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mtWNitmAti&a&ikvvi^i^ aak,^; UAttt&ti They all like "USCCT United States Tires are Good Tires P ROBABLY half the motorists of America ride on Fabric Tires. By the hundreds of thou- sands they have stuck to "Usco" year in and year out. If there ever was a tested money's-worth "Usco" qualifies—and to spare. Made by the makers of U. S. Royal Cords. Whereto buy USTires, The Chances He j Had Taken I By JOHN PALMER <$• ........ •,.,,..,..,,..»., (©, 1523, Wiwtern Nswipsptr Union.) npiIKY gny Chat fortune knocks three •*• times at the door of opportunity for every tnnn between the uyes of twenty-five ami forty, but some people think she really knocks oftenor tliun thnt, only one doesn't lienr her. Let ua follow n flay of the life of John Hepworth it your out of college. John had a minor Job In the ofllees of a large corporation downtown. Sometimes ho dreamed dreams of marrying the president's daughter nnd HO taking n short cut to wealth. He dreamed of a number of other things. John's dreams nlwu.vs centered, how- ever, about success and love. Me got up with n yawn, lny In bed till the Inst minute, nnd then dressed hastily. When he came to shave he found thnt lie had used up the last bit of his Bhnvlng-stlck. j Muttering a curse, John Inserted a new stick In the holder nnd flung the wrapper Into the waste-basket The ' wrapper wns numbered 210000. Every i wrapper bearing throe noughts nt the end wns redeemable for $25, but either ! John hadn't heard of this or he didn't think he'd have one of those numbers. | He hurried through n bonrdlng- hotise breakfast, nnd stopped nt the clear shop to buy n pneket of clgn- , rettes. He boarded the elevated and wns whisked downtown. As lie stood clinging to n strap a very pretty girl stumbled against him. "Oh, I beg your pnrdon," said John j Hepworth. "My fnult, I'm nfrnld," answered tlio girl. John wanted to say some more, but lacked the nerve, so he forgot about hor nnd when the first vncant seat occurred ho plunked into it. When he got up to go out he saw the girl standing In front of him, looking at I'lm. John felt ashamed of himself, nnd hadn't the nerve to offer it to her, NO an aged woman slipped In. "I shall tell Daddy he'll simply have to leave the car for me In the mornings," mused Muriel Tolmnn. "Daddy'! wns president of John's corporation downtown. Tolman arrived nt ten nnd went Into consultation with his executives. "What we want Is new blood," he p ald. "i want you to keep your eyes »n the promising youngsters and se- lect them for promotion. Who'll do f °r Itlckmnn's plnce when he takes Dnlnel'a place " "There's that young chap Hep- worth," said Rogers. "He's a college man and—" "Which is he?" demanded Tolmnn. They were walking through the otilce, "nd nil heads were bent over their work—nil except Hepworth's. Hep- worth was thinking of the girl In the "I'" and pollshng his nulls. "That's tho one," said Rogers. Tolman looked at Hepworth and sniffed—nothing more. Hut Tolmun's fdff was very expressive. Hepworth went out to lunch. He "io at a cheap lunch counter. Cnrry- •ng a howl of milk and a plate of crackers, lie caromed Into Hlgglns, •ho man Immediately above him, who hud a piece of coconut plo In his hand. '1'ho plo slipped from the plute onto •he door, and was Instantly trod- den on. "Confound you, Hepworth I" snarled "iKglns. John apologized, nnd Hlgglns went '"X'k and bought another piece of pie, "Hs time custard, since they were out °f coconut, The afternoon passed drearily. Hlg- Una was offensive and exasperating, J"ul John wished ho would die, so thut >>" could get his Job. Wulklng buck , " the "L," John kicked u piece of Poper, rolled into a ball, into the gut- te «\ not knowing thut It wus a fifty- dullur bill. He sut on the stoop of the boardlng- ''oiiso that night with little Miss Smith, and declined a hint that he *hguid tak« bar out on Baturtw Hv- body took much notice of Miss Smith, who wns a good little thing, and sim- ply pining for affection. Miss Smith was going to Inherit half a million dollars from an unknown uncle, who was going to die In Idaho the follow- ing month. Hlgglns was not nt the otilce next dny, nnd John had to work overtime for a week. Hlgglns was 111. He came back looking like a shadow of Ids for- mer self. "Guess