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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
Big and Little Postage Stamps.

This country has the honor Of hav-
ing issued the largest stamp ever made
an old five cent stamp. restricted TO
the mailing Of packages Of newspapers
and not intended for letter use. This
stamp was four inches long by two
inches wide, about two-thirds as large
as an ordinary banknote.
The quarter shilling stamp Of Meek
lenburg- Schwerin, which was issued
in 1856, is the smallest ever issued
less than fourth the size Of the cur
rent penny English stamp = and it
would take about fifty of them to COW
er the surface of the largest issued by
the United States.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
GIRL, BLIND FOUR YEARS,
SUDDENLY REGAINS SIGHT
physicians Baffled, Mother Re-
CARDS Cure of the Child
as Miraculous.

Irvington. N III can see, NAM
ma" said Genevieve King, eleven.year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John ].
King, to her mother. The mother
could hardly believe it was true. but
tne child can see plainly, after having
been blind four years.
1T must have been the hand Of God
winch lifted the blindness from nv
daughters eyes," said Mrs. King.
Genevieve was sent home from
school four years ago by the medical
inspector, with instructions tnat she
De treated for pink eye. She rapidly
grew worse, and two months later be-
came totally blind. Physicians treat.
ment seemed to have no effect.
She began to show improvement
when / massaged her eyes with bo-
racic acid, witch hazel and water.
For five months I have continued this
constantly. | wished to get a bill
changed, and she asked II she might
do the errand. was afraid to let her
20 out alone, but she insisted. In a
few moments she returned. She ran
swiftly across the room and flung her.
self into my arms with the cry, Il
can see, mammal"
The girl said she CROPPED her way
Downstairs and upon the walk, when
suddenly everything was light in front
OF me, and ! could see and ran back
to tell mamma. Ny eyes do not hurt
now, but the back of my head aches
awfully."
She Will return to school soon.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
FORESTS IN EAST AFRICA.
lmpsnetrable Tangles Where Every
thing 10 Dripping Wet.

Impsnetrable Tangles Where Every
thing 10 Dripping Wet.
The dense growth Of tropical for
est In East Africa is thus described
in THE Rediscovered Country" by
Stewart Edward White:
Imagine first the planting Of sin
gle great spreading trees at spaced in
tervals, trees in shape like elms, ma
pies or beeches, but three or four
times their size. Fill in the spaces
between them with a very thick
growth of smaller trees-100 feet high
and foot or so through-then below
that leafy underground so dense as
to be impenetrable to either sight or
locomotion. This underground is of
many varieties. 1t puts out big leaves,
small leaves; grows on hard stems,
watery soft stems; it stands q foot
high or forty-generally both.
"Underfoot are ferns. Along the
s1anting trunks of trees grow ether
ferns and damp MOSES. Streamers
Of moss depend from limbs and sway
in the currents of air. Orchids cling.
All small dead twigs are muffled
tightly in vivid moss On the slopes
of the canyons and the heads of ra-
vines are little forests of tree ferns,
feathery and beautiful. These run TO
thirty feet in height.
Everything is dripping wet. In
deed, the strongest single impression
that remains TO me of that forest is
that 1t was a vanished forest. Every
leaf, every branch, every smooth sur
face, shines polished. Always in the
ear is a slow, solemn dripping"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
BOTH WERE SCARED.
Hard to Tell Whether the Man or ths
Bear Ran the Faster.

Bear Ran the Pastor.
A prospectoF named Whately, who
was collecting specimens near Cooke,
Mont, says the New York Evening
Post, worked too long and decided to
spend the night in the mountains. The
weather was warm and pleasant, and
he stood his rifle against a tree and
lay down to sleep. In the course of
the night he was awakened by the
heavy breathing of large animal and
an oppressive and very disagreeable
odor. Half conscious Of something
standing over him. he lay perfectly
still.
Soon there was a grunting and snuff
ing close by his head, and he under
stood that he was underneath grizzly
bearl A cold sweat came over him.
and he was paralyzed with fright
Whately's rife was out of reach. He
had no knife, and he feared that the
grizzly might attack him at any mo-
ment. Acting on a sudden impulse, he
doubled up his knees and with all his
strength plunged both his fists and
feet simultaneously against the stom-
ach of the beast
1t was complete surprise for the
grizzly, which was even more fright
ened than the man. 1t ran squealing
and believing into the timber, while
Whately, whose knees were knocking
together with fright, gathered up his
goods and struck out for Cooke City In
the dark. He did not dare to pause un-
til he was safe in the settlement
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
PINE TREES OF FINLAND.
They and the Birehes Are the Wealth
of the Country.

