TAX COLLECTIONS
EXCEEDFORECfIST
MOST SANGUINE EXPECTATIONS
EXCEEDED BY $166,000,000
TOTAL.
• , Raleigh.
During the fiscal year ending June
30 1925. the State of North Carolina
paid into the Federal Treasury in
the form of Federal taxes a total of
approximately $166,000,000. the largest
collection ever made of Federal taxes
In North Carolina, according to Gilliam
Grissom, Internal Revenue Collector
for the North Carolina District, who
characterized the showing made by
North Carolina as "phenomenal," The
collections were about six million dol
lars more than Mr. Grissom had esti
mated at the first of June, and were
made possible by the unprecedented
increase in the tobacco manufacturing
industry which has large centers in
this State, especially at Winston Sa
lem and Durham.
Collections for the fiscal year ending
June 30, are approximately eight mil
lion dollars in excess of the collections
for the fiscal year ending June 1, 1924,
during which year $158,000,000 was
collected. Incidentally North Caro
lina's collections for the fiscal year
are approximately four times as large
as the total collection of Federal taxes
in the entire United States in 1863
North Carolina last year ranked fifth
in Federal tax collections in the Unit
ed States, with New York. Pennsyl
vania. Micigan, and Illinois leading In
order.
Of the taxes collected approximately
$16,000,000 represented Income taxes,
individual and corporations. This col
lection due to a sharp decrease In the
income tax rate, was approximately
two million dollars less than the total
Income tax collections of the previous
fiscal year. The two million dollar
slump! in income taxes, however, was
much more slight than had been ex
pected.
Collections of taxes other than In
come taxes were approximately ten
million dollars ahead of last year.
Cost of the collection of the taxes
according to Mr. Grissom was between
ten and twelve cents per hundred dol
lars whic bis the lowest tax collection
rate in the United States, being about
one-twelfth of the average cost of col
lecting United States taxes.
Girls' and Boy*' Clubs Plan Campa.
Twenty counties throughout the
state have reported plans for summer
camps for boys and girls to the home
demonstration department and ad
ditional counties are expected to re
port later on. These camps are in
charge of the home demonstration
agents and farm agents, and In most
cases will be Joint camps. Other coun
ties are planning summer camps for
women belonging to the rural clubs.
Camping has come to be a reward
for work well done. Miss Maude E.
Wallace, who Is head of the Girls'
Club work In this state, states and
the old idea of strenuous instruction
bas been largely discarded. A few
bonrs of Instruction will be given In
the morning, and the rest of the day
turned over to recreation. Most of the
camps will be on the shore or near
lakes where water sports may be In
cluded in the amusements. Contact
with other boys and girls is the chief
object and benefit from the camps.
Xew Policies Put Into Effect.
The executive budget law. estab
lishing executive supervision over
state expenditures: the budgetary ac
counting system, holding the state de
partments and Institutions to strict ac
countability for all disbursements and
requiring them to live within their ap
propriations. an dthe dally deposit law
became effective July 1. These meas-'
■res, advocated by Governor McLean,
were enacted by the general assembly
of 1915. effective July 1, which marks
the beginning of a new fiscal year
The executive budget law, in brief,
•eU up a control of state finances.
The governor is the director of the
budget and. under the new law, he
"shall have power to examine under
oath any officer or head of any de
partment or any Institution, and aay
clerk or employee thereof." Further,
kn la empowered "to cause the attend
aace of heads of responsible represen
tatives of the departments. Institu
tions and agencies of the sute to fur
nlsh Information ;to compel the pro
daction of papers, books, and accounts
or other documents lh the possession
or under the control of such officer or
baad of department, and the director,
or any authorised representative, shall
ksv« the right # to examine any state
Institution or agency. Inspect its prop
arty and require Into Its methods of
operation and management."
•tat* Tax Show Decided Slump.
A stamp of approximately 1100.000
la stale tax collections during the fis
cal year ending June SO. 1925. under
the previous fiscal year, was shown by
the total of M .144.811.20 aanounced.
Tax collections reported (or the fis
cal year Just ended were aa follows
lacome M"sl,»lJir inheritance.
9?CM«2.80; schedule B. 15M.28J.71:
schedule C, $1,184.144.24; insurance
(three months) M7.544.4d; has per
mits (one month), SM, and late rest oa
balaaces |B.UOIL
Teaching Coct Under Average.
