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Evening journal., 1921-07-18
THE GREEN MYSTERY.

EF you have the sherlock Holmes detective Instinct and
II want to study mystery L-oresbanng than the most
complicated crime, go out to your backyard garden
II you haven't garden just look at the different vege
tables on the table time you sit down to dinner
This is the mystery:
You can take load Of Delaware soil plant seed in it
and by mysterious alchemy that seed gradually will
change part Of the soil into cabbage. But different
seed and the Delaware soil will evolve into onion,
radish or a cluster Of lettuce
What is il that produce many different forms OF
vegetable life out of the same substance-earth9
Al the experiment farm Wooster Ohio, scientists
took tract Of 30
The soil was the same everywhere that tract, yet
this year viii yield harvest of 2OOO different varieties
Of vegetables and fruits.
Pick up handful Of dirt anywhere that 50 acres and
you those 2OO different crops in concentrated form
on your pehn.
Up IN Portage Lake, ontario, Canada island burned
over. Nothing was left but ashes Six years went by
and naturalist visiting the island counted ii26 different
Kinds Of trees and shrubbery. An of which just a
different form OF the same slbstance-earth
Roger Williams founder Of Rhode Island died in 1888
In 1866 his grave was opened.
The coffin had disappeared back to dust
So had Roger willams-even his skeleton
Someone had dropped an apple seed overhead. II
sprouted into tree whose roots orept down and spread
out the form OF skeleton and in the exact position
once occupied by Rogers bones
That apple tree" commented Of the diggars 's
Roger Williams At least the substance n different
FORM"
Your body is made OF earth-dust.
Look at your hand The dust Of which It is composed
at various the past has been part OF millions Of
growing things.
Concentrated in you the identical substance dust
that once formed the usk Of charging mammoth the
wing OF giant prehistoric bird the leaf Of mon
stor fern.
Some day again, the dust that makes up your body
will live and mlve in nher forms OF life. Il may he
tree insect a stalk Of
The change goes on oreyer-out Of the dust back to
the dust
In the puzzle Of what make that Delaware dus be-
animated millions OF different forms you have
that greatest mystery-the riddle OF life.
To the Deawarean who has suffered many discomforts
due 10 the period Of depression, reduction "the
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

DAN BEARD ceptacles are not
convenient, being somewhat dificuit
to carry and awkward to handle.
What you need is lightweight
basket, as this rangs easily from the
arm, leaving the hands free. and
there is no danger of it slipping off.
dropping to the ground and spilling
the contents.
These quick work" baskets are
fine, and as the name implies. not
much labor to make. Weaving and
laborous rafna stitching is not nee
essary; the only articles needed are
an old straw hat and some boiling
hot water Pour the water over the
hat, this will soften the straw and
you can then bend it into any shape
you wish.
This One is Simple.
To make Gig. - turn the hat up
side down, allowing it to rest on the
top Of the crown; then bend the two
opposite sides inward toward each
other. II the straw is too limp, let
Evening journal., 1921-07-18
VALUABLE REFERENCE WORK.

WE are in receipt of complimentary copy OF Bull
w lngers Postal and shippers Guide for the United
States and Canada for 1921 This big volume which just
has from the press invaluable for reference pur
poses It is issued annually by the New England Railway
publishing Company Of Boston and contains every post
Office railroad station and United States port with the
railroad steamer line which every place. or the
nearest communicating point, is located; the delivering
expresses for every place. and also list OF railroad and
water lines with their terminal points.
It's publishers assert that it is the only work OF its kind
in the world and that it prepared, in every part,
from original brought together especially for that
purpose. It represents the legitimate growth Of a series
OF editions during the last fortynne years each
containing the additional matter necessary by
progress Of the country and OF railroad and other
transportation lines What that growth has been is n-
Gated by the fact that the first edition. issued in 1869
contained $500 the edition Of 1872 contained 1900
names and about $1,000 miles Of railroads. while this 1921
edition contains about 225OOO names and about 2sOOU
miles Of railroads, with about 500 coaswise and inland
wafer lines 1t is truly reference work worth having
Evening journal., 1921-07-18
aIHEM WAS TIE nAYss

