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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27

that this girl grew upon me as the days driited by
Days became weeks, and her unconscious appeal
to me grew stronger. | tried, tried desperately, not
to let go OF myself. and in the main succeeded. |
don't know why | struggled. but suppose it was my
instructive resistance to the shock OF having the
habits and ideas of a lifetime overturned IN a mo-
mant.
1T was fairly easy in our early acquaintance when
there was but friendliness in her clear, sweet eyes.
But finally came a day when in them saw-isnt it
strange, isn't it almost unhuman, to think of me, Jim
Chamberlain, being able to see what lies in a woman's
eves?-but there came a day when in Marjorie's eyes
| saw something new. Maybe it was because was
hoping for it. There was a look not quite OF fear, for
she knew no fear; but a self-questioning look; and |
caught, another day, a flash of tenderness in her face
when l had been telling her some incident OF my lie
it has been a lonely one. Teddy, as you know. Up
there saw clearly that | had never been really hap
Ply before
Again the silences OF the room; the fires red
wagering; the shin smoke hanging in the still air;
Jim's eyes closed in retrospect.
1--WE had been out IN the little red canoe one moon
light night he continued.
After I left her that night knew the balance had
turned. Perhaps it was the ,witchery OF the moon
light, or Marjoric's exquisitely tender face that had
been lifted to mine a h~alf-hour before. Perhaps l
was over-impetuous. don't know,
AT any rate, I realized with a quick shock how
near was the time of my leaving and how empty my
existence would be without her, | couldn't bear the
thought of it. knew at last that | loved her, and
that nothing else mattered until Marjorie Graydon
promised to be my wife.
The next day was one Of intermittent showers, but
at night it grew colder and the rain settled down to a
As our custom had been after the evening meal,
thc four of us sat for a time before the FIRE; just
such a fire as this one, Teddy, We talked as usual;
at least Mr.. Graydon did, | had not much to say,
and there was a pensiveness in Marjorie's face as
She half rcclined on the bear-skin before the flames.
But MIR. Graydon's book clamored for compile
ton. and soon he and Mrs, Graydon went to his
study to work,
ii shifted to the low leather seat OF the ingle,
nook. where | could see Marjorie's face touched
stealthily by the flicker of the logs. Her eyes were
wonderful that night; deep, still, and Swallowed.
We'll, said I, "a week from tonight will find me
back in old New York
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27

a superb creature as she. No colorless photograph
could show you the real Marjorie.
II had to look down but little to meet her smiling,
level eyes. Her rough blouse and short skirt strove
vainly to conceal a supple figure, soft with youth,
aglow with the pulse of young blood. She stood
straight-limbed as one of the pines. Its perfume was
in her hair. remember her standing that morning
with the sunlight sitting down through the trees
upon her head. | could not decide whether it was
bronze or brown. There was a brightness in it, any
way; and always, in the wind, stray, careless strands
that: a woman.
"A new life began for me that morning. T~eddy-a
summer with a girl as its constant factor"
The room had been growing chill as Jim paused
in his tale. I threw more wood on the fire and we
watched the flames creep slowly up to catch anew at
"Mr. and Mrs. Graydon," said he. were urgently
busy with their book. That left Marjorie and me
largely to ourselves. Their confidence in her was
conplete-thcy knew her; the shackles of a false
convention had no place in that country.
"By day we sailed the lake, explored the hidden
rivers, hshed the brawling brooks. Evenings-the
slow, northern twilights-we spent under the bright
ening stars, and on days OF rain we read and talked
II grew strong rapidly in our long tramps over the
trails of the wilderness, and one by one we conquered
all the hills.
Teddy; my commonplace, uneventtul life; the de-
moralizcd condition of whatever finer ideals | may
once have cherished; my sordid outlook; my ma
terialists world.
a think from the first her sympathy was aroused:
at was hard for her to understand how could
have kept my hands away from the good things OF
life. .
az am really sorry for you. Mr.. Chamberlain said
she. once; sorry that such a man as YOU should have
fallen into such a narrow life; and yet-yct, I am
glad, too
""WhyH I asked. Why
"'Oh, it is selfish Of me, perhaps, but | had been
afraid before you came that there would be nothing
for me to do-nothing in which | could help
81 was like a child, Teddy, getting its first sight OF
the country. 1t was a drift back to the far days OF
boyhood.
My abilities began to seem exceedingly small and
worthless up there, Teddy, and it was not only Mar
jorie's kinship with the woods that emphasized it, but
her gentle womanliness, her hneness and tact. the
delicacy OF her nature, the rarity of her understand
ing.
Her fathers library was at her fingers end she
knew writer's old and new, but the great out-of-doors
was her favoritc book; the trail OF the padding fox,
the swirl and dip OF the kingfsher, her pictures.
""This is my world love it. she said, stretching
her slim arms to the north.
DC you wonder, Teddy, do you wonder any longer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27
The Stirring of Deep Waters
By Gardner Weeks Wood
copyrighted 1911 by Harper g. Bros.)

