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LOSING TOUCH WITH WORLD7
Preacher Declares He Believes That
the People Are Drifting
Away From Him.

We ministers may talk and write
about the church just waking up to
its mission" that 'the opportunity Of
the church was never greater" that
"the spiritual power of the church was
never so strong" and the "call to the
church to be the moral leader never
So loud and .insistent," we may assure
ourselves and one another that We are
the most needed workers in the divine
vineyard. Yet we cannot get away
from the wretched, discouraging feel.
ing that the worsd-and not the worst
part of the world either-has repudi-
ated us and the institution we are try.
ing to hold together.
And cannot see how any minister
can escape being extremely pessimis.
tic as to the worth Of his work when
he feels 1t necessary, as he often does
to advertise conspicuously that the
Service tonight will be entirely mu-
sical," with perhaps something small.
er than a sermonette thrown in; or
when he must give up preaching on
Sunday evening and have instead, an
"at home" function in the church.
serving refreshments and adding zest
to the occasion by something ap-
preaching theatricals.- Worlds Work
Magazine.
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"A boat" Coast added, preferably
Of the center-board cat type, with
Woodworking motor auxiliary"
The Huxtable mind. which you are
to believe typical of its caste, like o
ship wisely navigated. moved cau&ious-
ly in well-buoyed channels. w duns
to tradition. whether in the business
Of boat building, which it pursued to
admiration. or in the lighter diversion
o. humor, to which its attitude 70.
sembled that Of the ancestor worship
ing heather Chinese. Premonitory
symptoms of reversion to type In
the matter of wit were betrayed By
the corrugation Of the Huxtabls
wrinkles.
ITO 60 sailin' in?"
After this utterance, tradition
Mapped Its wings and screamed; Hux-
table himself condescended to
chuckle; Coast. to tolerant smile.
Possibly" he conceded. Have
you such boat?"
Il might have" Huxtable admitted
cautiously. Come along" He rose
and led the way through a back door
into the boat yard
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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sir. and I've had to draw upon my
savings. She must know.
Blindly Coast turned and reeled into
the servants dining-room, where he
fell into chair by the table, pillow
ing his head upon his arms.
A passion Of blind. dumb rage shook
him by the throat: blackness OF de-
spair succeeded that; he sat motion
less. witless. overwhelmed.
An hour or two passed before the
butler aroused him with an offer of
biscuits and a decanter of rare old
port; all the house had, he protested.
fit to offer to his Mr.. Garrett
Coast ate and drank mechanically,
without sense Of taste or refresh
ment. Even the generous wine lay
cold within him.
Still later he asked for writing ma
terials and scrawled q few lines to
Warburton. briefly requesting him to
look after Soames and advance him
money from time to time, according
to his needs. pending the return Of
his mistress.
Then, rising, he stumbled forth into
the night, at once unconscious and
needless Of whittier his feet were lead
ing him, walking far and blindly un-
der the sway OF a physical instinct
dumbly demanding of him action and
exertion.
Midnight found him on a hilltop far
beyond the city limits. insensibly COM
forted by the great calm of the tran
quill countryside, blanketed with kind
ly darkness, lighted only by the arch
ing stars. There was a wind of free
dom in his face, sweet with the keen
tang Of the sea. Before him there
was only the mystery Ct chance, the
grateful oblivion Of the open spaces;
behind him lurid sky. overhanging
the city of his remuneration.
Without q thought of choice, he
trudged onward into the unknown.
So, plodding. the night EMBODIED him
"a her great bosom. warm with peace.
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CHAPTER ".


10 the boatyard and ship-chandless
Ing establishment OF q certain Mr..
Huxtable in the town Of Fsarhaven. On
the eastern bank Of the Acushnet
river, there Cancer, rather. drifted
with the tide of a casual fancy-tO-
ward the close Of day in June. Gar
rett Coast.
A declining sun threw his shadow
athwart the floor OF the chandlery.
Huxtable glanced up from the middle
Of papers on his desk. Coast lounged
easily in the doorway, with one Shout
der against the frame; q man notably
tall and slender and graced. besides.
with simple dignity Of manner that
assorted oddly, in the Huxtable un-
Outstanding, with clothing well-worn
and travel-stained. Out Of q face
moderately Drowned, his dark eyes
glimmered with humor whimsical.
regarding Huxtable.
The object OF their regard pushed
up his spectacles for q better view.
"Well?" he inquired. not without .
suspicion OF grim resentment, who
was not weathered to laughter at his
own expense.
