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DAISY FLY KILLER
w. N. u, KANSAS CITY. NO. 2+1s1s.
Just THE CHILDREN MoURNED
None Came to Claim the Body of Old
George, the cornetist.

About Us everywhere in the hotsam
Of the human tide are drifting mystic
ries We accept without inquiry There
are such people in Sacramento as "Old
George, the cornetist," who recently
fell dead in New York city.
Day after day he appeared at the
same corner, offered his familiar tunes
to the admiring children and the some
times abjuring adults, and collected
the pennies wherewith TO buy food.
clothing and shelter.
No one ever asked him his right
name, but the children loved him
Then one morning, as Old George
raised his horn TO his lips. II clat-
tered to the pavement, and the song
he was planning to give the crowd
ratified In his throat as he toppled over
dead
The children mourned him for sew
eral days No one came to claim his
body
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CHAPTER VIII.

Through the open country Bibbs was
borne flying between brown fields and
sun-fecked groves of gray trees. to
breathe the rushing. clean air beneath a
glorious sky. Upon Bibbs' cheeks there
was a hint of actual color. but unde-
niably its phantom. This apparition
may have been partly the result OF a
lady's bowling to him upon no more
formal introduction than the circum-
stance of his having caught her look
ing into his window month before.
1t seemed TO Bibbs that she must have
meant to convey her forgiveness. Nor
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did he lack the impression that he
would long remember her as he had
just seen her; her veil unanimously
blowing back. her face glowing in the
wind-and that look of gay friendIi-
ness tossed to him like a fresh rose in
carnival.
By and by. upon a rising ground. the
driver halted the car. then backed and
tackled. and sent it forward again with
its nose to the south and the smoke
They passed from the farm lands. and
came, in the amber light OF November
late afternoon. to the faFthermOst out
i, skirts of the city. The sky had become
only dingy thickening of the soiled
air; and a roar and clangOr of metals
beat deafeningly on Bibbs' ears. Now
the car passed two great blocks of long
brick buildings. hideous in all ways
possible to make them hideOus. And
big as these shops were. they were
growing bigger. spreading over a third
block. where two new structures were
| mushrOoming to completion in some
hasty cement process of a stability not
over-reassuring. Bibbs pulled the rug
closer about him. and not even the
| phantom of color was left upon his
cheeks as he passed this place. for he
knew it too well. Across the face of
one of the buildings there was an enor-
nous sign: sheridan Automatic
Pump company. Inc"
Thence they went through streets of
wooden houses. all grimed. and adding
their own CRIME from many a soOty
chimney; dimsy wooden houses Of a
thousand fiimsy WITNESSES in the fash
Joining, built on narrow lots and nudg-
ing one another GROSSLY. Along these
streets there were skinny shade trees,
and here and there a forest elm or wal
nut had been left; but these were
dying. Some people said it was the
scale: some said it was the smoke: and
some were sure that asphalt and i'm
proving the streets did it; but Bigness
was in too big hurry to bother much
about trees.
Onward the car bore Bibbs through
the older parts of the town where the
Flew solid old houses not already de
moIiShed were in transition: some were
being made into apartment buildings
others had gone uprOariously into
trade: one or two peeped humorousIy
over the tops of Office buildings of one
story in the old front yards. Altogether
the town here was ike a boarding
] house hash the Sunday after Thanks
giving: the old ingredients were dis
? eernible.
This was the fringe of Bigness' owl
r sanctuary. and now Bibbs reached thu
? roaring holy of holes itself Magnii
cent new buildings, already dingy
doomed hundreds OF feet above him
2 newer ones. more magnificent, wer'
: rising beside them. rising higher; TIT
streets were laid open to their entrafli
E and men worked underground bet1eeI
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TO BE Continued
IS AN INHERITED DEFECT
Physicians Have Found That "Stiff
Fingers" Are Transmitted From
Generation TO Generation

