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Protected Gold
The main part of the gold de¬
pository built at Fort Knox, Ky.,
is below the level of the ground
and the vaults are guarded by
ve ry known scientific method of
protection, including a torch-proof
wall and a photoelectric eye which
detects any intruder.
Four gun turrets of steel and
stone flank the structure which is
se t within a steel fenced inclos¬
ure. 'all Armed guards are on duty
at times. The depository is
manned with machine guns and
other modern methods of defense.
—Washington Star.
mT» 3 A WIFE?
Mpn can never understand a three-quarter
wife—a wife who is lovable for three weeks of
the moBtb-but a hell-cat the fourth.
No matter how your back aches—no matter
tow loudJy your nerves scream—don’t take it
out on your husband.
For three generations one woman naa told
another how to go "smiling through" with
Lydia E- Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone up the system, thus lessen¬
ing the discomforts from the functional dis¬
orders which women must eadure.
Maks a note NOW to get a botUe of
Finkham’s today WITHOUT FAIL from your
druggist— more than a million women have
W V’hy ‘not^ Y?DIA ‘e^IN SHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND?
Disturbance Checked
The serenity of the wise is
merely the art of imprisoning
their agitation in the heart.—La
Rochefoucauld.
A Three Days’ Cough Signal
Is Your Danger medicines
No matter how many
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial Irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulston.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a chance
with any remedy less potent than
Creomulsion, which goes right to
the seat of the trouble and aids na¬
ture to soothe and heal the inflamed
mucous membranes and to loose®
and expel the germ-laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don’t be disoouraged, authorized try Creomul-
slon. Your druggist is to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene¬
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion is one word—not
two, and it has no hyphen in it.
Ask for it plainly, see that the name
on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
you’ll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (Adv.)
Muscular
Rheumatic Pains
It takes more than “just a salve” to
draw them out. It takes a 44 counter*
irritant 99 like good old Musterole
—soothing, wanning, penetrating
and helpful in drawing out the local
congestion and pain when nibbed on
the aching spots.
Muscular lumbago, soreness and
Stiffness generally yield promptly.
tard letter plaster, than the Musterole old-fashioned has mus¬ been
used by millions for 80 years. Recom-
mended by many doctors and nurses.
Ail druggists’. In three strengths;
Children’s (mild),
»ou GAS, HEARTBURN?
Clara Columbus, Ga. — Mrs.
Lisle. 410 38th St.,
•ay. seemed i “My stomach
so ypset because
of excess acidity. I never
felt Kk# eating and was so
weak. I used Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery
and my appetite improved,
X was ever so much
Itronger and was able to
tressed . by eat without being dis¬
‘or gas.” Ask your druggist today
it in liquid or tablets.
Consider Your Strength
Consider well what your
strength is equal to, and what ex¬
ceeds ability.—Horace.
SO PURE™ EXCEEDS
Requirements of the ub. pharmacopoeia
GENUINL st.Joseph
PURF ASPIRIN
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Sentinels
of Health
Don’t Neglect Them!
Nature designed the kidneys to do •
marvelous job. Their task is to keep the
toxic flowing impurities. blood stream free of an excess of
The act of living—li/a
utelj —is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
“■be blood If good health is to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function aa
Nature intended, there is retention of
waste that may cause body-wide die-
tress. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
vnder Ratting the up nights, swelling, puflinesa
worn out. eyes—feel tired, nervous, all
may Frequent, be further scanty or burning Itidaey passage* passa
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Historic
Hoaxes
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
© Western Newspaper Union.
The Spider Farm
D ALPH D. PAINE made a name
^ for himself as a war corre¬
spondent in the Spanish-American
war and the Boxer uprising, but it’s
more likely that his fame will en¬
dure because of a hoax which he
perpetrated while he was a reporter
for the Philadelphia Press in the
1890s. One day he turned in a story
about a certain Pierre Grantaire,
who lived out on the Lancaster pike
and was making a fortune by rais¬
ing and selling spiders that were
trained to spin cobwebs over wine
bottles, thus giving them the de¬
sired appearance of age.