T is rather odd that on this harsh, blust-
cry March morning | should be writ
ing beside the fire in my quiet library.
1t is not that the act of writing is in
itself unusual, for that is a more than
occasional diversion Of mine; but this
is essentially a story OF summer and it,
reflected moods, and | have always been
insistent that the telling of a tale should
be done in its appropriate se%ason-thc
locusts of August should be t%hrobbing
hotly outside my window to-day, and the
green hills be touched with inisted blue.
However, as a newspaper reporter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
BIG RELAY RACE ON
Boy Scouts Carrying Message from
Washington to Chicago.

At Washington Tuesday President
Woodrow Wilson handed sealed
message for Mayor Carter H. Har-
rison of Chicago to Frank Reed, as
sistant boy scout master of Washing
ton, at $3.50 a. m. and the 500 mile
relay run from Washington to Chi
cago was on.
Along the route were posted more
than $500 boys, each tingling with
the expectation of carrying the presi-
dents message little distance on it's
long journey, the receipt of which
Saturday noon in Grant park is to
signalize the opening of the interna-
tional athletic championship there.
An average of eight. miles an hour
is expected to be maintained through
out the race, but this does not mean
that will the fastest time made. The
average speed takes into considera-
tion the long stretch over mountain
Gus and hilly country between here
and Pittsburgh, and the fact that time
made at night probably will be much
slower than that maintained in the
daytime.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy

The constant itching, burning, red
ness, rash and disagreeable effects of
eczema, letter, salt rheum, itch, piles
and irritating skin eruptions can be
readily cured and the skin made clear
and smooth with Dr.; Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. Mr. j. C. Eveland of Bath,
ILL.,, says: II had eczema twenty-five
years and had tried everything. All
failed. When | found DR.. Hobson' S
Eczema Ointment found cure -
This ointment is the formula of ply
stefan and has been in use for years
not an experiment. That is why we
can guarantee it. All druggis, or by
mail. Price SOC. Pfeiffer Chemical
Co., Philadelphia and ST. Louis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Tt Cures While You Walk.

Use Aliens Foot-Ease, the antisep-
tic powder to be shaken into the shoes.
1t instantly takes the sting out of
corns, itching feet, ingrowing nails,
and bunions. It's the greatest COM
fort discovery of the age. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes
feel easy. Ladies can wear shoes one
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tain relief for sweating, callous and
swollen, tender, aching tired feet. Try
it today. Sold everywhere, 25c. Trial
package free. Address Allen S. Ohm
sted, Leroy, N. Y. 28w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Giving Away the Secret.

Willing to have his neighbors think
he was a fine musician, Brown INSTALL
ed a mechanical piano near front
window of his home, where he spent
hours each day pedaling out melodies.
"Your father is a great piano player,
isn't he?" one of the neighbors re-
marked to Browns boy William one
afternoon. yep" replied William,
"but it makes his feet awful sore."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Ulcers and Skin Troubles

If you are suffering with any old,
running or fever sores, ulcers, boils,
eczema or other skin troubles, get a
box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve and you
will get relief promptly. Mrs. Bruce
Jones of Birmingham, Ala, suffered
from an ugly ulcer for nine months and
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured her in
two weeks. Will help you. Only 25c.
Recommended by M. E. Titus and Dean
Swift.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
80 GIRLS CREMATED
BY A RUSSIAN MOB
Victims Had Been Imported to
Work on Sugar Estate.

