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OIL STRIKE HELPS UNFORTUNATE ONES Blows Suffered in. Past Are Now Forgotten. Wichita, - Kan,—Blows * which.- they have suffered in the.past -are being forgotten by Willard Goodrich of this city and his two motherless <hildren, as fortune repays them for their pa tience and perseverance. An oil well has come in on their 80-acre farm, which was left them by-the wife and mother, wha died 11 ‘years agas L 1 The flow of bldck gold assures the family comfort and ease for the rest of their lives. Willard Goodrich is known for . unflagging - devétion' ‘to "his little family. .. . .. ik ! | Mr. Goodrich rented his inherited farm, .Hé preferred to farm his own land. He stayed with his. double:jgb throughout theé ‘years, rearing the chil dren, Arlene, eighteen, and Dale, sis-" teen. The father cooked the meals, did the family washing, sent the chil dren to school, and provided the in come to maintain the home. Sitting in his comfortable home, Mr, Goodrich said oil had aroused no dreams in his mind. “I have no particular plans,” he de clared. “I don't know whether I'll move anywhere or not. I don’t know what it would be like to live more than a mile from home. Of course, I'm glad we struck oil; it means a lot, especially to a fellow with children,”" Baluchi Women Fare | Il in Divorce Cases Peshawar, India.—~Divorce used to be an easy matter in Baluchistan, the little-known state which lies just over the northwest frontier and to the south of Afghanistan., All a Baluchi had to do was to ap pear before the local court or “Jirga,” composed of a committee of respected elders, and state that his wife was un faithful. He would at once be grant ed a divorce, which, incidentally, gave him the lawful right to kill her, It was argued that any man who submits to the indignity of acknowl edging his wife’s unfaithfulness must have true cause. No opportunity was offered the woman to state her case. Now there are changes. Westerni zation of the East, so strongly sup ported by King Amanullah of Afghan istan, has crept south, and Baluchis are grumbling that the new divorce laws are not nearly so satisfactory as the old. According to the present system, the woman is allowed to give evi dence in her own defense. Even so, the odds are against her. The ‘“Jirga” is composed of men, and is all-powerful in Baluchistan. There is no redress from faulty verdicts: TLe accused, when found guilty, has to pay the penalty prescribed and summary justice is meted out. Effort to Increase Strawberry Profits Washington.—To determine the ma- Jor factors which affect the returns to growers the Department of Agricul ture is to study the strawberry in dustry in regard to price ranges, com position of market supply, weather conditions and competition of other fruits. Economic information already has been gathered in North Carolina, Vir ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Flor ida. Similar work will be undertaken in New Jersey, Delaware, Louisiana and Arkansas. Maryland State College of Agriculture is independently insti tuting a similar survey in thn{ state. Factors of particular interest which it is expected this study will disclose are the place of strawberries in. the organization of the farm; the seasonal movement from different areas, the variation in time and period of move ment, the tendency to eyercrowd par ticular markets and methods of mar keting and transportation, Modern Hotels in Paris Ilave American Names Paris.—A feature of many of the modern style hotels which &re spring: ing up all over Paris is the American nomenclature given them, “Hotél des Etats-Uni's,” the “New York"”; “Wash-_ ington” and such like are becoming more and more familiar, To Foil Counterfieiters Washington,.—Secret service operis tives hope to educate the public against counterfeits when the new small-sized currency is issued. It will show portraits of a particular Ameri can celebrity like Washington or Lin coln on bills of one denomination only and help foll currency ralsers. - Hungary Gets New Port by Reclaiming Swamp Budapest.—One of the finest ports In central Europe has been opened at Czepel, near Budapest. This was formerly a waste aren of swamps and mud, now transformed Into the port of Budapest, Construction work was done by a French «ompany which holds a 800-year lense on the property. At the end of that period It passes to the Hungn rian government. The new port will benefit the Danublan states and Is expected to stimulate trade between Hungary and her neighbors, Omaha Visited by Three Strange Criminal Types. Omaha, Neb.