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Motor Busies Supplant Ancient Railroad Line Motor busses have supplunted the service provided by the first steam railroad line operated in the United States and its abandonment hns been recommended to the interstate com merce commission. The line, 23 miles lbng, was constructed by the Dela ware & Hudson railroad in 1S28 be tween Curbondale and Honesdale, Pa., to transport "stone coal," as anthracite was then known. The Stourbridge Lion, first steam locomo tive operated in the United States, was taken for a trial run on the line In August, 1820. The test run showed that the rails, wooden stringers capped with rolled iron strips, were not strong enough to sustain the loco motive and the steam engines wore abandoned until the roadbed was strengthened several years later. Grow YOUNGER! If you have let the years master you? steal your appetite, energy, and sleep? you shouldstart now mastering thCyears! ^ Yqu can be growing younger all the time. Just keep up your "pep" by giv ing your system the many vital elements contained in Fellows' Syrup. You will eat heartily, sleep long and restfully, go about your work and recreation with enthusiasm. After the first few doses of this won derful tonic, you will feel a great im provement. But that is only the begin ning. Ask your druggist for the genuine Fellows' Syrup, which doctors have pre scribed for many years. FELLOWS SYRUP Ob the Firing Lin* Stepping from n taxi In front of the Lambs, a hurrying author pre sented the driver with a $20 bill to pay a meter charge of $1.10. The driver snorted, and remarked that It was the first twenty he had seen since shortly before the war, and to expect him to change It amounted to mockery. The passenger turned to an actor shading himself on the Lnrabs stoop, and asked for a dol lar and a quarter. "If I had a dollar and a quarter," returned the actor, "do you think I'd Imperil It hanging around here?"? * New York Morning Telegraph. Have Yon Noticed? "When I raise my baton each play er Is as tense as If he were going to mako a speech," says nn orchestra lender. But we always think the one with the cornet Is getting set to whistle through his teeth.?Life. As yet no Chinaman has produced a novel that has been translated Into English. The time Is coming. The crying need of a childless home Is a baby. DR.J.D.KELLM61AITH HAREM EDY foe the prompt relief of Aethme and Hey Fever. Aak your drug Slat for n. SF oente and one dol lar. Write for Fill SAMPLE. Nertkrof A Lyman Co.,lsc.3uftals, PLY. Running Tin* "It only takes me twenty mlnutca to get to my office," laid Mr. C'hug gins. "But you dldnt arrive until an hour after you telephoned that you were leaving home." Tea. Ii took the other forty mln utea to ret the car started." While It is sharpest, the hatchet la seldom burled. It matters not how long you have lived, but how well.?Seneca. hts; FLOMSTON SHAMPOO ? Maal for n tn Ufnftwdllfr.SSeNtobrBMllorktdnr ?Ma. ItliiMfl ? liilWaakAFntaknonltlT. ratter comb rosit. i i* paiia tu Sl.tt n?i 1* Ih pal la 14a. II It caaa Fancy extracted It lb. cane. S to caae. $12 race. Barrels, tc lb. All F. O. B. Lakeland. Write for prices on other sties. JOHN W. BBRRYHTLL. LAKELANP. OBORQ1A. File Wferm, Immediate relief or money refunded; famous prescription ointment re lieves and re moves all forms of hemor rhoids; sent poet paid for tl or C. O. D. Moacr Drue Co.. Bordentown. N. J. AGENTR. Make IIS and up. dally, selling new folding aarment rack to homes. busi ness houses, etc. No Invest meat In stock. Write MILLS It FOLDRAK CO.. 1 WEST 14TH CT.. NSW YORK. For gale -Flour mill. 71 bbl. capacity.moot sell at onee. ideal location, priced reason able. Paul Goldsmith. Greencastle. Pa. W. N. U, SALTIM0RI7N0. H-1M1. MB#"; i ' i ' "i : ' | OB SINCLAIR, I I "SUGAR I I DADDY" I pj By FANNIE HURST ((E) br IfcClure N'ewipaner Syndicate.) (WNU Service.) AOCOHDINO to the ill photo graphs of slim Obldlah Sinclair, which Letty Leigh had on her dresser, he had not taken on weight up to about the age of thirty four. As a matter of fact that was true. Tile Obldlah Sinclair who left his small up-state town at thlrty-flve was still within the normal range. It was In the next ten years that obesity be gan to set In. People said that It was because he began to sow his wild oats at the age when most men are finished with them. There might have been some truth In that. The up-state boy who had plodded through the first half of his life with his nose close to the Kiind8toue. earning a frugal living In a frugal town^bad not had much time for play. It had been due to his ca pacity for drudgery, that at thirty-five, he had accumulated a fair fortune, considering the size of the town called Empire. It was not unnatural that the new world, the new whirl, the new excite ment, of a city like New Vork, should sweep a man like Ob Sinclair, as be tame to be called, off his feet. And that Is what It did. I-ess than three years after his arrival In the metropolis, Ob had not only more than quadrupled