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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

forth under ever of the darkness and remove his overcoat and shoes. as several men of this company had done
 Rain is more serious here in Pi- cardy. where the clay holds water on the surface. Despite gutters and roofs rain always gets into the trenches somehow.
 When it rains," said a soldier with heroic carelessness, you get wet. That is all there is to it."
 learned that several men. i'll from dampness, had been sent to the hospi- tai.
 Death Loses Its Terrors.
 The following story illustrates how little preoccupied with death these men are:
 One day the men in the rear guard trench decided to send & soldier to fetch water from a village two kilo- meters Q.2 miles) away. It was a fine, warm day and they wanted to wash themselves. An hour later the soldier returned with two pails Of wa. ter. which all were eager to use, but they lacked towels.
 One soldier said he would get some from the advance trenches, where there were several He went ducking down the zigzag passage which con- meets the trenches, and which. because of its length, is named Rue Lafayette, after the longest street in Paris. All the trenches are named. There is a Rue de Ia Paix. an Avenue de lOpera and the grand boulevards.
 Killed, But Towels Are Saved.
 They waited, but the soldier did not return and another went 10 hunt for him. Finally he saw the soldier with the towels in his hand and his head bent to the earth. A call brought no answer. The man had rashly lifted his head above the ground and was in stantly shot through both temples. The soldier who told this story took the towels from his dead comrsde and calmly returned to wash himself.
 What would you expect?" he asked It might have been my turn half an hour later. There was no use in wcr rying"
 That night two men went and got the body of their comrade and buried it.
 No Word of Rebellion.
 During the entire two days l lived with these men l did not hear a single word of anger or revolt. They ques toned me eagerly for war news, about what the people were saying in the cities and what the opinion was in the allied and neutral countries. They expressed the hope that the war would not last much longer. and some sighed when thinking of their wives and chil dren, photographs of whom they showed me. But always they were good humored. It was az if new and simplified souls had formed within them adapted to the present ext-sor dinary circumstances.
 From the lieutenant and the captain whom the men treated respectfully. as both were leaders as well as com rades; from the thoughtful young civil engineer. now a common soldier, who one realized, was accustomed to a life
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Not Ready.

Put on your helmet an your red shirt. Silas, there's big fire down the road a piece"
 "Shucks, l cant go. My shirts in the washtub an the old woman's out in the garden fillin' my helmet with a mess of beans. s."-BnmiHgham Age Herald
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03
True to Type.

The Customer-These grand opera phonograph records are no good. can't get anything out of half of them.
 The Salesman-They are our finest achievement. You never can tell when these records will sing. They're so temperamental.-L Opinion.
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We'll Provided For.

Mrs. Emberg-I suppose the little Neurich baby has everything in the way of toys?
 Mrs. Watkins-Yes, it even has a rattle-headed girl for a nurse.-Puck.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

The optimist rejoices that the world Is full of sunshine. So does the avn ing maker.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

Smile on wash day That's when you use Red Gross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than snow. All grocers. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

Many a school boys life is made miserable by trying to learn the multi plication table
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03
Not Necessarily.

Pop, tel. me one thing" What is that, son?" Do windfalls come from cloud bursts?"
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Veal, wat.ry Eyes and Grsnulsted Eyeids; No Snartins- just Eye comfort Write for Boob of the Eye by mall Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co.,, Chicago.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-01-03

Many man who boasts of being ne soul of honor needs half sOling.
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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.

