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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-26
Contract Let For Dormitorx.

4
We are in receipt ofthe following COM
munication from the State Board of Con-
troll in regard TO the dormitory for Shop
herd College:
AS per "Notice to Contractors" pub
lished in the Manufacturers Record, The
American Contractor, The Washington
Post, The Baltimore Sun and Twelve
West Virginia Newspapers, this Board
received bids up until 200 p. m. of Au-
gust q, 1915, for the furnishing of all ma
terials andlabor necessary for the erection
OF Dormitoy building at Shepherd COL
lege, Shepherdstown, w. Va.
A public opening was held at the time
mentioned above in the Governors re-
cepton room in the Capitol Building.
The bids were found 10 be as follows ::
]. L. Grouse, Greensboro, N. c. So
$500.
Glaize & Brother. Winchester. Va. ST.
oe4OO.
Harris & Spindler, Wheeling. W. Va.
SO, 1900.
Longest & Tessier, Greensboro, N. c.
SO, 5000.
P.Q. Shrake & Son, New Matamoras,
o. SIS, 100000.
Tyree & Thomas, Charleston, w. Va.
SIC, $1,000.
F. o. Trump, Kearneysville, w. Va.
SIS, o97.OO.
Glaize & Brother. Winchester, Va. are
the lowest bidders.
Yours very truly,
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL.
BY J. S. LAKlN, President.
As will be seen by the above letter
Glaize & Brother, of Winchester, are the
lowest bidders and will therefore have
charge of the building OF the new dormi-
tory. As il has TO be completed by Feb
ruary l, 1916. we presume that work will
be started Immediately. Glaize & Broth
er have done good bit of work in this
section and always in most satisfactory
manner. A good deal of regret has been
expressed that F. o. Trump, OF Kearneys-
vile, Gid not get the contract, his bid be-
ing 81 DOB. 00higher than Glaize & Brother.
A latte: letter states that Contractor
Glaize and Prof. Thos. c. Miller will be
in Shepherdstown 10 go over the ground
that work will be stated on Monday, Au-
gust 30th.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-26
HOUSE WANTED.

Wanted, al once, a house ofabout eight
rooms in Shepherdstown. Address b. Y.
Cunningham, Box g7, EIkins, w. Va.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which Is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for ''Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
will get large bottle of the famous
old recipe for about 80 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it SO naturally
and evenly. You dampen sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy
Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02

