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three bottles and Il made me we'll and
strong and avoided o dreadful opera
ton. T now have two fine healthy chill
dren, and I cannot say too much about
whatLydiaE E. Pinkham Vegetable Conn
pound has done for me- Mrs. LEE
MANGEs, r. F. D. 10, Mogadore, Ohio.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out q sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three-fourths
of the Joy Of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkhar' q Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand
arr. remedy for female Ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands Of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors. Irregularities, etc.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Go. (confi.
dentiail Lynn, Mass. Year letter viii
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence
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CHAPTER u.
The Trevor Accident.

The Trevor Accident.
N. B.--Mr. Smith, while living alone,
had habit of writing long letters to
his mother. After his mothers death
the habit continued, but as the let
tiers could not be sent by mail, and
to post them in the stove seemed TO
suggest unpleasant ideas. they were
slowed in his saddle wallets.
Dear Mother in Heaven:
There's been good money in this
here packing contract. and the wad in
my belt-pouch has been growing till
Doctor MCGEE suspecks tumor. He
thinks I'll let him operate, and sure
enough that would reduce the swell
ing.
Once week take my little pack
outfit up to the Skyline claim Cor a
load Of peacock copper. 1t runs three
hundred dollars to the ton in horn
silver. and looks more like jewels than
mineral. Iron Dale's cook, Mrs. Jub-
bin. runs to more species of pies and
cake than even Hundred Mile house.
and after dinner get rim-fire cigar
which pops like a cracker, while sit
in front of the scenery and taste the
breath of the snow mountains. Then
/ load the ponies, collects Mick out
of the cook house. which he's partial
to for bones. from sings me the mail
pouch, and hits the trail. aim to
make good bush grass in the yellow
pines by dusk, and the second day
brings me down to Browns Ferry,
three miles short of my home. From
the ferry there's good road in win
ter to Hundred Mile House, SO l tote
the cargoes over there by sleigh.
There my contract ends, because Tear
full George takes on with his string
team down to the railroad. I'd have
that contract. too. only fearful is a
low-lived sort of a person, which can
feed for, dollar week, whereas
when ! get down to the railroad FIN
more expensive.
Your affectionate son, JESSE,
Rain-storm coming.
p. S.--Yes, it's q good life, and !
don't envy no man. Still it made me
sort of thoughtful last time as swung
along with that Jones mare smuggling
at my wrist, little Mick swapping rear
heels astern, and the sun just scorch-
ing down among the pines. Women Is
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had made ny behavior of the morning
seem that of silly schoolgirl; bur
still did not feel quite up to a social
introduction said waa sure tina:
Eph and | would have no interests il
common.
$50 you'll go home and face the mu-
sic?" said Jesse's wise old eyes.
my husband" said /, twill be get
ting quite anxious about me-"
Without a word he brought my
horse and saddled him.
And /, with sinking heart, con-
trasted the loneliness and the horror
which was called my home" with all
the glamour of this mans happy soli-
tude.
He held the stirrup for me to mount,
offered his hand.
do you never get hungry" asked,
'for what's beyond the horizon?"
He sighed with sheer relief. then
turned. his eyes seeing infinite dis
tances. Why. yes! That country
beyond the sky-line's always calling.
Thar's something want away off, and
l don't know what want"
That land beyond the sky-line's
called romance"
He clenched his teeth. What does
a ship want when she strains at an
Choir? What she wants is drift And
I'm at anchor because Eve sworn off
drift"
At that we parted. and went slow
ly homeward. up to my anchor. Dear
God! If might drift!
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CHAPTER v.-contfnued.

