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steps. Ee seemcd to be very much
interested in Mrs. Gladly.
Horatia. disguised. observed them
Tor a few moments, then she rose and
Went upstairs to her room and began
TO do her hair over. She was putting
in the last hairpins when Edward
came up the stairs heavily and en-.
tered. She looked at him over her
shoulder.
What was in the can?"
Baking soda. Say. it killed that
nre dead as an adder. Did you see
the way 1t. worked: Her idea, too, I
was ready to call out the fire com.
pany when I heard the roar. I tell
o she's q great little lady. RATA:
She writes stories. poems. everything.
And she gets piiA for 'cm, too. she
thinks EN- sout While she's WORKING.
Thought out one Mile she was string.
ing those beans. ,,Here!" He pulled =
paper from his pocket. This has O.
piece of hers in II. She sent it over
for you to see. 1 told her YOU we're a
writer yourself. She says she's got a
novel begun. She wants to know Won.
said h always meant to come over.
U h didn't pay many calls. .I'm
rather busy she said, doing all my
W work tor a household Of five and
"Eluns besides. !!But I should like to
meet your wife. IT would be worth
your while. Rata. She's really y
wonder And she's never been out Of
this place scarcely ali her life. She
doesn't complain of her environment.
see her" -. :"
He. stopped. 2. little scared at him
sclt. Tor he had implied more than he
meant to. nv
But there was no spark i'll Horatia.s
~ She vas too mortified to be
nRry She felt very little, very in
significant, very selfish. Ana Ed
Ward seemed very much worth while.
s sas1 Gralns were good for something.
never would be as Tar as writing was
S concerned e She herself, not her en-
the least little spark 81 genius. She
might as Well keep house after. ali.
hn q she hated homework. But per-
maps lt'~ould be good for her soul
n began to blink fast. Then Ed.
"afo came and took her in his arms.
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BURNS WELL-kNoWN.
Formerly Lived in This Towp-un,
timely IeatI, Brings Raoret.

arlington. y. D., Nov. s.-John
Burns, whose tragis death %occurred
owe q week ago. but whose identity
as q former ma of this region was
not me established. left here a. wear
3 10 locate in the Gull Lake dis
eIict vi Canada. Burns lived near
Seaborn for seven or eight years be-
lore going north. Much Of his trad
ING was done in Darlington. He had
!. claim near Gerber, which he soid
peIore leaving this region. To the
people of the hills country. south.
west OF here. Burns was we'll known
snd well thought Of. He is described
a. ABOUT IS years of age. rather
small and with curly haur. He was
q good hearted fellow and honest.
Burns was found in a livery barn
ven at Gull Lake. He came .up miss
i!ig last August. hut it was not un-
I'll the water at the livery barn be-,
came $ foul that it could not be
USED that men cleaned out tho well
and found Burns body. It was than
recalled that he had been seen in
august, when he had considerable
money. A laborer. employed in. haul.
ing prick: It was remembered. left
several days pay due him and skip.
PED the country without notice.
The mounted police are now
searchtnf for this man, believing that
ne murdered Burns and threw the
body in the wolf
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81 Little Stories for Bedtime Il
PETER RABBIT GETS A. pucK1NG.
By THORNTON ". BURGESS.
Copyright. 1913. BY J:-G. Loyd.)

Farmer Browns boy sat with his
chin in his hands staring at the new
pond in the Green Forest and at the
dam that had made it,, That dam
puzzled min. who. could have built
it? What did they build it- foT:! Why
hadn't he heard them chopping? He
looked carelessly at the stump of 'oiie
Of the trees, and then a still o
puzsled. look made deer. burrows be-
looked very much as II teeth and not
an axe had cut down that tree. Farm.
er Browns boy stared and stared. his
mouth gaping wide open. He looked
so funny that Peter Rabbit. who was
hiding under an old pile of brush close
by. Early laughed right out.
But Peter didn't laugh. No. sir.
Peter didn't laugh, for Just, that very
minute something happened. Sniff
the very edge Of the old brush pile.
and every hair on Peter stood on end
with fright. Bow. WOW. wow!" It
seemed to Peter hat that great voice
was right in his very ears. It fright
ened him so that he just had to jump.
He didn't have time to think. And 30
he jumped right out from under the
pile OF brush and, Of course, right
into. plain sight. And the very instant
ne jumped tnero came anotneF great
roar behind him. OF course. 1t was
from Bowser the Hound. You see,
Bowser had been following the trail
Of his master. but a. he always stops
to sniff at everything he passes. he
had been some distance behind. When
he came to the pill. Of brush under
which Peter was hiding he had shifted
at that, and. Of course. he had smell.
ed Peter right away.
