The Gate Valley Star (Gate, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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THE VALLEY STAR, GATE, OKLAHOMA
A Feeling of Security
You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take ia absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It ia not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is nature's great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer'* Swamp-
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
hate the bent. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Ringhamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper—Adv.
Its Identity.
"I cnme mighty nenr having a flcht
with n guest yesterday," said the land-
lord of the tavern at Peeweecuddy*
hura "lie said there wn« a blue bottle
fly fh his huckleberry pie. I said there
wasn't, and askofl him If he thought
he knowed more about running a first-
class hotel thnn I did. He said If he
didn't he'd have his head bored for
the simples. I told him what he could
do, and ho paid his hill and left."
"Well, was It a fiy?"
'Not by a durn sight! It was a hor-
net."—Kansas City Star.
"BAYER CROSS" ON
GENUINE ASPIRIN
• "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be
genuine must be marked with the
safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an
unbroken Rayer package which con-
tains proper directions to safely re-
lieve Headache, Toothache, Earache,
Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin
boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few
cents at drug stores—larger packages
also. Aspirin Is the trade mark of
Rayer Manufacture of Monoacetlc-
acidester of Sallcyllcacld.—Adv.
Talents Recognized.
"The seventeen-year locust arrived
strictly on time."
"Yes. While he's a great nuisance
you've got to give hlra credit for be-
ing a wonderful mathematician."
The tighter the pinch the more
blessed It is to share what we have
with others.
By 8. B. HACKLEY
(Copyright, lilt, by the McClure News-
paper Syndicate)
THIN PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phosphate to
Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, Vigor
and Nerve Force.
Judging from the countless preparations
and treatments which are continually be-
ing advertised for the purpose of making
tlun people fleshy, developing arms, neck
and bust, and replacing ugly hollows and
— angles by the
soft curved
lines of health
and beauty,
there are evi-
dently thou-
sands of men
and women
who keenly
feel their ex-
cessive thin-
ness.
Thinness and
weakness are
often due to
starved
nerves. Our
bodies need
more phos-
phate than is
contained In
Qm modern foods.
GEORGIA HAMILTON. Jitt|my there Is
nothing that will supply this deficiency
so well as the organic phosphate known
anionic druggists as bltro-phosphate,
which Is Inexpensive and Is sold by most
all druggists under a guarantee of satis-
faction or money back. By feeding the
nerves directly and by supplying the body
cells with the necessary phosphoric food
elements, bltro-phosphate should produce
a welcome transformation In the appear-
ance; the tncreaae In weight frequently
being astonishing.
Increase In weight also carries with It
a general Improvement In the health.
Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of
energy, which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness, should soon disappear,
dull eyes ought to brighten, and pale
rheeks glow with the bloom of perfect
health Miss Oeorgta Hamilton, wno was
once thin and frail, reporting hrr own
experience, writes: "Bitro-Phosphate has
brought about a magic transformation
with me I galn«d 16 pounds and never
before felt so well."
CAUTIONAlthough bltro-phosphate Is
unsurpassed for relieving nervousness,
sleeplessness and general weakness. It
ahnuld not. owing to Ita tendency to In-
crease weight, be used by anyone who
does DOt desire to put on flesh.
'Olmme them close pins, Alice Em-
ily! 'Pears like I see somepln' blue
a-comln' acrost old man Shearer's pas-
ter I Ef Johnny Reals a-hadn't Jest
been here a Sunday, I'd be wlllln' to
swear hit 'us him. Now hain't It?"
Alice Emily Tower's eyes, black and
wondroussly soft, followed her moth*
er's leon forefinger.
"Yes'm, It's him."
Minerva flung u screening sheet over
the line.
"You git In the house," she ordered,
'and skin off them sudsy things you
got on, quick, and put on your new
penang, and tell Mnttle Lou to kill
two of them fryln' size 'Nocker chick-
ens,' the biggest unsl"
Minerva's command was tense with
cxcltement. It was as though the
king, a hoped-for guest, approached.
