Marriage Days Matter
of Individual Choice
Every mother’s daughter enter
tains hopes of being led to the altar
some day by a young beau garcon.
And most girls have their preference
for certain days on which to be mar
ried, no matter how many times they
venture on the sea of matrimony.
Statisticians are now using this pref
erence for marriage days as an ar
gument for reform of the calendar.
They claim the present irregular cal
endar makes it difficult to collect
statistics of marriages—due to the
fact that people have their own pet
days of the week for that great
event.
But whether you decide to get
married on Sunday, Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, '
or Saturday—most people do it on j
Saturday now because they can only j
afford a week-end honeymoon—don’t
worry about the statisticians. They
will have to record the event as a
matter of duty anyway.
Dr. E. Lyman Cornell of North
western university advocates letting
the girl pick the husband, not the
man pick the wife, because, he says,
“as a rule a girl will pick well.’’—
Pathfinder Magazine.
To improve Any child's
APPETITE
A sluggish appetite means a slug
gish colon. Correct this condition
called stasis, and see how quickly a
listless, drooping boy or girl begina
to eat—and gain! Tlie only “medi
cine” such children need is pure,
unadulterated fig syrup.
California syrup of figs Is doing
wonderful things for ailing, sickly,
children all over the United States.
If your baby, boy or girl, is bilious
—pale-faced and dull-eyed from
constipation—breath bad mornings,
tongue coated all the time—don’t
give cathartics that weaken twenty
feet of bowels! Instead, a little
syrup of figs that doesn't disturb
either stomach or bowels, but does
act on the lower colon—where the
trouble lies.
Nature never has made a finer
laxative for children; they all love
the wholesome, fruity flavor of the
real California syrup of figs. It’s
purely vegetable, but every druggist
has it all bottled, with directions.
Begin with it at once. Your child
will soon be eating better and feel
ing better. Keep on with the syrup
of figs a few days and see amazing
Improvement in appetite, color,
weight, and spirits.
Children who get syrup of figs,
now and then, keep well and avoid
colds.
NOTICE: The bottlers of Califor
nia Syrup of Figs respectfully warn
mothers that the promises made
here apply only to the genuine prod
uct in bottles plainly marked CAL
IFORNIA.
PFads in laxatives mar come and)
go, but Grandma knows the
quickest, aeutlest wijr to cleanse the
system is with ■ nstmrml laxative
like Garfield Tea. Try it and see
why. You'll thank us! You’ll thank
Grandma. {At All Drugging.
SAMPLI mill OarflaMTmCo..P.O. BroaMyn,N.V.
Garfield tea
__ w’Mu&jra1 {axalnn Drink
Query
Was there evei a woman who
played a mouth organ?
CHAPPED'
HANDS
To quickly relieve
chapping and roughness,
apply soothing,
cooling Mentholatum.
MENTHOLATUM
Majority’s Drawback
The majority Is usually wrong for
a long time before it’s right.
ADVICE TO DAUGHTERS
YOUNG women
who suffer from
monthly pains, or
headaches, side
aches, and women of
middle age who suf
fer from heat flashes,
nervousness, or from
catarrhal drains,
should take Dr.
Pierces i’avorite Prescription. Miss
Celeste M. Fivecoat of 1817 No. 17th St.,
Omaha, says: “Some time ago I was very
nervous, had headaches and my appetite was
very poor, I never felt like eating. I had
no energy and did not rest well at night. I
took only on* bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and it made me feel better la
every way. It drove away that nervous, de
pressed condition, I felt stronger, god Cite
nervous headaches disappeared.''
Write Dr. Plarvs'a Ctteiv, Befitl, I], (,
NEW BULLETS
PIERCE TANKS
Junction City. Kan. — (UP> —
Tests conducted by the depart
ment of weapons at Fort Riley
convinced officers that ammuni
tion now developed will pierce and
probably disable any armored tank
in existence.
The tests were of great, military
value, it was believed because of
the important part tanks played
in the World war.