Now. when Peter jumped out. s.,
suddenly Il. had landed right al one
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|. Horatia Nellis sat up on the porch
III q. deep chair and yawned. 1t was
a dull. close midsummer afternoon.
She had Just risen from a Siesta and
she felt very languid. The night be.
fore she had been out very late to a
card party. and had come home ex-
cited to the breaking point. In conse
1uence she vas suffering from ner-
Nous depression.
a quick tap tap, the football of an en-
eryetic a Horatia knew it as we'll
as she knew the beating Of her own
heart. Sho often said that she would
know Edwards step if she heard il
among ten Thousand. and it annoyed
her. She scowled and lifted her eyes.
Edward Nellis was short and no.
tund. with reddish hair and a rosy
face. His general appearance was
common and shabby. Looking at him
one could not help wonder how he
had ever acquired enough education
to be the assistant principal OF q
school. Yet that was his business. and
he did it we'll. too The only trouble
was no did not earn enough money.
And thore was no certainty of his ev.
CT earning very much more.
He came up the steps with his hat
in his hand. Asleep" he inquired.
huskily.
NO. Can't you see my ayes are
open" Horatia laughed. but her tone
was impatient.
lie dropped into an adjacent rocker
with a wheezv sigh, laid his hat care
fulH upon tho floor beside him and
ooked across the street thoughtfuuy.
As he looked the screen door Of the
little sra nous opposite tapped and
A WOMAN "a n S ant I,ns 80
Deans. She sat down and began
briskly to string the vegetable. She
seemed intent upon her task.
"Godfrey's Cordial, just see Mrs.
Gladly manipulate those beans!" ex.
claimed Edward.
Horat;a. sat up straight. Edward,
what makes you so vulgar?"
But just look at herr"
Il do. l have. | am always looking
at her. She's the only thing 1 ever
see n l come out here. She's as
obvious as the flag on the school
building and as ~rstless. Actually, she
gets on my nerves. Her proximity is
one of the objections I've got to
boarding here"
We've moved around pretty WE'LL"
Edward said. Il was counting up the
other day. We've changed our board.
ing place eleven times in two years.
We've thoroughly canvassed the town.
IT you don't like it here, Rata, I
don't know what Well do, unless we
so to housekeeping"
Housekeeping" Horatia's biz, dark
eyes snapped. They had been soft
enough when Edward was counting
her. If you want to make me very
angry, Edward. you can mention
housekeeping. I was never made to.
Keep house. You know what I'm go.
ing to DO when l set at it,"
Get at it today?"
No! What I want to do is a
novel;" She vas warming up to her
theme. The great American novel
now-somebody's got to write it. Why
not I? The only trouble is there's
nothing in this town to write about.
People are so uninteresting. If we
could so somewhere clse!"
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AN .\CQuITT.A AL AND \ COMIC.
-
TION.

Chicago Rccord-Hcrald: The tray
ic farce at Kiev has ended as every
sane and unprecedented person, even
in Russia. believed it ought to end
III an acuuittal of Bciliss. the poor
'ahorcr against whom Il charge Of
ritual murder had been trumped up
by Il stupid II fanatlcal clique for
purposes of ruthless reaction in poll
tics and government.
The jury which acquitted Reiliss
was composed of peasants and petty
s~hopkeepers. Yet even that jury re-
allied tho contemplate weakness and
dishonesty Of the prosecution and re-
turned 4 verdict of Not guilty" That
verdict is a conviction of those who
dared at this late day to uphold tho
n1onstrcus theory of ritual murder
and to indict n race and Il religion
Will seeking to sacrifice an innocent
individual. Trial by jury is, after all,
trial by jury, just as IL duma. per-
petually threatened and harasscd, Is
still a duma.
i4IaC NHS uol 81 SCllltIlla OIL evil
dence against the accused-tbe Rus.
sian press admitted that and wonder
cd from day to day why the minister
of justice allowed the solemn farce
to SO on. The murdered how was
the victim of Il gang of. thieves and
thugs which the police did not care
TO convict of the atrocious crime. The
black hundreds, according to an cx.
premier of Russia. who wrote with
candor and couragc-even though his
identity was no secret to anybody-in-
stigated tho trial and were determined
TO fasten guilt on an innocent man be-
cause of their hatred Of freedom and
progress. \ ritual murder, they rea.
soned. meant a revival Of fanaticism
and "nationalisnl" and a setback for
liberal ideas. An impotent and dis
credited party. that had not hesitated
TO defend massacre, did not shrink
from an infamous attempt to obtain
4 conviction for ritual murder.