Poor Minerva, for 30 years a tobac-
co-growing tenant's wife, with an un-
satisfied longing for an abundance of
life's good things physical, hoped
through sons-in-law to bring riches to
the family.
For two yejrs Alice Emily, now
eighteen, had lived In the heart of
Beverly Dixon, who dnlly drove one
of the Green River Wholesale Grocery
company"s big delivery trucks. Rut
since that unfortunate May day when
Alice Emily came Into Reals' store
with her little basket of eggs. Johnny
had spent three Sundays at the Tow-
ers' ramshackle abode—a tenant house
on the Isom Tewmey farm, and each
time he had brought presents for the
fnmlly. With two exceptions, the fam-
ily was highly elated over Alice Em-
ily's rich beau. These exceptions were
Alice Emily herself and Mattle Lou,
the elder daughter, who was twenty-
eight, and lovingly sympathetic In the
plans of Reverly and the little sister.
Ten years before Mattle Lou and
Ell ft Brooks, a fine young fellow who
cropped for a neighbor, In the tobacco,
wanted to be married, but becntise of
his poverty Minerva had raised objec-
tions so vehement and strenuous, Ellis,
angered, had gone away, and Mattle
Lou had never seen him again.
On the first two Sundays of Johnny's
visits Beverly had not been able to
n.ake his usual Sunday's visits to Alice
Emily because of his sick sister, but
on the third Sunday afternoon he had
Rr.ne Joyfully to the Towers'. Minerva,
eating luxuriously from a five-pound
box of chocolates, greeted him.
"Them's what Alice Emily's new fel-
ler fetched me. Rev!" she had exulted.
"Hit's Johnny Reals! He's been to see
her twlct sence you been here, and
now he's tuck her out a-walkln'."
"Johnny's cut ye out shore. Rev," Al-
vah had spoken up. "fer good and nil."
Then remarking the whiteness that
came over Reverly's brown face, he
had thrown a consoling arm about the
boy's broad shoulders.
"Ther, don't ye feel that a-way about
hit. Rev. C«al8 Is curl's, and ther's a
mlnny nnother purty one In the world
'sides Alice Em'ly!"
Beverly had laughed, hut his laugh
was queer and forlorn. When the
strollers had returned, Minerva had
slyly but successfully frustrated his
maneuvers to speak a word alone to
Alice Emily. Hurt and miserable, he
had refused * friendly old Alvah's
pressing Invitation to stay to supper.
On the next afternoon he had re-
ceived at the post office a hastily pen-
ciled note.
"Dear Bev," It read, "ma and pa
nnd the boys would be mad at me If
they knowed I written this, but I can't
sfnnd for you to think Alice Emily Is
carried away with Johnny Beals
nnd his money, like they are. She
nln't, but they've got him to thlnktn'
she Is. You try to come down here
about Wednesday, or any evenln' be-
fore Sunday and talk to Sissy.
"MATTIE LOU.
And now It was Wednesday, and
Johnny had come again! Mattle Lou
went upstairs to their little bedroom.
Alice Emily sobbed softly In the folds
of the red penang.
"Oh, Mattle Lou, he' come again,
i\nd ma and them are tickled to death.
They're a-rushln' me to marry that old
thong, with them pop eyes, nnd a
mouth that looks like It wnnted to eat
somebody 1 I hate him, Mattle Lou ! I
never got to say a word to Bev Sun-
day, and he won't never come back
nny more!"
Mnttle Lou kissed her. "Bev's a-
comln* tonight, honey. I wrote to him
to come."
"But that old thing's here!" Alice
Emily walled.
"I'll watch for Bev, and tell him to
wait out by the pine until Johnny
Reals leaves, then me nnd you can slip
out and yon can tell Rev how you're
a-feelln' to him!"
Alice Emily went down to talk to
Johnny, radiant with her hidden hope.
When he rose to go he told Alvah
and Minerva thnt he wnnted to marry
Alice Emily In two weeks' time.
"But I nln't said I'd marry you!"
quavered Alice Emily.