54. ,
And found wealth. Seems there's
many persons mistaking dollars for
some sort of wealth. I've had a few
at times by way of samples, the things
which you're apt to be selfish with.
or give away to buy self-righteousness.
Reckoning with them produces the
feeling called poverty. They're the
very stuff and substance OF meanness,
and no man walks STRAIGHTFORWARD.
Dollars gets lost, or throwed away,
or left to your next of kin. but they're
not good and lasting possession.
like 'em, too.
I found peace. / found wealth. yes.
and found something more thar IN the
wilderness. Sweet as the cactus for
est in blossom down Salt River Is
that big memory.
It was after I'd found the things
OF happy solitude. I'd gone to work
then for the Bar Y outfit, breaking
the Lightning colts We was olt a
few weeks from home, taking an out
fit of ponies as far as the Mesa Abaho,
rock of the Grand Canyon. The Ma
vajo Indians was peevish, the camp
dry, grass scant, herd in a ratfish
mood, and night come sudden.
I'd just relieved man to get his
supper, and rode herd wide alert. |
scented the camp smoke, saw the
spark of fire glow on the boys at rest.
and heard their peaceful talk hushed
In the big night. They seemed such
triflin' critters full Of fuss since dawn,
so small as insects at the edge of
nothin', while for miles beneath us
that old, old wolfy Colorado River was
playing the Grand Canyon like fid-
dler. But the river in the canyon
seemed no more than trickle in a
crack, hushed by the night, while over
head the mighty blazing stars--point,
swing, and drive, rode herd on the
milky way. And that seemed no more
than cowboys driving stock. Would
God turn His head to see His star
herds pass, or notice our earth like
some lame calf hating in the rear?
And what am /, then?
That was my great lesson, more
gain to me than peace and wealth Of
mind. for was humbled to the dust
of earth, below that dust of stars So
a very humble thing. not worth pray
ing for. at least could be master of
myself l rode no more for wages, but
cut out my ponies from the Lightning
herd. mounted my stud horse William,
told the boys goodby at Monticello.
and then rode slowly north into the
British possessions. So come at last
to this place, an old abandoned ranch.
There's none so poor in dollars as to
envy ragged Jesse. or rich enough to
want to rob my home. They say
there's hidden wealth whar the rain
bow goes to earth--that's whar live
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sent the brides, is popular game. and
so is a raid OF fierce men from the
desert. The selling of Joseph and his
subsequent interviews with his breth-
rem are rendered with much dramatic
action; also the Affections of the men
OF Uz, with new details, such as Jobs
wife cutting off her hair and selling 1t
for bread. Doing bride" is naturally
the chief amusement of the Moslem
girl, as it is the one great event Of
her later life.
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GOT HIS "THINK- TANK" GOING
Mexican Farmer Proved he Was Ca
pablo Of Invention When Object
Was to Save Labor.

That the Mexican farmer is not the
slow-thinking, lazy person the average
stranger imagines is illustrated by an
ingeniously devised well constructed
by a farmer living near little town
Just across the boundary line. The
natives seldom go far away from their
homes and they have very primitive
ideas and customs. This well is about
so feet deep and the owner has built
a curious device for hauling water
from It. II this Mexican had been an
educated man he might have been an
inventor.
A tree flourished near the well
which had two branches growing out
Of the trunk. These boughs separated
into four branches higher up. The
MEXICAN cut the branches In such
way that they formed perfect rest
for a long well sweep. He fastened
the sweep to crossbar laid across
the two upper branches in the middle.
using stout thongs for the purpose
Then he fastened a weight on one
end of the sweep and a long rope to
tho other end. The bucket is fastened
to the end of this long rope. and all he
has to do is to lower the buckets into
the well. The weight of the stone pulls
II up again, Drumming full.
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oysters In Motion Pictures.

One thousand feet of film. showing
the pictures of the oyster industry OF
MARYLAND from the catching" Of the
biyalves by means OF tongs. scrapes
and dredges to shocking. packing and
shipping, will be taken by Swepson
Earle of baltimore, secretary Of the
National Association of Shellfish Com
nissioners, TO the annual convention
of that organization. which meets In
Norfolk. After tie Norfolk conven-
ton they viii be exhibited in dupii-
cate in cities throughout the United
Slater
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cs,,ar.n Of Palestine q. Play.

