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inimorouo Department. Nothing to do With Generals.?/ traveler stopped to cliat wttn a larni or who had a largo numl?er of men a work in his fields. "Most of these men are ex-so!diers," en id the firmer. "Indeed!" inquired the traveler "were any of them officers?" 'Two of 'cm. One was a private and that fellow beyond was a corporal, but the man beyond him was r major, and that man over in the corner was a colonel," replied the farmer "Indeed! And are they all goo< men?" "Well," said the farmer, "the private is a first class man, and the cor porai pretty good, too." "But what about the major and the colonel ?" "The major's only so-so," replied tin farmer with some hesitation. "And the colonel?" "Well, sir, I ain't a-goin' to say t word against no man who has been a colonel in the army, but I've made uj my mind about one thing?I ain't going to hire any generals." Extenuation.?"That was a dickens of a caper Jurd Whang cut, day be fore yistlddy, shootin' his wife that-away!" indignantly declared a resident of Six Corners, in the Ozarks. ' We ort to whirl in and lynch him!" "Well, I dunno," replied an acquaintance. "Mizzus Whang was a good woman, and all that, bdt she'd been feedin' buckwheat flapjacks to Jurd till he was broke out all over and itchin' like fire. Well, he set down to breakfast, that time, and more buckwheat flapjacks stared him in the face He gave a groan and rotched round to scratch himself,, and his hand hit the gun standin' ag'in the wall. 1 reckon likely he went crazy for the minute; 'tennyrate, he up with the gun and shot her. It was mighty bad business of course, but you know how itchin' will just nacherMy accumulate on a feller till he's got to do somethin.' " Phew!?A dishevelled woman, who had not recovered from the effects of a jolly evening, was brought before an English magistrate the next morning. "What is your name?" asked the latter looking severely at the sad spectacle. "Hangcl," was the rcp!y. "Where have you come from?" " 'Haven," replied the facetious one. "Come, my good woman, no levity," reprimanded the magistrate; "how old "Seventeen." replied she of at least fifty summers. "How do you come to be here?" added the magistrate, ignoring th?' previous answer. "Slithered down a rainbow." "Very well," said the representative of the law, "you can take tnree months for skylarking." Essay On Air.?The modern ideas on education are all very well so fains they go, but there is an old and well-cried proverb which says that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Perhaps that is why Johnny Jones' crsnv on air ran like this: "Hreath is made of air. We breathe always with our lungs, except at night, when our breath keeps life going through our noses while we ar" asleep. If it wasn't for our breath we should die whenever we slept. "Boys that stay in a room all day should not breathe. They should wait until they got outdoors. A lot of boys staying in a room make carbonlcide and carboniclde is more tx>isonous than mad dogs, though not just in the snmo way. It does not bite, but that's no matter so long as it kills you." i j ^ ? Cheaper Than Leather.?The waiter was trying to look unconcerned, but at the same time he kept an eye on the guest whom he had just served with a portion of steak. He had sampled that steak himself, and was feeling doubtful about his tip He was astonished, therefore when th( customer beckoned to him and asked: 'Can you get me two more portions of this steak?" "Yes, yes! Certainly, sir!" replied the waiter. "And some more potatoes sir?" "Oh, no, no, no! I only want the steak to patch my shoe soles. It will he cheaper than leather." Was Pressing Them.?Mr. Featherlj weighs over 200 pounds and is sensitive ahout it. lie was calling on :< tre nd the ether evening when she said naively: "Oh, Mr. Featherly, woi Id you just as soon sit in this easy chaii ns in that rocker?" "I'ertainly," replied Featherly, as he changed from one chair to the other "()h, thanks" she murmured; "yon are very hind. I have a hook full ol fern leaves under the cushion of thai easy chair, anil you?" "Good night." said Featherly, stiffly as he walked away, never to return. Would Soon Find Out.?An Irishman whose wife was fond of moving from one house to another was me by a friend walking behind a van loa< of household goods. "Halloa. Mike, shifting, again? When ini-tht you Igoing again?" the frien< asked. "I don't know," answered Mike. "I'ii following the furniture to lind out." Doing His Part. "So your son In a college diploma!" "Yes." replied t lie proud fat.hei "and it cost me a fancy price. How mi ? ,i.:? I. i,?. 11?, i?,v "V. S-" "Ho |>;?ill to imvo it n .iiiH i) wit I mi>no\ lie onino?l hinisolf." FIGHTING RATS (Continued From Page One.) i t was assigned to this important case. He found that it was an appa'ling example of the variety and versatility of the mouse and rat family. For one kind of rat and three kinds of mice I ? - ? -? 