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    RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
BOARS MUST GO
French Government Decree3
Their Extermination.
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CHAPTER NINE Continued.
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"I nln't cggzncl'ly used to this kind
of n Job, luit If you'll look out o' tlic
Minder, I'll Imvo It chopped nn' split
i V corded In it minute," said Mr.
Llenklnsop.
Ho got along very well with Ids
tnsk. When they begun eating ho re
ninrked, "I've been lookln' nt tlmt pic
tur' of n Klrl with n baby In her arms.
Hrlngs the water to my eyes. It's kind
o' lifelike and nnt'rnl. It's nn A
number one plctur' no mistake."
lie pointed nt n large painting on
the wnll.
"It's Paulino l" said the Shepherd.
"Sure hlie's one o' the saints o'
Godl" the widow exclaimed. "She's
MnTtcd o school for tho children o'
them Kytallnns an' I'oloa. She's tryln'
to make 'em good Americans."
"I'll never forget that night," Mr.
Blenklnsop remarked
"If ye don't forglt It, I'll never mend
another hole In ycr pants," tho widow
answered.
"I've never blabbed n word about
It to any ono but Mr. Singleton."
"Keep that In yer soul, man. It's
yer ticket to 1'aradlse," said tho
widow.
"She goes every dny to tench the
Poles and Italians, but I have her hero
with me always," tho Shepherd re
marked. "I'm glad when the morn
ing cornea so thnt I can sec her
again,"
"God bless the child! Wo was
sorry to lose her but wo have th.
plcxur BJid tho look o' her with the
love o God In her face," said the
Widow Mornn.
"Now light ycr plpo and tnkc yer
comfort, man," mild tho hospitable
widow, after tho dishes were denied
away. "Sure It's more like Christmas
to sec a man un' a pipe In the house.
No, you can't help mo with the
dishes, a ltd 1' wouldn't have you pot
tering around mo If you could. Heav
ens, no I A mnu In the kitchen Is worse
than u hole In yer petticoat."
i So Mr. rUcnktnsop sat with the
Shepherd wlille tho widow went about
her work. With his rumpled hair,
clean-shaven face, long noso and
prominent ears, ho wus not a hand
some muff, but there was something
In his face today that had been ab
sent for so long that It was n new
man that sat at the table of the Widow
Mornn, a imm whom happiness and the
feeling thnt lie hnd really got bnck his
Old Self hnd transformed.
This Is the top notch nn' no mis
take," he remarked as he lighted his
pilMX "IJlcuklnsop Is happy. Ho feels
like his Old Self. He has no fault
to find with unythlng or anybody."
Mr. Wenklnsop delivered this report
on tho state of his feelings with a seri
ous look In his gray eyes.
"It kind o' reminds mo o' the time
when I used to hung up my stockln'
nn look for Uie reindeer tracks In
the snow on Christinas mornln'," lie
went on. "Since then, my oP socks
linvo been full o' pain un' trouble
every Chrlstnuis."
Thww I knit for yo left here full
of good wishes, snld the Shepherd.
"Say, when I put 'em on this morn
ln' with tho b'lled shirt nn' tho suit
that Mr. Utng sent me, my Old Self
came mf iiAkeri me where I was goln'
mid when I snld I was goln' to speu'
Christmas with n roajoctablo fnnfly,
ho said, 'I guefls I'll go with ye,' 60
here we bo,"
'"The Old Sclvoa of the village havo
all been, kicked out-of-doors," said the
Shepherd, Tle other day you told
me about tho troublo you had with
yours. That night, all the Old Selves
of Hlngvlllo got together dowu In tho
garden niul talked uml talked about
their reJntlxes tut I couldn't sleep. It
wns u kind of Seltluud. I told Jidgo
Crookcr ntiout It and lu snld that that
wns exactly what was going on in tho
Town hall tlto other night at tlic pub
lic meeting."
"Tho folks nro drunk as drunk ns
I was In Ilnzelmeud last May," said
Mr. Illouklnson. They have been
drunk with gold and pleasure "
"Tho fruit of tho vino of plenty,"
paid Judgo Crookcr, who hud just
come up the stairs, "Merry Christ
inns I" ho" exclaimed ns ho shook
(bunds. "Mr. Blcnklnsop, you look as
If you were enjoying yourself."
"An' why not when yer Self linB
heen away an' Just got buck?"
"And you've killed tho fatted
turkey," snld tho Judge, as ho took
out his silver snuff box. "Ono by ono
the prodigals nro returning."
