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HAD TO ALLOW THE PENSION
Statesmen Did Not Understand Ma.
ture Of Disease, So How Was Any
Other Course Possible?

Representative Murray of Oklahoma
and Col c. C. Harris Of Alabama, for.
merly an officer in the Confederate
army. sat discussing a bill pending in
the house committee on pensions.
Harris is strongly opposed to most Of
the pension bills and Murray, on the
other hand. is equally insistent that
most Of the bills should be passed.
Some of Murray's arguments are un-
usual.
Here's a man who has a disease
that can't even pronounce" said Har-
ris, running his finger along a dotted
line leading to the name of the all
ment. How am l to know he con-
tracted such a disease as that in the
army? Or that II amounts to any
thing?" =
That's Just the point" declared
Murray. TITS disease that you and
know nothing about We can't even
pronounce it. Who are we to say
that 1t isn't q serious disease? The
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Reme's Colossal Fish Pond.

The duke of Sermoneta who is acting
as president of the committee formed
In Rome to promote the independence
of Poland, ranks among the greatest
landowners in Italy, Fogliano, his es.
tate near the Pontine marshes. extend
ing to $4,000 acres, mainly under
grass, for the duke owns vast herds of
cattle. The most productive portion
of the estate, however, is lake sew.
eral miles long and about mile in
breadth, which. from the time Of the
Roman empire downward. has sup.
piled fish for the market in Rome.
Whenever there is a flood by rain on
the hills the lake overflows through
a narrow channel into the sea- The
sea fish find their way through into
the lake. and remain to fatten In the
fresh water, and then are captured on
their return by an ingenious labyrinth
constructed OF reeds into WHICH they
swim. They are Of the best kind
chiefly gray mullet.
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SORROWS OF THE NEUTRAL
Seem to Be Caught Between
Two Fires.

The neutral Is living in a world in
which vexatious and costly inroads are
constantly being made upon his means
of.subsistence. The responsibility for
his losses lies between two maraud-
ing powers Each Of them Indignantly
repudiates all imputations of misbe-
havior and Indignantly accuses the en-
emy. Each of them claims that the
way to prevent any further marauding
Ia to hand the keys Of the storehouse
60 him and to lock out his opponent.
Great Britain insists that Germany
cannot have 1t both. ways. Germany
Insists that Great Britain cannot have
II both ways. The insistence of each
that the other Cannot have 1t both
ways does not prevent both from seek
ing to have It both ways. The result
-.ca the lajs of the ,belligerent OF this
--sSnndiation OF all the rules remains to
10 aeen. but its results on the fortune
- the mere neutral is crystal clear.
I,hsn a uumbsr Of big belltserents are
-'. s..s-ss. .ds.-, = ss.-.l4s
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CHAPTER xx-Continued.

After moment, in which the Mar
quise d'Esclignac gazed at the bougain-
villea and wondered how anyone could
admire it's crude and vulgar color. Miss
redmond asked:
"Did you ever think that the Due de
fremont was in love?"
Turning shortly about to her niece,
her aunt stared at her.
''In love. my dear!"
with Madame de Ia Maine"
The arrival of Macame de la Maine
had been a bitter blow to the Mar
auise dEsclignac. The young woman
was. however. much loved in Paris and
quite in the eye of the world. There
was no possible reason why the Mar
auise d'Esclignac should avoid her.
"You have been hearing gossip,
Julia"
Il have been watching a lovely
woman" said the girl simply, "and a
man. That's all. You wouldn't want
me to marry man who loves another
woman, ma tante. when the woman
loves him and when love another
man."
She laughed and kissed her aunt's
cheek.
Let us think of the soldier" she
murmured. "let US think just of him,
ma tante. will you not?"
The Marquise dEsclignac struck
her colors.
In the hallway of the villa, in a
snowy gibbeh (and his clean-washed
appearance was much in his favor),
Hammet Abou waited to talk with the
grandmother" and the excellency.
He pressed both his hands to his
forehead and his breast as the ladies'
entered the vestibule. There was a
stagnant odor of myrrh and sandal
wood in the air. The marble vesti-
bule was cool and dark. the walls
hung with high-colored stuffs, the
windows drawn to keep out the heat.
The Due de fremont and Madame
de la Maine came out of the salon
together fremont nodded to the
Arab.
Il hope you are a little less" and
he touched his forehead smiling, to
day. my friend"
IL am as God made me, Monsieur"
What have you got today?" asked
Julia Redmond anxiously. fixing her
eager eyes upon Hammet.
1t seemed terrible to her that this
man should stand there with a vital
secret and that they should not all be
at his feet. He glanced boldly around
at them.
There are no soldiers here?"
No. no. you may speak freely"
The man went forward to fremont
and put paper in his hands, unfold
ing It like chart.
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SYNOPSIS.
~

