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chops. always complaining that
they were overdone.
l watched these changes with
dismay, but the doctor frowned
grimly. Its awakening" hs said,
land with its stirring It brings to
her subconscious mind the evolu-
ton Of the race"
One day Marie did mot sleep as
usual. She kept murmuring thick
ly about the wind in the tree tons.
The doctor called to me to help q
moment with some apparatus, and
when I returned She had disap-
peared. I call to the doctor and
We ran ont into the garden. She
had climbed to the lower limb OF
an old pear tree and sat with face
uplifted as II drinking In the beauty
Of the leaves against the sky.
When Marie heard our steps che
srasped the trunk with both hands
and began 70 climb. It was : Louis
Bond tree. very straiEht-and tall.
-Come down. dsarie." cried the
doctor. come down to your daddy
here"
Marie leaned toward ~. The
branches had unlooasned her long
hair and 1t was swaying gently.
Father" sh3 said, u wonder II
I see the trsesa It almost ssems q
II I do"
Perhaps 70. dsarssl ouns down
and tell me about It You,ro moi
afraid az yuar old daddy. are you! r
I'm not afraid Of anything but
snakas."
lust ~ de Arst breatA q the
evening lesene Fustled tAS leayes
OF IL pr teoa II caught . loci
|cf Martes A9tr and Whipped n
e.
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MILDRED
MARSHALL

royalty insured her people safety,
was known in her own tongue a.
Hadassah; others called her Atossa.
Hers was the first star" name,
which the Romans rendered as
Hestera and the English adopted
and changed into Hester.
Heter has figured to some extent
in English literature. Hawthorne
called his ill-starred heroine of
The Scarlet Letter" by that quaint
name.
The sapphire is Hester's tails
manic gem. It is believed to bring
her great good fortune and to pro-
tect> her from all evil. Friday is
her lucky day and Z her lucky
number.
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uen1k unse3e DeeeneratIen

14D48D0 &pOxS.4B
Nyocarditia tmy6. muscle; carl.
heart: Il &, innammati0nl = Z geg
etal name which physicians Apply
70 Numerous insidious degensrat1ve
changes involving the wall Of the
heart. It includes the muscle
Weakening which occurs in the
coufse tf numerous infectious dis
eases. q wSil - the more perma-
nent or progressive degenerations
Of the heart muscle, which occur
With advancing arterial hardening,
neglected syphilis. old age or pre-
mature old age, pernicfous anemia,
Bright's disease, chronic alcohol
ism and chronic tobaccoism. My
ocardftis or heart muscle degenera-
ton includes the impairments COM
monty known - fatty degeneration
and, neuralgia Of the ;. heart
(angina pectoris or breast pang)
which isn't neuralgia.
Although I have carefully re-
Trained from detailing symptoms Of
heart disease here, l find that it 10
impossible to refer to the subject
without resolving many letters
from readerg who lightly conclude
they have heaSt trouble" and will
I kindly send advice for the treat
ment Of the trouble. So I am going
ito skip the chapter on symptoms.
Might as well skip 1t, anyhoE. be-
cause there are no characteristic
symptoms by which q layman may
know that he has heart muscle, de-
generation. Only the physician can
determine whether the heart is dis
eased, by physical examination and
by applying functional tests.
Here are some indications which,
though certainly not warranting a
diagnosis Of heart muscle degen-
Grafton or heart weakness, do
nevertheless call for An examina.
ton by the physician:
Gradually increasing breathless-
ness or undue difficulty in getting
breath under slight exertion, such
a. skipping up q fight Of Qtairs oil
running to catch q car. A persist.
emit or frequently recurring cough
without apparent cause. An un'
wonted WEAKNESS coming on witt
prolonged mental effort. An i'm
pairment Of previously good mem
ory. Very transient giddiness in al
individual not usually subject t
dizziness. Air hunger, shown b.
inability to hold the breath NOR
than 80 seconds; a healthy individ
uaf can hold the breath 40 seconds
l repeat that such Indications al
these may be due to factors othel
than. weakened heart and only /,
physician can determine their sig
nificance in the individual case.
Contrary to a popular notion pail
in the region Of the heart or con
seriousness of irregular or lahore,
or rapid heart beat is not common
ly complained of by persons witt
heart disease; and symptoms lik
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Today's Anniversaries

