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1 One day, while the whaleshlp Nai whal was tied to an Ice oe In Bering sea, and the lookouts were at the mastt bead scanning the open water souths ward for the appearance of -whales, 4 party of the forecastlemen made sj football of rags and corn, and wenj brer the bow to kick the misshapen thing around on a smooth stretch Ice a short distance from the TesseL The fun was, at Its height and the tnen were lust srettlnz the kinks ont ol their legs when the harpooner In the nesi caxiea soruyaown to tne deck that a polar bear had scented thei men on the Ice and was excitedly malt mg ms way toward them. 'No warning' was giTen to the football players. BeJ fore long the. bear 'appeared close to the edge of the floe, and he seemed to, be In a great hurry. He shambled rap-.

Idly along In and jout among the hum-. mocks, and every few feet he would pull himself erect to sniff the air and crane his head Closer and closer he came, and It was -plain that he grew more and more excited. The men on board the ship got but their rifles, to make sure that the bear did no harm to the men on the The gaunt ice bear came to the last hummock that separated him from the field of play. One of the men was in the; jact of "kicking the stuffing" out, of the ball when' the, bear. 'suddenly emerged into clear The ball fell to the ice, the man's leg came hurried'; ly down on the Ice, and the man Mnvj -self- broke for the ship like a deer.

There was a succession of frightened shouts, and the ice became alive with, running men. Never, was there quicker change of "lien stumbled and fell and yelled and fought for a grasp of the rope ladder. The men on deck were so convulsed with' laughter that made no; ef-'fort to shoot the bear. after the first whoop the hear became so thor-oughly alarmed at the consternation he had caused that he turned tall and fled In a clumsy, gallop down the Ice SCHEMES TO KEEP UMBRELLA Many There But No One Has Yet Devised Anything That May I Be Called Perfect. Erery time it rains, according to one observer of city life, the growing popularity raincoats Is demon- strated by the increasing' number of them to be seen.

the umbrella holds its own, and the manu- facturers and ellers of the -laUer hare an unfailing market because of the recognized propensity of the umbrella for getting lost? y-- "I used to lose two or three umhrel-lai a season," said the observer above quoted, "until I hit upon the device of carrying one with a crook in the handle just the size for fitting over the arm so that by hanging It there I can use both hands without putting the umbrella down and going off and forgetting It," Another scheme of the same sort" is to an nm- brella or a cane all the time, so that you get tsed to having something In your ban Then when you feel that your "are, empty yon will remember your umbrella and go back and get It, of course, that you go back in time, before some one else has -seen It first, as Is apt to. be the case in rainy weather. Antidote for Loneliness. There Is an "old lady living out on "Washington- Heights who has studied out the psychology of. company, and can cheer herself up at a moment's notice on.

dull days when she. is all "alonev "My son, for whom I keep house, Is away on the road most of the time, she explained, "and I am left to myself. On dark and stormy days, when cannot get out, I hang the big looking glass on the kitchen wall then I put the tea-kettle full of water on the stove place my sewing chair where- I can see my own reflection in the mirror. The kettle' sings, the team moves, the lady In the mirror sews, and by-and by we have a cup of tea. together.

The illusion vis perfect. It's a party." Minneapolis Ledger. t- v. v- Read Character by the Tongue. Before the war broke out Paris was Interested tin the, new of glossomancyr which consists in reading people's characters iy the shape and sise of the tongue.

Thus, accord-, lng to" glossoman cists, a long tongue shows frankness; a short one, dissimulation; a broad a narrow one, "concentration a long and broad Inclination to gossip; a long and narrow one, frankness. Those Who possess short and broad tongues are untruthful; 'those whose tongues are short and narrow are sly as well as bad out your tpnguel V'V-Placing Rat There are some important points about placing- rat traps. They should be placed wherever rats have been accustomed to coming for food sup- plies. should be more or less concealed by scattering dust, flour or corn meal on or about them. Conceal the rage traps by pieces of sacking atraw or rubbish leaving only; the opening free.

