Up-to-Date Topographic Map b Needed v r * ° SPHKDY completion of a complete and up-to-date topographic map of the United State* —complete In #very detail and designed to furnish valu able information to the military and aviation branches the government— will be the flrtt'and. largest aim of the new board of surveys and maps, appointed last December by the presi dent, which held its first organization meeting in Washington recently. The board dt sulveya and maps was appointed by President Wilson on argent solicitation from the various map-making agencies of the govern ment to the end that all the various map-making bureaus and divisions may be co-ordinated under one organi sation for the betterment and speeding op of the map work. The military advantage of complete topographic maps of the United States to held to be inestimable, and particu larly In these days of fast and tar dying airplane* which at present cover enormous distance In a day, fly ing over territory as yet Inadequately and BarragML WAS TO BE MORE YELLING Bafe to Say That Father's Prediction Turned Out to Be Absolutely Ccrrect The sweetly peaceful scene In the little sitting room was suddenly dis turbed by a loud yell, and the honored guest sprang wildly from the chair into which he had Just sunk, while the daughter of the house felt her face grow pale. She.had had hopes from this visit Alas, poor girl, were they to be blighted? But father took the matter —and his small son—firmly In hand. With a graceful apology he removed the bent pin from the chair and the aforesaid small boy from the room.- "Now, look here, Charles," he said sternly, in the back yard, "why did you do itr "It—lt was an experiment, father!" faltered the laddie. "An experiment!" snorted father. "The only man who has visited your poor sister for years, and you go and , drive him away!" "Well, dad," explained the boy, "he advertises that he is a painless dentist, an' I wanted to find out if It . was true, an* it wasn't. You should have heard him yell?" "Yes," was the father's grim com ment. "And some one else is going to hear you yell now?" Aqiieous. She —They say he Is quite devoted to aquatic sports. He —Yes, he drinks like a fish, you know. Write for the booklet "Our Mrs. D. S.Hamilton, of Milner, Wives and Daughters." Fallot Ga.,Eoutel, write*! "It gives ■ information every women should have; including voluntary testi- anl j myaelf have derived from I mony and advice from women in the use of STELLA VITAE. ■ all walks of life who know by For some time the doctors of I experience what Stella Vitae wt neighborhood had treated •ii j j loy flftughtcr wlthoui success. Will do for women. One bottle of STELLA. 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SpeUtoa, Bhert- ( a/L-I j J Willi Coilaga for roe. w3te today for caUleg. yiilgk. j The United States geological survey has been charged with the vast task of mapping partially explored areas of the country and has b«en at work for the past thirty years on its stupen dous Job, but to date only 43 per cent of the area of the United' States has been covered by standard topographic maps and It Is estimated a fifth of these now need revision. Therefore, the need for a standard topographic map a series of de tailed maps Is held to be the tyfgeat work of the new board, according to Ma chairman, O. C. Merrill, Face Looked Familiar. Dinah was a product of New Or leans, a big, plump "yaller gal," who could cook th? finest dinners for miles around. One day a new butler ap peared on the scene, and Dinah's mistress noticed that she took a great Interest in the man. At last her mistress could stand her curlbslty no longer and asked: "Di nah, do you know that new man?" Dinah took another long and scrutin izing look and then slowly and rem- Iniscently replied: "Well, I dunno, Miss Alice; but 1 think he was ma fust husband!" —Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. A Friend in Need. Mrs. Flatbush —Who Is that man with the red nose you Just bowed to? Mr. Flatbush—Oh, he's a man I met out west "He is certainly not a prohibitionist, Is heT' "Why, I never had occasion to ask him, dear." » "But how did you happen to meet him?" "Well, we were traveling out of Mil waukee on