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Middletown transcript., 1920-07-03
Prayed for Cure
Finds it After 10 Years
Food Would Sour and Boil
Teeth Like Chalk
Teeth Like Chalk

Mr.. Herbert NJ. Gessner writes from hin
home in Berlin, N. H.:
had stomach trouble over ten years;
kept getting worse. l tried everything for
relief but it came back worse than ever.
Last fall got awfully bad; could only eat
light loaf bread and tea. In January got
80 bad that what l would eat would sour
and boil; my teeth would be like chalk.
l suffered terribly. l prayed every day for
something to cure me. One day ! read
about EATONIC and told my wife to get
me box at the drug store as was going
to work at p. m. took one-third Of il
and began to feel relief; when it was
three-fourths gone, felt fine and when il
was used up had no pains. Wife got ma
another box but I have felt the pain hut
twice. ! used five tablets out of the new
box and have no more stomach trouble.
Now write to tell you how thankful I
am that heard Of EATONIC. feel like
new man; eat what like, drink plentE
Of water, and it never hurts me ct all.
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ROTATION INCREASES YIELD
Among Many Other Reason. It Dis,
tributes Risk Of Crop Failure
and Helps Fertility.

There are many reasons for rotat.
ing crops. Some are more important
in one section, some in another. Among
them may be mentioned the follow
ing:
(1) Rotation increases the total crop
yield.
(2) It distributes. the risk of crop
failure, since conditions injurious to
one crop frequently do not affect other
crops.
(3) It gives a better distribution OF
farm labor throughout the year.
(4) 1t allows the keeping of more
live stock, which favors better use
Of farm crops and furnishes farm ma
nure.
(5) It allows the use Of green-ma-
nure crops and the satisfactory ap-
plication of farm manures. thus main
tanning the fertility Of the soil.
(6) It insures a better control Of
weeds, injurious insects, and fungous
diseases of crops.
(O It uses soil moisture more COM
pletely. as different crops use water
differently. - Farmers Bulletin 678
United States department Of agricul
ture.
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Henry Morganthau, to be ambassador
to Mexico, John Shelton Williams, to
be comptroller of the currency, and
Martin L. Gillen, to be a member Of
the shipping board.
The new merchant marine bill sign.
ed by the president just before coz
gress adjourned, creates a new ship
ping board of seven members. Ap
poihtments to the new board proba,
bly, will be made by the president be.
fore congress reassembles in Decem-
Der.
Diplomatic posts now vacant include
those of ministers to Bulgaria, Fin,
land, Greece and Honduras.
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Tries to Give Away Platt National Park

OLATT National park in Oklahoma
was established in 1902. It con-
tains but 848 acres. 1t has sulphur
and bromide springs Of medical value.
Last year it attracted about $4,000 WIS.,
TORS, most of them from the adjacent
1ty Of Sulphur. So Platt is hardly
up to the standard of the national
parks. It is slated to be reduced to
national monument.
In 1913 Platt got an appropriation
Of $4,000, which has gradually been
decreased to $4,000 for fiscal year
1920. While the national park items
In the sundry civil bill were being con-
sidered in the house just before ad-
journment, Harreld Of Oklahoma Of
fered an amendment increasing the
appropriation from $1,000 to $4,000.
Then Good of Iowa, chairman Of the
appropriations committee, offered a
substitute amendment which provided
for transfer Of the park to the state
Of Oklahoma and, in case Of the failure
or refusal Of Oklahoma to accept the
park, for the sale of the park either
by sealed proposals or by public auc-
ton, the proceeds to 60 to the treas
ury.
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FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
IN CATTLE AND HOGS
Analysis Of Reports Indicate De-
crease in Disease.
Post Mortem Results at FederalIy In.
spected Meat Packing Establish.
ments Give Encouraging Fig
ures to Authorities.

