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Who Was Old Roper:

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir; VIII
you look in the Dictionary of Unprofane
Profanity" and ind out what Is the origin
OF Dang old Roper"7 Who was Roper"
and why should he be DANCED?
+. II. Y.
RICH MoNp, Va, November 7.
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Rules and Waves,

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir. Apro-
pos OF the violation OF Belgium the fol-
lowing Is being passed around
britannia rules the waves
And Germany valves the rules"
NEW YORK, November S. p L.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BILL
DRAWN AS A MODEL
Seth Low and w. r. Willco,
Make Report on Civic Fed
Grafton Measure.
RADICAL IDEAS DEVELOPED

The National Civic Federation has had
It's executive council prepare a model pub.
lilo service commission bill. II has also
just Issued a report upon this bill BY Sch
Low. its president, and William r. VIII.
cox, ex-chairman OF the New IArx CIR
Public Service Commission.
The federation studied public and nrt
vate operation OF municipal utilities her
and in England and its commission prac.
tically agreed that In the United State,
under existing conditions OF munic,pal
politics private operation would be prefer.
able to public ownership. provided only
that there were sufficient regulation TO
protect the citizens against too high rate,
and poor service.
Nine men were then set to work TO draf,
a model utilities bill. They were Emerson
McMillin of the American Light and Trac.
ton Company. chairman OF the council
Franklin q. Brown OF Redmond & Co
John ii. Gray. head OF the department O,
economics and political science In the Uni.
versity OF Minnesota: Edward VI Bias
sett. ex-member OF the New York civ
Public Service Commission; Halford
Erickson. member OF the Wisconsin Rail.
road Commission: William n. Kerr. a Chi
cago lawyer: Blewett Lee general solicitor
OF the Illinois Central Railroad Milo n
Maltbie, member OF the New York citv
Public Service Commission, and Arthur
Williams. chairman of the Association OF
Edison Electric Companies and hIm,eI,
an engineer.
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Restoration Of sugar duties by a
Democratic Congress and Admnistra-
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may we'll be regarded. II 1t comes to
pass. as a blending OF the bitter with
the sweet
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viii Uncle jog CANSoN please try and
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q. q. +. IN no longer a rogue elephant?
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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-10-22
COTTAGES.

Cottage accommodation" In the
sense in which Mr.. Runchiman's bill
deals with 1t, is a phase that would
hardly be understood in the United
States. Professors Greenough and
Kittredge of Harvard, in their book
ON the ways OF English words, points
out that cottage" in the strict sense
Of o laborer's dwelling, has never been
adopted into popular American use,
because America has eve really had
the thing. The word over there has
always had literary and sentimental
associations, and finally has come to
be used for the most magnificent sum
me- residences. This has gone much
farther than the use of the word in
Engiand to mean a villa. In Amer
lea o "cottager'' definitely signifies a
person who is above staying at a
boarding house or hotel, and has his
cwn summer home.-London Chroni
ole. 1se.
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$4,000 FOR HE|RESS
TO ENJOY HERSELF
fndulgent Auntie Thinks Girls
Should Have Fun While
Young. ~

Denver.-Miss Patsy Campion, whose
father, A. j. Campion, made millions in
Colorado mining camps, has just
cashed a check for $4,000, given to her
by her aunt, Mrs. Anna X. Sigel, n
of the richest women of the west, who
believes In what she calls 'the democ-
racy of spending for young American
girls, and Is testing her theory In h
case Of her niece.
II now Patsy will come into q large
fortune when her parents die" says
Mrs. Sigel, "but I ave her this money
to spend in having a good time. / think
Ii Is a protection to young girls TO be-
able to satisfy their W ideals as to
dress n amusement while they are
young. and not to be dependent on their
parents aid. Democracy of spending
not only improves a girls power OF
judgment, but makes her better quail
fled to know values in all things and
Will max her q better housewife.
Besides, in the use of rich girls,
1 believe In them having a good time
while they are young, rather than to
wait years and years for their parents
estates to come to them. when they are
too old for fun"
Miss Campion some day will be very
rich. but her mother Is very conser-
vative In her ideals, and has steadfast-
~ refused TO permit her to wear ex-
treme styles or to indulge In many OF
n pleasures that other rich girls have.
Now, however, she has the means to
buy as many fancy gowns as she likes.
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GENERAL PAU GIVES
HIS HAT TO PRIVATE