the same train one night He had a bottle, and I discovered that I had a cork screw." —Yonkers States man. Unprofitable Combination. Howell—ls your new hired man sat isfactory? Powell—l should say not He Is one of the heavy eaters and light workers. Better a dozen freckles on your face than one on your character. iP'SplißnlPl In - i : BEIITVuhMI . Temple of the Five Hundred Qods, Canton. (Prepared by the National Geographic So- Y elety, Wuhlnjlon, D. C.) CANTON is the Paris and Bun ker Hill of China. The Chinese say that he who has not lived In Canton knows not luxury. Equally true Is It that the American of lowliest estate who has not seen Canton knows not poverty. In contrast to ancient tem ples, and palatial homes surrounded with park-like gardens, are the beg gars at their gates, covered with sores and whining for a pittance; the leaden-eyed porters, straining under their burden of humanity or baggage; women haggling for a plgeon-egg-sised lump of bean curd, half a dozen pea nuts, a dozen roasted beans, or a strip of meat the size of a rasher of bacon as a special luxury for the family din ner. 4 five and ten-cent store would be ffany's for many well-to-do Can ton families. The cent now a sort of war tax annoyance to us, would have to be subdivided for the China man. His smallest coin, the cash, nor mally worth one-twentieth of an.Amer ican cent was too large In some places, and bamboo tokens are rec ognized by tradesmen as worth half a cash. Yet there la luxury, expressed not only In commerce, and busi ness structures, but In products which make Canton the art center of China. Its lacquer and sandalwood articles are unique, Its Ivory carving unsur passed, Its pottery, gem setting, and fans, from the palm leaves we buy for a few pennies to the Ivory-handled feather ones the tourist bargains for at $25 or $35, are world famous. ( Revolutionary Center of China. Patriotically Canton has several points of contact with the American. Most likely the firecrackers which dis turbed our early-morning slumbers on the Fourth of July came from there, as well as the fan we carried to the community demonstration later. Can ton was the birthplace of the revolu tion In 1011 that ended the Manchu dynasty, and ha» beei» the gtorm cen ter of other revolutionary activities since. Except for a few newer streets, It still is true that Canton Is a "city of a million without a wheel or a beast of burden." Strangely ancient in some respects, Canton long has some of the expedients which are be ing urged as experiments in western lands. So far as her business district Is concerned, the city Is thoroughly "zoned." The shopper may find prac tically all the city has to offer in wood carving on one street. In silks and em broideries on another, In Jewels and precious stones on another. During the coal shortage In our eastern states In recent winters, efforts were made to do cooking at central kitchens and serve food "ready to eat" at. homes In the neighborhood. Long has the fuel shortage been actite In Canton, driv ing the housewife to chaff, twigs. Ut ter, for her cooking, and making cook ing and rending on the streeta a re course of the poor rather than a fad with the rich. The Chinese' "hot dog man" has a greater variety, but small er portions, than our own, and he Is not to .be recommended from the standpoint of sanitation. Fighting the Plague. Human life Inevitably becomes cheaper In the midst of congestion, suffering and poverty. Early effort* to fight the bubonic plague were grave ly met with the argument that there were too many mouths to feed, any way, in Canton, and the plague, like the typhoons, were providential for those who escaped. Humane science finally won the dan and the tin boxes on street corners are not to be mistaken for trash re ceptacles. They are for dead rats, which are collected and burned. The tornadoes wreak peculiar havoc be cause of the peculiar dwelling place of some 125,000 of Canton's inhabi tants—on houseboats. These boat dwellers, the Tan-mln. are social pariahs. Their women formerly fur nished the "singing girls" on the "flow er boats," floating haunts of the under world, which were burned several years ago. Their men engage in the river traffic