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Smyrna times., 1923-03-28
CLAYTON

G. H. Teat has sold out his store
and contents to Ollie Reed, who got
possession last Tuesday. Mr.. Teat
and family moved to Dover.
Ladies of Salem Church will hold a
chicken salad and oyster supper at the
home of Abel Numbers Tuesday even
ing, April 3. If stormy the following
evening.-adv.
There will be service in Trinity
Church on Good Friday at 7.3O p. m.
Easter Day there will be Holy Com
muniOn and sermon at 9 a. M; and
Evensong with address at 3 p. m.
Norman S. Hoffecker left Tuesday
for the Homeopathic Hospital, Will
mingtOn, to undergo an operation
for appendicitis by DR.. PaShall. Mrs.
HOffecker will stay in Wilmington so
as to be with her husband.
Mrs. Clara Ford, of Philadelphia,
sister of Mrs. Abel Numbers of near
Delaneys died yesterday and will be
buried at Dover. Deceased was a
frequent visitor to the Clayton vicin-
ity and was held in high esteem by all
who knew her
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hazel gave
their son, Elmer, party in honor of
his ninth birthday Friday, March 10th,
from seven to nine P. M. A good
time was enjoyed by all, games being
played, songs sung and refreshments
consisting of ice cream and cake, fruit
nuts and candy was served. About
two dozen of his little friends were
present and Elmer received some very
useful and very pretty gifts.
The Clayton Gun Club who recently
won the championship of the South
ern Division of the Pennsylvania Sys-
tenn, defeating the Maryland, Balti-
more and Norfolk Divisions, became
eligible to attend on Saturday last the
Eastern Region Athletic Meet, held in
Philadelphia. The winners Saturday
were the Philadelphia Terminal, first,
score 220; Trenton and Sunbury Divi-
siOns tied for second place, PA, and
the Clayton Gun Club, fourth place,
2O9; Central Division, fifth place, 2O5
Carroll w. West of Clayton was the
high gun and high run.
Mrs. Matte Wright entertained the
last meeting of the Sewing Circle anC
Smyrna times., 1923-03-28

Mrs. Matte Wright entertained the
last meeting of the Sewing Circle and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Chant to the Auto.

NY auto, it's of thee, short cut to
poverty-of thee chant. blew pile
of dough on you three years ago, now
you refuse to gO--Or won't or can't.
Through town and countryside l drove
thee full of pride; no charm you
lacked. I loved your gaudy hue, your
tires so round and new-nOw l feel
mighty blue, the way you act. To thee,
old rattlebOX, came many bumps and
knocks; for thee l grieve. Badly thy
top is torn; frayed are thy seats and
worn; Inc Group affects thy horn, l do
believe. Thy perfume swells the breeze,
while good folks choke and sneeze, as
we pass by. l paid for thee price,
.twould buy a mansion twice: now
everyone yells "Ice." / wonder why.
Thy motor has the grip; thy spark
plug has the pip, and woe is thine. 1.
too, have suffered chills, fatigue and
kindred ills, trying to pay the bills
since thou vert mine. Gone is my bank
roll now; no more 'twould choke a
COW, as once before. Yet if had the
yen, so help me JOhn-amen! I'd buy
a car again and spend some more
Bay City Motorist.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
CHOSE new BREEDING PLACE
Periodic Migration of Pearl Oysters
Caused Alarm Which Proved
to Be Unfounded.

Ceylon today is perhaps best known
for it's tea. But in days gone by it
had a more romantic claim to fame
it was the home of the most renowned
pearl fisheries in the world.
Fifteen years ago the pearl oysters,
which were source of great wealth
to the island, made one of their peri
odic mysterious disappearance.
In 1919 it was discovered that they
were returning to their banks on the
Gulf of Mannar, the narrow strip of
water that divides Ceylon from India.
Unfortunately, as 1t seemed at first,
they were depositing themselves on
sand.
Past history had shown that the
pearl oyster never lived to a fishable
age unless it settled on rock, but those
responsible for the care of the oyster
banks were not disheartened.
They believed that the oysters on
the sand would breed. and, as there
were numerous rocky areas in the
vicinity, there was every chance of a
fair proportion of the spats, or young
oysters, depositing themselves on more
favorable ground.
And such has proved to be the case.
Today there are countless millions Of
young and thriving pearl oysters on
the rocky areas in the Gulf of Mannar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
PISTACHIO NUT IN DEMAND
Article That Has Few Rivals for Fla.
vorine Was Originally a Ma
tive of Syria.

