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Fis-skims Vcgsta&c Compound.
Tbb worr.rn now raise' cl.l.-.krns and
does manual
years I
with troubles
my age that
i g o i n j? „u p
had to. go
3wly with
on the
, r.hensitdown
top to rest,
lector said he
though r 1 should
have an operation,
and my friends
thou; lit I would not
live u> move into
bur new house. My
(laughter asked me
to try India E. Plnkhamh Vegetable
Compound n she had taken it with good
results. I did so, my weakness dis
appeared, I gained in strength, moved
futo our new homeAdid all kinds of
carder work, shoveled dirt, did build
ing and c, -lent work, and raised hun
dreds cf chickens and ducks. I can
not say enough in praise of Lydia E.
Pinkham s Vegetable Compound and
if these facta are useful you may pub
. lish them fur the benefit , of other
I women.”—Mrs. M. O. Johnston,Route
* D, Bex ISO, iiichnionu, ind.
TO [JILL RATS. EVTiiCE
COCKROACHES
ALWAYS USE
STEARNS’
Eiimm paste
U. G. Government Buys It
A SOLD EVERYWHERE — 25c and «1.Q0
(Gain in Loss.
lie that loses anything ami gets wis
dom by it, is u gainer by the loss.—
L'KsUnnge.
Dr. Pierce'? Pleasant Pellet* are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 40 years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.—Adv.
Lightness is the chief claim for an
aluminum billiard cue that a Nebraska
Inventor lias patented.
Constipation can bn cured without drugs.
Nature's own remedy—selected herbs—is
Garfield Tea.—Adr.
i The lies! j'lkesftold about a man are
w those lie never heard.
GctoiS Health MaKes
a Happy Home
Good health makes housework easy.
Bad health takes all happiness out of
it. Hosts of women drag along in dailv
misery, back aching, worried, “blue,
tired, because they don't know what
ails them. ^
These same troubles come with weak
kidneys’, and, if the kidney action is
distressingly disordered, there should be
no doubt that the kidneys need help.
Get a box of Doan’s Ktdne.x Pills.
They have helped thousands of discour
aged women.
A South Dakota Case
M r s . F. I,.
Haight, 41t> Sec
ond St., S. W.,
Watertown, S. D.t
says: “I was laid
up with kidney
trouble and lum
bago and was in
agony from pains
i through my back
' a n d shoulders.
My hands were
badly swollen ami
my kidneys gavo
me no end of trouble, in fact, I was
all run down. Doan’s Kidney Pills
helped me as soon as I took them and
continued use made me well. I have
had no further trouble."
C«t Dosin’* at Any Store, 80c a Box
DOAN’S “”y&T
FOSTER -M1LBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Kine times in ten when the liver is
right the stomach and bow?1* are right.
CARTER’S UTTLE
LIVER PILLS
gentlybutfirmly corn^
(pel a lazy liver to^
do its duty.
Cures Con-,
stipation, In-,
digestion,
Sick i
Headache, *
and Diitreis After Eating.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSL, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
hy CUTTER'S BLACKLEG »!LLS
Low-priced,
fresh. reliable;
preferred by '
► western stock- ' ,
men, because they 1
protest where ether
^23 %*ccJn*s tall.
/V* Write lor T*or Viet awitowtimonia’s. .
1G*a0sopkc-IM^klsgpiUct $1.00
53-slcse jiHk- Sl3cfcl©2 PIHt, $4.00
vir.b.-'Cutter's simplest and stronz««t.
T'j^r* Ciitte* profi tfs is clt:« to over IS
r,i »■,..■ in VACCINES AMI
ONI.V. lNDv.1 OHtUmR'u. li unobtainable,
^ "lic'b'.itf iiSwrtw.tal.rtW. Crt„ irtrtcm. III. \
and Tumors auceearfully trented
(removed) without knife or pain.
Ail work aruaranteed. ('onin, or
write for free Sanatorium bo oA
Dr. WIUJ AM S SANA TOR! UM
Uni7er»ity Ar.. r<T*-nrwpnd:. Mins.
|fy3 HAIR BALSAM
A i r«Jpai«t, m «.r merit.
