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hand on the bowed head. "All things
turn out for the best joe" she said
"GOOd-night"
Then Joe Hodges, clenching his toll
roughened hands, decided to carry on !;
to stick to his plans for the future
with one change. There would be no
woman in them; if Ruth was not for
him then he wanted no one. 1t was
characteristic of Joe that he never con-
sidered leaving the Redtield farm but
stuck on, working harder than ever
and trying to be to Ruth as a kindly,
helpful brother
Ruth informed her friends that her
wedding would take place the follow
ing spring. "Hal wants time to save
enough so we can start in right" she
would add proudly. "We're going to
have one of the most modern apart
ments, so | won't be a slave to house
work.
There followed busy days when
Ruth, singing over the task, dyed va
rious scraps of material in bright col
ors and cunningly fashioned them in
to gay little rugs. Then word came
from Hal that he feared the rugs she
described wouldn't fit at all in the sort
of apartment he had planned to take.
Ruth put them away regretfully; but
in few days bits of white material
and dainty laces took their place and
the singing was resumed.
After another letter from Hal these
vanished also. Ruth elabOrately ex-
planned to her mother that Hal had
advised saving her money and buy
ing everything in the city at the last
moment. "He says styles change so
rapidly one can't be sure so far ahead
that things will be right" Mrs. Red
fields lips came together in straight
line, but she offered no remonstrance
in words.
AS spring drew near Hal received a
raise "Everything looks fine for the
big event to come off as per schedule"
he wrote. On the heels of this fol-
lowed less cheerful news. The rents
of model apartments had advanced
faster than his salary. Didn't Ruth
think they had better wait till they
could afford what they wanted? Ruth
answered yes. as she was so evil
ieDtly expected to do
Mex Ruth bCsied her restless hands
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20 Fie7e SLu0
": -; e. 9;

Be sure the cup is down tight on the
tappet and that it is soldered fast
around the edge.
Another method that can be resorted
to is to place cardboard cylinders
around the valve-stems and tappets.
Take piece of cardboard. shellac one
side of it, and cut it so that it will
just fit the valve housing. Then wrap
it around the tappet and valve-spring,
with the shellac side in, and fasten it
with bands of soft iron wire at the
top, bottom and center. Be sure that
there is enough clearance for the
valve-spring to work. After it is in
place shellac the outside, as this will
prevent the oil from soaking into the
cardboard.
If a repair shop is available the
valves may be removed and placed in
lathe. With a turning tool taper
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
MADE WATERS SEEM ALIGHT
turbed by Visit of Countless Mil
lions of Annelidas.

One evening in the February Of
Diego, Cal, experienced quite scare,
almost a panic. About eight o'clock
the calm surface of their beautiful bay
presented such a tremendous phOs-
phorescent glow that many persons
living on the bordering hillsides be-
came greatly alarmed, rushed to their
telephones and anxiously called up
the fire department to inquire as to
the cause of masses of fiery lights
that cleaned on the water.
Definite knowledge relative to the
strange sight was not fully obtained,
the chief of the state marine bio
logical station, after closely examining
bucketful of the eellike worms,
which had been captured by an old
skipper on the ferrybOat, explained
that the bright light was caused by
millions of small reptiles known as
annelidas that had suddenly come to
the surface. He further mentioned
that these strange creatures had a
habit of making periodical visits about
once every 10 years.
From eight O'Clock to midnight the
broad harbor in front of the city ap-
peared to be filled to the brim with
luminous snakes, it's waters being
literally alive with wriggling phOs-
phorescent reptiles, averaging about
two feet in length, their slender, flat
bodies resembling shiny blades Of mat
ted grass. SO thickly massed were
the squirming reptiles that the steam
launches from the anchored warships
in the harbor were apparently barely
able to make headway through them
and many thousands of the lustrous
snakes were killed by being crushed
in the propellers of the vessels.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
CLEANING AUTO REFLECTORS
First Wash of All Particles Of Dirt
With Hot Water, Then Wipe
Surface With Alcohol.

(By FRED G.. PERSON, State Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins. Colo)
In cleaning the refectors, first wash
off all particles of dust and dirt with
a stream or spray of hot water. The
hot waten is most conveniently applied
with syringe. Do not apply it with
: cloth. Then take piece of absorb
ent cotton saturated with alcohol and
wipe off the surface of the reflector.
This procedure will remove all dirt
and grease and leave the surface dry
and clean. Do not attempt to clean
the reflector with a handkerchief or
with polishing powders of any kind.
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Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
BILE and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do fol-
them. By enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
Lioht and Power for Farms.