Analysis of the reports regarding
tuberculosis in cattle and swine, issued
during the last three years by the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, indicates a decrease in the per-
centage Of animals found to be infect
ed with this disease. The figures
based on post-mortem results at fed
orally inspected meat packing estab-
lishments are encouraging to state and
federal authorities and others engaged
in the eradication Of tuberculosis.
A summary of the federally inspect
ed slaughter of cattle at eight impor-
tant market centers-Chicago, Kansas
City, Omaha, South st. Joseph, St.
Paul, Sioux City, East st. Louis and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that the percentage
Of animals condemned for tuberculosis
for the year ended June 80. 1917, was
O51 per cent Isl hundredths Of 1 per
cent) Of the whole number slaugh-
tered. For 1913 condemnations for the
same cause had decreased to OBS per
cent; and in 1919 they had dropped
to O32 per cent. The total number of
cattle slaughtered in 1917 at the eight
points mentioned was 5,966,S24, and
in 1919 this had increased to 6,995, 735.
The reports regarding swine at the
same eight markets show that the per-
centage condemned for tuberculosis in
1917 was O244 per cent; in 1918, O.199
per cent; and in 1919, OF per cent.
It is noteworthy, the meat inspection
divisional points out, that the per cent
age of tuberculosis in swine declined
along with the decrease of the same
disease among cattle. The figures
support the belief that swine are in
fected with the tuberculosis princi-
pally from cattle, Infection being
spread in most cases either by feed
ing unpasteurized skim milk, by allow
ing hogs to eat tuberculous carcasses
or offal, or permitting the hogs to fol-
low diseased cattle In feed lots and
pastures. Livestock owners. the de-
partment of agriculture declares, can
hasten the stamping out of tuberculo-
sis by careful attention to sanitation,
by having their herds tested with tu-
berculin, removing any reactors found,
and thereafter requiring all cattle in
troduced on the farm to have passed
a successful tuberculin test.
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A New Outfit.

The man next door to four-year-old
Allen has new car and little Allen
is much given to accompanying him
to the garage to keep him company
while he tinkers with it. He some
times seems to get as much pleasure
out of it as does it's actual owner.
Only the other day something hap
pened which threatened for time to
dim his enjoyment. The owner of the
car came home with jumper suit in
which he appeared the next Tine he
went out to work on his car.
The next time he started out to the
garage he whistled for Allen but no
boy came. Then he went over to Al
lens house and hunted up the little
fellow. "Come on out to the garage
with me, son." he said.
Allen looked at him sOrrOwfully.
II can't" he said sadly. II haven't
any garage underwear like yours"
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1--WE STOCK]
H@R0HEShz hz

Grain should not be taken away
from the lambs when they are turned
on grass.
To insure rapid growth. colt should
be encouraged to eat hay and grain
when a few weeks old.
The cost of producing and maintain
ing the cow herd Is Of prime impor.
tance to the beef man.
AS. the hoofs of sheep grow very
fast, the feet will grow faster than
they wea4 unless they travel over very
rough ground.
Any of the coal tar. cresalic acid,
nicotine, lime and sulphur dips make
a good solution and prove very sat.
isfactory for sheep.
Beware of hog cholera. Boars or
s0ws taken from one farm to another
for breeding purposes offer one means
of spreading infection.
In common with other lines of live
stock breeding and feeding the farmer
who feeds hogs must assume his share.
Of the risks during the next two ov
three years.
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Ing and a foal will be born that will
not mature into work animal valu
able enough to pay for the cost of the
feed and care necessary to raise the
foal properly.
It is fact that many progressive
farmers balk at paying a reasonable
service fee for good stallion and will
breed to an inferior stallion because
of the lower fee. It is false economy
to stop at a few dollars when it comes
to the best horse. 1t is the colt, and
not the high service fee, which counts
most in reckoning profits. It costs
but little more to raise the $3.50 kind
than it does the $125 kind.
A Decrease in Work Stock.
The result Of the decrease in the
number of mares bred in 1918 has
been a decrease in the number Of
horses. The estimates of the bureau
of crop estimates show a decrease Of
$4,000 in the number of horses on
farms January 1, 1920 as compared
with January 1. 1919. and an increase
of 41.O0O mules, Or a net decrease of
$4,000 head in our work stock. Indi-
cations are that there was still furth-
er decrease in the number of mares
bred in 1919, but the result Of such
decreased breeding will not be shown
until after the 1920 colt crop Is esti-
timated. If the decreased breeding in
1919 was as great as seems to be indi-
Gated. the estimate Of January l. 1921,
will show a further decrease in the
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IT HAS been often charged that the
l United States has driven many q
rhard bargain" with the Indians. Any
way. toward adjournment, congress.
afters 4O.years, passed an act author
lzing the adjudication by the court OF
claims of the claims of the Sioux with
relation to the "alleegd enforced ces-
sion of the Black Hills Of Dakota in
1876"
The full story is too long to be told
here, but as Candy Of South Dakota
who introduced the bill, told it to the
house. the truth Of the matter seems to
he that after the discovery OF gold
and oliver In the Hleck Hills the whites
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number Of horscs.~ This effect Of the
decrease in horse breeding will not, be
fully felt until about 1929, or when
the foals born in 1919 and 1870 have
become Of workable age. In many
sections the work stock is being used
up without any provision for the fu-
ture.
Opportunity for Farmers.
The country must depend on the
farmer more than ever for the produc-
ton Of horses needed for farm. and
other work, for the number Of men
engaged in extensive hose breeding
has become less and less from year
to year. The farmer, in order to pro-
duce the efficient horse, must use the
greatest care In the selection of his
breeding stock. The production of
greater efficiency in our work animals
would not only mean greater remuner-
alton to the breeder, but also greater
efficiency in our agricultural produc'
ton.
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WASHINGTON.
SIDELIGHTS
National Department of Public Works

