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The Washington times., 1924-06-21

very first bottle. continued to take
1t for some time, and now ] am doing
all my own work, even washing and
ironing, and never felt better IN my
life. ] tell all my friends that the
change in my health is due to but one
thing and that Is Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. / cannot praise
it enough. p Mrs. ANNIE YOUNG, 16
Amherst St. Charleston, sc.
The reason for such q letter from
Mrs. Youngis appayent. She got well
and is grateful. Recently a nation
wide canvass Of women purchasers
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was made, and SO out Of
100 reported that they received BEN
eft from taking it.
Because the Vegetable Compound
has been helping other women Is rea'
son why it should help you.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
DOMESTIC
ADJUSTERS
BY John P. Medbury.

8 ~ EvETsAL localities now have
what they cali Domestic Ad.
~ justers." A domestic adjustcr
is man who comes into your
homo and tells you what's wrong
with It.
He can find trouble with your
family when he doesn't know
what's the trouble with his own.
But he's q great help to the
housewife. He can show her
just how to hit you with cup
10 that It won't break.
After q few lessons she becomes
such an expert that she can
throw the best china dishes at
you without damaging anything
except your face.
A face win heal but a broken
plate won't.
He instructs you how to sneak
out Of the house at night; and
after you learn 1t thoroughly he
teaches your wife how to catch
you coming back in.
He tells you just how much
rent you should pay, but he
doesn't tell you how to pay It.
He also informs you that you
should stop all Of your charge
accounts at once and pay cash.
He may not know It, but the
tradespeople have probably told
you the same thing.
He tells you what to eat for
breakfast. lunch and dinner, but
he doesn't tell you where to
set It.
He's an economist. not . ma
Gician.
This Domestic Adjuster" has
q marvellous brain. If he looks
ct you and sees that you have q
couple of black eyes, a dislo-
Gated jaw and a broken nose he
can tell right away that you've
been having trouble.
Anybody knows that black
eyes and broken jaws don't bloom
In happy homes.
The best little wife in the
world doesn't knock all your
teeth out just to show you that
she's contented.
This adjuster can tell you
what to do for a busted nose,
but he can't tell you how to
keep from getting 1t.
His best advice to married men
10 not to talk back. He must be
q bachelor himself or he'd realize
that very few husbands ever get
Q chance to talk back.
One word and they're warned.
Two words and they're uncon.
scious.
OF course there's not much fist
fighting done in refined families.
People of culture usually hurt
each other through their lawyers.
This Domestic Adjuster" means
well and If he comes around to
your house let him in and treat
him kindly because he probably
got thrown out Of his own.
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
AMERICAN
DUELING

A WELL known Frenchman
IA says that in the next few
- years dueiing VIII become
popular In this country. Maybe
he's right, but bare fists haven't
commenced to 80 out Of style yet.
Twenty knuclxles are inst e.
picturesque as q couple Of swords.
When you fight . duel with
pistols the affair usually takes
place at o'clock in the morning
and very few Americans get up
that early.
The average Yankee wouldn't
crawl out Of bed ct that time Of
morning TO fight with his best
friend.
Five q. m. is TOO early to get
up, no matter how sore you are
at anybody. Z
II you're really peeved, you can
easily wait u7til nine or ten.
Any grudge that won't keep
three or four hours isn't worth
holding.
One guy made q date TO fight Q
duel. and he waited 80 long he
forgot what he was going to fight
about.
When he got out on the dusl.
Ing ground he couldn't remember
who he was sore at.
A man who uses his fistS for
weapons can start fighting ten
seconds after he's been insuIted.
OF course In a duel you have
your choice Of swords or reyolv.
ers. It all depends upon whether
you'd rather be shot or stuck.
It doesn't make any difference
which one you choose. they both
get monotonous.
Duels arc always fought before
breakfast 90 that the one who
gets the worst Of It can save 90
or 70 cents.
An optimist Is q man who or
ders his breakfast and then takes
his sword and goes outside.
But his second always stands
by the kitchen door ready to can.
Gel the ham and eggs II neces-
sary.
Two French duelists were such
experts with the swords and al.
| ways fought such long battles
that they used to take their
lunch with them on the field Of
honor.
The one who survived had to
stand the expense Of the meal.
Much as they both wanted to live,
they hated to get stuck for the
check.
Dueling may become popular in
this country. but II Americans
have to get up before breakfast
to fight, the hardest part Of the
duel for them viii be to keep
awake.
ICopyright. 1894, By King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

my n0ueeWorks j
just dragged my.
self around and
did not have en-
|ergyenough to get
|up when ! sat
down. ! read adj
vertisements Of
Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound In your
books and learned
about It. / got
lbeneft from the
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

The Office Boy's-To find the
boss sound asleep in his chair.
and two passes to the ball game
on his desk.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

