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ear-by farmers for fresh eggs, butter and cream, and perform any other odd jobs which might come up at the camp, which, by the way. the girls had already dubbed "Petticoat Camp"
 The picnic ground to which they went was about ten miles from town and was a splendid grove on the banks of fine river abounding in fish. A spring came from ledge of rock, and furnished the campers with sweet, pure water for drinking and cooking.
 After the campers were settled. the tent set up in place, under protecting trees and near to the spring, Mrs. Gra- ham and Mrs. Bryant began unpack- ing the boxes and baskets. Dot and Mabel built the fire while Agnes and the Taylor twins spread a big white cloth on the short grass beneath the trees, in front of the tent. and laid it for supper.
 "Oh, for a glass of lemonadel" sighed Agnes. We'll miss some of the conveniences of a town and a kitchen, won't wei" But even as she spoke, Mrs. Bryant handed to her a two-quart Mason jar and said: Use
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hammocks just outside 1t, with Fatty and the horses within a safe distance to keep watch over the camp.
 The night went by without excite ment, all sleeping like babies in the fresh air. The next morning Fatty George had a fine string of fish for breakfast, having risen from his bed of blankets on the ground before the sun hinted at coming, and going to the river with hook and line.
 The day was one of exploration and rest, some of the girls going into the woods after wild grapes and berries and some reading in their hammocks. The chaperons found camp work to do, preparing the dinner and supper. The girls had the dishes to wash. which they did very quickly, seeing that they were of tin or coarse yellow ware.
 The second highland the last of their stay in the camp-came down around them, and they sat about the fire telling stories. Fatty, the sentinel. being on the outskirts of the group. He sat on a fallen log, enjoying the stories and the laughter of his good
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woods when suddenly Mrs. Graham saw two figures rise from behind a elump of bushes and run off down the bank towards the river. When a safd distance away. they paused and looked back at her. By the moonlight. open spaces, she could make out that they were women. So she started towards them. calling out; Please do not run away. We shall do you no harm. And I know you do not wish to harm us. So come up and join us at our camp fire. We are quite a party. and shall welcome any of our neighbors of the woods"
 To her amazement the two forms whispered together a moment, then came swiftly towards her, so swiftly. indeed. that she felt a bit uneasy and turned and joined Fatty some twenty feet behind her. Then she waited the arrival of the mysterious persons who had not replied to her invitation save by coming towards her.
 But presently when the two strange women drew near. they removed their sunbonnets, and To! Mrs. Graham fell to laughing. But one of the strange women held up a warning finger, then, Fatty, holding his sides and his mouth with his two hands, a whispered con- sultation was held and the result was Mrs. Graham and Fatty returned to the camp, each leading by the arm a prisoner. On approaching the tent where the crowd awaited expectantly Mrs. Graham called out to them: We have two captives. Make room eor them beside the fire, where we will hold quick trial and sentence them | according to the deeds done by them. l" Then all were before the fire. and slowly-very slowly-those who had waited began to understand, for the dim f1relight disclosed the faces ot Frank Graham and his college chum Paul Rich. When she could speak for laughing Agnes jumped up and asked of the captives. who had seated themselves beside the fire-Frank next to Mabel: But please explain why you come dis. guised as women?"
 Isn't this Petticoat Camp-and is fl possible for one in male attire to in- trude himself among those enoamped here?" So spoke the jolly Frank And as he did so, Mabel gave him g pretty smile and he forgot his disguise
 Then the jolliest evening of their lives was spent by all, and the two culprits were put outside the camp along with Fatty-to act as sentinels and to sleep the sleep of captives or blankets spread upon the dry ground And the following morning the two were pressed into service. for Fatty refused politely to work while "other gentlemin were abouts."
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M URING the early part of his
 summer vacation Johnny Peters,
 aged twelve. became very much ~ preoccupied, so much so, indeed, that his mother and father began to wonder at his seeming abstraction. He no longer cared to go fishing with the boys, nor swimming, either. if such a thing can be believed. He did not appear at the baseball games on Saturday afternoon. as had always been his wont. He preferred remain ing penned up in his own room--at the top of the house-all day, only coming down to his meals and to run errands for his mother.
