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(, Seattle. big fleets OF 'en. Roaring
crews they were. and roaring times
There was liquor on board. and the
chance 70 buy It out OF wages. and there
was trading OF whiskey with Eskimos
for fur. The revenue men were watch
ing. but the ships were fast and too
many OF EN-. and a shot across the bows
Ike as not didn't stop man who want
cd to get away. They did lots or things
In those days aside from whaling.
~ was on a whalcr. but II isn't OF
them I'm talking except 70 explain.
This was way back in rs. when as many
as thirty stout vessels were caught IN
the Ice pack. their .timhers popping and
VroanInz and held there forever and
ever. Tho men. those as could. got on
and walked. Some to one place and some,
even. to Siberia. The continents aren
FAR apart up there. went TO Port Bar
row and. when the summer came
worked passage home. 1t was 20 years
before I went up there again.
This next time I went up with the
salmon fleet. and our skipper was hrst
in the race for the north. We cele-
brated cause We all were in on the bets.
but tho skipper was worried. The hsh.
YOU see we-ea'' running. and he showed
ner farther and farther north. countin
On trading and maybe some seal. There
were some OF US said 1t wasn't safe,
but he took the chance there would be
no moro winter.
That was the most unusual year OF
ALL The pack got us and there we sat
yedged up like a Noah's ark with moth
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Opinion In warnervlllc. on Ole Nil
sen. was divided. Some held that hts
experience in the Far North had made
him a bit queer. while others. OF tho
more skeptical. maintained that the
only effect was 20 stimulate his mag
nation Ole talked OF the ice fields
and the Eskimo. OF leaving a ship sm-
walking over the ice 10 Point Barrow
and limited, with fear in his eyes. tne' e
were uncanny things he could relate II
he liked.
Nilsen and his stories had ceased 20
interest tho town when Bill Carney ar
rived. Men no longer sought to draw
from him the big mystery OF which he
would only hint. The old man wei
coined the lad as a new listener and
the two became friends, tho heart or
packing fleets which put out annually
for the Artoc. OF the revenue cutter
Bear and the fur schooner Herman.
Occasionally came the dreamy, fright
sned lok and the hint OF q story long
withheld. A brave tale ended In silence
as Silsen struggled 10 share with just
one man this thing he could not for
get. Bill waited in patience and knsw
his reward would come,
1T may not seem much 20 You.
young fellow" Nilsen said. regarding
the other intenliy. but want YOU 70
know II Is true. saw what saw and
4, was no dream OF the snow. saw
those ships and the crews and I have
never gone back again" He was speak
Ing softly now and his eyes were wide.
Whaling ships used 10 put out from
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A Stenographer's Romance
THE SEARCH FOR A POSITION
b. JANE PHELPS

lions put TO her that shs could not
answer in a manner to satisfy anyone
10 whom she applied. :
You're too pretty to work anyway
one old man told her as he ehucked
her under the chin.
Il can't eat my own face, can II III
have 10 soon or 60 hungry II Idont get
work." she snapped at him as she went
out Nellie was by no means the ig.
norant girl one might expect. Miss
Carriers boarding house had been An ad-.
vanced school in some respects, and
Nellie had listened greedtly to the con-
versations no one paying the slightest
attention TO her. probably thinking-if
they gave it thought at all-that she
would not understand. -
Day after day she went from ofnct to-
office looking for work. and night 1ftsf
night she returned TO her dismal little
room without having any success.
Try somethin' else, dearie! Perhaps
you can git into a store or somethtn. :
Mrs Dooley urged. .
I'll be an office girl! didn't come
here 10 go in a store and amt going
not If l starve."
It's that you'll eb doin' pretty Soon
I'm a thinkin' If you don't find job"
Mrs. Dooley muttered. She. too. had
been told Of the S25. and like O'Connor
had advised Nellie to hang on to It. that
1t wouldn't last long in New York.
Tomorrow-Black Days
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Chapter ]