Bordeaux. France-The Whimsical
c~amaraderte. with his men. which has
made General Paul Gerald Pau. one-
armed veteran OF the war Of 1870. and
present commander of the army Of the
east. the most popular French COM
mander liz the field. Is described in q
letter from q Bordeaux r~eservist TO
his family. The young man writes:
w left the village OF B In high
spirits. I am apt to play the fool and
In romping about the railroad car I
lost my kept out OF q window. The
next day / had to march In the ranks
bareheaded. People pointed and made
fun Of me, but I did not mind that. I
laughed back and Joked with all tha
girls.
"At headquarters, however, General
Pau himself arrived TO review the
regiment. and I felt a bit ashamed OF
my appearance. Az the general came
In front Of me he stopped. I expected
to be reprtmanded. perhaps punished.
Hello he said. quizzically. 7 see
you've lost you kept
Yes. general
would you like 20 have miner
IT'D be proud to have it. I star-
mered. In my surprise.
The general thereupon took of his
KEPT and hapded II to ma while every
After ~Iparching an day with that
bare head I'll bet you're thirsty he
added. and before I realized what he
was going TO do he had slipped a ffve-
franc piece into my hand.
Il was 30 touched I did not know
how TO thank him. Tears came Into
my eyes. For a general like that rd
let myself be killed 10 times over. He
knows how to treat the soldiers and
make them love him"
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Bears the IN <C-7
Signature Of IE1<NLNLZW
In Use For Over so Years.
Children C-y for Eetchsr's Castoria
Anecdotes.

Speaking of humorists brings US to
the fact that no man living can look
quite so solemn when producing hui
nor as Irwin 8. Cobb, the well known
comedian Of the Saturday Evening
Post. When Cobb was on the STAFF
Of one of the big New York newspa-
pers he did various news assignments,
some Of them mighty serious and 9th
ers that gave him a chance for COM
edy. 1t was a standing joke about
the Office that anybody could look at
Cobb as he bent over his typewriter
and tell which kind of yarn he was
writing. If his face was all wrinkled
mp with solemnity like a bloodhound's.
with a sad look about the ayes such
M one rarely sees except in IN under
takers hostler, Cobb vas preparing
something that would make hosts OF
people laugh.
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She Had 0 II.

