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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-01

Prof. keeney wants just only
S12O,OO0 for his little Industrial
Institute at Ruston, but there are
seven reasons why he can't get it,
the first one is that the State has
not got the honeywell, never
mind about the other reasons
Mansfield Enterprise.
And then there is the President
Of the State University who wants
"only' a few hundred thousand,
and he generally gets what he goes
after. Alas, poor tax payer, he
must grin and endure it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-01

The aggregate German losses
before Verdun are set at $50, 600.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

swept away. He imagined those very
course, the pale amber of the elms,
the deep note of the steadfast frs, the
Haunting fire Of the brave NAPLES.
Maple House arose before him, its
lawn carpeted with dry leaves. From
the leaves tloated an incense, dusty,
pungent. The cool shadows of the
great, rambling house beckoned to
him. Here is peace, here is rest, they
seemed to cry. The memory of home
gripped him, held him and soothed
him. His head nodded and he slept
only to awake with a start, for he had
dreamed that he had lost the way
back forever.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

Gerry turned to his work of tilling
the soil. He cut the best of the cane
and Bonifacio planted the joints at a
slant with knowing hand. He sorted
the bolls of cotton. The women stu
died the fiber and when it was long,
silky and tough they picked out the
seeds with care and boarded them, for
their time was not yet. One duty
urged another. The days passed rap
idly.
One morning Gerry looked up from
his labor to find mounted figure just
behind him. An elderly man of fiorid
face sat FESTIVE stallion of Arab
strain. The strangers note was opu-
lence. From his Panama hat, thin and
light as paper, to his silver spurs and
the silver-mounted harness of his
horse, wealth marked him. He was
dressed in white linen and his faring,
glossy riding boots of embroidered
Russian leather stood out from the
white clothes and the whittier sleeps
fleece that served as saddle cloth, with
telling effect. In his hands was a
sllver-mounted rawhide quirt. His
face was grave, his eyes blue and kind
ly. AS Gerry looked at him he spoke,
I'm Lieber from up the river"
Gerry started at the familiar Eng
fish and frowned. At the frown the
strangers eyes shifted. II didn't come
down here to bother you" he went on
hastily. One of my men told me
about the green grass and l couldn't
keep away. I've got cattle and horses
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

l really caught her looking at me while
was sitting on the old stone bench
down by the pond.
I jumped up and ran after her all the
way down Long Lane and up the Low
Road TO where the red COW broke her leg
that time and there l lost her. l didn't
find her again and had to come away
without her and now 1 feel so queer
sort of half-y, just like you.
Somehow 1 can't blame her. She didn't
want to leave the Hill in the gorgeous
month so she just stayed behind. Do you
remember
This is the gorgeous month when leafy
Mount to the gods in myriad summer
pyres -?
A few hours ago when was doing my
mile on the avenue I almost got run down
and Mam'selle gave me an awful seolding
for being so absent-minded. 1t was a true
word. 1 was just that-absent- minded
because my mind was off chasing that
other half. And then l came back and
there l was on the avenue with people
staring at me more than they ever have
before. l suppose II was because l was
out of breath with chasing in my mind
Good-by, Alan. GLEN
Alan sat in the circle Of light from
the hanging lamp and stared into the
darkness. From the river came the
sound of sucking mud, then a heavy
tread. A monster hippo Numbered
through the bushes in search of food
On the other side of the tree trunk the
Zanzibari was snoring. The fires were
burning out at the mems camp. Once
more the odor of their bodies hung in
the air.
Alan arose and dragged his chair tC
the outer edge of the mango tree. He
sat down and with hands locked and
elbows on knees gave himself up tC
memory. He forgot the sounds and
smells of Africa. the black green OF
overhanging leaves, the black shadows
of the swirling river, the black -bronzt
of the men about him. For an hour he
| tore himself away from the black
world to wander over the beloved hills
in New England where summer dies
in burst, of light.
Red Hill, crowned with mountain
ash, called to his spirit as a torch il
| the night to lost wanderer The thir
| ty months that had passed since las
he saw its budding promise were
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19
MEAL-TIME CONSCIENCE.
What Do the Children DRINK

