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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
CHAPTER XIX.

II was June and the windstorms
which had swept in from the south
east died away. No more, as in the
months that had passed, did the dust
pillar rise from the dump of the For
tuna mill and go swirling up the can
yon.
A great calm and heat settled over
the harassed land, and above the far
blue wall of the Sierras the first thun-
der caps of the rainy season rose up
till they obscured the sky. Then. with
a rush of conflicting winds, leaden
silence, and a crash of pickering light.
the storm burst in tropic fury and was
gone as quickly as it had come.
So, while the rich landowners OF the
hot country sat idle and watched 1t
grow. another storm gathered behind
the distant Sierras; and, as empty
rumors lulled them to false security.
suddenly from the north came the
news of dashing raids, OF railroads
cut, troops routed, and the whole Dor
der occupied by swarming rebels.
In a day the southern country was
isolated and cut of from escape and,
while the hordes Of Chihuahua insur-
rectos laid siege to Aqua Eegra, the
belated Spanish haciendados came
scuttling once more to Fortuna. There,
at least, was an American town where
the courage of the Anglo-Saxon would
protect their women in extremity. And,
4 70
to pay ransom to red-flag generals
than to fall victims to bandits and loot
ers.
AS the bass roar of the great whistle
reverberated over the hills Bud Hook.
er left his lonely camp almost gladly,
and with his hard-won gold-dust safe
beneath his belt, went galloping into
town.
Not for three weeks-not since he
received the wire from Phil and To-
Gated the Eagle Tail mine-had he
dared to leave his claim Rurales, out
laws and Mexican patriots had dropped
in from day to day and eaten up most
of his food, but none of them had
caught him mapping, and he had no in
tention that they should.
A conspiracy had sprung up to get
rid of him, to harry him out of the
country, and behind it was Aragon
But now, with the big whistle blowing
Aragon would have other concerns.
He had his wife and daughter, the
beautiful Gracia, to hurry to the town
and perhaps the thought of being
caught and held for ransom. would de
ter him from stealing mines. So rea
soned Bud, and, dragging a reluctant
pack-animal behind him, he came rid
ing in for supplies.
At the store he bought flour and cot
fee and the other things which he
needed most. AS he was passing by
the hotel Don Juan de Dios halted him
for a moment, rushing out and thrust
ing bundle of letters into his hands
and hurrying back into the house, as
if fearful of being detected in such an
act of friendship.
Long before he had lost his pardner
Bud had decided that Don Juan was a
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
up In the rocks there somewhere

up in the rocks there somewhere
now"
Sol" exclaimed the captain, glanc-
ing uneasily at the hillside. Il did not
think-but many thanks, senior, an
other time will do as we'll"
He refined his horse away as he
spoke and, with jerk of the head to
yon. Aragon fingered to retrieve his
fallen gun-belt and then, seeming tc
think better of his desire to speak. he
made a single vindictive gesture and
set spurs to his champing horse.
1t was mrely fling of the hand, as
spontaneous as sigh or a frown, but
in 1t Hooker read the last evaporation
of the Spaniard and his declaration of
war to the knife. He barred his strong
teeth in reply and Kissed out a blight
ing curse, and then Aragon was gone.
That evening, as the darkness came
on and the canyon became hushed and
still Bud built big fire and stood be-
fore 1t, his rugged form silhouetted
against the flames. And soon. as quiet
as a fox, the YaQui appeared from the
gloom.
Did he come for me?" he asked.
advancing warily into the freight.
that capitan!"
Yes" answered Bud, and for me,
too. But you must have known him
before, Amigo-he seems to be afraid
of you"
A smile OF satisfaction passed over
the swarthy face Of the Indian at this.
and then the lines became grim again.
His eyes glowed with the light of some
great purpose, and for the first time
since he had been with Bud he drew
aside the veil from his past
YES" he said, nodding significantly,
the rural is afraid. He knows | have
come to kill him."
He sQuatted by the fire and poured
out a cup of coffee, still brooding over
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
JULES VERNE ABOUT HIMSELF
Friend of the French Genius TeIIs
Some New Anecdotes About the
Fascinating Author.

