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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
ADVERTISEMENT.
Great Medicine
Made From Cornsilk+Ex
cites Favorable Comment
Kidney and Bladder Ailner1t.
Banished By Few Doses

Corn Silk! The same silk" Won
see protecting from the husk Of corn.
produces q fine medicine for kidnev
and bladder irregularities. when COM
pounded with other simple drugs an in
Baimwort Tablets.
Balmwort Tablets contain q pover.
Iaul extract OF corn silk, which quickly
relieves the Inflammation and con-
eestion that causes such distress as
pains in back and hips. rheumatic
tw1nges, nervousness, severe head
aches, accompanied BY ffequent de,
sire TO eliminate. followed by .scald-
ing, burning ls%ensation. The patient
is compelled to arise frequently to re-
heve painful pressure, even though a
Fscanty flow follows. The eyes appear
"~bloodshot," the sleep is restless, and
sometimes fever, followed by chills,
cause great unrest. It is unwise to
neglect such symptoms, when a few
doses Of Balmwort Tablets can be
taken for relief. Alice Trobourh
6s27. South Twenty-fourth street
Omaha. Neb., writes: 81 haze used
one tube Of your Balmwort Tablets
and find that they are the best I have
ever used for kidney and bladder
trouble" =
Ask any leading druggist for a tube
o. Palmwort Tablets. Price, @1.oQ;-
AOV.4 "
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
ADVERTISEMENT.
J ADVERTISEMENT.
FLU Left THIS
MILWAUKEE MAN
WEAK AS BABY
Was Nearing End Of His En-:
durance When He Began
Taking Tanlac- Feels Fine,
Now. -; s

Every time I see any of my friends
now they remark about how we'll and
strong I look and I always tell them
-Tanlac did it ali," said VIM. G. Hauen-
stein, e28 Potter Avenue, Milwaukee,
a Well-known carpenter in the en-
:ploy of the Milwaukee Electric Rail-
way and Light Co. -
my troubles started with my stom-
ach nearly five years ago and since
then I have been going down hill until
became almost a wreck. I had the
worst sort Of Indigestion, never felt
hungry and everything I ate tasted
alike. I would bloat all up with gas
and have sharp, cutting pains around
my heart ands sometimes T had awful
cramping spells with my stomach that
nearly drew me double. MyAback hurt
me nearly all the time and il 1 dared
to stoop over I had to s~traighten up
right slow or the pain would almost
run me wild. Sharp headaches came
on me during the day andsI5Would get
so dizzy 1 would have toshold On to
something for two OF: threeaminutes to
Keep from falling over. My nerves
were so upset that sometimes it took
me hours to get to sleep after l went
to bed and then what little sleep I got
was so restless>that when I got up Of
mornings<1 felt like I had just done a
hard days work. Then on top Of it
all I was taken down. with the hu a
short time ago II when I got UP I
was as weak as a baby and I knew I
couldn't hold out much longer.
- many people Everywhere were
talking Tanlac that I decided to .tfy. It
and the very first bottle began to
.straighten me out. I5have taken three
more bottles and / am not only feeling
years younger but I am working bet
ter than'I have in many q day. I ~
anything and everything my appetite
calls for and l don't have,a particle of
trouble digesting it, The pains sin my
back have just about gone andipsf ana
entirely rid Of those headach9s and.
dizzy SPELLS My nerves are as steady
az q clock and ] sleep like q log every,
night. am ten pounds heavier than,
I wa and am strong enough to tackle
any kind of work"
Tanlac is sold in Grand Forks BY
,voldis Drug Store and. the leading
druggist in every towu,-sAdY. :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
CHINESE WILL
Use MACHINES
TOWRITE WITH
Typewriters Will be Put In
to Use Instead Of the
Brush.

