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CHAPTER ".
Many Waters.

Overhead, through a rift in the
foliage, a sky was visible whose ebon
darkness called to mind a thunder
cloud.
The heat was nearly intolerable;
the voice OF the fire was very loud.
A heavy, broken crashing lee by
made Alan turn his head, and he saw
a brown bear break and plunge
on into the farther thickets-forerun-
ner Of a mad rout of terrified forest
folk, deer, porcupines, a fox OF two, a
wildcat, rabbits, s%quirrels,i cartridges
Two minutes had passed of the ten.
Something was digging uncomfortably
into Alan's right hip-the automatic
pistol in his hip pocket. Of which
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friend, this side the water, as well
as his man of business"
He paused with an embarrassed ges-
ture. S / have ventured to request
INSTRUMENTATION appointment In
order to-ah-take the further liber.
ty Of asking whether you have recent
ly sent Alan a messenger"
Her look Of surprise was answer
enough, but she confirmed it with Wig
orous denial: 81 have not communi-
Gated with Mr.. Law In more than a.
year,"
Precisely as l thought" Mr.. Digbyl
nodded. None the less, Mr.. Law not
long since received what purported to
be a message from you; in facial
rose" And as Miss Urine sat for.
ward with a start Of dismay, he AIDED:
Il have the information over Mr.. Law'si
signature-a letter received ten days
ago-from Quebec" ,
Alan in America!" the girl cried
In undisguised distress.
He came in response to-ah-the
message of the rose"
But / did not send it,"
II felt sure Of that, because" said
Mr.. Digby, watching her narrowly
because Of something that accompa-
MED the rose, a symbol of another sig
nifcance altogether playing card. q
trey Of hearts"
Her eyes we're blank. He pursued
with openly sincere reluctance: II
must tell you, I see. that a trey of
hearts invariably foresignaled an at
tempt by your father on the life Of
Alan's father"
With a stricken cry the girl crouched
back in the chair and covered her face
with her hands.
THAT is why I sent for you." Mr..
Dgby pursued hastily. as II in hope
OF getting quickly over a most unhap-
by business. Adams letter, written
and posted on the steamer, reached me
within t~wenty-four hours of his arrival
In Quebec, and detailed his scheme to
enter the United States secretly-as
he puts it, by the back door, by way
Of northern Maine-and promised ad-
vice by telegraph as 500 as he
reached Moosehead Lake. He should
have wired me ere this. I am told by
those who know the country he was to
cross. Frankly. ! am anxious about
the boyl"
land II" the girl exclaimed pitifuIly.
10 think that he should be hroneht
Into such peril through mei's M
sYou can ten ~ no(hinS1s
s1yothins-o ~ 4 IN
~ taiezmeeA. - that
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mark, however, has had no effect on
the ~forceiul and specific statements Of
other candidates who continue their
bitter d~enunciation Of the glazing In
stances Of the disregard tor law.
IF I am elected governor" Mr..
Cooper has said on several STANDS,
"and take my oath of Office on Janu.
airy II next, there will be no race
track gambling In Charleston on the
18th If I have to get the aid Of the
South Carolina militia" Statements
no less positive in reference have been
made by n number Of candidates and
with few exceptions have won the
plaudits Of the audience. All Of the
candidates for lieutenant governor
have voiced their advocacy Of a strict
enforcement Of law.
The question Of compulsory educa-
ton is approached by practically all
of the gubernatorial candidates, there
being but n advocate Of an imme-
date law of statewide effect for edu-
cational purposes. John G. Clink-
scales, regardless Of the numerous at
tacks that have been advanced against
his position, remains unchanged. At
another place in this issue stand Men
del L. Smith and Richard 1. Manning,
.favoring the local option feature.
Robert A. Cooper advocates ample
provision OF school facilities before
the enactment Of a compulsory school
attendance law. Though an opponent
to the term compulsory" as applied to
education John G. Richards Is also ln
favor Of school facilities. He main
tains that after provision has been
made that an open invitation on tho
part of the state to the children, to
whom text books are to be furnished
free, that the schools will be filled by
the children OF white people.
The liquor question, with the attacks
on candidate and discussions of law
and order and education, has lost its
prominence as an issue during the past
week. There is but Lne advocate Of
prohibition while the others who voice
their position stand in favor of local
option.
Because the gubernatorial race Is
rapidly drawing to a close the interest
in the minor races has waned to a
large extent. From a sensational
standpoint the flst-flght between M. G.
Willis and W. W. Moore, candidates
for adjutant and inspector general on
the stand at Yorkville last Thursday
was decidedly the feature.
The quartette seeking the Office OF
lieutenant governor, Andrew j. Be-
thea. William M. Hamer. j. A. Hunter
and B. Frank Kelley, furnish spectac-
ular challenges and personal refer
ences that delight each audience.
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The Pass of %ThermopyIae.