A fcud has existed between Colonel Ar
thur Stanley and his cousin. Judge Lamar
Stanley. over an heirloom, tho diamond
from tho sky found In fallen meteor by
an ancestor Also, tho succession to the
Stanley enrldom In England may come to
an American When a daughter In born
to the colonel and the mother dies, the
colonel buys gypsy boy and Substitutes
him, Three years later the gypsy mother.
having had no part In this bargain steals
the girl being reared In secret, and leaves
her son undotcctod as the heir The gyp-
~ has obtained possession Of tho diamond
from the sky. and document with the
Stanley secret When Esther Ia grown a
beautiful young girl, Hagnr now gypsy
queen. returns to Virginia with her. Dr.
Lee. the late Colonel stanleys friend.
adopte Esther. hut dcmnnb that llagur
turn over to him tho diamond from the
sky, Arthur Stanley, son Of llngur, falls
In love with Esther and go docs hlH COM
panon and cousin. Blair Stanley, rghtful
male heir of stanley In stealing the dia.
mond Blair C1usca the death OF tho doc
tor. outside s Arthur scfonidlng Esther
Blair. escaping, mfow that he hns left
Esthcr'a room. Arthur forces him to
fight duel In which Blair Do only
stunned. He tries, with tho uld " h.H
mother to place tho blanc Tor tho murder
OF Or. Lee upon Arthur who now hua Che
diamond. The sheriff attempts Go mko
Arthur but he eludes his tumueu and
ioina llngar, who reveals his Identity and
upbrnds him Tor hla Wild lie Needing
money he pnwns the diamond ln Rich
mond Blair he In Richmond. and he. too,
Ia forced TO visit the pnwnnh0p, The two
agree TO stand by each other AZ ball
ut which a supposed New York belle Is
the guest NJ honor, they are stunned To
ind tho diamond on tho visitor. She Ia
an adventures who has borrowed H.
While llagar Is telling the "bcllc's' for.
tunc Luke lowell, HaFnr'a gypsy guari
Hisaln tho diamond and to avoid detection
drops II into a mail box. A sheriff tries
TO arrest Arthur on the murder charge
Ho escapes ON Richmond on a freight
train. The diamond passes into mail
bag, which lost from wagon and n
picked up hi Quabha. an organ grinder
ouabba'E monkey steals the diamond and
leaves It In . nest In tree. Arthur Is
robbed by hoboes, who leave him In tat
tors. lie seeks work at farm. IIagar
takes Esther to live at Stanley hall An
old time tournament il held. Arthur at
tends In disguise, proves himself the best
knight. defeating Blair. but Ia betrayed
by the latter TO the sherii. Quabba. In
jest. handouts the shorlr and Blair,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

cello hunt was riding to hounds. The
Monticello hunt. rival social organ
lzntlon OF the next county, made II a
point TO hold fox hunt always upon
the day that the elite OF Fairfax coun-
~ held their masked old time tourna-
ment. II you were socially prominent
In Monticello you must consider that
no such thing as the Fairfax tourna.
ment ever took place. In turn, the old
families Of Fairfax likewise ignored
the Monticello hunt with Its throng OF
fox pursuers.
Arthur's daring and dramatic escape
had given him considerable lead over
his pursuers. This lend he increased
considerably. and he had quletcd Star
light to less strenuous pace on an un.
frequented road some fifteen miles
from Fairfax when he bcheld the Mon.
ticello hunt in full cry after wary
old dog fox crossing the fields some
several hundred yards ahead. Starlight
was an old fox hunter,
Reused to renewed life and his 10.
tlgue passing from him at the baylng
OF the hounds and the crying Of the
huntsmen. Arthur's no longer jadcd
horse turned briskly from the road and
made after the chnse.
Arthur let Starlight follow his bent,
noting that the way he was taking
across the fields was shorter route
to the safety and shelter OF the Smith
farm.
A small colored boy driving n frac.
tlous pig behed with much interest
and some alarm the travel stained man
and the horse join In the fox chase as
he had drawn to the side Of the road
to let Arthur pass
The colored lad had been nearly
bowlcd over by the hunt stirred Star.
light when that eager animals legs
had encountered the rope which was
attached to the hind leg Of the frac-
tlous pig.
Just ahead OF him, IN n hollow at the
bottom Of the field by n sunken fence.
Arthur heheld the last Of the hunts
men make leap upon his horse, only
to come a nasty cropper and to lay In
a huddcd heap, strangely still, against
storm fclled old tree.
The hunters horse stopped with an
abrupt Jerk az the fallen rcins caught
and held him tightly by one Of IT,
gnnrlcd branches.
Arthur rode over aud dlsmounted.
The hunter was dead, his face bruised
aud dlsGgurcl where II had struck the
log, breaking his neck
Then Arthur remembered the colorcd
boy with the ris and the pursuit that
he had ouidstauccd, The colorc1 boy
would tell which way he had gone
lie had been a fool To leave the high.
way,
Then wild idea seized Arthur This
man was dead and beyond all aid. lie
hul1lclly changed his coat, with lts
white scarf and his plumed hat for
the red hunting jacket and velvet cap
OF the dead fox hunter.
Then, engaging the bride OF star
light to the guarded limb from which
he had Released the dead hunters
horse he changed his mount and eau
tered away.
When Shcrlff Swain niai his posse Of
tournament riders reached the scene,
directed by the colored boy with the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