I was sort of mean to you the other afternoon, Hepworth," ho said apologetically. "Pact Is, I wns pretty sick with Intestinal Indigestion. Not appendicitis, you know. Just hnvp to get nlong the best I cnn. If wns some custard pie I had for lunch that day. flood thing It wasn't coconut. The doctor said If It bad been coconut It would have killed me." Lord Help the Wildcat. Two hunters in the'North Carolina woods had chased n wildcat to a clear- ing nnd were terrified to see the beast Jump Into the window of n cabin from which the sound of n woman's voice hnd Just been heard. On the porch, rocking comfortably nnd apparently unperturbed, snt Friend Husband. "For heaven's sake, Is your wife in there?" screamed one of the hunters "Yeah." "Good Lord. man. get busy! A wild- cat Just Jumped In the window I" "Yeah? Well, let him ait out tho best way he can. I got no use for the pesky critters and danged if I'm goln' to help him."—American Legion Weekly. COLD LIGHT NOT UNUSUAL Nature Has Produced It, but Scien- tist* Admit It Has Been Beyond Their Powers. Prof. B. Newton Harvey of Prince- ton, who published a book on cold light In l(»'_'t> and who Is continuing his studies, Is not yet ready to admit that science has made much progress In that direction, remarks the Indian- apolis News. Science knows thut some bacteria, insects and Hum give off a light that has practically no heat. Get- ting enough of this material to deter- mine Its composition, and then to man- ufacture It Is a dream of everyone connected with such Investigations, but so far the experiments have not been successful. Fireflies, squids that generate a pule-blue light, and other creatures that are luminous at night are under examination. Professor Harvey went to Japan, where he studied fireflies by thousands. There he found a small crablike form, about one-eighth of un Inch long, with a bi- valve shell something like u dam. This sea creature, called cyprlndlna, has a large gland near Its mouth which serves as the generating station for a cold bluish light. Professor Har- vey also found a luminous centipede, but most of his attention has Deen given to cyprlndlna, of which he brought home specimens to be used In further experiments. He crushed hun- dreds of dried cyprlndlna! In a mor- tar. When water was added a blue light was seen. Tests with a delicate thermometer showed a rise In tem- perature of less than one-thousandth of a degree. Here was a substance that gave light with practically no heat. As yet Professor Harvey has been unuble to determine Its chemical content. Other Investigators also have failed to solve the problem. Discovery of a way to make cold light would have tremendous commercial possi- bility. Naturally Affected Her. The magnate came home grinning and sat down in u cheerful frame of mind to carve a large roast. "My private secretary." he an- nounced, "told me today thut he Is en- gaged to be married. On his salary the girl will sturve." At this the daughter of the house burst into tears, wheieut dad was con- •Iderably tuken aback. "Why, what's the mutter, duughtorr he Inquired solicitously. "It's me he Is enguged to-o-o," sobbed the girl. .4.4..4..»..4..4..4,4.«„»„^.,„t.,,.,..,.,,„,,.1„4„j, Law and Order His Demand By JOHN PALMER % •..** ............ „ ...................................... ^.^..i «J>, ltU, W.it.rn Newspaper Union.) tTOARSE yells broke from the mob * us they dime In sight of the little prison at the edge of the town among the pines. "Oet him, boys I" shouted their lender, und the crowd surged forwurd, Inflamed to madness by the rumor that had quickly drawn them together. A man had attacked a woman In an Isolated cottage at the other end of the town. Sheriff Hale had ar- rived on the spot und made the arrest. The wretch was in the Jail. "Bust open the gate, boys I" But the foremost recoiled, for the gate was already open, nnd in the gatewny, pistol In hand, stood Sheriff Hnle. There wns none among the mob who did not respect and fear the old man, whose bright blue eyes gleamed Are for all his seventy years. Sheriff Hnle had never done n crooked or cow- ardly thing In his lfe, nor yielded nn Inch to any man In what he consid- ered right. "Well, boys?" "Sheriff, we've come to get that fol- low, and we want him quick. We're going to burn him in