The average per capita cost of in
struction in the United States Is twice
the per capita cost of Instruction in 1
North Carolina, according to figures
made public by the State Department
of Public Instruction.
The per capita cost in North Caro
lina in 1924 was $r?4.06. while the Unit
ed States average in 1920 was $64.15.
The figures for 1924 for the nation
are not yet available, but there has
been a material increase in the aver- .
age for the nation.
The per capita cost of instruction
shows a startling comparison as it
applies to city and rural schools In
the State. The 24 largest cities spent ,
$41.04 per child instructed. Fifteen
smaller cities spent $34.32 per child,
while the State average was $34.06.
Only $20.10 was spent on the instruc
tion of each rural child.
Although there were $602,441 chil
dren In the rural schools of the State
last year and only 104.838 In the 24
largest cities, expeditures for the edu
cation of the county children was only
three times as much as spent for the
education of city children.
In the year 1923-1924 there was
spent for all educational purpose® a
total of $29,747,076. Of this sum
more than $10,500 000 was spent for
capital outlay, that Is, for new build
ings, equipment and repairs. The re- i
mainlng $19,000,000 war spent for the
actual instruction of the children of
the state.
Figures compiled by the State Su
perintendent of. Public Instruction
show that in the county school system
New Hanover county stands first in
the amount for the education of each
child. The figures ranged from $49.17, |
the amount spent per child by New
Hanover, to $13.19 per child, which j
Scoland county spent. New Hanover j
spent more for the education of it«
rural children than It did for the edu- j
cation of the children of the city of ,
Wilmington. This is the only county |
in the State where the expenditure
for providing edwuational facilities
for country children was greater thaa
that spent for the education of th^ 1
children In city schools In a county.
Carolina Cotton Crop Condition*.
North Carolina cotton condition, at
77 per cent of normal, improved 3 per
cent from May 25 to June 25. accord
ing to report released by the U. S. de
partment of agriculture crop reporting
board. The present condition com-,
pares with 74 per cent a month ago
and 73 per cent at this date a year
ago.
A normal or 100 per cent condition !
at this time would have indicated a
yield of 300 pounds lint per acre In
North Carolina. However, with a con
dition of 77 per cent, and without con
sideration of later weather or Insect
damage to the crop, the present re
port Indicates a prospective yield of
231 pounds of lint per acre. This does
not take Into consideration the almost
certain damage to the crop later from
boll weevil.
Last yeax at the same time 2,099-
000 acres were under cultivation, of
which three per cent was later aban
doned. The acreage under cultivation
indicated at present la 2,183,000, or 4
per cent more than was planted last
year
With the prospective yield of 231
pounds per acre and not discounting
almost certain boll weevil damages,
these figures indicate a crop of 1,015,-
000 bales for this year. This la to#
early to rely on cotton estimates.
Influences that have* affected cotton
in North Carolina during June were
weather, cultivation, moisture tem
perature. insects and stanfts. The
weather, cultivation, moisture tem
has been ideal for cotton and the plant
has practically made its start since
June 1. Fields are well cultivated.
Though rather dry In the Southern
counties and too wet in the northern
counties, the average is very favor
able for the crop. Root lice have been
abundant, especially in the northeast
ern counties where damages by them
have been excessive. Stands average
from poor to fair. However , good
crop growth is evident everywhere la
the state.
To Ersct Electrical Building at State.
The department of electrical engi
neering at State college la to have a
new home. For nearly 20 years this
growing division of the college haa
been housed tn Winston hall, along
with the department of civil engineer
ing and chemistry. Upon the recom
mendation of President Brooks, the
board of trustees has authorised the
erection of a new building out of the
permanent Improvement fund provid
ed by the laat general aaaambly.
Contract for the new structure will
be awarded as soon aa Robart Upjohn,
the architect, completea the plaas and
! It is expected thst work on the build- .
ing will* begin late In the aummer.
The Job will be rushed to comple
tion and the building will probably be
ready for occupancy sometime daring
the spring. > . .- ,
Stolen Cars Recovered in June.
Thitry-seven cars were stolen and
64. nearly twice that amber recover
ed during the month of Jon* according
to the report of the Theft Bureau of
. the Department of Revenue. Twenty
seven of the S? cars stolen ware Fords,
sad 55 of the cars recovered were
Fords.
j The department makes the follow
ing request; "Please be Certain to
I send in reports oa every car stolen
; and recovered. This Is reqatrsd by
I law aad Is a great help to yoa and
! protection to all automobile owners.
* THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM. N. C.
BIGVJI
t" EDNAfI
H F ERBER
ILLUSTRATIONS
BY CWMW A6NEW.
CHAPTER XlV—Continued
• —lB—
Talks for Women on the Subject
of Finance, were held every two weeks
In the crystal 'room of the Blackstone
i and were a great success. Paula was
right. Much of old Aug Hempel's
shrewdness and business foresight had
descended to her. The women came
| —widows with money to Invest; busi
ness women who had thriftily saved
a portion of their salaries; moneyed
j women who wanted to manage their
own property, or who resented a hus-
I band's interference. Some, came out
of curiosity. Others for luck of any
| thing letter to do. Others to ga*e
j on the well-known banker or lawyer
j or business man who was scheduled
ito address the meeting. Dirk spoke
three or four times during the winter
«nd was markedly a favorite. The
j A omen, in smart crepe gowns and tall
-1 ored suits and small chic hats, twit
tered and murmured about him, even
while they sensibly digested his wett
thtfflght-out remarks. 'He looked very
I handsome, clean-cut, and distinguished
; there on the platform in his admirably
tailored clothes, a small white flower
in his buttonhole. He talked easily,
-clearly, fluently; answered the ques
tions put to him afterward with Just
the right mixture of thoughtful hesi
tation and confidence.
It was decided that for the national
advertising there must be an illustra
. tlon that would catch tlie eye of wom
en, and Interest them The person to
do It, Dirk thought, was this Dallas
O'Marm whose queer hen-track signa
j ture you saw scrawled on half the ad
-1 vertlsing Illustrations that caught your
eye. Paula had not been enthusiastic
about this Idea.
"M-m-m, she's very good," Paula had
1 said, guardedly, "but aren't there
others who are better?'
"She!" Dirk had exclaimed. "Is It a
woman? I didn't know. That name
might be anything."
"Oh. yes, she's a woman. ■ She's said
to be very---very attractive."-
Dirk sent for Dallas O'Mara. She
replied, suggesting an appointment two
weeks from that date. Dirk decided
, not to wait, consulted other cotnmer-
I clal artists, looked at their work,
heard their plans outlined, 'and was
satisfied with none of them. The time
was short. Ten days had passed. He
had his secretary call Dallas O'Mara
on the telephone. Could she come
' down to see him that day at eleven?
No: s she worked until four dafly at
her studio.
Could she come to his office at four
thirty, then?
Yes, but wouldn't It be better If he
could come to her studio where he
could see something of the various
types of drawings—oJH, or black-and
white, or crayons. She was working
mostly in crayons now.
All this relayed by his secretary at
the telephone to Dirk at his desk. He
Jammed his cigarette end viciously Into
a tray, blew a final infuriated wraith
of smoke, and picked up the telephone
connection on his own desk. "One of
those d —d temperamental near-artists
trying to be grand," he muttered, his
| hand over the mouthpiece. "Here, Miss
Rawlings—l'll talk to her. Switch her
I over."
"Hello. Miss— uh— O'Mara. This Is
Mr. DeJong talking. I much prefer
tlrnt you come to my office ahd talk to
me." (No more of this nonsense).
Her voice: "Certainly, If you prefer
( It. I thought the other would save us
both some time. I'll be there at four
thirty." Her voice was leisurely, low,
rounded. An admirable voice. Rest
ful.
"Very well. Four-thirty," said Dirk,
crisply. Jerked the receiver onto the
hook. That was the way to handle .'em.
These, female* ef forty with straggling
hair and a handle of drawings under
tlielr arm.
Tlie female of forty with straggling
hair and a bundle of drawings under
her ana was announced at fosMhirty
to the dot. Dirk let ber wait five,
minutes 1b the outer office, being still a
• little annoyed. At four-tblrty-flve there
entered his private office a tall slim
girl In a smart Uttle broadtail Jacket
fur-trlmmed aklrt. and a black hat at
once ao daring and so simple that even
a mas must recognise Us French ns
I tivlty. She carried no portfolio of
I drawings under ber arms
Through the man's mind flashed a
series of unbusinesslike thoughts such
as: "Gosh 1 . . . Eyes: . .
That's way 1 like to see gtrl dress
. . . Tired looking. . . . No, guess
tt's her eyes—sort of fatigued. . .
