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Evening star., 1933-11-14

Castor canadensis.
7 VERE is a famous engineer. He
has played a very interesting
part in the development oil
L Il this great country Of ours.
Long before Columbus was
born the beaver was telling trees, dam
ming streams and helping to MAKE
fertile valleys and fields.
The damned waters prevented the
silt and hun1us from being washed out
to sea. and the few trees he used we're
his by right of possession. There are
records showing that the beaver has
even reclaimed lands, and ponds that
arc now stocked with fine fish owe
their origin to him. Did you know
that the shield of New York State has
the beaver on it?
As the country became more thickly
settled the beavers gradually grew less
In numbers. Their skins were used IN
trade. and as medium OF exchange
III such great numbers that the beaver.
though valued highly, was given no
protection whatever.
History reveals that the beaver fur
was in such great demand among the
Chinese that they exchanged their
lovely worries, jades. exquisite porce-
lains and silks for the furs. 1t is in
America that the high-hat industry
reached It's peak, and many q little
beaver went to great functions, though
he knew nothing about it.
In the early days Of our country the
famous little rodents were plentiful
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as
well as from the limit of trees in
Northern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico
This animal. that has made it pos
sible for our forefathers to have left a
gCodly inheritance behind them, has
been so hunted and destroyed that
specimens now are rarely seen. To
the nature lover this is a deplorable
thing, and Steps have been taken to
give this worthy American legal pro-
lection. In Colorado the beaver is be-
ginning to be fearless again, and even
builds during the daytime. This fact
is gratifying. for 1t shows that the
beaver realizes he Is safe once more In
his chosen surroundings.
Only the rats. rabbits and mice Of
the rodent family are better known.
No other rodent is more portly, and no
other one of value to man.
In shape he is rather squat and in
Evening star., 1933-11-14
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.

hour passed without some ones drilling
the little chap. And still he didn't
read
Il don't see how we can promote him
any more He must read II he is to
learn any more" said the principal.
SO he was left back. And he stayed
back until he grew too big for the
benches. And still he didn't read.
Something must be done" said
mother. \ "He can't stay there forever" !"
This time he was taken to a physician
when he heard the story. we will
examine him carefully. I'd like TO have
him for week or 10 days. VIII you
stay with us, son, and let us try to
find out why you can't read?"
ayes I will I want to read, but /
can't"
BY and by the doctor told the child's
mother that it was not possible for
him to read because he was afflicted
with word blindness. The nerve cells
that had to do with interpreting the
signs that the eye reported faithfully
enough, we're not functioning. The
child saw the signs, the marks that
were letters, but he could not do any
thing with them after seeing them. He
Just saw them and nothing happened
! w
read
Read to him. Stop drilling him.
! Tell him he needn't worry about learn
ing to read any more. 1t sometimes
happens that after time the cells
come to life and go to work. 1t may
happen to this lad and it may not.
We don't know. But stop drilling him
and let him be happy as he is. Teach
him to do as many things as he can
apart from this reading of books. En-
courage him lot. Build up his health.
And keep hoping without nagging him. "
Word blindness Is not a disease, 1t
is a condition. Drilling won't help it.
Glasses won't help it. Only the miracle
Of growth ever helps it, and sometimes
that miracle is not performed. Try
to find some compensation for the af-
hicted child and go on from there.
DOWNRIGHT. 1033D
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How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"To Talk Of a Rome. "

Don't talk of a rope In the house
OF one who has been hanged" we say
to the tactless person who makes un-
pleasant reminders, or brings up sub
jects that are embarrassing or painful
A reader inquiries as to the source Of
the expression
The old-time flavor of these words
ito talk OF rope in the house of one
who has been hanged" is not mislead-
ing. They go back as far as 1905
which was the publication date of the
first part Of the great Spanish classic,
Cervantes' Don Quixote," to which we
trace the use Of this expression IN
modern gpeech.
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DA@D A4'AL ~ OAeAAIo W. Burgess

'I have a better plan than that" ,"
said Peter, smothering q chuckle.
What is it?" asked Reddy.
Why" replied Peter, "as long as you
have to return this way, you bring the
carrots with you and save me that long
trip across the Green Meadows"
Reddy knew then that Peter was
merely having little fun with him
and knew exactly what Reddy was
hoping to do. There no longer was any
use in pretending that he was friend
With a sudden snarl he showed all his
teeth. "You wait, Peter Rabbit, III
have you yet! Just you wait!" he cried
In the safety of the dear Old Briar-
patch Peter kicked up his long heels
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Tomato Sandwich.

