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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-23
CHE WHY of
SUGGESTIONS
Br H. HAVING KING
WEDDING RINGS, SITES

TT YOU want to cure sty just take
4 wedding ring-your own or a
friends will do-and holding the ring
in your fingers reach your left hand
around over your head and rub the
sty with the ring. The writer STUN
bled upon this superstition the other
day. A domestic in the family had a
sty. A neighbor told her, ooh, that's
easy enough to cure" loaned her the
necessary wedding ring and showed
her how to work the charm The next
day the sty was better and rapidly
disappeared, thus making another con-
vert to the magic folklore of the an
clients.
Upon inquiry this sty cure was
found TO be a common superstition.
The basis of the superstition is, evil
IDENTIFY, that very old magic symbolism
which is attached to the ring and
which has been variously explained
by many learned writer's, but never
quite satisfactorily. Possibly some Of
the explanations given are correct but
it looks as If primitive man had some
thing in the "back of his mind" with
regard to the ring which has been
lost to his descendants. "For who
hath known the ways Of time or trod-
den behind his feetT'
That the most sacred sort of a ring
to US moderns is a wedding ring ex-
plains why in curing the sty we'd
ding ring should be used. There is
more than hint of sun worship in
the superstition under consideration
in that the wedding ring Is of gold
the color Of the sun and round like
the suns disc. Also the taking of the
ring in the left hand, and the move
ment of the hand over the head from
left to right, or sunwise-the "cere-
monial circuit"-emphasizes the sun
motif in the "cure." There is a
lonely obelisk in Central park whose
gilded apex still catches and reflects
the morning light as it did when it
stood before the temple of Ra at He'll
opolis and sent back the beams of the
rising day across the desert sands
Wu1iS WilLlAH tIiG 1dlle lie priests, IIlOV-
ing in the Ceremonial circuit" adored
their god From Heliopolis In 5000
b. @. to these United Statesl 1t is a
''far cry; and long journey has the
old obelisk made through the centu-
ries and across the seasl Yet if that
granite mass were sentient would it
not think that the old gods were not
entirely dead when beneath it walks
some nursery maid telling her COM
panion how she had cured her sty by
using wedding ring in the "cere-
monial circuit?
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Advancenaent "a Sicily

The corporation for the technical
and economic development of the sui
phur industry in Sicily has contracted
with the General Electric company of
Sicily for the electrif1cation of all serv-
ices connected with the Sicilian sui
phur mines. Energy will be produced
by fuel power plant at Catania.
which will transmit it to all the sui
phur mining districts over main line
between Catania, Caltanissetta and
Campo-Franco at 10000 volts and a
subsidiary line at 10000 volts for the
Caltanissetta-Som district. The
estimated cost is about $1.2SOOOO, Of
which the corporation will contribute
about $4,000. About 300 miles of
line will be used and the work viii
be completed within three years
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PrickIy Pear Dress

Women's organizations of Australia
are asking the government to grant a
perpetual lease of 500 acres and a sub
sidy of $125,000 to establish textile
industry to make materials from
waste products of the country. Nine.
McCracken Of Dublin was the leader
of the delegation appearing before
the minister of labor and industry at
Sydney and showed garments made In
her own textile plant from prickIy
pears, root of the pineapple, paddy's
lucerne, banana skins and other
waste products.
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Sg55,ssiJ5II!,,! 5 81 %
aOEOYy Martha Martin