Shanghai, March 12.-(Man.)-
Chinese OF future generations will
write in phonetic script and use a
typewriter with only 80 characters in
stead of plying a brush to draw TO-
900 or more hieroglyphics if mission
making to revolutionize handwriting
in use in China for more than 1000
years. The work Of the missionaries
is at last beginning to receive official
sanction and they entertain hopes that
eventually the Chinese brush, ink
block and ink tablet will have to go
TO give place to more modern meth
DDS of communicating ideas.
Their purpose is not only to sim
pity China's handwriting system but
to give the country a commo tongue
to replace the present day babel
which renders even the native who is
away from his own home district al
most as helpless as a foreigner.
The system Of phonetic script now
urged upon the Chinese was worked
out in England in 1903 by Wang Chao.
Resides it's 80 characters, it contains
10 numerals. There are no capitals.
Rev. F.. G. T~ewksbury of Shanghai.
secretary Of the China Sunday School
union, and a member of the phonetic
promotion committee. who has de-
NNNSu Nv SC"io ~ S6hSiAl al N<AlAAto
has put the new script into use on
American typewriters with complete
success. For this purpose typewriters
with blank type faces are obtained
FROM the factories and the characters
are cut from these faces here by Chi
nese ~engravers. 49,
That the Peking government at
taches importance to the effort being
made is seen in the following excerpt
from recent mandate issued bv the
ministry of education.
we recognize that because of the
difference between our classical and
spoken language. education in the
schools makes slow progress and the
keen edge of the spirit of union, both.
between individuals and in society at
large, has thereby been blunted.
Moreover, il we do not take prompt
steps to make the written and spoken
language the same quickly, n plans
for developing u civilization will
SURELY fail"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
PRESENT

Stanford University. CAL. April A.
Sororfties here have submitted to DR..
Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stan
ford. an alternative proposal to his
plan for abolition of the present sor.
GRITTY housing system.
Dr.. Wilbur and the dean of women
hold that the separate living groups
are an undemocratic influence and
propose that all women shall live in
large dorrnitories.
The sororities now suggest that the
university build or permit the sor.
critics to build on uniform plans
group Of houses neal the main WON
ems dormitofy, that the sororities sell
their present houses for use as mems
dorznttories and take possession OF
houses in the proposed group.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
HIS DARK
..(Rou}oN V9ookN ~ g.

A quaint short story by Rodolphe
Brtnger, ! marvel OF, French brevity,
appeared not long ago in L'Humanite.
1t Is called THE Benefactor's Reve-
nue." and the tale is of q millionaire
in a small town whoj5was piqued- be-
cause he was not elected mayor. Pres
emily he died, partly Of annoyance.
The funeral was magnificent, but the
townsfolk did not attend. They. dis
trusted the millionaire. Imagine the
shock OF pleasure. then, when they
learned that he. had bequeathed 81
100000 francs to the municipality! 1t
was given on condition thatsthe town.
should undertake to- +nourish and sus-
tain all the poor. without, distinction
Of age, sex or nationality, who lived
within it's boundaries. At once the
popularity Of the deceased took a tre-
mendoua jump. A philanthropist; he
had been misjudged. A. pedestal was
prepared for his Today tho
pedestal still remains uncrowned. A
town that was hardJworking and UNI
known to poverty and misery became
the mecca, for all the scamps in
France. Since, the day.:on which the
will was proclaimed, tramps, rogues
and Apaches have not ceased to pour
through its gates. At last it aWoke1l to
the dark intention of it's benefactor.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

A cold is simply an infamma-
ton Of some part Of the air pas
sages-throat. larynx or bronchial
tubes Just like a sore is an in
hammation of the skin. "A long
continued cold means constant
Inflammation and this constant
Inflammation frequently weakens
the air passages 50 that they
become an easy point Of, attack
for invading germs Of more 'serious
diseases. A"cold that hangs on"
therefore, is simply NATURES red
flag" indicating that there is
'troubleb below, )" and this warning
shoald never be neglected.
Nightly applications Of Vick's
YapoRub will aid nature to clear
up that inhainmation.. because
vicas acts locally by stimulation
thru the, skin to draw out the
inflammation, attract the blood
away, from the oongested spots
y FTLTHHF a. w. - -'H- q '
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

and relieve the cough. In add,
ton, the, medicinal ingredients
Of Vicks are vaporized by. the
body heat. These vapors are
breathed in all night long, thus
bringing the medication, to bear
directly upon the inaamed areas.
vicks should be rubbed in over
the throat and chest until the
skin IS red-then spread on
thickly and covered with hot
flannel cloths. Leave the CLOTH
ing loose around the neck ana the
bed clothes arranged in the form
Of q funnel so the vapors arising
may be freely inhaled. If the
cough is annoying, swallow a
sIna'fbjto Of Vicks the size Of a pea.
Samples 10 new users will be
sent free on request to The Wick
Chemical Company, 235 Broad
Street, Greensboro, N. C.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
SMILE WITH US