A new lighting and power plant for
the farm discards the usual storage
battery, is designed for starting at any
one of four distant points, and is
claimed to avoid wasting energy. It's
capacity is the equivalent of 30 25-
volt lamps. On turning on one light,
the generator runs at speed just suf-
ficient for that light, and more lights
cause an automatic electric governor
to open the engine carburetor just
enough for the additional load. A
single-cylinder gasoline engine drives
the 75O-watt multipolar generator. The
generator has two cOmmutatOrS, and
one winding for the 110volt lighting
current with another for six-vOlt self.
starter.
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ALI M1ElLE {:
- E1SSlP.d2

If gasoline drips from the carburetor
when the car is standing and the en-
gine is not running the needle valve
connected with the float should be in
vestigated.
The great deal of clutch trouble for
which the owner can find no obvious
cause is due to the fact that the clutch
shaft is out of true with the center Of
the f1ywheel.
A drill can be made to cut an over
size hole by grinding one cutting edge
little longer than the other. This is
scheme that is useful in an emer-
gency, when hole must be made Of a
size for which there is no drill.
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with curtains, hemstitching them with
lnhnlte care, happy in the belief that
they couldn't fail to fit into any simple
nome. But Hal vetoed them, too,
when he came on for his summer va
cation. Nobody uses plain white cur
talns noW," he explained with elabor-
ate Kindness. "They must match the
color scheme of the room they are de-
signed for. Wen buy them"
Joe overhearing this, itched for a
chance to lay his strong hands on the
slender city chap; to take him by the
collar and knock some sense into his
head, or some nonsense out.
When Hal left he assured Ruth that
they would be married by Christmas
sure But the girls interest in things
seemed to lag. Christmas drew near !;
hal wrote that the firm declined to
give him vacation then. Whenever
Jse'S eyes fell on Ruth's listless face,
he harbored thoughts akin to murder
But Mrs. Redfield's words recurred to
him: "All things turn out for the
best"
SO Joe just plodded ahead and car
rled out his plans. In March he fin
ished his agricultural course and
bought an abandoned farm nearby.
There was dilapidated house on the
property, and into this he moved. An
other hired man took his place on the
Redfield farm.
Ruth was working feverishly making
Joe's house comfortable for him. She
brought out the gay rag rugs and the
hemstitched white curtains When
Joe attempted to demonstrate she an
swered that she had no use for them
and not enough to do to keep her
busy.
When the house was as complete as
she could make it, Ruth formed the
habit OF spending an hour or two each
day putting it in order for its lonely
occupant. She chose the time when
Joe was at work in the fields. One
day he returned Unexpectedly and
found her there, sitting in the middle
of his kitchen floor, alternately plying
DIuSll anu W1DluS tears
from her eyes.
Whats wrong now, Ruth?" Joe de-
manded. 'Tell me and I'll fix it for
you somehow" His tone augured i'll
for an offending person; it was well
for HaltOn Jones, just then, that he
was many miles away.
you ought to get married, Joe. I
I can't come to fix the house for you
any more"
you're going to be married soon
yourself?" Joe brought the words
out with difficulty. Then he added bit
terly, ut will be some time before
can start right My wife will have
to work some, / fear.'
'The Lord worked, Joe: He made
the world; he didn't buy it out of a
department store! And I'll never
marry any man who won't let me
work; so there! l wrote Hal so last
week."
'Then marry me-" said Joe. And
Ruth did.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21

lar shape and weak spot will develop
where the nail has been when the tire
is put into use.
The illustration shows a type of
hanger that may be made wide enough
to accommodate a pair of tires, or
even more, and will keep them in their
original shape. 1t is made of a few
boards and mounted on brackets con-
structed of 3-in. strips of wood. The
sides are curved to fit the inside of
the tire and short pieces Of board are
nailed across their upper edges. The
tire Is thus supported on about third
of it's circumference and so held in
shape.-Charles r. Fisher, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21

The first dose eases your cold Don't
stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and
snuff1ing! A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours un'
til three doses are taken usually
breaks up a severe cold and ends all
grippe misery.
Relief awaits you! Open your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass,
ages of your head; stop nose running
relieve the headache, dullness, fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiff
ness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. II
acts without assistance. Tastes nice
Contains no quinine. Insist on
Pape's ADV.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
BE SURE AIR VENT is OPEN
This Is to Allow Gasoline to Flow Into
Carburetor From Bottom Of
Supply Tank.