the market place." "Listen, boys!" Tho old mnn's voice was fearless nnd unbroken. "Tho first man steps forward dies." The pistol covered them. Everyone knew Sheriff Hnle to he a dead shot. At lenst three lives must go before they could rush him. "Now, listen, Sheriff. We don't know who the womnn wns, but It wns a lone woman. We know you got tho mnn, and we's going to burn him. Better give him up, Sheriff I" Sheriff Hale made no reply. No reply seemed necessary. His pistol moved delicately In his firm fingers as he turned It now upon one man, now on another. From the renr of the mob came an uneasy stirring. "Listen to me, boys." Sheriff Hnle had decided to spenk, to Justify him- self, rather than take life, If he could help It. "You all know me. My fa- ther was sheriff for a good many years. He never done wrong. Nor me. I've took my oath to serve the state and I serve her—here!" "Say. Sheriff!" The leader took n half-step forward. The old mnn's pistol pointed dead nt his hend. "Oh, well—!" He stepped bnck, nnd nt that moment the chunk of wood whose use he hnd been covering, struck the sheriff on the hend, felling him to the ground. In an Instant the mob hnd surged In on the old man, torn the pistol from his hand, torn away his keys, and was swarming Into the Jail. The cries of the few frightened prisoners In the cells came to their enrs. In a trice they hnd unlocked them and dragged out five trembling, craven men. Sheriff Hnle wns sitting up on the ground, wiping the blood from his fnce. The mob came surging around him, dragging Its captives with It "For the love of Unwd, men, I'm Jim Washington. I'm here for taking Ms' Lester's nigs. I ain't done noth- ing-" "Sbet up I" They faced the sheriff. "One of these men Is the man we want. Which Is it " "Boys, I nln't going to tell you." "See here, now, Sheriff, unless you tell us which one of these It was, we're going to burn the five of them." A chorus of terrified wnlls went up from the squirming captives. "Shet up!" They turned to Hale again. "I guess you know when you're beat, Sheriff." "Wal, I guess I do." "Sneak up, then. Which of them Is It?" "Why, It ain't none of them boys," said Sheriff Hale triumphantly. "The man that you want—why, he's half- way to Fltchburg now, on the freight train." Sheriff Hale was clearly speaking the truth. They looked at each other, bewildered. "You—you fooled us, d—n you!" "I guess I fooled you all right," replied the sheriff doggedly. "]3_ n you, you ought to be lynched yourself!" yelled one of the men. "Go ahead!" responded Hnle. "Go ahead. Finish your Job, you skunks." They looked at him uncertainly. Admiration was creeping Into their hearts, difficult to wlthstnnd. Sud- denly a man plucked the lender by the arm. "Leave the old man alone. Say, do you know who the woman Is?" "No, and It don't make no differ- ence. She's a womnn. and—" "She's his darter, that's all." W0bDHAS'MAMYADVANIAG*3 Reconstructed Material That Can 6* Molded Instead of Usual Costly Proeeee Of Carvlnp. From shavings and sawdust, com- bined with suitable binders, there Is now being made a reconstructed wood thnt Is said to havo many advantages, The process was originated by Prof. George Kemmerer, of the chemistry department of the University of Wis- consin, and the new material has been used commercially since last winter, nnd has been found to be better than wood for certain purposes. The sawdust, after being mixed with a new binder material, is put Into a mold, and subjected to a pressure of from BOO to 1,000 pounds per square Inch. The resulting product Is much tougher nnd harder than ordinary wood, does not split, and Is practically Impervious to water. This recon- structed wood tnkes finishes, such as varnish nnd enamel, very well. Its chief use Is In the manufacture of articles of Irregular shape, such as toilet sets, radio dials, and variometer rotors. In- stead of having to undergo the tedious and costly process of carving, as In the case of ordinary wood, the process pulp can bo put Into a suitable mold, placed under pressure, nnd when dry, the product Is hard, gralnless, and seamless.