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The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

I her 10 ner hotel and hook lp ,rains
for her. She leaves the city tonight"
Now, look here, Tryon Durham
you're not going to leave me in the
iurcb for any young woman. | don't
care how old an acquaintance she is!
You simply bring her along. She'll
make up my number and relieve me
wonderfully. No don't you say
word. Just tell ner that she needn't
stand on ceremony. Your mother and
| are too old friends for that Any
friend of yours is a friend Of mine.
and my house is open to her She
won't mind. These girls who have
travelled a great deal learn to step
over the little formalities Of calls and
introducticns. Tell her I'll call on her
afterwards. If she'll only remain in
town long enough. or I'll come and
take dinner with her when | happen
to be In her city. | suppose she's
just returned from abroad-they all
have-or else she's just going-and If
she hasn't learned to accept things as
she finds them she probably will soon.
Tell her what a plight I'm in, and
that 1t will be a real blessing to me
II she'll come. Besides-I didn't mean
TO tell you'll meant it for a surprise.
but | may as we'll tell you now
Judge Blackwell Is to be here, with his
wife, and | especially want you to
meet him. I've been trying to get
you two together for a long time"
All" breathed the young man. with
interest. Judge Blackwell, l have
wanted to meet him"
Well he has heard about you. too.
and | think he wants TO meet you. Did
you know he was thinking of taking
partner into his office? He has al
ways refused-but that's another story.
and haven't time to talk. You ought
to be on your way here now. Tell
your friend | will bless her forever
for helping me out, and | won't take
no for an answer. You said she'd Just
returned from abroad didn't you? OF
course she's musical. You must make
her give US some music She will.
won't she? l was depending on Miss
Mayo for that this evening"
We'll, you might be able to per.
suade her murmured the distracted
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

young man at the phone, as he strug-
gled with one hand TO unite his neck
tie and unfasten his collar, and men
tally calculated how long it would take
him TO get into his dress suit.
Yes, OF course. You'd better not
speak OF tit might make her de-
cline, And don't let her stop to make
any changes in her dress Everybody
will understand when l tell them she's
just arrived-didnt you say From
the other side, and we caught her on
the wirg. There's some one coming
now. Do for PHYS sake. hurry, Tryon,
for my cook is terribly cross when |
hold up a dinner TOO long. Goodby
On, by the way. what did you say was
her Nance"
"Oh-ah!" He almost succeeded in
releasing his collar. and was about to
Just wait a moment, please | think
Mr., Durham has Just come in. Who
shall I say wishes to speak to him?
Mrs. Parker Bowman
Yes, Fam; Just wait a minute. please.
III call Mr. Durham"
The young man frowned Another
Interruption! And Miss Bowman. 1t
was at her house that he was to dine.
He took the receiver. resolved 10
get out Of going to the dinner il it
were possible
Good evening, Mrs. Bowman"
"Oh. is that you. Mr.. Durham ?
How relieved am! am In a bit Of
difficulty about my dinner. and called
up to see if your sister couldn't help
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
SELF DELUSlON.
Many People Deceived by Coffee.

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced of their actual harmfulness.
A man can convince himself that
whisk9y is good for him on a cold
morning, or beer on hot summer day
when he wants the whiskey or beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thou
sands of people suffer headache and
nervousness year after year but try to
persuade themselves the cause is not
coffee-because they like coffee.
While yet a child | commenced
using coffee and continued it." writes
a Wis. man. until l was regular
coffee flend. l drank it every morning
and in consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
My folks thought it was coffee that
allied me, but liked it and would not
admit 1t was the cause of my trouble,
80 | stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made 1t right directions on
pkg and told me to see what differ
ence it would make with my head. and
during that first week on Postum my
old affection did not bother me once.
From that day to this we have used
nothing but Postum in place of coffee
headaches are a thing OF the past
and the whole family is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good.
tastes good, is good. and does good to
the whole body"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled
Instant Postur-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In cup OF hot water and. with cream
and sugar makes delicious beverage
Instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

