< le A | the Sandman, “the birds are eating the seeds of the red cedar trees. These trees are strange in their 'be- ‘havior, neighborhood, but they do not like to have many trees about them, and if other trees grow up about them ‘they become discouraged and give up try- ing to grow! birds find them. But they're certainly fond of open spaces. “The birds are also finding winter food in barks of trees where little eggs of insects are hidden, and there are insects upon the.fallen leaves. “The ducks find insects on ‘the wa- ter until the ice freezes over the wa- ter weeds in the deep parts of the streams, “And now the winter trees are look- ing their best, for they know that they must look well in the winter time, too. “The pines and hardwood trees tell their own stories. “Many people can read them just as they would read the chapters of a book. There is a ring of wood around the stump for every year that the tree has lived, and from the width be- tween these rings it can be told how much the tree grew when it was two years old or three years old. and whether it had a good year or a bad year. “The trees tell their stories just as 80 many of the different creatures do, and all we need is to study thelr lan- guage so we can learn thelr stories, for they are so very, very wonderful and marvelous! “The roots of plants and trees, too, have stories to tell of the work that they do. “They never come above the ground, but they do their parts not caring whether they are seen. In fact, they like to hide thelr good works, By MARTHA MARTIN “They go their own ways, getting free from anything that would hurt them, and with ‘thelr little root hairs “Thank You, Thank You, Mr. Moon,” Said the Pine Tree. curling themselves about the soll and growing and getting thelr root food. “They know that there Is air, too, in the soll and dampness, and in some wonderful way they do the work that Mother Nature has set for them to do without any fuss and as though it were no bother, “But the more we see of it the more The Why of Superstitions among those given to a belief in folklore medicine is that a string of glass beads worn around the neck will prevent or cure erysipelas, Many cur- rent superstitions are practically harmless from a physical standpoint. They are merely the indulgence of an atavistic tendency of the mind, a re version, mentally, to primitivism, which may result in am unhealthy psychological state but work no im- mediate physical harm. But many of the superstitions of folklore medicine are of positive bodily danger since they induce people to attempt to cure themselves by necromancy and delay calling in a doctor until it is too late, Of such is the superstition under consideration. The green lass bead superstition is a survival of that he- lief in the magic of gems so ancient and once so universal, and so very largely medical in its bearing. Pliny, the great Roman naturalist, wrote very learnedly upon the curative prop- erties of gems about 2,000 years ago and many a man, accounted learned same, In various ages and by various savants of bygone years, various cur- ative properties have been ascribed to the emerald; and the green ginss bead of our current superstition is, of course, the successor and representa- tive of the e ierald. A long list might be written of the diseases for which, at one time or an- other, the emerald bas been recom- mended. They used to apply it ex- ternally after the manner of the green glass bead necklace, or internally In the form of a powder. The Arab phy- sicians at the time of the height of the Moorish power In Spain highly recommended a “tincture of emerald” to be taken internally. Up to a period uot much cntedating our Revolution. ury war European druggists used to Doctor Kunz quotes a portion of a price-list n pound of “emerald” was offered for 25 cents, which would indicate that the quality of the emerald was hardly up to that of green beads. (Es by MeClare Newspaper Syndicate. y Surplus of Capitals States of the Unlen that had two capitals at the same time are Ithode Island and Connecticut. In Rbode Island it was a case of the state hav- ing two large towns, each claiming to be the political center and oelther agreeing to surrender its alleged pres tige. Thus both Newport and [PProvi- dence claimed the honor of being the capital of the state. Connecticut was similarly placed with regard to Hart. ford and New Haven. The towns were originally the capitals of separate col. onies., Eventually, however, the geo. graphical advantages of Hartford were admitted by New Haven and be- came the sole capital in 1873. S Supply amazing it seems, and the more we want to marvel, “Some