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The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
DOLLAR NOTHING BGT7A WORKING TooL

If people would but get fixed in their minds the
truth that the dollar is nothing but tool there
would be vast increase in contentment in this
country. Like any other tool, the dollar must be
used with common sense skill if it be effective.
Business men, bankers and others, who use dol
lars as tools with which to make money, know
the power and limitations of this tool, just as the
887, 900 carpenters in the United States know
what can be done with saws and planes.
Likewise, the $4,000 dentists, the 213,000 cleo
tricians, the 131,000 brick and stone masons and
all others in gainful occupations know that they
must use the tools of their trades to do their
work properly and to make money. Yet thousands
Of otherwise intelligent persons have never real
lied that the dollar is also TOOL which can be
used for bettering ones own condition and for
the general good.
All of us cannot be skilled in the use of all the
tools of every vocation But the dollar is the one
tool that comes to the hand of every one of US.
There are 42,000,000 persons in this country
working to earn money with many kinds of tools,
but when they come to save and to invest part
of their earnings they all, investors, work
ing with one common tool, the dollar. They must
realize that this tool has its safe, efficient use,
and so used will give fair reward comparable to
that of any other tool.
A common buck saw cannot cut through chilled
steel. Money cannot get something for nothing,
nor be safely depended on to yield the excessive
returns of Is OF 20 per cent. 1t must have its
honest employment in honest enterprises and all
the INVESTOR dealings should be with honest per-
sons, firms, experienced in the use of money as
a productive-tooE Safety of the investment is the
first requisite in the proper use of money as a
tool.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
ONE OMISSION

MacTavish had been invited to
spend an evening at friends house
listening to wireless program.
At its conclusion the host said:
"Well, Mac, what could Scotsman
desire better than that? Singing, in
strumentalists, a talk on blue bottles,
opera, news and dance music-alll for
nothing"
ave. said MacTavisl, "buti we
didna have any acrobats."
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
QUITE ORDINARY

Two women, mother and daughter,
were at the circus for the first time.
They came to the hippopotamus, and
stood for several minutes transfixed
in silent wonder.
Then the mother turned to her
daughter and said slowly and solemn
ly: "My! .Ain't-he-plain ?"
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
SAFETY FIRST

Father: That young man of yours
has more brains than | credited him
with.
Dora: Oh, dad, do you really mean
it?
Father: Yes, instead of coming to
ask me if he could marry you he
called me on the phone.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
yIGOROUs vITAMINEs

"Have you any fresh vitamines 2"
asked the young bride.
"Yes, num-" said the veracious
dealer We've some that was caught
on the coast yesterday"
IA pound, please"
She got shrimps.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
NATURE TO THE RESCUE

Harold had been married only few
days.. and was undecided as to what
to call his new mother-in-law... Meet
ing an old friend who had been mar
ried for some time, he asked him what
he called his mothef~in-law when he
was first married.
"Well,' replied the friend, Il Just
said say for the first year, and after
that we all called her grandma. ="
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
ANOTHER MAXIM GONE WRONG

Blk: "Two wrongs don't make a
right, and to that rule there's no ex-
ception."
Dix: "Oh, ! don't know. If your
clock is an hour fest, it is wrong,
and if you, set if forward IL hours
more, you of course make it wronger,
but at the same time you make it
right"
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
ONE WAS ENOUGH

Mrs. Binks (at a. n.y.: John wake
up! There's someone downstairs mov-
ing about
Binks (drowsily): Well, there's
someone up here who isn't going to
move about.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

Unless all indications fall 1925 will be one of
the most happy and prosperous years exper-
fenced by the American people. And why? Be
cause industries have been operating along nor
NAL lines, paying good wages for reasonable
hours of work and farmers have had reasonably
good prices for their crops It is well for all Of
us to remember what makes good times and strive
to maintain those conditions
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
+ !. s**** - $50.


