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James, who was trimming the wick of the oil lamp. For the last year and a half this room had served as head quarters. Many financial puzzle had been pieced together within these dull, drab walls; many dream had gone up to the ceiling, only to sink and dis sipate like smoke. There were no pie lures on the walls, no photographs. In one corner, on the floor, was a stack of dilapidated books. These were mostly old novels and tones dealing with geological and mathematical mat ters; laughter and tears and adven- ture, sandwiched in between the dry positiveness of straight lines and squares and circles and numerals with out end; D'Artagnan hobnobbing with Euclid! Warrington was an educated man, but he was in no sense scholar.
 James applied a match to the wick, and the general poverty of the room was instantly made manifest.
 Well, old sober-top, suppose we square up and part like good friends ?"
 q am always the sabib's good friend"
 Right as rain!" Warrington emp tied his pockets upon the table; silver and gold and paper "Eh? That's the stuff. Without it the worlds not worth a tinkers dam Count out seventy pounds, James,"
 Calmly James took sovereign after sovereign until he had withdrawn the
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that her sailorman had been negli- gently married all the way from Yoko- hama 10 Colombo. She was free of him
 Warrington spread out five-pound note and laid ten sovereigns upon it. There we are." he said genially; "all paid up to date"
 You go 'way?" the smile leaving her pretty moon-face. You like?" with gesture which indicated the parlor and its contents. Be boss :? Half an half?"
 He shook his head soberly. She picked up the money and jingled it in her hand.
 'Goo'-by!" softly.
 "Oh. I'm not going until next Thurs day"
 The smile returned to her face, and her body bent in a kind of kotow. He was so big, and his beard glistened like the gold leaf on the Shwe Dagon pagoda. She understood. The white to the white and the brown to the brown; it was the law.
 Warrington went up to his room. He was welcomed by screech from the parrot and a dignided salaam from
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be kept in such state of activity that the feed will be utilized in the making of flesh and wool and there will be no waste.
 With the wide range of roughage that can be grown upon the farm no keeper can have q reasonable excuse for not supplying his flock with a fre- quent change of feed. It is not neces- sary that several different rations be compounded and fed alternately, but rather the feeding of variety each day. Any program of rotation is un- necessary, but vary the bill of fare If clover hay is given in the morning, feed oat straw at noon and corn stover at night. This may be reversed from time to time and other things substi- tuted Do not feed an abundance of any one thing, even though it is rel ished and greedily consumed by the flock.
 It is not so important that the grain ration be varied, but the wider the range of grains that go to make it up the better Especially is this true when pregnant ewes are being fed Grain rations that are highly nutritious should be fed with caution, for after sheep have reached maturity they take on flesh very easily, and it is not ad- visable that they carry large amount of surplus fat.
The Spectator., 1915-02-19
SYNOPSIS.

Warrington, an American adventurer. and James. his servant, with a caged par rot. the trio known up and down the IT, rawaddy as Parrot & Co. travel along the road to the landing. bound for Rangoon to cash draft for 3oo.O00 rupees. Elsa thetwood. rich American girl tourist, sees Warrington come aboard the boat at the landing. and. amazed at his likeness to her nance. Arthur Ellison. asks the purs- er to Introduce her. He tells her that warrington has beaten syndicate and sold his oil claims for e20.O00. Warning ton puts Rajah. the parrot. through his tricks for Elsa and warns her against acquaintance With unknown adventures
 himself. tn fact. They pass two golden days together on the river.
The Spectator., 1915-02-19
Feed Farm Scraps.

The waste from growing crops, the grain scattered at harvest time, the litter from the barnyard at feeding time. the scraps from the family ta- ble and the bugs and worms in the grass-all these will go far to main tain sizable flock of poultry, so that the outgo will scarcely be noticed.
The Spectator., 1915-02-19
Job for Winter Dave.