In Palestine. as always, children's
NAV ia mostly making believe" that
thew Are grown up. You may see
mite Of five or six paying a visit OF
ceremony to a pasta or equally tender
wears exchanging such compliments
WITH him as Rest, pray you!" Nay.
ha who sees you Is rested" and nm
ally hacking out of his presence while
he gathers up handfuls OF dust ana
snr;nkles il on his head. Holding a
law court. with melon seeds to repre-
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"Suear, 10 To Why Didn't We Say
So Before?@

place. for the right place, some point
where the rocks went sheer. twelve
hundred feet into the river. There
must be nothing to break the fall, no
risk of being alive. of being taken
back there. OF seeing him again. But
the edge was never sheer. and per
haps. after all, the place by the Soda
Spring was best. There the trail from
the ranch goes at sharp turn. over
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How to Work While You Play.

A French collaboration Of Thomas
Ediscn has just invented a sewing
machine which is also piano. It's
mechanism is so arranged that every
time the operator strikes note ON
the keyboard, she completes one
stitch. A. single waltz will hem three
handkerchiefs--Beet symphony
win sew an entire trousseau. Thus.
the dressmaker can work and play at
one and the same time. and the more
they play. the more they work. To
bring the invention into the vogue 1t
SO fully merits, schools will be es-
tabAshed in many parts of France
for the training of young women for
the degree of M. p. M.-"master piano
machinists." Music with it's charms
will thus be given, an undoubted utsH-
tartan value, and all the roundabout
societies ''for the furtherance of mu-
steal appreciation" will be left In the
shade by a simple mechanical con-
trivance.
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MRS. MANGES
ESCAPES
OPERATION
How She Was Saved From
Surgeons Knife ky Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Mogadore, Ohio. The first two years
] was married suffered SO much from

female troubles and
bearing down pains
that I could not
stand on my fe ct
long enough TODD my
work. The doctor
said 7 would have to
undergo an opera
ton, but my husband
wanted me to try
Lydia e. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Conn
nn,9nd first T tnnlr
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PART TWO
CHAPTER !.
TWO Ships at Anchor.

TWO Ships at Anchor.
Hates Narrative.
Ny horse was hungry, and wanted
to get back to the ranch. l was hun
cry too, but dared not go. had left
my husband lying drunk on the kit
chen floor. and when he woke up 1t
would be worse than that.
For miles / had followed the edge
Of the bench lands, searching for the
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with Jesse Smith re-
iating the story Of his birth. early life In
Labrador and of the death of his father.
Jesse becomes a sailor. His mother mar
ries the master OF the ship and both are
lost in the wreck Of the vessel jesse
becomes a cowboy in Texas. He marries
Polly. singer OF questionable morals.
who later Is reported to have committed
suicide.
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Foley Kidney Pills Relieve

promptly the suffering due to weak. in
active kidneys and painful Bladder action
They offer a powerful help to nature
In building up the true excreting kid
ney tissue. in restoring normal action
and in regulating bladder irregularities.
Try them
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Protests but Pays.

Protests but Pays.
Griggs--I am surprised that you put
up with your wife's extravaganza.
Briggs don't. merely put up
for it.-Boston Evening Transcript.
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Its Kind.

There is one matrimonial net which
seldom fails to catch the feminine
fish"
What is it?'
"A corcnet"
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Changed Color.

Changed Color.
IT put all the gray matter my brain
had into a book"
'"rhen it was read"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06
CONFUSION
OVER INCOME TAX

New York, Nov. s.-The inaugural
Ing OF the income tax law was the
cause Of much confusion in the finAn-
cial district today. Banking houses
and institutions which act rs fiscal
agents for railroads and other corpo-
rations were busy receiving and re-
1ecting coupons, the latter course be-
Ing taken In cases where certificates
OF ownership were lacking.
Wall street as a whole Is in a state
Of irritation over the whole matter, It's
fll-feeling resulting largely from the
which, according to the street, has
several, times reversed itself In Its reg
ulatipns.
AT the house Of J. p. Morgan & Co,
n fiscal agents for many large cor
porations, coupons were being received
rules issued by Washington. A repre-
sentative OF the firm said that it would
q at least a month to pay OFF all
coupons presented for payment.
At the Chase National bank, which
has several thousand out-of-town cor
respondents, 1t was said that coupons
are not being accepted for deposit, but
only for collection. 1t was required
that certificates accompanying the
coupons state whether the bonds
Which they represent were taxable or
exempt.
The chief source OF trouble is that
portion Of the law which provides for
the collection lat the source" Of the
tax on incomes derived from interest
on bonds. mortgages and certain other
obligations. Bankers and corporations
are required to withhold this tax i n
making payments of interest due to
holders OF securities. More than
$4,000, 900 is due today In November
interest payments in New York. Much
Of this will not be paid.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06
TAKE NO ACTION TO
FAVOR DISARMAMENT
Lower House Of Congress
Shelves Proposition Of
Naval Holiday"

