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The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
CHAPTER XxVII.
Chicken. or Steak2

On the outbreak of bygone rune. ness between the United States and Spain, one free and entirely uncurbed metropolitan paper, unable to aoe- quately express it's violent emotions on the subject, utilized it's whole front page with the one word War" print ed in red ink.
 Now, however, the free anu entirely uncurbed, having risen most gloriously .n the past to every emergency, no matter how great, positively floun dered in the very wealth of it's oppar tunities.
 Saturday night, however, saw no late extras The story" was too big to touch without something more tan gible than the word of even so sub stantial man as Gerald Fosland; and long before any of the twelve eager young gentlemen had reached the Of fee, the scout brigade, hundreds strong, were sniffing over every trau and yelping over every scent.
 Until three o'clock in the morning every newspaper office in New York was scene of violent gloom. The worlds biggest sensation was in those offices, and they couldn't touch it with a pair of tongs! The deterrent was that the interests involved were so large that one might as well sit on a keg of gunpowder and light it, as to make the slightest error. The gentle men mentioned as the organizers of the International Transportation com pany collectively owned about all the money and all the power and all the law in the gloriously independent United States of America; and if they got together on any one subject, such as the squashing of a newspaper, for instance, something calm and impres- sive was likely to happen. On the 1 other hand, if the interesting story the free and entirely uncurbed had in it's possession were true, the squash ing would be reversed, and the free ness and entirely uncurbedness would l be still more firmly seated than ever which is the palladium of our national liberties; and heaven be good to us.
 (TO BE CONTINUED)
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Arl4E nEI Wred-headed reporter was

still writing and stuffing loose pages in his pocket, and the one with the
 beard was making surreptitious sketch of Gerald Fosland, to use on the first plausible occasion He had in mind special article on wealthy clubmen at home.
 Company incorporated" inquired | Hickey, who was the most practical poet of his time.
 T should consider that pertinent question:" granted Gerald Gentle men, you will pardon me for a mo- ment," and he bowed himself from the room.
 He had meant to ask that one simple question and return, but, in Arlene's blue room, where sat two young wom- en, in high state of quiver, he had to make his speech all over again, yer batim, and detail each interruption, and describe how they received the news, and answer several times, the variously couched question, If he really thought their names would not be mentioned. It was fifteen minutes before he returned, and he found the twelve young gentlemen suffering with an intolerable itch to be gone Five of the young men were in the library, quarreling, in decently low voices, over the use of the phone. The i'm perturbable Hickey, however, had it, and he held on, handing in story, en- bellished and colored and frilled and beribboned as he went, which would make the cylinders on the presses curl up.
 q am sorry to advise you, gentle men, that I am unable to tell you if the International Transportation com pany is, or is about to be, incorpo- rated," reported Gerald gravely. and he signaled to William to open the front door.
 As the rapt and enchanted Hickey pair of ice tongs caught him by the arm, and drew him gently but firmly back.
 Sorry" observed Gerald. but you don't go."
 Hasn't that d-d boy got here yet?" demanded Hickey, in an imme- diate mood for assassination. He was large young man, and defective mes- senger boys were the bane of his existence.
 William says not" replied Gerald.
 For the love of Mike, let me go!" pleaded Hickey. This stuff has to be handled while it's still sizzling! It's the biggest story of the century! That boy'll be here any minute"
 Sorry" respectfully obser zed Ger aid; but I shall be compelled to de- tain you until he arrives
 Cant do it!" returned the tesper ate Hickey. q have to go!" and he made a dash for the door.
 Once more the ice tongs clutched him by the shoulder and sank into the flesh.
 "lf you try that again, young man. 1 shall be compelled to thrash you." stated the host again mildly.
 Hickey looked at him, very thought fully. Gerald was slim waisted gen. tleman, but be had broad shoulders and
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,e4 handsome woman were in the Mae { Ss;ss.--s.GoWd at Coney>..,asassAzss.l,SS J ,SS- I o1as lsssSd fas aFr- SfsMnd. | York. They f. s..f5, sI waiting somt time for the parade and the woman
 began to yawn. Now yawning is a
 very unladylike performance in pub
 lie, and rather dangerous one in a
 Coney island crowd, for while the
 woman had her mouth wide open and
 was getting all the worth there is to
 be had out of a good healthy yawn a
 young man bent on mischief threw
 handful of confetti right plump into the oritice. The woman coughed and splut- tered, and the hoodlum shrieked with delight. Those about him thought it was a grand joke, too-all but the Woman's escort. He reached out one powerful arm and grabbed the skylark ing youth by the shoulder. Then he brought his fist down on the young mans straw hat, crushing it and driv- ing his head through the crown and partly over his ears. Next he turned the young man around and kicked him with all the force and swiftness that outraged dignity and fierce anger to- gether with great strength afforded If that youth recovers from that kick and throws confetti again he will be careful in picking his target. And, maybe, the handsome woman if she yawns again in a hurry will not do so in such mob as turns out to see COney island celebration
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
 TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for Backache or Bladder Trouble
 Neutralize Acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid neys, they become overworked get sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps of lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irritated, and you may be obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night When the kid neys clog you must help them flush off the body's urinous waste or you'll be real sick person shortly. At first you feel dull misery in the kidney region, you suffer from backache, sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour, tongue coated and you feel rheumatic !. twinges when the weather is bad Eat less meat, drink lots of water n5s a,sS;s<s sse' 3s5Seseend'ctsead 3s5Sse h dsa saResa lRean tn eampalfgn;; ;e
 spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast tor few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This fa- nous salts i; made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. also to neutralize the acids in urine, so it no longer is a source of irrita- tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in- jure; makes delightful effervescent Whitewater drink which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active. Druggists here say they sell lots of lad Salts to folks who believe in overcoming kid ney trouble while it is only trouble.- Adv
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
Fair Warninq.

