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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-28

Battling Sikh ought not to
loiter long in Paris, now that
he is recognized As the light
heavyweight champion. But
the chances are he will. The
PariSians have a way all their
own of worshiping a popular
hero. The best Of 'em are
swayed by 1t. Ski will prob.
ably drink deeply Of the ac-
claim of the multitude before
sailing for America, where he
will be q curiosity, nothing
more. No one on this side can
seriously picture the Senga.
lese as Il probable successor Of
Jack Dempsey.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-28

replaced it with men OF known
ability.
Geneseo is making elaborate
preparations for Bill Jacobson"
day a week from today. 1t seems
that this is the first time the towns
people have taken it upon them
selves to honor their fellow citi-
zen who has risen to the heights
in baseball. They are going to have
a baseball game and Bill is to- be
one of the stars for the home club.
Other equally famous players liv-
. ing in this section Of the country
are being solicited to participate in
the contest, which will be played
with the fast Sterling club.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-28

The Slip Cane.
Then came the slip. Brennan
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12

girl, and beside her was handsome youth, holding one hand.
 There is our deliverer," he said. leading the girl toward Peter who stood looking at them, too surprised to speak.
 "This lady is princess" said the youth. "and I am a prince, but on the eve of our wedding an ogress who had many giant sons carried off the prin cess because the king would not have one of her sons for a son-in-law.
 T followed the ogresS to this noun tain, but when part way up she dis covered me and changed me into a goat.
 "As the ogress formed the castle and placed the princess inside I heard her say: You shall never be released or your lover freed from my spell un- til a mortal throws a burning brand and you both burn in the flames
 The prince took Peter to his palace where he lived in comfort all the rest of his days, and the goats were not forgotten, for the prince said he had lived with them too long to leave them on the mountain.
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The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
GOOD ROADS AID PROSPERITY
Sum of $3oo, ,ooo, 900 Lost Last Year by Farmers Unable to Get to Market
 Over Highways.

Good roads are the greatest single factors in securing and maintaining community prosperity" Last year the sum of $300,O00,000 was lost by farmers in being unable to market their products over bad roads. Roads that are impossible during part of the year cost farmers in every com munity thousands of dollars & week.
 When one stops to think that in every township laid ont In sections there are 72 miles of roads, 1t is easy to imagine the mileage of roads in this country, says a writer in an Ex- change Of these hundreds of thous- ands Of miles of roads and streets, comparatively few miles are paved, and a noted authority on road build- ing prophecies that not more than 8 per cent of all the roads in this coun- try swili be paved by 1928.
 It would be excellent if we could have all hard roads-briclz. concrete or macadam roads, which are good all-year roads. We should have more of them. But 1t Is impracticabie to pave every country road. However, it Is just as important ts have good laterals leading to the main roads as it is to have hard surfaced main roads. So we must do the best we can and properly maintain our dirt reads and streets.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
GOOD ROADS
TRAFFIC WEAR ON BRIDGES
New Instrument Measures With Scien- tific Precision the Effect of
 Every Shock.

lPrepared by the United States Department
 of Agriculture.)
 A new instrument devised by the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture measures with scientific precision the effect of every shock and blow deIiv- cred by moving vehicles in crossing a bridge. Attached to any part of the bridge structure, this instrument makes a photographic record of the effect of the moving load. The amount of stretching or shortening of the part as result of the shocks is represent ed by fine black line on the photo graph.
 No blow or shock can be delivered so quickly that the instrument will not record it's effect. It has never before been possible to measure the effect of such blows. Engineers have long been able to calculate the effect of standing loads very exactly; but because of their inability to measure the effect of quickly delivered blows or impacts. they have never been able to propor- sAOAf eAaN PdA l6 Ol d plIORC WILL absolute assurance. It has been nec- essary to make liberal allowance for this unknown quantity. In some cases the allowance has not been sufficient and the bridges have collapsed under moving loads
 Many bridges still in service are probably too weak to withstand safely the sharp blows of swiftly moving vehicles, though they will safely carry the same vehicles at rest or moving at slow speed. The familiar warning posted at the portals of q bridge: "Speed limit on this bridge eight miles per hour" means that the design of the bridge to which it is attached is not strong enough to allow for impact. In the light of the recent experiments with motortrucks in which it was shown that d swiftly moving motor
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Natures Supreme Wisdom.

