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The Black Box of Silence
By Francis Lynde
Or Irwin My«n
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MwilaM fcr wuiism (J«ud okapnia.|
CHAPTER I
0 The Black Box '
It til between the acts of the play.
¥be orchestra of a theatemln Carthage,
a college town of the Middle West, was
In fnll swing, when there sounded a
faint dick from what appeared to .bs
an overgrown portable camera on the
lap of one of two young men seated
In the right hand proscenium box of
the theater, and Instantly the bowing
of the violins, the ’cellos and the bass,
the Angering of the brass and wood-
wind, the tapping of the padded sticks
on the kettle-drums became merely so
many soundless gestures In a panto-
mime, All was dead silence.
The two young men In the box who
seemed to have precipitated this ex-
traordinary state of affnirs were both
about of an age, both Carthage born
and reared, and both graduates of the
local college. But with these basic
particulars the similarities paused
abruptly. Owen Landis, the one with
the queer black box on his knees, was
slenderly bnllt, with a thin, eager face
and dark hair and eyes—the eyes of
a dreamer and enthusiast. His com-
panion, Walter Markham, wns the
young-man nhout town of a small city;
well-dressed, well-fed, yet not without
a glimmer of penetrative shrewdness
In his eyes to prove Ws right to claim
kinship with his hard-headed banker
father.
For an Interval measurable in sec-
onds the soundless pantomime con-
tinued ; then, suddenly, and as If there
had been no gap of silence, the various
Instruments burst Into full voice. A
wave of half bewilderment swept over
the house, followed quickly by en-
thusiastic applause, the audience evi-
dently taking the pantomimic Inter-
ruption for a skillful bit of stage busi-
ness on the part of the orchestra.
"Wonderful!” Markham exclaimed,
tinder cover of the resumed music. “As
yon said, Owen, It has to be seen to be
believed. Why didn’t you keep It up
a bit longer?”
Landis shook his head. “I didn’t
dare to let It go on. In two seconds
more there would have been a panic.
I dgured that for Just about so long
Schomberg’s men would go on bowing
and Angering automatically—as they
did. Bat when realization came,
there’d be chaos. I meant to antici-
pate that moment, and I did; couldn’t
let It go over the brink, you know.”
"Black, magic 1” Markham comment-
ed. "Is this what you’ve been working
on all these months that you've been
holed up In your laboratory den?”
"You’ve said It."
“Well, now you've got It, what’s the
answer? I mean, how does It do It?”
"As I’ve told you, It Is simple enough
In principle. By radio we transmit
Mound and make It do our bidding. My
problem was to And a circuit which.
Instead of amplifying the received
sounds would Itself operate to neutral-
ize them. Once my basic circuit was
developed, all It asked for was a
pretty long series of experiments.”
"Now you’ve found the answer to
your problem, what are you going to
do with It?”
“Come around to my shop with me
after the play and I’ll talk It out with
you,” Landis said, adding "Most In-
ventors and discoverers are short on
practical sense—common sense—and
I’m no exception. Maybe you can
supply what I'm lacking In that re-
spect.”
Two hours later the two young men
were seated In Landis' workshop lab-
oratory. On the walk from the theater
Landis had tried to explain, as un-
technically as he could, the successive
ateps taken In the development of his
astonishing Invention.
"What you’ve been saying Is mostly
Greek to me,” Markham offered. “Just
the same, I can surround the fact ac-
complished, all right—having had the
practical demonstration. But now the
question arises, what have you got?
Can It be put to any useful use?”
"Possibilities?” Landis queried.
“They are almost unlimited. The
trouble Is that they are bad ns well
as good.”
"Shoot,” said the son of small-city
wealth, "I’m listening.”
“The circuit, or whatever you choose
to call It, will operate at a distance—
I don't know Just yet how far—and It
will pass either through or around
obstructions. Turn a switch, and you
can sleep In silence as profound as
that of a mountain top, so far as
noises are concerned.”
“Huh! sounds a good bit like Alice
In Wonderland. But what else? If
you stop the racket for yourself, you
stop It for eVWybody else, as well,
don’t you?"
“At short distances, as tonight In
the theater, yes. Take, for example, a
steam whistle a mile away; In the Im-
mediate neighborhood of the whistle
the sound Is normal, or nearly,so; a
listener within a radius of, say, a
quarter of a mile would scarcely de-
tect any muting of the blast, though
It Is really muted at its source. Be-
yond this Inner circle the sound dimin-
ishes quite rapidly until at about hajf
a mile It has vanished completely."