Xerxes once led a million soldiers
out Of Persia In an effort to capture
Greece, but his invasion failed utterly,
because q Spartan captain had en-
trenched a hundred men in a narrow
mountain pass which controlled the
road into Lacedaemon. The mar who
was first on the ground had tho ad-
vantage.
Advertising is full Of opportunities
for men who are first on the ground.
There are hundreds Of advertising
passes waiting for some n to occupy
them. The first man who realizes that
his line will be held by publicity has a
tremendous opportunity. He can gain
an advantage over his competitors
that they can never possess. Those
who follow him must spend more
money to equal his returns. They
must not only Invest as much, to get
as much, but they must, as well spend
an extra sum to %counteract the infu-
ence that he has already established
IN the community.
Whatever men sell, whether 1t Is
actual merchandise or. brain vibrations,
can be more easily sold with the aid
Of advertising. Not one-half Of the
businesses which should be exploited
are appearing In the newspapers.
Trade grows as reputation grows and
advertising spreads reputation.
If you are engaged in q line which
Is waiting for an advertising pioneer,
realize what a wonderful chance you
have of being the first of your kind to
appeal directly to the public. You
stand a better chance Of leadership
than those who have handicappedthetr
mnIrxE by permitting you to get on
dnd. before they could outstrip
yoG.teYou gain a prestige that those
who follow you must spend more
money to counteract.
If your particular line is similar to
some other trade or business which
has already been introduced to the
reading public, it's up to you to start
in right now and Join your competitors
in contesting for the attention of the
community. The longer you delay the
more you decrease your chances Of
surviving. Every man who outstrips
you is another opponent, who must be
met and grappled with for the right
Of way.
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MADE THE CONDUCTOR SMILE
Dlgnlfied Lady Thought She Was
Handing Man Her Ticket, But II
Ma Something Else.

With an. air Of satisfaction, a dig
nified matron living on the South side
settled herself in a section Of the Pull
mai bound for Chicago-the first stage
in a trip to Europe, relates the Kansas
City Star. Presently came the con-
ductor, and the woman handed him a
small envelope. The conductor had
grizzled hair and eyes that twinkled.
He looked long and carefully at the OBJ
ject he drew from the envelope.
Did you think, madam" he asked,
that you could ride to Chicago on
this?"
Why, of course I did," said the
woman.
But I do not think I can possibly
accept this as transportation to Chi
cago," persisted the conductor, whose
eyes were now frankly laughing.
The woman became very reserved,
but her eyes snapped. "On what
grounds do you refuse my ticket?" she
demanded.
At this the conductor could not re-
strain his mirth. He held up the OBJ
ject he had taken from the envelope
II didn't-no, l couldn't have given
you my bunion plasters."
But she had.
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Wanderer Wants a Job.

A Wanderers Return-Re1ned Eng.
lishman, %, who has supersatiated a
cursed wanderlust by adventure, toll
and peril in many lands, seeks position
at salary sufficient to enable him to
marry the Dear Little English Girl
who has been unwaveringly true. Our
wants are small. Our happiness will
be infinite. Eight years Continent.
South America, Far East, South Afri-
ca, etc. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, cor
respondence, tresorial, literary, sales
manship, publicity, three languages;
genuine battler, never gets tired; gour-
mand for work; demon for organiza-
ton; seeks no sinecure, but will do
anything honorable, and do 1t well, for
a150 per annum.-London Globe.
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Thrifty Scot

1t was a hard-headed ~Scotchman, and
he was in conflict with that enemy Of
mankind, the jobbing gardener. The
question was the price Of a barrow-load
of potting soil, which the gardener had
Just wheeled in. The gardener de-
manded a shilling; the Scotchman Of
fered ninepence." why, Sir" pleaded
the gardener, gentlemen pay me nine
pence when they come and borrow my
barrow and take away the soil them
selves" "Ye're no tellin' me?" said
the Scotchman. Then We maun jist
wheel that barrow-load back again.
I'll be doom at yer place in ten NEE
nutes."
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The Man Who Retreats Before
His Defeat.

