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Mt. Vernon Pick-Ups,

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lynn and family
visited at Harry Simpsons Sunday. :
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Chambers and
daughter were shopping in Adrian
Friday. vi,
Quite a few from this neighbor-
hood attended the ice cream supper
at Concord Saturday night. There
was large crowd present and lots of
ice cream sold.
Ross Conard and family visited rel
atives near Foster Sunday.
Remember Sunday school at Mt.
Vernon every Sunday morning at
1890. Preaching on Saturday night,
Sunday morning and evening, of each
second Sunday in every month. ~
Mrs. A. J. Mcclure has been Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Walter Han
son, OF near Culver for the past week.
Mrs. Harry Simpson was trading in
Passaic Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hart gave lawn par
ty Saturday night in honor of their
nephews. Clarence and Harry Hart,
of Indiana. There was a large crowd
present and everyone had good
time. Ice cream and cake was
served. those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Bruner, Clark Hart and
wife, Mrs. Wells, Misses Maud Wells,
Maudie Jackson, Wilma Chambers,
Ola MCGUIRE and Lavella Sims;
Messrs. John Clapp, Dick Conard,
Dwight Sims, Chris Mcclure, Ralph
Cummings, OWE Eye, Lloyd Hender-
son, Alton Chambers, Roy Glover,
and Kinley Simpson.
There was no preaching at Mt.
Vernon last Sunday because the pas
tor, Brother Walker, was attending a
meeting in Columbus
They are going to begin work on
the new school house at Mt. Vernon
soon. We will all be glad to see
new building there.
Miss Wilma Chambers and Ola
Mcclure left Tuesday for Chilhowee,
Mo-. where they will visit relatives
for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sims and family
from near Virginia were visiting at
Mr.. Hoit's Sunday afternoon.
BONNIE. /
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Here Ard There.

A nice shower fell last Monday
evening, and as everything had be-
gun to need rain it was sure welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pry and dauGh-
tier, Madeline, Of FL Dorado, were
visiting relatives near Butler last Sat-
urday night and Sunday. :
Ransom Burch got his hand mashed
last Wednesday while putting up
hay. =
Miss Nancie Deems has been
spending the last week at the home
of S. A. Deems helping cook for
threshers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Carson and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Johnson
attended church at Double Branches
last Sunday morning.
J. Deems, who has been under the
care of DR.. ley, is UP and around
again, we are glad to say.
Messrs. Jim and Ely Cornell and
families of near Culver, were Sunday
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Cornell.
Little Ralph Stouffer is on the sick
list again.
Clarence Ison of near Appleton.
City is helping 5. A. Deems thresh.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Deems were
Sunday visitors at the S. A Deems
home. 49,
The following spent Sunday with
Jerry Burch and family: Mr.. and
Mrs Ben Pontius. Mrs. Chas. Prys
and daughter. Mrs. Burch and son,
Pearl Burch. Mrs. A. G. Deems
Miss Cleo Fields spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Flor
ence Turpin. .9s
Mr. and Mrs. John Turpin and
twin babies and Miss Lottie rields
visited Halle Turpin and wife one
day last week, southwest Of Butler.
Morris Inrpin was Rich Hill Wis
ROBBIE.
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Root Brunch.

