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New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
Letter from Karl whitney to Leslie

Letter from Karl whitney to Leslie
 Prescott
 My Dear Leslie. was very much surprised when Mother Hamilton came to mo the other day and ask cd me to look up the life and char acter of Zoe Ellington. who was at your place. T
 The girl has always seemed to me very beautiful character and. since Mother Hamilton had not told me about the, visit she had from some mysterious young wom- an in Switzerland, it all came upon me like lightning from a clear sky
 Everything that girl told Mother Hamilton was true. It seems that Zoe had been left without any way of supporting herself after her brothers death. .-r
 I do not think he told her to go 10 his wife, who is now Mrs. Burke, for something have heard makes me feel that Zoe forged the letters IT ubl uNl to lpu' NV when she decided to come 10 Amer lea. a.
 The jewel bandits evidently sent her on to reconnoiter and this she was going to do, because from the time that her brother died until she left for America eyeryonc's hand was against her.
 l can't help but feel sorry for her, Leslie. believe that if by any pos sibility she is found you will learn that she has been true to you and yours. A girl with as beautiful a face as she could not be wholly bad.
 You- would be very happy if you could see your mother, Leslie. She has gained in health and spirits at least fifty per cent, She is looking quite like her old self again, and l am very proud and happy 10 be her | willing attendant wherever she wants to go. It gives me a little l glow about the heart whenever your mother calls me son. I think that I. toos am getting back where the world does not seem such a howl | ing wilderness as It did for a long ! time back.
 Mother Hamilton and talk lot about the new baby, It was awful ly sweet of you 10 call him, after both Sydney and myself. I expect his father calls him Syd but Mother Hamilton and always speak of him as Karl.
 hope you will let us know ii anything develops in regard to the pearls and Zoe and Syd. Surely those pearls have been tears foI us all, haven't they?
 Perhaps you had better sell them
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
Gossip,s Corner
Perfect Grooming

The combs and brushes you use for your hair should be kept im- maculately clean by frequent cleans ings in ammonia water.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
Air Them First

Frochs should never be hung ID in a closed wardrobe immediately a%cr they have been taken from the body, but should be placed where they may be thoroughly aired.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
To Nhiten Linen

To whiten linen if it has become yellow add one teaspoon of cream of tartar to leach quart of water in which you wash it.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24

The narrow stock of figured silk or fancy ribbon is frequently worn with the one-piece dress with the round or square neckline. It gives 1t the tailored air that is so much liked these days. Likewise it adds pep 10 an old costume.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
Easy tn Make

Collar and cuff sets of ribbon in black or bright coors are shown for sport costumes.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
Thoroughly Feminine

Embroidered ret is an effective trimming for lingerie frocks Of voile and organde.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
Good Team Work

In connection with the print dress the nsc of the wide jabot is almost inevitable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-13

An artificial speaking machine was
demonstrated by Sir Richard Paget.
By blowing into 1t and lingering stops
he mechanically produced complete
words and sentences.
He used this device to illustrate his
theory of the development of human
language from the unintelligible roars.
grunts, squeaks, howls and whistles of
our prehistoric ancestors
In those early days, he said. ac-
cording to the New York World, man
used his larynx to roar. to grunt with
and al. the same time he communicated
his ideas TO others by grimaces and
the movements of tongue and lips.
The next step was the discovery that
by blowing air through the mouth
while he was grimacing the move
ments of his tongue and lips produced
changes of whispered sounds, SO that
the various grimaces could be recog-
nfzed even when his back was turned.
The last stage In the great inven-
ton of speech came when our primi-
tive ancestors discovered that by roar
ing and grunting at the same time as
they whispered the audible grimace
became recognizable ten or twenty
times farther Off than before. They
also found that they could vary the
note of their roars and grunts with
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POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
,@. 1925. western Newspaper Union. ,
DANGERS OF BASKET
BALL FOR GIRLS

