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Henry with startling promptitude
" ou observing mortal Henry" COM
mended; you have unqueStionably observed the
weather reports But do you happen to know
whether Medicine Hat is place an article of APP
Parel a physicians prescription, or a summer
Il think said Henry that it is the name of
the Indian chief who puts the weather up in mis-
cellaneous packages shufles the packages and then
puts the joke on the Weather Bureau when it tries
to select one
But you don't know" persisted
Henry shook his head. But do you know"
he asked.
No" 1 admitted regretfuy Il do not Medi-
cine Hat, to me, as to most other people, is merely
a name a mythical source of unpleasant news a
synonym for what don't want. You never hear
of Medicine Hat unless something disagreeabe
going to happen,-something that leads you to
change quickly from outing 1annels to furs from
furs to bathing trunks and then very likely it
doesn't happen. Medicine Hat whatever and wher-
ever it is. ought to be reformed"
Good idea cried Henry enthusiastically. ." Let
locate the of the weather and make it fit
for publication"
Meaning" queried, that we go in search of
Precisely" said Henry. Let find this
weather factory study the mechanism, get few
samples of weather fresh from the mill analyze
them, and make such changes necessary to
secure uniform brand There is bad management
somewhere or we should not have such erratc and
uneven work. This is the age of system Let
systematic the weather, and shall be doing
service to humanity that will put among the six
best sellers; | mean, among the great philanthro
psts of the age
1T looks good to me- agreed and it was 50
decided
Hunting for Clues
Or course. We first had to learn something
- definite about Medicine Hat so We tackled
passing stranger
The name, he said means nothing to me but
weather.
Naturally" we agreed; but how can we find
it,
You can't find it he replied 1t isn't place;
it symptom
This did not sound exactly right to us; SO We
tried again
I've heard of it. said the man behind the long
mahogany counter; but | never mixed one my
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self III try it, however if you'll tell me how its
made
A third trial was more successful
Medicine Hat, said lake captain is place.
a breeding place for trouble. 1t sends u.s. among
other things, the close of navigation every year,
and sometimes it sends this without warning. 1t
is the most cantankerous place in the world: you
can't be what it will do next, even when it tells
you for very likely it won't do it. If called upon to
classify it. should say it was the worst bet
But where Is it? asked.
Somewhere between the northern boundary of
the United States and the Arctic Circle, he
swered.
Such general directions you give, urged
will not assist materially in getting there
The mariner of the unsated looked at in
amazement- You want to go there?' he asked.
We said we did
You'll excuse me- he said, "but somehow it
doesn't just human to want to go to Medicine
Hat l never heard of anybody that wanted to go
there, and | never met anybody that had been
there. shouldn't really believe there such
place if it wasn't branded on the weather But you
ought to be able TO get there easy.
How"
Catch the head of a BLIZZARD follow it back to
the tail and you'll be there
We objected that did not wish wait for a
blizzard
Then" he said, grab off any old weather
port and trace it to its source.
We contended that this all right in theor:,
but likely to be extremely difficult in practice.
. In that case, he said the only thing for YOU
to do is to go to Canada and hunt for it.
And no better directions could get.
! am mentioning these preliminaries merely to
show how very little definite information about the
weather factory and its location could be secured
in advance. True, we heard that Rudyard kipling
had said that the trapdoor to hell located there
but this only served to confuse the How
weather comes from We naturally concluded that
there a woeful lack of exact knowledge; it
was in the public mind merely the INDICATED home
of weather, bad weather
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E expedition in search of the
weather, like many other great
undertakings. was an inspiration,
an impulse, and in no sense due to
any thought of profit or to any en-
couragement received from either
Government or public.
Henry said | to the Great
Traveller one day. do you know
where the weather comes from?"
From Medicine Hat" answered
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Finally Getting There

