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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
Welfare Work.

"IIave you any part OF an automobile
that you don't wantT
II might give you an old tire. What's
the idear'
"You know how our grandmothers
used TO make crazy quilts for the
needy?"
Eyes"
"On the same principle ] am trying
to assemble an automobile for a poor
woman who has none" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20

THAT woman's hair, dress and sun
shade match the color Of her automo
bile"
every swagger, no doubt But don't
you think the chauffeur rather dark for
the rest OF the combinationT-Balti-
more sun.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20

am a compound word composed
Of eleven letters.
My l. Z. IL Is a month
My 8. 10. 3. 2 Is a crippled condi-
ton.
My 8, 4. o is what Is spared to spoil
the child.
My q Is n pronoun-
The whole comes every spring.
Answer-M Memorial day.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20

Patience When an English suffra
gette hacks picture in one Of the
galleries, why is IL always one of n
beautiful woman?
Patrice-Becaus she dislikes to see
another woman admired. Is my guess
-Yonkers Statesman.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
The Truth Teller.

Accountant-This is full schedule
OF your liabilities. is IL?
Bankrupt hopelesslyl-Well, no-here
are eight wedding invitations. - New
York Globe.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
He Had Sized Him Up.

"He looks like a fool"
"But. papa. he has asked me TO mar
~ him."
"He has7 Well, don't you ever tell
me can't size up people. Houston
Post
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
Were No LONGER.

"There are" said the argumentative
son. exceptions to all rules"
'"rhere were" snorted the exasper-
ated father. but you seem TO have
taken all OF them."-Rocky Mountain
News.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
VERSE FOR THIS WEEK
Hope.

There In no grave on earths broad chart
But has some bird 10 cheer II.
30 hope sings on In every breast,
Although we may not hear IL.
And N today the heavy wing
OF sorrow In depressing
Perchance tomorrows sun may bring
The weary heart a blessing.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
Very Escitina.

"she is having a perfectly lovely
time"
How SOP"
"She is engaged to one of twins.
They both call on her, and she can't
tell them apart"-Kansas City Jour
nal
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
9th Door--Berea College

This is the crown of the whole Institution, ant
courses in all advanced subjects.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20
oor-Berea's Preparatory Academy Course

This the straight Coegebest training Mathematics
Sciences Languages History and all preparatory subjects The
Academy is Berea's largest department.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-20

d Door-Berea's General Academy Course
4th Door-Berea's Normal School

This gives the best training for those who expect teach
Courses arranged that people teach through the
fall attend school through the and spring.
thus kepright their Of study
Dnsmores great "How Teach District School,"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26

Like flash, Valiant stopped, caught
the shivering thing by the scruff and
as its swapping jaws grazed his thumb.
dropped it through the open window
behind him: Sanctuary" quoth he.
and banged the shutter to.
At the same instant, as the place
overfowed with a pandemonium of
nosing leaping hounds, he saw the
golden chestnut reined sharply down
among the ragged box-rows, with q
shamefaced though brazen knowledge
that the girl who rode it had seen.
She sat moveless, her head high,
one hand on the hunters foam-f1ecked
neck, and their glances met like
crossed swords The look stirred
something vague and deep within HIM
For an unforgettable instant their
eyes held each other, in a gaze rigid.
challenging, almost defiant; then it
broke and she turned to the rest Of
the party squirting in a galloping zig
gag: genial-faced man of middle age
in khaki who sat his horse like a
caVairyman, younger one with a
reckless dark face and straight black
hair, and following these a half-dozen
youthful riders of both sexes, one of
the lads heavily plastered with mud
from wet cropper, and the girls
chiefly gasps and giggles.
The elder of the two men pulled up
beside the leader, his astonished eyes
sweeping the house-front. with its
open blinds, the wisp of smoke curling
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from the kitchen chimney He said
something to her. and she nodded.
The younger man, meanwhile, had
flung himself from his horse, wild
eyed roam, and with his arm thrust
through its bride, strobe forward
among the weller of hounds, where
they scurried at fault hither and
thither, yelping and eager.
What rotten luck!' he exclaimed,
Gone to ground after twelve miles!
After him, Tawny! You mongrels!
Do you imagine he's up tree? After
him, Bulger, Bring him here!"
He glanced up and for the first time
saw the figure in tweeds looking on.
Valiant was attracted by his face, its
dash and generosity everything its in
herent profigacy and weakness. Dark
as the girl was light, his features had
the same delicate chiseling, the in
breeding, nobility and indulgence Of
generations He stared a moment,
and the somewhat supercilious look
Travelled over the gazer, from dusty
boots to waving brown hair.
"Oh!" he said His view slowly
took in the evidences of occupation.
1.-THE house is open, l see. Going to
get it fit for occupancy, | presumed"
Yes
The other turned. We'll, Judge
Chalmers, what do you think of that?
The unexpected has happened at last"
He looked at the porch. who's to
occupy it?'
The owner"
(TO BE CONTINIEO)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
STRENUOUS IN HIS PLEASURES
British Author Takes Chances With
Life and Limb That Would Not
Appeal to Many.

