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Miss Patty beside him. went over
and looked down into the spring. and
It seemed to me 1t was darker than
usual. 1t may have smelled stronger.
but the edge had been taken OF my
nose. SO to speak, by being there SO
long.
The only thing could think of was
70 empty the spring and let the water
come In plain. l could put little sui
phur In to give It color and flavor.
and II II turned out that Mr.. Pierce
uas right and that Arabella was only
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"l'vs. Put Myself on Trial and Been
Convleted."

cheering for him, and even Mr.. Jen-
nings. who'd been sitting and not say
ing much. said he thought probably
there was something in it.
They ended by agreeing to try It out
for q week. beginning with the morn
ing. when everybody was to be down
for breakfast by seven-thirty. Then.
somebody suggested that II they were
to get up they'd have to 90 to bed,
and the party broke up.
In Q half-hour or 20 I had cleared
away. and I went out to the lobby to
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Minnie, spring house girl at Hope sana-
torium. Tells the story. 1t opens with the
arrival OF Miss Patty Jennings. who Is re-
ported to be engaged to marry prince.
and the death OF the old doctor who owns
the sanatorium. The estate IL left to
must appear on 4 certain date and run
the sanatorium successfully for two
months or forfeit the Inheritance. A case
OF mumps delays Dicks arrival. MI. Tho
burn Is lowering about In hopes OF Sc
curing the place for summer hotel.
Pierce. college man In hard luck. In pre-
vailed upon by Van Alstyne. Dicks broth
and take charge of the sanatorium until
Carter arriveS. Dick. who has eloped
with Pntty's younger sister. DorOtny, ar
rives. and the couple 10 Into hiding IN
tile old shelter house. Fearing to race
Dorothys father. who is at the sanator-
tInue IN the management of the property.
Julia Summers, leading lady of Pferce's
stranded theatrical company. arrives.
She Is suing Dicky for breach of prprpiss.
The prince, under this tncognito of Oskar
Won lnwald. arrives at the sanatorium.
Barnes. character man with Pierces 3 ahow
and graduate n. D.. takes the place Of 81
very much Interested in Patty. shows
strong dislike for invalid. Dick becomes
peevish over the Independent manner IN
which Pierce is running the sanatorinm.
Miss Summers discovers that the DICK
Carter she is seeking II the owner OF the
his love letters from Miss Summers.
breaks Into the wrong room and gets the
wrong letters Miss Summers dog has
convulsions from overeating. The patients
believe II has been poisoned by the doped
spring water.
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The beauty OF the kalsomined coun'
tenance is not even skin deep.
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I, Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundreS
happy. makes clothes whittier than snow
All good grocers. Adv.
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Many a man claims to have the
dearest little wife in the world, when
he really means the cheapest.
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The Heated Kind.

You say he's famous German all
nian?'
YES"
"An aeroplane expert. .eh?"
"No. He has charge of publicity
bureau"
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CHAPTER x.-contlnusd.

CHAPTER x.-Continusd.
He staggered out, with Mr.. Biggs
1ust behind him, and from that mo
ment they were all demoralized. One
by one they left to look for Doctor
Barnes, or to get the white Of egg,
which somebody had suggested as an
antidote. dA
l was alone, looking down at Ara
bella. Or rather. thought was
alone, for there was q movement by
one OF the windows and Miss Patty
came forward and knelt by the dog.
"Of all the absurdities!" she said
"Poor little thing! Minnie. believe
she's breathing!"
She put the dogs head In her lap.
and the little beast opened Its eyes
and tried to wag Its blue tail.
"Oh. Miss Patty. Miss Patty!" ex-
claimed, and ! got down beside her
and cried ON her shoulder. with her
stroking my hand and calling me dear.
est! Ne!
was wiping my eyes when the
door was thrown open and Mr.. Pierce
ran in. He had no hat on and hia
hair was powdered with snow. He
stopped Just inside the door and looked
at Miss Patty.
MY God!" he exclaimed. II thought
you were poispned!"
II am all right" she assured him.
land little Arabella will be all right.
too. Shes had convulsion. that's all
probably from overeating. AZ for
the others" M
Where is the-whers k Won In.
wald?" n
"He has gone to take the white Of an
egg" she replied rather haughtily.
He walked to the window and saw
him looking hard at something out.
side In the snow. When he walked
back to the nre he was smiling. and
he stopped over and poked Arabella
with his finger.
so that was it," he said. Full to
the scuppers. poor little wretch! Min.
ME. am hoist with my own petard
which in this case was q boomerang
Which is In English" asked.
with the instinct Of her sex. Ara
bella has unearthed what was meant
to be buried forever. She had sorged
herself into q convulsion on that rab
bit / shot last night"
/. They went to the house together. he
carrying Arabella like sick baby and
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sToDAY's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY Q. Terrence.
JOSEPH MEpILLi PATTERSON,
ssTopAY, is THE RICH.
EST{WAR CORREsp0NbEN.


