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tall, slender girl. Her eyes were
almost on a level with his own
Don't you want to tell me, dear?"
HE never gives me a thought" he
said. COMPRISING his lips. He thinks
Of no one but himself God, what
father!"
Freddy. dear! You must not
speak"
Haven't I some claim to his con-
sideration? Is it fair that should be
ignored in everything, in every way?
I won't put up with it, Lydial I'm not
q child. I'm a man and 1 am his SON
Cad, might as well be a dog in the
street for all the thought he gives to
me-"
She put her finger to her lips, a
scared look stealing into her dark
eyes. Jones was conducting the two
old men to their room on the floor
below. A door closed softly. The
voices died away.
He is a strange man." she said
He is a good man, Frederic"
ITO everyone else, yes. But to me?
Why, Lydia, II believe he hates me
You know what"
"HushI A man does not hate his
son. I've tried for years to drive that
silly notion out of your mind. You"
ooh, I know I'm a fool to speak OF
it, but II can't help feeling as I do.
You've seen enough to know that I'm
not to blame for it either. What do
you think he has done? Can you
| guess what he has done to all of US 7''
| She did not answer. We'll, I'll tell
you Just what he said in that wireless.
Il was from the Lusitania, twelve hun
| dred miles OF Sandy Hook-relayed, ]
suppose, SO that the whole world
might know-sent at four this after
noon I remember every word Of the
cursed thing, although / merely
glanced at it Send the car to meet
| Mrs. Brood and me at the Cunard pier
Thursday. Have Mrs. Desmond put
the house in order for its new mis-
tress- By the way, you might inform
| her that l was married last Wednes
day in Paris It was signed James
Brood not even father What Dc
you think OF that for thunderbolt? p
Married." she gasped. Your IA
| Their married.
"'Put the house in order for its new
Mistress he almost snarled. THAT
message was a deliberate insult to me
LYDIA nasty, rotten slap in the face
1 mean the way it was worded. Just
! as If it wasn't enough that he has
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GET FAR FROM ALL DANGER
In the Breeding Season condors Roost
in the Most Broken and
Inaccessible Places.

