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CHAPTER XVII.

II thought" said Soiano. as the IN
happy adventures walked mournfu!ly
through the Chicago streets, that you
had your messages. your money. and
everything else of any special value in
a leather belt that you wore next to
your skim"
Il certainly did," sighed. Brockett,
despondently. but the belt had chafed
my skin. / took it off last night while
I gave myself a rundown, and when |
went to bed | tucked 1t into the in.
side pocket of my coat. Just forced II
on the thief, as you might say. He's
got the goods; his government will
have them as quickly as he can turn
them overland | suppose | might as
well try to locate a position Of some
kind here in Chicago. | haven't the
nerve to go back to Washington after
this. The chief might not ven say q
word about it. but I'd be set down as
a rank failure in his mind forever"
why give UP so soon?" the Cuban
said enc%ouragingly. Lets make one
last effort to get back the letters. Luck
has broken wonderfully well for us so
far along the road-it might stick by
US now"
"In do anything that o suggest"
Brockett acquiesced, but the chances
are about a million to one against us.
What course wcu!d offer any possibil-
ities?"
we might report the theft to police
headquarters, simply stating that you
had lost a leather money-belt. naming
the amount of currency. and saying
nothing as to the papers or letters"
Description OF thief" dolefuily re
marked Brockett. "a man who had .
brown hand. That was about ell L
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shoulders. Il belief" said he, dot We
musd gone to a COMPROMISE. You
haf losd your documents. | haf not
SECURED dem. We are both in. vot
you call ida defl of a fix"
I'm all probability" cut In Brockett.
your dear friend. Yazimoto. has the
papers now"
IF So" sighed Baron Zollern, dot
does me no goot-apsoludely no goot.
Mein young friendts, nations change
DER alliances even as men change
dem. Herr Yazimoto und meinself hat
no longer inderesds in common. To
him, your documents are off exceed.
ing value-und to me as vell-aber,
neider off us now wishes to share dem
NIT de oder"
"All of which," said Ramon SoIano,
has no bearing on that question
what are you going to do with us?"
Baron Zollern debated. interiorly,
for five minutes before he spoke.
Young chentlemen," said he, II be-
lief dot | can gif you your liberty
mitout de leasd gombunchuns. Under
de circumstances, you viii hardly care
to tell apout de alleched robbery OF
your bapers, nor, in any case, to
charge i'd to me. Moreofer, II | turn
you loose, you will, mitout a doubt, do
your utmosd to RECOVER your docu.
ments. Dot viii gif me, bossibly, an,
oder chance to dake dem away from
you. | viii release you. We will both
start de hunt for de stolen bapers-
und may de besd hunter win! In
broof off de good win ! bear you, de
moneys dot you paid for your room
shall be gifen back to you. WIN you
also do me de honor to dake break
fasd NIT me in mein new hotel?"
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But. baby. yo' amt chen tols men
what yo' got. A pocketbookr'
mo, hon. It's somefip diffrunt. An
decided dat Aid glib 70, a big sub
prise, an maybe mahseff one too, 10
All neveh even looked inside OF 4.
Wen open 1t an go froo de thinG
tcgetheh."
And SO speaking the mammoth ne
gro tossed dpon the table the mfasius
belt so lately stoien from young Harm
rrnrkett.
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hotel whar All worked las winteh.
Got a job as pohteh quick. Dey allus
liked Big Sam round dehe. hee hee!
But de job didn't las long. Las night
a big Dutchman, dat suah looked like
ready money. done buy de hotel, an
glib us all n houh's notice to git out.
Said he had people OF his own dat
he'd put In to do de wohk. He done
paid me To- de whole week. so An
had no kick comm"
TO suttinly am lucky. sam CON-
rlentsd the hulovy Hack lady.
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The baron turned his notified. an
guished face upon the speater.
Young chentlemen." he cried. raising
his right hand on high. .'as dere iss q
Gott. as | lofe und honor de cherman
kaiser. no man off mein bass done dis
ting. De drick hass been bulled on
by somevon else. somevou to whom
dose babers a as valuable as to me
or you. We hat both been fooled. ind
I am &c bigger fool on two FOOLS"
There was no installing sne ring Of
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Poor Girl.

