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CHAPTER IV-continued.

But what was this? Blossy. leading
all the others in a resounding call Of
WELCOMED" and then Blossy drawing
her tive hands from behind her back.
One he'd huge blue cup. the other
the saucer to match. She placed the
cup In The saucer and held il out to
Abraham. He trudged down the few
steps 10 receive it, unashamed now OF
the tears that coursed down his
cheeks. With a burst of delight he
perceived that it was a mustache cup,
such as the one he had always used
at home until it had been set for safe
Keeping on the top pantry shelf to
await She auction. where it had
brought the price of eleven cents with
half Taper of tacks thrown in.
And ROW as the tears cleared away
he saw, also, what Angy's eyes had al
ready roted. the inscription in warm
crimson letters on the shining blue
side of the cup, "To Our Beloved
Brother"
Sisters" he mumbled. for he could
do no more than humble as he took
his gift "ef yew'd been gittin' ready
fer me six months. yew couldn't have
done no better"
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chnreh. go az 30.

a book on The Church. the State
and the Poor has been written by an
English vicar The book is conpre
hensive. tracing the subject of proreb
ormation days The author regrets
that during the growth Of coIlectivism.
under which he classi1es what is
called Christian socialism" mo
church he's trusted too much TO the
state 70 better the conditions among
the poor Now there is revival Of
interest In the welfare Of the poor on
the part OF the church The writer's
contention Is that a firm belief in the
Christian creed IS the only inspiration
and guide to any EFFORT to Eolve I'll,
social problem"
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How the Rain Rores HoI.s

When rain falls It does not actually
soak into the earth, but bOres its way
I'm, forming tiny tubes, says the Reho-
both Sunday Herald These tubes are
so small that It would be impossible
TO insert a hair in one OF them With
out bursting It's walls Sometimes the
tubes are bored down to a depth OF
four or FIVE feet. When the surface
dries the water evaporates from the
tubes just as It would from q pipe
II the tube is twisted II takes longer
for the water TO evApOrate
II one takes a rake and stirs the
ground after each rain he breaks the
tops OF the tubes and the water wifi
stand in them for months. In this way
the farmers Of the West. on semi-arid
lands, store the rainfalls ono year
and raise crop Of wheat every Othaf
year there being sufficient water IN
two years. but not enough in one, 10
raise a crop.
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submarine, which was dream in
1865, Is owned by the navy of the
smallest power. 1t is true that single
submarines are not expected to &C
complish much in a real struggle. so
the larger navies Of the great powers
have fleets of submarines. The aero
plane and the dirigible balloon are to
be found in the possession of all arm
les in Europe today, yet they, too, are
only expected to be Of real service
when they are possessed in large num-
bers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps Of modern warfare. Like
the little insect. while they have
powerful sting. they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars. aero
planes have been used to a limited ex-
tent, and this use has been so much
limited that their real efficiency is ex-
pected to be finally determined by
the present war
1t is much the same with the wire
ACo9 lOlt 81 dBl. w me II Was USED IN
the Russo-Japanese war OF ten years
ago, the apparatus was still rudimen-
tary, and the installations too few.
while the range of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest eff
cheney. In the intervening decade. how
ever, great advance has been made I'm
wireless. II is now possible and. in
deed, is custom every day, to send
and receive messages from a distance
of more than 5000 miles This. then,
is new and important factor in naval
operations, as was seen by the censor
ship put over the great sending sta
tions on this side of the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
The submarine was in existence in
1904, but it was a very different sea
wasp to that which England. France
and Germany are using today. Yet its
real value Is yet TO be determined. and
it is expected that this demonstration
will come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase Of Submarines.
At the time OF the Spanish-American
war there were only FIVE submarines
in all the navies OF the world
The latest edition OF Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
OF submarines In the various uavies
and shows what interest is being
taken in the wasp of the sea. Great
Britain has &c built, and is building 20
more Germany. who only began build
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Copyright by The Century Co.
SYNOPSIS.

