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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
Volcano Throws BOulderS
Into Chilean Villages

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 17.--Eruption
Of a volcano in the Andes Mountains,
believed TO be Mount Rinehua in Chile,
is reported in dispatches received here
The townships of Osorno, Union and
San Pablo, Chile, were considerably
damaged by falling rocks. Incalculable
damage is said to have BEEN done to
the grazing lands north of Lake Nah
ual-Huapi.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
PERU REJECTS PROPOSAL
Plebiscite TO Determine Sovereignty OF
Two Provinces Objectionable

LIMA, Peru Dec. l7-Dr. Alberto
Solomon, minister of foreign affairs
intimated today that Peru would not
accept the proposal Of Chile for
plebiscite to determine the sovereignty
OF the provinces Of Tacna and africa.
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Reduced Rates on Grain
Effective December q
ewizNBN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Reduced
rates on grain, grain products and
hay in trans-Mississippi territory
which the carriers recently sought to
have suspended for six months, were
sustained by the interstate commerce
commission Friday and will go into
effect December 81. The reductions
average about two and a half per
cent Of the 1920 grain rates and are
decided by the commissions order
today which requires that corn and
other coarse grains be carried for 10
per cent less than wheat and other
breadstuffs grain.
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PECANS CRACKED IN 5 POUND
SHIPPING BONES Si1j PHONE
1iiS. ARDMORE Nut CO.-Adv. 1873
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-10
James FenirnOre Cooper