Joseph Medill Patterson, who has
been warming his heels at the edges
of the great European conhagration.
was born in Chicago SO years ago to.
day. He is perhaps the wealthiest
war correspondent In captiyity-nea..
ly all Of the members Of that profes
sion being now more or less in cap.
tivity-as he is a scion Of the famous
Medill.P Patterson family which has so
long controlled the destinies OF the
Chicago Tribune, and which is allied
with the McCormicks, OF harvester
fame. Mr.. Patterson was educated at
Yale, and in 1900 he acted as war
correspondent for the New York Ev.
ening Journal. Since then he has
been reporter. assistant Sunday edi.
tor and assistant editor Of the Chicago
Tribune, a member Of the Illinois
House OF Representatives, Chicago
commissioner OF public works. war
correspondent in Mexico and Europe,
a journalistic reformer and dramatist,
and has engaged in various other ven.
lures. He is the author Of "The Fourth
Estate" Dope" and "a Little Broth.
er of the Rich" Mr.. Patterson is a
son Of Robert W. Patterson, who edit.
ed the Chicago Tribune from 1893 IN:
til his death in 1910. The elder Pat.
terson was son.in.law Of Joseph Me-
dill, who was largely responsible for
the upbuilding Of the Tribune to a.
place among the greatest newspapers
of the world. When Joseph Medill
began his connection with the Tribune
in 1856 by buying third interest in
the paper, 1t was printed on a hand
press and had circulation of only
few hundred copies. In the subse-
quent years Chicago grew by leaps
and bounds. and Joseph Medill and
his paper grew with It, absorbing sew
erai contemporaries, including the Chi.
cago Democrat, the city's first news
paper. Mr.. Medil! abandoned jour-
nalism for a time to act as mayor OF
Chicago. but In 1874 he obtained a
majority interest in the Tribune and
exercised full control of the paper
until his death in 1899. After the
death of Medill and his son.in.law,
Robert W. Patterson, in 1910, the edi-
torial and executive management Of
the paper passed to the grandsons Of
Joseph Medill, of the Mccormick and
Patterson families. For several years
James Kelley was employed as gen.
eral manager, but some time ago he
left the Tribune to assume the man
agement OF the Chicago Herald.
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FIRST THINGS.


Thet first telegraph instrument was
completed and the first message sent
over a wire seventy.seven years ago
today, Jan. 6, 1888. Samuel Morse,
the inventor Of the electric telegraph,
and Alfred Vail, his able assistant and
financial hacker, were the brass
Founders" who sent the first telegram.
The experiment was made with wire
three miles in length. The code used
was the invention Of Alfred Vail, an
uncle Of the present head Of the Bell
Telephone Company, and consisted Of
a series OF dots and dashes, since IN.
iversally but enormously called the
Morse alphabet" Wallis father had
promised to help in the promotion
Of the invention II It proved its worth.
but he was a sceptio, and on the day
OF the first trial he, put the scheme to
the test. He wrote. "a patient waiter
is no loser,.s and, handing the scrap
OF paper to his son, said, "If you can
send that and Morse can read It at
the other end Of the wire / viii be con-
WINGED. The message was duly sent
and received, and after a delay Of
four years, the instrument was given
an official test between Washington
and Baltimore.
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to cease their attempts to evade the
responsibility for bringing It about.
We are waging this war; he wrote,
mot in order to punish those who have
sinned. not IN order TO free enslayed
peoples and thereafter TO comfort our.
selves with the unseltsh and useless,
eonsci ousness Of our righteousness!
We wage It from the lofty point OF
View and with the! conviction that Ger
many as atresult Of her achi eyements
and in proportion TO them, Is tusti..
fed In asking, and must obtain. wider.
room on earth for development and
for; working out the possibilities that
are in her. Now strikes the hour
for Germany's rising power. The
terms of peace treaty that does
not insure this would leave the great
effort unrewarded. and the fate Of Eu..
rope would be dependent upon the
United States OF America" Harden
first came into prominence because
OF bic criticisms of Emperor William.
one of which sent him to prison for a
year. Later he uncovered the fam.
Gus round table" conspiracy to intiu.
ence the Emperor.
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Wanted To Make Sure


