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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
The Last Shot
BT
FREDERICK
(Copyright. 1914. by Charles ScriLner's Sons)
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8YNOPSIS.
At their homo on tho frontier between
tho Browns nnd Grays Mnrtn Gallant! nml
her mother, entortalnlnK Colontl Wester
llng of the Grays, see Captain Lanstron
of tho Drowns injured by n fnll In his
aeroplane Ton yonrs later. Wcsterllng.
nominal vice but reul chief of stall, re-enforces
Bouth Ln Tlr nnd meditates on war.
Marta tells him of Iter teaching children
tho follies of war nnd murtlnl patriotism,
and bcRs him to precnt wur whllo ho Is
chief of staff. Lanstron calls on Mnrtn
nt her home She tells Lanstron that she
believes Fellor, tho Knnlcner, to bo n spy
Lanstron confesses It Is true nnd Bhows
her a telephone which Keller has con
cealed In n. secret passage under the tower
for use to benefit tho rirowns In war
emerKcnclcs. Lanstron declares his lovo
for Mnrtn Wcsterllni? nnd tho Gray
promler plan to uso n trlvlnl international
affair to foment warlike patriotism and
strlko before declaring war. I'artow,
Brown chief of stair, roveals his plans to
Lanstron. mado vlce-chlof. The Gray
army crosses tho border lino nnd attacks
Tho Browns check them Artillery, In
fantry, aeroplanes nnd dirigibles cngngo
Marta has her first glimpse of war In Hh
modern, cohl( scientific, murderous bru
tality Tho Browns fnll back to the Gal
land house Marta sees u night attack
Tho Grays nttnek In force Keller leaves
his secret telephono and goes back to Ins
Runs. Hand to hand fighting. The Browns
fall back again. Marta asks Lanstron oyer
the phono to appeal to I'artow to stop the
ngnung vandalism in me uaimwu "",
Wcsterllng and his staff occupy the Gal
lnn.1 l.Mr,A nn.l Ua l.nfftn. In Wnfl Marta.
who apparently throws her fortunes with
the Grays nnd offers valuable Information
She calls up Lanstron on tho secret tele
phone and plans to give Westerllng Infor
mation that will trap tho Gray army.
Wosterllng forms his plan of attack tippn
what he learns from her. The Grays take
Bordlr. Through Marta Wcsterllng Is led
to concentrate his attack on tho main lino
at Engadlr. A, lenk of Information Is sus
pected. Bouchard Is rclloved as chief In
telligence officer.
CHAPTER XVII Continued.
All on tho subject for tho present!
"Whan it was taken up again his suc
cessor would bo In charge. He, tho
Indefatigable, tho ovcr-lnteneo, with
medieval partisan fervor, who loathed
In secret machines Hko Turcas, was
tho first man or tho staff to go for In
competency. "And Engadlr Is tho key-point," Wcs
terllng vns saying.
"Yeft," agreod Turcas.
"So wo concentrato to break through
thoro," Westorllng continued, "while
wo engage tho whole lino flercoly
enough to make tho enemy uncertain
'whoro tho crucial attack is to bo
mado."
"But, general, if thero Is any placo
that Ib naturally strong, that " Tur
cas began,
"Tho ono placo where thoy aro confi
dent that wo won't attack I" Westor
llng interrupted. Ho resented tho
staff's professional respect for Turcas.
After a silonco and a survey of tho
faces around, ho added with senten
tious effect: "And I was right about
Bordlr I"
T,o this argument there could bo no
answer. Tho ono stroke of general
ship by tho Grave, who, otherwise, had
succeeded alone through repeated
mass attacks, had been Westorllng's
hypothesis that had gained Bordlr In
n slnglo assault.
"Engadlr It Is thenl" said Turcas
with tho loyalty of tho subordinate
"In My Own Defense and for Your
Aid."
Vho makes a Buperlor'o conviction his
own, the bettor to carry it out.
Hazily, Bouchard had hoard tho talk,
while ho was looking at Westorllng
'and seeing him, not at tho head of tho
teouncli tablo, but in the arbor in eager
"appeal to Marta.
"I shall (lnd out! I shall find out!"
was drumming In his temples when
'the council rose; and, without a word
or a backward glanco, ho was tho first
to leavo tho room.
