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The state herald., 1914-03-13
THOUGHT NIGHT HAD PASSED
Tired Farm Hand Lost All Track Of
Time In His Brief but Evident
iy Deep slumber.

Even when you are wide awake II
10 frequently hard TO estimate the pas
ragc Of time. ON one occasion you
md II hard 10 believe that several
hours have elapsed, and on another
the day may drag so slowly that tho
clock seems TO have ahirkcd It's duty
while you are asleep the calculation
OF tim. In. AZ course. almost imponsl'
Bile. as this incident. told by farmers
son at tho corner store ono rainy
morning. aptiy illustrates;
Father hired new hand last night
"A big. odnaturcd Dutchman, Evi'
IDENTIFY the poor fellow was tired from
tramping nbout tho country. for hc
went to bed Immediately after supper.
An usual. father went down 10 the
cellar about $3.50 TO throw some coal
In tho furnace and adjust the drafts
for tho night Evidently this made
enough noise To rouse the now hired
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That's on our minds, Mr.. Smith"
Mostly known A. JESSE" said my
husband.
Jesse. We bin consulting. and We
agree you're the only man here we'd
care to ask favors Of"
"T'm your friend, all right"
Jesse. II we don't escape. we are
due to pass in our chips."
I'm not going to help you escape -
Wall. you haven't helped our e.
cape to any great extent. so far az
know"
Jesse chuckled.
But I'm asking you to look after
my wife and my SON.
"Ili do that"
You'll save the boy from his ia
Tiers trader"
Il reckon"
Put her thar"
And they shook hands.
Them horses we was riding" said
the outlaw. "is for my son."
That's all right"
And one thing more. That Brooke
has an eye on your good lady. Hell
your enemy from times far back ir
Abilene. He'll live to do you dirt
Thar. l sort Of hates to talk so o.
one Of my men. and ] won't say ne
more.
Say. my hands being hurt. will yo,
just reach into my OF hind pocket
That's right. There's gold watch
Take It. my times up. Give that t.
your lady from US as a sort OF keep
sake. Goodby. partner"
'Goodby, friend"
'Adios," said the Mexican. Way,
usted con Dios!" And the English o
that is. May you ride with God!"
The state herald., 1914-03-13
BABY HAD PAINFUL ECZEMA

R. F. D. No. /. Lucerne. Colo
About two years ago my baby. who
was about four months old at that
ume, was afflicted with eczema which
1t FIRST appeared on the back of the
neck and kept constantly enlarging.
The eczema broke out In rash at
nrst and II was small and rough and
very red. It itched and burned 80
much that he could not sleep we'll.
continually turning and twisting his
head az the eczema w1s on the back
of his neck where he Gould not get to
It to scratch well. But in rubbing so
much It became red and almost raw.
Il seemed very painful as the child
.retted constantly. After some time a
similar trouble appeared on the
sheeks.
AT last n friend advised me to try
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. sent
TOR sample and this did so much
good bought cake OF Cuticura Soap
and the Cuticura Ointment. I used
them according to directions and It
was only a month until the eczema
was apparently well and It soon en-
tirely disappeared and has never re-
turned" (Signed) Mrs. Carrie M.
Brown. Mar. 2s. 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world. Sample of each
.ree. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
,ard "Cuticura. Dept. l.. Boston. ADV.
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Ing good health now and owe II NIL TO
your remedies. take pleasure In tell
Ing my friends and ncighbors about
them. Mrs. MATTE HALEY. 6ol Col
quhons Street, Dsnville, Va.
No woman suffering from any form
Of female troubles should lose hope un-
Ill she has given Lydin Z. Pinkhnm's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, tho medicinal
Ingredients Of which are derived
from nativc roots and herbs, has for
forty yssrs proved To be most valun-
bio tonic and invigorator Of the fc-
mAlo organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony 10 tho wonderful
vlrtuo Of Lydia Z. Pinkham's VcgctA-
bio Compound.
II you have tho slightest doubt
that Lydia II. Pinlkham's Vcgcta-
bio Com mpound will help you. .writo
to Lydia II. Pink ham NJ cdicinc Co.
(confidcntiAl) Lynn. Mass. for ad-
yice. Your letter will be opened,
road and answered by n woman
and hold In strict confidence.
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barrel. Come" said |. and told him
that In my sewing-machine there was
bottle OF gun oil. The rife was In
my possession. safe.
Then he heard Jesse coming" Whist!
Hide the gun!" he said. and as
though we were fellow conspirators,
] placed It behind tree. SO that my
man saw nothing to cause alarm.
Jesse came. It seemed In search OF
Billy.
Hello. Kate" he said In greeting
Say. youngster. when you sawed ofl
that table leg 10 make your mothers
limb. what did you do with the cas-
teri"
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telling me how diii,cult II was to md
suitable nursery governess for Wcc
James. Al the foot Of the table |
saw the Mexican whispering to his
unfortunate chief-plnns for escape,
no doubt Then Jesse Joined them.
with a present OF pipes, matches. and
tobacco TO ease the journey.
Mr.. Smith," said poor old o'Flynn,
this ycrc Sebastian DiaI has besn
with mo theme twelve year He's only
u greascr--"
Medic sangre. rcnorl" said tn.
hslfbreed proudly.
But he's got the heart Of white
man. Hos lik. u eon TO me-"
I'm proud" said Jcsnc. ito max.
your acquaintance. both OF you. You
ar. men. nil right"
we fought tho rich men that had
wronEcd us. them and their breed.
We put up n good night Yes. siri
And we wouldn't have missed n milo
Of that twelve years trail !, wasn't
our way to insult women. Mr.. Smith "
You had to Kit that information
somehow" said Jesse. "and Mrs.
Smith forgiyca YOU"
The state herald., 1914-03-13
CHAPTER XII.
EspoundIno tho Scriptures.


