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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Hunting Dogs Were Used
Long Ago by Egyptians

The history of the hunting dog is
clouded in antiquity. Ancient rock
carvings tell us hunting dogs were
known in Egypt thousands of years
ago, but the story of the first do
mesticatiOn of the dog and it's de-
velopment into a hunting cOmpan-
ion for man is lost to us for al
ways. Possibly somewhere back in
the dim ages, when man himself
had just risen above the brute and
lived in terror of monster carnivO-
rOus creatures which then roamed
the earth, a caveman captured his
first wild dog puppy and brought
it back to his home among the
ledges where, in his loneliness, he
fed and nurtured the animal until
he won its affection. Later, prob
ably, he taught the dog to assist
him in the chase.
This, of course, is purely cOnjec-
ture, writes Donald Stillman in the
New York Herald-Tribune But in
the United States, where more pure
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

another minute he'd be going through
adventure of his that would
Dicks exploits look like pink parties
The thing Alex knew there tremendous rush OF
boiler. He jumped. and the candle
beside him rolled the floor and out Alex looked hen
daylight that should streaming through the manhoie
in the top night His
thinking Alex had home had
manhoIe and started to fill the boiler
He rushed the front of the boiler and
That didn't do good
outside drowned sound he might make that
frenzy pipe which
the flow with his hands That
either the cold that dashed his
telling himself to keep
a level head
The Deadly Water Kept Pouring In
breath he coming I remembered
hade chse the other end of the
boiler boiler twenty
like miles. getting
minute but finally made it, found the hammer and
pounded hard to loosen
the rivets, still the pouring in.
pounding Iknew there must be
when reached the level That
the time the reached the
gauge level would be foot head
minutes Alex began to get dizzy The
thrush his head STILL he pounded
didn't think to
The Grim Reaper's Scythe Nearly Fell.
Fearsome thoughts going through his mind What
would moth say he didn't home that night?
anybody him? What would happen when they
in the morning?
started
wall of the boiler
outside Hold AexH get your But
hadn't noticed that
seemed lose somewhere
there and the thing knew was lying on my back out In the
yard"
had fallen faint and had taken much water into his lungs that
before he
but he still has Nightmares about that horrible feer
M trapped in filling boiler.
@-WNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Before Long Supervision
Will Be Our Only Task

Inventive science and new machin-
cry have changed everything. Where
the worker formerly began and fin
ished one complete article, he now
attends to one small operation, turn
ing a few screws, putting on wheel,
driving a few nails, spraying with
paint, tacking on heels or uppers.
With electricity everywhere, work
has changed. The housewife turns
a switch, a machine does the wash
ing; vacuum cleaner does the
sweeping; turns another switch or
burner and finds cheat" ready-made.
Everything is time-saving, trouble
saving. The people do their shop
ping, selecting at home in the adver-
tising column, and through advertis-
ing they learn Of things unknown to
them before and find that they need
them. Civilization approaches the
stage when pressing a button and
starting the machinery working will
represent physical days labor, with
only supervision afterward.-Arthur
Brisbane in Cosmopolitan.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Massachusetts Melons

THE visitor from Georgia motor
l. ing through the Berkshires OF
Massachusetts looked rather scorn-
fully at the crops in the fields along
the road.
"Why, I don't see any melons up
here" he said to the farmer lean
ing on the fence. Cant you raise
them"
mo, we don't seem to have any
luck with melons," replied the Yam
kee. II tried to raise some a while
back-tried 1t year after year, but
l couldn't ever get good crop
somehow. The trouble was that
the soil was just too rich for 'em.
I'D plant my seeds, the vines
would start growing, the blossoms
would come out, and then they'd
set and the melons would begin to
form. Then the sun would get hot.
ter and the nights would sprinkle
our Berkshire dew on 'em. And
that dew, tell you, acts like mag.
ic, it makes things grow so. But
1 never could get any melons
though"
us that SOP" exclaimed the South
erner, "why couldn't you?"
"Well, l tell you" answered the
son of the Berkshires. Those vines
Just naturally grew so fast they
dragged the melons all over the
field. They just plumb wore 'em
out before they had a chance to get
ripe. SO 1 just had to give up tryin
to raise melons,"
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
The Colorado Cinder Beetle