Pretty. . . . No. she Isn't . . . yes.
| she. .. . Aloud he said. "This
ls\ yfry kind of you. Miss O'Mara."
Then be thought that aoanded pompous
and said, curtly. "Sit down."
Miss O'Mara sat down. Miss O'Mara
\ looked at him with her tired deep bine
*yea. M'ss O'Mara aald nothing. She
regarded .«lm pleaaantly. quietly. nn>-
poaediy. lie waited for her to say that
usually she did not come to business
offices; that she had only twenty
minutes to give him; that the day was
warm, or cold; Ills office handsome;
the view over the river magnificent.
Miss O'Mara said nothing, pleasantly.
So Dirk began to talk, rather hur
riedly.
Now, this was a new experience for
Dirk DesTong. Usually women spoke
to him first and fluently. Quiet women
waxed voluble under his silence; vol
uble women chattered. Paula always
spoke a hundred words to his one.
But here was a woman more silent
than he; not sullenly silent, nor heav
ily silent, but quietly, composedly, rest
fullv silent.
"I'll tell you the sort of thing we
want. Miss O'Mara." He told her.
When he had finished she probably
would burst out with three or four
plans. The others had done that
When he had finished she said, "I'll
think about it for a couple of days
while I'm working on something else.
I always do. I'm doing a soap picture
now. I can begin work on yours
Wednesday."
"But I'd like to see it—that is, I'd
like to have an Idea of what you're
planning to do with It." Did she think
he was going to let her go ahead with
out consulting his Judgment!
"Oh, it will be all right. But drop
Into the studio If you like. It will
take me about a week, I suppose. I'm
over on Ontario In that old studio
building. You'll know it by the way
most of the bricks have fallen out of
the building and are scattered over the
sidewalk." She smiled a slow wide
smile. Her teeth were good but her
mouth was too big, he thought. Nice
big warm kind of smile, though. He
found himself smiling, too, sociably.
Then he became businesslike again.
Very businesslike.
"How much do you—what is your—
what would you expect to get for a
drawing such as that?"
"Fifteen liußdred dollars," said Miss
O'Mara.
"Nonsense." He looked at her then.
Perhaps that bad been humor. But she
was not smiling. "You mean fifteen
hundred for a single drawing?"
"For that sort of thing, yes."
"I'm afraid we can't pay that. Miss
O'Mara."
Miss O'Mara stood up. "That is my
price." She was not at all embar
rassed. He realized that he bad never
seen such effortless composure. It was
he who was fumbling with the objects
on his flat-topped desk —a pen, a sheet
of paper, a blotter. "Good-by, Mr.—
DeJong." She held out a friendly
hand. He took It. Her hair was gold
—dull gold, not bright—and colled In
a single great knot at the back of her
head. low. He took her hand. The
tired eyes looked up at him.
"Well, If that'a yonr price. Miss
O'Mara. 1 wasn't prepared to pay any
such —but of course 1 suppose you top
notchers do get crazy prices for your
work."
"Not any crazier than the prices you
top-notchers get."
"Still,* fifteen hundred dollar* Is quite
a lot of money."
"I think so, too. Bat then, I'll al
ways think anything over nine dollars
is quite a lot of money, fou see, I
used to get twenty-five cents apiece for
sketching hats for Gage's."
Sl»e was undeniubly attractive. "And
now you've arrived. You're success
ful."
"Arrived! Heavens, no! I've
started."
"Who gets more money than you do
for s drawing?"
"Nobody, I suppose."
"Well, then?"
-Weil. then. In snother minute 111
be telling you the story of my life."
She smiled sgaln her slow wide
smile; turned to leave. Dirk decided
that while moat women's mouths were
merely festarea this girl's was a decor
ation.
She was gone. \ Miss Etbellnda
Quinn at al„ in the oater office, ap
praised the costume of Hiss Dallas
O'Mara from her made-to-order foot
gear to her made-ln-France millinery
and achieved a lightning mental re
construction of their own costumes.
Dirk DeJong in the inner office real
ized that be had ordered a fifteen-hun
dred dollar drawing, sight unseen, snd
that Paula was going to uk questl-.ni
about It.
Make a note. Miss Rawllngs. to
call Miss o'Mara'e studio on Thurs
dsy."
In the next few days be learned that
a surprising lot of people knew a sur
prisingly good deal about this Dallas
O'Msra. She balled from Texaa.
hence the name. She was twenty
fight twenty-five thirty-two
ihlrty-sU. She was beautiful. She
was ngiy. She was an orp&an.