Theirs is a splendid specimen of the
male condor in q glass case in the
bird room Of the Children's museum in
Brooklyn Though nc stands ~ feet
high. the spread Of his wings is nine
feet
The condors live throughout the
Andes, principally in Chile and Peru.
Their favorite haunts are the level OF
perpetual snow" writes Miss Anna 3.
Gallup in the Museum News During
a portion of the year condors rOost IN
the trees on the lower mountain
slopes. but in the breeding season (ths
summer months Of November and Dc
cember) they retire 10 the most
broken and terrific precipices, 10000
TO $4,000 feet above the sea level,
where no other creature can dwell
There. on a ledge or shelf Of rock, the
female lays two white eggs nearly
four inches in length Sometimes she
places q few sticks around them, per-
haps to keep them from rolling out OF
place
After about seven weeks. in Feb
ruary or early in March. the young
hatch, entirely covered with soft white
down that afterward turns to a brow n
color"
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tors from whom / received only tempo
rary relief. decided to give Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound q fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash / have
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, ass
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record Of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands Of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem TO
prove this fact
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound viii help yOu,WFite
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidential) Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter viii be opened.
read and answered by woman,
and held in strict confidence.
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time As for Lydia, pretty little
Lydia, he adored her. His heart be
gan for the first time to sing with
the Joy OF youth, and the sensation
was a novel one. It had seemed to
him that he could never be anything
but an old man.
It was his custom. on coming home
for the night, no matter what the hour
may have been, to pause before Lyd-
fa's door on the way to his own room
at the other end of the long hall.
Usually, however, he was at home
long before her bedtime, and they
spent the evenings together. That she
was his fathers secretary was of no
moment. To him she was Lydia-his
Lydia
For the past three months or more
he had been privileged to hold her
close in his arms and to kiss her good
night at parting! They we're lovers
| now. The slow fuse Of passion had
reached its end and the fame was
alive and shining with radiance that
enveloped both of them.
On this night, however, he passed
her door without knocking. His dark,
handsome face was flushed, and his
| teeth were set in sullen anger. With
his hand on the knob Of his own door
he suddenly remembered that he had
failed Lydia for the first time, and
stopped. A pang Of shame shot
through him For a moment he hest
tated and then started guiltily toward
the forgotten door Even as he raised
| his hand to sound the loving signal
the door was opened and Lydia, fully
dressed, confronted him For a mo
ment they regarded each other il
silence, she intently, he with astonish
ment not quite free from confusion
"I'm-Tm sorry. dearest" he be
gan, his first desire being to account
| for his oversight
Tell me what has happened?
can't be that your father is ill-or il
danger. You are angry, Frederic; 81
it can't be that What is it?"
He looked away su1lenly. "Oh, it!
really nothing, suppose. Just an un
expected Jolt, that's all. I was angr!
for a moment"
you are still angry" she said, lay
ing her hand on his arm. She was
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Body at home to object, persistently
and effectively. to the specific over
crowded street car. the badly paved
road, the encrOaching doorstep, the
neglected yard, the malOdorous cess
pool, the irresponsible motor car and
the reckless raiiroad-especially If he
have any personal part In the main
tenance Of similar abuses If the ten
dency OF these evils we're rightly ap-
pretended, Il q part only Of the ef-
fort that IS expended, presumably IN
objecti1g TO generaiized. foreign and
futile subjects were bestowed On sDs-
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EMMY pointed out. from the stand
point Of antiquity, is much older than
other organs Of the various animals.
and therefore entitled to be investi-
gated first. Biology demonstrates, he
says, that in the gradual development
Of animal life the tail was perform
ing various important functions and
working like q Trojan possibly CEN
turtles before the animal ever began
to dream that it might also be nice TO
have paws, or jaws or legs. He hopes
his present exhaustive and profound
treatment Of tbs subject win sort Of
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Black IS White
GEORGE BARR NIcCUTCHEON