Advertising isn't magic. There is no
element Of the black art aboueit. In
IT'S best and highest form it Is plain
talk, sane talk-selIing talk. It's re-
suits are in proportion to the merit Of
the subject advertised and the ability
with which the advertising is done.
There are two great obstacles to ad.
vertising profit, and both Of them
arise from ignorance Of the real func-
tons and workings Of publicity.
The first is to advertise promises
which will not be fulflIled,-because
all that advertising q do when 1t
accomplIshes most is to influence the
reader to investigate your claims.
II you promise the earth and de-
liver tho moon, advertising will not
pay you.
If you bring men and women to
your store on pretense and fail to
make good, advertising will have
harmed you, because 1t has only drawn
attention to the fact that you are to
be avoided.
1t is as unjust to charge advertising
with failure under these conditions, as
It would be for your neighbor to rob
a bank and make you, responsible for
HE mIsdeed. In brief, advertised dis
honesty is even more profItless than
unexpected deception.
The other great error in advertising
Is to expect more out of advertising
than there is In 1t.
Advertising Is seed which a mer-
chant plants In the confidence of the
community. He must allow time for
1t to grow. Every successful adVer-
tiser has to be patient. The time that
1t takes to arrive at results rests en-
tirely with the ability and determina-
ton devoted to the work. But you
cannot turn back when you have trav-
eled half way and declare that the
path is wrong.
You can't advertise for a week, and
because your store isn't crowded, say
1t hasn't paid you. 1t takes a certain
period to attract the attention OF
readers. Everybody doesn't e what
you print the first time it appears.
More will notice your copy the second
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EarIy Strateuy.

The origin and the local color Of the
following story is German. The spirit
of It is one which is not, perhaps, en-
tirely alien to American youth. Hans
and Fritz, two small boys, had gone to
the rink to skate. Hans overcoat ham,
pered him and he wanted to get rid
Of 1t. The German courtroom person
does not check your coat unless you
pay your fee. The fee was only a
penny, but Hans did not have the
penny. He was at a loss.
Huh! It's dead easy" spoke up
Fritz. Give me your overcoat. I'll
take It 10 the man at the checking
place and say I found # He'll put it
away. When you are ready to go home
you go to him and ask If anybody has
turned a lost overcoat In to him. Then,
Of course, you'll get yours"
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Electricity Gain on Steam.

Steam is rapidly giving place to
electricity as a source Of power in
the United States. Although steam
had a start of centuries, already one
fourth the industrial power in use
comes from the dynamo, and 1t Is pre-
dicted that in a few years four-fifths
Of the work Of the nation will derive
energy, from this source. 1t is esti-
mated that there is $50, 200, 000-horse-
power at work daily in the United
States. Of this 10000, 900 is animal,
rs, 1000, 900 steam and about 37.50O,000
electric. The balance is divided be-
tween gas and water.
Two-thirds of the steam power Is
employed in operating locomotives,
and 1t Is here that electricity Is des-
tined to make its most sweeping con-
quest.
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TWENTY RULES FOR RAISING
BEEF IN THE SOUTH.

