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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-21

20 other routes than the one which the
girl was taking. The thick trees would
be all red and golden now. 1t was a
very romantic walk.
The girl, alighting with her suit case.
threw back a quick glance of annoy
ance as he followed her down the car
steps, But. swinging his own valise,
Billy trudged on in apparent uncon-
Germ. He knew that she still came be
hind him down the narrow path from
the constant stirring of the leaves be-
meath her feet. Ridiculous little boots
she was wearing for a rough walk like
this, he reflected. Billy wished desper-
ately that he might at least relieve her
Of the valise, but instinctively he real
lied the cold snub this offer would oc-
casicn. So before him the long path
led, brown and dismally. to the red
rooted station.
It was all very hopeless. There in
that second car he might sit. as before
in seat behind hers to wonder at the
soft wave Of her hair, the slumbering
mirth Of her eyes. Billy felt as poetical
as unhappy. On behind came the reg
ular rustling of the leaves.
"Of all the fools" he told himself
disgustedly. "Probably she is on her
way home to see her husband
Only-again instinctively- knew
that she was not. Then the thing hap
pened.
1t was the cessation of the rustling
leaves which at first attracted Billy 8
attention, then low breathed "Ah.
Under pretense of securing his hand
kerchief he placed his satchel on the
ground and glanced around.
The girl was standing quite still.
her widened eyes staring straight
ahead.
In quick alarm, Billy's followed
hers. There, between them in the
path, his crooked legs bent as If for a
spring, crouched a great bulldog. The
creatures body trembled with rum
bling, growing breaths. His bloodshOt
eyes looked steadily toward the girl.
About his jaws cleaned something
white and frothy. Billy spoke evenly.
keep perfectly STILL" he told the
girl. You will he all right"
She seemed almost not to hear him.
her eyes still fixed upon the painting
dog. Then. with a little inarticulate
cry. she turned. suddenly covering her
face with her hands as Billy slipped
noiselessly forward. his fingers clasp
ing about the dogs throat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-21
Sarcastic.

"You can't tell-that boy of Todd's
may be a congressman some day"
Indeed! Why, thought he seemed
quite bright Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-21

No one has right to live merely to
get q living. And this is what is meant
by drudgery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
NUxATED IRON

increases strength
OF delicate. ner-
v O VI \. rundown
people 200 per
cent In ten days
In many Instances.
30 forfeit II II
falls as per full ex-
pianntion In large
article soon to APP
pear In this paper.
Ask yoIr doctor or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
VI gtt01;s Te Ga11zzt}hin Grey

In the first place, Alaska 10 nine
times the sire Of the state Of Wash.
Ingson. and the Canadian Yukon,
including the kIondIks district
which 10 generally included In the
general term Alaska" has about
half a. much territory, making
nearly q million square miles OF
territory: . large subject. you see,
7 spent nearly - years. including
" winters. turnout various psrss
Of that country mining. and have
had a variety Of experiences and so
what write 10 from personal ex.
perience.
r. L. NEG. quotes portions Of 4
letter from the wife Of an Alaskan
who 10 a. true and noble . Christ
Ian woman a. ever lived" and
closed her letter by claiming TO be
. Christian herseif. do not ques
ton either OF these statements. but
] must question her statements
when she refers to Alaska a. a
whole, or the Alaskan N, Missionaries
a. a eIass.
Being Of a religious disposition,
have naturally associated myself
with the missionaries In tho local..
ties where I have been mininp and
prospecting. and they have been OF
various denominations. and with
one exception, I have found then,
among the nobiest. unseiflsh
Christian characters 10 be found
anywhere. and on various occasions
have been In q position 20 pus
their Christian character TO the
test, and q severe ono NJ that.
And now, Florida, permit mo "a
say this In conclusion: Your name
would suggest TO me that you were
born among the palms OF the beau.
tIfuI sunny South, where life 10 not
very strenuous. and where the
poisonous reptile or Insect iurks
amid the beauties OF the folIaqe
but " you want 10 find true noly,l.
ny Of character. 90 up amid the
regions OF the var North" where
tho thoughts. words and creations
Of white mon are the only poison.
Gus things to Be found, or In the
bsttIe-scsrred countries Of Europe
and the world will grow 90 large
and Christianity 80 broad. and ones
own self Will sink into such Inslq
niflcance that I'm sure that neither
Of us would ever attempt to ketp
people who cannot 90 from support
Ing the Christian missionary cause
In Alaska, or anywhere else.
go ye into all the world and
preach the gospel TO every crea
ture." and "Lo, am with you al.
ways" I'VE" has but one meaning
neither Catholic nor Protestant
Sincerely, ALASKAN"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
Nice Girls

amoN o one
xunS
m S to II I
a &c o rwte
OF n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
SYRUP OF FIGS
FOR CROSS, SICK,
FEvERISH CHILD
II Little Stomach Is Sour
Liver Torpid or Bowels
Clogged.