THE girl Of today is as different
= from her grandmother in her play
as she is in her clothes. This is nat
urally the case in fact, it is probable
that present-day sports have been one
of the important reasons for present
day clothes. Our grandmOthers, who
were taught to walk sedately, TO sit
do anything 'boisterous or unlady
like would be Mortified at the sight
of basketball game in any of our
school gymnasiums or Fairgrounds.
Girls of today are better and more
sensibly dressed than they have been
in centuries. Athletic sports and out
door games are far better for the
growing girl than crocheting tides
and embroidering notices, yet there
are dangers in excessive activity Of
any kind. In a recent issue of the
Child Health Magazine, DIR. j. Anna
Norris. physical director for women
at the University of Minnesota. calls
attention to some of the dangers in
basketball for women.
AS Doctor Norris well says. basket
ball is the most popular indoor game
for girls. 1t affords opportunity for
vigorous recreation, for team play,
and for healthy social relations. 1t
should, however, be played by girls
rules and under proper conditions.
1t is a recognized fact that basket
ball as played by boys is too strenuous
and severe game for girls. The
physical directors of the leading
women's schools have modified the
game so as to adapt ii to the strength
and endurance of girl players. The
first important change in the girls
rules is to discourage personal con-
tact and struggling by making it
foul to hold, block or snap the ball
from the hands of another player.
The second important change is to
provide number of different courts
Of different sizes, depending on the
ages of the girl players. This makes
it possible for each girl to play in
her own court and with girls of her
own age and physical strength. The
third change Is the division or the
fifteen or twenty minute halves of
the game into quarters, making the
actual playing time not more than ten
minutes at a stretch.
Probably the last change is the
most important. The long playing
periods, with the constant activity
necessary In basketball, places Sc
we're strain on the players hearts. No
girl should be allowed to play basket
ball until she has had a careful phys
ical examination with especial refer
ence to the condition of her heart
and until competent person has de-
cided that she has sound heart and
is capable of playing without injury
to herself. Both the games themselves
and the practice periods should be
strictly limited so that continuous
playing is not allowed for more than
ten minutes at a time.
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Mysterious and efficient young
female, this girl! But can she
take care of herself in such
surroundings?
eTo BE coNTINUED.)
RegroUing Forests

The regrowth of timber provided for
In the national forests where the or
iginal stand Of timber is cut and re-
moved varies with the forest types
involved. In many forest types the
regrowth is present in the form of
seedlings or saplings at the time that
the overstore of old and mature tim
Der is removed. Where this is not the
case carefully selected trees are left
standing. From these trees come the
seed that regenerates the area. In the
case of Douglas fir on the Pacific
coast, seed Is stored up of such guam
titles in the duff on the ground that
the best results are obtained by cut
ting the area clean and depending on
this stored seed supply for regenera-
ton. In some cases it is necessary to
plant after cutting in order to insure
second crop within reasonable
time.
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gang were steadily embittering the re-
lations between whites and reds,
which had been amicable almost since
the advent of the first pioneer.
Whichever district the girl was
bound for, it was impossible to mis-
take the course that she would take
initially. In front of Lee lay long
backbone of mountain, with only a
single pass into the interior over a
range of many miles.
Scanning the valley carefully. Lee
saw, about mile beyond the pass, a
thin curl of smoke rising into the still
air.
Satisfied that he had the girl in
sight, Lee hesitated for a while. I'M
decided whether to ride up to her, or
to camp where he was, keeping look
out for Pierre and Shorty In the end
he decided that the better course
would be to make himself known. and
accordingly he descended the slope
and followed the. trail along the bank
Of the river until he reached the camp.
The girl had already set up her tent.
her horse was tethered near the
stream, and she was cooking her din
ner at a fire which she had made.
She looked very trim and business
like with her sleeves rolled up tc her
elbows and her air Of being completely
at home in these surroundings.
AS Lee jumped from his horse she
started; then looked at him with an
expression of calm which was an at
tempt to conceal a very obvious trepi-
dation.
"Good evening" he called. I'm
travelling your way, and saw your
camp fire, so took the liberty of join
ing you, If there's no objection"
She stared hard at him as IL his adj
vent were some long expected blow
that had suddenly fallen. For few
moments she seemed under the in
fiuence of an all-possessing fear. Then
mastering it, she answered with the
same affectation Of indifference:
"You can camp where you like, Of
course. The range Is free for ALL"
Lee. little staggered at the unwil-
lirigness of this invitation, decided
that 1t would be better for the present
not to alarm her with any explana-
lions and proceeded to pitch his tent
near hers While he was unloading his
pack and watering his horse, the girl
went on with her meal, without paying
any attention to him.
Lee, feeling both uncomfortable and
foolish, was beginning to wish he had
waited, when horse neighed close at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-13
Spot Rich in History

