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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Ry No Means

Here are some films / had taken
during the war. Please print one pic
ture from EACH"
"Mountedf"
"NoI was in the infantry
Farm Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

He-To think that the tunnel we've
just come through cost three million
dollarsl
She-An entire waste OF money as
far as you're concernedi
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Missing

Mrs. Flatbush.--The man was here
today looking for gas leak.
Mr.. Flatbush.-And did he find IT.
Eyes, but they haven't found the man
YET
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
No Money in II

IT thought you said he was welded
to his art"
$50 he was, but he applied for
divorce on the ground of non-support."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Somethina 70 CIV About

Kind Gentleman-what are you
crying for?
Small boy-I forget.
'sThen why do you cry2"
cause l can't remember."-Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

"Your nephew graduated from col
Iege a spell ago. didn't her" asked
Farmer Fumblegate.
Yes" replied Farmer Field, but
he is recovering now"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
A Wish

II every wish wish for you
(or half Of them) should e'er come true.
You'd be so happy that my pen
Need write no wish for you agalni
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Wosn't Ouer.uorked

''The Dnbbleighs had mind reader
at their house the other evening"
"What dull time he must have
had"-The Progressive Grocer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

Anoiut the eyeiids with Roman Bye Bal
sam at night and see how refreshed and
strengthened your eyes are in the morning.
Send now to s72 Pearl ST.. N. Y. Adv.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Simply Killing

MIstress-so you are taken with the
butcher, Mary?
Maid-Indeed am. ma'am-he's
simply killing!
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Can Hold himself In

docs your husband love you as well
as he did when you were first mar
riedf' .s...-..s
HE claims to. but he doesn't make
such a fuss about It."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

Floating wharfs that permit land
ing from vessels during the seasonal
floods have been built at Pnompenh,
Cambodla.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Conspicuous Notice

Raymond, aged Eve, returned from
Sunday school in a state of evident
excitement.
"oh, mother" he exclaimed, his
eyes sparkling, <"the superintendent
said something nice about me in his
prayer this morning.
"What did he say?"
''He said, oh, we thank Thee for
food aud Raymond.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
The Difference

Daughter-Dld you have TO fst
much. mamma. before you caught
papaf
Mother-Fish1 my dear, fishq was
ber-hunting.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
NOT POSSIBLE

"As a husband he travels a straight
end narrow way"
HAS toll leads past the most In
qulsitive bunch of neighbors man
ever had"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Richea hi Dream PoIuer

single dose Of Or, Peery's dead Shot
will eKpel Worms or Tapeworm. No second
lose required. s72 Pearl St.. N. y. Adv.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
BY THE SAD SEA WAVES

Mrs. Landsman-Oh, there's an old
sailor. wonder II he can dance
hornpipe.
Her observation-disclosures a hornpipe7
No. He's smoking 1t. Don't you smell
the burning horn7
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Settled by Mutineers

Pitcairn island. In the South Pacific
ocean, has an area Of only about two
square miles and population of
about 100 souls. 1t was settled in 100
by mutineers from the British ship
Bounty.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

Don't have so many chores that you
have no time for contemplation.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

Hear one side and you will be In
the dark; hear both sides and all will
be clear.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

bodied flavor Of this wholesome grain.
Every member Of the family can drink
it every meal Of the day, enjoy its
delieiousness, crave it, knowing there
isn't a sleepless hour, q headache or
taut nerve In it.
For the sake Of your years follow
ing age 81, we want you to try
Postum for thirty days. You can't eI-
pect to overcome the effects of habit
Of years in two or three days, or even
week. To make this a sporting
proposition, we viii give you a weeks
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cup with every meal for a week. But
we want you to carry on for the full
thirty days.
Carrie blanchard, who has person
ally served Postum to over 100000
people, will send you her own directions
for preparing it. Indicate whether
you want Instant Postum, the easiest
drink in the world to prepare, or
Postum Cereal, the kind you boil, for
your weeks free supply. Either form
costs less than most other hot drinks.
Fill out the coupon, and get your first
weeks free supply Of Postum-noiVl
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