If 1t were not for the check that win ter interposes, vegetation would climb skyward until we had tropical jungles and flowers high in the branch es of the forest instead of violets and daisies and lady's-slipper orchids. As it is, the years tender growths decay in the wet and cold of winter, furnish shelter to the seeds of grasses and small woodland plants, and so foster a new growth for the coming of spring. Even in decay there Is purpose: in nature always there Is new begin ning.-Youth's Companion.
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1 ana up they rose as if some one was pushing them from below. Of course, Peter and the goat stopped and looked in amazement and then the goat, who was the first to move, ran toward a tree and tapped three times on it with one foot. The tree flew open and queer lit tie hgure dressed in brown appeared With a burning brand in his hand. This he gave to the goat, who took it Tn his mouth and ran up to Peter.
 Peter knew there was some strange power of the magic people at work. and when the goat came, with the burning brand, he took it from his mouth.
 What he was to do with the brand now he held it Peter did not know, but the goat, now standing on it's hind legs, pointed toward the giants.
 You do not want me to throw it at them, do you" asked Peter.
 The goat nodded that he did, but though he wanted to help the golden haired girl, Peter did not want to burn the giants.
 Still the goat pointed, and then he began to dance about until Peter was afraid the giants might discover them and put an end to everything.
 Lifting the burning brand high above his head, Peter hurled 1t.
 In another instant the giants had disappeared and the white castle was in flames.
 ''The girl ' cried Peter, "the golden haired girl, she will be burned" But before he could move, the goat had run toward the flames and leaped into them.
 "OhH' cried Peter, "they will both be burned and cannot help them. What shall I do?"
 He ran everywhere looking for wa ter, and then, turning once more to- ward the burning castle, he stood still and looked, for the fire was out and there was no sign that there had been one.
 Peter rubbed his eyes. He wondered if he had been asleep and dreaming about all he had seen, but he soon dis covered he had not been dreaming, for there, on the very spot where the cas- tle had stood was the golden-haired
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Is an Atom Like a cIock2
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Sir Joseph Larmor has suggested that an atom may be analogous to a clock The outer electron system of the atom, on which it's chemical and spectroscopic properties depend and which has certain definite rates of oscillation, would correspond to the pendulum, or better, to a compound pendular system of clock, he says. The inner core of the atom is similar to the spring of a clock, which, by means of the escapement, slowly im- parts its energy to the pendulum in a ierky fashion.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12

DLENTA guys cen da congress
 maka speech try putta food price
 down. Everybody gotta idee how maka da leeving cheap. But ees too moocha talk and no moocha do soma ting. Weeth da price of beefsteak now you gotta leeve cheap.
 One guy cen da congress say ees preety hard maka da food go cheap. He say too many people wanta eat sama time and dat maka high price.
 But I gotta idee how can nlaka da leeving cheap weeth no moocha trou- ble. Da guys wot owna da meat and grocery say da wage ees too high for sella da food cheap price.
 tink eef everybody worka for da same wage now as before da war we no gotta trouble. Eef we no gotta moocha money we no eata moocha food. So tonga we getta beega wage da food profiteer keepa da price up he feegure alla da money belonga weeth heem.
 But eef we no gotta money to buy ees preety easy. Eef we no can buy da food da profteer getta sore. Eef he no can cheata somebody he no feela good.
 When he try sella da food we tella heem no can puy. He say wot's mat ter and we tella heem no gotta so moocha money now as lasa year. Preety queeck he maka da food same price as lasa year. But we no buy heem yet. Eef we no eat for longa time he getta plenta sore. He say, "alla right, maka da food real cheap eef you wanta buy"
 And dat ees where my idee worka fine. We gotta high wage from da boss again and buy da food cheap price. Mebbe weel be leetle trouble wOrka my idee, dunno, but tink ees gooda one alla same.
 Wot you tink?
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The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
What's in a Name?" By MILDRED MARSHALL Facts about your name; les history; mean ing; whence it was derived; significance;
 your lucky day and lucky jewel
NANCY
By MILDRED MARSHAL.

