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pride With especial resignation did
he suffer contunlely and injury at the
haEds, Of bartenders. Naturally, they
We're his enemies, and. unnaturally,
they were often his friends He had
to take his cha noes with them. But he
had not yet learned to estimate these
cool. .languid.. southwestern knights OF
the bungstarter, who had the manners
of an Earl of Pawtucket and who,
when they disapproved of your pres
ence. moved you with the silence and
dispatch Of a chess automaton advanc-
ing a pawn.
Curly stood for a few moments in
the narrow, mesquite paved street.
San Antonio puzzled and disturbed
him. Three days he had been a nom
paying guest of the town, having drop
ped off there from box car of the l.
and G.. y. freight, because "Greaser''
Johnny had told him in Des Moines
that the Alamo city was mamma fallen,
gathered. cooked and served free with
cream and sugar. Curly had found
the tip partly good one. There was
hospitality in plenty of careless, lib
eral. irregular sort But the town it.
self was weight upon his spirits
after his experience with the rushing,
business-like, systematiZed cities of the
north and east. Here he was often
flung a dollar but too frequently a
good natured kick would follow it.
Once a band of hilarious cowboys had
roped him on Military plaza and drag
ged him across the black soil until no
respectable rag bag would have stood
sponsor for his clothes. The winding.
doubling streets, leading nowhere. be-
wildered him. And then there was a
little river, crooked as q pot hook. that
crawled through the middle of the
town. crossed by q hundred little
bridges so nearly alike that they got
on Curly's nerves. And the last bar
tender wore No. 9 shoe
The saloon stood on a corner The
hour was S O'Clock. HOmefarers and
outgoers ,jostled Curly on the narrow
stone sidewalk. Between the build
ings to his left he looked down cleft
that proclaimed itself another thor
oughfare. The alley was dark except
for one patch of light. Where there
was light there were sure to be human
beings. Where there were human be-
ings after nightfal in San Antonio
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ingS after nigh

there might be food, and there was
the light.
The illumination came from Schwe
gels cafe. On the sidewalk In front
of it Curly picked up an old envelope.
1t might have contained check for a
million. 1t was empty, but the wan
derer read the address, lotto Schwe-
gel" and the name of the town and
state The postmark was Detroit
The saloon was small. and in its
atmosphere the odOrs of meat and
drink struggled for the ascendency.
The pig and the cabbage wrestled with
hydrogen and oxygen. Curly shut
fed to the end of the bar, coughed
hollowly and told Schwegel that he
was q Detroit cabinetmaker out of a
job. .a-~, ~..,t,r,...,~ s.,,x 1a.s
WAS you acquainted maybe nit
Heinrich Strauss in Detroit?' asked
Schwegel.
Did | know Heinrich Strauss?" re-
peated Curly affectionatey. why,
say. 30, | wish had a dollar for ey-
cry game of pinochle me and Heine
| has~payed on Sunday afternoons"
More beer and second plate of
steaming food were set before the dip
lomat. And then Curly. knowing to a
fluid dram how far a con game
would go. shuff1ed ont into the unprom-
Using street.
AS Curly walked he heard laughter
and the chnk of coin and chips be-
hind darkened windows. and music
coming from every chnk Of wood and
stone But the diversions We're selfish;
the day of popular pastimes had not
vet come to San Antonio.
4 But at length Curly, as he strayed
| turned the sharp angle of another lost
| street and came upon q rOllicking band
! of stockmen from the outlying ranches
I celebrating in the open in front of al
ancient wooden hotel. One great rois-
terer from the sheep country who had
lust instieated-, movement toward
the bar. swept Curly in like a stray
goat with the rest of his flock. The
princes of kline and wool hailed him
as new geological discovery, and mp.
roariously strove to preserve him III
the diluted alcohol Of their compliments
and regards.
An hour afterward Curly staggered
]sfrom the hotel barrOom dismissed by
| his tickle friends. whose interest il
him had subsidized as quickly as it had
risen.
ITO be continued.l
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Woman Would Fly Across Ocean.