Anything new about that wonderful
man. Jules Verne. is invariably inter-
esting. And In the Paris Temps Felix
Duquesnel, who knew the author well.
tells quite lot about him that Is not
generally known"
Il believe l invent possible things, 4"
Verne used to say, which is very
naive of me, because all that i write
will be realized. Human knowledge
will demolish the impossible" But IL
he believed in the realization of his
imaginings, his friends did not at first
an author.
One day, according to NJ. DuQuesnel.
when Verne was in the company Of a
number of his friends, he exclaimed
with great seriousness:
Mes enfants, think / am about to
leave you. | have the idea which, &C
cording to Gurardin. ia necessary to a
man II he 10 going to make his for
tune. l am going to write q romance
In q new form of my own invention.
II 1t succeeds, It will be, I'm certain,
the lode of the gold mine"
The friends laughed Laugh away"
said Verne. I'VE will see who laughs
last" A few weeks later Five Weeks
in a Balloon" appeared and was an
immediate success. He had found his
lode" which he continued to develop
for half a century.
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KNEW USE OF THE CEREALS
Evidence That People Of the Stone
Age Did Not Live Exclusively on
Animal Food.

There is nothing to indicate that
the men of the later stone age did not
have buckwheat pancakes for break
fast. 1t has been learned that not
only buckwheat but many other grains
of the present day, such as corn, bar
ley, fax, rye and oats, formed an i'm
portant part of the daily bread con-
sumed by the people of the latter half
of the stone age. known as the neo-
lithic epoch.
1t is generally admitted that the
men of the age of hewn stone were
hunters. With Asiatic invasions the
manner of living changed. The neo-
lithics began to raise domestic anil
mails and to cultivate certain species
of plants, the remains of which are
still to be found.
Corn is the most ancient plant
known. Scientists have observed
samples of 1t in the celebrated layer
of the Mas DAHL, or end Of the hewn
stone period.
II is believed that this kind Of plant
is essentially of Asiatic origin. It
could have been brought into Europe
by nerolithic invaders. Egyptian
wheat has also been found. Barley IL
also pretty frequent. being repre-
sented by six distinct varieties. On
the other hand. rye and oats were
known. but we're rare Flax was rep
resented by q different kind from the
present species.
The other plants of that age were
probably gathered In a wild state.
Fruits were generally cut in quarters
and dried; such a. certain little spe-
~S>. nf snulan and -,aara
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his thougbts-then, with a swift ges-
ture, he laid open his shirt and pointed
to a scar along the ribs.
''He shot me there" he said.
And so you have come to kill him ?"
YES" answered Amigo; but not
now. Tomorrow ! go to my people
l must take them my money first"
Have you got wife?" asked Hook
er, forgetting for once his accustomed
rVerve.
NO" grumbled Amiga, shaking his
head sadly. mo wife"
"Oh, you take your money to your
father and mother"
> mo. No father-no mother-nadiei"
He threw up his open hands to sig
Nifty that all we're gone, and Hooker
said no more. For three months and
more he had worked alongside this
giant, silent Yaqui and only once had
he sensed his past. That was when
Amigo had torn his shirt In lifting,
and across the ripping muscles of his
back there had been shown the long
white vale of whip.
It was the mark Of his former
slavery when, with the rest of his peo-
pie. he had been deported to the hene-
Quen fields of Yucatan and logged By
the overseer's ashland Amigo was
ashamed of it. But now that he was
about to go, Bud made bold to ask him
one more question, to set his mind at
rest.
Perhaps this captain killed your
people?"
mo, senor," answered Amigo quiet
ly; they died"
He spoke the words simply, but
there was something in his voice that
brought up images of the past-of
peaceful Yaquis, seized at every ranch
in Sonora on a certain night; of long
marches overland, prodded on by
rurales and guards; Of the crowded
prison-ships from which the most an
guished hurled themselves into the
sea; and then the awful years Of
slavery In the poisoned tropics. until
only the hardest were left
Amigo had seen 1t all, as the scars
on his broad back proved-but he
withdrew now into silence and left his
thoughts unsaid. AS he sat there by
the fire, one long, black hand held out
to keep the CLEAN from his eyes, he
made a noble figure, but the Yaquqi
songs which he had crooned on other
nights were forgotten. and he held
himself tense and still Then at last
he rose and gazed at Bud.
You pay me my money" he said.
'T go now"
Sure" answered Bud, and after he
had weighed out the equivalent in
gold on his scales he tipped in some
more for luck and gave him a sack to
hold It
What you buy with all that?" he
inquired with friendly grin; grub"
mo. senor.' answered Amigo. knot
ting the precious gold In a handker-
chief; "cartridges!"
What fort" Queried Bud. and then
1t was Amigo who smiled.
ITO kill Mexicans With" he replied,
and In those words Hooker read the
secret of his thrift
While his wild brethren fought In
the hills or prepared for the battles to
come. It was his part to earn the
money that should keep them In am
munition. II was for that In fact, that
Porfrio Dias had Doisod al the peace
full yaquis In . night and shipped them
to yucatan-sos hs NV that vhils
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10

