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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-11-19
Charlottesville
thanksgiving
0y
Neutrality-suspicious.

W. he saw an automobile.
MI From the first moment the
.rSlStlN new invention appeared,
soaring his steady old horses almost
to death, and breaking up one of his
best farm wagons, Deacon Phipps had
no patience with any kind of motor
vehicle
AS time went on, and many of his
neighbors bought automobiles, his
horses became wonted to them and
turned never hair when they whizzed
by; but the good deacon did not re-
lent. Whenever one passed him on
the road, throwing, perhaps, shower
of dust or mud upon his modest car
riage, and leaving behind it a trail
of ill-odor, he would mutter (under his
breath) words which no good deacon
should ever, ever use.
The deacon and his wife grew old,
and their six children all married, ex-
cepting Rhoda, the youngest, who
stayed at home to take care of them.
The four sons were prosperous, and
the older daughter had married very
rich man and lived one hundred or
more miles away. Two sons had be-
come farmers and lived quite near.
One was merchant in a large town
perhaps fifty miles distant. The fourth
one was minister, settled in the
same town with the merchant brother
To the infinite disgust of Deacon
Phipps, all of these sons, excepting
the minister, owned automobiles, and
Thomas, the merchant, actually sport.
ed three or four. When his father
found this out, he came almost to the
point of breaking off relations with
Thomas.
In the old days, the family had
used to gather on the day before
Thanksgiving, and the large, airy
chambers of the ample Phipps home.
stead could accommodate them all
Now the children and the grandchil
dren had increased in number until
such gatherings were no longer pos.
hO anu uuilo huu ultu
or had become intirm. There had
been some pretty lonely Thanksgiv'
ings at the hospitable Phipps farm.
1t was during the week before the
great day that Deacon Phipps was sit
ting before the open fire in his big
comfortable sttingroom, and ponder
ing over this melancholy fact.
"'Tain't right" he grumbled to his
gentle wife, who sat knitting beside
him "'Taint right to have families
scattered SO at Thanksgiving. | wish
we could get our folks all together
Susan, Just once more. Here you an
are vergin' onto eighty, an we hahn
mad our folks all together for goin' or
ten year now. Here's this great house
dinin' room fit to seat thirty. an this
room to spill over into for as many
morN, and countin' Sister Judy an
Brother Ben, all the sister an brother
we've got left, bless 'era!-except Bet
ty, an she's tied to the house by hel
broken hip, an always will be, I'll
likely-all put together they onl!
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came a great touring car The deacon
scowled, but as he heard, first the
sweet Gabriel horn, and then the
rough roar Of the Klaxon, his face re.
Taxed little. Who were in the car?
1t was not the family of son John,'
Surely 1t was Thomas and his min.
lister brother, with several members Of
their families, and Mrs. Phipps fair
ly cried with Joy as she saw them.
There is another load just behind
u.s." they shouted, as they drew up be.
fore the door.
Another load" There were half
dozen loads before the final toll was
taken, and when two strong, big
Phipps sons lifted out from one of the
cushioned limousines poor, lame old
Aunt Betty, who could not have
dreamed of coming in anything except
such softly padded vehicle, the tears
were dropping all over Mother Phipps'
best white lace jabot.
Such a Thanksgiving! Every sim
gle one of the Phipps children and
grandchildren was there! The good
deacon's voice trembled with Joy as
he asked the blessing, and poured out
his thanks before God.
"But you know, father" said Thomas
Phipps, slyly, there are several of US
who couldn't possibly have come If 1t
hadn't been for those automobiles that
you hate So"
The deacon ahemmed, and bristled
little, but in the face of the loud
merriment which greeted this perfect
ly true reminder, his few rather growl-
ing remarks could not be heard.
you know there really isn't much
danger from automobiles nowadays,
father" proceeded Thomas Phipps
automatically. THE chauffeurs are
better taught than they used to be,
the machines can be stopped more
easily-oh, in every way they are i'm
proved"
Improved" shouted the deacon, un.
able to restrain himself longer. you
can't pick up a paper without readin'
about some shockin' accident through
carelessly driven automobiles. I'm.
proved! They can't be improved.
They are inventions Of the evil one
himself. You can't tell me! l read
the papers"
"Wait a minute, father" laughed
Thomas, amid the eager looks of all
the others, who were evidently full OF
suppressed excitement. "We-well-
we've feel as though we all wanted
to see more of you and mother than
we have seen lately, but we don't feel
safe to have you travelling around ON
the cars any more, and your horses
can't take you as far as most of US
live, so we have dubbed together and
have bought you the strongest and
could find. We have put sum at in.
terest in the bank to pay for the keep
ing of 1t, and we have had job laugh
how to run it. You know he has been
away q good many afternoons. Well,
he has been learning how to run q
car. You can trust him, and now you
and mother can heat a big soapstone
and climb into your limousine and
come and see us all, and we expect
you to do it. Now what do you say
to that, father?"
What could the old man say?
He turned red. stammered, locke,
at his wife, who was smiling signif,
cantly, and then had the grace tc
accept and thank his children for tAell
munifcent gift.
All of Deacon Phipps' neighbor
laugh little when they see him rid
ing by in his splendid automobile. Blu
they are wise enough to sober up WHEEL
they catch his eyS.
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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-15
GARDENERS LOVE OF SOIL
Every Aerlculturlst Worthy the Name
Considers Its Welfare as ldentl.
cal With His Own.