But 'above all, success-' ful trapping can be expected where all food supplies are absolutely cut off other than the bait In the To the rat the question of food supply is a matter of availability, not of pref- erence. i i i i. yf y-y I WISE'S REltR SHOP TIRE VULCANIZING Top Work'-and Atito Repairing y-, Have your Top and Side Curtains looked and make motorina mdre' comfortable." 'Estimates on work cheerfully glveriJ Waynev Street, South of Masonlo Halt -Waterloo, Ind. 1' 3. 4 5 4, fxAlean Anything- ir-k 3 .1 LUCKY MAM DID WORrYINq Mr.

Flnkelsteln, Who Drew the Black Had Been Spared That In the' hearing of many mutual ao cnairtances had grossly Insulted his old friend The affair had got Into the Alt change In Berlin knew parties as men of honor. A challenge was inevitable. The seconds met to make arrangements. Neither of the principals was apt with arms, either swords or pistols. To spare them, therefore as far' as possible the sight of deadly weapons, recourse was had to the plan bf; drawing lots, Right 'win prevail.

Ftnkelstein, the offender, drew the black balL -The stipulation was that he must, make an end of his valuable existence 'within-' three on the fourth day who should appear at the stock exchange at his usual hour? Everybody guesses it, of course. Flnkelsteln! Flnkelsteln it Ills old friend Kobelin received hhn with open arms, heaven," he cried, "that you are still allvew You've no idea what a frightful state anxiety rve endured all these three days Xor fear you had shot yourself.1 "I was mercifully spared that anxiety." .7. I -1 HADNT WALKED ALL THE WAY Farm Hand Was Something of Pe-destrlan, but Much More of -Stickler for Truth. H. BUI Flint7 was a.

mute, inglorious Edward Payson Weston, with, a dash' bf the Wandering Jew, and like George Washington, his veracity batting aver-' age was 1.000. He was a Massachusetts farm hand, about once la every two or, threeyears the wander-Just would hit. him he would pack up his' old knapsack, and disappear down the dusty road, tor three, six or sometimes twelve months. HIS last disappearance had spanned 11 months to a day. It was September when he returned, picked up a cutter, and began io 'reap the corni "Whar you bin.

"Bill asked the farmer, who always took hint hack. Bin to aid BilL "Walk all the way?" i "No." said BUI, -I. can't hdnestly say's I did: Ton see, bout ten mile south o' Charleston a feller came along In a wagln an offered me a lift Couldn't, seem to see why I should walk ef I dldnt have to, an' was pret ty insistent, like them Southerners when they set out to be hospitable. 0 I had to climb in an' I. rode with film quite a pell maybe two mile." Everybody's Magazine.

-i ivi: Manufacture ef 8alt. salt works at: Canickfergus in Ireland, making white salt from rock salt in a new way. Rock, salt from the mine Is now fed Into a gas-fired furnace, where it melts, and runs by gravity into successive chambers. In two of the chambers are three-inch pipes, pierced with many tiny holes, through which powerful Jets of compressed air are forced, in' order" to agitate the molten salt, and thus to make the slag and other sink to the It then through settling chamber, then to a reservoir, and finally Into routing pans, lri which the salt, now rapidly cooling, encounters rakes that agitate It in such a way as to crystallise It in various grades and sizes, ready for the market. The three furnaces at Carrickfergus produce- 70 tons of, refined salt In' 24 The process is continuous; the salt is deposited In a finished state 'half an hour after it leave the mirie.

Youth's Companlbn. -f Flattering' Otter to 8Inger. "On one occasion 'while crossing the ocean' David Bispham, In addition to his contribution to the usual concert program given for the benefit of the Bailors' Widows and Children fund, of fered to auction a program which had been autographed by all. the 'distinguished people on He actually, secured 800 for the program, which waa added to the receipts from tickets. After it was over a gentleman approached Bispham and said, with all due admiration enthusiasm: Tm a New York auctioneer, and.

I want to tell you that was great work you did tonight, -y Here Is my card and whenever you want to give up singing you just come down to merandV i HI give you 110.000 a year to sell our' stuff. y- Demand for The demand for more ships heard in. England' as far back as thai 'sixteenth century. In 157711 years before the Armada Dr. John Uee puhJ Mshed Ms oronoBais tor the establlahV.

ment of a "petty navy royaL -r. It waajj of fall or more," but In no case that': henceforth, France. Denmarku Scotland, Spain norr any other eounJ try can have such liberty for or (heir mutual conspiracies or aids; any way transporting, to annoy thej blessed state of, our tranollllty, as! either they, have in times past had! or else may have, -whensoever theyj will forget of contemn the obseryingj of their sworn or pretended amity." London. vl-I-i- I 1 y'i. usi iIJtsiM i I PAGE EIGHT WATERLOO TTTTmSTJAY; 192JT Hi' FUT EriU TXr FOOTS AtC GAITS 's Polar Bear May Only Have Intended to, Mi CAM T-Ltf Af witness Contest, but Players i isv: "-T But Took No Chances.

