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declaring that their relationship as
teacher and school-director was for
ever at an end, and they stood as man
to man.
Clinton spoke rapidly, with his
wonted bruskness: Guess you know
I've been knocking about the country
for the last three or four weeks-saw
a good many old friends-a fellow can't
go anywhere without meeting some
body he knows-curious, isn't it /? Well,
I've just got an opening for you. You
know how sorry am because We had
to plump another teacher on to your
job, but don't you worry II Fran did
hold your hand-just you keep your
hands in your pockets after this, when
there's danger-Say I've got some
thing lots better for you than Little
burg. School out in Oklahoma-rich
private man behind it-he owns the
whole plant, and he's determined to
run 1t to suit the new ideas. This
rich man-chum Of mine-went West,
bought land, sat on 1t, got up with his
jeans full Of money. Wants you to
come at once"
Abbott was elated. What kind of
new ideas, Bob?" he asked ioyously.
"Of that impractical nonsense of
teaching life instead of books. You
know what / mean, but l don't think
do. Don't worry about it now-some-
thing terrible's on my mind-ju aw-
full! ] can't think of anything else.
What you want to do is to scoot out
to Tahlelah, Oklahoma, to this ad-
dress-here's his card-tell 'em Bob
sent you" He looked at Abbott fe-
verishiy, as if almost hoping Abbott
would bolt for Tahlelah then and
there. His broad red face was set
determinedly.
This news is splendid" Abbott
declared enthusiastically Il had al
ready applied for a country school;
1 was afraid / had lost out whole
year, on account of-everything.
must thank"
Abbott, don't want to be thanked,
/ haven't got time to be thanked.
Yonder's Hamilton Gregory's house
and that's where I'm bound good
night"
'But. Bob. I haven't told you my
business
"Tll hear it later, old fellow-dear
old feIlow-I think a heap Of you, old
Abb But must go now"
mo, you mustn't. Before you go
into that house, we must have little
talk. We can't talk ,here-people are
coming and going
81 don't want to talk here, bless you!
1 want to go in that house. My bust
ness is private and pressing" The
gate was but a few yards away; he
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she won't be so cool when Mr.. Clinton
returns from Springfield"
From Springfield" echoed Gregory
aghast
From Springfield. Mr.. Gregory, I
have made the discovery that this
Fran, whom you imagined only about
sixteen years old, and the daughter OF
an old friend, is really of age. She's
nothing but circus-girl You thought
her joking when she called herself a
lion-tamer; that's the way she meant
for us to take it-but she cant de-
ceive me. She's nothing but show
girl pretending to come from Spring
field. But / know better. So I've
sent Mr.. Clinton there to find out all
about the family of your friend. and in
particular about the girl that this Fran
is impersonating.
you sent Bob Clinton to Spring
field!" gasped Gregory, as If his mind
could get no further than that. Then
he turned savagely upon Fran-"And
did you tell her about Springfield"
Fran. smiled her crooked smile.
Grace interposed: you may be sure
she didn't! Do you think she wanted
her history cleared up? Mr.. Gregory,
you are so blinded by what she says
that you won't investigate her claims,
l decided to do this for your sake.
When Mr.. Clinton comes back, it's
good-by to this circus-girl!"
Fran looked at her father inscru-
tablyl 81 believe, after this" she said,
"it will be safe to leave you two to-
gethcr."
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WORSE THAN HEAT PRODUCES
"Burn" Made by Cold Causes Stub
born Wound That Is Some
Weeks In Healing.

Whoever has applied a moistened
finger to a piece Of frosty metal in
winter well remembers the painful
experience thereby gained Of the fact
that cold, as well as heat. can blister
the skin.
During some experiments in the pro
duction Of excessively low tempera-
lures Pictet. the French investigator,
burned himself with cold several
times, and the effects we're 80 re-
markable. says Harper's Weekly, that
he deemed them worthy Of description
to a body OF scientific men.
