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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
His Meaning Clear.

YES" he said, death stared m,
right In the face. and In those few sec
onds | thought OF all I'd ever done.
quite little directory Of names.
said his companion.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Uncle Sans Farm.

The average sized farm in the
United States is 13S acres. BY the
census of 1910 there were in this
country 6.36l .502 farms, with an acre
age OF S7S.79S,OO0, and worth. with
their buildings, live stock and imple-
ments. $41, 900. .OOO,0 O,0OO-forty-one bill
lions of dollars.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Not So Very Strange.

yesterday and paid me back today"
well, what about it?"
HE paid me back with the same
dollar that / lent him"
That's strange"
mot very. He couldn't change II
either."-Stray Stories.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Controversial Limit.

DO you have any differences of
opinion in your family"
Terrible. Why, 1t couldn't be any
worse If we were all members OF the
Supreme court."-Life.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Success In Doing ones Best.

think that there Is success in all
honest endeavor. and that there is
some victory gained In every gallant
struggle that is made.-Dickens.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

To kill flies on the wing there has
been invented pair of hinged wir,
screens, operated like shears.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

OF German invention is an automo-
bile which travels on three sets Of
movable runners instead OF wheels.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Worse Still.

Does your husband eat your pies
with avidity?"
mo, mem; with his knife"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Hard to Please.

"Ah!" he sighed, ''if you only gave
me the least hope L"
"Gracious!" interrupted the hard
hearted belle. I've been giving yoc
the least | ever gave to any man."
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
A cLERoYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop Of Wig
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and puffed. He had heart fiutter-
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

Some young men SOW wheat ant
raise corn, and some others SOW wild
oats and raise Cain.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
Accounting for II.

But this is such small fat"
"Yes; suppose that is why there
Is such little demand for It."
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

BY the way. did you ever hear man
complain because a sermon was too
short?
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

Every woman imagines chat she
shows up well hi a decollete gown
but not every woman can prove 1t.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10
He Needed More Time.

Say. have you forgotten that you
owe me thousand francs?"
NO not yet; give me time"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

Muncie is to have a school to train
hotel workers.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

Twelve-hour time. twentv-four-houP
time and ship time can be told stimuli.
taneously by n novel clock dial
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

Atlanta. Ga, may establish a mu.
nicipal ice plant.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-10-10

St. Paul now claims a population of
over 10000.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17

counter to make his escape. Later
he surrendered himself to the police
and told what he knew of Hopkins.
Hopkins, however, escaped into
the woods. He hunted for victims.
On a lonely road two miles north of
McMurray he found them.
Three men, unarmed, penniless
loggers, were walking the railroad
tracks.
Hopkins commanded them to
hold up their hands. They did. He
ordered them to raise their hands
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17
Charles Hopkins.

higher. They did He searched
them, took a razor away from John
Freeman, and then dubbed him into
insensibility with the butt of his re-
volver. .r.-.
The next instant he shot Antoine
Gerb and killed him.
, Then a second shot struck Free
man in the neck and he lay pros
trate.
What became of the third member
Of the party, whose name is un-
known, has not been learned. 1t is
feared he, too, was killed.
freeman, regaining his senses
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17

200 MkN HAD SCOUREl
Mt. Vernon, Wash, April TT
feel kind of dry. Guess I'll go out to-
night and cut somebody's throat and
drink some warm blood"
Chas. Hopkins lust for blood had
again ~seized him. And the second
Harry Tracey, as he is called, went
out to satisfy his inhuman craving.
After 200 deputies and private
citizens had secured three counties
determined to capture this desperate
fugitive who is held responsible for
three murders, the wounding of two
victims, who are at the point of
death, and two others seriously hurt,
he was caught by Deputy Sheriff ]. !
E. Glover, as he lay asleep in the
storeroom of farm house near Con-
crete, Wash.
Hopkins had made his blood-crav-
ing announcement to Paul Putnam,
81, a youth whom he met in Brews-
ter, Wash, and whom he virtually
held a prisoner for several days by
his murderous threats. The two
came to Everett together.
81 don't mind telling you" Hop
kins informed him, that I'll prob
ably croak you when l get through
travelling with you. Pm wanted for
murder right now in Seattle"
They walked along the streets OF
Everett. Putnam tried to elude him
as they entered theater, but Hop |
kins thrust him ahead at the door, |
and sat beside him, next to the |
aisle.
,'And now for some excitement. -"
Hopkins said when they came out.
A police officer stopped them.
There were some questions asked
and the answers were not satisfac-
tory. The officer led the pair to a
patrol box And, as they waited,
Hopkins grabbed the officers gun
and began to shoot.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-16
NOTE.

