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THE WEST NEWS
Thu LittU Girl
Got Well Quick
How to train BABY’S
BOWELS
' 1
Babies, bottle-fra or breast-fed.
with any tendency to be constipated,
would thrive if they received dai y
half a teaspoonful of Ibis old family
doctor's prescription for the bowels.
That is one sure way to train tiny
bowels to healthy regularity 1 o
avoid the fretfulum. vomiting,
crying, failure to gain, and other ills
UfcouslipaUd babies
Dr, Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
j^Kid foeaiiy baby, tor this, you ham
Iff. V>*nuwr»l *“'*'** »*. IV
ment of women »nd little ones. He
—ended over 3501) births without
i of one mother or baby.
0« w B Dtatnul
SVRIJP PEPSIIM
A Doctor* Family Laxative
Nat at ally
"Tve Juat traded In my <d<l eight
for one of the new 18-epMeder rare."
"Well, more power to you ”
Heed Promptly Kidney and
■ Inf Isittln
Bladder Irregularities
A nagging backache, with
bladder irregularities and a
tired. nervous,depre»sed feeling
may warn of certain disordered
kidney or bladder conditions.
Users everywhere rely on
Doan's Pills. This time-tested
diuretic has been recommend-
ed lor SO years. Sold by all
'its.
my last etory
1 think I'll
•Boomerang ' ”
••Yea. then It's enre to come tack.”
Swiftest, Easiest Way
to End Bilious Spell
jCae^drowii ',!I. riogtothohuoum
Lanrloa or M
lootmt mmamrv. Gwwfl ftnr* min
When yon neglect those first
aymptums of constipation—bad
breath, coated tongue, Usllceaness,
the whole system soon suffers. Ap-
petite lags. Digestion slows up. Ton
become headachy, dlzsy, blllona.
It’S easy to correct sluggish bowel
irtlon I Take a cendy Caacaret to-
eht. Bee bow quickly—and plea*-
ly—the bowels ere activated,
the souring waste Is gently pro-
tied from the system. Regular and
.omplete bowel action is restored.
Caecnrets are mads from pure
fewer*, a aubetanre which doctors
actually gtrmgthrar bowel
muscles Alt drug stores have Cat-
caret* lOc. __
Cresed.* .f Middle Age.
There were right principal and
many minor erueadea between 1U06
•mi mo. , _
iMd, how some people born In a
state have the disleet and Intonation
- that state and wise don't.
HERE'S HEALTH ~
•FOR ALL WOMEN
Here la youthful rigor for you.
I Decatur as s brilliant American
naval officer, and ta the man who
offered the ramoua toast “Our coun-
i try I ID her Intercourse with foreign
I until'in. may atie always be In the
right; hut, right or wrung, our coun-
I try i" But tf It hod not been for a
! brava American eeatnan. Decatur
i might never bava uttered thoae putri-
| otle words.
It happened during the war with the
! Barbery plmiea. Decatur, at the head
| of hie men hiM overhauled and hoard- |
' ed e Tripolitan ehlp, the captain of
1 which bat) treacherously murdered Do- I
I rntuCa brother sfter aurraodartng to
! the young American. In the deeps rote
■ hand-to-hand fight Which followed,
j Stephen Decatur singled out this cap-
tain for his victim. Decatur lunged
‘ at Mm with a hoarding pike, nul iha [
i harherlan parried the blow, caught the .
! weapon end. wrenching tt away, lunged
at the American. Decatur had drawn j
i hi* sword aod a* he parried the bo«. ,
I his weapon broke off short at the j
hilt The Tripolitan errnck again and
1 woanded the American In the chest ,
1 and arm and a moment Inter the two
were clasped In a Ufe-and death atrug-
! gle.
At this moment another Tripolitan
came up from behind and ralaed hie
long curving Moslem blade to strike
Decatur on Ihe head. It was apparent-
ly ell over with the American com-
mander for there wa» none of hie
crew within reach except for one man,
| * sear.iau named Reuben James,
j James had been In the thick of the
. fight end both of hie arm* were die-
! aided. But "hen he sew the predice-
! ment oi the officer, James did not hes-
itate for e moment He leaped In and
i with his head caught the blow aimed
! at Decatur.
But Decatur’s troubles wera fer
from being over. The two men,
locked in each other's arms fell to the
deeh. Wrenching one arm free, the
Tripolitan drew a long, keen knife.
