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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13

New Basis for Automobile Insurance.
 A new basis for insuring automo- piles has been evolved by one of the leading New Jersey insurance compa- nies. The weight of the car is now de- pended on in defining the risk and set ting the premium required. Cars weighing under 5000 pounds are in- sured at certain rate and all those over 5000 pounds at a different rate. This standard applies both to automo- bile liability and property damage.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Wyomind.

A new fifty-barrel oil well has been brought in at Basin.
 A lime rock quarry which will em- ploy forty or fifty men is soon to be opened at Greybull.
 Three oil wells have been brought fin at Riverton by the Hall Company during the last few weeks.
 Oil has been struck in an encour. aging quantity and quality by ths local company drilling on the Ed CoTfield tract north of Basin.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13

yet again he stared at the headlines. as if they were unbelievable.
 Walking like a man in a trance, he strode across the great main room. He opened the office door and entered-to face Dorothy. seated in a chair a pile of ore samples in her lap as she held them one by one to her eyes. Galena. copper sulphates. gold and silver-she passed them over with a casual look A piece of brilliant azurite caught her fancy; she leaned forward to pick it up.
 Upton grasped her roughly by the shoulder.
 What are you doing in here!" he demanded curtly. It was the first harsh word sho mad ever received from her father.
 "Oh! Let go. father: you are hurt ing me. saw the door was open and I came in"
 The door is still open. You can go out-go!"
 Tears came to her eyes. for the siri loved her father very dearly She gath cred up the samples that she had taken from the safe and replaced them care fully in the lowest compartment As she rose to her feet her hand knocked from the shelf in the safe little paste board box that fell to the floor, and. striking on a corner. rolled out into the room. opening as 1t did so. Upton sprang forward to pick it up. dropping the open note from his out stretched hand He seized the box. which he thrust roughly into the bo. som of his shirt. and turned to find Dorothy facing him, the newspaper clipping in her hand.
 "Oh! Oh!" she cried. and again. "Oh."
 She gulped.
 And they accused him of that! It cannot-must not-be, will not have it! An American paper accuses him of that! Is there no justice in the world? Is all charity dead? Couldn't they wait to hear his side of 1t? What is 1t, father? What Is .t?"
 There had come a burst of firing from outside the house. Upton had staggered back from the table, a stream Of telltale blood from his shoul- der showing how one at least of the hostile bullets was accounted for.
 Keeling. he sat down suddenly in a chair. the supine body. the sick look upon his face, the sudden white about the nose and the corners of his mouth showing that he had succumbed to the shock of a high-power bullet fired from long range.
 Dorothy sprang to aid him, laid him down upon the floor with a pile of papers under his head, and tore fran tically at the collar of the brown fan. nel shirt that seemed to cut oil his breathing. Speeches.. he resisted her every effort to assist him It was not till unconsciousness mercifully came to shut oY the pain that she got view
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Plenty of Room for Driver.

Especial attention has been given to comfort for the driver in designing the latest models. Exceptional leg room, deep cushions and Iow-set seats with high backs are some of the features incorporated to make the drivers seat comfortable. This exceptional roomi- ness has been accomplished without loss of space in tonneau by scientific distribution of body space.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Few Use Pure Castor Oil.

Very few racing drivers use pure castor oil. In the big races there has not been more than one or two drivers in each instance using it. Nowadays, if castor oil is used, it is sometimes mixed with alcohol. It may be that some drivers are using a mixing proc ess of their own. which is privately kept to themselves.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Motor the Heart

If a surgeon could devise a human heart that would run regardless of the strains put upon 1t there would be little fear for human life. This Is true of motors. A car may possess the most beautiful lines ever devised by automobile architects, but if the motor is at fault, in the language of the negro who stirred up trouble at a dance-"they ain't no ball"-and there 'ain't no car"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Iiouid Air for Autos.

A company has been formed at Bos- ton to manufacture liquid air for au- tomobiles and as the driving power for all kinds of machinery. By the use of liquid air the company claims that an automobile can make a trip of 100 miles at a very small expense.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Mother" of Vinegar.