Every time a man cUnceals a fault
he adds to his collection.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

The balance Of political power is
frequently in the hands Of dnen who
can do nothing but vote and fihd fault.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

Even the optimlst forgets to smile
when the tax collector comes around.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27
Hes Plumb Looney

The biggest fool know
Is Nutty William Goof.
Who thinks that he can make
A motor car foolproof.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-27

recommend It. The kind you have
always bought bears signature Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24
In Death Valley.

A LTHOUGH little rain falls in
Death Valley. so named from the
terrible loss of life from heat which
occurred there in 1850, cloudbursts of
the utmost fury are often expert
enced. The cloud is always formed
above the mountains, and after
time it's dubious body strikes a peak.
Floods of waters are released on the
instant, and in waves of incredible
size they roll down the cliffs and
canyons
In an hour the face OF a mountain
may be so changed as to be scarcely
recognizable. Even the lighter
storms sometimes rip the heart out
Of canyon so that only gulches and
where once, perhaps, a good trail ex-
listed.
One night a man named Carter
slept in camp near the mouth of Fur
mace Creek Canyon with a bug
hunter" as the desert-trampinE sci
entists are called out there. II was
so hot that the naturalist could not
sleep.
About midnight he heard a roaring
noise up the canyon. which. as it kept
increasing in volume, caused him to
look that way. To his surprise he
saw, as he supposed, the sky between
the canyon walls grow suddenly
white.
At that moment Carter rolled over,
and the bug hunter" asked him what
allied the sky, Carter gave one glance
and shouted:
'Cloudburst! Climb"
They scrambled up the steep wall
as best they could, just in time to
save their lives. Carter thinks the
foaming wall of water that whitened
the sky and swept everything before
1t was not less than 100 feet high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24

We'll, / am affiliated with college
clubs. but my time has been so fully
occupied with social service inter
ests that / have never found the lei
sure for clubs which have not had a
serious rather than an artistic pur-
pose. However / do not mean to in
innate that life should be all work
and no play. The stress of activity
along serious lines should not be per-
mitted to monopolize all our time.
Recreation has its proper place. and
any hobby or study which tends TO
develop the artistic side Of our ma
ture should be indulged
'The finer the sensibilities a per-
son has, the deeper will be his hu-
man understanding and sympathy,
and a genuine benefactor to society
must possess these qualities to a high
degree. So while L do not avail my
self of the luxury of the usual club
activities, I do not deny their useful
ness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24

Where are these papers?" Crick-
may asked.
In my safe deposit box" said Ar
villa.
| Crickmay drew a deep breath and
| smiled. This woman had both char
| acter and intelligence. She knew
what she was about. He decided on
| the instant TO lay his cards on the
table.
"A hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars in gilt-edged railroad bonds" he
said. Arvilla jumped, stared, flushed.
and went pale.
| You know all about it" she cried,
and shrank back in her chair. Have
l done wrong then, after alp
| Crickmay rose and held out his
hand
| have done the rightest thing posi-
BILE. Will you shake hands,
Arvilla shook hands. and smiled
uncertainty. still pale. II didn't mean
to, at first" she confessed with child
like candor. but last night woke
up. I couldn't keep them. You know;
| it wouldn't be honest"
NO" said Crickmay. IT can see
that you couldn't, but 1 am deeply
| grateful to you for not trying. Let
! me tell you my part of the story"
He read to her the telegram, the
memorandum of Henry's report, and
part of the full particulars from New
York.
Arvilla listened with intent, earn
est eyes fixed on his face. She was
thinking once more of that poor
his mothers hungry heart. This boy
was sick and forsaken, among
strangers.
What do you advise me to do?'
she asked, when the reading was
| finished.
II am hardly in a position to ad-
wise you professionally" said Crick
may. Il represent the other side of
the matter, you know. But, with
your permission. I will telegraph to
| New York and lay the facts before
my principals, with my recommends
tions. ! believe they will do the
right thing. I will telephone you as
soon as / have their answer"
II am quite satisfied to leave the
matter in your hands" said Arvilla,
| 80 far AS / am concerned. But what
about that poor boy at Reno, sick
and alone among strangers?"
Crickmay smiled at her. How like
a woman to put it that way. Hardly
| a boy" said he. "thirty-four, accord
| ing to the record, you know. He
seems to be in safe hands, at least.
I think we may rely upon his family
to see that he is properly cared for"
,Arvilla did not think so, but she
said nothing more about it. She had
the feeling that the care his family
| had been giving him thus far left
much to be desired. She took her
leave now, and Crickmay shook hands
again, cordially, as he showed her
out. She was really too good to be
true, but he found it impossible to
doubt her.
X x X X
| A RVILLA went steadily about her
"A small concerns and made ready
for bed earlier than usual. Before
she put out her light she took up the
photographs. HE said 1 had done
the 'rightest thing possible" she
| murmured. II wonder if 1 did. That
poor boy of yours will not get the
money that belongs to him, after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24
BY EMILY STOWE,