1t is good for Russia. good for her
government. that Il jury Of simple,
humble men rejected the professed
views Of "A desperate party and it's
stupid tools and paid regard to evi.
dence. to common sense. to law and
justice. It, has deserved we'll Of civ
ilizatton and has the thanks of civiliz.
atom. As to:the Rl1ksian bureaucracy,
II had better watch and curb the in
~StigatorS of povroms and who,o.,,.
murder.
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it with success. Yesterday Senator
Kenyon. Of Iowa. speaking on tho
same subject, spoke i'll n similar vein.
There was not a word of criticism of a
political opponent, but the acknowl.
cdgelncnt that that opponent was
handling a difficult situation calmly
and ably. and the expression of a sin.
icerc horo that he might succeed in
the effort which lie is making for
peace tor ourselves and our neigh,
hors.
We lament the %sellshness of the
politician. VIC condemn him for his
narrowncss Of vision. We deplorc his
intense craftsmanship. Let us give him
credit occasionally for the higher
qualities which arc brought out oc-
~casionallS when great issues are be.
fore us.
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LAUGH WITH US m
Stories That Have
Many People Smile.

A farmer met a man at the railroad
station and asked him for a chew of
tobacco. The q pulled out a plug
and said: Have you got a knife?"
No" said the farmer. Then he asked
the man II he had objection where
he bit 1t and he said: NO" Then
he jumped on the train and said: TN
y, 49, -. --.r III:
\ woman wants to get rid of her
husbands old clothes in the spring
and he wants to save about i've suits
i'll case he goes fishing.
>Hc never o fishing, but he hates
to part with his old clothes.
Mr.. and Mrs Wombat were hav.
ing the annual battle.
II think I'll give away this old suit,
dear. It's seven years Old"
But l might want to. wear that
suit to go fishing it,"
Not this suit. This is a dress suit,
The venerable Judge Of the county
doesn't find the motorists for speed
ing like he used. to-" remarked. the
man in the big green touring a
p heck: no" drawled the rural
in so much in fines that. swing ding
ii. he's zone and bought a racing au-
tomobile for himself"
Sir Ernest %Shackleton, the Antarctic
explorer. tells some amusing stories
of his experiences as a lecturer.
On n occasion he was giving a
lecture at Leith in Scotland and he
had paid five pounds for the hall: and
four pounds ten shillings for adver-
Using. Other expenses amounted. to
another pound. He drove from Edin.
burgh to the hall and instructed his
cablnan to wait for him. In the build,
ing he found an audience consisting
Of an old, decrepit looking man, two
men and a couple Of children. Anx-
ious to increase the number Of his
auditors. he went down to the cabman
and said. IT will pay for somebody
to hold the horse, and you can come
up and hear the lecture" The man
ut once replied. oh, no. thank you.
sir. I am all right where 7 am
The lecture vas however. given to
the bitter. end. and at the. close there
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lost his balance and-tumbled heels
over head into the water!
Poor Peter Rabbit! He gave. him
self up for lost this time. He could
swim, but at best he is a poor SWIM
mer and doesn't like the. water. He
couldn't dive and keep III Of sight
like Jerry Muskrat or BILLY Mink. All
ne could do was to paddle as'fast as
gone up his nose and down his throat
60 that he choked. and all the time he
felt sure that Bowser' the Hound
would plunge in after him and catch
him. And If. he shouldn't, why,
Farmer Browns boy would simply
wait for him to. come ashore and
catch him.
T.. But Farmer Browns boy didn't, do
anything OF the kind. No. Sir, he
didn't. Instead. he shouted to Bow
ser and called him away. Bowser
didn't. want to come. but he long ago
learned to obey. so. very slowly lie
walked over to where his master was
sitting.
You know, it wouldn't be fair, old
fellow, to try to catch Peter now. It
wouldn't be fair at all. and We nevc
want to do anything unfair. do we?"
said he. Perhaps Bowser didn't
agree, but he wagged his tail as if he
to watch Peter swim.
1t seemed Is Peter as il he never.
never would. reach the shore, though
really 1t was only a very little distance
that he had to swim. When,.he did
scramble out he was a sorry looking
rabbit. lie didn't waste any time, but
started for home as fast as he could
er Browns boy and Bowser the Hound
Just laughed and didn't try to catch
him at all.
We'll. l nsver!" exclaimed Sammy
Jay. who had seen it all from the top
OF a pine tree. 'eWell,"-L never. /
guess Farmer Browns boy isn't so
bad. after ALL.