lsss-Fort Casimir, the Swedish
settlement on the Delaware,
surrendered to the Dutch
under Governor Stuyvesant.
17ss-The darkness was % great
In Quebec that NO person
could read ct MONDAY.
lS0a-The frst execution Of Q vhfta
man In the territory Of
Louisiana took place It st.
Louis.
lS7o-The Mexican congress VA
opened With IN address b.
President Jparee.
lSls-The Jewish Atonement Day
was turned into 1 day Of ~
Joicing for the recovery Of
jerusalem from the Tufkn.
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concerned in the discovery OF LIQUID
an. Prominent among them are the
Poles Sigmund Wroblewske and
Kari Olszewski On April 8. 1888.
at Cracrow, they performed an ex-
pertinent before . number OF scien-
lists and actually produced q few
drops Of liquid air. Working in, the
same period AZ the Polish scien-
fists were the French scientists
Cailletot and Pictet. They also per
formed experiments in the sa,ne
year and produced liquid air.
9. Who said II would rather be
right than be president! X. FIX.
A. The statement, Il would rather
be right than be president" is cred
TIED to Henry Clay, the Great paci-
ficator," in q speech he made be-
fore the United States congress.
Q. How did Chambers Of Com.
merce originate and what is their
purpose? w. H. c..
A. The Chamber OF Commerce
as an organization, originated on
the European continent, when the
old guild system was gradually
done away with. The principal OBJ.
5ect OF having . Chamber Of Com.
meece was to have . body Of busi.
ness men who had the power to aci
In their community In passing up.
on municipal and administrative
measures in the interest OF thai
community. These were functions
formerly exercised by the Graf,
guilds. In America and ENGLAND
the Chamber Of Comusrcs u 8 vol.
untary organization which hae ne
recognized official functions. bul
Is q body OF merchants and traders
associated for. the purpose Of pro.
noting their own interests and
those Of their community. TIT
first Chamber of Commerce record.
ed was that organized In Marseilles
France. which grew out of . com
mission Of merchants. It vas es
tabhshed in 1899 and enlarged II
1850. Tho next Chamber Of Com
merce was organised in Dunkirk
Scotland. In 100. The first organ
izat1on in America was that Of New
York City. organized In l7es.
Q. What opsgs 10 The Las
Rose Of Sumner from: 8. c. ".
A. The Last Rose u Summer
WAS written BY Thomas Moore %,
his Irish Melodies" Il vas AFTER.
ward interpolatsd in the eDsra
! Martha
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p8AO W 1ANS2Ay nSO0D A1tbSG0ts
@. In the states where women are
Of age at IS, will they be allowed
to vote at that age? A. A.
A Twenty-one years is the vot-
ing age for both sexes.
Q. What is the most used letter in
the English language? r. L.
A. In Edgar Allen Poe's The
Gold Bug" he states that OF the
letters Of the English alphabet "e"
predominates remarkably. The
succession afterwards is-a, o. |, d,
h, h. r. S, t. u, y, c. I. 6. l. m, W. b,
K. p, q. <, 3.
@. Where can I send samples Of
oil to be analysed free? R E. R
A. Samples Of oil are analysed
free Of charge BY the state agricul-
tural experiment stations.
@. In q poker game, can a player
demand that the cards be cut when
hands are being helped on the
draw? w. C. s.
A. There IN no specific rule stated
In Hoyle. The rules etate that in
the deal player to dealers right
cuts. II he refuses, no other player
may demand the right to cut" Fur
Their >on the statement il made that
| in serving cards ON the draw, The
! dealer must serve the cards called
for In turn to the left from the top
OF the pack" The conclusion
reached is that the cards may no.
be cut except the ono time, and BY
the one person to the right Of the
dealer.
Q. Did President Roosevelt have
the motto, I'm God We Trust" re-
moved from coins? r. s. r.
A. When designs for gold coins
were being submitted during Presi.
dent Roosevelt's administration
that Of the artist st. Gaudens was
accepted even though it did no,
carry tho motto. I'm God We Trust
Later, congress authorized q modifi.
cation Of the design in order tina,
the motto might be restored.
| @. Is there q law prohibiting thl
burial Of Chinese in the United
States! e. 8.
A. There In no law .o1 the
United States prohibiting the burial
Of Chinese upon American coil. The
Chi1ese, however. prefer to Be bur.
led in their native country and
Whenever possible make such ar.
raugements.
q. Who invented liquid air?
b. r.
A A humber Il scientists vr'
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What's In A Name? Nj,
HESTER,
Copyright 1919. By Ii. wheeler sysa,e... Inc,