and they don't hold 1t before you long
"Have your money ready in case
you have to give, but don't give if you
can help it. They may think you're
giving to other charities and can't az
ford this, too. They often have nice
kind thoughts like that"
That had been the way in which
Walter had been brought up, so one
can hardly blame Walter. Yet he was
a very selfish little boy as result and
it grew to be so that no one wanted
him around. He wanted everyone to
do everything for him. He wanted to
do nothing at all for anyone except
himself.
He had no idea of what the spirit
Of giving meant. No idea at all. Now
Peter Gnome had heard of Walter and
Peter Gnome felt it was pity that q
little boy who would otherwise be q
nice little boy should be allowed to
grow up into miser or very mean
person.
So one time, late. late at night,
Peter Gnome paid a call on Walter.
Walter was smiling TO himself for
Walter had just been thinking of what
luck he had had in not having to
spend anything for ever and ever 50
long but In getting everyone to do
for him.
And as he was smiling to himself
along came Peter Gnome.
"HeIlo, Walter" said Peter.
81 don't know you" said Walter.
but what is your name?'
'Peter Gnome. I've come to play"
"Oh yes" said Walter, "and have
you some marbles?"
NO." said Peter Gnome, 'but you
have"
Walter looked quite uncomfortable.
If he played with his marbles they
might get lost.
"And I'd like some candy" said
Peter Gnome. 81 heard you hadn't
spent a penny for days and days and
thought it was good time to be
GIN"
Walter looked very miserable.
"And I'd like to have game of ball,
too, but we'll have to use your Dali.
/ didn't bring NINE"
Walter looked astonished.
"I don't know that / can play just
now" Walter said at last.
"No," said Peter Gnome, "and you
won't be playing very much from now
on except all by yourself If you don't
change your ways.
"The way I'VE talked to you isn't
half as dreadful as the way you've
acted with the other boys-you want
all their things to share but you will
share nothing Of your own. And
you've become such miser that every
one is getting tired of you.
Learn to share,
That's playing fairF'
And Peter Gnome was gonel
But Walter remembered what he
had said.
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ssT WANT to- live in a stable" said

ssT WANT to live in stable" said
4 the Hotel Stenographer.
ssThey amt no more" replied the
House Detective 81 guess you mean
a garage"
Il am not quite certain know what
mean guess want an income of
five thousand a year without working.
That's what most people who lead the
studio life talk about atmosphere,
completes and vortexes and things. /
was at studio party last night where
they talked like that. I didn't know
what they meant but they didn't Ell
Their, so / was perfectly happy and
tossed in few infinite cosmoses' a
couple of soul Iongings' and strutted
my stuff with the best of them.
"You can't properly talk of these
things except in a studio built out of
a stable. There Is something about
the atmosphere of defunct horse
that develops all that is highest and
noblest like free waistlines, free food
and free or-all conversation.
1.-THE people met were artists,
writers and musicians. The reason
none Of these artists pictures hang in
a show and none of these writer's sto-
ries get published In magazines. and
none of the musicians playing IS re-
corded is that this divine ex-horse at
mosphere is not appreciated by the
common herd. which has sort of
WOW flavor that does not mix with the,
stable affiatus, If you get me"
81 don't know what you are talking
about" snorted the House Detective.
.That's all right, Kelly" assured
the girl. II have no edge on you there.
I don't know, either In nah jongg
you say certain words at certain times
and you do not know what they mean
and you do not care. Stable art barn
music and box stall literature are like
that. II is all TEST words but there is
something about the life with the
smell of burning punk irving the
sound OF verbal bunk that has its APP
peal to a temperamentai Irish girl
like me"
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at the low waistline in front and finish
with a facing. Through these, draw
folded strip Of metal cloth for belt
fastening with rhinestone clasp or
buckle. Wear colorful shoulder
flower, carry an ostrich fan and presto
one is arrayed BETTING any queen of
fashion.
Competing for honors with the
blouse of cloth of gold or Of silver. is
the all.over embroidered crepe or satin
blouse The white satin blouse is
stunning when patterned all over with
silver thread stitching. Sometimes
wee pearls, paillettes or rhinestones
are interworked in the design. Which
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ing-no brim versus the wide brim.
Just as everyone was beginning to &C
cept the little snug-fitting felt as a
matter of course, in comes a type with
definitely wide brim, such as you
see at the top of this picture. Just as
confidently the piquant Basque beret,
as it is called, priding itself on its ut
ter brimlessness appears on the scene,
as pictured in all its simplicity to
the left. The interesting part Of the
beret as shown here Is that it is a
modified version Of the Basque hat
made by native French in the Py-
renees mountains from one piece Of
seamless felt. It surely is proving a
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"A Mixture