I
When Bouchard returned to his desk
e guessed tho contents of tho noto
awaiting him, but ho took a long tlmo
to read its stereotyped expressions in
transferring him to perfunctory duty
Vail to tho rear of tho army. Then he
balled himself together and, leaden,
jieartod, BOttlod down to arrange rou
tine dot&lls for his departure, whllo
the rest of the staff was immersed In
tbe activity of tho preparations for tbo
fettack on Engadlr. Ho know that ho
'could not sleep If ho lay down. So he
pent tho night at work. In tho morn
'lug his successor, a young man whom
ike himself had chosen and trainod,
'Colonel Bellini, appeared, and the
'fallen man received the rising man
with forced official courtesy.
"Is my own defense and for your
Ult," he Mid, "I show you a copy of
Vtat I kayo lust written to General
Western" ,
t A brief note It was, la farewell, bt
vaulng with eoareAtloaal thanks for
iWMtei(r eoB4eee la tae past
S9h1I1
wfcrhr---aJvjJMiM
Li-. I 1 S a I 1 1 fill
IfiM ' -j- pi.
P- -9
I 1UU4 far betas right," it
PALMER
concluded. "It Is my belief that Miss
Galland sentls news to tho cnemyand
that sho draws It from you without
your consciousness of tho fact. I tell
you honestly. Do what you will with
mo."
It took more courago than any act
of his life for tho loyal Bouchard to
dare such candor to a, superior. See
ing tho patchy, yellow, bloodless faco
drawn In stiff lines and tho abysmal
staro of tho deep-set eye3 In tholr
bony recesses, Bolllni was swopt with
a wavo of sympathy.
"Thank you, Bouchard. You'vo boon
very flnol" said Bolllni as ho grasped
Bouchard's hand, which was Icy cold.
"My duty my duty, In tho hope that
wo shall kill two BrownB for every
Gray who has fallen that wo shall
yet seo thorn starved and besieged
and crying for mercy in their capital,"
replied Bouchard. Ho saluted with a
dismal, urgent formality and stalked
out of tho room with tho tread of tho
ghost of Hamlet's father.
Tho strange impression that this
farewell loft with Bellini still lingered
when, a few moments later, WeBtor
llng summoned him. Not nlono tho
dlfndcnco of a now member of tho
staff going Into tho prcsonco accounted
for tho stir In his temples, aa ho wait
ed till somo papers woro signed bo
foro ho had Wcstorllng'e attention.
Then Westorllng picked up Bouchard's
noto and shook his head sadly.
"Boor Bouchard! You can seo for
yourself," and ho handed tho noto to
Bellini. "I should havo roallzod oar
llor that it was a caso for tho doctor
and not for reprimand. Mad! Poor
Bouchard! Ho hadn't tho nblllty or
tho resiliency of mind for hlB task, aa
I hopo you havo, colonel."
"I hope so, sir," replied Bolllni.
"Vto no doubt you havo," said Wes
tern ng. "You aro my choice!"
CHAPTER XVIII.
A Change of Plan.
That day and tho next Westorllng
had no tlmo for strolling in tho gar
den. His only oxorciso was a few
periods of pacing on tho voranda. Tur
cas, as tirelessly Industrious as over,
dovolopod nn increasingly quiet insist
ence to leavo tho responsibility o( do
clslonB about everything of lmportanco
to a chief who wne becoming increas
ingly arbitrary. Tho attack on Enga
dlr being tho Jewel of Westorllng's
own planning, ho was disinclined to
risk success by dologating authority,
which also meant sharing tho glory of
victory.
Bouchard's noto, though officially dis
missed as a mattor of pathology, would
not accept dismissal privately. In
llnnlios of distinctness it recurred to
him between reports of tho progress
of preparations and directions as to
dispositions. At dusk of tho second
day, when all tho guns and txoope had
their nlacos for the final mnvnmnnt nn.
'dor cover of darkness and ho roso
from his desk, tho thing that had
edgod its way into a crowded mind
took possossion of tho premises that
Btrntegy and tactics had vacated. It
passed undor tho saino analysis as his
work. His ovorwoonlng prldo, so sen
sitive to tho suspicion of a conviction
that ho had boon foolod, put his rela
tions with Marta In logical rovlow. Ho
had fullon in lovo In tho ihldst of war.
A cool and lntonso impatlonco pos
sessed him to study her Jn tho light
of hla now skopticlsm, when, turning
tho path of tho first torraco, ho saw
her watching tho sunset over tho crest
of tho rango.