HESTER,
Still another Puritan name which
has great vogue in this country is
quaint, old-fashioned Hester. We
think Immediately Of the demure
grey-clad maids with their immacu-
late white kerchiefs folded across
hep breasts and their downcast
eyes bapt upon a prayer book. Ger
tainiy Hester is ranked as q, name
Of great spiritual significance.
The Romans called her Hestera,
star. The name comes originally
from the Latin STELLA" meaning
star" which. in modern times, be-
comes "estrella." The fair daugh-
ter Of the tribe Of Benjamine, whose
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Statistics and tests show that an automo-
bile going at the rate Of Is miles an hour, re-
qlIirss A feet to be brought to stop. 1t can
readily be seen that this places the pedestrian
as great disadvantage when he finds himself
hsing run down and has with him only 2-foot
yule
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H :fP$ s !; B &! On: :;
~ MRc. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
u MRC. ELIZABETH THONPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l have q
10-year old brother who. hate to
say, is thief. He will take money
a. long rs he can find a chance. He
has done that ever since he was s
or 6 years old.
Mother has punished him in
every way she can-whipped him,
kept him tied and locked in q room.
Several times she cried about 1t
and talked to him in a nice way
and begged him not to do it. 1t is
nearly breaking her heart to see
him steal money.
Nothing seems to help. When he
is punished he will feel sorry and
promise not to do It again, but in
10 few days he will do the same
thing. She has to hide money from
him like IRE from q child. but he
will steal at other peoples houses
il he gets a chance.
Mother and father feel so badly
about it they don't know what to
do. Whipping don't seem to dc
. bit OF good and it worries them
TO death. They don't know just
what 10 going to become Of him
when he gets older II he won't
break away from that.
Please advise US in the best way
you can and we hope your advice
will help us in this case
WORRIED SISTER
Some people are born with . ten
dency to steal. It IL q most din.
cult thing to overcome. The per.
son may be perfectly moral in 9th.
Ter ways. but cannot resist the
Temptation to take things.
| Punishment. however severe, vii
not help In such . case. Lay the
boys case before your family ply.
stefan. He will no doabt recon.
mend some reputable psychopathie
institution where the boy can be
placed for observation.
I Dear Mrs. Thompson: I wen,
with one girl for about . year and
owing to her Jealous disposition 4
quit going With her. Now am 60
ing with . girl that does not wan
ne to smoke 30 many cigarets
Should / quit On her account!
i She Intends to leave soon for III,
coming year. Do you think sh,
Cares enough shout me to core
spond With ne? like her but oh,
seems rather indifferent towar,
ma What sh0nld ] do 10 gain he
love? ITAW.
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sd One good thing about those canned political
sposches Is that the candidates have to make
IN short to get 'em on the record. Quite Diff
fsrent from talking for the Congressional
Record.
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II the public service corporations want the
utilities commission to remain. they will have
20 be less exacting in their demands.
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They say that Maine always goes hell bent
fpf election" land this year they charge that
\ ~ women did It.
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10 1t going to be league or no league? Or
II It going to be. after all. contest between
parties ~ to which is going to put over the
league?
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Just when you thought the world was get
ting hack to normally, along comes the report
q fur-trimmed bathing suits.
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I think you should stop smodns
so many cigarets. 1t is q uDes9
habit and cannot benefit you u ~
least; in fact too many cleafeu
are decidedly harmful.
How do I know il she wants 70
correspond with you! am not
Beer. My advice is to ask her y
she will correspond. -
Be a friend to the girl and do no..
try to force love until you feel ~
likes you very much. Study ha
tastes and try to please her. Above
all things do not outstay your
welcome when you call. So man!
young men make that mistake
The young man who II via
enough to 60 like . shot out Of .
gun when he takes his leave .
usually popular. He Slways leaves
the girl with the wish that be ~
remained at least q few mlnufs
longer.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ! venp
with . boy three or four month";
We were both OF the same conf
plexion and near the same ase. ~
was very good to me, but one ~
nine he failed to come and ~
never been with me since. fss.I
very badly about 1t because y
thought . lot Of him and ~
seemed to OF me. Do you think -
really liked me or got tired OF ~
ing with me?
One Of my girl friends asked me
to take her home. This boy caMs
up and instead OF walking IN w
middle. walked with her. Do ~
/, think that was very mannerly! ~
you think that she should have u:
him while in my company? Wosis
you consider her q friend!
| PAULINE .
Although the young man !ike.
you for . time. he probably los.
interest and deserted you for sou.
other girl. There is little you O.
do about it except to forget him.
The young man should not nav.
walked In the middle. His pi.I.
was on the outside Of the Walk. y
side next to the street. The NC
dent should not reflect upon -
girls friendship. She could -
govern the actions Of the yo:s!
man. II she had said snytn.S
she would have showed poor -
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Secretary Baker Is right in telling army
officers to keep scrupulously out of politics"
We don't want the army contaminated.
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~ prof. Simon Askenazy of Warsaw is the new
Polish ambassador to London. What will he
accomplish. Askenazy one.
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Headlines announce that the Russians gath
cred at the Beresina river for a last stand.
Next we'll hear that the Russian Bearisina
river.
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y THIS fall, for the first time, one may re
rival cindidates' pictures in the same parior
window.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Diet Of NuFsfne InthAt