The best mixed metaphor, the most
deliberately mixed metaphor in Harry
Leon Wilson's large collection is
taken from one of the novels of Gill
bert Frankau, whose recent Ameri-
can lecture tour failed lamentably.
The metaphor runs:
1.-THE cloud that tried to stab their
happiness was only false rumor
whose bitter taste could not splinter
the radiance, dim the effervescence or
blacken the fever of their joy"
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had and he had been taught, too, that
the less he spent the less would be
expected of him.
And he had found that this was very
true. But. of course. he knew nothing
at all of the JOY of giving and the Joy
of sharing and some of those particu-
larly nice Joys.
There had been time when his
father had said to him when they were
taking up contribution in church for
q very worthy cause:
'N0w If the plate is held so 1t
would be very embarrassing If you
didn't give and so everyone wodld no.
tice it. then put little something in
the plate.
''But if you can keep from giving
without it being particularly noticed,
then you will be that much richer.
Sometimes they hold plate lit
tie longer than is necessary before one
but usually they think you've given
before and can't afford it this time
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PLAYING FAIR

NOW Walter was very stingy lit
IN tie boy. He hated to give away
anything. If he had some pennies In his
pockets and the other boys were go
ing to chip In together and get some
candy or marbles Walter would go
along with them but he would try to
pretend he hadn't any money SO he
wouldn't have to spend his. OF
course, If he couldn't succeed in this
he'd spend a very little. Walter was
just like his father always had been.
So It was not altogether his fault.
He had been taught that the more
one held onto money the more one
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L VERIFYING in fashions realm
II seems to glitter and scintillate
with metallic splendor these days, and
the blouse is no exception to the rule.
Seldom does the blouse, even if it be
for daytime wear, forego at least a
touch of metal embroidery, If it be.
not made entirely of cloth Of gold or
silver.
A metal cloth blouse worn with a
velvet skirt is favorite theme with
the stylist. For evening wear the
sleeveless type is tres chic. 1t is an
easy matter to make one at home
just two underarm and shoulder seams
to sew up. Bind all edges with a bias
metal piping or cording. Cut two slots
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METALLIC TOUCH IN BLOUSES;
GAY FELTS FOR SCHOOL WEAR

or midst the tumultnous throng Of
gridiron fans, bright hued felts are
sure to lend color to the scene. True,
for time the fate of the felt hat hung
in the balance, but this fleeing hesita-
ton on the part of the mode has given
way to a revived enthusiasm for felts
even greater, if that be possible, than
in the past. There can be no doubt in
anyone's mind of the favor accorded
the felt hat. For the schoolgirl the
felt hat is an absolute essential to
youthful and stylish appearance.
In choosing from among the latest
felt arrivals young girls are confront
ed by two outstanding propositions
distinctly different yet equally charm
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all goes to show that elaborateness IS
the keynote for the blouse for formal
dress.
For AFTERNOON occasions the two
piece frock in the picture is very
charming. It's medium is plum-colored
crepe de chine. with an aIl-over gold
embroidery. The skirt is of the
identical material, minus any metal.
Even the jersey juniper frock does
not escape the influence of the metallic
vogue this season. A recently noted
red jersey two-piece dress showed
bands Of braided gold and orange
wool at the throat, wrists and hem.
Another stunning sport model con-
sisted of a valencia blue jumper pat
termed all over in gold metal thread
squares. worked In solid stitch, with
side plated skirt Of the plain blue
Jersey.
Wherever youth holds forth. at
school, on the campus, the links
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winner among the younger generation
Needs scarcely any trimming. a POM
pom. cravat of grosgrain ribbon-but
color Such gay and glorious shades I!
These two types. however, are by
no means unsurping the field. There
is the exquisite velours model. for in
stance, as shown below to the left of
center whose crown is so modishly
creased Note the hat whose striped
ribbons so Loyalty flaunt the college
colors. This. by the way, is youths
pride, to trim It's felts with its own
college colors.
There isn't kink or a crease or a
tuck in the style curriculum omitted
when it comes to the felts which spell
chic for youth. Note the new tucked
crown shown below to the right. Take
into account. also, that grosgrain rib
bon is the favorite trim for feIts, just
now.
JULIA B0TTOMLEY.
s@. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-23
WHEN / WAS
TWENTY-ONE
BY JOSEPH KAYE
AT 81: James D. Lacey, Lead
ing Lumber Man, Was Druggist.