One of these winter days is a fine time to rig up flaming mill and fan the small grain you expect to SOW the coming spring. It is expensive to put off this job until you are ready to SOW. and it is a good deal more expensive not to do 1t at al'
The Spectator., 1915-02-19

and settled down. There you have it.. I'm in search of happiness. That's the Valley of Diamonds. When find that, Martha, you may fold your hands in peace"
 Grant it may be soon! I hate the Easti" And l have just begun to love it. ]"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
H. M. Cottrell Quits Rock
Island

Announcement has been made Of
the resignation OF II. M. Cottrell, ag-
ricultural commissioner of the Rock
Island railroad, who has been chosen
agriculturalist Of the farm develop
ment bureau of the Memphis Bust
ness Mems club. Mr.. COttrell's re-
signation will take effect August 10.
Before taking his position with the
Rock Island Mr.. COttrell was con-
nected with the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college and the Colorado Ag-
ricultural college. In his develop
ment work with the Rock Island Mr..
Cottrell has taken leading part In
farm betterment movements in Kan
sas which have led to better seed,
sIlos, diversified crops and the intro
ductlon of new crops such as milo
maize and feterita.
In his new position Mr.. COttrell
will face the proposition of convinc
ing Tennessee farmers that diversi'
flying OF crops is better than llmita'
tion to cotton alone. No successor
for Mr.. Cottrell has been chosen. =
Topeka Capital.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06

From all accounts 1t would appeAr
that they had quite an exciting time
At the picnic at G. G. Ragsdale's last
Saturday. When the storm came up
there were a number OF teams tied
along q wire fence and the lightn-
ing killed one of Pinkey Gray's driV-
ing ponies and knocked down nine
others. Among the number tied TO
the fence was mare belonging to j.
| G. Llttleton, with two months old
colt tied at her side. While the mare
was uninjured the tightening knocked
/ down the left hip and the right ear
of the mule colt. Several people
we're shocked by the tightening.
Willie Barrett receiving the most
severe one, but at last account he
was getting along all right. In addi-
ton to this the officers attempted to
arrest young man for an old offense
but as they could not produce a
warrant he defed them and finally
made q getaway. Then Myles Bride,
of OchiltrOe county engaged In light
with Ona Ragsdale, and knocked him
down. The officers arrested Bride
and Justice of the peace went out
there and fined him 1880. 1t Is
stated that the boys present had
lot of fun guying the Ofilcrs.-BeaVer
County Republican.
w. E. Lilly, took In the big demon
stnation of farm machinery at Hutch
inson last week. He was greatly In
terested in the working Of the var
ious kinds of farm implements, and
he stated that among other things
demonstrated was q machine In
vented by a young Kansas man, that
threshes the grain direct from Tile
field, thus saving the expense OF mar
yesting with header or binder. This
machine strips the grain from tht
stem. leaving the straw standing II
the field. He says that II the lnVen
ton proves q success 1t will complete
ly revolutionize the harvesting O
small grain. Beaver County Repub
lican.
A deal was made last week whereof.
Kelly Shaw and Tom Kidd oecam
the owners of the Owl Drug Stor
that was formerly run by M. W. Lee
While this store has been closed 10
several weeks, the new owners hav
begun in earnest to take care OF Tn
trade and have been serving creaI
and cold drinks and selling drugs TIL
week like old hands. We predict
good busin, IS for these boys an
know they will merit their share
I the patronage -Forgan Eagle
I Miss Bessie Printz returned Frlda
l from a pleasure trip to Colorado
! FL. Rhiness Of Plains was here
business Saturday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06

Mrs. E. O. Love and niece of Ty-
rome, were here on business Monday
Mrs L. T. Leneve and daughter,
Mrs. F. o. Fessler, of Hooker, were
Liberal shoppers Saturday. They re-
turned to Hooker Sunday. While in
town they were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Hiebert
The j. R. Bolin and Robt. Hall
families returned the last Of the
week from a several weeks trip to
New Mexico. Mrs. W. @. Steward,
who accompanied them, will visit rel
atiYes in Colorado Springs before re-
turning.
Theshing machine whistles are
heard in every direction these days.
The harvest is over and threshing
and marketing the big wheat crop is
the next thing on the docket. Good
yields are reported everywhere, and
with the high prices paid for every
thing the farmers should all be rid
ing in automobiles before Christmas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Sheriff's Sale No. 1928

