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4 I I I I I H i l u n i M i n i i n i Tb® Fir si-Aid 1 1 • wks >? * Girl " r-.Nfc ' mammm--mmmmmrn* i,.;:Br JANE OSbORN i^ H I I 111 »l I 111111 I 11 M 111 (Copyrlrtt.1 B DLL OTIS was talking emphatically over the telephone In his primr & It. r v«.vv - - pointed costs expert for Walter and Dawkins, had occupied for less than two weeks. As he hung up the receiver he looked at his hand and saw drops of blood on his lingers and on the papers on his desk. Then he remembered that In the heat of his argument he had raised his hand emphatically and brought It down hard oil something sharp. It was the keen- . pointed paper spike, he discovered, and apparentlv he had given his finger |i rather deep but not necessarily sert- ],::0aa cut. "Anyone got; any cotton for bandages here?" he asked of a young clerk ' who happened to be passing. "1 frratched my finger." S "You'll get It from the first-aid girt /' {own at the last desk," said the clerk. " "fche's get all those things. Aromatic ; •Spirit? of sanmonia when anyone fkints." < , i.'-. Bill Otis, still holding his haridker- /y'ilhlef firmly around his finger to hide /r' any scarlet stains that might have tfiown it was something more than a *•'. icratch, went down to the last desk IB the large main office. A young girl ; jlho seemed to be very busy making ' *fecords in several enormous books sat <jhere. Bill hoped sincerely that she *as the first-aid girl for he had no- Weed her several times before. * "It's just a scratch." Bill said. "Give me a little bandaging. If ye® don't mind." "You'd better go back in your Office," said the girl. "I'll follow." Two minutes later Bill was seated in his large armchair with this very jjpretty young girl beside him. With llnmaculate white and shapely hands Dhe was bathing th«j finger that had f*n cut--using sterile cotton and a gttle white enamel cup. Then she """look Bill's large hand in hers and looking at It almost tenderly asked " him if it didn't hurt "It was a rather fcad tear," she told him. "I think I * ghould have fainted." She applied tome healing salve on a bit of sterile » ifotton and then neatly bandaged It-- '--to neatly that you would have thought a graduate nurse had done It. The next day in passing the desk of the first-aid girl. Bill Otis stopped to <thank her for her trouble. He like- INCREASED SIZE „ AND PRODUCTION Large Cows Were Curiosity Only Fifty Years Ago. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, our yearly average milk production per cow In 1850 was 1,436 pounds, In 1880 It was 2,004 pounds, in 1900 was 3,646 pounds, and in 1927 was 4,600 pounds. During the same period, a much greater Increase has been evident In the black and white herds both ln-slse and production. In 1806, when the Holsteln cow Texalaar made a record of 74 pounds of milk daily for ten days, she was hailed as a wonder. Now there are more than 250 Holsteins that have exceeded that production In the United States cot only for ten days but for an entire year of 365 days. Back In the eighties, according to W. B. Barney of Des Moines, Iowa, member of .the committee that verifies the quali fictions of Holsteln Judges, and one of the oldest living exhibitors of the breed, large cows were a curiosity 50 years ago, while today they are common. During this period, lie asserts, the breed as a whole has Increased considerably In size as well as production. No doubt better feeding and breeding methods have been an Important factor in this development, but size is also a factor. How important is the factor of size Is Indicated by J. O. McDowell of/the United States Department OF Agriculture In his recent Investigation of the D. H. L A. records of the nation. He found that a 600-pound variation in the weight of the Holsteins considered showed an additional Income of $33 each over feed cost, or $5.50 for each 100-pound Increase In weight. He states that this Increased net return should be considered as additional net profit. COPS WONDER THEY HAVE JAILED ,wlse asked her her name. Margaret Clark, she told him. He told her she Was a born nurse. "Really I'm not," she said. Tve always hated anything like that. But When I took this Job the first-aid kit Seemed to go with the desk. They feald that the girl that sat at this desk •always had had it. Some one had to " be responsible--and so I took It. • Nothing ever happened like this before, though," she said, rather proud that at last she had been called upon to show her skill. More than ever Bill Otis admired this girl at the end desk, and every time he passed he made some mental observation of her. She was dressed |so smartly, her hair was always so Smooth and glossy and well brushed, find her hands--he always noticed them--were always so Immaculately white and free from office grime of .any kind. A few days later he sent her a large bunch of violets with a card enclosed, saying simply, "From a grateful patient." By