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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-30
-Afthur conan DOyIe.
Jasper Park, Alberta. June IS, 1914.


A representative of an American syn
dicate Is exploring Peruvian placer gold
fields. An engineering examination
last year was SO favorable that it is
proposed to carry on operations on the
Maranon river, should the government
grant the privilege. There is much
placer gold in a large territory there,
but the country is remote from trans
~portation, and settlement and profitable
results will depend ON low successful
ly these n other obstacles can be met
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-30

The london county council in Its sta
~tistical abstract for 1912-l913, furnishes
the following concerning London: Pop
ulation, 1881, 900; inhabited houses, b7S,-
900: birth rate. 24.5 per 900: death rate,
1875 per 1000: ratable value. $3.50 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-30

Notwithstanding his French surname.
Daniel Defoe, author Of Robinson Cru
soe," was an Englishman. He was
born in London in 1861, during the reign
Of Charles II. He died in 1881.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

motor car over there In front Of the backsmith's.
Probably We can hire her."
"Trfne's carl" Alan calculated. swinging round
and recognizing the automobile at glance. Then
he's here, as WE'LL" rsc-
Looks like IT." Barcus admitted. But 30 much
the better. Well Just naturally take the darn
thing on his hands, and I'll bet dollar there isn't
another car within radius Of nifty miles!"
But his confidence was demonstrated to be pre-
mature by the discovery, which rewarded the first
cursory examination that the car was very thor
oughly out Of commission
Two minutes later, however, their earnest In
quiries ELECTED the fact that although Barcus
justified in his surmise that the neighboring
try was poyerty-stricken In respect Of motor cars
Mesquite itself boasted two motorcycles whose
owners were not Indifferent to chance TO sell
them secondhand at q considerable advance on
the retail list price Of the machines, when new.
And thus It was that. within ten minutes from
Roses discovery of that chance-fung warning in
|, the dust, the party was again in rapid motion
\ His beauty sleep disturbed by the departure Of
the machine bearing Barcus and Judith, Seneca
Trine reused on an elbow and looked out Of the
window Just in time to see the second motorcycle
gathering momentum. Alan steering Rose In the
seat behind.
Sixty seconds later q Haunting banner Of dust
was all that remained to remind Mesquite that Ro-
nance had passed that way-that, and series Of
passionate screams emanating from the bedchAm-
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Der Of Seneca Trine where the cripple lay pos
sessed by seven devils of insensate rage.
His screams brought attendance; but It was :
matter of many precious minutes before his de-
mands could be met and Marrophat and Jimmy
reused from their crapulous slumbers, in adjoining
chambers; and half an hour elapsed before the
chauffeur. reused from his own well-earned rest
succeeded in convincing the pair that pursuit with
the motor car was out OF the question until he had
spent at least half the day overhauling the motor
and mending de mischief that had developed in It.
But the devil takes care Of his own: within an
other half hour what seemed to be sheer, bull.
headed, dumb luck brought casual automobile to
Mesquite-a two-seated, high-power racing machine
ef the latest aad speediest pattern driven by two
irresponsible wayfarers who proved only too sus-
ceptibe to Marrophats offer of double the cost Of
the car-f o. b. Detroit-for its immediate sur
render.
The two piled out promptly enough Marrophat
and Jimmy JUMPED In; Trine from his bedroom
window sped them on their murderous mission
1t must have been an hour later when Alan.
checking his motorcycle as It snrmounted the sum
NIT Of long upgrade looked back and discovered
several miles distant on the farhung windings Of
the mountain road. small crimson shape that ran
like mad thing tirelessly pursued by cloud OF
tawny dust like a golden ghost
motor car. beyond ell question, and one Of
uncommon roaddeyouring, quality: 1t might or
might not contain Marrophat and Jimmy, once
noIe IN pursuit. zWhetner OF not pittef experience
had long since educated Alan in the gentle art Of
taking no chances
Barcus and Judith must be overtaken and warned
mo easy matter. since the machine which bore
them was, If anything faster than Alans, Just as.
the racing automobile was faster than either.
Alan kept his gaze steadfast to the road before
them, daring not once to look up and round or
back, but constrained ever to watch their way for
at such frightful speed as they were now making
the slightest abstraction was fraueht with dfrasf
and tortuous path. and death would be their por.
ton.
So sinuous and meandering was Its course, In
deed, that Alan seldom could see q hundred yards
of it ahead. but must pet on in panic flight. hop
ing fnr the best-that Judith and Barcus would
'front.' that something might hap
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pen to hinder the pursuit-neyer knowing whether
the latter lost or gained. SiA
And TINS catastrophe befeIl; -. ( Z, - -
Round the swelling bosom Of q wooded mountain
side the motorcycle swept like a hunted hare, and
without the least warning came upon Barcus and
Judith dismounted, Barcus bending over his cycle
and tinkering with its motor.
For one horf.pflating instant collision seemed
unavoidable
And It was impossible TO stop the cycle-so brief
was all his warning. In desperation Alan chose
the outside Of the road; and for tbs space Of a
single heartbeat thought that he might possibly
make it, but with the NEXT realized that he would
not-seeing the front wheel swing on over the lip
Of the slope.
At this he acted sharply and upon sheer instinct.
As the cycle left the road altogether he risked
broken knee By releasing his grasp OF the handle
bars and STRENGTHENING ont his leg and driving It
down forcibly AGAINST the roadbed The effect Of
this was to lift him bodily from the saddle: the
machine shot from beneath him Ike some strange
proiectile hurled from the bore Of a great gun;
and Rose crashed against him in the same fraction
Of second
Headiong they plunged as one down the hillside,