Mothers can rest easy after Civ.
ing California Syrup OF Figs" ~.
cause In few hours all the clog.
Eed.up waste. sour bile and fer.
menting food gently moves out OF
the bowels. and you have a we'll.
playful child again. Children sim.
ply will not take the time from
play to empty their bowels. and
they become tightly packed, liver
gets sluggish and stomach disor.
dered
When cross. feverish. restless. see
n tongue IL coated. then give this
delicious fruit laxative" Children
love II. and II cannot cause injury.
No difference what ails your little
one--if full OF cold. or sore
throat, diarrhoea. stomach-ache
bad breath. remember. a gentle ''in.
side cleansing" should always be
the first treatment given. Full al.
rections for babies. children OF all
ages and grown-ups are printed on
each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for n 50-cent bot
tie of California Syrup OF Figs"
then look carefully and SEQ that IL
Is made by the California Fig
Syrup Company" We make no
smaller size. Hand back with con.
tempt any other fig syrup.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16

any unrefined Joy forever.
Take the case OF David Richard
son. who lives In and owns the
Acme apartments and several 9th.
err apartment houses.
Having formerly been In the
grain business In Ritzvlllc. and
grocer. banker. and several other
things In Quincy. Wash. which ne
himself plated a number OF years
ago. Richardson is. I'm a manner OF
speaking. pretty we'll heeled.
He can rest back In his chair
and know that from month TO
month. the tenants will respond
with several and sundry contribu.
tons.
But is he content to thus sit
idly by?
No. stree. not David Richardson.
SO he has DOTTED his hat and has
thrown II into the councilmanio
race.
While all OF his experience In
public affairs heretofore, In an
active way, is summed up In hold.
ing the position OF school director
back In Quincy. he is positive.
however. he says. that he under.
stands Just what's what In our
municipal problems.
Richardson has been in tho state
since 1856. and several years later
came To Seattle.
The political germ didn't bother
him much before this election. but
he Is considerably inoculnted this
time.
He IL married and has two adult
children. both OF whom are mar.
ried.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16

o-About seven ysars ago, whom
Wss between the ages Of IS and
~ ! was going with . man ~
yosrs old, but my folks did not like
him and wouldn't let me 90 with
him when they knew H. To get
me away from my mother, who
Woo then . widow. he went to the
eewrt house and got . marriage "
eenee, but ! did not 90 with him.
He filled Il out and showed u to
my mother. ssyIng We were mar
riod now. and he was going 70 take
me away with him.
I went: but when I grew older, .
boQsn 70 realize what he had done
end what Il al means, 90 left him.
THE I'll happened In the East. !
came out herr 70 start In new. !
STAINED . position and was doing
fine, but one afternoon when | was
On the street.. who should ! meet
but THE same man. Hs wanted me
e come back and live with him, but
didn't 60. that 10, for about four
months, and would not have then,
but he made I'll kinds Of threats,
saying he would tell my folks every
thing. ! couldn't 90 on the street
w1th any Of my friends because he
would come up and say, what are
you doing With my wIfer
Would this be on record, that 10,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
nv HgRoERr QUICK