Ian Hay, whose carefree 'THappy-Go-
Lucky has soothed an hour for many
reader, not to say reviewer, may
have need himself ot the easygoing
traits of his hero, for Mr.. Hay has
lately taken up two dangerous pas
times, motoring and politics. He
writes as follows to an American
friend:
Il nearly ended my literary and 9TH
er careers about three weeks ago by
capsizing my motor on the way back
from Oban. l was driving along a
Highland glen and rounding sharp
corner when suddenly / realized that
[ was going much faster than
thought Next moment the car skid
ded right across the road, tire burst
and the whole thing rolled over side
ways. / was thrown out on the road,
quite unhurt. with my luggage all
around me. Luckily the car did not
turn right over, as the glass screen
stopped it, or might have been penned
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
MUST CHANGE TO MEET TIMES
In the Very Nature of Things, Un-
certainty Will Ever Remain a
Portion of the Law.

Uncertainty must always be the por-
ton of a large part of the law. 1t
may assist toward certainty to reduce
various branches of the law into the
form of a statutory code, but uncer-
tainty remains. Society does not stay
put; and il the code lags behind, it is
no loEg.sr the governing law. New in
terpretatscns will be found for consti-
buttons and codes, and new situations
will Srise for which no code provides
NAPOLEON is said to have remarked
when the first commentary appeared
on the Code Napoleon, Mon code est
perdu." He was right, but he had no
remedy. II the open acknowledgment
of the fact that there are many sources
OF law other than statute and prece-
dent is heresy in the legal profession,
so much the worse for the legal rro-
fession. Heresy or not, it is the fact.
always has been. and always will be.
IL 1t esnds to induce Insignificant
1zssapea TO be law unto themselves and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
FACE ITCHED AND BURNED

1888 No. Union ST., Aurora, Ill.-"My
ailment started with little pimple
and it always itched and burned ter
ribly. | scratched it and in few
days my face was all covered with
sores. 1t ran up to my eyes and the
day after l could not see out Of my
right eye. | was unable to get any
rest. | couldn't go to bed, being
afraid of getting the clothing all
soiled, although l had my face all
bandaged.
Il was given two jars of salve but
1t kept getting worse. 1t was some
thing like running sore because
every time l used some of the salve
l had to wrap bandages around my
neck to keep the water and pus from
running down my body. / wrote for
sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and in a few days / received
these and washed my face with the
Cuticura Soap and put on some Cnti
cura Ointment and the next morning
lieved. After using the sample
bought some Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment at the drug store. / followed
this treatment just twenty-six days
and after using one cake of Cuticura
Soap and two boxes OF Cuticura Oint
ment l was cured" (Signed) George
Miller, Jan. /. 1913.
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.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26

the metal the old shuddering held
him, and the sweat broke in beads
on his forehead. Setting his teeth
hard, he crossed the ROOM slipped the
box with it's pistol between the vol
umes of the bookcase, and returned to
his seat.
The bulldog, aroused from a nap,
thrust a warm muZzle between his
knees Its uncanny, Cnumn' he said,
as his hand caressed the velvety
head why should the touch of that
fool thing chill my spine and make
my flesh tiptoe over my bones? Why
should l hate pistol? Do you sup
pose | was shot in one of my previous
existences?"
For long while he sat there, his
pipe dead his eyes on the moon
lighted out-of-doors. The eery feel
ing that had gripped him had gone as
quickly as it had come. At last he
rose, stretching himself with a great
boyish yawn, put out all save one Of
the candles and taking a bath-robe,
sandals and huge fuzzy towel from
He donned the bath-robe and sandals
and went out through the window to
the garden and down to where lay the
little lake ruffling silverly under the
moon On it's brink he stopped, and
tossing back his head, tried to imi-
tate one Of the bird-calls but was I'M
successful With a rueful laugh he
h. 1,okI
instant glistening, poised in the moon
light like a marble faun, before he
dove, straight down out of sight.
Five minutes later he pulled him
self up over the edge, his flesh tin
Cling with the chill Of the water, and
threw the robe about his cool white
shoulders Then he thrust his feet
into his sandals and sped quickly
back. He rubbed himself to a glow,
and blowing out the remaining can
die, stretched himself luxuriously be-
tween the warm blankets on the
couch. The dog shifted inquiringly at
his hand, then leaped up and snug
gled down close to his feet
John Valiant's thoughts had fed a
thousand miles away, to the tall girl
who all his life had seemed to stand
out from his world, aloof and unsur-
Observation-Disclosures Fargo He tried to
picture her, perfect chatelaine, grace
full and gracious as tall, white, splen-
did lily, in this dead house that
seemed still to throb with living pas
sions. But the picture subtly eluded
him and he stirred uneasily under the
blanket.
After time his hands stretched out
to the reading-stand and drew the
glass with it's vivid blossom nearer,
till, in his nostrils, it's musky odor
mingled with the dew-wet scent of
the honeysuckle from the garden. At
last his eyes close Every man car
ries his fate on riband
about his neck" he muttered drowsily,
and then, Roses red
roses
And so he fell asleep.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow of Health Speaks for Postum