The pistachio nut, which gives such
a delightful flavor to confectionery
and ice cream, grows on small tree
which is a native of Syria, but has
been introduced into western Asia,
countries of the Mediterranean, Califor-
mia and other southern states, although
nuts of the best quality are imported
from Syria, Persia and Arabia.
The pistachio is oval in shape, with
red skin and a greenish kernel, grow
ing in clusters and separating easily
in halves. The flavor is delicious and
the color makes it very valuable for
decorative purposes. 1t is sometimes
sailed while in the shell and in some
countries it is dipped in sea water in
the process of curing.
The pistachiO nut was known in
very early times and it is said was the
spices included in the presents which
JOseph's brethren took with them
from Canaan to Egypt, when Jacob
said: Garry down the man pres
ent, little balm and a little honey,
spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds"
When pistachiO nuts are used for fla
voring ice cream, very small guam
tity is used and the color is often
deepened by aniline green, which does
not improve the flavOr.-Cleveland
News-Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
SNAIL "LIV!NG INK BOTTLE".
land Coast Endowed With Re-
markabIe Properties.

Along the coast of New England
there is common species of sea snail
that is living bottle of indelible ink.
very beautiful and quite as durable,
when applied to lingerie, as any that
one buys The mOllusk in question is
found clinging to rocks just below,
the level of low tide and the ink is
contained in whitish vein beneath
the skin of its back. The fluid is at
first yellow in color, but when ex-
posed to the sun it turns green, then,
blue, then purple, and finally to a.
brilliant uE, :hangeable crimson This
is one of the two species Of whelks
from which in ancient time was OBJ
tanned the famous "Tyrian purple"-at
dye considered too splendid for the
adornment of any but kings and
mobiles. Indeed, it was so costly that
none but the very rich could afford
it, wool dyed with it being worth $175,
a pound. The liquor was procured by
crushing the snails in mortar Six,
pounds of it were required to stain
pound Of wool. the ready-wOven
fabric being soaked in it and after
ward exposed to sunlight. Stuffs thus
dyed are said to have had remark
able color effect, presenting changing
hues to the eye. like modern variable.
silks
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Hot Onions and Pneumonia.

Hot onions, according to a French
physician. are said to be sure cure for:
pneumonia. The remedy is as follows: q
Take six or tep onions, according to-
size, and chop fine, put in large pan,
over a fire. then add the same quantity,
or rye meal and vinegar to make a.
thick paste. In the meantime stir It
thoroughly, letting it simmer for five
or ten minutes. Then put in cotton
bag large. enough to cover the lungs
and apply to chest as hot as patient
can bear. In about ten minutes apply,
another. and thus continue by reheat-l
ing the poultices. and in few min
utes the patient will be out of danger.
This simple remedy has never failed
to- cure this too-often fatal maiady.
Usually three or four applications
will be sufficient.-London Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Had Horror of Red Hair.

Red-haired boys and girls are, says
Prof. Karl Pearson, the most con-
scientious, athletic and popular. Yet
Madame De Boigne tells in her
Memoirs how her friend, the duchess
of Chevreuse, conceived horror of
her children because they were indis-
Greet enough to have hair of the same
fiery, red color as her own. Her chief
preoccupation in life was to prevent
people from knowing the color of her
hair, and she neglected no means of
Disgusting it. AS the duchess hair had
grown somewhat during her last ILL
ness she ordered it to be cut and
thrown into the fire before her eyes,
so that no trace of it might survive
her. Two hours after this was done
the duchess died"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
REALLY EXPECTED TOO MUCH
Man Probably Is Cured Of Idea That
He Could Have His Own Way
When Building House.

Once upon time Simple Soul
came suddenly into Easy Money.
"Now," he said to his wife, "we'll
build that house you and I have
planned so long, and you can bet that
1t will be exactly as we want it to
be-"
He saw an architect and builder.
His Office comrades offered sugges-
tons. His first cousin and a grand
uncle, his brother-in-law and his wife's
sisters husbands aunt, a man he met
on street car, friend who dropped
in to congratulate him, the butcher
at the corner and a dealer who was
trying to sell him an automobile
gave him advice with unstinted gener-
osity.
And when the house was built 1t
had a groundwork of Tudor architec-
ture, with Georgian and Colonial min
gled, a touch of Gothic here and Old
Dutch there and a great deal OF what
has been called early Rutherford B..
Hayes. The architect, the builder, the
office comrades, that first cousin and
granduncle together with the brother
in-law and the aunt Of the husband
of his wife's sister-they agreed priv
ately that what the structure especial
ly needed was the specialized skill of
some one in the business of arson.
AS for the original designs of the
Simple Soul and his wife, they were
ignored.
Moral: What right has man with
money to say what he shall do with
it?-TOledO Blade.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
They Read It Together.

