The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1918 Page: 6 of 8
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The drink that makes your palate
dance with joy.
Ideal with Dutch lunches, for pic-
nics, at fountains and for all times.
Try a bottle today.
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WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR
WACO, TEXAS
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TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
TREASURES LOST
EVER
Described As Torture
Relieved bj Black-Draught.
Whole World Suffered When Famous
Library at Alexandria, Egypt, Waa
Destroyed by Fire.
Rossville, Ga.—Mrs. Kate Lee Able, ol
Ins place, writes: "My husband is in
engineer, and once while lilting, he in-
jured himself with a piece of heavy ma-
chinery, across the abdomen He was
so sore he could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed 165 lbs., a.U tell off until he
weighed 110 lbs., in two weeks.
He became constipated and it looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with ail their medicine, his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle of castor oil, and drink
It two or three days in succession. Me
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
! sent and bought Thedford’s Hlack-
Draught I made him take a big dose,
and when It began to act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he get relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his tile to
Tbedford’s Mack-Draught "
Tbedlcrd’s Black-Draught wit! help you
to keep fit, ready for the day’s work.
Try it! NC-131
Drives Out Malar i a. i.utlds L'p Sy stem
The OW SUBtUrd general «!.-ene‘henlni ionic.
CUOve a TASTELK-V chiU TONIC, driven out
lUiwiOeOBnc be • the blood-a ad builds op tne sys-
tem. A true took. Pot adults a»d children. 50c.
BUILT BY ORDER OF CZAR
City ef Harbin, Railway Center and
Military Depot, Hat Also Become
Great Flour Center.
The city of Hert>!n was built to or-
der tor the one-time czar of all the
Russian, who. In constructing the
Trane-Siberian railway, found that he
needed the little village of Harbin aa
a railway eenfer and military depot
Only a little diplomatic juggling was
required, and the Tillage began to grow
up and expand before tbe puzzled eyes
of Ita peaceful Inhabitants. The new
Harbin did not absorb the old part,
hut waa built beside it, *o that the
farmers still continue to raise their
ailllet and wheat untroubled by dlplo.
raaey and troop maneuvers.
There are few Chinese and almost
»0 foreigners to the city. Ruaaln dl»-
nilen Immigration and by
with China, only Russians
l are allowed to bold land,
* or have any perma-
I nr (Tests in Harbin,
railroad officials and workers
and Busman colonists and troops are
tbe chief residents of the entire neigh-.
War caused the destruction of the
famous library at Alexandria. In Egypt,
which In the days of the Ptolemies was
the largest In the world, containing
490,000 volumes. Nevertheless, the ca-
tastrophe was directly due to an acci-
dent. flames spreading to the shore
when Caesar set fire to an enemy fleet
In the harbor.
Thus were forever lost vast treas-
ures of the literature of antiquity. The
books were rolls of papyrus, which at
that period was largely exported from
Egypt, being used everywhere to write
upon. Parchment was not employed
for the purpose until about three cen-
turies later.
Papyrus was made from the Inner
rind of a kind of reed that grew pro-
fusely (as It does today) In shallow
waters In Egypt. The material was cut
lengthwise In thin strips, which were
laid parallel and close together. Across
these at right angles other strips were
placed, thus forming a sheet, which,
sprinkled with water, pressed and
dried, gave a fair surface for Ink—the
latter being composed of lampblack
and gum.
The strips were called "blblol"—from
which we get a word for hoelr and
Bible. But papyrug was poor stuff to
write on, the chief trouble with It Ic-
ing that It was very perishable, becom
Ing after a while like So much dead
leaves. Thus when nowadays a pnpy
rus scroll Is found. It has to be handled
with utmost care lest it fall to dust
The books were In continuous strips
sometimes as much as 150 feet long.
Many thousands of papyrus book?
have been dug out of the ruins of Her
culaneum though only a very small
part of that city has been excavated,
owing to the fact that It was hurled be-
neath molten lava, whereaa Pompeii
(overwhelmed by the same volcanic
eruption) was covered merely with
■shea
the Orient. The
main springs keep the valleys
well supplied with water. Higher up
are tbe ruins of former temples, built
centuries ago, their entrances facing
the rising sun. In tbe old days the
ptnns folks of the valley climbed the
mountain side to worship on their holy
ground. The temples are of various
nations, including Gfeek, Roman and
Hebrew.
David sang of Hereon and iho
cooling breath of the winds blowlug
from its icy summits. As the giver of
all good things, of wine and cool wa-
ter, of timber and olives and breexe*
In summer days, of tales of wonder
and angels for th winter nights, the
people of old looked to Hermon ns a
storehouse of treasure set up by a
beneficent Deity.
THE GOVERNMENT
NEEDS
STENOGRAPHERS!
