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Business Methods in France

From the Metropolitan.
France is at once the paradise and the
inferno of bureaucracy. For example, !
wanted the gas to be turned on in my
fiat. A. simple AFFAIR." Drop a postcard tc
the company telling the company to come
and turn 1t on. Not at all! L was told
that it would be better to call upon the
company. SO 1 called.
''What do you desire. monsieur"
Il am the new tenant OF fiat, and |
want the gas turned on"
"Ah, You are the new tenant of a nat
and you want the gas turned on. NJ.
Chose, here is the new tenant OF fiat
and he wants the gas turned on. Where
should he be led to?"
About a quarter of an hour of this, and
then at last / am led by a municipal en-
ploye sure OF his job and of his pension
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weight Is possible it is the duty OF woman to
be always at her best. Begin taking three grain
hypo nucane tablets. which obtained in sealed
cartons with directions. and continue until your
weight is satisfactory. Frequently a two months
treatment adds Is to so pounds besides adding more
color to the cheeks aud lips and sparkle of health
to the eyes
"Mrs. O." writes: Kindly publish again the pre-
scripton for rheumatism which you to Ted some
time ago."
Answer: shall be very glad TO repeat the formula
Get at tile drug store the following ingredients and
mix yourself, taking teaspoonfui at meal times ard
at bedtime. Iodide of potassium. drains; sodium
salicylate. drains; wine of cochcum. one-half o. !;
comp essence cardiol / o.: comp. fluid balmwort.
o.: and syrup sarsaparilla s. ors. This is
my fayorlte prescription for rheumatism.
Charlotte" writes. "Some time you answered
through your columns telling Marie how TO
bad cough and cold. VIII you kindly repeat, the
formula"
Answer shall be very glad TO repeat the formula
for YOU Get from your druggist l-2 package
of essence mentho- laxene and mix with honey or
home made sugar syrup and take according TO direc-
tions given on the bottle. This is very mild laxa-
tive and will surely your cold in few days at
most 1t is absolutely harmless and pleasant
take
TED writes: Il have had chronic appendicitis for
some time hut | cannot consent 10 operation. My
stomach Is in bad condition. Can you help me'
Answer: The best scientific and satisfactory treat
ment for you is tablets tropeptine. which you can
get at any we'll stocked drug store. They packed
IN sealed with full directions for taking.
think many of appendicitis could be prevented
II trlopeptne was used regularly.
Mrs IT, writes: Il have been sick for time
and do not be able to get anything to give
me strength. | nervous and cannot sleep. Could
sou prescribe good tonc?"
Answer: The best system and tonic | know
Of is made by mixing syrup hypoplosphes
comp and | t.ncture cadomene (not eardnmonl.
sIix By Shaking well and take teaspoonful before
meals. This is fine tonic for old and young.
Mrs. De v asks Il should like to ask you how
one can reduce the weight. ! large, and last
summer suffered account Of excessive fat. Can
you advise remedy. harmless>>and safei"
Answer: ] have frequently prescribed liqud
remedy. but. owing to its disagreeable taste. | am
now prescribing the formula in tablet form.
1t is called 5-grain arbolene tablets and Is sold by
druggists in sealed tubes with fun directions for
home use. advise anyone WIN is too fleshy 10 Try
this excellent tablet.
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M. +.
McCarty

the employment of the old type OF
statesmen and his direction under the
old styles of sales management. ,i<av-
ing pointed out the inefficiency OF
average sales management, he theh
proceeds to show how part OF TINS
waste at least could be saved by q
more scientific management. This does
not consist in being able to pick win
ners'-that is hiring star statesmen =
but in training the average salesman
and so assisting him by letters, mailing
matter and advertising, that he be-
comes "closer" instead of mission
ary." The author illustrates this by eN-
planning how series of cards or mail
ing pieces should be sent at regular
intervals before a salesman calls. or
course when he arrives his work has
been partially done--the introduction
to his firm has been accomplished and
that-it is explained-is sometimes the
hardest part. In other words, the sales
man makes a fewer number OF calls
to get the same amount of business
and thus becomes more efficient. AS
in the scientific management of fac
tories, the unnecessary motions have
been eliminated---and thus science Is
applied TO selling as well.
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Louie
Reese
Geo. T..
Piper

to the distant room of the higher em-
poye appointed by the city of Paris to
deal with such as me. This room is
furnished somewhat like that OF sole
ltors managing clerk.
Good morning, sir"
Good morning, sir"
ut appears, sir-M. Bennay, fourth
floor, Mo- 4, Rue de Calls sixth arrondis-
sement, is it dot?-that you want the gas
turned on. VIII you put yourself to the
trouble of sitting down, M. Bennay?"
/ sit down. lie sits down.
"Ahi So you want the gas turned oni
Let us see. Let us see
Hundreds OF such applications must be
made every day. But the attitude of this
ceremonious official might be put into
words thus: "A strange and interesting
application of yours, 10 have the gas
turned Very remarlsable It attracts
me. The case must be examined with the
care and the respect which 1t deserves"
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THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE"

THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
BY Harry Lorenzo Chaplin, NJ. D. The
Shakespeare Press, New York.
In the Authors Preface" to 'The
History of the Bible" Henry Lorenzo
Chaplin, NJ D., tells concisely and clearly
Just why he wrote this book.
The subject is treated in scholarly
manner, arranged in convenient form for
the reader and the student, and it is an
excellent treatise by which the most ig-
norant as well as the most cultured can
reap an everlasting benefit in regard to
that too much neglected book, The
Eible."
The author says:
MY object in writing the History of
the Bible is principally to condense Its
meaning into as few words as | consider
consistent with the original narrative
''I have experienced by social contact
with young men and women, that many
of them have never read a single book
OF the Old or New Testament, because
they were compelled to read so much to
gain so little. My conclusion was that
q laconic story of the scriptures
that would embody the historical
as well as the inspirational, the spiritual
as well as the temporaf, into volume
exempt of the superflaity of words al
ready inscribed. They would read 1t with
more understanding and with greater as
siduity, thus making them more familiar
with the Word of God, and also causing
them to have greater love and honor
for the divinity of the ever reigning Deity
] do not pretend that this volume Is a
detailed account of the Bible, or a COM
Tletes history but have elected from its
pages the substance and sentiment of
characters and events both corporeal and
seraphic on earth and in heaven"
ssTOpIIAArS EOrT,Y,
BY George stevenson. The John Lane
Co, New York.
''Tophams Folly" by George Steven
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Sick headaches! Always trace them
10 lazy liver, delayed. fermenting food
in the bowels or a sick stomach. Poi
constipated matter. gases and
bile generated in the bowels, instead
Of being carried out OF the system, is
into the blood. When this
poison reaches the delicate brain tissue
1t causes congestion and that duh, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets remove the cause by slim
ulating the liver. making the bile and
constipation poison move on and out
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SHAKY, BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
OR CONST|PATED? TAKE CASCARETS

of the bowels The effect is almost
instantaneous. Ladies whose sensitive
organisms are especially prone TO sick
headaches, need not suffer, for they
can be quickly cured by Cascarets One
taken tonight will straighten you out
by morning. 10-cent box will keep
your head clear. stomach sweet. liver
and bowels regular and make you feel
bright and cheerful for months. Chill
dren need Cascarets, too-they love
them because they taste good and
never gripe or sicken.
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1ightfully told.
Mr.. Stevenson is new novelist, not
only in the sense that this Is his first book,
but in that he gives to the reader an
entirely fresh outlook on familiar things.
The narrative in its leisurely grace re-
sembles Trollope; Mr.. Hardy might have
written some of the passages describing
country life and country people; but for
sheer brilliance of style, carefulness of
execution. exquisite characterization, il
is impossible to think of another author
who could have written "Topham's Folly
THE MYSTERY OF THE BARRANCA''
BY Herman Whitaker. Harper Brothers,
New York
Herman Whitakers story, 1.-THE Mystery
of the Barranca," is an exceedingly in
teresting romance of Mexico, which coun-
try for the past few months has been SO
largely the cynosure of the public eye.
1T Is tale of northern pluck and
southern love and hatred in our near
est land of romance As the scene of
the authors earlier book, 1.-THE Planter" ,"
was laid in a rubber plantation ON the
Isthmus, his present novel records the
struggles and achievement of two young
American engineers to develop a Mexican
copper mine, fighting against underhand
wiles, delays. and evasions, boycotting,
dynamite, and assassination-all the
methods by which the Mexican seeks to
check the commercial advance of the
hated Gringo.
1t is a thrilling story which is well told
and originally constructed.
"MY MOUNTAIN TOPS"
"THE ROMANCE OF A JOURNEY
ACROSS THE CANADIAN ROCKIES"
By Lalah Ruth Randle. The Neale Pub
;ob Nav
Delicate in fancy; sympathetic, high
spirited, sweet tempered and roseate
with the glow of youthful enthusiasm
is Miss Randle's romance of a journey
across the Canadian Rockies. The
mountains are so high. the air so pure
and. on every side, rising against an
untarnished sky, vast 'cloud-capped
peaks-ah, the mountains beheld by
the eyes of youth, what splendid pal
aces they shrine, what castles builded
of dreaming and desired
And If the eyes of youth be also the
eyes of love, and il a beautiful, happy
girl possess them, rather, If the gir
possess a lover whose proudest pos
session is the love of the girl-and II
this happy girl, Just out of school, wild
for experiences goes -summerina
with her delightful mother and hel
more delightful grandmother and 9th
and the mist hidden valleys lie below
so darkly silent
Ibid you ever hear of three genera
tons going travelling together, Seventy
five, Forty-five and Twenty? A merry
party, too, for Seventy-fiye is as young
at heart as Twenty, and Fortyfive
looks thirty" And because Twenty
| is a western girl. wholesome and SEN
sible and debonair, "Mr. Such of Lon
dom 1ilxaa ber--loyaq har ma Vhp-an(
the Red-haired Boy, who is lonesome
likes her, too, and--well all the time
her thoughts are back with Bob" Are
they, though? She writes to Bob every
night, but the Englishman is big and
| manly, and the Red-haired Boy is
that's telling! Miss United States" as
Mr.. Such calls her, shall tell you hel
own story, and Bob, as behooves all
accepted lovers, must keep watch oveI
his own
\ prose rapsody, fresh and girlisf
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to us are incidents in the lives of the
various members of the Topham family
seen largely through the eyes OF Mary
Ann, humble servant in their house.
hold kind of angel in a print dress.
There are innumerable side issues, every
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GeD4qcIoaRS's
ZD1 Lewzs Batter *