The potash famine is a phase OF
the fertilizer famine; but IL has
cause quite different from the
scarcity OF phosphate.
We have more phosphate rock
| than any other people on earth
| but the nulphuric acid for treating
Il TO make super.phosphate is
scarce Just now on account OF the
use OF tho acid In making OK.
/ ploslvea.
/ We do not produce potash cheap
| ly enough To compete with the Ger.
man supply--and no, when the al.
lies cut Off Germany. ipe potash
4 famine commenced.
The department OF agriculture Ia
its bulletin calling attention to the
present crisis In fertilizers men.
tons certain American sources
from which this element might be
derived and from which we are
now getting small supplies.
II There In the Searler lake mud.
brine. Hut II Ia tied up IN litiga.
ton and experts tell mo that the
methods OF treating the problem
are yet 10 be worked out CONNER
cially.
/ There IL some alunite from which
Il potash IL obtainable. and one con.
Germ Is making hundred tons or
80 4 day--hut there are not enough
alunite beds known 10 do us much
good
There Ia plenty OF potash in
common feldspar. but II cannot
now be extracted economically.
The great beds OF giant kclp In
the Pacific ocean would furnish
plenty OF potash II one or two prob.
lena could be solved the harvest
Ing of Il. which the department
says. ''is accomplished easily" but
which men who have engaged In II
regard as n real problem. and the
treating Of II after II In gathered.
There are some other sources OF
potash OF which the department Of
agriculture does not speak.
Certain copper and gold mines
waste great quantities OF potash In
their tailings. These contain from
I TO per cent OF potash, and some
OF them as high as from 10 to rs
per cent. and there are millions OF
tons OF them IN Utah. New Mexico.
Arizona. Nevada. Montana and Col.
orado. Getting the potash out OF
these tailings rs merely a matter
OF money and energy.
Tho fact In. however. that therc
IL no hope OF tho potash famines
being broken by private capital.
Capital will not Invest In pot
ssh companies under the threat
OF German competition whom
the war 10 over. The Germans
probably have never sold their
potash a. ehespiy a. they
would N they mad 20. They
have immense deposits which
are In some places 5000 feet
thick.
The beat prospect IN America IL
another which In not mentioned By
tho department In its bulletin.
Prof Udden OF the University OF
Il Texas has called attention 20 tbs
fact that In the borings for gas and
oil IN tho Panhandle of Texas. the
drills have passed thru deposits 70
sembiing tho beds In Germany.
II Tho geological survey 10 now en-
gagged IN an investigation OF these
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16

where no obtained the IIeensef II
20, can ! write and have II taken
of, because we were never mar.
riedf
Please do not overlook this.
L. p.
A.-The marriage license is re-
corded at the court house In the
county where Il was obtained. But
since II stands for nothing more
than the fact that you were eligible
to wed. II IL not necessary to de
stroy the record.
You were injudIcious when you
went back to tho man. knowing hts
true character. He Ia a coward and
bully. He would not dare tell
your folks because he would be
committing only himself. II he
makes any more threats or annoys
you further in any way. set the Law
upon his tracks.
Dear Mas Grey: ! am q business
man and do not wish any publicity,
90 please do not publish my name.
In your Issus Of the 9th 10 . letter
by Florida L. McGInnis on mission
aries In Alaska that 10 90 misIead-
Ing ard untrue that II requires some
kind Of an answer. and ! only wish
! had the ability to put II In better
form.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
RUB OUT RHEUMATISM
WITH ST. JACOBS OH"
Got a Small Trial DOttIe-Rub Palm, Soreness, stiff.
nsss Right Out Of Joints and Muscles Instant
Relief! Best LInIment, Doesn't Blister

Lumber upi Quit complaining,
Get small trial bottle OF old, hon
est st. Jacobs Or at any drug
store, and in just moment you'll be
free from rheumatic pain. soreness.
stiffness and swelling. Don't suffer
Relief awaits you. st Jacobs OH"
has cured millions OF rheumatism
sufferers In the last half century,
and is Just AZ good for sciatica, men.
ralgis, lumbago, backache. sprains.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
HERBERT QUICK SAYS:
Can Potash Famine Be Brokenp Agricultural Problem
! Discussed by Herbert Quick

fields. II We can find In America
that sort ~ deposit we may break
the kaiaer's potash monopoly
Unless this is done. the only hope
In thru governmental action In get
ting potash from our very numer
Gus sources as cheaply as II can bs
done. without reference TO profits
But that would be social
Istie."
The theory OF our govern.
ment 10 that II 10 none OF its
business whether the fields are
fertiilxed or not Its sole duty
10 to point out ways In which
private enterprise can make
profits. and call II q day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
The Home Doctor
How to Cure RhsumssIsm
fCllp out and savel

