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What to Do in China's E The United S he initiati the job of cleaning © The Star does not mean ‘ r army. Quite the rever Pessity, sooner or later, of | , that steps should be tab Bds, to set China to rights Rich beyond all comp toveted by more thar meat, Virtually unprotected garden vot of ds forth as ten as ripe fruit over a way lh. "Some hungry nation or other, one of e advantage of ] that of the S d take th ensior her powerful r 1, ul last the world ide thes . will an incident like ntung dits, and go after China e This would be the signal for a scramble, the end of hich no man can foresee. The thing to do now, then, i First, to force Pekin to obtain, in double-quick time, release of the prisoners now in the hands of the ndits. m second, to force Pekin to take summary action and sundry who ) g to do with the the Shanghai-Pe xpress the military "Third, to insist upon Ghina’s administration Fourth, to co-operate with China in 1, military and economic reforms engthen her that the possib: of Adit episode will be remote. ‘A weak, helpless China is not just a menace to the fives of Americans and other foreigners in that country. i is a constant menace to the peace of the world. © Here is a chance for Secretary of State Hughes to per- m a real service to China and the world while remov- @ very real danger to his own people. against »id-up gov- complete reorganization of bringing about which will a repetition of the it Texas 25 homes were blown down. Some claim it was a tornado, a presidential boom. Galesburg, 1, woman defeated her husband in an election and now he ‘sue for non-support. The height of sgmething is a sick man optimistic while the depth is man pessimistic. ctor is a man who tells us not to worry about anything—and then ‘@ bill that worries us. n two young people get their heads together they are dancing. fouldn’t it be great if money circulated as fast as rumors? heavyweight has a fat chance of keeping cool this summer. A friend is a man who cusses the same people you cuss. The Story of Sugar the great drama of the world’s bread and butter, agar always has played a leading part. It is an orphan among commodities, which can always be abandoned pinch. Men lived for centuries almost entirely with- ; they might do so again for days if the speculators ‘it. So it is not strange that sugar now is a central ire in a mob scene of speculators, producers, govern- it agents, news writers and housewives. history of sugar is the most fascinating in the ire field of economics. Cane was first known in India ‘is mentioned by early Sanskrit writers. The Chinese it centuries before Christ. The conquering Sara- tarried it west in the ninth century. The crusaders ‘it with them from Asia Minor to Europe; and it traded in by early traders of Venice. came into general domestic use in Britain after intro- at the table of Queen Elizabeth. lumbus took cane from the Canary islands to San ingo on his second trip to America, and this was beginning of the industry in America. Cuba is now the greatest cane-producing country of the world. ne sugar held undisputed sway until 1747, when the n scientist, Andreas Marggraf, discovered that contained sugar. His discovery became of commer- Value after a report by his pupil, Karl Archard, to Institute of France, 50 years later. e great Napoleon was the first to appreciate the im- nee of the beet sugar industry. In 1810 he offered of one million francs for the best method of beet far production. 1 1811, to counteract the British blockade of the West fian supply, Napoleon issued a famous decree estab- ing the beet sugar industry of France on a sound With varying success, beet sugar culture Was ex- to other countries on the continent. n 1878 American visitors to the world’s exposition at were impressed by the exhibit of beet-sugar ma- ery and methods. In 1880, the United States congress ed a report on the subject, and thereafter the beet here rapidly developed. the eighties and nineties, beet sugar had supremacy cane sugar. Then the government began to eliminate inties and special aid and the struggle was about even. the great war, which tremendously curtailed beet pro- ion in France, Germany and Russia, gave cane sugar ipremacy which is not likely again soon to be over- n World beet sugar production in 1919-20 was 99,000 tons, that of cane 11,914,000 tons, of our girls are born pre & pretty wise. wisest thing we have read for months appears on a cigar