Washington, Nov. 3.-A discussion
of International disarmament was
brought up In the House today by Rep
resentative Hensley of Missouri, a
democrat, who Intellectually sought ac-
ton IN a resolution expressing the sem
timent of the House for cooperation
with the naval holiday proposed by the
British lord OF the admiralty, Winston
Churchill.
Representative Slayden, OF Texas,
said he understood President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan were In accord
with the idea and Representative
Mann, of Illinois, the republican leader,
while objecting to a vote until more
members We're present, said he favored
1t as a means Of saving millions of doll
lars.
Speaker Clark declared that when
the entire House membership got back
to Washington he wanted to see the
resolution passed and gave notice that
he later would deliver a speech going
over the armament situation the world
Eel He declared that Germany had
been used a. q raw head and bloody
zone Inc as a great terror to Ameri-
cans" in the past during naval de-
bates.
Action on the resolution was de-
ferred indefinitely.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06
LONDON PRESS SEES
Bis AMERICAN GRAB
Wilson'S Mobile Speech Inter
preted As Expression Of
Selfish Motives.

London Nov. S.-The Outlook declares
that President Wilson's Mobile speech
means q policy of tsidealistic grab by
which all other nations except the
United States will be 9Bnut i or che
trade of the western hemisphere
Spain from 1900 to 1900" the Outlook
says. forbade all other nations 10
trade with South America, which was
strictly reserved to the commercial en-
terprises OF Spaniards alone, IN the
year 1913 President Wilson wants to
Impose q practically idential yoke OF
domination on h commercial rela-
tions OF the 9great Independent COM
munities which have grown up between
the Rio Grande n the Antarctic ex-
|treintty OF the continent. The further
assurance. that the effect OF the OPEN
ing of h Panama canal would be to
abolish foreign concession hunteres In
favor of the investments Of the United
States completes the exposition OF this
astounding scheme. for the tb~arefaced
appropriation Of the. hemisphere. It is
bare faced. indeed. but wildly absurd.
What everybody suspects is that be-
hind the conscious or unconscious
president there is the embattled array
of New York trusts
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06

SENATOR WILL cAMPAI0N
VIII Bring Prsssurs q Bsar On
Congressman Mako curnsfes
Investigation 1t Wsst
Virginia Strike.

Washington. d. G.. Nov. s.-vvithout
announcing his purpose. Senator Ken-
yon left here today for West Virginia
It was learned he planned q personal;
investigation Of conditions In the strike
region without the knowledge Of either
the operators or the miners. He has
felt there were more things to find out
there than had developed In the hear
Ing.
He has planned also q campatm for
several days in favor OF kE$s
Light bill. Next week he tAtNs
"a campaign In different e4&eA A. thAs
the International Purity conferences IN:
Minneapolis ON the 18th OF November.
On this trip he is to speak In Kan
lucky, Illinois. mi Missouri, and VIII
return when he currency bill Ii re-
ported out Of the committee. Senator
kenyon Is thoroughly angry at The eff
forts made blythe prominent nd veal
thy people In Washington who arc own
ers Of many .'Hed Light houses. 10
defeat his bill In the House Of Repre-
~sentatives.
Congressman Prouty had charge OF
Y last session In the House and did
everything In his power TO secure tn
passage but the members OF the district
committee would break q quorum
whenever the bill was to come, up. Zen
yon believes the only remedy IN such
a case lis to go u to the country and
waken public sentiment. He expects
also IN these speeches to deal with
child labor bill which the powerful In
terests are trying to kill Off ii ON
f1eW
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06
HILL HITS RECKLESS
FLOTATION OF BONDS

