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Suggestions.

Fresh Mint Sauce-One-fourt
cup finely chopped mint leaves, one
half cup vinegar, one tablespoon
powdered sugar. Add sugar to
vinegar; when dissolved, pour over
mint and let stand 80 minutes on
back OF range to infuse. If the
vinegar is very strong, dilute with
water.
Apricot Ice - One and one-half
cups apricot pulp, two cups sugar,
three cups water, one-half cup
lemon Juice.
Use one can Of apricots and put
through coarse sieve. Make syrup
OF sugar and water by boiling to-
gether 10 minutes. Cool syrup and
add with lemon juice to apricot
pulp: Freeze to a mush, let stand
one hour or more to ripen.
To Extract Thorns or SpIinters
from the fingers, nearly fill a small
necked bottle with very hot water
and then press the affected part
over tie neck, SO as to pre-
vent the steam from escaping. This
will soften tho flesh and bring
the splinter to the surface.
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HEALTH TAI NS
BY WILLIAM . BRADY 1D.

The Drawbacks Of q Vacation (2).
The annual vacation Is q great
strain on the endurance OF the ay-
erage yacatiOnist. We ought to be-
gin several weeks in ADVANCE of
our annual vacation, training for
the event. It is a pretty serious
thing to jump suddenly from lie
OF Incidence and soft luxury and
softer food and still softer muscles
to a Life OF activity and rough
edges and tough food and great
muscular exeruon. Trouble with
the vacation habit is that the peo-
pie who need it the least have it
.ne worst / mean people like you
and me who never work but just
use their wits to live by. Now a
three weeks vacation every year is
a fine thing for policeman-if he
knows enough to go and sit down
somewhere-or for a mail carrier,
il he is similarly endowed-or for
a housekeeper If she knows enough
to get out and walk about II or l5
miles a day, or for school teacher
II she is similarly endowed. But
for US work-dodgIng specialists a
vacation is pretty sure to prove a
handicap-unless we know enough
to spend the vacation saving wood
or raking hay or otherwise striving
muscles we hate to use in our reg
ular jobs.
The CHEEKY hum of the mosquito
lulling the dog-tlred vacatonist to
sleep, the monotonous crick of the
cricket, the hoarse sQuawk of the
night hawk patroling the zenith and
the musical honk of the f1ivvers
that pass in the night all combine
to improve sleep when the three
weeks strain is over.
Mosquitoes bite harder and deep
er along the outer or southern rim
of Cape Cod than anywhere else in
the world, with those on the New
Jersey flats a good second and the
North Woods breed holding third
place. Ordinary porch or dooryard
mosquitoes merely nibble in lack
adaisical manner, just enough to
belle the resident who assures the
visitor that there are no mosQui-
toes in the neighborhood. The
males are strict vegetarians, but
the females crave blood which IA
vors the full development of their
eggs. OF course mosquitoes can
not breed in bushes or damp grass
or weeds, though they may hide
and rest there; they must have
stagnant water to breed in, be 1t
only an old tomato can or the foot
print of a COW or horse in a field
or a choked roof gutter filled with
water. They will breed in the
margins of running streams or
lakes if the weeds choke the mar
gins so that fish cannot reach the
larvae and devour them. The lar
vac or "wiggle-tails" hatch from
the eggs laid in the water in two
or three days, and are true air
breathers able to leave the surface
of the water only a few moments
at a time. In a week the larvae or
wiggle-tails are transformed into
comma-shaped creatures called pu-
pae, also air breathers, and after
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The Daily Short Story

a tall, stoop-shouIdered man, with
extremely white hair and eyebrows
and a peculiar, sliding gait. A man
old for his years, one would have
said.
Twenty years ago the 14th of
July" he began, Il opened my eyes
in a small room in sort of impro-
Vised hospital ward in a mining
town in Montana They told me that
six weeks before I had been struck
on the head by piece of stone from
the arm of derrick which had
sprung loose. l was knocked IN
conscious and had been practically
so ever since. When l looked at my
self l was as you see me know. To
all appearances an old men at %.