“In .your demonstration tonight you
connected (he thing with the thenter
lighting circuit Does that mean that
you are tied to' electric power plants
Aar Its use?”
“Not at alL An automobile storage
battery will operate the box for a lim-
ited time."
Markham nodded slowly. “Don’t you
^now, Owen, It all listens a good bit
like a pipe dream."
“So It does to me. - But what Is
worse, I can't get away from the feel-
ing that I'm In the Ax of the matt who
Invented the Frankenstein thing.” *
“Meaning—?”
“Meaning the frightful uses to which
this contrivance of mine oould-be Nit
In the committing of crime. Towmlght
say there Is no end to them. Noise Is
the burglar's chief menace; with this
box of mine coupled to a lighting
socket he coaid wreck the lower story
of a house or blow ttie'strongest bank
vault In perfect security, so far as
the noise was concerned. So, also,
with the use of Arearms. You see what
"In the Possession of a Criminal
There Is Simply No Limit to the
Harm the Thing Might Do.”
I mean. In the possession of a crim-
inal there Is simply no limit to the
barm the thing might do.”
“How many people know about your
Invention, Owen?”
"Up t'o this minute, Just two of us—
you and myself. I haven't talked
about It to anybody, partly because the
whole thing was experimental and I
didn't want to have to answer a lot of
curious questions. But now, as I’ve
said, I'm like the man who Invented the
Frankenstein thing In Mrs. Shelley’s
Story. When I think of nil the harm
It might do In the wrong hands. I feel
as If I ought to tie a stone to the-box
and pitch It Into the river.”
There was a thoughtful pause, and
at the end of It, Markham said, "You
are quite sure nobody else knows
about It?”
“I hope I am.”
“Have you any.reason to doubt It?”
“Not what you could call a reason;
no. But I have worked here In the lab,
a good many nights, sometimes until
quite late, and there have been mo-
ments when I've had a queer feeling
that I wasn’t alone; that somebody
was spying on me. Pure auto-sugges-
tion, I guess.”
Markham nodded. “We’ll let that
part' of It rest and pass on to the ma-
terial things. You want to make some
money out of this Invention of yours,
don’t' you? Or are you too much of an
Inventor to look that far ahead?”
Landis smiled. “I’m not quite so
much of a dreamer ns that. Wnlly. If I
could only be sure the thing wouldn't
be put to evil uses—”
“You’d like to see some hard cash
results," Markham Anlshed for him.
"That Is right and proper—and hu-
man."
"I suppose so; while I was at work
on It' I did think that if It should prove
a success It might help me And a place
as a research man with one of the big
electric companies.”
“Too modest, as you usually nre,”
grunted Mnrkhnm. "There’s a frilly
fortune In that box If It’s properly ex-
ploited. But to make money out of
an Invention you have to spend money.
Suppose you let me talk to dad—In
Strict conAdence, of course.”
"You’d do that for me?”
“Sure I would. Why not ?’’
There was a moment of silent, em-
barrassment, and then Landis said,
half apologetically. “(Jive me a day or
so to think about It, Wnlly. I want to
see If I can't flght down that feeling
about the criminal possibilities. It’s
fearfully good of you to offer to step
In and I—”
Markham cut the protests short.
“Take as much time as you want, of
course. And never mind the acknowl-
edgments. We’ve been pretty chummy
for a good ninny years, you and I,
Owen, and It would be a pity If either
of us wouldn't give the other a hand
when the chance offered.” Then, with
a glance at his watch. “If It wasn't
so late I'd stay a bit longer and raw-
hide you nbout another matter. But
I guess the other matter will keep.”
“It isn't late for me. What have 1
been , doing that I ought not to have
done?"
“I was watching you tonight when
Betty Lawson was on the stage. I
guess you know good and well whnt
I saw7”
Landis Aushed boyishly nnd looked
down.
“You didn't see nnythlng more than
you have known for a good while.”
Mnrkhnm laughed. "Nothing more
than alt Carthage has known, for thnt
matter. But, say, boy—what do you
think a girl Is made of? For a half-
year and better you've hurled yourself
In this work shack of yours, and If
you've thought anything at all nbout
Betty, you've taken It nut In thinking.
Whnt social pleasure slip's colored
she’s had to forage for in other direc-
tion*—the amateur theatrical move-
ments, for Instance. I've chased her
about a little—not nearly so much as
I wanted to—but yon've simply Ignored
her, Owen; you know you have.”