At present these functions are per-
formed by 80 separate and distinct
agencies in nine out Of the ten de-
partme1ts, which in many cases do ex-
actly the same kind Of work and are
not correlated and co-ordinated except
through congress- q.
In the regrouping Of functions
among the departments the interior
department would transfer the patent
office to the department of commerce;
the bureau of pensions to the treasury
department; the bureau of education
to tie department Of labor the Freed
mans hospital to the public health
service, and so on.
Into the new department OF puPhc
works would be taken the supervising
architects office from the treasury de-
partment; the corps of engineers, riv-
ers and harbors. from the war depart
ment; the coast and geodetic survey
from the department Of commerce; the
bureaus of good roads and of forest
service from the agricultural depart
ment, and so on.
OF course every department-except
perhaps the. interi0r-will fight the Dill
to tie last ditch.
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Mann of Illinois made point of
order, holding that the Good amend
ment was legislation. Good replied
that it was legislation under the Hol-
man rule and to the surprise Of every
one read from the act creating the
park a section providing that the fed
eral government was not committed
to the expenditure Of money on the
park, as it was the intention to convey
the park to whatever state should be
formed out of the then Indian terri
tory.
Mann's point of order was sustained
and Harreld's amendment was passed.
So Platt National park gets stay Of
sentence and an Increased appropria~
tiOn.
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Honors Remained With Mule.

While circus parade was in prog
ress at Kane, Pa, one of the elephants,
thinking possibly to relieve the monot-
ony of the occasion, gave its trunk a
toss in the air and brought it down
with a resounding smack on mule
that had been standing at the curb
quietly watching the sights. In spite
of the handicap of being hitched to
delivery wagon, the mule promptly
wheeled about, took quick aim, and de-
livered two kicks with lightning swift
ness. The kicks caught the elephant
squarely on the knees. It stopped for
g. instant, but if it even momentarily
contemplated further interchanges
with the mule, it gave up the>idea, and
finished the parade with a decided
nmp-Philadelphia Record.
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e ECRETARY Of War Baker has an
y nounced plans for the establish
ment in France of three American
fields of honor in which will be group
ed the bodies of Americans who gave
their lives overseas in the world war.
A war memorials council is created.
This council will be an advisory COM
care of the dead, the marking Of the
graves and the Identification of these
"American Fields Of Honor" These
fields Of honor will be planted with,
memorial trees and approached by
memorial drives.
Members of the war memorials coun-
ell will be representatives of the fol-
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WASHINGTQN.-The work of the
~ National Public Works Depart
ment association in behalf of the
Jones-Reavis bill in congress is Gre
athg a nationwide stir. The associa-
tion Is composed of $4,000 engineers,
architects, contractors and other or
ganizers. The bill proposes to estab-
nsh tie department of public works
IN place of the department of the in
terror, which has been made the catch
all of miscellaneous domestic activi-
ties. 1t would throw out of the de-
partment what does not properly be-
long to it and collect in it the govern
ment activities that have to do with
engineering, construction a1d public
works functions. F..
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WAS TOO fERvEN!:
Law Saw More Love Than Re.
Iiqion in Mans Kiss.
Exhaustive Legal Opinion by British
Judge Laid Down Fine Distinction
between the Salute Amatory
and the Salute Religious.