They heard footsteps on tho stairs
and tho merry voice of tho Widow Mo
ran. In a moment, Mr. und Mrs. Ding
stood in tho doorway.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ding, I want to mnko
you acquainted with my dear friend,
Itobert Maran," snld Judgo Crookcr.
There wcro tears In tho Shepherd's
eyes as Mrs. Ding stooped and kissed
him. IIo looked up at Uio mill owner
as tho latter took his hand.
"I um glad to boo you," said Mr.
Ulng.
"Is UUs Is this Mr. J. Patterson
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BY IKWIN MYEIU'. j
Wng?" tho Shepherd asked, his eyes
wide Willi astonishment.
"Yes, and It Is my fnult thnt you
do not know mo better. I want to
be your friend."
The Shepherd put his handkerchief
over his eyes. Ills voice trembled
when ho said: "You linvo been very
kind to us."
"Hut I'm rcnlly hoping to do some
thing for you," Mr. lllng assured him.
"I've brought n great surgeon from
New York who thinks he can help
you. IIo will bo over to see you In
the morning."
They had n hnlf-hour's visit with
the little Shepherd. Mr. Ding, who
wns a Judge of good pictures, said
that the boy's work showed great
promise and thnt his picture of the
mother und child would bring a good
price If he cared to sell It. When
they arose to go, Mr. Wenklnsop
thanked tho mill owner for his Christ
mus suit.
"Don't mention It," snld Mr. Wng.
"Well, It mentions Itself purty mid
dlln' often," Mr. Wenklnsop laughed.
"Is there anything else I can do
for you?'' tho former asked.
"Well, sir, to tell yo the dead hones'
truth, I've got a new ambition," snld
Mr. Wenklnsop. "I've thought of It
nights a good deal. I'd like to bo
sextunt o' tho church on' ring that
oP bell,"
"We'll see what enn bo done about
It," Mr. Wng answered with a laugh,
as they went down stairs with Judge
Crooker, followed by tho dog Christ
mas, who scampered around them on
the street with n merry growl of chal
lenge, ns If tho spirit of tho day were
In him.
For a tlruo they walked In Bllcnce,
each member of tho little party busy
with their own thoughts. The Shep
herd of tho Wrds had made a pro-
"I'll Have It Chopped an' Split an
Corded In a Minute," Said Mr.
Blcnklnsop.
found Impression on the mind of Mr.
Wng, and he was realizing that Uiere
was more to the world than a fut bank
bnlunce.
"What Is It that makes the boy
so appealing?" Mr. Wng nsked of the
Judge.
"Welt, ho has a spirit untouched by
any evil thought, unbroken to tho lures
and thorny wuys of tho world of which
ho knows nothing, for ono thing," an
swered Judgo Crooker.
"He has a wonderful personality,"
Mrs. Wng remarked.
"Yes, ho has that. Hut the tiling
that underlies and shines through it
Is his great attraction."
"What do you call It?" Mrs. Wng
nsked.
"A clenn and noble spirit I Is there
any other thing In this world thnt, In
Itself, Is really worth hnvlng?"
"Compared with him, I recognize
that I am very poor Indeed," snld J.
Patterson Wng, mid his associates in
tho financial world would have hnd
dlillculty In recognizing the volco with
Its unaccustomed note of humility.
"You are what I would call n prom
ising young man," the Judge answered.
"If you don't get discouraged, you're
going to amount to something. I am
glad, because you ore, in n sense, tho
father of tho great family of Ding,
vlllc,"
THE END
Up to Mrs. Smith.
Jacfc was visiting 'a neighbor who
always hud a supply of home-made
cookies on hand. Slio gave him ono,
which be ate, and Jnck nsked for n
cookie to bring to his mother. When
ho reached home ho snld: "Mother,
Mrs. Smith said she was sorry but
there was a bite out of, your l-ookle."
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Slovak Girl in
(Prepared by the National deographlc So
ciety, Waihlntflon, D. C.)
Czechoslovakia, which has recently
lifted n ban against the Importation
of American cotton, may thus become
one of tho first of the Central Euro
pean countries to start In motion the
stream of products between America
and that portion of the world.
Because It is u colorful country with
quaint people nud customs and cos
tumes, observers havo often written
almost exclusively of these phases of
life In the new nation. But It Is also
Industrially of great Importance. This
Is especially true of the Czech part,
which Is usually called Bohemln. It
was the workshop of Austria-Hungary'.
