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ously, but it was all lost on the doctor.
"Do it quick"
The order was scarcely given before
it was executed. Dugro handed the
| memorandum to Woodman with a
grunt
at don't take long to get 'em today
The words had scarcely left his lips
when hoarse cry rose from the crowd
hanging over the ticker.
Copper had leaped upward whole
point between sales. wild cheer
swept the room. For ten minutes ever.
stock on the list responded and began
to climb.
The Doctors face was wreathed in
smiles. Men began to talk and laugh
and feel human for the first moment
in two weeks.
Dugro grasped the doctors hand
and his deep. voice rang above the
roar:
You're mascot. You've broken
the spell. For Gods sake stay with
u.s..
Suddenly another cry came from the
crowd at the ticker. The boy at the
board sprang TO the instrument with
a single bound. his eyes blazing with
excitement. His cry of Down" pierc-
ed every ear in the room with horror.
The panic had come.
In ten minutes stocks tumbled five
points. and the doctors last dollar was
swept into space. while the whole mar
ket plunged down. down. down into the
abyss of ruin and despair.
Men no longer tried TO conceal their
emotion. Some wept. some cursed,
some laughed; but the most pitiful
sight Of all was the man who could
do neither. the man with white lips
and the strange, hunted expression in
his eyes who was looking death in the
face for the first time.
A full quarter of an hour of the panic
had spent itself before the dazed
crowds in the brokers' Offices read the
startling news that caused the big
break. The ticker shrieked its message
above the storms din like a little
laughing demon.
The Van Dam Trust Company Has
Closed It's Doors and Asked For the
Appointment of Receiver"
Bivens had not kept his solemn
pledge The great bank had stood the
run for two hours and closed its doors.
And the work of destruction had just
begun.
At 3 o'clock the doctor walked out of
Dugro's office without dollar. He
felt aimee happy by contrast with the
fools he left shuffling over the floors OF
Dugro's office.
His own sense of loss was merely
blur The revelation he had just had
of the mad lust for money which had
begun to possess all classes was yet so
fresh and startling he could form no
adequate conception of his own posi-
ton.
1t was not until he entered his own
door and paused at the sound of. Har-
riet's voice that he began to realize
the enormity of the tragedy that had
befallen him.
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To the Voters of 1857
District and To My
Many Friends

| take pleasure in accept
ing your tender of support
in my race of Justice of The
Peace and assure all that
if | am elected / will dis
charge the duties of the
Office without fear or favor
in the interest of the Pub
lie and in justice to all.
Thanking you for your
support / am truly yours.
w. r: Paulk.
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name had always stood for honesty and
fair dealing and conservative business.
1t was half an hour before the stock
exchange opened. but the dingy little
office was packed with an excited
crowd of customers.
The doctor followed old Dugro. the
head of the firm. into his private office
and asked his advice. He got it-sharp.
short and to the point.
Go home, doctor. and stay there.
This market is no place for an anna
teur. It's all can do to keep the wolf
from my door i'll these days"
But I've received some important
information"
Keep it dark" old Dugro scowled.
Don't tell it to your worst enemy. If
you've got dollar. nail it up and sleep
on the box
But I've some information l think
FIN going to act on and l want to open
small account with you"
"All right. I've warned you" was
the grim answer. II wish you good
luck"
The doctor drew his check for $4,000
and smilingly took his place among the
crowd before the board.
The ticker would tell the story in the
first hour. If stocks should sell off
three points before noon, he would
know. He determined to put this to
| The test first. He would not sell the
market short. He would be conten'
with the big jump the market would
make upward when il started.
AS the noon hour drew near the doc
tors heart was beating like sledge
hammer. Bivens' program had beeg
carried out to the letter. Stocks had de
clined for the first hour point. and IL
the second hour suddenly smashed
down two more points amid the widest
excitement on the exchange.
The moment to buy had come. The
doctor was sure of it, Stocks had
touched bottom. The big bear poo
would turn bull in a moment and the
whole market would rise by leaps and
bounds.
/ 14G Oiu AyuSEO.
BUY for me now Amalgamated Cop
per, the market leader, for all I'm
WORTH
The broker glared at him.
"Buy Buy in this market? Man
are you mad?"
81 said buy.' was the firm answer
whats the limit q
'Not share without stop loss or.
der under it,
"Well. with the stop?"
'I'll buy you 400 shares on a four
point STOP
'And when it goes up five points?'
the doctor asked eagerly.
'I'll double your purchase and raise
your stop. and every five points up I'll
keep on until you are mi!lionairer
The old broker s,%ilad c. --.s.l-
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Annual Bazaar