Peel and chill some firm tomatoes
and cut them in thin slices. With half
a cupful of mayonnaise mix one-fourth
cupful of minced green pepper and six
drops of onion juice On each slice of
tomato place a spoonful of this mixture
and fold between slices of buttered
bread Vary by adding a sprinkling Of
ham or by using rye bread spread with
equal parts of butter and peanut but
ter creamed together,
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slam try OF three
no trumps as a first
response.
Partner is really
asking you to do
little more than
confirm your orig
inal bid when he
makes this particu-
lar double jump re-
sponse. He is real
ly asking you to
contribute distribu-
tion-he does not
expect reserve pri-
mary values in your
hand. Remember
that this response
posi- ely an
nounces one of the
ton three hOnorS of
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More Truth Than Poetry
Bx JAMES ,. MONTAGUE.

Amid a bowling gale
To slay the crew
And skipper, too.
To make them walk the plank.
All gold today
Is slowed away
Inside a steel-sheathed bank.
No glorious life
OF stirring strife
Inspires a growing lad,
As. in the times
OF stirring crimes,
1t did his daring dad.
The deeds that Kidd
So boldly did
May be performed no more,
And Bill, alas,
His life must pass
In dull pursuits ashore.
(Copyrisht, 1880
Evening star., 1933-11-14
WHAT is the chief industry Of Cuba
A Raising sugar cane

@. How much sugar cane is raised?
A. Enough. during the past 20 years
to produce about 100000 tons of
sugar per year.
@. What other crops does Cuba
raise? A. If we call tobacco a crop,
1t ranks next to sugar. The food
crops include bananas, pineapples,
oranges, coconuts, cocoa, rice. sweet
potatoes and Indian corn. Thousands
of tons Of pineapples and bananas are
exported each year.
@. What kind of climate does Cuba
have? A. Very pleasant, for. the most
part; being neither too warm nor
too cold" The Summers tend to be
wet, however, and in the Autumn
there is special danger from hurri-
canes. From q climatic viewpoint, De-
cember, January and February would
suit most persons best for visit to
the republic.
O. What kind Of trees grow in
Cuba2 A. Cuba has about $4,000, 900
acres of land covered by woods and
forests. In some places the trees grow
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Easy Dressing.

Keep -mouthed, glass -stoppered
bottle for making French dressing
Place all the ingredients in the bottle,
put the glass top in place and shake
the bottle vigorously. The dressing will
keep well this way and is ready for use
by simply shaking it before serving.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
A Dull World Now.

A Dull World Now.
No more men fear
The buccaneer
Who, in the days of old,
From sea to sea
Roved wide and free
Collecting minted gold.
No pirates rove
From cove to cove.
In quest Of shining freight;
The sailors life
Is void Of strife;
Young Bill was born too late.
Upon the sea
No chance has he
To spy a raking sail
To climb aboard
With cleaning sword
Evening star., 1933-11-14
TOEnd daCOueh
InaHul'ry,Mix
|. This at Home
Needs No Cooking! Big Saving

Millions Of housewives have N
found that. by mixing their own
cough medicine, they get a purer.
more effective remedy. They use
recipe which costs only one-fourth
as much as ready made medicine,
but which really has no equal for
breaking up obstinate coughs.
From any druggist, get 2h ounces
OF Pinex. Pour this into a pint bot
tie, and add granulated sugar syrup
TO NIL up the pint. The syrup is
easily made with 2 cups sugar and
one cup water, stirred a few mo-
msnts until dissolved. No cooking
needed. It's no trouble at all, and
makes the most effective remedy
that money could buy. Keeps per-
recty, and children love its taste.
Its quick action In loosening the
phlegm. clearing the air passages,
and soothing away the infiamma-
tion, has caused il to be used in II
more homes than any other cough. II
remedy. VII
Pinex is highly concentrated EW
compound of Norway Pine, ,.sssg
famous for its healing effect %SS
on throat membranes 1t is xs
guaranteed to give prompt <as@&&
relief or money refunded. oh Sn1Sf%ss
1D[INl5Sz
IL Toe CAnAAA n
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Can't Learn to Read