Eighty women were burned to
death in barn by villagers en-
ragged at the Importation of cheap
girl laborers to work on a sugar
estate in the district of Piriatin, in
the Province of Poltava, southern
Russia, according to the Kiev news
paper Liamin.
The excited villagers first securely
fastened all the means of exit from
a wooden barn in which the girls
were housed
They then set fire to the building
while the inmates were still asleep,
and all were burned to death without
a chance to escape.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Birds and Cyclones.

It has been suggested that birds
habituaIly make use of storms in trav-
cling from one part of Their range to
another. 1t is pointed out that If a
bird cannot find shelter it must be
more comfortable on the wing than
on the ground during a storm, be-
cause in the fiercest gale it flies in
a moving medium, like a swimmer in
d strongly flowing wiretapper
Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
STANDARD RIVAL
ROthsChilds Back Of Waters
Pierce disqualification.
CONCERN PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS

Stock to Be Increased from 100000
to $4,000, ooo-Stock Has Sold at
from $500 to $500 Per share-H.
Clay Pierce Will Retain Control Of
Reorganized Company.
The st. Louis, Mo-, Post-Dis-
patch says that the Waters-Pierce Oil
company is being reorganized, its cap
ital being increased from 100000 to
$10,000,000 The European banking
family of Rothchilds is understood to
have invested heavily in the reorgan
ization, and the new company is ex.
pected to become a rival of the Stand
ard Oil company in the United
States.
Pierce Will Control.
Henry Clay Pierce of st. Louis,
chairman of the board of directors of
the old Waters-Pierce company, will
retain a controlling interest in the
reorganized company. The Roths-
childs are heavily interested in an
English corporation which is a strora
rival of the Standard in England.
The Post-Dispatch says further that
when H. Clay Pierce last winter
bought from the Standard Oil inter
ests their stock in the Waters-P Pierce
company, the funds were furnished
by the London house of the Roths-
childs. 1t is intimated that the prop
erty of the Pierce-Fordyce Oil associ-
alton will be taken over by the reor-
agnized Waters-Pierce company which
is to have a new name.
Paid Big Dividends.
Though the Waters-Pierce company
is capitalized at but 100000, it's prop
erty is valued at millions, and its
stock has sold at $500 to $500 share.
Until it became involved in antitrust
litigations in various states it paid
600 per cent annual dividends.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Best Laxative for the Aged

Old men and women feel the need of
a laxative more than young folks, but
it must be a safe and harmless one
which will not cause pain. DR.. Kings
New Life Pills are especially good for
the aged, for they work promptly and
easily. Price 25c. Recommended by
M. E. Titus and Dean Swift.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
OFFICIAL NOTICE NO. a.
Notice to Contractors.
Dated June 4. 1913

Office of the Street Assessment Com
mittee of the City of Edgerton, Wis
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Bounty for Children.

A landlord at S-rtonville, near
Paris, says the Matin, has offered to
let a three-roomed cottage at rental
of $50 year, with a reduction Of ~
for every child in the family.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Not So Dumb.

''They call this a dumb waiter"
observed Mrs. Gossip, but it has told
me the secrets of every family in the
house."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
PELKEY ACQUITTED
Jury Finds He Was Not Cause of Nc
Cartv's Death.

AT Calgary, Alta, Arthur ]. Pei
key, charged with manslaughter in
connection with the death of Luther
McCarty, was adjudged not guilty.
The jury was out one hour.
There was applause when the ver-
dict was announced.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
Maxine for Popularity.