Every real gardener and true coun'
tryman loves the soil; the smell Of 1t
when turned over in the sun, the feel
of it under foot. its welfare Is his own;
he loves to patch up the thin places,
blast out rocks, deepen and enrich It,.
The soil is our priceless heritage from
geologic time; 1t is the insoluble resi-
due from the crumbling Of the rock;
on its maintenance depends the pros
perity of the race of man.
And how we have misused and neg
lected our soill The earth has been
plowed down the hill against the
fences where 1t is allowed to grow
brush, leaving the hillside and ridges
bare; It has been washed away and let
choke up the rivers and harbors with
the finest and latest of its substance;
it has been burned over and its fer
tility wasted in many other ways.
My father John Burroughs), like
the true countryman that he is, al
ways loved, indeed almost worshiped,
the soil He has had more real fun
and satisfaction in late years in i'm
proving pieces Of land than in any
thing else. Last summer he found
huge delight in clearing up a stony,
broken pasture, blowing out the rocks
and building a fence with them, level
ing off the ground and getting 1t
ready for the pillow, saying:
Fifty years and more ago my IA
Their wanted to clear this field and
make a meadow Of 1t; now am able
to do it-what fine. deep soil It
hast"
He would pick up a handful and
rub 1t between his fingers or thrust
the crowbar down into It to show the
depth Not to clear away any more
forest, but to build up and improve
some of the land already cleared, that
is truly an occupation worthy Of any
nah John Burroughs in the Crafts
man.
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.Q5oRALZ9fT Id
4yGE0pG[ RANDOLPH CHESTER.
and LILLIAN CHESTER w.
. | Il e sso, ILLUSTRATED Il DRHoDES
ILLUSTRATED 5rC.D.RI1ODES
SYNOPSIS.

At vestry meeting Of the Market
Square church Gall Sargent listens 10
discussion about the sale of the church
tenements TO Edward f. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
ion of the church by Rev. Smith Boyd,
says 1t is apparently a lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gall riding In
his motor car. When he suggests he is
entitled to rest on the laurels of his
achievements, she asks the disturbing
question: "Why?" Gail, returning to her
Uncle Jim's home from her drive with AL
Dson, finds cold disapproval in the eyes
OF Rev. Smith Boyd. who is calling there:
AT bobsled party Gail finds the world
uneomfortably full of men, and Allison
tells Jim Sargent that his new ambition
"a to conquer the world. Allison starts
eamHagn for consolidation and control OF
tbs entire transportation system Of the
world. Gall becomes popular. Allison
gains control of transcontinental traffic
and arranges to absorb the Vedder court
tenement property of Market Square
church Gail visits Vedder court and meet
ing Boyd there. tells him that the cathe-
dral Market Square church proposes to
build will be out of profits wrung from
squalor She becomes the center Of mag
netic attraction for the men of her aunts
social set.
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A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed In This Case.