 After this conduct on the part of Johnny had gone on for almost a week, his mother decided to ascertain what 1t was that kept her son so close ly confined to his room. She had ques- toned him on several occasions to receive an evasive reply. He would
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dirty cloth some dishes he had washed on the table and took from a filthy chunks of meat. When MT. Peters asked him concerning the food he got he made wry face. Its that bad 1t makes one sick" he said, put ting his hand on the stomach. But it's eat it or starve. And the smell of the wild beasts and the bad weather and the hot nights-ugh"
 "Here-what you monkeyin' for? ?" It was the dirty cook. with a long fork in his hand, who had come to the door of the tent and called out to his "helper." "Got them baked beans cut yet?"
 The boy got some cans from a cor ner of the tent and began cutting them open. pouring their contents into big, rusty pan. We eat timed beans every meal" he said to Johnny, who was looking over the table.fly- covered-with something of nausea in his expression.
 Mir. Peters took from his pocket a card and handed 1t to the boy. "As soon as you're at liberty come to see me. l have something important to talk with you about"
 Then he and Johnny went to the big tent and watched the men at their laborious work. Each young chap wore tired. unhappy expression and from several of them MT. Peters got the same discouraging confession. They had joined the show with the hope of becoming performers. but their work was not up to the stand ard" and they had had no opportunity to "learn the trade" So 1t was among them ll-disappointmen and discon- tent. But what could they do-many { of them having run away from their
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<~ HE Graham girls, Dot ana AgneS' A aged respectively thirteen and IA fifteen, conceived the idea or - having a little outing party, as they called it-a party of young friends, properly chaperoned to spend a weekend in the country camping. Their brother Frank had a fine tent and would lend 1t to them for their stay in the out-of-doors- Also, Frank had a full camping outfit which went with the tent. So the plan was not hard to carry to conclusion.
 The Taylor girls. Fanny and Nanny (twins of fourteen), gladly promised to be of the party and Mabel Bryant, (secretly known to be seventeen-year- old Franks sweetheart) was also in- cluded, and 'phoned to say she would be just too happy to go along and to eat bacon and eggs cooked on camp fire, and would do most of the cooking herself, if allowed the pleasure.
 Well, I guess it will turn out fine and dandy" said Dot on the morning of their start to the country. We've got everything necessary for a two days stay. And the weather bids fair tO De BItdl. 1hdb lui hAii tiit CC days ago gives us promise of no more for another three or four days, and also that the dust won't bother us any"
 "Yes, think we'll all be sorry when the time Is up. and we have to come back to living inside a house and eat ing at table again" laughed Agnes as she finished packing a big basket of provisions. Did you roll the two hammocks, Sister,"
 Rolled and in the provision wag- on," said Dot. And Mamma is put ting up box of bread. cake and cook ies. We'll be glad to have the sweet things, say I. An, how lonely Papa and Frank will be with Mamma and us gone! l dare say they'll wish they had on petticoats so they could go with us. But men and boys have such good times to emselves--camping hunt ing and fishing-that it's only fair we should go without them. Are the Fay. Tor girls to come here, or are we tc call for them?"
 They're to join us at the corner They have hired a one-horse convey. ance--looks like the old style grocery delivery wagon. They say the horse f. F so gentle that he doesn't want to sti out of a walk. They're to take on, hammock and two pairs of blanket Mabel Bryant Is going in our passen ger coach, and she has two hammock. and more blankets. We'll certainly have lots of places to stretch out and enough covering to keep us warm il the nights are cool"
 Then Mrs. Graham came in to say everything was in readiness and that
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say: "Oh. I'm doing some mysterious work, mother. Please wait till l get ready to tell you all about it." But the time for the confession not arriv- ing, Mrs. Peters decided to find out for herself. So one morning while Johnny was down town on an errand she went to his room. On entering. nothing seemed unusual and Mrs. Pe- ters began to search about. She all ways made up his bed and tidied his room during school days, but when his vacation began she let him care for his room himself. knowing that such work cultivated a neat and or derly mind.