lhey ana the 6lrches Are the wealth.
of the Country.
The pine trees of Finland are the
gold mines of the country and really
its chief trade. Pines and silver
birches flourish on all sides. Every
thing or anything can apparently be
made of birch bark in Finland. Shoes,
baskets, large or small, salt bottles,
flower vases, even an entire suit Of
clothing is hanging up in Helsingfors
museum, manufactured from the bark
of the silver birch.
The lakes Of Finland. of which there
are five or six thousand, cover about
sixth of the country, but these lakes,
rivers and waterways all take their
share in the wood trade In the au-
tumn the trees are felled and left for
the first fall of snow, when they are
dragged two or three. one behind the
other.
By this means the trees are convey
ed to the nearest waterway, where
they are stamped with the owners
registered mark and rolled upon the
ice Of lake or river TO await the natu-
raj transport of spring. On the voy
age those soldiers of the forest travel
hundreds of miles to the coast, till
finally arriving at such an enormous
wood export station as Kotka they
meet their doom.
On the completion of the floating
season the stock Of logs at Kotka often
amounts to 100000. On arrival at
their destination they are separated
and distributed according to the marks
Of their respective owners. Large
floating houses await their arrival. The
steam sawmills are waiting for the
trees. AS they go in half dozen
saws run into them at once, and out
come boards and planks Of various
thicknesses and widths.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
NATURES FLIERS.
AVlators Make Poor Showing When
Compared With Birds.

Compared With Birds.
Although Of recent years aviation
has made such tremendous strides, the
feats Of present day aviators cannot be
compared with those of natures flyers
the birds. In speed, endurance, lift.
ing and sighting power birds beat avia-
tors every time.
A common swallow. for instance, can
travel in the air at the rate Of 100
miles an hour. The vulture when
swooping on its prey cuts through the
atmosphere at nearly $50 miles IN
hour.
The fastest an aeroplane has ever
Travelled is 10S miles an hour, and this
speed was only obtained by building q
freak machine, dangerous to handle.
Then, again, birds can fly for TWEEN
ty-four hours at a stretch without de-
scending, even in boisterous weather
After eight or nine hours continual
flying an aviator is wear,ed both men
tally and bodily. and If he has had
strong winds to fight he is often in q
state of collapse.
At a height of 10000 feet the earth
in detail is most dificult for an aviator
to see, and 1t is only with strong
glasses that he can discern even large
buildings and rivers. But, although at
high attitudes, hawks and kites can
spy tiny lizards and field mice on the
earth, for their sighting powers are
twenty times stronger than those Of
aviators.-London Globe.
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struqqIe For Expression.

There is a certain hardship in each
ages struggle to attain expression
against the overwhelming mass Of ex'
preston already in existence. In nc
other field of human effort does the
practitioner have to contend with
ghosts. A living general does not have
to array his battalions against Caesar
or Hannibal or Napoleon. A living ath-
lete does not go up against Heracles OF
Milo. But book or picture or musical
composition has to fight not only against
its natural rivals Of the present, but
against all that has been preserved
from the past.-Charles Leonard Moore
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
BARK MAKES DOG A HERO.
Neishbors Find Mrs. Matt Allen Near
Death From Gas.

New York.-Should Mrs. Matthew
Allen, sixty-seven years old, of 416
Fourth street, Brooklyn, wife Of Matt
Allen, former racing trainer, recover
she probably will owe her life to her
pet dog, Baby.
The barking of her dog aroused
neighbors, who detected the odor Of
gas coming from Mrs. Aliens apart
ment, They broke in and found the
woman half conscious. She was taken
to the Methodist Episcopal hospital
The gas escaped from leaky jet
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
Worms Sap Your Child's Strength

Is your child pale and fretful2 Doe:
he CRY out in sleep or grind his teeth
These symptoms may mean worms and
you should obtain relief at once
Kickapoo Worm Killer is a pleasant
remedy that kills the worms, and by
its mildly laxative quality expels i
from the system. Worms sap the vi
tally and make your child more sus'
ceptible to other ailments. You
druggist sells Kickapoo Worm Killer
25c box.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
The Last Straw.