Captain Abraham Rose and Angelina
his wife. have lost their little home
through Abe's unlucky purchase of Tena-
goods sold. the 800 auction money. all
,hey have left. will place Abe in the Old
home. Both are seff-sacrihciug but Abe
decides: My dear this Is the fust time
I've haG n chance TO take the wust OF II. -
me ole couple bid good-by to the little
mouse. Terror OF what folks will say
sends them along by-paths to the gate Of
the Old Ladies' home. Miss Abigail ma
iron OF the Old Ladies' home. hears OF
the III fortune OF the old couple She tells
INC other old ladies' and Bossy. who has
paid couble fee for the only double bed
.hambcr. voices the unanimous verdict
mat Abe must he taken In with his wife
;Noe awakeus next morning to find that
ne Is DID Lady No. 81. The old ladies
give MIN such a warm welcome that he
IL made to feel at home at once
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CHAPTER v.
Tie Head of the Corner


Everybody wore their company man
ners to the breakfast table-the first
time in the whole history of the home
when company manners had graced
the initial meal OF the day. Being
pleasant at supper was easy enough.
Aunt Nancy used to say, for every one
save the unreasonably cantankerous
and being agreeable at dinner was not
especially difficult; but no one short of
saint Gould be expected to smile Of
mornings until sufficient time had
been given to discover whether one
had STEPPED out on the wrong or the
right side of the bed
This II orning. however. no time was
needed ~ demonstrate that everybody
in the place had gotten out on the
happy side Of his couch. Even the
deaf-and dumb gardener had UNFINISHED
his surl| temper, and as Abraham
entered the dining-room. looked in at
the east window with a conciliatory
grin and nod which said plainly as
words:
'Tis Welcome sight indeed to see
one of my own kind around this estab-
lishment!"
Why don't he come in?" questioned
Abe. waving hack a greeting as we'll
as he could with the treasured cup in
one OF his haGds and the saucer i'm
the other; whcreupon Sarah Jane
that ugly duckling explained that the
fellow, being q confirmed woman
hater cooked all his own meals I'm the
smoke house, and insisted upon all his
orders being left on a slate outside the
Toulouse door Abe shifted disdain.
fully. contemplating her homeIv com.
tenance. over which this mornings
mood had cast not unloyely trans.
forming glow
Why, the scalAwag," lie frowned
30 al the face IN the window that f.
Immediately disappeared. VIEW don't
mean ter tell re he's sot agTu view
gals? lie must be crazy, Sech a
handsome, clever set o women never
did see!"
Sarah Jane blrshed 10 the roots ~
her thin, straight, hair and sat down
suddenly disarmed OF every porcupina
quill that she had hidden under her
wings; while there was an agreeable
little stir among the sisters.
set deovn. all hands Set deoWn q,
euiOined Miss Abigail. nutterinz about
with the heayiDass OF Fat gooee
Brother Abe that's what we've am
agreed 10 call yew. b. unanimous
vote-yew set right here az the foot
Of the table Aunt Nancy always had
the head am me the 10 but oriy
kept the foot partly becuz thar want
no man fer the place. and partly becuz
] was tow stable ter squeeze iD ary.
whar else. Seem as Sister Amy ia
sech lcetie mite, though. ] guess ebo
kin easy make room ter me totber
side o. her.
Abe could only bow his thanks as he
put his gift down on the table and
-ook The prominent place assigned 10
hir7 TIE others seated. there was A
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ing had grown in 81 a scientific sys-
tenn Of irrigation and drainage was LAZY
out under direction OF Lord Kitch-
ener. at cost OF $50 an acre, and #
was then handed over TO the felIaheen
in hveacrs plots for cultivation. Last
year the land was washed, and a crop
OF rice was grown. giving satjsfac-
tory yield After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured. and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced To the great astonishment of
the fellaheen cultivators, a permanent
result had been achieved In one year
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Tires at
Before-War Prices

storage almost record supply Of this extra
grade of rubber.
And we paid about june prices
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times,
the best tire makers refuse it. Much of it had
been rejected But that "of rubber" now sells
for much more than we paid for the best.
The results are these:
Tire prices in general are far in advance Of
Goodyears. And many tire makers short of
supplies, will be forced to use second grade
rubber.
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LAND MADE FERTILE
Remarkable Results Have Followed
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt

As on indication Of the ultimate out
came I'm the great delta Of Egypt.
whore 100000 acres Of wash salt
land awaits development. toward tho
end Of 1912 about 800 acres Of absolute
y waste land at Biala were taken In
hand. The land was so heavily i'm
pregnated with salt that for ages moth
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A|RSH|PS AND
SUBMARINES
WASPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
flict in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now Is Prepared to
Pull the Others Sting, but Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons, and for the last
century there have been countless in
ventions for the carrying on Of war
fare in particularly destructive man
ner, with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming so horrible and
terrible that 1t must soon pass away
from the face of the earth. SAYS the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But 1t happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible continuance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navles inventors immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting It's probable effect Con.
Bequently war not only has not passed
away, but We still have It with us.
Ihus 1t Is that each big war. after be-
ing heralded as the worlds last con
Migration. is found upon examination
to be false, and the end OF war Is not
yet arrived
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions Of
actual hostilities many improvements
and Inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con.
ditions Their real worth will only be
discovered at the close Of the conflict
No army or navy engaged In the
present conflict In Europe but what ia
possessed OF nearly all OF the modern
improvements made since 1870. The
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III
ing a few years ago, already has ~ asT-
and is building ~ more; France has
20 and is building % additional ones;
Russia has %, and is building 1S;
while the United States has 20, and is
building 81; Austria has IS, and has
four under construction, while Italy
owns Is. and is building two. Yet the
submarine Is still an unknown guam
tity in warfare
Submarine in War.
Many OF the early submarines are
small and probably OF little efficiency,
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines. while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more of the
French types
The submarine. from a romantic
viewpoint, should be a great factor In
deciding naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to the present
time it has done nothing to prove it's
value. 1t was believed that the moral
effect of the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical eff
feet upon an enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been justified UP to
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
stroying each other. But it has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. It's crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use Of the periscope, which
energies unostentatiOusly above the
water. in order to see its own course.
1t is known that the periscope is
the eye of the submarine. and natural
~ attention has been paid to the best
way OF destroying this vital part OF
their boats.
The designers Of the submarine did
not count upon 1t being seen. It was
believed that it would go upon IT'S way.
dealing death without observation. al
though its periscope does make a
slight wake on the water. and when
submerged there are teltale bubbles.
But il has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may trace
the course of submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as II it was
running on the surface The dirlgible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaKing submarine. and
they both arc supposed TO be armed 20
destroy the warship that moves like
FISH
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Counting up Fines.

Are the running expenses of a.,
automobile very hlgh?"
Not II the motorcycle cop fails "a
get your number"
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which under the ordinary system pre-
vailing IN the country would have
taken three or four years TO accom-
plish. Cotton is now. therefore. being
satisfactorily grown on a fair propor
ton OF this area. and it is expected
that 1t will bring from SIS to 800 an
acre
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Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
Be Careful Now

In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade
tire always. And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Tiredom-the largest sale
in the world
And, for the time being, our prices are the
same as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied. And we charge them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices
That means that Goodyear best
tires built are selling way below other tires.
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Goodyear Prices
1t is Folly Today to Pay More