The first may
be called a far
off view of God
but strictly speak
ing il is not a
view at all. ana
the second may b.
called a near
view of God.
God As a Rumor.
With many tho
knowledge of God
is little more than
what is known
from TumOT,
have heard OF
thee by the hear
ing OF the ear.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10

There is suggestion abroad that
there is such a being as God, and then
men make interpretations of God. The
heather, with his conception, makes a
god OF wood, or stone, or clay; the ma
ture wOrshiper sees God in the clouds
or the forest, or streams of water: the
goddess philosopher, while not denying
absolute ignorance of Him; while the
Christian apprehends God as Spirit
and as perfectly revealed in Jesus
Christ, and worships Him according
ly. With many who claim to be Chris
tians God is little more than a rumor.
and there seems to be little desire for
more perfected knowledge of Him
Many are cropping in the darkness,
feeling after God, if haply they may
find him, while they might. if they
would, get view of God that is pos,
sibie to all and realized by millions
Job bad an experience and that view
of God vanished. The philosophy OF
his changed view of God is not given
us, but the Bible teaches us that he
was a man in high social position
wealthy, with large family and with
wide fame, but it was during this pc.
riod, in all probability, that God was
to him little more than a rumor. But
all these were swept away and Job
sat on the ash-heap, covered with
sores, the object of scathing argu.
ments on the part of oriental logi.
clans, the butt of ridicule, and the
victim of an ill-tempered wife. 1t is
well known that men and women
through the centuries have had pros,
perity swept from them in order that
they might be brought into RICH, rela,
ton to GOd-financial loss. the break
ing down of health. the bitter opposi-
ton of enemies and the treason of
friends. have driven men to seek sat
isfactiOn ultimately in God
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not
grippe. ADV.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
IWoNiews
Of Cod
By REV J. ii. RALSTON
Secretary Of Correspondence
Moody Bible Institute. Chicago

TENT have heard of the, 10y the
hearing OF the ear: but now mine eye
sccth thee. Wherefore 7 ahhor myself
and repent in dust and ashes Job 42.5.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10

InWs LOG Oseo - PeF1itxer.
Lime was one of the earliest mate
rails used to Improve soil. being men
toned in the writings Of Plato and
Pliny.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10

Teachers of elocution can't do any
thing for the voice of conscience in
most of us.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
(covyrigh. 1914. By Prank A. Munsey)
CHAPTER XVIII.

gently. for fear that he might crush
them and never know.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
Not Quite.

Pop, about a war horse"
"Well. my SOM"
as a war horse a hors du combat"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
Jobs Eyes Opened.

