
I'm certain cases may be performed. II
a patient suffers from nervous weak
ness. bee sting on the hand may
cause a large swelling and affect The
glands of the body, and operation Is
then unsafe
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Wealth in Waste

The foundation of some of The most
prosperous corporations were laid in
utilization ~ what was formerly
waste The field is still open 70 the
cut averages 15.oO00tNoOO feet.
board measure and for one foot that
goes To the lumber piles two 20 to
waste. Chemists would say chiS was
not waste. but wasted raw material
for vast quantities Of paper. twine.
bags pulp boards turpentne. rosin,
pine oil. charcoal, tar varnish. ethyl
alcohol and acctic acid Yet lumber
men throw away thiS great source Of
wealth and complain of he high cost
Of producing Mmber.--Wall Street
Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04

machine has been huilt which Will
shape mastS up 20 100 feet in length
ana three feet I'm diameter The tim
Der Is sci mp in the machine ana re-
volvcd 40 speed of 30 revolutions
a minute. and il is shaped 10y q cutter
head which is electrically driven N
This cutter head is mounted on a
carriage. which is moved along the
timber against rail set 10 give the
proper profile to the mast Heretofore
This work has been done 10y hand and
required skilled workmen. At best il
has been slow and luxurious task.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Finland and Australia.

Finland has discovered Australia,
and il is hoped. observes an exchange.
that the commonV ea!th viii soon rec
Ognize commercially the enterprising
Australia are being sought. and Fin
land viii be glad 10 exchange cream
Separators and safety matches, paper
pulp and timber Tor little Of Aus
tralia's surplus meat and wheat. The
consul of the new republic has o.
tablshed his headquarters in sydney.
New South Wales. and has already OBJ
tanned excellent publicity Finland
must surely have been studying Amer-
lean methods Of production.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04


paper Syndicate)
The black dog reared his bearlike
bulk and barked deeply as man came
tagging up, the slope toward the house
"a lank man with mild blue eyes and
kind mouth.
Aunt Marindy--" the man faltered.
"For PHYS sake Tink white !" ex-
claimed Marindy Hart. "Whatever's
the matter? Set down"
Her visitor occupied chair by
gradual relaxation of his joints.
"Tavy's left met" he announced
briefly.
The woman looked at him. She was
sympathetic soul and neighborhood
troubles gravitated 10 her as the wealth
ervane swings to the wind.
"Tavys left YOU. oh? Where Is
she?"
cover home" The mans voice was
dead.
"And you're here. Looks like you
left her"
mo. she was going 10 town 70 look
Tor "A JOU. tnSMtlFI lllf num- HuA !
couldn't let her take Tad so far away,
and il coming summer. So told her to
stay there. and if 80 be she couldn't
live with me- I'd 90 away myself
II always thought Tink white, she
shook her finger impreSsively, that
YOU was throw'd away as man
You'd ortO been n woman. Think
what n satisfyin' wife you'd make for
an over bearing man. Whose fault was
/ itf"
"Tavy says It's mine. You see,
! loaned Cousin Jeb. down at Halfway
fifty dollars the time the river rose
and he broke his leg trying 10 save
his hogs Tavy said I'd no right &c
help my kin; that I'd orto give the
money 10 her If didn't need IL. LORD
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
PROMISING invention.

Those of US who love 10 wear dell.
cate fabrics. like laces ruchinrs. or.
candies and chiffons Mill be very glad
IL an alleged invention 10 render such
Stuffs moiStureproof shall bc success
rul. Some of Us have had heap oi
trouble with ruchings ia our sport
shirts They haven't remained nice
and fresh more than four days when
The tennis and golf have been good
If now they may be rendered mois
ture-proof we shall bc as happy as the
man with the celluloid collar, and
exertion viii have no terlors for us
Hartford Courant
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Wild Horses Worth Little.

In Queensland "brumbies" (wild
horseS) are literally not worth the
catching. as M auction sales they real
izc only few shillings. Eight shll-
irgs was the highest price obtainable
AT recent sale. The "brumbies"
have increased to such an extent dur
ing the last few years that the sta
ton owners. finding them nuisance
are engaging hunters To destroy them.
These hunters are paid eight shillings
for the first 900 head the price being
"A shilling head for the next 100. and
so on.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Pursued.

Nathaniel FIawthorne's handwriting
was 50 illegibe that some of his tnpnu-
scripts remained unpublished because
nobody could read them. This was
likewise true OF Carlyle. The story
is told Of n type cOmp0stor who was
employed by a London printing office
because OF strong recommendation
brought from Scotland The first piece
Of manuscript given him 70 set was
by Carlyle
MY God g. said the new tNpeSettcr.
Have you got that man here too? |
fed fron Scotland 10 avoid him -
Ladies' Dome Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Myriad Of snowballs.