Sho was standing qulto still, a slim,
soft shadow between him and the light,
which gilded her figure and quarter
profile Did sho expect Ulra? ho won
dered. WnB Bho pOBlng nt that in
stant for his bonefit? When she
turned, bor faco In tho shadow, tho
glow of tho sunset secmod to remain
In her eyeB, otherwlso without oxprcB
slon, yet able to detect something un
usual undor externals as thoy ex
changed commonplacea of groetlng.
"Well, there's u change In our offi
cial family. Wo have lost Bouchard
transferred to another postl" Bald
Westorllng.
Marta noted that, though ho gavo
tho nows a casual turn, his scrutiny
sharpened.
"Ib that bo? I can't Bay that my
mother and I shall bo sorry," sho re
marked. "Ho was always glaring at
us hh If ho wished Us out of slgUt
Indcod, It ho had his way, I think ho
would havo mado ub prisoners of war.
Wasn't ho a woman-hator?" sho con
cluded, halt in irritation, hajf In
amusement,
"Ho had that roputatlon," Bald Wes
torllng. "What do you think led to
his doparturo?" ho contlnuod.
"I confosB I cannot guess I" Bald
Marta, with a look at the sunset glow
as It sho resented tho loss of a min
ute of It.
"Thoro has boon a leak of informa
tion to the Browns I" ho announced.
"There has! And ho was Intelli
gence officer, wasn't ho?" alio askod,
turning to Westorllng, her curiosity
apparently aroused as n mattor of cour
tesy to his own Interest In tho sub
ject. "Who do you think ho accusod?
Why, you," ho added, with a peculiar
laugh.
Sho noted tho peculiarity of the
laugh discriminatingly.
"Ohl' Her eyes openod wido In
wondor only wonder, at first. Then,
aa comprehension took tho placo of
wondor, they grow sympathetic. "That
oxplalnsl" sho exclaimed. "His hato
ful glances woro those of delusion. Ho
waB going mad, you mean?'
"Yes," Bald Wecterling, "that that
would oxplaln UP'
"I have been told that when people
go mad they always ascribe every in.
Jury done to them to the person who
happens to have excited their dielike,"
he muied.
"Which imbi to have been the case
here," WeBtcrllng assented. Ho did
not know what else to say. His prldo
was recovering its natural confidence
in tho Infallibility of his Judgment of
human belnga. Ho was soeing his sus
picions as ridiculous enough to con
vict him of a brain as disordered as
Bouchard's.
Marta was thinking that sho had
been skating on very thin Ice and
that sho must go on skating till sho
broko through. Thero was an exhila
ration about It that sho could not re
plat: the exhilaration of risk and tho
control of hor faculties, prompted by
a purnoso hypnotically compelling.
Both wero ellent, sho watching tho
sky, he in anticipation and suspense.
Tho roso went violet nnd tho shadows
over the rango dcopened.
"Tho guns nnd tho troops wait.
With darkness tho music begins!" ho
said slowly, with a start of stern
fervor.
"Tho music tho muslcl Ho calls
It music!" ran through Marta'd mind
mockingly, but sho did not open hor
lips.
"They wait, ready, every detail ar
ranged," ho continued proudly.
Tho sky merged Into tho shadows of
tho landscape that spread und thick
ened Into blackness. Out of the drawn
curtains of night broko an ugly flash
and farther up tho Blopo spread tho
oxploslvo circle of light of a bursting
Bhell.
"Tho signal!" he exclaimed.
Bight and left tho blnstfl Spread
along tho Gray lines and right and
loft, on tho Instnnt, tho Browns sent
their blasts in reply. Countless tongues
of flamo Beemed to burst from count
less orators, and tho rango to rock In
a torment of crashes. In tho Inter
vening space between tho ugly, sav
ago gUBtB from tho Gray gun mouths,
which sent their shells from tho midst
of Hjxplodlng Brown shells, swept tho
beams of tho Brown search-lights,
tholr rays lost like sunlight in tho vor
tex of an open furnaco door.
"Splendid! splendid!" exclalpcd
WoBtorllng, in n sweep of cmottcfilat
tho sight that had beon born offhjs
command. "Flvo thousand gunaon
our sido alono! Tho world has nover
seen tho equal of this!"
Marta looked away from tho rango
to his faco. very distinct In tho garish
Illumination. It was tho faco of a
maestro of war seeing all his rehear
sals and all his labors come true in
symphonic gratification to tho oyo
and ear; the faco of a man of trained
mind, tho product of civilization, with
tho elation Of a parly leader on tho
floor of a parliament In a crlslo.