Boston, July 1.-Among the host of
aviatOrS who within the last few
months have announced their intention
of attempting to wing their way across
the Atlantic ocean appears Miss Ruth
Bancroft Law Considerable doubt
was expressed that Miss Law really
would essay this fight. but this was
her answer:
The fight will be from NewfOund-
land to the Irish coast. and L shall
take my brother. f. Rodman Law. |
do not think there is the slightest
doubt that we can do it.. We shall
carry no pontoOns or boats. but under
the wings of our machine we will have
three hollow floats of tin. SO In case OF
a fall the apparatus will float.
Boats would be too heavy to carry.
and in case we fell they would be OF
no use in the ocean. Then. again, by
not carrying them We get away from
lust so much weight We shall have
to carry from 90 to 100 gallons OF
gasoline. and this will be enough for
about thirty hours flying. We expect
to make 100 miles an hour on our, way
across. Lord Northcliffe has offered a
prize for the first fight across the At
lantic, and we are after it,
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School For Shop Clerks.

.Magdeburg, Germany, June 3O.-The
Magdeburger Association of Independ-
ent Merchants plans to open school
for the special training of women and
girls desiring to become shop clerks.
The scheme of instruction content
plates courses in the courteous and in
telligent treatment of customers, in the
art, of decorating, modern languages,
mathematics, grammar, general COM
mercial knowledge. commercial CORES
pondence and bookkeeping.
A one years course, consisting Of
twenty hours weekly, is TO be given in
the above mentioned subjects. the tai
ton amounting to $40. The cost of
school materials will be about So 1t is
hoped that the new school. in., pro.
viding its students with theoretical
and practical knowledge. certain to
prove of great value to them in their
future work, VIII bring about a better
meut in the social standing sof shop
clerks. and. thus open a field for girls
of higher intellectual and educational
qualifications than has hitherto heen
the case:
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Bull Moose Leaders.

Newport. r. L.. June p When the
leaders of the Progressive party meet
in this city en--July Q and 8 they
will endeavor to coordinate the-party s.
legislative program in the states. which
Will hold legislative or gubernatorial
elections next fall.
The program CATS for two addresses
by Colonel Roosevelt. Tire bull moose
leaders will Also hear Clifford Pinchot
talk on conservation andaJane Addanrs
of Hull House eulngize Labor. a..
Ten thousand officers and sailors, of
the north Atlantic feet, will be. lin cyl
dence during the time of the Progress
sive convention. the date of the latter
having been selected to coincide with
the visit of the feet. I21 B1
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Republicans Prepare For 1914.

Washington. July 2.-LeaderS of the
Republican party members of the ex-
ecutive committee of the national COM
mittee from many StateS-haye Laid
preliminary plans for the COMPRESSION,
al campaign of 1914 and the national
political battle Of two years later Ito
regain control of congress and posses
sion of the White House.
AS result the Republican national
committee will meet sixty days after
the adjournment of the extra session
of congress, and an extraordinary Re-
publican national convention is ex-
pected not later than year hence. - .
Changes in the basis of representa-
ton in national conventions and re-
forms of methods of party procedure,
which have been subject to criticism.
will be disposed of through these agen-
cies. Close cooperation between the
national committee and the congress
sional campaign committee has been
agreed upOn.- -. -,t.. .,.-~.s 80.
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- SHcCk OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dIlsSs-~~~~.s
Rome, June 29.-The government,
acting upon the personal suggestion
of King Victor Emmanuel is taking
steps to prevent criminals, and par
ticularly dangerous. anarchists from
emigrating to the. United States.
The king and the administration are
alike. determined that every ppportl-
nifty shall be offered to check the flow
of emigration to America. They, are
equally. determined that such Italians
who do ge@temtaseg4lJ aaitee4.sstates~slaa
be. such as to reflect credit upon the
Italian people. The kings action is
believed to be part of an international
plan to weed out anarchism by leayr
ing the anarchists no safe resting place
in civilized lands.
Legal assistance WIZ be EXTENDED to
Italian emigrants to- America. Emf
grants have heretofore been subjected
to all sorts of difficulties. not only at
the port of departure, but at American
ports. In Italy they were, made vic
TINS of. INSCRIPTIONS agents of vari-
GUS emigration companies and in
America they are metz, the 'instant~they
land, by sharpers of all kinds. But the
principal aid will be the employment
of counsel to look after the Interests of
those who are detained at Ellis island
Legal aid will'also be employed to rep
resent the emigrants before italian and
United States conSpls ..4...
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Law TO Make Husba nds Work.