WHEN the Santa Fe railroad
w was built into Colorado, it's
coming brought rejoicing to the res
idents of the rich Arkansas River
valley. 1t meant an outlet for their
crops and prosperity. But that last
ed only little while. Then dis
aster swept down upon them.
Every night a large section of
the rOadbed disappeared. Some
thing was taking away the cinder
ballast. Train schedules were dis
rupted and there were endless de-
lays until the damage could be re-
paired. In several cases freight
trains were wrecked or derailed.
Santa Fe officials were frantic,
for no one could discover what was
carrying away the ballast. Finally
a newspaper man, Charley Blakes-
ley of the Kansas City Star, sug-
gested that possibly the Colorado
cinder beetle was eating up the bal
last and his surmise proved correct.
How to check the ravages of the
insects was the next problem. That
was solved when it was discovered
that the cinders used for ballast
were from soft coal. So hard coal
cinders were substituted and the
cinder beetles broke their jaws try
ing to eat them. For some time, it
is said, passengers on the Santa Fe
were kept awake at nights by the
cinder beetles screaming with the
pain of their broken jaws. So the
railroad speeded up the schedules
Of their passenger trains. They
now went so fast that the passen-
gers heard the moaning of the bro
ken jawed cinder beetles merged
into symphony of sound, like the
rustic of wind through pine trees,
that quickly lulled them to sleep.
When a harder race of cinder
beetles developed with jaws capa-
BILE of eating hard coal cinders. the
Santa Fe was ready for them. They
began using crushed rock and since
that time have had no trouble with
the little pests.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

in Essex. But Good Easter hasn't
always been good. Start delving
into its past and you find that it
has specialized in witches.
It's only some 60 years ago that
some of the villagers threw an old
woman into pond because she
WAS suspected of being a witch, and
the "Ordeal by swimming" was one
of the favorite methods of the old
witch-finders. If a woman was a
witch she floated; if she wasn't, she
sank.
More recently even than that,
Good Easter still had its witches" ="
or believed that it had them. One
man, who died some years ago, had
this reputation because his cab
bages were always better than any,
one else's, so people believed that
he ''bewitched" their gardens.
A strange story, too, was told
about this mans wife. 1t was said
that, meeting another woman with
a handsome baby girl, she ex-
claimed:
What a beautiful child! But it
will never get any bigger!" And
soon afterwards the baby died.
Good Easter seems a healthy
place, and its people live to a ripe
old age. SO far as it is concerned,
the sinister element belongs to the
past, not to the present.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Tall Tales
g
AS Told to-:
FRANK E. HACAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
The Double Tragedy


a FEW years ago a group Of for
n ty Chicago and Milwaukee
newspaper men were guests Of the
Milwaukee railroad and Rocky
Wolfe, now a widely known radio
sport commentator, on a weekend
outing in Manitowish, Wis.
Among the extraordinary sights
Of the resort town were live porcu-
pines strolling about a nine-hOle
golf course played by the scribes
and a mother hawk, whose broad
back and spread wings were used
by three baby hawks as landing
stage, high above ground.
A dormant appreciation Of Ma
ture having been awakened in the
minds of the visiting city folks,
they were treated by Wolfe to the
prize story of the vicinity.
A ManitOwish hunter, according
to Rocky, reported that he had shot
a fox which had a dead porcupine
in it's mouth. The fox was already
dead when shot, for the spines of
the pOrcupine had killed it.
1t was learned later, Rocky
averred, that the porcupine had
been a pet which earned a living by
carrying fruit on its back from it's
owners orchard to the cider mill.
"And I am ashamed to report,
gentlemen" Wolfe concluded, "that
both animals were intoxicated when
the double tragedy occurred"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
An 4roulld
@HOuSe

Lard used in deep fat frying should
be strained through cheeseclOtf
after use to remove the food parti
cles which accumulate in the kettle
Oysters have better flavor if moi
overlooked. They may be rolled ii
fine cracker crumbs, dipped in egg
rolled again in crumbs and fried il
deep fat at $50 Fahrenheit.
Cut flowers will keep fresh much
longer If removed from the table
after each meal and placed in the
refrigerator. Cover stems with water
A tablespoon of bOraX placed in
the water in the tea kettle will re-
move the coating that forms on in
side of kettle.
Dressing tables, like little girls
dresses, are now flounced from top
to bottom. For a young girls room
five crisp, sheer fiounces of white
organdie make a most attractive
table.
When securing with wire wool use
snap clothespin to hold wool, this
saving your hands.
To bring out the brilliancy of cut
glass, add ammonia to the water in
which it is to be rinsed.
If the paint on the outside Of your
house has blistered it may be neces-
essary to take off all old paint. No
paint will bond we'll with poor old
paint.
Peroxide will remove perfume
stains from linen bureau scarfs
Keep a blotting pad under scarf to
protect dressing table or bureau top
when perfume is spilled on 1t.
Tie a little bow of bright cOlOred
ribbon on the handles of the scissors
and they can be quickly found in the
sewing basket.
g Associated Newspapers.-WNUS Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
:'l2621'