"Soon, now!" said Wcsterllng, and
looked nt his watch.
Shortly, in tho direction of Engadlr,
to tho rear of tho steady flashes
broko forth lino after lino of flashes
as tho long-rango batteries, which bo
far had been silent, Joined tholr might
ier voices to tho chorus, making a con
tinuous leaping burst of explosions
over tho Brown positions, which wero
tho roal object of tho attack.
"Tho moment I'vo lived for!" ox
claimed Westorllng. "Our infantry is
starting up tho apron of Engadlr! We
hold back tho flro of tho heavy guns
concentrated for tho purposo of sup
porting tho men with an outburst.
Throo hundred heavy guns pouring In
their shells on n space of two acres!
Wo'ro tearing their rodoubts to pieces!
Thoy can't seo to fire! They can't
live under it! They're in tho crater
of a volcano I When our Infantry is
on tho edge of tho wreckage the guns
cease. Our infantry crowd in crowd
into tho house that Partow built.
Ho'll find that numbers count; that
tho power of modern gunflro will open
tho way for Infantry in masses to take
and hold vital tactical positions! And
no no, tholr flro in roply Is not as
strong as I expected."
"Bocauso thoy are lotting you inl
It will bo strong enough In duo sea
son!" thought Marta In tho uncontrol
lablo triumph of antagonism. Five
against threo was In hie tone and in
overy lino of his features.
"It's hard for a soldier to leavo a
sight like this, but tho real nows will
bo awaiting mo at my dosk," ho con
cluded, adding, as ho turned away:
"It'B fireworks worth seeing, and if
you remain hero I will return to tell
you tho results."
Turning hor back to tho rango for
tho moment, sho saw tho twlnklo of
tho lights of tho town nnd the threads
of light of tho wagon-trains and tho
sweep of tho lights of tho railroad
trains on tho plain; whllo In tho fore
ground every window of tho houso was
ablazo, Hko somo factory on a busy
night shift. Sho could hear tho click
of tho telegraph instruments already
ropoitlug tho details of the action as
heorfully ns Brobdlngnaglan crickets
in their pcacoful surroundlngn. Then
out of tho shadows Wosterllng reap
poared. "Tho apron of Engadlr Is ours!" ho
called. "Thanks to you I" he added
with pointed emphaBls. Back in tho
houso ha had recoived congratula
tions with a nod, rb it success woro
a mattor of courso. Boforo her, ex
ultation unbont stiffness, and ho was
hoarsely triumphant and eager. "It's
plain sailing now," he went on. "A
break in tho main lino! Wo havo
only to drlvo homo the wedgo, and
then and thon!" ho concluded.
Sho felt him close, his breath on
hor chook.
"Peace !" sho hastened to say, draw
ing back instinctively.
And thenl Tho irony of tho words
in tho light of hor knowledge was
pointed by a terrific ronowal of tho
thunders and tho flashes far up on the
rnngo, and sho could not resist ro
Joiclng in hor hoart.
"That's tho Browns!" exclaimed
Westerllng In surprise
Tho volume of flro Increased. With
tho rost of tho frontlor In darkness,
the Engadlr section was an isolated
blazo. In its light sho saw his fea
tures, without alarm but hnrdenlng in
dogged IntouBlty.
"They'vo awakened to what thoy havo
lostl Thoy havo boon rushing up re
serves and aro making a counter
attack. Wo must hold what wo havo
gained, no matter what tho cost!"
His last aentenco waB spoken over
his shoulder as he Btarted for tho
house.
Without changing her position,
hardly turning her head, she watched
until tho firing began to lessen rap
Idly. Thon sho hoard his step. She
rose to face him, summoning back
the spirit of the actress.
"This is better yet! I came to tell
yen that the counter-attack failed!" he
said as ho saw her appear from tho
shelter of tho arbor.
Sho wondered if sho wero going to
fnll. But tho post of tho trellla was
within reach. Sho caught hold of it
to steady herself. Failed I
"The killing It must hnvo been ter
rlblel" her mind at last mado her ex
claim to cover hor tardiness of re
sponse to his mood.
"You thought of that as you should
as I do!" ho said.
Ho took her hands in his, pulsing
warm with tho flowing red of his
strength. Sho let them remain life
lessly, as If sho had not tho will to
tako them away, tho instinct of hor
part again dominant. To him this was
anothor victory, and it was discovery
tho discovory of melting weakness
in hor for tho first tlmo, which magni
fied his sense of masculine power. Ho
tightened his grip slightly and sho
shuddered,
"You are tired!" ho said, nnd it hurt
her that he should bo so considerate.
