MR. JINKS WAS DISCOURAGL'Q
With All His Hard Work on "Flivver,"
All He Could Do Was Make
the Horn Squawk.
Mr. Jinks lias been the proud pos
sessor of a brand-new flivver for nearly
three weeks, and his precious treasure
Is never for from his thoughts. Every
moment he can spare is devoted to pol
ishing Its glossy coat or tinkering with
its vitals in the effort to discover the
cuuse of Its occasional spells of mulish
balkiness.
The other night—about two o’clock
—Mrs. Jinks was awakened by terrific
yowls emitted by the family cut. Now
the cat was a peaceful pussy and not
at all given to nocturnal vocal demon
strations. Imagine Mrs. Jinks’ aston
ishment when she arose and discov
ered her husband sitting on the edge
of the bed, vigorously twisting the cat’s
tail round and round.
“John,” she protested, resetting her
pet with some difficulty, “what on
earth are you doing?”
Mr. Jinks was evidently in a som
nambulistic state, for he scratched his
hihd and responded sleepily:
“Sh’ won’t go, honey; sh’ simply
won’t go. I’ve cranked an’ cranked an’
th’ horn squawks, an’ thash all. Guesh
’ll have t’ sen’ ’er up for repairs. Some
thin’ mush be matter wizzer magneto.
’Sdarn shame, an’ ain’t paid fer yet,
even!”—From Nuggets.
DOG RECOGNIZED ITS HOME
Even at Sea, and at Some Distance,
Animal Knew Destroyer to
Which It Belonged.
Except for the serial numbers
painted boldly on the bow, most per
sons have the greatest difficulty in
recognizing one of the 300 destroyers
In the United States navy from anoth
er, but there Is a dog aboard the de
stroyer Sebenck No. 159 which seems
In this regard to have far more than
human intelligence.
This dog—of no particular breed—
has been aboard the Schenck for about
two years.
Officers aboard the Schenck are tell
In the story of how, not long ago,
when the vessel went from Pensacola
to Guantanamo, the dog was lost. He
could not l»e found when the time for
departure arrived, although the crew
had been searching the town for him
for almost two hours.
It developed that the dog, after the
Schenck departed, reached another de
stroyer and went to sea with them.
During the voyage the two destroy
ers passed well out to sen. The dog
was on the bridge and barked so loud
ly that he attracted the attention of
the Schenck.
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Very
Weak
"After the birth of my
baby I had a back-set,”
writes Mrs. Mattie Cross
white, of Qlade Spring,
Va. "I was very ill;
thought I was going to
die. I was so weak I
couldn’t raise my head to
get a drink of water. I
took . . . medicine, yet I
didn’t get any better. I
was constipated and very
weak, getting worse and
worse. IsentforCardui.”
TAKE
"1 found after one bot
tle of Cardui I was im
proving,” adds Mrs.
Crosswhite. "Six bot
tles of Cardui and ... I
was cured, yes, I can say
they were a God-send to
me. I believe I would
have died, had it not been
for Cardui.” Cardui has
been found beneficial in
many thousands of other
cases of womanly trou
bles. If you feel the need
of a good, strengthen
ing tonic, why not try
Cardui ? It may be just
what you need.
All
GOOD FENCES ARE REQUIRED
Fowls Running at Large Destroy Gar
dens and Flower Beds—Confine
Them in Yards.
(Prepared by the United Stales Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Coniine the back-yard flock; other
wise the hens will stray into neigh
bors' yards and gardens, where they
may cause damage and are almost
sure to cause ill feeling. The yard
should be inclosed by a board or wire
fence. Wire fencing Is preferable, as
It is cheaper and the hens are less
likely to fly over it, say poultry spe
cialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. If cats prove
troublesome where one is raising
chickens, it may be necessary to cover
llie top of the yard with wire also. A
hoard should not be used at the top of
a wire fence, as tills gives the hens b
visible place to alight and tends to
teach them to fly over.
A 5-foot fence is high enough for
most conditions, but if the hens sh'bw
a tendency to fly over such a fence
the flight feathers of one wing should
be clipped. Leghorns need a G-foot
fence. The larger the yard which can
he provided the better the liens will
do, as it not only gives them greater
opportunity to exercise, but also
makes it possible to maintain a sod
nn the yard. In most cases not enough
land will be available so that a sod can
be maintained.