1t was young Mrs. Robinson's first
dinner party and she was suffering all
the Il terrors OF the inexperienced
hostess.
However. the cook rose to the occa-
sion splendidly, and, so far as the din
ner itself was concerned, Mrs. Robin
SON was delighted.
The only fly in the ointment was
Jane. Jane was the new parlor maid;
she was slow, clumsy, and her waiting
was bad. But, In addition TO these
faults. she Insisted on keeping her
mouth wide open.
This so got on Mrs. Robinson's
nerves that at last she exclaimed:
Jane, you mouth Is wide open"
Jane withdrew her gaze from the
ceiling and said, looking down with a
cherry smile:
Il know it il ma'am: ! opened 1t
myself"
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Hughes and Freyiinghuisen and I TO tell
all we knew OF this tragedy and or the
n which had preceded IL. Grady
seemed already acquainted with the
duaeils Of d'Aurelle's death, for he
lnsenGd without inte-rupting, only nod
ding from time to time.
You've got a list Of servants here, of
course, Simmonds." he said, when we
had finished the story.
Yes. sir" and Simmonds handed IL
to him.
Hem" said Grady, as he glanced II
over. Five OF EN-. Know anything
! about 'em?"
They've all been with Mr.. vantine
a long time. SIR" replied Simmonds.
they're all right"
Which n Of EN- found vantine's
body?"
Parks, I think" I said. TT was he
who called me-"
Better have him in" said Grady, and
doubled up the list n slipped it in his
pocket.
Parks came in looking decidedly
shaky; but answered Grady's questions
clearly and concisely. He told first OF
the events OF the afternoon, and then
passed on to the evening.
MI. Vantine had dinner at home,
sir" he said. cit vas served. / think, at
. " SIOSh. 4 I1uoI IldNc IlnlSueQ u III
tie after 1880. / didn't see him. for I
was Strengthening things around up in
his room n putting his clothes away.
But he told Rogers"
Never mind what he told Rogers"
broke in Grady. Just tell us what you
know"
VERY well. sir" said Parks, submis-
sively. Il had a lot of work to dove
just got back from Europe yesterday,
you know-and / kept on putting things
in their places and Strengthening
around. n 1t must have been $3.50
when l heard Rogers yelling for me. I
thought the house was on fire, and I
came down in a hurry. Rogers was
standing out there in the hall, looking
like he'd seen a ghost. He kind Of
gasped n pointed to this room, and I
looked in and saw Mr.. Vantine laying
there
His voice choked on the words, but
he managed to go on, after a moment.
Then l t~elephoned for Mr.. Lester"
he added, and that's all i know"
Very we'll" said Mr.. Grady. That's
all for the present. Send Rogers in"
Rogers face, as he entered the room,
gave me a kind Of shock, for Ii was that
of a man on the verge OF hysteria. He
was n man Of about SO, with iron gray
hair. and a smoth shaver face. ordin-
arily rudy with health. But now his
AN~N "@S hNAog MS SANGhS AAAASu anu
shrunken, his eyes blood shot and star
ing. He reeled rather than walked into
the ROOM, one hand clutching at his
throat, al though he were choking.
Get him a chair" said Grady, and
Simmonds brought one forward and re-
manned standing beside ii. Now, my
man." Grady continued, you'll have to
brace up. What's the matter with you,
anyhow? Didn't you ever see a dead
before?"
1T amt that" gasped Rogers. TT
amt that-though l never saw a MUIR
dered man before"
"What?" demanded Grady sharply.
Didn't you see that fellow this after
?"
"That was different" Rogers moaned.
II didn't know him. Besides. I thought
he'd killed himself. We all thought So"
And you don't think Vantine did,"
II know he didn't" and Rogers voice
rose to a shrill scream 1T was that
woman done It.! Damn her! She lone
1t! i knowed h was up to some
crooked work when / let her in!"
- ..#
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(cHAPTER Iv.-contInued.)

"Ill show you, sir he said, and ran
up the steps, along the hall, to the
door of h n oom where we had
found the Frenchman's body. I'm there
sir!" he sobbed. I'm there!" and clune
to the wall as / opened the door and
stepped inside.
The room was ablaze with light, and
for an instant my eyes were so daz-
zled that / could distinguish nothing.
Dimly 1 saw Godfrey spring forward
and drop to his knees.
Then my eyes cleared. and I saw, on
n very spot where d'Aurelle had died,
another body-or was 1t the same,
brought back that the tragedy Of the
AFTERNOON might. In some mysterious
I remember bending over and peer
ing into the face
1t was the face OF Philip vantine.
A minute must have passed as I stood
there dazed and shaken. / was con-
scious, in a way. that Godfrey was ex-
amining him. Then I heard his voice.
Hes dead" he said. .
Then there was an instant's silence.
Lester, look here!" cried Godfrey's
voice, sharp, insistent. For Gods
sake, look here!"
Godfrey was kneeling there holding
something toward me.
Look hereI" he cried again.
Vas Inc ueau man nanu ne was
holding; the right hand; a swollen and
discolored hand. And on the back of
it. just above the knuckles. were two
tiny wounds, from which a few drops
OF blood trfckled.
And as / started at this CHASTITY sight,
scarce able to believe my eyes, I heard
a choking voice behind me, saying over
and w again:
II was that woman done I'll It was
that woman done It'll Damn herl II
was that woman done it,"
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A chanaa n Earmina.