81 never see you and Jim Johnson
together any more. You used to be
almost inseparable.'
81 know. but I got tired of him. He
was always giving me advice"
what of that? You didn't have TO
take his advice. did your"
"0f course not. but whenever l
didn't take it it always turned out
that l would have been better off If l
had."-St. Louis Dispatch
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
cLEvELAND'S SON AN ORATOR
Makes One of Principal Speeches at
Laying of Cornerstone.

Princeton, N. J.-Richard Cleveland,
son OF Grover Cleveland and a sopho'
more was one Of the principal speak
ers at the laying of the cornerstone OF
Princeton's new $4,000 dining hall
In behalf Of the under classmen OF the
university ne thanked the trustees and
donors Of the new structure.
The structure viii be known as Mad
ison hall, after President Madison,
class Of 1771. In his dedication address
President Hibben said the trustees had
named the quadrangle, which the new
structure completes, the Russell Sage
hal. In compliment TO Mrs. Russell
Sage. through whose generosity most
OF the buildings that inelose 1t were
made possible.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
Morality In Natura.

All things with which we deal
preach to US. What is farm but a
mute gospel? The chaff and the
wheat, weeds and plants. blight, rain,
insects, sun-it is a sacred emblem
from the first furrow OF spring to the
last stack which the snow Of winter
overtakes in the felds.-Emerson.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
Stop the first Cold

A cold does not get well Of itself.
The process Of wearing out a cold
wears you out, and your cough be-
comes serious if neglected. Hacking
coughs drain the energy and sap the
vitality. For Al years the happy COM
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
Woods For Carving.

Oak is the most suitable wood for
carving, on account of its durability
and toughness, without being too hard.
Chestnut, American walnut mahogany
and teak are also desirable, While for
fine work Italian walnut, lime. syca-
more, apple. pear or plum are generally
chosen.-Argonaut
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
A EiahN Romance.

Mabel-So Jack Miller didn't marry
Miss Herring after all? Judith-No.
She rejected him. Mabel-How did
Jack take it? Judith-Oh. he said there
was as good fish in the sea as were
ever caught out of it and went after
Miss Salmon.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01

bination of soothing, antiseptic bal
sans in Dr.. Kings New Discovery has
healed coughs and relieved congestion.
Young and old can testify to the efec-
tiveness Of Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for coughs and colds. Buy bottle
today at your druggist SOC.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01

Lawyer-And you say your neigh
boris dogs are vicious and dangerous?
Do you mean TO say that you live In
a state OF perturbation? Witness-No.
sir; ! live I'm the suburbs.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
M..rinnnniai Nota-

This thing Of getting married." said
the girl who was busy with her trous-
seau, lis certainly a trial"
"A trial, yes" agreed the cynical
bachelor, ''but it really isn't half so
bad as working out the sentence
Exchange.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01

Your daughter has a remarkable
voice"
I'm glad you like. it What do you
think remarkable about itT'
Its endurance."-Detroit Free Press
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01
Har Friend.

Kathryn-How do you like my new
suit? Kittye-It looks an right as far
as / can see. Turn around and III tell
you where it doesn't fit in the back
Boston Globe.
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His Description.

Peck-Of course. like all women, you
have an inordinate curiosity. Mrs.
Peck-Got a curiosity, have /? I've
got a freak Boston Transcript.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01

she-My aunt has just given me her
watch. He-How odd! have just
given mine to my uncle.-Baltimore
American
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-01