Oar i0 m5 HdOs or HAKesF6Rg LITTLE MOTHERS BUT--; One Carried Mere Doll, While Other Undeniably Had the Real Thing. the "It was lust an accident at a railroad, station. Have yon ever noticed what a lot of queer' things one will see while killing time Jn a waiting room with nothing to- do but watch what-the other fellows are about? 'P-y They 'came In at the door of the waiting room. A girl, perhaps thirteen years old, her mother and a small child of three, Just, big enough to "go it" It was apparent from the first that the girl was a -little mother-to that childj She had him In tow and she watched over him with perfect proprietorship, relieving her, mother Of all She took the child on a Mxr of the big waiting room and as she came up from other aide she had the child in her arms. Just "at" this another girl, of about the same age but slightly taller, came down the room and passed the girl with the child.

The latest girl had a big doll all togged out in" a baseball uniform and' V--' Lookers-on couldnt keep', back' a smile as those girls paused a moment and looked at each other, for the baby Jl- 5 In the other girl's arms. But the girl with thm rhIM oattnW tV thing and she looked her superiority ma us iju up vuh uaaeuiLU ooj and its owner. Brockton enterprises Value of.Thlnklno; A Says Henry Woods: The intelli gent designing of soul beauty through lofty thinking is of a fine art." kest cosmetic Invented is a beautiful thought, and It makes no difference how rouges and paints one puts on, loee Inspection will always see a certain ugliness there. "A hate, a low thought, an unkind word, a mean act always shows itself on the exterior and injures one's Tou cannot hide Murder will out. But -let one devote himself to simple living and noble think lng and he will gather a charm about him that even a.

natural homeliness 'win not hide. Beauty la In tune with the Infinite, and when one becomes It Is the: sign of a. discord. So, then. Ihe had tune by, taking on fairer thinking and living a truer life.

Don't trust to the powder to preserve one's beauty. Trust to the life. Ohio State Journal. Few Eggs 'In ih: The fact that no nilplno of the common clasa regards himself equipped for living without at least one male chicken explains why, the Islands, althougb raising so. many chickens, still import millions of dozens of 'eggs.

As in all cock-fighting countries, the fighting bird in the. Philippines is' a. personal pet Which the owner carries about during practically every idle moment of the day, and on which he lavishes enough care to raise many laying hens. Dock eggs are rarely, found in- the market except as "balutes that is. eggs N-on the point of -hatching, boiled, a form In which eggs are commonly, eaten over Senator Robinson was en-by the They are sold for itertainlng his brother senator from lunches at all railway stations and at other points where erowds gather.

Is gather, r.11.Mp I ntrrn Egyptian Sculpture. The Egyptian sculDture aallerr at the British museum has received an JT-V feenth dynasty, of date1 about 1300 B.a It la of red quartzlte. 'about seven feet four Inches in length, and was made -for one Thothmes, who is described in the inscriDtlon as "a tcrIbe' omtmf! fV the cattle temple of the gods Ra and un me uu, wnicn is- scuip- tured -in human form. Is a figure of the sky goddess Nut. who Is represented with outstretched- wings.

emblematic of her care of the mummy and below the llgure' "is a prayer that she may protect the of the deceased. y'i ''-'v-V The TemperamenV Excuse. -1 Sometimes you hear of an excuse for faults:" It is my temperament." Inhere never was a temperament thai had sot Its good as well as Its evil posslLlllUes. The truth Is that inherit our temperament with its nafe ural "perversions," and. It is our.

bust ness' in life: to shake- off. the perven Slons, In order, that we may do th I best work we 'can. fe If all who have excused themselves for selfishness and evil because of their "temperament" had recognized that they were really excusing the 'perversions of their temperament, and hot the tern perament much needless pain and sorrow might have been avoided, IV 1 1 'fy 'f Situation 'Well 4 I was an amateur perrormanca ot i Pmhrs chorus having been encore twice, a uura encore war aemanaea. rhls was the causa of some mlran- 'derstandlsg the and after a delay one solitary man In blue faced the footlights. In valn he wait, ed for, his companions, even beckoning them in his but his individual efforts were not to meet appreciation, a rolce from gods shouted "HI.

