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The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
CHIPS FROM THE BATTLE
AXE.

Look out there, you poor white
folks and niggers! Them there
Germans, or Japanese, Or some
body else, are going to wade
across the creek some night and
walk Off with your "Liberty,
and then you will be in a pickle,
for that is all the property"
these American robbers have left
you-except your shirt and pants
so you had better see if the
munition makers will swap you a
gun for your breeches, so you can
be " prepared" Hush, now
don't kick. You MUST be a
PATRIOT, even if you DO have
to go in your shirt-tail.
A man that delights in war and
loves to win victories by shooting
down his fellow men, is such
full-blooded son Of the devil that
his barber Lad better use great
care for fear he will cut his horns.
The poor boys of England
didn't know they had country
until the war broke out-but now
they have found it out with a
vengeance, and they have got to
fight for it. What a shame! The
poor fellows have had to pay the
''lords" two prices for every
bread crust they have eaten and
for every shanty they have lived
in. And now they must be "patri-
otic" and go and fight and die for
a home they never had and for
a country that belongs to the
"lords."
Some people are very particular
to go with Christ down into the
water, but they part company
with Him as soon as they get on
the other side Of the creek, and
then go on their wiggle-woggle
way, butting and sinking just
like the rest of the billy-goats.
The preachers that preach that
the world is getting better must
have a mighty poor idea Of bet
ter, or else they must think that
our great-grandfathers lived IN
hell itself. Pray tell me in what
respect the world is getting bet
ter. Is it more truthful? Is it
more honest? Is it more virtuous
Is it better in any way7 Open
your eyes and SEE; unstop your
ears and HEAR; quit holding
your nose and SMELL; and stop
your fool talk about tho world
getting better.
Jonah was not a tobacco-chew.
ing and cigar-sucking preacher
for no whale could hold one OF
them in his stomach for three
days without vomiting.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.

Congressman Victor Murdock,
who is a sort Of handy-man
about the Bull Moose barn-lot. de
poses and says: "Thc Democratic
party is on the verge of an inter
nal explosion. All right, let or
bust! But say, Vic, it don't be-
come you to talk about the i'm
pending misfortunes of the Jack
ass. Amt you and your party a
rent-of tribe from busted partys
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Take notice, everybody! The
Fool-Killer has moved it's Office
from Moravian Falls, N. c., to
BOOMER, N. G. There have al
ways been some big objections to
Moravian Falls'' as the name of
a postofice. It is too long, diff
cult to keep in mind, and to NEST
people :. is absolutely meaning
less. Many postmasters, in draw
ing money-orders on that Office,
spell it every way but the right
way.
Boomer, on the other hand, is a
short and easy name. Only six
letters in it, and the word means
something. Boomer-booming-
on a boom-it will always remind
you that The Fool-Killer is doing
a booming business. And that is
a fact. Don't forget it. By sim
ply connecting these two thoughts
in your mind you can easily re-
member the papers new address
And you can tell your friends
about it, ind thus help to make it
boom still more.
The appropriateness Of the
name "Boomer" is one reason
why I moved The Fool-Killer from
Moravian Falls, N. c., to Boomer
N. G. There are some other rea-
sons that I Ray mention later.
"Where is Boomer?" you will
probably ask. Well, Boomer is a
small country village in Wilkes
county, North Carolina, about five
miles from Moravian Falls. It is
surrounded by. farming anC
fruit-growing community, and is &
very beautiful place. Ny big
new Office, which I have just kuilt
is situated out in the woods some
little distance from the village o.
Boomer, and all it's surrounding.
breathe the spirit of the ope1
country. Here I can live ane
work undisturbed. Here I ear
have plenty of elbow-room. M,
mail is delivered right to my doc
every morning, and the Who'll,
situation is just ideal. I can thinl
and work better out here in tn,
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PUTTING T.,
BOOMER
& ON THE MAP

