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TORNADOES
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "A Good Old Siwash."

by nature and love to produce quaint
obituaries and unique horrors, sueh
as blowing wheat straws through
bired men, turning orphan aSylamS
inside out. stufing COWS into planes
and tearing the clothes off of the
dead citizen. Leaving him arfayed IN
his political ten miles from where
home would have been if ii had been
let alone. In the old days when cy-
clones infested Kansas 4 great deal,
the state was fun Of mournful farm
ers hunting for misplaced houses
barns, cellars and sorting ont tang
led fences and county lines.
When a tornado visits a town it
only stays a minute or two, but it Is
mentioned for years, and everyone
remembers dates by it. a tornado
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cometimes the best way to work ].
to take a few hours Of relaxation be
fore plunging into troublesome duties
It IS impossible to rest unless there
are quiet and calm in the mind anc
peace in ones heart and soul
4 trouble worried brain disturbs
the entire physical forces, making one
incapable OF work or ones best ef'
forts
There is great difference between
the naturally lazy person and one who
knows the need Of rest. One cannot
find pleasure in rest unless one works
for otherwise there is no contrast It's
ike eating when one isn't hungry. NC
hurried, furried, fussy woman car
ever be beautiful.
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A tornado is meteorological
brain storm. 1t comes mostly in
June when political conventions and
other conyulsions of nature are
plentiful and is positively the worst
thing that can happen to the wealth
er. Men who have looked the lorna
do in the eye and have felt its fierce
embrace are able to enjoy cloud
bursts, sunstroke. frost bite, ty-
phoons and London ever afterward
The tornado makes its lair in the
Mississippi and Missouri valleys as a
rule 1t is grizzly gray greenish
cloud with a long funnel attachment
which extends 70 earth and through
which ii sucks up the scenery with
avidity. This funnel whirls at the
rate Of II million revolutions a min
ute and as IL proceeds across the
country, it picks up farm houses,
chickens locomotives, churches, hay
stacks. school houses, blackberry
patches, and national banks and
carries them away, This shows the
natural viciousness Of the tornado
1t has no use for these thihgs-it
only carries them away to cause an
noyancc. After mixing them up
thoroughly. filing the school
houses with locomotives, impaling
the hay stack on the church steep,e,
picking the feathers from the chick
ems and mixing them with $500
bills, it deposits the mess in the next
county in forty acre stand Of
wheat folds up its funnel and goes
away to take another bite out OF
civilization somewhere else. You
can follow the path Of a tornado
across a whole state by the things
which aren't there. Even a city de-
tective could do it,
Tornadoes rise in the southwest
and proceed northeast, like Senator
Bailey, leaving horror and despair
in their wake. Like Nero and other
pitiless monsters, they are frivolous
lcopvrfpnt 1919 nv G.
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Good Roads.

A local automobile enthusiast
has written letter to The Bulletin
calling attention TO the condition Of
the roads in Alexander county. He
writes:
During the inundation of the
DRAINAGE District the Cairo automo-
bilist was forced to do all oil his rid .
ing within the citys limits. As
soon as the food receded and the
roads were opened, he has been TAX
ing spins into the county-or rather,
bumps into the county. The roads
are in frightful condition and should
have immediate attention on the
part of the road commissioners The
roads need dragging This should
have been done Immediately follow
ing the -ecent heavy rains The au-
tomobile owners pay heavy taA
for the privilege of using the roads
and they certainly are entitled t.
some consideration However, you
can eliminate the automobuists en-
tirely and still have a good cause tc
Z fight Eor, and that is the cause O
the farmer. Give us good roads"
The. autoist doubtless has goo,
cause for complaint and it is to b.
hoped that his lette, will damani
attention from the road commits
sioners.
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prainlnq Desert lands.

One Of the curiositles Of irrigation Is
that 1t is sometimes necessary to drain
such lands. When the lands are sitr-
ated on a comparatively level the
water from the irrigation ditch above
seeps along the line between the rock
formation and in many cases accumu-
lates in such an amount that It actual
ly becomes swampY Then II has to
be drained, just as in the ease of tho
the south. 1t seems strange TO Wit.
ness the laying OF a drainage system
in an arid country. but II has been
done a great many tines. The aver
age usg Of Irrigation who fails may
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Rather Unreliable.