Tfea r’.-rRestori'r.ri Color itnt\
”cavly toGrny c#r J’»r*ed flair.
^m g |^1' '■ end $• "'ib* l-r. ». bita.
APPENDICITIS
If Vo.; hntf' been f br^atenwil or bar**»; a f7,.HTONK.S
iMiKiHf'l'liiN liAS or pr.lrs in . • * :.i Pfjrp
■Mi* write.forv» Iliable Bool* of Information rilLk
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A Theme Discussed by the Wall
Street Journal.
In speaking of Canada a short time
ago tiio Wall .Street Journal made the
■■inti an nl that ‘‘The basis of Canada's
riches is (lie fertility of the soil, and
no freak of warfare can injure that
white her grain will morons - in de
mand as ihe population of (lie world
! i'uv.-s. As an investment held Canada
i worthy of consideration." These
'•vorils are well worthy of attention, es
; peeially coming from such a source as
; t minent. llnancial j mrtuil. Willi
a land area exceeding that of tic
1 lined Slates and with tillable areas
coming under cultivation, tin wealth.
iT Canada’s future can scarcely heestl
! maied, while the wealth today is such
I as to tiring her most prominently be
fore the world.
During the past year thousands of
farmers in Western Canada sold their
crops for more than the total cost of
tln ir land. Lands at from Sir, to $30
an acre produced crops worth $-10 to
$T.’> an acre. Stock raising and dairy
ing wore equally profitable,
Tlie year 1915 saw most wonderful
crops and magnilieent yields over the
entire country, and many farmers
wiped out indebtednesses that had
hung over them long before they came
• in the country, and the year 1910 put
them in a condition of absolute inde
pendence. A report to hand verified
by a high official might seem marvel
ous, were the particulars not well
known, and where are not other cases
that would seem almost as phenom
enal. This is a southern Alberta story:
A farmer wished to rent an adjoining,
farm on which a loan company held a
mortgage. The applicant said he waul
ed ihe first ten bushels of wheat, after
which he would divide, giving the loan
company one-third. After threshing
he paid into the hank at Calgary '$10
per acre for every acre cultivated,' to
the credit of the loan company, as
their share or their third of the crop.
Sixteen dollars per acre rent. His
two-lliirds was $32 and in addition the
first leii busheliv.of wheat. Land on
this same security can he purchased
for from $1(t to $30, per acre. Won
derful yields are reported from all
parts of this district. Recently 4(640
L acres of a ranch were sold to an Illi
nois farmer; 300 acres of wheat in
1910 produced a yield that averaged
121•, bushels of wheat per acre. George
Richard, formerly of Providence, R. I.,
1 on a southern Alberta farm got 2,052
bushels of wheat from a 50-acre field,
1 or over 10 bushels per acre, and from
: a 50-acre field of outs got a return of
I 70 bushels per acre and still lin’d some
sheaves left over for feeding.
A report just issued by the Alberta
government gives the yield of wheat ill
(lie showing of 1910 as 2S bushels per
acre; 45 bushels of oats and 30 bushels
of tinrle.v.
Travelers through Alberta's wheat
hell have had revealed to them scenes
of agricultural productiveness unap
pronclied in any other part of the
world.
Alberta farms, selected with even
moderate discretion, have raised men
in independence and affluence with rec
ords of wonderful development unsur
passed amongst the phenomenal indus
trial success of which Canada well may
boast. /
Many almost incredible yields have
been reported by reliable authorities,
i wheat exceeding 70 bushels per acre
and oats 145 bushels.
Numerous records show that flic cost
of farms has been more than repaid by
tins year's crop, la otto instance, laud
purchased for .$2,200 produced wheat
which was sold for a little over $10,000.
1 Hiring ihe year 1017 there will be
ati immense amount of labor required
; to take cqyp Of Ihc crop in Manitoba,
* Saskatchewan and Alberta.