The laggard Th love spoke np
quickly.
“You are not saying It all, Wally—
not speaking for yourself, I mean. But
you don't need to. I've known ever
since last yeaf j>ow if la with • you.
You are in love with Betty jourSelf.
Thkt Is one reason why Vi*" hurled
thyself In my Jdb here—to give you
and her » chance to And out where
youfboth stand. "No,* don’t aaate any
mistake| .It Isn't any "elfly* knightJy
chlvilry’^ on 'npy part—Just common
decyncy. -If j should marry, Fm -not
even ^u re I cob Id feed and- ctothq a*
wife. Anfi when poverty comes In ay
thd-door—" * * , . ■ . - , . *.
“Oh, sbush\ Ygu needn't (Junto
proverbs at me.- Don't you suppose t
know that I don't stand s Ohtnaman'a
chance with Betty? What I'm beeAng
nbout -la the way you acamp your
chances with her. There's "another
Richmond In the Aeld. Did you know
thnt?"
Landis' fnce fell.
’’Not You don’t mean thnt. Wally I"
“I do, Indeed; tills new fellow, Can-
by, who Is cutting such a wide swath
with his wonderful development scheme
for Carthage. Going to make It an-
other Chicago overnight and all thnt.
ne Is rushing Betty to a Anlsh, and
she seems to like It."
A grldlronlng of Ane lines appeared
between Landis' eyes.
“I don't like Cnnby, Wally—what
little I’ve seen of him.”
"Just the same, he Is exactly the
kind of brute to take a girl’s fancy;
good-looking, dashing, man-of-the-blg-
ger-world; that sort. Betty Is plenty
sensible, but at the same time she Is
human. There; I’ve said my say, and
now I'll toddle along. What do you
do with this priceless casket of yours
overnight—take |t to bed with you?”
"Not quite that; I keep It here.”
Landis knelt before a small safe under
the laboratory work bench, opened If,
put the black box Inside and twirled
the combination.
“I see; safe bind, safe And,” said
Markham, with a laugh for a weak
pun. “Let me know when—or If—
you want me to have a talk with dad
about the Ananclng. So long.”
• ••••••
So much for the night when Betty
Lawson, daughter of the physics pro-
fessor at the college, starred In their
Lltjle Theater association's produc-
tion. At a comparatively early hour
the following morning, Wally Mark-
ham, getting out his roadster to
drive to town for a box of congratula-
tory roses to be taken to the success-
ful actress, was called to the tele-
phone. A strained voice that he bare-
ly recognized as Landis’ came to him
over the wire.
"Is that you, Wally? For heaven's
sake, come around hare to the house
as quick as you can. My safe's been
opened and the black box Is gone I”
CHAPTER II
A Blind Lead
Landis was waiting at the driveway
gate when Markham’s roadster came
to a stand, and his thin face seemed
to have grown haggard overnight.
“It wasn’t my imagination, after all
—that feeling I told you about last
night, the feeling that some one was
spying upon me ns T worked." he snld.
And as they entered the small build-
ing. "This Is Just as I found it a few
minutes before I 'phoned yon.”
Markham stooped to look Into the
safe, the door of which was standing
open.
“It was opened on the combination?”
he snld.
“Of course—It had to be. The thief
knew what was Inside and knew that
he couldn't dynamite the safe without
taking a long chance of destroying the
thing he wns after. I found It Just as
It stands now; the bolts shot, nnd the
dial standing on the Anal Agure of the
combination."
"17m; thnt brings on more talk, right
at the beginning of things. Somebody
know your combination?"
The question -seemed to plunge the
Inventor Into a deep pit of embarrass-
ment.
“I can't say positively, Wally. Rut—
but the one person who may know the
combination Is as far above suspicion
as the stars nre above the earth."
“Come clean." snld Markham, with
his good-natured grin. “If I’m going to
help, I've got to know the Insides—all
of It, haven't I? Who Is this person
who may know?”
''I’ll tell you. nnd you'll see thnt
there’s nothing to It—thnt there enn't
he. One day, a few weeks ago, I
brought Betty out here to show her
an electrical toy I'd been tinkering on.
I wns keeping the thing in the safe, as
I do nnytliing that I don’t want to
leave lying around In sight, nnd when
I began to spin the dial she knelt
beside me, saying she'd always been
curious to know how a combination
lock on a safe worked."
“And you showed her?”
