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The Washington times., 1921-08-08
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
. BY Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
/ am engaged to a young man
at present not In a position to
marry. Now, this man wants to
get married now and continue
living apart until he can give
me a home, which will be in
about a year. My parents OBJ
ject. They say we should wait.
Will you kindly advise me what
to dor K. r.
You can't do anything better
than take the sane advice OF
your parents. The young man
ought to prove himself capable OF
taking care OF a wife before he
tries to claim her.
The Washington times., 1921-08-08

For polishing brass there Is no
more reliable method than to use
the oldfashioned whiting wet with
household ammonia which is less
apt to scratch than many, other
pre- SEPARATIONS.
All kinds of copper and. brass
things may be readily cleaned by
dipping a cut lemon in salt and
rubbing the stained surface of the
The Washington times., 1921-08-08
This Day in Our History

THIS is the anniversary of the signing, in 1842 Of
the Ashburton treaty between the United States
and England. This settled the boundary line be-
The Washington times., 1921-08-08
A Curious Currency

IN Renne Island, the least visited in the Pacific,
~ the only currency consists of the teeth of flying
foxes; the island is surrounded by walls of coral
limestone over three hundred feet in height
The Washington times., 1921-08-08
THE RHYMING|
OPTIMIST
By Aline Michaelis

(kI rs peculiar 20 me-" remarked
Parsifal Brown, I'm not
better at getting things
The Washington times., 1921-08-08

<EVIT HAT do you want to say
" to me7" she asked:
please De quick -
The Washington times., 1921-08-08
BY Robert w Chambers.
Whose Novels Have Won Him In
ternatiOnal Fame.

<<VvYILL a fish swim?" re-
" Joined the clown. you
bet she will flirt. Haven't
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
CHAPTER IIl-continued.


Good evening. Cranston." he said
pleasantly.
CranstOn was also upon his feet the
same instant. His instincts were en-
tirely true. He knew If he leaped for
his rifle, Dan would be upon his back
in an instant, and he would have no
chance to use it. The rifle was now
out of the running, as they were at
about equal distances from 1t. and
neither would have time to swing or
aim 1t.
Dams sudden appearance had been
so utterly unlocked for, that for mo-
ment Cranston could find no answer.
His eyes moved to the rifle, then to
his belt where hung his hunting knife,
that still lay on the pallet. "Good
evening, Failing" he replied, trying
his hardest to fall into that strange
spirit of nonchalancc with which
brave men have SO often met their ad-
versaries, aud which Dan had now.
am surprised to see you here. What
do you wantP
Dams voice when ne replied was no
more warm than the snow banks that
reinforced the lean to. Il want your
rifie-also your snow shoes and your
supplies of food. And think I'll take
your blankets, too"
"And l suppose you mean to fight
for them?" Cranston asked. His lips
drew up in smile, but there was no
smile in the tone of his words.
You're right" Dan told him, and
he stepped nearer. "Not only for
that, Cranston. We're face to face at
last-hands to hands. I've got knife
in my pocket, but I'm not even going
to bring it out. It's hands to hands
you aud Until everythlngs square
between u.s."
Perhaps you've forgotten that day
on the rldge?" Cranston asked. "You
haven't any woman to save you this
time"
II remember the day, and that's part
of the debt. The thing you did yester-
day is part of 1t, too. It's all to be set
tied at last, Cranston, and / don't be-
lieve could spare you If you went to
your knees before me. You've got a
clearing out by the fire-big as prize
ring. Wen go out there-side by side
And hands to hands We'll settle al
these debts we have between us-wltl
no rules Of 6ghtlng and no mercy ir
the endW
They measured each other with theli
eyes. Once more Cranston's gaze stol'
to his rifle. but lunging out, Dar
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
BURRowED BY PRAIRIE DOG
"DeViI's corkscrews" Found In West
ern Mountains and Plains Are No
Longer a Mystery.

OF the many fossils which have
come out of the mountains and plains
of the West, few have excited wider
interest than the devils corkscrews,"
found. in rocks OF the MIocene period,
in northwestern Nebraska. They are
usually white, and stand out clearly
against the bun background of the
rock which incloses them, often attain
ing length Of 10 feet, with many
twists and turns. ending at times In
large bulb, with occasional side pas
sages.
When first discovered It was thought
that these gigantic "corkscrews" were
huge petnhed vines OF roots of some
strange plant. Stnd- of the cork
screws" however, failed to reveal any
traces Of plant structure. Later the
skeleton Of an animal like the badger
was found in a large bulb near the
end of the "corkscrew,p and bones OF
small camel and small deer were
found in others. After that It was
discovered that many OF them con
tanned bones OF q small burrowine
anima. about the sine Of the western
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
Gun Coast sulphur Deposits.