NEAN you picture to yourself the
II + time when central New York
g State was considered the back
FAsS woods of America. and all beyond
WIS unknown territory? Can you
close your eyes and imagine travelling
through Western Pennsylvania and
being beset by Indians? In just such
a story book world lived James Feni-
more Cooper. whose birthday ami
Versary falls on September 18th.
He was born in Burlington, New
Jersey. but while he was yet an infant
he was taken to Otsego Lake, where
his father owned many thousands of
acres and where the family settled
and founded the village of Coopers-
town. There in the wilderness that
formed the back woods of the Colonies
James passed his boyhood. BY the
side of the lake and in the woods he
made friends with the hardy frontiers
men and watched them at their work.
Tho craft of these woodsmen, the
tricks of the trapper, the skill of the
mountain fishermen, all the arts of
the forest were familiar to Cooper,
and It Is small wonder that the blood
OF adventure surged through his
veins.
When quite young Cooper entered
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Yale University, but his rowing spirit
and love for the great outdoors proved
fatal to his studies. He found 1t I'M
possible to stick to his books. His
family conferred and decided that
short time spent at sea might cure MS
tendency to frolic, and so when Coop
er was but seventeen he sailed aboard
merchant vessel bound for years
service. His sea experience added to
those of his life on the border, formed
the basis of his many books. In all
he wrote more than thirty books, the
most famous of which relate tales or
Americas back woods. Oddly enough
his first efforts were limitations of
English novels which were then so
popular, and so well did he write OF
life in England that even the English
reviewers did not suspect that they
were not the product of an English
author. Later he attempted to write
of the life he really knew in all its
intimate details, and under his own
name he produced the first American
historical novels. Their success was
instantaneous and lasting. Coopers
novels have been translated into al
most every known language, and they
are read today with as much interest
az thev were a hundred years ago.
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ticket agent and could be sent for.
They had very pleasant ride OF
about five miles and the man invited
them into the house where his mother,
a very pleasant lady, gave them some
lunch Then on their way they start
ed, their faces set northward.
'At the next town we'd better give
ourselves up" said Dick.
"Why?" demanded Fan. I'VE
haven't done anything wrong"
II have PLAN" said Dick. "S'pose
1 take this ticket to the next station
we come to and get it exchanged for
two to the furthest town we can ride
to for the money"
Fan agreed. They were weary and
footsore when they came to the next
station. The station master was good
natured and kindly and made the ex-
change without being too inquisitive
Oh, it was heavenly to be able to sit
down and ride, instead of walk! But
all too soon they had to get out.
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eral sizes too small, you might have
a faint idea how a lobster feels when
it outgrows its shell. At this time
its whole nature undergoes a change:
it loses all interest in eating; becomes
as shrinking and timid. as it had been
aggressive, and the prospect of a fight
loses its old time lure. It retires
from society, and becomes a gloomy
misanthrope. and If 1t were human,
would seriously consider suicide, as a
quick way out of its troubles. Its
muscles become soft and fiabby, and
it's very flesh seems to be so much
mush. and it is possessed by a great
desire to jam itself down in some
crevice, and stay hidden forever. At
this point In its misery, the old shell
gradually comes unbuttoned down the
back, and after much pulling and
tribulation. the creature finally man
ages to free itself from the old shell
and once more can draw a full breath
without danger OF bursting. 1t is now
clothed from head to tail in an en-
ttrely new skin or shell. but it is too
soft to afford any protection, so it has
to remain in seclusion for a while
longer, until the new shell hardens,
The new shell stretches like a rub
DER glove, ana the DOOy Ihar has been
squeezed up like number ten foot In
a seven shoe, grows SO fast that one
can almost see 1t getting bigger and
bigger. When it has fully expanded,
the shell hardens over IL, and the
lobster looks just as 1t did before, only
several sizes larger. Its spirits now
revive. and 1t swaggers forth. with the
same old chips on it's shoulders. and
the same old desire for fight When
engaged in its everyday business of
looking for something to eat, the
lobster walks along on the bottom
after the fashion of a spider, but when
the occasion calls for speed, it ffirts it's
fanlike tan back under the body, and
one flip of this wonderful paddle,
can send it backwards or forwards
through the water like fash of light
And the strange part of It is. though
its eyes are located on the end of
feelers that stand out in front. IT can
dart backwards distance of eighteen
or twenty feet, and hurl itself in a
narrow crevice In a rock. with the
accuracy OF a train backing into a
tunnel.
A hen that lays an egg a day for
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few months. is liable to get her name
in the poultry journals, but lady
lobster thinks nothing of laying 5000
eggs when she is a year old, 10000
the second year, and SO on up to the
limit of $4,000. And Notwithstanding
this enormous output, she never goes
around Dragging about 1t, but takes it
as a matter of course. She CLUES these
eggs together and sticks them about
on the underside of her body, like so
many porous plasters, and carries
them with her until they hatch. When
the babies leave the eggs. they look
Just like their mother. only they have
no claws.
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HIS LORDSFIIP THE LOBSTER

EAA OST people think, If they take
"a n "a the trouble to think at all, that
b "a n the natural color of a lobster
II III a is red, like a ripe tomato, be-
cause that is the way it appears as 1t
Grapes itself over block of ice In
restaurant windows. But they only
turn red after being boiled. and at
home in the water they are greenisn
color-a shade of green that makes
them practically invisible in their
natural surroundings. They live away
down at the bottom of the ocean,
among the Shiny, Undiscovered rocks
and as far as anyone knows, have as
good a time as the general run OF u.s.
They are equipped with eight regular
legs, like a spider, and a huge pair
of knobby arms, with a pair of pin
GERS on each in place of hands. One
pair of pincers, or claws as they are
called, is always a lot bigger than the
other. The big one is used mostly for
crushing shells. so as to get at the
meat inside, while the smaller is used
for holding its prey. and for general
fighting purposes. The lobster nurses
a perpetual crouch, and never seems
to be real carefree and happy unless
it is fighting something; and when
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So into his Ford they all piled and
drove off.
say" whispered Dick. uneasily aft
er a time, "he's taking US awful far"
YES" said the man. ITS ten miles
out, but you don't mind that. do
your"
"Oh. but we've got to be in Man
chester today" said Fan.
Whats all this?" inquired the
man, stopping his car. "Where'd you
two come from? Where're you go
ing?"
So they told him the whole story.
We'll" he said, after listening
through it all. II guess my tomatoes
to know Mr.. Manly rather well. and l
can't delay his guests
He turned the car around and sped
back to the station. There would be
a train in half an hour. He bought
and then sat down with the children
to wait for the train.
I'm going to see you safe on
board" he said, then I'll phone the
Manlys."
Wen return your loan as soon as
we can" said Dick.
IT know you WILL" assented the
man.
But how do you know were hon
est and telling the TRUTH" asked Fan.
"By your faces" smiled their friend.
"a crook always looks crooked. You
both have honest eyes"
They flushed with pleasure and felt
that such an opinion was worth living
up to.
Safe at last with their friends in
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Good travellers