Chapter
Acting upon Mrs. Dooley's advice
Nellie brought in an evening paper. For
an hour she studied the advertisements
Of office Girls Wanted" listing on
piece of paper those that read the most
iattractiycly. Surely she would have no
! slightest trouble In getting place
when so many men were advertising Tor
help.
| II was stlll daylight when she crawled
Inio the little hard bed. but happy
! smile played about her sweet mouth
: She would get a job the next day, and
| then after a little she. would look up
Cora Baker. :,
/ Nellie never had known Cora at all
! intimately. Cora vas the daughter or
! n clergyman's widow, and was In a DIX
| ferent social environment at the Cor
ners as we'll as being 'hree or -FOUR
years older than Nellie. But she had
/ always spoken kindly, never patroniz-
!inSlv. 20 Nellie so the girl had no fear
| she would not be pleased to see her
! when she got ready to let her know she
was in New York.
Just before Nellie slept her eyes fell
on the suitcase in the cornerof the
room. She had unpackcd 1t before she
went To bed putting her few possessions
inthe bureau drawer.
| I'll send you back tomorrow when
! ! &c, my job. You're nothing but
cheap old thing anyway" she said,
| shaking her finger at the suitcase. Miss
| Carterll think J stole you. iii pay
rent for YOU when l send you back
about cent day would be about
right"
1t was O'Clock when she awoke. and
a rainy dark morning
I'll sure spoil my clothes unless Mrs.
Dooley will lend me an umbrella" she
soliloouised as she dressed. Nice way
to welcome Miss Riley to New York!
| oh we'll. ! suppose they need the rain
! 10 make the sidewalks grow. There
Amt nothin else here to need victim
! that ! can see"
Mrs. Dooolcv accommodated Nellie
! with a big cotton umbrella. and she
| Jared forth 10 get some rolls and tea.
She would make the tea over the gas
! tct in her room. She knew how be-
| cause often when she worked for Miss
; Garter. she had seen the boarders cook
| things in their rooms-woe to them II
| Miss Carter caught them. She bought
basin with a lid. and then hurried
back to make her breakfast. She was
hungry in spite OF the generous meal
she had eaten the afternoon before.
! Queer I'm hungry after that feed
! had yesterday" she said as she made
her tea.
| After she Rad tIdied her room (Mrs.
Doolcy asked SO for the room II she
cared for ~ Nellie started out TO find
the job she was sure was waiting for
her. 1t had stopped raining but was
dark and d!sagreeably cold.
/ All day Nellie went from place TO
. place. wasting good deal Of time be-
cause Of her unfamiliarity with the city
/ and so covering the distance twice when
often once would have done. But not
ono encouraging word did she receive.
! Can you take d!ctation? Can you
read your notes after they're cold?
! Where have you worked What arc
YOUR references? What experience have
you had" were only few of the ques-
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ing to do but race ashore before the
Geld broke or sit tight and risk the
chance of sinking. Like fool l stayed
with another fellow. and the rest all
left. Then We had TO stay. for the fields
were broken With provisions enough
for a whole fishing crew. we waited 10
see what would happen. and all the time
tho Ice moved north.
It was n short summer without any
warm weather to speak OF. and by fall
we were way up In nowhere and ready
to walk TO shore. We made sled and
started OF.
Early ono afternoon. in that solemn
twilight they have up there we saw
them Those ships what had been
caught by the Ice. the old whaling fleet
and a lot OF others. were laid out as
pretty as II afr a catch. A sort OF blue
mist drirted over the ice, there was Ice
on their spars and the sails were az
.tifr as boards. Full rugged they was
and this was queer. They was circlins
and circlinE around tho Pole and the
frozen crews were on their decks. ano
nary a sound came from them
Old Nusen stared before him as II
the picture were still in his mind. He
sighed with An immense relief and pu'
trembling hand on Bills knee.
You believe me. lad, don't you and
when Bill gave assurance, he walked
away
After that" said the lad. " can't ask
him how ne ever got 10 shore
Tom orrow-Paper and Pins.
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CoPyright.