During the Revolutionary war every
prominent hill in the vicinity Of larry
town, N. Y, was the scene Of an en-
counter or fertilization, says the De-
troit News. Maj. John Andre. the
English spy, was captured in larry
town. There is a monument commem-
Grating this event. A little stream
nearby is called Andre brook and a
large whitewood, which formerly stood
near the monument, was called An
dre's tree. In 1777 vaughan's troops
landed here, and here occurred the
capture of the British by Major Hunt
and force of volunteers.
The town is famous also as the
birthplace and home of Washington
Irving. On the north is Sleepy Hol-
low, where he was buried, and on the
south of the village is Sunnyside,
where his home still stands. larry
town is one of the oldest settlements
in New York.
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MICE TAUGHT TO AN
SWER DINNER BELL

no WE inherit what our fathers
- learned and will our children
inherit what we learn? This ques-
ton, which scientific men term the
problem Of the inheritance of ac-
quired characteristics" has long di-
vided the scientific world into two
hostile camps.
Whether man inherits acquired
knowledge or not, may be an open
question, but apparently white mice
do. Prof. Ivan P. Pawlow, the we'll
known Russian psychologist, tells in
a recent issue of Science how he
taught white mice to come to dinner
when the dinner bell rang.
The first generation of mice re-
quired three hundred lessons before
they learned the connection between
dinner and the dinner bell. When
they finally learned it, they trotted to
the feeding-trough as soon as they
heard the bell. Their children only
needed one hundred lessons. while
their grandchildren learned to come
TO dinner when the bell rang in one
third of the time their fathers re-
quired. The fourth generation did
still better, while the fifth generation
were apparently born with an inher-
tied sense of the connection, since
after the dinner bell had rung only
five times, they were at the dinner
table and all ready for their food
Professor Pawlow says that he ex-
poets future generations of these
white mice to be born with a knowl-
edge of the connection so that they
will associate the ringing of the bell
with their dinner the first time they
hear 1t.
Will the same rule apply to human
beings? We do not know. We can't
experiment with men and women,
boys and girls and babies as we can
with white mice.
How many of US know anything
about the personal habits or charac-
teristic3 of our great. great grandpa
Tiers? The man over fifty who mar
ried at the average period. probably
has grandchildren of from two to FIVE
years old His grandfather. who Is
his grandchiIdren's great-great-grand-
father, was probably born about
hundred years ago. Unfortunately,
we haven't any records, either of the
pecuIiarities of people born century
ago or even of the fact that they
were born at all. We will know more
about human animals when we keep
as careful records of our children as
we do of our prize bulls, fast horses.
bulldogs, chickens and Persian cats.
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CHAPTER III
An Unwelcome Guardian