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given
that under and by virtue of Judge
ment rendered in the District Court
In the County of Seward, in the
State of Kansas, in an action where
in F. S. Macy was Plaintiff, and
Harvey G. Chapman and Ethelyn I.
Chapman, his wife, we're Defendants
and of an execution issued on said
Judgement, to me directed and de-
livered, l will on Monday, the 9th day
of September, A. d. 1915, at 10
o'clock a. m. of that day. at the West
Front door of the Court House In Lib
eral the County Of Seward, In the
Stateof Kansas, offer at Public Sale
andsell to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, the following tracts
of land, situate, lying and being
In the County of Seward, in the State
of Kansas, namely: Lots 8, 10, II, II,
IL, IA, II, IS, Block 2. Baughman's
Addition to Liberal, Kansas.
o. e. DoBsoN,
Sheriff Of Seward Co., Kansas
Sheriff's Office, Aug. 3, 1915.
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State Of Ohio. City OF Toledo. / 9.
Tlpaa County oo'


Lucas County, ""
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he ID
senior partner Of the firm OF f. ]. Cheney
q Co., doing business in the City OF To.
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence. this 9Th day Of December.
A. ID. 1885 -
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON,
! Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists. TIC.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Pianos For Sale

The Molthop Co., can furnish the
Jannsen and many other kinds on
reasonable terms. Call at residence,
Bird and Jordan Ave. Phone Pa.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06

Guy Hickman of Tyrone was here
on business Wednesday,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Chautauqua Attractions

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Sunshine n
stem him the WORLDWIDE
vimo
ti
Fomns he's
Heb whth securesu b@t
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What acnmbnah
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sometimes dranden chanting
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liberal STARTS AUG: 7TH
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
Built Over Caverns.

The ground under the city of San
Salvador is full of caverns of un-
known depths A man was once dig
ging well there At the last stroke
he gave with his pick the bottom fell
out. and he and his pick fell through.
nobody knows where At least SO
they say"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
CRafTER XIII.
Linda Petersham.
Copyright, 1918,
By Hesketh Prichard

"a YOVEAiBER JOE had hidden me
IN farewell at the little siding
i known by the picturesque
name of Silent Water
''Spect you'll be back again. Mr..
Quaritcl. as soon as you've fixed them
new mining contracts. and then. may
be, we'll try wolf hunt There's q
tidy pack comes out on the Lac Noir
ice when it's moonlight"
But the shackles of business are not
SO easily shaken off. and the spring
had already come before another va
cation in the woods had begun to
merge into possibility. About this
time Linda Petersham rang me up ON
the telephone and demanded my pres
ence at lunch
but / am engaged" said l. What
is it?'
II will tell you when you come.
want you"
made another effort to explain my
position, but Linda had said her last
word and rung off. smiled as ! call
ed up the picture of small Greek
head crowned with golden hair, pair
of dark blue eyes and mouth wear
ing rather imperious expression.
The end of it was that went, for
have known Linda all her Life. The
Petersham family consists Of Linda
and her father. and. though in busi-
ness relations Mr.. Petersham is a pow
er to be reckoned with. at home he ex-
lists for the sole apparent purpose OF
CARRYING out his charming daughters
wishes. 1t Is a delightful house to 60
to. for they are the happiest people |
know.
found myself the only guest, which
surprised me, for the Petersham MAN
sion has Il reputation for hospitality.
james. want you to do this for
me. | want you to persuade pop not
to do something"
II? persuade him? You don't
need me for that-you. who can make
him do Or not do anything. just rs you
wishr'
Il thought could. but find can't. >
How is that?''
well. he is set on going back to
Kalmacks
"Kalmacks? | know it is the place
Julius Fischer built up in the noun.
tains. He used to go shooting and
fishing there"
THAT is It. It's Il place you'd love
lots of good rooms and standing way
back on n mountain slope. with miles
of view and n stream tumbling past
the very 6onr Father bought it last
year and With it all the sporting rights
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ayes, MIR. Petersham." said he In All
swer to question When you went
away last fall | did think things was
settling down a bit. but week ago
while Puttick was OH the eastern
boundary thought I'd go up to Senns
lake, where last year keoghan had tEa
brookxnetted was making fire to
boil my kettle when Il shot was fired
from the rocks up above, and the next
knew was that ! was hit pretty bad
through this knee.
1T was coming on dark. and | rolled
into bush for cover. but whoever ii
were didn't fire ut ME again | don't
think he wanted to kill me. If he had
he could have put the bullet into my
heart just as easy as in my leg. tied
up the wound the best way | could
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THE tough had red banker tied
showing He had me covered with his
gun to rights all the time
What kind of gun was it?"
II didn't see; leastways | didn't no
tice"
We'll. had he anything to say?"
HE KEEP me that way minute be-
fore he started speaking You tell Pc
tcrsham.' says he. it's up to him to
pay right away Tell him unless he
goes ut once to Buffers cairn and
takes the goods and leaves them there
on the big fiat stone by the rock he'll
hear from us afore evening, and he'll
hear In way that'll make him sorry
all bis life And as for you, Ben Put
tick. you take hint and advise old
man Petersham to buy us off and he
can't be too quick about doing it either.
If he tries to escape we1l get him on
the road down to Prianville After
he'd done talking he made me put my
watch on the canoe that I'd turned
bottom up to get at that rent--and
warned me not to move for half an
hour When the half hour was up I
come right away and tell you"
"Tall or short was hep
Medium like"
(which way did he 60 when he left
your
"West: right along the bank
"You followed his trait after the
half hour was overr'
Puttick opened his eyes. "He didn't
leave none"
LEFT no trail! How's that?" cried
Petersham
But Joe interposed "You mean he
KEEP to the stones in the bed o. the
brook all the timep'
'That's It And anyway If I'd got
~'ooling lookin for his tracks I'd IA rot
bullet In me same as Bill Worke."
ended the little man They're all
watching for us"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
Concluded in nert aUeelc's Banner.
Shoes and Nerves.