D16G VI ~ "a BIB AAs-S
You will confer q favor BY recon-
mendine the proper diet for .
nursing infant Of six months. Three
ounces Of diluted prune Juice and
one or two graham crackers have
already been added to the daily
diet, but am in doubt as to what
other nourishment should be given
at this age. q. T. L.
Answer-A breast fed baby re-
quires no other food until weaned
II, for any reason, there Is . Ques-
ton that the baby il receiving sui.
ficient nourishment from the breast
do not supplement the nursing By
anything without the advice Of
your physician.
Brief Course IN Aute. Surgery.
Will you please tell me what
can do to draw out . particle o.
glass or tin which entered m,
finger? (Mrs. R. b.
|. Answer-You will forgive me, buI
your question 10 q foolish one. VIII
not, consult o doctor? Possibl!
you labor under the impression
that some salve or poultice o.
something draws" It doesn't.
TOny's Natural Diet.
A statement has been made T.
me to the effect that bread consti
tutes 80 per cent of the diet of tn
people in Italy and only 60 per cen
! in France and less than 30 per cen
in America. Is it true that VI
could profitably increase our con
sumption of bread, making it s
per cent Of our diet, with continues
health, strength and energy? &C
10. NJ
Answer-lf it. were honest, undo
naturized staff Of life, yes. But tn
ultra-refined imitation which "
cali bread is robbed Of much Of tn
necessary mineral salts, most Q
the vitamins Of the wheat kerne
and all Of the valuable bran. Tn
Italian peasant consumes = larg
amount Of leafy vegetables, greens
ETC., which supplement the whole
some bread he eats. The bread {
the Frenchman, too, is much NOR
wholesome than the pale imitatio
we use.
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Tho association Of masters of dancing an
ncunce campaign to elevate the standard Of
dancing Something seems to have warned the
gentlemen to watch their step.
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THURSDAY, sEPTEMBER IT, lsso.

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16HAe3ns Aegas hsnssfssah wtm - ssnooee6e = =
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n - kn6mont a - os0anOn welfare"
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AND then" ne are quoting from the Peo-
pies PulpiD 'hs proceeded to answer it by
giving q few immortal names. 1t would be
foolish to deny that these names will ever die. '
You can, Of course, disentangle what the gen.
tlemafl means.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-14
HAVE BRAINS AND USE THEM
Rats Exhibit Intelligence in Many
Ways-How They Sometimes OBJ
tain Food Supplies.