CIRCUMVENTED
By TOM MASSON.
i \*p/ri*ht. 13ls, Wtgtrm Newspaper l'•'.Ion.) j
It takes all kinds of people to make
a world, home men when their wives
leave them Improve the occasion to
Never in the history of the United States was
the government in such direct need of Steno-
graphers and Bookkeepers as it is today.
MT. HERMON HOLY GROUND
Many Nations Have Built Their Terr
plea on the Elevation of Which
David Sang.
Harbin is called the “flat city," be-
reuse of Its poslilon la tbe level Tel-
ler of the Sungari river, with mouo-
trins protecting It on east and west, j
Tt U the flour center of tbe Beet. The j
fields are covered with grain, and down
on the Sungari river (root Moochu
rootle* kwh endless tanks with Soar
ground to tbe modem mills ef the
Mount Hermon, sacred mountain of
Syria, rides, a silent sentinel, above
the fruitful fields aud vineyards of
Lebanon snd Damascus. Cut off from
Its range of the Antlllbsnns by tbe
deep valley of Banda It has kept Its
lonely vigil through the ages. The
Hebrews relied It Hermit According
to legend the wicked angels In their
fall from Paradise landed on Hermon
and gave it Its name.
Like a gray-halred giant the old
mountain held* Its white-crowned bead
above the clouds. At sunset three
clouds turn to rose and gold, the moun-
tain top flaming Ukc a torch against
the sky. Aa the sunlight fades the
evening mists wrap old Hermon s be
in vails of gray and white,
whlte-haIred old man of the
has domed hit cightcap tor
the p-ople of the sum-uni
teU you.
The mountain's foot to covered with
th- greea of oaks, poplars and
•a occasional
nave a high old time. They go out.
so to speak, and “revel." Others d»
not. They prefer to slay home quietly
and take it easy. They crave that
comfortable solitude that Is necessary
to the host kind of sanity. Whippton
belonged to this class.
After bidding his wife good-by at
the station he turned hack with a fond
anticipatory smile and said aoulfully
to himself: “Now for that quiet hour
to myself. Now for that long-looked
forward-to mental repose."
And so he went home and be tan to
make preparations to carry out his
program.
“Is there anything.” he sold to him-
self, “more delightful than to be abso-
lutely aloneT’
He settled hack Into his easy chair,
his liook at his elbow, bis cigar box
near his hook.
Then the telephone bell rang.
“Oh, Mr. Whippton,’ the voice said,
“I have only Just this minute awak-
ened to the fact that Mrs. Whippton
has gone off and left you. You must
come and dine with us tonight.”
“But—”
“Now, don’t say anything, hut come.
I know you haven't any engagement.
| end I wouldn't think of having von
stay In that lonesome house for any-
thing. It Isn’t good, you know, for
nny man to be alone. Remember, sev-
en sharp."
“I shall be delighted,” said Whlpp-
ton.
What else could he say? The lady
meant welt
He got home at eleven.
The nett morning he ran across
t’rahley.
"Ah, old man hear yonr wife’s away.
Must come and dine with us tonight.
<<h, nonsense I Know you ean’t have
any engagement. Only ton glad to
have you. It’s the duty of your friends
to see you are not lonesome. Resides,
we want yon. That’s right Six-
thirty."
Whippton went He had to.
“But tomorrow," he said, “Til fool
’em."
There was that easy chair; there
WHS that book: there was the quiet
evening hour that he so longed for—
all In prospect. No one must cheat
Idm out of that.
He sneaked through side streets. He
came home early to avoid meeting the
“regnlnra." He told the maid with ex-
ultant voice to say to all telephone
rlngersup that lie was not at home
and wouldn't he.
Then there was a rattle and a snort.
Bllklns. in his automobile, was In front.
“Hey, there!" he shouted Jnst as
Whippton was closing the blind “Glad
I caught you. Heard your wife was
away. Come, pet right in nnd take a
spin and then come and dine with me.
Must do It, old man. Wouldn't have
you stny home alone for > anything.
Give you the ‘wlllle*.’ Come on, now!”
There was no help for It. Whipp-
ton gave one last look at his book, his
cigars, his easy ohcalr. and followed
lits friend obediently out to his snort-
ing dragon.
The next day Mrs. W hippton came
hack.
“Well,” satd she after the ttsua!
greeting, “whet did you do?"
“Tbe first night I dined at tbe Fel-
tons'. the second at the Crahleys' and
last night at the Bllklns'. I could have
hanged them all over the head for
spoiling my aolltnde."
“Nonsenseexclaimed Mrs. Whipp-
ton. “I told them to look after you.’
“You did. did you?” snorted Whtpjv
ton. “That’s It, Is It? Well, didn’t
you know I wanted to tie alone? Didn't
yon know I had lieen looking forward
to haring a few precloua hours to my-
-elf once In a lifetime? Can't you ap-
frectate what this meant to me?"
Mrs. Whippton waa nothing If not up
to date.