breakfast the other morning, what would you do if I were one of those husbands who get up cross in the morning and slam things around and kick up a row just because the coffee happened to be cold?"
 John" replied his better half, q wouldn't do thing but make it hot for you"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
Dye Problem Solved.

American dye works are now turning out coal-tar colors at the rate of 15,00O tons annually, and report on the present hyestuf situation issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce calls attention to the impor, tance of the fact that these colors are being manufactured wholly from American raw material.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17

a depress1ngly calm eye, and he prob bably exercised twenty minutes every morning by an open window. after his cold plunge, and took a horseback ride and walked lot, and played polo. and few other effete things like that Hickey sat down and waited. and though the night was cold, he mopped his brow until the messenger came!
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
Healthy Reaction.

Fortunate are they who react health fly. They have an easy path through life, no matter what they may meet. The habit of reacting healthily from the small trials gives them power to vanquish the big tests, even the calam- ities
 And pitiful are they who react un- healthily. Every day of their nves they ;nfiict torment on themselves. no matter hoy favored they may be by fortune. Their practice or reacting unhealthily from small things makes them easy vi inns of the big trials.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
CHAPTER xXVi,
Gerald FosIand Makes a Speech.

Gerald FosIand Makes a Speech,
 Gerald Fosland, known to be sc for nal that he had once dressed to an- swer an emergency call from { friend at the hospital, because ,the message came in at six o'clock, surprised his guests by appearing Before them, in t the ..s salgn smsA sefSge dinner. in his in h
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I Written guaranty up here in fifteen min utes. will it do?"
 Gerald looked him speculatively il l the eye.
 ''If you telephone, and can then as sure me, on your word of honor, that the document l require shall be ir the house before you leave, 1 shall permit you to remain" he decreed and Hickey looked him quite soberly in the eye for half minute.
 "Ill have it here all right" he de. cided, and sprang for the telephone, and came back in three minutes with his word of honor. They could hear him, from the library, yelling, from the time he gave the number until he hung up the receiver, and if there was ever urgency in a mans voice, it was in the voice of Hickey.
 Gerald Fosland took a commanding position in the corner of the room, where he could see the countenances Of each of the eager young gentlemen present. He stood behind a chair, with his hands on the back of it. in his favorlte position for responding to a toast
 "Gentlemen: Edward B. Allison is about to complete a transportation system encircling the globe. The &C., quisition of the foreign railroads will be made possible only by war, which is already arranged. The war, which will be between Germany and France, will begin within a month. France, unable to raise war fund otherwise will sell her railroads. The Russian line is already being taken from it's present managers, and will be turned over to Allison's world syndicate with in week. The important steamship lines will become involved in financial difficulties, which have already been set afoot in England. Following these events will come successful rebel lion In India, and the independence of all the British colonies.