have planted q patch Of tasdss ~
now w. S. Hutchinson, DR. Smith
Geo. Hughes, LATE Short, VIM. GE&5
Jno. Phelps, Ira Smith have mi
making them. q
1t rained again on Root Brancl
: Thursday afternoon. Il fa 81
Ira Smith lost so acres Of wheat
and Pink Ellington $50 acres by til,
wind causing it to fall. ;sgs HI;
The threshers footed in Lone OIL
township July 18th. u
| Jno. Harper and Dudley Moss hst
an Irish wedding one day last week
A Ford crank was used in the cere.
mOny.
| Ira Wiser celebrated the 4th with
weed cutter in his cornfield. s
Henry Gorden, Jack Payton and
wives and Grandma Hadsell Of Amo-
ret motored to Emanuel Nestlerode's
last Sunday and spent the afternoon
eating peaches and seeing the folks.
His peaches are large and fine.
Jack Payton set Emanuel Nestle
rode's oats on end for him Wcdnes-
day and Thursday.
| LCStcl NyiSS 1otoieSo Uut Will
Wallace Bros, tfresher Wednesday
morning. Lester is hand that don't
need punching.
Most of the threshers started out
this week that can get hands to
thresh with and they are all after the
big jobs first. Us little devils will
be late threshing this year.
Geo. Newton has built a fine big
barn.
If the 4th of July was around
failed to see it in my oat field.
JAS E. Moss, of Glendale, Arizona,
has the date of his paper set ahead
year.
Uncle Payton Burton priced his
farm to w. c. Green at 500 per acre.
Uncle Payton will be looking around
the first of March, 1920.
l believe P. Burton wants to marry
for he has purchased $40 pair Of
glasses with gold frames. 4
Albert Argenbright quit cutting on
his 24o acre wheat harvest. Two
binders at SEQ day each and shock
ers at cent minute.
Glen Deweese cut the little boys
wheat. /
Pink Ellington cut Uncle P. Bur-
tons wheat for $3.50 per acre and
shocked it.
Ira Smith cut the Eddy boys oats
on the home place.
They say the Fourth of July has
come and gone. | didn't see any,
hing Of It.
We are beginning to hear the foot
If the threshers. Some can't get
lands to run.
A good share of the wheat WAS
Town when cut and is tangled up so
don't believe it can be stacked
10 it will turn water, so the farm
RS all want to thresh at once.
NELS.
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EVER SEE ADS LIKE THESE?

Here is a group of curiously word
ed advertisements, which are funny
without intent:
annual sale now on. Don't &c
elsewhere to be cheated-come in
here"
"A lady wants to sell her piano. as
she is going abroad in strong iron
frame" .-.
"For Sale-A piano, the property
of musician with mahogany legs"
"Wanted-By respectable girl
her passage to New York; willing to
take care of two children and good
sailor"
~Mr. Brown, furrier, begs to an
nounce that he will make up gowns,
capes, etc, for ladies out of their
own skins"
"Wanted-A boy to be partly out
side and partly behind the counter. y
"Lost-Near Highgate. Archway,
an UMBRELLA belonging to a gentle
handle"
Widow in comfortable circum-
stances wishes to marry two sons. y
ITO be disposed of, small phaeton,
the property of gentleman with a
movable headpiece."
The last 10 copy of an inscrip-
zion painted on board, which
adorned fence in Kent:
"Notis-if any mans or woman's
COW gets into these here otes, his or
her tail will be cut off, as the case
may be. Ex.
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Wages and Prices 500 Years Ago.

A carpenter in the fourteenth cen
|tury received a wage of only II
cents day, yet the cost of living
was relatively higher than it is TO-
day. A carpenter in those days, for
bis daily wage of II cents, could
buy one pound of butter, two pounds
|of cheese, pound of salt, two
pounds of flour, one dozen and halt
eggs, chicken and pound of rice.
In 1890, according to Prof. r. M.
Garrett Of the University of Wash
|ington, eggs were. 9 cents a gross.
For "a pounds of butter the Earl Of
Derby paid IS cents. Rice brought
by the way Of Venice from. the east
cost shilling for 10 pounds. The
One exception to the general rise in
prices that has occurred since that
time is sugar. In 1890 it cost Sc
cents = pound, and now Il retails q
% and 9 cents. Here are some other
prices taken from the Earl u Der
by's accounts: A fine white horse,
$7S; aie,. to 4 cents i t11loas mutt
ton, IS cents carcass; bee4 $3lzs 10
$50 q carcass; vineoars So eente !
kallon; datea, eeAte 3 pound;
bj6ikets. - cents syAf
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and upholstering like new. This il a
I6 model and a better car today than
any new II OF IS model. have taxi
en- best care Of it. Front tires good.
New Fisk tires on rear wheels. viii
price to sell. Cash or terms. Here's
a real bargain. See this car at 10
South Delaware street, Butler, Mo.
Will demonstrate.
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Chapel Items.

