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JATLER FOSTER, HIS BOOK.
KcnturLy Fnnctiopnry In the
Role Of Author mud Publisher.

Jailer Charles G. Foster OF the Louis
vile. Ky. j/il has published in book form
the rules and regulations governing the
institution over which he presides. The
book Is described thus
"rhe book contains twelve pages. Save
for quotations from state and Federal
laws. il was written by Mr.. Foster for
the guidance Of guards. employees. wish
tors and inmates. Copies have been
given 10 each tier boss among the pris-
onors and copies printed on cardboard
hay" been posted in each tier.
The book covers every subject dealing
with the jail and every situation which
could arise Safety, security, caution,
kindness and nrmncss are It's keynotcs.
Oue Of tho rules is that guards must
practise fnrbcarance and common sense,
Another v, that all persons working in
the kitchcu must undergo regular physl-
cal examinations. Another is that any
prisoner feeling that he has been mis-
IT." ltcd may complain to the jailor. who
will make an investigations Tho rules
and regulations are given o. separate
sections under tnc following hosds:
once guard. Kitchen, sanitary depart
mont ma'ron's department. power plant
general, medical department, mail Tnitod
states IsSoncrs. school. library hooks md
penalties.
ION the reverse side Of tho cover Nj
Foster has reprinted an excerpt from the
Flag Day address delivered this year bv
Secretary Lane Of the Department % the
Interior II ia entitled Makers NJ the
Flag In II Mr. Lam speaks OF tho nag
ds an animated heinG with wnom hs
held conversation. The flag. in Mr.. Lanes
imagination, spoke or itself as an aver
age citizen, saving II was as much or rs
lttlo, as tho average citizen cnose To-
mako II
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pendence In Hellas; he seems ont NJ
! patience with their chickering's and re-.
/ leved il Thcbrs and Sparta and ovor
Athens falls. though he must know tba,
tho loss Of indeppudencc did mn, mn, ~
,nd to their u,iarrclline.
After tho battle of Cbaeronoia c,bi,t
put on end tn the dreams of Donns.
themes and decided definitely tha,
Greece sbni,Id ma ,n,,.or ha = '''i IA,
event described fully and with some
dramatic feeling. and after tbc doa,h
OF Philip. the important and lasting
events In the worlds history rocedo
into the BACKGROUND assin, wbije
Alexander is conuucring tho East and
spreading Hellenic culture far and
wide, the author keeps his ewes on
Athens and the unpleasant task of re.
adjusting herself To the new conditions
His story is of her downfall and Aioy
andcr is cared tor In another volume
Of the series Domos,benos ,.,,,, '' t',e
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\ men OF the time: the dlsunion OF m.
Greek States" Causes that Demos
themes may not have seen as plainly n,
I We do.
with regard to the man himself hi,
biographcr says: The faults that ,ul.
lied the character of Demosthcnes as a
public man are not only conspicuous
but are such as tend in many ways IA
: ALLEVIATE the sympathics of the modern
world from him. The worst perhape
was an indifference to truth. which led
him to deal very unfairly with his on
/ ponents, to 'falsfy history and to re-
pudiate his own share in transactions
which were perfectly proper. but which
had come to be viewed with disfavor
Nv tne majority OF the Athcnians" at
may he that absolute truthfulness is not
possible for the leader of democracy.
In his money dealings he did not al
ways observe the standard Of correct
ness which "A modern statesman is OK
pcCteu 10 observe. ut must be added
that he seems 20 have been a man Of
an unsocable and unfrendly tempera-
ment, and bitter and relentless enemy.
lie was, moreover. deficient in hunor
and in gcntlemanly feeling. and both
wv ~ ihNi'N ifNfdl at UnHttIActlNp mar
rowness Of imagination. Rut against
these faults. public and private, is to
be SGT devotion to Ereat ideal.
absorbing the whole man; capacity
for work unrivalled In the history Of
great statesmen. thoroughncss in all
that he did. which cared for every
detail and left nothing to chance: a gift
or language, penetrated and transformed
INTO eloquence Of the very highest or
dor by the passion for great cause.
ana courage which rose superior To all
physical weakness and was not dauntc1
by failure or danger The greatness e,
ms character in these respects mo- '.
than redeems its unloveliness." For
his appreciation of the oratory ~ De
mosthenes the author refers us To an
other book Of his.
