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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-22
Manchu Bible Useless

One hundred years ago the English
Bible society, at great expense, put
an edition of the Bible In the Man
chu language, then the official Ian
guage Of the Chinese court and gov
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-22

eminent. When sent to China the
books were found useless. as the
Manchus were able to read Chinese,
preferring Chinese to their own Ian
guage, which had become almost CON
fined to official use only.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-22
Book Care

Ii water Is spilled on the leaf Of
book, put the leaf between two blot
tiers and iron first on one side, then
on the other. The leaf will not then
crinkle.
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Cork Is the soft, spongy and some
what elastic outer layer of the bark
OF species of oak (quercus suber)
cultivated principally In Spain, Por-
tugal and northern Africa" said he.
For commercial purposes the bark
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-22

II ~ possible for a man to play the
part of worm so long that he be-
comes too weak to turn.,-Toedo
Blade.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-22

Matthew ChrostotskI OF the ProyI.
dence Central high school. who set a
new worlds record In winning the third
heat OF the 50-yard free style swim In
the Penn Athletic club pool In phlla.
delphia Chrostotski. competing In the
interscholastic swim championship.
outclassed the field In his heat low.
ering the mark to % $40 seconds.
The former record Of "a seconds fiat
was held by Pua Keoloha of Honolulu.
and Arthur Lindegren of Long Beach.
Calf.
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Your local dealer carries Ferry's
Pure Bred Vegetable Seeds. Now
only . cents package Adv.
Evening star., 1934-03-11
POSERS

[ jOW much do you know about history liter
ature and geography? Some questions this
week will test your knowledge of these SUBJ
jects and the others will make you use your
common sense. Don't let them stump you.
l. What is the French national holiday that
corresponds to our Independence day?
2. What the pen name of Samuel L.
Clemens?
8 Which is the port and which is the star.
board side of vessel?
4 What is the standard of English money?
S. What is mesa"
g. Name the last State to be admitted to the
Union.
T. Who was the Roman god of war
g. In what country is the city of Kobe?
ANSWERS.
l. The fourteenth of July-BaStille day. 2.
Mark Twain g. The right side starboard. the
left port f. Pound sterling. 5. Tableland or
plateau of Southwestern United States. g. Ari-
-ona z. Mars. 8. Japan.
Evening star., 1934-03-11
II Little Bird Told Me-"

IN THIS expression are united folklore and
legend for it refers to the beliefs of very
ancient peoples In the early days of mankind
and even among the lesser civilized peoples of
today, it was and is believed that birds have
supernatural wisdom and that upon certain
occasions they are endowed with human speech
The belief was common among the nomads
Of Oriental deserts and of the North American
forests and plains It is still believed by the
colored people of southern plantations, and
there is story of the Basque country, between
France and Spain, in which the principal char
acter is little bird which always speaks the
truth
In many countries birds are regarded with
great reverence When we say of some story
told US in confidence that q little bird told it
to -. we are actually quoting a very old and
s6perStitious thought A'''E''''
Evening star., 1934-03-11
BY ". BOYCE MORGAN.

When Grandpa jenkins. old retired prospector
living in solitary cabin outside the little western
town OF Gravel Greek, comes to the Shayne General
Store one day to buy supplies Fred Shayne son Of
the storekeeper. gives him lift home. The old
Il they insist doing some prospecting themselves
Fred and Tom get together panning outfit. and
the next morning they out to Grandpa jenkins
turbed because their departure is witnessed by Buzz
Crowder, neer-do-wel of the town, and his
brother Buzz has already shown too much interest
in Freds acquaintance with Grandpa jenkins They
reach cabin. and Grandpa jenkins suggests that
they pan the dirt along the gulch above his place
He has already worked his own land to some extent
with good results The boys start out and return
less than an hour. wildly excited They exhibit
which they have found but Grand
pa. and disgust. tells them the stones are
only pyrite. and valueless.
Evening star., 1934-03-11
Ladybngs

