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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12

s erious displace-
ment. l had back
ache aud be airing
down pains SO bad
that l could not sit
in a chair or walk
across the floor and
l was in severe pain
all the time. / felt
discouraged as l had
taken everything 1
could think of and
was no better. |
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-12
WOMAN COULD
NOT walk
She Was So lll-Ressored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Pentwater, Mich. ga year ago was
very weak and the doctor said I had a
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19
soLow AVOIDS LONG SESSION
Representative Henry Desiring TO End
Meeting Tells story That Stops
Mans Long speech.

Representative Henry. at political
meeting In Waco. desiring TO draw Q
rather protracted session to q close.
when q man rose and said pompous.
v:
Il wish to offer q few remarks, and
these | will subdivide into twelve
heads"
But here Mr.. Henry. his eyes twin
king, Interrupted:
Gentlemen" he said. "let me tell
you q story. A man was lurching
home very late the other evening,
much the worse for q bachelors sup
per or something Of that sort. He
came to a clock tower, and paused and
looked up at the illuminated dial to
see the time AS he did so. the clock
began 10 strike. One-two-tbree-
four-the inebrlate listened. counting
the strokes carefully. and when. at
last. twelve sounded. he said. as he
prepared to stagger on again:
"Durn you--hic--why couldn't you
have said that all at onceY"
Amid loud laughter Mr.. Henry sat
down. and the pompous man made
much shorter speech than he had in.
tended
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

sand times more acutely In memory
Of the comradeship Of her whose
words had brought him a new CLEAN
Of hope. Never before had loneliness
seemed SO complete. and never before
had he realized how wide was the
chasm between the old and the new
life. This constantly recurrent mem
ory embittered him, and made him
restless. Yet out of It all, there grew
firmer determination to win back his
old position In the world, to stamp
out the lie through which the Confed.
crate court-martial had condemned
him. II lie Fevre were alive, he meant
nov TO find him. face him, and com
pei him to speak the truth. The dis
covery Of that haversack gave a point
from which to start. and his mind cen.
tered there with fixed purpose which
obscured all else.
1t was after dark when m" troop.
wearied by their long days march
across the brown grass. rode slowly
up the face Of the bluff. and into the
parade ground at Fort Dodge. The
ilRutS Oh tue RudTu-uOuse TeNealeu the
troopers faces, while all about them
cleaned the yellow lamps, as the gar.
risen came forth to welcome their ar.
rival Guided by corporal of the
guard the men led their horses to the
stables. and. as they passed the row
Of officers houses Hamln caught a
furtive glimpse in radius OF light
that gave his pulses a sudden throb
| She was here then-here! He had
hardly dared hope for this. They
would meet again; that could scarcely
be avoided In such narrow quarters
But how? On what terms! He ven
tured the one swift glimpse at her-a
slender. white-robed figure, one among
group of both men and women be.
fore an open door, through which the
light streamed-heard her ask. who
are they? What cavalry troop IL that ?"
caught, the response in a mans voice:
M OF the Seventh, from Fort Union, I"
and then passed by, his eyes looking
straight ahead. his hand gripping his
horses bit.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

stations and wrecks Of wagon tfalns.
rode Sergeant Hamlin, silent and EN-
cient. the old Confederate haversack
fastened TO his saddle. and bis mint.
in spite Of all effort, recurring con
stantly 10 the girl who had gone to
Dodge early III the summer. Was she
stili there. II so. how would she greet
him now after these months Of sb
sence. The little cavalry column.
dust-covered and weary, seemed fair
ly to creep along. as day by day he re-
viewed every word. every glance.
which had passed between them: and
at night, under the stars. he lay with
head on his s.ddie. endeavoring to de.
tsrmine his course Of action, both as
TO their possible meeting. and with re-
sare - :i.e following Of the clue Of.
tered by the havesack. The time he
had hoped for was at hand. but he
could not decide the bes. course OF &C.
ton. He could only wait. and permi,
Fate TO interfere.
Certain facts were. however. sufii.
ciently clear, and the Sergeant faced
them manfully. Not merely the fact
tha; be was in the ranks, great as
that handicap was. could have pre-
vented an attempt at retaining the
friendship OF Molly Mcdonald. But he
was In the ranks because of disgrace
hiding away from his own people.
keeping aloot from his proper station
In life, out OF bitter shame. II he had
fel; thus before, he row felt II thou
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19
HEAD A MASS OF PIMPLES