Have you ever felt little tickling IN
;hc throat and. upon coughing slightly
10 remove the irritation. had small
whttish Cheesey body. from the size or
pinpo!nt TO the size OF rice kernel.
from the throat? And have YOU OBJ
served that this little body gives forth
an odor which is about the most odor-
lforouS odor you ever encountered II
any smell can he said to smell TO hiEh
heaven, It would certainly qualify. You
wonder how such an inoffensive looking
little spcck could manage 10 pack onto
itself such load.
These little checsey bodies come from
crypts or pockets in the tonsils. In
unhealthy tonsils. where there are en-
'arged Crypts they form frequently and
they In turn keep the tonsils In an UNI
healthy condition and the breath bad.
They are composed Of Cast-otf cpithe-
Hal and lymphntc cells of the tonsls,
some cholesterin and many bacteria.
Cholesterin IL rat-lke substance
also found In gall stones. bile and nerve
substance. The odor from these bodies
Is not due 10 the choIcstcrin but TO the
decomposition by the bacteria.
Healthy tonsils may have certain
amount Of these chersey materials ac-
rumulatc. but It is not abnormal un-
loss there IL a long retention Of them or
the formation Of too large bodies. In
these cases there may be a chronic low
rraae Of inflsmmatio arise from them.
This may he the source Of n chronic
toxemia or poisoning OF tho system !,
may also be tho source OF acute inflam-
nation OF the tons!ls.
In the so-callcd buried tonsils-that
Is. the tonslls which do not stand out,
but are held down by tho pillars and
the mucous membrance IN the throat
the crypts may be more torturous ana
deep and they retain these cast-off ma
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The number Of people who arc killed
are injured in automobile accidents Is
subject that people like 20 talk about.
And the number OF people who are
killed each year because OF these en-
gines that run the public highways
with a speed OF locomotive and con-
;rolled sometimes by l6-year-old chill
dren. or octegenarians. IS surely ap-
palling Though when you come TO
study the statistics you find there are
fewer killed in automobile accidents
than by simply falling in one way or
another, down the stairs. or of a wall.
or from a scaffold!ng.
why Aren't Thsy7
But I think there Is one thing even
more astonishing than the number OF
people who are killed IN automobile
accidents. And that Is. the number Of
people who are not killed.
do not refer so much to redes-
TRANS. though that. too. Is marve,
as TO the occupants OF automobiles.
When you consider the intrcac!es OF
city traffic. the constant hazard OF the
other mans reckless driving, and the
ever present chance OF something going
wrong with the mechanism OF the ma
chine. how marvellous II IL that so few
accidents. compared to IN number of
machines. occur.
But even more remarkable than that
Is tho marvel that when accidents do
occur the people in the car so often
escape serious injury.
HIS Steering Gear Broke.
have n friend who has driven tens
OF thousands OF miles in the last 10
years. He has had his steering wheel
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Na Dictand Health |
s'.r.s", By Lulu Hunt Peters, MD !
AAor Of Diet and Health nth Ksy the Caoss
OFFENSIVE TONSILS
ByLIIu Hunt Peters. NJ
y Of Diet and Health. Nth Rey to the

more exposed There may be small alb
cesses form in The deeper Crypts. These
mall and buried tonsils are more sub
ice, to Quinzy or peritonsi!ar abceSscs,
abcesses which form between the cap
..ule Of the tcNs!l and the muscle wall
Of the throat.
The infection probably goes through
these crypts. There arc great systemic
disturbances ~ cases Of quinzy. The
same as IN The acute case Of lnfiamcd
tonsils There may he Ckiils followed
by fever, very great pain in the throat,
difficulty in opening the mouth no ap-
petite, constipation. increased saliva.
etc.
Tho tonsl will be pushed outward 10y
the swelling back OF it. but may not
IN Itself show inflammation or swell
Ing.
After the absccss has formed there
may be spontaneous rupture II may
heal now or Il ma! become chronic WIZ
an ocCa sionaI discharge OF pus. II IL
gest not TO Walt for this spontaneous
rupture because IL may not rupture IN
safe spot and there may he too much
swelling and cdema in the throat. 1t IL
better to have tho ahsCcss incized and
drained GU, rs carly as possible
Washes and sprays Will accomplish
very little. \ frequent gargle made
with one teaspoonful OF hicarhonate ~
soda (baking soia) or ono teaspoonful
Of salt. or the combination OF the two.
To ono point of hot water. relieve tho
pain. Hot congresses around the throat
arc soothing.
Tonsils which are subject 10 rocur-
ring acute inflamationS or tOnstls which
! are chronIcly minflam"d are doing a
great deal OF harm to the system and
the harm far outweighs their useful
ness In fact. Il can safely h" said that
tonsls OF such a character have no
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ANSWER TO YBsT11DAYs