woods where everything is quiet
and peaceful.
This is perhaps the only inst
ance where a paper of large circu-
lation can be found literally out
in the woods, several miles from
a railroad, with nothing that looks
or smells like town anywhere in
miles of it. But that is the situa-
ton here, and it suits me exactly.
Ny big new office, while not quite
complete, is now being occupied,
and another addition will be built
to it during the coming summer.
This issue of The Fool-Killer will
be hauled away from the new Of
flee in a big farm wagon, the mail
sacks being piled up like a load
of hay. In this manner the paper
will be carried over the country
road to the railroad station, dis
tance of about ten miles.
AS everybody knows, The Fool
Killer is different from all other
papers on earth, and the novelty
Of it's rural location makes it still
more different.
Ny old school-mate, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, in one of his in
spired moments remarked that il
a man would make even a better
mouse-trap than had ever been
made, though he lived in the
woods, the world would make q
path to his door. And Emerson
was right. [ am not in the mouse
trap business, but | am out here
in the woods trying to make {
better paper than was ever made
before, and the reading world il
rapidly making path to my door
[ have helped to make Moraviar
Falls famous all over the country
and now / am putting Boomer OF
the map in a hurry.
| Forget Moravian Falls-it is NJ
longer Of any Importance.
But remember BOOA1ER-it i
now the most important postofic'
| N America.
| Address all letters and make al
money orders payable to:
| THE FOOL-KILLER,
| BOOMER, N. G..
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.

If I were an unborn baby just
at this stage Of the worlds pro-
gress, would use all my influence
to keep from being born just yet.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

There was no other cause for
the war except that Europe had
too much preparedness" Shalt
we benefit by Europe's mistake,
or shall we not?
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE or
ADDRESS.

Europe was "prepared.' Where
is Europe's peace?
Evening star., 1916-09-17
MAGAZINE SECTION for September II, 1916

waiting. They thrust out their heads
and listened, and when he had assured
himself that all was clear he dropped out
the pack. He lifted Marge down then,
and followed her. As his feet struck the
ground the slight shock sent pain
through his head, and for moment he
leaned against the wall, almost overcome
again by that sickening dizziness. The
girls eyes filled with alarm.
"A little dizzy he explained, trying to
smile at her. @They gave me pretty
hard crack on the head, Marge. This air
will set me right-soon."
He picked up the pack and followed her.
In the edge of the spruce hundred yards
from the Nest, Tara had been lying all the
afternoon, nursing his wounds.
al could see him from my window y
whispered Marge.
She went straight to him and began
talking to him in low voice. Out of the
darkness behind Tara came a growl.
"Baree, by thunder!' cried David
in amazement. "He's made up with
Tara"
At the sound of his voice Baree came
and fattened himself at his feet. David
laid hand on his head.
"Boy!' he whispered softly. "And they
said you were an outlaw and would join
the wolves"
He saw the dark bulk of Tara rising
out of the gloom, and the girl was at his
side.
"We are ready, Sakewawin.'
He spoke to her the thought that had
been shaping itself in his mind.
"Why wouldn't it be better to join
Wapi and his Indians?" he asked, remem-
bering Brokaw's words.
Because are afraid of Hauck, !"
she replied quickly. "There is but one
way, Sakewawin-to follow a narrow trail
Tara and have made close to the foot of
Evening star., 1916-09-17

