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WITH THAT EXCUSE
Youthful Bride Thought Hubby Really.
Might Be Little More
upto Date. = Z. 81

"The women Of Europe, when told
they're not fit to govern, have good
answer ready-they point to the war
which man government brought
about" n :! 3 Sys &; (,
The speaker was Miss Edith Wynmne m
Mathison, the beautiful actress and
suffragette. She continued: ii
"a good answer that. AS good as
the young bride made. 3s' :53ss 4
"A young bride, few months after
the honeymoon, sat up till three in the
morning for her husband. t9,
Sat three the young man entered the
vestibule with q crash, then came mp
stairs slowly and silently, with his
boots under BIS arm He opened the
bedroom door very, very quietly. and,
seeing his wife seated by the radiator.
he said: p, Z 4 s s5i
attDid you sit up -hic for me!
sorry,F m dear. Detained -hic-irn-
portant business Office h
"'oh, try some other excuse, Bill
said the young wife. That's the kind
father used to make" 81
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CHAPTER v-contlnued.

The two men had lost an hour
huddled under canopy beneath the
cannonading Of a sudden storm. They
had silently watched titanic battalions
Of thunder clouds riding the skies in
gusty puffs of gale and raking the
earth with lightning and hail and
my God!". exclaimed the mountain
boy abruptly. . I'D give anything ef
] could paint that" ,...
Lescott rose smflingly from his seat
before the easel and surrendered his
palette and sheaf OF brushes. !.
aTry it." be invited. 3, S
For a moment Samson stood hesi-
tant and overcome with difadence:
then, with set lips, he took his place
and experimentally fitted his fingers
about the brush sSas he had seen Les
! colt do. He asked no advice. He
merely gazed for q while, and then,
dipping a brush and experimenting for
his color, went to sweeping In his pri.
mary tones. Samson, even though he
was hopelessly daubing, and knew It,
was sincere. and the painter at his
elbow caught his breath and looked on
with the absorption OF q prophet, who,
I listening to childish prattle. yet recog-
Fnizes the gift of prophecy.
:Thet's the way hit looks ter me-"
I the boy said, simply
That's the way it is" commended
his critic. a..
For while more Samson worked
ut the nearer hills, then he rose. /,
I'm DONE" he said. "hain't a-goin'
ter fool with them thar trees an
things. Isdon't know nothing erbout
j thet. can't paint leaves an twigs
an birdsnests. What like is noun
l tings an skies an sech-like things"
Eescott looked at the daub before
him. A less trained eye would have
sean only the daub. Just as poor
Judge Of horsefesh might see only
awkward joints and long legs in a
Heanling colt, though 1t be bred in the
] purple. so -
ttSamson," ;" he said, earnestly, that's
there Is to art It's the power to
q lei the poetry Of color. The rest can
j Esitaught. The genius must work, OF
Surse--work, work, work, and still
FORK, but the gift is the power of
sseeing true:-and, by God, boy, you
have it. You've got what many men
have struggled lifetime for. and
failed. I'D like to have you study with
me. I'd like to be your discoverer.
Look here"
The painter sat down, and speedily
went to work. He painted out moth
ing. He simply toned, and, with pre-
cisely the right touch here and there,
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a-goin yit. I hain't spoke ter nobody
but you about hit yit." .... -...,...
Lescott felt reluctant to meet his
hosts eyes at breakfast the next morn
ing, dreading their reproach, but, II
Spicer South harbored resentment, he
meant to conceal 1t, after the stoic's
code. There was no hint of constraint
in his cordiality. Lescott felt, however,
that in Samson's mind was working
the leaven of that unspoken accusa-
ton of disloyalty. He resolved to
make a final play, and seek to enlist
Sally in his cause. If Sally's hero-wor-
ship could be made to take the form Of
ambition for Samson, she might be
brought to relinquish him for time,
and urge his going that lie might re-
turn strengthened. He went down to
the creek at the hour when he knew
Sally would be making her way thither
with her milk pail, and intercepted her
coming.
AS she approached, she was singing,
and the man watched her from the dis
tance. He was landscape painter and
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COULDN'T ATTEND 10 BOTH
Grocery Clerk Found That Putting Up
Orders and Talking Baseball
Didn't Go Together.