Nora, aged 3, told of a fight. she
had with Norma the night before.
"Who whipped ?"
Mamma Alid," she piped up quite
repentant.
Don't censure me for carrying a
revolver. This little gun saved my
life once"
"How exciting. Tell me about it,
Il was starving, and pawned it,"
Father: Johnny, why is it you are
always at the foot of the class in
school 2"
Johnny: That's all right, Dad, they
teach the same thing at both ends"
Elsie, 8, had received a new brace
let and the same evening had com
pany. Failing to attract attention to
her new trinket, she finally said:
"Oh, mother, Pm so warm in my
new bracelet"
The doctors three year-old daugh-
ter, Daris, had come to bid her fother
good night. Thinking to ascertain the
-lAilu . FlCW punt dS W llcI plUyCA0s
he asked: Doris, how do you begin
you: prayers ?"
"Why, daddy she said, with q
twinkle, Il just say Lord this is
Doris speaking.
Two neighbors had spent hilarious
night together.
What did your wife say when you
came in this morning ~ asked one Of
the other next day.
Not word"
..Not word? She must have been
tohgue-tied."
"0h, no, had put cement in her
beauty clay"
Tommy liked to squeeze the tooth
paste out of his shiny new tube.
Don't take too much at time"
his mother cautioned "Just a lit
tie, about the size of a bean, is
plenty"
Tommy squeezed and out came
long shot.
Tommy, didn't | tell you not to
use more than the size of bean"
Eyes, mamma, but this is a string
beam"
FREE AND EASY
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
or TWO EVILS

Mr.. Nexdore: Your daughter is con-
stantly playing on the piano. Doesn't
it annoy you?
Naybor: Oh, no. It prevents me
hearing lot of her mothers conver-
sation
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
ONE IISE F0R IT

"Poor Mildreds husband died from
poisoning"
"Well, Mildred can't say her chem
course wasn't Of value"
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

It is stated that the gunfire on warships can
now be directed by radio. This does not mean,
however, that there is going to be any effort to
jazz up the navy
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
....TAKE THAT MANS -NAME!!,

William she said softly, expect
ing the usual answer, William, dear
have you any idea what heaven must
be like?' ess @
Eyes, darling. Until today hao
never given the matter much Thought
But now I have very clear idea OF
what heaven must be like. T"
eyes ~ she murmured; smuggling
closer. "Tell me what gave you this
idea" s,s #e
swell, my angel, I was listening
today to the recruiting officer de-
scribing life in the United States ma
rine corps"
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

More speakers can rise to the occasion" than
can sit down to it.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

Cut out hard worry and you don't need to fear
hard work
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
FREE AND EASY

"Why have Scotsmen a sense of
humor?"
Because it's a gift"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-15
STRANGE Facts About Snakes

doubt there being another crea-
ture in the animal world that mas
been so universally hated as the
snake. A large part OF this attitude
is uniustified by the facts Deins
i. merely the result of falsehoods ana
superstition. :,
MANY extremists insist that all
snakes are dangerous to man. IN sp,.e
of the findings of science. IN inc
United States there are III dlstihce
species, and only IL poisonous.
IT is said too, in further condeIn-
natien, that snakes are even trait1. =
ous to their young. Contrary 10 tnio
inpression, the female python is an
exceptionally attentive mother, wrap
ning herself around the eggs ana re-
fusing to move for ninety Gays. Vi
until the Matching occurs. Announcer
,,,;sconception is that SNAKES eae
tho;r voi,ng. Probably this pehel
90 me from the discovery OF the UNI
horn Young. for while some snakes
law eggs and hatch out their papies'
others give birth to live youngsee,s.
One of the most common misstate-
wants about snakes is that they can
70 scinate a prospective victim, Me,
wbo have made a lifelong STUDY u
snakes saw that there is no 1ounoa.
ton for this belief. A bird may ac'
strargelv when confronted by rep
tile for IL is sometimes signify os
numbed by fear, but 1t Is not 'i'"'
med" ,,;or ewes.
r,nre are no lids and the eyes az
a,ways open. A sleeping serpen'
NAV be awakened by seeing q SUI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-15
Shiny Red Cheeks Of Apples Catch
The Eye

One of the attractive features OF
an apple is its shiny red cheeKs
which catch the eye in the market.
Fancy fruit merchants polish their
apples to make this feature even
more attractive. Why does the apple
shine when polished?
The apple has the peculiar trait
Of waxing it's skin which renders II
impervious to moisture from the out
side and prevents the escape OF the
juices within, which is one OF the
reasons why apples keep so wen.
Russell apples, which do not nave
this waxed surface, wither mucn
more quickly than varieties WIN
waxy skins.
The change from the downy sur
face of the young apple to the sniny
waxed surface of maturity Is M
teresting. When about half grown
the fine hairs have disappeared 1or
the most part, and the shiny surface
begins. to show. The wax Is formins
over the surface. The subject or the
waxing of the apple has not been
given much study, yet it is known
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gress in q perfectly straight line
L. E. Eubanks, in Our Dumb AMI
This Proves that Most Anything
Can HAPPEN in N, Y.