In the recent proceedings OF the Ma
tionaI Academy OF Sciences. Doctor
Cushing OF Harvard Medical school
and the Peter Bent Brigham hospital.
Boston, announced to the academy
some results he had found in study
ing the heredity OF stir fingers.
tyne OF malformation OF the hands or
feet
He has studied the history of
family which migrated from Scotland
to Virginia in 100, and has found that
stiff fingers" are hereditary with the
regularity which is expected in Ger
tain traits
OF the more than 800 defendants OF
the Scotch emigrant about p per cent
mad -stin fingers In families IN
which neither parent was affected the
children we're not affected In fam
lies IN which one parent either moth
er OF father. vas affected. about half
of the children we're aEected with tbs
conformation
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palisades. and overhead In metal cob
webs Ike spiders in the sky Trolley
cars changed and shrieked. their way
round swarming corners. motor cars
of every kind and shape known TO man
babbled frightful warnings and frantic
demands; hospital ambulances clam
ored wildly for passage; steam whistles
signaled the swinging of titanic
tentacIe and claw; riveters ratified like
machine guns; the ground shook to the
thunder of gigantic trucks; and the
conglomerate sound of it all was the
sound OF earthquake playing accom-
paniments for battle and su+2en DEATH
And in the hurrying crowds. swirl
ing and sitting through the brObdingna-
gian camp OF iron and steel, one saw
the camp followers and the pagan
women-there would be work today
and dancing tonight. For the Puritan's
dry voice is but the cracking of leaf
underfoot in the rush and roar OF the
coming OF the new Egypt.
Bibbs was on time He knew it
must be ito the minute" or his father
would consider it an outrage; and the
big chronometer in Sheridan's office
marked four precisely when Bibbs
walked in. COincidentally with his en-
trance five people who had been at
work in the Office. under Sheridan's di-
rection. walked out They departed
upon no visible or audible suggestion,
and with a promptness that seemed
ominouS to the newcomer As the mas
sive door clicked softly behind the
elderly stenographer. the last of the
procession. Bibbs had a feeling that
they all understood that he was fail
ure as a great mans son. a disappoint-
ment. the queer one" of the family.
and that he had been summoned to
indCment-a welI-fOunded impression.
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It's sibbs Taking His Constitutional"