that la an essential fea ture at Canton's commercial life. The city Is 70 miles up the Pearl river from the sea. Naming the kinds of junks that ply about Canton re quires as much knowledge as picking the make* of automobiles that, spin along Riverside drive or Michigan ave nue. The "slipper boats" are recog nizable because of a striking resem blance to their European-given nick name; the "Canton are nu merous ; the two-masted passenger junks are the Canton-Hongkong fer ries, but the most curious of the many other kinds, perhaps, are the che-tlng, Operated .by Chinamen stepping on a treadmill In the rear. These were In vented by an European who sensed that man power is the cheapest and most plentiful to be had In China — land where labor-utilizing rather than labor-saving devices pique the Inven tor. * The gutters are In the middle of the street, in Canton. The divers down by the water front go in feet first The Canton bon-bon la pit-tan, eggs preserved in rice hulls, ashes and lime. If a man has a beautiful yard or gar den, he hides It by a high wall; but once the visitor breaks through this privacy, In company with a trusted guide, he may find himself not only on the premises but' conducted through an exclusive home as if It were a pub lic building, and the household mem bers go serenely about their own affairs while they, too, are described and ex plained by the cordial friend. . Here Is a hint of the origin of the China town tours in our great cltlea. Temples and Legends. If the struggle for existence sug gests materialism, one need only visit the temples In Canton, to glimpse the delicate, subtle, and daring imagina tion of the seemingly literal, cautious Chinaman. The "Flowery Pagoda," with the copp& pillar topped by a golden ball, Is where a famed Indian missionary once spent a night, and so fragrant was his presence that the tower still Is free from mosquitoes. To the "Five Fairies Temple" once came five genii, wearing coats of dif ferent colors and riding goats of differ ent colprs. Each fulry brought a stalk of grain, which was given to the peo ple with the benediction "Dwell here in perpetual peace, and never know famine." The fairies departed, but their steeds turned to stone, and re main to this day In the temple, A more mechanical curiosity is the tow er where time Is meanured by water dripping from four copper vessels, ar ranged at different levels. The hills about are famed no less for their legends than for the terraces where the ginger root Is grown that Is preserved by the Cantonese. One peak Is crowned by a rock that sways when spoken to In angry tones; there is a stream where soine Oriental Enoch drank a potion of Iris leaves and, becoming immortal, was wafted away to heaven. There Is a chamber of commerce at Canton', but the characteristic Indus trial bodies are the guilds, 72 In num ber, Irop bound, self-perpetuating or ganisations, of'great power both eco nomically and politically. The Chi nese merchant and artisan Is an apt example of the tremendous forced of inertia, or precedent, if you like, in Chinese Ufe. He carves, brews, or wells gold foil, not only .because his father or grandfather did. but because bis remote ancestors, when Columbus sailed westward or Marco Polo toured east, did that very thing In just that way. Quality, not variety, la the merit he seeks, and the guilds define the exact sphere of their members minutely. There Is the Oulld of Dealers In Cloth Interwoven with Metal Threads of Various Colors, the Oulld of Dealer* In Kerosene Lamps, the Oulld of Deal ers In Hand-Reeled Silk, and the Oulld of Dealers in Liquor Brewed from Rice. The honesty of the Chinese mer chant t» proverbial. In Canton lived Hon Qua. a millionaire, who .fnrnlstwil a conspicuous example of this quality. When a Arm which owed large snm* to foreigners became bankrupt Hon Qua beaded a list of Canton business 'men who made good the debt, on the ground that ChlneM credit asast oaf be tarnished. - IS ALWAYS * U. S. Devil Dogs Have Real War JVithout an End. Main Fighting Just Now la In Haiti —Also Raady In China- Won da rftrf Ufa. Washington—For Uncle Sam'a ma rina the fighting la never at aa end. While the great war and their part In It la history, they still are busy In the far corners of the world settling small disturbances, guarding govern ment property and awaiting any even tuality. • In Haiti and San Domingo nearly 4,000 "Devil Dogs," aa the Germans came to call them after Belleau wood, are maintaining order and bringing recalcitrant bonds to justice. It Is not a "play" Job by any means and at times lately It haa assumed the orooortlons of real war. Casualty lists BRIDES MUST GO TO SCHOOL If They Are Young Enough Mar rlage Does Not Exempt Them. Sacramento, Cal!