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Arizona republican., 1914-02-14

NCUHlIHued rom Page IWO.) the matter with Dicks infield still? Is he out of near gartiners?
 Here, I'm doing nothing but ask questions here tonight. Aint you gonna give me any info?'
 The sport editor glanced up from some copy on Tempe bal! game. and answered that he voted hot of Yates plans, neither did he have time to discuss 'em further Being Tn no wise discouraged at this, the Phan resumed his soliloquy.
 T don't know as I'm FOR this inorganic kind of baseball, though I
Arizona republican., 1914-02-14
SOMERS PLAN ALREADY

(Continued from Page One.)
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AVOID SPREADING OF DISEASE
Precautions That Should Be Observed
by Those AFFLICTED With
Tuberculosis-

All persons who are intimately as
ISOLATED with cases Of active puimo-
nary tuberculosis cannot be too eau
tious about the proper disposition OF
tubercular sputum. Such sputum
should always be received In cups
containing q Ave per cent solution OF
lysol or carbolic acid. or. In the alb
sance Of these, milk Of lime. Paper
cups. made especially for this purpose,
may be used and subsequently burned.
Soiled handkerchiefs and cloths
should be immersed for one hour In
lysol or carbolic acid (hve per cent?
and then boiled before they are han
died. The patient should be provided
with set of dishes for his exclusive
use, and these should be kept BY
themselves and boiled thoroughly aft
er each meal. Remember that tuber-
culosis Is preventable disease, but
that its control can be accomplished
only by the strictest Observance OF
sanitary precautions.
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Puck, with his hands full of cherries.
who came 70 sudden demoralised
stop in the embarrassing foreground.
"Raphl" Numbered the doctor
Didn't tell you to 70 back to that
kitchenl"
"Yes. suh." responded the imp. But
20 didn' tell me ter stAy dar!"
III I sec you out here again" roared
the doctor. I'll tie your ears back
and grease you-and SWALLOW
you!" At which grisly threat. the
apparition. with shrill shrek. turned
and ran desperately for the corner Of
the house.
II hear" said the doctor. resuming.
that the young man who came to NJ
the place up has hired Uncle Jeffer-
son and his wife to help him. Who's
responsible for that interesting infor.
mationf' s.,ft
hickey Snyder" said Mrs. Mason.
Shes got . spy-glass rugged up In
q susartree at Miss Matte Sues
and she saw them pottering around
there this morning." ..4
l Little Nmb!" exclaimed Mrs. Gif.
ford. with emphasis. She's Is cheeky
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Or. Eliot on Educate

DR.. Eliot says: "The practise OF
England and America is literally cen.
turtles behind the precept Of the best
thinkers upon education" Is 1t not
humiliating that an American Is forced
to make such an admission concern.
ing our most vital American institu.
ton?
What can be dona7 How can this
wasteful school system be speedily
remedied SO that It fills It's real func.
ton and sends out into the world
boys and girls developed according to
their individual talents a. far as those
talents permit? II IL a big question,
but in my next article. I propose to
outline a rational. practical system Of
public education which will serve
those ends.-Pictorisl Review.
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PAINFUL BLIsTERs ON BODY

r. D. 4sh. Port Orchard. Wash
when my baby was about five days
old his abdomen. became entirely Gov
cred with varying sized blisters which
were very painful. causing very much
distress and sleeplessness. They ap-
peared very much like scalds or skin
burns apparently itching and burning.
The bands irritated the blisters, caus-
ing sores.
II tried a powder and afterwards
other remedies but the sores became
worse. They lasted about six weeks
before I used Cuticura Ointment.
After washing the irritated parts well
with Cuticura Soap and applying the
Cuticura Ointment he received almost
instant relief, and the cure was COM
plete in seven or eight days"
(Signed) Mrs. J. G. Kelley, Dec. 4.
1919, a.aI -sA.
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.
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Girls 20 the ceurtInp.

Burton Holmes says that the ma
tives believe in certain forms OF WON.
ems rights In the Philippines. espe.
cially when It comes to choosing hus-
band. For instance. the Bontoc Igo-
rotes leave all the counting to the girls.
While the worldly goods Of the pro-
posed father.in.law have some bearing
upon the, ardor OF the young lady's
wooing, still there are certain require.
ments which must be lived up to by
the young man, namely. he must eth.
er have secured the head Of an enemy
or he must be in the employ of an
American; In other words, he must
either BIS brave man-according to
Igorote staLdards-or he must be In
q fair way to attain . good uvina.
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HER MoTHER.IN.LAW
Proved q Wise, Good Friend.