his home address and stepped In after
her Then. turning. he faced his com.
panion. and was suddenly keenly
aware OF the strange situation In
which he had placed himself
Can you tell me what is the mat
ter" he asked. and where you would
like to go?"
The girl had scarcely recovered
breath from the long climb and the
fright, and she answered him in
broken phrases
No. cannot tell you what is the
matter"-she paused and looked at
him. with sudden mprehension Of
what he might be thinking about her
-"but-there is nottingham isl
have done nothing wrong" She
paused again and looked up with eyes
whose clear depths. he felt. could hide
mo- guile.
"Of course" he murmured with de-
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

out MISS Mayo mas failed me. Her
sister has had an accident, and she
cannot leave her. She has just
hang UP the receiver. when this new
difficulty confronted him.
"Oh, yes, of course; her name-I
had almost forgotten" he went on
wildly, to make time. and searched
about in his mind for a name-any
name-that might help him. The tele-
phone book lay open at the RS. He
bounced upon it and took the first
name his eye caught.
Observation-Disclosures, Miss Rem
ington."
Remington" came in a delighted
scream over the phone. Not Carolyn
Remington? That would be too good
luck"
No" he murmured distractedly;
no. not Carolyn. Why. I-ah-I
think-Mary-Mary Remington"
"Oh. I'm afraid I haven't met her,
but never mind. Do hurry up, Tryon
1t is five minutes of seven. Where
did you say she lives?" but the re-
ceiver was hung up with click and
the young man tore up the steps to
his room three at bound.
He was settling his coat into place
when a queer little bulge attracted
his attention to an inside pocket. I'm
patiently he pulled out a pair of long
white gloves. They were his sister g.
and he now remembered she had Civ
en- them to him to carry the night
before, on the way home from a re-
ception, she having removed them
because it was raining. He looked
at them with sudden inspiration
or course. Why had he not thought
Of that? He hurried into his sisters
room to make a selection OF few
necessities for the emergency-only
to have his assurance desert him at
the very threshold The room was
immaculate, with no feminine fnery
lying about Cornelia Dunhams maid
was we'll trained The only article
that seemed out of place was a band
box on chair near the door 1t bore
the name of a fashionable mllnet,
and across the lid was penciled in
COi4lFliri D la &C. aug uldA manu-, 10
be returned to Madame Dollard s
He caught up the box and strobe
over to the closet. There was no
time to lose, and this box doubtless
contained d hat Of some kind. If it
was to be returned, Cornelia would
think it had been called for, and no
further inquiry would be made about
the matter. lie could call at Mad
ame's and settle the bill without his
sisters knowledge
He poked back into the closet and
discovered several wraps and evening
cloaks OF more or less elaborate
style, but the thought came to BIN
that perhaps one of these would be
recognized as Cornelia's. He closed
the door hurriedly and went down 10
a large closet under the stairs. from
which he presently emerged with his
mothers new black rain-coat. He
patted his cOatpocket to be sure he
had the gloves, seized his hat. and
hurried back to the carriage, the hat
box in che hand and his mothers
rain-coat dragging behind him. Hia
only anxiety was to get out before
the butler saw him.
tTO BE CONTIEEEE1
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
Individual Clock.

A gentleman in club in Grand
Rapids, Mich, formed the hopeless
and harmless habit of taking too much
to drink-alcoholically speaking be-
fore he went home every evening,
says the Popular Magazine.
How does he know what time to
90 home asked a stranger in the
club one night
It's this way" exclaimed a mem
Der. HE goes to the head of that
long flight of stairs leading TO the
street. If he falls down them, he
knows it's time to go home
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
CHAPTER I.

