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a torch. And the adult dwarf struck each blow in the face as he passed him. calling each by some loathsome name. And the childdwarfs each yelled out at him, making horrible faces and thrusting out their tongues.
 There, Lie" cried the. big dwarf, master of the cave, speaking to one of the torch bearers. "come hither. Show this child to the novice's cham ber."
 The child dwarf. the uglest one Kathleen had yet seen, came and led her into a gloomy apartment and stuck the torch into crack in the stone floor. Sleep here, girl" That was all the child dwarf said on de- parting. But at the door he turned and looked at her and grinned hide ously. Then he closed a heavy iron door and locked 1t on the outside.
 Kathleen fell weeping to the floor. What had she been led into? Oh, If only she could get out! If only she
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LITTLE KATHLEEN AND THE DWARF.

Pretty soon a step was heard and then the bolt on the outside her door was drawn and in came a dozen or more of the hideous dwarf children. They came in quarreling and fighting. One of them approached Kathleen, saying, Come, fight with us. We have an hour to fight every evening. It's our way of playing"
 But why do you wish to fight and hurt each other?" asked innocent Kathleen, not feeling in the least afraid.
 Why, we are lies-evil spirits-you know" replied the child dwarf. We go out of nights and meddle with people in the villages and, on the farms. We whisper wicked stories lies and what not-into their ears, and
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then Mrs. Harris and Arthur went their way and Sandy and Goldie and Tommy talked Q long time about the nice little boy Arthur" but they did not know-and never found out-that he had been the fairy who left the top for them to keep.
 And that evening when they made ready to go Sandy crept close to Tom- my and said: You keep the FeinmI Box till you get we'll. Tommy. see, the fairy that brought 1t to eid and me might be somewhere near the box all the time, and she'd that you are sick and would wal her wand and make you well'
 So Tommy had the Fairy Box" ti1l he got well and strong again. and a97 that happy condition came about vory. very rapidly. the three little ones. Sandy, Goldie and Tommy--declaro0 that they really and truly believed; that the fairy had come and helpo0; to make Tommy we'll.
 And that is the story of "Maston Spinner" the red-and-black top.
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Summer Diet.

