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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
SYNOPSIS.

Brouiiiard chief engineer of the Niquoia
irrigation dam. meets j. Wesley Cort-
wright and his daughter. Genevieve. and
explains the reclamation work to them.
Cartwright sees I'm the project a big
chance to make money. organizes a COM
paEy and obtains government contracts to
furnish power and material for the dam
construction. busy city springs up
about the site. Steve Massngale threat
ems to start a gold rush il Brouilard does
does not influence President Ford to build
a railroad branch to the place. thus open
ing an easy market for the ore from the
Little Susan" mine. On visit to Amy
Massingale at her fathers mine Brouil-
lard tells her Of his need for money to pay
free he would sacrifice anything save his
is vital TO the building Of the railroad ex-
tension she tells him to be true to him.
self He decides for it. Mirapolis. the
city of numbered days. booms Cartwright
persuades Brouillard to become consult
ing engineer of the consolidated electric
power company In return for 500 900 stock.
Permanent building In Mirapolis and a
real estate boom are in full swing when
the stoppage of work on the railroad
threatens panic. Brouillard spreads the
Massingale story of placer gold in the
river bed and starts a gold rush. The gold
rush promises to stop the reclamation
project. Amy tells Brouillard that her ia
Their has Incorporated the Little Susan
and fs in Cortwrights clutches financial
~ He tells her he has made 100000 and
declares his love.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
(ro BE coNrINUED.)
Saints and Sinners.

The story regarding DR.. Alexander
Whyte and DR.. Hugh Black. who. dur.
ing their joint Edinburgh ministry.
were said respectively to have black
balled the saints and whitewashed tho
sinners. is now claimed to have origi-
mated in London. and to be the prop
erty, not OF the Scottish Presbyterians
but OF the Wesleyan Methodists. When
Hugh Price Hughes was founding his
famous West London mission he wrote
to the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse. inviting
his personal cooperation Mr.. Pearse
replied that. for one thing. he wanted
to go< md live IN Cornwall: for another
he wished to Be tree to preach In dit
ferent parts OF England: and. finally
and conclusisely. where Hugh Price
Hughes vas there fxas little room for
anyone else. mot ct AL" was Hughes
response: .'there1l b plenty Of room
You shall edify the saints. and III pur-
sue the sinners "-Westminster Ga
xette.
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the miraculous gold discovery would
bring the railroad. and the railroad
would rescue the Masstngale mine and
restore the Maasingnlo fortunes.
He looked up at the dark bulk Of
Chigringo. unrelisved even By the tiny
neck Of lamplight which he had %
often called his guiding star. Take
me out of your mind and heart and say
which you win havs. little GIRL" he
whispered. sending the words out into
the void Of night. But only the din
and clamor OF q city gone wild with
enthusiasm came to answer him. Some
where on the avenue . hand was play
ing; men were shouting themselves
hoarse in excitement. and above the
shouting came the staccato cracking
OF pistols and guns fred In air.
He struck the match and stopped
over the blue cylinder. This il your
message of cheer. whether you take It
that way or not" he went on. whisper
ing again to the silent void. But when
the fuse of the blue light was fairly
fixing he suddenly pinched 1t out and
held the match to the other.
.
Up on the high bench of the great
mountain Amy Massingale was pacing
to and fro on the puncheon-6oored
porch Of the homo cabin. The girls
gaze never wandered far from a dark
area in the western edge Of the town
the semicircle cut into the dotting
lights and marking the site of the gov
eminent reservation. 1t was when .
tiny stream of sparks shot up in the
center of the dark area that she
stopped and held her breath. Then.
when a binding mare followed to prick
out the headquarters. the commissary
and the mess house. she sank in . de-
spairing little heap on the floor. with
her face hidden in~her hands and the
quick sobs shaking her like an ague
chill 1t was Brouillard's signal. but
1t was not the signal Of peace: 1t was
the blood-red Of revolution and strife
and turmoil.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
The Effects Of opiates.


of ID
and
mental craving for alcohol narcotics in later life
result q dosing with opate 70 keep children quiet
the smallest doses for than day tm and
unavoidable.
Coral Soothing and
decsied druggist
Of
themw
: 800: ss:s; s: e.: .s s.., ..
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
WANTED, CONviCTS!