It appears that there ars two kinds
or degrees OF cold burn. IN the case
Of the less severe burns" the skin
at first turns red. but becomes blue
the next day. The lnaamed spot
swelIs, and period, varying from a
month to six weeks. elapsea before the
wound heals.
When the contact with the cold sub
stance IL longer and more complete,
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quite untouched, resolving to stay in
order to prove herself, and to show
Gregory that they must sacrifice their
love for conscience sake.
Gregory, however, was deeply
touched by Fran's yearning arms He
rose and stood before her. Fran,
child, we promise that what you saw
shall never happen again. But you
mustn't tell about it. l know you won't
tell. Ican't send Grace away, because
| need her She will not go because
she knows herself to be strong. We
are going to hide our souls. And you
can't tell what you've seen, on ac-
count of her" He pointed in the. di-
rection OF his wife.
Fran knew very we'll what he meant.
If she told the secret, it would dis
grace Mrs. Gregory. The revelation
might drive Grace away. though Fran
did not think so, but certainly whether
Grace went, or stayed, 1T would break
the heart of the one she loved best in
that home. Gregory was right; Fran
could never betray him.
She turned blindly upon Grace:
Then have you no conscience you
are always talking about one. Does no
sense Of danger warn you away? Can't
you feel any shame?"
Grace did not smile contemptuously.
She weighed these words at their real
value, and soberly interrogated her
self "No," she declared with deIib-
Grafton, 81 feel no sense of danger be-
cause 1 mean to guard myself after
this. And my conscience bids me
stay, to show that I have not really
done anything" But she could not
deny the feeling of shame, for the
burning of her cheeks proved the
recollection of hot kisses.
But suppose l tell what I have
SEEN"
We'll" said Grace. flashing out de-
family, "and suppose you dol"
Gregory muttered: who would be-
lieve your"
Fran looked at him. "Then," she
said, ''the coward spoke" She added:
81 guess the only way is for you to
make her leave. There's nothing in
her for me to appeal to-"
Il will never tex her to 60" he as
sured her def1antly.
While. on the contrary" said
Grace, Il fancy you will be put to fight
in three or four days"
Fran threw back her head and
laughed silently while they stared at
her in blank perplexity.
Fran regained composure TO say
coolly, "I was just laughing" Then
she stepped to her fathers chair and
handed him the sheet she had drawn
from the typewriter The upper part
was an unfinished letter to the Chica-
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Popcorn Can Be Proftaby Raised on the Farm

~ HIRTY dollars worth Of popped
/ corn in the form of scent packages
for the market represents an outlay
Of only about 81 or S1.50 for raw ma
terial, according to farmers bulletin
(No. 553) just issued by the depart
ment Of agriculture, entitled Popcorn
for the Home" Sufficient popcorn to
make $50 worth of scent packages
can be grown on piece Of land 40
feet long and 20 feet wide.
The specialists in corn investiga-
tions who write this bulletin say that
popcorn has considerable value as
food and when properly prepared for
the table it is superior to many of
the breakfast foods now on the mar
ket.
If it is desired to grow popcorn as
a field crop, the surplus stock not
wanted for home use can usually be
sold to local merchants at fair price,
or it can be proftably sold directly to
consumers.
Dealers who put up popcorn in 10
cent packages for the retail trade US
ually have a number of good recipes
printed on the outside of the package.
Some recipes for popcorn CONNECTIONS
that have given good results are the
following:
Chocolate Popcorn-Two teacupfuls
of white sugar, two ounces of choco-
late, one-half cup of corn sirup. one
cup of water.