w IHY is it that there are usu-
w ally some sinister associa-
tions about the word Easter
when we find it on the map? 1t
doesn't seem quite in keeping,
states a writer in London Answers
Magazine.
The classic example is Easter is
land, in the Pacific. 1t got its name
in quite straightforward fashion,
when a Dutch admiral discovered
it one Easter Sunday, over 200
years ago.
But the place itself has a forbid
ding, desolate air. There are few
trees, and even birds, usually plenti-
full in these islands, seem strange
ly scarce. But there are great vol
canic rocks and craters, and strange
relics of a vanished civilization
huge platforms and mysterious stat
ues, with features that are grim
masks of cruelty and defiance, star
ing eerily into nothingness.
Net a pleasant place, Easter is
land, apart from its famous statues,
but they give it the final touch that
makes it wholly sinister, place of
mystery and terror.
None of the other casters"
quite come up to this standard, but
there is a touch of the creepy
about the great cavern in South
Patagonia which has been named
Easter Hole. Most caves have a
slightly sinister air, and this is a
particularly large and awe-inspiring
example. And Easter Sunday can
yOn, in Arizona, has something of
the same forbidding character.
It's a relief to come to our own
Easter-Good Easter, a tiny village
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Mercy, My Carelessness
Quite Oyerburdens M

An American doctor wrote this {:
kissing is deadly disease carrier.
People might stop and think If they
realized that 3OOOO,OOO germs could
easily find space on their lips.
Let me work this out. There was
Minnie at the party on Monday, Dot
at the pictures Tuesday and Wednes-
day, Eileen at the dance Thursday.
Dot again on Friday, and Mabel at
the weekend.
That makes-just a minute-that
makes 7O,OOO,OOO,OOO,OOO,OO germs!
Good Lord-I'm dead Dunn in
London Answers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
This story will interest
many Men and Women

MOT long ago l was like some friends 1
1N have. low in spirits. rundown. out of
sorts. tired easily and looked terrible. l knew
1 had no serious organic trouble SO 1 reasoned
sensibly. as my experience has since proven.
that work, worry, colds and whatnot had just
worn me down.
The confidence mother has always had in
S.S.S. Tonic. which is still her standby when
she feels rundown. convinced me L ought to
try this Treatment. Il started a course. the
color began to come back to my skin. L felt
better. L no longer tired easily and soon
felt that those red-blood-cells were back to So
called fighting strength -. it is great to feel
strong again and like my old self. @s.ss. Co.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Pattern 7S7

Just a bit-but a telling bit-of
decoration is all that's needed today
to make our household linens smart.
And so, simple cross stitch brings
color and life to humble tea-towels
which make dish doing a pleasure
rather than a duty. These motifs of
glassware and china-in cross stitch
are easy to embroider. This half
dozen makes fine pickup work, and
also a grand prize for a bridge party
Or most acceptable for a fair dona-
tiOn.
Pattern 7S7 comes to you with a
transfer pattern of six motifs aver
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
When nChrist Arose
By AMY VANCE WEEKS
in Indianapolis News

G11HEN Christ arose on Easter day,
U/The sunbeams burst through
clouds of gray;
The Uiolets bIoomed their bluest
blue,
And hyacinths increased in hue
While ionquils looked bit more gqyl
The hilltop breezes stopped to play
With tulips blooming by the ,cay;
The starry-eyed narcissus knew
When Christ arose!
As angels rolled the stone atUay,
A choir of lilies breathed lay;
Wee buds tUere christened pith the
de1u,
And bluebells chimed the anthems
through
Each fo,oer rejoiced, and knelt to pray
When Christ arose.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

breeds are recognized than in any
other country, the hunting dog is
employed for a variety of purposes
ranging from pointing and retriev.
ing on upland game birds and water.
fowl to big game hunting for pan.
ther and bear.
Most stories or accounts of hunt.
ing dogs are concerned largely with
the efficiency of a well-trained ami.
NAL or, otherwise, the serious side
of the hunting dog question.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Platinum Used in MA chines