How long have you been married.
1T Will be six months next Thurs
day"
And do you still regard your hus-
band as the most wonderful man who
eve vas born?"
Then the poor girl broke down, says
the San Francisco Star, and sobbed
~piteously. When she could trust her
self to speak again she said:
No. Charles has disappointed me
terribly. I'm afraid l have wre-
wrecked my li-life. Last night when I
asked him to get up aud see If there
wasn't a burglar In our room he
bumped his nose against the edge of
the open door and he said three SIM
ply awful words just as If they came
natural to him."
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hack my messages, and let me go, or
you'll know what a jail looks like
from the inside"
r zoilern laughed amusedly.
How could 4" he gurgled. "gif you
back your documents ven l haf dem
not got meinself as yet? / exbect dot
4 viii hat dem Ia a very few minds.
und den We viii see apout giing dem
hack alretty. At present. / half dem
not. so w such cxcitations:"
Y6u are a liar" sEer.ed Solanc.
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Smeiied a CRATER.

A Boston clubman recently returned
from a visit to New York city. In
discussing his trip one of his friends
asked him whether he had a police
man in his pocket. The clubman hest.
tated for a moment. seriously ques
tioning his friends sanity, when the
latter added:
Il didn't know whether you could be
there a week without some CRATER or
other getting into your pocket"
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DIR. P~ierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig.
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugarcoated
liny granules. Easy to take as candy. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-11-28

Before marrying a poet a girl shoald
have her appetite amputated.
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CURES BURNS AND CUTS.
Coles Carbolisalve stops the pain instantly.
Cures quick. Noscar. Alldruggists. IS and SOC. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-11-28

Some Of Us must save money In or
der that others may inherit 1t.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-11-28

Mr.. Hall Roome-Billboards are
very annoying.
Landlady-They don't worry some
people l know, half as much as board
hills
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
1t Is to Cost You Nothing
Books and Easter Novelties Presented the Little Ones
Paris-Made Dresses, Caps and Hats

Worth all they cost for the ideas they gave-ey to be passed
you Paris prices The profit makngn dollars and cents
is the copies and adaptations But since such garments can be half
and of the imported you'll be than satisfied list given
beloW-bu it can't picture Come tOmorroWo find the Greater
Paa Royal Infants Department the newest and the latest should
he The
The Washington times., 1912-03-17
Child's Outfits,

Hat and Coat to match. These
"opening" souvenirs mean the hat
is to cost you nothing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18

steal in the history of the nation,
and was particeps criminis in nom-
mating Taft. OF course, there is no
other conclusion but that Slemp is for
Taft, heart, soul and body The great
army of so-called Progrcssivcs in this
district are being misled and tricked
intr believing that Slemp is IA Pro-
gressive, in spite of his public utter
ances. and his actions before and
after the Chicago convention.
The true attitude of Mr.. Slemp is
exposed III the following statement
given by the Progressive headquar-
tiers in Pulaski:
THE ,postmastcr editor of the Ora
ham News, it seems, has devised des-
perate policy for Slemp of knitting
Taft and begging for the Roosevelt
vote. The Progressives are for Roose-
welt and Graham. their true leaders.
NSN. %. ~. lldlHldl states lillC
Slemp is Progressive. Slemp is not
n Progressive. He knitted Roosevelt
and tricked the Progressives. If he
were n Progressive he would support
the ticket-Roosevelt, johnson and
Graham. He is not even Repubi-
can. He is knitting Taft now to get
the Roosevelt vote betrayed.
"Slemp admits that he was not a
good Congressman. but money
maker. Slemp voted and worked for
his coal lands and not for the people.
If he frankly admits now that he
has for the past five years neg ected
his duty to his constituency in order
to attend to his private affairs, what
assurance have the people that he will
not again betray them for personal
gain?
1T is false that Slemp can carry
the Ninth district against the Demo
Gratis. He is losing the Ninth to the
Democrats by continuing to betray
and thwart the will of the people. He
is himself already defeated by the
people. For this reason he should
withdraw.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
The THRICE a WEEK EDITIoN
OF THE
New York World