1. : ? tUln . ... I .id V. 1Al'nharH I ' were itl WUIIV 111 nun vaiuauiv . ! The mice were short-tail mice, pine ' ' mice and meadow mice. Some of them ; ( woikcd underground and some on inu surface. Some of them worked at night j and some during the day. I Toison did not r.t first tempt these animals because they enjoyed the tender roots of the fruit trees more than any bait which was offered, end also because the rain and dew washed the , poison off the bait. Professor Silver, none the less, ultimately succeeded in , poisoning a good many of them by placing the most tempting baits in glass cases which the mice could enter, l but which protected the bait from the L weather. He also caught many of the j animals by the U3e of small steel traps. The third measure employed was that cf warning all of the surrounding far- j mere not to kill hawks or owls, as these birds are the greatest natural en1 emie8 of ail kinds cf mice and rats. ( As a result of all these measures the ( mouse and rat population of the cxper- , (mental farm has been greatly reduced, j and it seems certain that the animals ( wi'l not succeed in thwarting some lines of government work there, as i they seemed about to do. The work is (perhaps most important as a demon- , stration of what can be done. Doubtless many a farmer has despaired of , his orchard because of the rodents. He , should take heart. By persistence and , the use of right methods, rats'andmice , can b? exterminated everywhere, from , the city ce.'lar to the farthest outlying ( j farm. LIKE A COMIC OPERA * I . ' Graphic Pen Picture of Constanti- i nople. I This great capital, always the 1 meeting place of Europe and Asia, with a sprinkling of Africa thrown in. i is today the most fascinating town in 1 the world, writes Milton Bronna front ' Constantinople, Turkey. I Its streets present a veritable con- ' grcss of nations. 1 Take forty choruses from comic < operas and roll them into one. and you I would not have the color and the wide I and wild variety of costumes that five < minutos present in the narrow streets : of either the Bora, the GnJata, or the i Stamtxuil section of the city. I Constantinople was always bewild- ? oring, but never more so than at pros- I ent. now the Turks arc not even mas- 1 tcrs in their own house. < Nearly all of Turkey in Europe is in s the hands of the Greeks. The same I race has taken a large slice of Turkey < in Aaiu. i The Turks who are fighting the ? Greek in the wilds of Anatolia have < their own govemmcnti and do not rec- I ognize the Turks! of Constantinople, ( although this is the historic capital of < the nation. ' And the Turks of Constantinople, < while they police this city and a little s territory to the west of it, and while I they examine the imports for customs duties, know that the foreigner is boss. The English, French and Italian arm: ics are here and those in command also command the city. Moreover, ships of the three allied nations are in the harbor to enforce their orders, if necessary. j These armies and navies of occujxi- j lion but add to the color of the streets. Take a look at the crowd with mc. Everywhere you see red fez caps. Most of these are worn by Turks, bat not necessarily so. The Greeks and other Lc-vnntine races whose momben were born here also often wear the fez. Those women coming along. In black and with thin black veils over their faces, are not in mourning. They arc Mohammedan ladies of the old school i vvh<i ?till believe in keening their 1 countenances covered from the light of day. I i But now you will sec the new and '? young and emancipated Turkey. They i are tnree pretty Turkish girls \vi ] dark hair lustrous eyes, brilliant teei.i, i and jvile olive skins. One is dressed 1 < in gray silk, another in purple and 11 {still another in navy blue. They wear , no veils on their faces. Instead, they 1 have the veil lixed so that It is a i pretty frame for their charms. Now let's walk away from here and 1 go into the narrow, twisting, crowded, noisy, smelly streets of old Standstill, where the Turk carries on business. There are not so many Europeans I here?only a few British and French military t>olice and some dark-skinned ; j Hindus to control their own contingents of soldiers. Over here you are in the land of the ' Arabian Nights. The very scenes de1 scribed in that immorh.l book tire still being enacted. THIS CROW USED ITS HEAD Naturalist Tells How Bird Outwitted House Cat. Kn>in the*.\'ew York Herald. : One neturalist eonsideis that it is 1 IMvt'.y certain that at least -.onie mrin- j ' hers of the crow iribe (tosses* a mcas- j lire of reasoning ;>->\ver. and lie relates I an incident in this rekitlon that oc' , eurivd in his own household. A crow had been captured by the 1 i ehihln n a.nd brought home and tamed. i ' They ww' very fond ?# ' it and, of niursc, treated it with kindness. As in ' s most houses where I! .? art' ehihlroii. , 11h i?* was also a pet rat. Tin' rat am! I I In- crow \v? re Irii'inllv. (Mir <lay an uniisiially nice morsel j was ^ixeii tu Tahhy. This tin* crow ! lint only looked at xxilh envious eves, li Init made several attoin|its to soeniv*. I | Tnht.x heat., olT e.n h attciii|?l, howeyec, 1 and the crow had to resort to strategem. Disappearing through the open door, the crow returned in a few minutes with a long string that had been raveled from an old sweater. Placing this on the floor, some little distance in front of the cat, the crow proceeded j to wriggle it as he had seen the chil- ; dren do when playing with Tabby, j The cat instantly juin|>ed to catch the string. This was, of course, exactly what tl:c crmv wanted, and he, with equal dexterity, r?uuccd upon the coveted morsel and flc .v awnv with it, leaving Tabby to the enjoyment of the j string. A LAY SERMON By Richard H. Edmonds, Editor Man' ufacturers Rjcord. We constantly hear that the world is looking to America for spiritual leadership. This is not wholly true, but if it v-ere the world would look in rain uqtil America cc.'