the range until we come to the rock noun
tain. Shall we risk the bundle on Tara's
back?'
at is light; will carry it."
"Then give me your hand, Sakewawin.'
There was in her voice the joyous thrill
of freedom and of confidence. She
gripped his fingers firmly and guided him
into sea of darkness. The forest shut
them in. Not ray fell upon them from
out of the pale sky where the stars were
beginning to glimmer family. Behind
them he could hear the heavy, padded
football of the big grizzly, and he knew
that Baree was very near. After little
the girl said, still in whisper:
"Does your head hurt you now, Sake
wawin?'
"A bit"
The trail was widening. 1t was quite
smooth for space, but black.
She pressed his fingers.
Il believe all you have told me- she
said, as if making confession. after
you came to me in the cage-and after
the fight believed. You must have
loved me great deal to risk all that"
"Yes, great deal, my child he an
swered.
WHY did that dizziness persist in his
head? he wondered. For moment
he felt as if he were falling.
"A very great DEAL he added, trying
to walk steadily at her side, his voice
sounding unreal and at great dis
tance from him. "You see-my child
didn't have anything to love but your
picture"
What a fool he was to try to make HIM
self heard above that roaring in his head!
His words seemed to him whispers coming
across a great space. And the bundle
flung over his shoulder was like crushing
weight bearing him down. The voice at
his side was growing fainter. 1t was say
ing things that afterward he could not re-
member; but he knew that it was talking
about the woman he had said was her
mother, and that he was answering it
while weights of lead were dragging at his
feet.
Then, suddenly, he had stepped over
the edge of the world and was floating in
that vast black chaos again The voice
did not leave him. He could hear it sob
pillS, eHtIedliIS liHl, urging Hll1l W 40
something that he could not understand;
and when at last he did begin to com
prehend it, he knew also that he was no
longer walking with weights at his feet
and burden on his shoulders, but was
on the ground. His head was on her
breast, and she was no longer speaking
to him, but was crying like heart-brokcn
child. ...,1 4
The deathly sickness was gone as
quickly as it had stricken him, and he
struggled up, with her arms helping
him
"You are hurt-hurt--" he heard her
moaning. "If l can only get you on Tara
Sakewawin-on Taras back-there-
step" And he knew now that was what
she had been saying over and over again.
urging him to help himself if he could, so
that she could get him to Tara. He
reached out, and his hand buried itself in
the thick hair of the grizzly. He tried to
speak laughingly, so that she would not
know his fears.
4One is often dizzy-like that-after a
blow, he said. "Iguess-I can walk now
mo, no; you must ride Tara, she in
sisted. "You are hurt. And you must,
Sakewawin-you mustr
She was pulling at his arm with all her
Evening star., 1916-09-17
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The Washington times., 1916-05-14

sur..u- Of Foreign and Domestic COM
merce.
Although there has been steady in
crease IN imports, the export trade IN
practically all instances has been double
the, incoming.
In March. of this year. goods to the
value OF t2i3.5ss,7s5 were imported. az
compared with si57,ss2.o1e worth In the
same month last year. This shows an
increase of s55.eo7.76s In imports over
the corresponding month last year.
For the nine months ended with last
March. the imports totaled si,5oi, s14.7 us
AZ against n.2i3.s1s.sis for the same pc
Rod last year. This shows an increase
OF SIS. ooi,O75 in imports.
The export trade for last March show
cd gain Of s11.s4i.f57 over the corre-
spending month in 1915. the figures being
s4oe, Soi.ess for this year and 500 ,3eo, 2Si
for last year. A gain Of si.16s.5os $50 is
shown In exports for the nine months
ended with last month. the figures being
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
Quiet Weekin Market
Welcomed by Traders
Breathing Spell Was Not Symptom of Change as to
Basic Ce.>S:tions, Which Continue to Remain
sighly Satisfactory.

the week In connection with the Manu-
featuring Perfumers Association.
Nowadays. with most foreign essences
and perfumes conspicuous by Their ab-
sence. the domestic rnsnufsctursrs are
way and arc de'~@ Sstrating their ebil-
ity to turn out r that H. required ny
this country and 'cverai other coun-
tries ., which ,t used 1t their . SaSrnak
Perhaps they dill MT wish 20 get too
gay about this. and, therefore. asked q
gentleman employed or the chemical
schedules q the tariff during the Taft
die so. and most ineptiy.
Hits Tariff Reduction.
His particular grievance was tho re-
duction in the tariff rates on soap.
These range now from per cent on
the common kind To 10 per cent for the
,.perfumed Now. the peculiar exacticns
Of the soap boilers have come In for at
tentions ever since the days OF Moore
the Parsee Merchant"
The imports OF ali kinds Of soap have
been practically peslisible. no matter
what the duty. About 50 per sent and
a fraction of the population Of these
United states now do. and always have
the aide domestic soaps. and they are
likely 10 continue 10 do 90 whether
soaps or not.
as cheaply here as abroad. everything
considered. In an absurdity, and any
criticism II particularly ridiculous at
the present when Britons are beins
soaps because the output Of tho English
makers should be kept UP IN CONSEQUENCE
OF the need for the glycerine. which 10
a by-prcdnct. for munitions, purposes.
er time OF It this year than ever he
fore
The Washington times., 1916-05-14