—Popular Mechanics Mag- azine. One Sure Crop. Roberts was having to wait over In a small village for a train connection and was trying to pass the time by visiting with some of the natives. "Nice little town you have here," he remarked to an elderly mnn. "Well, I suppose so," the native admitted. "Looks like It might he a good coun- try round about, too," Roberts con- tinued. "Well, yes, I guess so." "What does good farm land sell for around here?" "More 'an It's worth!" the old man answered, n twinkle In his eye, nnd yet, withal, serious. Roberts laughed. "Is the land very fertile?' "Oh. yes—tol'ahle, tol'ahle I" the old mnn assured him. "It will grow u crop nigh on to every year and the taxes never fall." 8age Reflection. What miserable lives most of US -vould lead If we could hear every- hlng thut Is said about us when we ire not listening.-—Exchange, Stray Bite of Wisdom. None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spend- thrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.—Coltou. Their Deadly Wcipons. Citing as proof of his statement an Insect thut kills its n'ssnllants with a deadly poison mis. the cuttle-fish method of escaping Its enemies by means of a species of "smoke screen." and the many examples of camouflage resorted to b) animals, a distinguished French biologist declares that "the Inventions of the greal war are nil met with In animals nnd Insects." u THE HOODOO" A Sparkling Three Act Comedy at CANINO THEATRE l<Hc»lNCrll 1112111 list., IV. V. FRIDAY # JUBffE I , 1U23 at 8 P. M. Under the direction of Erastus Osgood of Kingston, New York, with a cast of EIGHTEEN Franklin's Place in History. In sheer Intellectual power, Benja- min Franklin probably ranked fore- most among the men of the Revolu- tion, and was one of the most many- sided men of all history, lie was a companion of savants and a favorite of courtiers, but through it all lie re- mained an American of the good, basic type, and Ills life, like bis works, Is ii lesson in Americanism,—Ex- change, This is one of the best amateur shows ever produced in this section. It is a clever story, portraying a love romance surrounded by riches. Then, when disaster comes, the situation is Handled most skillfully. This is a real live performance, with strik- ing scenery and an interesting story. This show was played two nights at Stamford to packed houses. Recently it was played at Windham, N. Y., 300 people being turned away, as all seats were sold out three days in advance. The Synchronizers orchestra, which is the greatest musical organization in the Catskills or in New York, will play all the latest Broadway hits between the acts. MILLINERY—The ladies' hats worn in this entertainment are furnished through the courtesy of the Hayner Hat Shop, Stamford, N. Y. FURNITURE—The furniture for this performance is loaned through the court- esy of Halpern & Silberman, Fleischmanns, N. Y. Buy your tickets now at Fleischmanns Press Fleischmanns, N. Y. Tickets—Reserved Seats, 75 cents Unreserved Seats, 50 cents (tax free) Benefit of M. E. Church, Stamford, N. Y. cx-^- i ii i r The VETERAN MOTORIST gives a few rules of the road "S OMEONE HAS SAID THAT 'IF' is the biggest little word in the language. ZPa very close friend of mine had used his head on a certain day, he wouldn't have knocked a school boy down and come within an ace of crippling him for life. "It was queer, that day, about Jerry. Usually, a good, cool, level-headed driver. But, somehow, his attention must have been wandering, and as the kid ran out in front of him — he did the wrong thing. And he was upset about it for months after. "His insurance company settled up the case in due time. But Jerry said something" to me after it was all over that set me to thinking and I'll never forget it. Said he: 'My liability insurance protected me, but it didn't protect that boy. It paid the doctor's bills but it didn't help that young- ster's suffering one iota.' "I'd never thought of it in just that way before, but I have ever since. Youngsters are careless at times and it's up to us motorists to make up for what they lack by using more than ordinary care when they're around." SOCONY •ie.u OAT. or r. GASOLINE & MOTOR OIL "Mure than ordinary care shall be exercised by the driver of a motor vehicle when neur- ing a school from any direction. A 'school zone ', M that section of a highway directly in front of and usually 100 feet to the left and right of the school." 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