TVfEvER wait to sec it a headache
will “wear off.’’ Why suffer
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millions of men and women who
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always has genuine Bayer Aspirin
for the prompt relief of l headache,
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miliarize yourself with the proven
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wLipirln la Uw> Irada mark of Barer Mimnfactun
uf M<>a<*eeticarnle»ti-r of Salicylicacid
For Wounds and Sores
Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh
(Homy berk for flrut bottUi if not lotted. All dor lor*, i
Tin* J.illor doesn't I t even his wife
keep open house.
The use of soft coal will make laun
dry work heavier this winter. Ited
Cross Pall Blue will help to remove
that grimy look. At all grocers.—Adv.
Kvon n light enter may prefer the
dark meat
OLD FOLKS SAY
DR. CALDWELL
WAS RIGHT
The basis of treating sir-knew* has not
changed since Dr. Caldwell left Miniical
Cbllege in 1875, nor since lie placed on
the market the laxative prescription ho
bad used in hie practice.
Ho treated constipation, biliousness,
headaches, mental depression, indigestion,
•our stomach and other indispositiomi
entirely by moons of simple vegetable
laxatives, herbs and rooto. These aro
•till the basis of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin, a combination of senna and
other mild horba, with pepsin.
The rimpler the remedy for constipa.
lion, the safer for tho child and for you.
And ns you can got. results in a mild
and safe way by using Dr. Caldwell’s
tSyrup Pepsin, why tako chances with
•troug drugs?
A bottle will last soveral months, and
all can use it. It is pleasant to tho
taste, gentle in action, and free from
Uarcotios. Klderly people find it ideal.
All drug stores have the generous 1 Kittles,
or
write “Syrup Pepsin,” Dept. HU,
^lontieello. Illinois, for free trial bottle.
Before and.
After Childbirth
“I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound before
my first baby was born and I
am taking it now for my weak
! ened condition after the birth
i of my second boy. Although I
‘ never have put on any flesh
\ 1 am feeling good now and
j the Vegetable Compound has
helped me in every way. It is
surely a wonderful medicine
and I will be glad to answer
letters for I recommend it
highly.”—Mrs. Frtd W. Davty,
Madison, ICansas.
By LINTON WELLS and NZLS LEROY JOr.GSNSEN
30
He lay back and closed Ins
eyes. Natalie. He hadn’t re- I
ilized how lovely the name
was, before. Nareisse noir. .
. . The delicate scent that
meant her and that no longer
eluded him, in actuality. Jim
my forgot, in the long, glori
ously lazy sea days that fol
lowed, while the Atlantic
sparkled and laughed under
the caress of the early summer
bud, that anything mattered
besides her.
At last he had found
her—the mate of the eagle and
the adventurer. It was hard
—-impossible, sometimes, he
found—to remember that soon
he would have to give her up.
As every hour passed, without
too many words, they seemed
to have grown closer together,
Jimmy had to force himself, at
night, to recall Cecil Broad
moor and their friendship.
It was cruel—cruel, he told
his reflection in the mirror, as
he was preparing for bed on
the fourth day out from Cher
bourg! Bitterly cruel and un
just. For the first time in his
life he had found the thing
that every man quests for, that
he had believed would never
exist for him. And having
found it, it was snatched away
in the same instant.
But the wor.it—flu* worst
was that I •* could not fight.
Had Natal1, belonged to any
other man, lie swore, he would
haw fought desperately to win
her away. For she was his—
his mate; the woman who
could dare as he dared, whose
courage was equal to his own.
The bitterest realization of all
lay in the fact that because
Cecil was Ids friend lie had to
Loop silence.
.Jimmy found his thoughts
too much for him that night.
He did not want to sleep; he
did not want the opportunity
to think. Ketving his cravat,
which lie had losened in prep
aration for rqrring, he slipped
on his coat; and opening the
door into the alleyway, walked
up toward the deck.
it was quiet there. Most of
the passengers had long since
nought their staterooms. Un
derneath the deck, the churn
of the engines made a con
stant, unceasing vibration;
along the waterline, phosphor
ous sent queer globules of light
far into the depths of the sea.
A pair of lovers sat in a se
cluded corner, sihnl. With a
little aolic in his heart, Jimmy
hurriedly passed them by, pre
tending that he had not seen.
lie hesitated, on the forward
part of the dealt, against the
rail. The night was still—so
utterly still and peaceful and
full ot‘ quiet loveliness that it
actually hurt. Hooking out
ward from the rail, the Feus*
tania appeared not to be mov
ing through the water; it was
like a painted ship in the ren
ter of the moon’s path, on a
painted, velvet sea.