secreted in the Businesses Of the Paint.
ed hills-camps now abandoned, their
very names almost faded out Of the
memory of mankind.
Midway In this string of edifices the
hotel stood-a rough, implanted, wood
en- edifice, mainly veranda and bar.
room as to its lower floor. /,
jealousy Judith watched the win.
dows of the second floor: and she
alone OF the four detected the face that
showed for one brief instant well back
in the shadows beyond one of the bed
room windows-a face that gIimmered
momentarily with the pallor of a
ghosts against the background Of that
obscurity, and then was gone.
Her eyes alone, indeed, could have
recognized the features of Alan Law
IN that fugitive glimpse.
Two sentences exchanged between
Hopi Jim and a blear-eyed fellow
whom he reused from sodden slumbers
behind the bar sealed their confidence
with conviction: the three fugitives
were in fact guests of the house, oc-
cupying two of the three rooms that
composed its upper story
In the rush that followed up the
narrow stairway, Judith led with such
spirit that not even Marrophat sus-
pected her revolver was poised solely
with intent to shoot from his hand his
own revolver the instant he leveled
it at human target.
Closed and locked doors confronted
them; and their summons educed no
response; while the first door, when
broken in by a whole-souled kick, dis
covered nothing more satisfactory
than an empty room, it's bed bearing
the imprint Of woman's body, but
that woman gone.
From the one window, looking down
the side of the house, Texas announced
that the woman had not escaped by
jumping out.
So it seemed that the three must
have had warning of their arrival,
after all; and presumably were now
herded together in the adjoining room,
which looked out over the veranda
roof, waiting in fear and trembling
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for the assault that must soon come
and in fact Immediately did
But it met with more stubborn re-
sistance than had been anticipated.
The door had been barricaded from
within = REINFORCED by furniture
placed against it. Four minutes and
the united efforts of four men Gnclud-
ing the bleary loafer of the barroom)
were required to overcome its inert re-
sistance. But even when it was down,
the room was found to be as empty as
the first.
Only the fingers of two hands grip
ping the edge of the veranda roof
showed the way the fugitives had
flown; and these vanished instantly as
the room was invaded.
Followed a swift rush Of hoofs down
the dusty street, and a chorus of BIAS
phemy in the hotel hallway: for Ju-
dith had headed the concerted rush
for the staircase and contrived to
block it for a full half minute by pre-
tending to stumble and twist her
ankle.
In spite of that alleged injury, she
never limped, and wasn't yard be-
hind the first who broke from the
hotel to the open, nor yet appreciably
behind him in vaulting to saddle.
Well up the road a cloud of smoky
dust half obscured the shapes of three
who rode for their very lives.
The pursuit was off In twinkling
and well ed-Marrophat's mount
leading by nose, Judith second, Hopi
Jim and Texas but little in the rear.
And in the first rush they seemed to
gain; moment by moment they drew
up on the flying cloud of dust.
Judith heard an oath muttered be-
side her and saw Marrophat jerking a
revolver from its holster. The weapon
swept up and to a level; but as the
hammer fell, Judith's horse caromed
heavily against the other, swinging it
half dozen feet aside, and DETECTING
the bullet hopelessly.
The shock of collision was SO great
that Marrophat kept his seat with diff
fculty. He turned toward Judith a
face livid with rage
simultaneously as if taking the shot
as the signal for fusillade, Judith
saw Alan lean back over his horses
rump and open fire.
An instant later his companion, Bar
Gus, initiated his example
In immediate consequence, Texas
dropped reins, slumped forward over
| the pommel, wabbled weakly in his
saddle for a moment, then losing the
stirrups, pitched headfong to the
ground; while Hopi Jim's horse
stopped short, precipitating his rider
overhead, and dropped dead.
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signed by you-and your mans as
good as dead this minute, providing
he's in riding distance of this here
car"
Tr1ne waved his hand at his secre-
tary. Jimmy, find a thousand dollars
for this gentleman. Make out the
paper he indicates for the balance,
and I'll sign It,"
Amt you powerful trustful, Mr..
Urine? How do you know I'll do any
thing more'n pocket that thousand and
fade delicately away"
my daughter and this gentleman,
MI. Marrophat, will accompany you"
"Oh, that's the way of it, Is it,"
Manner" interjected the secretary,
tache case for desk.
"Slade," said the bandit, James
Slade." Again Urine punctured the at
mosphere with his index finger. THE
man whose life l want is named Alan
Law. He is running away with my
daughter, Rose, accompanied by a per-
son named Barcus, disguised as Pull
man porter"
THE three Of them having recent
escaped from train wreck up yonder
on the trestle?" Hopi Jim interposed.
You've met them?" Judith demand
ed, whirling round.
About an hour ago, or maybe an
hour and half" Hopi Jim replied, ga
good ways down the road. They
Stunned and whore thov could cot
put up fer the night. / kindly directed
them on to Mesa, down in the Painted
hills yonder."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
A GLASS OF SALTS WILL
END KIDNEY-BACKACHE
Says Drugs Excite Kidneys and REQ
ommends Only Salts, Particularly
If Bladder Bothers YOU

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot Of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with mild, harmless salts which re-
moves the body's urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normal activ-
ity. The function of the kidneys Is to
filter the blood. In "a hours they
strain from 1t 500 grains of acid and
waste, 80 we can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharma-
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in glass of
water before breakfast each morning
for few days and your kidneys will
act fine This famous salts Is made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
neutralize the acids In urine so it no
longer is source of irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive; cannot in
lure; makes delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this, also keep up the water drinking,
and no doubt you will wonder what
became OF your kidney trouble and
backache.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
Forgot His Sweetheart.

Doctor Brandes, the Danish man Of
letters, who recently visited this
country, tells curious story of him
self, says the Chicago News. At the
very moment he had appointed to
keep tryst with his sweetheart he
was deep In Hegel.
With passionate desire to reach
a comprehension of the truth, | crap:
pied with the SYSTEM began with the
encyclopedia, read the three volumes
of Aesthetics the 'Phenomenology of
the Mind then the Philosophy OF
Law again, and finally the logic. the
natural philosophy and the philosophy
of the mind in a veritabIe intoxication
of comprehension and delight"
The lamentable sequel was that he
forgot all about the young cir! to
whom he had to say good-by.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
Copyright, 1914. by Louis Joseph Vance