Sc A I. ABOUT eighteen / got a Job
"A in a Grand Rapids drug store
which paid me seven dollars week !;
every week I got my seven dollars 1
peeled off three and added them to
some savings already had When I
got raise to eight dollars, / peeled
off four and when my pay rose to ten
dollars I peeled off five, So that by
the time l was twenty-one got
enough money saved up to buy a half
interest In a drug store of my own.
But it was bad time to buy. A
new tariff law went into effect soon
after taking the duties off many kinds
of merchandise and Immediately our
stock became worth only about half
what we paid for 1t. We managed to
sell the store, though at consider
able loss, and / went on the road as
a salesman. d. Lacey"
TODAY: Mr.. Lacey is one of the
most noted lumber men in this coun-
try, with offices in Chicago. Seattle
and New York, and a trade that ex-
tends to all parts of South America.
A peculiar phase of Mr.. Lacey's ca
reer is that he got into the lumber
business after he had made compar-
alive success as drugstore owner.
AT the age of thirty-one he had al
ready saved some $4,000 from the
profits OF drug store. when he
thought of lumber as better paying
proposition for him.
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ga w s
- By Viola Brothers Shore
FOR THE GOOSE

FOR THE GOOSE
YOU never make as much noise over
savin' ten dollars as you do over
losin' one.
Men like them nice, homelike res
taurants where you get lotta good,
table-d'hote for your monev. Women
pretend to.
In the house where the victrola
needle works all day long. the darnin'
needle gets rusty.
FOR THE GANDER-
If two people shares piece. of good
luck, It draws them closer. But not
as close as If they shared danger.
If you've been diggin' pits for other
people you mustn't go to sleep near
them for fear Of roIlin' In.
What would you think OF anybody
that kidded you as often as you kid
yourself?
tcODyrisht.'
Automobile reflectors commonly are
plated with four coats Of metal; cop
per from cyanide bath. copper from
sulphate bath. nickel and silver.
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To Foster Gaelic Study

"A college will be erected and en-
.dowed with American money In the
Scottish highlands to foster and slim
elafe Gaelic literature and language
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Heiehf of Generosity

SIS he kind-hearted? r.
Generous to a fault. He stops at
a cheap hotel so he can tip the bell
boys"
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"DANDELIoN BUTTER COLOR

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for so years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of ''Dandelion" for 35 cents.-Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-23

Or. Peery's dead shoty is not lozenge
or syrup, but a real, old-fashioned medicine
which cleans out Worms or Tapeworm with
a single dose. S72 Pearl St., N. z. Adv.
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If you've been diggin' pits for other
people you mustn't go to sleep near
them for fear of roIlin' In.
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FOR THE cANDER--

If two people shares piece of good
luck, it draws them closer. But not
as close as If they shared a danger.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court for the Kodiak
 Precinct, Third Division, Territory
 of Alaska, before the Hon. M. L..
 Hickman.
 In the Matter of the Estate of M. P.
 Calvin, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed, administrator of the estate of M. P. Calvin, deceased, to the credi- tors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased. to exhibit such claims, with the necessary vou- chers, within six months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at the office of John F. Coffey, attorney at law, Rooms 2, 3, Gray Building, Kodiak, Alaska, which said office the said administrator se- lects as his place of business in all matters concerning the affairs of said estate.
 Dated this 14th day of January, A. D. 1926,- and first published this 18th day of January, A. D. 1926. CHARLES A. HARTMAN, Administrator of the Estate of M. P. Calvin, deceased.
 John F. Coffey, Attorney for Administrator.
 First publication Jan. 25, 1926. Last publication February 23, 1926
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF FIN AL ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF FIN AL ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION No. 119.
 In Probate Court for Kenai Precinct of the Third Division, Territory of 1 Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Estate of SEY-
 MOUR L. COLWELL, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given: That KATH- BRINE COLWELL, Administratrix of the Estate of SEYMOUR L. COL 1 WELL, deceased, has rendered and presented for final settlement, and fil- ed in said court, her final account of her administration of said estate. to- gether with her report and a petition for final distribution, and that Tues day, the 30th day of March, 1926, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the courtroom of said court at Se- ward in said Kenai Precinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska, has been fixed and appointed as the time and place for the settlement of said account and the hearing of said re- port and petition, at which time and place any person interested in said es- tate may appear and file his excep- tions, in writing, to the said account and contest the same.
 Notice is further given: That said account is for final settlement, and the said estate is ready for distribution and on confirmation of said final ac- count final distribution of said estate will be immediately had.
 Dated this 18th day of January. 1926. (SeaD CURTIS R. MORFORD, U. s. Commissioner and Ex-Officio
 Probate Judge, Kenai Precinct,
 Third Division, Territory of Alas
 ka.
 Publish, Jan. 20, 27; Feb. 3, 10, 1926.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
No. 100