Even the light emanating
from the porthole in the bar
teemed unreal. Vet Jimmy
turned toward it with a certain
relief. It would he reasonably
quiet inside, and one or two
of the gayer members of the
i ship's company would be there. ,
.At I *ast, he n »ed not be alone.
Someone opened the door be
fore he entered, pan tod to look
out, and then returned. Jim
my slipped through unobtru
sively, unnoticed. He did not
want to be hailed and asked
to drink at the bar.
Frowning at his own atti
tude of mind, he sought out a
quiet corner. The lights were |
being dimmed. He bit his lip
with annoyanee as, glancing
carefully about the room, he
made out the slumping figure
of Austin Rogers behind one
of the green ami black tables
on the farther side, a glass in
MILLIONAIRE SHERIFF
IS KING OF POLITICS
IN COUNTY OF TEXAS
EDIN3URO, TEX. — (AP) — A
kin? cf democracy in the Rio
Grande valley is A. Y. Baker, mil
lionaire sheriif of Itidaljo county.
Baker's exploits in 17 years a3
•heriff are Texas history. Wi.hout a
fi n he has kept peace. Political tur
moil frequently has revolved about
i h m; immigrant republicans* from
the midwest have tried to oust him.
his fingers, a companion on
either side i f him.
He did not want to see Hol
ers tonight. It recalled to him
that in* had a score to settle,
and he was not in the mood for
a quarrel. He hoped his rival
had not noticed hi.t; and will)
the intention of slipping out
before he should become ob
served, downed quickly the
short two fingers of brandy
he had poured and signed his
chit.
lie had just turned away
from the bar, averting his
eyes from li e table in the cor
ner, when Rogers’ voice arrest
ed him :
“That is my competitor—
yes. And we haven’t spoken
in some time. Mr. Brandon!”
Jimmy turned, hesitating, in
the renter of the room. His
eyes were half closed: if he
was not in the mood for a
quarrel, he was equally not in
the mood to b* trilled with.
His lips barely parted when he
sa'^1:
“Yes?” with the utmost po
liteness.
nosers sniilod. JIc was
slightly linger the influence of
the liquor lie hud been drink*
in”', ami I)!;; eyes wore very
bright unnaturally so.
“You’ll have a drink with
me, won’t you, Brand an, be
fore you turn in? Just a night
cap—to show we’re both
sportsmen. ”
Jimmy stood still a moment,
aware that all eyes were upon
him. lie was grateful that tlu*
room was practically empty.
He glanced at Rogers’ com
panions. With one of them lie
had a speaking acquaintance—
Nash, a rug and curio dealer
from London; the second he
knew by sight as a wealthy
young traveller from some
where in the Middle West,
named (Jarrison.
Slowly he walked across the
rom, until' he stood in front of
the table, directly across from
his enemy.
“I’m sorry to have to de
cline, Rogers,” lie said quietly.
“Besides, a drink wouldn’t
show that wo were both sports
men. All the liquor in the
world couldn’t make a sports
man out of a rotter—like
you!”
He regretted the liof words
instantly they were out; but
Rogers had brought them on
himself. The latter had de
liberately baited him with the
invitation to drink. He knew,
and he knew that Jimmy
knew, all that had happened
beneath the surface of the trip.
His trickery was known, and
he had practically dared his
rival to resent it.
Ills dark evvs blazed as he
glowered up into .Jimmy’s
frozen features. His two com
panions were silent, uncompre
hending, but muted after a
single look at .Jimmy JJrari
don’s face. It was slowly, and
with evident difficulty, that
Rogers managed an ugly
laugh. He shrugged, tossing
off his drink,
“I shouldn’t drink.” he said
at last quietly. ‘‘It is inclined
to make me too cordial with—
inferiors. T hope you’ll forget
that I over thought of drinking
with you, Rrandon.”
‘‘ L hope,” retoted .Tirmmy,
‘‘that you understand me.” He
dared say no more; hesitating
for the barest fraction of a sec
ond to return Rogers’ stare, he
swung about and made for the
door.
Hut his enemy’s voice held
him. “I understand,” said
Rogers, “that you have busi
ness elswliere.” lie gave a
short, ugly laugh. “These
shipboard flirtations, eh. Rran
don? They’ll be rather hard
to forg'd and explain when
you get hack to New York.”
Something fierce lighted in
side Jimmy’s breast. The only
yet every two years he is re-elected.
The county sometimes is called
“Hidalgo Free State," due to Its
unique political makeup. Baker’s
republican enemies often refer to
him as the “czar.” Texas * angers
guarded ‘he polls at last Novem
ber’s election, which was followed
by charges of Irregularities.