Rats are well known TO be highly in.
telligent animals. although to the one
unfamiliar with their customs this may
seem due to their wariness in regard
to traps and their holiness and courage
In combat. Besides these traits, many
others have been noted. Stories are
told of ship rats that, while gnawing
through the woodwork of q ship, al.
ways stop before they completely per.
forate the side.
The name in which they transport
eggs to their burrows is most SurpriS-
ing, says the New York Times. Rod.
well, in his book. '"rhe Rat" gives Il
case in which Il number of eggs we're
carried from the top of Il house to the
bottom by two rats devOting them
selves to each egg, ana alternately
passing it down to each other at every
step Of the staircase. Rats will not
only convey eggs from the top of the
house TO the bottom, hut also from bot.
tom to top. The male rat places him.
self on his forepawS. with his head
downward, and raising up his hind
legs and catching the egg between
them pushes 1t up to the female. who
stands IN the step above, and
it with her forepaws TIL he jumps up
TO her, and this process is repeated
from step to step till the top is
reached.
A writer in the Quarterly Review de-
SCribeS an instance aboard ship where
in eggs were continually being stolen
from the storeroom. Having laid in a
fresh stock of eggs, the captain sat
down in n position that commanded a
view Of the eggs and waited. Before
long, to his great establishment, he saw
Il number Of rats approach, form a line
from his egg baskets to their hole and
hand the eggs from Il to another in
their fore paws.
Their long, narrow tails may seem Of
no use to many people, but they have
proved very valuable in procuring food.
Rats have been known TO help them.
selves to oil by holding on to some con.
vcnicnt support by the side Of the bot.
tie and then dipping their tails into the
oil and pass it to others.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-14
FINLAND: WHERE WOMEN
WON VOTE BY HELPING
SETTLE A STRIKE

Victory for woman suffrage in the
United States adds interest to the eX-
periences of Finland. where women
won the franchise by their part in qui-
citing labor troubles similar to those
which now assail the United States.
incidentally, Finland was one of the
first portions Of the old Russian en-
rire to set up a constitutional govern
inent.
The advent and progress Of suffrage
in Finland Is described in a com.nuni-
cation to the National Geographic So
ciety by Baroness Aletta Korff as fol-
lows:
"From an educational point of view
the women of Finland have been very
fortunate. as there are many excellent
schools for girls and a number of CO.
educational schools throughout the
country which prepare students for
the university examinations. Girls
we're admitted to the university in
1878, and, until the war interviewed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-14

anu s-s ,eranua ana Walks were SLOW.
ly emptying.
"All over, boy" chuckled Tom. And
no more skirts in ours! Heigho, a
start at dawn for Lost Loon pond.
Can't you feel that th~ree-pOunder OF
your Hist, Jack, what's thatT"
What was It indeed? Silhouetted
against the whiteness Of the boat
house by the landing stood a familiar
figure-and In his arms a girl.
Tom and Jack stopped short In their
tracks and before they recovered from
their establishment snatches Of conver.
sation not intended for %anyOne's over.
hearing came to their ears.
my darling girl. to think we let q
silly quarrel spoil our happiness! And
you have considered yourself engaged
TO me just the same ever sincel"
But how did you know, Courtr'
tom told me. Very decent Of him.
I never let on that I chose this lake
because I had heard you were to be
herei And until tonight you wouldn't
even speak to me"
"But l couldn't believe you were In
earnest. Why. we W everything to
those two dear boys. When l heard
how faithful you had been-Oh, Court
II It hadn't been for them ! should
have gone away In the morning and
never have known! But now"
At this point Tom and Jack succeed
ed In backstepplng TO the veranda
step, where they sat down weakly.
"She was here on purpose"
"1f It hadn't been for us!"
Next time Court starts on a camp
ing trip and suggests the place"
"Next time Court starts on a trip
old boy" interrupted Jack, 1--WE won
be going along. You'll be throwint
old shoes and rice, while IL" JacI
paused and gazed thoughtfully at thu
stars.
"Yes, you. go on. What will yoI
be doing?" egged on Tom. gloomily.
"Ill be %conSoling the maid Of honor,
finished Jack cheerfully.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-10-14

There was added not long ago to
the aquarium at Calcutta a gigantic
crab. about two feet in diameter across
its shell and having legs three feet
long, which had been captured in o
drag net in the Indian ocean about a
mile from the shore and at a depth
of 40 fathoms. After being placed in
a large tank 1t deyOured the fish and
smaller ~crustaceans that were its fel.
low prisoners, and later in the evening
surprised It's keepers and visitors by
emitting a white prosphOrescent light,
strangely illuminating the gloomy cor.
ner where it had concealed itself be.
tween two rocks.