managing Now, take Sally symptom
you remember Sally Symptom? Never
dared to say her soul was her own"
Dorothy Topped over. What did she
care about Sally Symptom? She had
troubles of her own. Idly her finger
traced the birl's head on the magazine
cover. Presently she slipped out of
the hammock and called Tom on the
telephone in the hall.
Tommy in answer to his deep
hello, 81 don't want to go to the movies
tonight. Just run over and talk to me,
will YOU? Right"
''Tom," she began when he arrived
you know how Aunt Emily wants me
to train in that Boston hospital next
month. want to go and yet--eh,
don't know what to do. | wish you'd
help me-"
Thought you'd made up your mind
to CO.
Il had. but this morning Mr.. Allen
called me into his Office, and, Tom,
what do you think? He wants to train
me for Claire Temples place. She's 60
ing Ia he married, you know. / was so
surprised. never thought he'd choose
me-"
Don't know why not"
But I'm not smart, Tom. Lots of
girls are cleverer than I am
"What other girls can do, you can
do doggedly.
"Oh. rom. do you think so? Well,
anyhow, he wants me"
"More money. of course"
Yes; it's really sort Of private
secretary. Doesn't that sound big?
But poor Mr.. Allen He wants me to
give him my word of honor that I'll
stay at least two years. Poor thing.
CIaire's the third girl. hes had since
I've worked there. So,Im choosing my
career tonight. Which shall it be.
office or hospital?"
Silence.
"Say something. Tom. Don't sit
therelike bump on log!"
aren't you leaving out the other
career?"
what other careerY
Marriage"
aPoohi I'll meet lots of nice sales
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
BILL WOULD REGULATE SLEEP
New Hampshire Legislator Protests
"Freak Measures; One
Probes Homes.

Concord, N. H.-The speaker Of the
New Hampshire legislature protested
against the Introduction of freak leg
islation" after four bills had been pre-
scented to the house. One bill would
make eight hours sleep in twenty-four
compulsory; another provided for the
appointment of commission to inves-
tigate all homes to determine whether
they are happy. A third measure would
enact that no woman shall marry her
grandmother's son. The fourth would
iordain that the Ku Klux Khan must
. not call meetings unless authorized by
the kleagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Just Like the Boy
in the Story
By MILDRED HONoRs

20. 1928, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Dorothy finished the story and closed
the magazine. 1t was good story, the
story Of girl who took a great chance
and found great happiness. If life
were only as simple as stories! She
gave the hammock pillows discon-
tented little punch.
Through the open pantry window
came Aunt Emilys voice, is Dorothy
going to marry this Tom Waite, or
amt she?'
"Why, Family, they're just friends
That was her mother.
"Humph! Being friends with man
don't get you very far"
But they were brought up together,
Emily went to school together. Tom
my is just like her brother"
"Stuff and nonsense! She's got. two
brothers now. What's she need of any
more. l do hate to see girl smart as
Dorothy wasting her life in this little
One-hoss town. l do wish, Ellen, you'd
persuade her to go back to Boston with
me next week and go into the hospital.
It's only three years. What's three
years? And trained nurses get $40 a
week. Amt that worth having? l
say tbs. She'd make nurse and a
good one, too"
"She always was a great hand in
Sickness" mother agreed.
And was always tore out to be a
nurse. Now she's got the chance, why
don't she take it? | don't know what's
to hinder her, without it's that Tom
Waite. Now, don't believe in any
girls getting married just to get u
Mrs. on her tombstone, but if she likes
hinl-good Teller, amt hep
''Tommy's dear boy. A little slow,
perhaps. but steady. He'll make some
girl ii first-rate husband. They say"
Mothers voice trailed off, lost in
the click of dishes, but Aunt Emily's
answer had ring of triumph.
"Well, been married twice and
tell you, Ellen Patterson, the best man
that ever lived needs a little mite O.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
"Well, This Is a Delight"