It requires no scientific training to
discover whether COFFEE disagrees or
not.
Simply stop it for time and use
Postum in place Of 1t, then note the
beneficial effects. The t'Vth win APP
pear.
six years ago I was In very bad
condition" writes Tenn. lady. II
suffered from Indigestion, nervous
ness and insomnia.
II was then an inveterate coffee
drinker, but 1t was long before / could
be persuaded that it was coffee that
hurt me. Finally decided to leave 1t
off few days and find out the truth.
1.-THE first morning I left of soffee
I had raging headache, SO l decided
I must have something to take the
place Of coffee" (The headache was
caused by the reaction Of the coffee
orug-caffeine)
Having heard of Postum through
friend who used 1t, bought package
and tried it. / did not like it at first
but after I learned how to make 1t
right, according to directions on pkg,
would not change back to coffee for
anything.
when / began to use Postum I
weighed only lit lbs. Now weigh
ITO and as / have not taken any tonic
II. that time can only attribute my
present good health to the use of Pos
tum In place Of coffee.
my husband says / am living ad.
vertisement for Postum
Name given by the Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be wen
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup Of hot water. and, with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious bever.
age Instantly 300 and soc tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds IL
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
Recipes for iono Life

A Germantown woman, whose "old
age serene and bright and lovely as
Lapland night" has reached the CEN
tury mark, gives her recipe for
longevity, records the Philadelphia
Record. 1t is simple one She re-
fuses to worry, and she keeps abreast
OF the times. She likes young people.
To all the gracious and hallowed mem
cries OF the past her years are not al
lowed to keep her from adding a keen
and sympathetic interest in the living
present. She refuses to let the cal
endar give the authentic clue to her
age. She is as young as she feels. She
AYERS, with Oliver Wendell Holmes,
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Efficacious, But

Ex-Speaker Alfred e. Smith, who
defeated the Goethals police biN at
Albany, N. Y, said at dinner:
There are better ways to improve
the force than this Goethals bill.
They're not such snowy, not such at
tractive ways, but they're better.
"And the mayor, turning from them
with repugnance, is like the girl who
said:
"'How can / learn to stand and sit
in the new round-shouldered, bent
over, slouching attitude, MAJ
"The girls mother stopped her
work, and, leaning on her broom. re-
piled:
"A good way, perhaps, would be to
tire yourself bit each morning by
helping with the sweeping and dust
ing and dish-washing
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(TO BE CONTINUEO.)
Worth Knowing.

Suppose man leaves New York at
noon on a given date and travels west
ward at such rate Of speed that the
sun will always be directly overhead.
After making circle Of the globe he
Will reach the starting point in New
York just "A hours after he left 1t.
The question presenting itself is, at
which one of his different stopping
places while making the circuit OF
the globe in "a hours, carrying nooo
with him to every station, was he
first informed that it was noon Of the
following day AS he crossed the me-
ridian of 100 degrees east, or west, OF
Greenwich the day would change. His
first stop after crossing the meridian
would be Yokohama, perhaps; there
he would learn that it was the next
day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
FuIIers Earth Supply Decreases.