= He can't be wrong whose life is in
the right.-Pope.
The Dermott news., 1916-08-03

tossed her wrist bag into the farthest corner on the hall floor Then she hurried back to the anteroom, tore her hat off and pulled her hair away. Next she overturned two chairs, one after the other with bang, and stag gered wildly into the private office, gasping
 MT. Lamar! Mir. Lamar! Quick! !"
 What is it?" cried Lamar and Far well in chorus. jumping up and run ming toward her,
 "A man came in," panted June. He snatched my handbag me off, He's gone,"
 Farwell was already in full pursuit of tho imaginary thief, and at June's insistance Lamar promptly joined him.
 This was just what June was wait ing for She ran to the paperstrewn desk. seized the coveted receipt. gave it d quick, keen glance, and hid it in her dress.
 Then her eyes on the door. she hur- ried to the safe. It's door was open. as Farwell had left it. when he took out the Gordon papers to show to Lamar With trembling fingers she snatched up a bundle of bank notes. stuck those in her dress also, and started back to her place.
 Then she was scourged on by still another mad impulse. Going to the table she picked up a couple of sheets of plain letter paper. folded them to- gether and tore them into rude circles. Her eyes gleamed oddly as she picked up pen and. sitting down, began to print something on one of the circles.
 Looking over her shoulder at every other letter. she finished her printing. Then she put the plain white circle on the dark plotting pad, got up. ran to the safe and hung the printed circle on the knob. With sigh Of satisfaction she went back to tho anteroom and collapsed into chair. resuming her air of fright and exhaustion,
 During their wild goose chase Lamar and Farwel met the returning secre- tary and they all came down the hall together talking eXcitedly
 While they were talking Lamar. true to his trade was looking; so it was he who found June's bag in the dark corner of the hall
 Here's the bag. anyhow" he ex-
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claimed The man must have dropped it when he ram See what santa Claus brought for a good little girl, % he called to June waving the bag be. fore her as he entered the office
 "Oh-thank you, NIT Lamar. l knew you would find il for me if any mortal could I'm million times grateful to youi"
 Let rle So he ne with you, pleaded Lamar
 oh. no, oally-I'll be perfectly all right by myself. answered June
 Anyway, l shall insist on taking you down 10 the door
 All right. sai! June. reluctantly.
 Lamar stoed looking tenaerly after June for a moment and then he went back to rejcin Farwell
 As he entered the door he collided with Farwell who. wild.eyed and pant ing. griaped him by the arm and half dragged him Co the table of the inner office
 The Gordon receipts gone'" he gasped
 Al the same moment. Lamar saw the white circle--it startled him most unpleasartly. Then Farwel pushed him toward the safe
 See he cried I'm robbed They've taken bundle of bank notes . Read this hing As he spoke he pulled the printed circle off the safe knob and thrust 1t into Iamar's hands
 What Lamar read was this.
 "The money will be put to a good use by the Circle Lady"
 He was speeehless. and could only stare. wide-eyed at the paper
 Speaking dazedly to himself, rath- CT than tc Farwell. Suspicion points to Miss Travis - but that's impossible! lmpossible."
 He sat down ard pulled the tele- phone toward him. He gave the mum Der of his own office,
 As soon as Gage recognized his voice. the clerk began pouring forth his tale about the mysterious woman who handcuffeG him to the door; where he might still have been if two clerks from other offices. hearing his
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idea of June's approach until she came abreast of them as they reached the entrance door of Farwells office build ing. June nodded and smiled at La mar who shook hands eagerly. his face radiant Then he ,urned to Far. well and introduced him t. June
 How do you do Mir Farwell2' said Juno in her most innocent manner.
 T wish you'd come in with us. Miss Travis. Lamar said "F'arwell Is go ing to show ne the Gordon papers ! want your advice
 As they entered the office anteroom Lamar turned to June.
 Can you make yourself comfortable here for a few minutcs?' ho asked, offering s chair Farweu and will go over the preliminaries by our selyes. in the inner office we won't bore you with unnecessary details
 June was alone. save for very young secretary who was seated at a desk stamping letters
 If only that miserable secretary would go away" she thought
 Presently he did that very thing.
 June jumped up at once Getting a chair from the corner of the room. she carried 1t to the door. jumped lightly up ana applied a pair of very pretty but very curious eyes to the trans0m.
 Lamar and Farwell were seated at a table Papers were strewn every where; but Farwell had separated Cor dcns securities receipt from the oth CTS and was just in the act of handing it tc Lamar
 There's the receipt" June heard hira say. 1t means prison if we can capture him"
 Lamar let the paper drop to the table before him. He hated the busi ness in hand
 June. who loved him, read all this in his face.
 Here IS where 1 come in again, she said to herself.
 In flash she saw how it could al be done Jumping lightly down, she landed On the floor on the tips of hel toes and slipped out into the hallway With a quick look up and down, shC
The Dermott news., 1916-08-03
ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT
SEEDS OF SUSPICION