The lack nj enthusiasm. to say the
least. for the Greeks. for democracy.
for Demosthencs himself. wh.,h the
author discloses, extends als.s i, would
seem. TO oratorv itself Ia takes il
FOR granted that the Assembly in Attn
ems could not he well Informed because
the orators would present only their
side of the question and distort the
truth. He seems to think too that
eloGucnce could only ~say the unedu-
Gated masses. a tern! he uses too fro
luentlv. unaware probably NJ how
often convention nf rdhaaded pon-
.icians of modern times has hocu SVEN,
from its designed .ourre hv = silver
onGued orator
Readers who sAre To make a com.
larison hetwec.. this product Of mod
'rn scholarship and tho ripe learning
Vt the gen@-,tion just passed and. IN
'Id"ntally. 20 form q fair judgment "
pFmost rnes and his times. VIII find n
NoriP their while to road the article
NJ -'cmostheneS in the latest edition
= the Encyclopedia Britannica. which
fas written nv the late Sir Richard
'lsVsrhouse tebh.
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iof the Japanese feudal warfare tended
'cqually to preserve the forests as n
screen which might protect the peace
ful from the onslaught Of marauders.
b At tho beginning of the seventeenth
century. when the Shogunate was e..
tablished, Ncydsu appurtioned the for
cSts as precious possessions, part as a
purtenance Of tho Shotgun and part az
hets To the daimio. lie signaliked his
zeal for the woods by promulgatins the
hundred laws apparently the earliest
ordnance for forest conservation in the
history OF the world for the forest law
OF the Norman kings of England wern
rather laws for the preservation Of
game for tho kings to hunt.
The Tokugawa lordship was hcrolca,y
abolished In 1868 and the forests passed
. through a period of rcadiustmcnt. yc.
the feeling of the people in those dan
of civic Commniion was such that liItIc
damage resulted during the period ~
chaos which ensucd. II lasted but
short while, tho emperor shortly re-
sumcd the direction of the forest wealth
of the nation, 10y direct cfniiscation al
80 much as was a purtonanCc of the
ShogunHtc, by process of modification
of tenure Of SO much AZ had been dis
tributed among the great daimio IN
1871 the forests were assigned to tn
Ministry of the Interior. In 1873
scientific programme of forestry was
promulgated and this great wealth of
the nation has ever since been intell-
gently administered by the present as
the trustee Of tho future. the life tenant
OF sacred estate.
Or. HOFFMAN, essays to peer into the
.t,sg & 4
its folk. When We set ourselves 10
study. he says, the evolution Of the
ancient civilizations and observe how
the shores Of the Mediterranean have
been denudcd, We are forced to observe
in our own homes that forest destruc-
ton and the spread Of civilization have
gone hand In hand. How strange the
forest was to the Italian appears in the
fact that stranger Ooresticro) and forest
are one in stem and signification. The
forest was alien to his stage of culture,
even 1t seemed laggard civilization.
lust as the absence of timber was some
thing imperial
Flow different this is from the Jsrs-
nese passion for nature. So strongly
innate love for the world of trees and
things is scarcely to be found
In any other race upon the earth. In
Tho spring time tho people flock In veri
table plgrimages to the famous avenue
NJ cherry trees whose seas of blossoms
seem to captivatc the sense, the painted
autumn has equal attraction to the
people. These seasons are truly ia
tional festivals. equally appealing 10
high and low and receiving not only
he sanction Of the court but the spon-
aneous approval Of all tho folk.