n OYS and girls cannot be too care
 H full of their diet during the entire
 year, but especially during the summer months-when over-ripe and under-ripe fruits are in the market they should observe the greatest eau tion as to the quality and character of the food they eat. Either sweet milk or butter milk, if fresh and cold. Is a splendid drink for the hot days. So should be careful not to indulge in acid drinks or acid food within two hours after taking sweet milk or sweet cream in any form. A fruit lemonade is refreshing and most wholesome If the juice Is extracted the juice has been strained off let 1t cool. then pour into the lemonade Ice is never wholesome when taken In its natural state. It's cooling prop critics are most valuable. Drinks or plain water should be put into per Afectly clean, fresh bottles or Jugs and placed in the ice box against the Ice. In that way your drinks will not be- come too cold. If full of pieces of cracked ice a beverage will chill the 10, mach too quickly and often bad lesults occur.
 Young people should never indulge in very heavy foods. Meats, boiled dinners" heavy pastries and sweet cakes clog the system and make the brain sluggish. If meat is eaten at all, let it be eaten sparingly-say once e day, or perhaps three times week. Even then, fried meats should never be partaken of. Coffee and tea should never be taken by growing boys and girls. They over-stimulate the nervous system and are often very hard on the. stomach. Indeed, one cannot be too careful about the food and drink consumed. Good, plain, wholesome food and drink will make 8 strong, clear minded. level-headed boy or girl, while the over-fed child, who indulges in heavy foods and pastries, will be dull and unpromising. Our bodies must respond to our treat ment of them.
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After the picnic was over and the little party were enroute homeward, Arthur suddenly noticed that his play box had been left in the grove. He had been so busy helping to pack the baskets and hammocks into the wag- onette that he had forgotten his play- box which was on the flat rock under the fine tree. On discovering that he had left his play-box Arthur called out to his mother who was sitting in the front of the long wagon beside the driver. "Oh, mamma, we've left my play-box with Master Spinner in it."
 The driver drew in the reins and asked if he should return to the picnic grounds in quest of the box. but Mrs. Harris said she thought 1t unwise to do so, as they were now two miles from the spot and three miles from town, and a thunder storm was com ing up from the West.
 But my top!" cried Arthur. "I don't want to lose it."
 Better lose 1t, Son. than to cause our entire party to get caught in a storm, and possibly drenched to the skin. AS much as I dislike to leave Master Spinner in the woods, I feel that we must do so on account of that great threatening cloud yonder."
 So it had to be, and the picnickers went rolling along over the country road, singing merrily. All but Arthur soon forgot about Master Spinner" But that young man felt very, very sorry to leave his favorite plaything in the great lonely woods.
 "Papa will get you another, just like it." promised Mrs. Harris. seeing the look Of sadness on her little son's face. This promise frightened Arthurs heart . bit and he joined in the merry
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might go over the high mountains in search of her mothers sister, a good woman who lived in that far-away land! Often had Kathleen heard her mother talk of her sister Rebecca, who lived many leagues to the north. And after her parents had died Kath- leen had almost decided to ask the good town magistrate to send her to her aunt. But she had acted unwise- ly by running out of the village to go to the forest to weep alone over the death of her dear ones. And so had befallen evil to her!
 Then dear little Kathleen sat up and dried her eyes. And she be- thought herself of prayer. Her dear father and mother always said a prayer at bed time, and it was now
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left for them by fairy. they-Mrs. Harris and Arthur--understood And they saw the box under Sandy's arm. And Mrs. Harris looking a knowing look at Arthur. which meant: The little dears! They think a fairy left that box for them. Wouldn't you bet ter let them continue to think so? It would break their hearts to give up the box now"
 And Arthur had returned a look to his mother which meant: "Yes. Mamma, shall let the children keep the box, and they shall be happy in the belief that fairy put it in the grove for them. have another top now just like Master Spinner. I'm glad these little children found the box"
 Then Mrs. Jenkins spoke to Goldie and Sandy and little later on Arthur began to chat with them, and soon all four little folks were seated on the floor playing with Master Spinner. Never had Tommy seen such a huge top. And how he could spin! And
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If the above pictures are rightly guessed, three animals and two mono sters of the deep will be found. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZ<
 ZLES. CHA RADE: l. Pump. 2. Kin. (PnmpkSn). WORD SQUARE:
 RAIL
 ANNA
 INKY
 LAYS ZIGZAG PUZZLE: Builder. Gross. toords, 1. Bees. g. Bssrn. 3. Sol1 {. Hall. 5. Hide. 6. Heel q R0ke. REBUS: 4 kttie boy sos benoo.h . tree and sdD bird on q limb ovey his head.
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! OurPuZZle Corner 4k

CHAhADE.
 My first is a dog
 Of no special breed:
 His name you oft see
 In papers you read.
 My second Is seen
 In ragged old dress;
 But when in nice garment
 It causes distress. f
 My two form one word
 In all rivers 'tis found,
 And in other swift waters.
 But ne'er on dry ground.
 BEHEADINGs. 1. Behead domestic animals and get a kind of grain used as food for both man and beast. 2. Behead the title of a man hold ing very important office and leave a citizen of a town. 8. Behead tropical fruit and leave to be animated with life.
 CURTAnINGs. 1. Triply curtail a part of the hu- man hand and leave part of fish. 2. Curtail an implement used by firemen and leave to push. 8. Curtail that which is made In every garment worn by people and get very large body of water.
 DIAGONAL. This diagonal contains five words of five letters each. If the words are rightly guessed and written one below another. their diagonal letters. beginning with the upper left-hand letter and ending with the lower right hand letter, will spell kind of fish. The cross-words are: 1. A luscious fruit. 2. To inform oneself 8. Rab- bits. 4. A sombre, dark color. 5. A cxuo v,, nv nlace
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@e Childrcn's Nursery.

A co much attention cannot be given the child's nursery. The - latter and its furnishings are im- portant in the scheme of the child s education. There should be sufficient space, plenty of light and plenty of fresh air with attractive furnishings. Some mothers, who take especially good care of their children, have both night" and day" nurseries. In the former is the child's bedroom, while the latter serves as a playroom. The nursery can be made attractive with childish pink or white or blue, with gay friezes depicting cheery little Dutch figures or pretty flowers. There can be similarly appropriate hangings. bedcovers, toilet sets. clothes hangers and pictures.
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n OWN by the sea the little ones h play O All day in the soft, yellow sand. They dig, they bury. they climb, they
 lift
 A brown-faced. happy young band! Down on the sea the waves come In From far beyond ones sight; And they call and sing as they lap the
 lana, You mat all go home Tore the
 night" Down by the sea when the sun deops
 low,
 The little ones stop their play: And with buckets and spades and
 playthings all.
 Homeward do wend their way.
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The United States Army has field baking plant that is capable of turn ing out two thousand loaves of bread daily.
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A Fairy Story.