The questions answered below are gen.
eral In character; the symptoms or dis
eases are given and the answers will apply
to any case of similar nature.
Those wishing further advice, free, may
address DR.. Lewis Baker. College Bldg,
College, e-Ellwood SITS, Dayton, Ohio, en-
closing. self addressed. stamped envelope
for reply. Full name and address must be
given but only initials or fictitious name
will be used In my answers. The prescrlp-
tions, can be filled at any well-stocked
drug store. Any druggist can order Of
wholesa
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son, has the curious charm of q tale that
might be told you by your own mother
or grandmother, genuine LONELINESS and
simplicity. What the narrator presents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
nrt1rR Rooks RECEIVED.

"THE LAND WHERE WE WE'RE
DREAMING AND OTHER POEMS Or
DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS" Edited
by Charles w. Kent, Phi. D., and Vir-
ginia Lucas Richard G. Badger, the
Gorham Press, Boston.
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"MRs. FISKE." BY Frank Carlos
Griffith. The Neale Publishing com
pany, New York.
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CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY" BY
A. W. Macy, The Cosmopolitan Press
New York.
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there. What he has felt he has written
down, and reading his verse. one says
with conviction, This man writes from
the heart
Not that Mr.. Peterson Goes not know
The poets, and the great tradluohal
themes of noetrv. not that he has not
travelled IN America and abroad, and
studied for himself the works of nature
and art that infame the poets imagina-
ton. The atmosphere" Of his book, its
general trend and coloring, proves him
both student and traveller, with a Wlde
range OF interests and inspiration. such
lyrics as Italy" April Resting Be
side the Summer Sea- and. in deeper
vein. .virtue and Vice." "Lally," and
the title poem, Eros" speak more than
culture; they are informed with power
of honest personal feeling. Simplicity,
sincerity, and reyerence-thcse are the
characteristics of Mr.. Petersons verse.
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"WITCHING HILL" BY e. w. Hor
nung. illustrated by c. #. fohn. Charles
Scribners Sons. New York.
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"ERos AND OTHER POEMS"


BY Edmund Deacon Peterson. The Cos
mopolitan Press. New York.
OF late years. and particularly since
the close OF the great Victorian age of
poetry,.w we have had so much academic
or .literary poetry'-poetry derived
from literature rather than from life,
taken second hand from the master
poets. rather than first-hand from the
sources of personal feeling, that few
readers conceive how rare quality of
verse sincerity actually is. 1t is an es-
sential Of poetry. yet volumes Cone is
tempted to say leagues and leaguesD
of verse are written without 1t. And
this. not because hypocrisy is rampant
in the land, but because literature is
honestly thought TO be the source of
poetry
Eros and other Poems" is book
OF sincere verse. The author has not
sought his inspiration in what others
have-written: he is not library poet.
He has not looked to find In nature
what poets have found there. and mir
rored their findings. as Is too much the
style. He has sought the sources Of
poetic feeling, not consciously but be-
cause his intuitions Of beauty lead him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