The farmers of this vicinity are
busy haying and some are not
through cutting wheat, having quit
their wheat long enough to lay their
corn by.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Wilson and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Wal
den and children, spent last Sunday
in Creighton visiting relatives.
Roby Freeland has purchased a
new car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Ford and little
son, of near Rockville, spent Thurs
day night at Andie Blacks and at
tended the ice cream supper at the
Chapel.
Mr.. Stevener had horse killed by
lightning Wednesday evening during
the storm.
Mr., and Mrs. Earl Vinegar have
returned to their home in Richmond,
Kansas aftet a several days visit with
his parents and other relatives.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hill entertained
the following guests Sunday: Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Jones and little daugh-
ter. Mrs. Matte Hill. Mrs. Cora
Keeble and sons. Buford and Lloyd.
Quite number of thfeshing ma
chimes have started. Wheat and oats
are reported good.
MI. and Mrs. Francis Taylor and
baby are staying at his mothers.
Francis rs working for her during
harvest.
The ice cream supper given By
Chapel Sunday School was well IT.
tended. The proceeds amounted to
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FOR Observation-Disclosures E. G. BYLANDER, Secretary
Sedaa Have friends who would be interested the Fair? We
shall be glad to send them and complete literature request
postcard august
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Free Camping Park Of Eighty Acres.
Three Minutes Walk from race
Track. Electric Lighted Grass Park.
Excellent Drainage. Free Ice Water
Parking Space and Guards for Autos.
Tents for Rent at Reasonable Rates.
Special Admission Price to Campers.
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AIRPLANE FLIGHTS by Louis Cert
son. Americas Greatest Stunt Avia-
tor. The Man. Who "Out-Aces" the
Aces" = For Whom Darkpess Has
Aerial Night Signalling Used in the
World War.
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AUTO POL0-The Sport Specta cular.
Full Of Spills that Thrill! American
and British Teams Meet Daily in
Championship Matches. The Worlds
Fastest Tornado Sport! Opens Your
Eyes! Makes You Gasp! Z
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HORSE RACEs-Slo, $50. 90. offered a.
Prize Money for PAGES, Trots and
cumming Races. Notable Entries. A
speed Carnival on the Best Mile
Track in the West.
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and Playground. With Trained 0upef-
visors and Nurses in Charge. Wom-
ans Building Always Open for Tired
Guests. Lounges. Chairs and Rest
Rooms Provided. Capable Matron ana
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AUTO RACns-Eleven privers Piiot
Cars Worth $3.50. 900. 90 ID : Terrific
Tournament Of Amazing Speed and
Courageous Daring. Watch the Sec
onds Fry From the Standing Records!
$T,500.O0 In Prize Money.
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CARNIVAL AND MIDwAY--Featur.
ing the ''World At Home Shows"
with Twenty Carloads Of High Glass
Amusements. Whip, Ferris Wheel.
Merry Co Round. Submarine Ride.
Fun and Laughter for Everybody!
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GOVERNMENT AGRICULTtRAL
ExHIBlT-Eight Thousand Feet Of
Floor Space. Thousands Of Photo
graphs. Working Models. ENLARGED
Pictures. Charts, Diagrams and SAM
pies in Cabinets. Lectures by Agr1-
cultural Experts. +.@
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lAt,A.tss. VesLAAs3kAVAON--Ad
Honorp Her Fighting Sons! First
4fAts Wilde Reunion Veterans Of World
War P9yadss, Reyiews, DemOnstfa-
sins4 WIN BE Guests OF the Fair Sps.
ctai PRIVILEGES and Concessions. Mis-
sour Opens Her Arms and Her Heart
to Her Returned Heroes!
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BALLET AND OUTDOOR vAUDE-
vILLE-World Famous "InternA-
tional Ballet" ThAviu's Exposition
Band. Concerts by Opera Singers and
Choruses Six Startling Free Feature
Vaudeville Acts by Famous Acrobats.
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Puss i'm Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