Olympia, Wash, July Under the
provisions of a new state law the hus-
band who can work. has work offered
to him and WON'T work may be hailed
to court by his wife and sentenced to
hard labor at any job that will pro-
duce $1.5O, a day. the wage, going to
his family. ..s.
Under the former law the wife's only
recourse was to have her husband sent
to prison. and while he was there per-
Maps she had to earn a ,living go hun
cry or become dependent on charity. :
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REDUCING Army Malaria.

Washington, July Army surgeons
who have sicceeded in minimizing ty-
phoid in the military establishment
have been equally successful in elimi-
mating nsf4arfaa- rs &C military disease
according to statistics published by
Surge General Torney
- Rec, for ten years disclose that
admissic ) to hospitals on account of
malaria, which in 1903 were 60S3 per
cent of the enlisted strength. We're
reduced last year to 1922 per cent,
with the. prospect. of. further reduction
this year.
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Description of the Exposition Seal.

San Francisco, July 1.-From many
competitive offerings the directors of
the Panama-Paci International eX-
position selected d design by Alfred
Lenz. the sculptor. as the design of the
official exposition seal.
The dominating feature of the de-
sign is figure Of Columbia bequeath-
ing to the peoples of the earth a new
commercial liberty. The figure stands
upon a globe bearing Il magnificent re-
lief of the isthmus connecting the
North and South American continents
and severed by the canal.
In her left hand Columbia holds at
rest Il laurel wreathed shovel emblem
attic of the vast labor involved in the
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$50 easy | interrupts Where's
the chicken liver pie and the kidney
saute on toast and the roast lamb
and es
".Oh.' cuts in Name, all excited,
with mint sauce and the turkey salad.
and stuffed olives and raspberry tarts,
and
keep it going says |. Hurry up
with the fried squash and the hot corn
pOne with sweet milk, and don't forget
the apple dumping with hard sauce,
and the cross barred dewberry pie
Yes. For ten minutes we kept up
that kind of restaurant repartee. We
ranges up and down and backward and
forward over the main trunk lines and
the branches of the victual subject, and
Name leads the game, for she is APP
prised in the ramiticatiOns of grub, and
the dishes she dominates aggravates
my warnings. 1t seems that there is
set up feeling that Name will line up
friendly again with food. 1t seems that
she looks upon the obnoxious science OF
eating with less contempt than before.
THE next morning we find that the
flood has subsidized. 7 geared up the
bays, and we SplaShed out through the
mud some precariOus until we found
the road again. We were only few
miles wrong, and in two hours we
were III Oklahoma City. The first
thing we saw was a big restaurant
sign. and we piled into there in hur-
nv. Here | finds myself sitting with
Name at table, with knives and forks
and plates between us and she not
scornful. but smiling with starvation
and sweetness.
"'Twas new restaurant and well
stocked. l designated list of quota
tons from the bill of fare that made
the waiter look out toward the wagon
to see how many more might be com
ing.
There we were, and there was the
order being served. Twas a banquet
for dozen, but we felt like a dozen.
| looked across the table at Name and
smiled, for | had recollections. Name
was looking at the table like boy
| looks at his first stem winder. Then
| she looked at me. straight in the face,
and two big tears. in her eyes.
The waiter was gone after more grub.
Jeff she says. soft like, I've been
a foolish girl. I've looked at things
from the wrong side. l never felt this
way before. Men get hungry every
day like this. don't they? They're big
and strong. and they do the hard work
of the world, and they don't eat just to
spite silly waiter girls in restaurants.
do they, Jeff? You said Once-that Is,
| YOU asked me-yOu wanted me to
we'll Jeff. if you still care I'd be glad
and willing to have you always sitting
across the table from me- Now give
me something to eat quick. please.
$50. as I've said. woman needs to
change her point of view now and
then. They get tired of the same old
sights-the same old dinner table
/ washtub and sewing machine Give
'em a touch of the variouS-a little
travel and a little rest, a little tom
foolery along with the tragedies OF
keeping house, q little petting after
the blowing-up. little upsetting anc
iosting around-and everybody in the
game will have chips added to theil
stack by the play"
>~, THE END. .e<t.
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SUNDAY Schools at Zurich.