Farmers are finding that they must
go In for diversified farming, must In
crease h yield of the crops they have,
combine field crops with live stock,
grow the stock best suited to condi-
tons, learn TO fertilize their soil and
70 market their crops intelligently.
Such are the conclusions of national
and state Investigations. In an arti-
Gle In the Technical World, r. @. Moor
head gives figures OF the department
OF that show $11.f5 as the
average cost of producing an acre Of
wheat, while the average amount La
141 8 to the acre. At 80 cents
q bushel this Is q profit of 10 cents an
acre. Corn costs $12.27 an acre, and
In the last 10 years las averaged O
profit OF rs cents an acre. Oats in 10
years has averaged a loss OF Is cents
an acre, the cost being 1906 an acre.
Labor Is figured as the largest cost
Item. But there are rent and interest.
III II We're not that the farmer is being
paid for his own labor and gets his
own interest where he Is an owner, his
returns would be SO small as to dis
courage him from continuing. An this
mas been learned from bookkeeping.
The result Is a change, Mr.. Moorhead
says that Is like q revolution. 1t in
eludes increasing the yield OF the grain
crops, planting diversified crops in
stead of wheat, corn and oats, and
raising live stock. Extreme Specialize
ing has not been profitable. The farm
err Is becoming a manufacturer by
which he converts his 'aroughage" and
waste into beef, mutton and pork.
Small farms in New York show that
20 per cent OF profits comes from I've
stock. The country over, rs per cent
Is set down as the average. An aver
age steer in Wisconsin with beef at S
cents a pound produces q profit OF 1884
an acre. Minnesota and North Dako-
ia experiments show $50 worth OF milk
product from cows, which, counting out
the cost OF ~pasturage, leaves 1920 to the
acre. A table, based on official state
and national experiments IND returns,
shows the comparative acre profit of
the grain farmer and the live stock
farmer: Wheat, - cents: corn, 26 cents;
dairy cattle, SEQ; beef cattle, 1874;
swine. $40; oats, q loss Of rs cents an
acre.
But there Is also the loss of soil de-
Experiments at the Missouri
agricultural college show tina a ton OF
timothy removes as much from the soil
as do IL tons OF butter. The former sells
Tor SO; the latter for from 5000 to
$4,000: A ton OF pork removes $50 Of
fertility from an acre. But It sells for
$111.40: while q ton of butter. which
sells for A70, remove only ~ cents
worth of fertility, so that a butter
farmer will require 238 years to remove
as as q grain farmer removes
every year. The Iowa college showed
that unused cornstalks wasted So. 80 an
acre a year. The remedy for the latter
Is n silo, OF which 1900 were manu-
featured last year. 1t preserves the
entire plant and stops the waste OF 40
per cent of the feeding value Of the
plant. The conclusion is that there
should be an increase In the grain
product to the acre and the use of live
stock for saving the waste and increas-
ing the yield.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.

1t was coming now; the secret, how
ever sordid, however ugly, was to be
unveiled. / saw Grady's face set In
hard lines; 1 could hear the stir OF
interest with which the others leaned
Grady took a flask from his pocket
and opened 1t.
"Take a drink OF this" he said, and
placed 1t in Rogers hand.
/ could hear the mouth Of the flask
gathering against his teeth, as he put
1t eagerly to his mouth and took three
or four long swallows.
Thank you. SIR" he said, more
steadily, and handed the flask back to
Its wner A little color crept into his
face; but I fancied there was a new
o in his eyes-for, as the horror
faded, fear tool its place.
Grady screwed the cap on the flask
with great elaboration, and returned It
to his pocket. And all the time Rogers
was watching him furtively, wiping
his mouth mechanically with a trem-
bling hand.
"Now, Rogers" Grady began, "I
want you to take your time and tell
us in detail everything that happened
here tonight. You say q did t.
Well, we want to hear all about that
woman. Now go ahead; and remember
there's no hurry"
"Well, SIR" began Rogers slowly, as
though carefully considering his words,
"Mr. Vantine came out from dinner
about half past seven-maybe q little
later than that-and told me to light all
the lights in here and in the next room.
You see there r gas and electrics
both, sir, and / lighted them all. He
had zone into the music room on the
Other side Of the hall. so I went over
there and told him the lights were all
lit. He was looking at a new picture
he'd bought, but he left II right away
and came out into the hall.
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CONTINUED next week.l
Arc We NeutraI2
From Golfers.