that time the office people were talking pleasantly about Margaret Clark and Bill Otis. Then one day something really did happen. Bill Otis, In his office alone, went to raise the heavy swinging window. Through a defect in the chain, that was supposed to hold the window, it fell with a crushing thud on Bill's arm. As he turned to go back to his desk the walls seemed to bend and the furniture went swimming round the room. Bill tried to raise his arm and almost fainted. "Perhaps spirits of ammonia would pull me around until I get out of here," he said to himself, and with all the fortitude he could muster went to the door and asked the girl nearest him to ask Miss Clark to come In with her first-aid. The girl laughed and Bill shut the door and staggered over to his chair. Bill doesn't remember Just what happened then, except that he made Margaret understand that he wanted to pull himself together so as to be able to get away without anyone In the office knowing that he had been hurt. It was the ammonia spirits that she mixed up that gave him the strength he needed--that and the promise that if he could get to the main entrance she'd meet him there with a taxi. She'drove with him to the nearest hospital where doctors gave him ether and learned that he had sustained a compound fracture of his Amount of Feed Needed to Maintain Dairy Cow It is usual to feed all cows In a herd the same amount of grain, regardless of their production! To Illustrate the amount of feed necessary to maintain a cow and furnish enough protein and energy for milk production, the following examples are given: 1.--A Holsteln cow weighing 1,400 lbs. ancl»producing 46 lbs. of 3.5 per cent milk needs: 42 lbs. corn silage, 17 lbs. hay (half clover and half ordinary hay) and 12 to 13 lbs. grain (18 per cent to 20 per cent protein). 2.--A Holsteln cow weighing 1,400 lbs. and producing 22 lbs. of 3.5 per cent milk needs: 42 lbs. corn silage, 17 lbs. hay (half clover and half ordinary hay) and but 4 to 5 lbs. of grain (18 per cent to 20 per cent protein). After r. cow freshens, the grain may b~ gradually Increased to about 12 to 13 lbs. for a Hoi stein cow producing 46 lbs. of milk and kept at nearly that amount for three or four months, when the grain may be gradually reduced during the next six months. When cows have been overfed, a good time to reduce the grain or change the grain ration Is when a change can be made from a low-grade hay to a better grade, or from poor succulent feed to good succulent feed, or when one has a surplus of milk. For greater profit, feed more protein hay, grown on soil which has been limed and has had an application of superphosphate, and less high protein grain. Some Say One and Some Sure of Another. Rocky Mount, Va.--Strange as any story in fiction Is the case of the man held in Franklin county Jail called Ira J. Turner by persons who claim him as ""their long absent relative, and called Edward D. Saul by county authorities who have indicted him for murder. Those who have seen the prisoner and tried to identify him are divided Into two camps. Those who have known Saul say he Is Saul; those who have known Turner say he Is Tomer. Photographs of the men resemble the prisoner equally. yYet Saul and Turner were not related and probably never met. Twenty:three years ago, July 5, 1907, Saul went for a walk in the woods near Henry, 15 miles from Rocky Mount, with Marshall King. The young men, residents of Henry and rivals for the affection of Hattie Ram sey, appeared friendly. Saul, however, ckrried a shotgun, which he had borrowed. He had, neighbors said, threatened to kill King. Saul Disappears. There-was a shot in the woods, heard by one person who Is still living near here, and King was found dead with a bullet wound In his back. Saul disappeared and was not $eon again, although rewards totaling $4,000 were offered for his arrest The story of Ira J. Turner Is more obscure. It Is about Turner that the mystery centers. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Turner, and his home was near Harrisonburg. The prisoner, who claims he is Turner, said he was thirty-two yearg old when arrested last month. Now he agrees with the man who Identified him as his son that he was born in 1888. Turner seems to have spent his early life in the vicinity of Harrisonburg and had never been to Rocky Mount In 1912 he is supposed to have left his home to travel about Virginia and nearby states as a Jockey at fairs and horse shows. In 1918, authorities say, he was dra'fted into the army and died a few months later in France. His family, they say, collected his Insurance. According to the story which the prisoner tells, Ira J. Turner was called in the last draft and never even entered a training camp. Since the war, he explains, he has continued his Itinerant life as a Jockey and has not communicated with his family for nearly ten years. Stories told successively by the prisoner have varied so widely that county authoritiefyM$ bewildered. 