n AATHLEEN was seven years old
 A when she became an orphan.
 She went out into the edge of u the forest to weep alone after
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
FELLS
MOURNERS
TRAGIC LIGHTNING PRANK AT
CANONS5URG FUNERAL.
Tuesday Day Of Morning While Many
Professions Conveyed Panic
Victims Of Graves.

CANONSBURG, Pa. Aug. %
Nearly all the victims OF the moving
picture show panic we're buried today.
A steady rain. raw air and muddy
roads added TO the mournful aspect OF
the borough as the citizens went about
performing the last rites for the dead.
or the 20 killed. only one remains to
be laid to rest
The several score OF injured. are re.
covering rapidly. Preparations are
now being perfected for holding the
inquest into the disaster in this place
on Friday morning.
As the casket's containing the body
OF Stephen MastioWics. ticket seller
In the ill fated moving picture show,
was being borne TO the grave in the
Slavish Catholic cemetery here last
evening. lightning struck a tree un-
der which the procession was passing.
and the six pail bearers were knock.
ed down. John Hodie. a brother In law
OF the unfortunate boy. was rendered
unconscious, and the mourners we're
panic stricken. The little white cas-.
ket dropped into the mud where u lay
until the party had recovered from the
shock. HOdie was not seriously In
jured. but Il was necessary TO remove
him from the cemetery IN a carriage.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
TerSe Telegraphic Tips

NEW YORK-All grades OF refined
sugar were advanced ten cents a hun.
dred pounds today
CLEVELAND-W. r. Ravson. n
blacksmith. known throughout the
horse world as one Of the most expert
h0rseshoors In America. died today OF
congestion % the lungs
NEW YORK-The missing Mona
Lisa thought 70 have been on the
Kaiser Wilhelm n. was not located
when the vessel docked today
ADRIAN. Mich-W. n. Toms. a
clam digger. found one shell with si2
pearls in Il. 100 OF which were mar.
ketahle
CHfCAGo-David Buck. the auto
mobile driver. who met death in the
races at Elgin. H.. Saturday. was bur,
led here today
SHARON. PA mosquito saved
the life Of John Mahouoy. A workman
dropped hammer on the top OF q
building. A mosquito alighted on Ma.
honey's nose and he jcrkcd his head
back. permitting the hammer 10 pass.
Just grAzing him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30

lola. Kas.-Judge D. y. ID. smeIt-
zers action In sentencing Mrs Ella
Reese 20 work with the city chain
gang has been endorsed by the W. G..
T. Z. OF Humboldt. near here.
ST PETERSBURG Lieutenant zoi.
otnehin. a Russian military aviator.
fell with his aeroplane while making
a hight here today and was killed
NEW HAVEN. Conn-John r.
King. retired steel and iron manu-
facturer. died at his home In Fair
Haven today.
EAST LIVERPOOL. O.-Ien. three
yearold son Of Thomas Henry. of near
Williamsport. while playing In the
back yard was bitten BY a rattiesnake.
The child's life was saved.
EAST LIVERPOOL. O.-Tho as
sessment for East Liverpool has been
hHed at 81 800 600. an increase OF 81.
279 1875
PARkERSBURG - The Methodist
conference. south. for West virginia
IL 20 convene here In the ist of Sep
tcmber.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
HYPOTHETICAL
QUESTION PUT
Effort In eeidel Murder Trial 70 Show
Victim Died From Heart
Failure and Dope

NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-In the heh,
20 save Paul Geidel from the electric
chair the defense today introduced
testimony tending 10 show tdat VII.
Ham ". Jackson died OF heart failure
and not as a result Of chlOroform an.
piled by tho i7-year-old bell boy.
DR.. Max r. Talmey. who qualified az
an expert witness for the defense. In
answer 10 a hypothetical QUESTION de-
clared that he believed the cause OF
death was heart failure due TO dc.
generation OF the heart"
On crOss-eXamination. however. the
doctor admitted that some Of the con.
ditions Of Jackson's body pointed 20
strangulation. but that the preponder
ance pointed 10 miro.cardits
Dr Melton Albert Mobiles OF Phila
delphia. another medical expert. said
that Nr. Jackson died Of hemorrhagc.
caused by n diseased condition Of the
arteries near the heart
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
HIGH PRICES
CAUSE RIOTS
FRENCH WOMEN LEAD PROTEST
AGAINST COST OF LIVING.
Rioters Wreck Farms and Dalries in
Venting DispIeasure over
Conditions.