wonder how many persons live In
lessee bodyY On the surface he IL
the rugged whimsical stockman. lazy.
with such powers In reserve as would
equip a nrst-class volcano. Sing to
him and another Jesse emerges, an
inarticulate poet. u craftless artist. an
illiterate writer. passionate lover OF
all things beautiful In art and nature,
And beneath all that is Jesse OF the
Sabbath. In bleak righteousness and
harsh respectability. scion OF many
Smiths. the God-fearing head OF his
house. who reads and expouDds the
Scriptures on Sunday evenings to
sullen Billy. the morose widow. and
my unworthy self
When we knelt. the widow still sat
rigid, and with her wooden leg
scratched out upon the oil-eloth vague
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poeks, relsphon.s In u...

A seryiccablc pocket telephone Ia
tho latest Innovation OF tho Hunga.
rian posts and tolegraphs ndminirtra.
tion. The appliance weighs only 120
grammcn. Ii no bigger than card
case. and can be had by any ono on
payment OF tho price OF 10 ordinary
telephone conversations. which cost a
penny each. The pocket telephone Ia
adapted for Insertion In u wall plug
either In n private house. on street
walls, or In n lamp post, ctc. when the
user has finished his eon,erpntion. he
simply removes tho telephone from
the plug and puts II back In his
pocket
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man. for mother. who was sitting be-
side the table In tho dininxroom. saw
tho stair door suddenly open and dis
close the broad form OF tho Dutchman
blinking dro~slly before tho light. he
exclaimed:
Good morning. Mirsis! Good morn.
ing' | could chust as well bnf come
down Won hour ago II you had only
woke me upl"-Youth's Companion.
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brought to their help. All you settlers
who have taken part In the capture Of
these prisoners are engaged by the
province as special constables from
the day you undertook service, until
l give you your discharge. You will
be paid on such scale a. direct.
Rudolph Schweinfurth."
The marshal came forward and was
sworn.
You are q United States marshall"
Yes. your honor"
You submit proof"
The marshal's credentials were
read.
You claim these prisoners for ex.
tradition"
Yes. sir"
"Sit down. Cyrus Y. Jones'" The
other stockman was sworn. You are
representative of certain stock asso-
, Citations and submit proof? Right
You claim certain cattle alleged to be
stolen. and found In possession Of the
prisoners? Right You submit pho
tographs identifying certain of these
cattle and evidence OF theft. And you
offer twenty-five thousand dollars re-
ward for recovery Of the stock. Pay
that money into court and take my re-
ceipt.
"Prisoners. you are charged in your
own country with robbery-under-arms
and homicide In various degrees. Do
you or do you not wish to prove your
innocence?"
The prisoners scratched their heads.
Marshal" said the magistrate. II
don't know what my powers are In
this matter but It's evident that the
less red tape there Is the sooner these
men will get the justice they rightly
demand. | don't want them. Give
me a receipt and engage what men
you need for escort duty. You. Mr..
Representative, give me your receipt
for the cattle. Now clear out, and
get to the States before you're inter.
fered with by any lop-eared officials.
Constable, hand over your prisoners.
"Mr. Dale and Mr.. Smith. will you
trust me as magistrate to make fair
division OF this reward? All right.
One-quarter goes to Dale. one-Quarter
to Smith, and the other half to be
equally divided among you. Is that
fair? All right. here's the plunder.
Let's get the table in and dinner
served. I'm fsmished."
So the court rose, and the dear old
captain. having. l believe. broken ev.
cry statute in British Columbia jurls.
prudence. asked all hands and the
prisoners to dinner. "0f course" he
said afterward to Jesse. II ought TO
have committed you and Dale to trial
for homicide. fined you all round for
using guns without license. turned
the lawyers loose on a fat extradition
case. and impounded the cattle to eat
my grass at government expense. As
1t is. I'll be hanged. drawn. and quar-.
tered by the politicians. damned by
the press. and Jailed for thrashing
editors. And I missed all the fun
After dinner the crowd broke up
into little groups. In one corner the
American officials were bargaining
with Mr.. Dale for his Skyline men 10
ride with the prisoners and the cattle
By the door stood Mr.. Brooke. cI.
planning something at great length 10
our bored constable. At the head OF
the long table Captain Taylor was
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much better than i
did when the doctor
was treating me. l
don't suffer any
bearing down pains
Mt all now and ! sleep
well. | cannot say
enough for Lydin K
Pinkhnm's Vegeta-
bic Compound and
Liver Pills ns they
have done 30 much
for me. ] am enjoy
The state herald., 1914-03-13
CHAPTER xi.
Billy O'Flynn.