'Arrested as Drunk.* He was arrested last July 5 tfi Astiland, Ky., on the complaint of Mrs. Lola Philpot Walker of that city, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. As soon as he was behind the bars Mrs. Walker changed her charge and said he was the slayer of Marshall King. The man about whom this puzzle turns when questioned Insisted he was living in Logan, W. Va., at the time of the draft and escaped it because he has a wife and six children. His wife and three of the children are still living there. MOotmors HOW TURKEY GOT BEARD IN RABBIT AND TURTLE RACE With the approach of Thanksgiving thoughts of the wild turkey, that stately emblematic bird, arise and recall a charming Indian legend of how the noble bird got its beard, according to the historian of the American Game Protective Association. ' Old Chief Galagina, the Gibbling One, according to the Indian legend, Met the victorious tortoise returning from his famous race with the rabbit. The tortoise was wearing his trophy of victory, a scalp, about his short neck, and the scalp Iras dragging in the dust. Old Chief Galagina, after expressing his doubt to the tortoise as to his winning the race, began to comment upon how awkwardly the tortoise wore the trophy. After making the humble tortoise miserable, the turkey offered to show him how to wear the scalp gracefully. After much persuasion, the tortoise reluctantly handed the scalp to Old Chief Galagina. He placed it around his neck and the hair hung gracefully from his breast. Old Chief Galagina strutted off a few feet to let the tortoise get a better view from various angles-- and then ran. And the tortoise has never caught up to recover his trophy won in the rabbit race. Old Chief Galagina is still wearing it on his breast. Old Chief Galagina, however, is said to be nearing the end of his race. He formerly ranged over most of America but today he is found only in spots in the South and Southeast. Conservationists are trying valiantly to bring him back and increase his tribe. j Destruction of much of the wooded area of his former range has forced old Chief Galagina into restricted areas. The conservationists, foresters and sportsmen are trying to restore forests on many areas and otherwise create ideal conditions for Old Chief Galagina to strut his purloined trophy in. His tribe is increasing in several areas where environmental control has been practiced, officials of the association said. Nation's Infancy The first census of the Unite! States was taken in 1790 and the population was reported as 8,929,214. PILES QMMLYJUUII nVRarilfOHSi If you suffer from itching^ blind* Chinese Herb, which fortifies Dr. Nixon's Chlnarold. Itfs the newest and fastest acting treatment out. Brings ease and comfort in a few; minutes so that you ean work and enjoy life while It continue* its BOO thing; healing action. Don't d®-i lay. 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The pallor on her pretty cheeks told Bill that her ordeal has not by any means been an easy one. Bill murmured something. He tried to tell her that he loved her and to ask her to marry him, but she did not understand. Two weeks later when the arm was in fair shape again he repeated these words and tills time M&r- • caret understood. Big Problem of Manure With Many Dairy Herds It looks as though sanitation. Is to be the keynote of successful dairy farming in the future In the "*arly days, when there were three to six cows on 100 acres, there was little thought given to sanitation and little required. There was not enough stock around to seriously pollute the premises. Now with 20 to 30 head of stock in the same building, all using the same yard and the manure a corresponding greater accumulation, sanitation is a real problem. Prof. W. R. Graham, professor of poultry husbandry at the Ontario Agricultural college, In advising that all growing pullets be kept from the farm buildings, remarked: "The soil around the average farm barn Is not dirty--It Is filthy." If the soil of the barnyard Is fatal to poultry, can It be healthy for calves and heifers? Filthy yards and stables may not generate disease, but they are favorable to the multiplication of disease germs and make disease eradication almost Impossible. Clean premises are Important Just In proportion m we Increase our live stock. Plan London to Paris Service by Seaplanes Paris.