OUNCE her installation as president
~ of the League of Women Voters
Miss Belle Sherwin has attended
three national conventions-the Re-
publican, the Democratic and the Pro-
gressive-and has succeeded in hav-
ing incorporated in the various party
platforms the planks upon which the
association stands.
The policy of the League of Wom-
en- Voters is non-partisan. Its pur-
pose is to prepare women for citizen
ship and to instruct them to make
use of the privilege of voting. The
task set for the next few months is
epitomized in the slogan Get out the
vote" Statistics show that in past
elections a surprisingly small per-
centage OF the population exercised
the privilege of voting. This was
especially true of the women voters,
due, no doubt, to the long-established
habit of taking no active interest in
affairs Of state.
Miss Sherwin is Cleveland. Ohio.
woman. She finished at Wellesley
College and later studied at Oxford,
England. For six years she was in
structor in history in New England
schools, and has been for some time
past trustee Of Wellesley College.
Her natural desire to be of service
led her into various associations for
the welfare of women and children.
and she gradually acquired so many
responsibilities in this work that she
was compelled to discontinue her
teaching in order that she might give
her entire time to social service.
She is director at large Of the As
ISOLATION for Criminal Justice in
Cleveland, member OF the National
Municipal League, Child Welfare AS
ISOLATION. Consumers League. Visit
ing Nurses Association and Womens
Committee of National Defense.
During her incumbency as vice
president of the League of Women
Voters Miss Sherwin toured the coun-
try, iecturing on the various issues
of the leagues platform. Tho the
cries on efficiency in government won
her wide recognition as a person of
constructive thinking.
The league has outlined three def
mite tasks as the program for the
present administration. They are:
To urge efficiency in government by
means of the merit system as the
basis of appointment to Office and
promotion in office; to advocate gov
ernmental responsibility for the well
fare OF women and children, and to
cooperate for the prevention of war,
advocating a policy of participation
in international conferences.
Asked il she believed in affiliation
with the type of club whose members
are interested in the study OF poetry
or story-writing or painting, Miss
Sherwin looked up with a surprised
smile and said:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24