AFthur Finus the Oead Foh Hunter.
fractous pig, they saw n fox hunter
In his red coat riding away far on, but
at their feet lay. as It seemed to them.
the body Of Arthur Stanley. killed by
a fall from the horse he had ridden so
calamity ut the thrilling Fairfax tour.
nament
Cropping the grass near by the log
against which seemingly his rider had
fallen. the Birdie rein caught In q
gnnrled branch II the fatal tree. was
the horse that they all recognized as
the very steod thai had made the leap
from the grand stand. a leap long to
be remembered In Fairfax.
That night while Arthur. who has
.old all his story to Farmer Smith. IS
being sent upon his way with hearty
yet sad farewells and expressions Of
godspeed by the farmer and his family
he body " the dead huntsmnn with
be bruised face g. borne Into Stanley
iall.
with WA cry Esther recognizes Il
not Arthur hlt rho sllenclu- hand
y H1-ar falls rrpu her lips.
"a gypsy trick murmufs Hagar
She ycarns for ihr SON whom she has
llsowncL hut all N whose sccrefs she
vi'l hold. "Iei them dul oui his rlse
Do all good time" Hagar muiiors 10
'ersclf III will give him the better
'hance TO be Gar and safely on hls
shy"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Taking the heavy poker from tho
fireplace that now was swung outward
into the room. Blair stepped into tho
recess and clossd the hiding place aft
er him.
Here he 1T a candle and furlously
prIed at the old iron bound chest
where, among his fathers papers. his
mother kept the ready money which
she, like her husband had before her,
lent out at heavy interest to sucn un-
fortunntcs as fell into her meshes-
when their security was good.
At Stanley hall, after the departure
of Detective Blake, Hagar ordered her
carriage. II am going to pay call. l
will not be long" was all the informa-
ton she vouchsafcd TO Esther. But
Esther knew that, whatever was the
errnnd that called Hagar away, al
though secret, II was one that was
for Esther's good.
Luke Lowell. who spent his time at
Stanley hall partly and partly as head
man under IIagar at the gypsy rendez-
yous some dozen miles away In hid
den fastness OF the Blue Ridge, brought
around the horse and buggy to the
from, of Stanley hall. At this instant
a diversion was caused by the appear
ance OF hunchback organ grinder
hurrying up the driveway.
II was Quabba, his monkey. shrek
Ing with fright, cllnglng closely to his
masters breast. Behind them came
sheriff sam Swim on horseback, lash
Ing the unfortunate Quabba.
IIagar and Esther both flew to the
rescue OF the poor hunchback.
Hes lucky | am not chasing him
out Of the countyr explained the irate
sheriff. "But for the trick he played
upon me yesterday would have caught
Arthur Stanley. DO you know what
this organ grinding monkey toting imp
OF Satan did,
"why. he handcuffed me to Blair
Stanley. and Arthur Stanley, the muir
dercr, who had the nerve to come rid
Ing ut the mask tournament, got awnyl
| could have this organ grinding scoun-
drcl sent up for Il year for interfering
with an officer In the discharge Of his
duty
81 didn't mean any harm" whlned
Quabha you were teasing and jok.
ing with me. saying you were going to
put the handouts on me, and | only
lokcl with you and the other gentle
man In putting them on you and him"
Young fcllcr,' said the sheriff i'm.
pressiycly, never joke with an officer
OF the law u h. against the peace and
dignity Of the commonwealth Of ylr.
glnin and the law and the statutes that
therein apply" And, having delivered
himself OF this pseudo legal dlctum
the sheriff touched his hut to IIagar
and Esther ana cuntcrcd on
Quabha was wandering, solitary
gypsy Of Italian stock, A word In
Romany fell on his astonlshcd ear
from the lips Of the grandc dame ut
the portals Of this grand house. who
gave orders TO Luke that Quabba be
cured for at the Kitchen Of Stanley
hall
This done, Hagar was prepared to
go upon her mysterious crrand with,
as Esther noticed, the black Gat port.
folio the strange man from Richmond
had brought that day, when her keen
gypsy eye noticed that the horse was
slightly lame.
Half angrlly she ordered Lowell to
return 1t to the stable and after Low.
ell with the equipage and Quabba, the
latter uttering expressions Of his graf
itude, had turned the corner NJ the
great house, 81 am not going so very
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