—Three strange crim- Inal types—two of them killers, the other a kidnaper with a madman’s method—have visited upon Omaha during the last six years a series of particularly frightful crimes. ‘Just now it is the *“hatchet man,” who killed five persons. Three years. before him it was “the sniper,” and in 1922 it was the “chain man"—Kkiil er, kidnapér and bad man. ~ The sniper, Frank - Carter, went to the -electric chair last year. The chain man, Fred Brown, was shot dead in 1925 during a.riot at the state penitentiary where “he was serving a life sentence for kidnaping. To the final moments of his life ‘_‘thg sniper” was a strange mixture of braggadocio and fearlessness. Many said he was crazy, He was a puzzle to psychologists. His “eraving for ‘publicity,”. as M. Andreasen of the state prison welfare society put it, “was such as to make him try any thing to get into the papers.” Boasted on Way to Chair, Even as he walked to the clm'irh the sniper jeered and boasted. “They say 1 killed three,” he said as the slow tread of his death march counted off his remaining moments of life. “Three? Why, I have killed 421" -The Villesca (Iowa) ax murders, one of the most revolting chapters of lowa' criminal records, were among the crimes whi¢h the sniper paraded -as-his own work. Carter operated during the early hours of evening, whereas the hatch et man chose that time ot ‘night just before dawn. During the fortnight that Carter was abroad in Omaha, claiming three lives with his silencer equipped pistol, fear of his marks manship kept many persons off the streets during the evening hours. The specific crime for which Carter was convicted was the slaying of an Omaha physician. Fred Brown, the “chain man,” came to Omaha trailed by a crime record which included a conviction for a murder committed when he was six teen years old. He was free on parole from a life sentence imposed upon him for that crime. Women Kept Chained. Two young women were DBrown’s vietims here. He kidnaped and trans ported them to a shack at the edge of the city. There they were kept chained while he went about other crimes, including the plundering of Omaha homes. A man, finding the women chained in the shack, set about freeing them, but was himself overrowered by Brown and placed in i'ons. This man later escaped, and Brown fled. He was captured shortly afterward and sentenced to life imprisonment. Of this trial of abnormal crimes only the hatchet slayings remain un solved and the guilty person or per sons unpunished. Three of the hatchet victims—an aged drayman, a young mother and her sister—were beaten to death as they slept. China Grants Widows Right to Remarry Peking—Young widows are being encouraged to marry again by the au thorities, In the old days, when the Son of Heaven sat on his dragon throne, widows were rewarded for their vows of celibacy by seeing their names in stone tablets sanctioned by the em peror. That is entirely too old-fash foned to suit the young 'Chinese of today. Superstitious acts of fiiial piety, in the hope of curing the sickness of a parent, will not earn the commenda tion of the Nationalist regime, such practices being classed as unworthy along with the ancient custom by which young widows refused to re marry. ‘ 0. Neither will the acts of a girl de clining to marr‘ arrn‘ the death of "her fiance ‘be regarded ‘as commend able virtue, all of which has been set forth 'ln a draft of';eegplatlons gov erning awuards and official commanda tion of meritorious services submitted to the Nationalist government coun ¢il hy the ministry of the interior, ¥ e et e Pig Fells Apples Winsted, -Conn.~J. Schnelder has peen boasting about his pig. In one corner of the pig's pen is an apple tree, so that when the plg rubs agalnst the tree, shaking it, one-quar ter“of the falling apples drop In the pen, Try Chinese Custom. Peking, China~The ancient Chl nese custom of paying a doctor for keeping one well appeals to forelgn. ers, The German hospital essays to keep Americans, Britishers, Germans, Frenchmen and Itallans 6t for $4 a month, Go Far for Bath, Vinogradnayw; North Caueasus,— It's a SO-mile ride on a freight traln to & bath from this station. Some 150 rallrond workers and officlals make the trip to Georglevsk once a week. They come home singing, Need More Room New York.~So many people have been dabbling in the market that the stock exchange has it two bulld ings to provide for on. CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD BIG AIRSHIP WILL BE READY IN MARCH Britain’s Latest Craft to Fly Atlantic. London.