r. ROM the time she wore frecklcs
l. and pigtails, Arvilla had been
gambler. Not that she
i played poker, or bet on the
ponies. or even bought oil
stocks. She had only the vaguest
idea of the difference between bridge
and haccarat. All the same, Arvilla
was a gambler.
At seven she Sanbled away her
new slate with the red felt on the
corners for an old brass locket that
would not open. 1t was quite well
understood that there was nothing
much to be said for this locket, as
locket. What fascinated Arvilla
was that it would not open. and
therefore might contain hidden treas
ure when at last her brother pried 1t
open with his jack knife and re-
vealed nothing more precious than
rather ratty-looking wisp Of hair.
ArYilla was disappointed but not cast
down.
At nineteen she gambled away her
nlaidenly estate and the safety and
comfort OF her fathers house for an
understood travelling man whom she
had met three times Arvilla knew
well enough that as an immediate
husband he wasn't SO much; but she
was simply certain that within his
idbitet tIitdp ana battered outer case
there beat heart of gold. Also, that
he Seethed inwardly with hidden
powers which one day would make
him a leader in the world of men and
money.
Arvilla made killing this time. so
far at least as the heart of gold was
concerned. 1t was really there, and
for eight long years she held the
only key to it. But she never sue
ceeded in cashing in on any of the
hidden powers. Perhaps it was only
because they were SO thoroughly hid
den. She never admitted. even to
herself, that they did not exist at all
When at last railroad wreck
snapped shut the cheap and battered
outer case forever. Arvilla stopped
thinking about hidden powers She
took the life insurance which the
heart of gold had scrimped so pa
tiently TO carry, and the money which
the railroad claim adjuster offered
for the battered outer case, and
bought small brick building 1t
had two StoreroomS on the first floor
and two apartments on the second
She rented one-haIf to druggist.
kept the other half for herself. and
established a snug little millinery
shop downstairs and a snug little
home upstairs. She said to herself that
she Was all through-she would gam
bic no more.
Her cure was short-lived. In trac-
ing her husbands baggage, she learn
ed that the railroad and express COM
panles held a. regular intervals auc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24

Crickmay leaned back in his chair
and stretched his arms high over his
head in a gesture of triumph, and
laughed aloud. "Oh, 'Frabjous Day."
he cried: What a bully world it is
And what a bully little sport!
back Arvilla against the field"
1t must be confessed that Arvilla
was absolutely incurable
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24

"All my life ! have expected to find
hidden treasure that had belonged to
some one else. l have found il now
and 1t is really mine. my very own.
please forgive me for writing such
long letter. but 1 felt / must tell
you all about it. 1 will mail this at
Panama tomorrow.
'Goodby, my friend
"Arvilla Carter Littleton."
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-06
CLIMATE CHANGES

Every old timer will tell you
that we don't have winters now
like those in the old days. When
the boys and girls thought bob,
sled party was the apoges of fun.
and they were right-and when no
body thought a thing OF having to
go oHt on below-zero morning to
thaw out the pump.
Maybe they're right, maybe
wrong. And by the way, the old
timers are often more nearly right
than young folks give them credit
However that may be, the truth
is that this old earth is by NO
means stationary as regards eli
mate, and there is no guarantee
whatever that we and our grand
children will experience the same
kind Of weather.
A case in point is the recent
excavation, in a mine digging in
Alaska, of the bones and q Sec
ton of hide of mastodon. The
animal, scientists declare, never
could have survived Alaska's pres
ent cold. 1t was a monstrous
beast, but it throve best in the
warmth.
/ So. they reason, Alaska once
may have been as warm as Flori-
Eda is now. Twas a matter of years
somewhere between a quarter
billion and two billion, Nature
usually is slow, usually thorough.
But who knows what whims may
seize her? The next time you hear
the story of the cold winter Of 80
lend a respectful ear. You may
have occasion to tell your grand.
son some day of the time when
there were horses.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-06
LOOK ON THE. BRIGHT SIDE

Have you ever heard the fellow
next to you say that he was sick
of his job, that there wasn't any
thing to it and for two cents he'd
give it up. Yes, you have. and
maybe the fellow next to you has
heard you say the same thing.
There is an old saying of DR..
Johnson's that it is worth thous.
and pounds a year to have the
habit Of looking on the bright side
of things. Sometimes it is pretty
hard, when everything seems to
be going wrong to look ON the
bright side, but if one will make
this a habit, things will appear to
be better whether they are or not
and it will be a great source of
help to the individual who is al
ways inclined to take the wrong
view. This can be cultivated to
some degree, it might be hard at
first, but il one will try. he car
do wonders, SO the next lime you
hear your fellow worker make a
remark about being SILK Of his
job, tell hime to cheer up al1
quote Dr. Johnson's little saying
to him and when you find your
self feeling the same way, do like
wise, and you will see the silver
lining-Hotel Bulletin.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-06
HUMAN LIFE IS CHEAP