A WILMINGTON man, who probably has red nose
N and an empty cellar writes in that he recalls buy
ing good whisky for 60 cents gallon in 1874 Them
was the days" says he.
Forty-seyen years have passed
Az times all OF sigh for 1.-THE good old DAYS"
Let's go back AZ years and see.
The first sensational event in 1874 was red-aae demon
stration by communists in New York The police had
their hands full, Sounds familiar
-Four days latter on January II, Chang and Eng the
Samese Twins died within two hours OF each other aged
63 Everybody thought then that the Samese Twins were
freaks occurring only and that future generations
would miss lot by not seeing them siamese Twins are
touring the United states in 1921
In February, 1874, Mother" Stewart and her temper
ance women inausurated remarkable whisky crusade in
Ohio. Folks commented that they were worthy ladies'
-but, OF course thereu always be liquor"
Then David Kaakaua, kng Of the Hawaiian Islands
toured America with his marvellous band Of ubulee
players"
Newspapers had big crime isTi Most notorious
was Jesse Pomeroy, ~the boy with the pink eve whose
FIRST known murder victim little Horace W. Mlen of
Boston
Jesse imprisoned at II, is serving the last lap OF life
sentence in Massachusetts, State prison. forgotten Too
many Stmans and Rabers to keep him in the public eve
Yet if you want to hear real crime story ask grandpa
about Jesse Pomeroy
Grandpa also tell you about the most famous Kid
napns on record-the abduction Of little Charley Ross
July 1, 1874, from his home at Germantown. Pa stH
missing
Mlard Fillmore died at Buffalo in is7l How many
recognize the name? He the thirteenth president
Joe Brooks and Joe Baxter both claiming to have been
elected Of Arkansas mustered and armed the
followers and carried on a smal-scae war.
On October 49, iS7i the country amazed by the nrs
balloon wedding This took place over Cincinnati Mary
Walsh marrying Charles NJ. Cotton.
''rhe good old days" weren't different after ALL
But, hearken The cost Of running the national gov
eminent is74 only s2S7iS3s7s And the national
debt though considered startling te tme was only
So PSI. .690AeS
That's probably why they're called "he good old days
Evening journal., 1921-07-18
AND THE ON FoLK cAsp.

A STHEET that auto tires instead Of steel
N tracks is being installed on Staten Island New York
Unlike motor buses it has trolley pole that takes cleo
trio power from overhead wires It expected TO develop
cheaper, s~1fler, elastic transportation
Are the verge Of day when street car tracks in
Wilmington will be torn up and the rubber tire take the
place Of steel tracksg
Fifteen years ago, you'd have laughed at The idea
Now you say well why not2"
Ia The days wen Coal Oil Johnny nngfng his for
tune to the four Winds all oil tanks were sunk in the
ground like cserns. Oil poured in and pumped out
when needed
bright young working for the Standard oil Com
pany at The extinct Pit Hole Pa suggested building
tanks above ground. on stills.
Then" he proposed, I'VE build santng bank Of
earth alongside the tank drive up and dunn
It's barrels Of Oil Wen tap hole and draw out the oil o
NE bottom OF the tank by the force OF gravity. That
ave pumping il out OF the buried tanks now used"
An uproar started Whoever heard OF a cstern beng
built above ground?"
The young his idea across but he learned that
MS hard to teach an old dog new tricks
Most Of find it dlncut TO imagine anything new.
That's why cling to old ways and are suspicious Of
new methods particularly involving revolutionary
changes in the way Of doing the things OF life
The brain progress to methods is slow
That's Why the rst railroad passenger coaches looked
Ike stage coaches Even the inventor despite his vision
couldn't get the stage coach dea the old way entirely
out OF his head
The arst Photographs were rgged Up with large horns
because folks accustomed TO using megaphone Ia
make small voices sound loud
In the patent ONCE youl OF the pioneer type
writer's patented in 1868 Its keyboard looks like the KEYS
Of piano. to the short black keys and long white
ones The inventor had pianos, and the old-tme
way OF making keyboard refused 10 get Of his brain
cells
EIt.-
chine because he couldn't needle with the eve
at The point His wife had more vision told him to put
The eye at the sharp end and he got his patent in 1876
Times are different now.
Living in an age OF constant changes in which each
year brings revolutionary ideas and WAYS OF doing
things the old dogs try every new trick pro-
posed.
That's why move faster than our ancestorsand eel
further
That's Why the Staten Island people don't throw At a.
their street and say Whoever heard Of stree
sar system without tracks g'
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

doors, and you will
naturally want to
bring some of the
c ri ou S pretty
things home. that
the entire family
may also enjoy
them and that you
may have a chance
to consult nature
books and identify
the fresh flower,
vine. moss. and the
many other things
you may find.
Paper bags and
paper boxes as re-
Evening journal., 1921-07-18
Dan Beard Suggests old Strauss for BASKETS

