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Dogi Seldom Live to The Age of 20 Years The question us to how old dogs get comes up frequently. Some dogs live longer than the uveruge and a few breeds are noted for their longevity. In general, while dogs have been reported us living into tbfcir 20s, such cases are decidedly unusuul. The average dog does well if he lives to be from 12 to 15 years old. One old-time method for figuring a dog's age was to check the period during which his growth continued und to multiply that by seven to get the age the dog would attain. Such a procedure is not necessarily accurate because many outside facT tors such as diet will have their effect upon the life of a dog. f A dog is actually approaching old age when he gets to be 10 years old and his exercise and his food should be regulated in accordance with this fact. Some dogs retain, all of their vigor up to almost the end of their lives, but there are others who slow down perceptibly and who grow deaf, lame and generally less physically bie. Care is feeding the right amounts ai ft* correct foods will do the most to fcaap a dog so that he goes bejuted? the average age. A fat dog la <mla out of condition, and a dog oi condition is more likely to pJdk up the various diseases which oay strike him low. Mast to feeding and probably of qual importance is the proper amount of regular exercise. In fact regularity of all habits will help to give a dog long life. Regular times of exercise and regular lengths of exercise should be the course for any dog, M he is to be healthy. Little dog ills should be cared for st once leat they grow and sap the dog's streugth. The dog's teeth should be watched for ddcay and bad teeth should be extracted. Postage Stamps Came Into Use Century Ago The first postage stamp was born a century ago, in 1840, when Sir John Rowland Hill convinced the British parliament thffta cheap, uniform postal rate would mean no reduction in postal revenues since | there would be a great increase in I the volume of the mails. Before that date correspondence in Great Britain was an expensive luxury for rates were fixed by distances and by the number of pieces of paper which marde up the message. The existing rate in 1839 started with a minimum charged of 4d (8 cents), for single sheets carried less than 15 miles. This increased by steps, reaching 12d (25 cents), at 300 miles and for longer distances was increased Id for each additional hundred miles. As a general jrule, the person to whom a missive was addressed paid the postage. Rowland Hill's scheme for penny postage included the compulsory pre-payment of the charges on all letters. In response to an invitation for suggestions about the design of the first stamp some 2,700 ideas were submitted to the treasury. Hill himself made a rough sketch featuring the head of young Queen Victoria. The actual drawing was made by lienry Corbould, a famous artist. Windfall for Ship Owners The prices IJ. S. ship owners received for thc.r battered old bottoms arc cyc-popping. Values have increased tenfold since September, 1939, when the war began. At that time toe average selling price? when there was a sale?was $5' a deadweight ton. Today, the average is $50 with the scale continuing to rise as the \var intensities. One company m 1929 acquired for $238,000 two shopping hoard vessel* that had cost the government $3,400,000 10 years cariicp. The company spent $119,0oo for new equipment and used the vessels steadily for 10 years. In September they had a book value of $127. 000. But a few weeks later the firm sold the two old hulks for $860,000? which was $732,U00 more than the original price. By May, 1940, 188 U. S. merchant ships have been sold abroad since the outbreak of war. Most of these were non-subsidized vessels over which the government has no control. Several lines sold off their old ships and placed orders for fast, modern new ones. Children Need More Books In many libraries in the United States and Canada children are reading more books this year than last. Some librarians report that the more interesting and engaging type of children's books which the publishers are now producing may be due to the increased interest of young folks :n reading. Children are delving into books on hobbies. < n vocations, biographies, pu rrcr stories. American history, i .in els. and adventure stories. C;..! i; > l.ke to lead the th.r.g which t ; ? - : <-r ah experience, many librarian* i < port. "7 e n st r.ot-.ceable trend in cl... ' .? * *s leading is toward books dea:mtr v?:- > *< rrr-f grr:^ m rtr.rr t lands." .fbc .ares F.igar S Robinson. i br.?rb?n '.a Vancouver. B C. "This ma\ or ntny not be a reflection of the .rtrrr.nl .-.