LIE Comte de Sabron. captain of French
cavalry, takes to his quarters to raise by
hand motherless Irish terrier pup and
names 1t Pitchoune. He dimes with the
Marquise d'Esciignac and meets Miss Ju-
lila Redmond. American heiress. He is or
dercd to Algers but is not allowed to
take servants or dogs Miss Redmond
his master. runs away from her The
marquise plans to marry Julia to the Due
de fremont. Pitchoune follows Sabron to
Aisiers. dog and master meet and Sabron
gets permission to keep his dog with him.
The Due de fremont finds the American
an engagement. falls into the dry bed of
river and Is watched over by Pitchoune.
After a horrible night and day Pitchoune
leaves him. fremont takes Julia and the
marquise to Algers In his yacht but has
doubts about Julia's Red Cross mission.
After long search Julia gets trace OF Sa-
nent turns matchmaker in behalf of Tre-
mont.
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CHAPTER XXI.
Master and Friend.

Pitchoune, who might have been
considered as one of the infinitesimal
atoms in the economy of the universe,
ran over the sands, away from his
master. He was an infinitesimal dot
on the deserts face. He was only q
small Irish terrier in the hear. of the
Sahara. His little wiry body and his
color seemed to blend with the dust.
His eyes were dimmed by hunger and
thirst and exhaustion, but there was
the blood Of fighter in him and he
was a thoroughbred. Nevertheless,
he was running away. 1t looked very
much like it. There was no one to
comment on his treachery; had there
been, Pitchoune would not have run
far.
1t was not an ordinary sight to see
on the Sahara small Irish terrier
going as fast as he could.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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And That Spoiled II.