com- calendar: “All sunshine males a desert.” average girl in Sicily marries at 15, while American girls hunt a six years longer. asn't it spring when Rip Van Winkle went to sleep and slept 20 2? It must haye been, oll your own” is a fine slogan when it comes to bank rolls, fisher n may be liars, but not all liars are fishermen. ing good never counts as much as making good, “Mr. Tindall is re-elected, but I am going to buy a hat. The outcome of the election did not affect mancial status, becauce I did not have confidence in om of the voters in the first place. Politicians ct d nowadays because people do not care who get d.’ io Masatomi in The North American News nese)., und of phosphorus will tip a million matches, which is enough to a nickel cigar. ashamed of their friends should be ashamed of themselves, are 90 long now you can see three picture shows before dirk, flowers bring June weddin, THE § LETTER FROM Dear Folks It's really a te I owe Charlie Hort that, of itself, isn’t awful I got it by measures u pickle—th a nickel, chink for I went to th fn line; he'd put up mine, And w J said, I know Dexter Horton ts speed and no I expect they are needing Rut good resolutions are fickle, Charlie Horton a nickel but her lawful; in fact, to It wasn't with sinful intention I collared his small ch a modern invent? . ‘Take ‘em both « ing a be this nic and so I am pon I wonder if he will forget WASHINGTON, May 15,—For five months had «a the Far Eastern seas, | first from one port and then from| another and bound for only God| |knows where. Things went from bad to worse. | | Storms off Japan sent some of their | rotten eraft to the bottom, Women| and children began to die of hard- hip and exposure and the creeping | death of starvation was getting clos- ler all the time. | .So at last, with only one hope re |maining, tho pitiful little squadron turned its eyes toward the American flag and finally dropped anchor at the Philippines. REFUSED TO JO) SOVIET GOVERNMENT Such was the background that President Harding had before him the other day when he signed an or. der permitting 800 Russian refugees, banished by the bolsheviki, to enter the United States. All are political eafies because they refused to join lessly cruined | being driven No other Laxative can replace Dr. Cald- well's in the confidence of those whe nse it TERE are thousands of healthy, robust young men and women who have never in all their lives taken any other laxa- tive for Gamtyidyy than Dr. ‘aldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. ‘Their Parents wero given it by their parents; the grandparents are using it today. It is the one } ative ideally suit- ed to all the fam- ily, safe for tho a litte ones, elo: tive in grownups, 80 compounded that ldecty erie, who ie con- stantly forced to take a laxative because the intestinal muscles ing, find increased dosage unnecessary. This wonder- ful constipation remedy has been used ae for 30 years, and over 10 million bottles are now sold annually, the largest selling family laxative in the world! The cost averages but a cent adose, Every druggist sells it, and under a guarantee to do a8 claimed or your money will be ‘unded. Millions of carefully conducted homes are never witheut a bottle of Dr, Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, TAKE DR. Than Swear the soviet “They will be brought to San ancisco on an army transport said Col. Bicknell, head of the for- eign relief section of the American Red Cross, which was instrumental in finding a haven for the wander- ers. “Arrangements as to what will be done with them after that have not been completed.” Probably nothing in history equals this modern odyssey that has just ended in the quiet waters of Mari veles harbor, opposite Manila. They came in seven ships—leaky, famine-ridden and battered old tubs —the sorry remnants of a homeless fleet of 16 that had net sail from Viadivostok last October when the bolshevikl took over that last Rus ean refuge of tho exiles. The Soviet government had offered them am- nesty in return for allegiance, but proudly and coolly they refused. JAPAN REFUSED THEM SHELTER Driven from their native land, they fled with their wives and chil- Third Generation is Using Syrup Pepsin ANY FAMILY MAY TRY IT FREE Thousands of parents are asking thernselees, Where can T find a trust worthy lazativee that anyone in the fad can use when constipated?” ung ou to try Syrup Pepsin 1 wilt ploy Provide a liberal free sample bottle, sufficient for an