'You say that you refuse to believe
the sworn testimony Of this man"
asked the examining bamistcr
THAT is so, replied the wi'hcSg.
"What reasons have you?'
"Why, / know the man! lie hG.es
to tell the trath--.ts absolutely ior-
eign to his nature He and we're at
the same school, and be used 10 cry
bitterly when the teacher made him
repeat that two and two made fodr,
Have you any further reniJis'
cencDs, sir?' This rather sarcasttcel-
ly from the man OF law.
"Oh. dear me, yes Once he was
i'll and described his symptoms SO ;Aat
the doctor prescribed for water on the
knee, when he was really suffering
from iuaamed tongils,'
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Made q Good Guess.

A gentleman was watching a mill
tary funeral passing down the street.
1t was very pretentous affair, and
he walked to the edge OF the curb 10
get better view Of the spectacle.
just then the flag-draped cannon pass.
ed, bearing the flower-laden coffin. His
curiosity was all the more aroused, so
ne stepped up to a newsboy, who was
watching the procession, and asked:
who's dead. sonny?"
The newsie looked at his Ques.
tioner and then at the passing troops
and finally said:
Il don't know, boss; but ! guess
IL must be the feller under all den
fowers!"
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by Gen. Washington. just after the win,
ter at Valley Forge.
CHAPTER II-Disguiscd IN E british
uniform arrives within the enemys lines
CHAPTER IlI-The Major attends
Ereat tete ana saves the LADY Of the
Blended Rose from mob He later meets
the Glrl at a bciiii2n, ball
CHAPTER TV-Trouble IS started over
a waltz, and Lawrence Is urged bv his
partner, Mistress Mortimer, {tbe Lady OF
the BLENDED Rosel, to make HIS escape
CHAPTER y-Lawreuce Is dctrcted n
spy by Captain Grant of the British
army, who agrees 10 H'ral
CHAPTER vT-TAe aue Il storrea nv
Grant friends and the spF makes a dash
tor liberty swimming river following o
Darroy asrs~A
CHAPTER yTr-'The Ma'nr arrives 1T
the shop OF blacksmith, who IS friendly
Rose.
CHsPTER vTTI-Captain Grant and
rangers arrive and search the blacksmith
shop imvain for the spy.
CHAPTER IX-Lawrence iolns tho min
ute men who capture Grant and his
train.
CHAPTER xI-Lawrence's captors !ock
7N."h5 xii N4i@lS i0 meets
Peter tho jaiier.
CHAPTER XIT-reter advises Law
renee not 70 attempt escape as "suma
one will send for him
CHAPTER xTv-r.awrence again meets
the Lady OF the Blended Rose who in
forms him that he Is I'm her house ana
that she was in command Of the party
that attacked and caDtured him
CHAPTER Xv-The captive ia thruet
Into q dark underground chamber when
Captain Grant begins search OF the
nremisaa
CHAPTER XVT-After digging his wav
out, Lawrence finds the place deserted
Evidences of a battle and a dead man
across the threshold
CHAPTER XvII--Col, Mortimer. faith.
er OF the Lady of the Blended Rose, fnds
| hts hopla tn ruirs
CHAPTER XvTTT-Capt Grant Insists
| that Lawrence be strung UP at once.
CHAPTER XTX-M'ss Mortimer ap.
| pears, explains the mystery and Law
renee is held q prisoner 0f war. and Is
| again locked tn TIA StranE room.
| CHAPTER Xxx - Lawrence escape
! through plans arra0ged by The Lady ans
! sees Grant attack Miss Mortimer
CHAPTER XXI.
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CHAPTER XXI.


