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Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
The Place for AInhonSe

The Place for AIphonse.
"A1phonse." said the heiress, II lave
been thinking"
thinking of me, precious?" asked
Alphonse.
Indirectly, yes; ! have been think
ing that if you married me, everybody
would say you only did so to get my
money"
"What care 1 for the unthinkable
world?"
"But, Alphonse, will marry you"
MY own dar-'
"And l will not have people say un-
kind things about you, so ] have ar
ranged to give my fortune to the mis-
sionaries. Why, Alphonse, where are
you going?"
Alphonse paused long enough on his
way to the door to look back and
mutter: "I'm going to be mission
ary."
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The Community Newspape,
Bv BOB ADAMS.

I0F ALL the sheets from East
~ to West the local pap.r is the
best. Deep is our love and deep
our debt to Record, Journal or
Gazette. When first l landed on
this ball, a bit of flesh wrapped
round a squall, it welcomed mo
with joy and pride my life has
never justified. 1t follows me my
whole life through, with words all
kind and mostly true; and even
after am hearsed twill tell my
best and hide my worst. When in
Oshkosh or Wickiup l wander
homesick as a pup, or if in foreign
land. l roam, it brings me pleas
ant news of home. Across the
sands, across the sea, the old home
paper comes to me. 1t is a friend
both true and tried, and to it,
gents, l point with pride; yea, l
will hook my Sunday pants to pay
up six years in advance.
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FOUND HOME PAPER IN
HEART OF THE ROCKIES
And Through It PeddIer Learned That
Family He Had Known for Fiji
teen Years Were His Relatives.

Publishing country newspaper re
minds me Of tossing pebble into
the ocean. We never know how far
the circles which it sets in motion will
reach" said Willitson Manley, publish.
er of The Plaindealer Of Canton, N.
Y, the other day, in speaking Of "Sub-
scribe for Your Home Town Paper
Week." which is to be observed the
country over the week of November
7-12. Il had a good reminder of this
not long ago." he went on.
Zone day there appeared In the
Plaindealer Office short, stubby, ro-
bust man of probably sixty. knew
the minute l saw him that he had
come in from the big outdoors in some
section. He told me that he had taken
the paper for many years, probably
forty, ever since he had left Canton,
where he was born. He told me where
would find the paper going, and l
found it. His post Office was in a
little town way out in the Rockies. He
said he had come back to the old town
to live. He paid what he owed and
year over for good measure, and then
he sat down and knew something was
coming
Forty Years in the Mountains.
"'Say,' said he, newspapers are
great things. You can never tell what
they are going to do for you. have
been a peddler out in the mountains
for forty years, making my trips, me
and the little burro, about once in
six months. There were lot of long
jumps between houses. For fifteen
years I had been going out of my
trail, about five miles to one side, to
sell to a family that had moved in.
You get rather well acquainted with
people If you see them once in six
months for that long, so when I got
there one afternoon and didn't find
anyone home-just the door unlocked,
as all doors were there-I went in and
made myself comfortable, and when
supper, time came I didn't hesitate
about hunting around for grub. And
while l was doing it I found a copy
of the Plaindeaier on the kitchen shelf,
and one or two more around the
house-the Plaindealer, mind you, the
paper was taking right from the
old home town! And I wondered who
these fifteen.year-old friends of mine
were. I suddenly realized we had
never talked over our pedigrees anv.
"'When the family got home that
evening I asked questions, and what
do you think ?-that wife was a sort
of grandniece Of mine. She hadn't
heard of her old uncle off stubbing
around in the rocks Of the Rockies.
and hadn't ever heard that any.
one related to me had ever mar
ried and was out there living under
another name. Your paper introduced
US to each other. I just thought you
might like to know about It,"
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MOTHER! MOVE
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Hurry, mother! Even a sick ch;k
loves the 'fruity" taste Of "California
Fig Syrup" and it never fails to opeE
the bowels. A teaspoonful today mag
prevent sick child tomorrow. If CON
stipated, bilious, feverish, fretful, hax
cold, collie, Or if stomach is souE.
tongue coated, breath bad remember
good cleansing of the little bowels iS
often all that is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Calk
fornia Fig Syrup which has directions
for babies and children OF all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You must
say california" or you may get an
imitation fig up-Advertisement !,
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
WHEN WEARY WILLIE SCORED
Uncle Isaac Was Just Little Bit Too
Emphatic in His Verdict Con-
cerning Coat.