According to his yarn, Mr. Gran¬
taire sold thousands of these trained
spiders every year, shipping them
to customers in “little paper boxes,
so many dozen to every crate.” But
he always kept his “queen spider,”
named Sara Bernhardt, who, when
he tapped on her filament, ran up
his finger for a fly, after which “the
startling pet tripped back indoors
with the booty.” “Sara’s” consort
was “Emile Zola,” a fearsome spec¬
imen of the “famed bird-hunting
spiders of Surinam.”
After the story was prir’ ’ hope¬
ful investors began flo ’ the
Press office with letters asking for
M. Grantaire’s address. More than
that, other papers began reprinting
the yarn under the head of “Sci¬
entific Notes” and “Nuggets of
Fact.” Years later this same yarn
kept bobbing up in different places.
As recently as last year a magazine
featured the story under the title of
“Webs for Sale” and an anonymous
writer in the Atlantic Monthly’s
“Contributor’s Club” repeated the
hoary yarn, declaring that “my
grandfather” kept the spider farm!
...
Death Warrant of a Witch
IF YOU are ever offered an oppor-
* tunity to buy the “death warrant
of a Salem witch, an original docu¬
ment—and a very rare item of early
New England, dated 1692,” don’t in¬
vest, no matter how much of a
“bargain” it is. Not even the fact
that it is “one of the few papers
containing the autograph of Indian
King Phillip and especially fine
autographs of Cotton Mather, In¬
crease Mather, John Winthrop and
Gov. William Phipps” should influ¬
ence your decision.
You see, the first John Winthrop
died in 1649, the second one died in
1676 and King Phillip was killed the
same year, which would have made
it difficult for them to be signing any
kind of document in 1692. Usually
there’s a typewritten card with this
“rare old document,” saying that
it “has been pronounced genuine by
the Massachusetts Historical soci¬
ety” (or it may be the South Caro¬
lina Historical society), but that
doesn’t mean a thing, except that
the not-so-clever forger who peddles
such documents (he’s always hard
up and is willing to sacrifice his
precious possession to get enough
money to get back to his home in
Texas or Maine or California) re¬
alizes that many people are rather
vague in regard to dates in Amer¬
ican history. So he tries to cash in
on that ignorance.
* * •
Shakespeareana
/'X NE of the most famous of all
forgers of historic documents
was Samuel William Henry Ireland,
son of an Eighteenth century admir¬
er of the great Shakespeare. One
day the boy brought to his father
what he claimed to be an original
version of “King Lear,” a fragment
from the original “Hamlet,” and a
letter from Queen Elizabeth inviting
the Bard of Avon to tea. But most
important of all was the manuscript
of a hitherto unknown tragedy, “Vor-
tigem and Rowena.”
The elder Ireland, overjoyed at
getting such treasures, didn’t in¬
quire too closely where the boy had
obtained them. He exhibited them
in his London house where they were
examined by Samuel Johnson, Bos¬
well and other notables who pro¬
nounced them genuine. Immediate¬
ly the London theatrical managers
began bidding for the privilege of
producing the newly-discovered
tragedy and the famous Richard
Brinsley Sheridan of the Drewry
Lane theater captured the prize by
paying Ireland 300 pounds in cash
and a promise of 50 per cent of the
profits on the first performance.
Then Edmund Malone, authority
on Shakespeare, burst the bubble by
proving that all the documents were
fakes. But it was too late to prevent
the first performance of the play
with the famous Mrs. Siddons as the
heroine, “Rowena.” To make the
best of a bad situation, the actors
turned the play into a burlesque of
Shakespeare which delighted its
audience. Then the play was with¬
drawn and the younger Ireland end¬
ed the affair by confessing that he
was the “author” of all these Shake¬
speare documents.
Difficult Scientific Name
Albizzia julibrissin is the rather
difficult scientific name of the large
shrub or small tree that goes by
several popular names—mimosa,
acacia and silktree. This tree is
not the true mimosa. It is closely
related to the acacias, and is a
beauty both in and out of bloom.
DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938
LEGISLATIVE
A strong determination by the
general assembly to "take care of
ihe counties” without the imposi¬
tion of a sales tax, a gross in¬
come tax, a luxury tax, or an in¬
crease in the already high gasoline
tax is giving marked support for le¬
galization of liquor in Georgia.
This was evident January 3 as the
legislature reconvened in special ses¬
sion after a Christmas recess. Al¬
though new found friends of legali¬
zation were numerous, they asked
.iot to be quoted because they did
not want to be besieged by dry ad¬
vocates.