The thicket was sufficiently dense tC
conceal US from the man. who re-
NAMED standing at the foot of the
steps. He was but a mere dark shad-
ow, and l could not even distinguish
that he was soldier, yet the danger
af his presence was sufficiently great
for should be advance to the right he
would come upon Grants unconscious
form, and in that silence the slightest
noise might arouse suspicion. Mistress
Claire still cluHg 10 my hand but only
10 whisper a sentence OF instruction.
GO straight north, major, until you
reach the hedge follow the shadow
f that beyond the orchard. and then
take the road running westward.
Don't mount until you reach there
goodby."
NJ "Goodby, you win not forget me?"
"I-I am afraid not but--but YOU
must go!"
left her standing there, a faint
CLEAN Of white against the dark shrub
berry, motionless
( There is no incident Of that nights
ride which recall distinctly. / mere.
ly pushed on steadily through the
darkness, leaving my mount to choose
his own course, confident we were
| headed toward the river, I was SUI
fcieutly acquainted with the valley OF
| tho Delaware. when daylight came, to
| decide uDon the nearest ford. AS TO
the British patrols, must run the risk
Of lodging these, but felt safe from
such an encounter for several hours
! In truth | met no one, having no occa
sion to even draw rein, although VIC
! passed through two small villages, and
| by number CT farms. l could not
| even determine that these houses were
| occupied; they were dark and silent
even the galloping hoofs of my horse
falling to awaken response.
1t was already daylight when drew
up on the bluff summit to gaze dowr
into the river valley. In the middle
distance small villages faced eacl
other across the stream, and TOWARD
these most Of the roads converged-
proof Of the existence Of q ford.
could not be mistaken as to the towl
Burlington on the Jersey shore, an'
opposite Bristol. | should be SAT
enough in the latter, even if we har
no outpost stationed there. | kne1
homes along those shaded street.
where food would be forthcoming, an
where could probably procure fires
horse. It was the nearer town, nestle
on the Jersey bank, that | studie
with the greatest care, but, so far a
| could see, the single street was d'
serted. TO the south, certainly tw
miles away, q squadron Of horse Wer
riding slowly, surrounded by clou
Of dust. Without doubt this was tn
British patrol that had left the villaG
at daybreak,
1t was a hot, close morning, and II
padded Rangers coat heavy and tigh
fitting. / took 1t off, flinglng 1t acroi
; the saddle pommel AS | did so
folded paper came into view, and
drew It forth, curiously. My eye caugl
the signature at the bottom of a bri
note. and ! stared at it in surpris
Fagin! How came Fagin to be writil
TO Captain Grant? He pretended
= be Tory to be sure, yet both armi'
krcw him as mufderous outld
: laundering loyallsts and patriots aliI
=
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4IClrCLuac SEQ .91f

There cane to ME meinGrg of Far.
rell's chance remark thar Grant had
some connection with this follow & ma.
rauding. ! had not seriously consid-
cred it then, but now-whg, possibly
it was true. | read the lines almost at
glance, scarcely oomprehending at
first, and then suddenly realized The
base villainy revealed:
Have the none ard papers, bat
the girl got away WDl wait for yor
at Lone Tree tonight. Dont fail, for
the whole country win be after me
as soon as tho news gets cut about
Elmhurst. FAGl%.'
So that was the reason fer this raid
Grants personal affair, He had re-
turned to ElmEurst, leaving his men
10 trudge on inyo Philadelphia under
their Hessian officers 50 that he might
communicate with Fagin What a pity
It was | had failed to kill the fellow
instead OF leaving him unconscious.
! The papers! Perhaps they We're in
the coat also. Surely Grant had nc
time to change or destroy them, as hc
must have ridden directly 10 Elmhurst
/ searched the pockets Of the garment
hastily, finding note o. two, his
orders to escort Delayan. and small
packet tied securely by cord, felt
no hesitancy in opening this. and as
certaining its contents. The lines
read hastily seemed to blur before m}
eyes; I could barely comprehend theil
purport Little By little / grasped tht
meaning of it all. and then my minr
leaped TO recognition of Grants pur
pose. They were notes of instruction
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him several miles in the direction il
which he wasn't going. breaking one
leg and causing him to speak CT i,
in terms Of the urnost hostility for
Gears afterwaId. ToEnaioes can be
welded by doagng behind noun
tain or into a rmall celia, with a
stout door on top but cannot be ar
gued with or successfully opposed,
However, no tornado has ever met
Col Roosevelt on a campaign tour.
Tornadocs have more luck than some
presidents.
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BLACK BREAD OF GUETERSL0H
How Bismarck Started Craze for
Westphaiian Pumpernickel and
Made Fortune of Bakers.

Guetersloh was town Of some If
teen hundred inhabitants some eighty
years ago when, one day during the
maneuvers. young lieutenant took
up his quarters there. This lieutenant
came from ,Pomerania, where they
also make black bread Of fine quality,
but he liked better the peculiar favor
Of the Westphalia article. His name
was Bismarck.
In the year 1870 Bismarck was
again travelling through Guetersloh,
this time as chancellor King William
was with him When the train
stopped the prime minister called out
genially to the crowd that had come
to meet them:
'1s there any one who can get us
some pumpernickel with butter?"
As number Of reporters were pres
ent when this query was made the for
tune of the Guetersloh black bread
was made, and 1t speedily became the
fashion all over Germany. The craze
for Westphalian pumpernickel spread
far and wide, cunringly furthered by
the bakers who now baked for export
only small onc-pound loaves, for the
purpose of making 1t look more like
delicatessen," as they say. .,.
The bakers of Guetersloh were
worldly wise, for from the same
= kneading-troughs there go into th'
( oven first the huge loaves Certain o
a these that go to the farm-houses Otter
Q weighing half hundredweght) an
a then, shaped of what is left, the tin,
a loaves that are wrapped in paper an
!. exported to all parts of the world t
Le sold at delicatessen.
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TRAVEL NOTES
Atmospheric Disturbances,