Weary Willie slouched into the
pawn-shop.
"How much will you give me for
this overcoat?" he asked, producing a
faded but neatly mended garment.
Isaac looked at it critically.
"Four dollars,' he said.
"Why," cried Weary Willie, that
coats worth $40 if it's worth a
penny!"
Il wouldn't give you $40 for two
like that" smiled Isaac. -Four dol
lars or nothing
"Are you sure that's all it's worth?"
asked Willie.
"Four dollars" repeated Isaac.
"Well, here's your S4," said Weary
Willie. "This overcoat was hangin'
outside yer shop, and l was won
Gerin' how much it was really worth"
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WOULDN'T STAND FOR REBUKE
Beggar Woman Had Her Own Point Of
View Concerning "Business" She
Was Engaged In.

Secretary Lawson Purdy of the
Charity Organization society said at
a dinner in New York:
professional beggars are a self
righteous crew. What mean Is that
they regard their trade the same as
you and l regard honest work. One
winter afternoon I came on beggar
woman I knew Of old. She was beg
ging in a bitter wind on a corner, and
three little children in calico rags shiv-
cred at her side.
"'You-Jane,' I said repreaehfully.
'You-beggng! And those three little
ones! They aren't really yours at
allr
"'Well, damitall,' said the beggar
woman. 4 wouldn't have to beg SO
hard if they were really mine. for
then wouldn't be forking over dol
lar a day to hire them LOS Angeles
Times.
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CE0CCED BLOOD
W|THERS THE BODY
Workers Sick and Weak From
Exertion Take Guides
Pepto-Mangan.

Men and women who toll, either
physically or mentally, use up energy.
When they overwork they use UP
more energy, and sometimes the blood
gets in a rundown condition. Without
rest the blood cannot get back to nor
NAL, so that it becomes clogged with
waste matter from over-exertion.
The clogged blood virtually withers
the body. The strained looks on pale
faces, the thin, bloodless arms, the
sunken cheeks and necks, the dead
tired feeling, are the results of stale
blood depriving the system of life
giving oxygen.
Workers 60 to the drug store and
get Guides Pepto-Mangan when they
feel weak and run down. They take it
in either the liquid or the tablet form.
That makes the blood rich and red
and drives out the poisons. Life-giving
oxygen, carried by the little red cells,
renews the strength and builds up the
entire system. Look for the name
Guides Pepto-Mangan" on the pack.
age. Advertisement.
I~ hat
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

Satan. "Job's turkey" according to
the popular notion, had but one feath.
er in its tail, and was obliged to lean
against the fence to gobble. The
originator Of the saying apparently
did not realize It would have been
impossible for Job to possess turkey.
since that bird is a native Of America.
Thomas Chandler Halliburton Of Nova
Scotia. who used the pseudonym Of
"Sam Slick" ana wrote about the
doings Of Samuel Slick Of Slickville,s :
refers to .Job's turkey" IN sons q hi
writings.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

Jupiter; Phoebe, the ninth satellite Of
Saturn, and those Of Uranus and Nep-
tune, is direct, that is, from west to
east. The theory Of the motions Of
the most prominent Of the satellites
has been found to coincide with that
Of the moon.
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The Satellites.

Certain celestial bodies which re-
volve round .Qme Of the planets, as
these latter I0lve round the sun.
are called ktes. Astronomers
sometimes apply to them the term
secondary planets" The earth, Mars,
Jupiter. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
each have one or more Of these at
tendants. The motion Of all the
satellites except the eighth satellite Of
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Drawino It Too Fine.