'.Fuller's earth, which is used for
bleaching and clarifying or filtering
of fats, greases and oils and particu-
larly automobile lubricating oils, has
gradually been decreasing in produc-
ton the last two years." says Emil
Grossman. Up to 1895 it was import
ed from England exclusively for clean
ing and shrinking cloth, but since that
date large deposits were discovered
in this country and with the steadily
increasing demand for lubricating au
tomobile oil most of the American out
put has been used for fltering auto
mobile oils.
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New York Service.

Not long ago." relates ex-Speaker
Cannon, "a young couple came I'm from
the suburbs to New York city to see
the Hipprodrome. They arrived very
early and decided to have a lunch
They visited a tearoom and had the
place all to themselves
In serving them the waitress omit
ted to supply a teaspoon and the fair
young bride whispered the fact to her
husband.
"Summoning the waitress, the young
man asked:
May we have spoon?'
Why, certainly replied the girl.
I am just tidying up, and you can
have the whole room to yourselves In
a minute or two "-Lippincott's.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant, rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth. has failed He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car.
white bull dog and Damory court. neg
lected estate in Virginia. On the way to
ridge, an authenticated beauty, and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem
fniscences during which il is revealed
that the major, Valiants father, and a.
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand of Mrs. cambridge In her youth.
S2ssoon and Valiant fought q duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
valiant finds Damory court oVergrown
wfLa weeds and creepers and the build
Ings In a very much neglected condition.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
CHAPTER XII.
Sanctuary.

The tawny scudding streak that led
that long chase had shot into the yard,
turning for d last desperate double.
1t saw the man in the foreground and
its bounding, agonized little wild heart
that so prayed for life gave way
With final effort, it gained the porch
and crouched down In its corner, an
abject, sweated, hunted morsel, at
hopeless bay
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26

Perhaps the best story in Sir Ed
ward Cooks Life of Florence Night
ingale" is that of a wounded Crimean
sergeant who picked up wounded
comrade and stumbled back to camp.
The rescued man turned out to be
general, and waited on his rescuer in
the hospital The latter, wrote Miss
Nightingale, exclaimed: "Oh, general
it's you, is 1t, brought in? I'm 80
glad didn't know it was your honor,
but if I'd known it was you, I'd have
saved you all the sama."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26

to lay down new and arbitrary rules,
we must face the fact and deal with
the judges. There is high and an
cient authority commanding us to
get understanding. What though in
the process old gods totter and old
systems perishi 1t is certain that
such an understanding of the function
Of the judge as a lawgiver, should
impress him with a much greater
sense Of his ponsibility-Arthur l..
Corbin in the Yale Review.
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underneath. Ultimately another car
came up and We succeeded in getting
my car back on its legs again. The
extraordinary part Of it all was that
it had received no particular damage
beyond the broken screen, and in
three-quarters of an hour Of the acct
dent l was on my way to Edinburgh.
L have lately become politician
and have been adopted as prospective
Unionist candidate for Kirkcaldy
Burghs. 1t is quite hopeless seat
there has been radical majority of
5000 or SO for the last 20 years, but
it should be a useful experience"
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"Old Time is a liar; we're twenty to-
night" Recipes for perpetual youth,
whose fountain Ponce de Leon sought
IN vain, are many and various But
there is no doubt that comparative
Juvenility of senility depends to
great extent upon the heart. To lose
interest in all that goes on is the short
cut to uperannuation; to be keenly
cognizant of all that is of inspiring
current interest is to feel the rejuve-
nation of the winter-bound tree when
the sap mounts in the spring.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26

He rolled from the blanket and stood
upright, filling his lungs with long
deep breath of satisfaction He felt
singularly light-hearted and alive. The
bulldog came bounding through the
window, dirty from the weeds, and
flung himself upon his master in a
canine rapture
Get out,' quoth the latter, laugh
ing. Stop licking my feet. How the
dickens do you suppose I'm to get into
my clothes with your ridiculous antics
going on? Down, l say, Hark,' He
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Time SERVING.

What are you making such fuss
about? | though being executor of
an estate was a soft thing"
Perhaps it is sometimes. But
have to wind up the affairs of clock
maker."-Judge.
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Mixed Up.

II was trying for swimming REQ
ord"
did you land it," Baltimore
American.
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The man who says he Is married anl
glad Of it is either an optimist or .
liar.

On the road to success you have
mighty little time to stop and pick
posies by the wayside.
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Constipation causes many serious dis.
eases. 1t is thoroughly cured by Doctor
Pierce.s Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative,
three for cathartic Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
The Remedy

was he in very much pain?"
Yes. indeed. The doctor had to
give him an epidemic interiection."
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And man can be fairly happy IL he
Is satisfied to let other people do his
worrying for him.