Dan Beard is national Boy Scout
commissioner of America. A good
deal of his time, however. has been
spent in the interest of girls. This is
the fourth of six stories on "Summer
Stunts for Girls" written by him.
BY DAN BEARD
National Boy Scout Commissioner
OF course you'll find no end of all
sorts of woodsy treasures when you
are trudging along in the great out
Evening journal., 1921-07-18
HORSE TAKES SUNDAY WALK.

HORSE TAKES SUNDAY WALK.
A saddle horse purchased only a
few weeks ago by DIR. John Ball, Of
Elsmere, walked from the stable
yesterday and was found along the
Concord Pike. The horse was re-
turned to Dr. Ball after the police
had been notified of the animal
strolling about the pike.
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

It's wonder that some folk at Rehoboth don't catch
eold-chaneins from cool summer frock 10 hot ath-
ing suit. -
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

II is fortunate for many and women in our city
that this is not closed season for iob-huntIng
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

Many Delaware farmers in these days can raise every
hing except money, hence their disquietude
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

In these warm days the Wilmington dog that is not
jagged properly is 1T" to the local dog catcher.
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ing.
Copyright 1921 by Newspapef
Enterprise)).
Tomorrow Dan Beard win tell you
how TO have fun with an orange.)
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

To the Delawarean who has suffered many dscomforts
due TO the period Of depression wage reduction Is "he
unkndest cut Of ALL"
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

Planes may smooth down The bigger navy dispute
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

Women worry about having nothing to wear; reforners
about their wearing it
Evening journal., 1921-07-18

A WILMINGTON man, who probably has a red nose
N and an empty cellar writes in that he recalls buy
ing good whisky for GO cents gallon in 1874 Them
was The days" says he.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

EARED VUlTURE.

"They say," said the Eared Vuiture,
"that the napjack turtle here in the
zoo feels very safe. 1t is sald that
many have been the fiapjack turtles
who have been eaten down South.
But what do 1 care for safety? /
only think of the days when l was
solitary and alone. l think of those
days"
"I'm sure you do" said the Wedge
Tailed Eagle from Australia. HIS
brother near him was from Tasmania.
"Now, it is most interesting, said
the Wedge-Tailed Eagle, ito think Of
how differently we all act and of what
different things we like.
81. for example, am one Of the finest
OF eagles"
at is strange" said the Barred Vul-
ture, 'but when folks or creatures
start talking they always talk more
about themselves and what they think
and what they do than anything else.
"That is almost always the way
at is quite natural it should be the
way" said the Wedge-Tailed Eagle.
"Folks and creatures know more
about themselves than they do about
others. They know more of their own
ways and their own thoughts.
"They don't know others thoughts
so well, not nearly so well.
Eyes, / think that is quite natural.
Now to continue about myself, for
know myself better than l know other
creatures, l am one of the finest OF
eagles. l feed on kangaroos and
lambs"
Il don't suppose the kangaroos and
the lambs would call you one Of the
finest of eagles said the Eared Vui-
ture with a harsh laugh.
81 wasn't asking them for their opin-
ion," said the Wedge-Tailed Eagle. Il
wasn't asking any opinion. l was just
stating fact. l am fine eagle, and
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