She had worked her way through art
school. She had ao sense of the
value of mosey. Two yearn ago she
had achieved sudden success with her
drawings. Her ambition wai to work
In oils. She tolled like a galley-slave;
played like a child; had twenty beaux
and no lover; her friends, men and
wouen, were legion and wandered In
and out of her studio as though It
were a public thoroughfare. She sup
ported an assortment of un/ucky broth
ers and spineless sisters In Texas and
points West.
Dirk had made the appointment
with her for Thursday at three. Paula
said she'd go with him, and went. She
dressed for Dallas O'Mara and the re
sult was undeniably enchanting. Dal
las sometimes did a crayon portrait,
or even attempted one in oils. It was
considered something of an achieve
■nient to be asked to pose for her.
Paula's hat had been chosen in defer
ence to hat, hair and profile, and her
pearls with an eye to all four. The
whole defied competition on the part
of Miss Dallas O'Mara.
Miss Dallas O'Mara, In her studio,
was perched on a high stool before an
easel with a large tray of assorted
crayons at her side. She looked a sight
and didn't care at all. She greeted
Dirk and Paula with a cheerful
friendliness and "went right on work
ing. A model, very smartly gowned,
was sitting for her.
"Hello! H .said Dallas O'Mara. "This
Is It Do you think you're going to
like it?"
"Oh," said Dirk. "Is that Itr It
was merely the beginning of a draw
ing of the smartly gowned model. "Oh,
that's It, is it?" Fifteen hundred dol
ars I
"I hope you didn't think It was going
to be a picture of a woman buying
bonds." She went on working. She
had on a faded all-enveloping smock,
over yblch French ink, rubber cement,
pencil marks, crayon dust and wash
were so impartially distributed that
the whole blended and mired in a rich
mellow haze like the Chicago at
mosphere itself. The collar of a white
silk blouse, not especially clean,
showed above this. On her feet were
•oft kid bedroom slippers, scuffed,
with pompons on them. Her dull gold
hair was carelessly rolled Into that
great loose knot at the back. Across
one cheek was a swipe of black.
"WeH," thought Dirk, "she looks a
sight."
Dallas O'Mara waved a friendly
band toward some chairs on which
were piled hats, odd garments, brls
tol board and (on the broad arm of
one) a piece of yellow cake. "Sit
down." She called to the girl who
tnl^'
-Hello!" Said Dallas O'Mara. "This
Ik It. Do You Think You're Going
to Liks Itr
had opened the door to them: "Gllda,
will you dump some of those things.
This is Mrs. Storm, Mr. DeJong—Gil
da Hanan. M Her secretary, Dirk later
learned.
The place was disorderly, comfoh
able, shabby. A battered grand piano
stood in one corner. A great sky
light formed half the ceiling and
sloped down at the north end of the
room. A man and a girl sat talking
earnestly on the couch In another cor
ner. A swarthy foreign-looking chap,
vaguely familiar to Dirk, was playing
softly at the piano. The telephone
rang. Misa Hanan took the message,
transmitted It to Dallas. O'Mara, re
ceived the answer, repeated It
Perched atop the stool, one slip
pered foot screwed in a rung. Dallas
worked concentratedly. calmly, earn
estly.- There was something splendid,
something Impressive, something mag
nificent about her absorption, her in
difference to appearance, her unaware
nesa of outsiders, her concentration
on the work before her. Her nose was
shlay. Dirk hadn't seen a girl with a
shiny nose In years.
-How can you work with all, this
crowd around?"
"Oh," said Dallas 1B that deep, rest
ful. leisurely voice of hers, "there are
alwaya between twenty and thirty"—
she sispped a quick scarlet line on the
board, rubbed It oat at once—"thou
sand people In snd oat of here every
hoar. Just about. I like It." y
"Gosh!" he thought, "she's—l don't
know—she's—"
"Shall we goT* said Psula.
He bad forgotten all about her.
"Tea. Tea, I'm ready If you are."
Outside, "Do you think you're going
to like the picture?" Paala asked
They stepped Into her car.
"Sure."
"Attractive, lsat she?"
"Think so?" •
So be was going to be on his guard,
was he! Paula threw la the clutch
viciously, jerked tbe lever into MCM 4
speed. "Her neck was dirty." *
"Crayon dust," said Dirk.
