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# THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1920.
MADE DEATH TRAP
Fatal Pathway Through Cave
to Deep Pit. j
Visitor on Sightseeing Expedition |
Within a Moment of a Miserable
End In Pool From Which
There W No Escape.
Astride the boundary separating
two states of the middle West, a Com
panion contributor writes, there lies
one of those barren regions where nu- 1
turc seems to have forgotten her un- i
completed task. On one side of the
line are sand hills; on the other, dry
mud cut by deep cracks and ravines.
A little more than a quarter of a ,
century ago, he continues, business I
called me to a homesteader's claim on |
mi oasis In the sand-hill tract, and
after a long drive from the distant ]
railway station I arrived Just at dusk j
on Saturday evening, to stay until
the following Monday.
Sunday morning I rose before the
' family and went out to view the land
scape. After examining a number of
|ieirilled tree stumps and logs, which |
time and climatic Inlluence had chung- j
ed Into black-and-white onyx, 1 was
about to return when 1 chanced to spy
a jiecullar opening In the earth some
distance away. Desiring to explore,
1 soon found myself walking down the
smooth, water-worn floor of a canyon
itmt us so narrow that my elbows
grazed the sides.
1 was soon a hundred feet or more
below the surface of the mesa, yet
the chasm showed no Indication of
widening. I walked on, casting my
eyes upward occasionally to where a
scrub Juniper hid for a moment the
narrow slit of blue far above, and
thus I noticed that the opening termi
nated shortly. Dropping my gaze. I
•discmcred on the left the abrupt turn
Hint 1 had expected, and. again look
ing skyward, 1 became Interested In
ihe antics of a colony of hank swal
lows. The footing was so good that
1 walked steadily forward, my eyes
fastened on the swallows.
Suddenly becoming aware that the
light about me, which heretofore had
come only through the silt far above,
was Increasing. I slopped abruptly,
with my body already thrown for
ward and my right foot raised for the
next step.
Just ahead the canon did Indeed ter
minate. Also, the floor ended a few
Inches In front of my left foot. Only
hy instantly pressing my both fore
arms with all my strength against the
sides of the chasm did I overcome the
momentum that In another moment
would have precipitated me Into a
semi-circular cistern of ooze twenty
feet below and at least sixty feet wide.
Its sides were scooped out of the river
cliff in the form of an arch, through
which came the light that had ar
rested my attention In the nick of
time.
My host told me at breakfast that
many young cattle, colts and other
farm stuff had disappeared there
abouts and were supposed to have
been lost In the place, which was of
unknown depth, and was called local
ly, "The .Ing.”—Youth’s Companion.
Earnest Work Brings Success.
No class of men have a monopoly of
opportunity. History Is filled with rec
ords of the poor man’s progress. As the
race Is not always to the swift, so Is
success not always to the naturally
talented. It’s the man who trains the
talents he has who rises above his fel
lows, How often have we seen the man
whom the neighbors all looked upon us
n genius flash into a temporary prom
lie m e soon to give place to the ordi
nary but tireless worker who substi
tuted ceaseless effort and constant
pains for special gifts. The fact Is
men of exceptional talents often lean
upon them and cease to make rent ef
forts to Improve. You will And them In
middle life where they were In youth.
Often they are disappointed and
grouchy creatures criticizing the ef
forts of others who attempt on meager
talents to do what they ought to have
done. They have made no progress In
developing their own personality.
Joy In Winning Success.
The training of personality Is often
a nia I ter of compulsion. Men shun
loads and dodge responsibilities when
ever they can. They covet ease and
wealih and try taking the shortest
road to it. That may land them there
and It may not. Usually men have to
rise through struggle. That has a
way of making men turn to themselves
for what they get. Others are busy
with the same Job and they can’t give
help to anyone. As mfn learn to do
they develop power to do and event
ually the love of doing takes posses
sion of them. It’s not Just a matter
of (retry, but It’s according to fact.