Washington, D. C.-Useful rules for
raising beef successfully In the South
are given in Farmers Bulletin $50
just issued by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture under the t.
tie of Beef Production In the South"
After discussing in some details the
available pasture lands and grasses,
the Bulletin summarizes conditions as
follows: g..
Eradicate the tick op-thefarm.
Good pastures are Essential for prof
table beef production.
Plant pasture grasses owe the whistle
lands. Y
Use purebred beef bulls for grading
up the native stock.
Always select the best heifers for
breeding purposes. ....
Use the coarse fodder, straws, and
the stalk fields for wintering the
breeding herd.
Wean the calves when pastures get
short. Put them in the cornf1eld and
pea fields while weaving and teach
them to eat cottonseed cake or cotton
seed meal.
Raise and finish beef cattle on the
same farm when possible.
A mixture Of cottonseed meal, cot
tonseed bulls, and alfalfa hay is a
good ration for fattening calves.
Silage is the best roughage for fat
tening any class Of cattle.
More care Is necessary in feeding
calves than in feeding grown cattle.
At the present prices corn silage
is a cheaper and better feed for fat
tening beef cattle than c%ottonseed
hulls.
Hulls and cottonseed meal make an
excellent fed for a short feeding pc
Rod, but do not produce good gains
on cattle after the third month.
It is not entirely satisfactory to use
corn slower as the sole roughage.
When Johnson grass hay costs SO
and hulls 81 per ton it is more prof
liable to feed the hulls alone. I
Summer feeding on the pasture Is
usually. more profitable than winter
feeding.
Finishing cattle early in the SUM
mer is usually more profitable than
finishing them later in the season.
Fattening steers on grass and cot
tonseed cake Is nearly always more
profitable than grazing them without
feed.
Thin steers make larger and cheap
e. daily gains than feshy ones when
put on pasture.
Pound for pound co1d-pressed cot
tonseed cake Is not equal to the com.
mon ]cottonseed cake.
The use of a small amount of corn
in addition to ]cottonseed cake has
proven profitable for feeding steers on
grass.
The Bulletin, with It's twenty pages
and nine illustrations, also contains
an interesting discussion of the vari.
Gus breeds most ~serviceable in grad
ing up the native stock. It is sent free
on request.
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time, a great many more at the end Of

time, a great many more at the end OF
a month.
You cannot expect to win the conf
dence of the community to the same
degree that other men have obtained
it, without taking pretty much the
same length of time that they did. But
you can cut short the period between
your introduction to your reader and
his introduction to your counters, by
spending more effort in preparing your
copy and displaying a greater amount
of CONTINGENCIES.
You mustn't act like the little girl
who sowed a garden and came out the
next day expecting to find it in full
bloom. Her father had to explain to
her that plants require roots and that,
although she could not see what was
going on, the seeds were doing their
most important work just before the
flowers showed above ground. =.
So advertising Is doing it's most i'm
p~ortant work before the big results
eventuate, and to abandon the money
which has been invested just before
results arrive, is not only foolish but
childish. II would be Just as logical
for a farmer to desert his fields be-
cause he cannot harvest his grain a
week after he planted It.
Advertising does not require faith
merely common ems If it is begun
in doubt and relinquished before nor
NAL results can be reasonably looked
for, the fault does not lie with the
newspaper nor with publicity the
blame Is solely on the head Of the
coward who retreated before he was
defeated.
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REsIN0L STOPS DANDRUFF
AND ITCHING SCALP

If you are troubled with dandruf,
eczema or other scaly, itching scalp
affection, try shampoos with resinol
soap and an occasional treatment with
resinol ointment. You will be sur
prised how quickly the trouble disap-
pears, and the health and beauty Of
the hair improves.
Resinol soap and ointment also heal
skin eruptions, clear away pimples and
blackheads, and form a most valuable
household treatment for sunburn, heat
rash, etc. Sold by all druggists. Pre-
scribed by doctors for 10 years.-Adv.
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No Longer Strain on Her Nerves.

No Longer Strain on Her Nerves.
For a week after Mrs. Wakefield
gave her colored cook an alarm clock
the family was awakened each day at
6 a. m. by the clang Of its resound-
ing bell. At the end Of this time it
was heard no more in the early
watches Of the morning, but Mrs.
Wakefield fancied several times that
she detected. the muf1ed sound Of its
alarm toward evening. When ques-
toned on the subject Dinah said with
a shake Of her dusky head:
Well Miss Wakefield, nah nerves
ain berry strong, as yo' know, an dat
alarm clock jes' riled 'em all up. ]
kin stan It in de ebenin' fust rate,
but ter be woke up sudden upsets me;
80 I jes' sets it TO- de ebenfn' stead
OBJ de mawnin' an it goes off an
doan' disturb nobody"
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Wed Without His Duds.