struck its shelving surface good twenty feet from
the brink Of the road. and flying apart, tumbled
their separate ways down the remainder of the
drop and into the friendly shelter Of the under
bresh 49,
SomAthing nearly miraculous saved them whole.
Beyond alfsw scratches and bruises and. . severe
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that he show Judith or seem boor, was enough to
cloud the eountenance Of Alan's betrothed.
Slowly and painfully these four tofed along
obscure trail that followed the windings of the lit
tie river, until branch struck into the main
stream and so discovered to them yet another trail
leading into the westward canyon.
Then again slowly and painfully they plodded on,
following blindly another trail blazed by Fates
blind as they.
Above them, on the road they had abandoned. the
crimson racer, doubled back to the point where it
had passed Judith and Barcus; its occupants de-
scended, explored, and came presently upon the
trail Of the fugitfYes.
Bloodhounds could not have settled down upon
scent with more goodwill and eagerness than
Mr.. Marrophat and his faithful aide.
The sun was high and blazing above the canyon
when the pursuit came within rife shot, of the
chase. ssH.
The spiteful crack reused the quartet from
pause of ethargic dismay due 10 tardy appreciation
of the fact that they had penetrated witlesslS al
most to the. end of blind alley.
A hasty council Of war armed Alan with Judiths
revolver and posted him behind bowlder COM
manding the approaches to the chasm. The
weapon. powerful As, had range sufficient to
numb the impetuosity Of the assassins and keep
them under and out OF sight Of the desperate
essays the fugitiVes were making to compass an
escape
For in the shed behind an abandoned log cabin
souvenir, no douDt, OF some forgotten prospector
-Barcus had unearthed length of stout hempen
rope. =
With the aid Of a rusty shovel he had hacked
this into two equal lengths. One of these lengths
he proceeded to make fast Mound his own waist,
then round Roses. The other he left to be SINH
larry employed by Alan and Judith. For it was
agreed that they must climb, and while the cliF
offered no problem to daunt mountain-climber Of
any pretensions, It was considered best that the
he,h horfT In
possibility Of slip The pairing had been de-
termined BY the fact that Barcus boasted some
slight experience In mountaineering, while Rose
was plainly the most exhausted OF the two women,
the least able to help herself in an eEergency.
He had worked HIS cautious way, with the girl
In tow, to point about midway up the face Of
the clin, following : long diagonal that provid;
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about quarter Of mile over yonder. II it's all
the same to You people, we might stroll round that
way and see what fits natural attractions may be-
II any. But ft's sure mighty poor sort Of q can
yon that doesn't lead anywhere"
Sufficient" Mr.. Law interrupted with . bleak
smile.
crOoking a defsrential arm. Barcus offered it to
Judith $50
Everything is lovely in the formal garden" he
insisted-@so sweetIy romantic. Are you game for
an idle saunter, just to while the idle hours away
The woman found spirit enough for wan smile
she tucked her hand gratefully beneath his arm.
You're the cheerfuIest soul ever met" she said
demurely. What I'm going to do without you
when-if eyer-we get out Of this awful business,
goodness only knows"
Let's talk of something else" he suggested hast
fly.
Unless, of course" she pursued with ;unbrcken
gravity 7 marry you :"
Heaven" the young man prayed ferventiy, -nor-
fend!"
That is hardly gallant"
81 mean-heaven forfend that you should throw
yourself away"
"Humph!" she mused Perhaps you're right"
Their banter was not without subtle object,
namely to reassure the girl who followed support
ed by her lovers arm.
In the course of the last twenty-four hours Roses
jealousy Of her sisters newfound friendiness with
Alan had become acutely evident. The least cour-
tssy which circumstances now and again demanded
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shaking up, they escaped unhArmed And they
were picking themselves up and regaining their
breath and recollectng their scattered wits when.
with impetus no less terrific than their own had
been the pursuing motor car swung round the bend
and hurled itself directly at the two who remained
upon the road above.
M-sAcRIFTcE.
But Tom Barcus hadn't failed to profit by the
warning implicit in Alan's accident
He was therefore on the alert, quick to see the
racing automobile when It came hurting round the
bend, and in the very nick Of time grasped Judths
arm and swung her bodily with him back out Of
harms way, amid the trees that bordered the IN
! side OF the road.
OF necessity his motorcycle suffered. Aban-
doned in the middle of the road, it struck by
the buffers Of the motor car and flung aside as II
it had been nothing more ponderabIe than a truss
of straw-landing halfway down the embankment,
a hopeless tangle Of shattered tubing and twisted
wire. u
At first blush the circumstance seemed surpris-
ing that the car did not stop. But then Barcus
reminded himself that Marrophat and Jimmy could
not possibly have Witnessed the accident involving
Alan and Rose, who together with the wreck Of
their machine, remained welEcioaked by the under
brush at the bottom Of the canyon. In all proba-
biiity them the yassassins had assumed that Alan
had hurried on and since their own first business
was concerned exclusively with them, they had
done likewise.
AS for Rose and Alan-heayen alone knew what
had happened to them. So Barcns set himself to
find out whatever Providence knew without more
delay.
To find them not only alive bat practically un-
scathed affected that loyal soul almost to tears.
But when congratulations had been mutually ex.
changed there fell an awkward pause. The eyes
of the four sought one anothers ruefuIly each pair
quick with the unuttered but inexorable inquiry:
What nexti
In the outcome e was Mr.. Barcus vho advanced
the suggestion which was adopted though this
was its reception more through lack Of better
than for any actual appeal intrinsic in the prcpo-
slficn. 49,,
When we broke down. up there he yentured,
with a backward Jerk Of his thumb to indicate the
sroad. 7 saw canyon. branching on from this one
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14th InstaIIment