Where on earth would be the fun of
that? No, you're just kind-hearted-
and that's the way you ought to be. of
course
THANK you. Mr.. Sheridan she
laughed.
See herer' he cried. Isn't there
any way for us to get over this Mister
and Miss thing? A months got thirty
one days in it; I've managed to be with
you part of pretty near all the thirty
one, and l think you know how | feel
by this time
She looked panic-stricken immedi
! ately. 'Oh no." she protested. quickly
No, / don't. and"
Yes. you do" be said. aud his
voice shook little. You couldn't help
knowing
'sBut dor' she denied. hurriedly. II
do help knowing / mean On. waitr'
what for? You do know how l
feel. and you-weII. you've certainly
wanted me to feet that way-Or else
pretended"
Now. nowr' she lamented. You're
spelling such cheerful afternoon"
spelling itI'' He slowed down the
car and turned his face to her squarely
See here. Miss Vertrees. haven't you
stop. Stop the car a minute" And
when he had complied she faced hin
as squareiy as he evidently desired
her TO face him. Listen. dom
want you to go on. today
4 why not2'' be asked. sharply.
Il don't know
You mean its just a whim?'
al don't know she repeated. He
voice was low and troubled and hon
est, and she kept her clear eyes upol
his.
"WiI you tell me something"
Almost anything
; Have you ever told any man 80,
. loved him?''
And ut that. though she laughed. sh
; looked a little contemptuOus. no.
she said. And l don't think eve
shall tell any man that-or ever knOz
= what if means. I'm in earnest. Hl
> Sheridan"
Then you-you've just been firtin
I with me!.'' Poor Jim looked both fHr
! Gus and crestfaIlen-
, ..Not enc bitsp she cried. Not on
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waved cOndeScendingly to the chaufz
feur in the car which stood waiting in
the driveway.
ut seems to me l asked you what
you thought about Ibis statue when
first came home. George said Bibbs.
thOughtfully. What did you tell me %
''Yessuh"' George chuckied. per-
fectly understanding that for some IN
known reason Bibbs enjoyed hearing
him repeat his opinion of the Moor
You asst me when you frs come home,
an you asst me mex day. an mighty
near ev'y day all time you been here:
an las Sunday you asst me twicet." He
shook his lead sOlemnly. Look to me
mus be sOmep'm mighty Iamidai bout
at statue!''
Mighty what?'
Mighty lamfdaIr' George burst out
laughing What dc at word mean,
Mist Bibbs?"
Its exactly the word for the
statue" said Bibbs, with conviction. as
he climbed into the car. Its a Iami-
dial sta tue"
"Hiyi" George exuIted. Mani Man!
Listen. Well sub. she mighty Iamidal
statue. but lamidal statue hpan O. trou-
bic to dus'r'
Il expect she is" said Bibbs. as the
engine began to churn; and a moment
later he was swept from sight.
George turned to Mist Jackson, who
had been listening benev olently in the
hallway. Same he anyways say. Mist
JACKSON expec' she isr Ev'y day
he try t git me talk bout at lamidaI
statue. an anyways, las thing he say,
i expec' she isr You know, Mist
Jackson, if he git we'll, at young man
go be pride O. the family, Mist Jack
son. Yes sub. right now 1 pick i'm fo'
frs money!
Look out with all 'at money,
George" Jackson warned the enthusi-
asst. white folks N is house know
i'm heap longer n you. You the on'y
man bettin' on im!''
Il risk it," cried George, merriIy, AZ
put her all on now-ev'y cent! AT
boys go be flower o. the flockr
This singular prophecy. founded
somewhat recklessly upon gratitude
for the meaning of ''Iamidal." differed
radically from another prediction con-
corning Bibbs. set forth for the benefit
of fair auditor some twenty minutes
later. Jim Sheridan. skirting the edges
OF the town with Mary Vertrees beside
him. in his own swift machine. encoun-
tered the invalid upon the highrOad.
The two cars were going in opposite di-
rectiOns. and the occupants of Jim's
had only swaying glimpse of BibbS
sitting alone on the back seat-his
white face startlingly white against
cap and collar of black fur-but he
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for that was exactly what they under
stood.
sit down." said Sheridan.
1t is frequently an advantage for
deans. schoOImasters and worried ia
theirs to place delinQuents in the sit
ting posture. Bibbs sat
Sheridan. standing. gazed enigmatic-
ally upon his son for a period of
silence. then walked slowly to a win
dow and stood looking out Of it. bis
big hands. loosely hooked together by
the thumbs, behind his back. They
were sOiled, as were all other hands
still damp from a basin.
well, Bibbs." he said at last. not
altering his attitude. do you know
what I'm goin' to do with you?"
Bibbs, leaning back in his chair. fixed
his eyes cOntemplatively upon the cell
ing. Il heard you tell JIM" he began.
in his slow way. You said you'd send
him to the machine shop with me if he
didn't propose to Miss Vertrees. So
suppose that must be your plan for me-
But
but what?" said Sheridan. irritably.
rs the son paused.
Isn't there somebody you'd let me
propose toy
| round to face him. You beat the
devil! Bibbs. what is the matter with
you? Why can't you be like anybody
else?"
Liver maybe said Bibbs. gently
Bob! Even ole Doc Quincy says
there's nothin' wrong with you organ
ically. No. You're a dreamer. Bibbs:
that's what's the matter. and that's all
] the matter Oh. not one o. these big
dreamers that put through the big
deals! No. sir! You're the kind O.
dreamer that just sets out on the back
fence and thinks about how much trOu-
BILE there must be In the world! That
amt the kind that builds the bridges
I Bibbs: it's the kind that borrows IF
teen cents from his wife's unele's
brother-in-Iaw to get ten eent's worth
o. plug tobacco and a nickeI's worth o
quininer'
He put the finishing touch to this
etching with snort. and turned again
to the window.
Look out therer' he babe his son
Look out o. that window. Look al
the life and energy down there! Loot
at the big things young men are doin
in this town. He swung about. com
ing to the mahogany desk in the mid
die of the room Look at what you
own brothers are dOin'! Look at Ros
coe! Yes. and look at jim! l mad.
| linn president o. the Sheridan Realty
|, company last new years. and it's al
example TO any young major oil
, man. either-the way be took ahoId O
it. Last July we found out we wante,
, two more big warehouses at the puml
works-wanted 'em quick Contractor
. said it couldn't be done; said niue o
ten months at the soonest: couldn't Sc
: it any other way. What d Jim do
Took the contract himself; found ;
fellow with a new cement and concreu
process: Kept men on the job night AM
, day. and stayed on it night and da,
> himself-and, by GeorgeI we begin 4
use them warehouses next week. Fou
months and a half, and every inch Gre
: proof! / tell you Jim's one o. thes
2 feIlers that make miracles happen.
2 tell you these young business men
5 watch Just do my heart good The.
) don't set around On the back feRce-nc
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SYNOPSIS.