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SOME NEW BOOKS.
The Greatest of Or,tor.

Whatever the original purpose of the
ftfuc' or the Nations" ..orin, ma,
i've pttn, as 1t has grown il has bs.
cep'" sort or universal history iold
MAINLY through biographies. and a.
there was not always Il hero at hand
l" mark an epoch some other ucrsuu "a;
note WI selected So ~ not io Ica,. an
parucuIhr period. Tho result * that.
~ the iifty volumes tina. hay. an.
l"arod IN fans hl'f tho heroic Qualities
or IN" individual whose life IL taken rs
n thread arc at least questionable. so
'n"t me DCmDSth,HcS and ne last
ma 5 ~ Grcch frcc0oBJ. by N W. pt,,k.
tft CAMBRIDGE. Fellow Of Balliol col
lrrc, 90. J.. rutnams Sons) is not un-
et'rrNing VI Il p,atc amons tncm. ina.
'cmosth'ncs showed heroi'.m in max ing
= last desperate stand for = worthy
i"Sn' cause the author admits at tho
oud. much to the surprise of those vino
have read his volume. for b. belongs
I" H." modern school uf d'srassionntc.
NJ t.cuiuu3 scholars. vino insist ON ur,-
''nting. n. So much tho evidence bc-
fore them * the divergent opinions Of
~ latest authorities on tire subject and
arr careful to commit themselves a.
Iitle is r". sibc. Thr author. too. W.
fancy rs not . historian 1ui % Hrllcnist,
who employs history to throw light on
The tex h" L. Interested ir. az any rate
nv seems 60 lack the imagination that
should cniul, him to- pres. ~ he fact,
m their true perspective. Both IN the
b.5-raphi,al aud N tho historical pnr-
uuus " hi tory h" dwrlls on minute
details. which. hoV,t,r useful They
hf ftt II al H.
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\ Naval Hero Of the Southern CON.
f~dcrsry.

. ar A., ,,,t
" th' HlllllonS OF dollars dispensed
ny the 'ourt OF Claims that after tn.
, civil war adjusted for tho United STAT.
Government the award IF indenuitv ro,
damages to SHINING in,ores,s ,i,,o.
half won, IN a..,,,ro int,,rtt., ,.'ot""
by the Confederate cruiser Alabama
"A wonderful testimonial" saws Cot.yrt
MERrwETHER in his Raphacl Scp,Ucs
cAmerlcan Crisis Blogra phics." G orsc
". Jacobs and Company. Philalelphia)
TO the destructive skill and energy If
the vessels commander If tho prais.
seems somewhat awkward, let II he
viewed in the light II tho expressed
views Of tho Confederate commando
Eimself In the war with Mexico he
called privatecrng. though Justified IN
usage, "a disreputahle mode of war
tare nut with civil war lmpending n
dozen years later he wrote To n Con
gresham from the South urging II
under tho euphemism AN irregular
naval force:
II YOU are varr.d upon a, all T. MI he
eN commercial people whose abili'v to
u" you nam WIZ 'on''t 'hl'nI IN 'hlps
"L,u sn.pP'ns =, .''ns ,nd sn'rP,,f
,nost .,,.,na, ,.s" -, NV w. IT.. a"n ,n'
force
private cupiiiiy win ALWAYS Furnish IN.
means for this description Of warfare. ana
all that Will he required Of you ~ill he 20
put It under suf'c'"n' Legal restraints 70
pre'tn' y from d'F'neraunG into pirarF
anu ''''"'"t d" '''-'
The Washington Government knew
no softer word for II than piracy"
Secretary Wclles was peculiarly bitter
IN his denunciatton of it. though after
the war he did soften materially his
Judgment of Semmes. In the Rcyolu-
ton the commerce Of England had
been seriously crippled by privatcers.
inc practice has always been accepted
in international law, views rs 10 it's
morality apparently have varied with
IN" change from sufferer to aggrcssor.