"Yes, but she will, Mister Reals,"
Minerva assured him; "she's Jest sor-
tie bashful. Alice Emily, you set n
lamp on the front porch water shelf,
so'g Mr. Reals won't ketch his feet on
that rickety old floor 1"
Alice Emily obeyed. Johnny fol-
lowed her out, and the young lover,
waiting In the shadow of the big pine.
In the revealing light, saw her folded
In Johnny's arms, and In apparent
willingness receiving Johnny's kisses.
He turned on his heel, and with his
heart on fire, went back to town. Mnt-
tle Lou meant well, but she was mis-
taken about Alice Emily's feelings.
Well, he wns done!
When their mother's light was nut
the two girls slipped <5ut to the big
pine. After an hour's wait, chilled to
the bone, they crept back to bed.
"Bev sure said he'd wait, but I ex-
pect he concluded he'd better come
back tomorrow, it beln' so late," Mattle
Lou whispered. "Don't cry so, Sissy;
It'll come out all right."
Several days passed and Beverly did
not come, but Johnny did. Also he
brought news.
"Thnt Rev Dixon I saw out here Is
goln* to marry some time in July, my
niece, Hannah Smith, over In Lancas-
ter" he told Minerva carelessly on
Sunday. "I'm afraid she ain't doln'
much. And here's the silk I brought
to make my little girl's weddln' dress."
After that Alice Emily protested no
more against marrying Johnny, but on
the day preceding the day that was to
bring the wedding night, she looked at
the silk dress. Mattle Lou, her eyes
red from surreptitious weeping, was
bent over her.
"Don't take too much pains with
that dress, Mattle Lou. I'm never go*
in* to wear it while I'm alive."
"What did you say, Sissy?" Mattle
Lou's Hps trembled.
Alice Emily laughed and went down
the stairs. Next day she laughed and
sung all day over the preparations, but
a sense of dread weighed on Mattle
Lou's heart. At five o'clock Minerva
bade her quit work.
"Alice Em'ly's done went upstairs
to nap fer an hour, so she'll be fresh-
lookln' fer the ceremony at eight
o'clock, and you do the same," she
bade her. "Some feller at the weddln'
might git tuck with you!"
With leaden feet Mattle Lou climbed
to their room; the red 6llk dress lnyi
on the bed, but Alice Emily wns not
there. Nor was she anywhere In the
house or yard. Across Mattle's trou-
bled mind an awful thought flashed.
Without saying anything to her moth-
er, she ran down the path thnt led to
the river. A little way down the path
she ran Into a young man.
He threw out his arms to save her
from falling, then they tightened
around her.
Oh, honey!" he cried, "don't you
know me? I'm Ellis Rrooks come back
foi you! Why' what's the matter, Mat-
tle Lou?"
She did not look at him or answer
him, but pushed him away from her
and ran to the river bank.
At the water's edge, Alice Emily
stood, swaying weakly. "I'd better
drownd myse'f," she was saying, "thnn
to live to see Rev married to another
woman, nnd me married to nn old
thing I despise—but the water Is s«<
KM EVEN NCI
FAIRYTALE
6y Mary Craham Ronntr
BLUE TONGUED LIZARD.
"Good morning" said the Salamander
n the zoo.
"Good-morning," said the Blue
rongued Lizard.
"What havG you to say for your-
self?" asked the Salamander. "I crave
ronversutlon, I do."
"What in the world do you mean
(then you say that you crave conver-
sation?" asked the Blue Torifcued
Lizard.
"I mean," said the Salamander, "that
t want some talk. In short I want to
'hat with you."
"Oh," said the Blue Tongued Lizard,
'that Is different."
"What is different?" asked the
Salamander.
"Talking nnd chatting," said the
Rlue Tongued Lizard. "I didn't know
what you meant when you talked
lbout conversation, and still I do not
*now what you mean when you speak
if craving a thing."
"Ah," said the Salamander, "you
lo not understand anything as yet."
"Then you had better explain from
he beginning," said the Blue Tongued
Lizard.