Hyattsville. Md.-"My little boy was
taken with an itching on the scalp.
There was an ashy place on his head
about the size OF ten-cent piece, and
the hair was falling from this place
by the roots. In about ten days all
over his head were these ashy spots
which looked like ringworm. but were
porous-like. The itching and burning
made him scratch q great deal His
head had gotten SO that II was just q
mass OF mattery little pimples all
heaped on each other. and when took
of his night-cap. the hair and flesh
came of at the same time. l really
thought he would lose his whole scalp.
He couldn't sleep for FIVE weeks. II
would itch and burn until I thought
he would 60 into commissions.
II used different soaps and salves
to no satisfaction. Then decided to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Finally noticed he began to sleep all
night. l used one cake Of Cuticura
Soap and one box OF Cuticura Oint-
ment and he was entirely cured. He
has a better growth OF hair now than
he had at first" (Signed) Mrs Ida
S. Johnson. Mar. 2s. 1912
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32.p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L. Boston"
Adv
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

NA;or NcDonald- conrna-t.nr az array
pee; near For, Dodge. s~eks nAn q
Interc~pt his daughter. Molly. who 70
beaded for the post AZ l.diA, o-tefeak
is thre&tened Brick HArliia- s<r-
geAns who has Just A--iy~3 ~1;h mes
saSes TO MeDonAlt volunteers :or TIE
rnission- Molly arrives a. Fo-t Rtrley
two days ahead ~ schedule -. tecs5es
20 pgsh or TO Fort Dodge ~ stage In
company with -Su.ler Bfl" Mcy.&1- So1-
aaies. q gambler. IL also q p&sse ger
Hkrnlin meets tire stage with stories Of
cspretstions committed by the Indiana
rhs driver deserts the stage when inei:
ans appesr- The Indians are reralsee
u attacks on the stage Ncylsr ass
ConfAies are killed EAmisn and Molly
pan 70 escape IN the tarsoets ~ way
lin carries her. They cross river Ant
20 inio hiding The indians discover ul.i-
escape and start pursuit. o1. 20 n the
wrong direction Herli.r 10 much sJ-4.et
=, finding a haverszcs marked c. q A
He erylains 20 Molly tina; he vas IN the
Confederate service and dismissed n dis
grsce under charges Of c0wArt.c.- A. Tire
elrse OF the war he enlisted IN the regg-
lar service He sAys the hSve-saek ~ss
the property OF one Cap. LeFeyre. who
he suspects Of being respscylsiois for his
d'sgrsc- sns 70. whom he has teen
bunting ever since Troops ApySar on
TIE f-ece-
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

Mechanically - serysans bea1sd
his rtts. and stsapp<t tie old Con
sederste hAverSaek to his saddle pom
ael stari,s again. hall unseiievins.
At the faded inserip;soa underneath
Tie ZAP Ne; the sigh, q those let
tsrS svoke hin. bringing TO his
erenret face . nsv look O: ce;erminA-
tioa- He swung into tie saddle. and.
riee across his knees. bis eyes study
ins tie ceso,aie distance, rode vest
ward AlozS tie deserted iraA
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19
Venerable Mao,

When the smart drummer got OF
the train at Hickville his attention
was attracted by an ancient cab be-
tween the shafts OF which was
propped the worstlooking nag he had
ever seen. An old negro was dozing
on the box.
"Hey!" yelled the drummer, "ain':
you afraid your horse will shy at az
auto and run away"
mo. sah," replied the Jehu. Dis
hawss is got sense. He don't shy at
no automobiles. Why, he didn't even
shy at railroad trains when dey fust
come out"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