49, AN CASWAY had been sitting
~ on guard over two suitcases for
half hour or. more, while her
brother was off buying the tick
cts. They were on their first journey
alune, to visit friends in Vermont.
Here at Troy they had to get q spe-
cial little train to Manchester. where
they expected their friends to meet
them
wonder what's keeping him so
long" thought Fan. And finally she
decided to go and find out.
With a suitcase in each hand she
staggered to the ticket window where
her brother stood. evidently having
words with the agent.
Now. move along, kid" she heard
the man say. 81 don't know anything
about your ten dollars. It was two
you gave me and that will only buy
one ticket, US 1 explained before You
should have counted your change be-
fore you left the window. Anyway
I'm sure I'm not mistaken and you
are. So beat 1t, see?"
"Wh-what's the matter. Dick?" in
CURED his sister.
Tho man says I gave him a two
dollar bill and it wasn't. 1t was that
ten that I had-you know. Here's
all the change he gave me, and one
ticket" Dick held out two quarters
in one hand and the ticket in the
other
why, please, SIR" protested Fan.
1t was ten, I know. We didn't have
any two dollars. Besides what shall
We do? We don't know anybody in
this town and our friends expect us in
Manchester"
rs that SOP" replied the agent. st
guess know all about runaway kids.
We have good police force here
thntll see that you get to your friends
ali right. all right"
lie reached for the telephone, bu:
seeing Dick clutch his sisters hand
lie called to a man standing near
grab that little girl! I've got one of
my own and they have no business
wandering around"
The man reached for Fan, but he
had reckoned without his host, for
Fan darted off like minnow through
the row of benches and out into the
street The man ran after her, but
Fan was a good sprinter and scared
most out of her wits. Down a street
she rushed and spying a wagon full
of hay standing by the curb she
jumped into it, burrowing down into
the hay For a long time she lay
there. At last she felt herself NOV
ing. The wagon was driving off; and
where was Dick!
Fans head appeared from the hay
and she looked all around. There
close at hand sitting on the curb was
Dick. Good Dicki He was waiting
for her. She squirmed to her feet
and gave a shrill whistle. The
driver refined up surprised and Fan
leaped to the ground and ran to her
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brother.
Dick motioned to her to step into a
side street nearby.
Maybe we'd better go to the po-
lice," he said, as soon as they were
together. I'VE haven't done anything
wrong"
"No, of course not" agreed Fan.
"Tl go with you If you think best"
They went hand in hand back to
the street where the wagon had been
and there stood the driver looking
around curiously.
Hey, there!' he cried as soon as
he saw Fan. What did you jump
off for? I'll give you a lift If you
like. I thought maybe you'd hurt
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ever it goes out for stroll, 1t always
carries a chip on each shoulder and
one on it's back. and dares the world
to knock one of them off. 1t man
ages to pick a fight with the first
lobster it meets, regardless Of the size
of the stranger.
In their numerous battles. the loss
Of a few legs, or maybe claw, is no
uncommon thing, but that is small
matter, as all they have to do is to
quit fighting and wait a while, until
they grow out again. If one of them
gets hurt in any way, it flies to the
conclusion that 1t is the nearest lob
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-10
THE JUNIOR COOK
FRIED EGGPLANT