She thinks if l go, you will forget be
cause you are young, and you have the
bright, wide world before you. Some
time you may appreciate my not hav-
ing doomed you to share in my fam
ily's disrepute."
81 don't want to forget you, Harold,
unless you yourself don't care"
81 do care, sweetheart" he cried.
grasping her to him. 81 do care, and
I'm tearing myself away. Dearest,
dearest girl. good-by!'
She did not see him disappear into
the thicket. Her eyes were blinded
with tears.
The next day Annie. Bula's cousin
and helper, came rushing home from a
neighborhood call.
"Bula, Harold Doubleday's gone! He
enlisted in the American mariner"
The information was news to Bula,
but she answered quietly: HE told
me he intended to go away"
81 never. never will forgive Uncle
Walter" stormed Annie. ''When Har-
old came here yesterday to say good
by, your father raved at him and or
dered him off the premises p
Harold is displaying good sense,
Annie; he was handicapped living
here"
'He should have been helped" re-
torted Annie. "He Is a fine fellow,
and his mother is beautiful woman"
Bula despatched the loquacious An
ME about her work. Indeed with the
care of the household, the oversight
of the vegetable garden, and the ducks
and hens. Bula had little time in
which to grieve in loneliness. In the
short days of winter she was occupied
with the family sewing. The follow
ing April the great war came. Early
in the year following the armistice.
Bula's father died.
"What will you do now?" Annie
asked. gazing curiously at the mistress
of the big Meadowbrook farm.
II will reserve enough for a vege-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Misunderstood Phrase.

81 don't care dam" is phrase that
was recently the cause of a member
being called to order in the house of
parliament. A recent writer explains
that dam" is an old Indian name for
a coin current in the Eighteenth CEN
fury and worth twopence. There is a
passage in "Wellington's Dispatches"
which quotes letter written by
Colonel Wellesley Gas he was them.
who describes certain officers opinion
as mot worth twopenny DAM"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Amid the
Forget-Me-Nots
BY CLARA c. HOLMES

&C. 1928. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate }
"What have We got there in that
basket, Bula? 2"
The girls face turned crimson; she
did not answer.
up to some underhanded affair,
Ell? Where did we get them weeds?'
"They came from Mrs. Doubleday's
garden, father
Il won't have any more weeds from
anybody's garden; haven't got white.
weed an bouncin' bets an goldenglow
all over the farm already? Ye march
that bluegrass straight back. After
this-hear me?-after this, warn We
to keep away from them Double
days."
The girl obediently retraced her
steps to Meadow road. She climbed
upon the meadow fence and sat there.
II will not take back these forget
me-nots. Harold gave them to me.
What cruel world this is !" she cried.
II know! l can take the flowers
over to the brookside and transplant
them under the willows"
She was busy with her plants when
she heard her name softly called. She
glanced up.
"Oh. it's you, Harold. Father
wouldn't let me have the flowers"
"I've just seen your father, Bula !;
he has forbidden me to meet you
again. He seems to think my friend
ship will hurt you. Oh. Bula l cannot
submit to this ignominy! I'm going
away for good" d
Fathers ideas are not mine, Har-
old; you are not to blame because
your father got in prison for life"
'The primary law includes the inno-
cent. l had better go where can
build my own reputation"
Her eyes filled with tears. "You
can't write the letters, because father
would intercept Them" she warned.
Taking her hands, he looked earn
estly into her trustful eyes,
'T think my mother has good judy
ment," he began, frankly. "I-I have
been talking matters over with her.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Noise.

Quietest place in the world is a
laboratory at University Of Utrecht.
Netherlands. Walls are insulated so
that no sound can get in from the
outside.
In this absolutely nOiseless room,
important experiments are being car
ried on by scientists studying the. eff
feet of noise on human nerves and
brain. q
A person, entering this stiffness.
has peculiar sensation in the ears,
then feeling of terror Noise, which
is making a nervous wreck of civil.
lied man. has become such part of
us that it's total absence strikes fear
to the heart. Deaf people are not af.
fected this way, for the vibrations OF
sound reach them through their other
senses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