row 10 Cure rheumatism
Here 10 q prescription for rheu.
mstism tsasliy mixed NJ home) used
ali over the u. 8, for many years and
n~utraiikss the acid In the blood and
gives results after first dose. zone
ounce Of Torir compound and one
ounce syrup OF Hsrsapariiia. Put
these two ingredients In half pint
Of whisk~y. use n tablespoonful be-
Oct ingredients at any drug store
Genuine Torf~ comes only In one
ounce sealed yellow packages
evrest for Coughs and Colds
Don't experiment on = bad cough
or cold. IL II very risky. The follow
Ing formula easily miset at home
makes one Of the ber; and quickest
cough remedies obtainabi~. often
curing tho worst cough In day.
Bible. but here " best form Half
ounce 81 Globe Pine Compound fcon.
c~ntfated Pinsb ana two ounces OF
Giycsrinc. tnix these In half pint Of
whiskry. ise tsaspoonful fire.
au.ntiy as required. tsmailer doses
genuine Globe Pine Compound Con
esntrated Ptne). put up only In half
ounce botties. each enclosed In a
screw top case.
corns. evsssty and Aching Feet
Don't endure foot agony. Here 10
remedy for quick results. n
works through the pores. removing
the cause Two ,abiespoonfuis OF
csiocids compound In warm foot
BATH" Gives instant relief for nch.
Ing and swcaty feet. corns and cal
ious~s can he peeled right off
specially effective for sore hunionr.
rhIibislns. and frost bites Gsnufns
cetorlde In TWENTY-FIVE cent macy t.
ages at any drug store
The above IL published by tho
Medical Formula Laboratories. Day
ton. o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
The Weather
W'esher lt's cold. or w'ether IT'S hot,
We must have weather, w'ether or not

No gentle neerh 81 III u
o
abou tn weather
get heard
should be
Bnck
you Sc eck a
be
sh~au
o
o you on rail o
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16

Rheumatism is pain only" Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment Stop drugging. Rub
soothing. penetrating st. Jacobs
OIL" right into your sore. stiff. ach-
ing joints and muscles, and relief
comes instantly. st. Jacobs OH
Ii q harmless rheumatism and back
ache IMMINENT which never disap-
points.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
DECLARE CITY FISH
INDUSTRY IN PERIL

Seattie's prestige M n fish port
~ threatened by Prince Rupert.
since the duty was removed on
fresh fish. according 10 report
sent by the Commercial Club TO
Washington congressman wednes.
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16

druggist about II.
owl Drug Co. Barteli Drug Co.
and Swifts Pharmacy always carry
II In stock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
OF High Importance

PRESIDENT WILSON
ap NJ sat
o O
S a upon Mr.. Wilson'S lap
h
Is public Nc
a heart
o
altogether national
Pretty Late 1879 f e.5ess
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-16
Pretty Late

BUCHAREST dispatches indicate that Rumana will get into the the side
A1-Bitn purchased $4,000 of grain from her
Rumania
ally, o
of
CROP determinin in
the allied diplomatic
complimentary to British craftsmanship.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-28
DREADED TANKS BUILT IN L. $.
Farm Tractors Turned Into War Ma
chimes by England.

The British tanks" the armored
motor cars used in recent assaults
on German trenches in Northern
France, so successfully as to attract
worldwide attention, were built Tor
the most part in Peoria, ILL.,, as cater
pillar tractors designed many years
before the war to meet some OF the
difficult problems of modern farm
ing. Except for the armor, their ma
chine guns and their crews, thou-
sands like them are in use today IN
the United States, in plowing, dig
eing bitches and other labors less
heroic than war.
NJ. NJ. Baker, vice president of the
Holt Manufacturing company, ex-
planned that it was the ma
chine made by his company at It's
Peoria plant that had hurdled Ger
man trenches, walked through for
ests and crawled over shell crarers
in the face of intense rifle and ma
chine gun fire.
Sold to England.
Eve have sold about 1000 cater
pillar tractors to the British govern
ment." said Mr.. Baker. I'VE have
nothing to do with putting armor on
them, or placing machine guns, but
some of our men at Aldershot, Eng
land, recently were notified that the
/ British government intended to
SFrnor the tractors and use them for
work other than the usual towing OF
big guns.
Germany had some of these trac-
tors before the war began, and al
though do not understand just how
it occurred I believe she may have
got others since then. We have sent
some to France and some to Russia.
So far as / know up until the recent
appearance of the armored cars the
tractors were used to tow big guns.
I understand that Germany USED
about forty of them in their work,
before Liege early in the war and
recent photographs show that the
SBritish are using some of them for
the same purpose"
D-k$IoeI,Syc
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-28

Continued from page 6, column 2.)
edy that cut short the wicked career
of beautiful Becky Cotton.

