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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08
Your Silver Teapot.

When the inside of silver teapot
starts to tarnish the following idea Is
very good to make it look like new:
Put large piece of washing soda into
the teapot and fill with boiling water.
Then boil it for one hour over a spirit
lamp and you will find 1t will become
as bright inside as out, and the soda
will not injure the silver in any way.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08

Sir James Barrie's affection for ex-
plorers Is no new thing. All who know
his Edinburgh Eleven" will remember
the eulogy of Joseph Thomson, the
Dumfriesshire Scot, who did pioneer
work of the Livingstone kind in At
RIGA. 1t is a fine pen picture of dour.
brave man, but it has flashes of the
early Barrie. This, for example:
perhaps his most remarkable feat
consisted in taking bottle of brandy
into the heart of Africa and bringing
1t back intact."-Glasgow News.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08
Keep on Fiqhtinq.

All work of man is as the swimmers.
A waste ocean threatens to devour
him. If he front it not bravely 1t will
keep its word. By incessant wise de-
fiance of it, lusty rebuke and buffet of
it, behold how 1t loyalty supports him
bears him as its conqueror along!-
Thomas Carlyle.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08
Keep Bowel Movement Regular

DR.. Kings New Life Pills keep
stomach, liver and kidneys in healthy
condition. Rid the body Of poisons
and waste. Improve your complexion
by flushing the liver and kidneys. u
got more relief. from one box of DR..
Kings New Life Pills than any medi-
cine I ever tried" says c. E. Hatfield,
of Chicago, III. 25c., at your Drug
gist. u
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08

rooms waste from 20 to rs per cent;
brown paper wastes about So to 81
per cent; even an ordinary yellow or
buff wall paper wastes 90 to 30 per
cent. On the other hand. white car
fridge paper absorbs and wastes only
about 20 per cent of the light, while
whitewashed wall absorbs from 30 to
40 per cent"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08

VIM. Leibole, who has been suffer
ing from blood poison in his hand for
several months, had the middle finger
Of his right hand amputated by DR..
Hoxsey last Saturday. The injury to
his hand was received several months
ago.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08
An excellent, If an old. puzzle is:

How can a window having a height
equal to its width be made twice as
large without increasing its height or
width?
Impossible! oh, no. In the first in
stance it is shaped like a diamond;
then it is changed to a square.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08
ago.

w. ]. Gerson, recently from We
natchee, has accepted position in the
City Drug Store. He is registered
pharmacist.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08
"SUNSHINE" AND "SPRING" AT THE PANAMA-PACIFlC IN
TERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915.

%HE large group by Furio Piccirrii
the groups Seasons the Panama
Pacific International Exposition Francisco 1915 At the
left Sunshine" A who has created companion
Rain"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05

efforts, the impatient bird continued
to ring the bell violently until there
appeared at the window of the tower
the wife of the gatekeeper, who threw
out quantity OF food to the expectant
waterfowl.
On making inquiries as to the origin
OF this interesting episode, the CORE
spondent was told that a number OF
years ago daughter of the bishop Of
Wells, being much interested In the
birds inhabiting the moat, taught the
swans to ring the bell at feeding-time,
at five o'clock in the afternoon. This
practice has been continued by success.
sive families of swans down to the
present day. and 1t would seem, there
fore. as If the birds transmitted to
their offspring the knowledge that
when the cord was pulled the bell
would ring and that food would follow.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
ECZEMA ITCHED AND BURNED

r. F. D. No. 4, Box 55, Holland.
Mich.-"My child's trouble began by
getting red and sore around her neck,
and her face, behind her ears. under
her arms, and different parts OF her
body were affected. The eczema ap-
peared in a rash first 1t was wet
and looked as If it was sweaty. 1t
seemed to itch and burn so that she
could not sleep or rest. 1t got so bad
at last that behind her ears was one
crust or sore so that had to cut her
hair. There was hard crust cover
ing her neck. She could not have her
clothes buttoned at all. could hardly
change her clothes. 1t caused an aw-
full disagreement for the time. She
would cry when had to wash her.
1--WE had her treated for some time
but without success. got one cake
of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuti-
cura Ointment and / had not used
more than half of what bought when
she was all cured" (Signed) Mrs. @.
C. Riemersma, Mar FL, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
Worth KNOWING.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)