The ladies of St. Mathews
Guild will hold their Annual
Bazaar at Dodd's old store Dec.
10-11. Fancy articles. suitable
for Xmas gifts, as well as for
practical use; also cake, pies,
candy, etc.
Light refreshments will be
served at all hours. On Wednes-
day night oysters. as you like
them and other refreshments
will be served.
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I've 5000 set aside To finish my little
girls musical studies. I've got te
meet that note somehow. and I've got
TO have the money for her. 1t looks
Ike n chance I'll go in and watch the
market tomorrow"
IF it don't act exactly as ! say don
touch IT. II It does. 20 in for all you
worth If stocks start down as ] sa'
they will. sell short. cover at noon an
they buy for rise. Don't listen T.
fools-iust buy. buy. buy. You can Sc!
before the market closes and make
$4,000"
"I'li drop into a brokers' office anf
watch the MARKET open, anyway
Adams Thank you"
The next day the more optimlstl
traders on the stock exchange expected
a change in the market. Stocks had de
cliued for two weeks with appalling
swiftress and fatality. Every hour had
marked the ruin Of men hitherto bull
warks Of soidity. Experienced men
reasoned and reasoned from experience
that there must he turn somewhere.
The bottom surely had been reached.
The time for rally had come.
Stuart slept late. He was up until l
o'clock writing a reply to peculiarly
yenomous attack on his integrity which
morning paper had printed The
writer had boldly accused him of be
ing the hired tool of the group OF tinan-
cial cutthroats who were coming mil
lions out of the ruin of others in the de-
struction of public faith.
His reply was simple, and his con-
Guiding paragraph was unanswerabie
except by an epithet.
"My business is the enforcement OF
justice. am the servant of the people
If Wall street cannot stand the en-
forcement of law so much the worse
for the street. 1t is no affair of mine"
DR.. Woodman hurried downtown to
the office of friend on Pine street, an
old fashioned banker and broker whose
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Meet me at the w. R. C. Hall
Dec. 10-11 for cup of tea and a
chicken sandwich. 9-tf
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CHAPTER x.
At the Kings Command.

~ IvENs' plan would have gone
- through without a hitch but
for one thing. He had over
looked the fact that the king
dom of Mammon in America has a
king and that the present ruler is very
much alive man of few words, of
iron will, of fiery temper, of keen in
tellect, proud, ambitious, resourceful,
bold, successful, a giant in physique
and giant in personality.
1t happens that his majesty is an old
time Wall street banker. with inherited
traditions about banks and the way
their funds should be handled. He
had long held pet aversion. The Van
Dam Trust company had become an
offense to his nostrils 1t had built a
huge palace far up town and it's presi-
dent had attempted to set up a court
of his own He had gathered about
him following, among them an ex-
president of the United States. Gold
had poured into the treasury of the
great marble palace in a constant
stream until its deposits had reached
the unprecedented sum of $90,000,000.
sum greater than the royal bank it
self could boast.
When the king heard the first rumor
of the fact that the Van Dam Trust
was backing the schemes Of the Allied
Bankers in their sensational raid on
the market his big nostrils suddenly
dilated.
At last he had them just where he
wanted them. He signed the death
warrant of the hank and handed it to
his executioner without word of COM
ment. And then most curious thing
happened. The king summoned to his
presence little, dark, swarthy man.
When Bivens received this order to
appear at court he was dumfounded
He had long worshiped and feared
the king with due reverence and al
ways spoke his name with awe. To
be actually called into his august pres
ence in such q crisis was an undream-
ed of honor. He fastened into the
royal presence with beating heart. The
oONGlS1SA SidANSu NY WI 4ulSA Cu-
ergy.
'Mr. Bivens, l believer"
The little man bowed low.
81 hear that you are about to aid the
Van Dam Trust with four millions in
cash?'
Bivens smiled with pride.
MY secretary will deliver the money
to the bank within an hour"
The king suddenly wheeled in his
big armchair. raised his eyebrows and
fixed the little man with a stare that
froze the blood in his veins. When he
spoke at length his tones We're smooth
as velvet.
IF l may give you suggestion, Mr..
Bivens. l would venture to say that
the Van Dam Trust company is be-
yond aid. The larger interests of the
nation require the elimination of this
institution and its associates.
II have heard good reports of you.
and wish tn save Won from he s:s-
To be continuined our next issue
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For Water. Light and
Bond Commissioner

At the insistant sOlici "a
ton of some of our citizens,
| present my name for your
consideration at the co ming
election as a member of the
Water, Light and Bend
Commission. Your support
will be appreciated.
A. I'll. ThurmOnd.
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Notice to Attorneys

The United States Court will
convene at Valdosta, Ga, on
Monday, Dec. 9, at 10 a. m.
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Science Ct Management.

