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White Star Extra Quality Motor Oil “A Lubricant of Merit”—for all cam. Follow the Ford Idea in l übrication and you wlllaurtly enjoy now pleaaurea In motoring. **After careful expert meat* and text*.. l ter tat re ttUopteA t H hi' <• Star Extra ■ Quality (Hi BIHBBHM ft) n. BB^M hn .S ■•A. it ' ') v into Hl< •'■ / * , t <t. /•<>///; ;^i v m | is' worth 1,000 eggs Ingredient* Are to B Found In Beth—Valued at *2.45 for It. laminating Purpoee*. tThat In a man? How much Is he worth from a scientific viewpoint? According to one way of looking at It a man I* worth about *2.50 a day from taia shoulders down and any where from *50,000 to 11.000.000 a year from Ida shoulders up. Thta la acid to be the ettlwat* of the average successful business man. The acieiitlst, however, looks at the ■from another angle, Accord mi a man 1* worth *2.45 for lug purposes, since a man 150 pounds contains about >fee feet of oxygen, hydrogen gen in his constitution, which its pet 1,000 cubic feet equals the price above. Also a man contains enough carbon to make 9,300 lead pen ciled tough phosphorus t< make 800,- 000 matches or enough to kill 500 per sona. (100 enough water to fill a 88- quart reservoir. Furthermore, It makes no difference bow sum a man may look he contains about 00 lumps of sugar, n grent deni of starch, chloride of potash, mngtMwl um. sulphur and hydrochloric acid In his system. There are 00 groins of Iron In the blood of an ordinary man, enough to make one spike large enough to hold his wright. What 4% a wan? this la the some what cynical answer of one scientific mans “Break the shell* of 1,000 eggs late a huge pan or basin and you have In gredients from which to form him from hi* tocimll* to the most deUctile tissue* of hi* brain.*—Popular Bci race Monthly. EVERY FUR SEAL HAS HAREM Mat# Sometimes Bather# Mors Than 100 Females on the Section of Ktach Which He Controls. Fur settle are extremely potygamun* ami the W male*. which weigh from 400 *ii 609 pound*. "haul up" first on the breeding beaches. Frb bull hold# a certain area, ami at Ibo female*, only one-fifth bit Ua\ cmne ashore they are appropriates by the nearest bulla tutu each "bdsrii mas ter” gather* a harem. ••yaAimm cun taming wore than 100 rfember*. *y* the National OtMgraphfc Magastr.e. Here the young ore born, and after (lie mating acawm, the seal* which have remained ashore witv.ui fund from 4 to 6 Week*, return oNgpl *• 'tor, Tti# mothers go and mm. and each is able to find her ywbni with . certainty among thousand* < \ ap SOMEBODY’S PAL j By ISABEL FROST. i It wu not that Three Arrows was naturally suspicious, but nature hn jplaced It so seclualvely, all by Itself on the shoulders of Kasha mountain that it regarded strangers la the light jßf Interlopers. Therefore, It kept out !eye on Evelyn May from the women she stepped from the river steamhoak Another thing that did not add to her Immediate popularity was her retl cence. 811 m Rogers died her up at long distance from hia point of vantage on the lean-to porch of Uafterty’a shack. In Three Arrows be was accounted not only local sheriff, hut also the final court of #(>! !• on the standing of strangers. Slim bad been rather idle of late, A pall of monotonous morality bad fallen over the land Im mediately under his lawful guardian ship. There had been no killings since Christmas, when Lone Duck, from Nome, had jubilantly picked off tyro •harmless salmon trimmer* from a tribe down river. The Golden Eagle had been doing a languid business, supported only by local patronage. It was this observation which an noyed Evelyn. She fell herself under suspicion snd did not hesitate to show (81m that she was aware of hfs official scrutiny. She had taken up quarters at