PARIS. Aug. 29.-Processions OF
women. some OF them numbering
1000. are marching this evening in
the cities and towns OF Northern
France. portesting against the high
prices OF provisions.
At Lille. CANDIDA. Dauoi. Valen.
yiennes. Bethune. Lens and AT many
smaller places "A species OF anarchy
prevails because the police are insult
hcient 10 protect the dealers Of food
from the destroying impulses OF the
manifestants
The professions in some Of the
northern departments are marching
from village TO village. running over
farms and damaging dairies and veg
etablc gardens to indicate their sense
OF grievance against the high cost OF
food
As each village IS rcscended upon
the ranks of the manifestants are
steadily augmented and occasional in
cidents are reported Of conflicts be-
tween the marauders and farmers
armed with pitchfOrka
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
U. S. STEEL
TRADE BETTER
Orders on Books Show Big Gain, with
70 Per Cent. of Plants In
Operation.

NEW YORK. Aug 2g-Unhlled or
ders on the books OF the United states
steel Corporation on August I show
d tonnage of 1854 900 tons. gain
over June 30 Of 225.OOO tons. % was
announced today a. the conclusion OF
The rcguar monthly meeting of tho
board Of directors. This does not In.
clude an intercompany business OF
$4,000 tons The steel producing
plants ~ the corporation are operat.
ing ~ approximately IS per cent OF
capacity. while a number of the finish
INK departments of the various com
panics are operating 90 ~ Der cent Of
capacity. and the outlook is all that
can BE- desired. tho announcement
states
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
W. VA. RIFLE
TEAM TENTH
IN NATIONAL SHOOT AGAINST
FORTY-TWo TEAMS
Carried OF Second Prize In the
Class, Shoot at Camp
Perry.

Special Dispatch to the Intellieencer.
CAMP PERRY. o.. Aug. 29-west
Virginia finished tenth in the national
team match OF the National Rifle as.
sociation OF America. which ended to
day, passing into class A, and taking
second prize in class b. the team
passing West Virginia leading by
twenty-three points.
The marine corps, which won first
place In class A. beat West Virginia
by 153 points. Forty-two teams were
entered. At two hundred yards West
virginia stood fifteenth and held place
at six hundred. At one Thousand they
fell to twentieth, but gained in
skirmish. which is most difficult, max.
Ing ten hundred and twelve, and
standing fgth in the skirmish run.
Two OF the regular teams best shots
were sick and their places were
filled by alternates. The team won
as a prize $3.50 cash and a bronze
medal for each member of the team
OF ~ men
Resolutions were adopted by the
team tonight praising General Elliott
for the interest taken. For three
weeks General Elliott has been with
the team giving II his personal atten-
ton. The team will leave for home
tomorrow.
The United States marine CORDS
team had a grand aggregate over all
ranges Of $3.50 out OF the possible
$500 for IL men teams. Although the
United States infantry lead the field at
all ranges from the 200 yards rapid
fire. the magnificent skirmish run Of
the marines. In which they scored
1885 out OF a possible 1900. gave them
the victory. The other winners IN
class a. in order are United States
infantry with BIS. United Stated navy
BIB and Massachusetts with 31OI.
The winners I'm the other classes are
as follows: Glass b. Kansas with
$3.50. West Virginia 1927. Arizona
2s7s, Florida 1868. Class c. Tennessee
with 2S51; Delaware with 2SI9; Vir-
ginia with 2797; North Dakota PISS
The high team in class A. received
the congressional trophy, that in
class u. the Hilton trophy and that in
class G. the Soldier OF Marathon
trophy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
REFORM SAGS
PLATFORM OF
THE MADEROS
DECIDE TO MAINTAIN coNsTITU
TION OF '57.
madero Will Be Formally Placed In
Nomination For Presidency
To-day.