Practically Daily at the Price of a
Weekly.
No other Newspaper in the world
gives so much at 80 low price.
The great Presidential cam
paign will soon begin and you
will want the news accurately
and promptly. The World long
since established a record for i'm
partially, and anybody can afford
its Thrice-a- Week edition, which
comes every other day in the
week, except Sunday. 1t will be
of particular value to you now.
The Thrice-a-Week World also
abounds in other strong features.
serial stories, humor, markets,
cartoons; in fact. everything that
is 10 be found in a first-class daily.
The THRIcE-A-WEEK WoRlD's
regular subscription price is only
$500 per year, and this pays for
$50 papers. We offer this un-
cqualIed newspaper and
THR CLINcH VALLEY News
together for one year for SITS.
The regular subscription price
OF the two papers is 5000
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
g A s . r -
FARMER GETS LESS, BUT
He Has to Pay More for What Hs
Doesn't Raise.

The U. s. Department of Agriculture
has just announced that notwithstand-
Ing the increased cost of living among
the people as whole there was a
greater decline in the prices paid to
farmers from Aug. to Sept. this
year than there was last year.
The average farm prices of the i'm
portant crops (corn. wheat, oats, bar
ley, rye. flaxseed. potatoes. tobacco.
cotton and hay, which represent
about three-fourths of the value of all
the country's crops) declined per
cent. during the month. while In that
time last year they declined In price
only A per cent. and during the last
four years the decline In price aver.
aged 3.S per cent. The average of
farm prices on Sept 1 was 2.S per
cent. lower than on that date last
year.
Prices paid to farmers on Sept. 1
this year, with comparison OF prices
paid on the same date last year. fol-
low.
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Public Sale

will offer at Public Sale at the
front door of the Court House. Taze-
we'll, Va, on Thursday, the 7th day
of November. 1912, the following
property:
Ten acres of land about one l 1-2
miles S. W.of Indian p o., Tazewell
County, Va. same now being &C.
cupied by by N. r. McDilda, for de-
scription see d. B. 60 Page $50
Tazewell County records.
The same being property conveyed
to me as Trustee to secure FRJCK
COMPANY of Waynesboro, Pa, by
deed dated the 18th day of Novem-
Der. and year of 1911, and recorded
in the Clerks Office of Tazewell
County, in Deed Book No. II Page
274 Sale at IL 100 o'clock. Noon.
Terms Cash. e
A. j .CRuEY, Trustee.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
Paint Put on

Think of paint put-on and not
by the gallon.
A gallon of paint in the can is
OF no account to anybody. Put
it on. Now reckon its cost and
value.
The secret is: one paint goes
twice as far as another. A good
one goes twice as far as a bad one
You have a job, say an average
job. It'll take 10 gallons Devoe
and IL Or IS OF IS or 20 of mid
ding poor vcry-poor and trash.
You know painters wages in
your town. Put the price of a
gallon of paint and the painters
day-wageS Together. You can.
we can't.
Devoe COST less han any in
ferior pant; there are hundreds
of them.
One paint is as good as anoth-
or, so long as ii lasts good; one
lasts month"; and another years
and the one that goes furthcst
lasts longest. DENOE
ohm T.. Jackson sells it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
Paint Better

Better isn't enough +; paint best.
A man bought "cheap" paint; ;
saved 2oc or 80 or 40 or soc a
gallon, didn't he?
Yes, and bought 40 OF so or 90
or so percent more gallons ; how
much did he make on his paint?
And he paid for painting those
gallons--a fair days work is
gallon-how much did he make
on the labor part Of his Job?
He lost a quarter Or third of
his money.
How long will it last? not his
money, the paint?
Perhaps half as long as Devoe
How long will his money last, if
he buys other stuff as he bought
that paint?
Better buy the best paint; it
n ak9s the least bill and least
iten. DEVOE
John E. Jackson sells il.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
WHAT SAVED
Her LIFE
Mrs. Martin Tells About a Painful
Experience that Night Have
Ended Seriously.