—While there la no provision In the school law to pre vent girls unAer the age of sixteen accepting proposals or contracting marriage, the marriage Itself does not offer sufficient excuse In such cases to keep the young brides away from fnll time classes at school, j Terrible Tortures From Itching Skin Diseases No Sore Relief Until the Cairo Is Removed. When the blood becomes in fested with millions of tiny dia ease germs that attack the skin, then the fiery irritation and in tense itching will remain with you until these germs are removed from the blood. Genuine relief therefore, can only be expected from a treatment that goes right to the Mat of the YOUNGSTER MADE WORD GOOD Though, as It Turned Out, It Was at • ths Cost of Boms Personal * Discomfort. Marshall, who Is five, lives In a flat building. He Is a real boy and although he has 4 rear yard and a sand pllp In which to play, his mother has more or less trouble keeping him off Jhe streets. A neighbor saw him across the street one morning and the next day called his attention to the fact that he was out of the zone map ped for him. He was one of the busy ones about a vegetable wagon. "Yes," he said, "I had to get some sings." The next morning lie aAked lite mother for (he market basket. He immediately disappeared soon re turned, accompanied by the vegetable man. In the basket were three pounls of potatoes, a box of berries and two cantaloupes. Mother had to settle whether she needed the goods or not. At any rate, Marshall made his word good with the neighbor that he had to get "some sings." When ques tioned by the same neighbor about his shopping expedition he said: "Yes, and mother spunked me, too." A Cluo. "You said the suspected moon shiners gave you a clue by singing. What was the song?" " «Oft in the Stilly Night.*" Twenty Five Years of Success proves that the originator of u Postum Cereal was building upon a sure foundation when he devised this most famous of all cereal beverages. Where one used it in place of coffee, in the beginning, tens of thousands drink it today—and prefer it to coffee. Healthful, delightful to taste and satisfying to every one at table. Postum is now recognized as coffee's one and only great competitor among those who delight in a coffee-like flavor. > Sold everywhere by Grocers Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan FIGHTING are not lacking and almost every week there come to headquarter* here the name* of "leatherneck*" killed or' wounded in clashes with bandits and revolutionaries "In China the legation guard of 275 marine* at Peking la ever prepared for any emergency add for a time recent ly It appeared that they woald be forced Into action agalhat Chinese rev olutionist* who were threatening to attack the Chinese capital. In Nicaragua another legation gtutrd Is maintained, while the marines are aboard American warships In Mexican waters prepared on short notice to pro tect American live* and property should their services be required. In Haiti, the corps la represented by 1,700 offlcers and men In two small regiments comprising the first pro visional brigade. The brigade Is com manded by Col. J. H. Russell and the two regiments by Cols. L. 11. Little and R. C. Berkeley. Of late coodl- This Is according to a ruling by Will C. Woods, state superintendent of public Instruction, In anawer to a query raised several time* during the last few month*. "We have gone Into this question thoroughly." Wood stated in explana tion of the matter, "and while there I* nothing In the school law to pre vent girls under sixteen from getting married, young brides of this char acter inuat go to school full time the same as their unmarried sister*, un less a certificate signed by a physi- i trouble, and strikes at its caua* Such a remedy is S. S. 8., the r®- liabfc old blood purifier that kills ' the germs of disease, and sends a ' new supply of rich red blood > coursing through the veins. S. 8. 