Zurich. Switzerland. June 29.-Sun=
dav school superintendent, teachers
and ministers. from ALI over the world
are now fioclling to this city for the
worlds seventh Sunday. school conven-
tion. July S-15. Hundreds of the dele
gates have already arrived and are
exploring the city and surrounding
country. When the convention opens on
tho 9Th Rev. Or. j. Fl. Jowett of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. New
York city, will solemnize the event by
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q by w. w. Swadley..
Official Seal of the Panama Pacific Ex-
position In 1915.

completion of her constructive task.
Raised in her right hand an olive
branch indicates the peaceful purpose
of her achievements. That it is her. in
tention. however, to protect from mis-
use the priceless fruit of her undertake
ing is cleaned from the sheathed sword
at her side. \ ~
Below, in biidseye view, appears the
twin lock channel of$the waterway
connecting the oceans. showing the
passage of Il Chinese junk eastward
bound and modern gigantic ocean
liner westward bound. symbolizing the
interchange of commerce between the
orient and the Occident.
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still. irving to look like Il business man
who had just dined at the Menger and
was waiting for friend who had
promised to pick him up in his mo-
torcar. Curly's histrionic powers We're
eoual to the impersonation, but his
makeup was wanting.
The bartender rounded the bar in 4
casual way. looking up at the ceiling
as though he was bordering some in
tricate problem of calcimining, and
then fell upon Curly so suddenly that
the roadster had no excuses ready. r.
resistibly. but so composedly that 1t
seemed almost Observation-Disclosures on
his part, the dispenser of drinks push
ed Curly to the swinging doors and
kicked him out.
Curly arose from the gutter leisure
lv. He felt no anger or resentment to-
ward his ejector Fifteen years of
tramphoUd spent out of the twenty
two wears of his life had hardened the
fibers of his spirit. The sings and ar
rows of outrageous fortune fell blunt
ed from the buckler Of his armored
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Whsn a Man Fails.

when lie has no confidence i'll him.
self nor his fellow men,
81 When he values success more than
character and self respect.
WHEN he does not try to make his
work a little better each day.
when he becomes soiHBsorbed in his
work that he cannot say that life Il
greater than Work. q s~4TtsF
When he lets n day go by without
making some one shaMlieEt and more
Comfortable.
When he values wealth sahOve health.
self respect and the good opinion Of
Others.
when he is so burdened by his bust
mess that he finds no time for rest or
recreation.
When he loves his own. plays and 4 in,
terests moresthan humanity
When his friends like him for what
he has more than for what he is.
When he knows that he is in the
wrong. but is afraid to admit it.
When he envies others because they
.have more ability, talent or wealth
than ne has. '-.~' ~--,
When he does not care what hap
pens to his neighbor or to his friend so
long as he isTfospeerrousS iF 1 \ Ffi
When he is so busy doing that he has
no time for smiles and cheering words.
Ideal Power. sst4
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AGlance at Current Topics and Events

reachinga appropriate sermon. Needs
and recommendations for the success
of the worlds Sunday schools will
constitute one of the principal sub
iects for discussion. A general Observ-
ance of July 13 as the worlds sun
day school day has been arranged for.
A special service has been prepared. in
many languages and has been sent all
over the globe.
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- -
haps gives more of its attention to
developing 1.-The minds of the pupils
than does any other. 1t is a school for
blind deaf mutes, whether. afflicted
from birth or later deprived Of their
faculties by disease or accident.
The sense of touch must necessarily
be relied on wholly for the instruction
of such persons, and consequently the
little !unfOrtunates at Newawes' are
taught to see with their fingers.
Some of the children are exceedingly
apt, and all of them are greatly bene-
flied by the instruction. They have
their playrooms and recreation hours
the same as other children do, and
they enjoy their needles and dolls and
toys as keenly as their more fortunate
brothers and sisters do their more
strenuous forms Of play.
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A New Institution For the Blind.