After travelling forty minutes the
guide stated that they had gone just
half the remaining distance to P1xley.
SO Il is clear that the time between
Bixley and Pixley consumed 10 MIN,
uttes. Later on they were just half a.
far away from Quixlcy rs from Piuey.:
Then they reached Quixley in an hour,
which makes It clear that they con-
sumcd $50 minutes between Pixley ano
Outxlcy. Thus We have tho time OF
the whole Quincy as five hours. It re-
ouired zoo minutes for the seven mills
stretch SO the distance covered between
RIxlev and Ouixley in 300 minutes must
nave been ten and half miles
Ao'S
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SIDE TALKS
by Ruth Cameron
THE GREATER MARVEL

break on q hill, has had a wheel droF
OF his machine and twice has been
run into BY other machines and he
never has been injured except for a
slight scratch.
The other day when | was driving
In wet weather. l saw at the foot OF
a hill, on sharp curve, sedan turned
upside down with the top smashed and
the glass spllntered. Evidently IT was
some time after the accident for there
was no one by the scene Of the wreck
Later 7 inqu!red-with the horror one
feels when one sees thing Ike that
Instead Of Just hearing about it-how
badly the occupants were injured and
was told no one was hurt at all.
A Modern Miracle
Near my home recently machine
with 1--WE women in It went off the road
on a sharp curve, into the underhrush
md then down a 4o-toot emharkment
on TO a railroad track. All killed? No,
not ono was hurt and the paint WASH I
scratched on the machine. They couldn't
possibly get up the enhancement again
30 drove the machine down the track
to the nearest station and then drove
distance OF 40 miles.
Think over the people you know who
have driven many thousand miles in
machines and I think you will marvel
slightest injury!
Tomorrow-Read Ro1es and Lead
Pencils.
The escape OF coal gas into the soil
is Injurious to rees and shrubs.
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Aesop tells Of a sportive young hare
that raced tortoise around circular
track which was 100 yards in diameter,
giving him a start Of one-eishth OF the
distance. The hare held such a poor
opinion Of the others ability that he
loitcred along. nibblins the grass and
only realized that the tortoise was put!
ting up a great race when they met At
a point when the hare had run but one
sixth OF his distance. How much faster
than he went before must the hare now
run to win tho race?
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Sunday school tsacher-What hap
~paned to the seven foolish virgins who
aad no oil in their lamps?
Johnny-They were arrested by 9
traffac ofhcer.-Judge
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usefulness and they had better be re-
moved
They furnish focus OF Infection
which keeps a steady supply Of poisons
and bacteria circulating in the blood
These settle particularly IN the joints
and heart valves. IT is rate 10 see q
case Of acute articular rheumatism that
has not given a history OF acute tom
stills.
TOnsils should no be removed simply
because they are enlarged or ragged or
because OF an occasional sore throat.
nor is 1t justifiable 10 remove the ton
sis in children simply because the
adenoids have to be removed. They
should he removed. however when It IS
fully established that they are n danger
70 the health.
Observation-Disclosures to Corresp ond encs.
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Pattern 1928 makes this comfortable
rompsrs model. 1t IS cut in hSe sizes:
1, :, 3, and years. 4-year size
will require IN yards OF 27-inch ma
terial. As here illustrated blue repp
was used embroidered in white. One
could have this design developed IN
unbleached muslin with a finish IN
blanket stitching IN brown or red.
A pattern OF this Illustration mailed
60 any address on receipt Of IL cents IN
silver or stamps.
write name and address plainly. Send
10 cents to Tho lntelligencer offcs
Wheeling. W. Va
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BRAIN TESTS.
By SAM LLOYD

Seven Minutes to Answer THIS.
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The escape OF coal gas into the sol
8 Injurious to rees and shrubs.
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Tom orrow-Paper and Pins.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

dustrialists for the organi,,e.. -
Chile.American syndicate ~ = ,
eonstruet modern dwellings h = ~
a large scale. NNt q
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
''WalIy'' Reid Near Death
In Fight Against Drugs
Film Star Wages Grim Battle
Far From Camera, esolved
10 Stage 'COmeback'
Epe-ai Dts2otch 90 The TT1bHHs

LOS ANGELES, Dec 1s.--Wsllsee
Reid, screen star, has Voluntarily given
up the use of narcotics and now is
laying the most heroic role OF his
life in q Hollywood sanatorium. His
determined attempt to win out over
drugs and liquor have brought him 20
SO low on ebb OF physical resistance
that his life is reported TO be in danger
Two months ago Reid determined 20
sreak himself OF the use Of stinnu-
ants. Yesterday members Of HE family
talked freely, with the purpose o,
uuieting the many false rumors which
have been current during the lnGt two
years. Rumors have run the gamut
81 sensationalism from tales Of hope
less addiction 70 morphine and hefoin
10 unfounded reports that the Lasky
star had reached a stage OF partial
blindness and equally untrue tales
that his condition made psychopathic
treatment necessary.
The truth Of the situation Is de-
elared 20 be that Reid is perilously
,ak and suffering from collapse and
q high temperature; in the BaDatorium
he is under the care Of two physicians,
and constantly under the surveillance
Of two male nurses, but his determina-
tion 70 stage "come back" both per-
sonally and on the screen, 10 IN
shaken. and his will power and cheer
fulness are unimpaired.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Farmers Organize
National Council OF
Cooperative Bodies
Will BE Mouthpiece of the
Marketing Associations;
Modification of the Land
Loan Systems Advocated