 In the Probate Court for the Seldovia Precinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Coach, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned is the duly appointed acting and qualified administrator of the es- tate of Charles Coach, deceased, and, in accordance with an order duly made therefor, notice is hereby given to the creditors of and to all persons having claims against the said de- ceased, to exhibit such claims, with the necessary vouchers, within six months after and from the date of this notice to the said administrator at his office at Seldovia, Alaska, which the undersigned selects as his place of business in all matters connected with the estate of the said Charles Coach, deceased.
 Dated at Seldovia, Alaska, this 18th day of January, 1926.
 CARL ALMY, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Coach, deceased.
 Carl Amy, Attorney for Administrator 1 First publication January 25, 1926 Last publication February 16, 1926.
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WOLVERINE ON
 ISLAND CAUSE
 LOSS TO CATTLE
ESTIMATED 4,OOO CARIBOU ON UNIMAK ISLAND; CATTLE
 ARE THRIVING

There are at least four thousand caribou roaming about Unimak Is land, arrivals in Seward from the Westward assert A trapper, claim ed it took him fully three days to work thru the herd which was torag- ing about over a long stretch of miles.
 Cattle raisers are meeting With marked success owing to the adapta- bility of the region for this indus try which, it is believed, Will Ill time assume huge proportions.
 There is a good abundance or good. nutritious grass growing all over the island that make fine hay, and which will sustain life without grain, if necessary. Hay can be put up in abundance and with little shelter cattle can, or should be, raised with great profit. The cl1- mate thurout the year is to all 1n- tents and purposes the same as that of the mid northwest.
 It is known there are two wolver- ines one the island and to these animals is laid the havoc which has been created among the cattle and caribou herds. Cattlemen and trap pers, as well as numerous other citi- zens, have been hunting for weeks for the wolverines but up until the time of the departure of the steamer Starr, some days ago, no success had been met with. It is believed the animals floated across to the ls- land from the mainland on an ice cake. No other guess can be haz- arded for the distance is far toe great for the wolverines to have swan.
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NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF
AnchOrage. Alaska. Jan. &.

Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. s, 1926 Notice is hereby given that Charles Christensen, together with his wit nesses, Anton Eide, and John P. Han non, all of Seward, Alaska, has made final proof on homestead entry, Serial 05113, embracing Lot 2, Section 2, T. l s. R. w. and lots and 5, and the SWASEA, Section 35, T. N. R. w. s. M. and is now in the files in the local land office at Anchorage, Alas ka, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of publication, or thirty days there after, said final proof will be accept ed and final certificate issued.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First Publication, Jan. 20, 1926.
 Final Publication, Feb. 1S,1926.
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Cordova and R. E. Sheldon of Fair banks, was purchased in setneiir banks was purchased in it's entirety by the following: o. P. Gaustad, George Wig, A. P. Brawick, A. c. Troseth, A. H. Anderson, all of Fair banks, and Freedman & Nelson, mer- chants of Chitina. At the meeting o. P. Gaustad was elected tempor- ary president and A. H. Anderson temporary secretary. The headquar- ters of the company will be moved from Cordova to Fairbanks, it is an- nounced.
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ure for the coast will concentrate their future efforts upon the up- building of the Mt. Mckinley Tour ist and Transportation Company, of which they have now become ma- jority stockholders. MT. Sheldon will be actively in charge of trans portation in the park during the next season. Accommodations and facil- be greatly enlarged, as tentatively planned. Part of the equipment not taken over by the purchasers of the the park, and much additional equip ment will be purchased.