>r.nl s.tuation but I thir.k it is i .iit'.y due to the number of fine r-'-k- which have appeared in th.s field ;n recent years." I Rabid Fox Bites Elderly Woman Mrs Julia Duke?, who realdoe about three miles east of the city on the Ftvu Chop Road. Is suffering from Injuries to her bunds when she was bitten by a rabid fox on Monday afternoon. The fox attacked Mr* Dukes when ?he undertook lo run It out of the chicken yard. M?b. Dukes captured the animal during lt8 attack on her and held It until assistance came and the animal was placed in a cage. 1 he animal died the following day. Mrs. Dukei is now taking the treatment for such cases. According to the report the fox was observed In the chicken yard at the Dukes home. Mrs. Dukes who is over 70 years of age, went ont to drive the animal away. As site entered the enclosure, the fox, which had hold of a chicken, dropped the fowl and advanced on Mrs: Dukes, lit its attack on her, the animal Inflicted several severe wounds on both hands, the teeth penetrating the finger nails of one or two of the fingers. Mrs. Dukes succeeded in getting hold of tho fox around the throat and held fast until some one reached the scene. When the animal was placed in a cage. Mrs. Dukes was brought to the office of Dr. G. C. Holln for treatment Immediately. Since this attack there has been reports of a number of foxes having been seen around the barns In that section of the county. One report is that several of the animals have boon seen prowling around a pasture. As attendants go to the pasture to draw water from a well for the cows, those foxoa have been seen resting in the shade waiting on the water also. Appearing in a recent Veterinary | journal there appears an article telling of numerous foxes which have been found In the area from Savannah to Augusta, which were found to be suffering from rabies. The situation, according to the article, grew so alarming, that owners of livestock In that section have taken precautions to have their stock inoculated against the disease for fear that they may he hit ten. The fox which bit Mrs. Dukes had a broken place on one back leg and one on each of Its fore legs. "+t is presumed that these were the scars of bites, either from a rabid dog or another rabid Tox.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ?? Convict Couple In Baby Fraud Charlotte. N. C? Aug. 22 ?A superior court jury convicted Frank K. Dale and his wife, also known as Rene Duffy, today on charges of conspiracy to defraud and acquitted Dr. W E. Wlshart, a physician here, of the same charge. Judge A. Hall Johnston sentenced Dale tir five to seven years' imprisonment and Mrs. Dale to two to four years. *" Tie- Mate had alleged that Mrs. Dale obtained from a hospital a baby >t an unwed mother and led Ru'us Rrv.int. 12 year old Sampson county ta-mer. to believe ?11e had given birth i; a - a tesult of her relations with J him. 1?:'. Wishart was charged with h.:\ in- ai led tie- Dales in arranging the alleged fraduletlt .Hellenic. The verdict was returned at 10.25 a tit The jury got the <a.?e yesterday at 2.1U p in. Ittyant told the court lie met Mrs 1-ajo in a'Durham hotel as Rene Duffy and that In- met her frequently afterward. He said ho had given her money oil various occasions. Counsel for the Dales gave notice of appeal to the state supreme court, and Judge Johnson set bonds of $5.0<>(j for Dale and J3.U00 for Mrs. IMile. The largest group of negroes ever enlisted In the I'nlted States army at any one time, as. far as recruiting re? ords show, was sworn in this week at Philadelphia at a ceremony In front of the Negro Soldiers and Sailors monument The group numbered 150 men. who will he enrolled in the new Seventy-sixth coast artillery?the first Negro regiment since Confederate war days. Wake Lazy Insides All-Vegetable Way Thousands turn to this way to get relief when they're lazy intestinally and it has them headachy, bilious, irritabie, listless: A quarter to a half-teaspoonful of spicy, aromatic, aii-rfgcir.hU BLACK - DRAUGHT on your tongue tonight, a dnnk of water, and there you are! Thus, it usually allows time for a night's rest; acts ger.tly, thoroughly next P\ >rning, so relieving constipation's headaches, biliousness, bad breath. RI.ACK - DRAUGHT'S main ingredient is an "intestinal tonic-laxntive," which helps impart tone to . izy bowel muscles. The millions of packages used prove its merit. Economical, too; to 40 doses, 25c. , I p.. -I Peace Is Restored * By JANE FIELDING (MiCluro Syndicate?WNU IllVlCt J TKD SA^JDFKS had coma to this IIMia mountain town in California for peace and atmosphere veasential to the brain worker, and he lived alone to escape the distractions of womankind. For eompany he kept only an airedale dog, and by way of unhappy diversion, he cooked his own meals. Flo Donegan lived in a cozy cottage next dodr, and her screenedin living room was directly opposite his study windows. For companionship she kept a cat. It was sickening to see the way she pampered the thing?letting it sleep on a cushion, and all that sort of thing. Thai woman, Ted judged, must be the usual cat-loving old maid. Terrence (the dog), and Pom-Pom (the cat), were not quiet and selfeffacing neighbors; they found life monotonous without a daily scrap; and