Put these ingredients into kettle
and cook them until the .sirup hard
ems, when put in cold water. Pour
over four quarts Of crisp, freshly pop
ped corn and stir well to insure the
uniform coating of the kernels
Sugared Popcorn-Make sirup by
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~ HE gilded horse that once trotted.
galloped, pranced and dazzied on
the weather vanes above many of the
stables Of Washington has become
rare. but he is not extinct. He may be
tarnished, but he still holds up his
head and tail. He is not so forlorn
looking as most Of his brother and sis
ter horses in the streets. The writer
early In the spring wrote an honorable
mention Of gilt horse on weather
vane on stable converted into a
garage on Columbia road near 18th
street. That horse is still there and
he still seems unconscious that his
neighing, nickering and champing
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go mission, just as Grace had left it
in her haste to get rid of Fran. At
odd variance with its philanthropic
message were the words Fran had
pounded out for the deception of Mrs.
Gregory.
Hamilton Gregory glared at them
at first uncomprehendingly, then in
growing amazement. They read
ASK her why she sent Bob Clinton
to Springfield"
He started up. What is this?" he
exclaimed wildly, extending the paper
toward Grace.
She read it and smiled coldly. Yes, =
she said, "the little spy has even fer
reted that out. has she! Very we'll,
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III ASHINGTON.-JThe boundaries of
w the universe have been discov-
cred, according to a report received
st the National Observatory from
Prof. r. T. A. Innes, director Of the
Union Observatory at johannesburg.
South Africa. The announcement is
regarded with interest by astronom-
ers all over the world.
The universe, Prof. Innes asserts, is
contained within the space girdled by
the Milky Way, and he figures that
the most distant star In that wonder
ful girdle is $40 light years distant
from the earth. Inasmuch as the
planetary system, of which the earth
Is a member, is commonly supposed
by astronomers to be close to the CEN
ters OF the arena embraced within the
Milky Way. and inasmuch as light
travels 10000 miles a second, or
over five and three-quarters quadril-
lion miles year, the diameter of the
universe, by Prof Innes's calculation
is 1884, ,951 900, 900 miles. This is the
distance light would travel in 1880
years. A ray of light takes sixteen
minutes and thirty-six seconds to
traverse the diameter of the earths
orbit.
The so-called "hellum stars" the
johannesburg astronomer AYERS, are
the most distant of all stars from the
earth. The helium stars are peculiar
to the Milky Way.
Is there anything outside the uni
verse? On this point Prof. Innes does
not venture a positive opinion. but he
says that the most powerful tele-
scopes penetrate far into space. be-
yond the boundaries of the universe
revealing nothing. In particular. he
says, there is absolutely no sign Of
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When a blacksmith, named Lyon,
declared that the body of drowned
woman, recently exhumed at Creil.
France, was that OF bis wife, Juliette.
who deserted him two years ago. a
death certificate was made ont In her
name. Juliette. however. was very
much alive. and, after reading the
story in the Petit Parisien. she wrote
an indignant letter to the authorities.
demanding to be officially resuoci-
tated.
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lIclDEs, MALE AND FEMALE
rec German Men to One Woman
Kill Themselves, According to
Prusslan Statistics

Z Prussian statistics give any idea
he relative proportion, then women
st be much fonder Of life than men,
more than three men commit sui
) for every woman who takes her
b life.
ccording to the Berlin correspond
of the Lancet, the number OF SUI
es in Prussia showed slight de
ase during the year 1911, when q
es were registered for each 100000
he population, as compared with ~
l910. The actual number Of per
who took their own lives was g.
of whom 6.S94 we're men and 2,02s
women.
be relatively highest proportion of
des-namely. s5 for each 100000
curred in the province OF Bran
burg; next came Berlin. with 81
l0o. 900.
he tendency to commit suicide In
ses with the age. the proportion
100 600 ak various sge periods be
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way or another. When Baron Nathan
de Rothschild the head of the great
banking house of that name, died in
Vienna there was mourning every
where. On the day of the funeral a
great man happened to meet q lit
tie, ragged urchin in the street
whose eyes were filled with tears
why are you sad, little boy?" ask
ed the great man.
"Oh, sir, it is because Rothschild
is dead" answered the boy.