A 50-calibpr machine gun with
armor-piercing ammunition was
used against a Renault tank of
the same type as those used in
the World war.
A total of 254 rounds of pro
jectiles of which 192 rounds we.re
armor piercing were fired at the
tank which crossed a field between
300 and 600 yards from the guns.
The gunners made 144 hits and
disabled the tank. The armor
piercing ammunition used was
not the highest velocity obtain
able.
Officers said after the test that
the new weapons and ammuni
tion would annihilate tanks
eouipped with any armor platt
yet developed.
Your
Children
By Olive Roberts Barton
<351932 ftv NEAStBViCEINC—^
A WORD FOR WOMEN’S JUDGE
MENT AND INTUITION
This point came up in a house
hold recently a home where money
was just about reaching and no
more, as it :s in so many families
today.
It was a case of mother’s judg
ment against the father’s, and I
leave it to you to decide which was
right.
This woman had just two dol
lars, given to her that morning to
buy food for over Sunday. When
the dinner was put on the table
there was dried beef creamed on
toast instead of chops, steak or pot
least.
Her husband complained. He
didn't like baked beans. He didn’t
like baked apples. He wanted
something in the way of fresh veg
etables and he liked pie.
“I hadn’t much money,” his
wife answered. *‘I got nourish
ing food and there is plenty of it.
I happened to have the dried beef
in the house.”
He ate silently but grumpily.
Children Get Money
Then the bomb exploded. Jim
my said something to Johnny
about the movie they had seen on
Saturday afternoon.
‘‘What! You two went to a
movie!” their father thundered.
“Where did you get the money?”
They lowered their eyes and
were silent. They knew very well
that they had let a ferocious cat
out of the bag.
Their mother said de.speratly,
“I did. I gave them 10 cents
apiece.”
“Of all the disgraceful things I
ever heard of that beats all."
roared the head of the family. “It's
dishonest. It's stealing food out
of our mouths that's what it is.
Jenny, I can't stand much more.
What on earth do you mean? I
work.’ et cetera, and so on.
“Well, I’ll tell you why I did it
if you just cool down and listen,
ou asked me to go over to Dot’s
(his sister, and do what I could
to straighten up the house, and
dear knows it needed it. She’s
pretty sick. I couldn’t leave the
boys here alone because I knew
my back wouldn’t be turned till
they’d be over in the old store
where the fire was. All the chil
dren in the neighborhood are
playing there and I know it isn’t
safe. Our boys promised me on
Friday they wouldn’t go in but
they forgot and I had to go over
and haul them out.
womens imuiuun
•* I couldn't have any peace un
less I knew they were safely away
from it. So I bought peace and per
hapes their lives with 20 cents.”
“That’s your story! A good al
ibi,” sneered her husband. "Why
the kids wouldn’t get hurt. You
are forever thinking of trouble.
You can't tie the boys to your ap
ron. That’s all nonsense.”
"You talked that way the other
day. That is why they break
promises to me. Tire re is danger
over there and if I can keep any
bones from being; broken for 20
cents I’m going to do it.”
"Not with my money. If you’re
going to spend it. you'll have to
use judgment, that’s all. What’s
I that?”
It was a thunderous rumble ard
a crash, then voices screaming. The
walls of the old store had fallen.
"Goodnight!” was all her hus
band had to say as he hurried to
the scene.
Woman have intuitive judgment
that husbands too often fai' to give
them credit for.
Cold tea is said to be a much
more effective dresslin^ for burns
than any kind of oil.
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Famous Church Has
First Pastor Since 1868
Boston — (tTP) — Old North j
church, in whose belfry were
hung the lanterns that signaled
Paul Rever? to start his midnight
ride, has % resident pastor for the
first time since 1868.