Il gained health and strength
rapidly, and soon began to live
again, but everything previous to
the moment of my awakening on
that 14th of July was a blank-an
absolute void; and with memory
went all capacity for intense feel
ing of any kind" He paused drear-
lily, then concluded: 81 suppose that
woman is my wife"
The cold blooded statement
brought the second man erect in his
chair. Suppose she is? My God,
man, is that all you have TO say?
What are you going to do about it,"
The third man rose slowly, his
fists clenched as though in some
dumb, hopeless way he was chaI-
longing the Infinite. When he ans
wered his voice seemed attuned to
the play Of the elements raging out
side.
She's in a FOOLS paradise-of
hope. Let her stay there What
can do? I've got wife and chill
dren in Claremont, Wyoming. I
married the girl who nursed me
back to life" With that he shuffled
from the room.
ITO the devil with your theories!"
burst from the second man as he
raised his glass unsteadily to his
lips.
The first man said nothing, but
long after midnight he sat before
the smouldering ashes.
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COMPENSATION.
Ito a scribe with q broken armJ
Be thankful that it is no worse, .
1t might have been-you know
A leg, a rib, your only neck
My, what an awful blow!
Then, too, you might have lost limb
cit happens every day.,
AND you have-just broken arm ~
Why, man, that's only PLAY.
Now. had your arm been out of place
fAs arms sometimes have been)
This would be just punishment
To cure you of your sin
But since it happened out OF doors
Where folks could plainly see,
Your conscience cannot bother you
A blessing, you'll agree.
And then you should be thankful, too,
IT'S not your heart that's broken
For that would be tragedy
That never could be spoken.
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Bruised REEDS.
By Gertrude Gushing.
copyright, 1921, by Wheeler, Syndi-

/
Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler. syndi-
h cate, Inc.)
"And l contend that it is the ex-
periences and exercises of the
mind that cause age to appear in the
body. 1t is the knowledge of good
and evil and the consequent ever
| increasing obligation to discTim-
mate. together with the sorrow in
cident to failure, intentional or
otherwise"
Then you think that if the brain
| ceased at any given minute to de-
velop, from that minute the body
would remain unchanged in line and
color and e1pression?
Something like that"
Can you cite case in point?
The question came from third
man, who up to this point had taken
no part in the discussion.
The three men, until the day be-
fore strangers, were gathered IN
room in a small hotel in western
Massachusetts,. A swapping wood
fire flaming in the crate, pack of
well thumbed cards and tall glasses
containing some steaming brew
were helping to dispel the monot-
ony of a desperately stormy even
ing.
YES" replied the first man, ''in
a very few words. Do you remem
Der the oddly dressed young woman
on the station platform when we
left the train yesterday? Well, this
is her story:
She was a girl in this town when
I was a boy, some 20 years ago. The
winter she was Is she spent in New
York visiting an aunt In the
spring she came back engaged to
be married. In the fall her lover
came up for three or four weeks
and the wedding took place at the
end of that time. They went to
New York to live. We all liked him
and her letters home always sound
ed as though she was entirely happy.
The next summer he received a let
ter calling him to mining district
in Montana 1t was said tn. it was
business which demanded his per-
sopal attention. He brought her
here to stay with her people until
his return, and from that day to this
nothing has been heard from or of
w u6lu0T lie lSLleI was q
fraud and that was a way he took to
desert her or not, of course, don't
know. l have never thought so,
however.
For while she put up a good
fight. Then one day she collapsed
utterly and cried continuously for
hours. Nobody could do anything
for her. At last it seemed as if
somthing in her brain gave way and
a complete change took place. She
stopped grieving and declared her
belief that her husband would re-
turn soon to surprise her and she
must be ready for him.
Each day she dresses with the
utmost care, and goes to meet the
New York train. Her brain life
ceases at that minute and In mind
and body she seems to be the age
that he left her. You've heard my
theory. Now, what's yours?"
There was gilence for minute, !
then the third man spoke. He was
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suit the American consul or com
missioner? W. r. U.
A The present regulations pro
vide that no alien whose passpoF.
does not bear the visa stampsd
thereon by an American comm'S-
sioner or consul abroad. will be az
lowed entry into the United States
Q. Kindly give . recipe for MAJ
rimony jam ). d l.
