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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

great hosts. And with this he would
erect a reputation for those domestic
virtues which count so much when
electioneering. Raxon smiled grimly
when he reflected this meant he should
be on good terms with his wife. Mrs.
Raxon, unaware of his ambitions, was
amazed at finding him so reasonably
human.
limitations. The idea that she must
with a bound become famous hostess
was disquieting. The years had not
dealt so kindly with her as with Paul.
II have here" he said one morning,
"a list Of people with whom / want to
establish social relations. At present
I don't know a quarter of them ex-
cept by name"
"Why fill the house with strangers7'
she asked.
Because 1 want something from
every name on this list. We've got to
entertain so well that they talk about
us. This social racket with me Is a
means to an end. I'm playing game,
and If you play 1t with me you can
be great Washington hostess"
II don't know anything about being
q great hostess" she grumbled.
you've got to learn. Pm counting
on you and the girls to be an asset
to me-"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

Though technically part Of the
old Roman empire under the rule Of
the czars. the Russians In reality
never conquered svanetia, which has
been occupied by an isolated mountain
tribe occupying q small area In the
heart of the Caucasus mountains. The
svanetian state, supposed to have
been founded nearly 1000 years ago,
has been a republic ever since, max
ing It the Oldest republic in the world.
In 1921. when the Communists extend
ed their power along the Black sea,
thew decided to attempt to conquer
Svanetia. The Swans sent delega..
ton down to warn the troops that It
would be vain for them to try to break
through the mountain barrier. The
Russian captain refused to take heed.
He went through southern Syanetla
without trouble. With his battalion
Of 400 men marching single file along
the trail he came to the almost path
less route on the cliffs overhanglng
the River Ingur, and there was
trapped. Forty Swans, grouped on the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Lesson From, Old Negro


An old negro taught a motorist a
real lesson over near Auxvasse the
other day, the Review says. The mo-
torist crashed into rickety wagon
being driven by the negro. The man
in the car started to speed on without
reckoning Of the damage he had done.
He had gone only short distance
when there was loud explosion and
a tire went fiat. The negro crawled
from the wreckage of the wagon, and
went over to the motorist.
"Boss, you seems t. be in a heap O.
trouble. Kin All be Nv emmy help to
yer?" The motorist wilted, took a
billfold from his pocket and peeled off
several bills. Handing them to the
aged negro, he said, eyes, old man,
you have helped me; take this money"
Kansas City Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Tender, Aching,
Perspiriing Feet
Amazing Relief in S Minutes or
Money Back.

Get a bottle of Moone's Emerald
OIL with the understanding that If
it does not put an end to the pain
and soreness and do away with all
offensive odors your money will be
promptly returned.
Don't worry about how long you've
been troubled or how many other
preparations you have tried. This
powerful penetrating oil Is one prep
aration that will help to make your
painful aching feet so healthy and
free from corn and callous troubles
that you'll be able to go anywhere
and do anything In absolute foot
comfort.
So marvelously powerful is Moones
Emerald Oil that thousands have
found 1t gives wonderful results In
the treatment of dangerous swollen
or varicose veins.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Facts Right; Poetry AWful

Robert Frost, outstanding among
the serious American poets, wrote a
poem about apples while at Amherst,
and, In revising 1t, wished to make
sure that he had made no error In his
natural history. An agricultural col
lege being nearby, 1t was suggested
that he send the manuscript of his
poem to the authorities there, for
their possible correction, relates
Thomas L. Mason In the Dearborn In
dependent. They returned 1t few
days later with the statement that his
pomology was quite accurate, but his
poetry was awful
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Honor Giuen Scottish
Poet Somewhat Late

A memorial to Robert Ferguson, the
Scottish poet, has been erected in the
Moray aisle of st. Giles cathedral,
Scotland.
At present the only visible evidence
that Ferguson lived and died in Edin-
burgh is to be found in the Canongate
churchyard. 1t is the tombstone which
Robert Burns erected Is years after
the death of the poet, to whom, on his
own confession, he owed so much
Now, after 1873 years, a memorial has
been erected.
The memorial Is the result of con-
tribution made by Hon. James Craigie,
member of the legislative council Of
New Zealand. Doctor Macgillivray,
R. S. A., kings sculptor for Scotland,
made the model, which he had previ-
ously designed with such an object
in view. The memorial has been
erected under the auspices of the
Burns federation.-Weekly Scotsman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Test for Diamonds

A method by which the quality. of
diamonds can be definitely determined
and limitations detected has been dis
covered by M. Malaval, chemical head
Of the police laboratory at Lyons,
France, in collaboration with Profes-
sor Locard.
The stones are photographed under
the light of ultraviolet rays filtered
through screen, sunlight being too
diffused for the purpose.
Diamonds of the first water made a
brilliant image, while inferior stones
tinged with yellow make fainter
image on the Photographic plate, and
false stones are merely shadows.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Machine That Talks
Is Recent intention