Hogs Receipts. g. ZOO; active Heavy and
mixed $40. iO6fi0.bo workers., %. 15nto.50; pigs,
sssoas.so: roushs ts,z5dsSo; stays. 5000
1850
sheep and Lambs Receipts, aeoci active.
Lambs. ts.5Oal0.e5; others UNCHANGED.
So, Louis Market.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, May is.-Hogs--Recei
$500: higher. Pigs and lights. n,bou9.o5i
Catiie-Receipts, so, steady. Native p.oi
steers. sl.soas.s5i yearling steers and heifers,
feeders. B,bOasbo: Texas and Oklahoma
steers, tb.7B@S.7b; cows and hetfers t5dsi
teGio.to: prime yeariinss and heifers. $3.50
sheep--Receipts, $50: steady. wethers. sIq
clipped ewes, tLboas.bo spring isnihbs. tiod
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
Taking Pleasures Sadly.

One would naturally suppose that.
when the representatives Of sorue indus
try which II especially prosperous,
hold a convention. tire remarks would
be Of a cheering character. The re-
verse, however. seems usually the case,
doubtless because there are stu many
sadly"
An instance In point came up during
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
Financial Editors
Continue Optimistic

Today's New York papers continue
in their optimistic view OF financial
and commercial conditions throughout
the country.
The passing OF the German crisis.
and. paradoxically. the seriousness Of
the Mexican situation, both are con-
perity.
OF particular interest is the follow
Ing rather mysterious statement In the
New York American:
wall Street has information regard
ing Mexico that has not been pub
lished in the newspa pers-informatio
that cannot be published here with
out an evident injury to the Govern
ment In It's military operations.
The Street believes as a result of
this information that the United
States army Will be occupying all of
Mexico In a comparatively short time,
and that the beginning of this move
ment is in the very near future.
1T Is for this reason that stocks of
companies with important properties
In Mexico are being quietly accumu-
lated. The oil shares and copper
lean railroads will undoubtedly boom
when the advance begins. but they
never were popular in Wall Street,
and even at best are considered ex-
tremely speculative. The oil and cop
per stocks are considered almost safe
enough for investment in view OF the
Information that has come to the
leaders of the Street"
The following is from the New York
Tribune:
"In spite of the rival attraction OF
the preparedness parade. made audible
In regeneration of martial music
throughout the financial district. a
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
$50 Jewel Robbery.

Jewelry valued nj $50 wns taken from
the apartment 81 simon Wolf ls'S
Eighteenth street northwest. yesterday.
according TO a report made TO the po-
gained either by. n duplicate key or
Through n window.
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
EXPORTS OF j. S.
DOUBLE ITS IMPORTS
Bureau Of Foreign and Domes-
Ito Commerce Makes Report
on Foreign Trade.

The United States continues TO export
twice as much merchandise. manufac-
lures, and raw materials as II imports.
according to figures given out by the
The Washington times., 1916-05-14