Making for Popularity.
In a small town popular woman Is
one who is willing to loan her palm to
the neighbor who is giving party.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27
WOMEN HURT IN RIOT

ers' Strike in Cincinnati.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, about eight
thousand garment workers are on
strike and the police were called to
suppress a riot in which a score of
women were injured.
Every factory and loft is picketed
and the strike leaders declared any
attempt to bring in nonunion workers
will be the signal for the outbreak of
further violence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
MISS WOOD ARMY Idol.
Takes the 90 Miles Endurance Test
With Her Father.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Little Miss
Louisa Wood, the 12-year-old daughter
of Major General Leonard Wood, chief
of staff of the army, today is the idol
of the army-or of that portion of it
stationed in the vicinity of Washing
ton.
She won the alteration of the fighting
forces because of her riding, for she
accompanied her father and Col. H o.
5. Hiesland of the adjutant generals
department throughout virtually all
their annual 80 mile ride. General
Wood and Col. Hiesland, because Of
their pressing duties, We're unable to
get away with the other officers on the
yearly hike" The regulations insist
that ninety miles must be covered in
three days and the two officers decided
to push their horses over that distance
in off hours.
We'll, I'm going, too" announced
little Miss Wood Her father demurred
but she had her way. The final ride
of 40 miles through a binding rain
was occasioned by reason of mistake
in the road back to Washington but
Miss Wood galloped in laughingly ID
Fort Myer. She told the dozen troop
ers who sprang to her horses bride
that she had had "a bully time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
FOR FAIR RATES.
Cities of Kansas Appeal to Interstate
Commerce Commission.

Kansas City, Oct. 21.-Evidence to
support the complaints of various traf-
fic associations and commercial organ
ifs on bananas shipped from New Or
leans and Galveston to Topeka, Wich-
tia and Hutchinson are unjustly dis
criminatory as compared with the
rates to Nebraska, Iowa and South Da-
kota points, was submitted here today
at a hearing before c. R. Marshall.
special examiner of the interstate
commerce commission.
The specific complaints under conSid-
Grafton today were one filed by the
Traffic association of Topeka to the eff
feet that the railroads in fixing the
rates had Disseminated against To-
peka in favor of Lincoln and Beatrice,
Neb., and another made by CONNER
cial organizations of Wichita and
Hutchinson that the rates on bananas
from the Gulf of Mexico to those points
were both discriminatory and unrea-
sonable
Another complaint pending before
the commission upon which evidence
will be heard at the present hearinN
was filed by jobbers of Lincoln and
Beatrice, who objected to the action of
the railroads in raising the rates N
bananas from the gulf to those points
to eQualize the rates to Kansas and
Nebraska points.
The rates to Lincoln and Beatrice
were raised as the result of an order
of the interstate commerce commits
sion, which decided that Topeka was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
Second Floor.

being Disseminated against after To-
peka jobbers had filed complaint last
year After the rates to Lincoln and
Beatrice were raised the commission
set aside its order, suspended the pro-
posed increases and re-opened the case
that additional evidence might be
heard.
BY agreement, all the evidence given
at the previous hearing was admitted
today and additional evidence was sub
mitted by S. r. Duckett, assistant
commissioner of the Topeka Traffic as
ISOLATION, who said that the action of
the railroads in raising the rates to
Lincoln and Beatrice afforded no relief
to Topeka. as other points in Iowa, Ne
braska and South Dakota still enjoyed
better rate than Topeka. He sub
mitted many exhibits to support the
complaint of the Topeka jobbers.
Roscoe Hambrick, representing
Wichita and Hutchinson dealers. testi-
fled that points in Iowa and Nebraska
We're granted Il lower rate on banana s
from the gulf than was afforded
Hutchinson and Wichita, despite the
fact that the distance to Nebraska and
Iowa cities was greater. He said the
rate on vegetables, peaches, pears.
grapes and melons from the gulf coast
were the same to Wichita and Kansas
lily, but the rate on bananas is twelve
cents a hundred pounds more to Wich-
ita than to Kansas City. He said
Wichita and Hutchinson found Kansas
City a keen competitor and, owing to
the favorable rates given the latter
city, their jobbers had to place a mucn
higher price on bananas than would be
necessary if the rates were equalized.
He said a produce company in
Hutchinson which handled bananas
that cost s21 900 last year lost between
500 and $500 on them. Bananas are a
81 nj ha
even at loss, by every general pro-
duce COMPANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS,