"Of- course. I explained how the
tumblers were made and put together
so thnt each time the dial stopped at
the proper Agure one of the tumblers
would he left In the ‘open’ position."
“Was thnt all you did?”
“Not quite. To Illustrate what T
mennt I unscrewed the back plate of
the lock and called off the series of
figures so she could spin the dial nnd
see for herself how the mechanism
worked. It wns only a hit of byplay,
as you might say, nnd there Isn’t a
shadow of douln In m.v mind hut that
Betty forgot the Agure before she wait
an hour older. But even If she didn't,
she Is out of the question; she Isn’t the
one who opened this safe last night
You know thnt as well ns l do,”
wo Hr <»>NTINUKD.)
lllUSTMAg festivities,- as
the modern world observe#
them, owe muyh of their
warmth and charm ■ to the
surgjvat of paggn rcustoma,
t'rof. William Warren invent
of the Dl vlulty *«*heoL told
a University of '“Chk’agt)
group. Speaking at a noosi-tlgie serv-
tce.to Bond chapel on the campus. Doc-
tor Sweet, who Is professor of ttie His-
tory of American Christianity, analyzed
the history of the Yuletide celebration,
and usked that the small Christian ele-
ment In It he kept uppermost.
(Exchanging gifts at Christmas time
Is a practice taken over from ttie Ho-
nians, und the Christmas dinner, the
holly wrenths. and even the Christmas
tree customs cun tie traced back to the
barbarians of northern Europe, Doc-
tor Sweet said. America’s coutrihu
tlon to the occasion has been cblelly
Its commercialization.
“It was not until about the middle
of the Fourth century after Christ
that a day was formally set aside by
the church at Rome for the observ-
ance of hts physical birth,” Doctor
Sweet pointed out. "As It was Arst
observed by the church, Christmas was
purely a spiritual festival. There was
no gnyety; no bells announced the com-
ing of the glad morn; there were no
garlands; no tables heaped with good
cheer.
“But It was not to remain long In
the upper air of pure devotion. There
were too many pagan InAuences about
It, >ne of the most Important of which
was the feast of Saturn, which began
on the 17th of December and lasted
until the 24th. Saturn was the oldest
and most benign deity of ancient Italy
and his fabled reign on earth was sup
posed to have brought peace and hap-
piness to mankind, and so the feast
dedicated to him was full of Joy and
mim
ALWAYS CAUSE FOR
HEN'S NOT LAYING
Management Means Increase
of Egg Production.
B7R.H. ALP. Poultry Eittnalon Special-
. *»t. Colter* of Agriculture. Unlvorolty
- - of Illinois,*—WNU Service.
• There are many reasons, why hens
don't lay, ‘but- one thing la -certain.
More attention cour<L b# jciven to betN
4er. management on many farms whfere.
production is low. IToiriBly thb
mbst -comniob reason -for unthrifty
'■birds thaf lay- poorly in ffle’ fall lg
worms. "In- cade of Infested docks It
would btf udvisjible to- treat the birds
and then confine them tq clean quar-*
ters to prevent a rmnfestatlon. I're- ,J
vention of Intestinal worms in chickens'
Is covered In the cortege’s clrcuiar'No/
344. which makes reference to tis« use
of common lye for tills purpose.‘ t
Hens won't lay their best unless
their houses are kept clean, free from
lice and mites, well ventilated and not j
overcrowded. Four square feet a bird \
is best for good results. There also j
should be plenty of feed hopper space. '
Hoppers ten feet long which permit
feeding from both sides will provide
enough hopper space for 100 birds. !
Plenty of fresh drinking water also Is j
Important.
It should be an easy matter to get '
a good feed mixture or ration that
will produce eggs. A number of suit-
able mash mixtures which, for the
most part, can be made from home-
grown grains are given in the college's
circular No. 273 on feeding for egg
production. One of many mash mix-
tures that may be used can be made
from 200 pounds ground yellow corn. ,
100 pounds ground wheat, 100 pounds ;
ground oats. 50 pounds meat scrap, 25 j
pounds dried milk, 25 pounds soy- |
tiean oil meal. 2>/4 pounds steamed j
bone meal, 2J4 pounds ground lluoe- j
stone and 3 pounds salt. •
WAR ON EARWIGS
The earwig, the. peat which de-
stroys gardens, damages tree# and in-
vades homes,- la rapidly being ex-
terminated In,(he vicinity of Port-
land, Ore., as the warfare, financed
by the city, couqty and Oregon State
college, was waged with; the toehlnld
• *>J, a natural eqpmy of the eafwlg,
Imported from Europe. .Thousand#
of the Ales were raise) in cages sod
pita, some even In Individual glaaa
phials to protect them from para-
sites, > and released t« Aestfo* the
wfo >■
earwlgi
Voracious Feasting Ancient Precedent
for Modern Christmas Dinner.