WASHINGTON. Dec. i6.--Permanent
orvnnizstlon Of the National Council Of
Parmsrs' Cooperative Marketing asso-
eiauons was authorized to-day In the
.loslnR session here Of a three-dhy
conference Of Representatives Of farm
er,' associations In all sections Of
he country. The purpose Of the eoun-
Ell will be 70 handle common problems
Of cooperative marketing organizations
without conflicting With activities OF
other associations, and acting as their
mouthpisee.
Modification Of present agricultural
loan system 70 give farmers nine
m months' credit paper, Instead OF six
u ouths', and 20 increase 10 $4,000 the
maximum basis OF loans from farm
Land banks, was recommended In reso-
iutlons adopted unanimously. Amend
msnt Of the Federal Reserve Law %
meet the special requirements Of farm
credits and 10 permit the financing Of
farmers and their cooperative So
eieties also vas favored.
The general policy for the council
was laid down fsyoring the local
banker as the primary reliance Of the
farmer for production and marketing
eredits.
Erection Of a farm credits depart
ment In Federal Land banks, with
capital sufficient 70 issue farm credits
to the maximum Of $500, 900, 900, vas
another project indorsed by the con
ference. This department would dis
count or purchase agricultural paper
and make loans 10 cooperative mar.
keting associations and agricultural
cooperative credit associations. None
Of the farm relief measures now pend
ing was Endorsed By name, but the
House and Senate Banking and Cur
rency committees we're requested 20
incorporate the conference recon-
mendations In one rural credits bill,
along With acceptable features Of the
nine farm credits bills already before
Congress.
TIE conference, In rs formal dec
laYation Of policy, held that the CO.
operative associations should ask moth
ing from the Federal government other
than enactment OF legislation 20 per-
nit farmers and their organizations
the came access 20 the Federal credits
systems that all other industries now
possess.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion vas requested 20 institute hear
inRs for the purpose Of opening the
whole question Of revision OF freight
rates.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
War Department Drops
I.858 Officers on Orders
Demotions Also Carried Out as
Directed by Congress,
Weeks Announces

WASHINGTON. Dec. t6.--Domotion
OF army officers and separation from
the service Of 1853 commissioned per
sonnel, ordered by Congress In effect
ing a reduction IN the officer compile
nsnts, has been completed by the War
Department
fhe eliminatlons included ~ colo
nels. ~ l'euterArf colo-els ii0 mai--s
as captains and pol hrst lieutenants
from promot an liz f~-'
army, iOi officers from the medical
corps, 81 from the dental corps, 25 fro
the veterinary corps, 90 from TIE med
ical administration corps and IL from
the ehaplains' corps.
In announcing completion Of The re-
duction program. Secretary Weeks
80 T. -. - trte tonight 90 the work
Of the Diekman board, TO which th'
t-sa II s..-c..ng olaeers for separation
and demotion was delegated. The work
had been done, he said, on a high plane
without favor 10 any and strictly on
basis Of merit.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

and Rapld Transit Company, Erie 4
Fort Lee Railroad Company, Philadel..
phla a Reading Railroad Company snd
West Shore Railroad Company.
Tunnel Under the Upper Bay
In addition 70 the belt line and water
tunnel under the Upper Bay from the
railroad classification yards az Green
vile. New Jersey, 90 Bay Ridge, brook-
iyn. "a Tie up the New York Connect
lnr Railroad. This tunnel, 10 IN con.
Junction with the so'ealled nlaole ps,'
Llns IN New Jersey, Is cal ed the BACK
hone Of the entire comprehensive plan
Special studies with view. o. ,,i.. de-
ternining the necessity and desiraoiiitS
of the bet lines, have been made b{
the Port Authority. The facts ~hlcl
engineers and statistieians have So
cured In several months Of intensive
study will be laid before tho lntersts''
Commerce Commission.