Sheridan's attempt to make a business
man OF his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends in Bibbs going to
turn Bibbs is met at the station by his
sister Edith He finds himself an incon-
siderable and unconSidered figure in the
New House of the Sheridans. He sees
Mary Vertrees looking at him from
summer house next door. The VertreeSeS.
old town family and impoverished. call on
the Sheridans. neWly-rich. and afterward
discuss them. Mary puts into words her
parents unspOken wish that she marry
one Of the Sheridan boys. At the Sheri-
Dan houseWarming banquet Sheridan
spreads himself. Mary frankly encourages
Jim Sheridans attentions. and Bibbs hears
Re is TO be sent back TO the machine shop
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Mateh Wasn,t Neeessarx.

The colonel OF a certain regiment
In Kitchener's army is a great stickler
for obedience, instant and complete.
Smith he said TO his orderly re-
Gently, 81 want you to ride down to
the railway station and get me the
correct time"
Smith shuf1ed his feet and fddled
vito his fingers.
well. man." roared the ohcer
irately, why don't you do as you are
toId7"
Please, sir" replied the orderly
meekly. Il haven't a watch"
"A Eatch-a watchl" snapped the
colonel. What dye want watch for?
Just write it down on a bit Of paper
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Taxieab Driver Senses danger.

A London taxicab driver. rejected
for the army on account Of defective
eyesight, was re-examined recently,
the London Globe says.
How do you manage to drive your
cab at nightz'' the officer asked.
It's like this" he replied IF We
hear q smash we know We have hit
something. and If we don't We know
it's all right
He was remanded TO Scotland Yard
for further examination.
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flashed into recognition as Mary bowed
to him.
Jim waved his left hand carelessIy.
ITS BibbS. taking his constitutional"
he explained.
Yes. know said Mary. II bowed
to him. too. though I've never met him.
In fact, I've only seen him once-no.
twice. l hope he won't think I'm very
bold. bowling to him."
Il doubt if he noticed it." said hon.
est Jim.
..Oh. OH she cried.
whats the trouble?''
I'm almost sure people notice it
when bow TO them"
'Oh. see" said Jim. ''Of course
they would ordinarily, but Bibbs is
funny"
rs he? How?'' she asked. he
strikes me as anything but funny"
We'll, I'm his brother" Jim said.
deprecatingly. but don't know what
he's like. and. to tell Ike truth. I've
| never felt exactly Eke>I was his broth
err. the way do Roscoe. Nobody could
ever get him to do anything; you can't
| get him to do anything now. He never
| had any life in him: and honestly. If
! lac is my brother. I must say l believe
| Isibbs sheridan is the LATEST man God
ever made. hate to say it. but Bibbs
Sheridan II never amount to anything
as long as he lives
Mary looked thoughtful as there
any particular reason why he should 2
she asked
Coed graeiousr' he exclaimed. .Yor
don't mean that. do youa Don't sol
believe in a mans knowing how {;
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His Reason-

Moved to pity at the sight OF a small
boy Juggling a mOnstrous bundle OF
newspapers, a man stopped and asked:
Don't all those papers make you
tired ?"
Nope" the little neEsie replied
cheerfully. q can't read
finder.
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Great Relief.

I'D like TO tell you a bright thing
that youngster of mine said last night"
oh, well, go ahead
But I've forgotten it.
Say! Don't you want 3 good e.
gar2r-Boston Evening Transcript.
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Lacking sympathy and under
standing of fine nature. isn't
It possible that a sIave-driVing
father could practically force
his fraiI, dreaming son to sui
eide by making him do work
which he is fitted to do neither
mentally nor physically? Would
the father likely feel guilty of
murder in such circumstances?
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-12
Biu Guns Not New,

Modern howitzers and siege guns are
giants of destructiveness. yet, making
allowance for time and experience,
we must still admire the good old
burShers of Client. who 500 years and
more ago turned out an iron "bom-
l;arle" that weighed thirteen tons.
This prototype of the up to date siege
I'm had a bore twenty-five inches in
.iameter Out of it was projected a
'-T.Inite ball that weighed 100 pounds.
HrOnZe guns as big were cast half
.rutury later at ConstantinOple. And
,vhen only little over 100 years since
IN earlier British feet was fighting its
way into the Dardanelles these big
':urs crippled six of the English men
- var and killed or wounded 126 Of
.hoSe on board. One gun of this type
Weighed eighteen and three-quarter
f"rs. had n twenty-five inch bore and
.:rr;l IL ca pound stone shot.-New
York World
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Charles E. Stump Con-
tinues to Open His
Kansas Eyes Real Wide
on His Tour Through the
Southern States Where
He Has Beheld Many
Highly Interesting
Sights

