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VOLO Bii- ifihtii Mrs. Frank St. George, Mrs. Jos. Wagner and Mrs. Joseph Wiser and daughter, Laura, attended a Democratic luncheon and card party at the, Waukegan hotel Monday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Miller attended the funeral of her cousin, Edward Kattner, at Spring Grove Thursday. Mrs. Joseph Wagner and Mrs. Alex . Martini were Chicago callers Friday. ^ Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann ^nd Mrs. Frank St. George were Mc- B^nry callers Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dusil of Ber • wyn spent Wednesday here with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George. ' The Volo Cemetery society will at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Fish- Wednesday, November 3. -- -Mr. and Mrs; Lloyd. -Eddy have re^ turned td their home in Grayslake, after spending the past several months here at the Henry Passfteld htiine. • . ' •' - ; . ." an<^ Mrs. Charles Jones are moving from the Donker cottage to the Liberty Oil station here in town. ' Mrs. Joseph Lenzen, Mrs. Joseph Wagner, Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher, Mrs. • William Wirtz, Mrs. Frank St George, , arid Mrs, Joseph Wiser and daughter, Laura, attended a stork shower in honor of Mrs. Albert Jasten at the] home of Mrs. Joseph Freund at Spring! ' mntrnrv , , , Grove Th»rsd.y .ftemoon. [„MS tbe htlf^ to Mr. and Mrs. George Steinsdorfer j same and the person who avoids dogs and family have moved from the Lib- because of fleas has nothing to fear. erty Oil station to McHenry. They feast only upon the pets" and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martini and I after satisfying their appetites Inject family visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | Into the bite an Irritating fluid. This Pausch in Chicago Thursday evening, j Increases the Itching and the animals Mrs. Earl Hironiraus and sons re- hite and scratch until the skin Is turned to th^ir home here Monday, ^r°ken. Rolling on their back or rubafter spending a few- weeks in Chi- back and forth under a chair cago with relatives. according to an authority In the Senator Ray Paddock motored toi ,°s -^n?eles Times, one method of reftockford Friday with Nick Keller ilief- antl ^ ^ so°n have a bare spot from Waukegan. There they board-1or s</re* Dirt gets in it. Infection ed Gov. Landon's special train en- , sad the result Is a form of route to Chicago. eczoa,a- ~ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser are the proud parents of a boy, born Satur» day, October 10. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel, Jr., and VV^VX'V Breed* of Goat* There are several breeds of goats, the most commonly known as the Togsrenfamily visited friends at Wauconda1 Saanen. The •Toggenburg on Tue$day evening. I vrrw in t>,na!,.U" ! TwnburS Mr. and.Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher and; ate(>'in th tnrft!lt0,l ° . ( * a n l - s i * u" family and Mrs* Jacob Wagner wereier].ln > „ . -.f"8. *>or*SwitzSo undja y- di-i nner gues^t s ati tj.hu e hu ome o*f ehrnlrawP "r and the district of"Obertocen- a ^ M Mr. and*j,< h3i,a rs. Hxi . Ji . Mat art4.i- ni• •in VC>vh.-i ca- i i TJi»® <l;sn nth€^ tn,e Toggenlmrg. breeder •» ! aaannecnn originates f»r pip.t^h e ^S aa•i jen valley 1D Switzerland. V Soi»f* of the other breeds are the Alpine'; Kock. Alpine aiicj JSuliian. : .... atiurext/ULCoit RotPtootf go. Mrs. Herbert Michelson of Waukegan called cn Mrs^ Anna Lusk Tuesday.- . < " Mr.tand Mrs. E. Kooch of Wauker gan called on the latter's grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Molidor, Monday. v Mrs. Alex Martini, Mrs, Jacob Wagner and Mi's. Joseph > Wagner yisited at the home of Mrs* Fred Moberg in Chicago Friday. Mrs. Paul O'Leary visited Mrs; Robert Oakes in Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. Arthur Kaiser visited her mother, Mrs. Catherine Wagfter, at "BouUrimes" Slw'um's Lake Tuesday. The expression is French and means • Mr. andiMrs. J. I-. Wagner called rhymed endings. A list of wohis tiiat on. friend/iiv'McHenry Wednesday. : rhyme with one another Is drawn up Miss Jgatherine McGuire returned to j Each competitor is given a copy, an.l her duties as a nurse at Kankakee onj must make a verse ending with ttle Tuesday, after spending several days) words, without changing' their places here with her sister, Mrs. Frank Henkr j on the list. Judges award-Jt prize' t»i" el. | the best. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gould and fam-. » -. Hearth Money . " ^ Hearth 'niuney was . a r.uc tn'M In England on hearths, It was first , levied0 in 1GG3. Each hearth in every house thht paid church and poor rates .was taxed at the rate of 2 s h i l l i n g s . This tax, also known a% chimney money;' was .repealed in the i*eigh"of William and Mary, 1680. SASH MOROAN MADE ily of Libertyville spent Friday even^ irig here with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser. Mrs. Roy Passfield and family visited her sister, Mrs. Charles Dalvin, in Wauconda SiwfUa^. Honqcllife See us before you buy Storm Sash! -- We offer at no added cost genuine Morgan Made Rot- Proof Storm Sash in all standard stock sizes. Guaranteed to resist all forms «f fungus decay (dry rot) and teripite destruction. The biggest storm sash value of the year. Alexander Lumber Co. Phone 5 McHenry uro The Milky Way ITie milky way is a hazy, somewliat irregular band of light, about twenty degrees wide, which completely encircles the heavens. It be seen on summer evenings, stretching entirely across the northern sky. The unaided eye gets the impression that the milky way is made up of faint stars. The telescope confirms this impression by showing that the light of the milky way is caused by millions of stars. In reality these stars are great suns and they appear faint only because of their immense distances. Most of them are so remote that several thousand years are required for their light to come to us. "Drinking of Tobacco** ' The "drinking of tobacco" spread through every stratum of society In England by. ' A single pipe was passed around the table in some groups, after the cusfom of the Indians. In fashionable circles iuuch, attention was given to art." ; Extra Care, Feed Urged for Sheep Good Returns Possible for Practical Handling This Fall. . By Prof. J. P. Willman. Department of Atiimai Husbandry. New V rk Stat.e College. ' WXU Srrviie.- ' • Although man y- f 1 o c k s of sheep have fared well this summer in spite of dry weather and short pasture^, fiock owners are urged to keep a* close watch on sheep §p that ewes and lambs do not develop a run-down condition. High. dividends are possible next winter and spring in return for extra care and feed givpn flocks this fall. - i • Experienced sheeherds know that a thin ewe is rtiore likely to Suffer from internal parasites tK'an one in good flfesh. Heavy losses irt- the ewe flock dtiring tlje.fall and winter and fewer lanibs next'spring may result from a weakened condition caused by a lack of proper feed The thin ^we also needs more feed and at- > tention during the winter season. - W hen pastures .are poor, do not allow' lanibs to rufl: with the ewes too long. Both lambs and ewes will do better if the, lambs are weaned, when about 7 four months old. v This is a goo'd season to allow the ewes to Cat the second growth in the measows and to clean the hedges and fence rows. If such feed or other good pasture is not available, it will pay to supplement the- short dry pastures with home grown grains and a • little linseed or 'cottonseed meal, or ether protein- rich feeds. Since lambing time is the shepherd's harvest, why not prepare for it now? , Washington v: »: Letter MaMoMl Editorial Ethiopia Long Isolated From the days the Portuguese missions were expelled, about the year into the country In the year 1868, Kthiopia remained "in-deliberate Isolatlfltt from the world. ^ • Earth's Inner Shells One „ of the inner shells of the earth is called the sial, from the first syllables of silica and alumina; and another inner shell is called the sima, from silica and magnesia. Denials and Ncf He who gives himself up to denials and negations reduces himself to their level, and becomes-himself a negation, a silence when men are calling for a voice, a darkness when they are crying for »>-light. Black Bass EjMf*' The bureau of tisheries says from to upward of 10,000 eggs are deposited byone black bass, according to size, and the hatching period is from one to three weeks. BROOKS IMS.,.. Matzoon for Food and Drink Matzoon, a beverage is consumed by the natives of Turkey, Persia and the Caucasus. Milk is curdled by adding a special ferment. In this country It Is used as a medicinal agent Santa Anita Race Track Santa Anita, the race track, derives its name from the fact that it occupies part of the lands once Included in the Santa Anita Kancho of Kliaa Jackson (I.ucky) Baldwin. Wood lots Overpastured; Are Damaged by Animals About one-third of all the forest land in the united States is estimated to be in farm woodlots. These are often, ovcrpastured, especially in dry years. The same thing happens on public, lands that are leased to sheep and cattle ranchers. Millions of dollars are spent an^ nually by federal, state, and mupmtiA,. • niciPal governments, and private euiuoB iand owners on reforestation. Much of this expenditure may go for naught when the timber lands are leased for pasture. Overpasturing kills the trees, asserts a writer in the Chicago Tribune. A heavily pastured woods has practically no young growth and what little there is usually is broken and scrubby and exists only in small, ragged patches. Cattle, horses, and sheep eat young seedlings, particularly the hardwoods, trample them down, or brush against them and break them off. Hogs eat the seed and prevent reproduction, or root young seedlings Out of the ground, sometimes eating the roots. The older trees are damaged when the roots are trampled and the ground packed down so that it fails to soak up water as it should. Horses often peel the bark from the trees. The effect of such abuse is evident in the dead tops and skimpy foliage on the old trees in a woods that has been overpastured. Foresters say that horses should never be allowed. the woods. " Sailors Always on Duty The Spanish law during the days of Columbus permitted no sailor to undress unless the ship was in port for the winter. They had to be ready for duty . at nil times. \v" Hias Colonial Records of 1650 One tile in the archives division of the state library in Richmond, Ya., are offloial .documents. of the Colonial government that date hack to lG.