The Politician's-To own
number Of South Sea Islands, and
get all the concessions for the
cocoanut oil reserves.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

The Professional Entertainers
TO make the landlord laugh so
hard that he would forget all
about asking for rent.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
AMBITIONS

The Boxer's-To be starred in
vaudeville, and score knockout
In the glare Of the footlights.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
CRACKLINGS

The law Of gravity has had to
work twice as hard since they
passed the law Of prohibition.
A radical IL q person who ac-
cuses the rich man Of not paying
his taxes and then charges him
with wanting taxes reduced.
Americans are not entirely
business mad. They always have
time to laugh at q friend with a
black eye.
The better highway movement
might begin by an antichewIng.
gum campaign.
It win take the Fourth Dimen-
sion to describe a congressional
bloc to future generations.
It looks as If ever q jury con-
victs q woman for shooting q
man it will be composed Of
twelve women.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
A tangled fishing line.

The housewife who shakes the
tablecloth out of the window.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
GOLD BRICKS

The man who puts his trousers
on over his shoes.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

The bunch In the office who
the minute they hear you have
asked for a raise put in their own
application for same.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

Dueling may become popular in
this country. but If Americans
have to get up before breakfast
to fight, the hardest part Of the
duel for them will be to keep
awake.
ICopyright. 1894, By King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

The one who survived had to
stand the expense Of the meal.
Much as they both wanted to live,
they hated to get stuck for the
check.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

OF course there's not much fist
fighting done in refined families.
People of culture usually hurt
each other through their lawyers.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

One word and they're warned.
Two words and they're uncon.
scious.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

This Domestic Adjuster" means
well and If he comes around to
your house let him in and treat
him kindly because he probably
got thrown out Of his own.
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

Two French duelists were such
experts with the swords and al.
ways fought such long battles
that they used to take their
lunch with them on the field Of
honor.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

His best advice to married men
IL not to talk back. He must be
Q bachelor himself or he'd realize
that very few husbands ever get
o chance to talk back.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

But his second always stands
by the kitchen door ready to can.
Gel the ham and eggs II neces-
sarys
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

This adjuster can tell you
what to do for a busted nose,
but he can't tell you how to
keep from getting 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
THE "WRONG HORSE' WON

Wishing to see the Grand Prix, but arriving in Paris too late to get good seat, determined to take my chance on the pelouse, and there the crowd so interested me that almost forgot what was there for.
 It was a broiling hot day, and peo- pie lucky enough to get camp stools were sitting down on the shady side of the cars and noticed sweet look ing young girl, as I thought, who asked in a timid voice if she might sit on the footboard of the car.
 asked her if she were along at the races. "Oh, no, my husband has just gone to make bet" Do you often go to the races,P inquired.
 This is the first time. It would be too expensive to come often, but the Grand Prix is only once a year and my husband has put cent sous on a horse. You don't think it wrong, do you?" and she looked at me anxiously. At that moment the husband came up "a nice looking young man, and evil dently very proud of his wife.
 What horse have you backed ?'' l asked. Number ninel'' he said. l consulted my program and looked at him in perplexity, as the horse an- swering that number was one I had not heard mentioned. "Why Number nine?p You see," he said, i've were married on the ninth of the month and %e are very happy, so don't you think it is a good numberY and I could not but agree with him. and then the horses were being paraded and all conversa tion came to a mend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
UNFINISHED GOODS
 AGAIN TURN QUIET
Declines Confined Mostly To
 Prints And Sheetings

NEW YORK, Aug. 1e.-Since the gov ernment cotton crop report was issued forecasting a yield of more than 12.0o0,- 900 bales of cotton, trade in unfinished cotton goods has been quiet The mar kets have held steady as a rule, the declines being principally in the more staple constructions of print cloths and sheetings. Continued progress is being made in repricing goods for fall de- livery, denims having been revised on a basis of 22c for 220s, from 24hc and sales have been fair for September de- livery. Ticl1ings have been advanced to a basis of 26c for leading southern makes and some of the eastern grades are held at value. Percales and gin- ghams rule quiet. leached cottons have held steady and are comfortably under tailment of production in the mills reaches about 40 per cent and Is begin ming to lessen. Addition lines of wash fabrics for spring are being shown, poplins, broadcloths, sateens, voiles and silk and cotton goods being the best sellers.
 Reductions in cotton mill wages have been announced by some mills in New England and the south, but the are held steady by spinners, with trad ing of small volume.
 Knit underwear for fall is being bought little more freely. Spring lines will not be shown before Septem- Der. There is considerable price varia- tion in cotton hosiery lines.
 Prices current In primary markets are as follows: Print cloths, 2S-inch 64x64s, 71zc; 64x60s, TAci 2sia-inch 64x64s, 10c; brown sheetings, southern standards, I6c; denims, 2.20s, 22c; ticlSings, S-oz, 2Sc. prints 1Oc: stanle einahans J5r nominal; dress ginghams, 1s1sc and 21c, nominal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
In Time Win Teach Users To Speak
 Clearly Is Belief