There is always something new to
write about in little old New York.
Believe it or not, most any thing can
happen in this big town in which O.
Henry found so much that still de-
lights his readers. Truth Is indeed
strange.
Incidents of families living in the
same apartment houses for years and
never knowing each other are so
common that to mention them be-
comes at once the mark OF the
"rube." Certain it was that branch
Of this family of stories of families
would have to sprout sometime. 1t
has sprouted and it shapes up like
this:
Chester McNally is the name Of a
young lawyer in John st firm VINO
took unto himself a bride last Tues
day night in the Little Church
Around the Corner. He CHANGED to
have as one of his partners another
young man Of the name McNally.
At least a touch of the unusual
here in that they are of no kin.
The partner attended the wedding
and the reception following. 1t was
there that for the first time he
met the parents of the bridegroom,
though the young McNallys had been
associated for some time.
Quite unusual. perhaps, but
The partner and the bridegroom's
parents fell into a discussion OF the
family name and 1t came out that his
fathers given name is the same as
that Of the father OF the bridegroom
and-believe it or not, most anything
can happen in this big town-the
partners mothers given name Is
Identical with that of the BRIDE
groom's mother.-New York Evening
World,
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on their return trip by the

morning on their return trip by the
way of Jackman they ran into q
blizzard and at o'clock SATURDAY
afternoon, about 20 miles above
Jaclxman In the town of Armstrong,
the roads became impossible. and
the party sought shelter in the num-
BILE home of French family. Other
cars became stalled in the snow
drifts the occupants seeking refuge
in the little cabin, which nnany
housed 13; Sunday morning tne
storm having abated one Of the party
started for Jackman, taking severai
teIegrams. He arrived in an ex-
hausfed condition. found wires down
and no communication with the OUT
side world possible. The garage OF
the A. A. A. was notified ana an
automobile and crew Of men started
to his assistance.
From II o'clock Sunday until dark
this crew broke roads and shovelied
through snow drifts from 2 to fees
deep and could not make the ~
miles. Another night in the CABIN
and at 1890 Monday the Newport
party started for home.
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den movement. A snakes eye Is
covered with q transparent cap,
which is shed at each casting Of the
skin, and under this CLASSY cap the
eye is capable Of considerable move
ment.
! Snakes are not only short-sighted,
but the hearing, in most cases IL not
good. The boa, 1t Is claimed, Is quite
deaf. The king cobra, of India. is
the only serpent that can play the
blood hound. He can put his nose
to the ground and trail native hour
after hour-and the Hindu. believ-
ing this serpent sacred, feels that
he should be q willing victim! In
stinct sometimes seems to take the
place of special sense in snakes.
They have an unerring ability to To-
cate water, and in dry seasons
will 60 to 1t over incredible distances.
Just how this is done no scientist
has yet explained.
One mystery about snakes, over
which many people have puzzled, is
how they breathe during the long
periods taken to swallow their bulky
food. The explanation ID that Ma
ture so placed the windpipe that its
upper end can be thrust out below
the tongue while the swallowing
muscles are at work.
A snakes ability to swallow huge
objects has been much exaggerated.
All those tales about horses and cows
being swallowed. even by giant py-
thons, are merely stories. Carl Hag-
enbeck, who knows snakes from A
to z, says that one Of his pythons
once swallowed a 94-pound goat, and
that he knows Of nothing larger hay
ing gone that way" A good big
meal, we will all agree, but remem-
Der that snake doesn't eat often.
They 90 for weeks or months with
out food, and have heard Of one
fast extending over period OF eigh-
teen months.
Snakes do not have to wriggle.
They travel on the broad plates OF
the abdomen. the sharp overlapping
edges of which give a good purchase.
In crawling slowly a snake really
walks upon these plates by bringing
them forward in series along the
body, then pulling them back again.
Working in this way. according to
Professor Ditmarsna snake may pro-
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sun At North Pole