"Tho killing to end that! It's all
I want!" sho breathed miserably,
"And tho end Is near!" ho said.
"Yes, now, thanks to you!"
Thanks to her! And sho must listen
nnd submit to his touch!
"Then engineers and material wero
roady to go In," ho continued. "Bo
foro morning, as I had planned, wo
shall bo so as ell fortified in tho posi
tion that nothing can budge us. This
success bo strengthens my power with
tho staff and tho premier that I need
not wait on Fabian tactics. I nm
supremo. I shnll mako tho most of
tho demoralization of this blow to tho .
enemy. I shall not wait on slow an-'
proaches In tho hopo of saving life.
Tomorrow I shall attack and keep on
attacking till all tho main lino is ours."
"Now you aro playing your real part,
the conqueror!" sho thought gladly.
"Your kind of peaco is tho ruin of an
other people; tho peaco of a helpless
enemy. That Is better" hotter for her
conscience. Unwittingly, she allowed
her hands to remain in his. In tho pa
ralysis of despair sho was unconscious
that sho had hands. Sho felt that sho
could enduro anything to retrieve the
error Into which sho had been the
means of leading tho Browns. And
tho killing It would not stop, she
knew. No, tho Browns would not
yield until thoy wero declranted.
"Wo havo tho numbers to sparo.
Numbers shall press home homo to
terms in their capital!" Westorllng's
voice grow husky as ho proceeded,
hnrsh as orders to soldiers who hesi
tated in faco of flro. "After that after
that" tho tone changed from harsh
ness to desire, which was still tho de
sire of possession "tho truits of
peaco, a triumph that I want you to
shnro!" Ho was drawing her toward
him with an lmpulso of tho force of
this desiro, when sho broke freo with
an abrupt, struggling pull.
"Not that! Not that! Your work
is not yet done!" she cried.
Ho made a movo as it to persist,
then ho fell back with a gesture of
understanding.
"Bight! Hold mo to It!" ho ox
claimed resolutely. "Hold mo to tho
bargain! So a woman worth whllo
Bhould hold a man worth whllo."
"YesI" she munaged to say, and
turned to go in a sudden impetus of
energy. Halt running, half stumbling,
tho light of tho lantern bobbing and
trembling weirdly, sho hastened
through the tunnel. Usually tho time
for taking tho receiver down till
Lanny replied was only a half min
uto. Now sho waited what seemed
many minutes without response. Had
tho connections been broken? To
mako sure that her Impatience was
not tricking hor sho began to count
off tho seconds. Then sho heard Lan
stron's voice, broken and hoarse:
"Marta, Marta, ho is dead! Partow
is dead!"
Recovering himself, Lanstron told
the story of Partow'e going, which was
In keeping with his llfo and his
prayers. As tho doctor put It, tho
light of his mind, turned on full volt
ago to tho last, went out without a
flicker. Through the day ho had at
tended to the dispositions for receiv
ing tho Grays attack, enlivening rou
tine as usual with flashes of humor
and reflection ranging beyond tho de
tails in hand. An hour or so before
dark ho had reached across tho tablo
and laid hie big, soft palm on tho back
of Lnnstron'B hand. Ho was thinking
aloud, a habit of his In Lanstron's com
pany, when nn idea requiring gesta
tion carao to him.
"My boy, it is not fatal If wo lose
TOOK HOYT AT HIS WORD
Invited Guests of Theatrical Man, In
Stage Parlance, Were There
"for a Run."
It was tho habit ot Charles II. Hoyt,
tho dramatist, to invito almost every
body he mot to como up nnd spend a
few weekB with him at his Bumtner
homo In New Hampshire.
''Come up and stay a couplo of
wcokB with me," ho would say, when
ho had talked for a few moments
"Glad to havo you. I need company
up there."
Ono night Hoyt. Ben Dasher, W. H.
Currlo, Frank McKoo nnd several oth
er houso guests of Hoyt's woro sit
ting on tho voranda of Hoyt's summer
houso waiting for dinner. Tho train
had Just arrived and thoy saw an old
farmer and his wlfo coming up tho
path.
"Who aro they?" askod Hoyt, "1
never saw them boforo."
"Tho dickens you didn't," roplled
Currlo. "That is that old yap and his
wlfo you talked to over at Springfield
and Invited to visit you."