The labor troubles In different
branches OF industry thrust themselves
70 the fore as q factor In business dur
ing the. last week. These. and the la.
bors of Getting ready for the great
energy that under ordinary conditions
would have been devoted to selling.
But breathing spell from the over
activity OF recent months was not
unwelcoma TO many. II was not a
symptom Of change as TO any basic
conditions. which remain highly salts
The crop outlook, for this time Of
year, Ia regarded as favorable enough
for most purposes. Demand for the
metals continues undated. and prices
rule high In consequence. A better out
look for the building trades Ia indicated
with all that this Implies in the way
OF employment.
While backward weather has held
back q certain portion of retail trade
that IL dependent on the prevalence Of
higher temperatures. Il is felt that only
needed TO stimulate this kind Of buying
and bring It's volume ahead OF anything
In recent years.
Export trade in different kinds of
manufactured goods. which has been in
creasing largely. would be much greater
IL II were not hampered by lack Of
shipping facilities. and even q lull in
the munitions business would have no
serious effect, while domestic trade con-
tfnues as active as II IL.
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
May 8, 1915.
CLASSIFIED Advertising Manager. The wasi
ington Times.

ington Times.
Dear sir-I was thinking OF buying new
hat this spring until I happened to see the
I'D" OF the Vienna Hat Factory In The
Sunday Times. In which they claimed to
make an old straw hat look like q new one.
"A penny saved Is penny earned and
economy Is wealth." so I had the above
frm AK up my last years straw which they
did at very little cost. and in such a salts
| factory manner that ! was indeed very agree
ably surprised. Their prompt and efficient
| service entities them to the patronage OF the
/ public. Very respectfully. J. BUsHoNG.
25s lih 1T. N. T..
The Washington times., 1916-05-14

quarter of a million shares changed
hands In the two hours of business yes
terday. Prices generally were steady.
and. In so far. reflected lack OF dis
turbing developments outside the mar
ket. Otherwise advances in specialties
here and there throughout the list were
significant only of professional oper-
atoms OF an unimportant character"
The following incident. Is reported
In the New York Sun. 10 of interest:
The value of the Curb as a free and
open market where anyone having Sc
curlties to sell may dispose Of himself
even though not a member OF the New
York Curb Market Association, was fit
VIII had zoo shares OF Tonopah stock to
sell told his broker to execute the order
for him. The broker tried for several
days to get rid of the stock and could
not FINALLY he called up his client and
told him that there was no market for
the stock. and that he was unable to
execute the order.
'oh. that's all right" came back the
answer from the client. II got tired
waiting for you to do II. so went down
The following remarks. in the New
York Herald. shows the tone OF the for
eign exchange market:
The effect OF the shipments OF gold
from Canada to this center for tine ac-
count of the British government was
noticeable In the market for foreign ex-
change yesterday. With the prepared
mes parade distracting attention and
the business session being limited to
half a day. the volume OF transactions
In the open market was small. Never
theless. the rate for sterling advanced.
and the tone was particularly strong in
comparison with the earlier portin OF
the week.
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
Washington. D. C.. April q. 1915.
CLASSIFIED Advertising Manager. The WASH
InRfnn Timea-


ington Times.
Dear sir-I am a reader OF the daily and
Sunday Times. I noticed an advertisement
for the Ladies' Capital Hat Shop. located on
Eleventh ST.. sos, y. w. which I can con-
scientiously recommend. I have had work
done there for several years. both Milans and
Panamas remodeled In the very latest style
and looked like new. perfectly satisfactory,
The ladies in charge are always pleasant and
assist greatly by their many suggestions
PAces are very reasonable. Respectfully.
MRS. GRAVES.
The Washington times., 1916-05-14

The following remarks. in the New
York Herald. shows the tone OF the for
eign exchange market:
The Washington times., 1916-05-14
Washington. d. c.. Dec. 20. 1915.


Classified Advertising Manager. The Wash
ington Times.
While looking over the ads. In The wash-
ington Times I noticed the advertisement Of
walford's. 900 Pennsylvania avenue. l know
OF the wslford's Arm for 20 years and there
IL no one in Washington that will give you
the worth Of your money than they.
They are reliable and honest dealers. and
should have the best wishes OF the public
as well as The Times paper. Very truly
yours, GEORGE MONROE,
tiSs 18th ut. n. W.. Washington. d. c.
The Washington times., 1916-05-14

s3.ais, iss.asB for the three-auarters Of q
year ended two months ago, ana si.sps..
csc, 75s for the same period twelve month";
previous.
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