4 singular phenomenon, reported 70
science 10y l.. +. Woodmun. wa Wit
messed last March around Bangor and
Orono Maine y fourmch fall If
snow was followed 10y high wind and
occasional gusts caught urr large flakes
and rolled them over ia the damp top
layer, forming a myriad Of Snowhnlls
from two inches TO nearly two feet in
diameter. The triangular trail ~ one
was 36 feet long The balls We're
largest on downward slopes, aud a
measured one had a horizontal dam
eter of 20 inches and a vertical diam
eter Of II inches.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
Wait In Patience.

Don't get discouraged There Is hope
for everyone and success ahead for
those who are willing TO patiently
await triumph. II is safer and surer
for you II you'll follow the precedent
OF older and wiser persons than your
self. They probably know through
keen and humlliating expcricnce.-EX
change.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
A Bird Colony.

The most remarkable bird colony
IN the world is ON Hat Island IN the
Great Salt lake, Utah. The island is
about II acres i'm extent. and the
colony is securely located on "A
rocky pinnacle 100 feet above the
brine, with not Il drop of fresh water
to be found and apparently nothing to
attract the birds except the sense of
security which the island offers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
A Atn Not poor

ray hold me not in scorn. am
nCt poor. Poor rather is the man who
desires many things. Where shall 7
take my place? Where in little time
from hcncefOrth YOU shall know. DO
YOU answer for yourself From
henceforth I'm little time.-Leonardo
da vinci TRANSLATED by Edward Me-
Curdy).
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04

DO YOU know how 60 raSe pan
dowdy?" asked her husband.
II was too good ar opportunity to
let go by.
"Certainly." she replied. Al! ] have
TO do Is 10 dress the pan in the kind
Of clothes you make me wear"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04

Dorothy Dalton in The Market of
Souls" Idlehour, Sunday.-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04

Don't miss "The Brute Breaker,
Idlehour, Friday.-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-04
The Exception
-.
By MAY BELLEVll.LE BROWN
~

Copyright. 1919 by the Mcclure News
paper SyndicateD
New-York tribune., 1919-11-20

except q bequest. The court cannot
assume it's il.egaity, much less it's
impropriety. Circumstances may be
shown on the trial which will justify
both the legality and the propriety of
the legacy. The gift Of the residue
may be, and probably is, a very trifl-
ing sum, and in that event, the alleged
improperly ceases. If it. shall appear
that the main estate, which is not by
modern standards large, passes or has
passed to the testator's own family, and
only q trife to one not of the family,
the situation bruitcd about out-of-
doors by quid nuncs will be quite
changed,
gwen if the bequest of the resi-
duary proved considerable, the legal
situation will not be altered, if the
testator was of sound mind and COM
petent to make a will, and there was
no overreaching or fraud practiced on
him."
Although Mrs. Shonts was named as
temporary administrative, the letters
were not actually issued TO her and
the Surrogate said he was bound of his
own accord to rescind her designation.
The court said it wou' d be to the in
terest of all concerned to have the
Guaranty Trust Company, one of the
executors named by Mr.. Shonts, act
as temporary administrator.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-20
Congress to Speed Farm
Laws in Next Session
Members Promise to Make
Relief Measures Special
Order of Business
NeW York Tribune
ITc b,,,o,o,, R,,r,,,,

" Wa hin0ton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. l9.--Legisla-
tion affecting the interests of agricul-
ture will be taken up and an effort will
be made to accelerate it as soon as
CONGRESS convencs in regular session,
members have informed the National
Board of Farm Organizations.
Representative Morgan. of Oklahoma,
member of the Judiciary Committed
Of the House, now considering the Cap
per-Hersman bill, said he would de-
vote the recess time 70 consideration
of the measure. Mr.. Morgan said so
many duties devolved upon Congress-
men that it was impossible for them
during session to give more than
passing attention to any one suggested
measure.
"l am going to lock myself up in a
room for several hours each day during
recess and give attention exclusively
to agriculture legislation" said Mr..
Morgan. "The Judiciary Committee is
anxious to report the bill as soon as
possible, but it will not do so until the
members have had time to submit con-
crete suggestions.
"A big majority of the committee
favor the releasing of the facilities of
the conduct of agricultural business.
This, take it, is in a general way the
meaning OF the Capper- Hersman bill"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-20
Lakes-W aterway Project
Is Indorsed hy Canadian,

WINDSOR, Ont, Nov. 1s.-Un-
qualified Endorsement of the Great
kes-to-the-Atlantic waterways prof
Act was voted by the Canadian Water
ways Association, organized here to-
day by delegates from fifty Canadian
cities.
in an advisory capacity to the confer
ence,. declared the project to connect
he lakes with the Atlantic through
he Welland Canal-St. Lawrence River
route "would place the worlds greatest
producing areas thousands of miles
nearer the worlds greatest markets "
Frank H. Keefer, NJ. P, of Port
Arthur, Ont. declared every farm
n in the Canadian House Of Com
mons favors the waterway project. He
pledged cooperation in Parliament in
btaining hep from the Canadian gov
ernment in the plan