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with an encore. Delicious refresh
ments were served and those present
await eagerly the next meeting. These
interesting meetings are planned to be
held on the last Wednesday of each
month, the ladies taking mental trips
to the various foreign countries where
their missions are located, through the
medium of their programs.
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!(NE READABLE VERSE
DO IT NOW

DO IT NOW
II with pleasure you are viewing any
work a man is doing,
II you like him or you love him, tell
him now,
Don't withhold your appreciation till
the parson makes grafton
As he lies with snowy lilies DER his
brow;
For no matter how you shout 1t, he
won't really care about it;
He won't know how many teardrops
you have she'd:
II you think some praise is due him,
now's the time to slip it to him,
For he cannot read his tombstone
when he's dead!
More than fame and more than money
is the comment kind and sunny, ..
And the hearty, warm approval of a
friend.
For it gives to live SAVIOR, and il
makes you stronger, drawer,
And it gives you heart and spirit to
the end;
II he earns your praise-bestow it: II
you like him, let him know it;
Let the words of true encouragement
be said;
Do not wait till life is DER and he's
underneath the clover,
For he cannot read his tombstone
when he's dead.
American Educational Society.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

If Hank Ford had worked for an en-
barge on gasoline so his cars could
have been operated cheaper he would
not have received all this joshing from
the American public.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

Henry Ford will be wishing he had
saved that $4,000 for the Fourth of
July. A lot of sky rockets could have
been purchased for that amount of
money. .
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06
A FRIENDS GREETING

I'd like to be the sort of friend that
you have been to me,
I'd like to be the help that you've been
always glad to be,
I'd like to mean as much to you each
minute of the day.
AS you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.
I'd like to do the big things and the
splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies
and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things that I
so oft have heard
And feel that could rouse your soul
the way that mine you've stirred.
I'd like to give you back the Joy that
you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you need /
hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel as rich as /,
who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with
you to lean upon.
I'm wishing at this New Year time
that could but repay
A portion Of the gladness that you've
strewn along my way.
And could / have one wish this year.
this only would it be-:
I'd like to be the sort Of friend that
you have been to me.
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

The Didn't Know it Was Loaded"
has scored again. The tragedy at
Kathryn Sunday should be a solemn
warning to parents to preclude the
possibility of children having deadly
weapons for playthings.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

The foreign people who come to this
country can't get used to our having
but one day for Christmas. In the Eu-
ropean countries it runs from four to
q dozen days.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06
SEIzE-oN THIS FELLOW.

Mankato Review: The Valley City
Tmes-Record advises it's readers mot
to winter where they fall" It may be
all right if they retain activity enough
to spring, when they are through Win
tering. If not, they had better go
summer else.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

II John Burke should be a candidate
for the senate and not get the re-
quired number Of votes he would stin
have his treasury position.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

A good problem to work out would
be to find leisure for the working man
and something to do for the man of
leisure.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

One thing after another is aptly il
Illustrated by father escaping the
Christmas deluge to be confronted
with the January statements.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

The baskets received for Christmas
presents may come handy later to
catch the fragments of broken New
Year resolutions.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

The mint makes it and under the
terms of the CONTINENTAL MORT
GAGE COMPANY you can secure it at
SO for any legal purpose on approved
real estate. Terms easy, tell us your
wants and We will cooperate with you,
PETTY 4 COMPANY
1419 Lytton Bldg, Chicago.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

The whiskey that is brought to
North Dakota nowadays has about
three fights to the pint.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

Every citizen Of the United States
Is a presidential possibility, but not
much Of probability.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

They'll soon be wanting to know
who put the hen in hyphen.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

It was a wise paragrapher who said
1t would take more than haircut to
make republic of China
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

About the only time a campaign
liar can be tolerated is when he is on
your side.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06
FELL AND INJURED FOOT.