NOlE.
The new proprietor, Mr.. Frank
y. Sawyer, is well and most favor
ably known to thousands i'm this Sec
ton. Has been travelling here for
the past Is year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-16

1t will pay every woman who
reads this to see our stock
We Can Save You Money
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-16
Mems Pants.

TIE welLEnown DUCHESS No xorkD
for street wS4 n good variety Among them %
md gift for friend for yourself Qua PRT4S FOR
THIS SALE
500 Pants will be sold for Sl.6S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
SPEECH FOLLOWING FASHIONS

WHILE we are seeking for purity in the
" writing and speech of the English
language, we seem to be going backward
with the fashions" said Thomas Nelson
Page, author, traveller, and now Ambassador
to Italy; 2but it is inconsistent. Why must
the women who wear diaphanous gowns and
parade in the strong sunlight insist on a
D and dash for common word that is not
blasphemy, and an H and dash to describe
place abundantly described in the Bible,
and why must they avoid the expression
naked truth and call it the 'undraped
actuality'?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

of raving mania, there are some who under
stand how to restrain her boisterous activi-
ties, soothe her fevered brow, and slip her
riotous cogwheels back into their appointed
places.
Our knowledge of the marvellous functions
and intricate chemistry of the ductless
glands is still limited; but it was noticeably
more so-very recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
PLAYING THE GAME.
Continued from page II

Continued from page II
feel that way. know you. Haven't l
played handball with you long enough for
that?"
PILL sat on the locker bench for mo-
ment, considering. His brow was knit
in a puzzled frown-his mind was appar-
entity struggling with new idea. "Say," he
exclaimed finally, @that appeals to me-"
what appeals to your
"Why, that idea of business being sport,
like a game of handball. I've always
thought of it as sort of rough and tumble,
gang fight in dark alley. And guess it
is that way, more or less. But it. would be
fun to make real, straight game of it.
You know, he added, @you' We got me wrong
you're SO sure. I'd play fair in business.
l don't. 1 never thought fellow could.
My motto was results, results, results-and
to blazes with the man who gets in the way!
Anything | could put over was 0. K, no
matter how did it. Things I've been roast
ing these handball crooks for doing in play
I've been doing in earnest and thinking was
a mighty clever business man, when l was
nothing but bum sport. Why, the fellow
who was good sport in business struck me
as a sentimental fool!'
He chuckled. "And all the time was the
fool. I've been missing half the fun of the
game. Never thought of that before. No
body ever put it to me the way you have.
learned something. ANY fool can win by
cheating: it takes a good man to win fair
And I've been patting myself on the back
because was. winning-any old way.
"Say, Joe, believe I'll try the other way
Bills eyes glistened with enthusiasm. Il
see where II have the time of my young life.
All my competitors will be trying to dope
out what new line of bunk I'm getting away
with, and while they're running around in
circles figuring out some way to steal half
dozen points on me I'll smash some swift
returns to the board and beat 'em fair.
Sport-say, that1l be worth while! Why,
bunch ever! Thanks!' He seized Hender-
sons hand in crushing grip.
that's all right, Bill. I'm glad I've done
that for you," said Henderson. Il only wish
Slocum could see things that way
WELL you never can tell, suggested Bill.
u sure hope he does. But, as you say, it
isn't likely guess he. wouldn't see the
sport in it.
mo, l reckon not, (" said Henderson dryly.
"He hasn't the sporting instinct. I'll bet
he couldn't even play handball fair-that's
where you have the bulge on him TO Degm
with"
Bill clicked his locker shut, and put on
his hat.
$50 long!" he called as he moved toward
the elevator. Thanks again for the bunch.
And here's luck-brace up and give 'em
blazes!'
Henderson, who was not dressed, finished
his toilet and returned to his Office. But his
gloom did not lift.
Next morning he found this letter on his
desk:
yesterday. relative to handball. business, ETC.,
I'm still enthusiastic about business as sport
ing proposition. Going after it strong-watch
me and seel hope to see you at the Y. M. c. A.
as usual this noon, and hereby challenge you
to the swiftest game of singles you've ever
played. Cordially yours. BILL.
(Wm. D. Slocum. General Manager Univer-
sal Mfg. Coz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