The ohcho-dsana co1espoadihs 10 he hssfa1R.eNA -
's7he 1rry 0.Eeasts may nov Sc At Ghs kadzas
r.ovbso cieturs tbe2fers. By dts sntque &1aaeeneE
spah tie UnsOe,saI Fihn Rfo. Co. Is therefore not oa
possible 70 rad g The frey 0sHeasts" da tbs pApg.
but also to see each alsAHnent of at Tie HaOOt's
pic4we heahes.
Copyright. 1si4 BY Louis Joseph vancsl
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
THE FIRST LAW

YNoPsIs-rhe Of Hearts is the "death-sign employed
By sepeca Tne private Of vengeance which he
wares against Law, Of the (now dead) who
responsible the accident which rendered
helpless cripple for life Alan loves and is loved oy
Trlnes Judith, Roses twin and double but
q violent and uncertain temper promises her
father compass AlAns death; but under dramatic cr
Alan life and unwiliingy. wins
R0ses In spite Of her teaousy OF Rose
the she made her father
time this is actively assisting Alan
their Tom Barcus 70 escape the perSe
eution OF Urine and his aides led By his confidential man.
MaFr0phat.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
'UNITED'STATES
CAN HOLD own
AGAINST WORLD
In Track and Field Sports as is
Demonstrated by Recent
Meet in England.