/ kno~-aighs riders themselves,
bu; know the traA Can you outfit
ne. Eeu,enAn;.-
GAskins smiled grinly. ~, with no
trace o. huDor. His eyes we're upon
the girl. s;ill leaning owe. her pom
mel
IN outfit you all rish;.- he said
orusqrely. and with 10 rreA; regret.
either. And shali report Hnding
you here in cisoSedience TO orders
VERY well. SIR
Molly's brown eyes svsp; TO the
lieu;snant's face. her form s,raigh,en-
Ing n the saddle. her lips pressed
tightly together. Gafsans .rontee the
sergeant. stung into anger By the
mans quie; response.
1 shah prefer charges. you under
stand alnos; savagely. Helm. give
this fellow that extra rise. and am
nunition belt McMas;srs you win
let him have your horse
Wzsson rolled out Of bis saddle,
nuitertng something ind.sinctly.
which Nigh, have been al oath
Il ain, soin' ter stand fer that.
lettenaut." be said detanily -Bein'
g. amt no enlisted man. az this
yore Is NY hoss. Brick EAnlin don't
start on 10 such ride or that lame
brute o. McMasters'. Here. you
Brick take this er.tter. Oh shut
up. III git to Dodge all right Won,
hurt me none TO walk
The eyes OF the two men met under.
standingly. and Hamlin took the rein
in his hand Gaskins started TO speak.
but thought better OF IT. A moment
be stood. irresolute. and then swung
up into saddle. his glance ignoring the
sergeant
Attention, company" he command
ed sharply. cy column four
march"
The girl spurred her horse forward
and held out her hand.
"Good-by," she said. talteringly
"you-viil be careful"
OF course" and he smiled up into
her eyes. Don't worry about me-
am an old hands
And / am to see you againr"
Il shall never run away. surely. and
hope for the best"
Miss Mcdonald" broke In Gaskin.
impatienuy. the men are already
moving"
Yes" her eyes still upon the ser
geants uncovered face. Il am coming
Don't imagine | shall ever forget" sh,
murnSred hastily. 'or that vii
not be glad to meet you anywhere"
Some time ! may put you to tn,
test" he answered soberly IF an,
trouble comes, trust Wasson-he Is
real man"
He stood there, ono arm throw
over the neck OF the horse. watchinl
them ride away up the trail. Tn
lieutenant and the girl were .ogethe
at the rear OF the short column, an,
he seemed to be talking earnestly
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

Hamlin never moved. or took his eyes
from her until they disappeared over
the ridge. Just as they dipped down
out OF sight she turned and waved
one hand. Then the mans gaze swept
over the debris OF the burned stage.
and the two mounds OF earth. Even
these mute evidences OF tragedy
scarcely sufiiced to make him realize
all that had occurred in this lonely
spot. He could not seem to separate
his thought from the caSalcade which
had just departed, leaving behind the
memory OF that farewell wave Of the
hand. To him II marked the end Of
dream. the return to . life distaste-
ful and lonely.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19
Like the Greek PHILOSOPHER, Fat.

Like the creek philosophers Fate
The matter Of newspaper subscrip-
tions reminds Kansas editor of the
Greek philosopher whose poverty be-
gan to pinch him. One Of his friends
sent word to the men OF the city tina,
each should take certain kind OF
wine and on certain day 60 to the
philosophers house and pour the wine
into an empty vat. And SO they did
but each thought that one bottle OF
water would not be noticed In SO
much wine. and the vat was filed
with water. Thus the philosopher
received NO aid. II is somewhat that
way with subscriptions. One fellow
thinks he owes only a small amount
and 70 neglects to pay IT, The other
fellow thinks TIE same and the editor
fares almost ~ well as the philos-
ophss.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19
CHAPTER xiI.-con.lnved.