He paused on the platform and
glanced at his watch The train on
which he had just arrived was late.
1t hurried away from the station, and
was swallowed up In the blackness of
the tunnel, as If it knew its own short
comings and wished to make up for
them.
1t was five minutes of six, and as
the young man looked back at the
long flight Of steps that led to the
bridge across the tracks, delicate
penciling of electric light flashed into
outline against the city's deepening
dusk. emphasizing the lateness OF the
nonr. He had dinner engagement at
seven, and it was yet some distance
TO his home, where rapid toilet must
be made If he were to arrive on time.
The stairway was long, and there
were many people thronging IT, A
shorter cut led down along the tracks
under the bridge, and up the grassy
embankment
Under the center of the bridge a
slight noise behind him, as of soft,
hurrying footsteps, caught his atten-
ton, and womans voice broke upon
his startled senses
Please don't stop, nor look around"
1t said. and the owner caught up with
MIN now in the shadow But will
you kindly let NE walk beside you for
moment, till you can show me how
to get out of this dreadful place? |
am very much frightened, and I'm
afraid shall be followed. viii you
tell me where | can go to hide"
After an instant's astoaished pause,
he obeyed her and kept on. making
room for her to walk beside him, while
he took the place next 70 the tracks.
He was aware, too. of the low rumble
OF train. coming from the mouth of
the tunnel.
His companion had easped for
breath, but began again in a tone of
apology
i saw you were a gentleman, and
l didn't know what to do | thought
you would help me to get somewhere
quickly"
Just then the fiery eye of the cncon.
ing train burst from the tunnel ahead
instinctively, the young man caught
his companions arm and drew her
forward 70 the embankment beyond
the bridge, holding her. startled and
trembling, as the screaming train tore
past them.
The mans first thought was to get
out OF the cut before another train
should come. He grasped his compan-
ions arm and started up the steep
embankment, realizing as he did so
that the wrist he held was slender
and that the sleeve which covered it
was OF the finest cloth
AS they emerged from the dark, the
man saw that his companion was
young and beautiful woman, and that
she wore light cloth gown with
neither hat nor gloves.
AT the top of the embankment they
paused, and the girl, with her hand at
her throat, looked backward with
shudder. She seemed like a young
bird that could scarcely tell which
way to fly.
Without an instant's hesitation, the
young man raised his hand and hailed
a four-Wheeler across the street.
Come this way, quick" he urged,
helping her in He gave tho drivar
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
Odd EXPRESSIONS.

There is one thing which cannot
understand"
What is that"
Why high-colored versions Of tbs
truth aTe called white lies"
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
Wet With VINEGAR.

Cut hams may be kept from mold.
Ing If the cut end Is wet with vine
gar each time after cutting Vinegar
Will also keep beef fresh for a time
when you happen to be without ice
temporarily, says the Christian Sci.
ence Monitor
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
Get Positive Proof.

Write US for a free sample OF
Bonds Pills, a genuine and gentle
Liver Stimulant One Of them will
promptly relieve Headache. Bilious
ness, Constipation, Indigestion and
Torpid Liver. State where you saw
this offer and give us the name CT
your dealer Bonds Pharmacy c.,
Little Rock Ark.-Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

need new type OF boys began to be
born. These boys indeed had In them
an inheritance OF stature that carried
them by the time OF thei. coming OF
age In the lS30s and 1S40s t. a height
one inch greater than that OF the ear.
iier generations born In war time.
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

There's no use in worrying and
there is no use in telling people there
is no use
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09

Political ambition that will not loos-
en- the purse strings Is not skin deep
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
DON'T BE MlSLED

by the claims of unknown makers or
the testimonials of unknown people
about the wonderful" merit OF some
untried medicine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
A WARNING TO MANY
Some Interesting Facts About
Kidney Troubles

Few people realize to what extent
their health depends upon the condition
of the kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases OF
serious illness, makes chemical analy-
sis of the patients urine. He knows
that unless the kidneys are doing their
work properly, the other organs cannot
readily be brought back to health and
strength.
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way, serious results are
sure to follow. According to health sta
tistics, Bright's disease, which is really
an advanced form of kidney trouble,
caused nearly ten thousand deaths in
1912, in the state of New York alone.
Therefore, it behooves us to pay more
attention to the health of these most
important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has
had remarkable success as kidney
remedy is DR.. Kilmeu's Swamp Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The mild and healing influence of this
preparation, in most cases, is soon real
lied, according to sworn statements and
verified testimony of those who have
used the remedy.
If you feel that your kidneys require
attention, and wish sample bottle,
write to DIR. kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N Y. Mention this paper, enclose ten
cents. ard they win gladly forward it
to you by parcels post.
Swamp Root is sold by every drug
gist in bottles of two sizes-50c and
$1.00.--Aslvt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
THIS STOMACH REMEDY
REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL

You know us-your home druggist.
You know we wouldn't guarantee anyl
remedy to relieve indigestion or dyspep-
STA, or money back, unless we felt the
Utmost confidence in that remedy.
Therefore, when we offer you Rexall
Dyspepsia Tablets with this proof of
our faith in them, it leaves you no room
for hesitation or doubt.
The remarkable success OF Rexall Dys-
pepsia Tablets is due to the fact that
they contain, among other things, bis
muth and pepsin, two ingredients en-
dorsed by the medical profession as in
valuable in the treatment of stomach
Ills. They soothe the infiamed stomach,
check heartburn and distress, stimulate
the secretion of gastric juice, aid in
rapid and comfortable digestion of the
food and help to quickly convert it into
rich, red blood. In short time they
tend to restore the stomach TO a natur-
ally comfortable, easy acting, healthy
state. They also benefit the bowels.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are SOLD
only at the more than 1000 Rexall
stores, and in this town only by us.
Three sizes, 25c, soc and $l.00. The
Red Cross Pharmacy, Floyd G. Russell,
Prop, 100 North Main street, Barre, vt.
--Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
'TOSUPPLEMENT
SHERMAN LAW
Senate Committee Is Pre-
pairing a Comprehen-
sive Measure
SENATE WORKING IN
DEPENDENT OF HOUSE
Evils of Holding Companies
Are Under Consid-
Grafton
Ill.,

Washington. d. c., March 26.-Trust
legislation will be considered in the SEN
ate independently of House action. The
Senate committee on interstate com
merce is drafting a single bill to en-
brace all features of proposed regula-
tions to supplement the Sherman law.
It is probable that the Senate will take
up the subject for general debate before
the House committees have completed
the bills upon which they have been en-
gagged. Senator Newlands, chairman of
the Senate committee, says that no
part of the proposed legislation will be
reported from the committee until all
features have been embodied into one
bill and he predicted this measure would
not require extended debate in the SEN
ate.
Ignoring the revised House bill to
create an interstate trade commission,
the Senate committee on interstate COM
merce has prepared as the keystone sec
ton of the proposed antitrust bill, a
measure. Ii proposes a commission of
five instead of three members, and would
extend to the commission more author
ity than does the House bill. For one
tee insist that the commission should
have authority to inquire on it's own
into alleged violations by cor
porations of the antitrust laws, instead
Of awaiting directions from the presi-
dent. attorney general or either house
of Congress as provided in the House
bill.
The Senate subcommittee has re-
newed consideration of the evils OF hold
ing companies and language to be in
in the antitrust bill which
would prohibit forms of holding com
panies held to be injurious. This, it was
said, would differ materially from the
separate bill to regulate holding COM
panies recently introduced in the House.
Other features of the Senate bill will
include provisions prohibiting certain
forms Of interlocking directorates and to
regulate the issuance of railroad secur-
tiles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
PANHANDLE AN
NOUNCES CUT IN
IT'S DIVIDENDS
Ten-Point Break in the Common Shares
Follows Action and There Was
Excitement ON Stock
Exchange.

New York, March 26.--The directors
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago s.
st. Louis Railroad Co., a subsidiary of
the Pennsylvania railroad system, at a
meeting in Philadelphia yesterday an
nounced reduction in the dividends on
both the common and preferred shares.
A quarterly dividend Of three-fourths of
one per cent was declared on the com
mon stock, placing the common ON an
annual basis of three per cent and the
preferred on four per cent basis. This
amounted IN reduction of one-half of
one per cent on the common and one
fourth of one per cent on the preferred.
When the news of the cut in dividends
reached Wall street, Panhandle" com
mon stock broke violently, IL had
opened - % onrli~~ N the day. Rumors
OF some such action caused three
point break, to so, and when the report
was confirmed, the stock dropped five
points on one sale and later took another
dip of four points, stopping at II. Later
it made slight recovery. Pennsylvania
railroad shares sold off nearly two
points.
The statement of the directors issued
"ftor the meeting said that the reduc-
ton in the quarterly dividends was ne.
eessitated by the decline in the gross
and net revenues OF the company in the
latter part OF 1913 and so far in the
present year. 1t was said in addition
that there were large expenditures vet
to be made on account of the damage
done by the floods of March, 1913.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26