There's no Joy like that of conscious
success and It grows with what Is
done.
Quite So.
A friend who Is not In need is *
friend Indeed.—Answers. London.
HOUSEWORK FOR
| COLORED GIRLS
Learn Domestic Science in Unique
School. k
1 HELPS BH SERVANT PROBLEM
Training Girls to Supply Nationwide
Demand for Domestic Service— j
| Length of Time Spent in Schools Is
Measured by Pupll'e Foundation
When JJhe Entero—Many Go Out to |
Teach Other Girls.
I The rapidly vanishing domestic serv- ‘
ant Is being slightly retarded In her
! race toward extinction by a unique
{ school In Washington. It Is a national
• training school for women anil girls,
where many colored girls are being
taught how to cook and keep house.
I The school Is a scattered grout) of
I white farm buildings, surrounded hy .
i lawns and gardens and set on top of
1 a steep hill. The principal. Nannie
Burroughs, met us and offered to
j show us the “plant.”’
"Is It true that you are training 1
girls to supply the nationwide demand
] for domestic service?” shp was asked
j Nannie Burroughs smiled. "Well,
i we have 120 girls here, and good many
i of them are studying domestic sci
ence. Few will go Into private homes,
but most of the students w)io gradu
-1 ate here In domestic science go ou> ■
to teach other girls all over the conn
1 try, and this summer we are going to
1 raise $125,000, so that we can teach
250 girls Instead of 120."
This Is the story as Nannie Bui* 1
roughs told It. of a remarkable school
I the only one of Its kind In the world
Science of Needle and Thread. j
! Ten years ago she happened lo slop
- in a little red school house In Missis
| slppl. A dozen colored girls of four
: teen years weer struggling with exam
ples of longitude and time. One girl,
with not a button on her dress, safety
pins and beauty pins clutching at the ,
gaps, shoes half laced, was at the
blackboard. She glibly explained 1
I that New York was at 74 degreiM* ;
j longitude, and when It was 9 o’clock i
In New York It was 0 o’plock som<v -
where else. She sat down victorious
mid breathless, and the teacher asked \
the visitor to talk to the class.
"I am going to speak to one bright |
little girl," began Miss Burroughs
diplomatically. “I want her to go
home and find the longitude of a i
needle, and ihe latitude of some thread
and work out a problem with some i
buttons on the back of tier dress and
bring In the answer tomorrow."
The others giggled, fingered their
untidy apparel and promised. The vis.
for went on to tell them education
should fit them for life, and that
neatness and knowledge of domestic
problems were as necessary to their
future welfare as ability to battle with
higher mathematics.
“That* day," she tells you. "1 saw
plainly that the people of this race 1
were not getting anywhere the right
training In practical things, and I de
eded to open my own Institution.”
Nannie Burroughs had no lunnev.
hut she found an old farm for sn’e i
cheap, on the edge of Ihe District of
Columbia, and she went oat to r.*k her
people for funds. Nickels, dim* s, per- [
nles. she accepted any sum grateful
ly. In two months ■=!,< had Sl.Ota*, j
which paid the necessary cash deposit,
and In eighteen months she owned the
place.
Modest Start, Tacked on
"We have been growing and ‘tack
ing on’ ever since," she explains. “At
first we had just the one farmhouse.
We (aught music, cooking and hair- |
dressing In one room, and drew chalk i
lines on the floor to show where the ,
kitchen ended and the dining ooin be- !
gan.
“But the glrlr of those plotter days j
were the strongest we ever turned j
out. They learned to do with almost 1
nothing, and every one of tnem has
gone our to help the colored people 1
of her community." From that old
farmhouse the national training school i
for women and girls has grown until
now it has ten teachers and pupils |
from 20 states and even from Haiti |
and Africa.
They call It the school of the three
B’s—Bible, bath and broom. Music, i
millinery, typewriting. manicuring, .