 He's got his mysterious work hid den," said Mrs. Peters. "Tll have to unlock his closet" So saying. she found the closet key in one of the dresser drawers and soon had the closet door open. There Mrs. Peters beheld some sort of apparatus made
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all over. The result was that he said nothing more about the circus. and neither did his parents. till the day the wagon show came numbering into town at nine o'clock in the morning. Johnny's father arranged to stay away from his place of business that morn ing and took his son to the circus grounds. The men and boys travelling with the show were busy. and paid no attention to the few stragglers who roamed about. MT. Peters took John ny to the mess tent to watch those preparing the morning meal, for it had been raised first. Johnny saw a dirty man frying meat. He dropped some of 1t on the ground and picked it up again and tossed it into a greasy pan which stood on top of a rusty stove. The stove was placed in the open near to the tents entrance. Two long tables, each accommodating thirty-fve persons, were being set by dirty-faced and dirtier-handed boy about Johnny's own age. To him MT. Peters went and began ask ing questions. No one seemed to ob- ject to this procedure, and those who worked about the tent seemed to en- joy the strangers call.
 It turned out that the boy, who was the cooks helper. had run. away from home several months before and had joined the circus, expecting at the time to become an acrobat. being-as he put it---a top-notcher at tumbling and sumersaulting. But the manage ment had not agreed with him. and had put him at hard work. He got no pay and very bad food and a worse place to sleep, his bed being in one of the wagons on some of the tent ing. He was almost i'll and had cut on ono wrist which gave him a great deal of pain.
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toned "carry-all'' which belonged to an aged uncle of the Graham girls and who kindly let them have 1t for their outing party. He also furnished them with a team of gentle horses and Agnes held the lines. She had been a pretty good whip before her father had abandoned carriage and horses for a motor car.
 Last in the line of slowly moving vehicles came the provision -and-tent wagon, drawn by a huge. long cared mule and driven by Fatty George, MT. Graham's man of-all-work. Fatty was a good natured soul and was taken along to look after the horses, pitch the tent, carry the water from a spring. gather drift-wood for the campfire, catch and dress fish, go to
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w ton that the girls of the home
 N look about for "something to do."
 a After the first two or three weeks of much needed rest from school. they find the time begins to hang heavily on their hands. Then it Is that longer rest becomes idleness. and can no longer be endured.
 Most girls love an artistic, har- monious home. This is not always their possession, so it often falls to their lot to make 1t artistic and har- monious. The first thing the summer vacation school girl must do when making over her home is to see that the wall decorations are suitable to the rooms and harmonious as a whole. One with a sense of the beautiful can not endure to stand in a living room with a brown or green wall and look into an opening dining room with a red or blue wall, and into connect ing hall of some other discordant tone. See that all rooms opening together are of pleasing blendings in their decorations. Then come the rugs which must likewise fit into the color scheme of the walls. Curtains and draperies the same.
 With the right tints on walls, in rugs and curtains, one has not much left to do, for of course. before the papering was done to harmonize with rugs and curtains. the woodwork of the rooms was considered, and, if not of the desired tone, done over. Per fectly white woodwork Is very attrac- tive and goes with all kinds of furni- ture and wall paper. But a great many consider 1t Staring" and diff cult to keep clean. and prefer dark wood. If so, the tone of wood and floors should match in color or har- monize nicely.
 There is not one room In a house that does not depend for grace and beauty on its neighboring rooms, for as whole home must be considered. Bedrooms are better done in very light shades, with their colors confined to the pretty chintz coverings and cur tains. Daintiness is the watchword for your sleeping rooms; richness for your library, hall and dining room, and quiet elegance for your parlor- If there be one-and your living room. Bric-a-brac schould have a purpose
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Sn Outing Story for Girls

they'd better get into their hats and gloves and start. The Taylor girls will be waiting for us. so we'd best make haste"
 MT. Graham and Frank saw them off. waving farewell to them from the front porch. Mrs. Graham and Mrs Bryant were being permitted" to go. as they said, and they supposed they'd have most of the work to do. Mrs. Bryant had phaeton in which Mrs. Graham would ride with her. As the Bryants lived just across the street from the Grahams, the two ladies were soon in the phaeton and leading the procession. Next to them drove the Taylor girls. and third came the pas senger coach" carrying Dot, Agnes and Mabel. This was a funny old-fash-
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CHARADE.