But he was not a relative of yours. .
added the great man.
"Ah, no! Therefore I weep" said
the boy.
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ing as follows: Between fifteen and
twenty-five years, 26: between thirty
ano forty years, %; between sixty and
seventy years, 81; between -sevent!
and eighty years. 81, and over eighty
years, SO.
About 25 per cent. of suicides are
said to be caused by insanity. In s79
cases bodily suffering. in 609 cases al
coholic excess, in 942 cases sorrow
and in 604 cases. remorse were the
causes assigned. In 1855 cases the
cause was absolutely unknown
The smallest number of suicides
happened on Fridays and Sundays.
end the highest number on Mondays
and Tuesdays.
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a burn of the second degree is pro-
duced. A malignant and stubborn
wound is formed. and .he process OF
healing is very slow.
A drop Of liquid air sailing on Pic
tets hand. produced csld burn which
did not completely heal in six months,
while scorch from heat, accidentally
inflicted on the same hand and nearly
at the same time. was healed In ten
or twelve days.
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"The fact of the matter is. never
amounted to anything before I was
married"
Then you give your wife credit for
awakening your ambition?"
No; for making it necessary for
me to get out and hustle Chicago
Record-Herald.
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cHAPTER xvI.-continued.

Gregory beheId the awful secret
luivering upon her lips. The danger
lrove him mad. You devil!" he shout
ID, rushing upon her.
Fran stood immovable, her eyes fas-
ened on his. Don't strike me-" she
,aid tensely, don't strike me, l warn
ou, unless you kill at the first blow"
He staggered back as if her words
possessed physical impact. He shrunlI
"a heap in the library chair and
iropped his head upon his arms. To
prevent Grace from learning the truthg
g could have done almost anything
a that first moment Of insane terror;
ut he could not strike Fran.
In the meantime, Mrs. Gregory had
Seen ascending the stairs. They could
lear her now, as she softly moved
long the hall. No one in the library
yished, at that moment, to confront
De wife, and absolute silence reigned
the apartment They heard her
ause, when opposite the door, doubt
sss to assure herself that the type
Rriter was at work If she did not
ear the clicking of the keys, she
aight conclude Grace was absent. and
pter.
Gregory raised his haggard head
18th an air suggesting meditated
ight Even Grace covered back in
tinctively.
Swift as a shadow, Fran dartec on
iptoe to the typewriter, and began
ounding upon it vigorously.
Mrs. Gregory passed on her way,
I'D when she reached the farther end
s the hall, an old hymn which she
ad been humming, broke into audible
lords. Fran snatched the sheet from
be typewriter, and bent her head to
stem. The words were soft, full of a
krilling faith, dauntless courage
"stiH all my song shall be
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer"
A door closed. She was gone. Greg,
y dropped his head with groan.
lit seemed to Fran that the voice OF
) wife who was not wife, fingered
the room. The hymn, no longer
Rdible. had left behind it fragrance
sometimes fingers the sweet sayoI
a prayer, after its amen" has, as II
pre-, dropped back into the heart
hence it issued. Fran instinctively
Id out both arms toward the direc
IN of the door just closed, as if she
uld see Mrs. Gregory kneeling be
nd It.
'Almost," she said, in solemn un
rtone. 'thou persuadest me to be q
ristian."
Had anyone but Mrs. Gregory beer
.ging that hymn, had anyone but
an been the one to intrude upon the
rary scene, Grace must have beer
srwhelmed. AS it was, she stood
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"StilI all my song shall be
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer"
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MOS IS PUT TO RoUT

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 3d.
Coroner Spring and his depu
ties, after a lively battle today
prevented a mob from obtaining
possession OF the body of James
Davis, negro, To burn it.
Davis had been shot and ms
family killed by white man and
a Negro for sn attack on Mrs
Alice Hilton, wife OF Of the latter
1T Prices Corner. live miles
from here, shortly before mid
night.