, One of tln> problems which Western
Canada has to face every year is the
- securing of an adequate supply of
labor to handle the harvesting and
threshing of its big crops. This prob
lem, indeed, is always present in any
j country that inis a tug agricultural pro
j duetion; in the case of Western Can
ada it is enhanced by the comparative
sparsity of population and tin* long dis
tance from industrial districts, which
1 can be expected to offer a surplus of
labor.
In Western Canada the present dilil
cuities are increased b.v the war. A very
large number of Western Canada's
small population have enlisted for serv
ice with the Canadian forces in Europe,
and at the present time there is gen
i crally speaking no surplus of labor for
I the ordinary chaunels of industry, to
say nothing of the abnormal demands
of harvest time. The situation, how
ever, lias to some extent been met by
the action of (In* Canadian militia do
partnient. who have released all such
• am who arc still in training in the
western military camps and who desire
to engage in harvest work for a period
’ of generally one mouth.
Tin* actual number of men engaged
in 1010 in harvest work was between
forty and fifty thousand. Wages were
higher than usual, running from $2.51)
to S-l.ot) a day with hoard, and from
'vl5 to Sdo a moiiTli. Advertisement.
Coni miners in Georgia have re
ceived in per cent increase in pay.
|
Constipation, indigestion, siek-tieadachc
j and bilious road lions arc -ivcrconie 'ey a
i course of Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring.
- Adv.
St. 1‘cter’s cathedral in Home will
I accommodate 51,000 people.
1
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The Man Who Foi "got !
A NOVEL
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By JAMES HAY, Jit.
X
QAKDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1915
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has three members you should know if you desire to
enjoy life.
1. The popular liquid form of Peruna—the reliable
tonic of the American household, with a long history of anoceao In
treating all catarrhal difficulties.
2. The tablet form, which is made after the same '
formulary and is more, convenient for many.
the ideal laxative, by the regular uqe of
which constipation may be overcome and
natural action restored. Mnnalin lias no
habit forming drug, but is an aid to nature.
Your druggist has all three. So many
thousands have received benefit from tha
use of one or both the: c remedies that they
ant a recognized part of the euuipmont of
every careful household.
TH5 mUNAjCOMPAinr Colmbm, Old*
Getting Her Own Back.
"So tho lawyers gut (limit! all of tin*
estate. l>hl Kditli get anything?"
,“Oil, yes; she got one of the law
yers." t
No sick heailache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get ti 10-eent hox.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few -days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Slop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take tho excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the boy,els.
A Cascaref to-night will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep—never gripe,- sicken
er cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a hox from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascarot now mid thou and never
have Headache, Biliousness. Coated
'Tongue. Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Many a would-be poker player made
a mistake in his calling.
TO LIVE LONGS
A recipe given by a famous physician
for long life was : "Keep the kidneys in
good order! Try to eliminate tbni (he
tkin ami intestines the poisons that
otherwise clog the kidneys. Avoid eat
ing meat as much as possible; avoid too
much salt, alcohol, tea. Try a milk and
vegetable diet. Drink plenty of water,
:u#l exercise so you sweat — the skin
helps to eliminate the toxic poisons
and uric acid.”
For those past middle life, for those
easily recognized symptoms of iullam
tnatiou, as backache, scalding " water,”
*>r if uric acid in the blood lias caused
rheumatism, ’’rusty” joints, stiffness,
get. Anuric at the drug store. This is a
wonderful eliminator n(* uric acid and
■vas discovered by Dr. Pierce of Invalids’
Hotel, Buffalo, _V. Y. If your druggist
tloes not keep it send 10 cents to Dr.
Pierce for,trial package and volt will
Snd that it is many times more potent
jlian litiiia and that it dissolves uric
»cid as hot water does sugar.
A hoy seldom inherits his bud*
ness from Ills father. The old tnau ua*
nally hangs on to ul) lie 1ms.
ACTRESS tELES SECRET.
A welt known artres*- gives the follow
ing rn ipe for gray hair: To half pint of
water odd 1 ex. 13ay Hum, a small box of
Garbo Compound, and ‘j ox. of glycerin*.
■ Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix It at home at very little cost. Full
directions for rn king and use com© la
each box of Barbo Compound. It will
•mutually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make It soft and glossy. It wilt
not color the, scalp. Is not sticky o*
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
One lighted gas jet consumes aa
I mm;li oxv'j'en us five adult persons.