There are not more than 10 members
of both houses supporting a gross
income tax, and the luxury tax plan
has few more supporters than the
sales tax.
Strong opposition to any increase
in gasoline taxes, now 6 cents for
the state, has developed among rep¬
resentatives of the larger counties.
Any funds collected from gasoline
would be distributed on a basis of
road mileage, and this would mean
chat the large counties would get
only a small portion of that which
they pay, while the small counties
would get back much more than they
pay. A large number of members
also feel that gasoline is paying
more than its share of taxes at
present.
OTHER NEWS ITEMS
Mayor J. T. Upshaw has been re¬
elected mayor of Alpharetta.
Cash income of Georgia farmers
decreased 7.1 per cent last year,
compared with 1936.
Joe Cone was installed as president
of the Rome Exchange Club, suc¬
ceeding Linton I. Harris.
Georgia will distribute $30 pen¬
sion checks to 1,135 additional wid¬
ows of Confederate veterans early
in January.
H. M. Collier, of Montezuma, has
purchased the Griffin Knitting Mills
from J. A. Evans and already has
assumed charge.
S. B. Fenne, of the Virginia Ag¬
ricultural Extension Service has been
appointed plant pathologist at the
Agricultural College in Athens.
Repaving of the state highway
route No. 1 will be completed within
the next ten days. The road Is be¬
tween Waycross and the Florida line.
The old year went out with a
$278,400,000 increase in Atlanta bank
clearings, despite decreases shown
during the past few weeks of the
year.
Four Georgia educators are attend¬
the annual meeting of the Coun¬
cil on Rural Education, which is
being held in Washington, D. C.,
over a period of weeks.
Fifteen banks will begin the dis¬
of nearly a quarter of a
dollars in impounded funds
some 140,000 south Georgia to¬
growers January 15.
A tuberculosis clinic will be held
the Ware county health depart¬
building January 13. Those
wish to enter the clinic must
before January 13.
Clem G. Moore, 73, one of the orig¬
organizers of the Georgia Press
and former editor of the
Democrat, died at his res¬
in Crawfordville recently.
W. H. Bagby, city treasurer of Au¬
told council at the first meet¬
in the new year that collections
increased last year in contrast
income in 1936. The total was
as compared with $1,057,-
collected the previous year.
Georgia's 1938 automobile license
went on sale January 3. The
schedule of rates recently fixed
the legislature will be placed in
Passenger cars range from
to $10.00 with tags for the
cars averaging between $2.50
$4.50; buses and truck tags from
to $2,000.
Jere N. Moore, editor of the Mil-
Union-Recorder, who took
January 1 as president of the
Press Association, an¬
the appointment of his cab¬
and committees for the year.
Moore appointed Louie L. Morris,
Hartwell Sun, to the board of
and reappointed John Pas¬
Atlanta Journal. Members of
board of managers for 1938 will
Mr. Moore, chairman; J. R. Mc-
vice-president, Calhoun Times;
M. Stanley, secretary; Charles
recording secretary, Butler
B. H. Hardy, treasurer,
News; Milton Fleetwood,
president, Cartersville Tribune;
K. Sutlive, past president. Black-
Times; Louie L. Morris, John
and Henry McIntosh, Albany
Robert M. Stiles, of Cartersville,
of the United Georgia
called for the organization
dirt farmers who want to see a
day for southern agriculture
a radio talk recently over an At¬
station.
Car thieves have had hard luck in
county keeping their booty in
last twelve months, according
records in the office of Sheriff
Bell at Gainesville. Not a
car owner who had his ma¬
stolen in the county lost it—
was recovered by the sher¬
forces.
......
AROUND!; k. *
I Items of Interest
.he house! y to the Housewife
Unrolling Tape. — Scoring the
sides of friction tape with an old
razor blade, or sharp pocket knife
will enable you to unroll it with¬
out tearing the edges.