There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re-
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires-built of extra-fine
rubber, in the same way az always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August-when war began-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to us
Rubber prices doubled almost over night
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in We, like
others-in that panic-were forced to higher
prices But we have since gone back to prices
we charged before the war and this is how
we did it:
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out. The larger part of the
worlds rubber supply comes through there
We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rub
Der. They bought-before the ADVANCE, 5OO,-
600 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way to u.s.
And it means practically all Of the extra-grade
rubber obtainable abroad
Today we have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para Those are the worlds
chief sources of rubber So we are pretty well
assured Of a constant supply, and our pick of
the best that's produced
We were first on the ground We were ouick-
est in action AS result, we shall soon have in
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attempting to 20 on with his history Of
the island.
ON the plea that III health demanded a
leave Of absence from his regiment.
Napoleon obtained Through and
started for Corsica, which he had left
just eight years before as a child of ..
He found his mother and her little chill
dren in desperate straits indeed, and at
once plunged into authorship in the
hope OF making money to relieve their
necessities as we'll as to crafty his
ambition to become known as writer.
He took up the history he had COM
menced, cast II in a new form, and
while rewriting 1t he managed to pro-
duce a short story entitled 1.-THE Count
Of Essex" and also had the courage to
attempt a novel of Corscan life. In adj
diiion he wrote manuscript called
THE Masked Prophet" which partook
both Of the story form and the essay.
He had read before this the chief
works of Rousseau. he was stepped in
those of Raynal. and he had saturated
himself with Adam Smith, Necker. Vol
taire. Filangieri, as well as with Plu-
tarch, whose Lives" he had pored
over while still a child. In addition this
seventeen-year-old hoy had made a
Stuuy VI fieTouotuS, DlouOTus, StTduO, ne
had fairly devoured works dealing with
the history. geography. wars and poll
tics of China. Arabia and the East
generally: after which he gathered
whatever books he could find con-
corning England and Germany. paying
little attention to their literature and
art. but dcvoting himself to minute
examinations of their financial. agrcul-
tural and military resources, their gov
ernments. the character Of their people.
their religions. their lawmaking. &C.
While in Corsica on furlough he I'M
doubtedly continued his wide reading.
But the furlough was destined to be in
terrupted. His regiment was modified
for duty, and he was ordered back TO
France.
Later in the year he spent about
six weeks In Paris. where he allowed
himself adventures in the under side Of
life and afterward wrote n number OF
papers describing them. Finally he OBJ
tanned permission To go back to Corsica
for a period Of six months. and arrived
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drawn there Of course because Napoleon
was there.
At first he tried to believe that Elba
was the isle of reposc" which he had
pictured to himself. but he was only
As years old, he still possessed, or was
posse ssed by, the demon of energy and
the lure Of unbounded ambition. He
tried to keep informed of what was
going on in the great world of affairs
which he so recently had left, and his
anNietes We're increased by very real
fear Of being assassinated or kidnapped.
lie knew that many an attempt would
he made to murder him. if chance pre-
scented the opportunity, but he did not
fear such death as much as he feared
the possibility OF being stolen and
carried away 10y conspirators. including
Barbary pirates.
1t was but natural. therefore. that
with his mind so occupied he did not
have leisure for adding as largely tn
his literary work as he might have
done under more peaceful conditions
But that he continued to read and study
when he withdrew himself more and
more into seclusion there at Elba can
not be doubted.
The idea Of authorship never left him
Even in his last years. when banished
on the island Of ST. Helena, he rigor-
ously set aside hours for study anc
spent much of the mornings in actua
writing. Not until the last did he Civ,
up hope of being released from s.
Helena by some means: nor did he de-
SPAR Of justlfyinr himself for his course
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in life To the world at large The
thirty-iirst volume of Napucun's col
lected works consists of Letters From
the Cape of Good Hope" which were
widely read even before their author
ship was acknowledged.
During some three years of his resi-
dence at 81. Helena h. wrote constantly,
with the aid of secretaries. turning out
studies from the view of "A military ex-
pert on such subjects a Elha, the
Hundred Days and Waterloo. Ne inter-
pretated and criticised campaigns car
ried through by Caesar and Frederick
the Great, laying them bare with the
skill of an analytical mind whose knowl-
edge of warfare was based on long and
profound experience. Furth rmnrr he
prepared brief treatises on Army or
ganization," on Fertilization" and in
cluded "A study entitled "Thc Art and
History of War
We have seen already that in his
earlier years Napoleon hampercd his
career for the time being by turning
aside from his profession as a soldier
10 make excursion into practical life
and to engage in authorship As time
went on, however. he realized that he
must devote himself TO just one field Of
effort If he expected to max himself
preemnent in anything. Fatr and cir
cumstances decided for him. He was to
! be a warrior. a ruler n man If action
and not an author. But there can bs
/ little doubt that his love for study and
4 his inclination To write did much TO re-
] lieve him in times of enforced !i,eness
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there in January, 1888. The money
affairs OF his mother and her children
were now in worse condition than
ever; and young Napoleon seems to
have been almost frantic with desire to
help them, as we'll as to develop the
unusual ability which he already knew
he possessed. He realized that he was
a man Of far greater power than most
men; and yet he saw himself Gagged in
by circumstances and unable to take
that place in the world Of action which
he felt should be his own.
But ne seldom ceased work for an
hour. excepting to .eat and sleep. He
drew up careful plans for defending the
Gulf of Ajaccio and st. Florent and La
MOrtilla. He wrote papers showing
how important the Madeleine Islands
were from a strategic viewpoint and
made a formal, minute report on the
Corsican militia. These papers and re-
ports he produced simply as matter
OF recreation: his serious literary work
was that Of finishing his history OF
Corsica and before summer set In 1t haC
been completed.
Again and again he tried to get this
work published. and as often was he
disappointed although he rewrote 1t ant
changed 1t many times. In addition HI
found opportunity somehow to produce
many notes OF purely military nature
to frame constitution for score
society and to make rough draft fol
an essay dealing with kingly power ant
authority which concludes thus: "Ther'
are but few kings who do not deserve
to be dethroned"
Opinions vary as TO whether Napoleon
was justified in obtaining so many fur
loughs from his regiment as he sue
ceeded in having. ON the one hand n
felt the absolute necessity Of being II
Corsica to help his mother. On tn
other hand many believe that he sough