After giving the prospective house,
maid full details as to her duties, thu
of turning away when a thought stru:k
her suddenly.
''Oh, by the way" she asked, "ds
you know your way to announcer"
"Well, ma'am," replied Mary, 'I'm
not sure about that, but l think {
know my weight to a pound or So"
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Starvation Recommended.

Starvation Recommended.
Profteering Landlord-Doetor, when
/ was poor had splendid appetite,
but now that 1 am rich I don't appre-
ciate good food and can scarcely eat
at all.
Doctor-Forget your wealth and eat
cnly what your tenants invite you to
sit down to.-Wayslue Tales.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
TO Have a Clear Sweet Skin

To Have a Clear Sweet Skin
Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then bathe with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Advertiseme
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

sAs Poor a. Jobs Turkey"
.As poor as Jobs turkey" a simile
often used to Indicate extreme power.
ty, has reference to the deplorable
state to which Job was reduced. when
delivered BY God into the hands of
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
Ambitious,

'That was some haul" said the hold
up man.
"a few more like it, replied his
partner, "and we'll be able to become
landlords and make real money!
New York Sun.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
The foolish man qvho built
his house on the sand

He gave an example in folly which anybody
can understand.
It isn't 50 easy, however, to sense the mistake
Of trying to build the body on foods which lack
essential nourishment.
Here, again. is foundation of sand which
gives way when the test comes.
Many food that tastes good lacks honesty
Of nourishnent to equal its taste. Thus it tenpts
the appetite into mistakes that often are costly.
Grape-Nu is food which helps build bodilv
endurance for Me's stress and storm. The full
nourishment of wheat and matted barley, together
with the vital mineral salts so necessary to bone
structure and red blood corpuscles, with phos-
pilates for the brain, is retained in Grape-Nuts.
Tho long baking process by which Grape-Nutsis is
made gives the food q natural sweetness and an
unusual ease Of digestiblty and assimilation.
Served with cream or milk, Grape-N Nuts Is
fully nourishing and whether eaten as a cereal at
breakfast or lunch, or made into pudding for
dinner. Grape-Nuts has particular delight for
the appetite. Sold by grocers.
Grape-Nuts-the Body Builder
There's Reason"
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The meek shall inherit tie earth
but they must not grow impatient
about it.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
Not an Army.

"He must be innocent" "What
makes you think so?' Hes hired
only one lawyer to defend him."
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When compared with the tailor
made woman appearances are against
the self-made man.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

Conscience is not an absolutely GER
tain guide Conscience needs a moral
education.
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Left Hiuh and Drv.

"What made you drop out Of the
society?" "We didn't drop out; it
slid out from under u.s.
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And the Worm Turns

ana the worm Turns.
Rub-This work is an awful grind
Dub-Well, the boss is crank !
Kansas City Star.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

Suffer fools gladly; they may be
right.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
Worlds Armament Goes On.

WoTIuS Armament Goes On.
San Marino, the smallest republic
In the world, is about to double the
size of its army, which in future will
consist Of six soldiers.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

Truly Transatlantic.
North-How do you know Robb just
arrived from Europe?
West-He's whistling "Dardanella." !"
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

Hands that work and serve will
never wear steel bracelets.
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Fans Don't Mind.

WIdLS S IulS near!
"Well?"
"A veteran plainsman says these
movie cowboys don't even know how
to ride q horse correctly"
"That won't make any difference to
the average movie fan who never sees
q man on horseback unless he hap
pens to be mounted policeman or
the grand marshal Of a street pa
rade."
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

To do good is better than to be done
good.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
Alkali In Soap
Bad For the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully.
II you want to keep your hair looking
its best Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much aikaii.
This dries the scalp. makes the hair
brittle, and ruins IL.
The best thing for steady use is Null
sified cocoanut oil shampoo (Which Is
pure and greaseless). and is better
than anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls OF mulsi-
fed will cleanse the hair and scalp
thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair
with water and rub It in. 1t makes
an abundance OF rich, creamy lather,
which rinses out Easily. removing
every particle of dust. dirt, dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and IT leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky.
bright, lustrous. fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get Mulsifed cocoanut OIL
shampoo at any pharmacy. it's very
cheap, and a few ounces will supply
every member of the family for
months. Be sure your druggist gives
you Mulsified.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