Chicago, Nov. 3.-"Instead OF a
mans word being as good as his bond,
his bond is no better than his word"
James J.. Hill of st. Paul so described
the bond situation In the United States
at the banquet which closed the con-
ventfon Of the Investment Bankers as
sociation. About $50 men who deaI in
bonds heard him attack what he
termed he reckless issuing Of this
kind OF paper without proper security.
The investor is not sure today Of
either the ability or the intention of
the soliciting borrower to pay at ma
turity," he said. THE n Is
w~aterlogged with bonds. Confidence
cannot be restored until the name
bond has won back something of its
old standard. And that cannot happen
until issues are limited by moderation
conformcd to the value of the security
and confined to the margin Of safety
and the form of credit for which the
bond was originally designed"
Frank A. Vanderlip Of New York and
George M. Reynolds OF Chicago adj
mitted the pending currency bill con-
tanned principles of a good currency
system, but both asserted they were
opposed to 1t because Of objectionable
details.
vanderlip's Criticism.
Mr.. Vanderlip said that congress was
in danger Of saddling on the %ountry q
ruinous policy of fiat money. The Sem
ate. he said, was hesitating and fearful
OF doing anything against the wishes
of the House.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06
BULGARS SEND ENVOY
TO KILL PIERRE LOTT

Paris. Nov. 3.-In order to uphold
the honor of the Bulgarian army, Lieu
tenant Torkof has been sent t. Paris
by King Ferdinand on a special mis-
sion to provoke Pierre Lott to a duel.
Lott, who was in New York recently,
has been all his life a stanch defender
Of the Turks and their institutions.
He was known as Turkeys press
agent in Europe" because of the vio-
lent articles he wrote daily villifying
the Bulgarian army and charging it
with barbarity and rapacity.
Torkof was granted two months
leave OF absence, n with the blessing
of F~erdinand's general staff he is now
coming to have an explanation with the
pistols. s. yS ( sIsss, =.
How he will provoke Lott to a duel
is the one topic Of conversation In the
cafes. He may track down the French
T~urcophile to a public place and knock
him down or he can write insulting let
tiers to him. Either would force Lott to
meet him on the field of honor and fight
till somebody's blood flows.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-06
REGIONAL RESERVE
BANKS CUT TO FOUR
Rumored President May Have
Banking Bill Sent
to Caucus.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 9Th.
Senate banking and currency com
1mittee tentatively agreed on four re-
g1onal reserve banks for the proposed
new currency system with a proviso
that after two years the federal re-
serve board may add ais many addi-
tional banks as it deems necessary, not
exceeding 10. The pending bill fixes
the number at IL, and 1t has been UNI
derstood that the administration would
not consent to have 1t reduced below
nine.
The sharp reduction in the number
OF reserve banks was the first radical
the committe has agreed
upon, and 1t was earnestly opposed by
the administration supporters in the
committee. Senators O'Gorman and
Hitchcock, however, voted with the five
republicans for the reduction, leaving
but five democrats, Owen, Pomerene,
Hollis. Reed and Shafroth. behind the
administration proposal. The White
House was silent as to the committees
action. It has been generally supposed
that the president vigorously opposed
cutting down the number below nine.
The tentative of the decision of the
Senate committee for four regional
banks developed considerable discuss
sion outside the committee today.
Senators expressed wide variance Of
opinions and from the White House
came the intimation that the adminis-
tration feared the radical change
might encourage a concentration OF
money and credit which President
Wilson and his advisers have sought
to avoid.
Senator Kern, the democratic lead
er, discouraged a persistent report
that the democrats would take the bill
into caucus and make 1t a party meas
ure. Senator Hoke Smith declared
that IL the number of banks were re-
ported from the committee at foul the
bill probably would be amended in the
Senate.
The question Of capitalization was
reduced to W amendments. vigorous
ly debated, but not voted on.
Senator Hitchcock presented one
providing for total capitalization Of
$lOO, 100000 open to public subscrip-
ton, but requiring the national banks
to updecMcita 1t.