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screen door open and slam. Steps
echoed through the lonely house,
Alan came and stood before him.
Alan was a man. Without being tall
he looked tall His shoulders were not
broad till you noticed the slimness Of
his hips. His neck looked too thin
till you saw the strong set of his small
head. In word; he had the perfect
proportion that looks frall and is
strong. AS he stood before his uncle
his eyes grew dull. They were slightly
bloodshot in the corners and with
their dullness the clear-cut lines of his
face seemed to take on a perceptible
blur.
]. Y. began to speak. He spoke for
long quarter of an hour and then
summed up all he had said in a few
words. ''I've been no uncle to you.
Alan; I've been a father. I've tried
to win you. but you were not to be
won. I've tried to hold you, but it
takes more than a Wayne to hold a
Wayne. You have taken the bit with
a vengeance. You have left such a
wreckage behind you that we can
trace your life back to the cradle by
your failures, all the greater for your
many successes. You're the first
Wayne that ever missed his college
degree. never asked what they ex-
PEELED you for. and l don't want to
know. 1t must have been bad, bad. for
the old school is Ienient, and proud
of men that stand as high as you stood
In your classes and on the field.
Money! won't talk of money, for you
thought it was your own"
For the first time Alan spoke. What
do you mean, sir?" With the words
his slight form Strengthened, his eyes
blazed, there was a slight Quivering
of the thin nostrils and his features
came out clear and strong.
]. Y dropped his eyes. 81 may have
been wrong, Alan" he said slowly,
"but I've been your banker without
telling you. Your father didn't leave
much. 1t saw you through junior year."
Alan placed his hands on the desk
between them and leaned forward.
How much have spent since then
in the last three yearsY'
]. Y. kept his eyes down. You
know. more or less. Alan. We won't
talk about that l was trying to hold
you. But today give 1t up. I've
got one more thing to tell you, though.
and there are mighty few people that
know it. The Hills battles have never
entered the field Of gossip. Seven
years before you were born my IA
ther-your grandfather-turned me
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British commander, General Ross, for
his intention to destroy Baltimore,
and informed him that he would be
killed. Students of history know that
the prediction came true.
Bright With Gardens and Paint.
The Tangier Of today is about five
miles long and three-quarters of a
mile In width. The main street of the
town Is banked on each side with
clean, whitewashed railings and tall
poplar trees. Connected with the
homes are small canals which lead to
the creek that flows through the is
land. These canals answer the pur-
pose of roads, and most of the goods
coming to the people from the main
land are ferried up the tiny water
ways in small boats. For this rea-
son the citizens take pride in calling
Tangier the Venice of America"
Although there is little tillable land
nothing but small truck patches for
family use-small flower gardens are
attached to each home, with but few
exceptions, and these lend their charm
to the picturesque landscape in the
summer season. There are about 400
houses, all built of wood and costing
from $500 to $500 each. They are
pretty in design and are kept as
bright az paint can make them.
One writer in recent article stated
that the homes were all built of logs,
that the men wore nothing but blue
jeans ard brogans, and the women
dressed in calico and went in their
bare feet. This assertion was far from
the truth. There is not one log house
on Tangier. AS for dress, the tailor
ing firms Ia Baltimore are said to do
an annual business of $4,000 with the
people Of the island, in addition to the
ready-made clothing that is bought at
Cr1sfeld. There also are seven stores
in Tangier, three in particular carrying
large stocks Of merchandise, and two
milliners cater to the feminine pOr-
ton of the population with the latest
styles in wOmen's finery.
The town of Tangier is incorporated
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| and is governed by a mayor and Ave
councilmen. A deputy sheriT main
tainS order. Daily mails arrive from
Crisfield and five steamers from Balti-
more touch the island each week. In
addition, magazines and METROPOLITAN
newspapers are found on the news
stands.
Excellent School System.
Tangier High school, with an at
tendance of about 400 pupils, is con-
Quoted by a principal and five teach
erS. There is also a small schOolhouse
and chapel combined on the north end
of the island, presided over by one
teacher Parents are eager that their
children should receive a good educa-
ton and zealously cooperate with tAe
instructors. AS a result, the school
system of Tangier compares faVorably
with many other systems that make