Warden Talcott OF the North Dakota
penitentiary was recently summoned
as a witness before the United States
senate committee which is investigat-
ing charges of attempts to fix the
prices of fibers used in the manufac-
ture Of Irvine. The warden told a
hard-luck story about the difficulty of
getting convict labor. He testified
that the prohibition law Of the state
was SO effective that they did not have
enough convicts to operate the peni-
tertiary Irvine plant.
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His Idea.

BILL see students I'm Paris have
formed an Anti-Collar league. declar-
Ing that collars are unhealthy and in
artistic. The members pledge them
wear.
Jill-But it's easier TO wear q collar
than to have TO wash your neck every
day, isn't it?
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

The h0mely onion has been the sub
ject Of IN inquiry BY = British COM
0lttee whose duty II was to 20 into
~ matter Of it, high cost. The ~
port OF the committee reveals the fact
that the present high rate Of the onion
h due TO the stoppage Of import from
Holland and Belgium and to the dimin-
lished import from Egypt and Spain.
It II pointed out that onions can be
growu In England. and to woman gar-
deners OF even quite amateur expert
ence the c0ntemplative cult Of the
onion II to be recommended ns real
and useful war work.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Four-year-old Marjorie was sent by
her father to get the egg from a nest
In fence corner. where certain hen
persisted In laying each day. TO her
great astonishment she found soft
shelled egg I'm the nest. and leaving II
she ran back TO her father. exclaimlng.
breathlessly: "Oh. papa. I didn't bring
the egg cause IL isn't finished yet
Cleveland Leader.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

| tween them; and. az before. it was the
man who broke 1t.
You lead me to conclusion that
I refuse to accept. Amy: that 1 am
dominated by some influence which is
stronger than love-"
You are" she said simply.
What Is. it,"
Environment"
THAT is the most humiliating thing
you have said today"
mo. However much others may be
deluded. am sure you can see Mirap-
oils in its true light. The very air you
breathe down there is poisoned. The
faint is in the blood. Mr.. Cartwright
and his fellow bandits call it the Mir
acle City, but the poor wretches on
lower Chigringo avenue laugh and call
it Gomorrah."
Just at the present moment 1t is a
city of fools-and l, the king of the
fools. have made it So" said BrOuillard
gloomily. From his seat on the porch
step he was frowning down upon the
outspread scene In the valley, where
the triangular shadow of Jacks noun
tain was creeping slowly across to the
foot Of Chigringo. Something in the
measured eye-sweep brought him to
his feet with hasty exclamation:
Good Lord! the machinery has
stopped! They've knocked off work
on the dam!"
why not?" she said did you mag
inc that your workmen were any
less human than other people?'
mo. of course not; that is, but
| haven't any time to go into that
now. Is your telephone line up here
in operation?"
mo, not yet"
Then must burn the wind getting
down there. BY Jove! IL those I'M
speakable idiots have gone of and
left the concrete to freeze wherever it
happens to be-"
"One moment" she replied, while he
was reaching for his hat. This new
madness will have spent itself by
nightfall-it must. And yet l have
the queerest shivery feeling, as II
something dreadful were going to hap
pen. Can't you contrive to get word
to me, some way-after it is all
over? l wish you could"
iii do it," he promised. I'll come
up after supper"
mo, don't do that. You will be
needed at the dam. There will be
trouble. with town full of disappoint-
ed gold-hunters, and liquor to be had.
Wait minute" She ran into the
house and came out with two little
paper-covered cylinders with fuses
projecting. Take these; they are
Bengal lights-some of the fireworks
that Tig bought in Red Butte for the
Fourth. Light the blue one when you
are ready to send me my message
OF cheer l shall be watching for it.
And the other?" he asked.
1T is red light, the signal OF war
and tumults and danger. If you light
it, l shall know"
He nodded, dropped the paper cyl
inders into his pocket, and a moment
later was racing down the trail to
take his place at the helm of the aban-
doned ship of the industries.
Brouillard descended upon his dis
heartened subordinates like a whirl-
wind of invincible energy, electrifying
everybody into instant action. Glass;
man was told of to bring the Indians.
who alone were Loyalty Indifferent to
the gold craze, down from the crush
ers. Arson was dispatched to impress
the walters and bellboys from the
Metropole; Leshington was sent to the
shops and the bank to turn out the
clerks; Grislow and Handley were
ordered to take charge of the make
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
l sNEG|SesSs

