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up in the dark basement kitchen, sc
she won't see their faces peerlng al
her In her automobile.
Mothers who have their hearts set
upon the match fail to observe that
the tastes of the young folks differ
widely. They have no likings L. com
mon. He loves the lively girl--a DIT
coquettish, yet sensible girl who
knows when to laugh and when to be-
serious; the girl who don't want her
own way all the time, in everything;
who isn't 'daffy" on matinees and
movies; who doesn't run to soothsay-
ers to find out if he was with any
other girl on particular evening
that he was to take her out, but sent
her a hurried note, begging off for
business reasons, To secure peace at
home, many young man has allowed
himself to be coddled into a marriage
which he might not have made of his
own yolition. Young people should
be allowed voice in their mating.
He, or she. who marries to please any
one else has his or her own trials, and
both have themselves to blame If their
happiness. becomes shipwrecked.
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NOT A CASE OF CHARITY
secretary of Millionaire Was Just an
Extreme of the Graduate
of 1914 Style.


Jerome S. McWade. at tea In Du-
luth, was talking about the girl gradu-
ate.
called on an old millionaire con-
corning an investment the other day."
ne said, and. as l took leave. ! drew
the old boy out into the hall and said;
George, my boy-about that pri-
vate secretary of yours. Excuse me.
george, If l seem to overstep the
bounds of decorum: but I'm friend
OF yours, and-er-
In short. George, struggled on. 4
know she's a pretty girl. and toe
young to mean any real harm, and so
forth-but that's a terribly long slit
In her skirt. George; and at three
O'Clock the other morning she was
tangoing and smoking cigarettes and
drinking champagne at the Chat Mort
in one of those transparent revelation
gowns from Paris, and she bathed
Sunday with Jaggers in tight boys
suit like Annette Kellerman wears
skin tight and no stockings. you know,
George-and so, really, since she's sc
young and pretty, I'm half afraid she'll
break up your home And, oh, George.
what a sad, sad thing that would be
for man of your age. ! guess you
only employ her out of charity, yet
But here the old fellow gave me a
nasty laugh and interrupted me.
No. he said. No. l don't employ
her out of charity, McWade. You see,
she's my daughter. just graduated
from college, New York World
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HIT THE SPOT.
Postum Knocked Out Coffee AIIs.

There's a good deal of satisfaction
and comfort in hitting upon the right
thing to rid one of the varied and
constant ailments caused by coffee
drinking.
Ever since l can remember"
writes an Ind. woman, my father
has been lover of his coffee. but the
continued use Of it so affected his
stomach that he could scarcely eat at
times.
Mother had coffeeheadache and
dizziness, and IL l drank coffee for
breakfast / would taste it all day and
usually go to bed with headache.
"One day father brought home q
pkg. of Postum recommended by our
grocer. Mother made IL according TO
directions on the box and 1t just hit
the spot" II has dark. seal-brown
color, changing to golden brown when
cream is added. and a snappy taste
similar to mild, hish-grade coffee. and
we found that It's continued use speed
fly put an end 10 all our coffee Ills.
THAT was at least ten years ago
and Postum has, from that day TO
this, been standing order of fathers
grocery bill.
when l married. my husband was
a great coffee drinker, although he
admitted that 1t hurt him. When ]
mentioned Postum he said he did not
like the taste OF 1t. / told him !
could make 1t taste all right. He
smiled and said, try 1t. The result
was a success, he won't have any
thing but Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
Wellyille," in pkgs.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled-15c and ESQ packages.
Instant Postum--is soluble pow
der. Made in the cup with hot wa
ter-no boiling-30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds u
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold BY GrocerA
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AGAIN THE MARRIED MAN.