The Rev. Francis E. Webster,
rector of the church, recently
moved into the parish liou3e, thus
becoming the first rector to live
ber/ide the church since the days
of the Rev. John T. BtirrUl, who
was rector during the Civil war.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
DISTINGUISHING SEX
It is well known that by means
of certain first-generation crosses,
the sex of male and female chicks —
sex-linked hybrids — may be dis
tinguished at hatching time. Now.
through the work of a poultry
geneticist, a way of telling, with
better than 95 per cent accuracy,
the sex in pure-bred American
breeds has been lound. He observed
that in the large group of Rhode
Island Reds hatched a few always
feather out earlier than the others.
At 10 days of age they had prom
inent tail feathers, and flight leath
ers which, when the wing was folded
back on the body, reached the en
tire length of the body. It is this
characteristic, or “factor” as it is
called by geneticists, that forms the
basis of the new method of dis
tinguishing sex in pure-bred Rhode
Island Reds. This factor is on the
sex chromosome and leads to what
is known as crisscross inheritance,
wherein the daughters are like the
father and the sons like the mother.
To make use of this phenomenon he
outlines the following procedure: 1.
Examine your chicks at 10 days of
age and mark by a toe punch all
those which have well-defined tail
feathers. Any that might be classed
as “in-betweens" had bast be
marked to be discarded as they
might confuse results. (2.) In the
fall, segregate the toe-punched
males for uso as breeding males for
the following season. (3.) Discard
the toe-punched females, saving
just a few for a special mating with
the early-featherine — toe-punched
—males by which to preserve your
early feathering line. (4.> In the
spring mate the early-feathering
males to the late-feathering — or
unmarked females. The offspring
at, hatching will be of two types
one with well-developed flight flight
feathers resembling those of a new
ly hatched Leghorn, which are fe
males: and one with shorter flights,
normal to the Rhode Island Red
breed, which are males. It can
readily be seen that in one season
you will have lost your late or nor
mal feathering females. The fact
that In your cross all the females
will be early feathering like the sire
makes it necessary to preserve in a
a special mating a line of late
fcathering males by late-feathering
females so that the next season will
not find you lacking breeding stock
with which to continue the mating.
The three types of mating necessary
then are: Early males x early fe
males — offspring all early. Late
males x late females — offspring all
late. Early males x late fema.es
male offspring late; female off
spring early. One thing to bear in
mind is that the reverse matings do
not work. If a late-feathering male
be used on early females all the off
spring. mala and female, will be
late feathering — the females pure
for It and the males Impure or
“heterozygous.’’ This tendency for
the bird to feather ou tearlier in no
way effects the other characteristics.
It does not speed up sexual matur
ity or affect quality or tvpe. Though
this method will probablv be of in
terest to all breeders, it probably
can be used more advantageously
b> the hatchery operator. One of
the hatchery man’s flock owners
could select breed males with the
early-feathering characteristics and
supply the mhles for other flock
owners. Tha hatches would supnly
chicks for a specialised trade. Other
matings would supply the chicks ror
the farmer who desires chickens of
both sexes, This early-feathering
tendency has also been observed in
Barred Plymouth Rocks and White
Wyandottes and It probabblv oc
curs In all dual-purpose breeds.
MONEY MAKERS
Members of the agricultural frat
ernity who feel down and out and
think there are no opportunities in
farming should visit some of the
curb markets in their neighborhood
and learn of the things being done
by those who frequent them in
overcoming the depression. One farm
woman tore down a 10 by 10 foot
garage and made $12 from the tur
nip greens grown on the area. An
other made $60 out of the bulbs
that grew about the lot and out
houses of an old-time home plare
and got $100 for the acre homo or
chard. A lot of the women make
from $6 to $8 twice a week from the
flowers that grow in their gardens
and practically all of them pay their
market stn" rent out of flowers. An
other purchased 100 bulbs of var
ous kinds and within a year had
made $19 out of them. Results ob
tained from early and late vege
tables are remarkable. Three-quar
ters of an acre of late corn turns
in $30, with some left for harvest
and meal. Late beans do well and
tomatoes make good money. S*me
, of the farmers are progressing to
such an extent that they artificially
ripen these fruits in order to get
from two to three cents more per j
pound. How about a man who ,
makes $1,100 in a season from beans j
$500 from corn and $200 on peas \
and general truck? He borrowed
$1,000 to start his children in col- j
lege ar.d to inn h'.s farm. His son |
and daughter had the college year; ,
he paid his debts, having money in j
the bank, and had his cotton cron j
besides. The depression has net
hurt him. When people living 10
miles from a market can sell $60
worth of cut flowers in a week and
others get that much and more out
of truck, is tt any wonder that good
ly numbers of such tanners are
getting entirely into mere general
agriculture? Maybe, after all, this
depression will be of benefit to this
country in teaching people that
opportunity lies in their versatility
and will to do something different
from the ordinary run of folks.