ECZEMA CAN De CURED TO STAY. and when ]
say cured. mean Just what say--c- u RED. and
not merely patched up for awhile to return than
before. Remember make this broad statement after
putting twelve years Of my time this disease
and handling IN the meantime peary half OF million
cases OF this dreadful disease Now, do not care
what all you have used nor how many doctors have
iod you that you could not be ctircdall ask Is ius
chance to show you that know what talking
about II you will write me TODAY will send you
FREE TRIAL Of my mild. soothing. guaranteed
treatment that will convince you In day than
or anyone else could In months time. II you
are disguised snd discouraged. Just give chance
10 prove my claims. BY writing today | beliere
yon VIII enjoy more real comfort than you had ever
tnought this word holds for Just try II and you
Will see am telling you the truth.
Dr. J. e. canaaday. iiSs Court Block. ssdsiIa. Mo.
References: Third National Rank. sedalia. Mo.
Gould you do bstter than to sand this notice to
some poor sufferer Of Eczema?
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and simple; a lovely variation of the
old truth, There's nothing half Sc
sweet in life as loves young dream
THE STORY OF STEPHEN COMP
TON"
BY j. E. Patterson. George II. Doran
Company New York.
Intensely contemporary, The Story
of stephen Compton shrinks from no
situation which is real, it explains the
unrest of the born poor
and depicts in daring detail how today,
the world over, sincerity, ability and
true democracy are hammering down
the barriers of privilege and caste
realistic novel of the new indus
trialism and the social cauldron. Start
ing life on the lowest rung of caste
society, stephen Compton climbs to
very nearly the highest; the fascina-
tion of his history lies in how he
climbs No detail is shirked, from the
day when he sells papers on the street
OF Burnley to the day when he resigns
from being prime minister
From what school of life does the
workingnan graduate that fits him for
ruling a nation? This is the question
which "The Story of Stephen Compton
answers Men who share his history
are political leaders today.
The early scenes are laid in the cot
ton district of Lancashire among the
roar of mills. just north of the country
that Arnold Bennett has made famous.
Here. in the clash of competitive In
dustry. where mems bodies are crushed
like grapes for profit while their in
tellects are starved, stephen Compton
grows to manhood
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M. w
Searigllt

AT SEA!
The health of
a thousand men
depends upon
the keeping of
food for weeks.
Can all gov
e TN m e n t ex-
perts be wrong?
Is it pos S i b l e
they are all
mistaken?
Certainly not.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-17
RYAN'S ALLEGED AS
SAILANT ON TRIAL

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 49,
After delay of more than year
Detective Robert J. Foster was placed
on trial today on charge of assault
ing Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the
international Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron workers. Foster
was detective in the employ of the
National Erector's association. On
Jan. 27, 1912, he is alleged to have
entered Ryan's office and the latter is
said to have ordered him out. In the
dispute Foster is alleged to have
struck Ryan. At the time of the al
legged occurrence the federal grand
jury was investigating the charges
against Ryan and other officials of
the union in what has become known
as the dynamite conspiracy" case.
The investigation resulted in the in
dictment and conviction of Ryan, who
is now out on bond pending the set
tlement Of his appeal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-17
TAKES ICY PLUNGE ON 112TH
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

WILLIAMS BAY, Wis, March 13.-
Disregarding the advice of physicians
and cold wind that threw shivers
into crowd of curious spectators,
Thomas Sullivan, keeper of summer
resort, celebrated his 112th birthday
today by donning bath suit and tax
ing plunge into the waters of the
bay.
"That's my annual duck" shouted
the old man as he emerged from the
water and started on a trot to the
house.
Since he was IL years old, the aged
fisherman has made it point to OBJ
serve his birthday by swimming in the
bay, regardless of weather conditions.
In seasonable weather he takes his
morning plunge Immediately after
rising.
"If | didn't do that, l would have
been dead long ago." he said "It's
the only thing that keeps the blood
moving in my veins"
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-17
DEATH CLAIMS TOM NEWMAN