A light already had been ap
piled to pile OF collected under
brush, which was to ssrve "a q
pyre for Davis's body. when thu
the C"roner and his men reached
the scene and charged the mob
with drawn revolvers.
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Colored Men Elected to Legis
lature

In a recent issue OF this paper
we said that colored men were
waking up in the north. Since
that time we can report the fell
lowing colored men as elected to
the legislature in New jersey &C
cording IL The election returns.
f. M. BarradaIe. from Orange
C' un'y; Thomas j. Smith from
Essex County. and w. e. Croby
from East Orange.
This marks a new epoch in the
political history Of New Jersey
and the icolored republicans of
that = late.
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chisi's help.
Why not k~sp the city school open
that day for tho~e ehiIdrrn Who Wish q
he on the playground or take extra work
INA the industrial activities?
In the same way the summer Use o.
see the school buildings locked tight L.
cause of harvesting. But the city liis.
has no such ue<si
why not keep your educational
plant "ien all tlse year aosund, letting
pupils take their vacations any Time the,
care o., and sisn giving THEM . .l.sn.s-
Ia make mp their bark work. n tlley are.
sick, but newell allowing them 10 ~ a.
school more than 10 months i'm a year?
Then, in town like Gary many
adults nes-d further educational training
Why not keep your school plant open un
ni late ma the evening u accommodate
these people?
Arguing this way, Writ proceSiel To-
at.
We haven't yet realized in Gary the
'drai twentieth rsnth.S public school,
tut Ne have evolved - llool plant that
saves taxpayers money 10y doubling the
schools educational capacity and cutting
their est in two," wlrt said
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White and Colored
Elks in Conference

New York, Nov. %. With
Grand Exalted Ruler. T. q Nut
ter, Of the Improved and Banev
olent Protective Order of E'ks OF
the World. a few members OF
the board of arbitration, repre-.
senting the colored E.ks of the
lodges, we're in conference
Tuesday afternoon with Grand
Exalted Ruler l. ach OF the b
+. o +. representing the white
lodges. The conference was ar
ronged with a view u trying to ad
Just those imaginary grievances
The white E'ks hold against their
cUlored brethern. The coloreo
mem ers were most courteously
Received and were advised by
Mr.. Leach to submit I'd them a
prayer setting forth their rights
and claims. and thai in his peti-
ton 10 the various dodgers he
would recon mend that there b.
do further litigation and that
hostlIitl-s cease The conference.
was held in the club rOoms OF
New York L. ,dge No l and thoss
who we're Of the cclored lodges
were: Grand Exalted Ruler Il. G.
Nutter, Past Grand Exa.ted Rui
er j. Frank Wheaton, New York
State Deputy Ii. AdoIph Howell,
Grand l. sgal Advisor Almond w.
Scott, Washington, ID. g., Past
Grand Chaplain Arcndeacon w
George Avont, New Berne, N. G
Chairman Of Board of Arbitra
ton w. II. Randolph. Lynchourg
Va; and ID. Macon We.
Counsellor of Records.
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Jack is a Hit
With Paris Folk.

Paris, Nov. % Jack johnson
was again in popular favor with
PArisans today because of his
conduct in q wrestling hut last
night with the german. Urbach,
which ended m a riot.
Il was . ca cu Is catch can af
fair and Johnson threw the
German twice. After the sec
nnd fall. Urbach struck johnson
N the face. The Negro only
'aughed and did not retaIiate. A
crowd surged about the ring.
threatening Urbach and the po
ice cleared the place
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Bramwell News

There was a high dag at Il ue-
stone Baptist Church Sunday,
Rev. X II. Mccoy, Pastor, bap
t'zed six happy Candidates and
preached MOI nlng and night
The Missionary Society held an
interesting meeting at six O'Clock
Sunday evening.