At some remote dime there must
have been tremendous volcanic activ-
ity in the region which Is today the
gulf coast OF Louisiana and Texas
for In those parts are found deposits
OF sulphur vastly exceeding in guam
tity any known elsewhere in the world.
They are covered over by hundreds Of
feet of later sedimentary material. and
TO get at the sulphur deep wells have
to be sunk. Superheated- water Is
forced down the pipes TO melt the sui
phur. which Is fetched to the surface
by the power OF compressed afr. On
cooling It Is ready for shipment. beias
90 per cent pure.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
Blood infusion.

In cases where new blood is re-
quIred to fill the depleted veins Of q
human being. II is not practicable to
use for the purpose the vital fluid Of a
dog or any other animal, because II
would act as a poison, destroying life
instead of saving II.
This is for the reason that the blood
OF lower animal is not chemically
the same as that of a man. The fact
does not seem very surprising, but the
recent discovery that the various races
OF mankind differ in respect to the
chemical makeup OF their blood is
undeniably curious s
Experience has proved that It will
not do to introduce the blood Of a ne
gro into the veins of white man or
vice versa. And the same remark ap-
plies TO the MOngol, the Malay and
the American Indian. In any such
cases a chemical reaction follows
which is injurious.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
Device overeomes sIeepIsssnoss.

No one need suffer from sIeepIess'
ness any longer. A device has been
invented which. It is claimed, will
send the worst case OF insomnia to
the land OF nod In a few minutes.
The machine, which in appearance IL
rather complicated. consists OF a num-
ber Of discs which, when the starting
handle is moved, rotate In opposite
directions All that the sufferer has
to do is to keep his eyes on the discs
as they turn, until after short spell
OF watching he gradually sinks into
a sound sleep.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
Heard at the Agency.

do you know Of any cook who will
remain in the countryf
Several. They are buried there"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
HADN'T Wasted Any Time.

A young couple rushed into a mar
riage license bureau recently and an
nounced TO- the clerk that they wished
to be married at once. Dan Cupid's
executive officer surveyed the couple
from under grizzled brows aAd said
severely: "I'm afraid this is a run
away match" "Well, your honor
returned the prospective groom, Il
can't exactly say we- ran. but we
walked pretty fast"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14


Once more she went 10 one d the
saptings, but she stumbled and aimost
went to her face at the first blow. II
was the instant that her fray watch
era had been waiting for. The wolf
that stood nearest leaped--a gray
streak out of the shadow--and every
wolf In the pack shot forward with a
yell. II was a short, expectant cry /;
but Il chopped or short. For with q
half-sob, and seemingly without ien-
tai process. she aimed her pistol and
fired.
A fast-leaping wolf Is one Of the
most dIfiicult pistol targets that can be
Imagined. It bVrdered on the mlracu-
lous that she did not miss him alto
gether. Her nerves were torn, their
control over her muscles largely gone.
Yet the bullet coursed down through
the lungs, inflicting a mortal wound.
The wolf had leaped for her throat; |;
but he fell short. She staggered from
a blow. and she heard a curious sound
in the region Of her hip. But she
didn't know that the fangs had gone
home In her soft flesh. The wolf
rolled on the ground; and If her pistol
had possessed the shocking power Of
rifle. he would have never got up
again. As 1t was. he shrieked once,
then sped on In the darkness to die.
Five or six Of the nearest wolves.
catching the smell OF his blood, bayed
and sped nfter him.
But the remainder of the great pack
fully Is Of the gray, gaunt creatures
came stealing ocross the snow to-
ward her. White fangs had gone
home; and new madness was In the
air.
Straining into the silence, a perfect
ly straight line between Crsnston's
camp and Snowbird's. Dan Failing
came mushing across the snow. His
sense of direction had never been
obliged TO stand such test as this
before. Snowbifd's FIRE was a single
dot on vast plateau; yet he had gone
straight toward II.
(To BE coNTINUED.)
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
cartridges wss expended in he riaht