A postal card to Garfield Tea Co., iirook
! lyn, N. Y„ asking for a sample will rw*
pay you.—Adv.
British women tire taking lift the cul
ture of lierl is.
Cure that cpld
—Do it today.
CASCARA Ef QUI NINE
The old family remedy —in tablet
form—safe, sure, easy to take. No
opiates—no unpleasant after effect*.
Cures colds in 21 hours—Grip in 3
days. Money bock if it fails. Get
the genuine box with Red Top
and Mr. Hilt’s picture on it—25cent*.
At Any Drue Star*
“ROUGHonRATS” Die ouuluure 1U: and iC*
. --
SIOUX CITY PTG. CO.. NO. 4-1917.
I NOTHING STANDS AS HIOH. as a remedy
for every womanly ailment,
as Dr. Bierce's Favorite
Prescription. It’s the only
medicine for women certain
in its effects.
" Favorite Prescription* la
an invigorating, restorative
tonic, a soothing and
strengthening nervines and
a complete euro for all th*
functional derangements,
painful disorders, and
chronic weaknesses peculiar
to the sex.
For young glrLs just
entering womanhood ; for
women at the critical time;
nursing mothers: and every woman who
is ■ run-down,” tired or overworked—it
is a special, safe, and certain help.
Dr. Pleree’s Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to tak*
as candy.
How to preserve health and beauty la
told in Doctor Pierce’s Common Sens*
Medieal Adviser. It is free. Send Dr.
Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y., four dimes, or
stamps, to cover wrapping and mailing.
The ifusnene That Does Not
Gatsse Nervousness or
Ringing Bn Head
Because o' its Tonic and Laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE can be taken by anyone without causing nervousness
or ringing in the head. It removes the cause of Colds, Grip am)
Headache. Used whenever Quinine is needed.
—tut remember there is Only One
^Bromo Quinine”
- That as the Original
Laxative Bromo Quinine
This Signature en Every Box
Canadian Farmers
Profit From Wheat
The war’s devastation of “
European crops has caused
an unusual demand for grain
from the American Conti- * h
nent. The people of the world must ^
be fed and wheat near $2 a bushel 'SH
offers great profits to the farmer. Y\
Canada’s invitation is therefore . 1
especially attractive. She wants V'1—''v*
Settlers to make money and happy, y ’
prosperous homes for themselves by
helping her raise Immense wheat crops. j
You cun get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE — —A
and other lands at rejtu art: ably low prices. Turing many -1
years Canadian wheat fields Pave averaged 20 bushels to
the acre many yields as Inch as 45 bushels to the acre. ' a. V j
Wonderful crops also of Oats, Barley and flax. i* A ’* '
Mixed farming as profitable nn industry ns grain rail- *• > Jf\ “
ing The excellent grasses full of nutrition are tk) only 4"i A
food required for beet or daily purposes. Good schools. i'i Cv ""
churches, markets convenient, climate excellent. H ' . e. ;
Milliary horiit* is m*iforrtptii^jry in 1'uniMla, but theiJ) Is [p v5
an »'i»ra aeiuactl f *r farm }j .,nt u* repine* tb« many \
ui*n wbo b.ive votuntoerod Ti>r Uie war. ThoGovernment ^
is urg.n? farmers to nut extra in*o Krn!n. Writ* £| . •
for liioru’ur* and pnrtleulars as to red reed rauwajr rates to v j
fciupt. of lumUgratloi:, Ottawa., C&cuda. or " HR
M. J. Jaknstou*, Drawer 197, Watertown, S. C.: H
W. V. Beanelt. Room t. Bee buiiJiag.. Onah*. Neb., B^V -T'mtP
and R. A. Garrett. 311 Jtcksen Street, S*. Pool, Mina. B n/%W%
> anatliuu Uoveinment Agents .^^H \ *\\*
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CHAPTER I (Continued).
"And that's why you dislike him?”
“Why doesn't he say who he Is—-who
he was? Why all this mystery about
j him? Where’s his family or his
! father?"