]. M. Moffitt, carpenter, who has,
been working on the erection Of a
building on one Of the Granger farms,
about nine miles from town, had the
misfortune to fall in some manner on
New Years day, seriously injuring his
foot and ankle. He is under the doc.
tors care and will undoubtedly be laid
up for some time.
About rs young people surprised
Lawrence Bohnhoff at his home Thurs
day evening by coming in and spend
ing the evening in jolly good time.
The evening was spent in games and
later lunch was served. Lawrence
left Sunday for Fargo, where he will
take up work. III i,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06

You can reach 1900 families NEARLY
500 people ~ every day IN the Daily
Timss-Rseord. The cost is slight.
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most popular music composers in
America. The concert tour is to ex-
plot my songs; sung a 8 I intended
them to be sung. !, myself. shall be
at the piano. That, by itself, insures
the success Of the tour. l am offer
ing your wife an opportunity for
which many lyric sopranos Of estab.
lished reputation would be humbly
grateful. ! am comforting a high honor
on your wife by asking
"The highest honor q man can con.
fer On another mans WIFE" %interposed
Tom, us to let her alone. At least,
that is the way l regard such things.
l may be hopelessly old-fashioned.
But"
"You are" Legrand assured him,
quite untouched by the snub, "and, let
me tell you, II she sings in these con.
certs Of mine and II she scores a
success in them, her fortune is made.
She will be besieged by offers from
managers. She"
"That is true, Mr.. Price," said Pro
lessor Sargent, st is stated rather
less modestly than you may care to
hear It But 1t is entirely true. Mrs.
Price will not only receive far higher
terms for the tour than ever / have
known an untried singer to get, but
she will also have 4 chance to make
q name for herself. A name that she
can coin into money. With q voice
like hers"
"she has already made a name for
herself, sir" retorted Tom, "she made
It at the altar. The name Of Price
Not an exalted name, perhaps. But
/ believe and hope she is quite con.
tent with It. She needs no other"
you misunderstood me-" answered
Sargent, II meant to say"
But Legrand cut him short, by in.
terrupting:
Look here, Mr.. Price, let's speak
plainly. I've made inquiries about
you. I learn that you're fat broke.
that you've got nothing laid by-in
short that you're up against It, and
with no hope of going out to mako q,
living for some months to come. Il"
"That is my AFFAIR."" snapped Tom.
1T isn't contradicted Legrand,
Its your wife's. It's she who suffers
BY it. a long shot worse than you.
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en-" was her CHEEKY reply, "and by
getting well again as soon as you can.
Tho doctor says you will be able to
walk in another month or two. Isn't
that splendid?"
In a month or two he supplement.
ed, Il shall have to go limping around
in search OF work. For. Doctor
sprague tells me. the stuytotf Con.
struction company went, last week,
into the hands OF a receiver, and the
Lord alone knows when I'll get any
money on what they owe me for de-
signing that miserable building for
them"
A ring at the doorbell interrupted
her. She answered the summons, ad.
hitting two men.
Tom recognized the older of the
two visitors as Professor Sargent, his
wife's singing teacher. The younger
was a striklngly handsome man,
scarcely thirty years old: and with a
graceful. self-assured manner which
Jared on Price.
Laura welcomed the newcomers
cordially. Professor Sargent was
warmly sympathetic In his greeting
Of the invalid. Laura introduced the
stranger to Tom, as "Mr. Paul Le
grand"
Professor Sargent came at once to
NLn AhA--
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REINFORCED by such sums as Laura
could forward to him from her salary.
Laura was jubilant. Her life-dream
had at last come true.
Its for Tom! It's all for him! II
will be his success as we'll as mine"
AS for Tom, once having made up
his mind, he said not a word to indi.
cate the heartbreak that was his.
From the outset the concert tour