The manager of large Portland
(Ore.) grocery store took great pleas
ure in relating few plays" pulled oil
by one Of his clerks. This clerk Is a
"fan." One of those absorbed, wild
and woolly baseball lovers who can
talk, expand and argue the great
game at any time and anywhere. His
duties at the store keep him anchored
most of the time, though on special
occasions he is assigned to the teams.
Among his duties is to put up or
ders for customers in the high-toned
section of the city. While he was en-
gagged in this work the other day one
of his chums (also q "fan") came In
and they began to talk baseball. The
grocery clerk kept on putting up the
orders, but his thoughts were all on
that important subject, baseball.
In the course Of his argument he
went to the shelf and got case OF
starch instead of a package of sugar
put up tomatoes instead Of potatoes,
put in a bag Of flour in place of an or
der for lard; read maple sirup instead
of condensed milk, and would have
drawn molasses into the kerosene can
if some one had not called him away
for a moment as he started for the
molasses barrel.
For time this was the way that his
orders went out and it caused a riot
among three or four Of the best Gus
toners. He Is still good deal of G.
"fan," but he is not going to put uq
any orders while engrossed In his fav~
orite subject.
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: 'CAsCARE'Ts'' ACT
0N|I.L|..|||Y||E:R;. N II BOWELS. 0 | |
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation 81
by morning. iisi.,
Get a 10-cent boz.

-.
Are you keeping youl. bowels, liver.
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing p
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor OIL or
Purgative Watersf NJ; Il:
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels. - {, Z 4
A Cascafet tonight Will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-neyer gripe, sicken.
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only. 10 cents q box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take 9
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness. Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv. = a5e IL. z
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not master Of genre or portrait. Yet.
he wished that he might. before going,
paint Sally. .a,. 80
Miss Sally" he began, Tive discov-
cred something about Samson"
Her blue eyes flashed ominously. 4
"Ye can't tell me nothln' bout Sam
son." she declared, "withouten hits
somethin' NICE" E-.
"It's something very NICE" the man
reassured her. =.
Then, ye needn't tell me, because I
already knows hit," came her prompt
and confident announcement. ID
Lescott shook his head, dubiously.
Samson is genius" he said.
whats thet?" f..
"He has great gifts-great abilities
to become q figure in the world"
She nodded her head. in prompt and
full confederation.
II reckon Samson'll be the biggest
man in the mountings some day." ,
HE ought to be more than that"
the violet serenity cf her eyes. .
What does ye mean?" she de-
manded. w.. .. 's..'"
II mean"-the painter paused a mo-
ment, and then said bluntly-"I mean
that I want to take him back with me
to New York"
The girl sprang to her feet with her
chin defiantly high and her brown
hands clenched into tight little fsts.
Eer bosom heaved convulsiyely, and
her eyes blazed through tears Of anger.
Her face was pale.
"Ye hain't!" she cried, in a paroxysm
of fear and wrath. "Ye hain't a-goin'
ter do no sich--no sich of damn
thing!" She stamped her foot, and
her whole girlish body, drawn into
rigid uprightness, was a-quiver with
the incarnate spirit Of the woman de-.
Tending her home and institutions. For
a moment after that, she could not
speak, but her determined eyes blazed
a declaration of war. It was as though
he had posed her as the Spirit Of tho
mberlands. , ~, a,
He waited until she should be
calmer. @t
"You don't understand me, Miss
Sally. I'm not trying to take Samson
away from you. If man should lose
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Indication Of Debility

The normal feeling after a good
nights sleep should be one of vigor-
Gus refreshment, which continues
throughout the day with the usual
fatigue, not exhaustion, at the end of
the days work. A condition of very
different significance is that of feel
ing exhausted in the morning, even
after an apparently good nights sleep,
followed by a feeling of well-being, or
even exhilaration toward the end of
the day. This condition is pathologic-
al, and indicates that the system is
run down and debilitated, and needs
attention. :5;fss & Y.
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Copyright. EoIs. by w. J. Watt & Coz
SYNOPSIS.