Berlin. June 80. = While there are
many institutions throughout the
world where blind deaf mutes are
cared for and to some extent educated,
one recently opened at Newawes per-
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A Colonial Exhibition For Java.

/, Samarang. Java, June 29:-The colo
NAL exhibition which is to be held at
Samarangyins September, 1914, will be>
a big affair 7 TIE gesef4inent of the
Dutch East 'Indies is giging5sit ii sub
stantial4 subsidy and also its official
support in several other respects. An
important government & exhibit Is In
preparation, This. exhibit wi1leafter-;
ward be sent to the Panama Pacific
exposition, Al. San FRANCISCO in 1915.
An interesting feature of the exhibi-
ton and one that. ought to attract
great deal of attention in Australia
in view OF the many problems of trop-
ical development presented by the
porthefQ territory and Papua will be
the agricultural demonstration. fields.
which are being laid out BY. some of
the great planters associations in Java
and Sumatra, For inStaapce. the lava
sugar syndicate Will have, an acre or
so planted with sugar-cane andsdem-
Onstrate the whole process Of crushing
and refining. The Tobacco Planters
association of Sumatra will give ste sim
ilarly practical, demonstration of, the
tobacco industry, while the govern
ment department of agriculture will
assist in preparing other exhibits rep
,resenting the great agricultural indus
tries of JaNas ksr~. - es ~ n
II IN q Y +-SA- sss% u es
Motorcycle Squad In Every County.
Topeka, Kan, Julfe' 30.-Thefe will
b, 1850 riders in the Kansas motor
cycle patrol. according to plans COM
pfeted 1t is being organized along
the lines of the@anti- horse thief sasso-
cations and will be under the direc-
ton of Governor Hedges.
Kans:ts will be the first state to- have
a motorcycle patrol in every county.
The members will receive no pay.
Each one must be Il member of the
Federation Of American .IotorcyclistS.
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No. 2
The Higher Abdication
Seeking Hospitality.

I'RIY the tramp sidled toward
the freesltrnch2neountef.~e7Ie '
caught fieeting glance from
the bartender's eye and stood
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sSsfssass Y sr :
Real Unhappy.

= fHlfend-Did your novel have a happy
ending?
Riter-No:' unhappy. Seven publish
ers turned it down, and l burned it up
Boston Transcript
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"ts ~ ..e- !,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-12-23
DEBATERS
Soon To Be [ hOSen For High
School Teams

At the high school Wednesday, the
entire morning was devoted to pre-
liminary speeches of the contestants
for positions on this years debating
teams. The teachers of the high
school and the debating coach, w. W.
Dawson of Ohio Wesleyan university,
acted as judges and, at the conclusion
of the speeches, selected the follow
ing ten persons from whom eight will
be later chosen to constitute the two
teams: Misses Dorothy Blair and Nab
ell Fobes and Messrs. Jay McDevitt,
Dan Houck, Russell Ewalt Russell
Thrailkill, Russell Eastman, Stan
ley Johnson, Glen Sparks and Edwin
Rawlins. Sixteen pupils tried out.
Work on the debate will be started as
soon as the holidays are over.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-12-23
community
Club is Organized In Village
OF Amity

Amity o., Dec. ia meeting was
held here Wednesday evening at
which time a Community club was or
ganized. The aim of the club is to
get the home and school to work to-
sether. The adults win furnish part
of the program each evening. The
following was the program given
Wednesday evening;
Song High school students.
Recitation Hazel Daniels.
Song married women.
Recitation, Counting Prof. A. l..
Murry.
Recitation, Deacon Brown--Elas
Cain.
Song-Red, White and Blue.
After the close of the program the
following officers We're elected:
President Prof. A. l.. Murry.
Vice President-George Stinemets.
Secretary ]. Davis.
The next meeting will be held at
the school house Friday evening, Jan
uary 9.