cartridges was expended in the right
way.
Again she went forth to the snpilpe,
and this time IL seemed to her that II
she simply tossed the AK through the
air. sne could fell one Of the gray
crowd. But when she stopped TO pick
II up--she didn't finish the thought
She turned to coax the fire. And then
she leaned sobbing over the sled.
whats the use" she cried; ''He
won't come back. What's the use Of
lighting any moreT
There's always use Of fighting" her
father told her. He seemed to speak
with difficulty, and his face looked
strange and white. The cold and the
exposure were having their effect on
his weakened system, and unconscious
ness was a near shadow indeed. "But,
dearest--if / could only make you do
what wnnt you to"
"WhatT
you're able 10 climb tree. ana II
you'd take these coats, you wouldn't
freeze by morning. If you'd only have
the strength"
"And see you torn to plecesl"
"Tm old, dear-and very tired--and
I'd crawl away into the shadows. where
you couldn't see. There's no use mine
ing words, Snowbird. You're brave
girl-always have been since a little
thing, as God is my Judge--and you
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14

know we must face the truth. Better
one of us die than both. And prom
ise-Pll never feel their fangs. And
won't take your pistol with me either"
Her thought flashed to the clasp
hunting knife that he carried in his
pocket. But her eyes lighted. and she
bent and kissed him. And he wolves
leaped forward even at this.
"We1l stay IT out" she told him.
"We'll fight it TO the last--just as Dan
would want US to do. Besides-lt
would only mean the same fate for
me. In little while. ! couldn't cling
up there forever-and Dan won't come
back"
She was wholly unable to gain on
the fire. Only by dint Of the most
heart-breaking toll was she able to sc.
cure any dry fuel for 1t at all. Every
length of wood she cut had to be
scraped of bark, and half the time the
fire was only sickly column OF white
smoke. 1t became Increasingly din
cult to swing the AK. The trail wal
almost ut Its end.
The after-midnight hours drew one
by one across the face of the wilder
ness, and she thought that the deep
ening cold presaged dawn. Her I'm
gers were numb.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14

kicked It three feet farther into the
shadows of the lean-to. Dan saw the
dark face drawn with passion, the
hands clenching, the shoulder muscles
growing into hard knots. And Gran
ston looked and knew that merciless
vengeanee-that age old sin and
Christless creed by which he lived
had followed him down and was
. clutching him at last.
He saw IT in the position of the stall
wart form before him, the clear level
eyes hai the moon light made bright
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14

Fresh, sweet. white, dainty clothes
for baby, IL you use Red Cross Ball
Blue. Never streaks or Injuries them.
All good grocers sell 1t, DC a package.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
FARM ERS
ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before.
For all these workers the frequent use of
Aliens Foot= Ease, the antiseptic, healing
powder to be shaken into the shoes and
sprinlded in the foot-bath, increases their.
efficiency and insures needed physical COM
fort. Aliens Foot Ease takes the Friction
from the Shoe, keeps the shoe from rub
ems the feet, and prevents tired, aching
and blistered feet. Women everywhere are
constant users Of Aliens Foot=Ease. Don't
get foot sore, get Aliens Foot Ease.
More than One Million FIVE hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army and Navy during
the war. Sold everywhere.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14

prnirle dog. Excavation of actual re
cent. prairie-dog burrows, after flling
them with thin plaster OF paris.
showed an interesting fact: the bur
rows OF the prairie dog and the pre-
historic "corkscreYo' were closely sim
ilar. The mystery Is considered
solved.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14

"Where King Solomon showed moa
Of his smartness," said Jud Tunklns.
"was IN bein' able to be Inc richest
man, in spite OF the fact that he had
SO many wiVes.n
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
Iud Tunkina.

Jud Tunkins says the real test of q
mans character is not so much In the
amount of reading he can do ias the
kind of reading he loses interest In.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-07-14
The snx.