futely at their mercy. We should thank Our
lucky stars that Mother Nature is pretty
steady, level-headed sort of old girl; that,
with all her multitudinous opportunities for
governor belt" and permits the physical
engine to race without restraint. And we
should also thank them that when she does
go on a spree, and gets tuck with spell
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
PROGRESS IN FINANCIAL INDIE
PENDENCE.

Secretary McAdoos annual report
for the treasurey department deals
with a period more trying to the fin
ances of the nation than any other
which has arisen since the free-sil-
yer raid of twenty years ago. 1t is
able to show an emergence from the
crisis which promises for the nation
greater financial stability and
strength than has ever been known
before.
AT the outbreak of the great war
we we're owing Europe some $780,
100000. This demand debt has al
ready been either paid or composed.
Fl We have so far absorbed the i'm
mense amount of foreign-owned
American securities thrown back
here in the panic of approaching war
that our stock exchanges are prepar-
ing to resume business with few or
no restrictions.
We have gone through a heavy
gold drain to Europe from these
causes and come out with a loss to
the treasury Of only $4,000, 1000,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS.

A matter that is being very much
discussed in various counties and
which finds it's advocates and oppon-
ents in about equal numbers is that OF
the employment of a county adviser
and agricultural expert. Some coun-
ties where the agent is employed fur
nish strong recommendations Of the
plan.
1t is new thing and should be dis
cussed. If the agricultural expert is
actually an expert, an organizer and
an executive, there can be very little
doubt of his value to the agricultural
interests. And in Iowa agricultural
counties those are the interests of
the whole county. But it is matter
to be threshed out thoroughly and
every man has right to his say.
New things meet opposition. Some
of them are worthless and fail A
good thing rarely dies under Opposi-
ton 1t is easy to recall that the
mail route met opposition and ridi-
cule; that the rural telephone had to
win it's way. But it is also easy to
remember the complete acceptance Of
both when their utility was made evil
dent
So, perhaps with the agricultural
expert. If the system is success it
will win. But it mainly depends on
the class of men and their efficiency
who take up the work. A real ex-
pert is one thing. A mock expert is
nothing arshalltown Times-Re-
publican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
Irl II. Hicks 1918 Almanac.

The Rev. Irl r. Hicks Almanac,
now ready, grows more popular and
useful with each passing year. 1t is
a fixed necessity in homes, shops and
commercial establishments all over
this continent. This famous and
valuable year book on astronomy,
storms, weather and earthquakes
should be in every home and Office.
Professor Hicks completes this best
issue of his great almanac at the
close of his SEVENTEEN year. The
almanac will be mailed for 35 cents.
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks fine magazine,
Word and Works, is sent one year,
with a copy of mis- almanac, for only
one dollar. Send for them to Word
and Works Publishing Co., 34O1
Franklin Ave-, st. Louis, Mo. You
will never regret your investment.
Try it for 1915.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
HOMEMADE TRIMMINGS
ADD TO TREES BEAUTY