Douglas Fairbanks went to a social
affair the other night and an admir-
ing woman cornered him.
''Oh, Mr.. Fairbanks" she said, your
acting is wonderful"
Thank you," he replied.
Its marvellous how you bring out
the different emotions"
I'm glad you appreciate my work"
"Yes. indeed, you are d great actor"
you are indeed complimentary"
And do you know" the woman rat.
tied on, 81 have a little five-year-old
son at home who acts exactly like you
do"
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"You are quite right, Madame" he
said, "a mans life is at stake and we
stand chatting here. know some-
thing of what the desert is and what
the natives are. Sabron would be the
first to go If 1t were question of a
brothef officer"
The Marquise d'Esclignac got down
from her throne, trembling. Her eyes
were fixed upon her niece.
Julia" she began, and stopped.
Madame de la Maine said nothing.
Robert, you are my godson. and I
forbid 1t. Your mother"
"-is one of the bravest women l
ever knew" said her godson. ''My
father was soldier"
Julia withdrew her arm from the
Comtesse de la Maine as though to
leave her free.
"Then you two girls said the Mar
quise d'Esclignac, thoroughly Ameri-
can for moment, must forbid him
to CO." She fixed her eyes sternly
upon her niece, with a glance of en-.
treaty and reproach. Miss Redmond
said in firm voice:
'In Monsieur de Tremont's case l
should do exactly what he proposes"
But he is risking his life," said the
Marquise d'Esclignac. "He is not even
an intimate friend of Monsieur de Sa.
bron!"
fremont said, smiling:
you tell US that he has no broth
inc Fh hinn 7 will
his brother"
A thrill touched Julia Redmond's
heart. She almost loved him. II, as
her aunt had said, Sabron had been
out of the question
MADAME de la Maine," said the
Marquise d'Esclignac, her hands shak-
ing, Il appeal to you to divert this
headstrong young man from his pur-
pose"
The Comtesse de la Maine was the
palest Of the three women. She had
been quietly looking at fremont and
now smile crossed her lips that had
tears back of it-one- of those beau
tiful smiles that mean so much on
a woman's face. She was the only
one of the three who had not yet
spoken. fremont was waiting for her.
Hammet Abou, with whom he had
been in earnest conversation, was an
swering his further questions. The
Marquise dEsclignac shrugged, threw
up her hands as though she gave up
all questions of romance, rescue and
disappointed love and foolish girls,
and walked out thoroughly wretched,
Mimi tinkling at her heels. The Com.
tesse de la Maine said to Julia:
ma chere, what were the words of
the English song you sang last night
the song you told me was a sort Of
prayer. Tell me the words slowly,
will you?"
They walked out of the vestibule
together. leaving Hammet Abou and
fremont alone.
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great subtlety. He Is either" said
fremont. 'an impostor or remark
able man."
HE is an impostor, of course. !"
murmured the, Marquise 'dEsclignac.
Come here, Mimi"
fremont went on:
Further he will not disclose to us.
He has evidently some carefully laid
plan for rescuing Sabron."
There was a pause. Hammet Abou,
his hands folded peacefully across his
breast, waited. Julia Redmond wait
ed. The Comtesse de la Maine, in
her pretty voice, asked quickly:
"But. mes amis,. there is mans
life at stake! Why do we stand hero
talking in the antechamber? Evident
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IhlS is what monsieur asked me
fora plan of the battlefield. This Is
the battlefield, and this is the
desert"
fremont took the chart. On the
page was simply round circle, drawn
in red ink, with few Arabian charac.
ters and nothing else. Hammet Abou
traced the circle with his fingers
tipped with henna.
THAT was the battle, Monsieur"
"But this is no chart, Hammet
Abou."
The other continued, unmoyed:
"And all the rest is desert, like
this"
fremont, over the mans snowy
turban, glanced at the others and
shrugged. Every one but Julia Red
mond thought he was insane She
came up to him where he stood close
to fremont. She said very slowly in
French, compelling the mans dark
eyes to meet hers:
"You don't wish to tell us, Hammet
Abou, anything more. Am not
right? You don't wish us to know the
truth"
Now it was the American pittcd
against the Oriental The Arab, with
Difference. touched his forehead be.
fore her.
"If I made true plan," he said
coolly, your excellency could give it
tomorrow to the government"
"Just what should be done, Julia"
said the Marquise d 'Esclignac, in Eng
lish. This man should be arrested
at once"
ma tante," pleaded Julia Redmond.
She felt as though a slender thread
was between her fingers, thread
which led her to the door of laby-
rinth and which a rude touch might
cause her to lose forever.
IF you had money would you start
out to find Monsieur de Sabron at
once?"
ut would cost great deal, Excel
lency."
you shall have all the money you
need. Do you think you would be able
to find your way?"
Yes, Excellency"
The Due de fremont watched the
American girl. She was bartering
with an Arabian for the salvation of
poor officer. What an enthusiast!
He had no idea she had ever seen
Sabron more than once or twice in
her life. He came forward.
Let me talk to this man." he said
with authority, and Julia Redmond
did not dispute him.
In tone different from the light
and mocking one that he had hitherto
used to the Arab, fremont began to
ask a dozen questions severely, and
In his answers to the young French
man, Hammet Abou began to make a
favorable impression on every one
save the Marquise d'Esclignac, who
did not understand him. There was
a huge bamboo chair on a dais un.
der Chinese pagoda, and the Mar
quise d'Esclignac took the chair and
sat upright as on a throne. Mimi, who
had just been fed. came in tinkling
her little bells and fawned at the
sandals on Hammet Abous bare feet.
After talking with the native, Tre-
mont said to his friends:
This man says that If he joins a
Jewish caravan, which leaves here to.
morrow at sundown, he will be taken
with these men and leave the city
without suspicion, but he must share
the expenses of the whole caravan.
The expedition will not be without
danger; it must be entered into with
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ly the war Office has done all it can
TO. the Capitaine de Sabron. But they
have not found him. Whether this
fellow is crazy or not, he has won
derful hypothesis"
A brilliant look of gratitude crossed
Julia Redmond's face. She glanced
at the Comtesse de la Maine.
"Ah, she's got the heart!" she said
to herself. Il knew it." She crossed
the hall to the Comtesse de la Maine
and slipped her arm in hers.
HAS Monsieur de Sabron no near
family?"
mo-" said the Marquise d'Esclig-
nae from her throne "He is one of
those unfamilied beings who, when
they are once taken into other hearts
are all the dearer because of their
orphaned state"
Her tone was not unkind. 1t was
affectionate.
Now, my good man." she said to
Hammet Abou, in a language totally
incomprehensible to him, money is
no object in this question, but what
will you do with Monsieur de Sabron
if you find him? He may be an in
valid, and the ransom will be fabu-
lous."
The Comtesse de la Maine felt the
girls arm in hers tremble. Hammet
Abou answered none of these ques-
tions, for he did not understand them.
He said quietly to fremont:
"The caravan. starts tomorrow at
sundown and there Is much to do"
fremont stood pulling his mus
tache. He looked boyish and charm
ing. withal serious beyond his usual
habit. His eyes wandered over to the
corner where the two women stood to.
gether.
Il intend to go with you, Hammet
Abou." said he slowly, "if it can be
arranged. Otherwise this expedition
does not interest me-"
Two women said:
"Oh, heavens!" at once.
Robert de fremont heard the note
of anxiety in the younger voice alone.
He glanced at the Comtesse de la
Maine
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man may have been incapacitated for
years"
Il never thought of it in that way"
admitted the ex-Confederate army Off.
Ger. Il suppose we'lf have to allow the
pension."-Kansas City Star.
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Causes Of American Mortality.