THE quaintly demure name of
 Nancy, which has come into great
 vogue in modern times, signifies grace" There was period in her evolution, when Nancy fell into disuse, or was bestowed as homely unin- spired cognomen, particularly indige- nous to rural communities. But Nancy's day has come; she is fashion able and exceedingly pleasant to pro n0unce.
 Nancy's origin lies in the Hebrew Chaanach, signifying mercy or grace" !" and her earliest prominent forbear was Hannah mother of Samuel. But Hannah is a harsh name because of its aspirate initial, so the process of evolution carried the original word through the successive steps of Anna, Anne and finally arrived at Nan.
 It seems curious that Nan was the forerunner of Nancy instead of being a contraction of the latter name; in- deed 1t is one of the few such in- stances occurring in etymological rec ords Mamie, which is Nancy's di- minutive, is indigenous to Scotland, though much used in England. Nancy is Annct in the former country.
 France has many equivalents for Nancy and Nan-among them being Nanette. Nanon, Ninon, Ninette. Nichon and Nillon. Nancy becomes Mamma and Ninetta under Italian Influence. There ia even a Dutch form of Nancy -Naatje, and Mann and Nanneii are popular in Switzerland.
 Amber is Nancy's taiismanic gem. It is a medicinal stone which protects its wearer from danger and disease. Monday is her lucky day and seven her lucky number.
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The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
SPELL OF THE oGREss

~ NE day when Peter, who was a O shepherd, was tending his goats
 oi the side of a mountain he noticed bright flash of light which seemed to be on the very top of the mountain.
 But, though he strained his eyes, he could not sec anything but the flash of light, and he decided 1t must be the sun falling on a smooth bit of rock.
 The next day the flash came from another place, and the next it had changed again, until Peter could not feel easy until he discovered what it was that caused the bright flash.
 So one day, after the sun went down, ne began to climb the mountain, thinking he would be there when the sun came up and discover the cause and return before his goats had roamed far away.
 To his surprise, he found that one of his goats was following him, and, though he tried to drive 1t back, it con tinue6 to climb up after him.
 By and by the sun came LID and shone on the top of the mountain, and Peter saw a big white castle with a tower, which before he had thought was the very peak of the mountain.
 From the window in the tower there leaned far out a girl with long golden hair, and as the sun fell upon it she
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lated so l thought sure he couldn't breathe but few more gasps. But Tanlac gave him back to us strong and well and we will praise it to our dying day"
 The effect Of Tanlae on the deli cate stomachs of the young is one of the strongest evidences of its whole someness as well as It's unusual merit. Although powerful recon structiye, Tanlac contains no harm ful ingredients, minerals or oplates which are so often found In other medicines. Being composed of the most beneficial roots and herbs known to science it Is purely vege- table and can be taken by the most delicate children, and does not upset or injure the weakest or most deli cate stomach.
 There is q Tanlac agent in every town. wn.-Advertisement.
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"FiASCO"

THIS word, transplanted lit-
 orally from the Italian,
 where it means flask or bottle, was adopted into English because of the factsthat the Vene- tiar glass-blowers, when they discovered a flaw in their beauti- full bulbs, would convert them in- to ordinary flasks or "fiascoes." This alteration from an ex- pensive, highly-colored and ex- tremely decorative bit of glass ware to an everyday bottle ap- pealed to the imaginative sense of the Italians, and they con- menced to apply the same word to the failure of an opera singer or the flatting of a note, crying, "Ola, ola fiasco." English travel CTS, hearing the word used in this connection, lost sight of the original derivation, took it for granted that it referred only to failure and used it in this con- nection.
 A number of literary works, published during the early part of the last century, contain the word-but always printed either in quotation marks or italicized, as an indication that it was of foreign origin and had not been completely absorbed into the lan- guage.
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The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
cltlea as Thunderstorm spots.