the only abiding place for tran sients, Mrs, Rafferty's lodging bouse and cafe. Mrs. Rafferty bad ruled public opinion In There Arrows tor many moons. k "It's a long way for a girt of yonr age to he traveling alone." she mid one morning. • "I love to travel," said Evelyn, pies sanity. *ls It very far up Kas ha f She looked from the window at the great peak iHht seemed to lonrh the morning clouds. ■There's nothing to see when yon get up there." said Mrs. Rafferty. "You want to go up or down the river If you're looking for sight*.” Evelyn retreated Into her shell at once. From the comer of her eya she could see Slim's tall figure shadowing the doorway. “Hetter put me up a lunch. Motile." be id to Mrs. Rafferty, trying to Is nor* tha presence at the is We by tbs window. “We're going op Kaaka sgain today. Benson blew In last night, amt they think they've struck a new great." Mra. Rafferty bustled around, cans lag deep slice* of boiled ham as aha talked. ■ W..;i, I hope t. the Ir. MM <- _ i 4883 Td^WEj^GEMBU* Outdoor ofr <lr c ave | S Con rtSp'BortPlj^, V- y House I* Too vT’JI d Atrrmsphen Too Dry—Throe Important Actor* Are Ventilation, Temperature ami Moisture. "All things considered, an ontdooi cellar or cave to the beat place to store your vegetable* for winter,” says a writer In an exchange. "An ordinary house cellar la, a* a rale, too wans and the atmosphere too dry for moat vegetables. gweet potatoea and squash would keep well In such a place, bot that Is abouf all. A pit 1* There are three things to consider when storing vegetable* for winter use; they are the temperature, venti lation and the moisture. They are very Unporiant. Always keep them In mind. You will either succeed or fall: by the correct or improper manage-1 went of the** three things. The' germ* which are th cause of decay Ilk* a high temperature, and roost of them like a poorly ventilated place. “With thl* In mind, the logical thing I to do, It would seem, would be to keep | the pit or cave where you are storing your vegetables dry and as cool a*, possible. This, however, yon cannot • always do, as some vegetables 'must ' have moisture to preserve th*lr plump-1 ness and quality, while others roturt | have beat In order to keep well. For-; touately. It seem* the vegetables that | require the moisture can be stored at | a very low temperature, and those that most have heat can bo kept In a dry place. Beets, cabbage, carrots. | parsnips, potatoes, salsify and turnips j require more or leas noil store, but should b* kept at a temperature as * near frcoring as possible and yet not | frees*. Squash and sweet potatoes | like a warm, dry atmosphere. KeepJ the temperature as near CO or 00 djm grot** as possible. Onions rou 1 • booi ; rHI -I. .-i .-.-JB a dry place.” MARKET ALL SLACK?; ■ . It Doc* Not PsjLto Feed '■ < A i ||| : I LJCTTEB HKAk, I BlLL HKAOs/MKNTB I 7 HUHINBB8 CAHU I Eiyv *-UHVX*UBILXJ8 I / PBOOKAMk. mv,T AT cxbculabs / [UjeaAi blakkh iti-r / CITY PRICES $250 REWARD ... • -N Wanted for Murder." ‘ On September 4, 1917, ERNEST JOHNSON, colored, killed Captain Elmer C. Mcssick near Jones’ Wharf, St. Mary’s County, Md. m Johnson is described as being about 20 years old; height about 5 ft., 4 inches, brown skin. He was last seen in Baltimore City Scptem- | her ts. He is said to claim Norfolk, Vn., as bis home. i.j $250.00 will be. paid for his arrest * * and conviction. R,V order of the County Commis eioMers for St. Mary's County. ” ■** JOS. I. GOtTGH, Clerk. l5-tf. liillHlilf 6ih ST. and PENNA. AVE N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. j 3S£ ' THIS HOTKJ, is in the II iieart of the bunkicss section f of Washington; yhe most | ideal place in the &y uLi meet i- 1 ■ • ■ r n ■I • M.t M quarters.., fieierjr M ■ NTT;* IJEt V| ■ i i'■