Conducted by the National Woman'i
Christian Temperance Union-)

CONDITIONS ~ KANSAS.
Have you noticed the Appalling
Conditions in Kansas" says the To
peka Capital.
well. II you haven't. the brewers
have. II II awful. The publicity
agent OF the Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers' association in 1916. serial No. -.
lays bare all the details. And awful
il no name for II. The state n .
regular shambles. a. . result Of pro-
hibition. Infanticide IL . popular
sport. fall and summer. No baby's
life n safe in Kansas, the publicity
expert has learned. Relatives thirst
for the lives OF the little ones. Dirt,
restitution and disease prevail. Flash
lily dressed lassies prowl the streets
in droves in search OF their prey. and
no man IL safe"
The Capital goes on to quote some
Of the scare headlines Of the Liquor
Mems publicity serial and concludes:
Kansas might AZ well face the
proposition squarely. Any attempts at
Improvement made in the state, no
matter along what lines. will be seized
upon by the liquor interests to show
that the conditions existing In the
state are appalling and the 'appall-
ing II due entirely to prohibition. 1t
is understood the next serial issued
will explain how 1t was that the
prairie fires in western Kansas were
due to the state prohibitory amend
ment. You may not see the connec-
ton. but the bright young man en-
ployed as publicity agent for the Ma
tional Wholesale Liquor Dealers as
ISOLATION won't miss 1t. Not he. He
is going to show up in all its abysmal
horror the awful fate that has over
taken Kansas because 1t tried to shut
out that safeguard of the home and
savior OF the nation, intoxicating
liquor"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
BAR IS A NUISANCE,

There is not a hotel manager in
New York." recently said one who
manages about the largest hotel this
city has, but would be glad to abol-
ish the bar IL he could" And he fur.
Their declared, Hotel managers would
be glad to see prohibition in force. so
far at least as 1t affects our business,
as the bar is nothing to US but a nui-
sance and embarrassment and decid
ed liability"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
Topics.

There's nothing like the weather
ms n topic of conversation"
THAT remark" observed Senator
Sorghum. 'leads me TO infer that you
have never concerned yourself much
about the f.'-Washington Star.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
Musical?

Bacon-I understand your new
neighbors are musical.
Egbert-Are what?
Musical"
"Who said thatT'
"Oh, heard IT. II 1t not SOP
swell, / reckon he likes to fiddle
and the wife likes TO yell, If that's
what you mean."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
HUN
Tact.

what do you think of my comrades
whom l introduced 10 your said the
naval officer 10 the pretty girl at the
naval ball.
II think" she answered. CHANGING nc
the comrades mentioned Standing
around her. that you have got me In
a nice mess. baltimore American.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

~ told that inveternte gossip. Mrs.
Gnbby. that I saw young Highly talk
ing lunch with n married woman In
the fashionable restaurant"
"And was hef"
"Sure. II was his mother"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Il want cut rates Ola this job"
'What Is it,"
"Trimming my trees and hedges"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Spartan Women Suffered Untold To1uros
but who wants 10 be a Spartan? Take
"Femenina" for all female disorders.
Price soc and 31.00.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
FARMERS PREFER DRY TOWN.

Three hundred and twenty-four farm.
ers who trade In Kewanee, ILL.,. pre-
scented a petition to the business men
Of that town asking them to keep out
the saloons. The Kewanee Star-Cou-
rier published the entire list of 324
names on its first page.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

A man and his wife are different
also Indifferent after they have been
married a few years.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
ON coNFiscATIoN.