A Pare and core 2 pounls
apples, and stone 2 pounds OF plnHls'
Put the parings and stones II
preserving pan, with 2 cuptuls q
water, simmer so minutes, usa
strain. Add 51z lbs. of sugar =
juice, bring to a boil. Peel poa91s
of pears, cut up pears and appie55'
add these with plums TO syrup V-'
30 minutes and pour into glAss9N
covering with paraffin when coo''
Q. What is fame made up Of!
A A simple fame, as that o. q
candle, consists of a luminous el-
velope. surrounding a body OF u
burned yapor and itself surrouh1
ed by an invisible layer OF gaSS'
produced by the burning.
Q. Why IS tho word colonel p.V'
nounced as If 1t contained an T
A. The early spelling Of the VIZ
.coronel-followed the Spanish ".
early French, accounting Tor ~
ar" sound. The present pronuhe--5
became establishe-
about 1900, before which time -
second 20" was given value
@. Should Z man playing gu
alone, allow other players 70
him? z. r.
A. The United States Coli ass
citation rules provide that "a slts1
player has no standing ana 80
always give way to q match o. az
kind"
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two or three more days the pupae
become winged mosquitoes. Thus
about ten days is enough time for
mosquitoes TO breed II water is per-
mitted to stand unscreened or I'M
oiled for 10 days. Unless blown by
winds or carried in conveyances
mosquitoes almost never travel
more than half mile from their
breeding place, and usually do not
travel more than a few rods from
their breeding place. The presence
of flies is proof OF filthy conditions
in the neighborhood. The presence
of mosquitoes merely suggests
carelessness about screening, oiling
or emptying breeding places.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Toning Down a Red Nose.
Kindly publish something to tone
down a brilliant, shiny, red nose.
This is no rum blossom. l do not
even indulge in home brew.
MISS c. P. B.
Answer-Dab the angry thing
every night before retiring with
this solution, and allow 1t to dry
on:
Zinc sulphate ...-..1 dram
Potassium sulphurated L dram
Rose water .--......-4 ounces
Shake well before using.
Collie Me Grandmother.
How about a little lecture on
Comfort VS.. Collie? 1 have
baby months old and Sairey pre-
scribes flannel shirts, flannel belly
bands, flannel skirts, etc, even IN
torrid weather 1 think cotton
shirts, skirts, etc, preferable IN
hot weather. Sairey insists that
flannel prevents collie, and lots OF
other things. She also insists a
band should be kept on till the
baby is a year old, to strengthen
the baby's back" In this latter
agree with her. MRS. NJ. W. V.
Answer-Infants suffer more Sc
riously from excessive heat than
older children and adults do, be-
cause the infants heat regulation
equipment is less competent. Many
babies literally die from excessive
heat in midsummer. Therefore
YOUR preference for cotton is right,
and the less of that, on hot days,
the better for the baby's health.
No belly band should be kept on a
baby after the navel has healed
and requires no further surgical
dressing. 1t is ridiculous to imag-
inc such a thing strengthens the
back. A belly band on baby
months old is only an irritation to
the unfortunate baby. These old
grannies just have no faith at all
in nature.
Catnep Tea.
Is catnep tea good for infants
MRS. L. F. A.
AnsWer-No. Sometimes catnep
tea is a good enema for an infant
with collie But remember this:
Nine times out of ten the infant
that cries, screams, draws up the
legs spasmodically, belches gas,
and has a hard distended belly, has
no collie at all. These symptoms
occur in various conditions, such
as earache.
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@. How long is & sea knot?
A. A knot is a unit of speed, rot
distance, but is equivalent to the
is $3.50 feet, while the United States
Coast Survey uses a length of
6,0SO27 feet as its nautical mile.
Q. Who was the first champion
boxer? T. R
A. The first ring champion was
James Figg. being recognized as
the English champion in 1719. He
held the title for IL years.
@. How does air compare in vol
ume before and after being liqui-
fed? P. P. L.
A Eight hundred cubic inches of
ordinary air gives about a cubic
inch of liquid gas.
Q. What verse of the Bible is the
neckverse? w. D. ].
A. The first verse of the Fifty
first Psalm was given this name. At
one time, any person in holy orders
could claim exemption from punish
ment for certain crimes. This "bepe-
fit of clergy" was afterward extend
ed to all who could read, the Bible
being handed the culprit for a test
II he could head a verse from the
Psalms-particularly Psalms 81: l.
his penalty was light, that is, he
saved his neck"
@. What do firef1fes do aside
from making our summer evenings
beautiful? F. E. H.