In Lamars office, Gordon stood with his back to the locked deer: white faced, gaspirg For the memeat at least, he was safe-and his eyes never left the face of the girl
 Now" cried June under her breath, tell me everything won't you?9
 Gordon shook his head
 T can't" he said. I'm more grate- ful to you than can ever make you know-you'v saved my life. CT rather. my liberty. that counts for more, but honestly. l mustn't tell you why they're after me-not now, anyway : T."
 But why not?" interrupted June. Every minute is precious. Mr Lamar is my friend-he calls me his first Us sistant. I'm anxious to help you-i can help you-if you'll tell ne every thing; but how can be of use at all when you keep me in the dark like this?
 Her earnest eyes were full Of plead. ing, and reluctantly Gordon found him. self weakening.
 You're a brick he said, to be in- terested in me at all, and In terrikly grateful"
 Then do as I say-begin at the be ginning and tell me '
 How do We know but that some one Is in that next room? Do you know where the other deer leads to 3"
 Wait a minute said June quickly. I'll lock in the outer office Mr La mars confidential clerk may be there. Don't move till come back.
 On her way to the door. June hur- riedly laid her gloves and wrist bag ou Lamar's desk, halfsubeeusejously noting at the same time a pair Of handcuffs that lay there WitG little sEudder she passed them by, and, slowly opening the office door. peered cautiously out.
 There. with his back to her. sat Gage. the confidential clerk. busily writing and sereuely unconscious that anyone was looking at him. June soft ly closed and locked the door
 Gordon gave a nervous glance around, then began
 The whole tbing. in a nutshell, is this
 The Farwell corporation retained me so that they might legally def-aud their employees of cooperative profits.
 When 1 found what they were up to. 1 rebelled and tried to expose the
The Dermott news., 1916-08-03

her mouth, the hall door was tried. A moment later there was a crash of splintered glass and Gage pecred into the office through the tagged opening his determined elbow had made He saw no one. however, for the very good reason that June and Gordon were fiattening themselves against the wall on the side nearest the door
 Gage then decided to reach through the opening and unlock the door from the inside. June, catching a glimpse of his entering arm. slipped quickly to the desk and picked up the hand cuffs, then tiptoed hurriedly to the door as Cages hand groped for the key. An instant more and she had deftly snapped enc of the handcuffs around Cages wrist and with trem- bling fingers snapped the other on the door knob.
 June caught her wrist bag and gloves from the desk and. signaling to Gordon to follow her. unlocked the out CT cfIiee door and slipped into the cor rider
 As they hurried on with Gordon a bit in the rear-June nervously thrust her right hand into it's glove; she didn't intend to have Cord ,n or any 9He else see that throbhing Red Cir cla
 outside the office building June halt ed and looked up and down the street in search of a taxicab. Presently one appeared and she held up her hand to stop it As II drew alongside the curb she and Gordon got in and drove away
 All right. so far" said June New for our next moye"
 Look exclaimed Gordon, clutch ing 1uue's haua. uucousciously press ing it's Red Circle Look There's Far we'll Farwell just ahead of LIS, Good Lord He's with Lamar
 Don't worry" whispered June, re turning the pressure Of his hand reas- sarirgly It's going to be all right couldn't have happeEed better I'll get them beth. now I'm going to jump out and join them. and want yau ta stay in the cal and wait for ne a little way up the street Or no the park IS better"
 Lamar and Farwetl. deep in conver- satioE. did rot notice the sound of footsteps behind them. and so had no
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should turn to June. the girl who had done so much for him? He would have been less jubilant if he could have guessed the new complications in which she was just then entangled.
 After leaving Gordon in tho park. June had gone straight home and up stairs to her boudoir There were still signs of the hurried return to town-an empty trunk, and some ar ticles of clothing lying around; and she wondered idly what Mary had been about, not to put the room in bet ter shape.
 June never liked a messy room, SO she went right on into her "den." be- fore taking off her hat.
 With sigh of relief, and smile, she took the package of bank notes