"Not necessarily," replied Paula.
Dirk turned sideways to look at her.
It was as though he saw her for the
first time. She looked brittle, hard,
artificial—small, somehow. Not la
physique but in personality.
The picture was finished and deliv
ered within ten days. In that time
'Dirk went twice to the studio in On
tario street. Dallas did not seem to
mind. Neither did she appear particu
larly interested. She was working
hard both times. Once she looked as
he had seen her on his first visit The
second time she had on a fresh crisp
smock of faded yellow that was glori
ous with her hair; and high-heeled
beige kid slippers, very smart. She
was like a little girl who has just been
freshly scrubbied. ,and dressed in a
clean pinafore. Dirk thought.
He thought a good deal about Dal
las O'Mara. He found himself talking
about her In what he assumed to be a
careless, offhand manner. He liked
to talk about her. He told his mother
of. her. He could let himself go with
Sellna, and he must have taken iS
vantage of this for she looked at him
Intently and said: "I'd like tomgether.
I've never met a girl like that."
Til ask her If she'll let me bring
you up to the studio some time when
you're In town."
He did not know that Dallas played
until he came upon her late one after
noon sitting at the piano In the twi
light with Bert Colson, the black-face
comedian. Colson sang those terri K 'e
songs about April showers brlni/og
violets, and about mah Ma-ha-ha-ha
ha-ha-ha-my but they didn't seem ter
rible when he sang them. There was
about this lean, hollow-chested, som
ber-eyed comedian a poignant pathos,
a gorgeous sense of rhythm—a some
thing
him, made you
ater he came out to the edge of the
runway and took the audience In hi*
arms. He talked like a bootblack and
sang like an angel. Dallas at the
piano, he leaping over It, were doing
"blues." Th£ two were rapt, ecstatic.
I got tf»e blues—l said the blues —I
got the this or that—the somethingor
other —blue—hoo-hoos. They scarcely
noticed Dirk. Dallas had nodded
when he came In, and had gone on
playing. Colson sang the cheaply sen
timental ballad as though It were the
folksong of a tragic race. His arms
were extended, his fact rapt As Dal
las played the tears stood in her eyes.
When they had finished, "Isn't It a
terrible song?" she said. "I'm eraxy
about It Bert's going to try it out
tonight."
•'Who—uh—wrote It?" asked Dirk
politely.
Dallas began to play again. "H'm?
Oh, I did." They were off once more.
It was practically Impossible to get
a minute with her alone. That Irri
tated him. People were always drift
ing In and out of the studio—queer,
important, .startling people; little, de
jected, shabby people. An impecunious
girl art student, red-haired and wist
ful, that Dallas was taking in until the
girl got some money from home; a
pearl-hung grand-opera singer who
was condescending to the Chicago
opera for a fortnight They paid no
attention to Dirk. Yet there was noth
ing rude about their indifference. They
simply were more interested In what
they were doing. He left telling him
self that he wouldn't go there again.
Hanging around a studio. But next
day he was back.
"Look here. Miss O'Mara," he had
got her alone for a second. "Look
here, will you come out to dinner with
me some time? And the theater?"
"Love to."
"When?" He was actually trem
bling.
"Tonight." He had an Important
engagement. He cast It out of his life.
"Tonight! That's grand. Where
do you want to dine? The Casinor*
The smartest club in Chicago; a little
pink stucco Italian box of a place on
the Lake Shore drive. He was rather
proud of being in a position to take
her there as his guest.
"Oh, no, I hate those arty little
places. I like dining in a hotel full
of all aorta of people. Dining in a
club means you're surrounded by peo
ple who'r* pretty much alike. Their
membership In the club means they're
there because they are all interested In
golf, or because they're university grad
uates, or belong to the same political
party, or write, or paint, or have in
comes of over fifty thousand a year,
or something. I like em mixed up!
higgledy-piggledy, A dining-room full
of gamblers and Insurance agents, and
actors, merchants, thieves, bootleggers,
lawyers, kept ladles, wives, (laps, trav
eling men, millionaires—everything.
That's what I call dining out. Unless
one is dining at a friend's house, of
course." A rarely long speech for
her.
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
Marvela of Jelly-Fish
The Jelly fish has a truly wonderful
way of reproducing lu species. In
most caaes the beginning la an en.
which, lying on the bottom, produces
a beautiful tree-like growth. The
"tree" fastens ltaelf to the bottom and
brings forth buds which, when ripe,
drop off and develop Into Jelly-fish.