Only a cavalier will charge JOB
with falsehood when he says that he
saw GOD. This was not, of course.
with his natural eyes, but with the eye
of the soul SO have men in all ages
seen God. some, no doubt. being grant.
ed what they believed to be the phys
ical appearance of God. Moses saw
God and endured. Jesus himself said ::
HE that hath seen me hath seen the
father. Job does not say what il
was in Cod that he saw, but we may
well believe that it was the holiness
of God, which was seen by the proph.
ct Isaiah when he had his vision in
the temple. Nor does Job say what
view he had of himself while COD
was only a rumor, but the probability
is what he saw of himself, is what
the world saw him to be, a man of
distinction. wealthy, and glorying in
his large family. But now a change
comes. He evidently sees himself as
God sees him. He probably had az
comprehensive a view of God as il
was possible for a man in his days to
have. but he could not see him in the
face Of Jesus Christ.
The need of this day is right view
of God, the true starting point of all
individual and social redemption. and
this view of God is not difficult to OBJ
tain as the personality of Jesus Christ
is the most prominent personality of
history, and it is in him that God is
seen, for Jesus Christ is the expressed
image of his person. This image of
God is much better than the image OF
God in the person of the first Adam.
Many, however, quite resolutely de-
cline to look at this image.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10
Jobs View of Himself.

While there is no account of job
expressing the change in his views of
God. there is a most graphic account
of the view that he had of himself
Il abhor myself and repent in dust
and ashes" His experience at thai
point agrees with the experience of
Isaiah when he saw the Lord in the
temple and said: Il am a man of un.
clean lips and dwell among a people
of unclean lips This was one nj
the steps in Isaiah's preparation for
TIE mission upon which God was IN
send him, and while Job was not he
ing prepared for such a special mis-
sion. he was being prepared for a
testimony which has come down to the
present moment to the glory Of God
The road to right relationship to God
is by the way of right views OF self
md that can only be obtained by right
giews Of God. When these right views
of self are given there will be honest
confession, this confession being in e..
self humiliating, but the sure road to
relief. The Discrimination to confea.
sion is not a sufficient rea son for not
making it, whether it is the king on
the throne saying: Il have sinned
against thee" or the queen of the Brit
ish empire rising in recognition Of
Gods superior grea iness, or the man
broken in purse AMI characterize
confession must be made or the bless
ingS desired cannot be realized. In
the case of Job this blessing came to
him in rich proportion. and that Ia
only an inclination of larger blessing
that will come TO any man who will
surrender his life 10 God. and who sin
,erely says: Il repent in dust and
sahes."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-10

CTO BE CONTINUED.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-17
SENDS
TWO TO EARLHAM
Students From Holy Land
Enroll for Course in Bibli-
cal Department.

Two young men. natives of Pales-
tine, have enrolled as students at Earl
ham college. Both men have been in
this country for over year and have
come to Earlham after spending sew
eral months in other colleges Of the
country.
Selim Totah, whose homo Is in Ram
Allah, Palestine, has spent some time
in Oak Grove Seminary, Maine. and
also at Haverford college. He has
been sent to this country through the
Friends mission at Ram Allah. He
will take work in the Biblical depart.
ment of the college preparatory to
returning home as a native mission.
airy.
John Haramy of Jerusalem, is also
enrolled at the college for work this
year. He has been in this country for
three years, coming to Earlham from
Cleveland, O.
Miss Yuri Wantanabe, the Japanese
student, returned to the college yes
terday and will finish her course here
She spent the summer at the worlds
conference Of the Y. w. c. A., al
Stockholm, Sweden. She returned tc
this country over a month ago, just
in time to avoid the disturbance in
Europe after the declaration of war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-17
BLAZE INTERRUPTS
WORK As NEOPHYTE
RIDES LODGE GOAT
Fire Companies Catch Me
chanics' Order in Regaia
When Contents of Locker
Burns in Kelly Block.