Lee rode off hot with indignation
at the landlords innuendo about the
r. C. NJ. p. But this soon yielded to
anxiety about the girl. The disclosure
that the two men were from Siston
lake and the recollection of the con-
versation he had overheard. convinced
him that they were planning to kid
nap and convey her there.
Such a plan would seem inconceiv-
lieving their organization firmly en-
trenched in power, would stop at very
little. Other things equally sinister
had been done by them.
However, Lee began to breathe
more freely when he had left the
squaIid little town behind him. He
walked or trotted his horse till noon.
gradually ascending toward the out
skirts of the range through a fairly
open country.
The SHOWS might hold off for two or
three weeks yet, and Lee felt confident
that well within that period he would
be able to bring back Pelly, if the lat
ter were in the region, unless he took
alarm, in which event of course Lee
would have to bring his horse back to
Little Falls and prepare for long
winters chase. The new dominion
force carries on the tradition of the old
North West; it does not return with
out its man.
Siston lake was admirably adapted
for the needs of the Free Traders. 1t
was at the extreme northern limits of
the range, or little beyond. and the
head Of lake and river system by
which communication could be had by
water north to Fort Churchill c. York
Factory or west as far as Lake Atha-
basca.
The York boat, laden to the gunwale
with supplies Of liquor, could push
anywhere along the thousands of lakes
and streams, acting as mother boat In
| turn to the canoe, with one or more
cases. And over alb this vast, Hide
fined district the hooch-runner had
almost unlimited sway, proving a
serious rival TO the legitimate trading
| interests, since he carried his poison
Into the Indians camping grounds and
| took his pick Of the choicest furs.
His trade embraced viIer one All
along the fringe of white settlement it
was active. It had sprung up like a
| fungus overnight, during the dIsorgan-
iizatIon Of the police In consequence
Of the war and the readjustment. The
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By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Copyright by w. @. Chapman
WNU Service.

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whether this was an early departure
or some belated arrival, and then,
turning over, managed to lose con-
sciousness for AN hour or two longer.
At last, when further sleep had be-
come impossible, he sat up, struck a
match. and looking at his watch, dis
covered that it was nearly six o'clock.
| He threw his blankets over his arm,
stepped over the sprawling limbs of
the sleepers, and went out TO the
stable where he watered his horse.
afterward kicking his heels about the
place until, in the first glimpse of the
dawn, the squaw came shutting into
the kitchen.
Lee went in. Get me cup of cof-
fee and piece of bread" he said.
putting fifty-cent piece into her hand.
"That'll be enough for me. I've got to
be moving"
The woman filed the kettle from a
pail of water on the kitchen table.
Lee asked:
you know that girl who came last
night?"
Me not know um," the squaw
grunted. as she set the kettle on the
stove
Don't know what time she's leav-
ing, / suppose?"
Girl UNI gone. Gone at four
O'clock" grunted the squaw.
Lee whistled softly. That was her
horse that he had heard, then. She
was losing no time, whatever her busi-
ness and destination might be. Lee
fidgeted while the coffee came to the
boil, and had just gulped down cup
full and taken few bites at the bread
and butter which the woman gave him
when the landlord came sleepily in,
and Lee took the opportunity of set
Ting his bill.
"Well, you're shore off early"
grumbIed the fat proprietor. "Say.
she beat you TO it, though u
'Who is she?" Lee inquired.
Blamed eff I know. Nobody here
abouts seems to know her. But
shucks, Little Falls amt more'n three
or four year old! Guess she's the gal
of one of the old-timers back from
school or college. Or she'll be goin'
up to the Moravian mission, like as
not. Yes, sir, that shore must be it.
She wouldn't be gOin' to any Of them
hooch-runners up to Siston lake."
That's Railways joint, isn't IT."
$50 they say" A cunning look
came into his eyes. 81 guess we amt
boEherin' our heads none about that
Free Trader outfit since they're there
to stay. No, sir, ii don't do to know
too much about Captain Carcajou,
now that the police is In with him."
Lee almost betrayed himself as he
struggled not to display his indigna-
ton. 'You mean the r.. c. NJ. P.'s
been bought by that scum in Mont
real?' he demanded.
That's what they're sayin' in these
amt so, why don't they git after that
Captain Carcajou as they calls him?
You heerd what he did TO that camp
of Indians last summer? Shore Well.
I amt sayin' nothin' and l amt speak
in for meself, you understand. I'm
only sayin, what other folks say. Why,
there's two of Railways gang in this
here hotel"
"You mean the big breed and the
red-headed manT
"Shore / do" The landlord winked
at him. "Hooch-runners from Siston
lake"
"What're they doing here?" asked
Lee.
81 guess they amt here fer no good
That's why 1 was wishin' you'd had
the sand to stand up to 'em last night,
boy 70
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vertised and thought would try it and
it has helped me in all my troubles. I
have had six children and have taken
the Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Com
pound before each one was born, for
weakness, vomiting, poor appetite and
backache, and again after childbirth be-
cause of dizzy headaches. 1t is good
medicine for it always helps me. have
also taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver
Pills for the last eight years for con
stipation. = Mrs. MABEL LA POINT,
r. F. D. No. l, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.
In recent canvass, SO out of every
100 women say they were benefited by
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
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roundings.
hand, his horse and the girls
answered, and minute later Pierre
Cauchon and his companion Shorty
rode into view through the gathering
darkness.
Pierre's behavior at the sight of Lee
was almost ludicrous. He pulled his
horse up short with an oath, and sat
looking from Lee to the girl in almost
comical surprise. Shorty, dismounting
in a hurried manner, repeated his
companions gestures. For several
moments the light Of the camp fire
sifhouetted the calm faces of the girl
and Lee and the vindictive, scowling
ones of the two men.
Then Pierre leaped TO the ground
by gar, It's de Teller dat tell me
'dat'll be ALI, he shouted. what you
t'ink you're doing here, you d-n four
fiusher?"
Maybe the same as you," said Lee.
'Ho, no, dat's goodi" roared the
breed. you t'ink we take you In as
pardner, heinz"
Wouldn't go with you. I've got
my own hand to play" Lee answered.
You won't play it here. them" bel
lowed Shorty.
Oaths poured from his lips. "Pack
and vamosep yelled Pierre. The two
advanced on Lee with belligerent ges-
lures
Lee held up his hand as the fists
threatened him. Didn't 1 tell you
don't fight?' he drawled deceptfvely.
You dom fight? BY gar, you're
goin' TO fight. dis time or git" yelled
Pierre. you 'fraid of gittin' whipped,
ell ~
That's about the size of It."
laughed Lee That's why shoot In
sread-quick and straight and sure,
gentlemen r
His right hand made movement
in his coat pocket, but his automatic
was in the holster at the back of his
hip, and there was nothing In the
pocket more lethal than his pipe.
But Pierre, who was nearest,
changed color. The man was cur at
heart, as Lee had suspected. He
lleaped back with snarl. Shorty
stepped back, too, though not quite so
violently. and the two. Withdrawing
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Taking the Edge of Joy