The beauty of n Christmas tree does
not depend upon the amount Of money
which has been expended upon It. Ca
pablo fingers and judicious thought
may weave the magic spell of romance
about it. Indeed. the hutter Of prep
aration and the merriment of creating
your own decorations have far more
the real spirit of Christmas than u
hurried visit to Il store where these
things can be purchased at short no.
tice.
Indeed. nothing quite takes the place
of the old time tree. with it's boughs
laden with simple gifts aud homemade
ornaments. Each tri6e has some sig.
nificance-has meaning of its own. or
funny incident connected withit. II
you live away from, the city there are
many things right at hand which you,
can turn to good account for the pur.
pose.
Nuts may be gilded or silvered "
covered with gold or silver paper. Pop
corn may be strung. and II you Wish
for bit Of gay color it may be dipped
into a dye of the color you want. In
dividual cranberries. or strings Of them.
make effective trimmings. Crabapples
in all the radiance of their fresh color
or oranges make bright spot on the
somber green. Gingerbread animals
birds and dolls are q delight, and flow
krs of tissue paper. cornucopias and
many geometrical figures may be made
with little ingenuity. Paper dolls,
cut from magazines and c0lored, II
they are not already SO. mounted on
cardboard look quite imposing, and
chains of colored or gold paper may
be made by folding the paper in.
Vulnerable times and cutting 1t in the
shape required. When you unfold It
one link is fastened within the other,
and a large chain may be draped from
branch to branch. Circles made BY
folding paper in quarters and string
ing number of these together at the
folded point make lovely balls. Dolls
can be fashioned from many objects.
A corncob holds many possibilities. legs
and arms and cotton padded head
being Joined to this body And did ron.
ever zee . dolly shaped from cloths
pin?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
PATRIOTISM OR POLITICS?

If the United States army, the
United States navy and the United
States coast defense are all made
quate, the blame eertaily does not
rest upon President Wilson or the
democratic party.
1t rests upon the republican party,
which under Mckinley, Roosevelt
and Taft was in continuous control
of the government for sixteen years
up to March 4, 1913.
In. 1908, the last year of the
roosevelt administration, the appro-
priations for the army were $751;
634,5S2.75; the appropriations for
T the navy were S9S,95S,507.50. In
4914 the appropriations for the army
were $94,266,A45.5 the appropria-
tons for the navy were $l4O,7lS,-
434.53.
We are spending over $40,000,000
a year more on the navy than we
spent when Roosevelt was president,
and $1S,000,000 year more on the
army. why, then, should the coun-
try be asked to believe that the presi-
dent and congress are starving the
army and navy to death, and leaving
the United States at the mercy of any
casual invader!
The World was disposed to favor
Representative Gardeners resolution
for an investigation of the prepared
ness of the United States for defen-
sive war. 1t seemed that the Ameri-
can people had a right to know
whether they were getting dollars
worth of military protection for ev-
cry dollar they spend, and they spend
f1of
1t seemed also that they had a right
to know whether due heed was being
paid by their military experts to the
the lessons of war. 1t begins to look
however, as if the Gardner resolu-
ton was not the prelude to sober,
scientific inquiry, but the prelude to
a new political lingo demonstration.
In short that it is more Of a cam
paign against the United States
1 treasury than against any probable
foe.
No sooner does Mr.. Wilson ask the
representative from Massachusetts to
discuss the question with him per-
sonally than Mr.. Gardner rushes into
print with a statement that Il am
very much afraid that the president
y means to lay the cold hands Of
death upon the whole movement"
Mr.. Wilson does not happen to be the
son-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge,
4 but we think he is quite as intelli-
gent, quite as patriotic and quite as
adesirous of safeguarding the United
States from attack as the gentleman
from Massachusetts,. whose resolu-
.ation has been turned into general
assault upon the administration by
&all the professional jingoes and war
blatheskites of the country, reinforc-
ed by an army of republican politi-
clans trying to manufacture cam
Spaign issue.
d This question of preparedness, if it
is to be discussed at all, ought to be
discussed soberly, seriously, honest
.ly, and by men who know what they
ARE talking about. If the issue has
been raised mercy to cover partisan
politics and pocketbook jingoism
I with a mask of patriotism, it is a
manifestation of moral treason to the
nation.-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17

and no loss at all in gold to the
country at large.
And for the first time in thirty
years we have an annual treasury
report which, instead of crying out
alarmingly for banking and currency
reform, can dwell upon it as a great
fact most satisfactorily accomplish
ed.
1.-THE road at last lies clear and
firm before business" and these are
some of the particular reasons why 1t
can be entered upon with an abound
ing confidence.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
SMALL mis-. OUR FARM

IS cash and IS monthly, no interest or
taxes, highly productive land, close to
three big markets, wonderful opportu-
nifty. Write for photographs and full
Information. Munger, jos N. Y. Lie
Bldg, Kansaa City, Mo. 1O-13t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
THE BEST CHRISTMAS TREE.