BUST GRAPES TO PLANT
Within the nexi few weeks many
home owners will seriously ponder
over this question. The nursery cat
alogues arc arriving and the maga
zines are carrying attractive adver
tising. setting forth the virtues of
this or that variety. First, let us
consider the early-maturing sorts,
as they are more often inquired
about than the midseason or late
maturing kinds. Moore Early and
Worden have long been the stand
ard early blue varieties. In recent
years Early Daisy has been consid
erably planted. It is now believed
that the Fredonia can supplant all
of these as an csrly-ripenlnB var
iety. While it matures Its fruit
about with Moore Early, it will re
main on the vine in good condition
long after Worden is fit to harvest.
At the present probably Lutlr is the
best early red variety. This is fol
lowed in season by the well-known
Delaware. Between the ripening dates
of these there is a little known sort,
Moyer, which is but little below
Delaware in flavor. Since Moyer
does not set well-filled clusters un
less it is interplanted with other
varieties, it fits in well with a mixed
planting In the home garden. The
best known early white variety is
thp Wincliell or, as it is often called
the Green Mountain. If one cannot
obtain either Ontario or Portland,
Winchell should have a place in the
home garden.. For mtdseason sorts
the garden should, of course, have
a few Concords, and if one likes
grape Juice, the well-known Clin
ton should be included for blending
with the Concord. There are but
a few widely propagated red vari
eties that ripen in midseason. Of
these Brighton is probably the best.
This, like the. Moyer, should be
Intel-planted. However, a very fine
new red, with perfect flowers, is
obtainable from some sources. The
long cultivated Agawam has a flav
or that appeals to many. This sets
good clusters when mixed with
other knds. Niagara is still standard
for its season and color. For late
maturing varieties. Sheridan, blue;
Catawba, red; and Urbana, red are
most desirable.
HOGGING DOWN CORN
One of the common mistakes
made in hogging-down corn is to
assume that, if you turn a bunch of
pigs Into a field or a part of a
field of corn, they need no other
feed until the corn is gone. It is
Impractical to hog-down corn unless
one supples the proper mineral and
protein supplements. The gains
without supplements in hogging
down corn will not be. as rapid as
they should be and will bo uneco
nomical. Soybeans planted In corn
will not supply enough protein feed.
Tankage or some such high protein
supplement, is needed. Minerals also
should be kept before the pigs at
all times. If the pigs have the run
of a clover or alfalfa field close to
the corn, that will help, but it will
not replace tankage. In hogging
down corn. Ihe usual experience of
fanners and the experiment sta
tions has been that the safest plan
is to turn the pigs Into the corn for
only a part of a day at a time at
the beginning. In order to avoid di
gestive disturbances. Usually a lim
ited area — about enough to last
the pigs two weeks — Is fenced off
temporarily rather than to turn the
pigs into the whole piece that is to
be hogged-down. Sometimes the
weather is such that hogging-down
com is not as economical as husking
it and feeding it in dry-lots. Since
the weather can not be predicted so
far in advance, those who hog-down
must take their chances.