In a certain Arkansas logging camp
the company maintains physician
who attends the residents Of the camp,
and also the families OF such EN-
ployes as live back In the hills. One
day he was summoned to the home
of a newly hired native, with the as.
surancei that he was wanted power
full bad.r
With all haste he started. winding
up one rough hollow after another,
where the road was a mere tradition,
and came at last to discrepit log
house. AS he opened the gate a hun.
gry.looking woman came to the door
and called:
BE yo' the comply doctor?"
Eyes, I'm the doctor. Who is sick ?"
Don't reckon thar's nobody sick,
doctor" r
well, why in the world did you
send for me II no one is sick?"
Hits this way, doctor; we-uns Is
on the puny order a right smart, an
mought need yo' most any time. MY
ole man said yo' sure would come
whenever we sent for yo'; but he's
such a no'count liar that I dassen't
trust his sayso. so I wanted to see
TO- myself. An yere yo' be!"-Every.
body's Magazine.
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II talk were evidence the best man
in town would e:convicted.
The uNpENlAnLE TRUTH.

The West Virgniian last fall publish
ed the exact figures of the estimates
for levy for the years 1918 and 1914
which were published over the sigma
ture of the city clerk, showing that the
increase in salary and wages alone in
this city for the first year under o Big
Four Farce government was in round
numbers $4,000. This was denied,
and we offered to forfeit 500 in cash
II any person would show a'single tig-
ure in that statement that was not
taken. from the official records Of the
city. Do you want to continue this sys-
tenn for three years more till the term
OF these commissioners expires, or will
you save this $50, 900 by asking the leg
islature to make the change now?
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The HYPocRITIIc,ALEPLEA.
The Democratic politicians Of Fair h

~ Il = / q
The Democratic politicians of Fair.
mont signed o telegram and many Of
I them went % Charleston to protest
against q non:partisan charter for
Fairmont which provided for only
three commissioner stating that it
was "too expensive, and with this n.y.
pocritica1 plea on their lips they had
the audacity TO ask for four commits.
sioners. This Is q matter Of record
which we have and ~ can be proved in
any court.
I These Democratic politicians told
Me Democratic senate that the non.
artisan plan was q Republican mea.
Pire. They dare not tel, the incoming
legislature that the new charter is a
republican measure. That would In.
Slre its passage without: bubble. 1t is
u Republican nor Democratic; it is
ssolutely non:partisan, as much SO as
ne municipal reformers have never
been able to make In any city govern.
bient. The Bureau OF Municipal Re.
search. q national Organization that
has made an exhaustive study OF mu.
nicipal governments, says that the
Dayton charter Is the best ever writ.
Ten. The Fairmont charter has every
good and progressive provision that
he Dayton charter provides.
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Current Comment
CURLING A CRAZE

The opinion OF a convention Of coun
ty official In Oregon that the states
new marriage law. necessitating ply.
steal examination Of all male appli-
cants for license, has proved extrem-
ely undesirable in practice and ought
to be repealed. should cause faddist
retormers in other sections Of the
county to do a little sober thinking.
OF all the }.teugenic. statues resulting
from the recent activity Of profession:
al busybodies this was about the most
invasive Of! the rights Of the individual
and obnoxious to public sentiment.
It Is the history Of such laws that
they cannot be enforced. In many. IN.
stances officials merely go through
the motions Of carrying out the pro.
visions. Persons living anywhere
near the state line take q trip across
It to get married. That was wiscon.
sins experience with an even less
rigorous statute.
Probably as time goes by the more
radical epgeuists win perceive the,
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oNLYAwEEK REMAINS.

Do you know that It Is now only one
week until the legislature meets, and
that the legislature is the only place
where we can get the Fairmonti charter
corrected? What are you willing to
do to get the city government placed
on an economical basis? This is not
q political question. The new charter
gives no party advantage. The cleo.
ton boards cannot be packed with
members Of any one party and no party
will have a majority on any election
board in the future II the new charter
IS adopted. VIM you, Democrats, So
cialists. Prohibitionists and Republi,
cans, help to circulate a petition TO
effect this change II you are requested
to do so? Let US hear from you.
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Best Stories.
Henry,s Hone.