 You will probably require some tan gible evidence that these large plans are on the way to fulfillment I call your attention to the fact that, last week, the Russian duma began a vio- lent agitation over the removal of Olaf Petrovy, who was the controller of the entire Russian railroad system. Day before yesterday Petrovy was unfortu- nately assassinated, and the agitation in the duma subsided This morn ing l read that France IS greatly in- censed over diplomatic breach in the German war office; and it is com mented that the breach is one which cannot possibly be healed Kindly take note of the following facts: From the first to the eighth of this month Baron von Slachten, who is directly responsible for Germany's foreign re- lations, was seen in this city at the Fencing club, under the incognitG of Henry Brokaw. Chevalier Ducham- beau, director of the combined bank ing interests of France, was here In that same week, and was seen at the Montparnasse Cercle. He bore the name of Andre Tirez. The Grand Duke Jan of Russia was here as Ivan StrolesskE- James Wellington Hodge the master of the banking system of
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17

THE GREEN FOI stiff bow, but an errand of such i'm portance that it cannot be delayed, causes Mrs. Fosland and myself to return to the city immediately for an hour or so. I am sincerely apologetic, and I trust that you will have jolly dinner"
 Is Gail going with you?" inquired the alert Mrs. Helen Davies, observ- ing Gail in the gangway adjusting her furs
 She has to chaperon me, while Ger aid is busy" Arly glibly explained. You're 1t, Aunt Grace. You and Uncle Jim have to be hosts. Good-by! and she sailed out to the deck, fol lowed by the still troubled Gail. who managed to accomplish the laughing adieus for which Arly had set the precedent.
 A swift ride in the launch, in the cool night air, to the landing; brisk walk to the street; then Gerald, hay ing seen the ladies safe under shelter, even if it were but the roof of night hawk taxi, stopped at the first saloon. There he phoned half a dozen mes sages. There were four eager young men waiting in the reception room Of the Fosland house, when Gerald party arrived and three more followed them up the steps.
 Gerald aided in divesting the ladies of their wraps, and slipped his own big top coat into the hands of William, and saw to his tie and the set of his waistcoat and the smoothness Of his hair. before he stalked into the recep- tion parlor and bowed stiffly.
 "Gentlemen." he observed, giving his mustache one last smoothing, first of all, have you brought with you the written guaranties which 1 required from your respective chiefs, that, in whatsoever comes from the informa l tion I am about to give you, the names of your informants shall, under no cir cumstances. appear in print"
 One luckless young man, a fat checked one, with a pucker in the cor ner of his lips where his cigar should have been. was unable to produce the ] necessary document, and he was un der a scrutiny too close to give him chance to write it.
 Sorry" announced Gerald, with DO | lite contrition.. "As this is a very strict condition, 1 must ask you tt leave the room while I address the re maining gentlemen"
 The remaining gentlemen, of whom there were now eleven, grinned appre ciatively. Hickey would have beer the best newspaper man in New Yorl l if he were not such a careless slob He was so good that he was the onl! man from the Planet. The others hat sent two and three, for Gerald's mes sage, while very simple, had beer most effective. He had merely an nounced that he was prepared to pro vide them with an international sensa tion, involving some h' 'aoG.s of bil l lions of dollars-ans ,- Ae9given hi right Ramei .<1 A GA
 Hold the stufFy <si,s't' F ,'--zfzs- s.
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And it is sometimes said of a mau that he drinks like fsh-but he Im bibes a different fluid
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17

A gauge has been il clamped to hack saws tC cutting too deeply.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-03-17
ESCORT COULDN'T SEE JOKE
Incident at Coney Island That Prob ably Taught Confetti Thrower
 Lesson He Needed.