In Wall Street the fortune he had made In Empire In dairy prod ucts, but he had become known along Broadway as a "sugar daddy." There are synonyms and equivalents of "sugar daddy." Butter-and-egg man. Angel. But as Ob began to take on weight and his jowls to fall Into soft folds of flesh, "sugar daddy'' somehow seemed his more apt pseu donym. In a few short years Ob had frank ly become the show girls' darling. He bung nround their stage doors. He sent them flowers. He wrote them mash notes. He bought tbem forbid den wine, be gave parties In his flat where adult men and women actually Indulged In the obsolete pastime of drinking champagne out of sntln slip pers. When on performed tins rltnai in his sntln-and-gold flat where a party of fourteen was present, he did It with complete nnconsclousness of what a threadbare gesture It was. To him It was the most stimulating, exciting and miraculous circumstance that hnd ever happened to htm. the fact that little Mirabel Moneytoes, musical com edy's dancing darling, was actually supping with him In his apartment and that he, old Ob Sinclair from Em pire, New York, was tilting her In credibly small satin slipper to his lips and supping champagne out of It It seemed to Ob that the vagaries of fate were treating him to a ride down life that was ns thrilling as a scoot along a Coney Island scenic rail way. Who was he, Ob Sinclair, to be sit ting In a satln-and-gold flat In New York, surrounded by all these glitter ing people of the glittering show world drinking champagne from the satin cup of a little dancer who was the toast of the town? Well. Ob was going to make the best of Ids opportunltlea Before Mi rabel Moneytoes had left his flat that night, there was tucked away In the adorable little bodice of the frock she wore, snbstantlal evidence of Ob's ap preciation of the miracle that had befallen him. It was curious, but with all his lack of astuteness In his dealings with peo ple In a world so alien to him, Ob In (he beginning never for a moment for got ]ust what his relationship wis. As the town began to wag about Mi rabel's new "sugar daddy," Ob knew precisely to what he owed thVgreat privilege of his title. Money. And Ob, who was by then In the seven fig ure class of finance, never for a mo ment forgot IL Mirabel Moneytoes had a flat, or rather a bungalow built especially for her on top of the twenty-first story of one of the town's smartest hotels. She had a special-body car of Italian make, said to be the most expensive limou sine evet brought Into America. Ob literally covered the slender forearms of the little dancer In banda of Jewels. As for Mirabel, with an Instinct of the fair play of give and take, she showered upon Ob In return her dainty charm and whirled about for all the world like a humming bird, conscious of Its brief life and greedy for the honey while It lasted. It Is difficult to know at Just what point Ob's sane appraisement of the situation began to collapse After two or three years of maintaining his po sition along the Rlalto as "sugar dad dy" to the lovely little dancer. Ob be gan to cast the gloating eyes of Illu sion upon his little pet After alt her smile was so ready for him. her en dearments so profuse, her eagerness to do his bidding so spontaneous. It began to dawn upon Ob. alowly and with a sweetness that was terrifying, that this bit of loveliness might be permanently his. He began secretly to plan for the permanent capture of the little Mirabel. More freely than ever he met her demands; with more prodigal liberality be supported the fiftAv i group of sllra young boys who danced attendance upon her. There again old Ob felt himself to be wise. He knew the call of youth to youth. "He never denied her this call. He was generous with her boyish suitors and up to a certain point, let them hang around her and dance attendance. Mirabel knew that point and never once had she erred. "Sugar daddy" came first About the end of the fourth year, Just as Ob, keyed to a pitch of self confidence beyond anything he had ever dreamed, was about to venture to make demand for the permanent ownership by way of marriage of the lovely Mirabel, one of her young men, whom Ob had employed for the pur pose of giving him a living, absconded with the sum of several hundred thou sand dollars of Ob's money. It was proof of Mirabel's great hold upon Ob that she succeeded in pre venting pursuit and prosecution. By sheer force of her curiously dominant will power, she prevailed upon Ob to let the crime go by default and against his every instinct of Integrity, he gave in. Six months later, on a blow that came overnight, as It were, little Mi rabel joined her absconding lover where he was living In seclusion on a Mediterranean island, leaving Ob, in the phraseology of a gossipy Broad way, "cold and flat." The extraordinary part of It was that old Ob, blighted, wounded, strick en. humiliated, picked himself up aft er the first blank shock and resumed his role of "sugar daddy." He Is "sugar daddy" today, to one after