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FAIR PLAY, STE. GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI. Half They Have to Abused. Pets Brother and Sister in Kansas City, Kan., Give Money and Time in Humane Work. DOGS, GATS AND PARROTS All Are Tenderly Cared For In the Little Bowered Cottage anj Put Out of Their MUery If Too Sick to Recover. Knnsns City, Mo. Wouid you be vllllng to give more tlinn half of your jnodest Income to make Ufa less rig orous for suffering or neglected ani mals! Such Is the sacrifice being made by Hiss Sarah and H. II. Jacobs of Knti ins City, Kan., across the river from here. And it is no mere passing ( lobby, they have been doing tills for he' last quarter century. Tho Jacobs tire nationally known for their un- Pelfish work. Living In a little cottage, surround ed by rose bushes, bird houses, flower beds and fruit trees, these two have ronsecratcd their lives to ameliorating the hardships visited upon man's often peglccted and abused companions. II. II. Jacobs nrovldcs the Income by working as a bookkeeper on the Missouri side, while Miss Sarah looks pfter the home and its numerous pets. And there are many dogs In the Jacobs home ten docs, two score (ats, and two parrots. The care of Ihese pets, however, represents only a hilnor part of the activities of the two workers. Both are officers In tho IVyandottc County Ilumune society pnd labor incessantly to benefit ani mal life through that source. With ell this the Jacobs arc not unmindful of the needs of unfortunate children, and even adults of their city, as they are active in the Associated Charities, Miss Sarah, who was found at home busy with her charges, said that her first instruction In humane work was when she was a little girl and her father taught her that It was Just as easy to step around an anthill as to crush It with her heel. Chloroform to Diseased. While thoroughly orthodox In their theology, the Jacobs believe firmly that most of the sin nnd suffering In tho world has followed man's habit of killing nnd abusing animals. There Is nothing mawkish about their views, however. Miss Sarah, , as president of the Humane society, has personally chloroformed hun dreds of diseased, deformed and home less animals. "It sometimes is expedient," sho said, "to remove them to avert fur ther suffering. When It Is neces sary to put nn animal to sleep, I al ways-utter a word of prayer, taking- full responsibility for the act." Most of the pets in the Jacobs home have been brought there by persons ...li"t".......M...ll.ll...... tl ,n,',- I Says Farmers Go Crazy I for Lack of Recreation !' Washington. One of tho reasons why you "can't keefl T 'em. down on tho farm" was ex ! plained here at tho seventy- seventh nnnunl convention of the American Institute of Ilorue opathy. More farmers go crazy every year In the United States than any other class of citizenship, Dr. J. M. Leo of Rochester, N. V., told the convention. Work, worry and lnck of recreation are tho causes. Professional men clergymen, physicians and lawyers are less likely to go crazy, Dr. Leo said. Ilowever, Dr. Lee warned, don't be too sure of yourself, for Insanity Is slowly but steadily i i m mil cubing. T From San Francisco to Venezuela From continent to continent by airplane on a business trip wns the pur pose with which James Otis and two others soared from the Marina flying field, San Francisco, and headed out for Venezuelu. Five thousand miles lie between the three Intrepid men nnd their destination. Otis Is making a trip to his plan tatlon near Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. William Morris is tho pilot and ,a P, West the mechanician. - who have found them suffering In the streets or were too poor to look after them. Many carry a story of human Interest, with sometimes n tragedy. Thcro Is Cinderella, who has been brutnlly wounded. Tho Jacobs decided to chloroform the animal to relieve Its intense suffering. Finally It struggled over to the open fireplace and curled up In tho warm ashes. Soon It showed signs of rallying and they concluded It should live. It did recover. The Inci dent reminded them of the fairy story of tho little girl sitting In the nshes and who later was ablo to wear the glass slipper, and the spotted hound became Cinderella. Miss Jacobs told of a cat that saved their lives. A leaky gas Jet had filled the house with fumes while they slept. rhe cat mewed in vain nnd finally leaped upon the bed and scratched Miss Jacobs to a waking position nnd a realization of their danger. Cat's Interesting Career. Yarrow, a cat with an interesting career, was named after Mary Crnlge Yarrow, n noted humane worker of Philadelphia. This cat once