But In the llaah of a eecond before he
could plnnge II Into the body of the
fast-weakening Amcrcan, Decatur
managed lo draw a email pocket pistol
j and shot the barbarian through the
heart.
go terrible was the wound which
I bravo lleulien James suffered from the
blow which he had taken to save his
I commander's Ufe that his comrades
1 f,,|t sure he would die. Happily, how-
ever. he recovered and lived lo serve
Ms nation In the nsvy for more than
40 yearn.
• • •
A Lost Grave in Poland
r>OME 'Jo years ago there was Intro-
O duced Into congress a bill appro-
priating “the sum of 18,000 or such
part thereof as shall be necessary . • •
to bring back from Its burial place
In rolaud ... the body of Joel Bar-
low. . . ." Despite a favorable com- j
mtttee report on that bill. It wae al-
lowed to die and eo a last chance was
lost to play tartly honor to « forgotten
patriot who sacrificed his life In the
service of his country and the Bite of
whoee long neglected grave In foreign
■oil le no longer known.
Who wae Joel Rarlowf lie was a
native of Connecticut, a graduale from
Tale In the class which Included Soab
Webster, Oliver Wolcott and olher fu-
ture note Met. e chaplain during the
Ilevnlnllon. the editor of the American
Mercury of Hartford. Conn., and ibe
author of a famous national patriotic
epic poem. “The Columbind.”
A friend of Waahlnglon. Hamilton.
Jefferson and Madison, Barlow was
sent by Bresldem Madison in I8t2 as
an envoy to France to warn Napoleon
of the gravity o* the situation creeled
by French depredation* upot Ameri-
can ehlpplng and to demaud that they
cease. After welting In I'aris for sev-
eral week* without seeing the em-
peror, Barlow was finally told that
Napoleon wished the conference Iran*
ferred to Wllna. Poland, where th*
emperor was directing Ibe march of
hls legions Into Russia. 8o to Wllna
the American envoy went, a trip of
more than 8.000 mile*, mud. of It
over • blwik country of bad rotfl* too
few Inhabitants, and It took him tbrse
weeke to make U.
H* waa accompanied by hi* secre-
tary and nephew, Thome* Barlow, and
scarcely had they arrived tn Wllna
than they found that Napoleon had
passed them on the road in the night
and that their trip was In vain.
There we* nothing fer them to do hut
to take thrir weary **J ha<* «® p*r‘*
Hot on the way hack the elder Bar
low, exbauMed by the cold I most of
the time It was 14 below sere) aod
the hardships of the trip, fell U1 and
died on December 5M. 1812. et Una-
wise near Cracow. HU nephew
planned to bring Me body back to
America bnl Fate intervened. Napoleon
was retreating from Russia and the
Coasack* were following fast In Mo
wake. So they burled Joel Barlow ta
Polish soil and the younger man oere.
ty made bis escape from the Cossack*
■_ a Miakvtkririt
•Just after her
third birthday, my
little daughter, Con-
nie, had a serious
stuck of Intestinal
flu,'' says Mra. H. W.
Tornage, 217 Oad-
walder St., San An-
_______ tonlo, Texas. “It left
her rery week and pale. Her bow-
els wouldn't act right, the hsd no
appetite and nothing agreed with her.
“Our physician told us to give her
some California Fig Syrop. It made
her pick up right away, end now she
Is *s robust and happy as sny child
In our neighborhood. I give Califor-
nia Fig Syrup full credit for her
wonderful condition. It Is a grant
thing for children.'1
Children like the rich, frnlly tnste
of California Fig Syrup, and you can
give It to them at often a* they need
It, because It 1* purely vegetable.
For over SO years leading physician*
have recommended It, end It* over-
whelming tale* record of over four
million bottle# a year shows It give#
satisfaction. Nothing comperes with
It ** * gentle hut certain laxative,
and It goes further than this. It
regulate* the stomach end bowel*
tnd gives tone and strength to thee#
organs so they continue to act nor-
mally, of their owu accord.
There are many Imitations of Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup, #o look for the
name “California'’ on the carton to
Ostrich Bulldofged bf
Bedouin Riding in Auto
It I* possible to ‘‘bulldog" os-
triches from the running Nurd of an
automobile. Prof. A. Aharoul, of the
Hebrew university et Jerusalem, led
a geological expedition Into the Syrl
an desert to collect specimens of Us
rare bird* and aulmalv. The ext**
dltton wanted to rapture slive two
mu riche*. Due of the tribesmen
stood on the running board of the
car and bending over, grasped an
almost black ostrich by one of It*
useless wings a* thpy rode pnat at
terrifle speed. The Mg Bird was so
powerful that he would have drugged
the unfortunate Bedouin off hls
slight bold on the running board
i bad not one of hls brother Arabs
held him from the Inside of the car
In tt vise-like hold. Thev lied the
bird and took It Into the already
overcrowded machine and continued
the chose Another ostrich was al
ready so fatigued that It could
scarcely stand a half hour*# pursuit.