though I may not be considered fine
By the kangaroos and lambs, I am con-
sidered fine by the Wedge Tailed Eagle
family, and many visitors coming to
the zoo think I'm fine looking bird.
"The keeper, too, thinks l am a fine
looking bird.
1--WE wedge-tailed eagles build our
nests out "t great mass of sticks,
and we place them in the tallest of for
e~. trees.
Yes, in the great forests we live,
and in the highest trees. We love the
great heights. These are our ways,
and yet there are creatures who like
to crawl on the ground and who like
to live in holes, and even creatures
who like to live underground.
"And we go to the highest points
Of the highest trees"
Eyes, it is as you say" the Eared
Vulture admitted. '"Birds and animals
and people are very different in their
ways. And it is well for different
creatures to tell their own stories, for
they, of course. know them better than
any one else does.
II put my head on one side and l
look down at the people who pass me.
And if they could understand me they
would know that / was telling them Of
myself.
'Of course they can see me and
they can see that / aIu brown and
gray. They can see that l have a
reddish-pink head and that my throat
is fat and sticks out in a very ugly
fashion.
My head is wrinkled and bald. or
bare, and my neck Is the same way.
l have a pointed beak or bill, yellow
ish green in color. And they can see
that am not a handsome sight.
But l wonder IL they know that l
come from the tropics of Africa and
that l am one of the largest of the
old world vultures?
II am very solitary in my ways, too.
l used to be by myself In my wild
state. Seldom two of us went to-
gether. We hunted alone. We ate
all the old trash we could by our
selves.
eve were not friendly, we were not
sociable. And as the people in the
zoo pass me by I feel like saying to
| them:
"'Ah, you may look at me now, hut
! you wouldn't be given that chance If /
were free. for I'd not be making
friends. I'm not friendly by nature
I'm ugly in my looks" the Eared
vulture went on, 'and I'm not sociable
in my ways. Truly, 1t can be said l
make friends with no one, and no one
minds in the least"
you're right" said the Wedge
Tailed Eagle. 'for I, your neighbor in
the ZOO, have no desire to be friendly
with you any more than you care
about being friendly with me-"
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
THE HIGH COST OF
SHOES GETS WAlL0P

Zen cents to twenty five cents q
pair is enough profit for any maker OF
work shoes" said Geo. r. Harsh, head
of the Harsh 4 Chapline Shoe Co.. OF
Milwaukee, makers of the famous Lion
Brand Work Shoes for men and Lion
Brand Everyday Shoes for boys.
For 10 years we have been trying to
make the best work shoes in the coun-
try. To do this we even had to put
up our own tannery, buy the hides and
do our own tanning, as we could ma
no leather In the open market good
enough to go into Lion Brand Shoes.
''That we have come close to success
is evidenced by the sale Of more than
10,000,00O pairs through thousands OF
stores Last year alone the shoe buy
ing public bought more than S6,OO0,OOO
worth.
Lion Brand Shoes are so popular
we could probably go right on doing
business through the stores. But l
believe there should be fewer profits
between the producer and user" con-
tinued Mr.. Harsh.
"By selling direct to the wearer we
cut out the profit of the tanner, jObber
and storekeeper, as well as the sales
mans expense, and are able to save
the buyer of Lion Brand Work shoes
from one dollar to three dollars pair.
For example. our No. 76 Brown Blu
cher, with hard toe cap. made of Lion
Brand Leather (our own tannage) In
regular sizes, 6 to II, is now being
sold by mail on receipt of money order,
draft or buyers own check at $3.50
This shoe formerly sold through the
stores as high as $3.50.
ut took a lot of courage to change
our settling policy, but we believe the
buying public is ready for the change
and that our action in stepping over the
middleman TO the user will be followed
by other large manufacturers of many
other well known quality products
''Our catalog No. is now ready for
distribution from the factory, Hanover
and Maple Streets, Milwaukee, Wis
cOnsin. Shoes shipped within "a hours
Of receipt of order."-Adv.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

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The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
SALE FORGOTTEN IN
SERIES EXCITEMENT
New 0utfieIder Bought by In
dians Was Overlooked.
Arthur Wagner Secured From Joplin
of Western League Lost Sight Of
During Worry Over Pennant--
Three Other Rockies.