rVERY child knows the little verse Lady.
child cherishes particular affection for the
little black polka dotted beetle called the lady
bird The beetle is perfectly harmless, neither
bites nor stings, and though the children are
not aware of it, it is a great boon to the
gardener because it makes war upon plant lice
in uncertain terms.
Ladybirds ladybugs, children sometimes
call them are beetles, and like all beetles they
have four wings, the rear wings tucked away
under the outer harder forewings which look
like shell. Their bright brick-red color is
gayly marked by seven black polka dots in the
common ladybrd.
The ladybirds only offensive trick occurs
when it is frightened. Then, pretending death.
the little beetle gives off bright orange liquid,
the nasty smell of which even children have
learned to respect. The liquid is its protection
against its enemies, who dislike its odor
In spite of the bother of having to get their
flying wings out from under the hard-spotted
wings ladybrds are excellent flyers. The busi-
ness of folding their wings upon landing seems
to be quite nuisance for the ladybug, who has
all the trouble of making them fit under the
hard forewings.
LadybirdS eggs generally laid upon plants
infested by plant lice, that when the tiny
grub matches from the little yellow clusters Of
eggs his supper is ready and waiting. The grubS
gray and orange and they enjoy nothing
better than eating the plant lice their leafy
home
1t takes only 10 days for the grubs to change
into perfect ladybugs ready to light softly on
anybody'S hand and show their pretty spots.
Evening star., 1934-03-11
INSTALLMENT

T IS not enough to say that Fred and Tom
were crestfalen at grandpas words-they
were crushed They gazed at him with
tragic faces while he continued to Storm
Don't you know any better than to
come back here with that FOOLS gold?' he
beloved Il thought you had some sense!
You'd think you were couple of city tender
feet being taken by pyrite And expectln
to discover pay dirt 10 minutes after you start
out! Don't you know this is mans WORK!
You've got to sweat and dig and stand all
kinds of hardshps when you set out to be
prospector-and then you'll probably die in
the poOrhouSe. should have known better
than to break my rule and let anybody come
my land!"
Fred and Tom stood with hanging heads,
absolutely silent in the face of the old mans
wrath He glared at them for moment,
turned and stamped the length of the room
and back, growing all the while. Then. to
their utter amazement, he chuckled
"The dang stuff fooled me once, too" he
said. But don't you be fooled again! Pyrite
will crush easily, while gold just bends. Also,
gold looks the same from every angle, but pyrite
changes color in the light That goes for mica.
too. and mica flakes when you hammer it."
Then he began to roar again. 60 on, get
out of here" he cried. Get back to your
pannin. And if you bring me any more pyrite
or mica TIL tan the hides off both of you'll"
CRED and Tom Scuttled from the shack, and
not until they were out of grandpa's sight
did they dare look at each other. Then they
both grinned sheepshly.
Boy we certainly put our foot in it that
time!' Tom exclaimed.
Guess we deserved it," Fred replied. 1T
was dumb of us to go off half-cocked like that.
Now well just have to find some gold, unless
we want grandpa to think we're pair of
dummies"
Once more they passed through the glade
and entered the gulch. Less than quarter
of mile along. they came to the spot where
they had dropped their tools to race back to
the cabin with the pyrite. They picked up the
tools and walked on along the bank of the
stream, scanning the ground closely.
They had proceeded perhaps half mile
when they came to a bend in the gulch. The
stream swung wide against the farther wall,
wound lazily between some boulders and then
continued on its course.
''This looks like a good spot" said Fred. "A
lot of gravel has been deposited on the inside
of the bend. Suppose we try it here"
Tom agreed. He took the shovel and re-
moved some of the top gravel from saot
Evening star., 1934-03-11