| the steamer st. Paul as that mag
nifcent boat ployed her way up the
Mississippi river toward st. Louis
1t was rather late in the evening
and the man was young and the
moon was plying rag time on the
little wayelets out there in front OF
the boat Fran away back some
where the strains of Forgotten,
came softly stealing and the younS
man was very much alone with his
| own thoughts save for white shirt
waist and skirt that sat over by the
rail. The young man did not know
whose shirt waist and skirt it was,
hut il seemed to be sending wireless;
messages &C. @! c. @! c. o. came
the silent call,
Eyes Yes | am here answered
the mans heart.
do you see the beautiful moon
| Ilight?"
Indeed | do, little lady
Are you noticing the great dark
banks passing by so majesticaliy
away out there on either side OF
| us?"
Yes dear They loom up like
vast clouds on The horizon and the
reflection of the moons silvery light
on the distant brooklet gives one the
impression of heat lightning playins
hide and seek among the trees
Il think so too. And do you sec
the dark, troubled. onrushing tide
sweeping restlessly on it's ceaseless
march to the sea?''
"Oh yes darling 1t bears on its
broad bosom the mystery of ages.
What tales it could tell of love and
deyotion-o war and cruel suffer
ing-ol greed and buried treasur,
What sturdy men-what noble
women-what valiant heroes-what
painted merciless hordes of murdee-
Gus savages have left their un-
marked trail through these vNers
have watched this play OF moon
light"
At this point the young man de
cided that he would like to look into
the eyes of this pensive poetical
companion that he had found so re
sponsive to his mental communica-
tions.
! So he walked over there, placed his
seat as close as he dared and began
1t all over
"The river is beautiful madam"
| Huh"
| Il beg your pardon"
The lady squared herself about
gave him a blank stare and said
Il 'haint got any objection
Alas the mans dream Of beauty
and dainty loveItness quickly faded
She had none of these things.
But he had surely received som
beautiful wireless messages from
this lady. After all beauty is onl.
skin deep The young man decided
to talk to her without looking int
her eyes.
"Have you read Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi he venture,
timidly
who's Mark Twain?"
Il beg your p Don't you reall
know who Mark Twain is, Miss?
did he run on this here river?
"Yes Indeed. He was one "a
"Then l guess l remember seein
him."
"Why-er-well it may not be g
y impossible after all-only | hadn
taken you to be quite so-you Sc
its been nearly
But she mercifully interrupte
with;
you say that this is the Misst
:. sippl?"
"Why certainly madam VIII,
= other river could t possibly be?"
Il thought it was the Missouri
y, she said.
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Bacon Sandwiches,

Wisps OF breakfast bacon, delicately
hroiled, make the most appetizing OF
sandwiches. especially II put between
teas ed sippets of graham bread. The
email shreddlngs of bacon must lie on
lettuce and be seasoned with paprika
or red pepper. These are as appetiz-
aug cold as hot.
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Mrs. Bloodgood is sending out
cards of invitation for little dance"
wants to entertain few friends,
does she?"
yes, and to snub a few more
Harpers Bazaar.
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Copyright. 1912, by orge Mathew Adams)

trace his lack Of success to the toe
iberal use OF water Instead OF water
Ing he really drowns his crops.
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%han tha last pcper had been re-
.Gyol tn asAes, j gtamped.eut the en-
9or7 cf fire rn6eg my boot heel, and,
sith Gchtcr heart, rode dowa the ALL
0a~gd the ford.
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CHAPTER I-Major Lawrence, son Of
Judge Lawrence OF Virginia, whose wife
was a Lee, is sent on a rerilous mission
by Gen, Washington, lust after the win
ter at Valley Forge
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ITO ba Continued J
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CHAPTER Y-Lawreuce Is dctacted m
a spy by Captain Grant of the British
army, who agrees fo q attal
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CHAPTER TV-Trouble IS started over
a waltz, and Lawrence Is urged BY his
partner, Mistress Mortimer, (tbe Lady OF
the Blended Rose), to make HIS escape,
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CHAPTER yT-Tne duel Il storred hr
Grants friends and the spy makes dash
for liberty, swimming a river following &
narrow asre~A
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uHIIoFlH arrives wItnln The enemy's lines
CHAPTER lII-Thc Major attends a
great tete and saves the Lady of the
blended Rose" from mob He later meets
The girl at a bgI.lian. halL
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Seaboard will sell. December /, and
3. round trips 10 Washington, limited
fifteen days. at s23.25. steel trains. OBJ
scrvation and dining cars
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Wake up! You
Lazy Stomach!
Make Your stomach CheerfuIIy DO
Its Work-sfuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets Digest Your Food and
Assist the stomach