of Mother Nature's children «fe not do as she tells them, There ids the Mexican Bean Beetle about whom there ‘has ‘been a great deal of trouble, for she destroys crops and everything that is given to make the crops better she takes for berself, “She ‘is a relative of Lady Bug, ‘but Lady Bug ‘1s not harmful and doesn't like to think that this relative of hers is 80 dreadful, “But 1 ‘must tell you more about the Pine tree and what he said to Moon as Mr. Moon ‘looked down at him, “ ‘Mr. Moon, you have seen me here for a great many years. You perhaps do not keep count of the years. You do not have to, for It doesn't matter what age the moon 1s, as the moon al- ways looks about the same age! “*Of course, you wear different suits, and when you're no longer a full moon, perhaps you're called an older moon, but you come back again as an young new moon, 80 T suppose that is why you do not consider the years. “Therefore it doesn't matter how many years you have seen me. “It matters,’ sald Mr, Moon, *for 1 am always so glad to see you. 1 want to see you for many more years, That is why it matters. 1 like to count those splendid years.'” “Thank you, thank you, Mr. Moon,’ said the Pine tree. ‘But this 1s what I have to tell you. I love to be a win- ter tree, for in the winter time ht seems that every one 1s fonder of me for being ever, ever green.’ “'And 1 like to be liked. “ ‘Every one does,’ sald Mr. ‘I've been shining for a good years, and 1 know that'™ Coppricht) Moon. many Nig 3 lm asm EESERS oS _ o = [mow mm. - {5 In the course of construction. TELLS N THE autumn, when the luscious l pear is ready to eat, let us prepare some as follows: Remove the core aft. er cutting in half and place them un- peeled in a deep baking dish. Fil the cavities with bits of butter, sprin- kle genercusly with brown sugar and add twe or three tablespooufuls eof lemon juice. Bake slowly untill tender and brown, basting often with the sirup in the pan. Serve bot or cold with eream. Sauted Pears, Chocolate Sauce. Pare four ripe pears and cut into quarters, cook in butter until tender. Pour over chocolate sauce prepared with two ounces of sweéet chocolate, one tablespoonful of sugar, one and one-fourth cupfuls of milk, placed in a double boiler and cooked with a teaspoonful of arrowroot or coorn- starch mixed with one-fourth cupful of cream : cook ten minutes. Melt one and ovpe-half tablespooufuls of but ter, add one-fourth cupful of powdered gugor and cook until it Is brown. Com bine mixtures and serve, Luncheon Eggs. Wash ang chop one-fourth pound of fresh mushrooms, melt one tablespoon- ful of butter in a saucepan and add the mushrooms, stirring until the mols ture is evaporated; add one table spoonful of flour, blend well, add one half cupful of chicken stock, salt and pepper to season, and cook six min- ples, Cut six hardcooked eggs into halves, remoeve the yolks and mix with the mushroom sauce, Fill the whites with this mixture and set into a bak- ing dish, surround with tomato sagce and serve when well heated through, Just before serving place a fillet of sardine on each egg. Baked Mackerel. the salt mackerel until Piace in a baking pan with a Seak ened. EVERAL years ago one of the big. gest bankers in the world paid out some of his money for the purpose of establishing a little cheerfulness and confidence In the minds of those poor souls who have looked so long on the black side of business life that they have forgotten that there is any other viewpoint, The banker began his advertise ment with this sentence: “There Is go much In the present situation to inspire confidence and hope for the By F. A. WALKER future that there seems to be ample justification for sane optimism.” Optimism Is nothing more than a ‘wise combination of cheerfuiness and confidence. We may have one without the other and still be incomplete. With both we are assured of individual happl ness and we are likely to be liberal contributors to the joy of the world at large, A good many people frown on the ham Lincoln river, building of air castles. They think it a useless and wasteful occupation. Any man or woman with an imag. nation will indulge in that delightful pastime, and a man or woman without an imagination Is poorly equipped for this life's problems and struggles, The best thing ever sald about air castles came from Thoreau, who contributed to the joy of the world by his confidence and cheerfulness. “If sou have bullt castles in the alr,” he sald, “your work need not be lost: that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” Could you think of a better plan for life than that; to have the highest as- pirations and seek to