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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-10-17

Miss Isis Erhart, teacher ~
piano, Oregon, Mo. Both phones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

When everything else failed Peter
he went to Daddy Mack. Daddy Mack
was a little dried up man that lived
on Peters street. He had a tiny green
house and raised cabbage and tomato
plants for all his neighbors. He
liked Peter and always had a story for
him. Today as he sat Pm the edge OF
a hotbed he told him about Dan1 Bear.
ut all happened back in Michigan.
Some folks by the name of Thompson
lived away. u by themselves in the
timber. and they had a little tow
head about three years old they call
ed Joe. One day Joe's a brought
him home n little cub bear. Joe
called the bear Dan'l and AMI and
Joe were great pals. But Danl grew
faster than Joe did and when Joe was
five Dan'l was a great big bear, and
more than hat he was a cross bear
TO every one but Joe. So old man
Thompson decided to kill Dan1. But
Joe heard about il and n day he
told Dan'l all about 1t. Now. maybe
Dan'l understood and maybe he didn't.
but anyway the next day he wasn't to
be found.
A long time after that Joe was play
ing in the wood around the bable and
got farther than usual and couldn't find
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
Trinity Church Yard.

According to the New York city rec
ords. Trinity church obtained the site
by a grant from the king Of England.
1t was known as the kings domain.
Later the largest tract of land owned
by the Trinity parish. known as the
queens lands, came into the hands of
that corporation by gift. Therefore
we have no original owners to trace
antedating the English, save only the
Dutch government and the Indians
from whom the Dutch bought Manhat-
tan island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
The ChiLdren'S Story
BY
The Story Lady

the way back. Night came and he
climbed n tree. The moon was shin
ing bright and Joe holding tight to his
tree looked down AMI there was a bear,
and he looked again and there was an
other bear, bigger still, and Joe was so
scared he almost fell right on top of
them.
Pretty soon the bushes cracked
and there was the biggest bear of all.
but Joe when he gave this biggest of
all bears a good look cried out, Dan'l
Bear, Danl Bear. take me home And
then there was the awfullest fight you
ever saw.
"Dan'l Bear licked the other bears
Easy and they run off and Joe slid
down from the tree and got on DAM
Bears back just like he used to and
put his arms around Dan'I Bears neck
and Dan1 Bear waddled off. Before
Joe knew it he was safe in his own
door yard.
"Joe's papa and mama Rugged Joe
and then Rugged Dan1 Bear. He came
to see Joe every once in a while after
that and nothing was ever said about
killing him."
rs that all?" said Peter.
Yes" sale Daddy Mack. that's
ALL"
HELEN CARPENTER MOORE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
To FIJI Floor Cracks.

A very complete filling for open
cracks in floors may be made by thor
cughly soaking old newspapers In a
paste made of one pound Of -four to
three quarts of water, or q less guam
fly In those proportions. Put one tn
blespooDful of alum In the mixture
and stir thoroughly until brought to
O boiling heat. Make the final mixture
about as thick as putty and apply with
a putty knife. 1t will harden like
papier mache.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
Fire Alarm Boxes

23-Raritan Copper Works.
and Sheridan street.
Street and Central r. II.
26-Market and First Streets.
Avenue and Paterson st.
28-High and Lewis Streets.
s6-Smith and High STREETS.
36-New Brunswick A<e. and New st.
37-Smith and State Streets.
42-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford st.
45-Commerce and Front Streets.
estate and Washington Streets.
54-State ST. and Buckingham Ave.
b5-Parker ST. and Pulaski Ave.
56-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
Estate and Wayne Streets.
5S-Near United Lead Works.
b9-Maurer.
s2-washington n First Streets.
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm st.
s4-Shith Street and Watson Ave.
sa-Commerce ant State Streets.
7S-Front and Smith Streets.
73-Water and Gordon Streets.
Ave. and Gordon Street.
s1-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
S2-Smith and Herbert Street,.
Ave. and Washington st.
84-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street.
s5-ANear City Hospital.
S6-Cleveland n Brace
S7-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
92-Amboy Ave. and Ins1ee Street.
g3-Lawrence and Francis Streets.
s4-Neville and tombstone Streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