narrow ledge upon which he lay I'M
conscious after misstep in the night.
More than once-aye, more than
dozen times-one or the other Of these
loyal friends stood between him and
death, and times without numbers he,
too, turned the grim reaper aside for
them.
John Desmond, gay, handsome and
still young as men of his kind go, met
the fate that brooks no Intervention.
He was the first to drop out of the
ranks. In Cairo, during a curious Pc
Rod Of inactivity some ten months
after the advent of James Brood, he
met the woman who conquered his ven
turesome spirit-a slim, calm, pretty
English governess in the employ of a
British admiral's family. They were
married inside of six months. He took
her home to the little Maryland town
that had not seen him in years.
Ten years passed before James
Brood put his foot on the soil of his
native land. Then he came back to
the home of his fathers, to the home
that had been desecrated, and with
him came the two old men who now
sat in his huge library before the
cracking fire. He could go on with
| life, but they were no longer fit for
its cruel hardships. His home became
theirs. They were to die there when
the time came.
BrOod's son was fifteen years Of age
before he knew, even by sight, the
man whom he called father. Up to
] the time of the death of his mother
in the home of her fathers, he had
been kept in seclusion.
There had been deliberate purpose
in the methods of James Brood in SC
far as this unhappy child was con
cerned. When he cast out the mother
he set his hand heavily upon her fu
ture. Fearing-even feeling-the in
fernal certainty that this child was moi
his own, he planned with machiavelliaI
instinct to hurt her to the limit of his
| powers and to the end Of her days
He knew she would hunger for this
baby boy of hers, that her heart could
be broken through him, that her pun
ishment could be made full and com
plete. He sequestered the child in {
place where he could not be found
and went his own way, grimly certain
that he was making her payi She
died when Frederic was eight year!
old, without having seen him agar
after that dreadful hour when, protest
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old men who had sat up half the night
to Learn the contents of that wonderful
thing from the sea, he whirled on his
heel and left the room. One might
have noticed that his lips were drawn
in a mirthIess, sardonic smile. and
that his eyes were angry.
"Oh, Lordy!" sighed Danbury
Dawes, blinking, and was on the point
of sitting down abruptly. The arm of
Jones prevented.
81 never was so insulted in my
began Joseph Riggs. feebly.
STEADY, gentlemen" said Jones
Lean on me, please"
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ing her innocence, she had been
turned out into the night and told to
go whittier she would but never to re-
turn to the house she had disgraced
James Brood heard of her death
when in the heart OF China, and he
was a haggard wreck for months
thereafter. He had worshiped this
beautiful Viennese. He could not
wreak vengeance upon a dead woman;
he could not hate dead woman. He
had always loved her. a few years
after his return to New York he
brought her son back to the house
in lower Fifth avenue and tried, with
bitterness in his soul, to endure the
word father" as it fell from lips to
which the term was almost strange.
The old men, they who sat by the
fire on this wind-swept night and
waited for the youth of twenty-five to
whom the blue missive was addressed,
knew the story of James Brood and
his wife Matilde and they knew that
the former had no love in his heart
for the youth who bore his name.
| Their lips were sealed. Garrulous on
all other subjects, they were as silent
as the grave on this. They, too, were
constrained to hate the lad He made
not the slightest pretense of appreciat-
ing their position in the household;
to him they were pensioners. no more.
no less; to him their deeds of valor
were Offset by the deeds of his father;
| there was nothing left over for a bal
ance on that score. He was politely
/ considerate: he was even kindly dis
posed toward their vagaries and
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thoughtfulness over IT, Prof. Gus
eppe Renato OF Rome, Italy, has de-
voted a lot Of attention to this Ques-
ton. So you see there must be some
weight somewhere about it. Profes-
scr Renato very kindly and solemnly
tells Us that the dog wags its tail for
conversational pLrposes-and IL this
is true, We all know dogs that are
great conversationalists. don't We?
Professor Renato says great injustice
has been done In the past by scien-
lists In not giving animals tails q pro
found study sooner. The tail. be sol
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Mans Inorafitude.

MY employers played me q rather
heartless trick" remarked the man
who is always kicking
Why. I thought they had in
creased your compensation"
Yes But they increased it just
enough to compel me to keep books
and employ an expert accountant TO
figure out my income tax
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cisc and tangible details. If we would
forego the emotional pleasure OF the
impersonaI "muckrake'' to asszil the
evil at our very feet-especially il
each one OF US we're careful TO avoid
offense in matters Of the same kind
our country would surely be a much
fairer one.-Unpopular Review
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Why A DOG wAGs ITS TAIL
Italian Scientist Declares Animal Per-
formN Action for Converse
Mona! Purposes.

Why does a dog wag it's tail? No,
this isn't Foolish Question 41144.> Far
from it. It is a sober, solemn prob
lem which has been given long, care
full scientific Investigation, and which
Is now submitted to us with answer
attached so that we needn't worry our
selves into the slightest degree Of
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female weakness
pain and Irregular
ties The pains N
my sides were IN
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and / had such
awful bearing down
feelings, " as de-
pressed In spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. had six doc
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square matters with the animals. or
rather with their tails, on behalf of
past negIectful scientists generally.
And yet, in spite of the arguments Of
Professor Renato, some OF us viii CON
dnue to exhibit far more interest in
the dental development and prof
cheney Of the dog than In the CONVEX
sationa1 ability shown IA taiIwagging.
won't Ee2-Detroit Free Press.
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Economy.