MANAGEMENT. or The science - exc.
cu'icn and administration, is some
thing which requires q specific and
t.s'inc, training. not simply superior
degree q skill in tho performance OF
subordinate tasks: and our varied re-
sources viii not be utilized 10 their
proper and full extent until this is
generally and completely realized. The
ideal manager should have bread,
liberal education rather than in'en.
siye experience in any one line. such
as frarcler. salesman. producer or &C
coun,ant. II II he writer5s belief that
no adequate foundation for the work
Is now being laid In any educational
institution IN this country Here IN.
structlon In fundamental principles is
OF primary and In details OF second.
airy importance. Great effort should
be made 10 train a mind 20 analyze,
70 digest, 20 reason. 20 compare, TO
deduce and. finally, TO arrive az we'll.
rounded. logical, wise decisions. Much
attention should also be paid TO the
art of so communicating ones deci-
sions 10 the mind OF another, with re-
gard 10 their degree OF intellectual de-
velopment. that the desired impress.
sion will be created and the desired
result follow as a matter OF course -
Casters Magazine.
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Grievances Of British TaTS Weak
ening the Navy.
Cc~5i:or Ct her en- Lower Decks Of
here Importance Than Building
Ne" Ships-Reforms Are
Demanded.

LoCG First Lord Of the Admir-.
atty Winston Churchill IS never long
out @: b; water This tine he has
reused he Indignation OF the radical
extremists Of his own party because
the reduction on the naval estimate,
for the current year did no. 70 far
enough In the direction @. rctrerch.
nent to please hem.
Whereas the Little Er-,arGcrs. %
IS they are called. hoped tia, say.
irg o. a. leas. $4,000 600 would be
effected Chgrca!l! only found II POS.
s!b!e 10 reduce the naval estimates w
JUS over Sij0o000 But II be has
40, pleased some OF his own par'ia.
nentary supporters. Winston Churchill
has been subjected 10 little bu; friend.
y criticism b. the opposition. who
are bent on acceleratiug the building
program rather than retarding IL.
While there has been the usual
amount c: talk about new ships and
armamerts. not much attention has
been paid 70 the factor without which
England's Wanted navy IS useless
the man behind the gun. From time
10 time Il has been whispered that
there IS considerable unrest in the
lower deck rating. where. saws Liona,
YeXley, ore of the service critics.
many grievances exist. which. unless
rect.fled, will one day shock Ioaa
Bull on; Of his complacency.
As the jachies are forbidden by
their terms OF service 70 form trade
union. the genera. public knows little
about their wrongs. and half an hours
talk with some O, the men a, 4 naval
station IS required 90 show tina, (, Is
high time some reforms were intro.
duCel on the lower deck
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viii Donate 70 Biological Gardens the
Game He 5assed Frcm Long
Hunting Expedition in Africa.