suppose man leaves New York as
noon on a given date and travels west
ward at such rate Of speed that the
sun will always be directly overhead
After making circle OF this globe he
Will reach the starting poiiit in New
York just "a hours after he left It
The question presenting itself Is, at
which one Of his different stopping
places while making the circuit Of
the globe in "a hours, carrying noon
with him to every station. was he
first informed that it was noon of the
following day. AS he crossed the me.
ridian of $50 degrees east, or west. Of
Greenwich the day would change. His
first stop after crossing the meridian
would be Yokohama, perhaps; there
he would learn that it was the next
day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05

Bingham apron. "Yo' sho' is up carly,
but All got yo' brekfus' ready, sdh.'
"All right, Aunt Daphne. I'll b
back directly"
He sped down to the lake to plunge
his head into the cool water and there
by sharpen the edge Of an appetite
that needed no honing.
He came up the trail again to find
the reading-stand transferred to the
porch and laid with white cloth on
which was set steaming coffee-pot,
with fresh cream, saltless butter and
crisp hot biscuit; and as he sat down.
with a sigh of pure delight, in his
dressing-gown - creepy Japanese
thing redeemed from womanishness
by the bold green bamboo of its de-
sign-Uncle Jefferson planted before
him a generous platter of bacon, eggs
and potatoes. These he attacked with
a surprising keenness. AS he buttered
his fifth biscuit he looked at the dog,
rolling on his back in morning costa
sy, with look of humorous surprise.
"Chum," he said, what do you
think of that? All my life single
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
Revolutionary Patriot.

James Lowell, distinguished pa
triot of the Revolution, died 100 years
ago in the town of Windham, Me. Mr..
lowell was born in Boston in 1877 and
graduated from Harvard college at
the age of fourteen He delivered.
April 2, 1911, the Grafton before the
town authorities on the Boston mas
sacre. Because of his display of pa
triotism he was imprisoned by Gen
eral Gage Immediately after the battle
Of Bunker Hill. Subsequently he was
conveyed to Halifax with the British
army, and remained in confinement
until exchanged for Governor Skene in
the latter part Of 1776. From 1776
until 1882 Mr.. Lowell was member of
the Continental congress. In later life
he filed number of public Offices in
Boston
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
SHOWED INSTINCT OF SWANS
Birds Had Learned the Trick Of Ring
Ing a Bell to Get Their Supply
of Food.

During recent visit to the cathed-
raj city of Wells, in Somersetshire. a
Scotsman correspondent was witness
of a curious incident The Episcopal
palace is surrounded, just as in olden
times, by wall and moat, the haunt
of swans. ducks, and other aquatic
birds. The moat Is crossed at the en-
trance to the palace grounds by a
drawbridge with battlemented gate
way with towers, in one of which is
the gatekeeper's lodge. From a
bracket fixed in the wall of one Of
these towers overlooking the moat q
bel; is suspended, with cord at
tached.
One afternoon about five o'clock.
while watching the movements of the
various birds in the water, the CORE
spondent heard the ringing OF bell.
and, on looking to see whence the
sound came, he observed that one Of
the swans was vigorously pulling the
cord evidently to attract attention AS
no immediate notice was taken Of its
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
THEY HAD TO BE "sEBENS"
'Bena's Method of Reasoning In Mat
ter of Slippers Quite Plain to
Those Who Understand.