Mrs. Homespun-Whatu We con-
tribute &c the minister's donation
paTty2
Farmer Homespun-waH. I dunno.
Hammer 'Taters is way up, pork IS
way up. fowl is way uR-wsu save
money by giving him money.
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An ideal husband Il one Who re
mains unconscious Ct the fact that
his wife 8 sEoE1E stout-T0pska
Capital
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Always proud TO show white clothes
Red Cross Ball Blue does make them
white. AL grocers- Adv.
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It's a case OF 1IIIlority rule IN q
home where there is baby
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Some people are proud of their
ignorance
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The Practice CT kicking.
Kicking, Ike charity, should begin At
home t ought to be the duty Of every
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MRS. WILLIAMS
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

EIkhart Ind.:-''I suffered for four
teen years from organic Inflammation,
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kansas City Directory

Ante Lubricating Oils, g. 60 -.
WHOLESALE
Write, can OF wire Is Tor special ElE4ess.
EBFBAL OIL CO. ~ Y.I7e Bz- ssas:s 81 q
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figures show that the charge for
freight transportation is much lower
per ton snile in the United States
than in any of the other important
countries, including even those
which have government ownership.
The ton-mile revenues on the rail-
ways in various countries are as fol-
lows United States, 729 mills; Bel
GUM, LA cents; France, 13 cents;
Germany, 1.S7 cents; Austria, las
cents; Norway, 1.6 cents; New South
Wales, '1.76 cents; Australia, 1S4;
United Kingdom of Great Britain, 2.39
cents. These figures show that the
railways in the thickly populated
British Isles charge over three times
as much as is charged in this country
Here is another comparison. In Ger
many, where traffic is heaviest, the
railroads move only 5S2 tons. one
mile per capita per annum, while in
the United States, far more sparse
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PRISONERS FINED AND
SENTENCED TO WORK
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
pelle today follow
A general inventory and appraise-
ment has been filed in the county
court by ID. T. Branson, admiuistrat.
or of the estate of IHurum Branson
and Rebecca Branson. The estate
consists of three lots in Crescent,
valued at $780, and a note valued at
5000.
C. A. Sanderson, administrator OF
the estate of e. E. Sanderson has fill
ed in the county court a general in
ventory. The decedent left no prop
erty. The administrator was appoint.
ed in order that a real estate mort
gage, which was paid in full by the
mortgagor to E. r. Sanderson and
her husband, prior to her dea.h,
could be released of record and title
cleared. a
II. C. FRANKIE, administrator OF the
estate OF Carl FRANKIE filed his report
in the county court Saturday. He
asks for a final discharge.
IA. H. Bateman, Lawrence Miller
and C. S. Potter have been appointed
by the county court as appraisers Of
the estate Of III. P Toulouse.
Tn, ho
F. Oehmann, an order has been issu-
In the county court assigning all cf
the personal property Of the estate TO
the widow and minor children, after
the payment Of the funeral expenses,
expense CT last sickness and the ex-
pence of administration.
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IF BACKACHy OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take giass Of
Salts to flush out Kidneys
Drink plenty water.

Uric acid in meat excites the kidneys,
they become overworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like Jumps of lead The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irri-
tated, and you may be obliged to seek re-
lief two or three times during the night.
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush off the body's urinous waste
or you'll be a real sick person shortly.
At first you feel dull misery in the kid
ney region, you suffer from backache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu-.
matte twinges when the weather is bad.
. Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four ounces
of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful
in glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon ihice,
combined with lithiae and has been lsed
for genelntions to clean clogeed kidneys
and stimulate them to, normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine, so
it no longer is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
'Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active Druggists here say
they sell lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble.
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Why NOT STRIVE
FOR THE S1O0 PRIZE