Where evil may be done. it's right
10 ponder; where only suffer'd know.
The shortest pause is much too long.
Every girl has her love dream,
sweet, and fanciful, of the man who
will one day come to WOO and wed
her. In her meditations he is always
light of heart and faucy free. No
cloud darkens their courtsh;p, Mar
riage is the natural quito Sme of their
meeting. Even the g't whose feet
have turned into the primrose path
never went so far in her reveries as
to imagine that her mate was to be
one who was bound by the hottest ties
to another.
The stories of the girls who have
gone wrong because of their foolish
infatuation for man who could not
be theirs have held no warnings. They
have read of the unfortunate endings
OF such girls, but, do they heed? No!
Yesterday, the whole country was
stirred by the elopment of young
girl and married man. So strong
was her infatuation for him that she
defes all who love her and hold her
dear to keep her parted from the vii
lain who has entangled her heart. To
Gay another girl has shocked the world
by Staying the wife of the man whose
love she crayed In her case, retri-
button followed close on the heels of
the tragedy. When she realized the
enormity of her crime, in a moment of
remorse. she took her own life.
We fail to remember that many go
headlong to their ruin, with their eyes
open and a full understanding of the
sins they are committing when they
welcome the advances Of a married
man. Love is solemn as it is noble.
No girl has ever fallen headlong into
sin. She has reached that stage by
slow degrees First it is the smile.
then the pleasant word of greeting,
the low, tender word, the clasp Of the
hand and the caress.
Before love-making gets so far as
this, and ere she has fallen under its
mystic spell, she should make up her
mind to know all about the man who
sues for her affection. First and fore
most, it is expected that he is single.
Next, that he is honorable, and upon
marriage intent.
If a man who has been making the
least advances to a girl tells her that
he can love her, but is not free to be
nearer and dearer to her, that he can
not marry because he already has a
wife, the girl should flee from him as
from a plague. He does not tell her
the thought that is uppermost in his
heart. that his intention is to make
her but the plaything of an hour, blot
the purity of her fair name, wreck
her life, make of her a creature whom
he would not allow his own wife to
associate with. Girls know the dan
ger at very early age and step will
ing victims into the trap laid for
them.
Honorable girls scorn and spurn the
married man who attempts to make
advances to them. Good girls want
husbands all their own, respectable,
God-fearing men, who love and rev
erence them. Children of such a
union look to their mother with pride
and follow in her footsteps. Girls,
beware of the married man who would
make love to those unprotected, and
seem a mark of easy prey. Do not
keep his attempt to make love a
secret.
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DROVE TIE CAT TO SUICIDE
Representative Probably Did Little
Thinking After He Had Heard
PoIIceman's Story.

Alfalfa Bilp' Murray, representa-
tive from Oklahoma, made tour of
Washington a short time ago with a
party CT friends. In due time they
reached the Washington monument,
and the Oklahoma statesman told at
length of the beauties of the shaft.
At the close Of his peroration, Alfsl-
ia Bill mopped his brow and turned
genially to a minion of the law nearby
How about it." asked he; isn't
that some little talk on this ancient
pile of masonry"
You forgot about the cat" replied
that official, inaperturbably.
What cat?"
'Frhe brindled cat of 1896"
well, what about him?' queried
Representative Murray.
"Oh, nothing" replied the guard.
evasively.
See here" said Mr.. Murray, stern
ly, Il demand TO know about this cat.
1T amt much OF a story" replied
the guard. Your talking there re-
minded me of It, Y'see this here cat
lived in the monument. Well, sir. me
and another chap that used to be here
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treading on a path OF rose-leayes.
down which the increasing melody
flowed crimsonly to him. calling. call
ing
He stopped stock-still. He lad been
sklrting a close-cropped hedge of box.
This had ended abruptly and he was
looking straight up bar of green
yellow radiance from a double door.
way. The latter opened on a porch
and the light, flung across this.
drenched an arbor of climbing roses.
making it stand out mass OF woven,
rubies set in emerald.
He drew long sigh of more than
delight, for framed in the doorway he
saw figure in misty white, leaning to
the gilded upright of harp. He
knew at once that It was Shirley.
Holding his breath, he came closer. his
feet muffled in the thick grass He
stood in the dense obscurity, one
hand gripping the gnarled limb of
a catalpa, his eyes following the
shapely arms from wrist to shoulder,
the fingers straying across the strings
the bending cheek caressing the
carved wood. She was playing the
melody of Shelley's Indian Serenade"
touching the chords softly and ten
derly-and his lips moved. molding
themselves soundlessly to the words.
The serenade died in single long
note. AS if in answer to it there rose
flood of bird-music from beyond the
ga - Iol
rippled TO a soaring melody. She
heard it, too, for the gracile fingers
fell from the strings. She listened
moment, with head held to one side,
then sprang up and came through the
door and down the steps.
He hesitated moment, then sim
gle stride took him from the shadow.
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the first time ever heard you admit
that much good Of your ancestors
Good" said the doctor belligerent-
ly. Me? | don't! said people now
were no better AS for the men of
that time, they were cheap swagger-
ing lot of DULLES and swash-bucklers.
When | read history I'm ashamed to
be descended from them"
Il desire to inform you, sah," said
the major, stung, that too am a de-
sce'idant of those DULLES and swasn-
bucklers, as you call them. And
wish from ny heart thought we, now
adays. could hold a tallow-dip to
them"
You refer, no Doubt" said the q. :
tor with sarcasm. ito our friend Devil
John and his ideal treatment of his
wifei"
No, sah," replied the major warm
ly. ''Fm not referring to Devil-John.
There were exceptions, no doubt, but
for the most part they treated their
women folk as ! believe their Maker
made them to be treated! The man
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CHAPTER KUN.
Beyond the Bcx-Hedge.