One Of the arguments against pro-
hibition is that 1t confiscates property.
1t has been well pointed out that this
argument overlooks the fact that pro-
hibition does not take from the brew
ers, distillers and saloon keepers a
foot of ground that they own or a
single brick out of any OF their build
ings. They have their property just
as they had it before, but they cannot
use it for the same purpose. However.
there are other purposes for which IT
can be used. When the saloon Is
driven out the building can be used
for the sale of things that are helpful,
and the buildings now used for distil-
leries and breweries can be utilized
for other business enterprises, as they
have been in states that have adopted
prohibition, with distinct profit to the
property owners.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
AS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SEE IT.

"On the train this morning I rode
down with a German acquaintance"
said a Nebraska man from the South
Platte country. in the course of our
talk asked him the usual question:
How about Prohibition It'll 60 dry
by q majority of 5000 to 10000 WAS
his answer. What makes you think
So? 1 asked. I'll tell you he said.
I was born in the old country. Over
there and over here ! have always
taken a drink whenever I felt like 1t.
I never drank to excess, and ] never
could see any harm In the moderate
use of liquor such as I and my friends
were accustomed to. But the trouble
is that our sons have gotten away
from the old customs. To speak plain.
ly, they drink to excess. We Germans
despise drunkenness just as much as
you Americans despise it. When we
see our sons degrading themselves in
this way we decide to call halt. The
only way to do this is to blot out the
American saloon. am going to vote
dry next fall, and my neighbors are
going TO vote dry with me-"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Just imagine feelings of a man
who has blunteC his conscience
ard turned a questionable trick
in finance IN order 20 please the
girl he loves, and tren has been
severely judged by the young
lady Wner she discovered his
handiwork. What steps will
ErouiIlard take to square him.
self in Amy's eyeso
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

"How do the needle guns work."
"Oh. 1880"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
Disappointing Movie.

1--WE seen it-'tain't no good"
"'E gets Jung. don't 'cf"
"Yus, but they don't show yer that"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07
REFUSE LIQUOR ADS.

There are $40 daily newspapers pub
lished in the English language within
the United States that publicly refuse
to accept liquor advertisements. and
the list r. lengthening-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Two women can remain good
friends II they don't meet often.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

NO MALARiA-No cHiLLS.
"Piantation" Chill Tonic is guaranteed
TO drive away ChilIs and Fever or your
money refunded. Price soc.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Where do the blind pigs get their
liquor? Every last one of them gets
Il fron the brewers. the distillers and
the wholesalers who not only know
that they viii sell It In violation Of
law, but encourage them to do It.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-07

Victor Hrouiliard knows that
he cannot win Amy Massingaie
until he pulls from his feet the
mire Of shis nr anciai triekery.
How will he extricate himself
with q clean conscience and .
pocketful Of moEey-or can he
dc IL?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-22

According to information which
seems to be credited in well inform
ed circles in Washington, President
Wilson has under consideration the
appointment Of Miss Ida M. Tarbell,
the famous author, investigator and
pub1icist, as a member of the federal
tariff commission. It has been I'M
idersto0d that two of the three Demo-
cratic members will be Prof. Frank
William Taussig of Harvard Univer-
sity and Daniel. c.. Roper, formerly
first assistant postmaster-genera
who was clerk ito the House COM
mittee on ways and means when it
drafted the Underwood tariff law,
and was in charge Of the field work
Of the Democratic national commit
tee in the recent campaign.
Miss Tarbell was strong advocate
OF President Wilson'S, reelection.
It was said in an authoritative way
that President Wilson had practically
completed the selection Of the mem
bers OF the tariff commission, but
that one Of those he wanted was
s'elusive," and it was not certain
whether his services could be obtain
ed q The action Of Congress III re-
dueing the salaries Of the tariff COM
mfssfoners ITO $500 q year has in
creased the ANTIQUITIES Of obtaining
persons OF the character and ability
desired. Under the law they are
obliged to give up other employment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-22
FROM L.ABORER TO
STEEL TRUST HEAD
FARRELL'S FEAT
But He Is Still "Jim" Far
rell to the Great Working
Army in the Mills.