On Misery creek. at the foot of rock
finds George Lescott, a landscape paint
.er, unconscious, and after >reyiving him:
goes foH assistance. Samson South and
Sally. taking Lescott to Samson's home.
are met by Spicer South, head Of the
family. who tells them that Jesse Purvy
has been shot and that Samson is sus-
Pected Of the crime. Samson denies It.
The shooting Of Jesse Purvy breaks the
truce In the Hollman-South feud. sam
Sally that Jim Holman is on the trail
With bloodhounds hunting the man VINO
shot Purvy. The, bloodhounds lose the
trail at Spicer South's door. Lescott dis
covers artistic ability in Samson.
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Homo Medicine Chest.

Keep your medicines in one place.
out of reach of children. Be sure to
have Hanford's Balsam Of Myrrh on
hand for emergency use. 1t should
take the fire out of burns, heal cuts,
remove soreness and be worth many
times over its cost. ADV.
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Unless man is skilled in the art o.:
dispensing It, he can burn 9 lot o..
money without starting much OF q con-
fagration. 5ysz. "a,
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A Convenient Route.

Pardon me, but how can / get
quickest to the geological collection"
Better get yourself stuffed.
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Almost Back.

Il hear your son is back from col
lege."
No quarterback" - New Haven
Journal-C Courier. IN 3 &:
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LESSON TExT-I Samuel s:1-13. 1s. 20.
GOLDEN TEXT-Speak, Jehovah; for
thy servant heareth.-I Samuel 3:9, 4. V.
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDAyS(1O0L
LESSON

tBy E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course Moody Bible In
stitute, Chicago.) . b.. '#
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Oucle SplCer, .lnlerTupIeu lue uoyi
"I reckon ye knows thet any time ye
needed me I'd come back"
The old mans face hardened.
EFF We goes," he said, almost sharp
ly, Il won't never send fer ye. Any
time ye ever wants ter come back, ye
knows ther way. Thar'll be room an
yictuals fer we hyar."
81 reckon l mout be a heap more
useful eff knowed more"
"I've heerd fellers say that afore
Hit hain't never turned out thet way
with them what has left the mount
ings. Mebby they gets more useful
but they don't git useful ter us. Either
they don't come back at all, or mebby
they comes back full of newfangled no.
tions-an' ashamed of their kinfolks.
Thet's the way, I've noticed, hit gen
ally turns out"
Samson scorned to deny that such
might be the case with him, and was
silent. After time, the old man went
on again in a weary voice, as he bent
down to loosen his brogans ard kick
them noisily off on to the floor:
1.-The Souths hev done looked to ye
a good deal, Samson. They lowed they
could depend on ye. Ye hain't quite
twenty-one yet, an 1 reckon l could
refuse ter let ye sell yer prop'ty. But
thar hain't no use tryin' ter hold a
! feller when he wants ter quit. Ye
don't low ter go right away, do ye?"
81 hain't plumb made up my mind
ter go at ALL" said the boy, shame
facedly. "But, ef ] does 90, I haint
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.reameries.

The good state of Mississippi is coming into her
with the establishment of up-Odate creamees by the
progressive Of progressive towns
Nothing in the line of home products beat the
business Of ready for big butter shipments north
The pasture lands of the in good condition
seven months in the year. Why not more cOws5-mOre
COWS? And in getting these let them be
good cows. Scrub stock NEVER can thrive as we'll
those of proven blood
Mr.. Curler former famous daryman of Illinois and
President of the National Dairymans Association is
great authority creameres and at his big farm
Macon he Of the best creameres in the South
His interest in the future of Mississippi has been of great
value progress and thru his influence many cream
cries have been made to pay handsome profits to their
owners. He believes in Missssippithats why he left
big business up north to enjoy the wealth of state
He KNOWS we have a good country--IF we would only
GET BUSY. With a good cOuntry-gOOd peOple--gOod
everything for to USEtO LIVE-what else could the
Lord do for US? What else does He need to do? It's our
DO now
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Bryan---Busted.