Baker, once a ranger himself,
I came to the Rio Grande valley 30
years ago when it wa? a th eket of
mesqui’e and chapparal. When Hi
dalgo county was created in 1312,
he entered the sheriffs off.ee.
He Is one of the valley’s richest
citizens, and heads a new bank
sign outwardly was that Jiis j
face, if possible, grew more
impassive, more coldly a mask
than ever, and in the depths
i of his gray eyes a tiny amber
light, flecked with green,
blazed for a second as he
turned back to the table. vEen
l Rogers liad a momentary tooch
j of | illor, however, when he
• saw that face.
•Jimmy Brandon’s hands
I rested on the tabic edge; in
slinetivply Rogers’ two com
panions drew back. The
knuckles, clutching the ma
hogany rim of the table, were
white as his muscles tensed.
“(Jet up!’’ Jimmy’s voice
was low—so low and tense
that no one but the four in
the corner could bear. “Get
up, you swine! I don’t dare re
sent anything that you’s sug
gested, sabet—for myself. But
for my friend, Major Broad
moor, I’m going to have the
pleasure of knocking you
down."
lie drew erect. "Get up
and take it!’’
Rogers never moved. A thin
smile came to his lips, but it
came with a visible effort. He
set down his glass and turned
to his friends. He was about
to speak; his lips had already
formed a deprecating phrase,
when Jimmy Brandon’s left
hand shot out.
1 ne lingers brought lingers
mat lapels together at slii
throat; behind them, Jimmy’s
arm jerked his rival fiercely to
hi; feet.
“Put up your hands or—”
Smash! Jimmy’s right palm
flashed through the dair an
wtjh a resounding sniaek made
contact with Rogers’ left
cheek. There was a frightened
cry; a commotion came from
behind the bar. Jimmy, a; Rog
ers flailed wildly at him,
clenched his fist.
“.Brandon!”
lie diid not heed
mending voice until
v>as caught from
Whirling, he faced
Farquharson; the
the com
his arm
behind.
Captaini
latter’s
frown was stern and uncom
promising.
“Bet out of tliis, Brandon,
in a hurry I'll join you later.”
Vvilh a gentle pressure, Far
quharson moved him toward
the door. Reluctantly, Jimmy
tfcorsook bis grip on Rogers’
coat. The latter’s pallid face
bore in bold relief the imprint
of Jimmy’s fingers. Released,
he sagged back weakly against
the wall.
1' arquharson, as Jimmy
reached the outdoors, turned
th« other contemtpously.
“This is most regrettable, Mr.
Rogers. Will you have any
complaint T”
Rogers’ eyes flamed. “Will
I? Gentlemen, 1 think you’ll
bear me out—”
But Nash, the rug man, his
face pale, cut him short, as lie
stepped away from the table.
I in aJ raid, Rogers, I shall be
hiking along.”
Rogers stared. The second
man, with a glance at Nash,
nodded. “And J, Mr. Rogers.”
lie oowed shortly. “I trust
your face wasn’t hurt too bad
ly.”
Loft alone with him, the
captain on the Fanstania
smiled grimly. “You didn’t
finish, Mr. Rogers. Did you
say you had a complaint
against Mr. Brandon!"
Rogers stood for a moment
in fuming silence. Farquharson
waited patiently, the grim
smile still tingeing his lips. At
last :
“There is nothiing more to
be said, Captain," Rogers
murmured. “Brandon and I
will settle in New York." His
eves flamed for a second.
■ ‘‘There's a good deal to be set
tled, you know!"
■Without another ward, Far
quharson, with a short nod,
I turned on his heel and fol
j lowed Jimmy Brandon into
the dark outside. The moon
was just receding into a pillow
of clouds. Jimmy looked up
questioningly.
“Did those fellows—!"
“I'm glad you know it
might have been a troublesome
little business,” the captain
housed in one of the valley’s most
costly buildings.
---
But They Ate.
From Tit-Bits.
She: Isn’t the moon lovely to
nightDo you know it always fills
me with hunger for something.
He ^hastily): Let’s dance.
Q. What is the meaning of P. O.
j. reLtive to sugar cane in Louis
iana? A. C. R.
A The in.tials P. O. J. stand for
Froefi.tat.on Ooet* Java, the earlier
name of the planters’ experiment
e.aT.cn fit Pasoeroean. Java. All
sugar cane seedings developed by
this station are design*^ hv t.hoe
put In. “Mo, sur; w.ingfy,
those two turned cut to be gen
tlemen. They walked out.”
Ho hesitated. “JJut yon—Jim
my, will you hold your damned
temper till I get you off this
boat?”
Jimmy smiled. “I hope so
I daresay Rogers won’t feel in
the mood for baiting me until
after the finiish of this race.
Rut—all joking aside, Farqu
liarson—I did do a neat little
job on that faee of his now,
didn’t I?”