A young woman out in Ia. found Q
wise, good friend in her mother-in-law,
Jokes notwithstanding. She writes:
81 was greatly troubled with my
stomach. complexion was biotchy and
yellow. After meals often suffered
sharp pains and would have to lie
down. My mother often told me It
was the coffee drank at meals. But
when I'd quit coffee I'd have a severe
headache.
while visiting my mother-in.law
remarked that she always made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me 1t was
easy to make good coffee when you
use Postum.
Il began to use Postum as soon as
got home, and now we have the same
good coffee (Postum) every day, and
I have no more trouble. Indigestion
Is a thing Of the past, and my COM
plexion has cleared up beautifully.
my grandmother suffered q great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leave OF coffee. She then
took tea but that was Just as bad.
"She finally was induced to try Post.
um which she has used for over q
year. She travelled during the winter
over the greater part Of Iowa, visiting.
something she had not been able to
do for years. She says she owen her
present good health to Postum" ~
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
ville." in pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and CSC packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble pow
der. A teaspopnful dissolves quickly
in q cup Of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
Instantly. SOC and 60c tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds u
about the same.
there's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocefs
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A Century Ago.

One hundred years ago DR.. Thomas
Fanshawe Middleton was consecrated
first bishop of Calcutta. The conse.
Grafton took place in London, and soon
afterward the new bishop sailed for
India. In Calcutta, he laid the foun.
dalton for the Bishops college in 1920,
and established q consistory court In
that city. While zealously engaged In
his duties he was attacked with a
fever. OF which he died In 1922. For
more than a century the efforts to
spread the Christian faith in India
have continued. Numerically the
Christian population in the great east
ern empire is still Insignificant,
amounting to only about one per cent
Of the population, but 1t is generally
admitted to have an influence out OF
all proportion to Its numbers.
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GUILTY OF ONE SMALL LAPSE
The Following, Taken From unwrlttsn
History. Proves George Washing
ton Was Only Human.

On the afternoon Of October IL.
176s. George Washington stepped into
the private ONCE Of his good Philadei-
phia friend and dentist, Silicum Stra-
dies. Twas an elegant fall afternoon
and Chestnut street was alive with
colonial damsels out In their new furs.
"0oodday. friend George" Quoth
the dentist. as he finished polishing Q
long. wickedlooklng spear and picked
up Q cleaning crowbar.
What brings you downtown thus
early?" pursued Stradles. as he laid
down the crowbar and picked up an
eight-pound monkey wrench. Moth
ing wrong with the teeth. trust?'
And he put down the monkey wrench
and picked up bone.handled iron
mallet weighing 1t carelessly In his
hand.
81 beg pardon" said George Wash.
ington. rather nervously. What did
you sayy"
"I say. Is It your teeth that brings
you here this beautiful day7" said the
dentist. - he put down the mallet
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path the doctor opened his once.
How do you feel this morning. Ma

path tho doctor opened his once.
How do you feel this morning. Ma
jor."
"Feelf' rumbled the major; "the
way any gentleman ought to feel this
time of the morning. sah- Like hell.
sab"
The doctor bent his gaze on the
hilarious blossom in the others lapel.
IF I were you, Bristow," he said
scathingiy. II reckon I'd quit galivant-
ing around TO bridge-hghts with per.
fumery on my handkerchief every
evening. It's the devil OF an example
to the young"
The rocking-chairs behind Sthe
screening vines became motionless.
and the ladies' exchanged surreptitious
smiles. II the two gentlemen were
aware Of each others sterling quail
ties, their mutual appreciation was in
inverse ratio to its expression. and.
as the Elucinian mysteries. cloaked
before the world. In public the doctor
was wont to remark that the major
talked like . Caesar, looked like .
pianotuner and was the only man he
had ever seen who could strut sit
ting down. Never were his gibes SO
barbed as when launched against the
majors white-waistcoated and patri-
clan calm. and conversely. never did
the majors bland suavity SO nearly
approach an undignified irritation as
when receiving the envenomed darts
Of that accomplished cynic.
The major settled his black tie. "A
little wholesome exercise wouldn't be
bad thing for you. Doctor" he said
succinctiy. You're looking shade
pasty today"
"Exercise!" snapped the other
viciously. a. he pounded down the
steps. "Ha. ha! suppose you exer.
cise-lazying out to the Dandridses
once q week for julep. and the rest
Of the time wearing out good cane-bot-
toms and palm-leaf fans and cussing
at the heat. Youth go OF with apo
plexy one Of these days"
II shall II they're scared enough to
call you" the major shot after him.
nettled. But the doctor did not pause.
He went on down the street without
turning his head.
The major lifted his hat CALAMITY
to the ladies, whose presence he had
Just observed.
do sit down. Major" said Mrs. Gif-
ford. There's . question I'm Just
dying to ask you. We've had such an
interSstint ! oeeiSsssatbon.s You've
heard the news. d course. that young
Mr.. Valiant il coming to ,Damory
Court?"
~ q. -
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CHAPTER xI.-continusd.