near the edge of the stream. After digging
down foot. he filled the two gold pans about
two-thirds full. Then they moved to the edge
of the stream bent down and lowered the pans
into the clear water.
There was little clay in this dirt. SO it was
not much of a job to throw out the bigger
pebbles and rocks. After the dirt was we'll
operation.
ZACH boy held his pan just under the sur
= face of the water and shook it from side
to side with a circular motion. Gradually the
lighter material worked up to the edge and
was washed away by the water, while the
heavier material concentrated on the bottom
of the pan.
They were not very experienced at this work
and their speed not great. But finally
each had a small residue of heavy sand left in
his pan. They bent over and examined it
closely. Then Fred reached down and picked
out tiny yellow kernel, perhaps sixteenth
of an inch in diameter.
That's gold, Toni" he said, tensely.
Tom nodded vigorously Il think have a
few nuggets in my pan. too," he said
Carefully they fingered over the pans and
finally they had extracted dozen of the tiny
yellow grains. They put these into a bag
which Tom had brought along-a bag that had
once been used to hold marbles
Lets dump this heavy sand in one place.
Fred" Tom suggested. There may be some
finer bits of gold in it and grandpa will know
how to get it out. I'm in favor OF trying to
get down to bed rock here, panning the dirt
as go. What do you say?'
TIRED agreed, and for the rest of the day
they worked faithfully, pausing only long
enough to cook their lunch and eat it. But
when the sun dropped below the wall of the
gulch, warning them that they must stop work.
they had not yet reached bed rock.
However, each had panned perhaps 80 or 40
pans of dirt, and in the marble sack they had
quite a pile of the yellow grains, the largest
being about the size of small grape seed.
When the last pan had been fingered over.
they Strengthened up stretched their cramped
muscles shoudered their pick and shovel and
started back down the gulch. And as they
did so two men who had been watching them
from hillside high above the gulch turned
and started back toward Gravel Creek
Grandpa jenkins was waiting for them when.
tired but still enthusiastic they returned to the
cabin and handed him the little sack of yellow
grains. He dumped it into the palm of his
hand and his eyes cleaned.
That's the real article!" he cried "And
I'd say you have about half an ounce of it
here. It's probably not absolutely pure, but
even so you've made about SIS today at the
present price of gold. That's not so bad, is it?"
'You bet it's not!' cried Fred. "And we
haven't started yet. Well be down to bed
rock tomorrow and then we ought to find some
real nuggets!"
To be continued next Sunday.
Evening star., 1934-03-11
The HanHcab

"Yes. sir explained Squire Corncob, Ed
would have that horse race at the fair,
all right, if it hadn't been that he got started
off right behind Hi jenkins
We'll, sir. the hayseed kept a-bowin' out
of His whiskers. Eb's horse kept right be-
hind him. Eb just naturally couldn't get the
critter to go past
Evening star., 1934-03-11
Here are some catchy kite word chains that

Here are some catchy kite word chains that
should keep you up your toes:
Change KITE to TAIL in six moves.
Change FLEW to WIND in five moves.
f.
There are animals roaming the Western
- plains which not found anywhere else In
the United States. The names of three of them
are jumbled below Can you straighten them
out?
1. SAL OF UBF
2. YES OTOC.
3. SUM GNATS.
Evening star., 1934-03-11
Lifetime Job

Interested PrOf-What do you expect to be
when you get out OF high school?
Permanent Frosh-A grandfather --
Evening star., 1934-03-11
PUZZLES

h low that it's almost Spring. you'll be get
Y ting out your kites and letting the old
March wind carry them far up into the sky.
Have you worked kite crossword puzzle?
Here's one for you to try
Evening star., 1934-03-11
Logic

Jmmy-Maw, these new trousers are too
tight
Mother-Oh. They aren't, either.
Jinlmy-They are, too They're tighter than
my skin.
Mother-That can't be-
Jimmy-Well can sit down in my skin.
and can't sit down in these trousers.
Evening star., 1934-03-11

HORlZONlAL.
/. To soar.
4. Flying toys.
6. Provided that
T. Near.
8. Clarified.
II. The whole
IL. Insane.
IA. I.
15 To cook with grease.
IT. Negative
18. In the past.
19. Food eaten for breakfast.
20. Procure
%. Eastern time (abbr.).
"a. Grain (abbr).
25. The three-toed sloth.
27. The sun god.
g. Perfect.
80. Machine for turning wood.
VERTICAL.
l. Instrument used for military music
2. Light (abbr).
g. Period of time
4. Say.
S. Tiny branch bearing leaf
Split violently.
g. What kite rides on
TO- Peril
IL. Part of verb Ito be-"
13. Perform.
IS. Mist
16. Nevertheless
21. Printers measure.
%. Kites appendage.
"a. Strong wind
26 Girls name
~. Word used in college yellS
% Eastern time (ahhr
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-09