If the yard is fairly large, It can be
divided into two parts and green
crops, such as oats, wheat, rye, or
Dwarf Essex rape allowed to start in
one yard while the liens are confined
to tlie other. The green crops should
be sown very thick, and the following
quantities will he found satisfactory
for a yard 25 by 80 feet: Wheat, 2%
pounds; oats, 1V4 pounds; rye, 8V4
pounds, rape, 5 ounces. When the
growing stuff reaches a height of 3
to 4 inches the liens can be turned
upon It and the oilier yard he sirni
larly sown.
Where it is inadvisable to divide
tlie yard it is possible to keep a sup
ply of green stuff growing by using a
wooden frame 2 or 3 inches high cov
ered with 1-inch-mesh wire. A frame
made of 1 by 2-inch lumber, <3 feet
long and 3 feet wide, with an addi
tional piece across the center to sup
port the wire when tlie liens stand on
It. will lie found desirable for a small
yard. A part of the yard as large as
this frame Is spaded up and sown, tlie
frame placed over it, and tlie nuite
rial allowed to grow. As soon as the
green sprouts reach the wire the hens
r
wmm
Common Poultry Netting Make* a
Very Satisfactory Fence.
will begin to pick them off, hut since
they cannot eat them down to the
roots the sprouts will continue to grow
and supply green material. This
frame can be moved from place to
place in the yard, and in this way
different parts cultivated.
The yard should he stirred or
spaded aip frequently, if not in sod, in
order to keep it in the best condition.
This will not only tend to keep down
any odors which might nrlse, hut also
allow the droppings to he absorbed
into the soil more readily, and, there
fore, keep the yard in better condi
tion for the hens.
Although It Is necessary to keep the
liens confined to their yard most of
the time, it Is sometimes possible to
let them out where they may range
upon the lawn for an hour or to In
the evening when some one can be at
hand to watch them or at certain sea
sons of the year to allow them to run
In the garden plot. This will be en
joyed greatly by the hens and will be
very beneficial to them.
CONTROL INTESTINAL WORMS
Best Way Is to Change Ground Upon
Poultry Run, Especially If
Fowls Are Crowded.
Changing "the ground upon which
poultry run Is the best means of con
trolling Intestinal worms In poultry,
because the worms or eggs of the
worm will stay over In the ground
from one season to another, especial
ly if tlie poultry Is overcrowded.
GOOD
HIGHWAYS
PNEUMATIC TIRES ARE BEST
Cause Least Damage to Road Surface,
According to Testa by
Bureau of Roads.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Many roads , not originally intended
to carry heavy traffic were seriously
damaged during the period of the
war by the impact of heavy motor
trucks. The natural result of this
was to warn highway engineers of the
importance of planning all future
roads with reference to the kind of
traffic that Is likely to use them. The
engineers responded immediately by
building thicker roads nnd roads of
more durable material; but in the
absence of definite knowledge of th«
probable strength of the impact they
have not known exactly how thick or
how strong the roads must be made.
Recent tests of the impact of motor
trucks made by the bureau of public
roads, United States Department of
Agriculture, develop the facts that
when a solid-tired truck strikes a
Pneumatic Tires Save Highways.
one-inch obstruction, the Impact may
i>e as high as seven times the load,
an average being about four times.
The tests show, however, that the
impact depends largely upon the kind
and condition of the tire. Pneumatic
tires cause the least damage to the
road surface, the cushion of air re
ducing the impact so that it is sel
dom greater than 1*4 times the static
l?>nd on the wheels. Although the
Impact Increases with the speed of
the truck, and it is therefore highly
desirable to limit speed by strict reg
ulation, the use of pneumatic tires
would make higher speed permissible.
The tests of the bureau of public
roads have pointed the way to more
scientific designing of roads for mo
tortruck traffic, and there is every as
surance that engineers will now be
able to build roads with practical cer
tninty that they will withstand the
blows of heavy vehicles.
Further reassurance in this respect
lies in the information that manu
facturers are not building as many
trucks exceeding live tons capacity as
formerly. The number of industries
in which very large trucks can be
kept continuously working is ex
tremely limited, so that the likeli
hood of forthcoming motortruck dam
age to public highways is con-'
ably reduced.
GOOD HIGHWAYS ARE COMING
Federal, State and Local Authentic#
Join Handa for Great Good
Roada Campaign.