Next story-Paddy the. Beaver
Plans a House.
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"But 1 can't get a job everywhere,
RATA. 1t takes every bit there's in
mo to hold this one. We've got to
live. you know"
"oh. Yes. That's the drawback"
She knotted her handkerchief pettish-
~. Such a place as this would stile
the finest genius in the world. It's
the environment. Edward. Even in
ones Imagination one can't break
away from it. How can one write
about real things when one is con-
fronted constantly by SO commonplace
and embarrassing a specimen Of hu-
mainly as Mrs. Gladly over there, with
her stringbeans? What romance or
poetry could any n find in a woman
who wears calico. lives in a seven
by-nine. and with her three children
to end and q. husband like Mr.. C;Iady
to feed? Don't you see. Edward, it
isn't l that's lacking, it's my environ
ment?"
Don't mind me. Rata" Edward
replied r~csigncdly.
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end of the dam. The second roar of
Bowser's great voice frightened him
stu more and he jumped right up on
to do now but 90 across. and it wasn't
the best Of going. No. indeed, 1t
wasn't the best of going. You see ii
was mostly q tangle of sticks. Happy
Squirrel or Chatterer the Rad
Squirrel or Striped Chipmunk would.
have skipped across II without the
least trouble. But. Peter Rabbit has
no sharp; little claws with which to
cling. to logs and sticks, and right
away he was in Il peck of trouble. He
slipped down between the sticks,
scrambled out. .slipped.. again. and
then, irving to make a long jump. nc
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RED CURES

cChlcaso Cor. New York world.)
y remedy h~asabeen found for. lag
mess that has nothing to do with
nonk"orlm ,~lestroyers: 1t was made
pupltcs at the annual meeting Of tho
American Association for the Study
Of Spondylotherapy.
Red is the answer.
II you are lazy and a man, wear
a red neclstie. The laborer who wears
q RED wooden ~undershirt Is full Of
hat can CAD about without fatigue.
Yellow has the opposite effect. It
Gains, ~enervates, not to say stupe-
DR.. Albert Abrams Of San Fran
cisco. Is sponsor for this effect of
colors.
II have tested the color scheme on
humans and tho lower animals. and
Nnd red to be the type imparting the
greatest energy" he said.
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/.
POINTED

How the rest of us like to find faut,
with the rich:
a man with nothing to lose can af.
lord to take chances.
y female lawyer doesn't mind being
the in the case.
Did you ever meet a sclf-msde
mar who was ashamed of his Job?
Folks who are always looking for
the worst of it usually find it.
it takes a oma to learn things
from a man that he doesn't know.
more than to sec a man get what he
deserves.
After coming home from a ball. a
woman puts on more clothes to sleep
in than she wore to dance in.
If a lot of women were to engage
In a walking contest, would the one
with the largest feet the most
ground
It's D. pity the Chinese peoples ex-
ample of civilization and self-govern-
lnent should he utterly lost on the
Mexicans.
A maj will give up a dollar for 2
fifty cent article that he wants, and
2 woman will give up forty nine cents
for an article that she doesn't want
and there you arc.
Somebody must. have been telling
young Mr.. Aston that old whopper
about two being able to live as cheap
~ as n
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THE BIG WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.

IN Countries where the part, yys-
TEN. of government prevails it is con.
sidered legitimate for The members Of
one party to GO to considerable lengths
in their opposition to the acts Of an.
other. especially if it is the other par
ty which is in power. Charges of va.
r!ous kinds arc hurled about quite
promiscuously. and. there is little re-
gard for who may be hit. But when
there appears the possibility Of a Sc
.ricus disagreement Of ones own cuun-
try with another, party lines tend. to
fade. and uen remember only that
they are Ecjtisens Of one country, de.
voted to the interests Of the same IA
therland.s
When the situation in Cuba was as.
Stunning a critical aspect, and it began
to appear likely that there would. be
war with Spain. men in congress for
got that they were partisans and re-
membered only that they were Amer
leans. President Mckinley had been
opposed and criticized for various rea.
sons but when the probability Of war
appeared. opposition faded and every
man in congress came to his support.
The grant Of funds for the prcpara.
tory steps Of the war was made with
out a dissenting vote. For the NC.
ment the man who occupied the
white house was lifted out of all a
tisan relations, and there was but one
thought, to present a united front to
the enemy.
Today We are again facing the. pos
sibllity Of a foreign war. Every pa.