and reaps benefits he does not de-
serve and never was Intended TO have.
Under Smiths proposal, bureaus
would be set up here and at Fargo
and Minot. with forwarding oenters
ct Devils Lake, jamestown. Grand
Forks and WillNton. In return for
food. clothing and shelter. the men
will be required to work on civic bet
terments. They will be given q small
cash consideration in addition to
their keep.
The worthwhile man, unable to get
work elsewhere and perhaps "on the
road" In these last few years, will
welcome this condition, even though
he strives to get away from it as
quickly as possible.
But the Weary Willie Of the past
will feel that . dirty trick has been
played on him. The old order will
have vanished and the days when he
could panhandle in peace will have
ended.
This will be al the more true when
railroads keep their pledge to bar
transients from free rides on trains
and motorists are induced to CO.
operate to the extent OF giving no
free lifts.
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free" food, except under the atten-
dance Of physician. All that Is nee
essary is to refrain from adding salt
to the food-milk, cheese, eggs, meats,
fish contain salt enough, naturally.
Even in conditions Of partial star
vation and under-nutrition this re-
tention Of too much water In the
blood and tissues Is commonly OBJ
served. Remember, then, that here
is one rather common form Of over
weight where an increase in the
amount Of protein and fat In the diet
Is the essential remedy, and de-
crease In the amount of starches and
sugars Is Of secondary importance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-09
Bail Business

SXNCW LUX WOIlQ ASlcRIdIuJ
The average professional bail bonds
man today would be astonished to
hear that bail originally put upon the
surety . heavy personal responsibility
for producing the defendant at the
proper time before the court.
Bonding companies have gradually
converted bail into an impersonal in
surance risk. II defendant jumps
hts bail the forfeiture may have to be
balanced to profit and loss" or 1t
may not. II he turns up within a year
or II the District Attorney certifies
that the state suffered no loss by de-
PENDANTS failure to appear at the APP
pointed time the bonding company
gets its refund.
World-Telegram staff writer Ken
meth Campbell showed, In recent ar
ticle. that out Of 41.618.Ool 81 forfeit
ed bail In this city between January
l, 1929, and January /, 1894, all but
ST ,596.4o was returned to the sure
ties, though most Of the defendants
involved found it convenient to stay
away more than q year.
As to the direct obligation OF the
surety to keep track Of and produce
the accused nobody nowadays gives it
q thought.
Is It any wonder that criminals and
their lawyers often figure bail as one
Of the Expenses" Of beating the law?
q It surprising that not a few
Judges treat bail ~ merely q rubber
stamp part Of their duties. without
considering whether i will or Will
not guarantee the appearance Of the
accused3
Il would b Interesting to know In
how many cases the bonding compan-
ieg never even set eyes on the persons
for whom they furnish bail.
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Circulation
Member Of The Associated Pres

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The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to 1t
or not otherwise credited in this
newspaper and also the local news Of
spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication Of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
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things, . bit cynical. unlike her.
self. Had those women bean die.
agreeable, made her restless, dis
satisfied But that wasn't fair %
Stanley, TO her good sense, her
beautiful loyalty. He washed his
hands, brushed his hair and went
out to help her get the supper.
Stanley was turning the chops IN
their iron pan, her back 70 him.
sShall / az the coffee (" he asked.
with : rather apparent attempt at
cheerfulness.
IF you want to-
He did 90, wishing e required
more effort. He felt awkward, help.
less In the face Of Stanlsy's con-
tiuued silence. Lets leave the
dishes and 60 70 . movie" hs sug-
gested with ! simulated sagsrness.
rearranging m already perfectly
Get table.
sYou know I don't like 70 lsavs
the dishes, and anyway 10 can't
afford movies twice . week-weVs
been once already
well ! guess y wonv oI:ek =, -
g g again. ~ pernsps you,d nks
@ pase 2 wa!k-atS eoane @ % :
franz mens TOE wsl1n
| . small platter, took up the pota-
toes ana turned . sns 1ee-Dox 1oz
the sal:ds:
CanI ! nelp you! Sonn HAT
mon $1,000 JUST Denano neis ANXIOUS.
eyed. wondering what = was ~
about.
SLOWLY STANLEY swang around
ana races MN. ! DON'T know
whether you can Of not. Drsw y
BEING ma!I1ed-an Junc:
She looked away :watly. hatana
herself Tor having anre MIN uka
thatl hating MIN Tor lsesaug her ~
that sns nad.
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Goodby Weary Willie