Tou're off your beatl 't .0 Obituary t-'-'' John CT. Beldler, son of John and Elizabeth Beldler, was bom on a farm west of Waterloo. on 19, 1858, and died at Waterloo, Indv 'NoT. 24, aged 69 years, 3 months and 5 days; Tor twenty-flTe i years? he fras employed la' the railroad and held his last position tower man for eighteen years. 'yyKftyil: iSM For thirteen years he clerked in the drug store forh'8 -brother, In which position he demonstrated his ability as a business i-.

v.i He was united in marriave to Mary Jane Gilbert on March 10, 1887. Mr. Beidler. was a man of unusual ability, accurate and always noticing the most minute details. He' believed in :jtaatJc.to'lli He was especially fond of children.

At his bedside keeping watch was the wife, foster Miss Maud and a Surviving 'are three brothers, Solomon and Wesley of Waterloo, and William of He was a gloving husband and stepfather and he had many The funeral services, Jheld at the late home, Saturday afternoon; The services were In charge of Rev. J. i McCoy," assisted. I C. Eberly add Rev A.

J. Brown. Interment In' Waterloo cemetery. g'A -S I Cardv of Thanks M5 y- We desire to express bur sincere thanks to pur friends and neighbors for. the kindness and sympathy, shown us during the illness and death of Mr.

'Beidler. Mrs. Mary Jane Beldler Miss' Maud EL, Gilbert fiarrett Concern Want Name Changed A petition has been filed in the De-Kalb circuit court by; the Farmers Co-operative. 'and Livestock company of Garrett, to change- its name to the Farmers SHevator company. The company! I9 engaged in buying and selling grai isoal, chinery and other produots.

C33LiinDfS IVSEHLY LETTED Continued from" page four. pers. tThe President stopped and looked at the' stranger for a moment and then discovered that he was blind. The President quietly directed "one of the secret service men accompanying' him to' go to the afflicted man's assistance, and he stood near the inson's office the fourth floor of the Senate Offtee' Building. The unwelcome visitor, ta bat, flew 1 Into fthe new Indiana sbloil's1 room and amid the blood-curdling shrieks of two fair typists sitting hear the window, and during next few- minutes the Interior was a kaleidoscopic, diffusion of bat wings, senators, arms and flying documents, with the' shrill screams of faints women, and the ex- cited shouts of strong; men 'hovering m- native state when the excitement wk.

tllA nt- rftrtm. his 'Wabash chivalry and calling on Senator to follow, the new infA th melee. Both men took up the wholeheartedly, aring'around mSA. t1ti dtlon of the flapping trespasser. 11107 quarry, although blinded by the light and dizzy from', his gyrations, inad: seTeral-highly successful tacks on the dignity1 of the senators.

who shielded themeselves snatched wspapers, senator resoln-' tiona of what-not. Finally flying cijttfyy, curb, until, he jwas Mlnf- man hail kiun lonAaA aafat 'V tie. the other side of street. The lat- ter was very grateful profuse in his thanks to the man who had es corted but he went about his way totally Ignorant of the i fact that it was President of the United States who had personally inerested him self In him. pt Ice of Admi 1st ration -V- anno -''0 NoUce hereby i that the wnlersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the DeKalb Circuit Court, of the State of Indiana Administrator of the Estate of Wmis 3..

deceased, late of said county. Said estate is supposed to be solvent -is Fred D. Eberly, Administrator Nor. 801925 GALL STONES New i by Oall Stons Specialist explains scientific home treatment prescrfbed tor over SO years, "Before ''risking bperatlonH-read success '6f this method to? catarrhal lnflamatlonTond infections of Gall Bladder andr Gall Ducts as with GaQ' Sent fxee; to anyone who "wrltesi I '-'DILfcpADDpCISf Desk 101, Kansas CltyvM lssour Republlsan leaders i are; occupying the few remaining before the opening of the session with studies; of several knotty, problems, among them the; exact degree, of; republicanism of Senator-elect Robert LaFoIIette, and also, the authority or lack of authority, of Serile North Dakota to appoint Gerald Nye to the Senate In place of the late Senator Ladd of that state. Senator cf Indiana, chairman of the committee on Is going the speeches made by LaFoIIette during his campaign last September.