they did their best to relieve that monotony. During their encounters the air was punctured with barks and howls and caterwauls. Not infrequently Ted and,Flo became involved in the scrimmages. With the first weapon ready at hand Flo would fly td the rescue of the beloved Pom-Pom, and in agonizing fury would demand of Ted that he "call* off his brute." Ted, with equal energy, anathemized that "denjon" of hers. Altogether the four of them failed to live in restful harmony. How could a man concentrate under such conditions? Back into his study he would stamp, and try to settle down to the task upon which he was engaged. A look across to that screened room where she could be seen sitting sewing or reading peacefully revealed to him the shallowness of the feminine mind?and,. yet, confound it! She looked so deucedly comfortable?and so did the cat. One day things came to a climax. An unusually vigorous and vociferous row had been staged by Terrence and Pom-Pom?and, in consequence, an equally vigorous word battle between the humans. Flo, in the course of her frantic lunges at the "big brute" tripped and fell. There was nothing else to do so Ted picked her up and carried her into her house. This, however, only ag- j gravated matters, and the battle still raged. "See here, Miss Donegan, why in thunder do you make such a fool of yourself over a cat? Why don't you get rid of it? What are you going to do' about it anyway, for this sort of bedlam can't continue?" A quick glance around revealed to him a mighty pretty room, with books, books galore. Flo, between breaths, had thought that he might even be interesting. This thought was immediately swallowed up in fury at his suggestion concerning her Pom-Pom. She fairly choked at the audacity of the man. "Oh! Oh! Do you mean kill my cat and^let your beastly dog live?not'if I?" Suddenly they became conscious of cessation of hostilities without, and silence that could be felt. There stood the "big brute" on PomF6m*s Side of the lot, with an idiotic doggish grin spreading over his ugly mug, looking down upon his feline foe. who was?contentedly rubbing herself against his legs, and purring her supreme satisfaction. Flo and Ted took it all in at a glance, then their eyes met in mutual understanding of the situation. By George! but she was pretty when she smiled, with that lurking humor :m her eyes! Intelligent, too! Anyone couid see that. Scraps? Yes! to relieve the intolerable boredom of a too civilized life. Had the humans been at all aware of animal psychology they might have known by the noisiness of the encounters, that the cause was not deep-rooted. Animals (including the human) when in earnest, fight grimly and silently to a finish. These scrimmages were like the quarrels of children at play, that pass away with?in fact are part of?the game. At heart the friendship was secure. A whiff from the kitchen broke the spell. They dined together that night, while Terrence and Pom-Pom, at peace with the world and with each other, waited expectantly. In fact, on many more evenings the four of them dined together, . and there were long talks, not alone upon scientific subjects, but upon the more intimate personal interests of the former combatants, while, with stomachs well filled, the other two slept the sleep of perfect peace. It is wonderful, the satisfying effect of a good meal, especially if the material meal be accompanied by its intellectual counterpart. To say that Ted and Flo were happy ever after would be begging the subject, for such a state of perfect unchangeable felicity would cloy and tend to degeneracy. A good, healthy, occasional scrap helps to clear the, atmosphere, ar.d^ . like an electric storm, its effects are purifying. But Ted ar.d Flo lived to enjoy and respect each other's mental contribut.ons to their genera! store of knowledge, and were perfectly satisfied with life as they foe id it. j Job Printing I I The I Camden Chronicle I Desires to figure with every concern in Kershaw I I County when they need printing of any descrip- I I tion. We are prepared to give you the best of J I workmanship, and prompt service on any order 1 I for printing, 1 | When in need of the following of any kind of Printing, just Phone 29, and a representative will call on you: J I?LETTERHEADS n ?BILLHEADS ?STATEMENTS ?ENVELOPES ?CARDS ?CIRCULARS ?BRIEFS ?PAMPHLETS ?RULED FORMS ?NOTEHEADS ?PROGRAMS ?LABELS U ? ?PRESCRIPTION BLANKS ?CHECKS o, ?TAGS or 7^" i ?WHAT HAVE YOU? I Of course, we do not expect to do all the Printing I I that is needed in the county, but we do expect to -1 I do the bulk of it on the merits of our establish I ment. We will not. make an appeal to give us work I because we operate in the county. If we cannot - I give you the same or a better grade of work, we I do not want your business. However, we do pay I I taxes in this city and county and the out-of-town I I printer does not . 'M * The J Camden Chronicle] Camden, - - South Carolina I 4 "iV'r " ; / . vf vy> , ; ' Z J