* * *
Non-Skid Clocks. —When an or¬
nament or clock slips on a pol¬
ished mantelpiece or sideboard,
try cutting four small squares of
felt from an old hat and sticking
one to each corner of the base of
Gather Yam Scraps
for Flower Afghan
Pattern 1623
Rows and rows of flowers in all
Colors of the rainbow—that’s the
feature of this striking afghan
which is the gayest, easiest thing
out! You simply crochet it in
strips that are 7 inches wide, and
do the flowers in scraps of yarn
or in three shades of one color
for a lovely jeweled effect. Ideal
m four-fold Germantown. Pattern
1623 contains complete directions
for making the afghan; illustra¬
tions of it and of all stitches used;
a photograph of section of af¬
ghan ; material requirements;
color suggestions.
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York,
N. Y.
the article. It doesn’t show and
it’s quite “non-skid.”
* * *
Growing House Plants.— When
soil in which house plants are
potted becomes more like clay
than loam it may be lightened by
adding sand to it. Plants grow
best in this kind of soil.
* * *
Grouping Furniture.— Groupings
of furniture, including pictures
and lamps, should generally bal¬
ance each other in height, width
and effect of lightness or heavi¬
ness, housing experts say.
* • •
Thread Needle This Way._Al¬
ways thread the end of cotton
broken off the reel into the nee¬
dle, not the loose end, and it will
never knot. When using double
thread knot the two ends separate¬
ly—tnis prevents any tiresome
twisting and knotting.
• * •
Don’t Burn the Cake.— Set an
alarm clock to go off at the time
when cakes, and roasts, are due
to be finished. It can be heard all
over the house and acts as a re¬
minder to the busy housewife
who, intent on another job, may
have forgotten the time.
* • •
Prune Salad. —Cook some large
prunes, one for each person. Stone
and stuff with cream cheese which
has been softened with a little
milk. Let the stuffed prunes set
for half an hour. Take one or two-
large lettuce leaves and arrange
on each plate. Cut a slice of
orange on the round and place
on lettuce, and in the center of
orange place a stuffed prune.
Serve with mayonnaise dressing.
• • •
Washing Walls.—When washing
dirty painted walls with soapy wa¬
ter containing a cleaning powder,
the job is made easier if a little
flour i3 added to the water to
make a paste. The paste will
hold the mixture to the wall long
enough for the powder to dissolve
the dirt.
Greatest Ornament
The modern majesty consists in
work. What a man can do is his
greatest ornament, and he always
consults his dignity by doing it.—
Carlyle.
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PF SWITCHING dress General Foods, Ltd., Cobourg, Ont.)
Postum contains no caffein. It is simply whole wheat
and bran, roasted and slightly sweetened. It comes in
two forma ... Postum Cereal, the kind you boil or perco¬
W yTANY people can safely drink coffee. But many others late ... and Instant Postum, made instantly in the cup.
1.V1 —and oil childrsn—should revsr drink it. If you sus¬ Economical, easy to make, delicious, hot or iced.
pect that the caffein in coffee disagrees with you ... try You may miss caffe# at first, but you’ll soon lova
Postum’t 30-day test. Buy soma Postum and drink it in¬ Postum’s swn rich
stead af coffee far a full month. flavor. A product of
If...after 30 days...you do not Ae/ better, return the General Foods. (This
Postum container top with your name and address to offer expiree July 1,
General Foods, Battle Creek, Mieh., and we will refund 1938.)
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Today's Trust
'T'HIS day is before me. The cir-
1 cumstances of this day are my
environment; they are the mate¬
rial out of which, by means of my
brain, I have to live and be happy,
and to refrain from causing un¬
happiness in other people. It is
the business of my brain to make
use of this material. Not tomor¬
row! Not next year! But now!
Today, exactly as today is! the
facts of today, which, in my un-
regeneracy, I regarded primarily
as anxieties, nuisances, impedi¬
ments, I now regard as so much
raw material from which my
brain has to weave a tissue of
life that is comely.
Every Hopeful Impulse
heart that has beat
strong and cheerfully, has left a
hopeful impulse behind it in the
world, and bettered the tradition
of mankind. — Robert Louis
Stevenson.
On* good cook
tells another . . .
9 AU good cooks know that Jewel
makes more lender baked foods, and
creams faster, than even the costli¬
est types of shortening.
It’s a Special Blend of fine vege¬
table fats and other bland cooking
fats . . . used by more fine cooks
than any other shortening in Amer¬
ica! Get Jewel in the familiar red
carton for betUr cooking results!
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