far greater pretensions.
The health of the people is looked
after by graduate of the University
of Maryland. A justice of the peace,
elected by the people of Accomack
county, Virginia, of which Tangier is
a part, metes out justice with strong
hand. The handsome Methodist
church, which is the center of the
islands religious life, cost $4,000, is
heated by steam, lighted by cleo
tricity, and is modern in every re-
spect. Brought up in this wholesome
environment, several former residents
of the island have achieved striking
success in other localities A number
are fourishing business men in Bal
timore and one is a member of the
Baltimore city bar
The wonderful health of the people
can be traced to their clean and regu-
lar habits, No liquor has been law
fully sold on the island for the last
40 years. There is no fanatical op-
position to it, however, and those who
indulge are permitted to bring it from
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legs, She tried to take the low stone
wall In her stride. Her foot caught
In a vine and she pitched headlona
into the weeds and grass at the road
side.
Alan leaped from the cart and
picked her up, quivering, sObbing and
breathless. "Alan," she gasped,
you're not going awayT"
Alan half shook her as he drew her
thin body close to him. "CIem," he
said, you mustn't. Do you hear? You
mustn't. Do you think I want to go
away?"
Glen stified her sobs and looked up
at him with sudden gravity in her
elfish face. She threw her bare arms
around his neck. "GOOd-by. Alan"
He stopped and kissed her
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straight to his club and forthwith be-
| come the sensation of the clubs win
dOws. Old members felt young when
they caught sight of him, as though
they had come suddenly on a vanished
landmark restored. Passing gamins
gazed on his short-cropped hair, star
ing eyes, faring collar, black string
tie and flowing broadclOth and re-
marked. Gee, look at de old spoit In
de winderr'
Alan heard the remark as he entered
the club and smiled.
How do you do. sir?''
"Huh!' grunted the captain. ''Sit
down" He ordered a drink for his
guest and another for himself. He
gIared at the waiter. He glared at
callow youth who had come up and
was looking with speculative eye at a
neighboring chair. The waiter retired
almost preclpltously. The youth fol-
lowed.
in my time" remarked the captain,
"a club was for privacy. Now it's
maven Tor DelIDoyS ana a playground
for whippersnapperS."
They've made me a member, sir"
Have. eh! grOwIed the captain,
and gIared at his nephew. Alan took
inspection cOOlly, faint smile on his
thin face The captain turned away
his bulging eyes, crossed and un-
crossed his legs, and finally spoke. Il
was just going to say when you inter
rupted," he began, that engineering is
a dirty job. Not, however" he con-
tinued, after a pause, "dirtler than
most. It's a profession but not a ca
reer"
"Oh, don't know" said Alan.
They've got few in the army, and
they seem to be doing pretty well.''
"Huh. the army!' said the captain.
He subsidized, and made a new start.
whats your appointment"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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ingredients well. Sift two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder with one cup
full of flour and stir in the mixture
adding flour to make the dough stiff
enough to handle. Roll out half an
inch thick, cut with a sharp biscuit
cutter and bake a delicate brown on
hot buttered griddle.
Honey Cakes.-Beat to a cream a
half cupful of strained honey. Stir in
two cupfuls of flour, sifted with two
teaspoOnfuls of baking powder and a
half cupful of chopped f1lberts, Let
this mixture stand over night to be
come thoroughly cold, but do not
freeze. Roll out very thin and cut in
fancy shapes, sprinkle with nuts.
Danish JeIly-Cut a bunch of fresh
rhubarb into inch pieces and put into
baking dish, sprinkle with a cupfuI
of granulated sugar and cupful OF
boiling water. Cook until the sirup
is thick. Squeeze over the fruit the
juice of ha1f lemon and remove from
the fire. Then add enough bread.
CIuIuU0 " dUSOID IuS SiIup anu IuTH
into a mold to harden. Turn out Oh
a chop plate or platter and surround
with whipped sweetened cream.
A simple dessert, and one well
liked by everybody, is a pastry shell
baked, then filled with any kind of
fruit, covered with whipped cream and
served at once before the crest is
soaked if the fruit is Juicy.
Nut Bread.-Mix together two cup
fuls of graham -four, one cupful OF
white -four, one tablespoonful of brown
sugar, One-half cupfuI of broken nut
meats, one-half cupful of raisins and
dates, mixed and finely cut. When
well mixed, add two tablespoOnfuIs OF
molasses, one teaspoonful of soda, dis
solved in a tablespoonful of hot water.
and a cupful and a half of sour milk
Bake As minutes in a moderate oven.
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nanuer From Above and neIow