%o! - Capturing Young Parrot* ^ .'..Natives otV Ceylon capture young parrots by pouring sand into the treehole nests until the'hole is filled and the birds reach the surface. , 'Producing Pound of Honey To produce a pound of honey a bee would have to live 100 years and fly the equivalent, of three and a half times around the world. BROOKS* FATHER AND MOTHER and two Brothers. Left to Right--Jonas Qardner Brooks; Lawrence on knee; Russelti died in active service overseas during the World War; Ida Nora Bickford-Brooks, and in center C. Way land Broolp. To Foil Roosting Birds To prevent birds of prey from perching on the heads of marble gods, the (ireeks sometimes fixed a bronze spike in the head of a statue. 1036.. • • Biggest Potteries The biggest single earthenware and •porcelain factories in Europe are the Arabia factories in JHelsingfors, Finland. Did Not Borrow Front England The United States did not borrow money from' the English government during the Civil war. ' . Mastitis Serious Problem Mastitis, garget, or caked bag is a very serious problem among dairy cattle. The economic loss caused is much greater than any ever produced by tuberculosis, and in some sections mastitis is responsible for greater losses than is Bang's disease or so-called contagious cattle abortion. Mastitis is caused by bacteria which destroy the milk-producing cells in the udder. Once these cells are destroyed they can never be replaced by other secreting cells, but only by hard scar tissue.' Hoard's Dairyman. Washinton, October 14 - While campaign ballyhoo is at full blast, th! practical politicians are girding themselves "for tense scenes on election day. Late surveys disclose growing uncertainty in closely contested states. Knowing something of the balloting stratagems adopted by effective political machines in many localities has been the source of concern among the candidates' lieutenants. Carefully chosen watchers at polling, places will be asked to keep on the alert for voting frauds,, the least publicized of which is a. deplorable but' highly effective practice of 'voting tombst6nes.' It seems incredible to the uninitiated that a procession ^ of. ghosts could be led to the ballot boxes, ;^et» it",,is.recognized as a common stunt of machine controlled areas as a means of turning out the needed majorities. / ' Obviously, this deception cannot'"be invoked in the smaller towns where individual voters are known »nd their eligibility easily ascertained, it is in precincts in the larger cities where socalled "floaters" or transients are marshalled into voting lines by the bosses anxious to perpetuate their jobs as local political dictators. Control over the registration lists, which are supposed to determine eligibility, makes these frauds possible. The macabre touch comes when the scheming politicos virtually raid the bivouac of the dead for names to bestow on strangers recruited from the slums or missions for hoboes, who vote under the name" of those deceased. Somehow the bosses have a happy faculty of neglecting to erase from the voting lists qualified voters who have gone to the churchyard. In a sense, this procedure gives many unwanted political immortality. It is no secret to recall.the notorious illustrations on this ghastly trick in certain sections of New York, Philadelphia, Memphis and St. Louis. No party has a monoply on the scheme bosses cover their tricks fairly well. Investigations of this posthumous voting have been infrequent and futile The excuse offered by the hard-boiled ward leaders suspected of utilizing floaters at a fixed price per vote is the stringency of election laws which require proof of residence, etc., over a long period and thus denying the vagrants and others the right of suffrage. Many small riots at polling places are provoked by the challangers of watchers of the party in opposition to the machine-controlled ticket. A favorite method is to delay the tabulations until the final returns from other sections of the state show what v< tes are necessary to overcome rural or small town balloting. Efforts to checkmate this election system have been numerous but unavailing. It is generally agreed that the U. S. Supreme Court is not likely to hand dpwn momentous decisions before the elections. There are several New Deal laws which have been challenged and brought to the supreme tribunal. The social policy program of the Administration, as involved in the Social Security Act and the National Labor Relations Act, are due for judicial review. The solemn judge^ have indicated they have no inteption of hurried study because no emergencv, other