MYTH our difficulties in finding it | shall not con-
w Germ myself in this article, | have space
only to give results. The Great Traveller undertook
to act as guide. He made elaborate preparations
for the trip laying in plentiful supplies of tobacco
and extra pipe And it was we'll that he did; for
once lost for two hours in the Rainy River
country Fort Frances and were marooned for
equal length of time at place called Asquith
near Saskatoon, where could get nothing to eat
drink without asking for it. Henry not a
good guide; for discovered later that went
many miles out of way, being sticcessvely east
north, and west of Medicine Hat before reached
destination. But finally got there
The inhabitants of Medicine Hat are a branch (or
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about Medicine Hat and then Pingle bundled us
into the automobile again
Kiplines Trapdoor
A FEW minutes later he stopped before two little
frame buildings.
Not much of a weather factory" complained
There. explained Pingle is the trapdoor to
hell of which you have heard SO much
| could not what the trapdoor had to do with
the brand of weather that Medicine Hat turns out
but Pingle hustled into of the buildings be-
fore could ask any questions.
The titular description then seemed appropriate
There many pipes and two three great fur
naces The engineer operated few valves. lit a
match. and we could readily believe that the trap
II don't see grumbled Henry. why you don't
turn that on the weather in winter
Pinge ignored his peevishness We have the
strongest flow of natural gas this continent
said Pngle We supply it at five cents thousand
cubic feet for manufacturing purposes and thirteen
cents thousand for domestic use Can you beat
that where you come from9
thought of my own gas bills. and sighed.
But where is the weather factory:' asked
Henry
Let us go to the club first suggested Pingle,
The light of comprehension was dawning in Henrys
eyes: he was learning how to create Medicine Hat
thirst. | also beg inning to see how much the
weather factory might mean to us.
By the way, remarked the gineer
departing, did you what kipling said about
Medicine Hat?
We returned to the club and then made a fresh
start. This time brought up in front of some
large but low brick buildings, with many railroad
tracks running into them.
That looks something like, l commented.
1t does, agreed Henry. II should hate to find
that the weather factory is insignificant little
plant
The Canadian Pacific shops" explained Pinge.
II want to show you the economy there is in
natural gas.
1t would have been discourteous to back out SO
invaded the shops.
The master mechanic showed us long lines of
hose, each with great nozzle attached. He turned
tha 11o haero
fire He turned a few valves. to give the
requisite air pressure and the nozzle became port
able blast furnace.
Formerly, he explained, we had to bring the
part of engine needing attention to the fire;
we take the fire to the engine. For instance, loco
motive tires be reset without removing the
wheel All that is necessary is to jack up the wheel
clear of the track attach circular burner of pipe
turn on the gas and the job can be completed in
about twenty minutes The time that engine
with loose tire need be out of commission has been
Continued Dc,s II
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The Great Weather Factory
FLOWER
Drawings by Geore. A. Harding

possibly the main stem of the tribe of
the Glad Hand This, as is well known
to explorers and students of ethnology. is
the most hospitable tribe in the world A
representative of the tribe, wearing a
smile that would break up BLIZZARD met
us with an automobile His name was
Pingle.
Where do you want to go:" asked
Pingle. after giving us warm welcome.
Have you heard what kipling said about
Medicine Hat? What do you want to
see? | am at your service"
This expedition explained Henry,
getting down to business at once, was
undertaken for the purpose of investigat-
ing your weather factory"
Pingle seemed troubled We discov-
cred later that reference to the weather
factory always troubled residents of Medi-
cine Hat, and seemed to have the effect
of creating a thirst We learned to take
advantage of this in time
Let us go to the club first, said
Pingle.
We went to the club The fact that
there was club, and well equipped
club at that, was rather disconcerting
but we saw no reason for complaining
We met several other members of the
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italy if had what Rudyard kipling said
about Medicine Hat; and then Pingle bundled us
into the automobile again
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01