An old lady who lived alone outside
a small English village was nervous ol
zeppelins, so she made careful inQui
ries as to her best course.
II don't think there's much to worry
about" replied the vicar in answer ia
her questions, "but, If you like, you
can do as some folk are dOing-sleep >
in the cellar"
With profuse thanks, the old lady
went on to alter her domestic arrange.
ments. But in half an hour she was
back again, anxiety once more wrin.
king her brow.
The cellars all right for Zeppe.
Inns, sir" she said, but suppose one
o. them there submarines comes in
stead?"
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Nav 70 Get Harnnnnu

We have lived quite a while and.
first and last, have observed a good
deal. The best way to achieve bar.
mony is with an ak, or a club. A
good stout club industriousIy applied
will do more to convince the brother
who has fallen out of step than all OF
the soft words in the language
peka Capital.
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G,HLs5lAzPEIR T.
( .11EE9E I

To the surprise of his friends Alan
Wayne gave up debauch and found
himself employment by the time the
spring that saw his dismissal from
Maple house had ripened into sum-
mer. He was full Of preparation for
his departure for Africa when a sum-
mons from old Captain Wayne reached
him.
With equal horror OF putting up at
hotels or relatives houses. the captain
upon his arrival in town had gone
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Get Salt From the ocA.r

Guam has no salt deposits unless the
great Pacific ocean which surrounds IT
can be called such. All the salt con.
sumed In the island is evaporated
from sea water in kettles in the age
old fashion employed by the natives
Of all sea-coast countries and islands.
When a boiling" is in progress the
natives take occasion to produce a
quantity of sugar as well as salt, the
sugar being derived from evaporating
the sap from the cocoanut tree.
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teacher in one Of the New York
schools instructed her class of boys
to write an essay on "judicious." Cae
youngster' a Jewish lad, raised his
hand first. The teacher instructed him
to read his essay ON judicious. "On
our holidays" he began, I'VE have
ma2otos and other Jew dishes"
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Cold Congresses.

Cold congresses today are gener
ally advised and have taken the place
Of various hot applications previously
thought to be the correct mode Of
treatment. This method of reducing
irritation should be employed in the
beginning whenever possible so the re-
lief will be all the more rapid.
One of the simplest congresses is
made from small towel or cloth laid
in several folds, dipped in cold water.
Wrung out and applied to the throat
Of the patient. completely encircling
It. Over this at once is placed dry
towel covering the wet one so as to
exclude the air, otherwise a chill Is
likely to follow The wet cloth is
moist only, with no tendency to drip.
So soon as the bandage becomes
warm another one is Immediately
placed and the air not allowed to reach
the throat any more than is necessary.
Mustard plasters are sometimes ad-
vtsed for q sore throat.
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Nu4 hutn neeQ.
Wisdom in Gotham Schools.

Here is an example of the wisdom
which is impaired to the pupils of
New York's public schools by wOm-
an teacher. In explaining how the
Kill Won Kull was named. she told the
class that man went out cunning
for sea gulls. He killed one on the
stream that borders Staten island and
thereafter the stream was known as
Kill Won Kull." This is not a fanci.
full tale, but an absolutely truthful re-
cital of the kin b of education i'm
parted in thsl "fads and fanoies
schools" here-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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A HeInnee+