Men who are trying to improve tele- phone service believe that the telephone will teach it's users to speak clearly not with one conversation, but in the course of time. And, certainly, business would be expedited with perfect enun- citation over the telephone. Nowadays simple name like Dix, say, when passed over the wires may become al most anything-and then it is spelled for verifieation, thus ID for Dan, for Ike, X for the X-ray"-words as difficult as the one to be understood.
 Progress in plain talking docs seem to lag. Any optimism in that direction is blighted by the hash in our dal,y speech. Ideas seme to have transmits sion as much by telepathy as by tele- phony. 'Wassatyugottadot 'nighthuh? ?'' But a tumble of letters will made sound and so may give message to sophis- ticated ears. The eye is more expert than the ear at registering words. Who ever was fooled by the blanks in the penny dreadfuls of the long ago! The d-s were promptly accepted at their full birthstone content, but a curse by telephone might easily. be garbled into a compliment. It's a wise ear that knows it's own togue.-Nation's Busi- ness.
 Do you need efficient, industrious help? There's one sure way to get it quickly-read and use Age-Herald Want Ads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
s17Q,OOO ADDED TO STATE WEALTH New Firms Granted Char ter During Week Tn .
 Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 16.-The new firms granted charters Thursday by the state of Mississippi added $170,- GOO to the capitalized wealth of the commonwealth. An amendment also approved by Acting Governor Dennis Murphree changed the time of hold ing municipal elections in Vicksburg.
 Charters approved were as follows /: Amendment to the charter of the city of Vicksburg, changing the date of the municipal election to the first Tues day in November every four years.
 Holland Motor company, capital stock $25,000, located at Tupelo.
 Forrest Lumber company of Kirby, capital stock $125,000.
 Cotton Is Ginned-Two bales of cot ton, the first this season, were ginned Friday morning.
 Fourteen Convicts Escape-Four- teen convicts have escaped from the state penitentiary already this month as compared with fifteen all during July.
 Cotton Being Picked-With the best prospect in years, cotton picking is underway in south Mississippi, accord ing to Sam Woods, state supervisor of civilian rehabilitation, has just re turned from an automobile trip through that section of south Mississippi in the interest of his work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
FOLKLORE OF THE INDIANS

Washington Irving's ideal of seeing an American folklore created has never been realized, chiefly for the reason that except in a few places the Amer ican people have had little occasion to do mora than embo1y in tradition the exploits Of famous local characters, snd, on rare occasions, to associate with some landmark a legend which more often than not had it's origin in the old world.
 But if the white race has been back ward in this respect and has turned to the fairy tales of Europe for stories t otell it's children, this is not true of the negroes nor of the Indians. Too little publicity has been given to Indian folklore. Much of it is still bound up in musty volumes of museums and journals of ethnology and anthropology. There have been, of course, q number of attempts to popularize some of the Indian tales. A dozen or more years ago volume of Zuni Indian myths was published in popular form, and a number of other tribal collections have also been put before the public. But there is still general ignorance of the fact that in the various myths and legends of the different Indian tribes is q wealth of material possessing poetioal and literary value, and having the background of locality which is the principal charm of so many old world legends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
SILVER DOLLAR
 TO RESTORED
Will Offer More Compe-
 tition In Future To Greenback

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The treasury embarked today on campaign to restore the silver dollar-0the "cart. wheel' which was so widely used 20 years ago to general circulation.
 The initial step was taken when one of the coins was placed in the pay en- veope of each of five thousand treas ury employees. Similar action will be suggested to the other government bu- reaus.
 During the past twenty years a steady stream of silver dollars has flowed into the treasury as the use ol paper money supplemented them on the receding frontiers of trade. The move ment was furthered by the government because of the expense and danger of transporting the heavy specie in mak- ing necessary settlements between banks. It has been estimated, how ever, that the upkeep of paper money costs the government around three per cent of it's total face value while main tenance of silver dollars costs prac, tically nothing. Arrangements have been made whereby various reserve banks will bear hereafter the expense of shipment of silver dollars.
 There are about $509, 100000 cart wheels available of which $439, 900 000 now are required by law to be held in the treasury against silver certificates and silver treasury notes outstanding. Officials said about $30,O00OOO might be considered as available for immed- fate distribution of the public demand requires that amount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
BUSINESS IN STEEL
 BEGINS TO EXPAND
Pronounced Feeling Of Opti-
 mism Peryades Industry