"Mother" of vinegar is so called be- cause 1t Is the mass of germs which produce the vinegar from the alcohol of the hard cider. The mother" can be dissolved in strong oxidizing agents, but will be killed by such treatment.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Pessinistic loqic for the Season.

In almost every family there is one member who simply has to work hard Ind save his money. fin order to have 1t on hand to lend to the others when they need 1t, and who thus gets the reputation among them of being stin- gy.-Ohio State Journal.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
Wise Don't"

Don't knock man who Is "mak- ing good" About 999 times out of . 1000 the success of a man is also success for the entire community Atchison Globe.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-13
WESTERN MINING AND OIL
 NEWS
estern Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News serviee
 Metal Market Prices. Spelter, Denver, sS.i212. Copper, casting. s23.121s. Lead, New York, s6.35. Bar silver, 63Ac. Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten. per unit of 50 per cent, s2Od 22.50.
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CHAPTER viIi-continued.

The mexieans believe Upton has the emerald bell. They want it and have promised their prisoner. Lieutenant kynaston, that if they get the jewel he will be freed. They send mes senser with the proposition to the American mine house.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-02
TELLING THE TRUTH.

1t is not pleasant and profitable
always to tell the truth in the col
umns Of a newspaper. Men who
have tried this heretofore have al
ways come to grief, Only a few
days ago the editor Of a paper in
Indiana grew tired Of being called
a liar, and announced that he would
tell the truth in the future; and the
next issue of the paper contained
the following items:
John BONN, the LATEST merchant
in town, made a trip to Belleville
yesterday.
John Coyle, our grocer man, is
doing a poor business. His store is
dirty and dusty. How can he do
much?
Rev. Styx preached last Sunday
night on Charity The. sermon was
punk.
Dave Sonkey died at his home
in this place. The doctor gave it
out as heart failure. Whisky killed
him.
Married Miss Sylvan Rhodes
and James Conlin. last Saturday, at
the Baptist parsonage. The bride
is q very ordinary town girl, who
doesn't know any more about cook
ling than . jack rabbit, and never
helped her mother thfe9 days in
her life. She is not a beauty by
any means, and has q gait like a
duck. The groom is an up-to-date
loafer. He has been living off the
old folks at home all his life, and is
not worth shucks. 1t will be ahard
life.
The governor Of our great state
a very ordinary man, and who was
elected by accident, was here yes
terday. He has very few friends
NE# Na#.FMM
here now. He promised some Of
the voters Of this precinct a piece
Of the pie in event Of his election,
but had forgotten all about it when
the time to hand over the little of
fee rolled around"
Which reminds us of an Illinois
editor who became tired Of welding
the whitewash in the matter Of obit-
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-02

uaries, decided to reform and tell
the truth just once. He commented
as follows upon the death of a citi-
zen:
Died. Aged fifty-six years, six
months and thirteen days. Deceas-
ed was a mild-mannered pirate with
a mouth for whisky. He came here
in the night with another mans
wife and joined the church at first
chance. He yves us several dollars
for the paper, a large meat bill, and
you could hear him pray six blocks.
He died singing Jesus Paid 1t ALL
and we think he is right; he never
paid anything himself. He was
buried in an asbestos casket, and
his many friends threw palm leaf
fans in his grave, as he may need
them. His tombstone will be a
favorite resting place for boot
owls. Publishers Auxiliary.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-02