Anne, has taken no positive stand in
this family matter. 1t Is common
knowledge here that the elder Still
man child, whose favor is sought by
beth father and mother, has not failed
to show tender sympathy to both.
Mrs. Stillman herself denied that
Anna has sailed for Europe, her
father only bidding her good-by, but
says that her daughter now Is with
friends in Chicago. ...
1t appears that Miss Stillman. feel
ing the tug Of both parents at her
heartstrings. cannot make up her
mind to take determined stand
against either.
Alexander. nine years old, though
fond OF hts father, leaves no doubt as
to the dictates of his heart, for he
frankly admits: ~, - - ,
II love my mother better than any,
thing in the whole world
Alex, however, has no large under
standing OF the meaning OF the word
wealth: he Ii naturally shy. But ~
caught In communicative mood he
will tell you. 81 haven't any money.
but j think my father Is rich. am
not sure. but think, maybe, he has
hundred dollars!
And Baby Guy. the tiny co-defenf-
ant, 10 unconcerned about the family
wealth and its distribution SO lang as
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

Many a man is struggling hard to
get ahead, but just as he gets start
Something always seems to go wrong
that sets him back. while another
many with apparently less ability
seems to get along famously with
compsratively little effort - THIS
GREAT DIFFERENCE in men may be
due solely to the difference in their
bodily and mental vigor and the
AMOUNT Of organic IRON IN THEIR
There are 10000, 900. .ooo, 900 RED
BLOOD CORPUSCLES in your blood
and zach one must have iron. Without
IRON YOUR BLOOD LOSES ITS POW:
ER TO CHANGE FOOD INTO LIVING
CELLS AND TISSUE and nothing you
eat does you the proper amount OF
good--you do not get the full strength
Indoor life, overeating, household
drudgery, gripping. CALLING worry and
nervous strain are sapping the iron
and thereby the very life, from the
blood OF thousands OF men and wom-
en-.
We do not advise what TO do In in
eividual cases as this Is the province
Of the physician but we do say that
81 YOU lack sufficient iron In your
blood to give you the strength energy
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
ny NICHOLAS murray.


NEW YORK. April 4-I have found
that the pictures of Baby Guy Still
man resemble those OF his father in
several very important respects and
should not hesitate to say that so far
as the human eye can tell, Baby Guy
Stillman Is a very close relative OF
James Alexander Stillman.
In the first place, the eyes of Baby
Guy resemble those of his father
when a young man. so strikingly as
to be almost the same. Both sets Of
eyes have the same shape, the same
expression. In both cases the left
eye Is a little lower in the head than
the right eye. Baby Guy, James
Alexander Stillman and the living
bankers famous father had the same
expression of the eyes.
In the second place, the triangle
formed by the eyes and the nose Of
the human face have exactly the same
proportions in the face of Mrs. Still
mans baby. son and her husband.
This Is very telling point of re-
semblance and Is noticeably absent in
the case Of people not at all related.
The shape of the face in both heads
Is the same. Both are square, -jawed
and stubborn chinned. There is de-
termination in the baby lips of little
Guy, as well as in the mature feature
Of James Alexander Stillman.
/ have taken no sides in the oues-
ton and have merelyssaid what SEEM
ed to me to be obvious from the two
pictures.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
POWDER CAR EXPLODE:
BLAST HEARD IS MILES

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. April A.
Two men were injured, several freight
cars destroyed and traffic on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad blocked for hours
when a car containing 10000 pounds
of black powder blew up the freight
yards a little south OF this city.
The injured are A. w. johnson, con-
ductor, and A, III. Brown, brakeman.
The blast could be heard for fifteen
miles. Windows and plastering in
homes and stores were damaged, but
the amount Of damage is not expected
to be excessive.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
BECKWITRS DEED DUE
TO DIVORCE, FRIENDS SAY