The theft Of q suit case containing
his wedding outfit came near causing
q postponement Of the marriage Of
Charles R. Light OF this city and Miss
Ella Salem Of Myerstown, but the nup-
tials went on.
Lawrence McBright Of Carlisle was
arrested, charged with the theft, and
the suit case was recovered with its
contents intact, except a pair Of shoes.
Lebanon (Pa.) Dispatch to Philadel-
phia Record.
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"cheap jack Got Some Satisfaction.
A cheap jack was Offering cheap
clocks, finely vanished and colored,
and with a looking glass in front, to a
lady not remarkable for personal
beauty.
why, it's beautiful" said the VEN
der.
Beautiful, indeed; a look at It al
most frightens mel" said the lady.
Then, marm," replied the man, see
ing q bargain impossible, you had bet
ter buy one that hasn't "a looking
glass;"
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Points ON
Advertising
By HERBERT KAUFMAN
(Copyright.)
The Cannon That M0dernized
Japan.

Business Is no longer a man to man
contact, in which the seller and the
buyer establish a personal bond, any
moro than battle is a hand-to-hand
grapple wherein bone and muscle and
sinew decide the outcome. Trade as
well as war has changed aspect
both are now fought at long range.
Just as a present day army of he
roes would have opportunity to dis
play the Individual valor Of it's mem
bers, just so a merchant who counts
upon his direct acquaintanceship for
success, is a relic Of the pasta busi.
ness dodo.
Japan changed her policy Of exclu-
sion to foreigners, after a fleet of
warships battered down the Satsuma
Notifications. The Samurai, who had
hitherto considered their blades and
bows Efficient discovered that one
cannon was mightier than all the
swords in creation-f they could not
get near enough to use them. Japan
profited by the lesson. She did not
wait until further ramparts were
pounded to pieces, but was satisfied
with her one experience and proceeded
to modernize her methods.
The merchant who doesn't advertise
is pretty much in the same position as
that in which Japan stood when her
eyes were opened to the fact that
times had changed. The long range
publicity Of a competitor will as
surely destroy his business as the can
non Of the foreigners crumbled the
walls Of Satsuma- Unless you take
the lesson to heart, unless you realize
the Importance of advertising, not only
as q means of extending your business
but for defending it as we'll, you must
be prepared to face the consequences
of a folly as great as that Of a duelist
who expects to survive in a contest in
which his adversary bears a sword
twice the length Of his own. "
Don't think that it's too late to begin
DcCduSo lhCIO Gle oO mdAy osoASS
which have had the advantage Of years
Of cumulative advertising. The town is
growing. 1t will grow even more next
year. 1t needs Increased trading facIll-
ties just as it's hungry for new neigh
borhoods.
Newspaper advertising has reduced
the value of being locally prominent,
and ive-cent street car fares cut out
the advantage Of being "around the
corner" A store five miles away can
reach through the columns Of the
newspaper and draw your next door
neighbor to its aisles, while you sit by
and see the people on your W block
enticed away, without your being able
to retaliate or secure new customers
to take their place.
1t is not a question Of your. ability
to stand the cost of advertising but
Of holding what you already have.
Advertising is an Investment, the
cost of which is in the same proper
ton to its returns as seeds are to the
harvest. And it Is just al preposter-
Gus for you to consider publicity as an
expense as It would be for a farmer to
hesitate over purchasing a fertilizer If
he discovered that he could profltably
Increase his crops by employing It!
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your medicine had done for her and I
tried it. Itmade me strong and healthy
and our home is now happy with q baby
boy. / am very glad that I took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
do all I can to recommend it""-MB.A.
B. BosCAMR, 5N F. Howard Street.
Creston, Iowa.
Tons of Roots and Herbs
are used annually In the manufacture
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which Is known from ocean TO
ocean as the standard remedy for
female i1h.
For forty years this famous root and
herb medicine has been prominently
successful in controlling the diseases Of
women. Merit alone could have stood
this test Of time.
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compoundwillh help you,wrfte
to LydiaE f. Pinkhem MedicineCO.
(conf1dential) Lynn Mass. for adj
vice. Your letter win be opened.
read and answered by q woman,
and held I'm strict confidence.
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Very Modest, Too.

The following appeared a few days
ago in the agony column CT a London
newspaper: "Of Epoch-Making I'm
portance.-To Someone Who is Rich.
Il have a development, long desired
and sought for. Of enormous impor-
lance, value, saving. and benefit 10 the
nation and individually. 1t will en-
able the country to save probably
e100, 0OO, 900 annually, whilst it will
yield some millions of pounds profits
to us. I desire Someone who is Rich
to provide about G25,0O0 fol- working