It happened, however, that Coasts
amusement sprang from another
cause; his own utter responsibility,
which alone had led him to the chand-
lery. he considered hugely diverting.
Il was just thinking" heNsaid. smil-
ing. that now would be useful time
to buy boat"
Huxtable. possessed OF an inherent
prediction for taciturnity. liable.
ever and anon. to be sore beset II not
wholly put to rout by the demon Gu
riosity "a familiar likewise legitimate
ly handed down to him by several gen.
erations of New England forebearD,
with mute nod to signify that he had
heard and now awaited without preju-
dice more explicit. declaration.
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ment hallway, VIM No heart 70 inter.
rupt. At length, however. hs found
hin voice.
Thank you. Soames," no said. gent
/ ~. But-Miss Katherine?'
The answer he had foreseen. hope
lessly. Gone. sir-gone this many .
day. You know what hap
pened, sir?"
Il can guess. But tell me-" He
steeled himself against the disclosure
Of what he already knew with intui-
tive certainty.
MRS. Gresham died-you knew that.
sir?" Soames named Katherine's
aunt, with whom she had lived after
her parents death.
During my trial-yes, knew.
"She never believed you guilty, sir.
Perhaps you'd like to know :"
"But Miss Katherine?"
The old man shook his head mourn
fully Mad. sir. mad he mum
bled.
Coast caught his wrist fiercely.
whats that you say?"
II say she was mad. sir, to do
what she done, and that I'll say
though 1t cost me my place. :.
It wasn't a decent three months after
Mrs. Gresham passed away, sir
you'd been-been sent away barely q
month-when she married him"
"Blackstock?"
Eyes, sir. She didn't know
what she was doing, sir. I've thought
it was what I've heard called infatua-
ton. She didn't know her own mind
when he was talking to her. He car
ried her clean of her feet, so to
speak. So they were married
and went away"
ITO Germany, l understood. sir"
you've heard"
Never a word-not line some
times wonder at 1t, sir. She left me
bit Of money to run things on till she
but that's gone long ago.
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the prey he was dubbed ~ nsnerzneu
the mightiest fisherman
The old hermit through It all lived
dream life, looking for his sweet
hearts face. He said he had seen her
often-always In the nmpid pool at
the base Of the notch. often at dusk
on top Of q beetling crag. sometimes
in the cleaning on the long savannah.
New York World.
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SAFE THROUGH ICY FLOOD
Indian Hero swIms to Shore With
Boy Across the Columbia River
At lts Highest

To swim the Columbia river Mt
Umatilla. where 1t is half mile in
width, is a test OF human strength
even under the most favorable condi-
lions, but to accomplish that feat bur
dened with the weight Of child and
in the dead Of winter with the swol-
len river made more formidable by
the presence Of hundreds Of Jagged
Ice foes is an achievement almost I'M
believable, says writer in the Ore
gon Journal.
Yet this was Just what was done
about eight years ago by Columbia
River Indian who had almost reached
the age of fifty. He is still living to-
day on the Umatilla reservation to
testify to the performance, though no
man ever heard him boast Of it.
The Indians name is Sees-Yuse and
he is now the head man Of the scat
tered Columbus. It was In the early
years of the new century that he at
tempted to make the passage OF the
Columbia in a frail canoe, accompa-
MED by boy Of nine years. When
ir midstream his little craft was
struck with such force by an ice cake
that 1t was overturned. Sees-Yuse
seized his boy companion, and plac-
ing him on his back, breasted the
stream and commenced his battle to
gain the shore.
II men who witnessed the feat are
to be believed, no white man could
have accomplished what this old In
dian did. Foot by foot he made his
way toward the southern bank, and
though swept downstream by the
swift current, his progress was
steady.
Several times he was struck by an
ice foe and the jagged end Of one cut
a deep wound in his neck. Finally.
after wha. seemed an almost inter-
time. he reached the shore
with his burden, his strength spent by
his heroic efforts and loss Of blood,
and almost frozen by the chill water.
Before the flow Of his wound could be
checked he had almost bled to death.
Not long after the incident Sees
Yuse was awarded some heirship
lands on the Umatilla reservation anz
since that time has lived among the
Umatillas, Cayuses and Walla Wallas.
but through the death Of the chief
tains of his own tribe he has come
to be regarded by his people as their
head man.