People who complain they are worn
to a FRAGILE are nearly always dys-
peptic and are recommended to use
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets. The stom-
aeh gets lazy. food ferments and sours,
gas belches up. there are symptoms of
bloating. the blood becomes thick and
sluggish. the liver is blamed, the head
is heavy the mind a blank and the
dining room is a chamber OF horrors.
One of the greatest evils of our mod
ern life Is the quick lunch. To this
evil. as much or more, than any other.
may be traced the preponderance of
the stomach troubles of our times. In
stead Of taking time to thoroughly
ma sticate the food before swallowing
it, the average person PUSHES through
the meal, boiling the food, deglutftion
taking place while II is only partially
mixed with saliva. and only half mas
.ticated, thus leaving the stomach to do
the work the teeth should have done.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets contain
digestive clements. a single grain being
CAPABLE of digesting 5000 grains OF food
including meats, eggs grain vege-
tables. starches and mineral matters
thorough digestion for ready absorp-
ton and assimilation by the tactical
glands, which pass It into the blood,
whence it Is conducted to all parts Of
the system, rebuilding and revitaliz-
ing it,
Every druggist has stuarts Dyspep-
STA Tablets in stock and sells them at
80 cents box.
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NEGROES AS DEMOCRATS
J. p. Evans Presents Some Novel
Views for Consideration

To the Editor OF The Age-Ilerald:
I beg to say that 30 per cent of my
race Of people sincerely and honestly do
not believe that colored man can be
democrat. / want to say for his benefit
as my race the first boat Of Africans
landed in the state Of Massachusetts. a
blessing in disguise TO US. We were
shipped as ehattel, property and cargoes.
This Dutch boat which was peddlng them
off found at once 1t was too cold climate.
We were sent out by them and not
brought by the southern people, and we
are here today making money, buying
land and property, building churches and
serving God.
Later ON in the seventeenth century
we were not only owned by white masters
but black masters as well. The Rev. j.
Il. Wilson, ID. D., colored postmaster at
Florence s. c., for 80 years. and J. III.
Holiday Of Charleston, S. c., their fathers
owned slaves. They tell me tat they
were glad when "old Abraham Lincoln
took them negroes off their hands, they
we're more trouble than they were
allowed the old colored brother to buy
himself. one thousand dollars was the
price of a good healthy one. They would
give him from five to 10 years to pay for
himself. After that his papers were
signed and he became a freeman. Then
he would go for himself and buy other
Africans.
The mistake that the northern repub-
leans made. that the southern man held
him in bondage. but the mistake was that
the old ms ster was enslayed for the ne
gro. The war began between the north
and south on account of revenue and tax
alton without representation. The Mon
roe doctrine was a trust They put their
money In private vaults with a high tariff
against foreign countries. When the
country did not suit them they pigeon
holed the gold and went on pleasure trips.
They forced business to smut down and
the workingman was put on the bum. But
it is quite different now, We have both
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houses of Congress and the President and
vice president; we have the mint and the
United States seal, and II we have not sur
ficlent amount of money to run the gov
eminent we can make it.
We have plenty of gold and silver in the
hills and valleys, we have plenty OF paper
made of silk and We run the country re-
gardless TO the Judgment of false pro-
phots.
Our race seemingly reads every book ex-
cept the book that it takes to qualify
them for their franchise. There are nearly
10000 white people In the state OF Ala
bama who are not qualified voters. We
never hear them say word about being
DISTINGUISHED.
There are two clauses in the consttu-
ton of Alabama, one of which is neces-
sary Property to the amount of $500,
owned by himself or his wife, paying taxes
or same, are educational qualifications,
All l can say. my brother, you had bet
ter read the laws and lay down those
other silly things that you practice SO
much With this | beg to remain,
j. r. EVANS,
President Wilson-AIarshall Club.
2525 Fourth avenue, north. Birmingham.