Leghorn Held Champion
Pullet of All Breeds
According to the officials of the !
Record of Performance association in
New York state, the pullet bred by
otto Ruehte of Pleasant Valley, j
Dutchess county, completed the 355 j
egg record on October 1. The record
began a few days after she returned
from the 1931 New York state fair at j
Syracuse, where Prof. L M. Hurd of j
the state college ptaced her as the
grand champion pullet of all breeds.
Professor Hurd describes the pullet, j
D-4318, as having Ideal conformation
for a white leghorn and plenty of con-
stitution and vigor In her ave
to be a good layer. j
D-4318 Is the result of 25 years of j
breeding. Her mother laid eggs that
weighed 32 ounces to the dozen and I
she has C3 sisters and half sisters j
that average more than 240 eggs in a
year. In the Arst 140 days of the
test the pullet laid an egg every day.
How Doctors Treat
- Golds eand Coughs
To break np a cold ovargight sad
1 relieve .the'congestion that makes you.
, qpugh, thousands of physicians- are
^ .now recommending C'elyiabs, me
nausealesy calomel compound tablet#
, that give you the effects of falojnel am)
■Sits without the unpleasant eCrtka
of either.
One or two Calotabs fit bedtime witb-
* a glass of sweet milk or water. Next
. 'morning your cold baa vanished, your
system ia thoroughly purified and yon
are feeling fine with a hearty appetite
for breakfast, Eat what you wish,—
no danger
Calotabs are sold in 10c and S5c
packagea at drug stores. (Adv),
Ride the Interurban
FROM
Houston to Galveston
Every Hour on the Hour
Express Service—Non-Stop Train*
9:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m.
■ - . . ----1---c-rg
Hints to Housewives
“Mummie says, will you lend her
your loudspeaker?”
“She wants to dance at this time
of night?"
“No, she wants to sleep.”—Stutt
garter Illustrierte (Stuttgart).
"Father was worried
about our doctor
bills. Mother said,‘I'll
get a bottle of Bron-
chl-Lyptus to keep
—ISlMBSthe colds away.'"
At your druggist's. For FREE sample,
write to 732 Ceres Ave., Loa Angeles.
We Can Quite Understand
Jail Visitor—Are you fond of mu-
sic?
Convict—I like the opening bars.
—Congregatlonalist.
feasting. The schools were closed,
public places were decked with dow-
ers. and presents were exchanged.
“Another festival which Influenced
the celebration of Christmas was the
feast of the Kalends of January, which
marked the beginning of the Roman
civil year, and three days of merrl
ment followed It Mummers clad In
women's clothes and animal skins [in
raded the streets. Presents were giv
en to dear ones. 'Honeyed things, that
In the year the recipient might be full
of sweetness, lamps that might he full
of light; copper, silver and gold that
wealth might Aow In.'”
Among the early colonists In Amer-
ica Christmas was observed ns a festl
val only by the Church of England ad-
herent# and the Roman Catholics. Pro
fessor Sweet said. The Puritans, ob-
jecting to It because of Its pagan orl
gins, linnned any observance of the day. j
On Mny IL HW9, the General Court of
the Colony of Massachusetts passed
the following law; “Whosoever shall
he found observing any such day as
Christmas or the like, either by for
hearing of labor, feasting, or any otti j
er way. ns a festival, shall he Aned Ave
shillings."
This statute wns repealed twenty 1
years Inter, hut for more than one
hundred years the great "evangelical” j
religious groups, the Baptists, emigre
nationalists nnd Prcshvterlans official j
ly refused to rec-ognize Christmas j
Professor Sweet reported that he lias
been unable to And any reference to j
the festival of the nativity In the liter
stare of these churches up to the Civil -
War Shortiy-nfter the war a religious
organ objected to the observance of !
the day on thp gsonmts that there was
no evidence to establish exactly the ;
date of t'hrlst’s birth and ttiat there
was nothing in the New Testament to
Indloate that the birthday should he
celebrated "Ten years litter or about
1890. Christinas Issues of church pa
oers show a decided change In their
attitude," Doctor Sweet said "Christ
ains advertisements make their appear
atire, Christmas poems nnd editorials
From this time onward the religions
■dgnlAonnee of CIH-ttnas has been
growing In nil evnngollonl churches.