COD LIVER OIL FOR LAYERS
Codliver oil mixed with the mash
In the proportion of one pound of
the oil to 99 pounds of feed, will
materially increase egg production
during the winter months. Codliver
oil is rich in vitamin D. which aids
in the assimilation of mineral
matter. A test was made at a west
ern experiment station with two
pens of Rhode Island pullets, of 110
birds each. Both pens were fed the
same basal, all-mash ration, and
the birds were given the same care
and housing facilities. In the fall,
both p'ns had the run of rapo pas
tures. The only difference in the
Iced and care cf these two pens
v.as that Pen 1 received codliver oil
with its feed while Pen 2 did not.
Pen 1 — 110 birds — produced 7.142
eggs from October 1 to April 1,
while Pen 2 produced only 6.061
eggs during the satna period. Prom
October 1 of one year to the cor
responding date the following year,
the feed consumption per dozen
eggs produced with codliver oil was
737 pounds. The oil-fed birds lost
210 pounds in weight in one year
while those that received no of
lost 273 pounds.
KEEP IP WEIGHT
When the layer whether they are
pullets or hens, are stimulated with
the ure of artificial lights to greater
production during the fall and win
ter months, their body weight
should be watched very closely as
It is the indicator of condition. As
soon as a laying hen begins to lose
weight, it is an indication that she
is not standing up under heavy pro
duction and that before long she
will have to ouit laving to take a
rest. A molt usuallv goes along with
this rest period. The molt may be
either complete or ,1ust partial, the
partial or neck molt being the most
common in the fall. To prevent
this molt, the lights should not be
turned on for more than 12 hours
a dav. Riving the hens at least 12
hours on the roost for rest. In ad
dition to the defintely regulated
length of day, the layers should get
more scratch grain than if they
Were not under artificial light*. The
increase in the scratch grain in the
ration will tend to put on weight
and will hold the birds bock from
too rapid egg production and a nat
ural consequence of loss of flesh.
Scratch grain should be fed to lay
ers under lights at the rate of 1!
pounds per 100 birds per day for
light breeds and 18 pounds per 1(X
birds cer day for the heavy breeds
FIKST r. S. COIN
SHILLING OF J632
Melted Candlesticks Used to
Make Silver Piece.
On May 26, 1052, John Hull minted
the Hist piece of silver for use in
the American colonies.
Feeling tlie need of n satisfying
medium of exchange, the Huston col
onists induced the legislature to
enact a statute permitting the coin
age of money in the colony.
Jolin Hull, n Boston householder,
ottered to erect a building at his ex
pense on his own land to he used as
a mint. His proposition was accept
ed aud lie was made master of tlie
mint. As compensation lie was to
receive one shilling for every twenty
that he minted for the colony.
So. out near the tiarn on his prop
erty. lie built a one room shack. 10
feet wide and Hi feet long. And
here in this unpainted building was
minted the first shilling in the <’ol*
onles. The event was nia’Ued by an
absolute absence of ceremony. He
went about tlie task in tlie same
matter-of-fact way that lie would
have approached tlie task of mould
lug candles.
Using an English shilling ns a
model, this first minting of a few
silver pieces was a day's job. Hull
and a friend melted up some silver
candlesticks in an oven built of tield
stones. It required a long time to
get the oven hot enough with the
wood they were using ns fuel. How
ever, late in the afternoon the two
men were ready to pour the molten
Silver into flat moulds.
At this point Mrs. Hull appeared
on Hie scene to persuade them to
eat supper, which they did unwilling
ly. After supper they returned to
work by candle light.
First they removed the silver that
had cooled In flat slabs, and pound
ed It down to the right thinness.
Then, with a heavy hammer and ■
punch, they cut out the discs, on one
side of which they stamped N K.
standing for New England, and on
the other XII, denoting 12 pence.
Finally they weighed each disc aet>
arntely. If the disc weighed more
than 72 grains, they cut oft a piece,
which Is why most of them are of
such Irregular shape.
Thus with crude tools and meth
ods did the Aral Colonial shilling
come unceremoniously into being.
Learned Man Derides
Groundhog as Prophet
The groundhog or woodchuck, like
many another legendary figure has
been debunked.