scored a genuine success. And the
success piled up as the tour con,
tinued and as It's fame preceded II
from city to city.
The bulk of the honors went to the
hitherto unknown young lyric soprano,
Laura Price.
Before the tour was half ended, she
was overwhelmed by offers from man.
ayers and agents. Her name and fame
and fortune were made.
Owing to her personal success the
tours receipts swelled beyond Le
grand's most airy hopes. Laura'a
percentage OF the profits assumed q
size that dwarfed the memory of all
the money she and Tom had ever
possessed.
Throughout she did not let victory
go to her brain or make her other
than the charmingly girlish and sim,
pie woman she had always been. Her
daily home letters to Tom were full
Of innocently vain accounts OF her
triumphs, but they were also full Of
the almost maternal love she bore the
invalid, and Of her longing to be with
him once more.
One cloud alone-apart from alb
sence from Tom-marred the sun.
shine OF the trip. From the outset
Legrand had assumed toward her an
air Of half.protectivs tenderness, that
was 80 subtle as to render II diff.
ficult to prevent and still more din.
cult to resent.
Legrand's manner toward her was
wholly %deferential, but 1t was propri.
etory, too. Laura felt that tho other
singers and the manager must certain.
ly draw erroneous conclusions from
1t. Yet she could do or say nothing
to deter her admirer. 4
Lesrand was a shrewd student Of
womankind. and q postmaster In the
art Of loye.making.
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All this SNUG olu.fasnioned talk about
. wtfe's place being in, the homo may
be correct enough. as long as her hus.
band has q fairly comfortable home
10 give her. But you can't give her
anything. Sargent says she has even
had to sell her piano to keep you from
starving. II you were "a musician
you'd understand what that means to
her. It's like giving up her right
hand. You can't give her anything.
She'll starve to death with you. Yet
you refuse her q chance to make .
living and a reputation"
you are mistaken" said Tom, cold.
~. u am giving her q chance to keep
her reputation. As for my not being
able to provide for her, that is no con.
Germ Of yours"
Toni protested Laura, troubled
at her husbands rudeness TO their
guest.
Prices eye met hers. He saw, in
her face, the sharp disappointment
involved by his refusal. He recalled
all she had done for him-all she had
suffered and sacrificed on his account
all that this chance" meant to her.
How long is the tour?" he asked,
hesitatingly.
"Ten weeks" replied Lagrand.
with sudden eagerness. I'VE open
next Monday night in Galveston. We
close in New York just ten weeks
later"
Toni" cried Laura, Joyous incre.
dulity bringing a flush to her cheeks
and a new light to her eyes, as she
read Prices expression. tom! Do you
mean you are really going to let me
go?"
Tom nodded, in silent wretchedness.
Good for you, old mani" applauded
Sargent.
Three days later Laura Price set
forth from home to Join the Legrand
Concert company at Galveston.
Tom could hobble painfully around
the fat by this time. The funds from
the pianos sale would provide for
him, for the present, and for the
wages Of an elderly woman who had
been hired to keep house for him in
his wife's absence.
Before the ready money should be
gone the family exchequer would be
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- ~ 80 HrLNNN LlHIL AMH"EI# ia LHa."NL
Tom gaped duly at him. scarce com;
pretending. Legrand, raising his voice
q little. as though addressing q deaf
man. continued impatiently:
will you set her free? Or are you
cur enough to 80 on for life, living on.
her earnings? We are willing to pen
sion you II you insist on such black
mail. But"
He got no further. With q word!
less yell of fury Tom Price leaped for!
ward. His left fist caught Legrand
squarely on the point Of the jaw.
The composer crashed to the floor
like a felled OK, and lay ~qulvering and
senseless at Prices feet.
With scarcely a glance at his foe,
Tom strobe from the suite. Along the
corridor he reeled. his brain aare.
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NINTH STORY
The Weaker Strain