Rate's Narrative.
Jesse is cruel to young O'Flynn.
Perhaps he is justly, rightly cruel. In
gliding at this young cowboy. taunting
him until the lad is on the very edge
of murder. Got to be DONE" says
Jesse. II promised his father that I'd
break the cold until he's fed up with
robbers. So Just you watch me lift
the dust from his hide. and don't you
git gesticulating on my trail with
your fool sympathies." Billy does
not suspect that the tormentor loves
his victim.
Ny heart aches with his humilia-
ton. His mother IL my cook. not a
princess. A. the boys pride would
have her. His father was one OF the
most dangerous leaders OF the Rocky
Mountain outlaws. SO there the lad
saw glory. and don't blame him. But
all the glamor was stripped away
when Jesse trickev o'Flynn and his
gang into surrender. handed them
over to Justice. and showed poor Billy
his ssrdid heroes for what they really
were. His father has been hanged.
That night the lad had come from
Hundred Mile House. with Jesse's
pack.train bearing a load of stores.
There was a dress length. music for
my dear dumpy plano. spiced rolls OF
bacon. much needed fiour and gro.
ceries. and an orange kerchief for
Billy. From his saddle wallets he pro.
duced my crumpled letters and the
weekly paper Vancouver rag.
Therein Jesse labors among tangles
of provincial politics. l gioat over the
cooking recipes OF Americas nice cui.
sine. and spare maybe Just sigh
over the London letter. Billy's por.
tion consists OF blood.curdling disas.
ters and crimes. and the widow waits
rayenous for her kindlins. bed stuf.
fins. wall paper. and new pads for
her wooden leg. At ten cents that
paper Is u bargain.
II.
After breakfast when Jesse had
gone to work. the widow came to me
In deep distress. leaning against the
door post. twisting up her apron with
tremulous fingers. her eyes dark with
dread. when led her to n seat, per.
haps she felt my sympathy. for u
nood OF tears broke loose. and wild
Irish mixed with her sobs. The lep-
reehawn possessed her bhoy avlck.
nightrlders haunted him. divils was
In him acushla. and the child was fey.
His step.unclc went fey 10 his end
In the dreadful qulckssnds. her
brotherin.lnw went mad In the black
Indian hills. running on the spears
OF the haythcn. rest his sowl. and now
Billy He was gone this hour. Fierce.
ly sh. ordered mo out to search. for
she would take tho southern pasture.
so surely ! would ind him In the
pines. She feared that place. nut
tered OF nres lighted by no mortnl
hands. Yestrecn n falling star had
warned her that she was to lose her
bhoy. and had ! not seen that face
In tho windy last niKhtf
Soothing the poor thing as beat
could. I undertook the search. glad
OF nm excuse to get away outdoors.
Presently ! came upon Billy perchpd
on root oyorhanging the depths OF
the canyon. lilo was cleaning Jesse'G
ride. and surprised him In n nt OF
angry laughter.
"Blly." | shouted. come In on that
root before you fall"
lie obeyed with sulky patience AT
my wbimn,
why are you not AZ work. What
are you doing with my husbands
rincr"
TN al work." he answered suih.
The state herald., 1914-03-13

Constipation causes many serious dis
sases II is thoroughly cured by Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One laxative,
three for cathHrtic. Adv.
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Reckless promises soon make
man friendless.
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Out Of Date.

isn't she graceful?"
Yes. but horribly old fashioned
The slouch is all the style nowadays
The state herald., 1914-03-13
WHAT $40 DID
FOR THIS WOMAN
The Price She Paid for Lydia
E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable Com
pound Which Brought
Good Health.