This one was easily captured.
Show MovI# MS Cloufi
Boon Berlin crowd* ma.v see mo-
vies upon Ibe clond* at nlelu. Dr.
Manfred Mannhelmer. flermun In-
ventor, I* perfecting a bilge protec-
ter capable of throwing an animated
cartoon film upon a low hanging
Cloud hank. Csrtnnn* would he
stenciled upon a special Mm msde
of thin metal.—Popular Science
Monthly.
he sure yon get the genuine.
A Soar Not#
“I never seemed to time sny luck
with the women," sighed the old
baehelor.
“Then you're lucky," growled Ihe
pessimist
Clover
“Tour daughter Is very handy with
a fly-swatter."
“That's the result of tennis, m boy.
Bright Boy
“Dn you know enough to he useful
In this office, hoy?"
“Tea. sir; I left the last place he
cause the boss said I knew too
much.”
Cold Insurance
He carriea it with him, ready for just gnch times. That
little box of Bayer Aspirin. If he catchex cold, what of ilT
Bayer Aspirin will stop it. If his throat feel* sore, he will
end the soreness with one good gargle made from these
Dangerous complications can follow the neglect of ■
common cold I" Every case of tonsilitia began wi th just
■ sore throat r It's a wise plan to take aspirin after any
undue exposure to bod weather, or whenever there is any
chance that you've caught cold. If it’s genuine aspirin it
can't possibly hurt you; and how it does banish the robes
and psins caused by colds, neuralgia, neuritis, lumbago,
and even rheumatism. .... j. o,.
Bayer Aspirin will insure your comfort through tne
worst cold season. The more susceptible you are to cold*,
the more you need it. Does not depress liie heart.
Driver I* Lvely
A limousine is a sedan with a glass
partition to protect the driver from
ellly conversation.
Cjpsslp In books about |>eople long
dend. at Ic«at doesn’t hurt them.
To have several Irons In the
I* to be not wasting the Are.
Those who know how to role cen't
help being more nr less ruthless.
Old Miss to Reopen
The three-hundred-year-old copper
mine at SJangell in nortbernmosi
Lapland, soon will he reopened. Lo-
cated dote to the Norwegian border
and far from the nearest railroad or
h'ghway. the mine ha* been hitherto
inaccessible for economic exploita-
tion. Now the mining company has
applied for government permission
to gain access to the mine throng.'.
Die Abisko nations! psrk._
Virginia1* Natural Bridge
The earliest mention of Natural
bridge. V*., was mad# by Burnaby in
1789, et which time It was the prop-
erty of the crown of England. Rec-
ords Indicate that George Washington
may heve made a surrey of this terri-
tory about 1750. A tract or parcel of
land containing 157 acres, Including
the Natural bridge, was granted to
Thomas Jefferson, July 5, 1774, by
George HI of England, for the sum
of “20 shillings of good snd U.ful
money.”
Original "Caucus"
The origin of the term “canons” is
traced back to the Caucus clnb of
Boston, organised during Revolution-
ary day*. This clnb was composed
mainly of persona engaged In ship-
building. It. and the Merchant*' club
of the earn# period, used to meet be-
fore elections end agree on candi-
dates for town end provincial offices.
The word “caucus” Is believed to be
a corruption of “caulkers.”
The Worst Lesson
The worst lesson thst esn be
tangbt a man la to rely upon others
qnd to whine over hls sufferings.
—Theodore Roosevelt
For Rule by Worker*
An egntorkrst Is one who believes In
•rgatocracy. This I* h new term
coined to describe the new political
philosophy of the Left-Wing Socialists.
It Is derived from tbo Oreek word
“ergates," meaning a worker, pins
•kratla,” meaning rule or government.
Briefly. It mean* administration of the
workers, for the workers, end by the
workers.
Third StatuhouM
The Statebouse at Aunapolis Is the
third one which has stood upon the
same site. The foundation of the first
ons was laid April 90. KM. It wee
consumed by fire In 1701. The eecond
was completed In 170fl end need for
06 years, when It was replsced by the
present building In 1372.