When Tom Price asked Laura Bel
den TO marry him. he set forth t.
her the following account of his for
kune:
I'm two things" he said, ~ am q
muitimillionaire-in love and hope. A.
FAR as actual cash goes, I've nearly
seven hundred dollars. As for pros
pects-a fairly efficient young archi
kect ought to be able to pick up a liv
tng, even in q small upstate towr
like this. All ! ask is q chance. And
some day or other. that chance Fl
bound 70 come"
Perhaps Q more mercenary Cir
than Laura would have hesitated {
long time before linking her life to 9
man OF such meager prospects. Blu
Laura Belden was anything but mer
cenary. ..""
So they were married.
= They set up light housekeeping II
, tiny house that Laura made yer,
pretty and homelike. And Tom spen,
light hours Q day Tin his cheap little
ONCE With its glaringly new sign
waiting for the big orders that wer,
to make him rich and famous.
Meantime, Laura went on with the
study Of music which she had takcr
up long before her marriage. She had
really unusual lyric. soprano voice
And Professor Sargent, her teacher
prophestedi o great career for her.
AZ last came Toms longed.fol
chance" a small office building
Was going up at the corner of Tenn
pie and Maple streets. And, among
.nfteen architects bids for the job
rom Prices was chosen.
BE was radiant with delight.
One morning as the Prices sat a,
the breakfast table, Laura said, rather
hWistfully. :.
You aren't the only member of this
family whoihas a chance Tom. Only
you can take. advantage of yours. And
have 70 reject mine" {.
What do you mean?" asked Tom
looking up, curiously, from some notes
be was scribbling on the back Of on
envelope.
Yesterday, when 1 went to Profes
por Sargent for my lesson" said
Laura, he made me q splendid offer.
He wants me to go on q concert
tour.n
"concer. tour," echoed Tom, trovn.
Ing, "Nonsense!"
4 was afraid you'd say So" she
sighed. told him you wouldn't al,
low me to. He was ever SO disap.
pointed. He said it was one oppor
tunity In q thousand. You know Paul
LcErand, the composer?"
IN " mapped Tom, "and I don't
want to. He has the name Of max.
Ing love to every woman under fifty
md over fifteen. I've no use for lady
kiriers.s
u mean" she corrected. you know
bis work. You like his songs, too
Professor Sargent has given me doz,
ens Of them to learn. He says they
At my voice better than any others
and that / sing them better than any
pther soprano"
you sing everything better thar
knyone else can, little girl" put In
Eom, And"
and yesterday" continued Laura
M. Legrande happened to be at the
Hargent studio when l was taking my
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Around a corner he went blindly,
aimlcssly, then around another. Pres.
emily he found himself t q stair.head.
Without waiting for elevator, he
lurched down the two flights Of stairs
to the lobby. There he sank into q
chair and tried to think clearly.
1t was q long time before his brain
could be forced into normal reason
ing.
None OF Prices memories of Laura
bore out Legrand's vile hints. She
loved her husband. She had solemnly
promised to be true. She would not
break her pledged word. For some
purpose of his own, Legrand had tried
to blacken her in Toms eyes.
"That man needs a good deal worse
thrashing than I gave him." muttered
Price at last, getting to his feet. "And
I'm going back to give It to him. III
hammer him into confessing the truth
about Laura, even II l 60 to jail for
It."
He retraced his steps toward Le.
grand's third.foor suite.
The composer in the meantime had
gradually recovered from the knock.
out blow.
A tap at the door aroused him. and
cleared his muddled brain. For he
recognized Laura's voice, calling for
admittance.
Come In" he answered. /.
Where is he?" queried Laura,
eagerly looking about her.
Where is-who?" he evaded.
Where is Tom? I met the man.
ager in the hall Just now. He says
Tom is here and that he came to your
suite to find me-"
Without answering Legrand caught
her in his arms. and held her there
despite her struggles.
Her outfung hand fell by chance
upon the htlt OF the, dagger that lay
on the piano. Her fingers closed con,
vulsively about 1t.
Scarcely realizing what she did, and
thinking only to fend of the hate.
full face that pressed SO fiercely to.
ward her own, the frantic woman
struck out wildly at the man who had
seized her.
Legrand's grip relaxed. He gave a
coughing gasp, then collapsed In a life.
less heap at her feet.
Laura still holding the dagge,
whose keen edge. had severed Le
grand's carotid artery looked down
blankly at the dying man. Seeing
the blood on the blade she shrieked-
again and again, until the whole cor
ridor re-echoed with her cries.
Tom Price, nearing the suite door,
was first of fifty running people to
reach the spot. As he entered the
room Laura dropped the dagger and
ran toward him with arms out,
stretched. D
"TomH she walled hysterically,
"oh, Tom! l have come back to you
ct last. You were right when you
said this was no life for me. Take
me homel"
"Here!" rasped the house detective,
rushing into the room at the head Of
a dozen guests and servants, what's
the trouble"
He caught sight Of Legrand and Of
the dagger at his side.
who did this3" he demanded.
whirllng about to face Tom. "was II
you?"
"Yes." answered Tom evenly, Il
did IT. I'm ready to pay. It was
worth"
he did not!. screamed Laura, ut
was !! ! killed him"
Come along, both Of YOU" ordered
the house detective. pulling handouts
from his pocket. .It's up to the court
to decide which Of you is going to the
chair. All I've got to do Is to turn
you over TO the cops. Come along!g
(END OF NINTH ;sToRYl
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pI.eeyery ofAmerica.