EGXVyE might have known We
NJ would see black
" sheep" laughed Puss
Junior as he and Tom Thumb and
the Blackbird came to a pasture
that bordered the highway.
"Why?" inquired Tom Thumb
from the inside Of Puss Juniors
pocket. where he had hidden. him
self so as to enjoy a good nap.
Because the Blackbird is traV-
cling with us as our comrade," an
swered Puss, so we may expect
TO find black sheep, black cats,
black this and black that"
The sheep by this time had come
up close to the fence and stood
looking at our three small travel
ers with much interest. The Black
bird, who had perched himself on
the top rail, was the first to speak.
"Bas, baa, Black Sheep.
Have you any wool?"
Yes, sir, yes. sir,
Three bags full,
One for my master,
One for my dame
And one for the little boy
That lives in our lane"
answered the Black sheep, and he
wiggled his little tail back and
forth.
DO you belong TO Little Bo
Peep" asked Tom Thumb, sticking
out his head from Puss juniors
pocket.
No. sir; no, sir" answered the
Black Sheep.
And I'm sure you're not Mary's
Little Lamb" said Puss Junior,
for / have seen it, and it doesn't
look anything like you. It's white
its fleece is white as snow"
I'm just plain Bas, Bsa Black
Sheep" replied the sheep. But
have you seen the little boy that
lives in our Iane?"
mo. haven't" said Puss. We'll,
he's just the incest little boy you
ever saw" said the sheep. you
come along with me and I'll take
you to him." So our three small
travellers followed the Black Sheep
who led them down a shady lane to
was a little boy playing with his
toys.
On seeing the Black Sheep he ran
out of the gate, but stopped and
held back as soon as he saw Puss
Junior and the Black Bird. He
didn't see Tom Thumb at first, for
Tom was still inside Puss Juniors
pocket.
Here are some friends of mine,
little boy" said the Black Sheep.
"They are all Mother Goose People,
so YOU need not be afraid of them.
I'm not" said the little boy, ,"only
I was Surprised wasn't afraid"
"Bravely said. my boy" said Puss
Junior, land il you wish, I will tell
you something OF my adventures"
The little boy clapped his hands and
then they all sat down. And in the
next story you shall hear what Puss
said.
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In a FOOLS Paradise

ment an efficient disincectsnL at
moderate cost. Especially whtre
there are children should there be a
medicine cabinet and its accessories.
An icebag is a great comfort TO the
sufferer from fever. and IL cared for
will last for many years. A bed
pan is another comfort of the sick
room.
Mustard. boric acid. perhaps some
kind Of physlc might well occupy
space in the medicine cabinet. Then
there is the matter of soft cloths.
No cotton or linen material should
ever be thrown away. no matter
how old. Wash and iron the
cloths and cut into squares. The
darker colOrs may be used in place
of haadkerchiefs in the sick room
and then burned. Clean, white
cloths, carefully rolled, wrapped
In clean. white paper and stored in
a box will find an abundance OF uses
in the sick room. Clean squares OF
flannel and gauZe will likewise
prove a blessing when the emer-
gency arises
Have you ever thought of collect
ing a few dishes TO be sort of sacred
to the sick room. For you know il
is not wise, even in cases Of mild
illness, TO allow the rest OF the
family to eat from dishes that have
been in the sick room and have not
been properly steriliZed.
One OF the prettiest sick room
tray equipments ever saw was,
for the most part, purchased in a
1O-cent store. The tray itself was
rectangular in shape. II was Of
laCquered papier mache. 1t was
covered by a plain imitation linen
doilie that At it nicely. Tho plates
were of white china. The dinner
plate was about the size well
folks expect on a tea table. There
WAS "A small cup and saucer. The
cup was rather bowl shape and
held about one-halt as much as a
tea cup.
Then there was a dainty fruit
caucer, n small soup bowl and a
wee bread and butter plate. OF
course there was a doll size cream
pitcher and a sugar bowl to match.
There was plated soupspoon, two
teaspoons. a medium sized fork and
knife. Even the table napkin was
sacred 10 tho sick room. The fin
ishing touch was tiny flower vase
Of glass, which always held the
tiny bud that Cheered
Look oVrr your home. Are you
prepared IN taSc of an emergency?
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THE EsTHETIC GIRL.
By Aline Michaelis.

TIL own smile once in a while
upon most every girIic like
= them tall. or large or small.
with hair that's straight or curly
II they're petite. think thom
sweet, and also II they're saucy.
like them fair or dark or hair.
even like them bossy. " they're
refined, like that kind. and II
they're rude I'm saying, a girl like
that, although quite fat, beats none
where ! am staying. Most any girl
makes my head whlrI and sets my
pulses thrilling: though old and
gray or young and gay 10 lovo
them all I'm willing. The girl who
sighs with soulful eyes. the girl
that is athletic: for one and all I
daily fall. cXccpt--the maid eH-
thetic. This sort or maid IL Oft
aTrsyed in vcsturc white and liow-
ing or wearing smocks and bobbed-
on locks In sandaled feet she's 20
ing. The barefoot dance give her
a chance to give her soul expres-
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BY Loretto q. LYNCH.