In the Revolution and the war of
1872 privateerng contributed materially
10 tho advancement Of American shin
ping. In the civil war those interest
were parslyzod hy tho Operations, Of
vessels like the Petrol and Savannah.
the Alabama and the Florida Semmcss
defence was heard and accepted long
ago, and his personal place among the
efficient naval officers Of America is
fixed. and fixed high: but the effect of
his vigorous campaigning has special
interest in view of what Is going IN
to day. In 1850. Golden said in Com
mons two-thirds of the commerce of
New York was borne in American bot
toms; in SO three-fourths of It was
carried in foreign vessels. England was
The gaincr for II was 10 the British
fiag and British ownership that the
cargo carriers were transferred TIL,
President Of the English Board Of Trade
made the correlative statement that
British shipping had in those years
nearly doubled. And now il is n war
n which England is engaged that offers
opportunity for restoration of the van
shed glories of the American merchant
marine. Also It was the Anglo-Amcri- !
IAN tribunal of arbitration that settled
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cnts both died before the boy was 1,
: ana he went to live with an uncle n
5 Georgetown. n. c., who gave him in.
struction in the three Re. Later. read
ing i'll the law office of another uncle
: at Cumberland, Md. he laid tho founda
tion FOR that judicial habit of mind
that stood him in good stead later on
Nhilc al Cincinnati on leave of absence
IN 1886 ne is said to have successfully
defended against Salmon l.. Chase some
young men prosecuted for DESTROYING
the press of an abolition newspaper
In 1876 he was appointed a midshipmun
from Maryland.
There was no naval academy in those
days, and the grade of nidshipn,an
was at once trial stage and a school
of experience for those who hoped ia
become officers; hard school. The
duties were not prescribed except in
general terms, promptly and faith.
fully to execute all the orders for tho
puhiic service which they shall receive
rom the commanding officer" Scmmcs
was strong healthy lad and "A good
student In n school calculated bv its
very deficiencies in form to bring ont
all the best qualities Of independence
/ and initiative In the man of exceptional
aptitude for his oxn.,,i,,, ,ro,o.st,,
His first VOYAGE Was in tho i.cxi,yton
which went To Trinidad IN IN, an 90
1876 10 bring homo tbc bndv ~ ,o,,,
modore Perry. the boro NJ .,lc t,r,e
( in 1918. For two ,cars no crui.o1 an
the Lexington in Wcs, Indian ya,ors
then in other shins an ,bc sr,,isi,
main This expcrience n,rtiruIarIv
that among tho channels raors hoad
/ lands and bars ~ tho West Indies was
invaluable to him l,tcr Af,er ava
ears Of service at soa he ,ook bis
schooling in tho mathematician scic,rc
Of his p~nfo..j,,r az ia. <nrcott, >,,,,.
Yard and vy,s admit, 4 g.. .ho 49,, az
n,s.aJ mid.btr.,,,,, ia ,,..,, $50,
,.or COM, -.
IN tho ,,,.,. ,'a.,i.. -, -, -. va '''
al, dr,d,-,,, '''" '''' '"S'-
sou,borr - a., ,u a.. III
mic r,a,,,,,.,,,i ''' ia Wv 'H''i N''s "'
uar,god 20 ,,,, j., ,,.,i ui,".'
- ~ po,,,-.,,,'' W"
carr,oi a ,,,,.,'. - =" iN'' W.
Cruz d, ht' ,t,,, w w,
,,o,, an ,,.i,, 49,. Nv"
leo rboro H.. t Ivy y,
'b.o-ya,ior - t,'''". Nv INV ''os'
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'fOfSi S'IICi PtlSS FN9S0StdIIOIlsl
though was finding fault with Dick
and yet / do not know what to do.
am sure If insist upon having GER
tain amount of Dicks salary paid me
we will have terrible quarrel and
don't know where it will end.