He has ascertained that LaFoIIette ran on the 1922 platform of the late' Senator LaFoIIette and' not the 1924 platform of the senior In the meantime Senator LaFoIIette. Is maintain lng a complete regarding 'possible committee assignments'. It is possible that he feels if the regular organization him down as af: republican? it' will rather than hurt 'him i with the progressive republicans bf I Should the Senate finally decide to seat Mr. Nye, it will be up to the organization to decide In too, whether he is to be regarded as. republican in the matter of 'committee or to be thrust lixto the outer Umbo Senator Frazler' of North Dakota and Senator Brookhart.

Nye was a sup porter of the LaFollette-Wheeler tick et ln-1924. Si: '0 Construing" the southern trip of Mayorelect' Walker; of New York as a move to obtain "the support' of that section" for" Gov; AI, Smith as a proposed presidential the bjOard of temperance, prohibition and morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church views it -as and the South to "be on its guard." 'Assailing Smith and Tammany. Han in general the board declared in a statement recently published that" it exceed-lngly. doubtful If the democrats could carry a single Southern state under the Smith banner. It is not certain.

It that they could carry any state at alL Attacking. Walker's oUtlcal record the board declared the South would "be interested to know of his connections with New York's odorous prize fighting game and with those elements 'in New York are doing their best to murder American standards 'of tCmoralltyl" -The the board said, heed hot be" misled by a courteous' hospitality not' given southern delegates ih New York" into believing that the -South will support "the country's foremost political champion, of, the Interests." i I Let Jthe -Sout it is the- defiance by Tammany of the. democratio decision rendered by', the South, West, and a large of that the v. yiit Wf.v A', i.r:i'yyi. TUDOR SEDAN V' Runabout $260 Touring ly'J 290 Cowpa 520 Fordor Sedan '660 Clod can la eoloc.

Dcmoaalable tsas his 2 0 liquor traffic should not be legalized and protected," and 'that "Gov. Al Smith 1 and his friends were- the first political group "in America to introduce a religious Issue Into the convention of a political party. J. The effort to made it appear that Al Smith's opponents are "prejudiced" against religion is as false now as It was then," thet -hoard said. man mm If.

VHjtS. rr v.f,w.-: iBliiii Wctte rlbd f.T6wn 'i-i om 0 5 Opens at a. m. 1' Japanese in that alone 2. ChildrenV- Booth dolls ranging' in price from 5cr to $4.50.

2 Fancy Work-rowels, dresser scarfs' lunch-; Booth Homemade candy, popcorn, I I Kitchen BoothAprons towels, holders, bak- Christmas Gifts 5 SSlSfNOONDL U.S""? tL" 1 fii j. n---," ml 1 Lj.Hly connection wicn we bazaar; a lunch will be served, at noon consistin. vegetable soup, hot weiner. sandwiches, pie an conee. CHICKEN SUPPER The public invited 35c children undergo years of opl Hall 03 Oj Toys, wearing apparel, iv.

su, Lnurcn innszmas AT 5:00 O'CLOCK fori adults and 20c for age! closed car values. ii talif tr n-n A mtmirM''f-i-'-- at. this low price, CI i i Sv-. smart lines and the strong, riand-built tk i 'it'' -vr--7-. --ry i y'i r.

-Vi DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO familiar with it la nmarino tVtut aiiK Tnanshjp''caq. be liad Everyone admires the cozy interior, with its i they -have more' respect for a good Catlioliq than fora bad Protestant but 'never accept as. a' President a man whose conduct of his office as governor promoted the effort to stabaK Izeja condition of nuHflcatlon; an America's greatest' state; and incited Ignorant" and criminal people throughout tfie country to violation of the liwT-t5? Wtty t-ST-v arid windshield are of fine plate class' Inspect all the new-features at any Authorized Ford Dealer's Any Ford car can be1 purchased on very easv navments. tvc -iri Hi 'I y- 7 A i vr ys.