There are times when mother or
father feeds the youngsters something
that they know children should not
have. Perhaps it is some rich dessert
but more often it is tea or coffee.
1t is better to have some delicious.
hot food-drink that you can take your
self and feed to your children, con-
scious that it will help and strength
en-, but never hurt them.
A Yorkstate lady says: Il used
coffee many years in spite of the con-
viction that it injured my nervous sys-
tenn and produced my nervous head
aches. While visiting a friend | was
served with Postum and determined
to get a package and try it myself.
The result was all that could be de-
sired-a delicious, finely favored, rich
ly colored beverage. Since ! quit cof-
fee, Postum has worked wonders for
me.
my husband, who had suffered from
kidney trouble when drinking coffee.
quit the coffee and took up Postum
with me and since drinking Postum he
has felt stronger and better, with no
indication of kidney trouble.
you may be sure I find 1t great
comfort to have warm drink at
meals that can give my children.
with a clear conscience that 1t will
help and not hurt them as coffee or
tea would"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be we'll boiled, 15c and 25c pkgs.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 3Oc
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

to Gerry. "He says" the foreman re-
marked with a leer, on making the
presentation, you can ride anything
you can catch"
Gerry felt the foreman needed put
ting in place. He went into the house
and reappeared carrying something in
his hat. He climbed the fence and
called. The horses raised their heads
and looked. Some were lazy after wa
tering but the others trotted over to-
ward him. They stopped few yards
off and scrutinized him as though to
divine his intentions. Then they ap-
preached cautiously, with tense legs,
ready to whirl and bolt. A greedy colt
refused to play the game of fear to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

Under the broad dome of a mango
tree on the banks Of an unnamed Afri-
can river Alan Wayne had pitched his
camp. The Selwyn tent and the pro-
jecting veranda fly We're faded and
stained. The bObbinet mosquito cur
|tains We're creamed with age and serv-
flee. Two camp chairs and collapse
/ BILE table, battered but strong, were
placed before the tent. Over one of
the chairs hung towel. On the ground
|squatted a take-dOwn bath tub, half
Oiled with water. In the deep shadow
of the tree the pale green rot-proof
canvas of the tent, the fly, the chairs
and hathtub cleaned almost white.
On the farther side of the great
trunk of the tree was the masters
kitchen. three stones and a half-circle
Of forked sticks driven into the ground
On the sticks hung a few pots and
pans, a saddle of buck, bits of fat and
q disreputable looking coffee-bag. Be-
tween the stones was a bed of Goals.
before them crouched a red-fezzed
Zanzibar.
From under a second tree, fifty
yards away, came the dull rhythmic
pounding Of wooden pestles in wooden
mortars. The eye could just distin-
guish the glistenlng naked torsos Of
three blacks In motion. They were
singing a barbarous chantey. At the
pauses their arms went up and the
pestles came down together with a
thud. The blacks were pounding the
kafir corn for the mems evening meal.
Down the river and almost out Of
sight a black, spidery construction
reached out over the water-Alan's
latest bridge. Men swarmed on It,
Six O'Clock and there came the trill
of whistle. Suddenly the bridge was
cleared. A babble of voices arose.
There was a cracking of twigs, a
shutting of feet here and there a high,
excited cry, and then the men poured
into camp. A din of talk, held in
check for hours, arose. Glistening
black bodies danced to jerky, fantastic
steps. Songs, shouts and impatient
cries to the cooks swelled the medley
Of sound. Through the camp stole the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19
His Trout Was Feathered.

Frank Flock of Lycoming, Pa, went
fishing for trout along the Little Gap"
run and caught large pheasant.
He is not likely to get into trouble
with the state game authorities, as the
incident was the fault of the bird. AS
he was tramping along the stream,
Flock, unknown to himself, scared up
a flock of pheasants. He was in the
act of casting his line, when fright
ened pheasant flew ahead of him. just
in time to be caught in the wing by
the trout hook
The bird flew into the woods with
the broken line and escaped.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19
w'm Lieber, From Up the River"