Selma, Ala.-The world continues to
move and it is blessed with some NOV
ing people, yet now and then they are
dropping out of the world and those
who leave never return to tell US just
how it is in the other world. While L
have been getting around over the
country trying to be a newspaper writ
er, 1 have been impressed with this
one idea from time to time, and as l
think on it L am almost forced to re-
turn to my farm in Kansas and give
up this writing business.
1 have been moving so fast until L
hardly know where was when 1 wrote
you the other letter, but L do know
that L have been going some and then
some more if you please. 1 have been
to New Orleans attending a confer
ence held by Bishop ]. NJ. Conner, and
then on to Gulfport, Miss. don It
know whether L have told you about
being there. 1 had the pleasure of
meeting one busy man, Green Raby,
who is some pumpkins in the Knights
of Pythias of the state and a man of
rare ability.
To me it was a source of pleasure
to see him. His wife was at one time
citizen of Chicago, but left there to
be real good wife and housekeeper,
and she is doing that believe me. 1
had the pleasure of shaking her hands.
She was a member of the Thompson
family, and the Thompson was at the
head of a little church known as st.
Thomas Episcopal church. They were
among the leaders there.
From there 1 went to Mobile, Ala,
and had the pleasure of seeing the
Rev. J. w. Sexton. 1 was the guest
of Mrs. Stella Jackson the mother
of Miss Daisy Jackson, the fast writer.
L have told you about her from time
to time, and L do not need to do so
this week and will not. But 1 must
tell you that 1 stopped at a place 1
have never stopped before, and that
was Pascagoula, Miss. The town where
fish and oysters are plentiful. 1 met
some strong people down there. The
Rev. C. S. English invited me there to
see the place and talk for his people
at the Baptist church of which he
was pastor. 1 found pleasure in ac-
cepting this invitation.
Rev. English knows how to do things.
Undertaken James Knox and the Rev.
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Oriuin of the Gypsies.

When the gypsies first appeared in
England in the fifteenth century the
mame gypsy was given to them by the
English people. who believed them to
nave come from Egypt. The French,
ny similar mistake, called them BO-
hymians But a careful study of this
race. and especially of their language,
shows that they came originally from
India. The gypsy language is derived
from the Sanskrit, as are the other Ar
van languages of India. A similar error
was made by the English when they
called a distinctively American bird
turkey. under the impression that it
was an importation from the Ottoman
empire. and by the French when they
called the same bird cog dInde, be-
lieving that it came from India
Christian Herald.
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DIR. Palmer came down from Mobile.
and while L was there. The people
turned out to the church in large num-
bers, and when I was through talking
to them, committee headed by Mrs.
Virginia Bilbo, and Mrs. Mary Herger
and others whose names 1 did not get
gave banquet to US that night, and
we left after it was all over for Mo-
bile. In Mobile had the pleasure of
seeing Mrs. Jessie R. Bizzelle, who is
one of the teachers in the public school
system, and Miss Daisy 1. Holman, an
other fine teacher, and woman of abil-
ity.
L passed through Montgomery when
L left there into Selma and from
Selma to Uniontown Ala. and L have
enough in these two places to make
a whole paper. In Selma 1 am with
Prof. R. B. Hudson, who is considered
one of the best disciplinarians in the
public school work in America, saying
nothing about race or color, and then
he is some scholar too. For the past
10 years, Prof. Hudson has been Sec
rotary of the National Baptist Con-
vention, and is regarded one of the
most noted laymen in his church. 1t
is a great honor to have ministers
elect you to such a position for 10
years.
You see Prof. Hudson, is a man who
is trained. He is a business man from
the word go, and does up things strict
ly in keeping with business rules. In
this he has the respect and love of
all the people. He is strictly reliable
and that's worth something too. He
is secretary of the Baptist State con
vention of Alabama, and has been for
the past 10 years. Now that is not
all. He is principal of the public school
here with IL teachers, and has held
the position for 26 years; endowment
treasurer of the Masonic Grand Lodge,
in this position he handles over one
hundred thousand dollars every year,
and has been for five yearsi 1t would
not be out of order for me to tell you
that he is secretary of the Board of
Trustees for Selma University, and all
of this will but tell you of the esteem
in which he is held by the people. He
was recording secretary of the National
Baptist Sunday School Congress. He
is not filling that position now.