"Oh, well," said Hoyt, "maybo thoy
aro Just coming In to dinner. They
will take tho night train back."
Then he looked again and saw tho
hired man behind tho farmer and his
wlfo and wheeling a big trunk on a
wheelbarrow
"No, by Georgel" shouted Hoyt,
"they aro hero for a run!"
And they stayed a month.
Unexplored Panama.
There are Btlll largo areas In Pana
ma that are unexplored and unknown.
tho apron of Engadlr. Tho defenses
behind It are very strong."
"No, not fatal," Lanstron agreed.
"But It's very important."
"And Wosterllng will think it fatal.
Yes, I understand his character. Yes
yes; and if our counter-attack should
fall, then Miss Galland's position
would bo secure. Hm-mm thoso
whom tho gods would destroy
htn-m-m. Wosterllng will bo con
vinced that repeated, overwhelming
attacks will gain our main lino. In
stead of using engineering approaches,
ho will throw his battalions, masses
upon masses, ngrtlnBt our works until
his strength is spent. It would be
baiting tho bull. A risk a risk but,
my boy, I nm going to "
Bartow's head, which was bent in
thought, dropped with a Jerk. A con
vulsion shook him and ho fell forward
onto tho map, his bravo old heart in
"
"We're Tearing Their Redoubts
Pieces!"
Its last flutter, nnd Lanstron was alono
In the silent room with tho dead and
his responsibility.
"Tho order that I know ho was about
to speak, Marta, I gave for hlra," Lan
stron concluded. "It seemed to mo
an inspiration his last inspiration
to mako the counter-attack a feint."
"And you're acting chief of staff,
Lanny? You against Wcsterllng?"
"Yes."
The colonel of tho 128th and Captain
Fracasso wero eating tholr biscuits to
gether and making occaeional remarks
rather than holding a conversation.
"Well, Westerllng is a field-marshal,"
said the colonel.
"Yes, he's got something out of it!"
"The men eem to bo losing spirit
thero's not doubt of it!" exclaimed tho
colonel, rhoro aloud to himself than
to Fracasso, after a while.
"No wonder!" replied Fracasso. Mar
tinet though ho was, he spoko In grum
bling loyalty to his soldiers. "What
kind of spirit Is thero in doing tho
work of navvies? Spirit! No sol
diers over fought bettor in invasion,
at least. Look at our losses! Spirit!
Westerllng drives us In. He thinks
wo can climb Niagara Falls! He "
"Stop! You are talking Hko an an
archist!" snapped tho colonel. "How
can tho men havo spirit when you feel
that way?"
"I shall contlnuo to obey orders and
do my duty, sir!" roplled Fracasse.
"And thoy will, too, or I'll know tho
reason why."
Thero was a silence, but nt length
tho colonel exploded:
"I supposo Westerllng knows what
he is doing!"
"Still wo must go on! Wo must
win!"
"Yes, tho offensive always wins in
tho ond. We must go on!"
"And onco wo havo tho range yes,
onco we've won ono vital position tho
men will recover their enthusiasm and
bo crying: 'On to tho capital!'"
"Right! Wo were forgetting history.
Wo wore forgetting tho volatility of
human nature."
(TO BE CONTINUED.) .
NATIONAL SONG OF CHINA
Country Has Awakened to the Need
of Melody Calculated to In
spire Patrlotltm.
After tho rojectlon of eight nation
al anthems composed In China since
tho revolution, that ot tho Chinese
minister to Belgium, Wang Yan Pao,
which, together with tho song of tho
minister of agriculture, commerce and
trade, Chang Tslen, belongs to tho
latest compositions, Is likely to bo ac
cepted by tho Chinese government.
Following Is a translation of tho first
threo stanzas:
"China, tho subllmo mountains and
luxuriant plains attest thy greatness.
Country of wondors through thy
honry civilization, thy omperors havo
sacrificed thomselveB In ceding tho
rulo to tho people.
"Tho people havo tho supremo pow
er. So has taught Confucius and
Mongtso. And already In tho hoary
times of Yao and Suon It had thus
boon announced to tho people. The
peoplo is composed of flvo tribes. Tho
unity ot tho flvo tribes Is past dispute.
Thon China is invlnclblo.
"Dovelop tho wealth of tho country,
Improve ngriculturo, and innko tho
people happy. Education nnd culture
aro tho achievements of centuries.
All citlzons aro equal; for Confucius
and Mongtso havo taught social equal
ity." The Hopeful Angler.