another of the little humming birds of Broadway. And one by one he is deserted by them. Deathless to Ob is the thrill of "sugar dnddv." He still hangs around the stage doors. He still sends flowers. He still writes mash notes, and buys for bidden wine. He still gives parties In his flat where adult men and women actually indulge in the obsolete pas time of drinking champagne out of satin slippers. To him it is still the most stimulating, exciting and miracu lous circumstance that has ever hap pened to him?the fact that musical comedy darlings actually sup with him In his apartment and that he, Ob Sinclair from Empire, New York, tilts Incredibly small satin slippers to his lips and sups champagne out of them. It seemed to Ob that the vagaries of fate were still treating him to a ride down life that was as thrilling as a scoot along a Coney Island scenic railway. And after his years of su gar-dadd.ving he still asks himself the question :? Who was he, Ob Sinclair, to be sitting in a satln-and-gold flat In New York, surrounded by all these glittering people of the glittering show-world, "drinking champagne from the satin slipper of a little dancer who was the latest toast of the town? As the town still Wagged about his "sugar daddy" reputation, Ob hadn't forgotten to what he owed the great privilege of his title. Money. Well, Ob was still making the best of his opportunities. Back in Empire, Miss Letty Leigh, who has loved him with a secret and hopeless passion since they romped up-state meadows together, sits In her quiet house, and day by day regards j with the eyes of her hopeless passion, | the six photographs of Ob that line her dresser. Women Collegian* Have Good Marital Record* "College graduates," said the presi dent of one women's college, "may not marry so early and often, but they marry late and until tbey die" Di vorce among thla group Is practically at the vanishing point In the United States at large In 1020 there was one divorce for every seven marriages and the percentage la stead ily rising, Elisabeth Eraser tell us, In the Saturday Evening Post. But the statistical figure for college women I* one divorce to forty-nine marriages, or around 2 per cent This Is a proud record, and It would appear that a college education la an excellent first aid for maintaining the stability of marriage. One reason for this greater permanence Is that col lege girls give the martial prospect a thorough once-over before and not after the wedding march, they enter the married state with a clearer un derstanding of the problems and re sponsibilities Involved. The records show that. In the past, college graduates have been slow at marrying, somewhat cautions In ths uptake, not prone to midnight elope ments under the double-dlstllled glamor of the hip flask and the moon. But on the other hand, they never know when to stop. They may re main steadfastly celibate nnttl fifty and then suddenly pop off. For them there Is no closed season or dead line of frosted age. Nearly always they choose a companion of suitable years Looking at the sta tistics of the more recent clssses, one Is struck by the slgnlflcsnt fact that the college graduate has turned over a new leaf In the marrying business; she has pressed her foot on the ac celerator and has put on more speed. She Is now a close competitor of the Junior leaguers who claim that 75 per cent of all their members wed. Army Car Has Spaed The new "battle wagon" of the United States army Is In Its appear ance different from anything of the kind that has been used. It la manned by three men and has a speed of 00 miles an hour when de sired. It has a light turret with two machine guns It sets low and ?-?n ran over almost any kind at rough ground. . SCENES OF HORROR AS CHOLERA RAGED ! i Recalled by Anniversary of i Great Plague. In the early summer of 1831 there 1 began to appear in the London Times messages and articles which Introduced a new heading In the Times Index?one which was to have an Increasingly grim signifi cance for many months. In the sum mer and autumn of that year, 14 years after the first appearance of cholera near Calcutta, it was brought home to English people that no country was secure against the Inroads of the disease. Its first appearance in 1817 had been fol lowed by a western march on two lines: cholera was reported from Bombay In 1818 and from Madras shortly afterward. In 1810 It reached Ceylon and spread thence and from India over eastern Asia and the Is lands of the Indian ocean. Another great leap had been taken by 1821, when It was so virulent in Muscat that the survivors did not trouble to bury their dead, merely wrapping them In mats and setting them adrift In the harbor. By 1823 Syria was reached and Europe was threatened. Then, by one of the strange chances ip the history of the disease, Its course seemed to be stayed. It disappeared in Turkey, where no precautions, sanitary or otherwise, had been tak en; but It began to push north and west again, after ravaging Persia and the lands south 'f the Caucasus