Travellers say that the reason why
nervous people don't exist in China Is
because 1t is the custom to wear soft
shoes there. There is no doubt that
hard soled. creaking footgear is re-
sponsible for such nervous wear and
tear as well as physical fatigue in west
ern lands.
Tired feet and tired nerves will find
solace in warm foot bath with a
handful Of salt in It, Move the feet
about or keep them STILL rs best pleases
you, as long MS the water is pleasantly
warm: then dry them with rough
towel and put on a fresh pair of stock
ings.-Family Doctor
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CHAPTER XIV.
Men of the Mountains.

~O the afternoon passed away, and
as it became late we entered
A great tracts of gloomy pine
woods A wind which had risen
with the evening moaned through
their tops and flung the dark waters
of innumeable little lakes against
their moss bordered shores.
noticed that Puttick nnslung bis
rife and laid it among the packs upon
the buckb beside him, and when
ever the road dipped to more than
usually somber defile his eyes. quick
animal. darted and peered into the
shadows The light of the sun was
fading when there occurred the one In
eident of our journey II was not OF
real importance. but think 1t made
an impression on all Of us. The road
along which we, were driving came
suddenly out into an open space, and
here in front of shack of the rough
est description a man was engaged in
cutting logs As we passed he glanced
up ut us, and his face was like that or
some medieval prisoner-a tangle OF
wild beard mass OF grayish hair
and among it all pair of eyes which
seemed to glare forth hatred. There
was something ominous about the
wolfish face.
1t was already dark when we arriv-
ed at the house. long. low building OF
surprising spaciousness. set literally
among the pines, the fragrant branch
es of which tapped and rustled upon
. the windows
We went in. and while dinner was
preparing Mr.. Petersham. Joe and !
went to the room where the wounded
game warden. Worke. lay upon bed
smoking pipe with candle sputter.
ing on !, chair beside him.
-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
A Missed Opportunity.