—Trial flights of the R-100, the gigantic airship now being con structed under the auspices of the British air ministry for the purpose of flying the Atlantte, will not be made until March, 1929, according to information given at the headquarters of Commander C. D. Burney, who will lead the expedition, Although Commander Burney has been pushing his plans with all pos sible. speed, there have been several delays as the result of manufacturers requiring extra time to supply parts for the mammoth air liner. It lis pointed out, however, that the predic tion of trial flights by March is a con servative one and that it is possible the intervening period will be cut down, A Meanwhile considerable speculation reigns as to who will comprise the passenger list of the ship on its great flight from England to Canada and thence to New York. While the Brit ish air ministry nominally is in charge of the flight, it is known that Com: mander Burney will be permitted to select practically the entire crew, as well as determine who will be earried as passengers in addition to the air ministry's representatives. Requests for permission to accoms pany the commander on his flight have bheen pouring in from all parts of Europe as well as America, but it is declared that no final selections have as yet been made. b Gains in Weight After Escaping Wife’s Knife Ransas City, Mo.—Following . dis closures that he had gained 40 pounds in weight since he had stopped run ning from a butclier knife wielded by his wife, as well as since having left her board, Harry Mitchell, a negro, was granted a divorce in the Inde pendence division of the Circuit court by Judge Willard P. Hall. Mitchell and his wife lived at 1610 Brooklyn avanue. Mrs. Mitchell threatened him with a knife, Mitchelé said. “But were you always good to her?” inquired Judge Hall, “Yes, sir,” Mitchell replied. “I al ways was on time for meals and al ways kept the house warm in winter. But I lost weight eating her food.” Mitchell said his wife’s weight was 185 pounds and his 145, while they lived together. Big Parade of Steamboats Is Planned on Ohio River Pittshurgh.—A steamboat parade on the Ohio river, headed by President- Elect Herbert Hoover, is planned for September, 1929, to celebrate comple tion of all locks and dams on the stream. Capt. Oscar Barrett, president ‘of the Ohio Valley Improvement assocl ation, says he already has invited Mr, Hoover and that he has received his tentative acceptance. Towns and cities along the river will be asked to co-operate, while steamship owners and operators are expected to participate. Three Million Artisans Are Listed in Russia Geneva, Switzerland.—Oflicial sta -tistics from Russia, quoted in the weekly publication of the interna tional labor office, put the number of artisans in the Soviet union at 2,900, 000, or 55 per cent of the total num ber of industrial workers. Their production, including milling, is valued at $2,150,000,000, or 30 per cent of the total value of the indus trial production of the Soviet union, There are 7,413 artisans’ co-opera tives, with a total membership of 466, 618 members, Hero at Last Cited Fresno, Calif.—Fifty-two years after hg- husband rescued Gen. George Custer's flag from the Indian chief Amerlean Horse at Slim Buttes, Mont,, Mrs. Willlam J. MecClinton received from the government his Indian Wars medal and a posthumous citation for bravery. Bureau of Standards Seeks a Perfect Fuel Washington.—~Why does the angine of your automoblle sometimes miss when you step on the accelerator? That's what the burean of standards, in co-operation with the automotive and petroleum Industry, is trying to find out, the Department of Commerce announces, The bureau of standards has nlready made a few discoveries dlong this line. For Instance, of two fuels, one may give bet. ter results In winter, another In summer, Another discovery is that while the temperature of an engine's water Jacket has little effect on acceleration, a motor will “plek up” quicker when the intake manifold is hot. A perfect motor fuel Is what the bureau of standards hopes to find. It will Investigate also the value of auxiliary devices designed to make low-grade gas oline function as well as high test fuels. Receipt for Stolen Ruler Asked in Ad Moscow.—A thief has been appealed to through an adver tisement in Izvestia here to send a ‘“receipt” for an ac counting ruler stolen some time ago. The “ad” follows: “THIEF who stole at house namber 126, Leningrad Road, in June, 1928, a Wichman account ing ruler, belonging to Dreyer, a student of the Moscow Tech nical institute, is begged to send a receipt to the following address: Moscow, Garahovskaya st. 16. The Trade Union Com mittee refuses to give me a new ruler without such re ceipt ” HIRES YOUTH TO PEN SUICIDE NOTE Woman, Unable to Write, Crit ical of Boy’s Work. Newark, N. J.