RivesVille, w. Va.-Mrs. Dora Martin.
In a letter from Rivesr.l.e, writes:
For three years. suffered with wo.
manly troubles, and had pains in nv
back and side. was nervous and
could not sleep at night.
The doctor could not help me. He
said would have to be operated on be-
fore l could get better. l thought I
would try using Cardui.
Now, am entirely well.
l am sure Cardui saved my life.
will never be without Cardui in nv
home. l recommend it to my friends"
For fifty years, Cardui has been re.
lieving pain and distress caused by wo-
manly trouble. 1t will surely help you.
1t goes to the spot-rcachcs the
trouble-relieves the symptoms, and
drives away the cause.
If you suffer from any symptoms of
womanly trouble, take Cardui.
Your druggist sells and recommends
1t. Get bottle from LIN today.
Ne. Write 70: Ladies advisory Dept. cha,ts-
nooga Medicine Co.. Oh 'anrGga, Tenn. for Special
instructions, and o.; .ise book. Home Treatment
Tor Women. sent In plain wrapper. on request.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
Twelve Reasons Why
You Should Vote For
Wilson
Gen. Az ers Stands on the
Same Platform.

/. He is the only candidate for
President who represents the real,
the vital and the effective progressive
forces in this country. u
2. He stands for tariff revision
downward in the interest of lower
prices and the elimination of monop-
oily.
8. He stands for trusts legislation
which will prevent the control of
prices through any sort of monopoly.
4. He stands for income tax and
believes that wealth should share the
burdens as well as the blessings of
government.
5. He stands for the rights of labor
and the protection of the man who
earns his bread by the sweat of his
brow, as shown in his record as Gov
ernor of New Jersey.
6. He stands for the revival of our
merchant marine, and for the govern
ment encouragement of agriculture,
industrial and vocatonl education.
z. He trusts the people and be-
lieves that the government should
govern; and that Senators should be
chosen by the people.
8. He faithfully performs in office
the promises made out of office.
.. He will "CLEAN HOUSE" at
Washington as he "CLEANED
HOUSE" in New Jersey.
10. He breaches and practices
clean politics, and practices it eirec-
lively. He unalterably opposes ma
chine politics end the rule of the
bosses.
II. He stands for Legitimate big
business every day, but for monopoly
never.
10. AS Senator LaFollette says,
He approaches every problem with
the solemn promise to be really. in
the highest sense. servant of the
people -
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TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUST
Expected Economics from CombIna.
ton" Do Not Materiallze.

(Louis D. Brandeis in Collier's.)
Leaders of the new (Third Term)
party argue that Industrial monopo-
iios should be legalizcd. lest we lose
the efficiency of large-scale production
and distribution. No argument could
b. more misleading.
1t may be safely asserted that in
America there Is no line of business
In which all or most concerns or
plants must be concentrated in order
to attain the size of greatest efil-
cheney. For while business may be
too small to be efficient. efficiency does
not grow indefinitely with increasing
size. What the most efficient size Is
can be learned definitely only by ex-
perience. The unit of greatest effl-
cheney is reached when the disadvan-
tages of size counterbalance the ad-
vantages. The unit of greatest eff.
cheney Is exceeded when the disad-
vantages OF size outweigh the advan-
tages. The history OF American trusts
makes this clear. That history shows:
First-No conspicuous American
trust owes Its existence to the desire
for increased efficiency. Expected
economies from combination" figure
largely In promoters prospectuses;
but they have never been a COMPEL.
Ing motive in the formation of any
trust. On the contrary. the purpose Of
combining has often been to curb eff.
cheney or even to preserve inefi-
cheney. thus frustrating the natural
law OF the survival Of the flttest.
Second-No conspicuously profita.
BILE trust owes its profits largely to
superior efficiency. Some trusts have
been very efficient. as have some In.
dependent concerns; but conspicuous
profits have been secured mainly
through control Of the market
through the power OF monopoly to fix
prices-through this exercise of the
taxing power.
Third-No conspicuous trust has
been efficient enough to maintain long
as against the Independents its pro.
portion OF the business of the country
without continuing to buy up, from
time to time. its successful compeu.
tors.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
THERE'S NO MIDDLE GROUND.

Our efforts to draw from Mr.. Slemp
his views and the course he will per.
sue in voting in the Presidential cleo
ton this fall, have so far failed of
accomplishment. The Sandy Valley
News evades the question; the Taze-
well Republican is afraid of it, too ::
the Richlands Enterprise dosn't know,
and there the matter stands. 1t seems
likely that this important fact will
never be known, rs Mr.. Slemp does
not dare to express himself, prefering
the while to remain astride the fence,
Tor the elephant), and let his con-
stituents remain in darkness.
Mr.. Roosevelt says you must be
either for me or against me. Mr..
Slemp is not for Roosevelt. having
been a member of the Chicago conven-
tion which perpeira,ed the greatest
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
MR.. SLEMP'S RECORD.