There isa certain man Of remark.
able cheerful and optimistic turn of
mind. His wife, on the other hand,
takes things seriously and has no
small difficulty in accommodating her.
self to the peculiarities Of his friends
when. as not intrequently happens,
they differ from her own.
Henry" said she to her husband
one evening when she had returned
home more or less agitated by some.
thing. What do you think they say
about Mrs. Eaton, the bakers wife?"
4 am sure ! don't know" shaid the
husband. Nothing serious, I hope"
They say they can tell when she's
going 10 have callers by her washing
the children's faces! Now, you're a
pretty sanguine man, Henry, but what
on earth can you hope for a woman
like that?"
"well,r said Henry, II suppose all
we Gun hope for is that she enter
tains good DEAL"
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a PosTMAsrERl GENERAL EoF
GOVERNMENT oWNERsHIP.

= Il ~ ~ ~ y X
An important feature OF Postmaster
General Burleson's annual report Is the
renewal of his: urgent, recommendation
that Congress take over the telegraph
and telephone lines Of the United
States, making this q government mo.
nopoly, chiefly on the ground that they
are indispensable. to the dissemination
OF Information and intelligence, and
Inherently as well as constitutionally
belong to the postal service"
Speaking Of his report Of a year ago
the Postmaster General says:
In that report reference was made to
the anomalous condition in this coun.
try under which the telegraph and tel.
ephone utilities, being vehicles for the
public transmission OF intelligence, In.
fringe upon function reserved by
the Constitution to the national govern.
ment.
They inherently, as well as consti.
tutionally, belong to the postal service.
The firm conviction OF the department
is here reiterated that the telegraph
and telephone service is inevitably
monopolistic, and, when operated un-
der private control. does not render
the maximum of public service at the
minimum cost to the whole people.
1t Is an interesting fact that, where
as politics of government have been
advocated and some adopted, the con-
stitutionality Of whicvh have been
seriously questioned, the principle Of
government ownership and control of
the telegraph and telephone finds its
greatest strength in the constitution.
This opinion has been shared by yir-
tually all postmasters general Of the
United States, who have held that the
welfare and happiness Of the nation
depend upon the fullest utilization OF
these agencies by the people, which
government ownership.
AS a vital force in national defence
practically all governments, our own
Excepted, monopolize the telegraph
and telephone. Mr.. Burleson partic-
ularly urges that the service in the
PHILIPPINES, Hawaiians and Porto
Rico be taken over and operated by
the postal department as strengthen
ing the national government in its
outlying territories.
Congress ignored the recommends
ton a year ago, but the outbreak of n
worldwide war since that time puts
a somewhat different color on the prop.
osition. If the administration con-
cludes to back the Postmaster General
In his government ownership program,
something 1t has so far RETAINED from
doing, the taking over fthese facil.
tiles for the transmission OF intelli'
gence will become an issue Of first i'm
portance in the next two years.
j .-. J. 2
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wisdom Of relying upon a continuous
campaign OF education rather than leg.
islation to further their propaganda.
There is much that can be done and
is being done to impress the rising
generation with the Importance Of
right living and the dangers to pos
terity from the opposite course Of
conduct. Even this work Of instruc.
ton is now being promoted with more
intelligence and discretion than when
its age.old principles were first
launched, as II they were brand
new discovery, upon a startled world.
1t is realized that reform must come
The rapid.fre reformers are begin.
ming to subside and leave this really
important duty to those who are bet.
ter qualified both by temperament
and training. This is encouraging
and indicates that some practical
good may be accomplished.-Pitts-
burg Gazette Times.
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Z now that naughty merchant prince
x in accents sad does say:

q now that naughty merchant prince
in. accents sad does say:
chorus:
It was IN o kitchen that / seen l,er
first,
Now ] think with greet my loving
hart will burst
For she left me long ago
For salesman from Saint. 10,
It was in q kitchen that Il seen her
first.
I think that is PERFECTLY exquisit,
sed Ma, why donnt you throw sc into
the stove?
You haven't herd the second verse
yet, sed Pa.
/! No. Sod Ma, q what is ymoarl / doant
believe shall ever hear It seekausp
! am going to read this story In the
magazeen about them brave solgers
lying oaver thare in the trenches.
That Is the way It always goes, ssed
Pa, solger with a uniform on him
can hold woman's attenshun wen o
geenyus Is forgotten q neglected by
her. E 4 IN 8ls !,
I doant agree with you, sed Ma, q
woman always thinks q lot Of q igeen.
yus. Lord Byron q Mister Burns
were idol.ized by the ladies.
Then why deant you motifs me . SEQ
Pa.
Why, sed Ma, whatever put the
noshun. into yure he'd that you are d
geenyus2 I newer thought OF you
that way. Excuse me, deer, Ma sed.
Then Pc threw his song In the
stove.
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LITTLE boobies PA
BY William +. Kirk

Wife, sed Pa, have a crate skeemj
for song now.
You have aways got got crate
skeem for song, sed Ma, but sum-
how or other | don't see you ever
putting any across SO we git any mum
ny. Well, suppoas l may as we'll be
pashunt, what is the new skeem?
1t is vary, touching idee, sed Pa,
1t is about rich man witch married
a poor littel working gurl. Wud you
like to hear It?
] doant suppoas It wud malk much
differns wether I liked to hear it or
not, sed Ma, go ahed.
The title Of this song, sed Pa, is a
vary apeeling one, tits called It Was
In Kitchen that l Seen Her First.
That is vary Appealing, sed Ma, In
fack, 1t is so Appealing that 1t is ap-
palling. Fire away with the song.
Bobbie & are are used to 1t.
& then Pa red his song:
tverse.
A rich & naughty merchant prince
who In crate state did dwell
Happened to be one morning in q
small country hotel.
He waited in the dining room about
hour or SO
& wen no waitress did appear to the
kitchen he did go. r. !ds-
Twas thare within that kitchen that
he saw the gurl he loved
AS in a pan Of nice fresh dough her
dainty hands she showed
At onst he did propose to her & mar.
ried her that day
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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.
In speaking OF persons faults.
Pray don't forget your own.
Remember. those with homes OF glass
Should seldom throw stone,
|If we have nothing else to do
But talk Of those that sin,
|'Tis better We Commences at home
And from that point begin.
We have no right to Judge a man
Until he's fairly tried Il
sbeuld we not like his company,
We know the world IS wide.
Some may have faults-and who has
not
The old as we'll as the young \
Perhaps we may, for aught we know,
Have fifty to their one.
I'd tell you Of a better plan.
And find It works full well;
To try my own defects to cure
Before Of others tell:
And though sometimes hope to be
No more than some know,
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all when We commence
To SANDER friend or foe,
Think what harm one word would do
To those we little know:
Remember, curses, sometimes. like
Our chickens, "roost at home;"
Don't speak of others faults until
We have none Of our own.
Exchange
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ner Of Republication invite all, who
entertain views like unto mine, TO
join me with willing hands and hon =,
est hearts In determined EFFORT to
redeem Old Writ from the political
Disgrace into which she has fallen
and to do our full share. as good
citizens, toward advocating. uphold.
Ing. advancing and perpetuating the
principles Of the Republican party
county state and national.
p Editor Mitchell has been the brains
and the Sbulwark OF the Democratic
party Of Writ county for many years.
He has been the iparty's oyertowering
genius In that county. But for his
counsel and his advice to his neigh:
bors, 1t is fair to say it would have
Joined the family Of Republican com.
munities in this immediate neck OF
the woods long since. In the bitter
school Of experience he has learned
that the Democratic party as an In
strument Of government is a failure.
no matter how plausible 1t has seem.
ed as an agency of opposition to the
policies and principles of Republican.
ism. In his role of critic OF the works
Of the dominant party during the last
score of years Mr.. Mitchell filled an
important part. For the unimagina.
tive task of apoligizing for watchful
waiting. paralyzed industry, and war
In the time of peace, he hasn't the
stomach. Asa political foreman Edl.
tor Mitchell's Judgment has been re
spected. AS an ally, counsellor and
associate he will be welcomed Par.
kersburg Dispatch News.
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100000, andwhich cannot be reduced
under the present extravagant sala-
ries? Would a good business man who
Is running behind in his business not
want to establish an economical man
ner of running his business and would
he not advocate retrenchment under
the circumstances? II he would, he
should be willing to apply the same
system to public affairs.