The old Indian, whose facial charac-
teristics are so different from those
of the prairie Indians, is frequent
visitor in Pendleton, Ore. and almost |
regularly once week calls upon his
friend, Major Lee Moorhouse, not,
however, SO much for the purpose OF
talking with the major as to gaze at
full-length painting Of himself which
adorns the walls Of the Moorhouse
office. The painting was made from
photograph Of Sees-Yuse, taken by
the major, and the aged red man
often sits by the hour, childlike, ad-
miring the likeness on the wall.
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(Copyrisht. 1870. b. Louis Joseph vancsJ
SYNOPSIS.

Garrett Coast. a young man Of New
York City, meets Douglas Blackstock who
invites him to q card party. He accepts.
although he dislikes Blackstock. the rea-
son being that both are in love with Kath-
crime Thaxter. Coast fails to convince her
that Blackstock is unworthy of her
friendship. At the party Coast meets two
named Dundas and Van Tuyi: There Is
Tuyl dead. Coast struggles to wrest the
weapon from him.. thus the police dis
cover them. Coast Is arrested for murder.
He Is convicted, but as he begins his sem
tence, Dundas names Biackstcck as the
murderer and kills himself. Coast be-
comes free.
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| always made his home with the Sim
monses.
Simmons and Jack on one voyage
sailed on ship named the Nelson for
the Indian ocean. A terrific simeon
struck and wrecked it on the shores
Of a desert island. Jack and SIM
| mons and eleven other members Of
the crew were all that were saved.
A diet Of snails, mussels and crabs
resulted in poisoning many Of them
and they died OF until only Jack
and Simmons, with two others, were
left. Simmons took fever and died,
asking Jack to looR out for his little
Mary.
Only Survivor Of Crew.
Jack, with his companions, one
morning weeks later saw a ship rid
ing at anchor in the lee Of the island.
Their signals Of distress were sighted
and they were taken aboard.
Jacks companions died within q
few days, leaving Jack as the sole sur
vivor Of the forty-two men who had
sailed from London on the Nelson.
Jack finally arrived in London, after
having been gone for nineteen months,
to find that Simmons wife was dead
and that little Mary had been sent to
a workhouse.
Jack managed to secure her release
and sent her to boarding school. He
was called away to sea again, and he
went with the understanding that
upon his return Mary should become
his wife.
After being gone for little more
than year, he again landed in Liver
pool and fastened to the boarding
school where he Lad left Mary.
Miss Simmons died just a month
ago." said one Of the teachers.
Jack, with stlfed cry of anguish.
fell to the floor Unconscious. He was
i'll for many weeks afterward, but
managed to pull through, broken in
spirit. He enlisted in the Crimean
war and also ferved as a volunteer
during the Indian mutiny. At the ter
mination of the war he Travelled all
over the globe, resolving to live the
rest of his life srue to Mary's memory.
His Life az RecIuse.
He came to this country thirty-six
years ago and drifted up to the White
mountains, where he built his ship"
at Crawford Notch. He always lived
the life of q recluse, but at the same
time he never was inhospitable to any
Of the many thousands who called
upon him. Few, however, knew more
than that he had lived up there alone
in the woods for almost four decades.
The writer. during the summer of
1909. usually at twilight, had many in
teresting chats with him.
He often recited with appalling emo
ton the whole of "Annabel Lee" The
poem had been torn from a book Of
Poe's poems by a mountain mission
airy, and English Jack treasured the
pastors gift above all others.
1--WE loved with love that was
more than love-" he often tenderly
repeated
English Jack" during all those
years Of solitude read some things Of
John Burroughs, John Muir, Thoreau
and Whitman. Bryant's ITO a Water
fowl" filled his soul with Joy.
He lived mostly oE mountain foods.
deer and duck especially. He was
crack shot, and If he CHANGED to come
upon the spoor of a deer or a bear
woe to both. Because Of his ability
with the rod and line when trout was
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Take Your Choice.

Don't you think. DR.. Fourthly."
said his literary parishioner. that the
larger. fuller intellectual life Of the
present day. with its freedom from
the baseless fears and supersutions
that have kept the human soul in
bondage through the centuries, has
been a potent agency In bringing
about the demonstrated and well e.
tablished increase In the average
duration Of human life?"
20. yes. to be sure" said the Rev.
DR.. Fourthly; and then people take
better care Of their teeth nowadays
than they used to. you KNOW"
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IL was many ana many year ago In
kingdom by the sea
That a maiden lived with no other
thought than to love and be loved by
me.