"By their fruits ye shall know
them"
The claim advanced by some of the
Republican speakers in the Ninth dis
trict that Mr. Slemp is Progressive
is positively disproven by his recorded
votes in the House of Representa-
tives, 61st and 62nd Congress. On
almost every measure in which relief
would have been granted the people,
Mr.. Slcmp was either absent attend
ing to his private business, or f pres
ent, voted in the negative. The Con-
gressional election of 1910 resulted,
in an overwhelmingly Democratic vic
tory, the result being due to the
promise of revirsion of the tariff
downward. Mr.. Slemp was one of the
few Republicans re-electd that year.
The majority of the Republicans
elected had promised downward re-
vision of the tariff.
The recorded votes Of MIR. Slcmp
showed conclusively that he had chos-
en- to represent the corporate inter
ests-the steel trust, the sugar trust.
the oil trust, the tobacco trust, the
harvester trust. and other law break
ing rporations-instoad OF the peo-
pie of the Ninth Virginia district
BY his vote upon the sugar bill,
which would have saved the consumer
one hundred million dollars, he is
partially responsible for the consumer
having to pay one and half cent a
pound more than would have been the
case if the measure had not become q
law.
BY his vote upon the wooden SEIZED
ule he encourages and permits the
wooden trusts to charge you % to sc
per cent. more than would have beer
the case if the measure had become
a law.
BY his vote upon the iron schedule,
metal schedule, and various other
schedules designed to lower the price
of the various commodities into which
these are component parts, he sane
toned and upheld the gigantic cor
porations which are robbing the poor
man of his daily bread.
MIR. Slemp, fortunately, was dc
tanned in Kentucky on private bust
ness' most of his time, therefore die
not have occasion to register his pro-
test against all of the meirtorious
measures proposed for alienation OF
the poor mans burden by the last
session of congress.
There is strong reason to believt
that MIR. Slemp will follow the same
cause in future years if returned t
congress. BY virtue of the power
given him by his official and honor
able position he has amassed for
tune that will require all his time t,
attend to. A public servant canno
serve two masters" He will hat,
the one and love the ether, or low,
the one and hate the other"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

of smell and completely derange tho
whole system when entering it through
The mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do is ten fold TO the good you
San possibly derive from them. Halls
Satarrh Cure. manufactured by f. ].
Cheney &c Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no
mercury. and Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
aces of the system. In buying Halls
catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
ne. 1t IS taken internally and made In
Toledo. Ohio. by F. j. Cheney Sc Co. Tes-
imonials FREQ,
Bold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle,
Take Halle Family pllia for constipation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
A Protest.
Bandy, Va.

bdnuN, va, OCC. Ia.
Editor Tire M.ws. -rleasa givo ne
space in YOUR paper to say that | am
a citizen OF Tazewell county,. and
have certain rights that must be re-
spected, pay my taxes and am en-
titled to travel the roads OF this coun-
ty unmoested. What | want to say is
that these auomobilists must respect
me for one, while they are out Z.joy
kindly by them, until the other day
met a crazy woman near the ford of
eli nch River. say sh" was crazy
or fool, and showed her raising.
do not know her name and do not care
to know it, but il | should he So un-
fortunate as to meet her again in the
automobile and she acted, the same
way. or any one else, we will have
trouble. am asking you to publish
this to save trouble. Fools add Grip
pies and children ought not to be al
lowed to run at large with automo-
biles. Now, Mr.. Editor, | do hope
that you will publish this for me as
it will save some ones life.
Yours truly, w. p. PAYNE.
If automobilists do not follow the
"rule of the road those effected
should take the number of the ma
chine, which the law says must be
exhibited in prominent place, and
report it to the county authorities
and proper action will be taken.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-10-18
1t Looks Like A Crime

to separate n boy from box of buck
lens Arnica Salve. His pimples, boils
scratches, knocks, sprains and bruises
demand it, and its quick rslef for
burns, scalds, or cuts is his right Keep
it handy fol boys, also girls. Heals
everything htalable and does it quick
Unequhled for piles. Only 25 cents at
John E. Jackson's, Tazewell, Va.