i prefer to rely on ny own .uds-
ment." be said tartly. From what
this man reports they are in stronger
force than ve are Besides my IN
str1ctions vere not 70 provoke hossil-
ittes"
wasscn grtnned. revealing his yel-
Low teeth
Sure not; they are so damned
peaceable themselves"
i prefer leaving Captain Maxwell
10 deal with the situation Gaskins
went on pompously. ignoring the
sneer. "as he outranks me. and | am
under strict instructions 10 return at
once TO the fort Two OF our horses
are disabled already. and Smiley is
too sick to be left alone. Ill not risk
II Well" he broke OF suddenly, and
addressing . corporal who had Just
ridden up and saluted. have you
buried the bodiss>"
Yes. sir; found these papers on
them"
The lieutenant thrust these into his
Jacket pocket
'Nss "Nhs AioG8b Ot h4G A4cu
into column Miss Mcdonald, you
will retain the horse you have. and
should be very glad to have you
ride with me. Oh. corporal. was ev.
erything In the coach destroyed
Nothing saved belonging to this
LADY,"
only the ironwork Is left. sir"
GO fhnttuht. 81
Miss Mcdonald The ladies' at Dodge
will at you out when we get In.
am a bachelor. you kno0." he added
glancing aside into her face, but can
promise every attention"
Her eyes sought Hamlin where he
stood straight and motionless. re
spectfully waiting an opportunity to
speak
Isis this what ought to dor
she questioned, leaning toward him
Il am 10 confused hardly know whal
Is best"
Why. OF course" broke In the
lieutenant hastily. You may trus,
me to advise"
But my question was addressed tc
Sergeant Hamlin." she interposed
never glancing aside. He under
stands the situation better than you.
The sergeant held his hat In hi,
hand, his eyes meeting her own frank
ly, but with a new light In them. She
had not forgotten now the danger wal
over. she meant him to realize he,
friendship.
1t seems TO me the only SAT,
course for you to take. Miss McDon
AID" he said slowly. endeavoring Il
keep the note OF triumph out OF hi,
voice. Your father is perfectly safe
and will join you within q few days.
would not dare attempt your protec
ton farther west"
You are not going with Us then p
she questioned In surprise.
Not II Lieutenant Gaskins will
furnish me with horse and rife.
must report at Union. and, on tn,
way. tell your father where you are.
But the danger, oh. you mustnr
attempt such ride alone."
That is nothing; the valley 4,
swept clean. and | shall do most o.
my riding at night Any plainsmar
could do the trick-hey. Sam?"
Wasson nodded. chewing solemnl,
on the tobacco In his cheek.
He'll make the trip all right, miss.
be drawled .lazily. Wish was goin
long. I'm sure tired o. this sorteI
seoutin. am. Down below the
Ctmarron Ii the only place ye'li have
ter watch out close, Brick Then
H--~1Ara A..
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19

for making money. but a trust can
make money out Of any old thing
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-19
Hidden.

Hidden.
"She has q beautiful complexion.
hasn't she?"
Il don't know; | have never seen
her without her makeup"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27

and he WAS delighted to return to the
work he loved.
What nobler death could there be
for great and a good mau than to die
on the firing line marked out for him
by the Master!
In another column is told how he
held the bridge at Paint Rock, in 1862,
like Horatius of old, against foe
many times greater than the force he
commanded. As he held the line then,
so be held il all his life, "Wc did not
come 1000 miles to surrender he told
the Confederate leader. who asked him
TO give up the bridge. And so through
q long and honorable life he returned
the same reply TO any and all who de-
manded that he surrender the princi.
pies TO which he gave the best that was
in him and for which he was willing TO
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27
"GIvE THE VOTER A CHANCE. :

We hear good deal in these DAYS
of political turmoil aud upbeaval about
- giving the voter chance Almost
invariably the proposition to give the
voter A chance means to take the
government out Of his hands and let a
few agents whom he may choose or
who may volunteer, run everything for
the voter If the voter does not con
sent to do this he is, on the other hand,
to be afflicted with constant success
sion of elections which will compel
every one TO become a professional
politician, TO give constant attention to
political maneuvers. lodges, and TO
tricky schemes more or less selfish and
personal, and for the benefit of the
evangels of the new political dispense.
tion.
In Oregon the voters arc obliged TO
vote from time TO time on score or
moro of constitutional amendments and
referendums. In New York they vote
ballots so long that it would take any
voter an hour if ne would sit down
and carefully consider the names
printed on the tickets, before he could
comprehendingly cast his ballot.
These proposed changes are evident
ly put before the voters as an object
lesson of the impossibility of their at
tending to their own affairs and the
advisability Of their turning over to
others the government by virtue of
short ballots, and being "given
chance to turn affairs over TO few
persons who altruistically are quite
willing to run the governments. Ma.
tional and State, County and City, to
suit themselves.
On the one hand, we have n propo.
sition that the voter must be alert
and constantly voting and considering
governmental propositions, whether he
can understand what is proposed or
not; and, on the other hand, a proffcr
TO take pretty much everything out Of
the hands Of the voter, and leave TO
him only the designation of a few off
cials who will kindly take charge and
run things in the name Of the voting
public,
As matter of fact. the people
neither want TO take the constant and
increasing activity in political affairs
that some reformers would desire them
to do, nor do they want to vote every
few weeks or every other month on a
mass Of questions they do not under
stand. They do not want to have 10
vote for the selection or rejection Of
long lists Of names. representing peo.
pie of whom they have no knowledge,
and whom they have 10 take on trust
If they take az all
As 20 the alternative, they don Z want
TO turn over their affairs to few Sc
lect men who will do everything for
them and in their name.
As a matter OF fact. the people at
large are pretty well ecnten, with the
liberty that they enjoy and with The
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27
AEzEElzE1gES7ER
THIS WOULD SUPPRESS THEM