Mr.. Henry Foster, OF Flkhorn.
wOrshipped with the congrega-
ton at BIuestona church Sunday
Mrs. Celia Cochran, OF EIkhorn
was visiting Mrs. X. II. Mccoy
Sunday. and attended church.
Rev. t. j. Brandon arrived in
town Monday and spent the
night with Rev. McKoy.
Rev. Stevenson, of linton, w.
Va. is visiting our town this
week.
Hoo. II. Rufus White, of Hunt
ington, ". Va. was in town We'd
nesday and visited the Golden
Rule office.
Hon. T. L, Higgins, of KlmbalI
was also at the Golden Rule OF
fee Wed. on business.
The MiDist RS Conference
met Tuesday evening at the A.
NJ. +. church. IL Is reported
that they had a good meeting.
Mr.. Bebjsm'1 hing contin Ne
very feeble.
Joe EII, McKoy is improving
ia her health.
Mr.. LIgan OF Sim none, il
very sick AZ this time.
Our public school Is progress.
sing mic ely under NE principal
ship Of Mr. r. q. Garrison and
BIZ force Of teachers. The high
$1,000 departasat - aoinx ana.
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Gary Schools Best Be-
cause Of Efficiency

Gary, Ind, Nov. 2j.-One day some
seven A~ars ago when the sll-poweIful
steel trust wOs engaged, with an army Of
brilliant engineers, In the mighty task oil
transforming 40 square miles of drear,
sand dunes into the model city of Gary
young clean shaver chap stood watch
sng the huge Undertaking.
Falling into conversation with one OF
the rhiei engineers. tie young man con-
fided he was head Of the schools over AT
BInfiLDn
The conversation lei into the paths OF
scientific school management, utilization,
OF waste space IN buildings and making
s'hool plants more efficient and more
practical by more continuous Use.
The talk resulted in Gary obtaining
the man who has made its public school
system world-famOus.
The young man Was Vim. A. Writ.
the educator who Is today RECOMMENDING
modern elementary education.
full vi lace, with square tenacious
JAW, Writ, now close To 40, do<-n't AT
all look like one Oi tine country's fore
most educators Ills hearing L. more
that Of the Successful business man xh,cl,
indeed, he is.
Conditions At Gary when Writ came
here were FAR from IDEAL Tor ESTABLISHING
the new type Of public school Writ wa-
then evolving.
To begin With Writ was faced by
shortage u funds for school purp--,.
Either he could put up inferior -clpo- 4
buildings, eliminating such school AL.
Juncts ~ Fairgrounds, gardens, babat,-
RES and shops and the like, and pls,
many pupils on part-time schedule, o.
Id could, II he ver able, evolve SOM.
new system u scientific school uanax,.-
ment whereby he would ct a maximum
81 efficiency cut Of q minimum of fund-
and Resources.
Win cho-e the way Of scientific man
sgemcnt.
A. he first principle. he decided thai
he must u-s AL ~ Its -ci,o,,l ,a.s.s Al, IA.
TINE - he evolved the eight hour da,
With rotating glasses, 80 that whlle o...
hall II the Glasses are an . recitation
room the oti'cr half ~ on the playxrou.,e
IN tie shop or NJ auditorium.
Then he ssin'inst<si every bit of Wal.
space IN the -sbool Dusiding. n-rn< every
nook ior some purp'-e or other.
Next he dec~isd 70 va wrong - -ha,
d"~n the scisoOi plant three months O.
every year. On Saturdays and susdsy-
and At $50 y. m. GA Ouser days.
The Old scisoois closed down .t IA
IN the afternoon bec.n-e 70 w.- Bs-.-~~r,
ior the isrmer toy and gir 10 do "a.
chores In The city, however, that !.
not any longer necs,s@ry,
80 vhy noe have the school- run nm.
al O'Clock in the sssrrDooa7 Tim.
t"o. IN he ossiss dsys schsoas eso-rd IN
ssxnrdsys b.<ans - fssu>r .>rus>d ~,