It is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsupported
one.
But the doctor knows. His wide ex'
perience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask him If coffee is a cause of con-
stipation, stomach and nervous trou-
bles.
81 have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and when taken sick two years
ago with nervous prostration, the doc
tor said that my nervous system was
broken down and that would have to
give up coffee.
Il got so weak and shaky could
not work, and reading an advertise
ment of Postum l asked my grocer If
he had any of it. He said, Yes and
that ne used it in his family and 1t
was all it claimed to be.
so quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily, and in about two
weeks | could sleep better and get up
In the morning feeling fresh. In about
two months began to gam flesh. l
weighed only 146 pounds when COM
menced on Postum and now l weigh
1877 and feel better than | did at 20
years of age.
81 ana working every day and sleep
we'll at night. My two children were
coffee drinkers, but they have not
drank any since Postum came into the
house, and are far more healthy than
they were before" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be we'll boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 300
and soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
"Thero'B Reason for Postum.
sold by Grocers,
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affect either a share of my stock or
the earning capacity of my railroad
When you drove me out of the trac-
ton field, took advantage of my ex-
perience and intrenched myself. Go
on and gamble"
81 wish you wouldn't take that atti
tude," returned Allison, troubled. ut
looks to you as if we're pursuing you
because of that old quarrel; but |
want you to know that I'm not vim
dictive."
81 don't think you are" replied Dali
rymple, with infinite contempt.
You're just damned hog"
A hot flush swept over Allison's
face, but 1t was gone in an instant
1T happens that need the new Gulf
& Great Lakes system" he went on, in
perfectly level voice; "and prefer
to buy 1t from you at a fair price,"
Dalrymple put on his hat.
at isn't for sale," he stated.
"Just a minute, Dalrymple," inter
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-15
There Was a Diff renee.

In the lobby of hotel they were
speaking about speed fiends, and Con-
gresham Wyatt Aiken of South Car
DINA recalled story about Jones.
One afternoon Jones was rambling
along the boulevard when he ran
across friend Smith. Handshake and
then some talk, which included the
war, the weather and automobiles.
by the way" said Friend Smith
recollectively. 81 hear that you have
been huying a machine"
Yes" proudly admitted Jones. 81
brought her home about two weeks
ago."
Some speed, of course" returned
friend Smith. How fast can the ma
chine go?"
WELL" answered Jones with a
smile that was half sad, ut depends
altogether on who is timing it, my
self or country constable"
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posed AllIsvu. Il want to chow you
something. Look in here" and he
opened the library door.
Dalrymple stepped to the opening
and saw. not merely seven men. mid.
dle-aged and past sitting around a
library table, but practically all the
freightable necessities of the United
States and practically all its money, a
power against which his many million
dollar railroad system was of no more
opposition than toy train.
e the transportation department
to be governed by council composed
of the representatives of the various
other departments herein mentioned"
droned on the voice of Babbitt.
The representatives of the various
other departments therein mentioned
were bent In concentrated attention
on every sentence, and phrase and
word, and syllable of that important
document, not emitting to pay impor-
tant attention to the pauses which an.
swered for commas; and none looked
up. Dalrymple closed the door gently.
Now will you SELF" inquired ALI.
son.
For a moment the two men looked
into each others eyes, while the old
enmity, begun while they were still in
the womb of time, lay chill between
them. At one instant, Dalrymple,
whose jaw muscles were working con-
vulsively, half raised his hands. as II
he were minded to fall on Allison ana
strange him. and it was not the fact
that Allison was probably the strong.
er man which restrained him, but a
bigger pride.
NO." he said, again with that in.
finite contempt in his tone. Break
me-"
"All right" accepted Allison cheer.
fully, and even with relief; for his way
was now free to pursue its normal
course. He crossed to the door which
opened into the hall, and politely
bowed Dalrymple into the guidance OF
| Olu rpm AIM
"Dalrymple won't SELL" he reported
when he rejoined his fellow members
of the International Transportation
company.
Joseph G. Clark looked up from a
set of iotted memoranda which he had
been nonchalantly setting down dur
ing the reading.
We'll pick it up in the stock mar
kct," he carelessly suggested.
Cant" replied Allison, with equa
carelessness. He's intrenched with
solid control, and imagine he doesnt
owe a dollar"
Chisholm with his fingers in hii
white mutton chops, was studying
clean-shaven old Clark's memoranda.
"A panic will be necessary, any
how" he observed. We'll acquire thu
road then"
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Rev. Smith Boyd would nave LiAee
to state that he had been very
busy. but he had conscience, which
was nuisance to him. He had spent
most of his spare time up in his study,
with his chin in his hand.
You are quite right, mother" he
somberly confessed. and swallowed
two spoonfuls of his soup 1t was ex.
cellent soup. but, after taking bite
of wafer, he laid his spoon on the
edge of the plate.
81 think I'll drive you out of the
house, Tod" Mrs. Boyd decided, in the
same tones she had used to employ
when she had sent him to bed. 81
think I'll senl you over to Sargents
tonight, to sing with Gail"
The rector of the richest church in
the world flushed trife. and looked
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GOOD AND SUFFICIENT REASON
colored Man Knew Nothing About In
compatibility, but He Knew What
He Had Suffered.