After years of experiments with
woodchucks and other hibernating
animals the sum of conclusions of
Dr. tleorge E. Johnson of the zoology
department of the Kansas State col
lege. Is tliHt these animals are likely
to wake up, yawn and perhaps step
out for a breath of fresh air any time
before or after February 2, known
as groundhog day.
If a warm spell has driven (he
frost from the ground he is likely to
go out for a little while. If not, he
shakes himself, curls up again and
goes hack to sleep without probably
bothering even to look for his
shadow.
All of which, says Doctor Johnson,
makes him hardly a dependable
weather prophet.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellet* are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 60 years ago.
They regulate liver and howela.—Aur.
Hava No Right to Liv«
Some Jokes ought to he strangled
after one good look at them.
THEY HAVE FOUND A 3-MINUTE
WAY TO RELIEVE SORE THROAT
All Pain And Soreness Eased In
Few Minutes This Simple Way
■ . FOLLOW DIRECTIONS PICTURED BELOW —
Crush and dissolve
3 Bauer Aspirin
Tablets in Jlalf a
Glass of Water.
GARGLE Thor
oughly— Throw
Your Head Way
Bad;, Allowing a
Little to Trickle
Down Your Throat.
Repeat Gargle and
Do Not Rinse
Mouth, Allow Gar
gle to Remain on
Membranes of tlte
Throat for Pro
longed Effect.
Proves Only Medicine Helps A Sore Throat
Modern medical science now throws
an entirely new tight on sore throat.
A way that eases the pain, rawness
and irritation in as little as two or
three minutes.
Results are among the most
extraordinary in medical science.
On doctors' advice, millions are fol
lowing this way .. . discarding old
time “washes” and "antiseptics.,,
For it has been found that onl\j medi~
cine can help a sore throat.
Simple To Do. All you do is
crush and dissolve three BAYER
Aspirin Tablets in half a glass of
water. Gargle with it twice—as
pictured above. If you have any
indication of a cold — before gar
gling take 2 Bayer Aspirin Tablets
with a full glass of water. This is to
combat any signs of cold that have
gone into your system. Keep on
taking if cold has a “hold.” For
Genuine Bayer Aspirin will not harm
you. Your doctor will tell you, it
does not depress the heart. Get a
box of 12 or a bottle of 24 or 100
at any drug store.
Reduces Infection, Bases Pain
Instantly. Gargling with Bayer
Aspirin will do three things: Relievo
soreness at once. Allay inflamma
tion. AND—reduce infection; which
is the important thing in lighting a
sore throat.
It requires medicine—like BAY
FR ASPIRIN—lo do these thingsl
That is why throat specialists
throughout America are prescrib
ing this BAYER gargle in place of
old-time ways. Results are quick
and amazing.
Be careful, however, that you
get real BAYER Aspirin Tablets
for this purpose. For they dissolve
completely enough to gargle with
out leaving irritating particles.
Watch this when you buy.
Ask your druggist about the recent price reduction on the
100 tablet size Bayer Aspirin.
NO TABLETS ARE GENUINE BAYER ASPIRIN WITHOUT THIS CROSS
VI/
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Removes Dandruff Stops Hair Failing
Impart* Color and
Beauty to Gray and Faded Hair
tiOr and 11.00 at Druggists.
Hiacoi Chtn Whs.. Patchogue.N T.
FLORESTON SHAMPOO — Ideal for uae in
connection with Parker'*Hair Balsam. Make* tlia
Fair soft and fluffy. 60 cents by mail or atdruR
ffiata. Hiscox Chemical Works. Patchotrue. N.Y.
AT THE FIRST SNEEZE
USE
Misto
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NIGHT AMD
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A nagging backache,with
bladder irregularities and
a tired, nervous, depressed
feeling may warn of some dis
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dition Users everywhere rely
on Doan’s Pills. Praised for
more than SO years by grateful
users the country over. Sold by
all druggists.
Sioux City Ptg Co.. No. 9--1934