Can't Learn to Read.
1--WE done my best, Mrs. Struthers,
~ but / can't teach him to read.
I've tried every method known
Il and he doesn't read a single
word. Maybe If he had glaSSes?''
'I'll take him to the eye man right
away. He must learn to read. I don't
understand it. All our children have
gone through school without any trou-
BILE and here he is"
He doesn't give us any trouble.
Don't misunderstood me. He can't
learn to read. I know he would If he
could. For some reason he can't"
So the little chap got glasses and
went back to school In high feather.
Now he would learn to read. But things
were no better. He repeated the words
after the teacher but he did not read.
Not one word.
Send home his reader and the word
cards, please, and We'll work with him
every night" So the drilling began.
In the afternoon sister. who was a
senior in high, took him. In the eve
ming mother took him until her patience
were thin. Then father took his turn.
Sometimes brother, who was graduated
from college. took a hand. The whole
family was loyal to the charge and no
Evening star., 1933-11-14

joyously. THAT Ii q bargain, for you
will wait Just as long as ! do" he re-
torted.
Without another word Reddy went
his way. Peter watched him out of
sight. Then he hunted up little Mrs
Peter, who was on the other side of
the patch. "FuzZy, my dear" ="
said Peter. kicking up his long heels.
"a great load is off my mind"
What load is that?" inquired little
Mrs. Peter.
"I've decided that don't want to be
thrifty" replied Peter I've decided
that it is enough to make the mcst OF
today, for tomorrow never comes, and
to be what Mother Nature intended me
to be-mysef. You can't make a
Squirrel Of . Rabbit and there Is no use
trying"
NY dear. Tn glad you have q httie
eense - lnst," abs siehea.
" 49, sx13xmmaN 49,. -,
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

brought over by the Spaniards. Dogs
and house cats, also imported from
abroad, have escaped and formed wild
families which are to be met in woods
and hilly parts.
(CopyrfEht 1921
Evening star., 1933-11-14
.HE most fundamental point of
difference in the making of ap-
pie sauce lies in the cooking. In
II nv mothers kitchen. when ap-

PIE Sauce was Hldut IJ was
point of pride to see that the apple
slices preserved their shape during the
cooking and serving. The apples, first
peeled, cored and sliced in segments.
were dropped into an already boiling
sirup of sugar and water, one cup to a
quart of fruit being sufficient. They
were covered and cooked gently The
upper slices were pierced with a fork
and the saucepan was removed imme-
Evening star., 1933-11-14

"HIS name originated with one
who lived near a grove. The
name has been spelled In
l. number of ways-Groves, Grow
er, Grove.
The Groves Of Fern, County Willis,
claim descent from John de Grove OF
Evening star., 1933-11-14

SEEMS TO BE CAPTURED IN THE
QUICK COOKING o. APPLE
SAUCE
diately they were tender to avoid the
additional cooking that would disinte-
CRATE the pieces
Then, as well as today, another
school" of apple sauce making had its
adherents. To these there was no sauce
like that apple sauce which was put
through colander after cooking. and
was Of the consistency Of a thin cereal,
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Peter Is Himself.

For fraud and sham there's no defense:
Just be yourself without pretense.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1933-11-14

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes. Dry Cereal With Cream.
Baked Sausages.
Potato Cakes Melba Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Baked Spaghetti, Tomato Sauce.
Rye Bread Sandwiches.
Chiffon Pie. Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Celery Soup.
Shepherds Pie. Creamed Carrots.
Boiled Onions.
Beet and Lettuce Salad,
French Dressing.
Cracker Raisin Pudding,
Lemon Sauce.
Coffee.
POTATO CAKES.
Mold cold mashed potatoes into
round little cakes. Slightly fiat
ten. Flour well on each side
Fry out some nice salt pork and
let potatoes fry brown in a little
of the hot fat. Nice for break
fast. Serve hot.
CHIFFON PIE.
One and one-half cupfuls pas
L try -four, one-third cupful short
ening, one-half teaspoonful salt,
cold water. Sift together -four,
salt. work in shortening, using
/ enough water to make a stiff
dough. Roll out, line pie plate
and bake In hot oven II minutes.
Filling-One orange and one
| lemon, five tablespoonfuls water,
three eggs, five-eighths cupful
sugar. Put juice and grated rind
of orange and lemon with water
in double boiler and bring to boil
ing point. Beat egg yolks till
light; add sugar. beat thorough
ly. Stir into hot liquid and cook
till thick. Cool, cover with me
ringue made from egg whites and
brown in oven
| PUDDING.
/ Six large crackers, split and
well buttered. Place buttered
side up In dish; pour over one
quart Of warm milk and let stand
overnight. In the morning take
two eggs, well beaten, one-half
cupful sugar. one-half teaspoon
full each Of nutmeg, cinnamon,
allspice, one-quarter teaspoonful
each of cloves. mace, salt. Mix
sugar and spice and salt together,
| then add the well beaten eggs.
then two-thirds cupful seeded
raisins. Put layer of crackers in
pudding dish, layer of raisins,
spread over mixture of spice.
sugar and eggs. Do this until all
ingredients are used, then add
one cupful more Of milk. Bake
in slow oven two hours. Keep
covered first, then uncovered. II
not wet enough add more milk
and when al has soaked IN, add
| mere.
tcopyrsht 1880
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Conquering
Contract
by P. HAL SIMS