—Mrs. Ernestine Ma ser, thirty-eight, of No. 364 Fairmount avenue, Newark, could not write. When ber husband, John, came home from work one night he found her dead, a gas tube in her mouth, Near her lay a pen-written will. The police were puzzled as to how a woman who could not write could have left a sul cide note with her name signed to it. After questioning 35 persons living in the neighborhood, the police learned from Peter Anselmo, twelve, of No, 353 Fairmount avenue, that he had written the note. “I thought she was just making a will,” the lad said. Mrs. Maser's note said: “Give all my property to my two younger children; do not leave my husband or my oldest daughter see my body. ERNESTINE MASER.” Peter went over to the Maser house after coming home from school to play with Charles Maser, seven. He said Mrs. Maser sent Charles out to play, telling him to stop running in and out bothering her. She asked Peter to write for her. She criticized his penmanship, and tore up several uncompleted notes. He had trouble especially with her first name “Ernestine,” which she wished written with the utmost neatness. When he at last made a satisfactory draft, he said, Mrs. Maser gave him a quarter and bade him flippantly to run along and spend it. The will is worthless, as it was not properly witnessed. Woman Wrecks Bank to Gain Male Attention Berlin.—Because no man courted her, thirty-eight-year-old Marianne Waldmann, daughter of' a prominent patrician banker of Freiburg, in Si lesia, bankrupted her father's bank and had him jailed, until she herself was arrested as a forger. Since the war Germany has 2,000, 000 more women than men, Marianne determined not to live without mascu line attention. She showered all the men she met with presents, such as a house full of furniture, motor cycles, wine, and Persian rugs. She paid for these gifts with money from her fa ther's bank. which she was running for him. She presented her father regularly with favorable balance sheets until the Saturday the bank failed. Marianne denounced her seventy year-old father as a fraudulent bank er, though for his whole life he was the most respected citizen of Freiburg. He was arrested and placed In jall, until the police discovered that his daughter was the defaulter, Watch Lost 24 Years Recovered in Pawnshop St. Paul.—Lost 24 years ago, a S4OO diamond studded gold watch was buck In the possession of Its owner here and Willilam Conway. pawnshop inspector, ‘was halled by his mates as the “man with the mem ory of an elephant.,” i Miss Eloise L. Calihan, now a bus! ness woman, lost the valuable little timeplece while on an excursion down the Mississippl river in 1904, She at once reported her loss to police, but after a frultless search the watch was forgotten by all save Conway, The inspector while on his regular rounds of the pawnshops observed in the showense of J. 8. Samuelson » woman’'s watch with a dismond eres cent on the back, He consulted his record book and confirmed his con victlon that it was the wateh lost 24 years Lefoie by Miss Culibhan, Little Spaniel Saves Mistress From Kidnaper , Onakland, Calit.—A placid little span fel trotting lazily along with his mis tress turned into an enraged dog here when kidnapers threatened Helen Ruth Moss, fifteen, ‘The girl was walking along a high way near the edge of the city when un automoblle stopped and o man asked her a direction. Pretending he was dens, the motorist motioned the girl closed to the ear and when she re sponded selzed her and started drag ging her Into the machine, The wman, however, falled to reckon with the spaniel, In an instant the dog was at the man's throat and continued to bat tle untll the grip which held Helen was loosened and the girl was able to run away from the car, Mrs. Bell Tells Her Friends of Her Narrow Escape “Something over a year ago I had the flu, which left me with a very bad cough which kept getting worse all the time, until I could not lie down at night, If I attemoted to lie down I would cough all night and choke up so I would have to sit up in bed. This continued until I got so weak I could not walk across the floor, and every night I thought would be my last, I became so thin that my hands would meet around my legs. My doc tor saild that my lungs were affected and I was in a desperate condition, “Finally I read about Milks Emul sion and started to use it. I have now taken it about three months and I am entirely recovered. My cough is gone and I have taken on flesh and strength, and I thank God that I found Milks Emulsion, “I have spread the good news among all my friends and there are five of my immediate neighbors tak ing it, and they all say it has done them so much good. Yours truly, MRS. K. BELL, 1640 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.” Sold by all druggists under a guar antee to give satisfaction or money refunded. The Milks Emulsion Co., Terre Haute, Ind.