DCJOtid hiaC OSR-iiCAJIs
AS he greeted her. his gaze plunged
deep into hers. She had recoiled a
step, startled, to recognize him al
most instantly. He noted the shrink
ing and thought it due to stabbing
memory of that forest-horror. His first
words we're prcslic enough:
I'm an unconscionable trespasser,"
he said 1T must seem awfully PROV
ly, but I didn't realize l was on pri-
vato property till passed the hedge
there"
AS her hand lay in his, strange
fancy stirred in him. in that wood
meeting she had seemed something
witch-1ike, the wilful spirit OF the pas
sionate spring herself, mixed of her
aerial essences and jungle wilder
nesses; in this scented lim-lit close she
was grave-eyed, subdued, paler pen
sive woman of under -alf-guessed sad
nesses and haunting moods. With her
answer, however. this gravity seemed
to slip from her like garment She
laughed lightly.
81 love to prowl myself think
sometimes like the night better than
the day. | believe in one of my in
carnations | must have been a pan
Their"
They both laughed. I'm growing
superstitious about flowers" he said.
You know rose figured in our first
meeting. And in our last"
She shrank momentarily. THE cape
jessamines! l shall always think of
that when l see them!"
"Ah. forgive mel" he begged But
when l remember what you did--for
me! Oh, know! But for you. must
have died"
But for me you wouldn't have
been bitten But don't let's talk of it."
She shivered suddenly.
ITO pLT CONTTvNrTrT-n.A
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lover. Where he used to cali upon
her every evening in the week he cuts
his visit down to three evenings a
week and adroitly avoids revealing
where or how he passes the remain
der of his time. He has a reluctance
about telling her that he is working
extra time at his business to earn ad-
ditional pay to purchase added luxur-
les for the housekeeping. When she
insists upon knowing where he lis, the
truth can no longer be held ard he
admits it.
All work and no play soon makes
Jack a dull boy!" She takes her fam
lily into her confidence Her brothers
evolve plan to adjust matters They
march boldly to his place of business
at the edge of the evening. They find
him elbow deep in a pile of letters
that will keep him busily engaged un-
til midnight, if not into the Wee sma
hours.
They coax him to remember there's
another day; that, even though he
earns less he keeps his health and
strength by quitting the work and ac-
companying them to some place of
amusement. When they are convinced
that their Establishments are Of no
avail to move him, they take him for
chilly from his work, hustle him into
his hat and coat, and, despite his pro-
testations, kidnap him from his Office,
as it were, forcing him to take much
needed rest. If more men who de-
vote much more time than they should
to their business were tenderly but
firmly taken from their absorbing
cares and compelled to take necessary
recreation, 1t would prolong their lives
give them new zest to commence
work again.
1t is always the man who needs
rest most who declares that business
would go to smash in a week If he
were not at the helm. No duties are
so important that they should engross
too much of a mans time. "There is
time to work and time to play"
The best ends are served when they
are equally balanced.
Even the young man on marriage
intent and who has already purchased
the betrothal ring cannot afford to
neglect his sweetheart by paying more
attention to business than to her, no
matter how good the cause, unless he
cares to see her cheeks grow pale with
worry. A good sweetheart would rath-
er do with less than know her bride
groom-to-be was shaving to lay by a
few extra dollars.
All! what avail, the largest gifts OF
Heaven
When dropping health and spirits go
amiss?
How tasteless, then, whatever can be
given.
Health is the vital principle of bliss.
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Some Mushroom.