'Bena was much excited over the
prospects of camp meeting that was
about to take place in her neighbor-
hood. For weeks she had been pre-
pairing gay and gaudy feathers for the
array, and now her outfit was COM
plete, save pair of much desired pat
emit leather slippers. She approached
her mistress.
mis- Ford" she said, II sho' wants
to git pair O. slippers TO- de meetin'
commences, an l amt got a single
cent lef'."
What size do you wear, 'Bena"
asked her mistress.
"Mah right numbah is fo'." she re-
piled, but l has to weah sebens,
cause fo's hurts me dat bad | Jes'
hatchery can't hardly walk. "-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05


ments in his youth when this unrea-
soning shrinking had filed him with
blind fury, had driven him to strange
self-tests of courage. He had never
been able to overcome 1t. Analyza-
ton had told him that his peculiar
adherence was no mere outgrowth of
this. 1t lay far deeper. He had rare
ly, of recent years, met the test. Now,
as he stood in these unaccustomed
surroundings, with the cold touch Of
the metal the old shuddering held
him, and the sweat broke in beads
on his forehead. Setting his teeth
hard, he crossed the room, slipped the
box with it's pistol between the vol
umes of the bookcase, and returned to
his seat
The bulldog, aroused from a nap,
thrust warm muZzle between his
knees. Its uncanny, Chum!" he said,
as his hand caressed the velvety
head Why should the touch of that
fool thing chill my spine and make
my flesh tiptoe over my bones? Why
should 1 hate pistol? Do you sup
L
existences?"
For a long while he sat there, his
pipe dead, his eyes on the moon
lighted out-of-doors The eery feel
ing that had gripped him had gone as
quickly as it had come. At last he
rose, stretching himself with a great
boyish yawn, put out all save one of
ko% OI0
sandals and a huge fuzzy towel from
the steamer-trunk, stripped leisurely.
He donned the bath-robe and sandals
and went out through the window to
the garden and down to where lay the
little lake ruffling silverly under the
moon. On its brink he stopped, and
tossing back his head, tried to imi-
tate one of the bird-calls but was I'M
successful. With a rueful laugh he
threw off the bath-robe and stood an
instant glistening. poised in the moon
light like a marble faun, before he
dove, straight down out of sight.
Five minutes later ne pulled him
self up over the edge. his flesh tin
Cling with the chill of the water, and
threw the robe about his cool white
shoulders. Then he thrust his feet
into his sandals and sped quickly
back. He rubbed himself to a glow,
and blowing out the remaining can
die, stretched himself luxuriously be-
tween the warm blankets on the
couch The dog shifted inquiringly at
his hand, then leaped up and snug
gled down close to his feet
John Valiant's thoughts had fled
thousand miles away, to the tall girl
who all his life had seemed to stand
out from his world, aloof and unsur-
passed-Katharine Fargo. He tried to
picture her, perfect chatelaine, grace
full and gracious as a tall, white, splen-
did lily, in this dead house that
seemed still to throb with living pas
sions. But the picture subtly eluded
him and he stirred uneasily under the
blanket.
After a time his hands stretched out
to the readingzstand and drew the
glass with its vivid blossom nearer,
till, in his nostrils, its musky odor
mingled with the dew-wet scent of
the honeysuckle from the garden At
last his eyes closed Every man car
ries his fate on riband
about his neck" he muttered drowsily,
and then, Roses red
roses
And so he fell asleep.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
PRIZE FOOD.
PaIatabie. Economical, Nourlshing.

A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in few words, and that
from personal experience. She
writes:
after our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, cannot say enough in
its favor We have used this food al
most continually for seven years.
1--WE sometimes tried other adver-
tised breakfast foods but we invariably
returned to Grape-Nuts as the most
palatable, economical and nourishing
of all.
when I quit tea and coffee and
began to use Postum and Grape-Nuts,
1 was almost a nervous wreck. / was
so irritable I could not sleep nights.
had no interest in life.
After using Grape-Nuts a short
time began to improve and all these
ailments have disappeared and now
am well woman. My two children
have been almost raised on Grape
Nuts, which they eat three times a
day.
"They are pictures of health and
have never had the least symptom or
stomach trouble, even through the
most severe siege of whooping cough
they Gould retain Grape-Nuts when all
else failed
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, most
economical food for us"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read 'The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above lettePf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
CHAPTER Ix.-contInued.