NEW YORK, July 20-The show
ing made by the American athletes
in the English track and field cham
pionships again demonstrates the
fact that in this particular depart
ment Of sport the United States per-
formers can hold their own against
the world. In an entry list OF close
to 240 there were seven American
competitors, three OF whom particle
pated in two events giving this conn
try total entry OF ten. This little
band competed in Aine of the nine
teen events composing the program
winning two first, two second and
two third places, five of the seven
entrants being placed in the finals
against a field which included ath-
letes from all parts of the British
Isles, South Africa, Sweden, Austr-
liza and Canada.
Entries Unofficial.
These entries were either personal
or club entries and were in no way
official United States or Amateur Attn
letic Union entries. The expenses of
the athletes were paid by themselves
or by their respective clubs and the
conditions under which the athletes
trained and travelled abroad were far
different from those governing rep
resentative American team Compel
ing in either Olympic or internan-
tioal track and field games. HOBBY"
Baker, the former Princeton univer-
sity football and hockey captain, who
went abroad with several Of the ath-
.letes who competed at the English
games. in writing Of the trip states:
= Train on Shipboard.
'.It was amusing to talk with train
er Jack Kelley in charge Of Homer
Baker, of the New York Athletic
Club, and Harry Smith, of the Bronx
Vile Church House, the well known
distance men. while on their way to
compete in the English champion
ships. The steamer on which we
made the vayoge was poorly adapted
to training purposes. The passengers
little realized the Importance of
practice and hampered the runners
in their practice by crowding the
decks SO that Kelly was forced to get
his charges up early in the morning
and give them another workout late
at night. Kelly was very optimistic.
because he had in. Homer Baker one
of the best half-milers in the coun-
try. Bakers best time in the half
mile previous to the games was 1855.
Melvin Sheppard. of the New York
Athletic Club, holds the present Eng
lish record of 1:45."
Baker came within two-fifth of
second of this record and established
a new record for the English cham
pinoships in this event which is an
excellent performance for an athlete
who broke his A. A.. U. novice less
than four years ago. He made his
athletic debut as a hig jumper and
still holds the New York P. S. A. L..
record which forms an interesting CO.
incidence with the feat of w. M.
Oler, Jr., of the New York Athletic
Club. in winning the English high
jump championship on the same day.
oler cleared 6 feet 1-2 inches
while his team mate was winning the
half mile is ;1-s inches below his
worlds interscholastic record made
in 1912 while scholar at Pawling
school.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
PRICE $1,000

one-half cash, one and two years.
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PRICE $4,000
MILFORD STREET

Vacant lot fronting 40 feet on
paved street and extending back 200
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
THOUSAND
ARE AT WEDDING.
In Austria Hungary and the
Feasting Continues for
More Than a Week.

VIENNA, July pa wedding
whose guests numbered over 5000
persons and whose feasting contin-
ued for eight days was celebrated re-
Gently at Sadagora in Bukowina, one
of those remote country districts Of
Austria-Hungary where mammoth
wedding festivities on a scale utter
ly unknown in America or Western
Europe are the sule.
Rabbits Daughter.
The affair at Sadagora exceeded
in magnificance and lavish hospital
ity any function on record in that
district, however. 1t was Hebrew
wedding. Sadagora enjoys a certain
fame in Eastern Europe as the seat
Of the renowned Rabbinical dynasty
known as the Miracle Rabbfs. The
bride was the daughter Of the Grand
Rabbi of this line. Aron Friendmann,
and the bridegroom, Salamon Friend
mann, belong to the branch Of the
same Rabbinical dynasty at Czort-
kow. The marriage was arranged
by the chiefs of the two families, en-
tirely without the knowledge Of the
young people. In fact they met for
the first time only the evening be-
fore the wedding at preliminary
feast, when they danced together as
sign of their willingness to marry
The chiefs had taken It for grant
ed that there would be no hitch in
their plans. and had invited the Rab.
binical families OF all the Orthodox
Jews in Russia, Poland, Rumania,
Galacia and Hungary. They came
down on Sadagora in thousands.
Many were of imposing stature and
pariarchial dignity. They wore black
silk caftans. low shoes and white
stockings, while their ladies were at.
tired in sort of crinoline and
adorned with rich Jewels. There
were some dressed in the latest
modes of Paris and Vienna.
Cost $4,000.
The ceremony took place in the
gardens of the Grand Rabbits palace
guarded by mounted troops. Thous-
ands were unable to hear or see what
was going on, SO dense was the
throng. but all had a hand in the
feasting which followed. During the
eight days the commissary's books
accounted for 200 pounds OF fish, 500
head of poultry, $50 pounds Of beef,
5000 pounds of bread and many
casks of wine. The Grand Rabbi was
out Of pocket to the extent of at least
$4,000.
In addition to this he presented
the bridal couple with a palace in
Sadagora, completely furnished and
equipped with staff of servants. He
will meet the entire cost of the house
hold for period of six years, when
1t is assumed that the young bride
groom will have attained position
where he can support his family
himself.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS Meet.