If you saw an Austrlnn velour lint on
Broadway or an Austrlnn-mnde
Turkish fez beside the Golden Horn,
the chances were four to one thnt It
wns produced In what Is now Czecho
slovakia since four-fifths of the In
dustries of the former Hapsburg
monarchy were concentrated there.
Textile formed the largest group of
prewar Industrial products, aud made
the country an. Important customer
for the cotton exported from our
southern states. It Is estimated that
about one million bales of cotton ore
required each year to. keep the Czecho
slovakia!) textile factories busy.
The textile Industry Is centered at
Bratislava, which Is Czechoslovakia's
main port on the Danube, to which
vessels of n thousand tons can come
at nil seasons. In spite of the financial
dlfllcultles of Central Europe n
market for the finished product seems
nssured. Every country In Central
Europe needs textiles.
Skoda Works Transformed.
The great Skoda munition works nt
Pilson, the main source of Austro
Hungarian war mntorlals, wore as
famous In their way ns the Krupp
factories at Essen, Germany. They are
still fully capable of making somo of
the most powerful of war engines,
but In these days of peace for Czecho
slovakia there hns been u striking
transformation. While guns and
swords are not literally being beaten
Into plowshares, the machinery which
has turned out every variety of
ordnance In tho past Is fliow busily
engaged In making tools, locomotives,
car wheels, printing presses, and
various other Implements of Industry,
transportation, and enlightenment.
Bohemln Is krjpwn, too, for Its glnss.
One of the Important centers of glnss
fnctories Is what a younger genera
tion of geography students were taught
to call Carlsbad, ono of the world's
best known wntering places. Tho
town's new Czcchoslovaklan name Is
Karlovy Vary, a change which to the
outsider seems very much like the
deliberate destruction of a valuablo
trade-mark. Czechoslovaks glnss Is
best known, perhaps, by two speclnl
products, the so-called amethyst gluss
and emerald glnss.
Sugar, Beer and Wator.
In the northern portion of tho re
public, nenr large fields of sugar beets,
are located numerous .sugar factories
which turn out lnrge qunntltles of this
product. Before tho war about $10,
000.000 worth of sugar was sent out
annually from the territory which now
constitutes Czechoslovakia. Ono of
the most recent suggestions for facili
tating the export of American cotton
to Czechoslovakia Is that sugar from
that country bo exchanged for tho
cotton.
The nnme alone of Pllscn (now
Plzcn) tells In pnrt the story of
another Importnnt Industry of Czecho
slovakia. It Is the raising of hops,
the preparation of malt and tho brew
ing of the famous Pilsner and other
beers. Both the rnw materials and
the finished products havo always been
exported In largo qunntltles. An
Industry that rimy seem In n way a
striking contrast to thnt of brewing,
Is the sale of waters from tho famed
springs of the new republic. Bottling
mineral water may not sound like a
big Industry but tho mineral waters
of the Bohemian und Moravian health
resorts are widely sold. Ono peculiar
thing In traveling In Europo Is that
om thsj restaurant cars one Is forced
National Dress.
to drink the mineral water of the
country through which he Is passing.
Slovaklan Paper Industry.
Slovuklu Is not so highly orgnnlzcd
alefig industrial lines -as Is Bohemia
but it lias vast forests and already
there are many pnier mills, somo of
them still running under the old
lliingarlan names. But these are all
small ufTalrs ond so far the paper and
wood pulp industry has not been de
veloped to anything' like the propor
tions which could be reached in a
stable, Industrious Europe. In Slo
vnkln, too, one may see bentwood
chairs being mnde for tho American
market.
Czechoslovakia is short of coal but
this may bo a good thing In the long
run, for Slovakia Is one vast store
house of hydraulic power and there la
enough unused water power among
the Slovaklan hills nnd In the fashion
able high Tntrn region to run nil the
factories thnt nre likely to bo started
for a long time to come. The Tatra
.mountains nro rivals of (he Swiss Alps
for scenery. There the wealth and
aristocracy of Hungary have been
accustomed to go for generations for
mountnln-cllmblng and other outdoor
recreations.
While Bohemln, the lnnd of tho
Czechs, Is predominantly nn Industrial
country, Slovakia, the home of tho
Slovak portion of tho partnership Is
at present chiefly agricultural. There
are to be found the quaintest and
most artistic of- the peasant costumes
of the republic, which are a never
ending delight. The men wear white
shirts, embroidered at wrists and
throat and faultlessly laundered, a
thickly braided vest, wide whlto
trousers, high boots, and n round
topped hat circled by a wide figured
band. ,
How the Women Dress.