Summer with its heat is made not only bear
able, but positively pleasant by the cool breezes
which sweep up the mighty Hudson and blow
through one thousand acres of virgin forest which
is comprised in Pa1isade.
In the early morning, before the City has yet
awakened to its day work, can breathe the
air of 275 feet altitude; can battle in and drink
the pure water which is piped down from springs
in Rockland County, New York, and then make
in As minutes the scenes of their days work in
downtown New York.
In enjoying the view a moonlight night
from the top of the Palisades overlooking the
Hudson River, with its brilliantly lighted river
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01
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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01

is typical1y home site for all the year round
There are now one hundred homes, each surrounded
by it's own little plot of two city lots, with
beautiful gardens and stately trees and each in
the knowledge that at no time will the encroachment
of business or cheap undesirable neghbors ever effect
it, because of restrictions.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-09-01

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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
Pointed Paragraphs.
Trom the chica % News

From the Chicago News.
The straight and narrow path-the
fire escape.
Most people are willing to do their
duty-as they see it.
Some people take steps for a divorce
at public dances.
The grass widow may feel blue, but
she never looks green.
Why is 1t that q large mar always
takes a small woman seriously?
Don't force your advice upon people
whose friendship you care for.
An honest man never has to hire a
press agent to put the world next.
Fortunate is the woman Who knows
that her husband is as smart as she
thinks he is.
A millionaire can say more in 10
words than a penniless man can in TO-
OOo.
A mar could earn several dollars
with the energy he generates in trying
to borrow one.
The small boy enjoys coasting. but
the average man can go down hill fast
enough without a sled under him.
This is the glad season of the year
when files are almost as plentiful as
insanity experts at q millionaire's
trial.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
On a 25 .ooo.Mile Tramp.

From the Memphis CommercialAppeal.
With 5000 miles yet to walk, Joseph
Mikulec, a globe %trotter, who is now
under an agreement to walk $4,000
miles in five years, reached here from
Forrest City, Ark. on his way to New
York, from where he will sail back to
the old country, where he will finish his
tramp.
Mikulec, who has agreed to walk u.s.
900 miles, for which he is to receive
$500 from a firm in Croatia, province
of Australia, left that place February
5. 1906. He will leave Memphis for
New York. visiting the capital of each
state through which he passes, where
he will get seal of the governors to
verify his route. During his walk Mix
ulec has worn out SO pairs of shoes and
now weighs 40 pounds less than when
he started. He carries his trunk on
his back and wears as few clothes as
possible to evade The law
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
CHAPTER XVII.
THE. HOUR OF THE POWERS OF
DARKNESS.

The night following the day on which
the Paintings disappeared stands as
the blacklist In the valley annals. Few
who have not passed their childhood
amid h dark whisperings Of witch
craft and the evil eye and Of unseen
~presences which lurk to do evil, can.
imagine h terror that fell upon
many throughout the region after the.
event at Roaring Run. The group that
met at twilight at Squire Hartswick's
store was small but select. The sher-,
iff nj h Sugar Valley deputies, who
We're TO spend the night at Hartswick
Hall, were sitting glurn and surly on
boxes about the door. The squire was
I'm q chair in the doorway, silent and
moody. smoking his corncob: Lem,
Fisher. to whom.the world presented as
many devils as ever 1t did to old Cot
ton Mather, was center M spokes-
man, warmly seconded by Tile Dribel-
bis and old Jake Kisterbock.
The powers OF darkness were having
their hour.
Dosyou-uns s,pose one minute that
three grown men could hide themselves
In b rocks OF that little hole SO that
e hundred couldn't find sem? Heigh?
As that reasonable wunst? They could
ny set out Of there; you know that.
Abner Moritz was right clost to 'em
a-DtCls.potatot ieCt b Wig ybRk
still and he knows they didn't 90 down
70 tho Run. I tell You a hacker like
|rsarth ng don't gel ketched less he
"What didShe run for 2. asked Amos
quietly why didn't he stand jest
Ewhere he was peeling bark and hack
the whole gang? What was the use OF
running himself half to death? Why
didn't ne Jest drop 3 Of sight In hts
tracks and save aMlsthe hard work Or
rlnnin over the ridge =,
hat all Yankee knows.
WY that's . n mud still. He run
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
SUCCESS TALKS
DR.. MADISON c. PETERS.
THE GENIUS OF ENERGY,

Mozart said: Work is my chief pleas
ure." Sir Joshua Reynolds was such
| a believer in the force of Industry, shat
he held excellence in art, however ex.
pressed by genius, may be acquired
Titan, in his letter to Charles ", SAID:
Il send your majesty, 'The Last sup
per- after working at 1t almoSt daily
for even years" /.
The indefatigable industry of Lord
Brougham. Michael Angelo, Arkwright
and Jenner are matters of history.
Lord Chesterfield, who acquired such
q polish of style, for many years wrote
down every brilliant passage he met
within his reading.
Lyman Beecher's greatest sermon
vas on the Government Of Cod
When asked as he descended the pull
pit steps how long it took him to pre-
are that sermon, he replied: About
40 years, sir"
Why Is it that the busiest men seem
to be in demand for everything and
have time for everything? 1t is be-
cause they have trained themselves
W to leave their time unemployed.
Success is ever on the side Of the
hustler" as winds and waves are ever
on the side Of the best navigator. In
this lightning-footed twentieth century,
things no longer come to him who
waits, but to him who hustles while
ne waits.
We are bringing up in America a
numerous train OF gentlemen idlers,
who are passing down the stream Of
life at the expense of their fellow pas
sengers. There are plenty of fellows
about who live off the earnings of their
fathers until they can find a girl who
Is fool enough to marry them. then
they will live off her father.
BY borrowing and sponging for years,
eluding the police, and by keeping UP
fashionable appearances they are often
received in polite circles and walk
rough shod over many a worthy young
man who has too much good sense to
make a dash or initiate the monkey
shines of the itinerant dude.
l want to impress on your mind the
fact that idleness from choice is both
destructive and ~disgraceful, and i
want you to take home to yourself
what I say. Don't try to persuade
yourself that the cap does not fit you.
Honestly acknowledge its fitness; it
will be a great point gained to become
honest with yourself.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.

A dollar bill in the hand beats two
due bills In your mail.
The milk man is sometimes also an
advocate of pure water.
A mans credit is usually good when
he doesn't need it.
It's still a question whether love is
an asset or a liability.
It's nice to live in the country-nice
for your city relations.
The woman who marries a cranky
OLD bachelor is as big a fool as he is.
After a woman has buried her third
husband you can't tell her much about
men.
When people wish a newly married
couple happiness they don't really ex-
pect it to come.
A mother thinks it queer that her
daughter should care for the things
HI e cared for herself.
It's difficult to convince a woman
that gambling is wrong as long as her
keeps ahead of the game.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15

race OF manifold distractions.
Our greatest men have been among
the least believers in the power of
genius n were as persevering as the
course, without original endowment of
heart and brain, no amount of toll,
however we'll applied, would have pro-
duced a Shakespeare, q Milton, a
Beethoven or a D'Israeli.
NO man appears to have written
with more ease than Dickens, yet he
said: My own invention or magma
ton, such as 1T Is, l can most truth
fully assure you would never have
served me as it has, but for the habit
OF commonplace, humble, patient, daily,
toiling, d%rudging attention. When re-
quested to read a few selections from
not time to prepare himself, as 1t was
his custom to read a piece twice daily
for six months before appearing with
1t In public.
Bayle said Of Meyerbeer: HE has
some talent, but no genius; he lives
solitary. working Is hours a day at
music" Years passed, Meyerbeers
hard work brought III his genius.
Newton's mind was of the very high
est order; his philosophy sought with
MISUNDERSTANDING grasp to encircle
the universe Of God, and yet, when
asked by what means he had worked
modestly answered: by always think
ing upon them"
Haydn said of his art: ut consists
Of taking up a subject and pursuing
IT." Beethoven's favorite maxim was:
The barriers are not erected which
can say to aspiring talents and in
dustry-thus a and no farther"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15