The federal government, the state
governments, and the local authorities
have joined hands for the greatest
good-roads campaign that has ever
been undertaken anywhere In the
world.
We are told that during the next
live years there will be at the disposal
of the state highway departments a
grand total of not less thun $3,000,
000,000. No fewer thun 22 great na
tional highways are under construc
tion or planned for early develop
ment. 9
The aggregate projects call for the
expenditure of $600,000,000 during the
present year.
APPROVES OUR ROAD SYSTEM
Imperial Commissioner of Japanese
Government Recommends Our
Type for Building.
Prof. T. Takakuwa of Klrlu univer
sity, In Tokyo, and imperial commis
sioner of the Japanese government,
sent abroad to investigate types of
highways In Europe and the United
States, approves of the type of road
way used in this country for the im
provement and road building program
In Japan.
“IN OLD KENTUCKY.”
OUTWITTING THE BOND THIEF
Wall Street Banker* Have Devised
Some Novel Method* of Camou
flaging Securities.
Many runners In Wall Street are
adopting novel methods of their own
to safeguard the securities given In
their care for delivery. In some In
stances firms have made suggestions
and rules for “camouflaging" the han
dling of stocks and bonds outside of
their offices. One broker’s house has
all securities pinned Inside newspapers
and one of its runners apparently
walks around with a single newspaper
under his arm which has attached to
Its pages Inside valuable bonds and
stocks. Yet another Ann has hired
former policemen to handle Its deliv
eries of stock.
Another firm has presented Its run
ners with suits, the vests of which have
large Inside pockets which are but
toned and In these the securities are
carried and must he on pain of dis
missal.
One wet day recently a special mes
senger of a large brokerage house car
ried two Liberty bonds of $50,000
apiece and three of $10,000 each pin
ned Inside a closed umbrella.—Wall
Street Journal.
Eastern Women Advancing.
Feet fit for feats, both as to shape
and shoes, are no longer confined to
men nor ypt to the women of the west
ern world, says a bulletin from the
national board of the Y. W. G. A. In
the recent Olympic races of the Far
Fast, held In Shanghai, 1,200 girls and
young women took part. Of these 200
were from Japan and the Philippine
Islands, and the rest from China, 500
being Shanghai girls. The Shanghai
delegation was selected and traiifed
for the events by the Young Women’s
Christian association of Shanghai. “It
Is within the last six years that this
activity In the land of little bound
feet has developed,” writes Miss Flor
ence Krown of Rochester, N. Y., who
Is at present In Shanghai for the Y. W.
C. A. “In 1915, when the last Olym
pic games were held,” she says, “the
only girls who took part were a few
Filipino girls, who formed a baseball
team.”
His Desires.
The manager of the Indiana Mason
ic home overheard a group of small
hoys from the home discussing what
they desired to be when they grew to
be men. One insisted he would be a
Mason, another a Shrlner and another
had ambitions to be a Nolde of the
Mystic Shrine, but five-year-old Jack,
drum major In the home band, said:
“No, I do not want to be any of
those."
“What," the others replied, “dou’t
want to be a Shrlner or Mason or
Noble; why, what do you want to be?”
He drew himself up and replied
proudly, “Well, I’M tell you what. I
want to be a popentate.”—Indianapolis
New s.
Small Orphan Traveled Far.
Her baggage consisting of two let
ters. dealing with her father’s war
record, three-year-old Wlnnifred Jo
ephlne McKinles passed^through Port
Arthur, Ontario, recently on the Ca
nadian Pacific on the wny to her
uncle’s home In Swift Current, Sas
katchewan. From her faraway home
in Glasgow, Scotland, to the Canadian
West, more than 4,000 miles, the little
orphan had only the kindly directions
of train and steamship officials to
guide her.
Superiority of Oil Over Coal.
The amazing Increase In the use of
oil for fuel Is not surprising when It
is considered that weight for weight
and with proper burners the oil gives
50 per cent more steam than coal. It
Is easier than coal to handle, It ob
viates dust and dirt, makes little
smoke and no ashes and cun be light
ed Instantly and controlled absolutely.
SAW BIG PLOT IN FOOTBALL
Hard to Convince Turkish Authorities
That the Game Was Not Revolu
tionary Camouflage.
It has always been a difficult mntter
to be a sportsman In Turkey. One
Turk, Rechad Bey, tried It with a re
sult weird enough to serve ns a busts
for a detective story.