A large well-dressed man and handsome woman were in the Ma ~s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-19
CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CAL0MEL
AND CASTOR OIL
If cRoss, FEvERisH. coNsTl
PATED, GIVE "cALIFORNiA
SYRUP OF FIGS"

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother In
sisted on--castor oil, calomel. cathar.
tics. How you hated them, how you
fought against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is we'll
founded. Their tender little '.insfdes"
are injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only de-
licious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action IL positive, but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take It; that 1t never Calls to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach. and that teaspoon
full given today saves sick child to-
morrow.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot.
tie of California Syrup OF Figs"
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly on each bottle. Beware
of counterseits sold here. See that it
is made by California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-19

Teaching positions for state univer-
sity students and graduates are being
secured almost daily on the efforts
of the college of education. The COM
mittee on Recommendations an
nounces the following list OF appoint
ments: Agnes Meikle OF Bedford to
Beardstown. Ill: Helen Packard of
Cedar Falls, to Aurora. Ill; Hedwig
Portrait OF Prairie du Chen, Wis, to
Elmer; Margaret Speight OF West
Liberty to West Liberty nigh school:
Flora Belle Houston of Extra to To-
iedo; Frances BEEN of -.4arengo to
Forest City; 3. G, Blackstone of
Iowa Falls to Macomb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-19
FEEL YOUNG!
It's Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets
For You'll

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Don't force them to unnatural action
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S,ushing out the intestines with nasty,
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DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are veg
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trouble with your liver. bowels or stomach.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-19
TYPHOID FEVER.

N6OuCIlon IN CypnO1Q FEVER ana I'm
iprovement In sanitary conditions
have followed the intensive investiga
tons Of rural communities carried or
by the United States public health
service In cooperation with local anG
state health officers. according to this
annual report OF the surgeon genera
OF that service. During the past fiscai
year 1860 rural homes in eight DIFF
iferent states were visited and many
Iof them revisited. In each OF these
homes Information was obtained as te
the, prevalence of disease and insani
itary conditions and complete sani
tary survey OF the premises conducted
This was followed by reinspections to
determine il remedial measures had
been instituted. In but a relatively
small percentage OF the cases did the
persons concerned, after having their
attention drawn to the danger Of q
particular unhygienic condition, fail tc
tinaugurate corrective measures. Slim.
.ulus was given to the work by means
of public lectures. the formation OF
lactiye sanitary organization, and the
enlisting of all public spirited citizens
In the campaigns for reform. Public
buildings were also inspected and To-
cal authorities given expert advice in
solving such sanitary problems as the
GisDosal of excre.a. the prevention OF
eo'l pollution. and the maintenance OF
rrra water supplies.
The surveys made during the year
1914 had shown that in rural COM
lnlnities less than one Der cent OF the
homes had sanitary toilets and that
more than fifty per cent OF the people
were using water from polluted
sources. This condition, according to
the public health service, made the
rural sanitation question loom large
among the matters vitally affecting
the welfare OF. the nation Following
these studies and as result OF the
interest aroused. the TYPHOID fever
rate. an excellent Indicator OF the san
itary status OF community, has in
some places frequently been cut to
one-quarter OF it's previous figure. In
Berkeley county. West Virginia. the
cases Of typhoid fever were reduced
from 2is to 40 in one year In Orange
county. North Carolina. the rural
sanitation camraign resulted in &C.
duction OF the cases from SO to n.
The tangible results of operations
in rural sanitation indicate that mark
ed advancement in rnaintainiDr n.y.
Rienic and satisfactory SURROUNDINGS
in country districts is posible by the
application OF the common principles
OF preventive medicine. Insanitary
conditions erist lorcely because they
are not known to be such. Actual
demonstrations fo- their correction.
remain one OF ti'e most gratifying and
successful methols for instituting re-
forms and has been. IN the experience
.of the public health service. inver-
'iably accompanied by definite and
measurable results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-19
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