adequate test. Write me where to send it Addresa Dr, W. BD. Caldwell, 515 Washington St., Monticello, Illinois, Do it now! Mr. J. B. Belk of Shaw, Miss., relies on it entirely to keep his children in health, and Mra, Catherino Connolly of Jersey City, N. J., declares that not only h self but all her neighbors and friends use it and tell others about it, There is scarcely a day that someone in a family dota not need it for constipation, flatulency, auto-intoxication, biliousness, in- testinal poisoning, headaches, colic and cramps, and to break ' up fevers and colds, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a acientifically-balanced — com- pound of Heroin senna with pepsin and — pleabant-tasting sromatics, Tho formula is on the package. As the popularity of this natural vey etabte lnxative increases, the public discards tho harsher physics like calomel, coal tar in candy form, salt waters and powders. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin empties the bowels more cleanly and without any danger, -a Jae family laxative 4 ‘Russian Refugees Given — Shelter Under U.S. Flag [Leave Vladivostok Rather | Allegiance to Soviet Government TELLS DVSPEPTICS RIEDA’S OLLIES invited for a week POINTS MADE BY PORTS s “sad” and | “sloppy. But when I find a copy, When on wad vacation far | away from home and biz, 0, my comrades, what a capture! As I seize on it with rapture, | For the dear, old home town paper ts the only one which iat Edmund Van same Zooke., We need a new net of dishes, ne is nearly gone. don’t you wait until we | start even? Wife dear Hub—V |get a new cook and | Boston Transcript. Jdren in the last vestige of the cz: Inavy under the Ruslan Admir Japanese ts to which they applied for admission, they warned away. No nation, it seemed, | wanted the burden of problema and misery that the hapless little arma. | |da brought. This continued until they reached the Philippines where Gen. Leonard Wood, governor of tho islands, took pity on them and gave them food, coal, clothing and even movies, The. Manila chapter of the Red Cross also extended aid. were —— || Combing Won't Rid | Hair of Dandruff The only sure way to got rid of dandruff is to dissolve ft; then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liq- uid afvon; apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips, Do this tonight, and by morning most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more Japplications will completely dis. |solye and entirely destroy every |single wign and trace of it, no mat- |ter how much dandruff you may have You will find, too, that all ttching and digging of the scalp will atop at once, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky und soft, and look and feel a hundred times bet- ter. You can get liquid arvon at any |drug store, and {t never fails to do the work.—Advertixement, WHAT TO EAT Avold Indigestion, Sour Acid Stome ach, Heartburn, Gas on Stomach, Ete, Indigestion and practically all forma of stomach trouble, say medi- cal authorities, are due nine times out of ten to an excess of hydro- chloric acid in the stomach, Chronio “acid stomach” iy exceedingly dan- 8 and sufferers tr one of two things, dither they can go on a limited and often disagreeable diet, avold- ing foods that disagree with them, that irritate the stomach and lead to excess acid etion or they can io in reason and to counteract the effect of the harmful acid and pre- vent the formation of gas, sourneas or premature fermentation by tho use of # Iittle Bisurated Magnesia at thelr meals, There ix probably no better, safer should do ractic Kor-| § or more reliable ‘stomach antiacid than Bisurated Magnomia and {t ia widely used for this purpose, It has no direct action on the stomach and in not a digestent, But a teaspogn- ful of the powder or a couple of five grain tablet# taken in a little wator with the food will noutralize the ox- coan noldity which may be present And prevent its further formation, This removen the whole cause of the trouble and the real digeats nat- urally and healthfully without need Of popain pills or artificial digeatenta, Get a few ounces of aurated Magnosia from any reliable drug- fiat Ask for elthor powder or tab ota, ‘It never comes as a liquid, milk or citrate and in the bisurated form Is not @ laxative, ‘Try this plan and eat what you want at your next meal and seo if this ian't: the boat advices you ty eat.”—-Advertl had on “what enh. 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