A. Firefies have no particular
value, but do devour snails and the
larvae OF insects.
@. What proportion Of oil must
be added to white lead? L. M.
A. Every 100 lbs Of white lead
requires ct least III gallons of lin
seed oil
@. Does a man desiring TO emf
crate to this country have to con-
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SLUG FIVE
The Diary of a Pale Blue Ass.

July 16-Today is my birthday. But what
is birthday, more or less, in the life of an
grows old Cheated on my days work today
by stealing masterpieces supplied by Friend
Rigs contribs. Completed the colyum early
and hurried home. The celebration was quiet
July 17-Up passably early Went to Cen
trail Presbyterian church to hear my friend
Rev. David johnson, preach. Two years in
the "effete east" have not diminished his DOW
ers of oratory nor lessened the vigor of his
handclasp. The Lady Who Hates to Darn my
Socks. in mourning for the loss of her beloved
tonsils, did not accompany me to church We
went riding this evening. however, with some
friends. Home at 10 and sleeoily to bed
July 1S-No entry.
July 19-Up as usual. Nothing of impor-
lance occurred except the indicting of Gov
Small. which may, or may not be important
when thieves fall out :. -
July 2o-Up usual The Lady Who, etc.
brought the Young Rufhan and called for me
at the office at $3.50 and the family went to
Long View park to attend the annual SUNDAY
school picnic of Central Presbyterian church
played ball-for a short time. . At $50
DR.. Dart said to me as he placed the splints
on my right arm, You know what told you
the last time you were here; you're getting too
old for that sort of thing" l did not argue
with him: He told me 1 had set the broken
bone perfectly: for which 1 claim no credit
l merely responded to an impulse to fix some
thing that was crooked. Went back tn the
picnic with my friend, Rev. Mordy (who had
kindly brought me to the doctors ofice) and
had supper. Home early, however in the car
of another good Samaritan. :, AS Law in
bed l recalled the last line OF yesterdays col
yum, See I. Thessalonians, 5:25" Obviously
my brethren did not pray for me, or. if they
did. the prayers were not effiicacious
July 21-Up late Some di;culty in dress
ing. Missed the morning tub sadly but fearad
to risk any more limbs. Cleanliness NAV he
next to Goodness but the tub is slipnerv
At home all day The City Ed. sent nv nanare
out to me. for which am grateful. Well
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CHEF BRUNDAGE seems to have every In
tennon OF roasting the W. k servants of the
peepu1 to a turn -e
WELL DONE! thou good and faithful
SGT R e. MIG
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-16
May NOT ABANDON
PEACE PROGRAM
ADOPTION OF MORE CAUTIOUS
COURSE URGED BY HUGHES
AND HOOVER.

Observation-Disclosures of cabinet
friction over President Harding's
peace program have begun to filter in.
to the Senate.
secretary of State Hughes and Sec.
retary of Commerce Hoover are said
to be out of sympathy with the plan
10 discard the Versailles treaty entire
ly as basis of peace and are endeav.
oring to persuade the president to
adopt more cautious course in MAX
ing his recommendations to. Con-
| gress.
According to information reaching
senator's Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Hoov-
er, both of whom have always advo.
Gated ratification of the treaty with re-
servations, are trying to induce the
president not to recommend peace by
resolution or at least to hold up all
action of this character for some time.
The presidents message will de.
termine everything in this connection
but senators supporting the Knox res
olution are convinced Mr.. Harding
Will say nothing that will cause them
to change their plans. They are satis-
fed that the president has abandoned
the Versailles treaty and that even il
he does not definitely recommend ac-
ton on the Knox resolution the pas
sage of some measure of this kinu
must inevitably ensIe at an early
date. They believe that public senti.
ment will not long tolerate a continu.
alton of our present anomalous. rela-
tions with Germany, and if peace is
not to be made by treaty they believe
the country will demand formal ter
mlnation OF the state of war by act of
Congress.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
ranking. Democratic member of the
Foreign Relations Committee and
leader for the fight for ratification of
the treaty, returned to Washington re-
Gently and announced he would sup.,
port any program recommended bv |
President Harding that will bring |
about international cooperation"
1T seems to me-" he said. that
the matter Of supreme importance IS
to get into cooperation with the
other nations Of the world now for
the purpose of rehabilitation and re-
store stability. This administration
for purely cold-blooded business rea.
sons and by the logic of events. il
seems to me, would be compelled to
help other nations get on their feet to
save them from bankruptcy.