was a companion to a little boy. Tho boy died and on the night of his funeral the animal was carried away and locked In a freight car bound for Ar kansas. A fortnight later the cat re turned home nearly starved. The boy's mother took It to the Jacobs home. Some of tho animals of other days, especial favorites who had enrned some mark of distinction, are burled In ,the flower garden. There are nn markers, save a stone border around the grave of Ilermano (Mexican for brother), long In the family. Ilermnno had saved Miss Jacobs' life In Texas Stupid Yankees , Lose in Baltic ay- Unbelievable Ignorance Is Costing Them the Trade of the New States Over There. FAIL TO GET BIG ORDERS British, German and Dutch Firms Are Getting Millions of Dollars Because They are Better Informed Than the American Business Men. Itlga, Latvia. Millions of dollars in ready casli are going to English, Ger mnn and Dutch firms from the Baltic states because of the almost unbe lievable unfumlllarlty of even the largest American firms with foreign trading conditions, nnd even geog raphy, say Americans here. Dozens of big orders for which cash wua Tictually In tho banks In New York have, been lost to America be cause of what American representa tives In Baltic states term absolute stupidity. "It Is said," said one of these Amer icans In Itlga, who has had to place many orders in Germany and In Eng land, when America could have had them, "that the heads of American linns realize what the subordinates In chorge of their forelgu trading de partments are doing to them. "Most of them, brought up on so called American efficiency systems thnt may work well at home but are absolutely hopeless ubroad, try to do business In Europe according 10 'form 22' or 'form 24' or whatever form they would apply to similar deals In Am erica. "To Illustrate, not long ago I had an urgent cash order for 40,000 suits of underclothing for a Baltic state. I telegraphed to a big American firm. 'What your price 40,000 suits heavy underwear cash against documents New York?' "Two or three days later, when some Dog Howled by His Dead , ; Master's Side 2 Months J J New York. Almost nightly t J for two months a dog has been J howling nnd whining for Ids master, who lny dead In n small t furnished room nnd no one went ' ' near to una out wnui was me . ...... . . .... l trouble. Tho man who had died- there t and been forgotten was John J. ' t Moore, pardoned criminal. When t repair men, In going to fix n J t leaky pipe, found It ncccssnry J to get Into the room nnd break ' down the door they enmo upon J Moore lying on the bed wrapped t In blankets. The dog had gone. f The animal howled long tho t night before nnd It may hnve J been that he had decided at last no one would come to his mas- J t ter's aid and there was nothing ' J more to be done. t - 4 when n big rattler was about to strlko her. The dog pounced upon the snake and received the poisonous bite. He became blind, but lived many years. Asked about the cost of pursuing their humane work, Miss Jncobs said It amounted to ?000 or $700 a year. She Insisted, however, that this did not constitute a sacrifice, that they de. rived pleasure from It and preferred to spend their money In this way, even If It forced them to give up ninny comforts. Girl Must Return His Ring. Asbury Park, N. J. When a couple In New Jersey agree to break an en gagement the man Is entitled to the ring he gave. Thnt dellcnte point wns settled by Judge Lawrence of the Court of Com mon Plons, In the case of a Trenton ninn who resorted to the law to get back the circlet he had given a girl, who then married another man. bright young credit man had tried to digest this telegram, I received a cable saying: 'Wire your credit rutins and references.' "Now, I suppose his 'form 22' re quired him to do thnt, but I wired back, 'My credit references are cash in. New York bnnk. What are your prices?' "Some dnys later I received a tele gram saying: 'Price dollar twenty,' oi something like that. "More valuable time wa lost in an exchange of cablegrams asking what they meant, per garment or per suit. The result was that I wired an English firm. My answer from It was complete, Just what I wanted. The telegram gave the price per suit, weight of shipment, probable date of delivery nnd every thing that I wanted to know. The English firm got the order nnd took the ensh In the New York bank. "When I write American firms for cntnlogs, I get catalogs without prices. I suppose they think It Is undignified to print them. Then I write for price lists and get price lists without cata logs. Print Complete Catalogs. "German or British firms print com plete cntnlogs, giving just what one wants to