The conclusion has '>een reached by a well-known engineer who has given the subject considerable attention that certain cities, if not indeed most inland cities of say 100000 population or more, appear to be thunderstorm spots" The observation has been made by E. K. Horton, of Voorhees, vile, N. r., who also points out that "a shallow lake with sandy margins located in a forest may serve as thunderstorm breeder" and cites as proof observations made by him over Oneida lake, New York.
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THAT Tanlac is a wonderful med
 A icine for delicate children is con clusiyely proven by the remarkable results accomplished in the cases of the three children shown in this pie ture.
 Little Blanche Blair, of Providence K. l., age B, gained 10 pounds; Re gina McCabe, at right, age 9. Of Scranton, Pa, gained 15 pounds; lit- tie Richard Leary, Jr,, of Philadelphia who was very delicate, is now in fine robust health. The statements made by their parents are as follows: MT. A. Nj. Blair, residing at % Att wood street, Providence, k. l.. said {: We are just so happy over the change Tanlac has made in our little girl that we can't do or say enough to show our appreciation. She had lost nearly 20 pounds in weight and looked so frail and weak that her mother and I were both almost wor- ried sick over her condition. Since taking Tanlae, she has already gained 10 pounds, her color is better than 1t ever has been and she looks and acts like different girl"
 Mrs. Catherine McCabe, 414 Dick ems Ave, scranton, Pa, said: sThe flu left my little Regina in such n bad condition that I have no idea she would be with me now if 1t hadn't been for Tanlac. It is q mystery to me how she lived on the little she was eating and was so lffeless she never even cared to play with the dolls and toys she got at Christmas. Since taking Tanlac she is as hardy and we'll as any child could be and has gained 15 pounds in weight. I will always pra.s Tanlae for restor- ing our little fl's health."
 Richard Lea]y. 2342 Palethorpe St., Philadelphia, said: "There Is no doubt in my mind but that Tanlae saved my little boys life. For two years wouldn't have been bit sur prised to have seen him drop, off at any time. He had stomach trouble and many a time the gas pressed up into his chest until his heart paipi-
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waved it back and forth, making bright flashes ef light.
 Peter knew then it was the beauti ful golden hair that had thrown the flashes of light he had seen.
 When the goat saw the girl and hel golden hair it ran up the mountain so fast Peter could not keep up with it. but before they reached the top the girl had left the window and stood on the very top of the tower, waving her golden hair in the sunlight.
 When Peter and the goat reached the top and were coming near to the white castle, up through the mountain arose huge heads covered with shaggy hair; then their shoulders appeared,
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truck may strike blow equivalent tA seven times it's actual weight, 1t is rather surprising, the department road experts say, that failures have been so few.
 It Is believed this new measuring in- strument will soon do away with un- certainty. The knowledge gained by it's use will enable the engineer to de- sign bridges which are sure to hold up under fast-moving vehicles, and to build such bridges without undue waste of material and money.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
Jewish Physicisns to Popss.

Many examples might be enumernr- ed of popes who patronized Jewish physicians. An exception was Paul ", who introduced the Ghetto into Rome, but at least score of popes seem to have gone out of their way in extending friendly recognition to the medical members of this race.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
Automobiles Must rake Turn.

Twenty-one thousand miles of roads have been built with federal aid In the last i've years, and these, of course. help out whole lot, but progress may have to be even greater in road building unless the automobiles are te take turn about.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
Pavements.

Motortrucks ruin pavements about as fast as they are laid. As fast as pavements get stronger, trucks get larger and loads heavier.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
Old Court Has Much Power.

In Liverpool (Eng.) there still exists one of the very few remaining medi- eval borough courts of record. At one time there were 215 in various parts of the kingdom. The Liverpool court of passage, as 1t is called, has prac- tieally unlimited jurisdiction In caus- es of action arising within the city. and has more power than has the City of London court which has jurisdic. tion only when the defendant Is en- ployed In the city itself.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
The Aiibi.