—Adv. Denotes Concealed Evil “There is something rotten in Den mark,” is said of a concealed evil, Thousands of persons use this saying continually without having the least suspicion as to Its source, It is based on a passage In Shakespeare's “Ham let.” lln the fourth scene of the first act of that play Marcellus, an officer of the watch, says to Hamlet's friend Horatio: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” The remark was made after Hamlet followed the ghost of his father from the platform be fore the castle. Harold’s Mother Knew Answer » “Yes, sir, I am cer- L& [tainly proud of my omo Ilittle boy,” says Mrs. ¢ § IH. M. Smith, 421 To & MY WY |lpeka Ave, Topeka, e e |Kansas, “He's five £BB ™" land welghs fifty-sev rstg.:;;;g;j en pounds. le's the R T Bina, picture of health as you can see, and I feel like he'll al ways be that way as long as I can get California Fig Syrup. I have used it with him ever since he was a year old. I knew what to give him for his colds and his feverish, upset spells bhe cause Mother wused California lig Syrup with all of us as children, I have used it freely with my boy and he loves it. It always sises him up, quick.” In many homes, like this, the third and fourth generations are using pure, wholesome California I'ig Syrup because it has never failed to do what is expected of it. Nothing so quick ly and thoroughly purges a child's system of the souring waste which keeps him cross, feverish, headachy, bilious, half-sick, with coated tongue, bad breath and no appetite or energy as long as it is allowed to remain fn the little stomach and bowels, Fig Syrup gives tone and strength to these organs so they continue to act as Na ture intends them to do, and helps build up and strengthen weak, pale and underweight children. Over four million bottles used a year shows its popularity. The genuine, endorsed by physicians for 50 years, always bears the word “Calitornia.” The Easy Kind Guide (in Venice)—*“This is St. Mark's.” Yankee Tourist—*“Ah! the patron saint of the tourists, I pre sume.” Advertising 1s what makes many a slckly business fdea pay magnificently when It gets started, For Colds ~ m /b B 7 ie v, '4;} ;I , u’ i 3 » Nl 4 | v. .-»v;?. Z ‘ ! > W . 4 2 & J !N Wit ” ( y ; Y How many people you know end their colds with Bayer Aspirin! And how often you've heard of its prompt relief of sore throat or tonsilitis, No wonder millions take it for colds, neuralgia, rheumatism ; and the aches and pains that go with them, The won der is that anyone still worries through a winter without these tablets! They relieve quickly, yet have no effect whatever on the heart, Friends have told you Bayer Aspirin is marvelous; doctors have declared it harmless, Every druggist has it, with proven direc tions, Why not put it to the test? Aspirin 1s the trade mark of Dayer Manufacture of Munoncetiencidester of Balleyileactd “A Friend T'old Me!” 0 e o \r :-:‘3'.:_:.:325: \7 Mr. poweu: | { (Now His | b | Hed SR is Restored) “I AM a circus clown and about twoe years ago began to have severe attacks of indigestion = I thought I would have to give up. I lost weight and my appetite was Ead.” l[‘:sAnyone who has suffered attacks of indiges tion can understand just how Mr. Powell felt.} “A friend told me about PE-RU.NA, so I bought a bottle and started taking it. Ihave now taken three bottles, My health is restored and my work a pleasure.” {For over 50 years, PE-RU-NA has been the key to a renewed healch and vi tality for hundreds of thousands.} “An earnest desire to help others mpts me to make this statement.” Signed: Albert Powell, Louisville, Ky.} A PE-RU-NA user is always a PE-RU-NA friend—thousands rec ommend it to others. All drug gists have it; get a bottle today.} Malaria in the Blood GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC destroim the malarial germs in the blood and removes the im‘}mrities. It restores Energy and Vitality by creatinlg new healthy blood and fortifies the system against Chills. You can feel its trenlgthening. Invigora ting Effect. 1t brings Color to the Cheeks and Improves the Appetite. Pleasant to take, 60c. A package of Crove's Liver Pills is en closed with every bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC for those who wish to take a Laxative in connection with the Tonic, Forspeedy and effective action Dr, Peery's “Dead Shot” has no equal. One dose only will ciean out worms, 60c. All druggists. * DrPeery’s | ( Dead Shot. For WORMS 4 Y vermifuge At druggisis or 373 Pearl Btreet, New York Clwy How to Avoid cold. 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The chicken eggs falled to hateh, but the little 'gators seemed to appease the hen, ot i & d In a small town announcing an en gagement is a2lmost superfluous, Affluence is the dream of every one who 18 in the employ of others,