The latter In turn lay egga and the
process is repeated. Moat of the very
large "pedes have a different way of
reproducing themselves Tbe egg Is
set free In the develops Into
a pear-shaped larva, which for a while
■wims about rapidly, being provided
with balr-Uka appendagea that aerve
the purpose of ears. Then the larva
settles dowu. anchors ltaelf to the bot
tom. Increases la aUe rapidly, and
toally Splits up Into thl*. flat discs
which swim off aid grow op lata lam
JeUy-bahaa.
HELPED THROUGH
CHANGE OF LIFE
Took Lydia EPinkham's Vegs
e table Compound during
This Critical Time-
Benefited Greatly
Baltimore, Maryland. —"I took Lytfa
EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
■ 1 help me through the
% Change of Life and
for a broken-down
system. I had been
complaining a long
I time and dragging
along had tried other
m * medicines which did
not help me much. I
x read in the news
papers of the Vege
table Compound and
after taking a bottle
■>- r I f e ]t better. I did
not stop with one bottle, but took it
through the whole critical time and am
QOW practically a well woman. I have
two daughters whose health was very
bad before they mArried and I Was wor
ried about them. I got the Vegetable
Compound for them and it helped them,
and after they married it also helped
them in bearing their babies. This is
a great and good medicine for all com
plaints of women, and I recommend it to
all. "—Mrs. L. GINGRICH, 1375 N. Gil
mor St., Baltimore, Maryland.
The Vegetable Compound is a depend
able medicine for women of middle age.
Let it relieve you of nervousness, thai
feeling of strain and those annoying hot
flashes so common at this time.
CuticuraSoap
Pure and Wholesome
Keeps The Son Gear
Thief Had Nerve
A cool and daWng robbery took place
at Chapln, a staid little hamlet In New
York. While Charles Burd was visit
ing In Pennsylvania, an unknown man
stood for more than two days at Burd's
gasoline station and sold gasoline and
edibles, cutting prices In order to at
tract purchasers. t He offered for sale
the new gasoline station at a low price,
but did not secure a purchaser.
Fast Trip
Caller—You say your boss went to
Europe this morning. When will he
return?
New Boy—Well, It won't be before
lunch anyhow.
T~«
X afnfflft dose of Dr. Peery's "Dead Bhof
tl enoash to expel Worrai or Tapeworm.
Why not try It T 171 Pearl St., N. T. AdT.
Perhaps an uninterested old age is
better than a crotchety one.
Feel All Out of Sorts?
Is backache spoiling your summer!
Do you get up lame and stiff—feel tired
all day ? Are yon so nervous and worn
oat you cannot rest or relax? Look,
then, to your kidneys! Sluggish kidneys
allow poisons to accumulate and upset
the whole system. When this happens
you are apt to suffer backache, sharp
pains, Boreness, stiffness, dizziness and
annoying kidney irregularities. Help
rcrar kidneys with a stimulant diuretic.
Use Doant Pills. Doan's are used
the world over. Ask your neighborl
A North Carolina Case
T ~ Joseph Eason,
1 1 Uivßoute No. t,
yyrL Smlthfleld, N. c..
says: "My kidneys
EUV Wi IMXF were out of order,
Hl\ caused by a cold.
RfjMsa flMr back was so
i* m *» 1 couMHiard-
HKHyyjCNL j|all played out and
th " weakness of
Al kidneys caused
to arise often
the night.
Doan's Pills were
so highly recommended I started
to use them. Doan's put my kid
neys In good shape and relieved me."
DOAN'S P 2^
STtWULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS
Po*i-Mab«m» Co, Mi«. 6—, Ruthin. H. V.
Women Good Judge
A Philadelphia judge, with a close
approach to the wisdom of Solomon
permitted a woman who had been
beaten by a drunken husband off and
on for 30 years to pass sentence, upon
her unworthy spouse. The woman
started off by telling the man that
■he ought to send him up for a
year. He begged for mercy, took the
pledge, promised to pay his wife sls a
week out of his $22 salary, and was
placed on probation for a year. The
woman was not a half-bad Judge,
either.—Health Culture.
A Splendid First Aid Remedy
tor Cuts, Burns, Wounds and Sores is
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh. Antiseptie
and healing. Three sizes; all stores— AJv.
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Italy. with an area about equal to
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