The naval observatory says at the
North Pole the sun is above the hori'
zon continually during the six months
between the vernal equinox and the
autumnal equinox and below the
horizon the rest of the year. 1t rises
at the vernal equinox and moves In ar
ascending spiral. completing the cir
cult once in "a hours, until the sum
mcr solstice, when 1t is 23a degrees
above the horizon. 1t then begins tc
move in a descending spiral and sets
at the autumnal equinox.
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that It develops to the greatest ex-
tent on apples which are grown IN
direct sunlight, and that the wax is
thickest on the exposed side. 1t Is
also known that it forms better un-
der dry than wet conditions. The
red or sunny side Of the apple Is its
best waxed side. and the red cheek
polishes most readily from the fact.
Apples grown in warm sections de-
velop a. waxier surface than those
grown in cooler climates. Apples on
the north side of the tree have less
wax than those on the south side
of the tree.-American Pathological
SOciety.
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methods of preparation Of this val
by Beck

methods of preparation Of this val
liable lustrous lacquer, and soon were
manufacturing large quantities Of it.
The Japanese also soon began max
ing imitation pearls Of excellent quail
ity. Today imitation pearls are
cheap because of the stiff COMPETE
ton between the American, French
and Japanese product. Even the
poorest country maiden can afford to
wear a, string of "industructible
pearls" which can be distinguished
from those of her wealthy sisters only
by the expert.
Few of the ladies ever dream that
the nacre of the pearls Is obtained
from supposedly useless foul-smell-
ing fish scales. Milady's indestruct-
ible pearls are merely solid opal glass
beads coated with a lacquer. the pig
ment of which is crystalline guanin
prepared from the silvery sheen OF
fish scales.
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JeweIry From Fish Scales

The imitation pearl industry is one
of Americas novel industries, having
been developed during the past ten
years. When the World War de-
mora1ized the French essence
d'Orient industry American chemists
Immediately worked out commercial
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NEWPORT

pstb. s Marjorie White teacher of
Plyren.als lcs in the High School at
III N.sa. MASS, was passenger on
Ia Sut,s ay night train. returning to
NJ s. .a after a visit over the
nois., ~ and holiday with her
KS Mrs. Ethel White.
'sis[tIns ts Mills of Bangor is
nothss I ~, Addie Roberts and her
,e,r Mrs. Hills was for many
ID f,. l resident here and her form
sn 49, are glad to greet her
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',''ns Experience In Storm

\ ludkinsu aslman, senior member of
\ u 4 Marr = Gilman Co., and Rev.
,,saufch Fi,b pastor of the M. e.
Y aslsual e a,a .neir wives had a most
~ On a ma. = caught in a blizzard
~. lne psrtv MOTOR trip to Canada.
ss'snins II ,elt here Thursday
s!las. essdan, for a three dsSs
s,-ns Quebec SATURDAY
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EMPLOYMENT
Help Wanted-FemaIe

GIRL-Or woman for general house
work in small family where other
help is kept. Superintendent home at
Pownal State School. No laundry
work. Apply by letter with references
Mrs. Stephen vosburgh, West Pow
nal, Maine.
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40 Accident at B,rnh,r

/ ~ n,sr, la touring car containing
| Tie Psyue was hit by an engine on
Iu1ciica1 = Branch, at Durham
|sdori tuesday afternoon about 8
haekir. me engine which was
tie nv was travelling slowly, and
Lii ~ ! ullven by Mark Arnold on
IN Bsn,ass oM Waterville to his home
M nv z was proceeding cautious
pushe6 4 sar was tipped over and
|hlshsav :, ~ 4. along the track. State
clron J gonce officers Harold B.
fuShM Il - was an eye witness.
|anassd : !. NE wrecked car, and was
Injured. y s,,h hIid the occupants un-
nolShed Mugh the car was de-
unprOtectea ms crossing which is
.sssfsl ac sr .las been the scene of
aates rss,,,. enls and that no fa-
q 1 nira" S.'ed from this one seem
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LIVE STOCK
Dogs, Cats, Pet.