edy that cut short the wicked career
of beautiful Becky Cotton.
According to the testimony of Mr..
Frazier, either Becky's popularity
was on the wane or the men who
stood around Edgefield court house
on that fatal day were a pack of mis-
cradle towards. Only one of them
dared interfere with an effort to pre-
vent the murder, and he skunk away
Immediately when Stephen Kennedy
turned upon him.
The fact that so many men at the
present day in South Carolina
through technicalities of the law and
corrupt juries go unpunished for the
killing of their fellow men, shows no
deterioration from social conditions
that existed a century ago. Old Mr..
Kennedy was also murdered. There
is no parallel case to hers, that can
be found in Edgefeld's history. Per-
haps Becky was only a freak or was
really ''The Devil in Petticoats," as
the Rev. Weems called her, for the
women of the past in Edgefeld and
those of today are noble Christian
women, and murder like that
of Becky has never been committed
by any of them.
Becky's bones lie IN an unmarked
grave, but the bottomless pool will
always exist as a monument to her
terrible deeds-"Becky's POOL is,
of course, haunted. F'rightful spec
tres are said to arise from the black
water at midnight, and they howl and
shrek until they are heard for miles.
Small boys and negroes are chased
by the spectre and only great speed
can save them from being caught
and dragged down to the depths of
the pool that keeps Becky's history
ever fresh in the memory of Edge
fields inhabitants.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-28
The Ticks Tax on Diaries.

Washington, D. c., Sept. IT,
There is a not uncommon idea that
if a COW does not die from Texas fe-
fer, the cattle tick is doing it no great
harm. Native cattle, it is asserted,
are immune to the tick. There could
be NO greater mistake. Cattle may
become immune to the fever but none
of them ever. become immune to the
loss of the blood that the tick sucks
out With steers this loss means re-
duced weight and lower prices; with
dairy COWS it means smaller milk pro-
duction and CORRESPONDENCE smaller
profits.S
Government tests conducted stimuli
taneously, under identical conditions,
with ticky and tick-free herds show
that ticks reduce the milk flow from
18 to AZ per cent, the exact amount
depending, of course, upon the Sc
verify of the infestation. Translate
this statement into dollars and cents
and the true meaning of the tick to
the dairy industry becomes obvious.
{ Let us assume that man owns a
herd of twenty COWS each of which,,
under normal conditions, yields eight
quarts day and that he can sell the
milk for five cents quart. His gross
revenue then is SO a day from his
herd. If few ticks are allowed to
feed upon his COWS and their produc-
tion is cut down 18 per cent, his
gross revenue is only S6.55> day.
If each cow is milked on an average
200 days in the year, his annual gross
revenue is lowered from $1,000 to
$3.50. This is the minimum loss
from the tick. If the infestation is
very heavy and the production low
cred AZ per cent. the revenue is cut
from 81 500 to s930-a loss of $3.50
a year.
This loss. is absolute; there is no
reduction in the cost or labor of feed
ing to Offset it. Neither is it posi-
BILE to overcome it by increasing the
amount of feed. Cows carrying
ticks" says the government report
of the tests, ''did not increase their
flow of milk when the feed. was in
creased as did the tick-free cows. "
In other words, the feed went to the
ticks and not to the COWS.
The practical experience of the
people confirms the conclusions of
the government investigators. In the
tick-infested sections of the South
dairying is not an important indus
try. The farmer may cling, if he
wishes, to the delusion that the tick
is harmless on immune cattle, but
he is not likely to put his faith to
the test by investing in dairy COWS.
He knows from his own and his
neighbors' experience that they will
make little money for him. On the
other hand, where the tick has been
eradicated, dairying is coming more
and more into favor. Silos are being
built, pure-bred stock is being intro
duced, the herds are getting better,
they are being, better cared for, and
they are paying better.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-28
Applied.

"How often have I told you not to
ask for second helping of desert?'
said Tommie's mother.
Il was only doin' what they told
me to do in Sunday-school," replied
the boy.
"Why, Tommy! What do you
mean?"
"Well, the Golden Text today was
Ask, and you shall receive and I'm
askin', amt I?"-Montgomery Ad-
vertiser.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-28
The oufnIne That Does Not Affect The Head

Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVE BROMO DUMMIES better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of e. W. GROVE. 25c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-09-28

See S. w. Copeland, Ehrhardt, S.
c., if you desire insurance. Special
ICES on the better class of cotton
gins.-adv.