Cleveland. O-Brouzed by tropic
suns, Kenyon V Painter. prominent
Cleveland club man, has just returned
from a world tour. Coincident with
his arrival in Cleveland a truck lead
OF boxes and cages were unloaded at
his estate on Shaker Heights
The boxes contained live specimens
OF the rarest tropical birds, the finest
collection ever brought 10 the United
States-most OF the birds being the
first OF their kind TO reach this coun
try
Accompanied by his wife. Painter
searched the Orient for months. His
own efforts brought him scores Of
specimens, and others he obtained
rom natives vino brought them down
10 the coast from regions where white
men are almost unknown. Singapore.
supplied many Of the specimens.
Painters collection arrived in Cleve.
land in good condition. Many OF the
birds will be forwarded 10 TIE Ma.
tional Geological gardens in Washing.
ton, to which Painter has been n fre-
quent contributor.
Birds OF all sizes and colors fit
about the cages In Painters aviary.
Pigeons from Burma, as large as
chickens, that lay eggs of proportion.
ate size. are In a cage beside one con.
tanning mites OF birds from Ceylon,
which look more like insects.
Long.legged birds with short bills
contrast grotesquely with short.legged
birds with long bills. and all in form
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Gr' o have cI plain overall AM 20
B. Die 20 rush .bou, The garden wiz
sC- O. her animals is tor. Once or
Their return from ,-s country 20
Rome Tie --ga. family drove il sem.
s,1-s ~ 70 the palace and Princess
Yo.a-da il .e- tgs. clothes. bowed
E-4u.'us.y 70 The cheering people all
Tie ay frequently sdmoclsh.rg ac-
.cg--c- sisters Go 60 he same When
,lr cached he ra.l,e she rushed uY
81 TIE nurseries IN r-ea, haste % q:
g move -e-v..aab.e t-oCE. and noticed
'.a, ra~s-.rG and white washing hal
hss- gg.-s CT and everything wss
very .Iea- - white everywhere. J.
I. nav a, these fear.u,ly clean sur
r.a~Etrcs .gl she knew mean.
,---y care aaog, dirty fingers and
{ s.v soc.s he ~an OF, into the gar.
DEN - au1 her chile! 2a,. Toto the
lo.E = az. said with relief T. every
sg.,-l.s Well its e blessing they
haven't va.'ewasAed you. too. an-
-.o,. ..y rolled IL the DIS; 70 nd a'7'
Sc. O.. lie Iind.>oa7-p's.and-Q
ceiling the White nurseries had given
h"- Princess Na'a.aa. the second
rl!i. j. more Ike her father ana -
much more "m.a than Io.anda Clio
wanna, the yo.' eest, i Just fat.
g-o1.'er0e-ed baby
The pet OF The family. Of course, Is
r-5er,o. he third child and ONLY son
Hs Is 'as' seven has his fathers mid.
quiet ways, tAi Is Ike MS DotaeT n
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Huntsman Brings Rare Birds

and colorius look Ike comic orera
members Of the bird kingdom The
composite sound OF bird voices from
the collection resembles Chinese
funeral march.
Only one note Of discords enters into
PAINTERS satisfaction over his trim
After long search Of Rorneo. Suma.
IRA and Java he got three specimens
OF the Malay water deer. one NJ mo
rarest Of animals. a. San Francisco
government officials would not allow
them 10 be landed because OF n nro.
hibiiory regulation.
The deer are only ten inches h,cb
but We're classified as deer nover,bo
less The New York geological rar.
dens and the San Francisco ZOO are
now engaged in competitive efror, 90
cause The government to relent and
allow them TO take the animals
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German Magazine Says "stinger" Is
Bojled Into Flax and Used as Cot.
ton Substitute.