.fod to he pharasaical as to its own righteousness and realize that sin and crime and irreligion are rampant throughout the land. Until America has a new baptism of righteousness, until the professing Christians of the land realize their own shortcomings, and consecrate their lives, their time, their talents of brain and money to the service of God and man, until politicians and business men, employers and employes, producers and consumers alike, give full heed to the Divine Command to love the Lord thy God with all thy heari and with all th> soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thysef, and do unto others as they would that they should do unto them, there will be no righteousness of a nation fit j to laid the spiritual forces of the world to higher ground. There is spreading over our land the accursed atheistic teachings of Herman philosophy, more powerful for j IKnn nrnoA oil flonnonvVu nrmipe I ind navies, and if America does not I $ive heed to this menace its downfall ivill l>e as certain as was Germany's. The life of the nation, its every business interest, in the hank, in the factory or on the farm, is staked upon a icw and powerful call to righteous living and Christian service. When noral rottenness exists unblushing in daces of gren.t financial power as recently shown in New York, without oss of caste, when men lie and cheat in business, when men seek to wreck dliers for their own personal gain or iggrandizemcnt, or power, when men nurder others because they are v illing lo work the domination of alien radial labor leaders, and go unpunished for their crimes and are commended t>y thrir fe\low members; when a great ?overnment institution year alter year eeks by bnckmailing or bulldozing to 'orco others into its power or else to lestrov them, and no national protest is uade. and thousands of business men dand' by, either from cowardice or inliiTorence. and refuse to fight against :he immorality; when the voluptuous lances that would have disgraced even corrupt Rome and Ephesus at their worst sweep over the land; when men if position and influence proclaim that vomc laws cannot be enforced because' the criminal power is greater titan the government's and that the criminal dement must therefore l>e given full twnv bv reneolln? the laws the crim inn Is do not like, what right hns our country to claim the spiritual power o lend the world? On a monument erected in one of he highest passes of the Andes !.o commemorate a peaceful settlement jf a threatened war between Chile md Argentine, are carved the words: "Sooner shall these mountains crumble into dust than Chili and Argentine break the peace which at the feet of r'hrist the Redeemer they have sworn Lo maintain." Until America in the spirit of that > pledge puts rside {ill self-righteousness. sees its own shoi 1 comings as Al- \ mighty Cod sees them,- and humbly seeks Divine forgiveness and Divine wisdom, it cannot become a real spiritual leader of (lie world, for it cannot hold aloft the uplifted Christ :is the enly salvation of the world from sin and wars. The welfare of inisl- I ness, the safety of our country and of ( Lho world from wars and endless crimes, are staked on this, and woe ( betide our future if we fail to read the ?igns of the times and call the nation lo a revival of religion, pure and uncletiled. In vain will we talk disarmament, in vain will we decry war and expect j>ence while the world is ruled by sin and while America fails to tit itselt to uwomo a monil .and spiritual j leader of mankind. The Crepe Myrtle.?All over the South now, the blossoming crepe myrtles are adding1 to the beauty of the homes that are fortunate enough to! have them, says the Progressive Far mer. If you have no crepe myrtles on your grounds, why not decide now to get some sprouts from a neighbor this fall, or else order a few from some [ nurseryman? As we have often said before, if anv other section of the United States had a virtual monopoly of a tree as beau- j tiful as crepe myrtle, and as easily grown, that section would become i famous as "The I/ind of Crepe Myrtle." Why then should not the South make use of its opportunities in this respect? The crepe myrtle will not llourisli in the colder states north of us. It is one of (Sod's special ifil'ts of beauty to the South, and no other flowering1 shrub or tree blooms for so Ion? .'t period, has such a variety of colors and tints or requires less caie. If only one crepe myrtle spiout were set out in every Southern fanner's I yard this fall, that action alone would not iimy n?'i|> in111\- earn individual luiinc, IiiiI would also ko Ini* Inward limiting tlic South 'Tim I .a lid of the] Crejio Myrtle. Is if not worth doing? I - v r Ep?- ????1" j " vSS&c! . ^^^^^^^^^^^Snjrfflinnnifn^M^M^BBBfff ? sw vl{^w < Copyright 1921 Hart Scliaflncr & Marx The Hart j Schaffner & Marx Styles for fall are here THERE'S no shorter way to say everything you want to know about clothes, That headline t tells it all. :: :: : 'j ? ? i x I I You ttant the best style Hart Schaf fner & Marx create it. You want fine quality Hart Schaffner'& Marx sewing, tailoring and their fine fabrics can't be surpassed anywhere. 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