Old Portly fount himself stranded
for an hour or 90 in a strange town,
and decided to have something to
eat. =.
He entered the only restaurant he
could find and called for a menu.
There amt one. SIR said the
waiter. who looked as if he'd been
blighted in infancy, but II can tell
you what's ONT" I
Let's have it, then" said Portly.
The waiter took a deep breath,
and reeled of a lengthy list. : !
You've a wonderful memory. my
mani"
mo. sir" said the waiter. meek.
", II just looked at the tablecioth!"
He hated having his PHOTOGRAPH
taken. but his wife. indirectly, had
forced him TO undergo the much
dreaded ordeal. g
When she saw the photograph she
cried out in horror: "Oh, George:
you have only n button on your
coat"
He: THANK heaven. you've noticed
1t at last. That's why I had the
photograph taken!"
IN a gil girl a .,;la man at under : palm
"1s your love true" the. girl
As true" the man answered. in
flow, passionate tones, As the deli
, cate flush on your cheek"
"oh-er-ah!'" the girl stam.ner.
ed. hurriediy;: isn't the-er-
doesn't the band play nicely?
NAn American tourist recently
visited the ancient city of Chester
| q nd 'vnG of Ar%1aN h~r <h>IV~.,S >l---
ing Of the fire alarm bell.
Seeing others run, he ran, too, and
presently found himself ono Of q
crowd gathered to witness the depar-
ture of the Are engines. In a short
time the engines dashed out Of the
yard and disappeared down the street
in a whirl of dust and smoke.
With a view to gathering informa-
ton, the tourist addressed himself to
a MAJ in the crowd:
Say, mister, I suppose in an old
place like this. containing 50 many
timber,fronte3 homes, you often have
Pretty often,,' assented the man.
How often, now, does a fre &C.
cur?' asked the American.
Every time hat bell rings" re.
Piled the man, nodding toward the
bell tower. =.
She was one Of those large st6ut
women, and she was dancing with one
OF 'those small thin men. At last
after struggling several tines round
the room, she said, .''Shall we re.
verse;"
Yes" he replied. Nov o hav,
a turn at holding M up"
1.-THE Germans" saiA S.r.%a~ vr;,
llams, frankly pursued for forty
wears a policy that had a fatal flaw
in it,
"The Germans were like the chan
who said in a sanctimonious tone
one evening to his wife: .
How happy / am this evening.
dear! I have done three good deeds
today
What we're they? said the wife.
Q the way to business said he,
saw a young woman weeping on a
church step with a baby on her knee,
I asked her what the trouble was and
she said that she had walked seven
miles to have her baby christened and
now found that she had lost >her
money on the way.
~ told her to cheer up, handed
her a five-dollar bill and bade her
have the child ,christened and brinr
me he change. She did so-she did
so gratefully-and thus, my dear,
did three good deeds. I performed,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
DIVING THIEF,

San Diego. CAL, April IA thief
Owed to the bottom Of the wishing
we'll ct Romona's marriage place at
OldsTown, near here. recently and
took the accumulated horde 81 pen
mics and silver, amounting to about
$40. that have been dropped there by
OF luck and good fortune, ac-
cording to the proprietor Of the his
toric place.
Here IL the ancient motto that
hangs over the well:
"ouan ye the waters Of Ramona's
we'll;
!. Good luck they bring and secrets
III tell.
Biest were they by a sanda1ed friar,
8o1adrtnk and wish for thy DESIRE"
l~h0usands Of tourists each year sin
thAswater and drop coins In homage to
thesgood luck spirit that is supposed
tos4nhabit the we'll.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

OWAsS1 VI OAS I831n nO3CA
q the caty-its a mighty nice
hEn-and the Same foreman
hos been in charge for MANY
2 The foreman must be a rood
4 eeAloW 70 work for too-as a
n1anber OF the hired men have
heen With him . long t1me-in
sACe-they seem to be fixtures on
When I drove to that farm one
dAy Last suznmer-I arrived lust
n time to see the foreman IRE
ne only man discharged there
Turing the year-and as there
49, quite a commot1on-natur-
any ! enquired as to the CAUSE OF
Tho cycione-
Tho foreman said II fired that
10y because he's the most 'orn-
eFy cuss I ever saw-I sent him
ont 10 the pasture yesterday Ia
Dc . we'll, and he DUG TT so
CROOKED HE FELL OUT
A. I drove hack to Grand
NoFks-this beautiful city on the
hanks Of the Red River of the,
Nosth-I couldn't help thinking
81 how dazned lucky we all are
living In q city where practt.
ely every man and woman II
@ The square-and not only In
tlle clty but In the country .tstb.
- - weal--and believe me
w n l1AIl = know tho people Of
sl1lnd Forks-nd there are few
e my who do not dome 70 nv
11se ktnd Of store thse / haye
VT 1enDt ~ necessary - 4 banl-
~ placc for tho rich and poor
tptsade in-whers the WASH
N0GAN recelves the sasne en-.
a 1gntioa - Tho WIFE Of the
s.k11AHK1lIEN GT1IZdEfy- -
~ DON~T KIss THE
arder y sscsrs syo.r
&WnI
h1JE--sell ara enclanee
AnEnftaas 80 bousehoad
1ra1nlv - taks - dsance
ysqadesl Slfh
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

Beware the croakers! The frog Is
king OF the croakers and all he does
10 70 hop from one mud pond into
another. NV.
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first. an act Of charity: / started. sec
ond, q little child in the way it should
go. and I got. third. four dollars for
a bad five-spot."