.triotic man hopes that there may be
no need for a resort to hostilities; br,
every observing nan realizes that such
q thing Is more than possible. Again
we have = president who is doing his
utmost to bring about an adjustment,
Of The difficulties in Mexico in such
a n that there may be no appeal
to arms. In doing this he is acting
the part of "A sincere patriot and q
highrainded man. And again we hnd
that men OF the opposite party, who
have taken a decided stand against
the president on several matters OF
domestic: policy. are rising above the
narrow restrictions Of partisanship,
n proving that they are first of all
Americans-who hope for the ad.
justment Of the present complications
ina manner consistent with the honor
n interest Of this country, and with
out the horror of another war San
ator Mccumber, Of this state, was a
few days ago called into conference
with the president, and in the state
ment which he. gave out later for pub
~lication. while he did not disclose the
nature of the conversation which had
taken place. he expressed himself in
a manner ut once courteous and tact
fd scpncerninS the. difficulties Of the
ptes}asnt's task, and the desire.Mhich
hs-entsrtained, in common with all
good citizens. that he might handle
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TUT GILT EDGE LIST.

Aside from the natural qualification
which those connected with The
'Times-IIerald Publishing company
naturally feel ON local and personal
grounds over the election of Mr.. y. Il.
R'ack, the c%uu1pany's general man.
.ser. to the positions Of director and
member OF tho executive committee OF
the Gilt Edge Newspapers association
AT its meeting in Chicago, there is Il
considerable degree of pleasure in be-
i.ine able to-. cal. the attention of ad-
s"crt!sers III The. Evening Times and
'rh. Daily Herald tn the fact that the
papers which they have chosen as
business mediums are members of this
association.
The Gilt EGse Newspapers ~associa-
ton is, an organization which now in
cludes three hundred of the hest news
papers in tho United states and Cam
ada, the circulation of which is sworn,
proved and guaranteed 20 advertisers.
and which arc also engaged in the
work of wedding ou from the adver-
IAciIDc AOluItblS CNCl tItISlS Ol II uOupI-
ful nature, the purpose being. first. to
enable advertisers to know positively
and exactly what they are buying in
tho way of circulation when they on
tract for advertising space. and. Sec
ond. to assure to them good company
in tho medium which they %patronizc.
The papers in this list furnish tt,
advertisers exact statements of circu-
iation. sworn to by competent per-
sons. They afford to ali customers
who desire, the fullest opportunity to
<jnvcstieate the circulation For this
purpose books are thrown open. and
all records bearing on circulation are
made accessible. aud investigators arc
ascertaining the facts.
. AS to the c%enspriny Of advertjsinS
1T may be said that splendid ogr
has been made along this line in the
handling Of q most complicated sub.
ject. When one considers the mass
of matter which is necessarily handled
by my paper of considerable size, the
.aimpossibility of guaranteeing all state.
tsn1ents maintains q bureau-+f experts
whose business it is to investigate the
character OF advertisers and their ad-
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or wass the association is able TO
serve its members and the general
public.
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day he was sorrowfuliy recounting
his experiences to his wife and cal
culattng his losses. Twenty-Five pco-
pie at q shilling q head" he was say
ms. make the total receipts one
pound i've shillinss." oh" said his
shillings from that. I sent the COOK
ana ono of the Inaide."
Uncle Josh MINDLESS and wife, from
Posey county, Indiana took a trip to
Chicago. They were walking up
state street. holding hands. After
they had butted their way through
the crowd for about six blocks. Josiah
saia: "sa,nathy Hickins, quit your
Il: will not 30 another step until the
crowd gets BY After waiting for
about two hours, Josiah said 1t was
the longest procession he ever saw.
Seth Lowe, president OF. the Nation
al Civic federation, said the other day
OF n article against arbitration:
The author of that article shows
an amazing degree Of igronance. He
little Willie Budd.
- man rang the bell of. Willie
Budd's house n day. and willie.
aged eight, answered 1t.
Us Mr.. Budd in?' asked the man.
I'm Mr.. Budd.' said Willie; or
do you want to see old Mr.. Budd?'"
Rhymely Bardlet-Have YOU ever
contributed anything to the cause Of
Farmer Greenhaw-You bet. I hev.
You're the fourth poet thet's stayed
here all summer All amt been able
ter pay no board"
Well. Weary, wot dye tink of dis
new tax on de incomes?"
You mean de proposed tax dat
dey're goin' to put on de incomes
OATS yer $4,000"
Sure
Well, wot 7 tink of it would fill
a book. An I've got me mind made
up to n ting"
And wot's dat, Weary"
income amt goin' to be more'n
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