Army Worm-"Why are you follow
ing that manT" Cut worm-"He has
a seed catalogue under his arm.-Llfe.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09

unusual degree for public singins.
Her soprano voice IL rare in IT.
range and quality. Miss Pearson
an league considers It . privilege
u Judged q one Of the leading
singers on the stage by able. music
IL critics. She 10 making . tour
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09

nervous irritability, cannot Aope -
- popular, and advancement n
either home, business Or social life
h impossible. The cause Of these
troehlss, however, yields quickly 70
Lydia =. Phkh1m's Vegetable Com
pound. e II q . natural restofa-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09

Lace and embroidery trimmed, whit
BRASSIERES, front fastened
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09

BANDEAUX- Model" '@Vogue" ant
wv. B." brands, front and back lacing,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-11-12
HOOD DRY ENFORCEMENT
BILL FINALLY PASSED.

The House by vote Of 81
yeas to 80 nays finally passed
the Senate prohibition enforce
ment bill by Senator Hood Of
prohibit the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquor for
beverage purposes in Louisiana.
DR.. Harrison Jordan of Rich
land, leader of the dry" forces
told the House that the pro-
poncnts of the Hood bill in the
Senate had agreed to accept all
of the House amendments.
This includes an amendment to
permit the transportation Of
liquor for personal use and
another amendment to allow
the purchase of material for
making wine and beer at home.
If this agreement is carried out
the bill will become law as soon
as the Senate concurs in the
House amendments and the
measure is approved by the gov
crnOr.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-11-12

a trickster and a scoundrel
whose heart was as black as the
smoke from the Goals that are
now scorching his soul.
IF there is a future Of peace
in store for Ben Butler after his
entrance upon eternity then
there is no heaven and the Bible
is a lie. If he'll be only as
black as the good book describes
it, then there are not the de-
grees Of punishment in which
some Christians SO firmly be-
lieve. He has gone, and from
the sentence which has already
been passed upon him there is
no appeal. He is already SO
deep down in the pit Of ever
lasting doom that he couldn't
get the most powerful ear trum-
pet conceivable to scientists and
hear the echoes Of Old Gabriers
trumpet; or fly a million kites
and get a message to St. Peter
who stands guard at heavens
gates.
I'm our statute books many
holidays are decreed. II was
AN egregious oversight that one
on the occasion Of the death Of
Ben Butler was not fore-or-
dained. II should be a day Of
merry-making. The beast"
dead. The tymbals should beat
md the tin horn should get in
its exultant work. Butler has
gone where he can issue no
more orders making the rape Of
southern women a gala pastime.
He has gone where there are no
more spoons 10 be stolen. He
has gone where il is not i'm his
power to order hanged southern
gentlemen for alleged treason
against Butlerism.
Goodbye. Ben! You strutted
through a few temporal tri-
umphs now rest If you can in
the birthstone glare of hell fire.
You laughted twenty-five years
ago when you branded your Of
fensive personality upon the
memories Of your superiors.
Now smile if you can when
,owerless and sunk SO low as
to be beyond the sympathy Of
even Christian men and wo-
men,"
/, "AcrOstic"
Brutal and Vulgar-a coward
and knave;
Famed for no action--noble or
brave;
Beastly by instinct---a drunk
ard and sot;
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-11-12
AN ECHO FROM THE COR.
RIDORS OF TIME.

From the St. Landry Clarion,
reprinted by courtesy of Hon.
H. Z. Estorge.
'Old Ben Butler is Dead
EARLY yesterday morning the
angel of death. acting under the
devils orders, took him from
earth and landed him in hell.
I'm all. this southern country
there are no tears, no signs and
no regrets. He lived only too
long. We are glad he has at
last been removed from, earth
and even pity the devil in the
possession he had secured.
"When Grant died, it was
with the respect and esteem of
the southern people. When
Sheridan died, all the harm he
did our cause during the bloody
contest of more than a quarter
of century ago was forgotten,
and his seeming cruelty had
grown to be held as love of
country and his terrific assaults
as great generalship. When
Old Tecumseh Sherman passed
away, the people whom he de-
wasted and robbed of property
and precious lives were pleased
to forget the bonfires he made
of cities, the path of death he
cut to the sea, and they now
hold him up as one who loved
well his country and was cruel
only to be true.
but with Ben Butler il is
different. His stay in the south
was a curse to our people and
his dead body can not shake the
estimate formed of his charac-
ter when he sat in New Orleans
as a military satrap upon the
lives ard property Of defense
less men and women.
I'VE have no love of him,
and praise of any kind, solely
because he is at least dead,
would be the veriest hypocricy
from southern people.
"There Is nothing In his
whole life to excite our admira-
lion. When il 10 said he pos
sessed Of great intelligence and
indaunted energy all that is to
his credit has been said.
HE was a trucking dema-
3ogue whose selfishness amour
ed to pollution; he was an au-
.ocrat who used his power to
wreck personal revenge; he was
mean and malignant, a hang
nan from prejudice, the insult
er Of women q braggardocio, !
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-11-12
ACADIA GRAND JURY PROB
ING RICE MILLERS
COMBINED.
Prominent Capitalists Ordered
TO Appear Before Grand
Jury.