“Why should he say?” she inquired, I
j her glance again on the roses.
“Because most of these people are
! reformed drunkards with a past that
won't stand scrutiny. That’; why!” j
’rite senator had lost his temper.
“He n;ay be a murderer for all you j
know." lie declared.
“No,” she contradicted, hpr voice still |
calm and even; "1 don't think so. He,
is merely a man who lias reformed be- I
cause he learned by bitter experience
the evils of drinking."
“What do yojj know about him?" her,
father inquired, leaning still farther
forward. "What makes jou say that?”
"it is merely an idea.”
Ho got up from the table and went to j
the window, standing a few moments
silent before lie wheeled toward her
und delivered his ultimatum:
"Well, I don’t approve of him. and
that’s all there is to It. 1 don’t want
him to come to this house any more.
That was why I told you the other
day I'd be glad to see you marry Dick
Mannersley. Mannerly's a good fellow,
one of the best in congress. Marry him
—marry anybody you choose, but cut
out this Smith person. That’s my last
I word oh it!”
I More than ever, his daughter looked
like a strong, graceful flower.
"Kutheh” she said, her voice a whole
octave lower, “I can’t.”
"What!” he stamped his foot. "I tell
you there’s something wrong with him;
—something wrong sure. 1 tell you lie’s
unlit for you to associate with. The
first thing you know, there'll be some
thing in the papers about his coming
here so much. 1 can’t stand it! I
can’t stand having my daughter mixed
up in something that would hurt the
family reputation, it will get into the
papers sure.”
"That,” she said, in the same low
tone, "would make not tiie slightest dif
ference in the world to me.”
Tiie atmosphere was becoming vol
canic.
“Then,” said the senator, bis head
thruHt forward on his long neck, his
tall body bent forward almost like a
half loog, "i’ll forbid him the house!”
"Oh,” she breathed, "you wouldn’t!”
“Wouldn’t 1? The next time lie comes
here I'll—if it’s necessary—I’ll throw
him out. I'll-”
The threat was interrupted by some- i
body who burst through the hangings i
at the door into the hall. The in- j
truder, in riding costume, was blonde!
and chubby and bubbling with laugh- !
.ter. The laughter still bubbled, even
when she saw that her precipitate tn- ’
trance had cut off me anger on the j
senator’s tongue tip.
Ah!” she cried, her face a conspir
acy of dimples, "a serious discussion
at breakfast! What a mistake! My
dear senator, no one can be human so
early in the morning.”
Mrs. Griswold Kane had to her credit
widowhood, charm, and a great heart.
Still aglow from her gallop in the park,
she brought with her the suggestion
of the russets and browns ami reds of
the changing foliage there. She turned
to Edith.
"That Is," site added, "not unless you
ride. Give me some breakfast, do!"
The aepator started out of the room,
with tiie explanation:
"1 was lamenting the unreasonable
demands of my constituents, airs.
Kane."
On, sbe corrected lum, "constitu
ents are things to be left at home. !
Never bring them to Washington with ;
you. Politics wouldn't be any fun if |
you did."
Bhe was all animation, excitement, ;
glow. After the butler had brought hei
the coffee and rolls, site began to say i
to Edith the things she had made up :
her mind to say. , j
"There Is," she remarked, munching :
a roll, "only one way for a man to make
a woman love him forever. That is, to
die within IS months after he lias mar
ried her."
Edith poured her a cup of coffee.
"You know, Edith,” she said, next, -
“you are the most wonderful catch in ' i
this fair city of ours, l'ou are rich :
and you are beautiful—forgive me. iny |
dear, if I engage in this saccharine < on- j
versatlon at this ungodly hour of the
day—and, what’s mure to the point, ;
you have bruins. Behold the modern'
miracle—a really lovely woman with !
real brains."