than the wishes of politicians, requires such- hasty ' treatment of vital questions. The Court will be asked to rule on the constitutionality of the social security legislation on a case brought under the New York State Act. It is a timely question because about 40 state legislatures will have this subject up for consideration next winter. The state employment insurance statutes of Massachusetts,1 Alabama and Washington have been tied by injunctions. Scenes reminiscent of the early days of the \Vorld War may be uncovered these days' at the Goverment Printing Office, the world's largest printerjv Presses are running at full speed to print several hundred Million cards and pamphlets; necessary for the -regr. istration of between 27 and.30 million: meh and women eligible to the benefits of the Old Age Compensation ,Act, The enrollment must be completed ber fore" January when the Act becomes effective. It is no small job and probably, exceeds in volume the draft registration of 1917. The Social Security Board and the Bureaus of Internal Revenue have labored for months perfecting plans. The Post Office Department will probably have the chore of distributing the notices to all em^ ph yers and then handing out the millions of application blanks to workers in all walks? of life. It is a gigantic undertaking which will require patience and perseverance in cataloguing workers so that eventually they may enjoy the benefits of a form of pensioning. Because of the bugaboo of politics, the registration will be postponed until the week following the elections. Soon, workers will be known by an account number, which will follow them throughout life. Scattered conversations among the big-wigs in national affairs reveals in-; terest in the European situation with Russia i in a threatening mood and what effect another war would have on our domestic affairs; the devaluation of foreign currency and the influence on our world trade; the killing frosts of politics blighting a long friendship between the President and A1 Smith;.queries as to how the President's swing around the circle this week will. affect straw ballots and the surprisingly few bets placed on the elections as many careful bettors await the final tabulations of * Major test ballot. ' "'.<1 The English Spa, Bath Bath is situated in the county of Somerset, 107 Miles from London. Its hot springs have yielded their beneficial supply for nearly "2,000 yfears. The mineral waters were used by the Romans in the First century A. D. A large culvert built by them for carrying off the surplus water is in use. - vr ' a ' First Ministry of. Sport The' first modern ministry at sport ' was established by Czar Nicholas," of Russia, ih 1913; with Geri. VoyeHoff as' minister.. • REX THE FIRST m imi Rta«BT umw •orit ate ol am i)--)i Bail fcf irfi vtaf Mum) chafa vfchnft li* CentraljjGarage Phone 200-J Fred J. Smith, Prop. Johnsburg The best equipped garage in this county. We can take care of any kind of repair job and our work is guaranteed. Give us a trial. Standard Service Station 24-Hour Towing Service SMITH, Prop. Si;:5 . In the Feed Lot Bacteria in milk were first ,ai* alyzed in 1890. • • •,.. JThe government of Mexicg has- -4 Sufficient Unto tlie Day BoaSt not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowes? not what a day may bring forth. Make No Discoveries • •( never walks save where he sees men'8 tracks, makes no discoveries. ' Finland Has Many Lakes Eleven per cent of Finland consists of lakes. ... Carve With Primitive Toab The Bataks of Sumatra, carve elaborate designs with primitive tools and paint them red and black, completely covering the buildings, which resemble arks on stilts. MR. AND MRS. C. WAYLAND BROOKS and their son, Rxssell. Map Records a Big Mistake Mistake lake and Mistake brook, celebrated Nova Scotia trout waters, were named by early Seventeenth century colonists, who had mistaken their 4«r«ters for thoae at another river. * assumed control* bf cattle raising^ • • * Iron plows were believed to poison the soil when introduced a century ago. Freight cars for shipping hogs during hot weather should be properly prepared before loading. ' •' • -- Salt is as necessary to live stock on pasture as it is when the animals are in winter quarters. • • • Mastitis has proved to be very difficult to eliminate from dairy herds; however, this is possible. * • • Oxen are commonly used in sections of Georgia as work animals, particularly for field plowing. • • « For a quarter acre garden, an inch of rainfall is said to equal nearly 7,000 gallons' of water, or about 27 tons. • • * . - Horse-pulling contests are gaining in interest, and many cdntests have" been arranged for county and state fairs this fall. • • • » Dairymen who have had trouble with off-flavored milk should remember to wait until after milking to feed cows any materials that might impart undesirable flavors. of Throwing Riee The custom of throwing rice at weddings is probably a survival of the ancient Roman practice of scattering nuts after a wedding party. 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