Epicures in the United States. who
love mushrooms viii long for time
in the Austrian Tyrol, where real
mushrooms grow. A traveller writing
Of the region says: Bordering the
road that led up the mountain were
Italian chestnut trees, so large that
it took from three to FIVE of us to
span the trunks of most Of them. I'm
der one of these one evening ! saw
crouching what | took to be a small,
dark gray kitten. STOPPING, l found
that 1t was not kitten, but a lnush-
room. Our good peasant neighbor,
hurrying toward me. begged that /
would not disturb it, saying that she
depended on this every year. After
a few days of rain. what had seemed
a kitten now looked stately cat. and
when 1t reached the weight CT six
pounds it was gathered and eaten.
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HER RIGHTS IN TIE HOME
Woman Contends T.,at Wife's Services
Are Worth More Than Food ard
Raiment-P-- Remedy.

Is womarfs -. worth only her
food and clothing? In every position
on earth. except that of wife. a per
son is entitled to wages. A wife gen.
orally does all that servant would do,
and a great deal more. works more
hours a day than man and goes
through ordeals that are almost beyond
human endurance, yet many wives do
endure this for half century with
only enough TO eat and keep them
warm, never having an extra dollar to
spend They even have TO ask for
money to buy postage stamps.
l think a woman should have abso-
lutte control cf all household affairs.
She should watch corners and know
how TO deal wisely. She should be al
lowed 10 manage her house in what
ever way seems best to her. She
should have enough Of an allowance to
cover necessary expenses. and a spe-
cial allowance for her individual needs.
and should never have 70 ask for it,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-14
CHAPTER xvl-contlnued.

The major nodded. "Ah. yes" he
said. The Continental prison-camp.
And just over this rise there l can
see an old courthouse. and the Vir-
ginia Assembly boiling under the
golden tongue-lashing of lean raw
boned Patrick Henry. | see a messen-
ger gallop up and see the members
scramble to their saddles-and then.
Tarleton and his rcd-coats streaming
up. too late"
Well" commented the doctor DELHI
erately, "all have to say is, don't
materialize too much to Mrs Poly
Clifford when you meet her She'll
have you lecturing to the Ladies'
Church Guild before you know it."
Il hope you ride, Mr.. Valiant ?" the
latter asked Geniaily.
I'm fond of it, said Valiant. but
! have nc horse as yet"
81 was thinking" pursued the ma
jor. "of the coming tournament"
Tournament?
The doctor cut in. "a ridiculous
cock-a-doodle-do which gives the young
bucks chance to rig out in silly tog-
gerry and prance their colts before lot
of petticoatsl"
ITS an annual affair." explained the
major; "a kind of spectacle. For
many years, by the way, it has been
held on part of this estate-perhaps
you will have no objection to its use
this season land at night there is a
dance at the Country Club BY the
way, you must let me introduce you
there-tolnorrow. I've taken the liberty
already of putting your name up"
Good Lord" growled the doctor.
aside He counts himself young! If
I'd reached your age. Bristow-"
You have" said the major, nettled.
-Four years ago!-As | was saying,
Mr.. Valiant, they ride for prize It's
a very ancient thing-I've seen refer
ences to it in colonial manuscript
in the Byrd Library at Westover. No
doubt it's come down directly from
the old jousts."
You don't mean to say" cried his
nearer in genuine establishment. that
Virginia has a lineal descendant of the
tourney"
The major nodded. Yes. Certain
sections of Kentucky usei to have it,
too. but it has died out there. 1t
exists now only in this state. It's
a curious thing that the old knightly
meetings of the middle ages should
survive today only on American soil
and in a corner of Virginia"
Doctor Southall, meanwhile, had set
his gaze on the litter of pamph cts. He
turned with an appreciative eye
You're beginning in earnest. The
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WAS FIRST AMERICAN BANK
Boston institution That Issued $780,
600 in Scrip in i7i4 Is Accorded
That Honor.