The astonishing experiment of con.
structing artificial lips, palate and
tongue, and making them utter words,
phrases, and even sentences by driving
a current of air through them with a
foot bellows, has been successfully car
ried out by Sir Richard Paget, an Eng.
lish barrister, who since the war has
devoted himself to phonetic expert
ments. 1t Is said that Sir Richard
can literally talk with his fingers
not after the familiar fashion OF the
deaf mutes, but by making them take
the place of the ordinary vocal organs,
Sir Richard has developed an as
tonishingly new theory Of the origin
of speech. Primitive man, he holds,
began with gesture as his sole Ian
guage. Later on he found it was
convenient to initiate the gestures OF
his hands by using lips, tongue and
palate. Then he accompanied these
by cries, and so speech gradually de-
veloped.-The Forum.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

II did not want to influence you.
wanted you to decide for yourself"
She listened to Malet's story and
her fathers.
II shall be great help to you," she
said cheerfully when she was in pos
session of what facts they could give
her. "a woman's brains are always
useful. You see, she so often jumps
to the right conclusions when you men
are floundering along in doubt"
1--WE haven't one idea worth discuss
Ing" Malet admitted.
IT noticed that" She laughed. II
think see exactly how it can be
DONE"
"Nita," cried her father. He
thought she was making jest of 1t.
~ mean it, daddy" she said earn
estly. neutrality-suspicious. all, listen
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
CHAPTER VII

Paul Raxon knew very we'll that his
sudden success would make enemies
for.him among the established powers
in Wall Street. But he also knew that
he was not to be brought low by any
combination against him so long as
he kept his head and resisted specula-
ton.
For the moment he was content to
rest and allow financial writer's to
wonder what his next move would be.
He had purchased home built for
large entertainments and determined
to become known as one of Americas
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19


Compound myself and received fine re-
suits from it's use" In describing her
condition before taking the Compound,
she writes, II was afraid in my own
house in broad daylight, l used to
lock the doors and pull down the
shades so that nobody could see me-"
One day booklet advertising the
Vegetable Compound was left on her
porch and she read it through. In SO
doing, she found letter from woman
whose condition was similar to her
own. 81 bought Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound" Mrs. Lorberter
continued, "and have had fine results.
My condition made me burden to my
husband. Now / ask him, How Is
housekeeping?" and he says, ut is just
like being in Heaven!" Are you on
the Sunlit Road to Better Health?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Poisonous in Part

A word Of warning: Many flowers
are poisonous or semi-poisonous.
Those of the daffodil, for instance, are
powerfully emetic. 1t is not general
~ understood that many plants may
be poisonous in one part. A striking
example is the rhubarb, where only an
inch or two at the top Of the stem lies
between the poisonous leaf and de-
licious stalk.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Training Teachers

The first genuine effort for the pro-
fessional training Of teachers under
taken In the world was undoubtedly
by Jean Baptiste de la Sale at Helms
In 1881. At the beginning Of the
Nineteenth century the development OF
institutions to train teachers took on
a new life and the Prusslan system Of
normal schools was firmly established.
Six normal schools had been organ.
lied in that country. 1t was about
this time that the subject Of prepar-
ing teachers for public schools began
to receive attention In America.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Lots Like Jones.

The death Of Viscount Cowdray, the
British oil magnate and contractor
he built the Pennsylvania railroads
Hudson river tunnels-led New York
Oil man to say:
Lord Cowdray had humorous way
with him. Once, when he was being
criticized for his tunnel work by men
who should have supported him, he
laughed and said:
"'These men are like Jones. Jones,
you know, would never stand by and
see friend abused. No, sir, he'd
join in"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
CHILDREN CRY
FOR "CASTOR|A'
Especially Prepared for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years to re-
lieye babies and children of Constipa-
ton, Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diar-
rhea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and, by regulating the
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimi-
lation of Food; giving natural sleep
without opiates.
The genuine bears signature Of
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Twain Revision Not Good

Mark Twins first draft of "Tom
Sawyer" w.ih his letter to his pub
Usher, is s.ll preserved and shows
that the h,.lorist made many alter.
ations bette submitting the story.
One intere Ing deletlon Is phrase
from the pl,de Of the poodle that
sat down IN lie pinchbug Tom re-
leased I'm cla,l d during dull ser.
mon. When pInchbug clamped on.
the dog fed ing, but 1t was orig
inally wriii,t nat the poodle was
"fiercely eN pg at one end the
woe that W. turing the other"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