Every day shows how the wind blows-and so far it
blows good to Will Jump Bryan He is getting it where
ISIS Kizzy wore the beads" And gee he is getting it
grand and glorious William lingo is down and out
let prayl
Silence is not golden with Mr.. Bryan-but talk is
money the lecture platform The cross of gold
the iron and Billy hangs on the peace wings and
flies to that heavenly Kaisesdom Of ME and Colt"
Bryan was once; as we thought and as many thought
great statesman and possibly he may be of the breed
yet But don't kinder some sorer how look it now
Of he will have his followers but the number he has
lost in the last few days up into thousands top
thousands.
After Wilson had honOred Bryan with the most pow
erfu Office under the Presidency and then for Bryan
the quitter-tO throw up the pongeo let the
of the bag-tO fail in time of his the
dasesNand then ask for American apprOval-ple fudge
and nixyl
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The Spanish Language.

The teaching of Spanish in the schools of Mississippi
is an nnOvOtOn that should be encouraged The logical
trend of the nation is Go South Young Man. Go South
The resources of South America are almost unlimi-
ted and many people finding in that country the goose
that laid the golden eggs South Americas agricultural
greater than the United States and every grain and
fruit peculiar to soil can be grown in that country
with many others Of enormous commercial value The
Panama Canal having been finished at strategic time,
Americans.
So with the trend Southwark it seems easily logical
that the schools should include Spanish in their currcu
um Think of foreign people who speak from to
five languages before they twenty-five years Of age
is an inspiration with them to study language and
they forever pleased with the satisfaction that it
comes in handy" on many occasions
Go Southis the ultimate effect new commercial re-
aons and the Spanish language is the necessary
to future energies toward the golden gOaOf South Amer
ca
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Jones"

KellOggs Square Dealer is of the best trade book
lets that have the great pleasure to and read The
good and snappy and they tell truth in
just few strokes than many pages in newspapers and
books. Mr. Mclaughlin old Houlka boy who is the
manager of KeOggs branch station in Kansas City and
old time friend of ours kindly put the mailing
list and every month enjoy it from kver to hver
Here is just a small sample of Square Dealer" logic.
His name was William Jones, nicknamed Bill. But
nobody called him either Bill Jones, he just
BiOnes to everybody.
Where he came from doesn't matter for nobody want
ed to know So far the knew he had always been
clerking in the grocery store--prObably born there
He wasn't such much of fellow. The girls didn't
make any fuss him and the boss didn't know he
alive He wasshOr redheaded frecked and unhandsOme
Apparently he didn't know much He never talked
politics. never gassed with the drummers advised the
boss how the The only thing he seemed to
know was his job, and he knew that by heart
He turned as red as a spanked baby whenever he
waited pretty girl and lot of girls to the
store regularly for other than just see poor
old BOnes blush But when it came Mrs Casey of the
boarding house Mrs Brown with her family of nine
children, he there with wallOp. No dared to
wait them but BOnes and the way he asked about the
children the bOarders you would think he an old
friend of the family And he That part of his
job
The other clerks had Biljones number He was an
an easy mark He would do their drudgey without a
murmur and actually come around and asked for more
He was the first there in the morning the last one to
leave at night
He was always busy but never too busy to visit with
a custome' for a raise and nobody ever
uowsw BiIiOnes probably did
VIII to think about it,
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Auto Amenities.

Auto owners have just much right to the high
ways of travel any other vehicle although people
do not give them that right. Then again. some auto
owners do not give wagon or buggy enough of the road
AutOists pay ajax to run their machines the
roads of the county and state Owners of wagons and
bugges pay only the road while the autOst pays both
road tax and license Each should have kindly regard
for the other,
Autos made good roads possible. There was hardly
of agitation for good roads until the autos began
to make their stay factor in the south No man
can say that good roads have NOT helped every class of
of people What good for good for wagons and
bugges Still all auOists should show the proper ameni
ties when passing other vehicles with horses mules
tached Jamming into buggies aud wagons after night
does not make friends for the auto the lights
bad it is best NOT to anywhere
Many times when an auto comes up behind a buggy
or waa0n the man IL ont "Or rs to which VI
arm. b 4slssN' = due
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Future Hammers.