The death of Thomas H. Newman
last evening about seven o'clock is
sad not only to his immediate family
but hundreds of friends throughout
the San .'uan basin, for Tom was
known 10 all as one Of the nob'est
boys ever associated with Durango's
history.
For months ill health had been his
nortion, but Tom was too busy dis
pensing good cheer to his host Of
friends and everybody in Durangl
was his friend-to allow folks to know
of his suffering. Rheumatism which
was his dreaded enemy caused him un-
told suffering for the past two
months. Later heart trouble devel.
oped and then the attending physician
abandoned hope. Yesterday at moor
he was reported dying and in the early
evening the end came.
If all that was beautiful in the life
of this young man could be writer
it would indeed be an inspiration tc
every one. No matter how unpleas-
ant things were in his own life he
always did and said the things that
added to the happiness of others. No
ted for his clever wit, he was ever
heralded as the prince Of entertain
ers, whether in public or private.
He possessed an excellent voice
which coupled with his marked per
sonality might easily have won fame
for him had circumstances permitted
him to cultivate his talents, but duty
called along other lines and he cheer
fully responded.
In business Tom Newnham's life
was a beautiful exemplification of the
Golden Rule. His word was as good
as a bond. His love for his fellow
men was as strong as though all were
his brothers.
To his aged mother he was source
of greatest comfort and pride. To-
day she has the heartfelt sympathy
of all who have known her boy since
he was little fellow and have seen
him develope into man of whom any
parent would be justly proud.
AS yet funeral arrangements have
not been made but the services will
probably be held Friday and the re-
mains will be laid to rest over in
Greenmount, that elevation which has
overlooked his home, since he was a
little boy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-17
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
CO-EDS ON FOOD STRIKE q

ST. LOUIS, March 14.-Thirty-fv
co-eds of Washington university w2ht
on strike today, declaring they will
not return to their studies unless they
get better food for the prices they
pay at the college dining halls. A
bill of fare prepared and presented to
Mrs. Matilda Bischman, manager Of
the dining halls, contained the follow
ing:
Soup, cents, always cold; oyster
stew, 10 cents with never more tAau
two oysters and always cold; salad,
10 cents, made of dry lettuce, ancient
nuts and dried out sliced oranges;
coffee, like dishwater; cocoa, thin;
milk, SKINNED about six times. Lead
ers of the strike live in Mcmillan hall
where the girls are not allowed to
cook in their rooms.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Coal Entry.
Land Office, at Durango, Colorado.
Eehruarv "a. 1919

Land Office, at Durango, Colorado.
February "a, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Fd-
ward Bartlett of Durango, County Of
l. Plata, State of Colorado. who, or
the 26th day Of February, 1912. FLED
in this office Coal Declaratory State.
mcnt serial number 03672, for rht
NV Ia of NV IA of section 22
township 30 north of range 10 west
N. M. p. NJ, has this day filed III thi,
office application to purchase said
land under the provisions of Section
234S to 1852, U. s. Revised Statutes
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the lands described, or desir.
ing to object for any reason to Tn.
entry thereof by the applicant shoult
file their affidavits of protest IN thi,
office during the thirty day period Oh
publication Immediately following .h'
first printed issue of this notice.
G. H. CHARLTON, Register.
First publication Feb. 27, 1918.
Last publication March 27, 1918.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-17
tor today. He received 1ss votes,
three more than enough.
POLITICAL ENEMIES WILL
NOT MEET EACH OTHER

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-
Speaker Champ Clark will not have
to see Secretary of State Bryan, whom
Clark regards as his bitter enemy
since the Baltimore convention, to
have certain of his Missouri candi-
dates for diplomatic and consul pc,.s
considered He will present his list
10 President Wilson.
This was made certain by an an-
nouncenent at the White house today
further explaining President Wilson'S
plan to have his cabinet advisers act
as "sifters" of Sppcinnxents. Sena-
tors and representatives, it was stated,
have a constitutional right to have
their suggestions as to appointees
considered by the president and this
right will be observed. 1t remains,
however, strictly within the discretion
of. the executive what action shall be
taken on these requests. They may
be referred back to cabinet heads for
the "sifting" process.
Speculation as to whether Clarke
would have to "see" Bryan on the
appointments gave rise to considerable
comment. The speaker has been ex-
ceeding bitter against the Nebraskan.
Under the rule as announced today,
Clark will not have to see Bryan but
Bryan may pass on Clark's candidates,
although final word rests with Presi-
dent Wilson.