The women run the whole gamut of
color and a group of them makes a
picture on which the eyo must linger,
Their skirts of plain black reach onlj
a few Inches below tho knees. Just
below tho waist Is a line of firu
embroidery. Their stockings are
thick and serviceable. ' Some have
Mimll square colored designs knitted
Into the dull black. Their shoes nre
stout and usually high cut. High soft
leather boots are worn by somo. Tho
Jacket which renches to the waist may
also be plain except for nn applique
design of hand-mndc lncc.
Where then Is the colorfulness of
the women's costumes? It Is In th
gny nnd striking head-dress and apron.
White and red are tho favorite colors
for the head shnwls, hut the aprons
the real adornment for which tho
other clothes seem merely the back
groundare every color .under heaven
bright green, changeable to gold;
yellow with a silver overllght, pink,
blue, co,r!se and all the other colors
that feminine fancy iriny choose. When
n few hundred of these gaily-colored
aprons are displayed In one moving
picture, tho scene Is a charming one
indeed.
Tho hnnd-work that of old was put
upon women's costumes, utilizing ns
Its materials home-made vegetablo
dyes, produced Urtlstlc results. But
with tho growth of industrialism lesi
nnd less of this old-fashioned work
Is being done. Aniline dyes are being
substituted and machinery Is being
called upon to turn out Its products
quickly nnd In great volume. The
fnctories, too, are attracting to the
towns flie women who would havo en
gaged In the homo work. Thus gradu
ally, the arts of the past are being
lost
Even from the tiny villages of Slo
vakia, hitherto the stronghold of rural
customs, young girls are going to ths
cities. They have neither time nor
energy to do the fine needlework that
mntle their mother's costumes things
of beauty, nor money to purchase slml
Jnr clothes mado by otliors. They are
coming more and more to wear white
hnta with wide brims, spotlessly white
dresses, and' white stockings and
slippers. These newer costumes are
charming but lack the beauty and
Individuality of the old.
Lovers of the Chase Will Regret the
Passing of Animal that Furnished
Good Sport
British soldiers may regret tho fact,
remarks an editorial writer In the
Manchester Guardian, that tho French
government has declared war to the
death against the wild boar . . .
but the extermination will bo a lively
process.
"The British soldier's piquant sense
of the forelgnness of Franco was re
newed when he marched through
Amiens about Christmas time and saw
a newly killed wild boar hanging by
the heels outside n butcher's shop, with
all his dark bristles still on him," says
the Guardian. c
"Half the French country houses In
which our staffs lived Had on their
walls one or more bends of wild boars
killed by the men of the family In tho
splendid forests of Crecy or Hesdln.
where British ofllcers out riding In leis
ure hours would often see a mighty
sow cross a glade or senmper along
outsldo the fringe of the forest, at
tended by her litter of fast-trotting
sucklings.
"The noble snvngo Is now to bo
hunted, shot, trapped and assailed with
every form of frightfulness till he goes
the way of the bear, and draws back his
western outposts Into the Black forest
nnd some of the other great forests of
Germany, Austrln and Russia, where he
Is still much valued as a beast of von
cry. At any rate, he has held his
ground in western central Europe
longer than the bear, who dares not
show his nose out of tho western edge
of the thick forests of pine nnd scrub
In the lower Engndfne, nenr Zernetz.
The henr, too, hnd a bad time during
his last efforts to subsist further west
One of the last certified appearances of
the bear In tho canton of Berne ex
cept In the celebrated bear-pit of Its
principal town wns In 1702, when a
redoubtnble specimen settled nt the
Little Scheldegg, now beloved of
tourists, nenr Grlndelwnld, and aban
onlng the seemly vegetarian habits of
his race, ate any sheep he could catch
on either slope of the pass. '
"He seems to have set up n reign of
terror comparable to that of the fa
mous Great Dog of Ennerdnls in our
lake district but he was at last slain
In single combat by a Grlndelwnld
youth, whom he endenvored.to embrncs
and who broke his skull with the butt
end of n musket, after pnrtly filling
him with lead. The'vlctor In this gentlo
and Joyous passage of arms was given
20 francs by a grateful canton. Money
used to go further then.