 My first is an animal wild, you will see GA male. to make it more plain); It is hunted in forest and on hillsides, And by hunters is often slain. My second sign of the zodiac is of you're born meath this sign you
 will knowD; It appears in the almanac every year: On your character light 1t does
 throw. My whole Is word of syllables two; Iris a cloth used in collars and
 cuffs; And if bit of stiffening's required. It's used in the lining of muffs. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZ-
 ZLES. PRIMAL ACROSTIC: Lincoln. Cross words. l. Land. ?. Idle. 8. Noun. 4. Croto 5. OUen. 6. Lake. '. Neck. LETTER ENIGMA: Sailor REBUS: little girl had pair ot roller skates. and her brother had c fine kite to dy.
 DIAGONAL:-Safe. Cross-,oords, l. Site. 2. Lake 3. Bu6. {. Pine.
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of my lemon juice and sugar syrup sparingly. my dear. for the two quarts must last us during our camping-out."
 Well, who would have thought of such a thingl" cried Agnes, taking the jar of rup-sweetened lemon juice and pouring some of it into a bucket of spring cold water. After all girls, it was a wise thing to invite our ahemi-our elders along. wasn't it?"
 Then the merry laugh ran round the group and Jests were tossed to and fro among them. The mothers enjoyed 1t more, if possible, than did the girls, declaring 1t made them young again to be In the open with their children.
 After a most appetizing supper, the campers made their numerous beds. Some slept inside the tent, others in
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friends, and Joined in the latter very often. Suddenly, however. he peered out through the darkness, then he rose slowly and went little way In the direction he had peered. Then he came back and spoke to Mrs. Ora ham.
 T do b'l'eve I seen a couple of per sons out there In the timber" he said. "I heerad 'em fust. Then l went out an I seen 'em."
 Mrs. Graham felt bit apprehensive and questioned Fatty closely. Seeing that he was in dead earnest, she sug- gested to the girls that they and Mrs. Bryant remain sitting about the fire while she went with Fatty George to investigate concerning his fears.
 They had not gone far Into the
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To remedy squeaking boots or shoes stand them in sufficient linseed oil to just cover the soles. Leave them in the oil for about twenty-four hours. If the first treatment Is not entirely successful, 1t can be repeated. and the second treatment will remove all undesirable sOund.
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Then. if you still wish to join. I shall say nothing about it. You shall have your try at it. and I know you'll be glad enough to come home again to a good bed and three meals a day"
 Johnny could ask no fairer treat ment than his father promised and he got up and went off to think It
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Nobody cares about you in this business" he said. of you can't look out for yourself you get only kicks from the whole bunch, and they kick each other the same way. Everybody hates everybody else. It's something awful. Wisht I was home"
 Then the boy fell to wiping on
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HIDDEN INVENTOR PUZZLE.

Each of the following sentences con tains one word whose initial letter helps to spell the name of a world famed inventor.
 l. Man is the lord of creation.
 2. All ore does not contain precious metal.
 2. Riches should come through hard work and economy.
 4. The sun and the moon never can be viewed together.
 5. One must be earnest to accom- plish great things.
 PRIMAL ACROSTIC.
 This acrostic contains seven words of four letters each. If the words are rightly guessed and written one be- low another their primals will spell to reap or to gather. The cross words are: l. Frozen rain. 2. A woman rel ative. 8. To be wealthy. 4. A blood vessel. 5. Parts of the human head. 6. A rough board shelter. '. A mel ody.
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Aunt May-Willie, you bad boy. you have molasses taffy all over your new white duck suit! What will mamma say?