Chicago, Oct. M-WHEAT:-;wheat de-
Veloped strength today influenced by
signs that sharp decrease in northwest
ern receipts would prove lasting. The
falling off at Minneapolis and Duluth
continued with Winnipeg also moderating
somewhat.
Anxiety regarding the crop outlook for
india and Argentine counted, too, against
the bears. Opening prices We're 1sc, 14c
to Sc higher. and an additional upturn
followed.
Despite free selling the advance the
market held up we'll; closing prices were
steady at 14@2sc net advance.
CORN-Corn rose on account of unset
tied weather. although weak cable quota
tions checked the buying to some extent.
The market, which started unchanged to
1sG14c higher, made a subsequent further
gain.
Prospects of increased feeding because
of lower temperature prevented any i'm
portant reactions. The close was firm
at a net rise of 14c to 1@@5sc.
OATS-ScantinesS of offerings resulted
in causing oats to bulge more decidedly
tnan other grain. Several large concerns
were conspicuous buyers.
ROVISIONS-Provisions rose in re-
Spouse to fair demand for lard. Trans
actions at the outset varied from PIC off
to 71ac advance and afterward climbed
higher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21
TO SEA ON DRY LAND.
Naval BattaIion's\ Plans for President
Wilson's Reception.

Washington. Oct. 21.-Presfdent Will
son will be taken to sea on dry land to-
morrow night when he visits the naval
battalion of the District of Columbia
and as commander in chief of the
fighting forces tthe United States is
welcomed with all honors on the bat
talon dock. The president is said to
be looking forward to his voyage
The volunteer naval men have trans
formed their dock so that it resembles
the deck of a battleship. When the
president appears he will be ''piped"
over the side with all due naval for
mality and tremendously escorted to
the quarter deck to greet the senior Of
fcerS. Other naval observance will
follow.
The reception will end with a review
of the full battalion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-21


granted. leave of absence to come home
and arrange his campaign for election.
but after leaving his regiment at Fort
Smith and travelling to Fort Scott, lie
learned that General Price was raiding
through Missouri, and that the Union
forces We're concen ira ting at Kansas
City. Fastening to Kansas City, he
reported to General Curtis who as
signed him to his staff. The next day
he was off on duty, and participated
in every battle from Westport to Mine
Creek, the last battle fought on Kansas
soil.
AT the battle of Westport he or
dered and participated in a cavalry
charge on the open prairie that re-
suited in the capture of eight pieces
of artillery, 35 officers and 500 other
prisoners. April Is of the next year
he was appointed brigadier general
by brevet for smeritorious services in
the field.
An Able Executive.
That was the last of General Craw-
ford's war services until three years
later, when he resigned as governor
to take charge of the historic Indian
campaign which resulted in the re-
covery of women and children stolen
by the savages. But during his three
years of governorship he demonstrate
ed mis- a b1lity as an executive of peace
as Well as war. The greatest of the
state institutions were founded under
his care. Thirty-siX new counties
were tablished, and immi grafton
was turned toward the short grass
country. The state university at Law
renee, the agricultural college at Man.
haitian. the normal school at EN-
por1a, the deaf mute, blind and in
sane asylumS were founded, the north
wing of the penitentiary and the east
wing OF the state capitol at Topeka
were built. Kansas came out from
under the war cloud with this re-
markable soldier-statesman as guide
memorable Indian campaign, he re-
tired to the business and professions
of private life and amassed a fortune.
But he was never completely removed
from politics, and his advice and help
were always sought by his party.
Vice President Historical Society.
coincidence connected with his
death this morning is that he was vice
president of the State Historical So
ciety, and, had he lived, would I'M
doubtedly have been elected president
of the organization, which holds it's
annual meeting today.
He was president of the Kansas
Authors club, having been chosen for
that honor since the publication of his
historical work, Kansas in the Six
ties" which was published by Nc
Clurg & Company of Chicago last
year He was a member of Lincoln
post, G. A r., and the Scottish Rite
Masons, and both organizations will
take part in the funeral services,
which will probably be held Friday,
although definite arrangements have
not been made