They should worry about the coun-
try going dry. There's always the
ocean you know-plenty of 1t with a
good head of foam.
It's the innocent bystander thatll
have to do the worrying. more'n like
ly. Because it's just as Tom Duff says
you know Tom, over in the comic
strip; Tom says the government will
probably charge a luxury tax to sit on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
NO. 1881

once OF Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington. d. c.. May 1s. 1919.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, II has
been made to appear that THE CITY
NATIONAL BANK OF PERTH AM
BOY" in the city of Perth Amboy In
the County Of Middlesex and State OF
New Jersey has complied with all the
provisions of the Statutes of the uni
ted States. required to be complied
with before an Association shall be
authorized to ommen the business Of
Now therefore. I. John SHELTON Will
liams. Comptroller of the Currency, do
TIoNXL BANK or PERTH AMBOY"
In the city Of Perth Amboy In the
County OF M,ddlesex and State OF New
Jersey is authorized to comme-cs
sss.-9n FIFTY oner hundred and sixty
nine of~tBe-Revised Statutes Of the
In testimony whereof. witness my
hand and seal of ONCE this sixteenth
JNO. SHELTON WILLIAMS,
Comptroller of the Currency.
(seal "Currency Bureau, Treasury
Department. Seal of the ComptrolIer
Of the Currency") 4693|b-z2-eo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
"Safety First.D

Two recent cases of fainting In the
bath recall the advice that the late
Sir william Kingston, NJ. d., Of Mon
treal was wont to give his patients.
"F1ll the BATH" he used to say, "pul
out the plug and then get in. If you
faint in the bath the water will run
out before you drown"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
Juvenile Rebuks.

Little flve-year-old Mary, who had
great kindness of heart for all the
animal creation, saw a hen preparing
to gather her chickens under her
wings, and shouted earnestly: "Oh.
don't sit down on those beautiful lit
tie birds, you great Big, ugly, old
rooster !"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

the beaches this summer.
But at that, it's going to be worth
it, especially in Los Angeles where
they've taken the censorship off what
the mermaids put on to keep from get
ting sunburned.
After years OF interference in the
matter of bathing suits and an at
tempt to make pTopriety depend upon
the number of stripes on a stocking,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
Curious Plant.

Among the curiosities of the desert
of Sahara is a queer-looking scrubby
plant, always yellow with fine sand,
called the coughing beam" In the
long dry heat Its pores become choked
and 1t would die were 1t not for a
powerful gas which accumulates In
side and explodes with a sound like q
human cough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

the city fathers have finally decided
to let bathers dress as hey please
For results note picture above.
Little grains of water, little drops
OF sand, make the ocean pleasant ana
-" We seem to be a little rusty on
our poetry-but you know what wa
mean.
Anyway, somebody's always putting
the joy back into life!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
Uncle Eben.

IF every small boy could carry out
bis mothers expectations fob his fu-
ture," said Uncle Eben, 'dar'd have
to be several million presidents Of de
Quilted States all to once"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
NOTICE

DIR. Hodges, formerly of 81
Smith ST., has moved his dental
office to Raritan Building, Rooms
314 and 315.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

fSlI
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testimony Indicating that. except 10.
an astonishing reliability which they
all seemed to have attained In matters
relating to musical comedy. they had
not gone In for anything. Certainly
the question one Of them put to Lucy.
In response to investigations Of hers.
seemed to point that way: Don't you
Think" he said. really. don't you
think that being things Is rather better
than doing thingsr
He said "rahthuh bettuh" for rather
better" and seemed to do 1t deliberate
ly. with perfect knowledge OF what he
was doing. Later. Lucy Knocked him
to George, and George refused to
smile: he somewhat inclined TO such
RECOMMENDATIONS. himself. This inclina-
ton was one OF the things that he had
acquired In the four years.
What else he had acquired. Ii might
have puzzled him to state. had any
body asked him and required a direct
reply within reasonable space OF
time. He had learned how to pass ex-
aminations by 'cramming;" that is. In
three or four days and nights he could
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get into his head enough of n selected
fragment of some scientific of philo.
sophical or literary or linguistic sub
ject to reply plausibly TO six questions
out of ten. He could retain the infor'
nation necessary for such feat just
long enough to give a successful per
Torrance; then 1t would evaporate ut
terly from his brain, and leave him I'm.
disturbed. George, like his crowd
not only preferred "being things to
doing things" but had contented him
self with four years Of "being things
as q preparation for going on 'beine
things" And when Lucy rather shyly
pressed him for his friends probable
superior and beautiful to be. George
raised his eyebrows slightly, meaning
that she should have understood with
out explanation but he did explain
"Oh, family and all that-being a gen.
tleman, / suppose
Lucy gave the horizon q long look
but offered no comment.
"Aunt Fanny doesn't look much bet.
ter" George said to his mother, few
minutes after their arrival, on tbs
night they got home. Doesn't she get
over 1t at all? l thought she'd feel
better when we turned over the insur
ance to her-gave 1t to her absolutely
without any strings TO 1t. She looks
about a thousand years old"
'She looks quite girlish, sometimes
though" his mother said.
HAS she looked that way much
since father"
Not so much." Isabel said thought
fully. But she will. as time goes on
''Time'H have to hurry. then. It seem.
to me-" George observed. returning tt
his own ROOM
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1.-THE idea of being a pro-
fessional man has never ap-
pea'ed to me"
1TO BE CONTINUED
Human Goodwill.