Small Tribe Resists Domination of Russia

opposite bank Of the river, shot down
the 400 Russian troops. Later, how.
ever, the Russians entered Svanetia
by using machine guns, but 1t was an
empty victory for them, because the
Swans never have yielded to outside
dictation.-Asia Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Odd Graduation Pair

Miss Hannah May Dean, seventeen
years old, and her niece, Miss DIVA
Martha Dean, who Is eighteen, re-
ceived diplomas at the graduation ex-
ercises Of the Mlddletown (Conn.)
high school.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

the papers, MIS-.
Jack Lorberter Of
704 Dellwood Place
wrote to the Lydia
e. Pinkham Medi-
cine Company. IF
young women want
to keep their health
and strength for the
next thirty years Of
their lives, 1t Is best
to start in right now
and take Lydia e.
Pinkham's V e 6 e.
7 have tried the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Much-Freckled Youngster

A crew of certified public account
ants gave up counting after they reg
lstered 10000 freckles on Daniel O'Cal.
lahan Of New York, and proclaimed
him freckle champion Of the world
Then Danny told them they missed
about 5000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Unclaimed Riches

Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
in cash are taken annually from the
malr In the United States where let.
tiers have been improperly addressed
and delivery is impossible. One post
office alone took $125,000 In cash from
such letters, although in this instance
$4,000 Of it was returned to the send.
err. The other letters had no return
address on them. This same post of.
fee reported 100000 perfectly blank
envelopes with letters inside deposit.
ed In the mails in one year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
Matter for Wonder

We often wonder why the man who
Is always Boosting of the splendid
positions offered him continues to hold
down small job.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Truly an Abnormality

From an exchange: "Danlel coming
unscathed out Of the fiery furnace was
an abnormality." 1t was all of that,
seeing that what he had entered was
lions den.-Boston Transcript.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

Almost anyone will take your ad-
vice, but one out of hundred will
generate faith enough to use 1t.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

In real life the most desired "happy
ending" Is to make fortune.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
Difference

"Dld your son get through collegeT
II don't know about through. He
got by."-Portland Evening Express.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
YOUNG WOMEN
MAY keep WELL
By Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Here is Proof

st. Paul, Minn.-"Here is little
advice l would like to have you put in
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19

Appetite of Kangaroo
One kangaroo will eat as much grass
daily as SIX sheep.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

the domestic life Of the millions
of American families. It should
be SO regarded in the consideration
of the subject of taxation.
"In local and State taxes alone,
including gasoline tax, registration
fees, personal property taxes ana
municipal taxes, 1915, 100000 are
annually paid by the automobile
user as such, most of which rev.
enue results in the economic better.
ment of the country in the form
of highway improvements. If a
Government excise tax of any form
and on any subject is required, II
should more properly be upon a
subject or subjects contributing
loss to the general welfare.
Finally, We believe the per cent
tax is unfair. discriminatory and
unnecessary, and should be re.
pealed"
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
USED CARS ARE
IN DEMAND
BY A. III. SARVIS
Assistant General Sales Manager,
Buick Motor Company

Z
Buick Motor Company
The startling refinements which
our motor cars have undergone in
the last few years have exerted upon
the used car an influence quite as
profound as that which the new
cars themselves reflect.
We need only glance at the pro
portions which the used car business
has assumed. to realize that the
used car of today must be an en-
tirely different quantity from the
commodity which went under thac
name a comparatively short time
ago.
There are several reasons for the
public's growing tendency to buy
used cars with confidence. The
ultimate reason. of course, is that
such confidence is being justified to
a greater and greater degree with
each passing year, by the perform
| ance of used cars themselves, Every
possible agency Is cooperating to
bring this about-to surround the
purchase of a used car with the
same assurance of owner satisfac.
ton as goes with a new car.
The fact that the motor car leav,
ing the factory today is a vastly
better product than any of its prede-
cessors is the greatest single factor
in the rising desirability If the used
car. The industry's constant effort
to build better is steadily increasing
the amount of dependable transpor
tation delivered with each new car
Consequently, there Is q greater
and greater reserve Of service left
when the original owner yields tc
the lure of a new machine.
Improved design, and better ma
terials and workmanship play their
parts in bringing this condition
about, and so does the interesting
process which might be termed the
evolution of the car user.
The world is not yet fully edu
Gated to the use OF the motor car
We know much more about main
tanning. operating and lodging We
hicles than we did 25' years ago
| but so years hence we shall know
far more about these things thar
we do now.
Usage will implant them in the
blood. And even the development
which the car user has undergone
to date is contributing. not only t.
our safety, but to the amount O
service our motor cars yield.
The statement is easily proved
So rapid has been the motor car:
conquest of the country that mos
of today's owners are driving theil
third, fifth, or even tenth car
They are deriving greater satisfac
ton from it than from their first
for two reasons-because it was +,
better car to begin with, and be
cause they know more about it
care than they did about the car
of their first.
They have learned to give it tn
attention which will insure free
dom from battery failure, lubrica
ton trouble, or undue tire wear
And the car which they eventual,
pass along to its second user ha
had the benefit Of their extends
knowledge. 1t is almost certain t
give better service than the use
car Of 10 years ago. when the pei
centage Of First owners" was ia
higher.
1t would probably prove surpris
ing il every car on the stree
were To display a placard Stain
. whether 1t was in the hands Of 1t
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