CHAPTER Vl.-ContInueo.
wonders will never cease!" said
the young man easily. struggling.
well. our quarry is here somewhere.
From the way the dogs act should
say he's bolted into the house. With
your permission I'll take one of them
in and see." He stopped and snapped
leash on dog-collar.
I'm really very sorry" said Valiant.
but I'm living In 1t at present"
The edge of smile lifted the care
fully trained mustache over the
others white teeth. 1t had the per
fectly courteous air of saying. "Oi
course, II you say SO. But"
Valiant turned. with a gesture that
included all. IF you care to dismount
and rest" he said. II shall be honored.
though I'm afraid can't offer you
such hospitality as should wish"
The Judge raised his broad soft hat.
THANK you. sir" he said, with a soft
accent that delightfully."- disdained the
letter r." But we mustn't intrude
any further. As you know. Of course.
the place has been uninhabited for
any number Of years, and We had no
idea It was to acquire q tenant. You
will overlook our riding through.
hope. I'm afraid the neighborhood
has got used to considering this sort
Of no-man's land. It's pleasure to
know that the Court Ii to be re-
claimed. sir. Come along. Chilly" he
added. Our fox has a burrow under
the house. I reckon-hang the cunning
little devil!"
He waved his hat At the porch and
turned his horse down the path. side
BY side with the golden chestnut
After them troope6 the others. horses
walking YEARLY. riders talking in low
voices, the girls turning often to send
swift bird-like glances behind them
to where the straight masculine figure
still stood with the yellow sunshine on
his face. They did not leap the wall
this time. but filed decorously through
the swinging gate to the Red Road.
Then. as they passed from view be.
hind the hedges. John Valiant heard
the younger voices break out together
like the sound OF q bomb thrown into
poultry-yard.
John Valiant stood watching till the
last rider was out Of sight. There
was \ warm dush Of color In his face
At length he turned with q ghost
Of sigh, opened the hall door wide
and stalking a hundred yards away
sat down on the shady grass and be
gan to whistle. with his eyes on the
door.
Presently he was rewarded. On Z
sudden. around the edge Of the sill
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Graves Of Kearsaroe Victims Loeatsd.