CIV YE were the kind of people
w who never thought about
sickness" sighed Mrs.
Bennett. But since the epidemic
my household is run lots different" :"
And 1 believe Mrs. Benefits home
was like many other homes. She
never expected sickness, hoped ii
wouldn't come, and she lived in a
FOOLS paradise. And here was a
woeful home, indeed. when every
member of her family, except her
self, was stricken with influenza at
one and the same time.
Excluding the very poor, it is sur
prising to see how uDpTepared is
the average home for illness. The
city housewife usually depends
upon a hasty trip TO the drug store.
But only too often does the emer-
gency arise late at night when drug
stores are closed and when messen-
gers are not easily available. But
can you imagine a country home
without an emergency equipment?
Yet, il has been my experience that
the average farm bone in America
is quite as lacking in this respect
as the city home.
Once / visited a comfortable far
mer's house in the State of Della
ware. The cellar was full of table
delicacies. In the stable there was
a small cabinet filled with every
remedy one could imagine for the
ailments to which horsefesh is heir
And yet, when one of the twelve
humans that occupied that home be-
came seriously i'll during the night.
the crudest methods were resorted
to because of the utter lack of the
simplest nursing equipment. And
a canvass OF ten neighboring farm
houses failed to produce the needed
icebag
Epidemic influenza has taught
many of us the need OF having on
hand some things for the sick-room
Personally, believe that the proper
place for a seriously III person is
the hospital, under the watchful eye
Of doctors and nurses.
But there are illnesses which are
not very serioUc, and the housewife
who has used a little forethought
can often treat those at home.
No home should be without ply
sician's thermometer. with it's aid
the mother can easily determine the
all times. Any druggist will recon-
presence Of fever. Then there should
be a good disinfectant on hand at
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CHAPTER XXI.
Method and ForesIEhf.

Without a word--with merely q
careless glance at Neeland, who re-
mained seated under the level
threat Of Ali Baba's pistol, the big
handsome German removed his
OVercoat. Under Il was another
coat. He threw this off in a brisk,
businesslike manner, unbuckled q
brace OF pistols. laid them aside.
unwOund from his body a long silk
rope ladder which dropnsd to the
floor at Ilse Dumont's feet.
The girl had turned very pale.
She stopped, picked up the silk lad
der. and, holding IL in both hands,
looked hard at Golden Beard.
Johann" she said. Il gave my
word of honor to this young man
that il he came here no harm would
happen to him"
Il read the note you have showed
under his door," said Golden Beard.
That tss why we are here, Karl
and l."
Neeland remembered the wax in
the keyhole then. He turned his
eyes on Ilse Dumont, curiously, less
certain OF her treachery now.
Meanwhile, Golden Beard con-
tinued busily unwinding things
son. and presently disengaged three
life-belts.
One OF these he adjusted to his
own person. then, putting on his
VoluminOus overcoat, took the pis-
tOl from Ali Baba. who, in turn.
adjusted one Of the remaining life
belts to his body.
Neeland, deeply perplexed and un-
comfortable, watched these opera
tions in silence, trying 70 divine
some reason for them.
Now, thenE' said Golden Beard
to the girl; and his voice sounded
cold and incisive in the silence.
This is not the way to do it."
she said in a low tone. "I gave
him my word OF honor"
You will be good enough to bue-
kle on that belt" returned Golden
Beard, staring at her.
Slowly she bent over. picked up
the life-belt, and, looping the silk
rope over her arm, began to put on
the belt. Golden Beard. impatient.
presently came to her assistanes:
then he unlocked from the wall .
cloak and threw il over her shoul-
ders.
CTO BE CONTINUED MONDAE
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The Rhyming Optimist

of art. thus runs her frank confcS-
sion Hhr win not try TO cook Il
pic. her mralH ate rather Scrappy;
she GLAZING her roul ~ fun Of dole.
'tIr common tn hr happy She talks
1" YOU 81 sura= hluc and art that's
ruturIsii, shn reads bad verse and
writes mu"h wutHr. and dotcS on all
things mpHiir Or girls I'm fond.
hrunriiHR ~ hlondr. think them
all uulte charming hut Still ! fee.
rsihpil"alli. frUn this one type
ALARMING