On the other hand if Dick under
takes to pay the bills the case is
hopeless.
will never put myself in a place
where have to do as did friend of
mine the other day.
l went with her to her dressmak-
er's and she bought two beautiful
waists and told them to send the bill
to her husband. Just as they were
making it out heard her say: ooh,
I've left my checkbook at home. Will
you please give me twenty-five dol
lars and add it on to the price of
the waists?"
Certainly" said Madame with a
discreet smile,
My friend invited me out at lunch
con and paid with some of the money.
My food choked me as ! ate, for
thought how sorry was for that poor
woman who must stoop to such sub
terfuges, =. ~.
After we had lunched my friend be-
came little confidential and told me
that although she had credit to al
most every place in the city she en-.
We'd the wife of the street laborer
who came home on Saturday night
and gave his wages to his wife so
that she could use them for the house
the next week.
Sometimes, she said, 81 feel as
though ! were only purchased just as
those other women may be purchased
for my husbands pleasure and con-
venience. The only difference be-
tween me and those other women
who have sold themselves into slaV-
cry is that have made the bargain
legal and cannot break it easily"
nsaIxl I Lo,1o H.
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After Dick went away yesterday l
just sat down and had good cry.
l felt l could do this for Aunt Mary
had gone over to spend the day with
Mother Waverly.
l read somewhere only the other
day that money was cause for more
divorces than even intemperance or
unfaithfulness and am coming to
believe it. q. i
Dick and l have had more words
over money than any other thing and
the question isn't settled yet.
And / am afraid that before the
matter is settled we will have quarrel
ed to such an extent that we will hate
each other,
Dick can make money easily, but
he cannot save it.
When he has ten dollars In his
pocket he is just as happy as though
he had a hundred in the bank and
he will spend that ten dollars on a
dinner all the while knowing that he
will have no more money until the
end of the month. ..
Something must be done. We can
not go on, living in. this house, of |
Harry Symone's and spend all our |
income on other things. I cannot see
what Dick does with his money and |
l am almost sure that he is in debt |
or he would have let me start again |
on the partnership basis.
Anyway have determined that is
the only way that viii go on living |
with Dick as well as love him. !
cannot be worried all the time over |
bills especially when cannot see
where the money is going,
Men are so generous and so unjust
to women where money is concerned.
wish l dared talk this over with
Mrs. Se1Win-she would know what
! should do,
A young married woman is in a
very solitary position and she. must
l. Ill Il
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THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

ARGIE TRIED TO THINK OF A PLAN
e14, by the Newspaper Enterprise Assoc
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doorway. When he saw a woman en-
ter the room he frowned. He had rid
den from the town, which was empty
Of women, fact that he regarded as
a blessing. If she had been maid
servant he would have kept on his
cap. Seeing that she was not, he re-
moved it and found himself in want of
words as their eyes met after she had
made a gesture to the broken glass
on the floor and the lacerAed table
top, which said too plainly:
DO you admire your work2"
The fact that he was well groomed
and freshly shaven did not in any wise
dissipate in her feminine mind his
connection with this destruction. He
had never seen anything like the smile
eyes were two continuing and chal-
longing flames. Her chin Was held
high and steady, and the pallor Of ex-
haustion, with the blackness at her
hair and eyes, made her strangely
commanding. He understood that she
was not waiting for him to speak. but
to 60.
II did not know that there was q
woman here!" he said.
"And | did not know that officers Of
the Grays were accustomed to enter
private houses without invitatiousl"
she replied.
(To be continued.J
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LOOK HERE FOR IT.
NJ any a Pine Bluff Reader Will Be
Interested.


When people read about the cures
made by medicine endorsed from
far away, is it surprising that they
wonder if the statements are true?