"The Christmas with which we are
riiuilllar today Is a arrange cntnhlna
'Ion of Imported pagan and Christian
i radii Ions Though I dl«'l'e to say It
't seems that alm-it alt vmorion hns
added to Christmas Is Its enmmer
tall val ton Certainly alt of us have
every humanitarian and Christian In
entlve to mako ft—1 less pagan
'esa commercialised more Christian.r
Start Chicks Carefully
In order to get baby chicks started
in right It is essential that they be
kept at a proper temperature. Too
much heat tends to dry the chicks out
and cause heavy loss. Overheating Is
lust as dangerous as chitling In caus-
ing trouble.
Chicks should not tie overheated In
the Incubator, and when they are
moved to the brooder the temperature
should be kept from 90 degrees to 95
degrees F. A good poultryman can
gauge the temperature hy the action
of the chicks.
An Important thing Is to get chicks
started on the right kind of ration,
states J. II Bodwell, commercial poul-
try man. who suggests some form of
liquid milk or a starter thnt contains
xklnimilk or buttermilk, t'o not feed
grit for the Arst few weeks.—-Prairie
Farmer,
Beware the Cough or
Cold that Hangs On
Persistent coughs and colds lead to
serious trouble. You can stop them now
with Creomulsion, an emulsified creosote
that is pleasant to take. Creomulsion is a
new meaicai discovery warn nuMarar
•ion; it soothes and heals the inflamed
membranes and inhibits germ growth.
Of all known drugs, creosote is recog-
nized by high medical authorities as one
of the greatest healing agencies for per-
sistent coughs and colds and other forms
of throat troubles. Creomulsion contains,
in addition to creosote, other healing ele-
ments which soothe and heal the infected
membranes and stop the irritation and in-
flammation, while the creosote goes on to
the stomach, is absorbed into the blood,
attacks the seat of the trouble and checks
the growth of the germs.
Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfactory
in the treatment of persistent coughs and
colds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis and
other forms of respiratory diseases, and
is excellent for building un the system
after colds or flu. Money refunded if any
cough or cold, no matter of ho wlong stand-
ing, is not relieved after taking according
todirections. Askyourdruggist. (Adv.)
True to Form
“What is tills bpok?"
“A stock broker's story.”
“True to form. He had arranged
for plenty of margin.”
Few Really Large Flocks
Of the 37‘.i.imsi,ish) of mature chick-
ens on farms in the United States,
't29.0n0.0m nre kept in flocks of less
than 400 birds In Ohio, of tile 200,000
farmers who keep chickens almost
1.83.000 own less than 200 birds. About
13.000 keep from 200 to 400 elilckens.
Only 2.700 farmers have more than
100 iiirds. and all lint a few flocks con-
tain less Minn 700 hens
Poultry Notes
Hens have been known to lay two
eggs in one day. But It Is compara-
tively rare.
• • •
Where the birds nre given white
corn, they need the food properties
found in legumes and other green
stuff.
• • •
Lire or the depluming mite have
been known to torment birds so that
they have died from pain nnd exhaus-
tion
...
Cabbage is probably the best green
food for pullets starting the winter
laying season.
...
Eggs which nre not naturally clean i
are Inferior nnd buyers nre unwilling j
to pay as much for them as they wilt j
for clean eggs.
• • •
In the heavy egg producer the pelvic j
hones are wide apart, thin, tapering
and pliable In the non producer they
are drawn close together and are
usually covered with an accumulation
of fat
MENTHQLATUM
Are You Sick, Discouraged
or Unsuccessful?
Let m* hIbiw you the way nut Thousand*
help'd daily. 1<> Wiley F. Maker
nr« h«'lpt*il daily. I'K
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YOUNG
'at 60
A man Isas old as his organs; most men can
ha vigorous and healthy at 60 as well as at
35, If they will but take care of themselves
properly. Invigorate your vital organs with
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It is one
of the most reliable preparations known
to medicine. It has been widely prescribed
for 237 year*, the best proof that it works.
Insist on GOLD MEDAL 85c A 75c.
GOLD MEDAL
HAARLEM OIL CAPSULES
W. N. U„ HOUSTON, NO.
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Vickrey, Virgil. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1932, newspaper, December 15, 1932; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112933/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.