English, algebra and other subjects are
taught. They are the things the
pupils ostensibly come to learn, but
the school sometimes disagrees on this
subject. One girl enrolled with the
announcement that she would take j
music this year, and next year, if '
there was time, she’d try cooking.
"No," sold the principal, firmly, “you '
will take scrubbing and neatness and j
dishwashing, and your regular studies j
this year, and next year. If you have J
any time, you can add some ac- i
compllshments."
The length of time spent In the Bur- |
roughs school Is measured by the I
pupil's foundation when she enters,
the work she wants to prepare for ami |
the state of her finances. Each pupil |
pays $13.50 a month for tuition and j
hoard.
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Bellhop Murdered Over Tips.
George Nelson and Louis Bertram, j
twenty-year-old “bellhops" of Guth
rie, Okla., quarreled over a division |
of tips. During Ihe melee. Nelson fired |
three shots at Bertram, the second |
passing through the heart causing In- j
ptant death.
Oath No Light Matter In Slam.
The following Siamese oath report
ed by “The Office Dog," Indicates that
In Slam perjury Is no light matter:
"May the blood drop from my body;
may my head break In two; may the
crocodiles devour me; may I be com
pelled to carry water In wicker bas
kets to quench the flames of hell; may
I suffer the most horrible tortures un
til ray years are ns many as the grains
of earn! by the sen, If I violate this
Imy solemn oath." —World Outlook.
NO SEWING MACHINE FOR HER
(
Farm machinery of Improved de
sign was never so easy to operate
as today. The young woman In
the picture would rather run her
father’s tractor than a sewing ma
chine, so easily can It be oper
ated. The farm tractor is getting
tp be one of the most popular
M OBJ EC^
Draft horses are in such demand
on the farms of the United Stales
i that prices for them have risen
tremendously in the last few
years. To encourage the prac
PUMPKINSIIKE THIS ARE RARE
a
She's sitting on the product of
an entire summer's toll. A good
cook could get enough out of this
1 mammoth pumpkin to make a
i doceu pies. It la work of this
and efficient forma of motive
power tor the farm. It Is being
used for plowing, threshing and
scores of other purposes every
v> here. Farm machinery of all
kinds Is to be shown at the big
Timonlum Fair. Baltimore County,
A .ge 31 to Sept. 4, Inclusive.
tice some liberal premiums for
horses are to be awarded to
successful exhibitors by the big
Tinumiuin Fair, Baltimore County,
Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, inclusive.
kind which Improves farming. The
smiling owner Is planning to ex
hibit the pumpkin for a pirlsse at the
Timonium Pair, Baltimore County,
Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, scluaive.
Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
This medicine always wins the good
opinion if not the praise of those who
use it. Try it when you have need of
such a remedy. adv
3,374 Strikes In. 1919.
St-tikea and lockouts in the United
States during 1919 totaled 3,375 and
affected more than 4,000,000 work
ers, according to a review issued by
the department of labor.
Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved.
“About two years ago when suffering
from a severe attack bf summer com
plaint, 1 took Chamberlain’s Colic and
Diarrhoea Remedy and it relieved me al
most instantly,” writes Mra. Henry Je
wett, Clark Mills, N Y- This is an'ex
cellent rem- dy for colic and diarrhoea
and should be kept at hand by every
family, adv
The Organ of Sound,
The rea hearing apparatus of all
creatures Is Inside the skull, the part
which we call “the ear" being merely
an enlarged fold of skin which help*
us m collect sounds. Birds and frogs
have no outside ear. The hearing hole
in birds, lizards and frogs Is Just a
littfe behind each eye and" not far
from the corners of the mouth or
beak. The frog has a middle ear, be
sides, so that sounds can be conducted
to a special nerve, which Is Us real
oi gan of hearing.
Gave Him the Snub.