The president or the largest cor
poration the world has ever known
began life as a common laborer. To-
day he is without doubt one Of the
greatest practical industrial execu-
tives in America. I know no man
possessing more knowledge of his
business, practical, theoretical, detail
and general, than James A. Farrell,
president of the United States Steel
Corporation, writes B. G.. Forbes in
"Leslies." He carries in his head
more steel facts than any other hui
man being.
Not only does he know how to
make steel, not only has he had prac-
teal training in every phase of manu-
featuring steel products, but he has
done more than any other person,
past or present, to send American
merchandise into every corner Of the
earth. Before others began even to
talk about the. vital Importance,
James A. Farrell, working literally
day and night and journeying hither
and thither across the seven seas, was
blazing the trail for American goods
and actually creating markets yield
ing millions of dollars a year to
American workmen and American
business enterprises. He is known as
"the father of the export steel trade"
Mr., Farrell holds the record for
securing foreign orders for American
goods. He is the greatest interna-
tional salesman America has ever
produced.
So modest is he, SO averse is he to
talking about himself or his achieve
ments that he was unknown to the
American public until his name was
proclaimed to the world as the new
president of the Steel Corporation six
years ago ''Who is Farrell?" the
people and the papers asked. News
paper "morgues' were ransacked in
vain for data about him. So were
who's Who" and other publications
chronicling the careers of notables
Even now James A. Farrell~is i'm
perfectly known to all but those in
the steel industry. Here are a few
facts-and they are facts-about
him:
When a boy he began training his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-22
FASHION NEWS OF
- II THE MONTH

Grace Margaret Gould, the fashion
editor of the Woman's Home Com
panion, has started a bulletin board
in which she will post the latest IA
shion news Of the month. She says
In the January ISSUE H.
''The new fashionable blouse is
worn the way the Chinaman wears
his sl1irt-outside instead Of in. Paris
speaks. of it, as the chemise blouse,
but here in America it's referred to
as the peplum or the basque blouse.
Some slip over the head, and some
fasten straight down the front with
jeweled buttons. These blouses may
be Of transparent fabrics, or not, as
preferred. but all Of them must be
fairly long as to the peplum.,
"Other Chinese influences are in
evidence. Fascinating dancing slip
pers are made of Chinese brocade.
The sandal .slipper-part cloth-of-sil-
yer and part satin-is also new. There
are four straps, each fastened with a
small rhinestone ornament. Silk
stockings with, lace insets up the
front are worn with these new san
dals.
New sport hats of beaver have a
beaded animals head as their only
Smart but conservative natpins
are ball-shaped, made OF clusters OF
steel beads.
BRAID as a trimming is al style note
not to overlook. A mushroom shape
black velvet hat is trimmed with a
band Of gray braid and a big braid
ball ornament in front. With this is
carried draw-string bag, the lower
half black velvet, the upper half gray
braid"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-22
A GALLANT AMERICAN.

One Of the most recent of the
American victims Of the. European
struggle was Robert Warren, son of
the president Of Yankton College, in
South Dakota. Young Warren died
in a hospital at Bordeaux. France, of
an illness contracted during his long
service with the American Hospital
Corps. At the outbreak Of the war
he was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford
University, having won one of the
scholarships provided by the late
South African magnate. He coon
went to Belgium for service with the
American Hospital Corps but was
taken a prisoner by tho Germans. cast
into prison, and convicted and con-
demned to execution as a spy. Be-
fore the date set for his death he
succeeded in proving his identity and
nationality, and was released. After
visit in South Dakota, he returned
to the battle front, but, worn out by
his toll, he contracted an illness that
proved fatal.
The young aero's father is DR..
Henry KimbalI Warren, who has been
president OF Yankton College for more
than 20 years. The older Warren is
q native OF Iowa, and graduated from
Olivet College in Michigan, beginning
his educational career in that state as
principal of public schools in Mount
Pleasant. Later he held a similar
position in Hannibal, Mo-, and in 1888
was appointed. to the presidency OF
Gates college in Nebraska. In 1s94-t
he was the head of Salt Lake college
ia Salt Lake City, and he assumed
the post las now holds in 1895.