know. They save valuable weeks of mall correspondence nnd get the orders." Another American In trnde In Illga showed the correspondent n cablegram from one of the biggest oil companies In Aniericn, In reply to his telegram which said: "Quote mo price refined coal oil delivered Itlga." The answer rend : "Crude oil has gone up 20 cents u barrel." "Now," said this American denier, "I didn't want to know about crude all nnd I haven't time to figure out what effect a rise In Its price would have on coal oil that was badly wanted by my buyer. "In mnny of such ridiculous enses I have telegraphed directly to tho heads of firms in America explaining tho situation. But I haven't the time to write nil of them. So the Germans and English get the orders." Incidentally, perhaps half of the leN ters sent by American firms to the Baltic states bear only 2-cent postage stamps, cnuslng Indignant prospective buyers to dig down In their pockets to pay postage due In rubles or marks or whatever the unit hnppens to be. Some of them hear fantastic ad dresses, such as "Riga, Russia, via the Pacific." One letter In reply to request to ship for cash n big consignment of goods from New York to Riga said tho firm was sorry, "but had no shipping facilities on the Pacific." -' Bone From Leg Grafted Into Backbone of Boy Anaconda, Mont. With n piece of bone six Inches long tak en from his left leg and grafted Into a hone of his back, Eugene McIIugh, nged 5 years, returned from St. James' hospital, Butte, to his homo In Anaconda. Tho hoy suffered injuries which de veloped complications nnd de manded tho operation, which was performed by Dr. 1". F. 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The plan worked fine nnd now the feline animals get the air every day at the ends of tether ropes. The cnt owner found that every time he opened the cellar door the pots made a brenk for the open, fre quently staying nwny for days and returning with blackened eyes nnd scratched hides. He thought of the tether plan, but the first trlnl was not a success, as the cats slipped the nooses from their necks. He then evolved n semi-hobble plnn and tied the heavy string to one of "le cat's hind legs, attaching tho other end of the string to a stake driven In the back yard. This system proved effective and now every day three of the cats take their exercise around their tether stnkes. Chicago Journal. Dried Vegetables. The government burenu of chemis try is trying to popularize the "dehy drated" vegetables which are begin ning to be sold for soup mixtures. It Is thought that these mixtures of vege tables, which are absolutely water free, might be used to great advantage by housewives. They are quite as good for soups ns fresh mnterlal and far cheaper. One hotel to which sample packages were sent for trial reported that line pound of the stuff made 125 "portions.-' The only Important ob stacle to tho introduction of these con centrated soup vegetables seems to He In tho difficulty of overcoming old prejudices. Philadelphia Ledger. Every .man wants a fair deal, of coutmj; but there may be more men than there' are trumps. Jl Gift from Natures Storehouse The delicious, crisp granules of the wheat and "barley food. GrapeNuts contain all the natural up -building values of the grains, including mineral salts so essential to health. A food ecjually well suited to the requirements of young and old "There's a Reason' for GrapeHuts Sold by grocers everywhere Children Special Care of Baby. That Baby should have a bed of its own all are agreed. Tet It la more reasonable for an infant to sleep with grown-ups than to use a man's medicine in an attempt to regulate the delicate organism of that same infant. Either practice is to be shunned. Reither would be tolerated by specialists in children's diseases. Your Physician will tell you that Baby's medicine must be prepared with even greater care than Baby's food. A Baby's stomach when in good health is too often disarranged by improper foodP Could you for a moment, then, think of giving to your ailing child anything but a medicine especially prepared for Infants and Children ? Don't be deceived. Make a mental note of this: It is important, Mothers, that you should remember that to function well, the digestive organs of your Baby must receive special care. No Baby is so abnormal that the desired results may be had from the uso of medicines primarily prepared for grown-ups. M0THER3 SHOULD RCAD THE BOOKLET THAT 18 AROUND EVERY BOTTLE Of FLETCHER'S CASTORIA GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the S9 THK CKNTAUH COMPANY. NSW YORK CITY. get3 run down and weak easy prey for disease. To be safe, keep tho circulation wholesome. For this