NEW YORK, April 4.-Marital un-
happiness, moro than professional
troubles. was given last night as the
~real reason" for Professor Beck
with's tragic act at Syracuse Univer-
sity in Staying Dean John H. Whar-
ton and himself.
A friend, who asked that his name
be withheld, told q reporter that his
wtfe's divorce and marriage to Karl
d Robinson, her cousin. utterly
wrecked Beckwith's brilliant mind"
The friend, who claims to have been
on intimate terms with the Beck
withs. described how the young pro-
fessor and his wife acquired scholas-
tic houors and were unusually happy
until she decided that she no longer
could remain in matrimonial bonds
with Beckwith. He added:
MRS. Beckwith was secretary of
the National Allied Relief Commit
tee. Robinson was secretary Of the
threw them together a great deal.
Robinson's father Is a retired min
lister at Berkeley. Cal. Mrs. Beck
with-Robinson's father resides with 4
Don-in-law at Asheville, n. c.
"At the time they were in the war
work both were married. The hrst
Mra Robinson. as shown in the d.
vorce proceedings in her case. was
at Roosevelt Hospital. expecting to
become q mother. Mrs. Robinson
procured q divorce, the custody Of
her two children and alimony. She
now resides in New York City"
Charging that Beckwith refused to
believe certain rumors that were
borne to his ears concerning Mrs.
Beckwith, the friend continued:
when the full realization of II
came to Beckwith, and when his
wife established a residence in the
West and obtained her preliminary
decree. he showed his first signs Of
mental unrest. But he grimly de-
termined not to drag It into the
public light and threw himself into
the war. The life over there also
had it's share in finishing the wreck
ing of his mind.
when he returned and tried time
after time to gain positions. his old
troubles kept coming into his mind
and naturally he may have been testy
of temper. But 1t was not so much
the material failures that goaded him
TO despair: 1t was the knowledge that
ne had lost his great love, and that he
did love his wife deeply went without
question among those who knew him
best
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
DEANS SLAYER.
WORKED|ND.c..
f'Suicide Prof" Employed by
Government During War.
!. Wife Here With Him.

Prof. Holmes Beckwith. who killed
Dean John Herman Wharton. Of
Syracuse University College Of Busi-
ness Administration and then COM
mitted suicide, worked for the Gov
ernment in Washington during the
war.
Mrs. Beckwith, wife Of the pro-
fessor, also was employed here at
the same time. The couple lived for
q time in an apartment in Eleventh
street near / northwest. Later they
built a bungalow near Cabin John
Bridge and lived there for a while.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

Government ownership. Very well.
let them give another IL they can.
Somebody has to take the lead to-
ward making production even and
employment continuous.
For the railroads to pretend they
are giving an answer by taking a
slash at the day wages of their en-
ployes, while showing absolute
blockheadedness in face of the un-
derlying social problem. is q little
too old q story. The country is tiring
Of 1t.
II President Harding grants the
bearing that is to be asked he will
have an Interesting and possibly ar
Instructive experience.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

ANA endurance you need to get ahead
and overcome obstacles, by all means
try NUxATED IRON,
NUSATED IRON often increases the
bodily and mental vigor Of weak,
tired, wornout, nervous people In two
weeks time. It's like the iron in
your blood and like the iron in spin.
ach, lentils and apples. You can eat
II IL you wish. II will not bIacken
or irJuro the teeth nor disturb the
stomach-It Is entirely different from
ordinary metallic iron which people
usually take and which Is made mere.
ly by the action OF strong acids on
smsh pieces of iron.
In addition to organic iron. Nux-
ated Iron also contains product
which represents the principal chem
ical constituent OF ACTIVE LIVING
FORCE for feeding the nerves. II
may. therefore. be said to be both a
BLOOD and NERVE FOOD. Over
100000 people are using MINATED
IRON annually.
Beware of substitutes. Look for
the word "NUxATED" on every pack :
age and the letters N. i. on every
tablet. Your money will be refunded
by the manufacturers n you do not
obtain perfectly satisfactory results.
Al all druggista