Mr. Sims Is universally acclaimed
the greatest liuing contract and auction
player. He t0ds captain OF the renowned
-Four HorSenten' team. notD disbanded,
and has tDon "a national championships
since 1924. These articles are based ON
the Sims principle. Which includes the
one-ouer-one principle Uhich the Sims
group OF players ,Cds the first TO employ
and deUelop.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Further Rebids Over Jump Re-
sp0nses.

= LAM tries can be developed with
wonderful precision on the rare
occasions that permit your partner
~ to respond to your opening bid
of one in a suit with the urgent
Evening star., 1933-11-14

Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that addressed to this news
paper with self-addressed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1933-11-14

MISS DIX old business and
good salary doing the sort OF work that like fine
marry love him, but he very little more
enough for have the luxres and the good
looks
Evening star., 1933-11-14
N A T u R E. S
C III IL ID r E N
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Beaver.
Castor cAnadenSis.
Y VERE is q famous engineer. He
has played a very interesting
part in the development OF
L Il this great country Of ours
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-03-17
MAJESTIC-SUN. AND MON.
LAUGHTER IN HELL"

With Pat O'Brien Gloria Stuart
Laughter in HELL" the latest novel
of that great realist, jim Tully, who
understands human emotions and pas
sions and describes them SO vividly,
has been screened by Universal.
1t is a picture that sounds the very
depths of humanity. 1t is powerful,
-gripping-elemental-th kind of a
picture that reaches out and grips you
with its vivid drama. Laughter in
He'll" is all first hand drama, right
from the pages of life. You'll never
forget the man who loved girl with
all his honest Irish soul and through
her faithlessness granddaughter in
Hell-and another kind of He'll in the
prison camps in the swamps beside.
Pat O'Brien, Merna Kennedy, Gloria
Stuart, Berton Churchill, Tom Brown,
are all superbly cast in this great hu-
man story of mining riots and chain
gauge.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-03-17
TELLS OF FEED
TESTS AT FARM
Continued From Page One)

these tests have also shown that it is
a doubtful practice to rely on soybeans
as the only source of protein except
where a big price differential exists.
Accordingly in the cattle feeding tests
conducted this year, the calves and
yearlings are receiving protein mix
ture varying from one-half to. one
third soybeans with the remainder
composed of cottonseed and linseed
oilmeal.
Last winter in the hog feeding test
one lot of hogs was fed mixture OF
corn, oats and soybeans all ground to-
gether through a hammer-mill. This
lot did not gain quite as fast as the
lot receiving corn and the trio mixture
but the cost of hundred pounds gain
was slightly lower with the home
grown ration.
Over a three-months' feeding period,
the soybean lot made excellent gains
the first month, good gains the second
month but showed very perceptible
slowing down during the third month
The hogs weighed 81 pounds when
started on test. Had the test started
at 60 pounds and required four months
to complete instead of three it is prob
able that the four months gains woulo
/ have been even slower than those fol
the third month.
| This test would indicate that fol
prolonged feeding some other protein.
material mixed with soybeans woule
produce more satisfactory results. AL
falfa or clover should be used in some
form for either cattle or hogs. In ad
dition little tankage mixed with soy.
beans for hogs and cottonseed for cat
tie probably will make a more salts
factory supplement than soybeans
alone.
| At the completion of the test las
year, one hog from each lot was butch
cred and tests made to ascertain tht
relative softness of the fat. The hog
fed the ration containing one-ifty soy
beans had fat that was noticeabl!
softer and more oily than the one re
ceiving the trio mixture. For thu
packers safeguard, it is much better
to feed a smaller proportion of soy
beans and supplement with little
tankage.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-03-17
TO ASK
SENATOR'S AID
CONTINUED From Page Onel