"A frightened candidate, just on the
verge OF mounting the goat to be
bucked into the mysteries OF the Ju-
nior Order of United American Me-
chanics, at its lodge room In the
Kelly building. Eighth and Main
streets. trembled violently In his gro
teaoua costume last night when de-
tachments Of firemen from every De.
partment company In the city burst
into the room in response TO an alarm
of fire.
Agitated and costumed members OF
the order darted about In every d.
rection rescuing equipment, while the
i1remen devoted their energies to sub
ding a small blaze which had original
ed in the lockers, requiring only lew
minutes for this work.
1t is rumored that 1t took some time
for the Junior Mechanics to convince
the candidate that the locker IRE ana
the subsequent summoning OF the fire
department was not part or the lnltl'
alton, and that most convincing argu
ments had to be advanced before ne
could be prevailed upon again to mount
the impatient and rambunctious goat
1t Is believed the fire originated
from q smouldering cigar stump. The
loss was small The general alarm
1rom the principal corner OF the busl
ness district attracted a large crowd
The lodge room is located on the
fourth floor Of the Kelly building, and
IL the blaze had been a serious one II
would have been extremely difficult
FOR the flremen to combat it, as theil
ladders can not reach such height.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-17
METHOO|STS MEET
At FIRST CHURCH
Pastors of District Will Dis
cuss Ways of Making
Further Advances.

One of q series of Church Forward
meetings. which are being held at the
different Methodist churches in the
Richmond district, will be at the First
Methodist tonight. Special music has
been arranged. The program for the
evening follows:
thinking Black" Rev. ]. w. Zerbe.
Williamsburg.
Modern Sunday School Advance"
the Rev. Mr.. Polhemus, Economy.
How Can We Put the Richmond
District Farther to the Front than
Last Year." Rev. U. S. A. Bridge pas
tor Grace Methodist church.
These meetings have aroused con
siderable interest at other churches
in the district and it Is expected that
a large number of Methodists of the
city will attend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-17
CLUB STILL ASKS
LIBERAL LOAN PLAN
Commercial Body May Boost
Project With New PrOmot-
ing Company.

The investigation Of the Morris or
liberal loan bank plan by the CONNER
cial club will not be dropped with the
the industrial fund campaign looming
up as the subject of interest, but in
case the industrial fund plan works out
the Morris bank will be more Of a
probability.
Secretary Jordan stated today that
the loan company plan would be exact
ly in accord with the purpose of the
industrial fund and would assist in
making the city more substantial by
giving working men an opportunity to
build their own homes.
AS the industries committee of the
club works out the Industrial plan in
detail, it is probable that some pro-
vision will be made by which some Of
the funds subscribed can be used in
establishing such bank.
The Morris plan of loan and building
associations is operated on a more lib
eral plan than most private COM
panies. Appraisers determine to a
correct figure the value of the prop
erty, and the loan is given as nearly as
possible on the full value. Other de-
tails make it easier for working men
to build.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-17
THIN MEN AND WOMEN
Here's Safe Easy Way to Gain 10 to
80 Lbs. Of Solid, Healthy,
Permanent Flesh.

Thin, nervous, undeveloped men and
women everywhere are heard to say,
II can't understand why do not get
fat. I eat plenty of good. nourishing
food" The reason Is just this: You
cannot get fat, no matter how much
you eat. unless your digestive organs
assimilate the fat-making elements of
your food instead of passing them out
through the body as waste.
What Is needed Is means OF gently
urging the assimilative functions Of
the stomach and intestines to absorb
the oils and fats and hand them over
to the blood where they may reach the
starved, shrunken rundown tissues
and build them up. The thin persons
body is like dry sponge-eager and
hungry for the fatty materials Of
which 1t is being deprived by the fail
ure of the alimentary canal to take
them from the food. The best way to
overcome this sinful waste of flesh
building elements and to stop the
leakage of fats Is to use Sargol, the
recently discovered regenerative force
that is recommended SO highly by ply
sicians here and abroad. Take a little
Sargol tablet with every meal and no
tice how quickly your cheeks fill out
and rolls of firm, healthy flesh are
deposited over your body, covering
each bony angle and projecting point
Leo H. Fihe, Richmond. Ind, and 9th,
or good druggists have Sargol or can
get 1t from their wholesaler and will
refund your money if you are not sat,
isfied with the gain in weight 1t pro.
duces as stated on the guarantee in
each package. 1t is inexpensive, easy
to take and highly efficient.
While Sargol has pro
duced remarkable results in overcom
ing nervous dyspepsia and general
stomach troubles, it should not be
taken unless you are willing to gain
ten pounds or more, for it is a won
derful flesh builder. Leo H. Fine
Richmond, Ind.
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