First Jusrs in Auiuric*
The first group of 23 Jews reached
New Amsterdam, now New York, In
1654. They came from Braxll. having
left that country when tt passed from
Dutch to Portuguese control. Two
Jew* had preceded them a short time
before.
gnu praise ** ««
and health it has given them. St
Joseph s Oi’.a 1* made from Na-
ture's own root* a ml herbs and i«
1st bottle whll he will roll ta you
M • mowy-b** guarantee.
Halloween
In the rid Critic calender 6ctob*r
81 was tbs last day of the year. Its
night being the time that witches
i were abroad. On the Introduction of
Christianity, it beenme the eve of All
Hallows er AU Saints
Marvelous Jaw Fuwsr
A fighting lion caught in a noose
has been known to bit# the thick rope
In an Instant and make away. Whales
hare been known to crush a hesvy
boat In Its Jaws. An Infuriated tiger
bit clean throngh the shoulder of *
man, crushing all the bone* to splin-
ter*. The hyen* has the most power-
ful Jaw muscles of any warm-blooded
creature. A hyena can bite through
the thigh bone of an ox In order to ex-
tract the marrow.
Summing Up Amorioaaism
Beneath and above all humanly ma-
terialistic appetites and Impulses, the
American has s vigorous spirit, an en-
thusiasm for righteous causes made
plain; a democratic Instinct for equal
opportunity among all men; a whole-
hearted admiration for personal
achievement; end a generous and
practical charity toward the oppressed
tnd unfortunate.—Collier's Weekly.
Horn bound Candy
Horehound candy la flavored with
an extract from the leave* of the
plant known ns horehound. This pltnt
belongs to the mint family and was
called horehound or hoarhonnd be-
cause of the white, downy appearance
of the stem and Iravee, suggesting
hoar frost.—The Pathfinder.
Demand** Results
Pragmatism Is tb* philosophical doc-
trine that the only test of the truth
of human cognitions or phtlosopMcal
principles Is their practical results:
thst Is, their workableness The word
was Introduced In this connection
abont 1875 by the American logician.
C 8. Pierce, and was populartxed by
William James, whose “Pragmatism”
waa published In 1907.
Aspiration
When you ore aspiring to the
highest place. It is honorable to
reach the second or even the third
rank.—Cicero.
Sculptural Terms
“Living stone" and “living rock* are
applied in sculptnre to rock or atone
In It* native or original poridoe as
contrasted with marble or granite
which lia* been quarried. The Uoo
of Luzerne In Switzerland, th.- Rush-
more memorial In South Dakota, and
the Confederate memorial on Stone
mountain in Georgia were all carved
from living rock.
Culfiag't Winter RuU.
Under winter rule* of golf the play-
er may Improve the lie of hi* boll or
tee It up on the fairways without pen-
alty. Onlinertly the bell must be
plsyed as It Ilea or s penalty Incurred.
The object of tb* rule Is to save the
fairways as much as poeethle from
damage when weather conditions are
such that bolls frequently take
“coppy” lies.
Gaelic Language
Deasmuinhan O’Clelrlgh saye that
a* a living language Gaelic reached
Ha acme of perfection In the Seven-
teenth and Eighteenth centuries.
Thereafter It declined, as there was a
law against Its nae. Now OaeMe Is
the official language of the Irish Free
State.
Uuurthodox
The term latttudinartan* Is applied
to people whs attach little Importance
to dogma and to what are called orth-
odox doctrines. Latltndlnarians were
a Church of England party In the time
of Charles U, opposed both to the
High Church party and to the Puri-
Comiag Back
"Well, go on to war. but be sure
and don't get killed.’1 commanded
Jane, who seemed to be the general
of the little pretenders. And “Pri-
vate" Paul, age four, never at a loea
for words, answered, “All right, -but
If I do 1 11 come tack and tell you
how I got killed."—Exchange.
Piano Hsslth
If your piano sits near either a red!
ator or a steam pipe running through
the room, keep a couple of pie tins
under the piano full of water. This
give* the piano the necessary moisture
to keep It In good health. You will be
surprised how quickly the pens dry
out Refill them often.
Still in Duubt
Believe tt or not. but we recently
overheard a conversation In a theater
lobby wherein one woman asked an-
other If her husband went out much
at night and the reply wan, “I don't
know, but 111 ask him the next time
I see him!"
Shaky Scottish Town
Comrie, Scotland, a little village in
Perthshire, leads a shaky life. In sev-
en years tt has tad more then 309
earthquakes, all 'caused by the greet
fault near the highland border.
and dually reached Faria
Had eongree* acted on the blit Intro-
duced In the Fifty first congress, Joel
Barlow would not now be a forgotten
hero. But the ravage* of the World
war erased every trace of Ms grave and
America's debt to Mm Is un-
paid.
un ism. western tlvmmm »#*<•»
Unh.li.raM.