A hospital nurse was examining an
orderly on his practical knowledge. of
1rst-aids work.
Nov, what would you do IL a man
collapsed ?" she asked. :
Give him some brandy miss" re-
Piled the man
But suppose you had no brandy?"
"T'd promise him some, miss"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

And you enjoy the moving pic
Thoroughly" replied Miss Cay
enne:
But the charm OF the human
voice 2,
This, absence Of the human VOICE
is what. occasionally Ncharms me-, /
am sure Of not hearing anything that
Is unsrammatical or improper" /,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05
BOB WEs1Aco1i

y the owner Of . big farm north
q the cty-its a mighty nice
s0snn-And the same foreman
hAs been In charge for many
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-05

II bought a new hat for my wife
today, and ran all the way back with
It,"
What did you run for?"
Il was afraid the styles would
change before I got home"
:. Mamma, I lost my gum" cried
little Harold. -.
Hush. darling" she cut him oh;
then smiled apoloEetieally at. her
Mamma, I lost-" this time the
mother. smiling vacantly over her
portion Of the chop suey lunch, effec.
lively stopped Harold with a SHARP
pinch Of his leg under the table.
When the guests had all gone
Harold pouted the explanation: "All
I wanted to tell you, mamma, wal
that I'd lost my gum in your CHOP
suey, but you wouldn't let me linish:a
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81 6 The foreman must be a GOOD
4 eenow 10 work for too-as a
u1mher OF the hired men have
~ hesn With him q long time-in
anCe-they seem to be fixtures on
New-York tribune., 1920-01-30

PROBABLY never higher than zero, would
not allow The carbon compounds TO eX-
st IN condition suitable for original
ing life
Conditions on Venus
The planet Venus. on the other hand.
shows every condition necessary for
maintaining Nfe. 1t is nearly the same
size as the earth. and is even nearer
The sun than the earth is This would
apparently make THE climate cons der
ably hotter on Venus excep, for the
fact that the mosphere surrounding
Venue Is continually cloudy. TINS uni
versal cloudiness. by rejecting the
radiation from the sun, reduces the
temperature TO about the same range
as that experienced here on the earth
This cloudlness also shows q sufficient
amount Of waterVapoT to support vege-
tation and higher forms of life on the
planet Venus"
As regards the possibility OF receiv-
ing wireless messages from another
planet, Venus, at its nearest approach
70 the earth, is 25.000,0 900 miles away.
whereas Mars is at least 90 600 000.
From these considerations, il may
be concluded that if any planet is try
not Mars. 1t can be definitely proved
that Mars is unsuited for maintaining
any conceivable form OF life, while the
conditions prevailing on Venus are
such that there is every reason to be
iieve that planet may be be populated
by beings fairly similar 10 ourselves
New-York tribune., 1920-01-30
Brainard Motion Denied
for Certificate of
Doubt Held Premature

Anticipating sentence scheduled TO be
pronounced to-day in the case Of Gin
ION T. Brainard, president Of Harper
4 Brothers, for publication Of Made
ieinc." which the Court of Special
Sessions held was improper former
Justice Francis W. Scott, counsel for
Mr.. Brainard, app led to the Supreme
Court yesterday for certificate Of
reasonable doubt Justice Platek de-
MED the motion, saying it was prema-
ture and should not have been made
before sentence had been actually i'm
posed
Mr.. Brainard is secretary of the eX-
traordinary grand jury. His attorney
told Justicc piatzek that he would not
oppose the postponement of argument
in the proceeding except for one rea-
son. Judge Scott said he felt that those
who were so persistent IN prosecuting
Mr.. Brainnrd were anxious that he
should pass at least one day in prison
for the purpose of humiliating him.
Mr.. Scott said an appeal from the CON
viction WAS certain. and he did not want
h,s client locked up pending action.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-30
Food Prices Up so TO 200
Per Gent in Last 6 Years
v Elole>alc Clothing Advanced
..55.35 Per Cen, in Same Period.
&
Government Tscnor; =