We shah observe President wilson's
neutrality order rtgidly. And yet suppose
erman should VIM p
army, and swept the British navy from
the sea? Suppose all this had happened
and we In the United States had q day
or two to think II over? What would we
think and what would we do? Our own
notion is that IL we were guided by ordi-
nary prudence we would instantly recog-
nize the necessity OF making our navy
not less han seven times as strong as IL
now is and raising our standing army to
a. hall million. Our German-AmeTican
friends who criticize us as being preju-
themselves realize the real situation.
with a triumph of the military spirit and
of absolutism in Europe, we Americans
would lave to step against our wills into
the shoes that France has stood In now
for 40 years.
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Nav conundrum

Here is a conundrum which your
greatgrandfathers asked each other
when they were little boys:
How many legs has a dog II you
call his tail a leg?"
"Fiyel" shouted the little great
granddad OF Mr.. A.
Wrong" corrected the dimlnutive
Kreatgranddad of Mr.. B. Because
calling his tail a leg doesn't make 1t a
leg."
! Inn reminded Of this venerable
brain twister of youth by the follow
ing lines in the Clayton anti-business
bill:
~The District of Columbia shall be
deemed a state within the meaning Of
this law"
SO I shall modernize that ancient
query by propounding the following:
Flow many states in the United States
n you call the District Of Columbia a
state7" - Girard. In Philadelphia
Ledger.
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FOUND OUT.
"A Trained Nurse Discovered It's Effect.

No one is In better position to know
the value of food and drink than q
trained nurse.
/, Speaking OF coffee, a nurse In Pa,
writes: 81 used to drink strong cof-
fee myself, and suffered greatly from
headaches and indigestion.
while on a visit to my brothers I
mad O good chance to try Postum, for
they drank it altogether in place OF
coffee. After using Postum two weeks
/ found / was much benefited and
finally my headaches disappeared and
also the indigestion.
Naturally I have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has
been left of and Postum used
Il observe a curious fact about
Postum when used by mothers. 1t
greatly helps the flow of milk In cases
where coffee Is inclined to. dry II
mo. and where tea cause nervousness.
II find trouble in getting servants
20 make Postum properly. But when
II IN prepared according to directions
ON package and served hot with
cream, 1t is certainly a delicious bev'
eraga..
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich Read "The Road u
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
R~euular Postum-must be wei
boiled. 15c and zoe packages.
Instant, Postum--is a soluble powder
a teaspoonful dissolyes quickly In
cup of hot water and. with cream and
sugar, made a delicious beverage In
stantiy. soc and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds Il
about the same.
there's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers
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Her Idea Of Economy.

Gen. w. L. Alexander was discussing
the European war. This war" he said,
will affect even us. We must econo-
mize to weather 1t. And our
must be general, too.
I'VE mustn't be like Gayboy, whom a
friend asked over a bottle OF cham
payne on a roof garden:
"'Well, apropos OF the war. old man,
did you give u wife that lecture on
economy?'
eyes. I did, Gayboy answered, and
she went right out and bought me a
safety razor"
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Tax doctors" Disagree.
From the SibleY Na.l Tribune

rtUH tHe OIUIVy NAasI AHIUuHo.
Osceola county taxpayers shout brace
themselves for another boost in taxes.
The raise is not made on account OF the
war in Europe, as most Of the other items
in the Increased cost OF low living are ac-
counted for. Our supervisors claim II In
rendered necessary by state laws and adj
ministration.
Governor Clarke and the executive coun-
ell insist that the boards OF supervisors
are responsible for the high taxes that
prevail in Iowa.
The doctors disagree. The taxpayer
may believe the state officials or the
county officials as he pleases.
But he must pay the taxes.
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a. Petersburg.

The city of st. Petersburg ~(recently
renamed Petrograd by the czar) was
founded BY Peter the Great in the
year 1703. He called 1t the window
through which he could look out upon
Europe."
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Simply Terrible,

"A terrible poison has been discov-
cred lately"
Whats that ~
*"AeropIane poison"
rs 1t deadly?"
We'll 1t only takes one drop to XII
q man"
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In taking evenge, a man Is but
even with his enemy; but in passing
a. over, he is superior.-Philosophy
hook
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-10-22

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put I'M
y years ago. They regulate and invigorate
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny ~granules. Adv.