The old negro had been arrested
for having more than one wife," the
last woman being the complainant. He
happened to be well known locally
and an orderly character.
How many wives have you had? ?"
demanded the Judge.
six, yo' honor" was the reply.
why couldn't you get along with
them" the Judge insisted.
We'll, suh-de fust two spilled de
white folks clothes when dey washed
'um; de thud worn't no cook; de
fif--I'll tell you, jedge-de fiji, she"
"Incompatibility?" the court sug-
gested.
mo, yo' honor" said the old negro,
slowly, 1T wern't nothin' lik' dat Yo'
jes' couldn't get along wid her onless
yo' wuz somewhars else. Case and
Comment.
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CHAPTER XII.
Gall Solves the vedder Court Problem.
road then,

Gall Solves the Vedder Court Problem.
Rev. Smith Boyd, rector Of the
richest church in the world, dropped
his last collar button on the floor. and
looked distinctly annoyed. The collar
button rolled under his mahogany
highboy, and concealed Itself carefully
behind one of the legs Rev. Smith
Boyd, there being none to see,
laid aside his high dignity, and got
down on his knees, though not for any
clerical purpose, whereat the little col.
lar button shone so brightly that the
rector's bullying eye caught the CLINT
of 1t. His hand swung round, at the
end of long arm, and captured 1t be-.
fore II could hide any further, then
the young rector withdrew his throb
bling head and started to raise up and
bumped the back of his head with a
crack on the bottom of an open draw
er, near enough to the top to give him
a good long sweep for momentum.
This mishap being just one degree be-
yond the point to which Rev. Smith
Boyd had been consecrated, he ejacu
lated as follows:-
No, it is not respectful, nor proper,
nor charitable, to set down what Rev
Smith Boyd, in that stress. calculated;
but a beautiful gray-haired lady beau
tiful with the sweetness of content and
the happiness of gratifed pride and
the kindness of humor, who had
paused at Rev. Smith Boyd's open
door to inquire how soon he would be
down to dinner, hastily covered her
mouth with her hand, and moved away
from the door, with moist blue eyes,
around which twinkled a dozen tiny
wrinkles born of much smiling.
When the dignifed young rector
came down to dinner, fully clothed and
apparently In his right mind, his moth
er, who was the beautiful gray-haired
lady with the twinkling blue eyes,
looked across the table and smiled in
diligently at his Disguise; for he was
not a grown-up, tall, broad-shouderet
man of thirty-two at all In reality he
was a shock.headed, slightly freckled
urchin of nine or ten, by the name OF
"Smitty" on the town commons, and
Tod" at home.
Aren't you becoming a trifie irrita,
BILE of late, Tod?" she inquired with
solicitude, wilefully suppressing a
smile which flashed up in her as she
remembered that ejaculation. 1t was
shocking in minister, of course, but
she had ever contended that ministers
were, and should be, made Of clay;
and clay is friable.
Yes, mother, believe am" con.
fessed Rev. Smith Boyd, considering
the matter with serious impartiality.
Mrs. Boyd surveyed her son with a
practiced eye.
81 think your appetites dropping of
llttle,' she commented, and then she
was shrewdly silent, though the
wrinkles of humor came back TO her
eyes by and by. 81 don't think you
take enough social diversion" she
finally advised him. you should go
out more. You should ride, walk. but
always in the company of young and
agreeable people. Because you are a
rector is no reason for you to spend
your spare time in gloomy solitude, as
you have been doing for the past
week"
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Birds Of a Feather.