"Some creatures do like to hear
'hemselves talk." snld the Salamander,
"but I am not one of them. No, I
lon't care about hearing myself talk.
"And that you can tell from the fact
that I crave conversation, or a talk, or
chat. But of course I will have to
pxplaln these things to you before
we can have a nice talk."
"Yes. please explain them to me,"
*a!d the Blue Tongued Lizard.
"Conversation means Just the snrae
as a talk or a chat. When people have
a conversation with ench other they
hnve a talk with each other," said the
Salmnnder.
"And when animals, or salamanders
or lizards have a conversation with
each other it means Just the same—
that they have a talk or a chat with
each other.
"Now, when I snld thnt I craved con-
versation It meant thnt I was very
nnxlous for a conversation or a talk.
I was very eager for It. A pig, for ln«
HEADACHE
Often Caused by
Acid-Stomach
Yes. Indeed, more often than ron think.
Because ACID-STOMACH, starting with In.
dlgeetlon, heartburn, belching, food-repeat'
lag, bloat and gas. If not checked, will even-
tually affect every vital organ of the body.
Severe, blinding, splitting headaches are.
therefor*, of frequent occurrence as a result
ef this upset condition.
Take EATONIC. It qulckiy banishes acid,
stomsch with Its sour bloat, pain and gas.
It side digestion—helps the stomach get
full strength from every mouthful of food
you eat. Millions of people are miserable,
weak, sick end ailing because of ACID-
STOMACH. Poisons, created by partly di-
gested feod charged with acid, are absorbed
Into the blood and dletrlbuted throughout
the entire system. This often causes rheu-
matism. blllousnsss, cirrhosis of the liver,
heart trouble, ulcers and even cancer of
the stomach. It robs Its victims of their
health, undermines the strength of the
most vigorous.
If you want te get back your physical
and mental strength—be full of vim and
vigor—enjoy life and be happy, you must
gst rid of your aeld-stomach.
In BATONIC you will And tho very help
you need and It's guarantssd. So get a big
SOc box from your druggist today. If It
falls to please you. return It and he will
refund your money.
(TATONIC
deep and cold—oh. I'm afraid, nfruld!
Mnttle Lou seized her and drew her
unresistingly away from the river.
"Oh, Mnttle Lou!" she walled, "I'm
so miserable, so miserable!"
Brooks took hold of Mattle Lou's
arm. Honey, what's troublln' her?"
Holding fast to him with one arm
and to her sister with the other, Mnt-
tle Lou sobbed out her explanation.
"Poor ma ain't never had no prop-
erty," she concluded. "She thinks It's
a fine thing for Sissy!"
"A young feller named Dixon, I sn>«
In town, told me I'd run on n weddln*
out here tonight," Brooks said, "nnd I
was scared blue nt first, thlnkln' it wns
you. Mnttle Lou, but Dixon snld tin
bride was your sister, and his girl. I
said: 'If she's your girl, why in thun-
der ain't you the man that's marryln'
her?' He said he'd give his bend to
be, but the other feller with mpney'd
got ahead of him. I felt sorry for hlra,
he looked so down."
Mattle Lou shook the tears froiy her
lashes.
"Hear that, Sissy? Bev's still a-lt,V
in you!"
Alice Emily raised her forlorn fneft
"I've got to mnrry thnt old thing!*
"Not much, you ain't!" Interposed
Brooks exultantly. "I've made scndi
of money West. I came out here Ih
my own big fine touring car—left II
up on the road and walked across the
field. Now all you got to do Is to go
to the house, gather up a few clothes
nnd slip out, and the three of us'll get
In that car, hit town, hunt up youl
young man and do some speedln' until
we cross the stnte line; then we'll
have a double weddln'. What do you
say, Mattle Lou?"
Mnttle Lou. fotded In his arms,
raised n glorified fucc from bit shoul-
der.