|out. General WI was suspected of sym
pathy with the revolutionaries, and
early in the day was murdered by Man
ehu cavalry. His henchman, Pei Lang
chat, now famous throughout China as
white Wolf" was supposed at the time
to be raising revolutionary force at
Honan, and when he heard of the death
OF his chief he became in principle rev.
olutionary, but in practice a brigand.
His depredations in Southwest Honan
passed comparatively unnoticed until
the spring of last year, when his Wolves
distinguished themselves by occupying
large towns, plundering the inhabitants,
and numbering and ravishing without
restraint. Provisional troops sent against
them reported complete victory, the
slaughter of white Wolf" and the an
initiation of his band. For this exploit
rewards and honors were distributed by
order of the president. But renewed
depredations showed that the destruc-
ton of white Wolf was the ordinary
Chinese fiction invented to deceive
Pekin.
Last summer white Wolf with a
largely increased following, grew holder,
attacked bigger towns, and showed COM
plete disregard of provincial authority.
In one city he found a dozen foreign
whom he kept in durance
for some weeks, to the great anxiety of
their friends. A terrible and dangerous
experience some of them had before they
Early this month the army Of
white Wolf captured and sacked the
city of Laohokow, Staying hundreds,
among them Norwegian missionary,
DR.. Fooyland.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
BRIGANDS
SACK CITY
And Stay Over 230 of the
Inhabitants Of Lung
Chu Chat
"WHITE WOLF" LED
NUMEROUS GANG
Norwegian Missionary Was
Among Those Killed
in China

Pekin, March 26.-"White Wolf" the
Chinese brigand, and his followers yes
terday captured and sacked the city of
Lung-chu-chai, province of Shen-si. They
killed 230 of the inhabitants and wound
ed and captured many hundreds more.
The terrible depredations committed
by white Wolf" had hitherto been
chiefly confined to the provinces of
Hupeh and Hohan. A large region in
Central China. comprising Southern
Honan and western Anhui, is now the
scene of a remarkable demonstration by
the forces of the government, no fewer
than 10000 troops being employed in the
endeavor to round up the robber or
ganization of white Wolf" credited
with numbering 5000 or 5000 men.
Pei Lang-ehai, according to Chinese
newspaper, graduated in military
school in Japan, and was on the staff OF
General WI when the Revolution broke
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
Was Sustained by Judge
Morton in u. S. Dis
trict Court
DEFENDANTS MUST
PLEAD BEFORE APR. 2
Alleged Offenses Come IN
der the Sherman Anti
Trust Law

Boston, March 26.-0ne count in the
Indictment alleging combination in re-
straint of trade in the eomemrce of milk
against the large milk contractors OF
Boston is sustained in an opinion placed
on record yesterday in the United States
district court by Judge Morton. The
defendants are: Isaac Whiting, George
| Whiting. John II. Whiting, Charles Fl.
Hood, Edward j. Hood and William
tGraustein. The alleged offenses cover
the period from May %, 1906, to May
20, 1911, when the indictments were re-
ported.
The indictment dealing with the re-
straint of trade OF milk stands, in so
far as the one count goes by Judge Nor
ton everything the defendants demur-
rer. One indictment which fails to
stand by the decision charges monopoly
under the Sherman act.
The defendants are given until April
to plead to the count now pending
Walter A. Hunter. secretary of the
Boston Cooperative Milk company, was
indicted with the contractors, but has
died since. The indictments We're re-
ported in 1911, and arguments upon the
demurrers took place more than year
ago, soon after Judge Morton became a
federal judge.
A great deal of time has been devoted
to the preparation of the decision by
Judge Morton because of the Importance
attached to a suit under the Sherman
act.
In the course of the opinion, the court
states: "The case shows need OF legisla-
tion giving the district court of the
United States the right, now possessed
by trial courts in many states, to re-
port important and doubtful questions
of law to the appellate court for deter
mination before trial upon the facts"
Judge Morton intimates that it is UNI
fortunate that the procedure is such
that great expense is caused to the par
ties of interest in trial upon the facts
where the law points involved are unde-
termined.