With all your exuberant goodwill
you haven't altogether got beyond the
theory that the first cave-dweTler be
slowed on his neighbor the bone he
himself didn't need, and established
the pleasant relation of benefactoI
and beneficiary. 1t gave him such q
warm feeling In his heart that he nat.
urally wanted to make the relation
permanent. First cave-dweller felt 8
little disappointed next day when
second cave-dweller. instead OF com
ing to him for another bone. preferred
to take his pointed stick and go hunt
Ing on his own account. 1t seemed a
little ungrateful In him. and first
cave-dweller felt that 1t would be nc
more than right to arrange legislation
In the cave so that II should not hap
pen again. Christian charity is q beau
tfful thing. but sometimes 1t gets mixed
up with these ideas OF the Save-dwell-
ers.-Samuel Nj. Crothers.
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CHAPTER Discontinued.

"Pooti" Aunt Amelia was evidently
In n passion "You know what's been
going on over there, well enough.
Frank Bronsoni 1 thought you were
q man of the world: don't tell me
you're blind For nearly two years
! IsabeTs been pretending to chaperone
Fanny Minafer with Eugene. and all
the time she's been dragging that poor
fool Fanny around TO chaperone her
and Eugene Under the circumstances,
she knows people will get 10 thinking
Fanny's q pretty slim kind of chap
erone, and Isabel wants TO please
George because she thinks therell be
less talk II she can keep her own
brother around, seeming TO approve.
Talkr Shed better look out The
whole town will be talking, the first
thing she knows. She"
Amelia stopped. and stared at the
doorway in a panic, for her nephew
stood there
She kept her eyes upon his white
face for a few strained moments. then,
regaining her nerve, looked away and
shrugged her shoulders.
You weren't intended TO hear what
I've been saying. George" she said
quietly. "But since you seem"
Yes. did"
''Sor' She shrugged her shoulders
again. after all, / don't know but
its just as well. in the long run"
He walked up to where she sat. you
-yo.-" he said thickly. at seems
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"POKER FACE" HAS ITS USE
Ability TO Hide Emotion Will Fro
quentiy be Found Of Value In
Gamo Of Life.

Princeton is about to send 116 grad
yates out into the world. Some OF
them are whimsical young fellows, ms
would appear by the way they filled out
missionaries which asked them.
among other things, what OF most value
had been received by them in their col
lege course. One reflective senior
avowed unblushingly that 1t was his
allowance" For others. checks" "a
poker face" 1.-THE art Of bluffng."
"learning how to loaf scientifically"
were their acquisitions OF highest
worth.
The value OF no one OF these can
be gainsaid, for most lives bring emer-
gencies when any one OF them may
be Of the highest use. There are
some who may be skeptical OF the ad-
vantages Of the 'polxer face" Yet who
can doubt the value on occasion OF
poised, impassive, imperturbable coun-
tenance which gives no slightest hint
of the hopes and fears 1t masks.
A physiognomy under CON oIete con-
troll Is almost essential to diplomat.
and this ability to hide emotions be
hind a changeless exterior goes far
to give the Japanese ENJOYS the repu-
tation OF being the best poised states
men. Countenances which light up
with emotion. are more attractive.
faces Are never winning In the
usual aceeptation Of the word. But
they are the winning faces In two at
least OF the exciting games Of life. d.
plomacy and poker.--Rochester Post
Express.
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CHAPTER XII.