In the cap on the filler hole in a
gravity feed tank you will usually find
small hole. This is to allow air to
enter at the top so that the gasoline
can flow into the carburetor from the
bottom. If gasoline fails to reach the
carburetor, though .here is plenty in
the tank, make sure that this air vent
is open, before trying to locate STOP
page in the line.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum,
small box of Barbo Compound, and u
OF. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a
week until it becomes the desired shade.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix it at home at very little cost. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair,
and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
1t will not co'or the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
In No Great Hurry.

Winkleby gazed at the new triplets
with fatherly pride, but not little
apprehension in his eye, nevertheless.
what are you thinking, dear?'
asked Mrs. Winkleby softly.
Nothing, dear, nothing" he said,
falteringly; "only don't you think that
it would be wiser for us hereafter to
build up our little family on the in
stallment ?"-Stray Stories.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
TO LUBRICATE AUTO SPRINGS
Apply Mixture Of Cup Grease and
Graphite by lacking Up Car
and Spreading Leaves.

The best method Of lubricating the
springs of your auto is to jack the
weight of the car off of them, then
force the leaves of the springs apart
with screw driver or spring spread
er and put between them a mixture
of cup grease and graphite.
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Secret of SUCCESS.

Mrs. Backlot-YOu seem to have
had wonderful luck with your victory
garden.
Mrs. Earlyup-Yes. Every one says
l was lucky to marry such a goot
gardener.
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Brainy Man,

"Got cold, eh Are you suitably
dressed? Do you wear medium under
clothing?"
'Well, yes. That is I have a very
light suit and very heavy one"
''DO you mean to tell me you've been
wearing one and then the other?"
''Yes. / thought they would average
up all right Boston Transcript.
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Served Him Rioht.

"Have you Loves Young Dream?"
asked the fair shopper.
mo, ma'am," replied the impudent
clerk. "But how about kissing Me in
the MoOnlight?"
Impossible. / could still see your
ace."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
PRESERVE SHAPE OF
STORED AUTO TIRES
Illustration Shows Satisfactory
Type of Hanger.
Device Is Made Of Few Boards and
Mounted on Brackets Constructed
of Strips of Wood-HoW 1t
Is Put Together.

There are very few public or private
garages that have not at least one tire
not in use. The usual method of stor-
ing these spares is to hang them on
large nails or hooks. This may do for
day or two, but If left for any length
of time the tire will assume an irregu-
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
Cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21
Gold Talks.

He-"Why so sad, dearest? Hasn't
my avOwal the true ring?" She-"Yes,
but my finger hasn't, as yet."-Boston
Transcript.
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YOUR CATARRH MAY
LEAD TO CONSUMPTION

path. Your own experience has
taught you that the disease can
not be cured by sprays, inhalers,
atomizers, jellies and other local
applications.
S. S. S. has proven most satis-
factory remedy for Catarrh be-
cause it goes direct to its source.
Get bottle today, begin the only
logical treatment that gives real
results. For free medical advice
write Medical Director, AZ Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Without Doubt.

"What does that rich publisher con-
slider his best Seller?"
"The one he stocked up before the
drought"
The Benson signal., 1920-02-21

The name "Bayer" identifies the
true, world-famous Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for over
eighteen years. The name "Bayer"
means genuine Aspirin proved safe
by millions of people.
In each unbroken package of
'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" you
are told how to safely take this
genuine Aspirin for Colds, Head
Aspirin is trade marx Of Bayer Manufac
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Too Busy to Weep for Old Days.

SNSg WI
And when a woman is trying to raise
eight or nine children she doesn't
waste much time regrettlng the pass
ing of old-fashioned southern hospi-
tality.-Dallas News.
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ASPIRIN A Talk
Take Aspirin only as told by "Bayer"

ache, Toothache, Earache, Neural
gia, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Neu-
ritis and for Pain.
Always say "Bayer" when buy
ing Aspirin. Then look for the
safety "Bayer Cross" ON the pack
age and on the tablets.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tab
let's cost but a few cents. Drug
gists also sell larger packages.
ire Monoaceticacides.eIe Of Salieylieaeid
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The Cardboard Is ShelIacked Before
Being Packed Around the Cylinder.

the end sharply to about a 3O-degree
angle. Care must be taken to get the
valve centered in the lathe, for if the
points are the least bit off they will
cause side thrust to the valves when
replaced in the engine-James Lin
day, in Popular Science Monthly.
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contained them
motor a
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Dangerous to Use Treatment
for Only Temporary Relief.