Graves Of kearsaras Victims loeatsd.
Paris.-The graves Of several Amer
lean sailors. buried at Cherbourg aft
er the engagement on June 10. 1854.
in which the Confederate steamer
Alabama was SUNK by the United
States corvette Kearsarge. were To-
Gated by Hanson Cleveland COKE
American deputy consul general at
Paris. The tombs, as we'll as those OF
several American veterans, buried at
Versailles and Saint GERMAN, were
decorated with flowers and flags by q
committee Of Americans.
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look as he sat there, a heavy lonely
figure. that bright morning. It had
slipped to his face with the news Of
the arrival at Damory Court. He told
himself that he felt queer.
Suddenly he seemed to hear elm
voices close to his ear:
Which was It she loved7 Valiant
or Sassoon?"
It was so distinct that he started.
vexed and disturbed. Really. It was
absurd. He would be seeing things
next! "Southall may be right about
that exercise" he muttered; "I'll walk
more" He began the projected re-
form without delay. striding up and
down the room. But the little voices
presently sounded again. shouting like
gnomes inside hill:
Which was It? Valiant or Sass
soon!"
II wish to God I knew!" said the
major roughly. standing still. 1t ST.
fenced them, but the sound Of his own
voice. az though It had been a pre-
concerted signal. drew together hum
dred inchoate images of other days.
There was the well-ordered garden Of
with night shadows. across his great
clothes-press against the wall-with
himself sitting on rustic-bench
smoking and behind him the candle
lighted library window with Beauty
Valiant pacing up and down. waiting
for daylight. There was Q sun
lighted stretch between two hemlocks.
with Southall and he measuring the
ground-the grass all dewy sparkles
and an early robin lettering on q
thorn-bush. Eight nine-ten II
caught himself counting the PAGES.
He wiped his forehead Between
the hemlocks now were two ngures
facing each other, one twitching un-
certainly, the other palely rigid; and
at one side, held screen-wise. raised
umbrella. In some ghostly way he
could see right through the latter
handle, his own, outstretched beyond
its edge, holding handkerchief ready
to flutter down. A silly subterfuge
those umbrellas. but there must be no
actual witnesses to the final act Of q
"gentlemen's meeting! A silly code
the whole Of 1t, now happily out
grown! The scene blurred into sim
gle figure budding down-huddling
| down
(Which did she lover The major
shook his head heipiessly. It was.
after all. only the echo. become all
at once audible on shallow woman's
lips, of q question that had always
haunted him. It had first come to him
on the heels Of that duel, when he
had stood, somewhat later that hate
full morning. holding a saddled horse
before the big piilared porch. It had
whispered itself then from every NOV.
ing leaf. "Sassoon or Valiant?" II
| she had loved Sassoon. of what use the
letter Valiant was SO long pennins In
the library? Buff It were Valiant
she loved? The man who. having
sworn not to lift his hand against tho
other, had broken his sacred word to
her! Who had stained the unwritten
code by facing an opponent maddened
with liquor! Yet. what was there q
woman might not condone in the one
man? Would she read, forgive and
send for HINT
! The major laughed out suddenly,
harshly. in the quiet room. and looked
down as II he expected to see that
letter still lying in his hand. But the
laugh could not still regular pulsing
Esound that was In his ears-elfin like
the voices, but as distinct-the sound
Of q horses hoofs going from Damory
Court.
He>had heard those hoof.beats echo
| in his brain for thirty years!
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
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cHAprER XII
Ths Echo.

When the major entered his room.
Jereboam. his ancient body.servant.
was dawdling about putting things to
rights. his scanned visage under his
white wool suggesting . charred
stump beneath crisp powdering of
snow. ledge Chalmahs done telly.
foam ter AZ 20 ovah ter Glahden Hall
ter suppah ter-nisht. suh.- he said.
Tell him not tonight. jerry" said
the other YEARLY. Some other time"
The old darby ruminated as he
plodded down to the doctors tele-
pr one. '"Whut de mattah now? He
got dat ar way-off.yondah look ergen."
He shook his head forebodingly.
The major had. indeed, faraway
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a. town.hog. I can't imagine what
Shirley cambridge was thinking Of
when she brought that low-born child
out OF her sphere"
Something like q growl came from
the doctor a. he struck open the
screen-door. Limb I'll bet ten
dollars she's an angel in cedar
tree at . church fair compared with
some better-born young ones I know
of who are only At to live whom
they've got the scarletfever and who
ought to be In the reformatory long
ago. And as for Shirley cambridge.
It's my opinion she and her mother
and a few others like her have got
about the only drops of the milk Of
human kindness in this whole aban-
doned community"
Dreadful man" said Mrs. Clifford.
soto voce, AZ the door banged vicious
ly. "To think OF his being born .
Southall! Sometimes I can't believe
IT." ne
Mrs. Mason shook her head and
smiled. "Ah. but that isn't the real
Doctor Southall," she said. That's
only his she'll"
i've heard that he has another
side" responded the other with
guarded grimness. but II he has. I
wish he'd manage to show It some
times."
Mrs. Mason took OF her glasses and
wiped them carefully. Il saw 4 when
my husband died." she said softly.
THAT was before you came. They
were old friends. you know. He was
sick Utmost q year. and the doctor
used to carry him out here on the
porch every day in his arms. like q
child. And then, when the typhus
came that summer among the negroes.
he quarantined himself with .hem-the
only white man there-and treated
and nursri them and buried the dead
with his own hands. till 1t was
stampe. out That's the real Doctor
Southall."
The rockers vibrated In silence for q
moment. Then Mrs. Clifford said: Il
never knew before that he had any.
thing to do with that duel. Was he
one Of valiant's secondsf'
YES" said Mrs. Mason; "and the
major was the other. I was q little
girl wnen II happened. can o1teiy
remember It, but It made big sensa.
tion."
And over Q love-affair!" exclaimed
Mrs. clifford In the tone Of one to
whom romance was daily bread.
II suppose It was"
| For q time the conversation Ian
guished. Then Mrs. clifford asked sud.
denly: who do you suppose she
could have been?-the girl behind that
old Valiant affair."" LID.
Mrs. Mason shook her head. INC
one knows for certain-unless. Of
course, the major or the doctor, and
wouldn't question either of them fol
worlds. You see. people had stopped
gossipins about II before was out OIL
school. There's Major Bristow at thu
gate now. And the doctors Just com
ing out again"
The major wore q suit of white
linen. with q PREDETERMINED straw
hat, and . pink was In his button
hole. but To the observing. his steI
might have seemed to lack an accus
toned jauntinsss. A. he came up thu
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and picked up pair OF gas pliers.
"No. my feet" said Mr.. Washington.
with forced laugh. "Ha. ha, silicum.
my feet brought me here. to be sure.
Well. am glad to have seen you. I'm
sure-I must go now"
Outside on the pavement he held his
hand to his aching Jaw and murmured
suiltily: "Ah. we'll. Just one little lie
in lifetime won't do any harm. and
mayhap the historians will never get
hold Of It"
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HERE'S PRIZE JosHoLDeR.
John Smith Has Been an Indian Chief
For Hundred Years.