He trudged away into the shadows,
but presently as the new master of
Damory Court stood in the gloomy
hall, he heard the shambling step
Egafn behind him. "Ah done neglect
waited ter ak yo' name. sub All did,
80 or fac"
MY name is Valiant. John Val
SAINT"
Uncle Jefferson's eyes turned up
ward and rolled out of orbit. Nah
1awd!" he calculated soundlessly.
And with his wide lips still framed
about the last word, he backed out
Of the doorway and disappeared.
Alone in the ebbing twilight, John
Valiant found his hamper, spread a
napkin on the broad stone steps and
took out glass, a spoon and part of
loaf of bread The thermos flask
was filled with milk. 1t was not a
splendid banquet, yet he ate 1t with
great content as the bulldog at his
feet gnawed his share of the crust.
He broke his bread into the milk as
he had not done since he was a child,
1d44 hbO SuC AuSS1Ou6 pup Will hSSA
relish bred Of the long outdoor day.
Ii was almost dark when the meal
was done and, depleted hamper in
hand he reentered the empty echoing
house. He went into the library,
Mghted the great brass lamp from the
motor and began to rummage. The
drawers of the dining-room sideboard
yielded nothing; on shelf of the but
hers pantry, however, was a tin box
which proved to be half full of wax
candles, perfectly preserved.
THE very thing" he said triumph
RntIy. Carrying them back, he fixed
several in the glass-candlesticks and
set them. lighted, all about the somber
room till the soft glow flooded its
every corner. There" he said,
that is as it should be- No big bla-
liant search-light here And no glare
Gf modern electricity would suit that
OLD wRinscoting, either"
He dragged the leather settee to the
porch and by the light of the motor
lamp busted it thoroughly, and wheel
ing it back, set it under the portrait
which had so attracted him. He
washed the glass from which he had
dined and filed 1t at the cup of the
garden fountain, put into it the rose
from his hat and set it on the read
Mgstand. The small china dog
saught his eye and he picked it up
casually The head came off in his
lands. It had been bon-bon box and
was empty save for narrow strip of
yeTowed paper, on which were writ
zen some meaningless figures: 1928
$40. He pondered this a moment,
then thrust it into one Of the empty
pigeonholes Of the desk. On the lat
ter stood an old-fashioned leaf-calen-
Aar; the date 1t exposed was May
a&th. Curiously enough the same date
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05
CHAPTER x.
The Hunt.
And so he fell asleep.


He aWoke to a musical twittering
and chirping, to find the sun pouring
into the dusty room in very glory.
He rolled from the blanket and stood
upright, filling his lungs with long
deep Breath of satisfaction. He felt
singularly light-hearted and alive. The
bulldog came bounding through the
window, dirty from the weeds. and
flung himself upon his master In
canine rapture.
Get out!" quoth the latter, laugh
ing. stop licking my feet! How the
dickens do you suppose I'm to get into
my clothes with your ridiculous antics
going on? Down, say! Hark!" He
broke off and listened. who's that
singing?"
The sound drew nearer-a lugu-
brious chant, with the weirdest minor
reflections, family suggestive of the
rag-time ditties of the music-halls, yet
with plsjntive cadence.
Good morning, Uncle Jefferson"
The singer broke of. set down the
twig-broom that be had been welding
Mawnin'," he said Hopes yo'-all
slep' good. All reck'n dem ar birds
woke yo' up: dey's maxim sch eg
'miration."
Thank you. Never slept better in
my life. Am laboring under a delu-
sion when imagine smell coffee?"
Just then there came voice from
the open door of the Kitchen: Calls
yo'se'f er man, yo' trifiin' recon
structed niggah! Wen marstah gwine-
ter git he brekfus' wild yo' ramshack-
lin eroun' wild dat dwag all dis
Gawd s-blessid mawnin'? Go fotch
some mo- lakewood dis minute. 70
heah?'
A turbaned head poked itself
through the door, with a good-natured
eaf-brown face beneath it. which
broadened into wide smile as its
owner bobbed energeticaily at Va
liant's greeting. "Fo' de Lawd.' she
exclaimed. wiping hIury hands an
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05