Rare platinums are used in ma
chimes. Screens of platinum, cost
ing $4,000 each are used in sui
phuric acid plants. Platinum and
iridium are used in other appara-
tus because they are inert to other
substances even at highest temper
atures.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
An ImpIosion

An implOsion-a bursting inward
from external pressure-can occur
with as much force as an explo-
sion. This was proved when a
clinical thermometer, wrapped in
heavy cloth, was lowered into very
deep water. The resultant .implo-
sion did not blow the instrument
into "a thousand pieces" but into
q spoonful of fine white powder
Golfers Weekly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Cross Stitch Kitchen Towels That
Are Fun to Embroider-or Give AWAY

aging Az by 91A inches; details of
all stitches used; and material re-
quirements.
Send 10 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Needlecraft Dept, 80 Eighth
Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Well Proved Fact

Taking all the evidence together,
it is not too much to say that there
is no single historic incident bet
ter or more variOusly supported
than the resurrection of Christ
Westcott.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Faith and Understanding

Faith that depends upon perfect
understanding is not faith at ALL
Where one has positive knowledge
there is no call for belief.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
BOYS! GIRLS!

Read the Grape Nuts ad in another
column of this paper and learn how
to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and
win valuable free prizes-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Enduring Sex

Women can endure more. No man
would call shoe comfortable if he
had to slip it off in a movie.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
MY0zW
ADVENTURES
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The Iron Tomb"
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Eamohs Headline Hunter

L ILL up those lemonade glasses and drink toast to Alex
Macka of Port Chester N Y. Fill the longest talles
glasses you fnd for each of the thirty thousand
members of the Adventures cuband still you won't be drink
ing big the Alex himself almost drank
Alex started working tall cool that 20 feet long
and II feet high And lemon juice sugar it. either
luck managed out of finishing
that cocktail, girls, it's lulu of a story.
1t happened in school, Alex wasn't going to that school to
Uranium of knowledge though He there for the good
that the school
Scotland something with that 1t was in the year
1922 Alex, who kid then had nailed himself
apprentice repairing firm in the Scottish
foNnn of
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

More training. for less money. including
Cosmetic Chemistry. DENVER BEAUTY
SCHOOL, 829 18TH ST. DENVER.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
Trapped Inside a Rapidly Filling Boiler.

They working huge boiler the basement OF the
that job-Alex, his
climbed the boiler
home Alexis boss had decided that they'd done enough
him telephone
back teephonng
While he waited he pulled
of beside
candle read
minutes had forgotten that he sitting inside su
following Diamond Dick
the quls of
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10
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Improved \ SUNDAY
Uniform corOor
International CA11OOA
-:-LESSON = -
yREV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D..
Member of Faculty. Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.
q Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for April IL
JESUS TRIuMPHs OVER DEATH

LESSON TEXT-Luke 24:1-35.
GOLDEN TEXT-Because I live,
We shall live also.-John 1919.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Glad sur
prise.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus the Con-
Queror.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC-Jesus Is Alive.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC--Our Living Lord.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

ARTIFICIAL EYES mailed you from larg-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

Enough Weston's Dehorning Paste for rs
calves. soc postpaid. Much larger size 81.
breeders Supplies Catalog FREE). Weston
Mfg. g. Sup. Co.. 1889 SDeer. Denver. Colo.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

Tie little bow of bright colored
ribbon on the handles of the scissors
and they can be quickly found in the
sewing basket.
g Associated Newspapers.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

Cut flowers will keep fresh much
longer If removed from the table
after each meal and placed in the
refrigerator. Cover stems with water.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

A tablespoon of borax placed il
the water in the tea kettle will re
move the coating that forms on in
side of kettle.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-04-10

Peroxide will remove perfume
stains from linen bureau scarfs
Keep a blotting pad under scarf tC
protect dressing table or bureau toI
when perfume is spilled on 1t.
Evening star., 1936-05-08

Lay.Auay Plan-10% deposit will hold your selection
Pan-109o monthly ayns charge addedC
N-Open n if haven't
PovCas Purchase will be ldunti
Evening star., 1936-05-08
lnn's-Men's store-Second Floor.