"Going out for a littlo sport, eh?"
"Yes," answered tho man with a
rod and line. "I hope to be able to
abuse the confidence of a few fish."
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STREETS OF MANY LEVELS
Time May Come When Multiple Road
ways Will Be Matter of
Necessity.
Fifty years ago tho notion of a 20
story building would havo Boomed ex
travagant. Now It Is commonplace
Wo havo with us somo prophets who
talk about tho city of tho future as a
placo of many stories. Wo havo now
but ono level of streets. They fore
tell many levels, tho Portland Ore
gonlnn states. Perhaps thero will bo
a piano of streets for every floor in
tho big buildings. Tho streets will bo
laid on concreto arches and lighted by
electricity. Keeping thom clean will
not bo much of a task becauso no
horses will bo permitted upon thom,
nothing but gasollno trucks. Tho
horso, amlablo nnd useful creature
that ho is, must bo blamed as tho
great defller of tho streots. When
he has taken his final farewell of tho
world, dirt and files will vanish too.
Tho need of somo such modification
In municipal architecture has become
apparent. In a few years It will bo
pressing. Few singlo streets aro wido
enough to accommodate the popula
tion of the big buildings which border
thom in tho busy quarters of our cit
ies. Thero is always congestion, tur
moil and delay when tho cavo dwell
ers pour out in a body. In caso of a
great flro thero would bo terrlblo
panic and destruction of llfo. Besides
all that, thero Is great loss of tlmo in
continually going from tho top to tho
bottom of high buildings. Tho olova
tor service Is usunlly exemplary, but
It cannot work miracles.
With streets connecting all tho
tenth stories of tho same city with
one another tho dwellers at that alti
tude would constitute an independent
community. Thero would bo another
set of streets at tho fifteenth story
and still others higher up and lower
down. Business would naturally tend
to segregate Its departments on differ
ent levels and an endless saving of
timo and toil would ensue.
SAVE THE COST OF SPRAYING
Martins and Bluebirds Should Have
Houses Provided for Them Near
the Orchard.
The American Bird House Journal
says that farmers and orchardists can
avoid the cost of spraying fruit trees
by providing tho purple martins with
a residence in or near tho orchard and
encouraging these intelligent birds to
keep down tho insect pests. Tho pa
per produces evidence to show that
tho martins protected a certain or
chard to such an extent that great
crops of fruit wero raised without any
spraying at all. It may bo too much
to assume that tho birds will tako
care of all treo pests; the San Jose
scalo, for instance, must be beyond
tho reach of any bird. But there is
no doubt about tho activity and tho
valuo of martins and bluebirds In fight
ing insect pests, nor any doubt at all
of the readiness of these birds to oc
cupy and take advantage of the nlco
little houses provided for them, pro
vided the English sparrows aro kept
at their distance.
Best Not to Copy Too Closely.
"After the general change of tho
political situation In the middle ages
that took away the city-planning activ
ities from the princes, and either an
nihilated thom or put them in tho
hands of tho citizens, thoso citizens
in very many casos turned out to bo
very ordinary, short-sighted, and un
educated, bourgeois." Therefore, con
tinues Dr. Werner Hegoraonn, German
export, it behooves city planners of
today not to tako too seriously tho
work of city planners of yesterday.
Beauty Is all very well, but thero aro
other things to bo considered.
A Wide Range.
A young woman with an aspiration
to shine in tho chorus applied to An
dreas DIppel, who has managed opera
singers all his life, for a position in his
company. "To sing in a chorus of
mine," said Mr. DIppel, "you must
havo a good voice." "Oh, but I have
ono," replied tho girl. Mr. DIppel led
her to tho piano and asked her to dem
onstrate hor vocal powers. Sitting at
tho instrument and thon swinging
around, sho smiled sweetly and askod:
"Shall I sing "Tho Chairs in the Parloi
All Miss You,' or something light?"
American Surgeons In the War.
Tho satisfactory work" dono at
American hospitals in two Gorman cit
ies has induced the German govern
ment to nBk for moro American Bur
geons of whoso skill their German fol
low surgeons "speak in terms of tho
highest appreciation." That Is praiso
from a high sourco, and It is matched
by tho recognition given tho work
of American surgeons In French, hos
pitals. Refugees Prove Relatives.
Belgian refugees, a boy and girl,
wero adopted by a man and bis wifo
of Aborcynon, Wales. Tho children
now provo to bo thoso ot tho wife's
dead sister, who wont to Belgium as
a governess somo years ago. A lockot
which was found on tho littlo girl lod
to tho discovery.