Dsnville, va.-"I have only spent ten
dollars on your medicine and feel 20
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II Was Ever Thus.

Rin-What is your son doing thes'
iays'
Rar-Me.-Nebraska Awgwan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
SYNOPSIS.

al their home on the frontier between
the Browns ard Grays Marta GaLaUd and
her mother. entertaining Colonel Wester-
ling Of the EiEaEs, see Captain LanSLTOn
Of the Browns injured by a fall in his
aerOp!aue. Ten years later Westerhng.
nominal vice but real chief Of staff re-en-
.QFces South La Tir and medttates on war
he calls on Marta who IS visiting IN tne
Gray capital. She tells him Of her teach
Ing children the IOllies Of war and mar
tal patriotism, and begs him TO prevent
march with the SD Of the Browns I'll
Fate Stransky. anarchist, is placed under
arrest. Colonel LanstrOn begs him OIL
IanstrOn calls on Marta at her home. He
talks with Feller, the gardener Marta
tells Lanstron that she believes Fe!ler to
Pc SPY. LaustrOn cOnfesses it is true.
IanStr0n shows Marta a telephone which
elleT has concealed in secret passage
under the tower for use to benefit the
browns in war emergencies LanstrOn de-
clares his love for Marta. WesteTling and
the Gray premier plan To use a trivial IN
iernaU0naI affair to fOMent WaTlike pa
trtOtism IN army and people and strike be
lore declaring war PartOW, Brown chief
OF staff and LaustTOu. made vice. discuss
the trouble. and the Brown defenseS. Par
LIP" reveals his plans to LanstrOn. Ihe
cray army crosses the border line and at
Jacks. The Browns check them. Artll-
lery. infantry. aeTOplanes and dirlSlbleS
engage. Stransky. rising to make the
anarchist speech Of his life, draws the
Gray artillery fire. NiCked by a shrapnel
splinter be goes Berserk and fights all
man. Marta has her first glimpse OF
war 1n its modern. cold. scientific. muir
deroHs brutality, The Browns fail back
% the Gallaud house. StTanskv forages.
marta sees night attack. The Grays
attack I'll force. Teller leaves his secret
telephone and goes back to his guns.
Hand to hand fighting. The Browns fall
Dack again. Marta asks LanstrOn over
the phone to appeal to PartOw to stop
ne hgIting. Vandalism in the Galand
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
ALL NOW WEARING JEWELRYI
limitations of Expensive Stones Consid.
cred in Good TASTE and Are En-
ioying Wide Vogue.

Much more jewelry has been worn
in the last two years by all classes of
women. Semi-precious stones, artistic
ally inset, are now used as daytime
jewels. There used to be only two
kinds of jewelry in America, the genu-
inc and very expensive, out of the
reach Of all but the woman of wealth,
and the very cheap sort, that no wom-
an who was used to the right thing
would think Of wearing.
Now there has been imported and
made here an in-between sort. Some
of it is set as extensively as the real
stones, in platinum, which has re-
placed gold, but the larger diamonds,
rubies, emeralds or sapphires are syn
thetic stones; that is to say, stones
that have been manufactured to repre-
sent the real and made from the same
component chemical parts as the real
stones. They are set up in the same
designs as the real and have often
been mistaken for them by those who
ought to know better.
Besides this jewelry there are the
semiprecious stones, like turquoise
matrix, coral, jade. etc. These have
shapes and settings designed by art
lists of talent, and they are worn by
those who know how to dress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
WORLD MISSION OF CHIVALRY
OF Much Worth If Only to Create the
Useful Romance of
Action.