The Secretary-This speech may get you into trouble.
 The Honorable-Then you had better prepare statement saying that was misquoted by the newspaper-Iife
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Worlds Oldest Language.

Though there is some difference of opinion, many authorities concur In the belief that the oldest language in the world is Sanskrit.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
Bad Man.

Mir. Slicer-I was reading the other day that there are eight hundred ways of cooking potatoes.
 Mrs. Slicer-Yes?
 Mir. S,icer-Well, my dear, don't you think If you tried hard, you could learn one Of them?
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12

Cutting Trees by Motive Power.
 To fell trees, motor-driven saw blade has been invented in Europe, running on pulleys in U-shaped frame, which Is placed around a tree to be cut.
The Pulaskian., 1922-01-12
A LINE O. CHEER By John kendrick Bangs.
THRIFT
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HEN as you save your dollars E for \ lA Tomorrow's need in fullest
 store 'Twere we'll likewise to put away Some of the sunshine of today To use in some dark hour of sorrow That possibly may come tomorrow. I know this to be good for In days when Woe came stalking by Have found relief from troubles
 gray Tn memories of yesterday.
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Misery loves company, but the com pany isn't apt to make n second call.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-08-30
WOLCOTT

Bert Jennings called at A. w. Eos
ter's last week.
Roy Sabin and Clifton Parker
worked for Carl Taylor during the
fair,
John Berry and Celia Ainsworth
were married at the parsonage Mon
day evening.
II. A. Parker went to Rutland last
Thursday to attend r. F. d. car
riers meeting.
A large number of Wolcott people
attended the Lamoille county fair at
Morrisville last week.
Mrs. BERTHE Canterbury and son,
Dexter, of Lowell, Mass, are at
B. R. Kusic's for two weeks.
E. M. Bullock has moved his
household goods from H. A. Parker's
place, where he had stored them, to
his place in the Lafieur house.
Rev. and Mrs. G. S. Quimby and
two children of Isle La Motto and
Mrs. j. H. Wills of Essex Junction
are visiting relatives and friends in
town.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-08-30
STOWE
Send Mckinley

One of the leaders of the last Leg
fslature was Frank E. Barber of
Brattleboro. He is prominently men,
toned as a candidate for Speaker, if
renominated, as seems probable.
He writes prominent citizen of
Stowe as follows:
Dear Sir: | learned with great
deal of pleasure that Mr.. Mckinley
of your town has announced himself
as a candidate for reelection In
taking the liberty of writing you up
on his candidacy, | am prompted not
by any desire to tell the voters of
your town what to do, but rather to
call to your attention the fact that
your town in the last session Of the
legislature had in Mr.. Mckinley, one
of the ablest, hardest working and
most conscientious men in the House.
4'Mr Mckinley, being somewhat mod
est it some times devolves upon his
friends to let the people know the
kind of service which he rendered for
his constituents. Mr.. Mckinley was
not so frequent a debater on the floor
of the House as some members, but
when, he did have something to say,
1T was upon the more important
measures and his arguments were
listened to with attention and were
invariably followed by the House.
"The next Legislature viii be con-
ffonted with some very great prob
lens if the state is to live fairly
within her income. The people of
Vermont want efficient, economical
administration Of the states BUSH
ness. Mr.. Mckinley with his pre-
vious legislative experience is in a
position to do more for his town and
state in bringing about the relief
which the taxpayers are demanding
than any other man of equal or
greater ability without experience.
In discussing this question, Speaker
Billings, who is now our candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, and himself
not a candidate for reelection to the
House, has urged upon every occa-
sion the necessity of the towns re-
turning to Montpelier those members
who have made good. The leading
of the state are also adj
vocating the necessity of towns re-
turning those representatives, who
are in a position to again serve and
who have demonstrated their ability
for legislative work.
"The whole thing summed up in
sentence come to this: That in leg
islative work as in any business,
profession or industry, experience is
the most valuable asset, and espe-
cially qualities one for the service
which he is expected to render" /
This is praise indeed and the best
is, it is deserved by the record Mr..
made.