for some yenrs. The mortality was very high. In Russia In a short space over 333,000 people were at tacked; more than 250,000 died. In Cairo and Alexandria 30,000 were swept away In 24 days. In Russia and Hungary horrible barbarities were committed. In Hungary It was believed that the nobles and land owners were poisoning the rivers; In revenge many families were wiped out and torture and murder became rampant The cry was raised in St. Petersburg that the foreign doctors in the hospital.) were killing the Rus ilan sufferers; hospitals were sacked ind the dpctors dragged through the streets; Infection 1 was let loose on the city. In the autumn tlie(plague had real ly established Itself In England for llie first time (If we ^exclude the be lief that some of the "plagues" of previous epochs may have been chol era). The time was one of general disturbance; but public excitement was diverted by tbe news that chol era had appeared In Sunderland. Early In February there were cases at llotherhlthe, in Llmehouse, and In a ship off Greenwich, "amongst the lowest and most wretched classes, chiefly Irish," and the first attempt to organize a local board of health was not very successful, "as they met at a public house and all got drunk and did nothing."? London Times. Sticker for Auntie Aunty had taken little Danny to the park and he was greatly Interest ed In all that he saw, and especially In the animals and the fish In the aquarium. It was an the why home that he demanded: "What are cubs? I heard people talking about them but I didn't see any." "Oh, yes you did," replied the aunt "Baby seals and baby bears are called cubs, just as baby cats are called kittens and baby dogs are called puppies." Danny pondered over this Informa tion for some time and then asked: "Aunty, what do they call baby camels?" So Consoling Hortense?And he has never told me what he thinks of me, you know. Marjorie?Well?er?perhaps he Is waiting until he gets another girl, my dear.?New Bedford Standard. ? In Evidence "My mother was very handsome." "So you take after your father?"? London Tit-Bits. Nobody seems to be hanging around to pick up the pearls that the swine refuse, either. ERRORS THAT BRING JOY TO COLLECTORS Blunders are frequently expensive. Sometimes they have a high market value, as In philately. One day in 1018, when the bureau of engraving and. printing was wool-gathering, It printed' the 24-cerit air mail stump with the airplane upside down. One legend has it that an Ingenuous young man bought a sheet of 100 of the stamps and returned them be cause they were imperfect. But the accredited version is that he was a canny young man, and having paid $24 for the sheet, he sold It to a great snapper-up of rarities, Col. E. H. R. Green, for $20,000. From Colonel Green's hoard a few of the stamps have been detached. A block of four has just been bought by John Aspln wall, of Newburgh, for $15,000. The extravagant fondness of collectors for printer^' errors makes them the prizes of notable albums. Dearer than crown jewels to King George Is his 4-penny western Australia stamp with the swan inverted and his 4 penny of the same Issue with the name "Australia" In half-sized let ters. He is almost ns proud of a % -penny (tamp with the watermark placed sideways. But nothing In the philatelic world Is so adored aa the British Guiana I-cent of 1S56, owned by Arthur Hind of Utlca; It la a unique specimen printed In the color of the 4-cent stamp?a drab-looklng color, too, and as "ornery" a stamp In appearance as one could hope to see. For this Incomparable relic Mr. Hind paid $32,500, and It will hold the primacy, for it Is Impossible that a more obscure unduplicated stamp can come to light.?New York Herald Tribune. Had Some Knowledge In the admitting room of the De- , trolt receiving hospital, a nurse was taking the history of a patient who had been shot. His name, age and address bad all been given. He said be wns married and gave his wife's name. He was asked If his wife knew that he was shot. The patient re torted : "She ought to?she's the one who shot me!" With some people life appears to be a continuous sleep. He who Is ashamed of his calling has no call to follow. 1 Shampoo Yourself " with / Cutftcura Soap y Anoint the scalp with Cutlenra Ointpient. Then shampoo with a suds of Cutlenra Soap and quite warm water. Rinse thoroughly _ Soap 25c. Ointment 25c. and 50c. Talcum 25c. Proprietors: Potter Drug & Chemical Corp., Maiden, Mass. First Concrete Road The first concrete road of any con sequence in the world was construct ed in Detroit, and was eleven feet wide by one mile long. The Ameri can Magazine, in a study of modern road building, tells the story of his initial experiment. It was fathered by Ed Hines, a Detroit printer and an enthusiastic bicycler, who had be come president of the League of American Wheelmen. Men so lore debate that It Is a wonder that there are not dozens of societies for that purpose. Sympathy often masks curiosity. 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