Next week we hope to begin a series Of BOOSTS for
Chickasaw Mississippi the South and America To think
of what we have as means of prosperity inspires to
this work And it is WORK. for clicking a typewriter,
word after word line after line and page after page with
pain thrown in is easy job But faith in
try and her people, our ambitious desire prosperity
and happiness reign unlimited our hope of success the
work. although is little makes 60 into this series with
enthusiasm and hopeful heart
Politics with is out of reach We do NOT care
indulge There nothing in itno friends to be made
either way Therefore shall boost LIFE in the LIV
ING and the great and timely Grown and Made in Msss-
sippi.
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ed little but not an awful lot While asking q
quaintances finally said, And whatever becam
Biljones ?"
Ny companion looked puzzled a minute th
said Why bless you heart believe you must meanf
Senator--Senator Jones. He's just gone back to the
islature for the third term
'Bijones Senator? p laughed Why we ne
gave him any credit for brliancy
Well | don't know as he has any. But he's chu
full of horse sense and he's been busy making good
his life that he's sort of got the habit And after he
served twice as mayor and once the board Of cont
we thought it would be good plan to have one hone
man in the Senate to keep an eye the rest Of them
we elected BOnes
Here is another good argument from the SquaI
Dealer:
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Wilson and War.

With WilsOnWe Will Win Without War-that has
been our feeling since the beginning of Mexican and Euro
pean hOstities
Although William Jennings Cutter lowered himself
INTO uncOmprOmsng Oblivion Wilson goes about his knit
ing without mumer-withOut worry and right the
job Friend and foe alike now thank God for Wilson in
time of trouble nheng he has the misdeeds of the
world we cannot but admire his grit and gumpdOn
1t is great see the majority of the American people
standing by the President in this Of crises Ger
many will do more than she has done before Uncle
Sam reaches for 'forty-sOme-Odd-dunjer
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WORK-DON'T CRY.

Stop crying over the mail order houses. 1of
offer goods as cheap cheaper than they YOucan
them at every turn in the road 1t only means educfF
al work with your customers; show them the value OF
trading show them the advantages Of your store its ad
ability to their needs the facts you have them A
above all educate them in the knowledge that in SCI
money out of the community they are not only add
build up monster organization of mail-Order house
they are also hurting only you but the communi'
whole That every dollar which goes out Of town is
tinct loss and will NEVER RETURN" M
(Note by US We have preached this many time
from now ondesire to cooperate with the merchahs
the people in killing the growing fangs Of big mall'
der houses away from hOme-way away from a posslt
HELP to our country. Will YOU help us begin the fgh
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always done in meeting others the behind may
pass to their left If all travellers would way
then the amenities would be easily carried out
Autos make us look prosperous whether or
nOt-and looks 60 a long way to Tipperary.
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THE HUI M M Err
RAD HARRILL REED EDITOR

Entered secondass March 10Th 1915 the posoce
at Houston Mississippi under the of March Srd 1879
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-12

Gov Major has announced appoint,
ments on the state board OF agrpul
ggrn a. fellows
Charles u Bellows Of NaryyiIle, for
the fourth congressional district, q
Republican, 10 succeed himself
Z. l. Newton tRop1 Of Lewiston.
drst district to succeed himself
George " Arnold. Sedalia tpem J,
seventh district vice \ II Gentry,
term expired
John Parker. Carthage tRep J.. Ar
tenth district. to succeed himself
Col W \ Dailmeyer. Jefferson City
lRepl, eighth district. to succeed
himself
All ot the appointments are for a
period terminating in Decembe when
there will be a reorganization OF the
board under the Law passed nv the
last general assembly
Col nailmever Of jefferson City il
president q the State Fair board.