They look as cool as ice and you can just bet that
they are too! Get yourself pair OF these sheer
comfort" pajamas and you'll think you're at tne
North Pole on sizzling Summer nlgnts were
showing number Of handsome new arrivals.
XAuut-strsst Floor.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
The Private Courtship of John Alden
Continued from, page four

ella one night. after the supper pewter
had been washed up.
Il am thinking" said he, "of
building another cabin, further out"
Priscilla turned back from the
cupboard.
What made you think of that?"
"The new clearing to the west has
rich soil"
But it's safer here -"
I'll build a stout cabin" he per-
sisted. land it may be, one or two of
the others will 60 with us. Without a
venture. the colony will never grow
She worked on the dishes again, till
there was not a piece more to put
away. and she had her chair beside
him. with her evening sewing.
Il have an idea. too" she said.
Whats that"
We'll stay where we are haven't
had husband long enough to want
to lose him. You'd get an arrow
through you.
John looked at her sideways. THE
savages won't be dangerous - the
Captain has finished them"
Priscilla waited. The Captain is
on his way home" he said. "A mes
senger came through today"
She went on with her sewing.
when will he be here?"
Tomorrow, I should suppose"
Priscilla thrust her needle savagely
through the cloth. ''I'll be glad to see
him" Suddenly she looked up. "The
Captain is returning, and you'd like to
move out of the colony. Are those two
facts related, John?"
Mot in the least" But he reddened.
IF l thought you feared him, I'd
have no use for you at all, John
Alden"
''I'll face him with the rest" He sat
up in his chair.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

"Ah, but the others have nothing to
face him about. They didn't steal
away his bride. John. you 60 right up
to him and tell him that we are mar
ried, before anyone else whispers it!
And you tell him that man deserves
no better, who asks another to do his
courting for himr'
John slipped down in his chair
again. "Why insult him? And so soon
after his return?"
Priscilla threw her sewing on the
table, stood up and leaned across it
toward her husband. "Tell him just
that! II it's an insult, he insulted me
first"
Nov keep your temper, Priscilla,
and don't meddle with what doesn't
concern you"
Doesn't itr' She picked up the
sewing again. He'll know whether it
does or not!"
When the Captain returned, little
past noon. the happy colonists were
waiting at the edge of their settlement.
He came walking boldly on. followed
by his half-dozen soldiers, with he'll
NETS and breast-plates on, muskets
over their shoulder, swords at their
belt. A stripping or two had run out to
meet them. and exchange news. The
Captains black beard bristled under
his helmet, his eyes shone.
Priscilla had ironed out her gray
gown. and put on the whitest of her
collars and the stiffest of her caps. She
stood with relaxed arms. fingers
clasped, and her face shone with quiet
pleasure. Beside her was Barbara,
looking, to say truly, trifle worried.
The Captain would have walked past.
but Priscilla stopped him.
Welcome, Captain Miles,
He glared at her a second.
Continued on page IS)
Evening star., 1936-02-09

away in an afternoon nap, worn out by
the new world to which he had been
transplanted too late.
At the end of the funeral. the elders
of the colony visited Priscilla. to con-
dole: also to inquire what arrangement
she desired for her protection, now
that she was solitary female. Before
they got the words out. she anticipated
their solicitudc.
you won't think me over-hasty,"
she said. IF l ask your advice on my
personal affairs? l can't very well live
alone here. Hadn't l better marry
John Alden!"
They were not prepared for so
abrupt a solution. We've been
promised for some time" she said.
mo doubt you've seen that John has
been courting me steadily - but my
father thought it was no time for
wedding with Captain Standish away
and all of us worried. But now we'll
marry at once. since it's an emer-
gency."
On their way out they met John
coming in, and unintentionally broke
the news that he was to be a married
man next day. Priscilla had an elder.
for sponsor, to put her hand into
Johns, and Barbara by her side. for
bridesmaid. They were married at
twilight. when the men had come in
from the clearings, and she could turn
briskly from taking her vows to cook
ing John hearty supper. As she
cooked. John waited by the table,
happy, but dazed.
She had gift for matrimony, and
he was born husband. She sent him
to his work daily with an aggressive
ness beyond his accustomed industry.
into his soft voice crept, from time to
time, accents of command. He dis
played some of this initiative to Pris-