"Keally, Nellie,” Edith expostulated j ;
Indifferently. —
And that is such a rare oombina- '
tion—so delightful!’’ Mrs. Kane bub-J :
bled on. "ThifUj of pie! i am not beau- :
tifuh and I have to overwork my Inuins
to appear charming, to make my arms
look chubbiar, 10 gown myself stun
ningly, to disarrange my blond hair at
tractively—oh, everything. But you— |
you can have your ’Thursdays for girls,' I
dear work of telling the poor things j
how to ntak.e a living and not lose a ,
-virtue, and do all your other ijueer
charities, and yet—ami yet, be the belle
of every ball!"
"Honestly, Nellie, what does it all j
mean'.’’’ the younger, more serious I
woman asked.
Mrs. Kane pul down her piece of roll
and brought matters to a climax.
"My dear Edith," she asked, simu
lating real concern, “why don’t you tell
me whether you ititend to marry the
man V”
What man?"
“Yesterday afternoon I played golf j
with Edd>e Poster—stupid thing lo do; ,
rny knees always crack when 1 stoop, j
and that's not romance—and later we 1
encountered his mother. Wonderful |
creature, that old woman! She impart
ed to me the interesting information
that you are going to marry Hick Man
nersley.”
Which, of course,” commented i
Edith, "is absurd."
“Naturally, i knew it was false. Ev
erything about her is false except her
eardrums. And that’s why 1 ask you
to tell me whether you intend to marry I
Air. .smith. Air. John Smith."
Alias Mallon looked Mrs. Kune fult-j
In tile eyes.
"How cun 1, Nellie? He hasn't asked1
m-." j
i his was not sufficient answer for
the young widow.
"1 know," she said. -What 1 mean i
is. wherj, according to your plans, is in
to ask you?"
Edith, her face grave, showing nei
ther mirth nor resentment, reached
over and, pijjling one of, the long
stemmed roses from the bowl in front
of her, brushed her lips with the flower
— —' — ■ ■■■■■■<■■ ■■■ IM.I. .1 .11 •
s
of it.
“1 don't think,” site said, a little shade
of satin*-vs in her voice, he will ever
ask me.”
Mrs Kano cast off her lightness. She j
was as responsive to Edith's moods as |
flowers ate to the dew.
“Oh!” she said regretfully. “Then
you don’t know who he is—do you?”
“J knew what everybody* els** knows.”
the other woman answered, “it .should
be enough.”
“No, no!” Nellie oautioned her. “Nev
er in: ke that mistake’ it: isn’t enough.”
Edith rose and went t<vnhe window,
where her lather had st»>oa a few min
utes la for *.
Mrs. Kane, looking at her shoulders,
fancied that the graceful figure bowed
a little.
“Accept this from me,” she forced ihe
gaycty hack into her voice; “if a man
hides his past from you, you may kiss
him—-good-bye.”
After a moment, she put a question:
"Who is he. Edith? Really ami truly,
who is he?”
Edith turned toward her, smiling.
“A great man. That’s enough, sure
ly, isn’t it?"
Mrs. Kane regarded her seriously for
a long moment.
“No.” she said incisively, “not even j
if ho were as great as George Wash- j
ington, Napoleon Bonaparte and Wil- i
liam Shakespeare all rolled into one.” ;
CHAPTER TWO.
There was about John Smith some *
Indefinable thing which otl^er men did j
not have, a tenseness pn^ itvift force ,
that made him srt»m the wlinr lT: ? of
life. He flamed through his clays. lie
dominated dinner tables in the eve
nings. The quick turn of his head, the
flash of his black eyes, the strong, fast
movements of his hands, the sureness
>f his stride—those were the unmistak
able, flaunting banners that caught the
aye and drew attention to the master
ful spirit of the man. He was brilliant.
There had been born in him a marvel
ous faculty for stripping from u situa
tion all extraneous and inconsequental
facts so that he might see, and make
others sec, the stark-naked figure of
m issue, a truth. The most striking
thing about him was his confidence,
lie final conviction that what he pro
posed to do he would do. lie was abso
lutely alien to doubt. And, while lie'de
voted himself to a serious work, a tre
mendous task, he was alert, sparkling.
His mind was electric. Physically lie
was like wires. Talk thin, broad of
shoulder and narrow of thigh, he per
petually was strung taut. Ills reserve
siSergy never was exhausted.