Albania and holding Rumania and
Greece neutral.
Germany has lost all its African
and Asiatic colonies except German
East Africa, and this will likely also
60. Kamerun, Southwest Africa,
and TOgoland, in Africa. and the
Tsing-Tau peninsula. in China, are
gone, but these count for little ex-
cept as to area in square miles. The
population and wealth are little.
What Germany wants is a por-
ton Of Courland, on the Baltic, to
set up Poland as an independent
country; control of the Balkans and
Central Asia.
If the Russians capture the re-
gion the Constantinople-to-B agdad
railroad occupies, it win be a seri-
Gus blow to Germany, and we doubt
not England will not be overpleas-
ed, either.
We have come to the period Of
the war when the economic strain,
If it is going to break the central
powers. will begin to show its effect.
Unquessionably meat is scarce
there, but bread is plentiful. We
have doubted if the blockade could
bring Germany to its knees, but it
may make it more willing to grant
fair peace terms. Should Germany
be in danger Of starvation we shall
see the German war vessels emerge
from Kiel canal in a desperate sort
lie to break the ring about their
country. The odds are about five
to three against such an attack be-
ing successful, but if the stress is Sc
we're the battle will occur. If the
blockade doen't hurt Germany, then
that country will depend for sue
cess on land and will wish to pre-
serve its fleets as the nucleus for a
future navy.
Germany is the only country
which seems willing to pour out its
blood in unchecked flow. 1t is a
maryelously courageous showing,
but it is to be doubted If it is war.
The odds in numbers are against
Germany. The odds in material
and efficiency are with that coun-
try. The hope Of the allies is that
the time will come when numbers
will tell. England's stubborn deter
mination to fight the war to a finish
is what is preventing peace. But
all the nations are suffering so ter
ribly that peace would be no sur
prise. After what has occurred, il
could hardly be a dishonorable
peace.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-02
DIRE DISTRESS
Il Is Near at Hand 10 Hundreds Of Lex
lngton Readers. ~..

Don't neglect an aching back.
Backache is often the kidneys
cry for help.
Neglect hurrying to the kidneys
aid
Mems that urinary troubles may
follow
Or danger Of worse kidney
trouble
Here's Lexington testimony.
J.F. Winslow, farmer, JasnnGk
St, Route /, Lexington,-sa1
kidneys were weak for sy6 y
result Of an attack of fever. Often
my back got so bad that ] could
.hasdly get up or down and severe
pains seized me in my loins. My
kidneys acted irregularly, too. |.
tried different medicines, but got no
relief whatever until | begun using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They we're
lust what | needed and rid me Of
the ailments in short time. | hope
that my endorsement will be the
means Of helping other kidney suf-
ferers."
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
oct Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Winslow had. FOster-Mil-
burn Co, Prop, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-02
AFTER TWENTY-FIVE MONTHS
Excellent Summary Of the DIoody War IN
Europe Presented by Chattanooga News

&NH. NsNHEN YafFNE 4FfE
After nearly twenty-five months
Of wal, what is the situationY
On the west the lines are not APP
preciably distant from where they
became fixed in September, 1914.
King Albert, with about 100000
Belgian troops, occupies about TWEEN
ty-two and one-half miles in the
smaller sector Of Belgium which is
still held by the allies. There are
about one million British troops oc-
cupying eighty miles Of line held by
Sir Douglas Haig. The balance OF
the French line to the Swiss from
tier, approximately 337 miles, is
held by the French with two million
men, The French general, Joffre.
commands all the western front.
The German attack at Verdun
continues with growing ferocity and
couroge on both sides, The losses
are stupendous. 1t is estimated the
shells used by the Germans in this
battle have cost fifty million dollars.
How many hundred thousand lives
they have lost on tine Verdun front
may only be an estimate. They
must reach toward the half million.
according to most military writer's,
the number Of men in both German
and French armies are now on the
decline,
While the attack on Verdun has
not accomplished results common
surate with the cost, only about
thirty square miles Of territory hav-
Ing been occupied, nevertheless it
has shown a wonderful batterine
ram strength Of German arms, es-
pecially in artillery. On the other
hand, the French defepse also has
been most courageous Apd brilliant.
The German staff must have had
coed reason for their plan Of cam
paign, though as yet not apparent
II they captured Verdun the effect
would only be moral. There must
be other reasons. Probably one Of
these is to keep the allies on the de-
fensive until the time for the great
allied offensive has past. This was
expected to begin in early spring.
Already 1t is nearly three months
late Another reason may be to
protect Metz and all the iron and
coal region which has been occupied
bytha1 mans. with such advan-
tageko their cause: Unless the al
Ills violate the neutrality Of Holland
.ithey may strike into Germany only
by way Of Metz, and II the ground
for this approach is cleared this Of
fensive may be postponed longer.
The additional men the allies can
put into an offensive will come
largely from Great Britain and its
colonies. There must be at lsast a
million soldiers in England now. BY
this time they should be well train
ed. Fear Of an uprising In Ireland
Is past, but that island, Of course,
will not furnish many recruits,
In the eastern theater the front
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-02