CHAPTER XXVIT.
Jimmy spent most of the fol
lowing morning in his state
room, lying on his back and
staring at the eeiling which
rooked with a g«ntle motion
back and forth. Tie had heard
no more from the quarrel in
the bar, but he regretted it
Rogers would do nothing fur
ther aoout it, he knew, and yet
he cursed himself for the tem
per which had caused this
thing to happen twice. What
had the club done, lm won
dered, about the scene there?
He was not anxious to meet
Natalie at onep. either. It was
doubtful whether -she would
have hoard of the mooting, and
he did not want to tell her. She
would demand to know the
reason, and that lie knew he
should never tell. He hoped
she would not hear it from
anyone else.
Jxogers ho promised himselt
to avoid for the remainder of
the journey aeross the Atlan
tic. According? to the Faus
tania’s schedule, they were due
to arrive in New York on the
morning of the 28th day of the
dash. Nothing? must happen
between now and then—noth
ing? must occur to give cither
tlie. handicap in the last few
hours of the race.
It was Farquharson who
pointed oot to him, just before
the hour for luncheon, the
danger of a serious quarrel.
Kogers, it was possible, might
manage to hurt him—hurt him
in some way so that he could
not finish the trip. Or the re
vor.se . . .
“Suppose you incapacitated
him for that last dash?"
mused the captain. “Don’t
you see that any victory you
might win would be useless?
Public opinion’d bevin his fa
vor.” .
(TO Be CONTIX11KD)
—--—
I.ake States Aeree.
Prom Detroit News.
The results of the conference 0!
legislative representatives of Minne
sota. Wisconsin and Michigan, held
at Madison recently, surpassed the
mos tsanguine hopes of those who
have often predicted that nothing
stood in the wav of these three la’.;e
states in adopting uniform conser
vation laws. The governors of the
three states as well as the conserva
tion officials had already pledged
themselves to abide by the decision'
reached, provided they were incor
porated into the laws of the s'ate«
represented. Of this latter there
should be no uncertainty, for the
legislative program outlined wat
agreed to in every essential by sen
ators, representatives and assembly
men officially appointed to repre
sent their states. To refuse any par;
of the program would be a violation
cf the pledge of one state to anoth
er.
uniform laws governing commer
cial fishing in the Great Lakes, deer
hunting, predatory animal control
wildfowl and shore bird hunting, the
proportion of fur bearers end the
black bear were adopted. In no waj
will these regulations differ/as be
tween the states provided the legis
latures perform their duties.
Unfortunately the inland lake
fishing problem was not settled, ow
ing to the wide difference now ex
isting in the laws of the various
states. However, conferences will be
called before out next legislative
sessions to iron out these differ
ences.
A spirit of give-and-take prevailed
throughout the entire conference
and it is gratfying to know that
each tsate was big enough to bov/ tc
the majority wish in all matters ol
importance. Nothing his ever hap
pened in our history that has sc
closely cemented the friendship bit
tween the lake states In conserva
tion matters as this conference, ana
it was fully worth whilue.
Q. Is there a snuff box mad»
from the hoof of Napoleon's favor
ite horse? 3. A. L.
A. There is still in existence a
snuff box made from a hoof cf Na
poleon’s famous charger, Marengo
The hoof 13 silver-shod and fitted
with a silver lid upon which is this
inscription: "Hoof of Marengo. be.'b
charger of Naooleon. ridden by him
at Marengo, Jena, Wagr3m, in the
Russian campaign, and at Water
loo.’’
-- ♦♦-i
Q. How many children attend
Sunday school? C. F.
A. It is estimated that over 29.
000.000 children are In the Sunday
schools of the world. Of these, more
than 17,000,000 are in North Am
erica.
initials. The department of agricul
ture has obtained cuttings of prac
tically all of these seedlings which
from their perentage, disease resis
tance, and general characteristics
appear to have commercial possibil
ities for Louisiana.
Q. From whom did the H_brew3
learn the art of wood carving? A.
R. R.
A. Robert Casscn says: “From
the Egyptians, the Jews, no doubt
during their caotivity, learned the
art or wood carving and the making
and worship of ”
Nt«
And
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or too frequent kidney excretions;
a drowsy, listless feeling; lameness,
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fonse.
What Will
you
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When your
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million homes are never without it. II
there are children In your family
there’s almost daily need of Its com
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thankful there's a bottle In the h mse
just a few drops, and that colic oi
constipation !s relieved; or diarrhea
chocked. A vegetable product; a baity
remedy meant for young folks. Castorla
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Stronger medicines are dangerous to a
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Remember the name, and remember
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day or night that Bahy becomes fret
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