S.S.S., tho famous vege table blood remedy your druggist keeps, is excell ent. Start enriching your blood with S.S.S. to day, and write about your condition to Chief Medi cal Advisor, 838 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. I NOT A PROPER COMPARISON Ten-Year-Old Quickly Seized on Weak Point In Argument Put Forth by His Daddy. Writers have long vied In their ef forts to describe properly the tooth someness, as well as the downright stupidity, of the ordlnnry domestic hen. Lawrence, nge ten, for n number of years has been able to provide the most ample concrete evidence of his due appreciation of the former, but It wns only recently that the latter was brought forcibly homo to him. After vainly trying for somo time to drive an obstreperous hen from the garden, he called to his father. "I can't get this old hen out I" Ills fnther remarked that If Gen eral Pershing had given up thnt eas ily ho never would have driven the Lawrence promptly replied: "That was different. The Germans knew what General Pershing was trying to do!" Invented Telephone Switchboard, Ills death In Boston, nt 'he age of eighty-two, rescued from comparative obscurity the name of Dr. Thomas Benjamin Doollttle, who originated the telephone switchboard nnd wns among tho earliest telephone engin eers. Doctor Doollttle possessed a medal from the Franklin Institute of Phila delphia for hnvlng originated the proc ess of producing hand-drawn copper wire, and ho Is credited with hnvlng originated the llr.st oar fare register ing device. The Teeth of the Matter. "Pulling Teeth Ilestores t-anlty." If your eyes hurt or your ears ache, or your feet lie down on you, consult tho nearest dentist. Wo should not be surprised to leani thnt defective teeth were responsible for tho wreck of tho Hesperus, tho passing of the dinosaurs, nnd the crime of 73. New York livening Post. Cry For Signature of Left Him Thinking. In a barber's shop In Landport a man was having his hair cut while a friend wnltcd. The Friend You're losing your wool, lad. Tho Victim Yes, I am getting a btt thin on top. Tho Friend Well, they sny woel won't grow on wood. The Victim That's so; nnd they also say that wheat won't grow In a busy street. Whereat the friend wns reduced to silence and was seen to be thinking hard; London Tld-Blts. Stomach on Strike 20 Years Eatonic Settled HI "Eatonic Is wonderful," says C. W. Burton. "I hnd been a sufferer from stomach trouble for 20 years and now I am well." Eatonic gets right after the cause of stomach troubles by taking up and carrying out the acidity and gases and of course, when the causo Is removed, the sufferer gets well. If you have sourness, belching, indigestion, food repenting or any other stomach trouble, take Eatonic tablets after each meal and find relief.. Big box costs only a trifle with your druggist's guarantee. Women Made Young Bright eyes, a clear skin and a body full of youth and health may be yours if you will keep your system in order by regularly taking COLD MEDAL The world's standard remedy for Iddney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, the enemies of life and looks. In use sine 1696. All druggists, three sizes. Look for the name CoH Medal (on every bo enJ Accept no imitation Western Canada Land of Prosperity offers to home seekers opportunities that can not be secured elsewhere. The thousands of farmers from the United States who have accepted Canada's generous offer to settle on FREE homesteads or buy farm land in her provinces have been well repaid by bountiful crops. There is still available on easy terms Fertile Land at $15 to $30 an Acre land similar to that which through many years has yielded from 20 to 45 bushel of wheat to the acre oats, barley and flax also in crcat abundance, while raising horses, cattle, sheep and hoan is equally profitable. Hundreds of farmers in Western Canada have raised crops In a single season worth more than the whole cost of their land. With auch success comes prosperity, inde pendence, cood homes and nil the comforts and conveniences which make life worth living. Farm Gardens, Poultry, Dairying are sources of income, second only to crain Climate, pood neighbor. rhurrh n4AWf schools, good markets, railroad facilities.' rural telenhone. etc. For certificate entitling you to re duced railway rates, illustrated litera- juic. mat, ucscnpiion oi iarm oppor. tunitles In Manitoba, Saskatchewan. F. H. Hewitt, 8012 Main SL, Kintu City. Missouri; C; 1. Brouohton, Room 412, 112 W. Adams Street. Chicago, Illinois 4 ClMlMUM, D.MI.1M FRECKLES g UtllUllT HIMOVIDbr Itr. BeUTT't tekle Olatmaot Your 4rut,t r kf tail 1A Iim kuh n. r u c art MicMsM Avw, chcfi W. N. U., ST. LOUIS. NO 39-1921.