ChivalTy served to draw out and de-
velop those free bold spirits whose
talents could not have been evoked by
tbs disputations of the schoolmen nor
the notifications of the religious zeal
OTIS, says the Engineering Magazine. 1t
created a romance of action to match
the saints moral paradise and evoked
poetry and the arts to celebrate its
charms. The love of the beautiful
which it begot caused hospitable re-
ception to be given in Europe to the
refnements brought from the East by
the returning crusaders, which caused
the first slight stirring of international
trade.
The enthusiasm which the many
sided ideal of chivalry evoked with
its galaxy of virtues, may be seen, in
literature, in the unfolding of the
themes of the simple Aryan folk tales,
and the prose Tomances of the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries, into the SEN
suous beauty of Provencal poetry and
the delicacy and pathos of Plutarch
and Dante. ChivalTy embellished with
romance the lives of its halflegendary
founders, Charlemagne, Siegfried and
Arthur. 1t supplied the conception of
virtue sung in Chaucer's Pilgrimage,
Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" and Spen-
ser's "Faerie Queene." In the world
Of action chivalry animated the cru
sades, dispensed justice throughout
Erurona for AO0 wears nIIrifipd court
life and made much of the warfare Of
the middle ages peculiarly humane and
noble It's enthusiasm burned into
brilliancy in such characters as Rich
ard and Blondel, the Black Prince and
his father, Tancred, Godfrey Of Bouil-
lon, CASTOR de Folk, Bayard and War
wick, and in a thousand forgotten COM
manders of the TemplaTs, the Knights
of st. John and the Teutonic Knights.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
FIERCE LOOKING IS THE SIKH
East Indian Soldiers in British Services
Have Most Remarkable Per
sonal Appearance.

Did you ever see a Sikh in uniform
No? Whatever of f1erceness your
childhood fancy painted upon the face
of a soldier the Sikh has it. Other
soldiers may be brave, or may fight
more tenaciously or die more willingly,
but for simple f1erceness of personal
appearance all medals go to the Sikhs.
He is so fierce to look at that l
wonder his English officer can calmly
face him without fear. Does not Gaze
sar relate that the Roman soldiers
were frightened by the terrible looks
of the early German tribes?
A Sfkh-and I've seen many regi-
ments of them on their native heath
is a tall man with black hair and a
long, black beard The beard is what
makes him look so fierce. because he
plaits it into two thick braids and
draws these back of the ears, where
they are tied.
If you think that doesn't make a SOL
der look fierce you make a sad error,
which one glance at him would cor
rect.
The Sikhs are Hindus, and so strict
are their religious beliefs that all the
food they eat must be especially pre-
pared according to their own rites
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
(CODyright. I9l4. b. Charles scribneFs sons

who had tasted Marta's temper On his
first call, when he returned the next
morning did not enter unannounced.
He rang the door-belI
I have a message for you from Gen
eral Westerling," he said to her. The
general expresses his deep regret at
the unavoidable damage to your house
and grounds and has directed that
everything possible be done immedi-
ately in the way Of repairs"
In proof of this the officer called at
tention to group of sevice-corps
men who were removing the sand-bags
from the first terrace. Others were
at work in the garden setting uprooted
plants back into the earth.
His Excellency says" continued
the officer, that, although the house
is so admirably suited for staff pur-
poses, we will find another if you de-
sire"
He was too polite and too consid-
crate in his attitude for Marta not to
meet him in the same spirit.
That is what we should naturally
prefer" and Marta bowed her head in
indecision.
We should have to begin installing
the telegraph and telephone service on
the lower floor at once" he remarked.
In fact, all arrangements must be
made before the generals arrival"
HE has been a guest here before"
she said Teminiscently and detachedIy.
Her head dropped lower, n appar
ent disregard of his presence, as she
took counsel with herself. She was
perfectly still, without even the move
ment Of an eye-lash. Other considera-
tons than any he might suggest, he
subtly understood, held her attention.
They were the criterion by which she
would at length assent or dissent, and
nothing could hurry the Marta of to-
day, who yesterday had been a
creature Of feverish impulse
1t seemed a long time that he was
watching that wonderful profile under
the very black hair, soft with the soft
ness Of flesh, yet firmly carved She
lifted her head gradually, her eyes
sweeping past the spot where Del
larme had lain dying, where Teller
had manned the automatic, where
Stransky had thrown PiIzer over the
parapet. He saw the glance arrested
and focused on the flag of the Grays
which was floating from staff on the
outskirts of the town, and slowly,
glowingly, the light ripping on its
folds was reflected in her face.
She is for US! She is a Gray!" he
thought triumphantly. The woman
and the flag! The matter-of-fact staff
officer felt the thrill of sentiment.
4 think we can arrange it," Marta
announced with a rare smile of assent.
Then I'll go back to town and set
the signal-corps men to work" he
said
And when you come you will find
the house at your disposal" she as
sured him.
Except that he was raising his cap
instead of saluting, he was conscious
of Withdrawing with the Difference due
to superior.
In place of the smile, after he had
gone, came a frown and a look in her
eyes as if at something revolving;
then the smile returned, to be sue
ceeded by the frown, which was fol
lowed by an indeterminate shaking of
the head.