The balsam fir makes the best
Christmas tree because Of its
/, regular form and beautiful dark
green foliage. Spruce Is used
also, but Is not as attractive IN
form and color as balsam. Hem
} lock, pine and cedars are used
occasionally. but are not consid-
cred equal to either the FIR or the
spruce. Every one interested
should try to prevent clear cut
ting, but should favor thinning
Of the young forest. leaving the
best formed. most rapid grow
ing trees on the ground to form
the future forest. The Trimmings
should be made in the densest
young stands only. and no large,
open spaces should be. left. The
state will suffer great loss IT
the young spruce and fir forests
are clear cut for Christmas trees.
Where the forest is under ra-
tional methods of management
the Christmas tree is legiti-
mate byproduct in the develop
ment of the forest. Whether the
forest is planted or starts nat
urally from seed there will usu-
ally be many more trees on the
ground than soil and moisture
conditions and the proper devel-
opment of the trees Justify. IT
the small trees which are crowd
ing others Of greater value are
not removed nature will do It
and that in a less effective way
than if the small trees are re-
moved as a thinning from the
developing forest Trees six feet
high and two inches in diameter
at the butt are most in demand.
although larger sizes are fire.
quently sold at good prices.
The Christmas tree, provided 1t
is properly cut, is a preliminary
crop from the forest which
should be taken out on the same
principle as vegetable crops are
thinned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
EASY TO DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
you Can Bring Back Color and Lustre
With Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur. no one can tell.
because it's done so naturally. SO even
liz. Preparing this mixture. though, at
home Is mussy and troublesome. For
50 cents you can buy at any drug store
the ready-to-use tonic called Wyeth's
sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" You
Just dampen a sponge or soft. brush
with 1t and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at time
Bv morning all gray hair disappears.
and, after another application or two.
your hair becomes beautifully dark
ened. glossy and luxuriant- You win
also discover dandrun Is gone and hair
has stopped fallfng.
Gray. faded hair. though no disgrace.
II 4 sign OF old age. and as we all de-
sire q youthful and attractive appear
auce. get busy 1T once with Wyefh'a
eaee and Sulphur and hook years
youneer.--Adv. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
Cheap and
Easily Made, But Ends
a Cough Quickly
How t. Make the Very Nest
cough Remedy NJ Mome.
Eolly GDaro0seea.

This pint of cough syrup is easily
made at home and saves you about g. 90
as compared with ordinary cough rene
dies. 1t relieves obstinate coughs-even
wEooping eough-quickly, and is splen-
did, too, for bronchial asthma, spas
modic Group and hoArseness.
Mix one pint of granulated sugar with
"A pint of warm water. and stir for
minutes. Put 21 ounces of Pinex fifty
cents WORTHY in q pint bottle, and add
the Sugar Syrup. Take . teaspoonful
every one, two or three hours. Tastes
This takes right hold of q cough and
gives almost instant relief. 1t stimu-
lates the appetite. and is slightly laxa-
tive-both excellent features.
Pincx, as perhaps you know, Is q
most valuable concentrated compound of
Norway white pine extract. rich in
guaiecol and the other natural healing
fpine elements.
No other preparation win do the work
of Pinex in this mixture, although
strained honey can be used instead Of
the sugar syrup. il desired.
Thousands of housewives in the United
States and Canada now use this Pinex
and Sugar Syrup remedy. This plan has
often been initiated. but the old success
full combination has never been equaled.
It's low cost and quick results have made
1t immensely popular.
A guaranty OF absolute satisfaction.
or money promptly refunded. goes with
Pinex. Of viii get i for ySg- II not,
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