almost" was Lucy's last word on
the last night of Georges vacation
that vital evening which she had halt
consented TO agree upon for settling
things" between them. almost en-
gagged" she meant. And George, dis
contented with the almost" but con
tented that she seemed glad TO wear a
sapphire locket with tiny photograph
of George ANDERSON Minafer inside it,
found himself wonderful In a new
world at the final instant of their part
ing. For. after declining TO let him
kiss her ''gOOd-by," as If his desire for
such ceremony We're the post pre-
posterous absurdity In the world. she
had leaned suddenly close to him and
left upon his cheek the veriest feather
from a fairy's wing.
She wrote him a month later:
mo. 1t must keep on being almost.
isn't almost pretty pleasant? You
know well enough that care for you.
did from the first minute l saw you.
and I'm pretty sure you knew tim
afraid you did. I'm afraid you always
knew Ii. But it's such solemn thing
1t scares me. 1t means a good deal to
lot of people besides you and me,
and that scares me. too. l shouldn't
be bit surprised to find myself an
old lady. some day. still thinking of
you-while you'd be away and away
with somebody else perhaps, and me
forgotten ages agol Lucy Morgan
you'd say, when you saw my obituary.
Lucy Morgan? Let me see: seem
to remember the name. Didn't know
some Lucy Morgan or other. once upon
time? Then you'd shake your big
white head and stroke your long white
beard-you'd have such a distinguished
long white beard and you'd say, No
I don't seem TO remember any Lucy
Morgan; I wonder what made me think
l didY And poor mel I'd be deep in
the ground. wondering II you'd heard
about 1t and what you were saying.
Good-by for today. Don't work too
hard-dear
George Immediately seized pen and
paper. plaintively but vigorously re-
questing Lucy not to imagine him with
beard. distinguished or otherwise,
even in the extremities of age. Then.
after inscribing his protest in the mat
ter Of this visioned beard. he con-
Guided his missive in a tone Modified
to tenderness, and proceeded to read
letter from his mother which had
reached him simultaneously with
Lucy's. Isabel wrote from Asheyille.
where she had just arrived with her
husband:
II think your father looks better al
ready. darling though we've been hero
only q few hours. 1t may be we've
found just the place to build him up.
The doctors said they hoped II would
prove to be, and IL 1t Is. 1t would be
worth the long struggle we had with
him to get him to give up and come.
I'm afraid that in my anxiety to get
him to do what the doctors wanted
him to. wasn't able to back up Broth
er George Al should In his difficulty
with Sydney and Amelia I'm 20 sorryl
George II more upset than I've ever
seen him they've got what they want
ed. and they're sailing before loa8 I
hear. to live In Florence. Father sid
Ne couldn't stand tie constant poe
suading-rp afraid tha word ~ $50
was snagg1&G. can't undergnnd 80
~ behovlng NJ 49, o6erpD 80
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By BOOTH HARRINGTON