Dreslau-Thc much abused singing
nc,tlc has !. seems, commercial
value \ German magazine says a
process has been discovered by which
the nettle can be made 20 yield a sup.
ply OF smooth. bleached. spinnnable
yard al price considerably less than
that OF raw cotton
The uc.tles are harvested twice
year, and when dry they lose the pow.
er 10 sting and can hc handled like
FAX 10 remove The leaves and twigs.
The naked stems are then boiled
in diluted soda lyo In open kettles for
half an hour or so, until the fiber hc.
gins 10 loosen when Il is separated uy
q revolving brush machine The proc
ess OF refinement is completed hy re
pea'cd boillurs and ly thorough was h.
inEs, also under pressure
The product now consists of perfect.
~ clcaa "dccummed" lustruus fhcrs
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him In dark corner FOR '. Is
each N -h' because h. Oil
d.. zap uu straight or dared a
wa So bolt 20 keep his trousor
Another Of the scamar's IS
relates 20 the decreased rr
promotion owing 20 the i-. N
tho uuwlc- % s;okcrs in .la
mel The leading seaman rs
THAI, We has less chance 'han
becoming a petty officer j., -
pay IS also another demand -e
lower lock An experienced q. %.
man. II married is expected p
port q home en- inst under 3" e
Joss the cost OF h!s uniform
T. is not suggested by any u. aH
the English jackies are on IL" .i
Of mutiny, hut IL is known in %. .,.
informed circles that 4 large p
;lor OF them are disconten ed. s
HE first line OF defense Is 80, e
hips. but the men, pressure IS Z
brought 20 bear on the admire %
hold an impartial inquiry in'. he
facts OF The case
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ian Prince Visor, parents were not
altogether ~, seG IL rLei- sons
choice nor his subjects either They
rather hoped be would have chosen
some powerful, German or Austrian
princess for lis wife bu. when size
arrived il Italy The primo. $ lovely
face. --- .oGs smile and charming
ways -cl4g red everybody IL Z liz.
Tie while she had won the love Nh.
admiration of the King and ,.g queen.
while Ter future subjects adcrsI her
Ate ,h. tragic death az King Hum
h=-t E.rS VI .,o- and Queen Elena
moved .u,o The big Palace. and eo-.
,!IUed. a far as poss. Bile. ~, sl~r,e
life they had followed rs crown prince
and princess Ne.her OK them had
any liking FOR -o-r and c.-cuc. stance
Indeed y he Italians have any e i,
20 arl wiki their kiuE. 4 j. tia. he
j. inclined % BE- sriaEy Things are
ye-y G@e-ea; row a, he Caro q.
Monte from vha. they wee H. tie
time q! King Humbert and Que.
Ma-ghar.,e. and the lat-e-'s home now
IS far more gorgeous than the r5ya.
palace Though there Is 70 lack o:
beautiful furniture. The present a5-s
and queen chose the Simplest suites
Tor tae.. room The queens bondo.-
Is ado--el by few simple pictures
and ornaments from her own country
which she prizes more than a., the
ya.Aab!es IL the palace put together
i is the same With their social life
\ certain amount Q: entertaining. o:
course has 10 be done T. The wiz
ter which is tie Roman season about
dozen state dinners and balls are
given with Gle ceremony and all the
usla. accomplishments Q: flowers IL
prosus!c2. costly plate and music. The
queen cuisines every body with her
radiant beauty. seen ~ Is bes. IL I'll.
evening dress and SPARKLING Jewels
But beside these balls, the queen
holds only few receptions for her
intimate friends. Anything l. The Way
OF gorgeous entertaining IS dis-2s'e-
tul 20 both her and her husband
No,h!nS F!eas"s hSF oe'teT t-aN 20
ride INTO the country with the elder
children or il the weather is 10. suit
able for this. 70 take them al. IN her
Ec'o-car
30 other ROYAL mother srer5s 50
much time with her children au-ir.
The day. and she studies them before
ANYTHING else For their sake. plain.
but substantial meal Is provided IN
the middle Of n. da~. so that they
nav share il with their parents Tho
choice az tho ua~y Is the sv5sec, o'
much re with her chef every morn.
ing after breakfast
n addition 20 The prac.,cal yi-.
tues Queen Elena Is an acromulish.
ID ,ror,-r in many wsvs :, 4. m
Omen score. that some ,oe-e thar
-ssf N a-raa- IN sevara, French and
Ru- sian reviews over the signature OF
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A Woman's Humor.

Madam" began the man respect
fully, Il am very hungry, CouA you
give me bit Of something"
Il will call the dog" the woman re.
piled.
Il am hungry enough TO eat the
dog" the man said, but I'd rather
have something else"
Aud womanlike. she went inside
and banged the door.
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Yarn Made From Nettles

ol a ycllowish tint Proper ID,
methods change this color 20 I;
white. ~ The same time heig <
the natural lu>,,r
The ne,tlc fiber is now ready 70
treated Ike other textile threads i
Is 10 say, Il can ne combcd u..si
and spun When All is done H." ,n'
ishcG yarn f. as soft and smoc'. Is
FAX with only n slight "wood.',-
remaining II there IS anything in '.S
process the rottle will certainly .a-e
20 be q despiscd weed
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Perplexlty.

These political problems are ter
rible " said the man who worries about
grammar.
What's the trouble?"
"One friend OF mine after another
has opened campaign headquarters
What want to know Is whether head
quarters In g'ngular or a plural
noun. and II II is singular what is the
plural?"
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TRAIN ESCAPED BIG SLIDE
Gh9ineer Of Passenger Saw a N--n'
tain Slide in Washington
Just in Time.

f'iensbuTc, Wash.-Barely Eve q"
ut's before the Chicago. Milwaukt &
tnFet Sound "Olympian' train {, n
chicago was due to pass the point ~
avalanche swept down the mouu'a.a
o't"een Lacenia and Rockdale, buy
ing the tracks, destroying bridge
ana damming creek The engineer
OF the train saw the obstruction and
brought his train TO n s,andstill.