WASNINGTON. Jan % Increases
OF from 80 TO 200 per cent in retail
prices OF the principal food products
Of the country and from 70 to more
han 200 per cent in wholesale prices
during the last SIX years are shown
in figures issied to-day by the Bureau
OF Labor Statistics.
Taking the year 1913 as the normal
vear for basing comparative prices, the
bureau shows that bv December, 1919
retail prices OF meats had advanced
from 80 to 50 per cent over the
average for 1918. Bacon and ham led
vith increases of - ger cent each and
pork chops stood second with 81 per
cent Butter rose lea per cent, eggs
lGl per cent. hens S4 per cent and lard
l2l per cent.
Flour advanced 1873 per cent. bread
10 per cent, rice 103 per cent. and
potatoes l53 per cent. Coffee, tea and
sugar showed advances of 64, p and
1914 per cent. respectively. Cheese went
up IS per cent. anu milk So per cent
Wholesale clothing prices showed an
increase of 235 per cent House fur
nishings went up POS per cent. Lumber
and building materials climbed l53 PEI
New-York tribune., 1920-01-30
Says Mysterious Wireless
Calls May Be From Venus
Smithsonian Institution Expert Declares Mars Is 100
Degrees Colder Than the Earth and No Form
OF Living Creature Could Exist There

WASHINGTON. Ian. EFF wireless
messages are being received on the
eartn from some o,her planet. as sug-
gested by William Maroon. it is not
Mars sending the signals, but most
probably Venus. says DR.. c. G Abbot,
director Of the Smithsonian Astro-
physical Observatory and assistant
secretary Of he Smith oman Insritu-
ton
Dr.. Aobot makes re claim tnat Inc
mysterious wireless ignals do come
from another plalie-. but says II they
90 Mars Is eliminated as possibility.
because known conditions on that
plane, probably would not permit the
existence Of any form Of living
creature.
In the nrst place" says Dr.. Abbot.
on account Of the greater distance,
nearly TWO and one half times less
radiation from the sun reaches Mars
than reaches the earth. 1t is probably
nearly zoe per cent colder on the aver
age on that distant planet than on the
earth. Knowing what low temperatures
occur on TINS earth IN the course OF the
winter season. il will readily be
realized what 100 degrees colder vou d
mean.
Scouts Mars Canals Theory
In the second place, even { any
form OF life could Withstand that de-
gree of cold, ii is definitely known by
the investig cations of Director Campbell II
OF Lick Observatory that there is prac-
rically no water vapor in the atmos-
pherc surrounding Mars, which fact
crosse ou. the possibility OF that
planets supporting any vegetation or
other form OF food FOR living creatures.
The polar caps which are seen on
MARS may be either hoar frost from
the minute traces e. water-vapor in
me Martian atmosphere or, what is
quite as probable, frozen carbonic acid
gas The so-called canals Of Mars are
non existent except as indefinite mark
lugs, according to such telescope
observers as Barnard, Hale and others
who have observed with great tele-
scopes under we'll nigh perfect con-
ditions.
but. il is objected, there may be
other strange forms Of beings which
need no water or vegetation or heat.
This also is reduced to impossibility
by the fact that all living things are
made up largely Of different compounds
Of carbon. While the spectrum shows
that there is carbon on all heavenly
bodies, the chemical combinations of
this element such as are required for
life mostly require temperatures above
freezing TO prevent rigidity. SO the
extremely low temperatures on Mars,
New-York tribune., 1920-01-30
New Hampshire to Vote
On : State Amendments
People 10 Decide Whether 10
Strike Word "Protestant"
From Bill Of Rights

CONCORD. y. II. Jan. 29.-The Con
stiturional Convention adjourned to
day, having voted TO submit seven
amendments 10 the people at the mex;
regular state election
The propositions winch 70 10 popular
vote are: To require the. Leg, stature 80
impose classified. graduated and pr.
gressive taxes on income; 10 require
similar action on property passing hy
viii or Inheritance; to give the Gov
ernor power to veto separate items IN
appropriation bills; to provide for re
duct.on of the House of Representatives
by adopting a basis on votes cast IN
stead of population; TO amend the bl!l
of rights by striking oat exemption
from military service on tle grounds o.
Conscientious objections; 10 amend the
bill of rights by striking sout the word
"Protestant" and the words "rightfully
sounded on evangelical principles" and
TO amend the bill Of rights so that pen
sions shall not be granted more than
one year at a time.
The convention refused 20 submit to
the people proposals TO extend the full
right Of suffrage TO women in advance
of national action; TO eliminate the
Governors council; TO abolish the State
Sci ate. and TO indorse the initiative
and referendum