make them facts; to foster splendid imaginings and bring them to be realities. One of the reasons that Diogenes never found an honest man was be- cause, living in a tub, he sat on the ground, The real things of life are the high er-up things, Leave the ground to the earth worms and the snails, to those that creep and crawl, Find for yourself a place on the heights where the air Is clearer, the sunshine is brighter, the view Is broader and the world is better. Too many of us go through onr iit. tle existence here looking through a slit. We see so little when there Is so much to view, If you have never built an air cas: tle become the architect of one today. Build It high and big and glorious. Adorn It with your hopes and fur nish it with your fondest desires and then, as Thoreau told you, put founda- tione under it. (® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Duly Announced Mary, upon answering the door bell, found a couple of women who had stopped to call. As she let them in she eanlled to her mother: “Mother, you have a couple of customers,” of boiling water, id cook until the rated, then cover wilh eream e until the fish is tender. nfuls wuier Spanish Chicken Soup. Nehent cupfuls of cb or veal broth, add a grated onion, u carrot also grated, two stalks of celery minced fine and one cupful of barley. Simmer antil the barley S2ason and serve. Sliced summer squash steamed until nearly done, then dipped and crumbs and fried in butter makes 8 most tasty way of serving this three leken is well cooked, into good vegetable, (As 1927 Western Newspaper ['nion.) BHOCOCCOVOUERLLO0ODLDOD00 § The Knightly Man By DOUGLAS MALLOCH SOOOCVOV VDDD ODO ODODO0D SOOOOOO0 TA oo HE knightly man is good to see, Who keeps alive love's chivalry Though days of knighthood now ar? dime No wonder women worship him! No more cen wear their coats of mail But I am sure the Holy Grall Men still may seek. Yes, | am sure The love that leaves ga woman pure And leaves unwrinkied woman's brow Is just as necessary now. "he call to knighthood calls as clear As in the most romantic year, Perhaps it needs a braver knight Than any ever called to fight In all our most romantic rimes. For now we live in looser times, And not by any lances length We measure men, but by the strength With which they keep their morals straight, However others deviate, Oh, knights of now, of later days, Love calls you still your flag to raise, Your armor wear upon your guest To wear her ribbon on your breast And keep her image in your heart, Her sweetness something set apart, Her virtue something girt about That not a voice shall dare to doubt, That not a love, familiar grown, Shall stain, and most of all, your own, {& by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate) GIDUGAGS a aaa “A flapper,” says Mature Matilda, “is a girl who thinks the poet wrote, ‘I know a place where the wild times grow.'” { i [Clean Kidneys By Drinking i | Take Balts to Flush Kidneys If Bladder Bothers or Back Hurts Zating too much rich food may pro- duce kidney trouble in some form, gays a well-known authority, because the acids created excite the kidneys. Then they become overworked, get sluggish, clog up and enuse all sorts of distress, particularly backache and misery in the kidney region, rheu- matie twinges, severe headaches, acid stomach, constipation, “torpid liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary irrl- tation. The moment your back hurts or kid- neys aren't acting right, or if bladder bothers you, begin drinking lots of good water and also get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acld of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activ- ity; also to neutralize the acids In the system so that they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder disorders, Jad Saltz eannot injure anyone; makes a delightful effervescent lithia- water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to help keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus often avoiding serious kid- Cost of Living A study of the cost of living among widely scattered farm families of goods and services used per family in one year is $1,504. Of this value £034 furnished by the farm in food, fuel and housing. was Rheumatism or Fiery Irritated Joints EASES QUICKLY! 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Get from druggist a bottle of MUCO SALVE, 25 cents, and ashottle of MUCO-SOLVENT (lig- uid), 75 cents. Insert salve in nostrils and rub on chest. Take liquid per directions. STOP YOUR COLD BE FORE it goes into “flu” or pneumonia, All druggists know this treatment Muco-Solvent is an old time standard remedy. ———