COLLIE-Large. young. fond of chill
dren. Tel. s93-x from to A. NJ.
ENGLISH sPANIEL-Pups. Herbert
Savage. r. /, Augusta. Tel. 1861.
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pubic es q dksbekah lodge will hold a
f'day sva party at l. o. o. f.. Hall
n.leIhmentse n ,',, October 16. Re
'ae Is loossWai WI De on sale and good
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Of What Use Is A Ksyhole-
Without A Key?

WUnOuC "A hey!
And of what good is wish-wth no way
of filling it?
Everybody has wishes of some sort or
other-and everybody has access to a bunch
OF keys that will open wishes to realization
That's just exactly what the collection of
opportunities in the Kennebec Journal Abe
Classified Section amounts to-a set of keys
to unlock the heretofore closed portals of
ones needs and desires.
You'll find these keys all tagged, too-so
you'll know exactly which one to use for each
kind of wish. The alphabetical and numeri-
cal notatons of the classified columns lead
you straight to just the opportunity which
will turn wishing into having.
There's not an instant's hesitation or
doubt.
And there shouldn't be any in your mind
about the ACCESSIBILITY of reading this section
daily!
The A-e-c Classified Ads
Always the Same-ln Service
Always Diffsrsnt-In Opportunity
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EMPLOYMENT

Situations Wanted-Femaie 36
GIRL-Attending business college de-
sires to work board in respectable
family. Tel. 406-J $50 to l1.S0 A.
M. or after $50 p. M.
HOUSEWORK-All kinds, day or hour.
Mrs. Andrews. rs Court st.
STENOGRAPHER - Experienced, de-
sires general office work. Tel. 1041-W.
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FINANCIAL

Business Opportunities SO
GAs--In your own home for Coo per
1000 Gu. #. We manufacture a gas
machine which is guaranteed to make
better gas at less cost than any other
gas machine ever constructed, re-
CARELESS of name, make or price. The
gas can be used for cooking, heater
water for bath, laundry, etc, baking.
ironing. soldering machines and many
other devicesA Reliable, energetic man
can secure exclusive sales territory,
and will easily net large income
yearly. No special experience neces-
sary. Apply American Heating &
Lighting Co. BAG Herman St.. Buff
falo, n. y.
GOOD-Shoe repairing business. In
fine location and doing good business.
E. w. Church, 46 So. Chestnut ST.,
Augusta. Tel. 1025-M.
RESTAURANT-One of the best in
town of Skowhegan. doing good bust
ness, fine location. Good reason for
selling. Terms II desired. B-4, care
Journal.
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THEY Will. serve you weil-the
classified ads.
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles For Sale

FOR SALE
Storage batteries and Tires at low
prices.
Battery for Ford. Chevrolet,
overland etc. .'.'............$ $3.50
Battery for Buick. Studebaker,
Nash. etc. 1900
Battery for Dodge. Franklin. etc. 5000
soxsi Tire, fabric casing. ...... s.2s
s0x3s Fisk oversize. fabric casing s.s3
soxsi Fisk oversize. cord casing 1850
wATERvILLE MOTOR COMPANY
wATERvILLE HARRINGTON
SKOwHEGAN AUGUSTA
GARDINER .
USED CARS
FORD-Touring one 1921. two 1922
one 1923, all Al condition.
ovERLAND-19e5. 2 passenger coupe.
THE MOTOR MART
MAXWELL & CHRYSLER SALES
AND SERVICE
COR. BRIDGE AND STATE SITS
TEL. 1878 AUGUSTA
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Regular Reading Vt The Classified Ads Will Bring Light
LIVE STOCK
Horses, Cattle, vehielss

BULLS-Young Guernseys, at farm
ers' prices. Abbott Farm Co., Win
throp Rd., Augusta
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HOFFMANIZING-T modern meth
cd used by Berry the Tailor" at. 201
Water St. Augusta. Mail orders given
prompt and careful attention.
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Situations wantsd-FsmaIs

HOUSEKEEPING small famil,
Within city limits. so Middle st., Hal
lowell.
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COWS-Choice registered Guernsey,
| new mich, prices reasonable. Writ
R-4, care journal.
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Solicitors, canvasssrs, Agents

Sell $40 worth of
hosiery or shirts for 81. Commission
So every customer. Write Immediate
ly. Silka Corp, 1928 Broadway, N. Y.