U.S. Army Raincoats
Finished too late to go to France
While they last — For Civilians
U. S. Gevenaeat Specificatioa Rsbkerisisf
Made aader Ssperviiioa ef Gevt. laipecters
Highest Possible Wsterproef Quslity
Reles.ed as I Offered Direct te Cirilisss
Delivered Free to Taw Dm ea Receipt ef
$7.00—POSTPAID tnd INSURED
Sent C. O. D. on receipt of 12c stamps
Tan Fast Color Rubberised Material
Hermetically Cemented Waterproof Seams
Officers1 Belted Coafe $12.00
illustrations on ksqubst
Honey Refunded if not Bat Is fled
Stat* Chest Measurement and Heigh*
CAMBRIDGE RUBBER CO.
Dept. 9 Cambridge, Mass.
Indian Calm.
"Ton can't feaze an Indian," snld
Indian Commissioner Malcolm Mc-
Dowell. "You can't ruffle an Indian's
calm dignity.
"I once had the satisfaction to point
out to an Indian chief an airplane
sailing across the sky. It wns the
first airplane he'd ever seen, and I
had fond hopes that he'd show some
excitement.
"'There!' I said. There! What
do you think of It? Isn't it extraor-
dinary?'
"The chief looked up nt the air-
plane calmly; then he looked calmly
at me.
" 'But It was built to do that,
wasn't it?' he said."
It Ran Away.
"Well, Brown, how ill you look!
What's the matter?"
"Oh, nothing much; losing weight,
that's all. Lost a hundred nnd thirty
pounds of flesh In one day."
"Impossible!"
"Fact, I assure you. My wife has
eloped with the next-door neighbor!"
"Oh," Said the Btue-Tongued Lizard.
"That Is Different"
stnnce, would speak of craving for
food, meaning that he was most awful-
ly anxious to have some food. See?"
"Yes," snld the Blue Tongued Llz-
nrd, "now I understand you thus far."
"Well," snld the Snlnmander, "It Is
ns fnr ns I hnve gone."
"But yon said that you craved con-
versation," the Blue Tongued Lizard
said; "have you hnd enoHgh In ex-
plaining to me all that you had said
before?"
"Oh, no," said the Stalamnnder. "I
didn't hnve enough. I only talked a
little myself. I didn't hnve a real con-
versation. I want to hear you talk.
Then I will tell you If I agree or not,
nnd then I will talk. We will talk In
turns."
"Well," said the Blue Tongued Liz-
ard, "I look very much like a small
white snake. I have a blue tongue and
of my blue tongue I could talk a
great dent.
"I have always been so pleased that
I had a blue tongue. I would hate
to have a red tongue. That Is too
commonplace. Just think I If a doc-
tor came to me and said;
" 'Please put out your tongue 1' Why,
how proud I would be to put out my
beautiful blue tongue.
"In fact, I am so proud of It that I
will do It without nsklng; that Is, I
will do It of my own free will and ac-
cord, without anyone urging me to do
so.
"And I am so glad that I have been
named after my tongue, for that Is un-
usual.
"To be nnmcd after one's tongue Is
splendid; that Is, If one Is a blue
tongued llznrd and is proud of the
fact"
"Yea," snld the Salamander, "you
nre unusual r.nd to be nnmcd after n
tongue Is something which doesn't very
often hnppen. Thank you. Blue
Tongued Llznrd. I have enjoyed ui>
talk with you Immensely."
Delicate Anemone.
Anemone means "wlndflower." nnd
Is so called because It Is so delicately
poised that It sways with the lightest
motion of the atmosphere.
Ti Preserve
and keep all
household linen
spotlessly white
and in perfect
condition use
Red Cross
Ball Blue
in the laundry
eveiy week.
Nothing else will
take its place and nothing else
is just as good. All grocers, 5c
DAISY FLY KILLER PLACI° AKT™m"
i ATTaACTa AND KILLS
ALL niF.S. Meet,
elaan,onuunrntm),eon-
tip over; will not eoU
Injure nythln«.
ran teed effortive.
S5 "
1M ItoKalbAes., Brooklyn. N.Y.
Itching Rashes
— Soothed —
With Cuticura
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