8. has been used success fully in some of the worst cases of eczema and other skin disor ders. For valuable literature write to ; Medical Adviser, 108 Swift Labo i ratory, Atlanta, Ga. POET'S WORD GOOD ENOpGH E Student Wss Absolutely Satisfied Without the Necessity of See ing Any Proofs. A good story Is going the rounds of Princeton about I'rof. Alfred Noyes, the Engllßh poet. Professor Noyes, It is well known, likes very much, to read his works aloud to his friends, and at Princeton, with so many young men under him, he Is usuully able to gratify this lik ing to the full. Tlie other day Professor Noyes said to a junior, who had called, about an examination: "Walt a moipent. Don't go yet. I want to show you the proofs of my new hook Ot poems." But the Junior made for the door frantically "No, no." he said, "I don't need proofs. Your word U enough for me, professor." Rich Find In an Old Drsaa. When the personal effects of the once-famous dancer, "Illgolboche," who died recently In Paris at the age of eighty, were sold at auction, an old silk dress was knocked down to a second-hand clothes dealer for a mere song. On examining the garment the purchaser found concealed In the lin ing a bundle of French hank notes to the value of SI,OOO. wlth bandits are still a mm— «*- cnrrence It Is said at hesdeaerteee that the marines "have tbe aMMBaa well in hand." V '* In Ban Domingo an ewea force of soldier-sailors ape «■ dafe. Here 2,200 marines, erganM toto three regiment*, for* tbe t«r*ad visional brigade, comuuaidsd by Brig Gen. Logan Peland. In tte 'MAn part of the lslsnd the Fourth etgfmrnm. under Col. Dion Williams. to tattag things easy, but in the *o«tb OH WW teenth regiment is In the field In aarii detachment*, chasing bandits aod mm laws and quite often getting m wmM of gunnowder. Jap* to Adopt Income Tax. . Tokyo.—The house of paces tam adopted the Income tax bill, praaMtog for Increased taxes. This will paoMR army and naval extensions. In tbe day* when women woa* mm* fly boned whale bodices, wbalefcaaaa— sold as high as SIO,OOO a too. cian is presented to the school autar kies showing that the physical *mM tlon of the pupil is such aa to nafc* attendance inadvisable, or that toaaa Is no school within reach." Egg-Laying Record. Tacoma. Wash.—A hen at «*Mt ern Washington experiment wtwOm at Wash., has mads aa way laying record that Is aafd to ha a sw ord. This ben laid one egg every Aqr for 78 consecutive days. Ot the aa»- enty-nlnth day ahe laid a doaMe gg_ ! strong nmt Henry's father o*ned a rolhf aridl and generally took him out to sea tto favorite superintendent oa Batoatog.> One Saturday morning, however, kk father was In a great hurry, aad MM to say anything about taking Baay with him. The ll'xle fellow stood * as long as he could, but finally aafefesd. "Daddy, when rov see Mr. Kerry (As superintendent) wll* yoa plnaaa •*■ him that I'm awfully sorry yam fiaqpd to take me with you 7" Acid Stomach. Hnrtban aad Msbs quickly dtaapp*ar with th« bm at WilsSS's Indian V«s«tablf Pllla. Send far bM Sas to ITS Paarl St? Na#Tork—Ad*. His Fsvorlta Titus. "Wouldn't my little man like to p and visit grandma la the ceaadgdT asked his mother. "Yes, mamma. If the chlekeaa aaa ripe now," replied the alx-jta> aML Boston Transcript. \ Sure . Relief ; Cuticura Talcum is Fragrant and Very Healthful S—» 2Si. Otntaat 2S —d tot. MM Hi 1/3 ©nnjLT®Hiie HU FOR K RAM rn MLUU, a HI am mm dtuftetViiLLjeU' KING PIN CHEWING TOBACCO Has thataood hcoiice taste vouVebeen looking for. BLUAL THE EASIEST 33S2SSS^^S SaßfißßggSggff if addicted to UMon«f -MORPHINE-, laudanum, paregoric or opin la mj form, haT« yoar phrstctan trat mm with Mania*. Writ* for fiteretaa. MAIfIHE PHABMACAL COMTApr 1843 CHtr. Si St. ' T.! Mb riiOWDA VAVOIUTB— A tu le «nlml aa our for 10c. deliver** |- «_ mm* eeta poet, to (or ll.it: IN. K.M. tkaK Poet.l Money Order to T. W *S» cE* Co . Piiumi Cttjr. Florida.

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