With a final effort, 1t gained the porch
and crouched down in its corners an
abject, sweated. hunted morsel at
hopeless bay.
Like a fash, Valiant stopped, caught
the shivering thing by the scruf. and
as it's swapping jaws grazed his thumb.
dropped it through the open window
behind him: Sanctuary" quoth he.
and banged the shutter to.
At the same instant. as the place
overflowed with a pandemonium OF
nosing ,leaping hounds, he saw the
golden chestnut refined sharply down
among the ragged box-rows, with
sham efaced though brazen knowledge
that the girl who rode it had seen.
She sat moveless, her head high.
one hand on the hunters foam-hecked
neck, and their glances met IKE
crossed swords. The look stirred
something vague and deep within him.
For an unforgettable instant their
eyes held each other, in gaze rigid
challenging, almost defiant; then II
broke and she turned to the rest Oh
the party squirting in a galloping zig
gag: a genial-faced man Of middle age
in khaki who sat his horse like
cavalryman, younger one Win
reckless dark face and straight black
hair, and following these half-dozen
youthful riders of both sexes, one OF
the lads heavily plastered with mud
from a wet cropper, and the girls
chiefly gasps and giggles.
The elder of the two men pulled up
beside the leader, his astonished eyes
sweeping the house-front. with It's
open blinds, the wisp of smoke curling
from the kitchen chimney. He said
something to her, and she nodded.
The younger man, meanwhile, had
flung himself from his horse. Wild
eyed roam, and with. his arm thrust
through its bride, strobe forward
among the welter of bounds. where
they scurried at fault hither and
thither. yelping and eager.
What rotten luck!" he exclaimed.
Gone to ground after twelve miles!
After him, Tawny! You mongrels!
Do you imagine he's up tres? After
him, Bulger! Bring him he.e!
He glanced up, and for the ffrst time
saw the figure in tweeds looking on.
Valiant was attracted by his face, It's
dash and generosity everything its In
herent profligacy and weakness. Dark
as the girl was light, his features had
the same delicate chiseling, the In
breeding, nobility and indulgence OF
generations. He stared a moment
and the somewhat supercilious look
travelled over the gazer. from dusty
boots to waving brown hair.
obi" he said. His view slowly
took in the evidences Of occupation.
"The house is open, / sse Going to
get it fit for occupancy. / presumeT
yes
The other turned. We'll, Judge
Chalmers, what do you think of that?
The unexpected has happened at last"
He looked at the porch. Who's to
occupy it?'
THE owner"
CTo BE CONTIrIUED.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-05

would recur tomorrow. The page bore
quotation: Every man carries his
ERte on a riband about his neck. 4"
Ths line had been quoted In his
Gather's letter. May 14th-how much
ahRt date and that motto may have
meant for him!
He rose to push the shutter wider
and In the movement his elbow sent a
shallow case of morocco leather that
had lain on the desk crashing to the
AOOr. 1t opened and heavy metallic
object rolled almost to his feet He
Jaw at glance that it was an old
fashioned rusted dueling pistol
The box had originally held two
sistols. He shuddered as he stopped
20 pick up the weapon, and with the
crawling repugnance mingled a pang.
nag anger and humiliation. From his
NsEy babyhood 1t had always been SO
chat unconeuerahls aversion to the