Johns wife is wonderful help to
him"
"Yes?"
Why, she let's him do all the house.
work and does away with the neces.
sity Of hiring q maid"
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dQu q 1llllC luACOu
parsley and a cupful of white sauce
made of cream, dash of onion Juice.
salt and pepper to taste with two
slices of cooked bacon, minced, and
one beaten egg yolk. Cook this over
hot water until well heated. Cool and
fold in the stifi1y beaten whites of two
eggs; turn into buttered dish or Gus
tard cups and stand them in hot water
in the oven to cook for half an hour
Serve at once with brown bread sand
wiches which have been spread with
butter and chopped green peppers.
Combination SaIad.-Chop in chop
ping bowl five fresh green peppers, the
sweet ones. There should be cupful
OF the pulp. Remove the pulp from
a grapefruit, mix with the pepper, add
ing chopped blanched chestnuts which
have been cooked until soft, then
mashed. Make nests of curly lettuce.
heap in the grapefruit. sprinkle with
the peppers and stir the chestnuts into
the mayonnaise dressing and heap on
the salad. Serve ice cold.
Emergency DesSert.-Beat yolks OF
two eggs light, add a cupful of milk.
one half a cupful of maple sirup and
mix well. Slice bread in thin slices.
dip in milk and egg and fry in hot
fat. Spread each piece with preserves
of pear or peaches or a section of pine
apple Arrange on a dish and serve
with the following sauce Beat the
whites of two eggs stiff add half
cupful of sugar and the juice of two
lemons. Heat two cupfuls of fruit
juice and when hot stir in the whites
of the eggs, stir but do not cook.
Eggs and Rice-This is another
wholesome dish easy to prepare. Take
half cupful of rice or less, brown in
butter, add water and cook until ten
der, then stir in two or three eggs, a
teaspoOnful of Worcestershire sauce
and half cupful of cheese. Serve on
toast
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pdTbu anu Lne QaInLl-
ness of its serving
which is important.
Oatmeal Scones.-To
one cupful of well-cooked
oatmeal porridge add ono
cupful of milk, one ia
blespoonful of melted
butter, one teaspoonful
of brown sugar and a
little Salf MI Ahnrn
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A Distinction.

Brown is independently wealthy.
is he nOt?"
He's wealthy enough, but as for
being independent-well, you know,
of course, that he's married"
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Made sIIaht Mistake.

This may be old enough to raise
Khiskers. but newspaper friend re-
lHtes 1t as q recent happening. 4
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Where He Would 30 Welcome.
Hes so reckless he's always TAX
Ing chances" "Oh, send him to our
charity bazaar r.'-BaItimcys American.
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New Don't.

One absolutely guaranteed fool
proof, safety don't" for hunters;
Don't go hunting.
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HN,
G6ABNEg

1t is good thing to be rich. and a
good thing to be strong. but IT Is a
better thing to be beloved by maay
friends.
Economy makes happy homes and
sound nations. InstiH it deep. WASH
ington.
GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE.
1t will always be one Of the prob
lens of the housewife to use the left
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ORDINARY DISHES.

1t is not so much the kind of food
one prepares as the way it is pre-
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OFbT IH6dLS III SuCU
a way that they
seem not to be re-
hashed.
Lamb SoufHe.
Put two cupfuls OF
cold lamb through
the meat chopper.
odd n li4AIn n,innoH
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In earth's remotest corners,
amid herbusiest or most peace
full scenes. the call of Home is
sure to come at last to million
aire and vagabond alike. And
when they hear it. like Bodsky,
they must go home or die.
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Baltimore and Norfolk so long as they
cause no disturbance. On all sides the
visitor is struck by the liberal views
and open-mindedness of the people.
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Lines 20 Be Remembered.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is g
handle which fits them all.-Holmes.
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British commander. General Ross, for
his intention to destroy Baltimore,
and informed him that he would be
killed. Students of history know that
the urediction came true
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-03
Ely[na sickness.

Flying sickness" in it's more essen.
tial particulars is rather removed from
caisson disease and is not comparable
in the strict sense with mountain sick
ness, in spite OF the fact that some of
the symptoms are more or less identi-
cal, says the Lancet The pilot who
is lifted from his machine after fast
volplane in a semiconscious condi-
ton, falling thereafter into a deep
sleep, shows a phenomenon not met
with either in mountain sickness or in
caisson disease. Evidently there are
effects on the functions of the nervous
system which are attributable to very
rapid descent through space, from low
TO higher air pressures, no doubt, but
in which the alteration of pressure is
probably only one factor, and that per
haps. not the most important.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-03
new DESIGNS
FOR COINS
McAdoo Announces Striking
Changes Will Be Made in
Small U. S. Coins.