For three bleak days, with her crew
never out of oilskins, straining en-
gines showed the Montello ahead at
eight knots. On Monday night alto
O'Clock she heeled over. Her rudder
chains had damned. Then they had
broken.
The vessel was helpless 400 miles
from land and in hurricane sea.
Then the bulked grain shifted and
the ship listed.
Ship Fills Rapidly.
Waves washed the deck at every
lunge. The coal bunkers fioated and
water poured into the ship faster than
the exhausted men could pump it out.
1t was not until 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning that Capt Sturese permitted
Wireless Operator TGmasco Montanari
to ask aid. The Verdi, 100 miles away
answered, and arrived at o'clock that
afternoon.
1t was impossible to launch boats in
that sea. So the Verdi, with 610 pas
sengers aboard, spent the night circling
about the waterlogged MOntello, whose
decks now were continually under
water. 80 s..
The Verdi's passengers knelt in
prayer. Among them knelt four nuns.
The ships chaplain, Giuseppe Verdi,
chanted the TIE Deum, and plaintive
italian voices repeated it.
Boat Is Launched.
The sea thwarted an effort to launch
n boat at dawn. At Z 80 the Montello
got boat overheard.
The first lowered into the heaving
shell was the Montello's mascot, Ma
netti, water spaniel. Twenty-Five
men followed the dog. The crew had
refused to bulge until the pup was
saved. A battle of an hour and half
brought the weary sailors close to the
Verdi's side. AS they grasped for lines
and life belts, a swell washed over
their boat and eleven went overheard
All We're saved.
A half hour later First Officer Stag
marc and members of the Verdi's crew
rescued the eleven remaining aboard
the Monticello. The freighter sank as
the Verdi turned her nose toward New
York.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

table and flower garuen. and dispose
Of the rest of the land"
Indeed wild fancy obsessed Bula's
mind-a desire to possess the flowers
she had been so sternly denied.
will you stay with me. Annie, and
tend store? We can have flower
shop out on the boulevard"
Annie possessed bookful of ideas !;
she waxed eloquent.
There was no irresOlution in Bula.
With the assistance of carpenter and
a gardener the flower shop idea at
once became an actuality. A road
side field was ornamented with trel-
Uses, arches and mounds; and by
summer these were radiant with IA
miliar as web as rare flowers.
One morning Bula wandered through
her flower Eden. She was curiOusly
restless. The insect pests disheartened
her and Annie's chatter bored. She
gave in to the impulse to get away
from the garden.
'Tm going to the brookside. Annie,
to gather watergrass. It has spread
and run yards and yards. I've won
derful bed of forget-me-nots there"
Dew sparkled on the green. Birds
sang joyfully. 1t was perfect June
day.
at makes my heart ache to come
here" Bula unused. "How cruelty
practical he was hope l never shall
coo thot hoo rt1acc IVAN II,
"WeIl, this Is delight"
"How do you do, Lieutenant
Doubleday" she greeted coldly.
"It's oddly coincidental that
should come here But 1 must say
I'm glad" he repeated.
IT thought you were stationed on
the Pacific coast" she ventured.
II am; I'm on furlough."
Don't you like the West?'
''Yes, but it's lonesome out there"
''That seems incredible" She
laughed cynically.
"Why? I've always been thinking
of you, Bula."
"In that dazzling uniform you should
not have been lonely"
Here is our seat still-under the
Willows" he suggested.
81 must go home"
1--WE come all the way from the
coast in order to see you again."
give ceased to care now, Lieuten-
ant Doubleday"
'You can care again, Bula, can't
your"
"Have you changed your old opin-
ion?"
Eyes, since my promotion. Is a man
responsible for the spirit of his an
cestors"
"Surely not
He grasped her hands. "Can you
forgive me for an unintentiOnal I'M
kindness?'
"I-Fll be friendly"
Impulsively he clasped her in his
arms. -,
"You said we'd begin again." she de-
INJURED, struggling to free herself.
v "We'll begin, dear, where we left
off,"
Surrendering to his unyieding arms,
she finished the story for him with a
fearful smile Here amid forget-me-
nOts, Harold"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
INSIST MASCOT
BE SAVED FIRST
Crew Refuses to Bulge From
Sinking Ship Until Small Dog
Is Rescued.
BECOMES HELPLESS IN GALE
Italian Freiehter MontelIo Succunbs
to Mid-AtIantic Storm After Days
and Nights of ceaseless
=. Struggle.

New York.-The Giuseppe Verdi
steamed into port, two days late from
Naples, with graphic details of the
rescue of the crew of the Italian
freighter Montello, which succumbed
10 a mid-Atlantic storm.
The rescued men-33 in all-were
aboard, one of them in sick bay with
q cracked skull and smashed feet.
On January 10 the MOntello sailed
from Philadelphia for Marseilles, her
wheat-filled holds pushing her far
down into the water. Two days later,
about 400 miles north of Bermuda, it
encountered a whistlng nor'weSter.