was passed by the House of Represen-
tatives March 8 by vote of 81 to 36
This was the first time in the twelve
years the Eagles and others have been
fighting for old age pensions in the
state that a vote on such bill was
ever secured on the floor of either
house Of the legislature.
Efforts will be made to secure ar
early vote in the state Senate on tho
bill,' Chairman Connor declared. eve
believe we have the battle won, as
enough members of the Senate are
pledged to vote for it to insure pass
age. Governor George White is pledg-
ed to sign the measure.
"Our committee will ask Senator
Matthews to give the bill most earnest
consideration when it comes to the
Senate
"The measure, said by constitutional
lawyers to be the best of its kind ever
drawn, provides for pensions for wor-
thy Ohioans who have teen residents
of the state and Nation for Is years
and who are over 65 years of age,
have no means of support and no rel
atives or other persons to support
them"
Rep. L. R. Bostwick, of Madison
county, voted in support of the meas
ure.
Besides Chairman Connor, members
of the Old Age Pension committee
are: H, L. McCafferty and NJ. B. Arm
strong
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-03-17
BANKS
AGAIN OPEN
CONTINUED From Page One)


gold or gold certificates. With
these two exceptions, they were func-'
tioning as usual.
Local banks were busy Wednesday
and Thursday accepting deposits of
firms and individuals who had found
the situation that existed for several
days when the banks were either en-
tirely closed or operating on linn
tied basis, quite inconvenient.
AS there are some banks that are
not yet open, due largely to the
huge task of checking up on them
to make sure that they are in con-
dition to open on a 100 per cent
basis, it is reasonable to expect that
some checks placed on deposit may
not be cleared and may be returned
to the banks to be taken up by the
depositors. However, banks are ac-
cepting checks on deposit, for col
lection where it is not definitely
known that the bank on which they
are drawn is still closed.
Madison county business firms, as
we'll as majority of those through
out the nation, have been very rea-
sonable during the bank holiday pc
riod, extending credit where they
could and as result, much of the
hardship that might have otherwise
existed was relieved.
Customers of stores that accom-
modated them during bank holiday
today were declaring their allegiance
to these business firms. Those who
were able 10 ret little cash into
their possession, were dividing it
among the people they owed in an
effort to get the wheels of business
and credit turning in normal way.
All in all, if the writer who usu-
| ally is forbidden to even use the ed
I itorial I'VE" in the news columns,
may be permitted to transgress usual
newspaper rules in these unusual
times, we would say that everyone
has shown a splendid spirit-the To-
cal banks, their depositors, the ner-
chants and their customers!
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-03-17
Traffic Deaths
Greater in Rural Areas Than in Cities
State Highway Expert States


Traffic death rates are higher in
rural areas than in cities. ]. c.
Flummer, Chief Of Division Of Vital
Statistics, Ohio Department Of
Health, reports that there were 912
autocides in rural districts as COM
pared with $50 in urban districts dur
ing 1892. These figures are just
short Of being absolutely complete,
however, owing to a few death Ger
tificates failing to state the place Of
accident.
The rural districts led the urban
centers il motor vehicle fatalities
not only in Ohio but also in the
country ait large, according to no
less an authority than the National
Safety Council.
In view Of this condition, O W.
Merrell, Director Of the State High
way Department, reminds. motorists
Of safety admonition not to forsake
habits of careful driving upon leav-
ing the city limits behind them. He
urges them especially never to relax
at any time in the observance of the
speed laws and TO always keep fore-
most in mind q sense Of considera-
ton for the rights of pedestrians as
well as other motorists.
The greater number Of mishaps on
the rural highways il directly trace
able to drivers either running off the
road, turning over, o. crashing into
some fixed object. This fact would
seem to indicate that many motorists
killed on rural highways have no one
to blame but themselves.
Too many automobile drivers, Di-
rector Merrell points out, are in.
clined to open 'er up and give free
rein to their suppressed desire foi
speed once they have left the eits
limits behind
Remember" he wisely advises, =
i much better to leave the city lin
its behind safely than to leave YOU
life behind you on the highway.