The frs, bank in America, located
on State street. Boston. loaned money
on real estate. personal property and
imperishable merchandise. though il
had not the privilege Of issuing
money. then a prerogative of the Bay
State colony. After a few years Bos-
tons first branch discontinued bust
ness and was started in TIA. ten
years after the first newspaper was
printed in Boston. The new bank car.
ried on business and issued 100000 in
scrip on the basis now sought by GER
tain financial promoters and leaders. 1t
was scrip and nothing but scrip. and
consequently the bank was short-lived.
In I742 a land bank was founded by
several hundred subscribers who gath
cred in Boston as the bankers are
meeting today and who attempted TO
relieve the scarcity OF specie By is
suing scrip based on real estate hold
fngs. A specie bank was also founded
about the same time. but both insti-
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Enamel chIps In sausaoes.

NJ Martel, chief of the veterinary
department OF the Paris board OF
health. mas just made report on
sausage manufacturing wnich con-
tains some interesting revelations
He was specifically Interested II as
pertaining to what extent chips OF
the enamel coating Of the meat grind
ers got into the finished sausages.
His microscope showed him in large
number of sausages minute particles
of enamel with sharp points. capable
OF producing erosions of the mites
tines.
Doctor Martel found few sausage
machines IN perfect condition, and
learned that after very brief use the
enamel OF such grinders almost al
ways chips of. He has asked the
project OF the Seine TO forbid the use
of enameled machines. Some manu-
factul.ers had discovered this defect
themselves and had already put In ma
chimes in which nothing hut polished
steel comes In cozulct with the meas
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source OF mis-
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for TIE corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist Of an old motor car. a
whre bull dog and Damory court, neg
lected estate in Virginia. On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an authenticated beauty. and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs Dand-
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem
iniscences during which il is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and a
man named Sasson were rivals for the
hand of Mrs cambridge in her youth.
Sasson and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and the build
ings in a very much neglected condition.
He decides to rehabilitate the place and
make the land produce a living for him.
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite of a
snake, which bites him. Knowing the
deadliness of the bite. Shirley sucks the
poison from the wound and saves his life.
Shirley tells her mother of the incident
and the latter is strangely moved at
hearing that a Valiant is again living at
DamOrV court
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Agricultural Department And the
Congressional frank"
I'm afraid I'm a sad sketch as
scientist" laughed Valiant MY
point of view has to be a somewhat
practical one | must be self-support-
ing. Damory Court is big estate.
Il has grain lands and forest as we'll.
If my ancestors lived from It, | can.
It's not only that" he went on more
slowly, Il want to make the most of
the place for its own sake, too. Not
only of its possibilities for earning.
but of its natural beauties. lack the
resources ! once had. but / can give
1t thought and work, and IL they can
bring Damory Court back to anything
even remotely resembling what 1t once
was, I'll not spare either"
The major sruote his knee and even
the doctors face showed a grim. II
transient approval Il believe you'll