Washington, May 3i.-Dimes,
quarters and half dollars Of new de.
sign will be minted after July /,
Secretary McAdoo announced to-day.
For the first time since 1864 change
will be affected in these pieces. The
announcement disclosed that the hall
dollar has fallen practically into dis.
use and the new design was selected
with hope of restoring it to more gen.
eral circulation, it was indicated.
Under the new coinage each piece
will be of different design. The dol
lar and dime models were made by
Adolph A. Weinman, and the quar-
ter dollar by Herman A. MacNeil.
Both are sculptors of note.
The face of the new half dollar
bears full length of Liberty with a
background of the American flag
flying to the breeze. The Goddess is
striding toward the dawn Of new
day, carrying laurel and oak
branches, symbolic Of civil and mill
tary glory. The reverse side shows
an eagle perched high upon a noun
tain crag, wings unfolded. Growing
from a rift in the rock is a sapling Of
mountain pine, symbolic of America.
The design of the twenty-6ve-cent
piece is intended TO typify the awak-
ening of the country to its own pro-
lection, Secretary McAdoo's an
nouncement stated.
Liberty, a full-length figure, is
shown stepping toward the country's
gateway, bearing appraised a shield
from which the covering is being
drawn. The right hand bears an
olive branch of peace. Above the
head is the word Liberty" and be-
low the feet 1916" The reverse
bears figure OF an eagle in full flight,
wings extended, and the inscriptions
Omitted States of America and E
Pluribus Unum." Both the half dol
lar and the quarter bear the phrase
'In God We Trust"
The design of the dime is simple.
Liberty with winged cap is shown
on the foreside and on the reverse is
a design of bundle of rods and a
battle axe, symbolic of unity, where
in lies the nations strength"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-03
Old English Street Names.

Old street names in London often
assumed strange forms through pop.
ular corruptions. Gutter lane, for in.
stance, was named after its owner,
who happened to be one Guthurun. A
fragrant example was Hangman's
Gains, by the Tower, "a strange cor.
ruption," as Stripe tells US, for
fiammes and Guynes, where the poor
itradespeople of Hammes and Guynes
were allotted to dwell after Calais and
those places were taken from the Eng.
lish." Many years ago, in Pentonville,
there was a Dobbin's place. and that
'homely Dobbin's was but D'Aubigny
upon English tongues.
In some cases 1t is possible to trans.
form an ugly road name into some
thing quite pleasant, and even roman.
tic. without much difficulty. There is
the steep road which runs up from
Parliament Hill Fields to Highgate. II
used to be known as Swine's lane, ac-
cOrding to local antiquarians. Now.
adays the Cockney may pronounce 1t
much as before when he takes his
ticket on the tram from Holborn. But
the spelling is difierent-Swain's Lane
London Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-03
Naturalist Is Puzzled.

have found two weasels' dens on
the margin of a muck swamp in the
woods that presented the same insolu-
BILE problem as the chipmunk's hole
what has become of the bushel or
more of earth that must have been
brought to the surfacee Both the
weasel and the chfpmunk have several
galleries and one or more large cham.
bers Of dining halls, and how each
manages to hide OF obliterate all the
loose soil that must have been re.
moved is question which has long
puzzled me.
II we had an American Fabre. or a
man who would give himself up to the
study of the life histories of our TO
dents with the same patience and
enthusiasm that the wonderful French
man has shown concerning the life
histories Of the insects, he would
doubtless soon solve the mystery.
used to think that the chipmunk
carried away the soil in his cheek
pockets. and l have SO declared in one
of my books. but l am now very Ger.
tain that he does not-only his food
stores are thus carried.-John Bur
roughs in Harper's Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-03
Going Down.

Decline to the lowest prices since
last March took place in the wheat
market Wednesday because of the
huge stocks in store and ahoat and as
a result of improved domestic crop
reports. Closing quotations, howev-
er, were unsettled; ranging from. 2Ac
down TO a shade advance, with Ju'y
at l074C93 and September at lC9.
Corn finished ACs3c to 2fc up, oats
unchanged to 3c lower and provisions
irregular; varying from l5c decline to
a rise Of 20c.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-03

Albemarle county Va, holds a dis
tinction over any other county in the
United States. She furnished three
men to be presidents Of the United
States Thomas jefferson, James
Madison and james Monroe, all three
living in Albemarle county when elect
ed. They were all three living at the
same time. Not since then until now
has that been the case. Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson are living. While
people know so little about the presi-
dents, read the following
The Washington Post some time
hack published the following:
Two gentlemen passing through
the senate chamber, one a former
candidate for president on the prohi-
bition ticket, said to his friend. That
is not Thomas Jefferson apd that is