"Our Inst English wild boar wns
probably dead before the Eighteenth
century was born, though the family
mny hnve hung on rather longer In
out-of-the-way parts of the Highlands,
now happy In possessing likewise the
only British specimens of tho wildcat
Evidently the wild boar, while he
lnsted, was very much In people's
minds. Witness the names of the
taverns, Fnlstaff s and others, and also
his plnce of honor ns one of the four
heraldic beasts of the class and ns tho
crest of Richard III. ne seems to hove
preceded the turkey as the staple thing
to eat on Christmas day, ond n traco
of this greatness survives In the cus
tom of serving up a boar's head at
dinner on Christmas dny In tho hall
of Queen's college, Oxford."
Spanish-American Art In West.
Experts tell us that out of the wel
ter of noble efforts, saintly aspirations,
abject misery and Ignoble moral cor
ruptlon, another form of ornamental
design Is appearing that has n charac
ter all Its own nud yet can pass by tho
name of Spanish-American art. This
new form of esthetic activity Is prov
ing a fanciful and most artistic chnrn
ter as well as being most utilitarian In
Its methods of construction. Such Is
tlic art now growing up In California,
New Mexico and Arizona.
Tho great southwest, playground, In
Its careless and casual life, Is doing
America a great service by demon
strating how ancient principles of art
and handicrafts, founded on tho stern
est necessities of economy, struggling
against untold hardships,' designed
bouso furnishings that combined art
with the simplest lines and the most
economical methods of construction.
It Is quite evident that If our housing
problems are to bo solved In a con
structive manner wo must realize that
there can be beauty In simplicity aud
even In poverty.
Delhi Capital of India.
Because of Its rich history as the
fountain-head of power In India, Delhi
not Calcutta, which was then ilia
capital was chosen in 1877 as tha
site of the durbar, or gathering of
native kings and princes, at which
Queen Victoria was proclaimed em
press of India; Again in 1003 Delhi
was chosen when a durbar was held
to crown King Edward VII emperor,
and once more In 1011 when George V
assumed that title. On tho latter oc
casion the new emperor announced
that this ancient city of emperors
would be restored ns the capital of
India and Its 250,000,000 subjects.
National Geographic Society Bulletin.
Unwritten.
"We are told that Russia now has
many unwritten laws."
It seems probable," said Miss
Cayenne. "The laws appear at times
to change so rapidly that no typist
could keep up with them."
I
Mrs. Osborne Says She Shudders
When She Thinks How
She Suffered.
"For years," said Mrs. V. B. Osborne,
of 718 Lancaster A. Lexington Ky.,
"I have been In a run-down condition;
nervous, weak and dizzy. 1 was ac
tually so nervous that any sudden
noise or excitement would product a
palpitation of my heart that fright
ened me. 1 absolutely could not climb
(talis, for to attempt such would thor
oughly exhaust me.
"I had nervous headaches and when
they came on It seemed that an Iron
band was drawn tight nround my head.
I now shudder when I think of thuso
headaches. My stomnch was weak
and I could not digest the lightest
liquid food. Any food of n solid na
ture .caused nausea and the sickening
sensation remained for hours.
"My misery was almost unbearable.
My sleep was never sound and 1 wns
worn out nil the time. My condition
was Indeed n very deplorable one. I
finally sought treatment in Cincinnati,
but nothing helped me one particle.
I was on the verge of giving up in
despair when n neighbor pleaded with
me to try Tnnlne. I obtained a bottlo
of the medicine nnd began its ue.
"I began Improving at once nnd soon
felt my nervousness and dizziness dls
nppenrlng. Then my headache!- left
mo nnd I renllzed my strength hnd re
turned. My appetite and digestion Im
proved nnd I mn now so much better
In every way. This Tnnlne Is n won
derful medicine and the only one thnt
ever really helped me. I hope every
poor woman who Is suffering ns I did
will try It."
Tnnlne Is sold by lending druggists
everywhere. Adv.
About Colors.
Is your room smnll? Then nvoid
yellow nnd red In Its furnishing. They
nro warm colors nnd mnke a room
look smnll. Use grays nnd violets to
give n "roomy" effect.
:
BEFORE and AFTER
CHILDBIRTH
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Now I feel fine, take
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For more than forty years Lydia E.
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Enriching the Language.
"No doubt," snys the Luroy Herald,
referring to tho French brought bnck
by our soldier boys, "our language will
kctfp such expressions as bean tote,
bone Jar, billy do, llugcry, auntra noo,
fox paws, Jenny's pn, silver plate,
three beans and toot sweet." Boston
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