Laying aside all questions of ideal.
SIN, altruism and sentiment, | see no
escape from the conclusion. that ulti.
nately If not Immediately, the Hard
ng administration will adopt some
'olicy of cooperation with other ma
ions of the world, whether it is
through the original League of Ma
ions or some other means"
Mr.. Hitchcock did not indicate that
e would support the Knox resolution
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-16
BOUNDARY DISPUTE
WON BY OKLAHOMA
soUTH BANK OF RED RIVER THz
STATE LINE, SUPREME
COURT DECIDES.
OLD DECISION REAFFIRMED
Treaty of 1919 With Spain Is Taken as
Basis For Fixing 1000 Miles of
sorder-Exact Location Is
Postponed.

Observation-Disclosures has won In
the Supreme Court the first big point
In her suit with Texas for Jurisdiction
over valuable Red river oil fields.
In an opinion which was unanimous
except that Associate Justice Clarke
TOOK no part, the court held that the
south bank of the Red river must be
taken as the true boundary between
Texas and Oklahoma from the south.
eastern corner of the latter state IN
the point where the river crosses the
lOOth meridian of longitude. More
than 1000 miles of boundary are fixed
permanently by the decision.
The court based its findings sne-
cifcally on the terms of the treaty
signed in 1919 between the United
states. and Spain, which 'consum-
mated the Louisiana purchase" That
document, it held, affirming it's own
decision in the case of United States.
Texas, set the south bank of the river
as the true boundary.
Determination of the exact location
OF the south bank" was postponed
until the entering of the formal decree
which will be promulgated within the
next 80 days. Until this decree is
made public, those interested will be
little better off than before the recent
decision, because the river is extreme
ly wide and shallow along practically
its entire length.
THE contention that the evidence
and arguments in the Green county
case Omitted States VS.. Texas) raised
no controversy as to whether the
boundary followed the mid-channel or
the south bank is not well founded"
Associate Justice Pittney, who read
the courts decision, said "The treaty
OF 1919 and mass of historical data
bearing upon its proper Interpretation
were before the court From excerpts
between the secretary of state, John
Quincy Adams, and the Spanish min
lister, 1t appeared that. the question
whether the boundary should follow
the middle of the Sabine and Red
rivers or the westerly bank of the
former and the southerly bank of the
latter was one of the points under
discussion, the Spanish minister pro-
posing the middle lines, Mr.. Adams
the banks"
The opinion then recited that
among Adams memoirs was found the
statement that the objection of Spain
to making the banks, instead of the
center of the stream, the boundary
was finally abandoned"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-16
FOR HURRIED READERS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lodge No
~ l. D. o. F., held it's regular meeting
the hall in Eden street. A large
e'owd from Victor Lodge No. 15S,
naton Rouge, was present for the pur-
!0se OF organizing a Rebecca Lodge
sefe to upbuild Odd Fellowship.
roihte la Hache.-A heavy wind
10 rain storm did great damafie to
ne truck and young corn crop here
Coast. ' ~
rointe a la Hache.-Work on the
'enei a. Bourgon shrimp and oyster
at Doullut's Canal will begin
lew days and it is expected will
eompleted by September 1. The
~, ne steam power will operate an ice
s.., making 25 tons a day, to be
= ''1ed by fishermen, who are taking
~ cent Of the stock in the new
'ofy, to cost $4,000.
,nquemine. rPlaquemine b. p O.
ueg No. 1898 held a regular meet.
thursday night and initiated sew
- candidates.
- -The Major Stave Com
~ composed of Louisiana and Ar
, lumber men. has been incor-
at Monroe with a capitaliza. |
q 100000, which NAV later be
~ssed to s5OO,OOO, for the purpose |
- aafacturing and selling slaves
nils " ''a's ana ium-
11-xood.-The strawberry crop
l and ripening rapidly. May
- showing up fine and viii
2 large quantity of Jam jelly
erves being put away.