"rd hate to give somebody a pres
ent," remarked the Man on the Car.
under the impression that it is more
blessed to give than receive, and then
hear tlfat my gift had been taken back
to the store from which it was pur
chased and credited on the recipients
charge account."-Yoledo Blade.
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~ANo YOUR

SYNOPSIS.-Lee Anderson, Roy
al Canadian Mounted Police SER
geant. Is sent to Stony range to
arrest a man named Pelly for
murder. He is also instructed to
look after Jim Railway, reputed
head of the Free Traders" Illicit
liquor runners. At Little Falls
he finds Pelly is credited with
having found a gold mine. and
is missing. At the hotel appears
a girl. obviously out of place in
the rough surroundings. A half
breed. Pierre. and a companion.
Shorty" annoy the girl An
derson interferes in her behalf.
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pound Tor weakness,
backache and ner-
v ousn ess. / ha d
these troubles for
years and had taken
other medicines for
them, but I have
found no medicine so
good as the Vegeta-
BILE Compound and /
recommend it to my
friends W ho b ave
troubles similar to
mine. I saw it adj
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Process of Growth of the Human Language

out interfering with the recognition of
the grimace. And so they invented
the art of song.
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In Dutys Poth

Do the duty which lies nearest
thee. Thy second duty win already
have become clearer.-Carlyle-
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A new socket wrench, built like a
screwdriver. takes nuts lend or and
is said to be a great time saver.
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E3i 23||Z
s:{$i29!l$1:

Don't take chances of your horses or mules
being laid up with Distemper, Influenza.
Colds Give "SPOHN'S" to both the sick
and the wen ones. The standard remedy
for 80 years. Give "SPOHN'S' for Dog Dis
temper. so cents and $1.20 at drug stores.
SPOHN MEDICAL CO. GOSHEN. IND.
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SICK WOMEN
SHOULD BE
ENCOURAGED
Letters Like This Prove the ReIi-
ability of Lydia E. Finkham's
Vegetable Compound

Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. - "I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn