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he carried similar involuntary ad vertisement. He was sure of several things-hrst. that Tudor was not the right man for Joan and could not pos sibly make her permanently happy; next, that Joan was too sensible a girl really to fall in love with a man of such superficial stamp. and. finally. that Tudor would blunder his love making somehow. And at the same time, with true lovers anxiety. Shel- don feared that the other might some how fail to blunder and win the girl with purely fortuitous and successful meretricious show.
 The situation was very unSatisfac. tory and perplexing. Sheldon played the difficult part of waiting and look ing on, while his rival devoted himself energetically to reaching out and grasping at the futtering prize. He did not belong to Berande. and. now that he was we'll and strong again, it was time for him to go. Instead of which Tudor had settled himself down comfortably. resumed swimming, went dynamiting fish with Joan, spent hours with her hunting pigeons, trapping crocodiles and at target practice with rife and revolver
 But there were certain traditions of hospitality that prevented Sheldon from breathing a hint that it was time for his guest to take himself offs And in similar fashion, feeling that it was not playing the game. he fought down the temptation to warn Joan. Had he known anything. not too serious. to Tudor's detriment. he would have been unable to utter 1t. but the worst of it was that he knew nothing at all against the man.
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CHAPTER xxx. THE HEAD HUNTERS.

 ""\HAT fella boy he sick" Binu
 Charley said. pointing to a
 Poonga-Poonga man whose
 shoulder had been scratched Oy an arrow an hour before.
 The boy was sitting down and groan- ing, his arms clasping his bent knees, his head dropped forward and rolling painfully back and forth. For fear of poison. Sheldon had immediately scari- fed the wound and injected perman- ganate of potash; but in spite of the precaution the shoulder was swelling rapidly.
 well take him on to where Tudor is lying" Joan said. "The walking will help to keep up his circulation and scatter the poison. Adamu Adam, you take hold that boy. Maybe he will want tO sleep. Shake him up. If he ~laeD ho die"
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EDUCATIONAL

WANTED.-By a young lady, piano pupils. Terms reasonable. Call or address 149 Golden Hill. G27 d%p SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 7e7 Main St. A graded course. Parliamentary $500 per term. h. termediate $7.50 per term. Ad- vanced s10.00 per term.
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CRAFTSMEN mechanical architect nal or structural, are always in demand at good salaries: ten young men wanted to soin club to learn drawing. at home eveningD: fnstru- nfents furnished. Address c. 8. R.. Box 22s. City. U2S e6
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MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED.-Respon young men. who are able to furnish team and
 wagon. to sell on commission 10 farmers. the best line of household necessities. for the oldest, largest and most responsible company or the kind in the world. About z,0o0 salesmen now working. earning on the average over S100 per mcnth net clear of all expenses. Net earnings of best men, over $5Oo per month Two million farmers now using these thoroughly adyer- tfsed goods Established 1883. Capital $2.000.000. Address, The j.. R. Watkins Co.,, 113 South Gay street. Baltimore. Md R 15 tf.
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SITUATIONS WANTED.

WANTED.-Work few days a week by German woman. Call 714 Kos Suth St. G 30 S#p
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wANTED-Cottage. furnished. at Walnut Beach or Laufel Beach. from July 18th. Small family
 Address stating terms and location
 Vacafion. care of Farmer. Pe sd
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MAIL ORDER

T MADE s5o.o0o in i've years in >Ns mail order business: began with Ss. Bend for free booklet. Tells how. Heacock. 565, Lockport. v. Y.
 RPS 6 if
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Dr.lyon's
 PERFECT Tooth Powder

Used by people of refine ment m every part of the world where the use of the toothbrush Is known, for Almost Half a Century.
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TO RENr-FURN1sHED ROOMS.

FOR LIGHT housekeeping. Running
 water. Bath, Address Reasonable. ; care of Farmer. R IT If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-01

PLEASANTLY SITUATED. Awnings on three front windows. Use of porch, centrally located. Address V. M. C., care of Farmer.
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(To Be Continuad.l
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTS

WANTED-Houseke ,o try am fusoria Cream" ehe finest and best diver polish known. Guaranteed narflesA Ask your dealer for k
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 plantation went on like clockwork. With the crushing of the premature outbreak of Gegoomy and his follow ing all insubordination seemed to have vanished. Twenty more of the old time boys, their term of service up,l were carried away by the Martha, and the fresh stock of labor, treated fairly. was proving of excellent quail ny. As Sheldon rode about the plan- tat1on acknowledging to himself the comfort and convenience of a horse and wondering why he had not thought of getting one himself, he pondered the various improvements for which Joan was responsible.
 There were times when he was dizzy with thought of her and love of her, when he would stop his horse and with closed eyes picture her as he had seen her that first day in the stern sheets of the whalehoat. dashing madly in to shore and marching belligerently along his veranda to remark that it was pretty hospitality, this letting stran- gers sink or swim in his front yard.
 It was patent to Sheldon that Tu- dor had become interested in Joan. Often after his morning ride over the plantation or coming in from the store or from inspection of the copra drying. Sheldon found the pair of them together on the veranda. Joan listening intent and excited and Tudor deep in some recital of personal adventure at the ends of the earth.
 Sheldon noticed, too, the way Tudor looked at her and followed her about with his eyes. and in those eyes he noted certain hungry look and on the face a certain wistful expression. and he wondered if on his own face
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ELK RUN ITEMS

Elk Run, April 1O.-Mrs. Susan
Mckee, wife of s. P. Mckee, died at
her home at II o'clock on Wednesday.
She was just sick a few days. Her
trouble was a general break down.
Her children were all at her bedside
wnen she passed away. Mrs. Mckee
leaves husband and five children,
Mrs. Dave Foley near Staunton, Mrs.
w. E. Pullins near Salem church,
Mrs. Ami Knott near Mt. Scion, Miss
Maggie at home, Frank of Stokesville,
and two sisters, Mrs Neese and Mrs
Keiser of Waynesboro.
Mrs. Mckee was a member of the
NJ. E. Church and a good Christian
woman liked by every one that knew
her. The services were conducted by
Rev. DIR. d. II. Kern of Staunton.
The flowers were beautiful and numer-
GUS, Misses Edna and Cora Pullins,
nieces of Mrs. Mckee, acting as flower
bearers. The funeral procession was
over mile long and the church was
filled with sorrowing friends who
came for miles to pay the last tribute
of respect to the deceased. The follow
ing gentlemen acted as pallbear-
ers: J. N. Mohler, John Fairburn,
J. A. Whitmore, Robert Shiplett, X.
A. SHELTON and r. A. Whitmore.
r. E. Borum was severely injured q
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A COLONIAL LANDMARK

In our issue of last Saturday we call
ed attention to the neglect of the peo-
pie of Virginia in allowing the history
of the State to be forgotten. In this
neglect Staunton has its full share OF
blame, most conspicuously shown in
its neglect of the grand old pioneer
John Lewis; but there is a romantic
episode in the history Of our city that
should not be forgotten-and that is
that for time during the Revolution,
Staunton was the capital of the state.
In 1850 Colonel Tarleton was de-
tached FROM Corvallis army and
made a raid on Richmond. The Leg
islature fled from there to Charlottes-
vile, and, Colonel Tarleton continuing
his raid westward, the Governor, Mr..
Jefferson, and the Legislature sought
safety in Staunton, and the sessions of
the General Assembly were held in
Trinity church until the danger had
passed. This event in our colonial
history should be commemmorated
and bronze tablet suitably inscribed
should be- set into the wall of the
church. There should be no difficulty
in raising the money necessary to do
this, as it would appeal to the pride Of
every resident.of Staunton.
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A WORD TO THE WISE

1t is worth while to think som E.
times that in making a child happy
you are not only working for the pre-
sent moment, but are helping to store
up pleasant memories which shall
brighten the days of care and darkness
which the future will surely bring.
Let your children have pets if they
are willing to take good care of them,
not grudgingly or OF necessity, but
with that sympathetic kindness which
shows the true mother-love.
If yor happen to be one of those I'M
fortunate people who dislike animals,
it will require self-denial and patien &c
on your part; but it will be worth
while to make the effort. Remember,
you are cultivating the finest qualities
of your children. Your boys and girls
will grow more gent lie and thoughtful
and unselfsh, and their love for their
pets will strengthen the ties which
bind them to their home and to each
other.
Never mind if the dog does leave
muddy footprints on the sofa, and the
kitten pulls off the pillow shams, and
the rabbit nIps the buds from your
flo wer bed; the remem brance of an in
dulgent home, frightened by the love
Of these dumb friends, will be worth
more to your children in after years
than all your orderly house and flour
ishing garden.
Your birds will be flown before long;
and you will not mind then If the
empty nest has lost some of its first
freshness. -Home Topics.
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the PETTY TRIAL s OF LIFE

But you know q great deal of the
trouble of your life does not come from
the major trials at all, but that a great
deal of the downright misery of your
life comes from petty trials. You get
letter in the morning before you be-
gin the days work, a carping and
insolent letter, and the poison goes
into your blood and makes 1t sour all
the day. You wrangle at the break
fast table in a family about some ar
rangement of the day, and go fretted
to the days work. A friend passes
you on the street and you believe she
saw you perfectly well. Some meddler
brings you criticism passed by some
candid friend, and which he carried to
you because he thinks it right that
you should know. There is feline
amenity at that tea table, and the two
ladies go home all on edge. What are
they? Such little things, but they
mount up into evil temper, darkened
outlook, sore heart, and bad blood.
My point is this: that not one of them
was inevitable; not one of those little
trials would ever have happened if you
and I had some common sense, and
with common sense some kindliness,
toward our brother. 1t is our social
insolences, it is our irritating manners,
it is the pin pricks of our peoples feel
ings that darken our neighbours lives.
Well, then, is not life heavy enough
for you and me? If there is anybody
that says 1t is not heavy enough for
him, and he does not suffer from un-
kindness, rule him out of court; he
may 60 home boasting and rejoicing.
Is not life heavy enough for yon and
me without all this addition of 7exa-
ton and of irritation? Why should
you and spoil our neighbours temper?
Why should we disturb his peace?
Why should we lessen the poor little
joy he has in the world? Why should
we make his life rougher when we
could have hel ped him?-Selected.
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A GREATER COMMERCIAL srAuN.
TON

Every one familiar with the topog-
raphy of Staunton must have been
impressed by the extremely limited
area fronting on our two railways that
is available for sites for factories or
wholesale business houses. Coming
in from the south, the B. & o. tracks
have the rather steep incline of Sears
Hill on one side ar d the ravine of the
south branch of Lewis Creek on the
other. After passing the station there
is level area that is none too large
for the freight yard that occupies it,
and then comes the slope of hill to
the right and the ravine or canon of
Lewis Greek on the left. The same
condition is found along the present
track of the G. & o. and as q result
but three or four of our industries can
find site to which siding can be
run. Staunton is situated in relation
to the G. & 0. railroad as is New Or
leans in relation to the Mississippi
River, where the wharves are some
thir ty-feet above the city, and the in
dustrial growth of our city will be
CHI ecked until this condition be RENE
died. 1t is evident that factory or
wholesale house that must move all of
its fuel, materials or goods to and
from the railroads by costly and tedi-
GUS wagon transportation, is heavily
han dicapped in competition with one
that has track at its door to deliver
or to carry away these same articles
A change in the state of affairs is es-
emit ial and we are glad to be able to
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announce that a change is possible il
the near future.

announce that change is possible in
the near future.
A plan is in view for the G. & o.
railroad to build spur track from its
yard near the Middlebrook road along
the course of the creek through the
region known as the wharf, and COM
ing out near the B. & o. yard. This
route has been surveyed, and If carried
out will afford space on johnson
street, Greenville Avenue and Middle
brook Avenue-to say nothing Of low
er Lewis street, on which mills, fac
tories and wholesale houses may be
erected, and such buildings will have
ample trackage facilities. The recent
fire has cleared away many obstacles
and has afforded an opportunity for
building a greater commercial Staun-
ton, capable Of using the shipping ia
cilities at our doors. Let the Board of
Trade consider this matter before re-
building is begun, and let us try to put
Staunton in a position to offer to in
dustries and commercial houses the
ordinary inducements offered by other
places.
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To compulsory education are attached
many difficult problems. To begin
with what is to constitute the educa-
ton required? Is q child who can
read and write to be considered edu-
Gated, or is knowledge of Latin,
geometry, algebra and smattering OF
science to be included? What is to
become of children who are inherently
incapable Of OF disinclined to studious
life? Are they to be treated mentally
as are certain sick persons who cannot
or will not eat, and have their intel
lectual food introduced by some kind
of mental stomach tube?
Public schools have been in opera
ton in this country for generation or
more, and free parochial schools for
much longer. We should now be able
to judge of their effects morally and
mentally. Why knowledge of the
"three RS" should be determent to
crime does not appear on the surface
and statistics do not bear out the
theory that it is such. That ia little
knowledge is dangerous thing" is
the experience of the world, and to
turn out lot Of young men and wo-
men filled with misunderstood, undi-
gested knowledge and large Quantity
of misinformation,i is dangerous indeed.
Many, if not most, of these are not
sufficiently learned or skilled to be of
value until a thorough apprenticeship
has been passed, and they consider
themselves above manual labor. There
being no field for their energies, they
are prone either to become discouraged
and die deeming themselves failures
after miserable life, or will use their
knowledge for unlawful ends to gains
living. This condition prevails among
the graduates of our professional col
leges to pitiful extent. The superin-
tendent of the subway in New York
stated few years ago that one-fourth
of the motormen of that system held
legal or medical degrees. The profess
sions are so overcrowded that but a
fraction of those entering them can
live by them. This is saddening
sight, but compulsory education
would repeat it on wider scale and
produce much evil as result.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-04-14
ENGLISH ARE NOT so
APpREo|AI|VE Of ART

LONDON-(Special)-Lord Lans-
downe owns a landscape by REM
brandt. Even Rembrandt portrait
is a nice thing to own but a land
scape is much nicer because the great
painter so seldom did any landscape
work that his landscapes are curiosi-
ties as well as works Of art.
This particular Rembrandt Is called
''The MILL" An American millionaire
wants it. He has offered Lord Lans-
downe 100000 to give it up to him.
At least SO Lord Landsdowne says.
His Lordship admits that the mil
foniare's 100000 looked good to
him at first, but as a patriotic Eng
1ishman he was not long in taking a
second thought.
"My own countrymen," said he,
"are entitled to the refusal of The
Milf before 1 let 1t go abroad"
So he issued statement to the ef-
feet that the National Gallery may
have his Rembrandt If it likes on
payment of the same price. that the
millionaire is willing to put up.
And as he figures that the money
will have to be raised by popular
subscriptions, he offers to contribute
$4,000 himself. twenty-five thou
sand dollars is considerable sum,
but as Lord Lansdowne is roughly
estimated to be worth 10000, 900 or
$40,000,000 It may or may not look
considerable to him.
His Lordship made only one stipu.
lation. England must not waste much
time in making up its mind. The
millionaire cannot wait long.
See now how the growth of radi.
calism and the rise Of plebians like
David Lloyd, George and John Burns
and such have snapped England's
faith In the disinterestedness of it's
really great men.
Was Lord Landowners proposition
received with glad acclaim? No. It
Is int1mated that there is no Ameri-
can millionaire-that His Lordship
wants to unload his Rembrandt at a
round price and invented the mil
1onaire as means Of accomplishing
his little scheme.
"There Is" says the London Star,
cas- in most of these negotiations for
unloading art treasures on the ma
ton at top prices. more than sus-
picion of bluff.
1--WE have the usual vague mill
lionaire in tie offing, tempting
the patriotic owner to let the picture
go to America at his own price. We
have the usual true-blue incorrupti-
BILE desire Of the owner to prevent
this at any cost-up to per cent.
1T is incidents like this, and like
Lord Chesterdeld's triumph over the
dealer in respect of the arms of his
ancestor, which prevent Our despair
ing Of our old nobility. While they
can drive such bargains or get such
bargains judicially revised, they are
far frcm effete."
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CRAIGSVILLE SCHOOL
Over Thirty Pupils Secure Place on
March Honor Roll

Over Thirty Pupils Secure Place on
March Honor Roll
High School-Wickham Cameron
Stella Coyner, Effie Luck, Darrim
Dudley, Edna Mill, Katie Nuff 81.
Third grammar Grade Marion
Johnson, Richard Lee Patterson.
Second grammar grade Matte
Glover. Edward BARLEY.
First grammar grade-Lyman Eicks.
Oorney Nuffer, Cecil BARLEY, Mildred
Hewitt. Erline Miller.
Fourth primary Dewey Merritt.
Helen Hensley.
Third primary = Florsnee BARLEY
Francis Chittum, Sadie Glover, Hasel
Matthews Lillian Zimbro, Clyde
Oarper, Charles Dudley, Phil Dudley,
Radford Merritt.
Second pIimary-Msrgarst HarvR,
Lula Patterson, Carrie Patterson,
Daisy Via, Huyler Hicks.
First primary Paul Bartlsy,
Robert Buoher, Frank Oarper, Harry
Ervine, Gail Hunter, Eyerard Kirk
patrick, Lyle Shusy. Roy Smith,
Margaret Glover, Mary Ervins,
Gladys Thaoker.
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COMPULSORY EDUCATION

OF late years there has been tend
ency toward regulating more and more
of the matters that have been consid-
cred private affairs by laws that are
steadily diminishing the field of indi-
vidual action. The amount of money
that any person may make and accu-
mulate is no longer to be limited by
the opportunities and intelligence of
the individual, but is to be restricted
within what some parties think prop
er bounds by legislative enactment;
the right Of man or body of men to
conduct business as seems best to those
concerned has been denied by numer-
erous statutes; the number of hours
that q worker chooses to labor is no
longer left to the workers discretion,
but the right to sell his labor on stch
terms as he sees fit is denied him.
Paternalism is becoming the keynote
of our government, and our people are
being looked on as infants, incapable
Of self-protection and needing constant
supervision by the powers that be.
As part of this paternalism we
nave schools supported at public ex-
pense. Our older people can renem-
Der the opposition that these schools
aroused when they were first estab-
lished by the "Carpet Bag" govern
ments, but this opposition has died
away. 1t is well and proper that a
boy or girl should have an opportunity
to learn whether poor or rich. and
some Of our ablest men have come
from these schools, but the notion of
forcing ali children, regardless of abil-
ity or of anything else to attend the
schools is an entirely different thing.