A meeting of the stockholders of the
clarksburg Trust Company will be held
at the Court House. In the Circuit Court
Room. Clarksburg. West Virginia. on the
28th day of July. 1914. at 1880 p. M. for
the purpose OF electlng a board. of d.
rectors and for the transaction OF such
other business as may properly come be-
fore said meeting.
SCLARKSBURG TRUST COMPANY,
BY w. l. BOOTH.
81 ROSS F. STOUT.
A. S. LAW,
c. w. LEGGETT.
j. W. AGNEW,
Incorporators.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
WIFE CURED! b
81 Eczema by saxo salve

Snohomish, Wash.-.'My wife suffer
ed with eczema for years and used
every remedy ever mentioned to her
but nothing helped her until she used
Saxo Salve. Now she is entirely rid
Of eczema. Saxo Salve is certainly a
boon to anyone suffering from eczema. "
HENRY SCHARP, Snohomish, Wash.
II we can't cure your skin trouble
with our Saxo Salve and Saxo Soap we
will buy back the empty tube.
Stone & Mercer. Druggists. olarksburg
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKAGHE?

When your kidneys ara weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aches
and you do not feel like doing much
of anything. You are likely to be
respondent and to borrow trouble,
just as If you hadn't enough al
ready. Don T be yictim.any longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hood 8
Sarsaparilla, gives strength and
tone to the kidneys and builds up
the whole system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a peculiar
combination Of roots, banks and
herbs. No other medicine acts like
it, because no other medicine has the
same formula or ingredients. Accept
no substitute, but insist on having
Hoods, and get it today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-20
CANOE RACES
0VERSHADOW.
Because Of the More Famous
Trophies Figuring in Inter-
national Schedule.

NEW YORK, July 20-The inter-
national Challenge Cup canoe races
being sailed today. in Gravesend Bay,
New York, while of much interest to
canoeists. have been rather over
Swallowed this year because of the.
more famous trophies figuring in the
international schedule for 1914. This
cup, however, has a history fully as
interesting as either the polo, yacht
or tennis trophies although not so
widely heralded. It began with the
formation Of the New York Canoe
Club in 1871. Some fourteen years
later the club received an Invitation
that the champions Of England would
be glad to enter contest for sailins
canoes. In answer to this suggestion
the club offered an International
Challenge Cup as a perpetual chal-
lenge sailing trophy, the conditions
of which were drawn In substantial
accordance with that established for
the Americas Cup for larger yachts.
The first challengers were Messrs
Baden-Powell (brothers of the dis
tinguished general Of that name) and
Walter Stuart of the Royal Canoe
Club of London and the English ca
noeists were defeated during the sea-
son of 1885. Two years later the,
challenge was repeated without sue
cess and since that date the competi-
ton has been between American and
Canadian canoe racing experts. Be-
ginning in 1890 five attempts have
been made by northern canoesists to
lift the cup in each attempt the chal-
lengers have been defeated by the
trophy defenders.
The sailing canoes used In these
contests are perhaps the most per-
feet sailing craft in existence, for they
have been SO developed as to permit
of carrying a larger sail spread In
proportion to their size than any
other craft in existence. The canoes
are decked over so as to be water
tight with but small cockpit left
above the water line. Across the
deck is rugged a sliding seat twice the
width of the canoe permitting the
sailor to reach his entire length be-
You'd the windward side of the canoe.
thus forming countsrbalance to the
pressure on the sails. In some of
the previous contests sail area Of
over $50 feet was used but recently
the Canoe Association limited the sail
area to 80 square feet. Capsizes are
frequent but the canoes, being I'M
are soon righted and the
race continued.