also Indicate the high consumption
of fuel anticipated by manufacturers
in the use of these more power
full, better performing engines. 1t
is not that driver running along
at GO miles an hour for an hour
would use Is gallons of gas. but
simply that during any ordinary run
he is likely to open up the throttle
wide on a steep, long hill. 1t Is
under such conditions that the In.
adequate fuel system is apt to fail
to meet demands.
Greater Fuel Capacity
Some idea of the provision that
must be made for flash acceleration
and high speed up long hills may
be gained from the fact that one
of the fuel pump manufacturers Of.
fers a duplex type which has an
even higher fuel capacity. For
marine purposes, one of these cleo.
trio fuel pumps has a capacity of
rs to 80 gallons per hour.
A gravity system, properly placed
and carefully designed. should be
able to take care of the majority of
fuel demands. An objection to this
system, of course, is the proximity
of fuel to the engine itself. but this
argument is weakened by the fact
that the vacuum system offers
somewhat the same hazard and yet
has been entirely satisfactory from
the buyers standpoint. 1t does not
require 10 gallons of gasoline to
start car fire. Half a gallon in a
vacuum tank will do just as well.
For that matter, the small amount
of gas in the bowl of carbureter
or an electric fuel pump will suffice.
The mechanical type of fuel pump
is an extremely positive one, having
the same factor of reliability to be
found in the oil or water pumps
which have become such standardized
features in engine designs. Mechan.
ical pumps. however. increase the
possibility of noise and it is for this
reason that manufacturers are care.
full to select the better made products.
To give it the gas most eff
ficiently is the aspiration of every
designer of fuel systems, and a lively
competition has developed among
adherents of the various theories.
! 1t is a subject which should interest
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

owners, paved the way for the wide
spread use OF the vacuum system.
Within the past few years there
have been some instances where own
ers of cars equipped with vacuum
systems found themselves facing mo-
mentary gas shortages. However.
larger vacuum tanks usually meet
all requirements.
The pressure system has not been
IT. general favor because frequently
it required delay in starting. There
are those who believe. however, that
pressure can be built up by other
than manual means. This would
change the picture considerably.
The one certainty is that the newer
engines and the newer type of driv-
ing demand perfect fueling, the
method being secondary to the need.
(Copyrighted, 1920
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

Fueling the automobile engine to.
day has become one Of the mos. im-
portant automotive problems. The
modern power plant is likely to
consume great quantity of fuel
when operated at its peak speed.
1t needs goodly quantities of fuel
for flash acceleration and for the
many extraordinary feats of per-
Torrance it now is called upon to
demonstrate.
The modern automobile engine
will do wonders. provided it has the
gas to do them with. AS u result
of this demand for more accurate,
more positive more reliable meth
DDS of fueling engines, a number
on new systems involving special
pumps have come into more or less
recent popularity. The day mas
passed when ordinary methods OF
tueling engines can be depended
upon to produce extraordinary en-
gle performance.
New Methods Of Supply
New methods of supplying the
power plant with gas have risen to
take their place along with the
NdCuOIALb gravity dlu GIL pAOSSAA y
systems. Recently, great inroads
have been made upon these older
systems of engine fueling. but it is
considered highly probable that there
will be important improvements in
these older methods within a short
time. if they are not already reali-
ties.
The electric fuel pump has a
number of adherents, while another
type. mechanically operated. already
is found on cars in production:
Just because the conventional
vacuum tank occasionally has failed
to deliver the quantity of fuel re-
uuired by the engine and its car
buretor is no basis. of course. for
assuming that this system has out
lived its usefulness. 1t is simple
n after to install larger vacuum
tank. and there are ways of in
Creasng the amount of vacuum re-
uuired to KEEP these tanks well sup
piled at all times.
Few motorists realize how mucn
gasoline is required by these modern
superengines under certain circum
stances. The capacity Of the small
size electric fuel pump, for instance
Il IS gallons an hour. This will