MEXICO CITY, Aug 2s.-Wearied
by the exercise OF their constitutional
but hitherto unused right to nomin.
ate candidates for the presidency and
vice presidency. delegates to the first
national convention of the progress
sive party late tonight adopted a
platform that says beneath it's burden
OF reforms. Tomorrow IT is expected
the nominations will be made.
The first work was done in adopt.
ing the various planks Of the plat.
form. Arranging the first one was ac.
complished only after a noisy debate
II provided for the strict maintenance
OF the constitution OF '57.
The convention pledged its candi.
dates to carry out the principles OF
anti-re-election and to work for a re-
vision OF the election laws.
Another plank provides for n revi.
sion OF the system OF taxation, favors
the development OF public resources.
and promise TO combat monopolies
and special privileges.
The party pledges its representa-.
tves TO work for a reform OF the
judicial and legal systems. Improve.
ment In the educational system OF
the country also is promised.
II elected on this platform. Fran
cisco ]. Madero. Jr.. may be expected
TO exercise n frlendy interest in Cen.
tral American affairs. One provision
OF the party's program is for an ex.
tension OF the nations friendly rela.
tons with foreign countries "espe-
cially those OF Latin America"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
BAR TO URGE
LAW REFORMS
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
TAKES UP REFORM MATTERS.
Against Repeal Of Bankruptcy Law
and for Strong Penalty for
Wife Dcserters

BOSTON. Aug. 29.-The results OF
years Investigations by more than
dozen committees on the intricacies
or various branches OF law and legal
procedure were presented tonight be-
fore the thirty-fourth annual session
OF the American Bar Association. The
convention opened earlier in the day
In one OF the halls OF the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology, with the
presidents address delivered by Ed.
gar II. Farrar. of New Orleans. which
was followed by the election OF the
central council, including one mem
Der from each State and Territory.
One OF the speakers to-day was
Baron Uchida, Japanese ambassador
TO the United States, who spoke on
The Teaching OF Jurisprudence in
Japan"
A recommendation that the Ameri.
can Bar Association oppose any at
Tempt toward the repeal OF the Ma
tional Bankruptcy Act was made in
the report OF the committee on COM
mercial law. The committee urged
that the association exert every en-
deavor to secure the defeat OF the bill
TO repeal the bankruptcy act intro
duced by Representative CLAYTON.
and now pending in Congress.
Acts relative TO wife and child de-
seruon and to the probating in one
State OF Wills made in another state
were recommended for endorsement
by the committee on unfair State
laws. Its report stated that the de-
sertion act already has been passed in
five States. Washington. Kansas. Rhode
Island, Michigan and Wisconsin. IL
provides for punishment OF the desert.
er by imprisonment at hard labor, a
portion OF the proceeds OF such labor
TO be devoted 20 the support OF the
deserted wife or children. The COM
mittee urged that the bar association
endorse the principe OF the act.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
EX-Clerk Duty Indebted
S9,O73 To Tyler County
Audit DiseIoses Former County Of
fetal Drew Unlawful Sums
For Services.
EXCEED LEGAL RATE
FOR RECORDING ITEMS.
Investigation Shows ES-County Clerk
Drew Two Years Salary
in Advance.

Special Dispatch 70 the Intelligence.
MIDDEEBOURNE. W. Va. Aug
29.-According to the report OF the
auditors from the tax commissioner
Office fled here. ex-County Clerk J.
w. Duty is indebted TO the Tyler
county in the sum s9.O7363. The
audit covers the period between Jan.
uary !. 1905 10 June 30 1911. The re.
port OF Chief Accountant r. A Dover
classified the payment under two gen.
cral heads.
First-A list OF payment for serv.
ices for which the law authorizes
payment TO be made out OF the county
treasury
Second--A list OF payment for serv
ices for which the law authorizes nc
payment 10 be made out OF the county
treasury in adition 70 payments set
out under the FIRST heading.
The report OF the auditors covers
Ia period under the old salary Of s3OC
q year. and a purt under the present
law OF $500 year The latter went
into effect May 90. 1909 he audi
tors call attention that Clerk Duty In
1910 and 1871 drew his entire years
salary IN advance.
Did Assessors Work
'it will be observed that Clerk Duty
was paid for making the 1909 land
book. although section 5u7 makes II
the duty of the assessor 10 make said
book and does not allow any compen.
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