Since the beginning of history,
human life has been held more
cheaply than anything else in the
world. 1t is SO held today.
A large percentage of the human
race has always met death through
the criminality, ignorance or care.
lessness Of fellow men
Could the minds of all men be
directed to the preservation of hui
man life, what a difference it
would make! No more wars, no
more murders, no more prevent
able deaths through automobile
accidents, no more lives lost in
fires started through carelessness
how changed would be the front
pages of our daily newspapers!
To mention only three causes IF
violent death, the best authorf-
ties estimate that in the United
States each year 10000 are muir
dered, $4,000 are killed in automo-
bile accidents and $4,000 are burn
ed to death.
The total number of persons
killed in accidents now reaches
more than $4,000 a year.
While giving our attention to a
multitude, of other reforms and
isms, would it not be we'll to de-
vote more serious thought and &C
ton towards reducing this appall-
ing and unnecessary waste of hui
man life.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-06
THE SCOTCHMAN AND EDI
TORIAIS

Give us your news, not your
opinions: we can form our opin-
ions If you tell us accurately
what is happening"
This is. what a hard-headed
Scotchman told the editor Of his
paper when asked for his opinion
on the value of editorials. 1t
maybe that this same spirit has
left an impression on the minds
OF many Badger editors, whose
weekly papers are now conspic-
uous by the absence of an editor.
ial column.
Some Wisconsin editors pre-
sent an editorial opinion in their
news stories, that is they editor.
ialize the news. This later prac-
tice of coloring the news is also
out of step with the Scotchman's
idea of getting the news and not
opinions. Mondays 1t. IL & fairly
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-06
AN OLD PHILOSOPHY OF
LIFE

Did it ever occur to you that a
mans life is full of crosses and
temptations? He comes into the
world without his consent and goes
out of it again against his will,
and the trip between is exceeding
ly rocky The rule of contraries is
one of the features of the. trip
When he is little, the big girls
kiss him; when he is big, the
little girls kiss him, If he is poor,
he is a bad manager; if he is rich,
he is dishonest. If he needs credit,
he can't get it; if he is prosperous,
everyone wants to do him. a favor.
II he is in politics, it is for.
graft; if he is out of politics. he is
no good to his country If he does
not give to charity, he is stingy
cuss; if he does, it is for show.
If he is actively religious, he is q
hypocrite; if he takes no interest
in religion, he is hardened sim
ner. Ii he gives affection, he is a
soft specimen; if he cares for no
one, he is cold blooded. If he dies
young, there was a great future
before him; il he lives to AN old
age, he missed his calling:
If you save money, you're crouch,
II you spend it, you're a loafer;
II you get it, you're CRATER:
IL you can't get it, you're a bum:
So what the HI the use?
-Sunimundi-Arco.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-06
W. o. porter

The last rites for the late w
D. Porter were held on Friday at.
ternoon. At the home, 220 Eighth
street, the Grand Army of the Re
public ritual service was read by
Register of Deeds c. M. Dubois,
Jane Dibble, a veteran. who usual.
ly gives the ritual, was not able
to be present.
At Trinity Episcopal church the
service was read by the rector,
Rev. R. NJ. Laurenson, assisted by
Mr.. Porter's son-in-law, DR.. Rich.
ard Rowley. Vocal numbers were
given by Mrs. Laurenson and Mrs
g. w. Snyder, with Mrs. J. H
Scheible at the organ.
The church was filled with rela-
tives, neighbors. friends ard com
rades, there being twenty members