one result Of the camps Tor trans
Tents now being established IN North
Dakota undsr tho supervision Of
Bismarck1 Herbert Smith. former
head of the Salvation Army here.
may b b drive from our railroads
and highways those "weary Wties''
Who long have subsistsd on public
charity.
- has often bssn alleged IA tl,eGe
IN years-and nsvsr successfully
d1nied-the foliak system has been Z
bonn q those with . chronic dis
III Tor wuelk. When man who want
- wurk cannot find occupation. tiose
who neyer did work haye e1osllsnt
szcu1s 1or not being employed. On
- such circumstances thu lazy goal
lons IT, cost d ths worthwhile slasep
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-09
WHEN IS OBESITY AND WHAT
ISN'T?

There IS no sharp dividing line be-
tween normal, ideal or perfect nutri-
ton, metabolism, health and obesity.
but physicians arbitrarily regard IN
accumulation Of fat amounting TO
more than Is per cent Of the average
for the age and height. that IS, more
than Is pounds excess for every hun
bred pounds body weight, as obesity.
At once we must acknowledge that
this Is q rough and by no means in
fallible index. It fails to allow for
individual, familial. racial. constitu-
tional differences in body structure
or type. Every one knows there are
large boned" and small bpned''
types OF build: types with long trunk
and shorter limbs, types with short
trunk and longer limbs; types with
full round chest, and types with flat
broad chest; types with slender, frall
waist, and types with sturdy waist. A
10 to Is per cent variation from the
average" weight for given age and
height IS quite an ordinary and nor
NAL occurrence.
Then, too, the cut and dried tables
Of correct weight" for persons Of
given age and height and sex ignore
the factor OF specific gravity or dis
placement. Fat has greater specific
gravity, bulk. displacement tina n
muscle or other tissue. This was i'm
pressed upon thousands Of young men
who left white collar jobs to undergo
military training for the World War.
They got rid of flabby Stacker flesh,
became more slender II not gaunt,
yet gained an average Of 10 or II
pounds weight In few months In the
training camps. You see, they ex-
changed superfluous fat for new
muscle.
stu another condition commonly
regarded as obesity or superfluous
flesh and often so treated with griev-
Gus consequences is simply reten-
ton Of q greater amount OF water
In the tissues than the body should
retain. More than half Of the weight
Of the body Of q healthy adult Is
water. Certain unhygienic habits
may lead to retention Of too much
water. For instance, the consumption
Of too much salt, and an excessive
proportion Of carbohydrate food (any
item containing much sugar Or
starch.)
This excessive retention Of water in
the tissues Is not edema or dropsy.
It is merely the additional water In
the blood to hold the salt and sugar
In sufficiently dilute solution. CAL
starches or sugars, carbohydrates, are
converted into dextrose, form Of
sugar, by digestion).
Obviously the remedy in cases OF
excessive water retention Is not re-
striction of diet or any other reduc-
ton treatment. but regulation Of the
salt and sugar metabolism. As a rule
an actual increase in the amount Of
protein In the diet IS advisable, anc
often an increase In the amount 81
fat. but q decrease In the starchea
and sugars. On such q regimen thu
pale, soft, flabby, phlegmatic, bogg,
body loses the excess weight and re.
covers natural vigof. It Is not advis.
able to attempt to subsist on salt
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Tribune Warrington Correspoodent)

Warrington, March o.-0rafters
and others who suddenly find them
selves bounced from the government
service often wonder how It came
about.
Only . few insiders know-and
they'll never tell.
The truth Is that overlapping by
federal agents didn't end when Uncle
Sam gave up trying to enforce pro-
hibition. The Secret Service, Depart
ment Of Justice, and espionage agen-
cies In various departments and New
Deal organizations have developed it
with many new scientific wrinkles.
It's simple matter to listen In on
not only every telephone talk, but also
every other conversation in . govern
ment employees office.
One device cuts In on . telephone
extension and records every CONVEX
sation on dictaphone.
Or . high official can have . con-
traption installed which will produce
. buzz In one Of his desk drawers as
often - = suspects telephone Is in
use, whereupon he can pull the draw
er open and hear Issuing therefrom
the entire conversation.
Hidden microphones sometimes are
installed In offices 80 that others in
another room Of the building can