Minneapolis, Minn.-His sight and
hearing unimpaired and still able to
walk without assistance, John Smith,
1913 years old. chief of the Chippewa
Indian tribe for over 100 years. came
here to see the city that has risen
from his former hunting grounds be-
fore he dies. Government records
prove Smith was boy in 1898 and he
claims his age is 1873. 75
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Fact. shown ey c.n.u. Flsuree.

washington.-of the 32.24s.ss2 per
sons Of foreign white stock in the
United States in 1910. the English and
Celtic, including Irish. Scotch and
Welsh, had the largest representation.
according to the mother tongue oulle-
tin issued by the census bureau.
AS reported to the census bureau
the total foreign white stock whose
mother tongue was English and Celtic
numbered 10.037.420. This number
represented 1913 per cent OF the total
white population Of the United States
in 1910. which was 81,731.957. FL.
The German group numbered $751;
271, or 1913 per cent; Italian, 2,l5ls-
422, or 2.6 per cent; Polish. 1.7o7.64o.
or 81 per cent; Yiddish and Hebrew
1876 1902, or 81 per cent: Swedish. l.
AL. 1863, or 1.S per cent; French. 1,S57.'
1863. or IT per cent, and Norwegian.
1,OO9,S54, or IL per cent.
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Cattle queen, Worth 100000, Dies.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Bonemont. known throughout the
West as the cattle and sheep queen Of
Utah, died at her home here. Mrs.
Bonnemort came to Utah from Scot
land in 1865, at the age OF twenty
years. and engaged in the cattle and
sheep business with great success.
Later she became identified with the
real estate business In Salt Lake,
which with her cattle ventures. netted
her a fortune computed at $4,000, 900.
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psered a sharp. suspicious little muz.
ale. Then. like a flash of tawny light,
the fox broke sanctuary and shot for
the thicket.
i.
The brown ivied house in the vii.
lAge was big and square and faced the
sleepy street. A one-storied wing con.
tanned q small door with doctors
brass plate on the clapboarding be-
side II. Doctor Southall was one of
Mrs. Merryweather Masons paying
gussts-for she would have deemed
the word boarder q gratuitous insult
NO less to than than to her. Another
was tho major. who for a decade had
occupied the big old.fashioned cor.
nss-room on the second floor. com
panioned by monstrous gray cat and
waited on by an ancient negro named
Jsrsbosm.. who had been = slave Of
his fathers. e
The doctor was = sailow taciturr
man with saturnins face. eyebrow
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UNIONS GAIN ss.7ss MEMBERS.
Total Paid-Up Membership In 1915
Was 2,069,177. N

Neutrality-suspicious. showing a
gain of SO, 1856 members Of affiliated I'M
ions for April. 1914. over the month In
1913 were made public by Secretary
Morrison, following meeting Of the
executive council Of the American
Federation of Labor. The total paid
up membership for 1914 was 2.069,177;
that of April. 1918, was 1.99s.401. Sec
rotary Morrison's report showed
treasury balance on April 80 Of $685.
09s.O1. 49,.