I was sore at a certain hoy at school
and when I walked by hint In the hall
always put my head high. One day
when I was going home at noon I met
him In the hall with a hlg hunch of
boys. I gave him the snub and put
my head up high. I didn't see the
steps. I fell all the way down, and to
nty mortification this hoy came and
picked me up.—Exchange.
Big Supply of Yellow Pine.
In the southern slates Ihprp Is a
yellow f(lpe area of about 124,000,000
acres, fully stocked and carefully
forested this will produce about 70
cubic feet an acre u year, or more
than “7,500,000,000 board feet a year.
ec rpNTC round trip
Jll bill I 0 Including War Tax
Reformed Church Reunion,
THURSDAY, JULY 15, AT
PEN-MAR PARK
The Mountain Plenrure Resort.
Train leaves Thormint 10.27 a. m.
4ee Flyers. Consult Ticket^Agent.
WVatorn Mainland Railway.
July 8 It
Children Cry
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Hands rough and red—skin irri
tated after washing—sure signs
that your laundry soap contains
too much free alkali.
Free alkali dries out and cracks
your skin and what hurts tr
hands will also hurt the ciotnes
that you are washing.
Your hands know that there
is nothing to hurt them hi
Kirkman’s Borax Soap.
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J FRICK TRACTORS
THE TRACTOR OF NO REGRETS.
LONG Periods of Service only prove to a "FRICK” owner the
wisdom of his choice.
We know of not a single case where a man that has used a "Frick
Tractor” has changed to another make.
ASK ANY MAN WHO OWNS ONE.
___________
1 Cut your wheat, Thresh your wheal, Plow and order your lamHor
wheat, with a "Frick Tractor.”
EDWARD S. WARFIELD,
I ELUCOTT CITY. MARYLAND.
may 27tf
I ■- <-1 wieuw- mw—sj— mmm
j FOR SALE.
My property containing about IS acres
.of land in first class condhion. improved
with good substantial buildings situated ]
j near Thurmonf, Is for sale ,
If I do not sell the House and
garden and buildings can be rented. i
I Apply to j,
' HARRY STAMBAUGH.
feby 19 if Thurmon', Md. '
King Lice Killer. !
Bring your bottles, get K I. K. and
have your chic.s fr-e from Lice and
mites. 25 cents per pint.
i j. ktrchnkh,
apr 29 6m* Thurmont, Ed. i
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D june 17 5
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
1 by local applications, a* they cannot reach |
the diseased portion of the car. There is i
only one way to cure catarrhol dt>aim ss.
and that is by a constitutional remedy. |
Catarrhal Deafnecs is caused by an In- i
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
Inilarmd you have a rumbling sound or Im
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unless-the
• Inflammation cun be reduced and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
• will be destroyed forever. Many cases of \
deafness are caused by catarrh, which Is
an Inflamed condition of the rpupouji sur
faces. Hail’s Catarrh &fed.lc}uts acts thru
the blood on the u. faces of the
tystem.
yy* will give One Hundred Dollars for
tay case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
a cured by Hall s Catarrh Medicine. Clr
•Ulara free. All Druggists. 75c.
F- J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo, a
Farm For Sale.
Perm containing 45 Acres, more or
less, improved with a 2-story bouse and
or her buildings Seven acres growing
Wheat Hurt four acres of growing Rye,
timothy si ed sown last fall Also 4 tons
lof hy. Plenty of water Price right.
Apply to
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Tickets Now On Snle.
Take a day off and visit Frederick
Braddock Heights, Hagerstown, Pen Mar
a d Waynesbo o. The finest trip lobe
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Consult ticket agent.
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jjune 17 3t
DR. FAHRNEY
DIAGNOSTICIAN
What is your weakness? Any
kind of Chronic Disease or De
formity. I study these special
| cases and can tell what the
trouble is. It is my aim to diag
-1 nose difficult cases and tell you
what to do. and how to do it.
Send me your name and address,
and I shall do.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
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