The question OF fratcrnal societies IN
the high schools is one that has been
trouble TO the school system of nearly
all the cities in the United States. The
tendency toward the formation of these
societies seoms TO be practically ire
prcssible. The formation of these So
cieties requires TO be continually dealt
with, and the formation of them sup
pressed. And the high school pupils feel
themselves imposed upon and aggrieved
whenever their secret societies are Grad.
icated And it is evident that the
treatment from the direction heretofore
applied is not as effective as could be
desired to the purpose.
But there is a new treatment which
has been begun that will undoubtedly
be effective. and will bring these socie.
ties under the ban Of all the ambitious
Young men of the schools, and will
eventually stamp out such societies and
frown upon their formation This new
method has been set in motion by the
Delta Upsilon, which is one Of the most
Nfitth-lcNNIl ilsNASa h''A'S -
the United States. This society has
lust voted in its National convention
to bar from its membership all who
have been members of high school or
"prep'' school fraternities, and that
will settle it so far rs the Delta Up
silons are concerned.
Tt only remains now for other college
fraternities to take the like action, and
then the pupils who are so anxious to
form and enter these high school frater-
mites will have their ardor thoroughly
dampened. The idea Of their being alb
soIutcly prevented from entering any
college fraternity by reason OF their
membership in high school fraternity
will be at once deterrent Of desire and
an absolute prohibition Of their having
anything TO do with any high school
fraternity.
II is to be hoped that all college fra
ternities will take the Delta Epsilon
view of the case, and adopt a like
course of action, and then We shall hear
nothing more of these foolish, snobbisb,
and utterly repreheusible high school
fraternities.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27

control which they have of their pubic
affairs and over their public servants.
A good many noisy people are trying to
persuade them that everything is all
wrong, and cannot be cured unless they
quit their ordinary yocations and dc
vote pretty much all of their time TO
politics and governmental problems
These alleged reforms arc for the
most part impractical and burdcusome
They cannot help the people in the
least. but on the contrary they would
as a rule, be costly and perilons.
Under the institutions of the coun'
try and the laws governing elections
National, State, County. and City, Inc
people have full control In every re
spect. There IS no need of any change
10 give them fuller control than they
have now, because that control is al
ready absolute. Neither do they want
70 be bothered with Il constant success
sion of elections Elections come often
enough now, without bringing IN
multiplicity Of them and An enormous
increase of questions to he settled at
sucl elections
The country has gotten along very
well as things are, and is not likely to
he bettered through calling upon the
people to do what they don't desire TO
do or are not equipped for the doing.
Let us get the people thoroughly to
comprehend their power under the
present system before Offering to them
"reforms which are likely to be
dangerous compared with the present
system, and which will be under the
control of designing demagogues who
would abuse the peoples confidence TO
their own personal advantage.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27

The Surgeon General of the army
aud the Superintendent of the u. ;
Military Academy at West Point have
come out emphatically against football
They say that more injuries result
from the play than can be compensated
for bv the gain IN physical training
And that, being expert opinion, is en-
titled IN weight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27

Turning over both branches of the
Philippine Legislature to the full con.
troll of the natives ensures that no lcgis.
lation against slavery in the islands is
TO be expected. The lower house has
refused heretofore To agree to council
bills to eradicate slavery, this council
having in il 4 majority of Americans.
But now with a majority of natives in
both branches. such bills will not ap-
ppar
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27

Portland oregonian: ''The new
British battle cruiser Queen Mary at.
tanned a speed Of thirty-six knots an
hour on her trial trip. She has armor
and armament 10 make her a match
for frst-class bs;tleshiP, but has such
speed that she can exercise the option
between tight and fight. We have no
such ships in our navy. Our battle.
ships are 80 slow By comparison that,
should they meet an onemy's ship OF
the Queen Mary type, they would
have no alternative but 70 fight and
our cruisers arc 80 weak in armor aud
armament that they would have no
choice but flight n Secretary Daniels
csa squeeze m0acy Tor tbree bag ships
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-27

Boston Globe; ''The nomination Of
William Sulzcr a r candidate for the
assembly on the Bull Moose ticket in
the Sixth Assembly district. in the face
Of the protest of the Progressive lead
ers. must be Jolt to the leaders. who
have been preaching as the cardinal
point of their doctrine that for wise
decisions YOU can always trust the peo-
L.,