one often hears a woman say, ooh.
Jack and l are good pals; that's ALL
If that is the case, and Jack is the sort
of fellow that is easily understood, the
affair probably will not ripen into love
But If there is some mystery about
Jack-some sign that there is more in
his life and character than she already
knows-she finds him a book which
grows more interesting as she goes on,
until, finally, the climax comes-per-
haps suddenly, perhaps gradually. Then
she realizes that Jack is beginning to
absorb all her thoughts. She knows,
more truly than the girl with the pass.
ing fancy, that he has become essential
to her life and happiness. In this case
1t is not that Jack is such a fine char
acter, but simply because he was a
problem difficult to solve.
There are thousands of cases where
women even over the age OF 40 are at
tracted to q man because Of something
in him which they cannot understand
at first glance. At first he is incom-
prehensible, then he is interesting;
then, as she is set wondering about
him. he becomes a fascinating study.
From that onward her thoughts and
feelings begin to flow toward him in an
accustomed groove, and, IL this is OBJ
structed or cut off. her occupation in
life seems to be gone.
~ 40 oAISLl d 4ucSllOu dIIlOIR women
as to how they shall know when they
are really and truly in love. 1t Is non
n to say that no woman need be
afraid that she will not know when
n really loves-that the grand pas
sion is too real and deep to permit of
self-deception. For there are those
who in a kind of summer madness
seem to have grasped the real thing
n to wish for nothing more; yet the
rood passes. The thing parading as
Cupid spreads it's little wings and flies
away. The man they met with furious
bushes they can now converse with
quite calmly. 1t makes no difference
to them whether he comes or goes,
The feeling she had for him has gone,
and That was not love which went"
The only test Of true love is its sur
vival. The first three or four years OF
young married life are frequently one
round of household duties and house
hold cares. THE common round. the
daily task" act upon the affections as
a steady wind upon a flame. If the
flame Is strong, and has good fuel to
feed upon, the wind will fan it into q
glowing fire; If, on the other hand. Il
has no real strength OF substance, the
wind will blow 1t out, and there an end
In this way drudgery and self-sacrif1ce
and dreary days here and there viii
try and test h nature of the love. I,
1t passes these ordeals, then indeed Il
is the real thing. 1t is based upor
something im~perishable, held in com.
mon by the two.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
ORIGIN
OF n Famous Hu,

OF n Famous Human Food.
The story OF great discoveries or In
ventions is always of interest.
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack Of bodily
strength and vigor and could no car
ry out the plans and enterprises he
knew how to conduct, was led to study
various foods and their effects upon tho
human system. In other words, before
he could carry out his plans he had
to And a food that would carry him
along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
He knew that a food which was \
brain and nerve builder trather than
e mere fat maker) was universally
needed. He knew that meat with the
average man does not accomplish the
desired results. He knew that the
soft gray substance in brain and nerve
centers Is made from Albumen and
Phosphate Of Potash obtained from
food. Then he started to solve the
problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famous
food. It contains the brain and nerve
building food elements In condition for
eSsy digestion.
the result Of eating Grape-Nuta
daily is easily seen In a marked stur-
diness and activity OF the brain and
nervous system, making It a pleasure
Tor n to carry on the daily dutiea
without fatigue or exhaustion.
Grape-Nuts food is In no sense (
stimulant but is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
Of brain and nerves.
Its favour Is charming and being
slully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory It Is served Instantly with
cream.
The signature Of the brain worker
spoken Of. G. w. Post, il to be seen
on each genuine package 81 Grape
Look In pkgs. for the famous n.
tle book. The Road to Wellyil,e .
There's . Reason"
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