The alarming increase in deaths
from diseases of the heart. kidneys
and blood vessels-17O.0OO in 1914-is,
according to DR.. Louis Faugeres Bish.
op, largely the result of excessive meat
eating
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16

insisting upon having it both ways. the
inoffensve and thrifty neutral is evil
dently doomed to get it both ways
The New Republic.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16
Quite So.

Longevity. after ALL. is largely .
matter Of diet"
Indeed! I had the impression Il
was largely a matter Of time"
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16
Weeks Break Up-A-Coid Tablets

A guaranteed remedy for Colds and
La Grippe. Price Csc of your druggist.
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16

| Even a deadbeat is always willing
to pay an old grudge.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16

Some women put on airs and some
others try to whistle them.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
ago. They regulate liver and bowels-Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16

A henpecked husband reminds us
of a has-been rooster.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16

It's sometimes hard for man to
adjust his religion to fit his business
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-16
Not Groy Hairs but Tired Ev,

Not Gr0y Hairs but Tired Eyes
make us lock older than we are. Keen
your Eyes young and you will look young
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age Murine Eye Remedy Co.
Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request.
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gress and elect a governor in Okla.
oma, the toilers fall easy prey. Elk.
element runs high The laboring
classes clog up the main thorough.
fares and listen to fiery orators storm
the battlements of capitalism. Thick
witted billiards, who have been too
busily engaged handing over unearn-
ed increment to the boss TO know eco
Monies from horned toad, edge in
and become converted. Embryo edi-
tors everywhere, who can borrow a
pair of old shears and get credit from
paper house, set up a weekly to tell
the new converts what Socialism
ought to be, and how to get it. Agile
organizers scurry over the country
side and cajole them into locals
whereupon they become dues paying
members-until after election.
We have known such fledgling COM
rades, who were wont to dawdle lux
uriously over a late egg and coffee
Sunday mornings, tear themselves
loose half an hour earlier in the
height of their zeal and help distrib-
ute few Socialist papers.
When the election is over and ev-
eryone is duly disappointed with the
outcome, ardor crawls into the ice
box, and mushroom members stay at
home to discourage the rest.
CONCRETE IN OUR HEAD
This is quite an involved argument
and is rather deep for us, but we will
try to make it clear We attempted
to find a concrete example to illus
trate what we mean but were foiled.
/ We found the concrete had become
I imbedded among the wheels in our
head and that they refused to move.
What we wish to make plain is,
that, great strides made by the party,
or by any other movement for that
matter, are made by arousing the
emotions of it's supporters. These
EMOTIONS SOON EXHAUST THEM
SELVES, and thus inevitably apathy
follows a wave of great enthusiasm.
We are indulging in no cheap pun
merry when we say that this is the
only real cause of Indifference in the
Socialist party. If we could find out
what Carl d. Thompson has done with
the records OF the Information Depart
ment, we could prove it statistically.
We wish to add that there are some
contributory causes, one of which we
hope to deal with in the near future
if the CONS. promise to raise that
two fifty.
In the meantime we remain,
Yours for the
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EDOUARD VALIANT