This is the time of year when the
elephants in the gardens are doing
their best, and when this tasty vege-
table is plentiful in market. 1t should
be used often.
Cut both ends from an eggplant and
peel
Slice into crosswise slices about u
inch thick.
Make a batter of 1 egg beaten up
with:
l teaspoonful salt,
/ tablespoonful water.
1 teaspoonfui flour.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-10

ster that is responsible. so it promptly
jumps on it, with murderyin its heart-
If suddenly alarmed, lobster has the
strange power of throwing away one
or both claws, just as panfc-strlcken
soldier might throw away his gun, so
that his retreat might be Unhampered.
As a Holsters body grows, and as
the shell doesn't, It naturally has to
endure a squeezing and pinching. COM
pared with which. the agony of tight
shoe "a nothing. II your hat, collar,
coa+ trousers and shoes. were all sew
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Vermont next day they heard from
Troy-a telephone message:
When 1 settled my cash last night
I found I was eight dollars over, so
am sending a postal order for that
amount, and ask the young lady and
gentleman to pardon my mistake"
Now. Mummy and Dad can't blame
US for our scrape!" cried Dick in
triumph. 1T think on the whole we're
quite good travelers!"
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Put 1 tablespoonful meat drippings
or vegetable oil into a frying PAN
Dip the slices of eggplant in the
batter, turn, dip the other side and
drop carefully into the hot frying pan.
Be careful to do this slowly so that
the hot fat does not spatter and burn.
Cook over a fire that will brown the
eggplant in about minutes.
With a pancake turner turn and
brown on the other side. Cover tight
ly while browning the second side.
Lift onto hot platter and serve at
once.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-10
NAPOLEON ANECDOTES

- HE story is told that after one
A of his greatest battles Emperor
~ Napoleon gathered the remnant
of his forces around him and
proceeded to compliment them in his
characteristic manner. so endearing to
the hearts of his soldiers. Finally
Company D. OF the guards. who had
been in the thick of the fight were
ordered to present themselves. and
to the establishment OF the Emperor
a single soldier appeared. He was
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There. Sitting On The Curb, Was Dick

Wen have to make a little money.
that's ALL" said Dick, as they stood on
the platform. Il think I'll ask that
man over there II he knows Of any
odd job a boy like me could do and
earn something quick"
Yes, he said, he needed moro hands
in his tomato field. When could Dick
begin? Right away? All right. Fan
came up too and asked if she could
have a Job. The man said, "Sure!"
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PUZZLE CORNER

JUST A FEW CENTS"
Each word terminates in CENT.
1. Many colored.
2. Recovery.
8. BY the hundred.
4. Perfume.
5. Semi-transparent.
6. BountifuL
7. Bubbling.
s. A mans name signifying victory,
ACROSTTC
My first you'd never think was
north.
My seconds always found in earth.
My third is tall and thin and
straight.
My fourth is at the end of wait
My fifth is loyal, tried and true.
My sixth may mean the whole to
you.
My seventh stings-'tis not a flea.
My eighth has immortality.
My ninth is never. never wrong.
My whole's a time Just come along.
ANSWERS
JUST 4 FEW CENTS"-1. Irtdts-
CENT. 2. ConudIes-CENT. s. Per.
CENT. T. SCENT. 5. Trdaslu- CENT.
s. Munif CENT. 4. ETerres-CENT.
s. in-CENT.
ACROSTIC
S outh
e drfh
p ole
e ernest
II onth
B &c
E ternfty
r light
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yourself"
Are you going towards Vermont?"
asked Fan, hopefully.
Vermont" exclaimed the young
man. well, yes. I am going in that
direction"
The two then decided to accept his
offer of a lift and they climbd on
the wagon. II feel awful about those
slitcases," remarked Dick. But Fan
thought they would be checked by the
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bound up in bandages and could bare
ly walk.
Where is the rest of your COM
pany?" asked the Emperor.
A tear weIled in the old soldiers
eye as he answered: Your Majesty.
they lie on the field dead and then
woefully added, they fought better
than L"
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WHO SAID