But when they read of cases right
here at home, positive proof is within
their reach, for close investigation is
an easy matter. Read Pine Bluff en-
dorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills.
c. NJ. Shepard, prop. general re-
pair shop, sol E. Second St., Pine
Bluff, Ark, says: Il haven't felt in
need of kidney medicine for three
or four years, or since l used Doans
Kidney Pills. The endorsement
have given them before still holds
good and I positively believe l have
had a permanent cure. | gladly give
you permission to keep on publishing
my former statement. Another of our
family has had Just as satisfactory re-
suits from Doan's Kidney Pills. as I
have"
Price, soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Shepard had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
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=
: 81 was very fond of him! He was at
school when was teaching there.
But a good death-a soldiers DEATH"
he said. 'I'll write to his mother my
self" Then the voice of the machine
spoke who is in commando
X am, sir!" said the callow lieutcE-
ant, coming up But Tile men of the
company spoke.
Bert Stransky!' they roared.
1t was not according to military ETH
quette, but military etiquette meant
nothing to them now. They were
above it in veteran superiority.
"Where's Stransky?" demanded the
staff officer.
You're looking at him!" replied
Stransky with a benign grin.
Seeing that Stransky was only pr-
vate, the officer frOwned at the anon
ally when lieutenant was present,
then smiled in way that accorded
the company parliamentary rights,
which he thought that they had fully
earned.
Eyes, and he gets one of those iron
crosses!" put in Tom Fragini.
"Yes-the first cross for Bert Of the
Reds!"
"And we'll let him make dozen
anarchist speeches day."
Yes, yes!" roared the company.
1.-The ayes have it," the officer an.
nounced cheerfully. He lifted his cap
to Marta. With tender regard and
grave reverence for that company, he
took extreme care with his next re-
mark lest set of men of such dy-
manic spirit might repulse him as an
invader. "The lieutenant is in COM
mand for the present. according to
regulations" he proceeded. You will
retire Immediately to positions AZ and
49 Al by the castle road You have
done your part. Tonight you sleep
and tomorrow you rest"
Sleep! Rest! Where had they
heard those words before? Oh, yes
In distant day before they went tc
war! Sleep and rest! Better far than
an iron cross for every man in the
company! They could go now with
something warmer in their hearts
than consciousness of duty we'll done
but this time they need not go unit
their dead as well as their wounded
were removed.
Feller started to pass around thu
corners of the house: he was confront
ed by Marta, who had come to the ent
of the veranda. There. within hearing
Of the soldiers, the dialogue that fol
lowed was low-toned, and it was swift
and palpitant with repressed emotion
'Mr. Feller. saw you at the auto
matte. heard what the wounded pr
waite OF the Grays said to you an
realized how true it was"
HE is prisoner. He cannot tell.
II feel that | have no right to lie
you go to your death by firin
squad" she interrupted hurriedly
"and shall not! For l decide nov
not to allow the telephone to remain!
"P'-he looked around at the auto
matte ravenously and fearsomely :
81"
1T is all simply arranged. Their
is time for me to use the telephon
before the Grays arrive. l shall te
Lanny why you took charge OF tn
gum"
I've changed my mind! Exit ga
dener! Enter gunner! I'm goin
with you'll" he cried in jubilant vote
that arrested the attention Of ever
one on the grounds.
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GIRL BAGS 4 BIG BEAR.
Bruin Weighed Al Pounds and Was
Busy Eating Plums.

Chico, Col, Sept. 26.-Miss Katie
Berdan of Berdan, a little settlement
in the section east of Chico, has gain
ed an enviable reputation as a hunts
woman. She has several bear skins
hanging in her rooms as trophies of
the hunt, and her last exploit was
yesterday, when she brought down
big brown bear that tipped the
scales at All pounds.
Miss Berdan> was out gathering
wild .plums, and while at. work pick
ing the fruit she heard rustic j.
the bushes on the opposite side of
the patch Looking up she saw big
bear eating plums from the same
patch. Miss Berdan always carries
a30-35 rifle and she took aim and
brought bruin to the ground with a
bullet through his neck.