There is a more serious stage OF
Catarrh than the annoyance caus-
ed by the stopped-up air passages.
and other distasteful features.
The real danger comes from the
tendency of the disease to continue
its course downward until the
lungs become affected, and thea
dreaded consumption is on your
New-York tribune., 1920-11-15
Bedtime Stories
Jack Frost's Busy Night
BY Thornton W. Burgess
FOR those who shyh hare 40 qsc;
They ncrcr hare sound crease
Thornton W. Burgess

Jack Frost himself never shrks. lie
is one of the busiest workers in all the
great world. Not only is he grca;
worker himself. but he makes other
people work. No one can get more
work out of other people than can Jack
Frost. There is very little loafine
when he is about. He despises a loafer
and the minute he discovers one makes
him 80 uncomfortable that he simply
has to do something in order to keep
warm.
And Jack himself does wonderful
thngs You know he turns the little
ralndrops held in the clouds into beau
tiful snowflakcs, each flake wonder
full thing. He turns water into solid
zee. Sometimes in winter, when he is
feeilng verT strong, he splits great
rocks apart and cracks open trees. He
makes soft earth as hard as rock. In
those days, the days of his great
strength, he knows no pity toward
those who have been lazy and are not
prepared to meet him.
But Jack frost never comes sudden
~ with all his strength He some
times comes unexpectedly and brings
discomfort and sometimes sufferine
to those who are not prepared, but as a
rule he merely does a little pinchinr
of ears and toes and noses at first
just as warning that it is time to
prepare for winter. And for certain
OF the little people of the Green For
est he does certain things to help them
so that if they will they may be ready
for the days when he will be without
mercy.
NOW, the very night after the dav in
which Chatterer the Red Squirrel had
met his cousin, Rusty the Fox Squirrel.
for the first time Jack Frost arrived in
the Green Forest. He spent the night
there, and very busy night it was.
He noticed at once that only few
husks Of the hickory nuts and burrs of
the chestnuts had opened, and at once
he set to work to open all the rest
Jack Frost is rather fond of the Squir
rel family, largely because nearly all
the members of it are thrifty and not
afraid of work He knew that Happy
Jack the Gray Squirrel and Chatterer
| the Red Squirrel and Rusty the Fox
Squirrel could open the husks of the
hickory nuts, but that if they had to
do that 1t would take them a very long
time to lay in their supplies for winter
1t would mean that they would have to
climb the trees and bite off each nut
for the husks which wrap the hickory
nuts cling fast to the trees. But if the
husks were opened wide the nuts would
iall out when the Merry Little Brcezes
shook the trees.
And he knew that just as long as the
brown chestnuts were wrapped tightly
IN their prickly coverings Happy Jack
New-York tribune., 1920-11-15
Jack Frost.

and Chatterer and Rusty would have
hard work to get any of them. And of
course, this would never do. 1t would
never do at all. The few that had
opened wouldn't last those lively,
hungry little people any time at all.
SO the first thing Jack Frost did
when he arrived in the Green Forest
that night was to visit all the hickory
trees and all the chestnut trees and all
the beechnut trees and pinch open the
stout coverings that protected the fat
hickory nuts and the brown chestnuts
and the sweet beechnuts. He pinched
them until they opened wide Not one
did he miss. Sometimes when the
stout coverings split open the nuts
tell out and ratified down through the
bare limbs.
Peter Rabbit. who was over in the
Green Forest that night. heard the
nuts rattling down. In fact, one big
fat hickory nut hit Peter right on the
top of his funny little head between his
ong ears and made him cry Ouch y
Then he grinned. "Jack Frost is at
work tonight, and tomorrow Happv
Jack and Chatterer and that big cousin
Of theirs, Rusty the Fox Squirrel. and
little Striped Chipmunk will be too
busy to even notice me-" said he. "Mv.
dol" '"eS
"You would have a much easier tir,c
in the winter if you did" said Jacy
Frost, dropping another nut on Peters
head.
Copyright 1920, by T. w. Burses.
The next story: "Chatterer and Rusty
Meet Again"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-15
Charges 90 Negroes Were
Slain i'm Election Riots

Tho alleged killing of between thirty
and sixty negroes in election riots in
Florida is the basis of the demand for
Federal investigation contained in
communication from the National AS
sociatlon for the Advancement Of
Colored People to Attorney General
a. Mitchell Palmer, made public yes
terday.
Sufficient evidence of intimidation Of
coiored voters is at hand, the associa
t'on asserts, to justify throwing out the
entire electoral vote of Florida.
The riots occurred near the town
Of Ocoee, it is charged. The Ku-Klux
klan and other organizations, it is as
serted, had waged systematic cam
paign of intimidation for weeks prior
to the election and burned eighteen
negro houses, church, school. and
Nodge hall.
's Less than week after election"
Us the communication, Citizens q.
Ocoee publicly boasted of a number of
colored citizens they had killed in the
riots, one white man claiming seven
teen colored victims"