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.--An expansion of operations in the steel trade is &C., cepted as conclusive evidence that the market has definitely turned toward q large business, and the feeling of op- timism that has prevailed for several weeks past was more pronounced during the week under review. The continued rise in the price of agricultural prod ucts and the more favorable prospects for the settlement of the reparations problem have served to revive confl- dence' in the future. The demand for pig iron was fair and buyers extended their purchases into the fourth quarter.
 Copper has shown continued firmness, with a better demand reported for both export and home consumption. Hope for an early settlement of reparations, followed by Ioanssto Germany, has been reflected by further advances in foreign markets, while the expectation of in- creased consumption abroad, combined with reports of curtailed production, appears to have encouraged decidedly firmer attitude on the part of sellers. So far, no improvement has been noted in the demand for finished products, but prices for these are higher.
 Tin, after -reflecting easier London cables, rallied and made a new high for the movement on a keen demand from large interests, presumably antici- sumers.
 Lead advanced $1o ton. with offer ings light and consuming demand good.
 Zinc was firm, with demand quieter after considerable activity early in the week. Stocks increased 3,021 tons in July.
 Anthony, quiet but firnn. some ap- prehension is felt regarding shipments from China, owing to heavy floods $ as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
FROSTY WEATHER
 STIRS GRAIN TRADE
Corn Closes Week At C To II
 Cents Advance

CHICAGO, Aug. 1s.-October weather in August, with much of the nations corn crap racing against frost, has stirred up the grain trade to a high pitch this week Corn prices this morn ing compared with week back showed Sc to 11Ac gain per bushel, with oats at 3Hc to, 4Hc advance, wheat 2Ac to 3Nc up and provisions varying from 12c decline to q rise of s5c.
 Pressing need of 90 degree tempera- lures to bring the corn crop to maturity before killing frost puts an end to growth has been met day after day by chilly breezes, unwelcome rains, and on one occasion by frost itself, which, though light, was felt in Illinois and two adjoining states:~ Under such cir cumstances, demand for corn broadened greatly, whereas offerings became more meager except on the part of holders in a position to sell out and realize profits. Six cents a bushel rise in a single day was the most striking inn mediate result.
 share of their upward impetus by the action of corn. Oats in particular were eagerly bought near the end of the week on account of the unusual wide disparity which had developed between the price of eorn and that. of oats, be- sides a huge reduction in the volume of Canadian oats this season as com pared with last year was generally looked for here.
 Chances of frost damage to wheat in Canada had a good deal to do with wheat price bulges. Expectation, too, of quick settlement at London with Germany was also notable strength ening factor In the wheat market.
 In the provision pit the. effect of a decline in hog values was more or less an offset to the influence Of corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
RUSSIAN ARMY IN BALKANS
WrangIe's Men StiI Hang Together Ir
 .Iugo gIavia And Rulgaria

WrangIe's Men StiIl Hang Together In
 Jugo Slavia And Bulgaria
 In Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria there is well-organized remnant of the Rus sian army which fought the Bolsheviki | in South Russia at the head of this unit, which clings to it's old identity as the Russian army, is it's commanders in-chief, General Wrangel, with small staff. This army, numbering about 3O,- l 900 men is divided into two corps, which in turn are subdivided into divi- sions and regiments. Numerically, these regiments are far from complete mili- tary units, and serve merely as skeleton formations which could, in case of need, be complemented to full war strength.
 There is a strange sound in these words, 'the Russian army in the Bal kans!" A great deal of effort was ex- pended by the representatives of France and England, after the Crimean evac- uation of 1920, to disrupt the Russian army beyond hope of reorganization, i and the late NJ. Stambuliski, then prime minister of Bulgaria, together with the representatives of various Russian polit- 1 ical parties, aided France and England 1 in this undertaking. Nevertheless, the Russial army lives. It is not an army in the ordinary sense; that is to say, it has no. regular regiments, batteries and squadrons composed of men dressed in the same uniform and equipped with arms. About this army, however, there remains that imponderable and invisible something which goes to make the, soul of great fighting machine, and this has not been destroyed. The officers, soldiers and Cossacks who compose this army are scattered through Serbia and Bulgaria, working in small separate groups, as well as large units, on road building, railway construction, lumber ing, and in the mines. On weekdays they are common laborers. On Sundays and important holidays, however, they don their uniforms; in the morning they march to church in military forma- tion, and in the evening they attend dis cussions, lectures, concerts and amateur performances in their spotlessly clean barracks. They all live in the hope that Russia will not perish, and that they will yet have the good fortune to serve their country. The young men are dili- gently studying foreign languages and entering, so far as possible. the techni- cal schools of Czecho-SIovakia, France and Germany, to prepare themselves for further usefulness in the Russia that is to be.-A Loukomsky in the Current History Magazine.