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< Pigeom't Flight Qfcrrfer pigeons are knows to hAV* fcftrn long distances at rate* of speed tfnging from 00 to 80 miles an hour, qjfed for many hours together. An official test was made in Washington on September IT, 1901, and a carrier pigeon flew at the rate of about 94 twt a second, or over 64 miles bn hour. In the first minute It traveled U82 yards, or more than A mlta. I alandt of Similar Name* 'There are two Christmas islands, jte Id the Pacifk and the otber & tbt ifflan ocean. , i, • ij La*y Man** Strong Points I never knu a lazy man that didn't *v a good appatlght and ¥ «cur« Rest Ion.--Josh Billings. New Definition of Golf Golf is what letter carrying, ditchdigging, and carpet beating would be if those three tasks had to be performed on the same hot afternoon in short pants and colored socks by gouty-looking men who required a different implement for every moo<L-- Weekly Scotsman. Welth Colony • Welsh colony was founded in 1866 fa t"he Chubut, a rather bleak corner of Patagonia, and still maintains the Welsh language and customs, with modifications. A Little Warning? Contending that there Is no need of Improvement makes improvement impossible.-- New York Herald Tribune. VOTE FOR « Richard J. Lyons Republican Candidate FOR REPRESENTATIVE 8th Senatorial District Dick Lyons is thoroughly familiar with the needs of our district. A vote for him means representation. He has vision, ability and above a l l , "Courpge!"- WHY Australia Is Comparatively Free From Smallpox How smallpox has been kept away from Australia by the accident of her being far away from the rest of the world, is explained in a study of recent statistics of this disease published by the American Association for Medical Progress, in New York city, the Literary Digest reports. Dr. EL E. Free explains in his Week's Science (New York): "Smallpox usuallj requires about twelve days to develop In the body of a person who has been infected. This gives time enough to travel between Europe and America, for example, before realizing that one has the disease. Accordingly, smallpox passes the usual quarantine barriers and has spread throughout all the larger c<>n tlnents. In Australia, however, the long ship Journey between this continent and other centers of popula.- tlon gives time for the Infection to appear on shipboard, to be recognized and quarantined. This time-barrier around the continent has operated, the association states, to protect Australia very largely against this extremely infectious disease. For other parts of the \wrld, the association urges, the only protection is compulsory vaccination of the entire population. A statistical comparison shows that in American states where . vaccination is in any degree voluntary the smallpox cases between 1921 and 1926 averaged 102 for each 100.- 000 of population, while In states in which compulsory vaccination is enforced rigidly only between nine and ten cases occurred In proportion to the same population during the same period." Why Some Trades Give Exemption From Ills Tanneries and printing ink factories confer exemption from tuberculosis and employees in turpentine factories never have rheumatism. Copper mining excludes the possibility of typhoid among the workers. Shepherds enjoy remarkable health. The odor of sheep appears to exercise some Influence tending to the prevention of disease. Sheep are said to be especially good for whooping cough, so that In a sheep country, when a child is taken down with that malady, it Is the custom to put it among eheep to play. Men and women working in laven- I der, whether gathering or distilling it, are said never to suffer from neuralgia or nervous headache. Lavender, however, is as good as a sea voyage for giving tone to the system. Persons suffering from nervous breakdown frequently give their services gratis to lavender plants, in order that they may build up their vitality. Salt miners can wear summer clothes in blizzard weather without fear of catching colds, for colds are unknown among these workers. He Is for state a:: a further incra: p bMc economy and against :i S~~^£i$e" and local taxation. "Dud TUi'i kbst We NnT Biographical Sketch of Richard J. Lyons, from "HISTORY OF ILLINOIS AND HER PEOPLE" American Historical Society Published 1927 Richard J. Lyons grew up in the very heart of the great city of Chicago, was born on the old west side, in the vicinity of Blue Island Ave. and Eleventh St., and was a typical boy of the loop, at the age of ten beginning work as a messenger boy for the Postal Telegraph Company. His education was acquired in public schools in intervals after and between the work that earned Viirn a living. It was an environment calculated to result in the survival of the fittest, and gave him at an early age a Why Elephants Obey Permanent dens for "the cats" (lions, tigers, panthers, cougars, etc.), the performing horses and the elephants are maintained in circus winter quarters. They are put through their etunts every day. Green animals are trained "with experienced beasts. "It takes many hours' practice every day from November to April to train an elephant to stand on his head," says a trainer. "At least 40 men are present to manage the network of ropes, pulleys and tackles that are used to show the animal what he Is expected to do. The pupil trumpets and squeals, but sooner or later he learns to associate the command with the act enforced on hin) at first by complicated apparatus." Ground Always Frozen Ice to the depth of-more than 100 yards binds the soil of northern SI berla even in summer. The frozen ground covers an area of 5,000,000 square kilometers, a territory half as large as Europe, according to a report made to (be> Berlin Geographical m* ciety. * .. •_ •'•"'j- ' '"j'M'i' m i l i ii iili. New York*a First City Hall The Stadt Huys was the first New York city hull. It was situated at 73 Pearl street. It was a great stone building erected in 1642 for a -warehouse and invern by Governor Kleft at the West India company's expense. It was converted to its public use is Love Vt. Career# Love is whet a woman needs aboxe | all else. She must love and be loved. On that regime she flourishes best, physically as well as mentally.--Woman's Home Companion. : Aladdin** Lamp tralldlng is the fourth li skyscraper in the world and Is now the largest owned by any one Individual. It was erected and sold yesterday.