It apitoars that the young Turk had
organized a football team among hlsr
friends, together with some Greeks
and Armenians, and began practicing.
Shortly thereafter, In the middle of
the night, police came to his house
and carried him off to Scutari. There
he was submitted to a long examina
tion as to the club and the game of
football.
The authorities were convinced that
they had found a great plot, and that
the club must be a secret society. A
special messenger was sent for the
hall, and that was duly examined and
found to be an lnfernnl machine. The
rules of the game were considered to
be another piece of damning evidence,
and still worse were the sweaters and
colors of the club.
After long deliberation the culprit
was sent to the higher police authori
ties In Stamboul, who went through a
second long examination and canie to
the conclusion that the empire had
been saved from disintegration by the
early discovery of a great plot. They
dispatched the whole matter to be In
quired Into at the sultan’s palace at
Ylldiz, and a special commission took
the matter In hand.
After much careful thought and ex
amination of the evidence of the crime
It was decided that there might be
nothing In It, but that It must not be
committed again.
Work in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 231 highway con
struction jobs under way. These In
volve a total of -1,940,012 feet or 934.73
miles, at u cost of $91,731,523.54.
Tree* Along Highways.
California, Oregon and Washington
are establishing laws for preserving
trees along the highways as a scenic
asset.
Give Fowls Dry Mash.
Keep the dry mash before the blrdai
constantly.
“IN OLD KENTUCKY.”
NEW FRENCH LINER ARTISTIC
Th« Paris, Recently Launched, Has
Eleven Decks and Is Like an
Art Museum.
A writer In a recent number of I,e
Petit Parlslen devotes nearly a column
of most poetic prose to the new steam
ship Paris of the French Transatlantic
I company, launched recently at Le
Havre for the New York run. The
Paris Is a little more than seven hun
dred and sixty-eight feet In length (not
quite as long as the Mauretania), has
11 decks, 64 lifeboats and three stacks.
Her weight is 35,000 tons.
While not palatini, the new liner Is
described ns a work of art. She car
ries a crew of 66-1 and about 3,000 pas
sengers. Among the features of her
equipment are mentioned a terraced
cafe and an elaborate children’s play
room. The vessel Is an oil burner,
and all the cooking and heating Is done
by electricity.
The French writer, above mentioned,
observes that the Paris would do very
nicely ns a museum and Is a "perma
nent, lasting salon of modern French
art.’’ In the grand drawing room,
lined with mauve woodwork, the Pain
ter Laliqne has employed a design of
butterflies representing the hours,
while a symbolical canvas from the
brush of Albert Kesnard pays homage
to France and America.
Citrus By-Products.
In co-operation with the citrus
fruit growers of California, the
United States bureau of chemistry
has been trying for some years past
to develop methods whereby profitable
uses might be found for the enormous
quantities of oranges and lemons
which now go to waste because unfit
for shipment. It does not pay to ship
to market any fruit that Is not first
class and In prime condition. Of
waste oranges, called “culls," there are
14,000 tons a year. What shall
be done with them? A partial answer
to the question is furnished by a
score of factories which have already
been put In operation for the produc
tion of marmalade and Jellies. Also,
a profitable market has been found for
orange oil and lemon oil, orange
vinegar, citric acid and dried orange
peel. Fresh orange acid is used for
the marmalade, while the oil Is ex
tracted by pressure from the skins.
Up to the present time all of our
orange oil and lemon has come from
Italy and Sicily.
Kipling's “Brevities."
It Is quite true, as Mrs. Gerould
says, that Mr. Kipling's fame rests
upon “significant brevities,” but what
she and critics of a similar complex
ion cannot see Is that these “brevities”
are "significant” In a sense diametri
cally opposed to her interpretation of
the werd. She means, of course, to be
complimentary, to intimate that Mr.
Kipling is brief from choice; whereas
the exact reverse is the truth, and, far
from being brief from choice, Mr. Kip
ling Is brief from necessity. Mrs. Ger
ould would Intimate that Mr. Kipling
prefers the short story, whereas, in
point of fact, Mr. Kipling's gifts re
strict him to the short story.—P. A.
Waterhouse, in the Yale Review.
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aaU in toppy rad
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humidors and in tha
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humidor with
spanga moistanar
top.
Copyri|bt 1921
by R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co.
Wisston-Salsaa
N.C.
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