planned carelessly, neglecting to eluci.
date the exact fashion of her drop. 81
judged you'd be along presently, and
Well-what luck?"
Her father shrugged with his one
movable shoulder. Mr.. Marrophat
grunted Indignantly. The others shut
fed uneasily and looked all ways but
one-at the girl in mans clothing.
"None?" Judith interpreted. You
don't mean to tell me that after l had
taken ali that trouble-cast the ca
boose loose in the middle of that
trestle at the risk of my life-you
didn't have the nerve to go through
with the businessi"
I'VE went through with It all right"
replied Marrophat defensively; but
as usual, they were too quick for US.
They jumped out and dropped off the
trestle before our engine hit the ca
boose. We smashed that to kindling
woodruff they got away just in time
to miss the crash. And by the time
we had stopped and Gained down the
engineer-well, it was dark and no
way of telling which way they had
run"
The girl started to speak, but merely
dropped limp hands at her sides and
rolled her eyes helplessly.
1--WE do our BEST" Marrophat OBJ
served. I'VE can't be blamed If
something - somehow = always hap
pens to tip the others off"
The girl swung to face him with
blazing eyes. Just what does that
mean?" she demanded in dangerous
voice.
Marrophat lifted his shoulders
NOthing-much," he allowed Il am
only thinking how strange it is that
Mr.. Law can't be caught by any sort
of stratagem-when you are on the job,
Miss Judith"
The girls hands we're clenched into
fists, white knuckles showing through
the flesh. you contemplate puppyi"
she snapped.
But on this her voice failed; for her
Marrophat to the doorway Of the draw
ing room and found it framing
stranger.
Excuse me, friends" he offered in
lazy, semi-humorous drawl. cit pains
me considerable to butt in on this
happy family gathering, but business
is business, same as usual, and / got
to asst you-all to please put up your
hands,
What do you want?" the invalid de
manded.
Why" drawled the bandit, nothing
in particular-only your cash. Shell
out, if you please-gents all and the
lady, too" He ran an appreciative
glance down the figure which Judiths
disguise revealed rather than con
cealed. 'If you'll pardon my taAin
notice." he amended. Perhaps
wouldn't if the lady's clothes didn't fit
her so alfred quick!"
Keep a civil tongue in your head
my mani" Judith counseled, without
any show of fear
At the same time her fathers voice
brought her to her senses.
Judith! Be quiet. Let me deal
with this gentleman. I am sure we
can come to some arrangement"
"You bet your life" agreed the gen.
tleman as the girl mutinously stepped
back. 81 know what I want, and you
all know you got it: SO the name of
the said arrangement is just shell
OUT"
"One minute" the invalid inter-
posed. Don't misunderstood ME: l
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02

guarantee you shall be amply salts
fed. / give you my word-the word
of Seneca Trine."
The eyes of the bandit widened.
mo? Is that so? Seneca Urine, the
railroad king? Sure's you're born
you're him: I've seen your picture
in the papers a dozen times. Well,
now, it looks like I'd drawn a full
house to this pair of deuces, don't it?
You ought to be able to pay something
handsoroe.-''
I'll paJ you far more handsomely
than you dream of If you'll do as /
WISH" Time interrupted quickly. do
me the service / wish-and name
your price: whatever 1t is, you shall
have itt"
Nothing could be fairer'n that!"
the two-gun man admitted suspicious
ly. "But what's the number of this
here service-like you call it?"
Litten to me-" Trine bent his head
forward and jabbed the air with an
emphatic forefnger. What's the life
of a man worth in this neck of the
woods?"
"How much vow got?'
"Pil pay w. ten thousand dollars
for the life of the man I will name"
The eyes of the bandit narrowed
Hold on, my friend: is that what you
call my naming my own price?"
Name 1t, then" said Trine
"Give me a thousand on account" said
the other, "and a paper saying you'll
pay me nineteen Thousand more in ex
change for it and one dead man, prop
erly identified q the one you want
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache. biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged In the IN.
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue It causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
strafghten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
Students Study Grading of Grain.