He Remembered One.
At a medical college a class was be
ing examined in anatomy, and ono stu
dent was asked: "What muscles have
their origin in tho popliteal space?"
"Well," said the bright -student,
"there's that one with the durned long
name, and I don't remember the other
two."
The Difference.
"Why doesn't Maud marry Harry!
He Is Just dying for her."
"But what Maud U after UtltT-la."
A POTATO KING
"It I were a farmer bov. or a bor with
out capital, and wanted an early compe
tency. I'd start right out growing Pota
toes," said Henry Schrocdcr, the Potato
king of the Red River Valley, whose story
ia the John A. Snlzcr Seed Co.'s Catalogue
ritads stranger than a romance.
That advico of Mr. Schroedcr's, the self
made Potato king, comes from a warm
heart, n level head, an active hand, and
above ail, a successful Potato grower!
Do You Know, Mr. Farmer,
thoro is more money in five acres of Pota
toes year in and year out than in anything
you can grow on your farm, and tho grow
ing of Potatoes now, with present machin
ery, etc., is easy. It's regular Fourth of
July fun I
Salzcr's Creations in Seed Corn put
Wisconsin on tho Corn Map with its as
tonishing yields!
Headquarters for Oats, Barley, Clovers.
For 10c In Postage
Wo gladly mail our Catalog
nd sample package of Ten Fa
mous Farm Seeds, including
Speltz, "The Cereal Wondcr;r'
Rejuvenated White Bonanza
Oats, "The Prize Winner;" Bil
lion Dollar Grass; Teosinte,
the Silo Filler, etc., etc.
Or Send 12c
And we will mail you our
big Catalog and six generous
packages of Early Cabbage,
Carrot, Cucumber, Lettuce,
Radish. Onion furnishing lots
and lots of juicy delicious
Vegetables during the early
Spring and Summer.
Or send to John A. Salzer
Seed Co., Box 705, L
Croone, Wte., twenty cents
and receive both above collec
tions and their biff catalog
SEEMED A PROPER QUESTION
When You Consider It, How Was Old
Dad Blnn to Know as to
Stranger's Chances?
"Eh-yah!" philosophically observed
old Dad Blng, tho veteran Oklahoma.
cattle baron, "You kain't never tell
about somo people. Last time I was
yur in Kay Seo, I went up on top of the
Scarritt building to sorter view tho
landscapes o'er, as it wero, and about
the first thing I seen was a feller over
near tho east edge, wrinkling his face,,
tearing his hair and otherwlso acting:
In n sort of general way.
"Going to jump, Podner?" says I.
" 'Yes!' ho yelled. 'Jump and end it
all! Ar-r-r-r-r!'
" T Judged so,' says I, 'but if it's a.
fair question, which way do you expect
to go?'
"Well, sir, ho acted like he was pro
voked about something, and snarled;
around Hko a scalded dog for a spell
and thon went down tho way we'd both,
como up. How'n'ell did I know what
kind of a life he'd been leading?"
Kansas City Star. S
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Don't let your stomach, liver and
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headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv
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A 10-cent box means health, happi
ness and a clear head for months.
No moro days of gloom and distress
If you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forgot tho children their littlo ln
sldes need a cleansing, too. Adv. Ma
Unfair Advantage.
"Why does Professor Dubbins lec
turo so often on the ancient Egyp
tians?" "I can't imagine, unless it's because
ho wants to talk about somebody who
can't talk back."
THE PROFESSOR'S STATEMENT.
Prof. Aug. F. W. Schmitz, Thpmas,
Okla., writes: "I was troubled with.
Backache for about twenty-five years.
When told I had B right's Discaso In
Its last stages, I
tried Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. After
using two boxes I
was somewhat re
lieved and I stop
ped tho treatment
In tho spring of
tho next year I
had another nt-
Prof. Schmitz. tack. I went for
Dodd's Kidney Pills and thoy rclloved
mo again. I used three boxes. That
is now threo years ago and my Back
ache has not returned in its severity,
and by using another two boxes a lit
tlo later on, the pain left altogether
and I havo had no trouble slrlce. You
may uso my statement. I recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills when and wher
ever I can." Dodd's Kidney Mils, EOo.
per box nt your dealer or Dodd's Medl
clno Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
A bracket and clip have bein pat
ented for holding an Incandescent
lamp on top of a dry battery.
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