That the Cleveland baseball club
bought new Outfielder late during
the last season seems to have been
overlooked.
The player was acquired just before
the worlds series, but officials Of the
Cleveland club were thinking more
about winning the pennant than Of re-
cruits for the 1921 team and forgot to
announce this purchase.
His name is Arthur Wagner. He
started the season as an outfieder
with the Joplin club of the Western
league. but. because of his versatility,
his manager used him often as util-
ity man. playing him In the, Outfield
one day. on third the next and then
shifting him to first. Wagner bats
and throws right handed and, accord
ing to Pat Flaherty. the Indian scout.
is splendid prospect.
Wagner and three young. pitchers
will be the only recruits at the train
ing camp that Speaker has not given
the once over. The hurting trio is
composed of ]. c. Edwards. Charles
Henderson and Nelson A. Potts, all
of the Delta league. Potts and Ed
wards are southpaws.
Riggs Stephenson. the University Of
Alabama football star, who is to join
the Indians late in May and who
played in the Delta league last sum-
mer, touts both young pitchers. Potts
is tall and slender and, according to
Stephenson, knows how to pitch.
Edwards" says Stephenson, ''is a
big fellow who must weigh 200 pounds
He had more speed than any other
pitcher In our league and wonderful
curve ball. Potts may know more
about pitching, but Edwards has the
most stuff"
Stephenson batted over 400 in the
Delta circuit and IT is believed he will
give Joe Sewell a strenuous battle for
the Indian sllortstopping job.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
ALlBI FOR RING STAR

Whenever ring star is beaten
an alibi is offered in his defense.
1t remained for Stanley Everett.
a featherweight of Pekin. ILL.,, to
give an entirely new and diStinc-
tive one.
Everett, who, In his fight with
Harry Banner of Kansas City, in
Springfield, Ill.,, was knocked out
in the first 80 seconds. declares
that an admirer, perched in a
gallery seat, was responsible for
his quick defeat.
The Pekin boxer asserts he
mad Just started to square away
when the gallery god yelled:
"Tear his head off. Stanley"
AS Everett glanced towards
the gallery for a second to ac-
knowledge the greeting. Banner
crashed over punch to the chin
that knocked him out.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
Some Chinese Riddles.

Chinese riddles are often little bit
harder than American ones. Here
are several Interesting ones and said
to have been told to an American boy
by his aunt who was for many years
missionary in China: ..
1t was born In a mountain forest.
1t died in an eartheh chamber. Its
soul dispersed to the four winds. and
its bones were laid out for sale.-
Charcoal.
In very small house there live nv
little girls.-A shoe.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
GROUND FOR SOCCER SPORTS
Queens Park Football Club Contem.
plates Purchase Of Land Adjacent
to Hampden Park.

The Queens Park football club, one
of the famous Scottish soccer organi-
cations. contemplates purchasing II
acres of ground adjacent to their in
closure at Hampden park, Glasgow. AT
present the ground will hold 10000
people, and if enlarged its capacity
will be 175.00O.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
AND THE FLU
First Step in Treatment Is q Brisk
Purgative With Calotabs, the
Purified and Refined Calomel
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.

Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds and infu.
enza can be depended upon for full Of.
fectiveness until the liver is made thor.
oughly active. That is why the first
step in the treatment is the new, nausea.
less colonel tablets called Cadotabs,
which are free from the sickening and
weakening effects Of the old style calo-
mel. Doctors also point out the fact
that an active liver may go long way
towards preventing influenza and is one
Of the most important factors in en-.
abling the patient to successfully with
stand an attack and ward off pnen
monia.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow of water-that's 3
all. No salts, no nausea nor the slight
est interference with your eating, pleas
ure or work. Next morning your cold
has vanished, your liver is active, your
system is purified, and you are feeling
fine, with hearty appetite for break
fast. Druggists sell Calotabs only In
original sealed packages, price thirty
Eve cents. Your money will be cheer.
fully refunded if you do not find them
delightful.-(Adv.)
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
CRAVATH BACK TO OLD LOVE
Former Manager of Philles Returns
to League Where He Made His
Start in Baseball.

"Gavvy" Cravath, who managed the
Phillies this year, will return next sea-
son to the league where he made his
start in professional baseball. The
Salt Lake City club has signed the
mighty clOuter to a 1921 contract to
manage the team. Before getting his
FIRST trial in the big show Cravath
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

Coach Bezdek of Penn state says
that the forward pass Is one of the
most enjoyable features OF our foot
ball and urges rule makers to observe
the hands-off policy. He Isn't SO en-
thusiastic about the goal kick after
touchdown.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
National League.
MIXED SPORTS is DEFEATED
Plan for lnterminoilng Amateur and
Professional Athletes Rejected
in the Far West.

The proposal of the Alberta and
British Columbia branches of the Anna
teur Athletic Union of Canada for the
intermingling Of amateur and profess
sional athletes in sport was defeated
by large majority at the organiza-
tion's recent annual meeting.