 Willie-Oh, 1t doesn't make much difference what she says. She never lets me have any fun in new clothes until I get them spoiled.
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THE "YEGY MAN''

Crying in his sing-song way;
 And selling here and there, Till his melons all are gone
 Save a big one to spare To the boys who run behind
 In the dusty street. Boys of freckles and of tan.
 With their soiled bare feet. And with the melon in their arms They hie them off to find A shady spot where they may eat
 The melon to the rind. Water millions, ripe an red!
 Doan you want to buy?" So they hear the "vegy man."
 In his sing-son cry.
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TUT DOan you want TO buy " So you hear the '.vegy man,"
 With his sing-song cry. Down the street he slowly goes.
 Crying long and loud; Water millions. ripe an red!"
 Till he draws a crowd. Barefoot urchins. small and young.
 Behind his cart do run: "vegy man" just mods and grins.
 Thinking it great fun. Now he sells a melon fine.
 Which he's plugged. you know: And another cross the street:
 Then slowly on does go.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-01
NYE DELEGATES
TO DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION

The dozen Nye county delegates
that were elected to attend the
Democratic state convention at Fal-
Ion. June Sd. left for that city
this morning. The twelve staunoh
followers of the jefferson doctrines
that boarded the north bound train
for the convention city were Henry
Schmidt, zeb Ray, Branch Smith,
Puddy Grimes. w. r. McFadden,
Joe Lindsay. c. H. Mcintosh, II. 4.
Cooke. Con Fisler. Thomas Mar
shall. Al Haag and George That
cher. When questioned as TO the
nominee who wuld be elected at
the convention as the presidential
candidate, several delegates stated
that Champ Clark would receive
the nomination on the FIRST ballot
They will return Tuesday morninl
as the business Of the convention
viii take up but few minutes
time
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-01
ROOM RENT
DON'T APPEAL TO
jim HERALD

The case Of the State Of Ne
yada ys. james Herald, who lis
charged with battery. was called
10 the justice court this morning
but on account OF several witnesses
not being present Judge II. II.
Atkinson postponed the hearing un-
til Monday morning at 10 O'Clock
Herald. il Is said. was rooming at
the home Of Bell Grader and had
failed to pay his COON rent for
The past month Upon the presen-
tation Of the bill for room rent
due" by Mrs. Grader TO Herald, IL
Is alleged that Herald became abus-
ise and struck the lady several
tines causing her to swoon. Mrs.
Grader was In court this morning
ready to appear against the defend
ant and stated that she would be
On hand when the case was called
Monday morning.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-01

the Bonanza stan at the Miners
hospital this morning, Main spoke
of the affair as follows:
Il was standing front of the Miz-
pah hotel last evening when Mis-.
Anderson spoke to me and asked II
| cared to accompany her to her
new home and spend the evening
there. ! had no other place to 90
so accepted AS we were seated
talking, | heard some one raising
the front window, but paid no at
tentien to the matter at the time.
A moment later McGraw rushed into
the room with a large knife in his
hand fiourishing 1t in wild man.
ner. started for the door but be-
fore could open it McGraw
stabbed me in the back" When
asked If he had ever met McGraw
before. Main replied that he had
not. The reporter visited McGraw
who is incarcerated in the county
jail, and asked him II he had any
statement to make concerning last
nights cutting affair McGraw was
very nervous and said: 81 have
nothing to say about the matter;
it's dirty case. Let the others do
the talking"
McGraw has been charged with
assault with intent to kill and will
have his preliminary hearing Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-01
SPEEOERS ARE
WARNED BY THE
Chief OF POLICE

Chief of Police Smith has placed
several large sign boards through
ont this city that will give warning
70 the racing automobilists" in
the future The boards are four
feet In length and are appropriately
inscribed with large red letters of
Warning" to-wit THAT the
speed limit OF automobiles and
motorcycles is six miles an hour.
and those defying the same will he
subject 70 fine of $50. Since
the placing OF the sign boards it is
quite noticeable that the automboil-
lists have taken the warning and
are now running at normal rate
of speed.