az Arthur suddenly wheeled his horse
and drove 70 10 the far end Of the
grand stand aud mp the lower stairs
and right In among the spectators.
When the horse reached the center
aisle, the crowd In panic breaking the
seats and benches MS they gave way
before horse aud rider, Arthur turned
the gallant Starlight up this central
passage waved to Esther and lIagar
rs he Numbered by, then, breasting his
horse NJ the bnck rail Of the stand. he
plunged with Starlight down from the
back Of the stand to the ground. some
fifteen feet below
Never had such Wild feat OF horse.
mnnshlp been behcld In Fairfax. home
OF Wild riders.
As with one accord the panic passed
and umult Of curiosity succeeded,
Men aud women who had shrunk In
alarm from the hoofs rcycrheratng
through the wooden ways Of the grand
stand now rushed In one accord up the
aIslcs and over the benches and in
wondermcut bchcld steed and rider,
the dizzy leap made In safety, dsap.
pearing In the distance
Among those who had rushed up the
aisle were Mrs. Judge Stanleys party
and Ilagar aud Esther As the gallant
horse aud rider disappeared In cloud
Of dust down the road vivian Marston
turned and. with hcaving breast and
flashing eyes. openly voiced her ad.
mlration
There Is a man." she cried, "who is
worth Il woman's whileg'
Esther shrank back at the words.
spoken. as 1t seemed. to her, she felt
chill at her heart, and from that mo.
ment she realized that this woman had
crossed her path in life and Arthur's
like some balcnul and yet beautiful
serpent.
The mounted knights charged through
the gateway In pursuit The sheriff.
tossing the key OF the handouts to
Blair, had gained his horse and had
followed after the pursuers.
Shielding and hiding the dangling
handcur as best he could for In his
nervousness he could not open the lock
upon his wrist. Blair cursed Quabba.
the grinnlng hunchback organ grinder,
and rejolned his mother and her
friends
lie bad loosened the handcun at
last. but the mocklng Vivian had In.
sisted II he retained as souvenir Of
what she termed tho leap II the white
knight"
SO ended the last masked t0urna.
ment Of tine knights OF Fairfax. and
the excited dowagers and mnidcns
were driven 10 their homes rccouutiug
the exciting events Of the day. while
their husbands. brothers and fathers
who had come on horseback. were far
on their way In hot pursuit Of the
fugitive
The day had been too much FOR Mrs
Burton Raudolnh's poor nerves" ~
she expressed q. She regarded hri
Falrfay relatives with smo'larng Aul
mostly
What had The Faira- s.auigys do-r
hut break up h'r hlr il Richmond ult'
% shameful at'cndfrf m'1rr'-f $500
now when she hnd come to Fa'rras 70,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

n Nd Mrs. Burton Randolph p
~ turns to Richmond. Viyifn
"a and Blair have quarreled. WV
ian realizes Fairfax VIII DO
dull while 1t feasts upon gossip that
will not interest her. She will return
to Richmond with her friend.
With a woman's prcsclence she real
ICES that Blair's mother intultlvely sus-
poets her. So Vivian Marston thinks
II best to return to Richmond too.
That night the Monticello hunt il mi
nus member Inquiry and investign-
ton bring some OF the huntsmen TO
Stanley hall. The dead man Is identi'
ned for the man he really Is and is
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER XIII.
"Ths Fox and the Pig"

TIME knights OF the tournament,
now frenzied with excitement
pressed on Arthur, cfectually
barring his way to the gate.
These hot headed young Virginlans
had been the friends, comrades aud ad.
mirers OF Arthur from boyhood up, but
the death Of Dr. Lee and Arthur's flight
had filled them with bitter resentment
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

against their former companion Ev.
cryhody IN Fairfax had loved DR.. Lee.
There was none who had been the
recipient Of his genial kindncsses more
than Arthur Hence. when. to shield
Rlalr because he believed he had wronr.
I'd him IN being the usurper heir ofSnn.
ley. Arthur had By his flight and dis
appearance accepted the onus Of guilt
OIL Fairfax was In anger heat against
him
The struggle Of the young horscmcn
sccilnr TO stay and capture the now
betrayed and unmaskcd Arthur took
nlare directly IN front Of the grand
stand.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Far away a colored boy, who had
been driving a pig the day the gentle.
folk Of Fairfax held their yaunte,,
tournament. is playing he Is a hunter
after eagles.
lie has a wooden gun. this colored
boy who herds pigs while gentle white
folk ride TO tournament aud TO chase
the fox. and with his wooden gun he
plays part in the destlnles OF those
concerned In this strange story.
For beneath waysldc tree he finds
a handful Of feathers. "owls I'D darr'
says the mimic hunter. and he drons
the rude wooden gun and climbs the
tree. An owl llcs from it, most with
a querulous scrccch.
That evening on obscure negro mr..
chin. whose lot Il Is that he must AZ.
tend TO swine. leans over a noisome
pen and bangles before an unapprecia.
tive rig. goreins NJ his swill. the dln.
mond from the skyi
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police to withdraw the reward. but
was informed that It was too late for
him TO take such action. Ralston then
had . friend take him to Lebanon In
an automobile and they returned with
Mrs. Ralston about 2 o'clock this
morning.
Works on Farm.
Friends say that Mrs. Ralston as
serts that ever since she left home she
has been working on farm near Leb-
anon. They are inclined to believe
that she has been with her son. Hor.
ace, who, they say, Is not In the good
graces of his father. Mr.. Ralston says
there is no mistake about his wife tax
ing the family savings away with her.
The woman has offered no explana-
ton as to why she left home.
Mrs. Maggie Ralston. wife of Hor.
ace Ralston, but separated from him.
was almost stabbed to death recently
in this city by man who was infatu-
ated with her.
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GETS
PLACE Of ARTS
IN YOUNG LIVES