Yes, there Is excellent proof Of 'tb+-
fact that the Mortimer, under
Ericsson, discovered and landed wants
the North American continent all the
the year 10oo-fve centuries bvIt58
the voyages Of Columbus and the ca
bots. You may be sure cf this, pc
yond 4 reasonable idoubts
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lesson. Professor Sargent made me
ring several Of his songs. And MI.
Lesrand went wild over the way I,
bang them.n
The puppyls grunted Tom. "ofI
kourse, he'd
Then he called Professor Sargent
kside," went on Laura, "and they whis.
bered together for . long time. Then
Professor Sargent came back to me
Ind said lthstiMr Il. Legrand Is planning
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THE WEST RGINIAN-FAlRMo SATURDAY. EVENING AUGUST 26 1915

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INTERNATIONAL
Sunday School
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By L. o. SELLERS, Acting ip.rsctosc
he Sunday School Course of the Moon
Bible Institute. chieago)
copyright. 1913. Western Nswspapsr union,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-05-19
Skirmish Occurs Between SOL
dierS and Mexicans.
BATTLE HAPPENS ON RANCH
Outlaws Open Fire on Small Party OF
United States Troops Halted at
Ranch to Purchase Forage.

Lake Itascate, Mexico, May 49,
Three bandits, including Julio Gar
denas, the Villista leader, were killed
in a skirmish with an American de-
tachment near Rubio ranch, twenty
miles east of here.
The Americans, twelve strong, un-
der the command of Lieutenant George
S. Patton, comprised an automobile
detachment sent to purchase forage.
The bandits fired upon Lieutenant
Patton and his guide after they had
alighted from the machines and were
approaching the ranch house.
The Americans deployed to prevent
the escape of the snipers and Lieu
tenant Patton returned the fire,
wounding the bandits, who meanwhile
fled through the rear of the house.
Overtaken later the Mexicans engag-
ed the Americans in a rifle duel in
which three MeXicans were killed.
There were no American casualties.
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SHARP FIGHTING ON
THE WESTERN FRONT

London, May 16.-Sharp fighting
now is in progress in other sectors Of
the Western front than in the Verdun
region, upon which attention has been
chiefly centered for nearly three
months past.
Notable activity has been reported
recently along the British lines in
Northern France and Flanders, and
Paris records brisk action by the ar
tillery on both sides in the Cham
payne, the scene of the main French
drive in last September's offensive.
Berlin, May 16.-The British have
been attacking the German lines near
Hulluch, in Northern France, in an eff
fort to recapture the trenches recent
ly taken by the Germans there, but all
their efforts have been repulsed, &C
cording to a statement by the war
office
In the Verdun region the French
failed in attacks near Dead Mans
hill and near the Caillette wood.
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LADIES'! SECRET To
DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Bring Back it's Color and Lustre
with Grandma Sage
Tea Recipe.

Common garden sage brewed into q
heavy tea. with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and luxuri-
ant. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur
recipe at home, though, is troublesome
An easier way is to get the ready to-use
preparation improved by the addition of
other ingredients, costing about SO cents
large bottle, at drug stores, known as
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound"
thus avoiding lot of-muss.
While gray, faded hair is not sinful, we
all desire to retain our youthful appear
ance and attractiveness BY darkening
your hair with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound, no one can tell, because it
does it SO naturally, so evenly. You
just dampen sponge or soft brush with
it and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time; by
morning all gray hairs have disappeared.
After another application or two your
hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy,
soft and luxuriant and you appear years
younger, Wyeth's Sage and Sui phur
Compound is delightful toilet requisite.
1T is not intended for the cure, mitigation
or prevention Of diesase.