How the grain markets of the coun-
try handle and grade the farmers pro-
ducts is being studied in a course
which was started at the Ohio state
university last year. The students
taking the course are seniors in the
department of agriculture.
The students are given lectures on
market distribution and study the
field crops Of the world. In the labor
atory they study the grading of grain,
testing it as to weight, color, percent
aga Of moisture, quality, soundness
aea kind. Samples of ear corn and
grain are received from farmers in
the Franklin county and from grain
exchanges in the primary markets.
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recent i'll temper and set himself diplo-
matically to adjust the differences be-
tween his daughter, Judith, and his
first lieutenant, Marrophat.
1t was no facile task: Marrophat
could not be trusted to work with a
single mind because of his infatuation
for Judith; Judith could no more be
trusted faithfully to serve out her VOW
to bring Alan Law to her fathers feet,
alive or dead, because-O cruel irony
Of Fate!-she herself had fallen in
love with that same man whose death
she had pledged herself to compass.
Only when, as now, half mad with
jealousy, determined to see Alan dead
rather than yield him to the woman
he loved, her sister, might Judith be
counted upon to serve her father in
his lust for vengeance as he would be
served-and even so not without Mar
rophat at her elbow to egg her on
through her resentment Of his surveil-
lance. Neither could be trusted, in
deed, to work alone to the desired con,
summation; for Urine had secret rea-
son to fear lest Marrophat might,
given opportunity, connive at Alan's
escape in order that he might marry
Rose and so throw Judith back into
his, Marrophats, arms.
Poor, deluded fool!
Such was the private comment OF
Marrophat's master.
For all that, it was the man and not
his daughter, whom Trine designated
to lead the expedition, cunningly
counting on Judith's chagrin to work
upon her passions and excite her to
one last. mad, blind attempt that
should prove successful.
Smiling his secret smile, Urine an.
nounced his decision at the last mo.
ment, while Hopi Jim waited with his
horses and an assistant-one Texas
for whose utter innocence of scruplee
Mr.. Slade unhesitatingly vouched.
Sullenly submissive, at least in out.
ward seeming, Judith bowed to this de-
cision, marched out of the car, and
suffered Marrophat to help her mount
her horse.
4NOW, OCl1OCi dSCiyy oo VIC tittlC Cd
cade rode through the moonlit desert
night, the girl Unanswered her horse
to the side of Hopi Jim, and then
dropped back, permitting Marrophat
to lead the way with Texas.
As deliberately she set herself to
work upon the bandits susceptibility
to her charms.
Within an hour she had him ready
to do anything to win her smile.
In that first rush of golden day q
thwart the land, the party came quietly
into the town Of Mesa, riding slowly In
order that the noise of their approach
might not warn the fugitives, who
Hopi asserted confidently would still
be sound asleep in the accommoda
lions offered by the towns one hotel.
1t was to be termed town only In
courtesy, this Mesa: struggling
street of shacks, ramshackle relics oil
what had once been a promising com
munity, the halfway station between
the railroad and the mining camps
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on toward the west, by this trail. II
either Of you care to follow me"-the
automatic flashed ominously in the
sun glare-"it will be with full knowl-
eoge OF the consequences. Mr. Mario
phat VIII enlighten you if you have
any doubt of my ability to take care Of
myself in such affairs as this. If YOU
are well advised, you will turn back
and report failure to my father
And what shall / tell your father
from your" Marrophat demanded
sharply.
What you please" the girl replied
flashing an impish smile over-shoulder.
But, since when l part company with
you, part with him as well-for all OF
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SYNOPSIS.

The trey of hearts is the death sign"
employed by Seneca Urine in the pri-
yate war of vengeance which, through the
agency Of his daughter, Judith, a woman
or violent passions like his own, he wages
against Alan Law, son of the man, now
dead. who was innocently responsible for
the accident which rendered Urine help
less cripple. Alan loves Rose, Judith 9
twin and double but in all other respects
ner precise opposite. Judith promises her
rather to compass Alan's death, but un-
ger dramatic circumstances he saves her
lie, and SO, unwiIlingly, wins her love
thereafter Judith is by turns animated by
If Rose
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
Terrier Is 4 Vegetarian.

Mrs. M. r. L. Freshel of Boston,
president of the Millennium Guild. an
organization which opposes the slaugh-
ter Of animals, has Yorkshire terrier
chat is vegetarian. Sister, as the
terrier Is known, according to Mrs.
Freshel, has never eaten meat. This
Ia what Sister likes: Lentils, peas,
beans, celery, carrots, radishes, let
tuce, apples, nuts. eggs, oatmeal and
buttered toast.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
CHAPTER XXXVIl.
Firepiay.

Fireplay.
Contented with the promise Of a
thousand dollars advance on his con-
tract, providing he returned with
horses within a stipulated time, Mr..
Hopi James Slade drifted quietly away
into the desert night.
Well content, persuaded that the
morrow's sun would never set upon a
world tenanted by one Alan Law, that
monomaniac, Seneca Urine, forgot his
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Cau9nt the Skuiker CnaWareS-
me, you may tell him to go to the
DEVIL"
We'll, Mr.. Marrophat admitted con-
fidentially to Mr.. Slade. I'm damned!"
And that amt ALL" Mr.. Slade con-
f1ded in Mr.. Marrophat, whipping out
his own revolver: You're being held
up, too. I'll take those guns of your'n,
friend, and what else you've got about
you that's of value, including your boss
and when you get back to old man
Urine you can just tell him, with my
best compliments, that I've quit the
job and lit out after that daughter Of
his'n. She's heap sight more attrac-
tive than nineteen thousand dollars,
and not half SO hard to earn!"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-02
CHAPTER XxxVllI.
The Upper Trail.

In the ten minutes delay necessi-
tated by this reverse, number of
more or less innocent bystanders
picked up the man Texas and carried
him off to breathe his last beneath a
roof; Hopi Jim picked himself up.
brushed his person tolerably clear Of