The Leader on Oct II, printed the
ombined offer of the New York Inde
PENDENT, Mayor Nissley and The
Leader for 1900 word prize story on
"The Best Thing in Our Town" The
aggregate prize to the winner will be
s12O.
In response to the offer eight stories
have been submitted to The Leader.
OF these but four have complied with
the rules of the contest. To make the
offer of the Mayor and The Leader
lvailable, ten stories must be submit
&, On Nov. 15 The Leader will
lrward the stories received to the
dependent. whose offer of 500 COW
rs the United States. Several more
it9ries are nseded to make up the
saota called for by Mayor Nissley.
What is the best thing in ypnr town2
E AXE try. The Leader will request
he Independent to return all Guthrie
tories after it has duly appraised same
or publication in The Leader. The
contest closes Nov. Is.
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: COAL MINES IN STATE
~ = SHOWING BIG DECREASE
tcoNrrNusu FROM PAGE ONE,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
Haskell county during the year, be
cause here are located the Sans Bois
mines, the only ones in the county
1t was in an explosion OF these mines
several years ago that 15 men lost
their lives. These mines, however
are being put in shape, and they will
undoubtedly be started during the
next year. Stripping operations on a
large scale are to be started N tne
on4 lehigh field during the year also,
lis understood that the operat-
ing company has ordered a seven
cubic yard steam shovel to do the
work. This shovel will be larger
than any similarly employed in the
United States.
Thlrty-five Deaths.
Thirty-fiye men lost their lives IN
the, mines of the state during TOE
fiscal year coyered in the report
Thirteen ofathese men were covered
in cave-:n of Mine No. of the
Union Coal company Their bodics
could not be recovered. This hap
pened on September 4, 1914. The
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TREAT AMERICANS AS
THEY TREAT U.s." Is HIS
ADVICE

Naco, Ariz., Nov. S.-Four Ameri.
cans released at villa Verde yester-
day by General villa after three times
having been condemned to death, ar
rived on American soil here today and
narrated their experiences as volun.
tary Red Cross workers among Villas
wounded on the battlefield of Aqua
Prieta. The party consisted of DR.. H.
II. Thigpen. Dr. Chas. II. Miller and
two chauffeurs, A. l.. Wilson and j. d.
Pylant The two physicians tDok to
their beds upon their arrival as a re-
suit OF their experiences and an all
night tramp through the mountains
General villa flew into a rage, Doc
tor Thigpen said, when he learned
the Americans could not guarantee
the passage of his wounded over
American territory to Juarez
"Treat the Americans as they treat
us, he is quoted as having said to
his aide. do as you please. Turn
the artillery on Douglas and put these
men in front of the infantry
Orders Them Killed,
Intercession by Gen. Rafael Naive,
coupled with fear of retaliation upon
families of Villa and his subordinates
in the United States was responsible
for the safety of the Americans, Doc
tor Thigpen said.
When subordinate reported to
Villa that Carranza troops had been
permitted to cross American territory
to aid General Gales in defending
Aqua Prieta, Villa again sought ven
geance upon the Americans. In a rage
he heaped excoriations upon their
heads and finally ordered them killed. |
Believing in the efficacy of prayer
the four Americans knelt among the |
wounded ON the battlefield while the
waited.
"The Mexicans about us were i'm
said Doctor Thigpep, "and /
the intercession once more of General
Naive, who suggested. the execution
not be carried outountil tile families of
villa and his Officers fpuld be recalled
from the United s'states, spared us
once more. Gff"N ~
Shoot You, Myself"
Il asked Villa if might talk to
lim,' said Thigpen.
III you say word to me, I'll shoot
you myself" he replied
The four Americans were marched
o Villa Verde, where for the third
ime they were condemned to be shot.
General Naive, who followed them,
-gain interceded this time with Gen
'ral Rodriguez, who had arrived from
Jaco Shortly afterward they were
to make their way as best
hey could
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number of nonfatal accidents for th'
year was 1863.
There were el,94O tons of leaC
md zinc produced, requiring the ser
vice of 490 men, working 2, iS4o days
This shows an increase OF 2,392 tons
over the fiscal year of 1914, which
production was 1851 toas.
"There were LAS to1s Of asrhaI'
produced in the above namel ieriod
requiring the services of % mer
working 179 days. This shows de
rease in production of this materia'
over the year of 1914. This Is ao
counted for from the fact tnat OIL
sne asphalt mine was oleca.ing dur
ing the year"