He had come to Washington early in
the preceding May to conduct a tight
which made tin* young laugh and the
3ld pray. Practically unheralded, en
tirely unati.verti.sed, lie had taken bis
place almost within tic* shadow of the
sapitol's dome and Mid made the calm
announcement:
"Whisky must he thrown out of tho
United States!”
Charles Waller— euphoniously known
imong Ills associates as “OholliewolUe”
—printed in his paper a short an
loiinceinent of Smith's arrival and mis
lion. “Wliat the agitator wants!” the
irticle said, “is action by congress onj
he pending resolution to authorize aij
imendnu nt to the federal constitution!
jroviding for tho absolute abolition of
;he liquor traffic in the railed States
md its possessions. He says lie v. ill be
atisfied with nothing loss than that. He
s nut here for a compromise. He* wants
:o force the big fight."
A' few days later Waller called on1
‘the agitator” in his unpretentious of
fice in a small building three ItibeksMo
lie northwest, of tin* Capitol, i.’hotlie
.vollie was al wax’s on the lookout fur
something unusual. He had decided t£
ake Mr. John Smith seriously.
"What l want.” he explained, “and
,vhaf you want for the sake of your
’ight. is .something'hot. something that
vill be printed on tin* front i a ••• of
he newspapers. Give me a good inter
dew, and I’ll fix it up in great sin*tie.”
Smith ran his right hand across his
tiack hair a characteristic gesture of
lis—and studied Waller’s ryes.
"How.” he asked. rising from his
•hair with his lightning like rapidity .>1}
Movement, "how would you like to hava
omething about tin* aiitudo of the big
non of the country in regard to the
iquor question?”
"Pump it out!” Waller agreed pleas
intiy.
was a stout, fair ha l re cl man of
ibout 3ij, an«'l carried a cane, lie >,pokii
11 ii slow, agreeahl* drawl, and hi.-4
mile was always ready, 11" pave ;hi
mpression that he could not possihl^j
like life seriously, particularly Wash-'
ngton life.
(Continued Next Week.)
Ro«o For Trucks Only.
From the New Bedford (.Muss.) Times.
Tilt, motor lruo\ road ia ai’.ive..^
ri’t. Ilrst one on record is being cou«
Hructed.by Los An#H< •«. cm. 11 is hi
idles long, and runs ri ,un Los Ang'^tel
o tile ho.vboi of Fan I’edlo. it is a t<J
’oot width of waterproof macadam)
covered witli eight inches of solid c.m
rete, and with an eiit/.ic l»ii,umiu d
carpet” ov r the w1a*le.
This roadbed Is m *r. durable tb: .1
base built merely for pleasure vtahd*jrf
jr light motor t tucks, in * list ruction
ind purpose, it is a sort of compi«uni.-a
letween the ordinary highway and the
vaihoad. It prove lex U.c frtioi "j j .a 1
teccltJd for liie heaviest >• nt of hauling,
4lid bv scj-Tegatintie- slow, pmjderoi.si
t ack tiaiiic it benefits tbe lights ita.
1c on other roads.
The innovation is sure to bo wi b ly
followed in time, wherever condition*!
ire 9imil.tr. Tin-re may i e truci; roads
?stnbli:’!n l in all populous » otmunni
Lies. Then we may steady tre . i
»f great g: s dliven trucks hauling!
"reiv'ht !jl.)n« tie- established routes le
ievinsj the pressure of traffic on com
mon highways and supplementing ti:«
work of the railroads. It will he a v.ti
mid*- addition to «*ur transportation
system:*.
"Jab Him. Girls."
From the Kansas city Star.
One Kansas Oit> in ci u j ;.ie the
ater 1 ;.s started a campa'ii i.jin.-.l
what it terms "iuen ptsts” or maj
lli us.
At the end of ever.'- f.h"Y\ it rurm i
di !♦» warning lac uNiici ay final them
f’lte slide giv« t .
will fniin?. "in • ny to.i n sad gu.By (
bothering its v.ome p*. - in*
At the close of the slide is a para
graph :
“Ten dollars reward to u:iv wnmu
who sticks a hat pin ia a mar pest’”