Since moving picture shows, roo1
gardens and sometimes the saloons
are now the recreation of the younger
generation instead of a study of the
stars or a study Of science. something
is going wrong with society. accord
ing to N. C. Shaeffer. Pennsylvania
educator. who delivered one of the
series of lectures he Is giving before
the Wayne county teachers institute,
which is being held at Chautauqua.
His address was made this morning
and he was discussing the difference
between avocation and vocation.
Vocation, he showed, was the activ-
ity employed to earn livelihood,
while avocation was that activity en-
gagged in when there was not strug-
gle for bread. That which makes
life worth while is avocation, while
that which makes life possible is vo-
cation.
Progress Indefinite.
An indefinite development in cul.
ture and progress and an infinite
growth in thought power can be made
by the student, Mr.. Shaeffer said, If
the teachers would give their pupils
an appreciation of classic literature,
art, music and the higher things of
the heart and mind. The library
should be substituted for the moving
picture show, he said.
The first class teacher, he advised,
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PITTSBURG.

PITTSBURGH. Aug. 27.-Cattle-
Supply, light. Market, steady. Choice
steers, $9.50@9.75; prime steers 50. 90
694O; good steers. $s.50@S.75; tidy
butchers. $s25@S.75; fair, $3.50
500; common. $6.OO@7.00; common to
fat bulls, S45O@7.25; common to fat
COWS, $5.50G70O; heifers, $7.5O@S.25;
fresh cows and springers, none; veal
calves, $l1,50M12.00.
Sheep aid lamb-Supply. light and
steady. Prime wethers, $6.1566.25;
good. none; lambs. $2.5O64.O0; spring
lambs S6.000 $40
Hogs-Receipts. Is double decks.
Market. fairly active. Prime heavy
$7.556760; mediums, $S.l0GS.15;
heavy workers., $s206S.2s; light york.
ers. $s.20@s2S; pigs, $s.20@s.25:
roughs. s550@6.O0. stays, $450@ 500;
heavy mixed. S7.75@7s5.
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MAR K E + S
WHEAT SHOWS LOSS
ON CHICAGO MARKET

CHICAGO. Aug. 27.-Sharp price
losses were again registered today.
wheat losing CSC to 2Ac; corn fell off
1c to 1Mc and oats declined INC to
1kc. The market showed no reac-
ton to speak Of In any of the futures,
and the declines were followed by
heavy selling. Cash sales amounted
to only 10000 bushels OF wheat. corn
1900 bushels and oats 100000 bush
els. Hog products closed irregular but
price changes were narrow and while
pork and lard were easier ribs were
firmer.
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 27.-Hogs-Re.
ceipts. 3,400. Market, steady Pack
ers and butchers, $725@6.25; com.
mon to choice. $4.75@625; pigs and
lights. $7.OO@S.1O; stays. $3.50@4.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900. Market.
steady Heifers. $4.76@7.75; cows,
$3.0Od650; calves, $s.00612.50.
Sheep-Esceipts, $500. Market,
steady Lambs, $4.50@9.00.
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surTELEGRA1

should instill his win and enthusiasm
into the students work when the stu
dent reaches the point where he be-
lieves he Is making no progress and
wants to quit school. When the school
work becomes irksome and displeas-
ant to the student is when the teach
er should make the studies take on q
new meaning and an understanding
of the value OF education.
The reflex influence Of the school
work should be felt upon the emo
tional nature as well as the intellec-
tual nature, Mr.. Sh2effer asserted, be-
cause it is only when the pupils are
happy that they can make progress.
The children can't be given too much
work since in his experience. he said.
he had not found that it interfered
with their appetites or sleep or their
propensities for play and for fight.