For was a child and she was a child,
in the kingdom by the sea;
And we loved with love that was more
than love. and my Annabel Lee"
IN HESE lines Of Poe were favor
ties Of English Jack" known
to all visitors to the White
mountains as the Crawford
Notch hermit, who when he
died the other day, for fifty-eight
years had remained true to the sacred
memory of woman.
The old hermit, who was In his nine
tieth year, was well known to the
tourists Of the White mountains, thou
sands Of whom have stopped at his
picturesque old shanty. which he
called his ship"
That English Jack" became first a
wandering soldier and then a hermit
because of broken heart was known
to most Of his callers. Outside his
cabin he had series Of classified
tanks in which he bred trout from
spawn.
If the financial inducement were
sufficient he would give exhibitions of
snake-swallowing for the benefit of
summer visitors.
London His Birthplace.
English Jack" was born in London.
His father and mother died when he
was twelve. One pound comprised his
wealth. Some sea stories he had read
turned his efforts toward finding an
opportunity to go to sea- At first he
was unsuccessful. For days, barefoot
ed, with his bundle Of earthly goods
strapped on his back, he canvassed
the gruff official seamen hanging
about the docks for the chance be
dreamed would come.
His query, do you want a boy.
sir?" was always met with cruel re-
plies, savOred with sailor profanity.
and many hard knocks for his trou-
BILE.
One spring morning, tired, hungry
and homesick, he sat down on a door
step overlooking the docks and began
to cry. A little girl five years old,
with blue eyes, came up to him and
offered her gracious sympathy, saying
she was lost, too, and was in search
OF her daddy's ship.
That little face, Illuminated with
the white light of an innocent and ten
der heart, was the weather vane Of
the boys destiny. She confided to him
as they further exchanged their
troubles that her name was Mary. and
when she began to cry she made Jack
forget his hunger and privations.
Beginning Of the Romance.
He smoothed and petted her the
best he knew, and she drove trouble
many miles across the sea by surren-
dering her little dewy lips to Jack
his first kiss.
Soon. as they were slowly walking
up the street together, an omnibus
ratified by with two men on the top.
lust as 1t was passing them, the little
girl screamed out, ooh, there's my
daddy" end started running after the
bus.
Jack caught up with the bus. and
clambering to the top, found Captain
Simmons, the child's father.
As a reward he gave Jack berth
on hts ship. Jack made several voy-
ages and finally became an able sea-
nan. At the end Of every voyage he
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He NAedad IN

He Needed One.
she-"Jack has strong face - He
Tt has to be. You should see hiD
wife. Fort Worth RecoaA
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present. He also gave minute direc.
lions as to the preparation OF the SOIL
for an alfalfa field. He also showed
that alfalfa was ahead OF any tame
hay we had for feeding purposes.
Professor Martin gave a lecture on
the various breeds OF dairy COWS. He
gave five points TO be considered IN
q dairy COW, viz; l, capacity OF digest
i've organs; 2, conformity to the dairy
type, this is the making OF milk In
stead Of storing up bee; 3, the ability
of a COW to make milk must ne
shown by a large well-constructed I'D
der; 4, a COW must have good circula-
ton to produce MAX; 5, a milk COW
must be energetic.
Mr.. Borchert gave a talk on farm
buildings. He showed the necessity
TO. planning farm buildings with re-
gard to distance from roads, from
telephone, from fields, natural lay OF
land, and the location OF a well. He
emphasized the fact that farm build
ings should be planned and not slop-
ped together.
Mr.. w. A. Peck talked on land, labor
and capital as the factors OF farm pro-
duction He pointed out many leaks
on the average farm and pointed out
the necessity or keeping farm books
as a means OF finding such leaks.
Very interesting talks We're given
BY Governor Burke and G.. Willis.
These men talked on the necessity
OF improving the farming methods OF
our state. Governor Burke also laid
stress on the duty Of the farmer to
the state and nation.
Representatives OF the American
Steel & Wire company gave an d.
Illustrated lecture on several subjects.
They spoke of spraying the crops
with iron sulphate for weed eradica-
tion. They then followed the manu-
facture of steel rom the prospector
to the finished wire. They showed
how to use their wire and a steel
post which they have just put on the
market.
Professor Richards gave a lecture
on horse judging. He pointed out the
weak places in a horse and how to
detect them. He then pointed out
the characteristics of various breeds.
Professor Sheppard had "a number
Of pictures of dressed cattle. He
showed the value Of various parts OF
animals and how to Judge an animal
with regard to the valuable parts.