--Plans for. construction of seaplane stations at Le Touquet and on the Seine in Paris in order to permit an air service from the Thames at London to the heart of the French capital are being studied by "the authorities In conjunction with air experts. This would overcome time lost In both capitals In transporting air trav elers to the respective airports of Croydon and Le Bourget, which adds about an hour and a half to the Journey between the two cities. volatility of Parco GflSOline is regulated to conform^ varying seasonal temper*5----r- «tures. Winter Test Parco / especially refined for quick cold weather starting and very best winter driving resulNkkv V Golf Highly Saline Due to the high temperatnrO Mrfl excessive evaporation, the Gulf of Mexico has a high salt content, each 1,000 grains, of sea water containing 36.5 grains of dissolved solids. for Winter Motoring Winter Test* Parco Ethyl is especially refined 1o meet the rigors of cold weather motoring. Its more sensitive volatility Is refined into it--not added to it That's why Winter Test Parco Ethyl not only starts the coldest motor quickly and easily but operates it powerfully, smoothly and quietly all day lon£. Parco Ethyl Js a certified anti-knock motor fuel of outstanding quality. M : J " Valvollne Oil Company, McHenrjr, 111, 1 Police Sergeant Fin&l^ Brother Lost 21 Years Haveirhill, Mass.--"Where's ^your license and registration?" was the routine demand of Desk Sergt. Cyrus Bruce as a stranger strolled Into police headquarters. The visitor stared at the officer in amazeuent. "I'm your long-lost brother," he exclaimed. The stranger proved to be ponald M. Bruce, who had been separated from his brother for 21 years. WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? • • . . , . _ . - Such a difficult Christmas list #-an<l~a limited Christina rfcirdger \ Don't give up. Wander through the'gift display sections of your Public Service Store and you'll probably take a new lease on life. Here you'll find gifts for the most difficult nameC on your list--gifts that are in step with your , - ~ V N ' - ";,'S budget, too. You cqn pay for them all Over a convenien|t period of time# if yoy wish, the "Little by Little'v wfciy. isfllS There are electric waffle irons • Bird* Fimd Substitute • the difficulty of. finding horse hair this automobile age has driven many birds to substitute string as nest-building material. Cull Poor Animals As a large percentage of the dairy cows on farms are bred to calve in the spring, this Is excellent time to consider the cheapest method of properly raising the |alves. This is especially true now that dairy cattle are somewhat cheaper than they were two years ago, or even last year, and they are likely to continue to be cheaper for several years. This Is not only a good time to cull out and sell the less productive cows, but to cull the calf crop as well. V oooooooooo«oooooooooooooo4> 1918 Slacker Safe . for Ten More Years Hackensack, N. J.--The signs are right for another war because Henry Allen is going to jail again. He pleaded guilty to robbing five Englewood homes and was sentenced to serve 10 years in the penitentiary. The last time Allen went to Jail was In 1918, when he and two friends figured out "a very clever" way to evade the draft. They broke Into a post office In Tampa, Fla., and left a note to the police where to find them. Instead of facing shot and shell In France, they passed a comfortable term In Atlanta penitentiary. Allen did not sdy what he hoped to evade by his latest sentence. OOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO suppers to give,now deliciousness to breakfasts and electric clocks to brmg split - se^SIf^ preciseness tigarette lighters for matchless smokers W electric food mixers to beat up anything in *r: 5^:1 Weather Prediction The weary sun hath made a golden set, and by the bright track of his fiery car gives signal of a goodly day tomorrow.--Shakespeare. Tribute to Music - This Is the luxury of music. Jt touches every key of memory and stirs all the hidden springs of sorrow and of Joy. Love it for what It makes you forget and for what It makes you remember.--Brltaine, jlachic hrtt puf fer mfht? ' i r - . ' V F / toasters to foast one or two slices of bread aotomatic electric fainty lamps to compliment any home. (If ytit^' y^T^t ** there are exciting -super-gifts pneed all the way to $250.) Bfcit we can't begin to mention everything. You'll hgve to come in and see for yourself. And come in right away while stocks are complete and aisles are uncrowded. Remember, anything you select can be purchased with a small down payment pnd the balance "Little by Littie"ov*r a convenient period of time. • + • * ' ' , : PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS B. J. TiARKTW, Dist. Mffr. ^ WUliaaui St* Crystal Lata Oyatal Lake Phone 280 you come in, cure *#o get your copy of "Good Things to Make for Chrishnos"--o ne* book fvH of delicious recipes from our Home Service Kitchen. o i T L,S Delving Into the PM( We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.--Froude. Inland Towa a Port Boaen, a town in the middle of Normandy, Is a port and a very important one. Oood-slzed freighters and sailing vessels ascend the River Seine this far, but have to send their goods* to Paris in barges the rest of the way^ •- > - g Relics of Savage Chief •i £ ipack saddle and saddle poucl used i)y the famous Apache chieftain; Geronlmo, is in the National museum , at Washington. 4 '-fM v'*' • '••"•v.' ; a*: i