The islanders of Lewis, the island
In the western Hebrides, off the coast
of Scotland, which is coming so much
into prominence since its recent pN-
chase by the soap king. Lord Lever
hulme, have many quaint customs, one
of which was strikingly revealed In
an action for divorce tried in court at
Edinburgh. The story is well told in
the judgment pronounced by Lord
Sands.
The action was at the instance Of
Alexander Matheson, fisherman OF
Portnaguran, Stornaway, against Mrs.
Isabella Mclean or Matheson, 6 Port
naguran, and against William Camp
bell, merchant, 8 Portnaguran, as CO.
defender. His lordshfp granted a de-
cree of divorce and found the CO.
defender liable in expenses andf4O
damages. y
His lordship said he thought it was
proved that, considering their previ-
ously distant relations, there was a
remarkable intimacy between defen-
der and codefender The eodefender
kissed the defender both when they
were alone and in her house before
her children. This in itself would
have been conclusive had it not been
for one circumstance. The defender
and the codefender were both members
of the United Free church. There was
evidence tlMt could not be disregarded
that there was q certain practice OF
kissing between communicates, though,
in Difference probably to British ideas,
the salutation seemed to pass only be-
tween persons of opposite sexes. The
existence of such a practice seemed
somewhat startling, but his lordship
thought it was explained by the e.
dence taken in relation to what was a
matter of public knowledge among
those ccnversant with religious con-
ditions in the highlands.
It had been the practice for only
mere handful of the adherents OF the
church to participate in communion, al
though the communion season was q
f0r more solemn acClOH III tHe HSn'
lands than in the lOwlands.
Since the split in the Free church,
however, in 1900. the sections which
adhered to the United Free church had
tended to become much more like their
brethren in the SOUL and thus it man.
ifested itself among other ways in
many younger persons becoming COM
municants. This caused an awkward
complication rs regarded the kissing
custom. 1t might be all very well for
elderly saints to greet one another
with a chaste oriental salute, but 1t
was q different matter when it came to
young married women being prOmiscu'
ously kissed by casual male acquaint-
ances who happened to be fellow com.
municants. This extension of the Gus
tom was therefore disapprOved of by
many, but to a certain extent the GUS
tom prevailed. Such being the state
of matters, the kissing indulged in
by the parties to this case had not
the conclusive character of undue ia
miliarity.
It was proved that the codefender did
more than kiss the defender; he also
put his arms around her, fact which
he admitted. His lordship felt that re-
ligious custom did not justify this ex-
tension Of the embrace.
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mand and the price for the mediocre
work animal, on the other hand, is
low. This should emphasize the ne
cessity for the greatest endeavor to
reduce the number Of inferior horses
produced. If the right kind of horses
and mules, the kind for which there
is always a market, are to be pro-
duced the same care must be given to
their production as is given by the
breeders Of cattle, sheep, and swine.
What is needed more than anything
else in the production of our work
stock is greater care in the selection
of both the stallion and the brood
mare. The poor producing brood mare
should not be bred. It is a. losing
proposition to breed a poor producing
brood mare, even to the best stallion,
or to breed the good producing brood
mare to an inferior stallion, with the
hope that a good foal may be pro-
duced. While occasionally good one
will be produced in this way, the re-
suits in most cases will be disappoint-
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CUSTOMS FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Who among us would say to-day, II
never use Dentifrice; never have to-"
Yet Fifty years ago, odd as it may
seem, not one person in 1000 used
Dentifrice-or even a tooth brush.
So to-day, after more than 80 years OF
persistent publicity of Aliens Foot=Ease,
the Antiseptic Powder for the Feet, not
many well-turned-out people care to con-
fess, "You know I never have to use
Powder for the Feet"
More than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army and Navy during
the war.
The reason is this: Conining the feet
in Leather or Canvas Shoes is bound to
create friction more or less. Aliens Foot
Ease removes the friction from the shoes.
1t is this friction which causes callouses,
corns and bunions. You know what fric-
ton does to your motor-car axle. why
not remove it from your footwear by
Shaking into your Shoes today, Allen
Foot=Ease. the. cleanly, wholesome, heal
ing, Antiseptic powder? Get the habit
as millions now have it, who inhablt our
as yet. imperfect world.-Adv.
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Watch cuticura improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash Off Ointment in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 1t
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
will do for poor compilations. dandruff.
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.
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Chinese Girls Ftoht the Bows.