runs from the Baltic west Of Riga;
thence southeast to Wilma, thence
south following the river valleys be-
tween Russia and Poland to the
northeast corner Of Galicia, through
this easterly to the Bessarabian Dor
der. This line is estimated to be a
little over twelve hundred miles
the distance from Boston to Oma-
ha. Here Gen. Alexieff, chief Of
staff under the car, is faced BY the
Germans under Gen. Won linden
burg. Kuropatkin, Of Manchurian
fame, and Iyanoff are other Russian
generals. The allies assert that
there is a Russian army Of two and
a half million men on this line, with
a million and a half more in re-
serve. There are no figures on the
German or Austro-H Hungarian forces.
The central powers seemed deter
mined to take Riga, and their navy
is cooperating. Activity increases
as the weather improves.
In the east Of Turkey the Grand
Duke Nicholas has won more luster
for the allied arms than elsewhere,
taking Erzerum and Trebizond, and
now being within two or three
weeks march Of the Bagdad rail-
road, it is said. The British Meso-
potamian force is again approach
ing Kut-El-Amara, and a Russian
cavalry force riding through Persia
has joined the British. This is an
important event. How seriously
the city Of the Caliphs is menaced
is not yet apparent. Most Of the
news, however, is Of Turkish defeats
except Of course, Townshend's cap
ture. We hear little from Constan-
tinople as to the situation, OF, in
deed, Of any further menace to Port
Said and the Suez canal, which ur-
questionably the central powers in
tend to threaten, if possible.
Evidently Italy is going to be
Obliged to call out a million or
more men to support the eight hun
dred thousand now in line. The
Austrian attack in Trent and the
Tyrol must be alarming to the allies.
If the soldiers Of the Hapsbures can
break through.the Alps here and
enter the plains Of Italy at the point
Of the peninsula juttine into her
fair fields, then the expedition on
the Isonzo would have its commun-
ications menaced.
In the Balkans all is fair for the
central powers except the thorn in
the flesh at Salcniki. How many
French and English troops are there
is not known, probably several hun
dredythousand. The Austrians and
Bulgarians have not attacked them,
and likely will not. But if all goes
well with the allies elsewhere they
will probably strike toward Constan-
tinople from this point. OF late we
hear little Of the Bulgarians. They
have performed their part in the
war in crushing Servia, occupying
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Side|ights On War Moves

oi yards trenches depth, the
"A French the British including the complete
Cuemont and half uinchy the considerable Anglo
French the fortnight The fact that Berlin he'd about
smash broke down without the OF the
all the because indicates the Germans have
of troops public opinion home
defeat by the
nhbng tactic O the great allied
CombleS and three
the Peronnc Bpaumc road
should the the
weight OF metal to stop the mod'a sn. OF the Nngoiech
taking ntc
Halted Halle Brusio has turned his outakmg General
Bmcr from the north The breaking the Austrian line the Ihcnoyk
the Belany the trick In the (apahnS the
the whole OF heights south
credit miles through the
will put them the Hungarian frontier
Runanas rapidly enlagng
ransyapa the Bugarans have launched diversion Do
Danube Black The
border Basardk which branch the kutend
declared Immediately
undoubtedly will prove be keep the Ru
garianS with their Turkish aides busy
work the ally the complete reclamation OF ransyania
through Alps and the Ausan
have steadily before them
allies thinks the make
to further the the cpaSt faction Hungary which growne
Many students feel that the
deac Hungary from Austria Occupation of lanyana
north by the Russians would Hungary along the
aratiSS' path.-W NJ. H.
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Luke McLuke Saws

Even when YOU know a man is liar
II is hard TO believe that about him
when he is saying nice things about
N0u
Nuw- that summer waning tfTr st1ue
stores are displaying low cut shoes for
the dear girls and the nec-length
things they wore in hot weather will
have disappeared by the tune there Is
snow on the ground
II seems to us that an old married
woman who has pair Of props that
look like the legs on an fashioned
pool table has no business wearing a
skirt that barely covers her knees. But
she wears one Just the same
A western scientist holds that morals
improve as the amount of clothes worn
grows less Well, il this is the case
there is nothing the mat,A with the
morals Of our American giNs
Almost every day YOU will meet a
man who possesses the ability to say
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|E0lT0lNl nc
The Republican View
THANK GOD FOR WILSON"
Edited by the Republican State Committee.