| In the death of Edouard valiant,
the Social Democracy of the world
loses another of the great pioneers
who have guided it from the days of
| its birth The roster of the departed
within a few years seems for a mo-
ment like a roster of the Information
| al Congresses. Singer, Bebel, Har-
die, Jaures; five years ago, it would
have seemed as if Socialism would
die without them.
And now the gallont old Commun-
ard valiant! Today there is left but
a corporaPs guard of the old time;
Hyndman, Guesde, Van Kol, Adler,
kautsky, Bernstein, Bax, and possibly
few more who, of course, were con-
temporary with Marx.
valiant was of the type OF which
great revolutions are made. He was
stormy petrol in life, and he died
In the stormiest period in modern
history. Born in the middle class. a
physician and doctor of science, he
early gave un his whole life to the
service of the working class.
From the time of his student DAYS
in Heidelberg to the time of his death.
period of over half century, Vail
liant was in the working class fight
every moment. First a member of
the lnternationale of glorious mem
DRY, then a fighter against Napoleon,
then a leader of the Commune, then
an exile in England; and for the last
thirty-two years he was public Of
f1cial in France as a leading Social
list fighter, the last twenty-three of
which being in parliament.
He helped organize the Second In
ternational. He was a leader in the
light against Ministerialism in 1900:
he was leader of the Marxist fac
ton in the fights that led to a Uni
fled Socialist party in France; he was
cool-headed in thought, fiery in ora
tory, hater of capitalism, and for
every moment of the half century
! That he fought for the working class
he was in the front rank-New York
Call.
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A WORTH WHILE SUCCESS
TION

Tacoma, Dec. IS, 1915.
Editor Northwest Worker.
A Plea for Education
1t should hardly seem necessary to
plead for more education for mem.
bers Of the working class, but we are
sorry to say such is the case. We are
sadly in need or some standard for
teaching our children the indisputabIe
facts of Socialism; that is, facts that
are recognized the world over. We
nave plenty and to spare for the
adults, but when we attempt to teach
class of children, some of us are
"up against it." We do not want Won
to teach our children your ideas be-
cause we do not know what those
ideas are and vice versa That we
are sorely in need Of every advantage
to be obtained for teaching our chill
dren, in order to offset the pernicious
teachings of capitalism, we will cite
one instance: Several members of
our local have boys about seven years
attending public school, imagine our
surprise and chagrin when we see
the little fellows suddenly stand to
attention" and go through a sort of
military drill touching an imaginary
cap, epaulets, knapsack, gun, aim, fire,
bang, etc, accompanying the bang"
with loud clap of the hands. But
it is left for us, the fathers and moth
ers, to teach them the names of the
useful tools of industry. Now, com.
rades, there has been a mouon initial
eo for the National Committee to elect
competent committee of education
to compose a set of text books for
our children, but from present indi-
cations the motion will die for want
of seconds, although we very much
doubt if there is a single class-con-
scious Socialist who would oppose it.
Wake up, comrades, and let us en-
brace those opportunities which we
already have.
Passed by Local No. 4, Tacoma.
c. w. DENEL, Sec'y.
Editors Note:-Local Everett No. 1
has already seconded the motion re-
ferred to in this communication. Such
book is an imperative necessity.
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THE POLITICS OF THE
OLD INTERNATIONAL
by Ernest Untern1ann unnuunnnHnmnnnmnuw
wEsr

see that the very brightest intelects
of scientific Socialism stumbled more
than once in their attempt to find
their way through the capitalist jun
gle into consistent and effective
working class politics. BY studying
carefully these historical records, we
can prepare ourselves for a better so.
luton of our own present-day trou
bles.
The old International became un.
tenable partly because it was disrupt.
ed by its own internal troubles. partly
because it was born before a real
labor and Socialist movement had de.
Veloped in Europe. Marx and En-
gels themselves realized in 1872 that
a real Socialist International cannot
be built from above, but must come
as a final product of Socialist devel
opment.
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MURRAY SHOE co. TO RE-
DUCE ITS STOCK $4,000

The Murray Shoe Co., at 1715 Hew-
lit Avenue, will put on a ten days
sale, commencing Wednesday, Dec.
29th, and closing Saturday, January
Sth. I'he store will not be closed at
any tine during business hours, as
we have no changes to make in prices
and no old, out-of-date merchandise
to dispose CT The @rices masked on
stock will remain the same as usual.
and you know what you paid for your
last pair. Here are the conditions
of the sale-One Dollar straight off
all shoes formerly sold at $500 and
up. 20 per cent. discount off all
shoes under $500, and a discount of
10 per cent on rubber footwear. We
want to reduce our stock $4,000 in ten
days and the above prices will do it..
We are sole agents in Everett for the
following well known makes: Nettle-
ton and Richards e Brennan Shoes
for men, Sorosis Shoes for women,
Holland high grade Shoes for boys
and the famous Kewpie Twins Shoes
for the children See big ad in Tues
day evenings paper for further par
ticulars. Thanking our customers for
their patronage in the past and wish
ing everyone a Happy and Prosperous
New Year, we are, at your service,
Adv. THE MURRAY SHOE 90