The Crowley Progress of Nov.
9Th. says:
"Thc newly impannelled
grand jury for the Parish Of
Acadia will make sweeping in
vestigations into the rumors
that certain millers connected
with the rice industry in this
state and Texas are in combine
10 keep the market at such a fig
ure as will suit their own con-
venience and compel the little
fellow 10 sell at such prices as
will eventually swell the pock-
cts Of the manufacturer.
THAT such an investigation
will take place at the instiga-
ton Of District Attorney Percy
T. Ogden is an assured fact. A
well-deflned rumor has il that
many prominent millers from
New Orleans to the Texas line
have been summoned 10 appear
in Crowley next Thursday
morning at which time the mat
ter will be thoroughly aired by
the new inquisitorial body.
II is pointed out. that certain
interests have dickered with
New York whereby thousands
Of sacks of rice were sold with
the ultimatum Of keeping down
the price until such time as the
growers have exhausted their
supply, and then il is planned to
boost the quotations in such
manner as to rebound to the
benefit of the miller only.
This well-defined rumor has
stirred Acadia from line to line.
There seems to be an almost
unanimous opinion in both city
and parish that District Attor-
ney Ogden's efficiency as a,
prosecutor will give him ample
scope in handling the matter
which Is entirely up to the
grand jury in the matter of re-
turning indictments if the testi-
mony of witnesses can be borne
out in theseg rave charges.
A Progress representative as
certained from a delegation of
rice growers the information,
that there are no valid reasons
whv the prices of rice should re-
main a. they are. Il is conten-
dcd that there is not an over
of the product dur
ing 1921, and that the growers
should at least be getting ave-
rage returns for their labors.
This vital matter will be Gag
erly watched as 1t is being
out in the courts
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-11-12
IEEUNE'S BAKERY UP
TO DATE CONCERN
St1te Board uf Health Compli-
uneftts On Sanitary Con-
\ dition

The Coast Herald of Jeane-
rctte said:
H0me town folks are apt ia
!, overlook the fact sometimes
: that right at their front door
IL a concern that is making such
rapid strides that other folks
are 1loticing il. while those a,
home do not realize what they
have to be proud of. The Le-
Jeune Bakery is such a concern
and we call the attention Of the
public to this up to the minute
and going concern who are
keeping In touch with the latest
machinery and equipment in
order to give to the public that
It serves. This bakery has just
put on the market q new bread
which il called Vita Bread.
This ID 'bdked under a new pro-
cess md Is nothing short Of q
package '0f vim and vitality a.
Its name implies. This bread
IL machine wrapped in wax
paper, thus preserving the fresh
ness for hours and is not hand
led with the hands. The pac-
kage n neat and attractive and
when you buy bread II you will
ask for this new kind---V1TA
BREAD-you have the ass,ir-
anee 0hat II Id clean, wholesome
and STRENGTHENING.
The writer had the pleasure
Of going through the plant Of
this. bakery and found that il
was tbrougkly clean and SAM
tary from The front to the stable
where the delivery horses are
kept. II h The kind of a place
that You love to know that your
bread comes from and when
you see the neat package of Vita
bread II reminds you of clean
liness. The State Board of
Health has given the I4eJeunc
Bakery a score of good which
means that II b inspected by the
State and pronounced absolutely
clean and sanitary.
In ordinary times this Bakery
puts out nearly two thousand
l0avcs OF clean, wholesome
bread every dry which is ship
ped 10 the neighboring towns
and communities. Remember
that this is q home town institu-
ton and should have your pat
ronage and good will.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-11-12

Ugly and venemous q mankind
and blot;
Thief and liar and scoundrel, in
highest degree;
Let Yankeedom boast Of such
heroes as thee!
Every woman and child. shall
for ages to come,
Remember thee, monster thou
vilest of scum.