There goes man | might have
married" said Gertie.
Hef Why, he married his stenog
rapher!'' said Mabel
Know it," replied Gertie. Il ap
fIied for the same job just ten min
1 aales after she was hired" Detroit
Free Press
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His Face Was Like That Of Some
Medieval Prisoner.
Lucky the bullet hadn't touched any
big artery. Next morning era wled
up the hill and lit signal smokes till
Puttick came He brought me in
here" 49,
II suppose Puttick had look round
for the tracks of the feIla who gunned
your" asked November
He did. but he didn't find out moth
ing There was u light shower be
tween dark and dawn. and the ground
on the hill above there is mostly rock
Such. then. was the story of our
coming TO kalmacks. and for the next
two or three days we spent our time
fishing in the streams. the only move
In the direction of the main object Of
our visit being that Joe. whom Linda
insisted upon accompanying, walked
over to Senlis lake and had a look ut
the scene Of Workes accident The
old tracks. of course. were long since
washed away, and | thought. with the
others. that Joe's visit had been fruit.
less until he showed me the shell OF
an exploded cartridge
1.-THE bullet which went through Bill
Worke's leg came out of that found
it on the hill above It's 1915 cen
trail fire rife. an old '7G model"
This is a great discovery you and
Miss l'etersham have made"
Joe smiled There's nothing much
to it. anyway She lost her brooch
somewhere by the lake and was iookin
for 1t when found this Joe indi
Gated the exploded shell. 1.-The noun
tains is full of 1915 guns. 1876 pat
tern, Some years back a big iron.
mongery store down here went bust
and threw a fine stock of them caliber
rifles on the market few dollars
would buy one. so there's one In pret-
ty nigh every house and two and
three in some. Howsoever. it may be
useful to know that him that shot Bill
Worke carried that kind O rifle
STILL we'd best keep 1t to ourselves
Mr.. Quaritch."
"AlI right" said l. by the way,
Joe, there's a side to the situation
don't understand We've been here
four days. and nothing has happened
| mean Mr. Petersham has had nc
word of where to put the $1,000 black
mail these criminals are demanding OF
him."
Maybe there's a reason for that"
Il can't think of any"
what about the sand?"
1.-THE sand?" I repeated
"Yes. haven't you noticed? got
Mr.. Petersham to have two loads OF
sand brought up from the lake and laid
all round the house 1t takes a track
wonderful. ! guess it's pretty near
impossible to come nigh the house
without leaving clear trail. But the
first rainy night. | mean when there's
rain enough to wash out tracks,"
They'll Gomez?
Yes. they'll likely come"
But as it happened Joe was wrong
believe that his reasoning was cor
rect enough. and that II was the feal
of leaving such marks as would enable
Us to gather something Of their iden
tity that kept the enemy from pinninl
upon our door the letter which finally
arrived prosaically enough in cheaI
store envelope that bore the Priam
ville postmark The contents Of thi,
letter were as follows:
Petersham. you go alone to Butler
cairn II o'clock Friday night, Take tn
dollars along; youi be met their and cal
hand II over
! Below was rude drawing Of cot
fn.
Petersham read the note out to Jo
and myself.
/ "Where's Buffers cairn?'' he asked.
Il know it, said November but
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
When In Shreveport
Get Shaved at
Rettig's
and Read Signs of Good Times
44-tf
NeA York's Broadway.

Few New Workers know that the
Great Broadway was once called Great
George street in honor of the English
king 1t was afterward known as the
Blo0mingdale road before it acquired
the name of the broadway" which
was subsequently changed to Broad
Eay.-New York Telegram.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
Not Like the Plane,

1osi Dealer Why don't you wheel
.ne barrow along more quickly, PATTI
ss.ss hot very hard job There's an
.'eaihed plane to relieve you Pat
se. master. the plane may be inclined
~ hane me if ami PearsoD's
Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04

s'eila- What We're the favors at her
sahnpr. Bella Well. all the guests
.s'usht they did her favor by com
s and she thought they did her n
asor Of leaving.-New York Sun
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04

ahp multitude that does not reduce
3 .sse'' 10 unity is confusion. the unity
as',' aocs not depend upon the multi
ssle i tyranny.- Paschal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
A Difficult Wife.

An Englishman thus described the
wife of his bosom i'm his will:
Heaven seems to have sent her into
the world solely to drive me out Of it.
The strength Of Samson. the genius of
Homer. the prudence of Augustine, the
skill of Pyrrhus, the patience Of Job,
the philosophy Of Socrates, the subtlety
of Hannibal. the vigilance Of Hermog-
enes. would not suffice to subdue the
perversity Of her character
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-09-11

Take a tip from the squirrel and
prepare for winter-Wood-S sullivan
Hardware Co.-Adv S9t6