"Beany, do yon happen to heve 80
rests In yonr pocket T eeked the
mother at • twelve-year-old boy. "Gee,
mother." was hls reply. "If I had 50
cents I'd think I had on the wrong
peats!"
Solving Today1* Problems
There Is enough good sene# end
enough Inventiveness available to find
the answer to any practical problem
which now baffles men anywhere—
Collier's Weekly.
8k
-king Evolution
originally a purely
How Not to Work
ere boro unemployed.
Some >',™ w« ■■
some achieve unemployment, nnd only
the willing workers heve unemploy-
ment thrust upon them.—Boston Eve-
ning Transcript
Great Human Gilt
Whet a gift It I* to make all
men better end happier without
knowing are are doing it—Henry
Ward Beecher.
Summing It Ur
The beat cure for worry, depre*
■tons, melancholy, brooding l» to go
deliberately forth and try to lift With
one s sympathy the gloom of srinehody
Comprsheostvo
•By and large" has abont the game
meaning as comprehensively, on the
whole, or everything considered. For
Instance. Mark Twain says In “Old
Times": "Taking yon by and large,
yon do seem to be more different kinds
of an ass than any creature I e**»
saw before.”
Cemnrsrcia) Tea
The tea of commerce Is the tender
leaf or bod of a bosh grown In India.
China. Japan and the Islands of the
Far East Tea either la cured In the
hot sue. when tt la known as green
tea; or la thoroughly dried In special
blasters, and l* known as Mack tea.
Practically lorehthla
Gasoline end water are so Hearty Im-
miscible thst neither will dissolve
more than a few hundredth* of s per
cent of the ether. The solubility ta
a* light that the liquid* are usually
said to be InsolnWe In re# another.
And N* Cere fer ft
Education la a wonderful thing.
After right year* In a medical school,
a doctor can get a Job writing a med-
ical advice column for t uewepaper
end telling people there'* no such
thing as a cold.—Cleveland Preea.
Jetties to Ancestor*
•No man.” said HI Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, “ran fell to respect our
aaeeator* tf he wUl but remember that
to them we owe tome of our noblest
thought* and the memory of brave
deedc."—Washington Star.
4
Work of Meckioery
According to a survey by Joseph W.
Roe, professor of Industrial engineer-
ing *t New Tori- univeratty, tt w
require 12,000,000,000 servants to
the work that machinery perform*
each day In the United States. It la
rati main! that for every man. women
end child In this country there la gen-
erated power equal to that of 106
slaves.
Revol atiaaery Writing*
■ The “Newbnrgh Addressee” were
two anonymous letters, written In be-
half of the American soldiers whose
pay tad been withheld, which ap-
peared In 1783 after the eloee of the
Revolutionary war. It was afterword
made known that Gen. John Arnw
strong wrote them.
Iceland Sagos
The Flatpyjarbok Is a collect km et
sagas, once preserved in the Island
of Ftstey, Iceland, but now In the
Royal library tn Copenhagen, tt was
written In 1380-1305 by two priest* of
Iceland and is one of the main sources
for the belief that the Norsemen die-
covered America.
Namvd ky Eaglukmoa
The town* of Hampton and Hamp-
ton Roads derived their present name*
from the earl of Southampton, on* at
the leaders at Ihe Virginia company,
and a friend er patron of Shaken-
pear*. The name was probably abbrw
vlated to "Hampton.”
"I Hare Found It"
The word “Eureka” Is Greek, more
correctly “Henreka.” meaning “I tav#
found tt” tt la an exclamation of de-
light, appropriate when a discovery
has been made. Eureka la the motto
of California, in allnsloa to tb* gold
discovered there.
“WarerL," Revealed
Per 13 years the author of the
tV*verify novels wae unknown. In
1827. at a banquet In Edinburgh, Bret t
waa forced to admit the authorship
when Lord Mradowbrook made the
announcement that the author was
Pettieeat Day* Goa*
A New Jersey farmer flagged a pom
eraser train with a burlap hag and
eared the train from being derailed
by a break in the ratio Thu* the bur-
lap tag supersede# the petticoat of
other day*.—Atlanta Constitution.
Indifference Is Cruel
The worst sin toward eor fellow
crettures is not to hate them, but
to ta Indifferent to them That'll
the eNMMit of inhumanity -Shaw.
Critic. Criticised
ft Is quite cruel that ti poet
wander through hi*
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