According to the Pekin Jipao the
experiment of mixed education has
not been a brilliant success in the cap
ital as it resulted in stand up fight
between girl and boy students in the
government university. It appears
that during school hours some of the
boys attempted to "cut OUT the swains
of some of the girls, and these, be-
coming jealous, tried to wreak venge-
ance. The government has dismissed
all the participants in the scrap and
has decided that the present moment
ise inopportune for mixed education
and will drop the scheme.
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ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" is genu-
Inc Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an uhbroken
"Bayer package" which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth.
ache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes Of IL
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer packages" Aspirin
Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon
oaceticacidester Of Salicylicacid.-Adv.
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Now h the Time to Get Rid Of
These Usly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed Of your freckles. as Othine
double Strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely Spots
Simply get an ounce of Othine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply
little Of it night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
pletely clear the skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure TO ask for the double strength
money back II It fails to remove freckles.
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nIIN11l11ll1l

Of the trouble some time ago and took
some more of your Compound and was
soon all right again. always recom>
mend your medicine and YOU may pub.
lish nv testimonial for the benefit OF
other women. Mrs. JULES BER0. Jr.>
r. /, Box SO, Casco, Wis.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn.
pound, made fromnativer roots and herbs
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs
anal TODAY holds the record Of being tho
most successful remedy for female ills
in this country, and thousands Of vol
mtary testimonials prove this fast.
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound will help you, write to Lydia e
Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidentiaD
Lynn, Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be opened, read and answered by =
woman, and held in strict confidence.
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Cuack Grass,

Quack grass is among the very worst
Of all weedy grasses. 1t belongs to
the same family of plants as all. of
the small grains. timothy and red-top
grass, but unlike them it is very unde-
sirable.
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A self-made man and a tailor-made
.an can both learn something from
each other
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Once in while the greatest truth y
told by the biggest liar.
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Resisting temptation is another thing
that "you never know whether it will
work."
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Old Friend Turns Up.

Old Friend Turns Up.
1T seems to me have already heard
some of tie stories told by this mon.
olOguist."
Perhaps you have"
"Yes?"
Hes a retired bartender who has
gone intA vaudeville. e."1Birminaham
Age-Herall
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Prune Fruit Tree Down.

Dono prune up a fruit tree. prune
It down. Pruning. picking and spray
Ing will cost less. With the proper
cultivating tools the low limbs win
not interfere.
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One bossy disposition recognizes
another at first sight and SHES away
from it.
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II your eyes smart or feel scalded. Roman
Eye Balsam applied upon going to bed is
just the thing to relieve them.-Adv.
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There are not many men that fash
ION can control after their fiftieth mile
stone.
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GOLD MEDAL
1,ee91E 1,ee!!|;Qn 1EMQn
s!&HS{yll i5

The worlds standard remedy for thsoo.
disorders, will often ward off these dis-.
eases and strengthen the body againss
further attacks. Three sizes, all druggissA
leok for shs name Gold Medal On sveey -
and acespt no imitation
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VICTIMS
RESCUED

Kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid
troubles are most dangerous BE-
cause of their insidious attacks.
Heed the first warning they give
that they need attention by taking
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Economy is brand of wealth tha'
no one cares to inherit.

rs;...,o, rrodnces disagreeable and
sometimes alarming symptoms Wrlgnt'
indian Vegetable Pills stimulate the diges'
tive processes to function naturaly.-Aos'