“Of course I know that you wanted
re be alone," she said. “Haven’t I no-
ticed the tendency? But you don't get
ahead of me. Why, If you should be
alone any length of time I am Jnst as
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WEST, TEXAS
nonenruhetants or destruction of their would have been forgotten the nett
IHrr^e^r jrs:
tort that a few skilled heroes will dl
cect eaeh one of them. These war mj
ihlnes will he so costly that only a
few great powers will have the re-
sources ti construct nnd maintain
them. Wise legislation nnd skillful
systems of taxation will be necessary
to organize the whole people for their
support. A rhosen few, picked from
the whole nation, will man them, men
In th" fr’t vigor of their strength,
physically perfect to endure the terri-
h! > strain, rrnl powerful of brain to
rmt-i rml sur nounl every Intricacy of
mechanics and every difficulty of
etmti-gv.
Above all, these hero supermen
must tie of «urh rnsmervtng character
that they will, day In nnd day out.
without snree-'se, devote thetr unflag-
ging z-uil to the great task of defend-
ing the rtvlllxutlon for which they con-
tend,. The evolution and the Increas-
ing economic burden of maintenance
of this machinery will make war the
luxury of the most powerful states
nnd will cause tbe area of war con-!
stontly to recede. Small nations will
no longer be able to maintain military
establishments, and eventually the mil-
liona of men who now buttle upon the
field of honor will have been replaced
by a contest among a few men In con-
trol of stupendous machinery.—Ellery
C. Stowell In the Century Magazine.
luto great grievances?"
dMiety Not Happiness.
But happlnesa la also meutal. When
magnified them the mled is cloaked with sordid do-
•Ires there can be no happiness. Yet
■omo folks would like to he the eon-
Self Education. j Maat recipients of bounties, boa bona.
Some of the best educated men ner- an<1 1(011 ad infinitum. They
er went to college. One of the most lhlnk 'h*1 H1""* 'hem pleasure. It
eminent geologists never went to may of 'he chirtty sort. They are
school. Many college and university: lbe constant examples of obligations,
graduates think they have acquired Th* r**>r mortals do not realize that
the sum of human knowledge and rest I " '"he* little of each stuff to aatur-
on their oars for the rest of their lives, *le *n<* stagnate the eoul. The very
while others with Inferior advantages h|e**lng» they crave clog their spirits
Pass them in the pnrsnlt of knowledge. 1,11,11 ,hey cannot appreciate real hap-
One of the best-informed men In the PlBe**- What a bleeding It would be
country, who became prominent In 1 lf ,be? could only realise that what
business nnd diplomacy, left school 1W< oul Bnd not what, comes In makes
when sixteen years of age .to enter ’ bspplneaa.—Kvrhpnge.
the services of a firm of East India ---------—------.........
merchants In the old days of salting
vessels. He made many voyages round
*he Cape of Goud Hope and devoted
Didn’t Have Both.
BSa—Bveryone says you had a good
taste when you married roe.
He—Maybe; If It Is possible to pos-
sess at the same time good taste and
poor sense.—New Haven Register.
finsket at Pest Destroyers.
Snakes are not our enemies, I
Gajne K. Norton In American
ry. They never attack except to self,
defense. Of nur 111 species only IT
are poisonous—two species of
WORRY OVER SMALL THINGS
Unfortunate Habit of Making Moun-
tains Out of Molehllla All Toe
Common With All.
“One of the foollahest things we mor-
tals do," said Mr. Orutehar, “Is to make
mountains ont of molehills.
“Half the worry and distress In the
world come* from this ur'ortunate
habit It breeds distrust, ci ea ea hard
feeling, breaks up frleodshb i, makes
discord In families, it mi ke* misery
alt around, and all this 11 nine hun-
flred and ninety-nine cases out of •
thousand for Just nothing.
“The commonest term of molehill to
the spoken word. Homebody says some-
post tire
develop Into a first-class crank 1"
would thing to us that we think
RETURN TO WAGER OF BATTLE
Warfare of the Future Lthefy to Be
Restricted to Comparatively
Few Combatants.
not far removed, may come
| when the embattled hosta ef rival na-
rioim W«1 give place to a war""
battle to deride the
that we think to aaapirtinia, or lack-
ing In appreciation, or twitting or ear-
a*'ic. and right away we begtn to
brood over It, to let It rankle to ns. to
magnify it, to make a mountain of It
"It to at least sn even chance that
fit* tittle thing of that aort that dis-
tress** us so was nev* meant that
way at all. Bat roppoae it was meant
to be sharp. What of tt? We are all
PERU.
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(NONALCOHOLIC)
Is Fit For All Occasions
BECAUSE it qrerebes tee Hunt. *M> dw
P
> eld-tore flaw that mils the are. and
eve. soft beverages see aetd U Ferta is a
Prime favorite Al Clubs, Army *~l—• gw
and rede fountain* H lead* ell other reft
beverages—became tt h uumv. — ■»»* 1
end testa* good to tbe lew dreg. I
Try It today tbia bare e cate sent boom.
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WACO DRUG Co.
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