1.-THE poetry of earth is never dead
John Keats
THE paths of glory lead but to the
grave" Thomas Gray.
IT will not equivocate: I will not ez
cuse; I will not retreat a singleinch;
and I will be heard" W. L. Garrison.
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And she Will take me BY the hand
To lands that no one knows
To far off lands of Make-Believe
Next door to Let's Suppose.
And there with all the fairy folk
That all boys love so well.
I play. I'LL nursie calls me
And breaks the fairy spell. 80
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-10

ELIVE in the land of Make
Believe
Where dwarves and giants dwell.
Where every night at stroke of twelve
There sounds the fairy bell.
| lie upon the hill each day
And close my eyes so tight
And softly call from out the woods
NV fav' fairy sprite.
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This is the first of series Of cohespin dolls All need
hair with ink paint Beatrice wearing her suit her waist tie
other her the
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of
of n of
papers here
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A TRAPEZE ARTIST

VIVIAN to see circus STUNT
" Like the show folks dop
All right. stand right there i
front,
Watch what | go through.
Course / amt no ackerbat
Like them in the show:
| amt big enough for that.
But I'm learnin' though.
| can't do such DARN swings
AS the men do there.
Nor turn somersaults an things
Way up in the air.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-22
TUESDAY
A BOON TO HUMANITY.
DREvIoUsLY undreamed of advances were

0REVIOUSLY undreamed possible in Esoentgen popuarly known the Xray Additional discover made it of the bids determining bodie of Fractures and internal injuries conditions bFally.
 In spite of all these improvements technic however and The fact that had become possible discover kidney and gall Etones and becoming useful discovering
 of the lungs and blood vessels there always been elements which matter of great difficulty and left much be dsred
 These effects however thought by professional to be discovery just announced which be the photography developed at the Broad Street Hospital known the Broad Street Hospital echnic perfect #hat the picture thigh bone the bone stand out in relief It is rounded not a by the older |ethed and the and that tlaned for that showed inflammation the vvrmost distinctly.
 Contrary to the ordinary practice in Xray photography the ew method electric current of low intensity and distance the patient Thus eliminating all danger of shock.
 difficult realize what this discovery enabling the expert study the very earliest effects dis the bfan abdomen and bones of the living body It almost literally lays bare the living brain to the of the surgeon and aliens
 the technie become generally known will not expect that it will greater the combat with |isease which is constantly in progress.
 Thus do miracles under modern methods of such
 ould have been considered supernatural become the of every day practice.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-22
.LADDIE BOY" IN ACTION.

IS Interesting to note that the wires from Washington
 not too crowded to few days since account of |an exploit of 'Laddie Boy" the Harding Airedale.
 Ladde Boy has distinguished himself by freeing cat This |nay like commonplace It might even thought be normalcy but such resumaby not reflect long enough to remember that ddn Boy ordnary dog that he among ordinary people, and aat the action took it could not be classed ordinary event.
 Another which shows that there nothing of the commonplace ordinary about that selecting cat to tree Laddie Boy took less distinguished than that belonging to the eXPresiden From the account would seem that the attack of Ladde Boy spirited full of dash and effective The report does however with ntion allow the inference that Lady Boy unable to climb which the Wilson cat where 1t would easy imagine she sarcascaly smiled at him. uson should not be arrived at too quickly for might be that he fact that Laddie did not climb the result Judgement fine of appropriateness and courtesy sort of symbolism in this little affair." hint possibly o the trend of events and of the efficiency of the Harding To such the matter must be left for nterprea explanations but that the event has cance there be question for of the most dignfied of the York daes published of its editorial between story Herbert Hoover and about member of the Greek royal family giving equal amount of space and headlines
 interesting to note that Iadde Boy has thus early action sort. Undoubtedly will heard of him from time to time.