John Drew, at a luncheon in Bar
Harbor, was condemning war.
Man is but little different from
the lower animals" he said. 1T isn't
only in fighting and scrappin that
man shows his resemblance to the
beasts of the field.
81 know, for instance, fool bull
that chased a red parasol all over a
corntield one hot afternoon.
And | also know a fool man who
chased another red parasol all over
New York one hot morning."
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other that the position of the consoli-
dation itself will be impregnable
against competition or the assaults Of
government. The advantages CT con-
troll, collection and distribution, are so
vast that they far outweigh any pos
sible question of personal aggrandize.
ment."
Don't hedge, Allison" barked Ar
thur Grandin you expressed It
right in the first place. You're put.
ting it up to us to step out of the local
championship class. and contend for
the big belt"
"The prize isn't big enough" pro-
nounced w. T. Chisholm, as If he had
decided for them ALL AS befitted his
calling, he was slower minded than
the rest. There are few quick turns
in banking
Not big enough?" repeated Allison.
mot big enough, when the Union Fuel
company already supplies every can
hiO 6Ocb lhlO lhC lhho
the pumps ON the Nile and the motor
boats on the Yang-Tse-Kyang, supplies
the oil for the fabrication of the car
Of Juggernaut. and works the propel-
Ter of every aeroplane? Not big
enough, when already the organiza-
tons represented here have driven
their industries into every quarter Of
the earth? What shall you say when
we join to our nucleus the great
steamship lines and the foreign rail
roads? Not big enough? Gentlemen,
look here!" He strobe over to the big
globe. From New York to San Fran
cisco red line had already been
traced. Now he took a pencil in his
hand, and placing the point at New
York, gave the globe whirl, girding
it completely. Gentlemen, there is
your empire!"
Again the nasal voice of old Joseph
G. Clark drawled into the silence.
81 suggest that we discuss in detail
the conditions of the consolidation. ="
he remarked.
The bell of Allison's house phone
rang.
Mr. Dalrymple, SIR" said the voice
of Ephraim.
VERY WELL" replied Allison. SHOW
him into the study. Babbltt. will you
read to the gentlemen this skeleton
plan of organization If you'll excuse
me- I'll be back in five minutes"
"Dalrymple?" inquired Taylor.
Eyes" answered Allison abstracted.
ly, and went into the study.
He and Dalrymple looked at each
other silently for moment, with the
old enmity shining between them. DIAL
rymple, man five years Allison's
senior, a brisk speaking man with a
protruding jaw and deep-set gray eyes
had done more than any other one hu
man being to develop the transporta
ton systems of New York. but his gift
had been in construction, in creation
whereas Allison's had been in comb
nation; and Dalrymple had gone into
the railroad business.
"Dalrymple, I'm going to give you {
chance" said Allison briskly. 81 wan
the Gulf G. Great Lakes Railroad sys
tenn"
Dalrymple had produced a ciga
while he waited for Allison. and nov
he lit it. He sat on the corner of thu
study table and surveyed Allison crit
ically.
81 don't doubt it," he replied. "Thr
system is almost completed"
"I'll accept fair offer for your con
trolling interest" went on Allison.
And If won't SELF"
Then I'll jump on you tomorrow il
the stock exchange, and take it ava!
from you"
Dalrymple smiled.
you can't do it, own my con
trolling interest outright, and no stool
gamblings on the board of trade car
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He Laid Aside His Dignity and Got
Down on His Hands and Knees.

at the barley in the bottom of his
soup. His mother regarded him quiet
ly, and the wrinkles went out of her
eyes. She had been bound to get at
the bottom of his irritabllity, and now
she had arrived at 1t.
81 would prefer not to co." he told
her stlGly, and the eyes which he lifted
to her were coldly green. Il do not
approve of Miss Sargent"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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History and Men.

For, as take it, universal history,
the history of what man has accom-
pllshed in this world, ID at bottom the
history of the great men who havs
worked Carlyle.