stElANK for Wilson he has reads the demo
book the democratic fseOod Later the
book the lSy OF slogan refers TO the Mexican
invaded murdered
thereon and rendered necessary Tor armed forces temporarily TO
friendly We kept the
declares Baker Maine But Baker
his duties Washington has approved the finding the
surrounding h PeShng
actual war declaring that The omap
declaration could add nothing the OF these conditions
and the absence such declaration alters the fact OF the existence
Which believed Baker the
Baker the head the department auanS the OF a
deSerter?
Probably Hughes President
Wilson than the his the diplomats
President Wilson proceeded
office the who had devoted the consular and diplomatic
service OF them having risen to high positions at important posts as a
result places mcumhenS would
filled who had
o. the
entirely diplomacy
business them Texas iamand doubtless successful farmer
He likely successful preacher but he acknowledged th
the diplomat These
the Wilson much criticized at the
Reform hut lrcN
had been Revival
the shameful will undoubtedly Wilson the support o thousands Z"
efficiency especially the which We
depend for national the of the world
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LINES WORTH REMEMBERING.
Life is not so short but that there IS always
time enough for courtesy.-EM
CANDIDATE HUGHES ExPLICITNESs.

CANDIDATE HUGHES has way OF outlining ~,
- view, on public questions which must he h'shN
gratifying 10 his followers and equally dscomtitng to the
ocoostion lie lust closing three weeks tour OF 'e
west during which he has taken occasion to oiie goo"
deal Of criticism of President Wilson's policies and at inc
Same time stated in very plain and definite language ju'
what he would have done under like circumstances or VIVA"
he proposes TO do when he gets into office
For instance President Wilson's policy IN dealing WIN
Mexico is and has been all wrong weak and Vae'aung
and the like Mr. Hughes says that in the first place nc
would have recognized IIuerta and that failing to stop o'
disorders ntevened This is perhaps not his precise ian
guage but is its obvious import
Again he charges that President Wilson has turnc'
a lot Of competent republicans out OF office to make room
for incompetent democrats. This is very destructive o
the spirit OF civil Service II Mr. Hughes gets into power
at Washington he will not do this lie will allow the
democratic occhoders whose experience has served '
make them competent by this time to hold on. No re-
publican will get a Job under him save where there IS
vacancy by death This perhaps not his precise ldn
suagc but it is It's obvious import.
Furthermore the presidents handling OF affairs with
Germany has been a national shame and disgrace Mr
Hughes would have prevented Germanys violation OF BEL
sian neutrality by sending the army and navy into the
Furoncan conflict and also spared the civilized world the
shock o the usitauias sinking by having fleet OF bat
tleshps convoy English passenger ships This perhaps
not his precise language but it is its ob,iou, import
Mr. Hughes has taken infinite pans everywhere to out
huc u, what he would have done under circumstance
similar to those confronting the president and has made
very plain that he would have done the other thing ir
reason therefore il we get him correctly is that he IS
republican seeker after the presidency and Mr. Wilson he
longs to the opposition party.
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what he means without letting anyone
else know il,
4 soft answer may turn away wrath
But it sure is a heap more satisfaction
to be able to call q man liar
The reason WIN woman Is certain
that her son will turn on, to he big
man is because her husband turned on.
to he a hunk OF cheese
Once in while you will run into the
kind OF man who imag,ncS that he
would lose his dignity II he ever
smiled
When a man gets So old that wom-
ans curves mean nothing to him he
gets ven IN Iurr I Surrcty t1t- the
suppression of something
Love NAV he blind But love should
remember that the nelghborS have good
eyeSight
! II man can look prosperous when
he isn't YOU can't keep him down long
Most OF us have TO be careful what
we say about others But rctormel
or a circus evangelist can claim that
he was misQuo,ed and get away with "
ANY old time woman tells you tha
there is ten years difference he,weer
her age and that Of her husband don
get the idea that she means that sh'
is ten years older than he IS
We don't mind hearing dead MAJ
praised But 1t makes us tired to- hea
live man receive few compliments