-- New York .Times. • The Large Shape is Authentic in Hats for Easter Wear To compliment the softer and more feminine frocks, Paris has created the all over flower turban, the wide brimmed picture hat with flower covered crown, and other fascinating models that lend a youthful charm to every profile whether you choose the large or snug model. The trimmings are as varied as the styles, presenting flowers, lace appliques, ribbon bows or nose veils. This attractive showing includes types for Misses, Women, Matrons and Children, in large and small head sizes at popular prices ranging from : . C $2.00 to $15. * We have a very attractive line at $5.00 POPULAR MATERIALS--Hair Braids, Crochet, Viscas, Satin and Visca Combinations, Felt, and Straw Combinations, Satin and Straw Combinations, Pelts In every popular shade. " / Short Talks by Thoughtful Mothers Says a Virginia Mother: "Use a cough medicine that contains 'dope'? Oh, never. To our children we give Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, as my own dear mother used to give it to me. it so quickly relieves coughs, colds, croup, whooping coughs and those disturbing night coughs." Heartily endorsed by Mothers everywhere. No opiates, no chloroform, contents plainly marked on package. Once tried, always used. Ask for it. Thomas P. Bolger, Druggist. 115 Van Buren St Scanlon Hat Shop Woodstock, Illinois Phone 145-W thrill of satisfaction in assembling and loading every charge, ramming It home, and fishing around for a musket cap, that Is an enjoyable part of shooting with these old guns." Why Old Guns Are Liked "The most fascinating marksmanship of all is that practiced with a good, old-fashioned muzzle-loadlug firearm," according to one gun enthusiast. "An automatic, or even a pump or lever gun, gives one a surfeit of shots so that he soon loses his appreciation of individual hits," this man said. "A muzzle loader, however, forces one to make every shgt resourcefulness and ability to solve problems arising from aTt,catre"LsdlS s ChlTingg The?e'Ts°Ua contact with men and situations such as no college education could confer. From messenger boy he became a telegraph operator at 13 for the Postal Telegraph Company, and later was promoted to branch manager for one of the Company's offices in Chicago. From this position he went as salesman for the Johns-Manville Corporation, manufacturers of Asbestos Roofing Products. At the age of twenty-one he had reached the position of Sales Manager for the territory comprising the North Shore district of Illinois. From the city he moved in 1918 to what was then a rural village some forty miles from the center of Chicago. The name of this village was Area, located in Lake County. There he started a grocery business. Mr. Lyons rapidly built up a business until its annual volume represented $90,000.00 per year. From this he retired in 1925 to engage in the real estate business with Mr. John H. Rouse, at Mundelein under the firm name of Lyons and Rouse. Through his foresight and acumen Mr. Lyons has taken full advantage of the marvelous increases in land values in the Mundelein section. He was born in 1895, son of Thomas J. and Mary Ellen (Welch) Lyons. His father is deceased and his mother now reaides at Hollywood, California. Richard J. Lyons has been prominent in all civic enterprises and philanthropic movements in the Libertyville-Mundelein region. In April, 1926, he was elected a member of the Mundelein Village Board. He served on two prominent committees in connection with the Eucharistic Congress. He is vice president of the Libertyville-Mundelein Real Estate Board, vice president of the Libertyville-Mundelein Chamber of Commerce. He is a precinct committeeman in the Lake County organization of the Republican party. A member of the Hamilton Club of Chicago. The B. P. O. Elks, Waukegan, No. 70% and the A. F. and A. M. Lodge, No. 492, Libertyville, Illinois. AkoNo 272 RAM. Mr. Lyons mar*' id Miss Blanche Mitchell, of Prairie View, Lake County. They have two children, Lucille Mae, age 10, attending the public fdhool at Mundelein, and Richard Earl, Why Called "Belladonna" According to the historian Matthlolas, Italian ladies In the Middle ages ueed the dark red Juice of the deadly nightshade as a paint, the distilled water of the plant as a cosmetic and the Juice to dilate the pupil and enhance the luster of the eye, In spite of its detrimental effects. Belladonna (nightshade) means "beautiful lady" in Italian. Why "Artesian" Wells The woni "artesian" means pertaining to Artois, a province in France. It came to be applied to certain wells because they were first known in that region. An artesian well is a well bored to a depth where the water pressure Is sufficient to force water to the surface. - Why Potatoes Are "Spuds" The origin of "spuds" as applied to potatoes is unknown. One writer thinks they were so called originally from the initials of the "Society to Prevent Unwholesome Diet," since potatoes were first thought to be poisonous.-- Exchange. Bore Qremt Poet to Orolr^ Doctor Weldon, who was one of Shakespeare's pallbearers, emigrated to Fredericksburg, Va. Here he was burled. His tombstone was recently found. •< . 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Conway, City Glerk 'm Place a Cross (X) Owwsite the Word Indicating the Way You )esire to Vol e "Shall bonds of the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, in the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) be issued by the City Council of said City for the purpose of paying outstanding public benefit judgments and other indebtedness, •aid bonds to bear interest at the rate of 4»4'/r per annum, payable November 1. 1928, • and semi-annually thereafter, to mature, in numerical order, $5,000 on May 1 in each of fhe years 1937 to 1948, both years included, and a tax be levied to pay principal of and - -fciterest on said bonds, all as provided by an ordinance adopted by the City Council of •aid City of the 28th day of March, 1928, entitled: 'An Ordinance providing for the * borrowing of money and issuing the bonds of the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, to the amount of $60,000, and providing for the collection of a direct annual tax for the payment of the principal of and the interest on said bonds/ and which said . ordinance is in words and figures as follows, to-wit": YES • V NO