He had both dairy and beef cattle
with which to demonstrate the differ
ences between the two types.
MI. Cooper pointed out the financia
advantages which a good farmer has
over a common laborer and small sal
aried man.
Mr.. Delve pointed on; the principles
on which a pillow and separator work.
He laid particular stress on the points
where faults could be found. Profess
O White did the same with the
binder. A representative of the Rum
ley company did the same with gaso-
line engines.
The Fair and Amusements.
In my opinion, the North Dakota
Agricultural Fair of 1912 will be a
record breaker. The crowds have been
good all week. The exhibits have
been very good. The number and
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Fresh Halibut
and Grabs
Tomorrow
Fresh Lake Superior
White Fish, Trout
and Perch
Smoked white Fish
Green Corn & Celery

variety of designs OF gasoline traction
engines, separators and paows nave
been remarkable. All the leading
companies and many smaller ones be-
ing rearesented. The automobile
show had many different designs.
The Agricultural building was very
fine. The homemade preserves, but
ter, etc., we're unusually fine. The
Agricultural College had an exhibit
CT wax casts of many diseases. They
also had preserved tissue. They had
many models of engines, telephones,
gram seeds, weew seeds, etc.
The merchants of Fargo had a very
fine exhibit in a separate building.
The exhibit of horses, cattle, sheep
and pigs was remarkable.
The cattle pens contained some
very valuable cattle, among which
was the champion shorthorn bull
Ringmaster. Nearly every breed Of
dairy COW was represented and many
breeds of beef cattle.
The horse barn was as we'll filled
as the COW barns.
Many breeds of draft horses were
brought together by such breeders as
Finch Brothers of Joliet, Illinois, and
Ellison & Son, of LaMoure, N. D.
The race horses were a very good
lot and some good time vas made by
them.
The Mulefoot hogs were the fea-
lures of the hog pens, although some
extraordinary Yorkshires were shown.
AmuSements.
The Better Farming Association
(Cohtinued on Page Nvo.)
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL CITY ElEC
1ION,

TlON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
a special city election will be held n
the city of Bismarck, North Dakota,
on Monday the 10Th day of August
A. d. 1912. for the purpose of submit
ting to the legal voters OF said city
the following question:
Shall the city of Bismarck, North
Aakota, issue its bonds in the sum OF
$40, 900 in excess of its five per cent
debt limit, payable in 20 years, bear
ing interest at the rate of four pei
cent per annum payable annually, to
secure additional money for the con
struction of a municipal auditorium
and furnishing of the same on Lot 13,
"A, Is and 16 of Block 70 of the
Original Plat of the city of Bis
marck?"
That the following named persons
have been appointed to be inspectors
and judges of said election:
First ward-1nspector, W.. A. Fal.
coner. Judges-Geo. Fortune, J. c.
Dolan.
Second ward-Inspector, H. A.
thompson. Judges-C. H. Olson, M.
j. Mckenzie.
Third ,ward-Inspector, l C.. Fen.
ninger. Judges-E. E. Morris, E.
ralkenstein.
Fourth ward-lnspector, Chas. Grit
fee. Judges, Arthur Bauer, G. G.
Wachter.
Fifth ward-Inspector, A. B. WEIGH.
Judges-Jos. KATE, l. W. Healy.
Sixth ward-inspector, A. Van
Horn. Judges, W. Laist, Fred Rob
erts.
That the following named places
have been designated as polling places
for said election:
First ward-High School.
Second ward-hinckley's Livery
Barn.
Third ward-New High School,
Seventh street.
Fourth ward-Robidou's Paint Shop.
Fifth ward-Store Room in Mcken-
zie Hotel.
Sixth ward-Jones' Paint Shop.
That the ballot to be used in the
said election will be in the following
form:
Shall the city of Bismarck, North
Dakota issue it's bonds in the sum Of
$4,000 in xcess Of its five per cent
debt limit, payable in 20 years, bear.
ing interest at the rate Of four per
cent per annum, payable annually, to
secure additional money for the con.
%struction Of a municipal auditorium
and furnishing Of the same on Lots
10, IA, Is and '16 Of Block 20 Of the
Original Plat of the city Of Bis
marck?"
That the polls of said election will
be open from s o'clock a. m. to 8
o'clock p. m.
BY order OF the Board Of City Com
m%issioners.
Dated this first day of August
A. D. 1912.
R. H. THIsTLETElWA1TE,
City Auditor.