were not SO intimate with the Morgan
family-at least for a time. 1t might
be better"
Fanny stared at him incredulously
You mean you'd quit seeing Lucy?"
II hadn't thought OF that side Of 1t
but IL such a thing were necessary on
account OF talk about my mother, L
I" He hesitated unhappily. II sug-
gested that If all OF us-for a time
perhaps only for q tine-it might be
better If
"See here" she interrupted. well
settle this nonsense right now. II Eu-
gene Morgan comes to this house. for
instance. TO see me. your mother can't
get up and leave the place the minute
he gets here. can she? What do you
want her TO do: insult him? Or per-
haps you'd prefer she'd insult Lucy
That would do just as well. What Is
1t you're up TO. anyhow Do you really
love your Aunt Amelia so much that
you want to please her? Or do you
really hate your Aunt Fanny SO much
that you want to-that you want to
She choked and sought for her hand
kerchief; suddenly she began TO cry.
"Oh. see here" George said. II don't
hate you, Aunt Fanny. That's silly.
don't"
You do! You do! You want to-
you want TO destroy the only thing
that THAT / ever" And. unable to
continue she became inaudible in her
handkerchief.
George felt remorseful. and his own
troubles were lightened: all at once II
became clear to him that he had been
worrying about nothing. He perceived
that his Aunt Amelia was indeed an
old cat, and that TO give her scandal
Gus meanderings another thought
would be the height OF folly. By no
means insusceptible to such pathos as
that now exposed before him. he did
not lack pity for Fanny. whose almost
spoken confession was lamentable |:
and he was granted the vision to un-
derstand that his mother also pitied
Fanny infinitely more than he did.
This seemed TO explain everything.
He patted the unhappy lady awk-
wardly upon her shoulder. There,
therel'' he said 81 didn't mean any
thing. OF course the only thing to do
about Aunt Amelia is to paw no atten-
ton TO her. It's all right. Aunt Fanny.
Don't cry. l feel lot better now, my
self. Come on; I'll drive back there
with you. It's all over, and nothing's
the matter. Can't you cheer up?'
Fanny cheered up; and presently the
customarily hostile aunt and nephew
Ir;x ~
amiably together in the hot sunshine.
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IL seems to me you're-you're pretty
common
4 Old Bronson had risen from his
ahnir in great distress Your aunt
was talking nonsense because she's
z-siqued over business matter.
9eorge." he said. "She doesn't mean
what she said, and neither she nor
anyone else gives the slightest credit
Ito such foolishness-no one in the
<worldl"
George gulped, and wet lines shone
zsuddenly along his lower eyelids.
better notr' he said,
#then stalked out of the room, and out
of the house.
Ten minutes later. George Amber
son. somewhat in the semblance of an
angry person plunging out of the Man
sion, foun1 pale nephew waiting to
ccost hinl.
s. 81 haveat time to talk. George"
"Yes. you have. You'd better :"
& WHATS the matter. them"
His nemesake drew him away from
ne vicicity OF the house. II want to
Ell yoR something just heard Aunt
a nelia say. in there. She says my
&c ner's on your side about this divi-
ION or the property because you're
Eugene Morgan's best friend. She
eid--" George paused to swallow.
me said" He faltered.
~Tsu look SICK" said his uncle. and
1ghed shortly. IF it's because of
yshing Amelia's been saying. 1 don't
hrre you'll What else did she sayrs
George swallowed again, as with
hHsea. but under his uncle's encour-
eenent he was able to be explicit.
me said my mother wanted you to be
4eNdly to her about Eugene Morgan.
he said my mother had been using
Annt Fanny rs a chaperone"
Anderson emitted a laugh OF dis
nst. ITS wonderful what tommy-rot
i woman In state Of spite can think
81 I suppose you don't doubt that
Amelia Anderson created this speci-
|nna of tommy-rot herself? or ali the
0ann noosense !"
George looked at him hagRardly.
I Iou're Gure people are not taIkingrs
sRubb1shi Your mothers on my
- obo1t thls dlvl11ou bocauDo ~
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CHEST CLOGGED UP
WITH HEAVY COLD?
Don't give it chance to
"set in"-use DIR. Kings
New Discovery

"HAT dangerous stage where g
cold or cough or case of grippe
= might get the better of you may
be nearer than you think Prompt
action with DR.. Kings New Discovery
will avert long siege.
For fifty years 1t has loosened con-
gested chests, dissipGted tight-packed
phlegm, broken vicious colds and
coughs. Give it to the youngsters
take Ii yourself There will be no disa-
greeable after-effects
Coo. and S1.20 a bottle. At your
druggists. Give it a trial.
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"BEINo A GENTLEMAN, 4 SUPPOSE

in
and
Amber outs
n In o a on m
NJ shrnent uisch make
the i'm
n ld a
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almost
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Bowels Become Normal

liver livens up, bile flows freely
headache, bifiousness. tongue-fur,
stomach-sourness, disappear when DR..
Kings New Life Pills get in their
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PurgativeS, never pleasantly correc-
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firmly functioning the bowels, elimi-
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promoting the most gratifying results.
Cleanse the system with them and
know the boon OF regular bowels. 25c.
at all druggists.
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Flvs MANY EnemIea

II the determination Of the hy wa.
left solely to US humans. the wori6
would be nothing but . thick mass OF
insects. AS with all other OF nd
lures creatures. the housefiy has nat
ural enemies. Birds prey upon the fly
Toads. spiders and other animals also
deplete the ranks Of the fly In huge
quantities Only these natural en-
emies prevent the ny from fllihg tbs
earth In immense clouds Kipling's Law
Is exemplined In the life Of the fly ex.
terminafors. The toad II beset by the
snake and the toad devours flies. Life
ID the survival Of the httest.
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well and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. / gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. Mrs. ALBERT Suite, 6~5
Olmstead St, Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women. II am so nervous, cam
not Sleep" or cit seems as though !
should fly." Such women should profit
by Mrs. Suites experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For forty years it has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
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illness, and nervous prostration or
women, and is now considered the stan
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