finish. He strobe forward and was re.
warded with large lump of sugar.
The sugar was coarse and black, first
cousin to virgin molasses, but it was
redolent. The horses crowded around
Gerry. They paved at him. He had
to beat them back. They made a bold
assault on the empty but odorous hat.
Gerry laughed and cleared the fence to
get away from them. Il think your
master must be mistaken" be said
with smile to the foreman. Some
of these colts can never have been
backed"
The foreman looked his admiration.
He began to take Gerry seriously; it
was man to man now. He pointed out
the horses that were broken to saddle
and named their gaits and mettle.
Then his shrewd eyes looked around
for further details to add to his report
to his master. He noted that a few,
very few, Of the cattle were still
lying down when they should have
been on their feet and eating. These
were herded into a corner of their own
and old BOnifacio was tending them.
Beside each was pile of fresh cut
grass. AS they ate they nosed it away,
but Bonifacio pushed it back.
The foreman's eyes caught on two
newborn calves. They had been taken
from their weak mothers and were in
a rough pen by themselves. The fore
man did not have to count the stock
to see that none was missing. He was
cattle bred. A gap in the herd or the
bunch of horses would have flown at
the seventh sense of the stockman the
moment he laid eyes on the field In
stead there were these two calves.
Master" he said to Gerry, you have
made up your mind not to lose a head.
You would save even these little ones,
born before their time"
Gerry nodded gravely. He had
worked hard to save all. He WINGED
at the mere thought of death at Fa-
zenda Flores even down to these least
weaklings. He himself had fed them
patiently from a warm bottle. In trou-
BILE and valuable time they had cost
him an acre of cotton. But an acre Of
cotton was small price to pay for
life.
A grip of the hand and the foreman
was off in a cloud of dust. At the
bridge he pulled his horse down to the
stumbling fox trot that spares beast
and man but eats steadily into a long
journey. A bearer of good tidings rides
slowly.
Gerry turned to his work but a cry
from the house arrested him. He
dropped his field tools and ran to the
house. Dona Maria glanced at him,
clawed and hustled him out of the
room-out of the house. The door
slammed behind him. He heard the
great bar drop. He was locked out.
Gerry paced angrily up and down
the veranda. Calm came back to him.
He saw that he had been a fool He
stopped and sat down on the steps Of
the veranda. Here before he had
made his benches, she had often sat
beside him, caressed him, sung to him.
How cold he had been. How little he
had done for her. He remembered
that as she had worked on baby
clothes she had said she wished she
had some blue ribbon. They had all
laughed at her, but she had nodded her
girls head gravely and said, Yes,
wish l had some blue ribbon-a little
roll of blue ribbon" What a brute he
had been to laugh!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19
Got lust What He Wanted,

will you let me off this afternoon.
sir?" asked the clerk in dry goods
store, my wife wants me to beat some
carpets"
Couldn't possibly do it, said the
boss.
The clerk turned joyfully to his
work, saying: Thank you, sir.
Thank you a thousand times
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19
Quite So.

You'd think the hero and the hero
inc were really in love with each
other, but I'm told they quarrel dread
fully off the stage"
"Oh, well, | dare say they make up
easily"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve Feverish-
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and
Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for2Svears.
All druggists, Csc. Sample FREE. Address,
Iother Gray Co., LIE Roy, N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

Suppose you asked a man for
"a job you needed desperately
DO keep from starving. Suppose
khat man gave you frightful
beating, out of pure cussedness
land afterward gave you work.
Mould you watch your chance to
bet even, or would you save his
ife when opportunity offered?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19
AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN
SYNOPSIS.

bn Wayne is sent away from Red Hill,
home, by his uncle. J. Y, as a moral
! re. Glenn runs after him in tangle
bort skirts to bid him good-by. Cap
Wayne tells Alan of the failing of the
|ynes, Glen drinks Alan's health on his
|lday. Judge Healey defends Alan in
business with his employers. Alan and
meet at sea. homeward bound, and
/ a Irritation. At home, Nance Ster-
asks Alan to go away from AliX. AliX
bken to task by Gerry, her husband,
her conduct with Alan and defies him.
ry, as he thinks, sees AliX and Alan
ling. drops everything, and goes to
nambuco. AliX leaves Alan on the
n and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
lbuco and goes to Piranhas. On a
oe trip he meets a native girl The
&c fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
Alix. The native girl takes Gerry to
home, and shows him the ruined
nation she is mistress of. Gerry mar
her. At Maple house Collingeford
how he met Alan-"Ten Per Cent
a bridge in Africa Col
eford meets Alix and her baby and he
g her encouragement about Gerry.
n comes back to town but does not
home. He makes several calls in the
Gerry begins to improve Margar-
: plantation and builds an irrigating
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

Anyway, one-half the world sus-
poets how you live.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

erry started opening the sluice
$. the lowest first. The water CUR
out into the main trench and from
was distributed. At first the
ty soil swallowed it greedily but
ually the rilIs stretched farther
farther down into the valley. I'm
the blazing sun they looked like
ms Of molten silver and gold.
,rgarita came running up to them
the house. Gerry put his arm
nd her and made her face the val
Then he looked at the girl and
d. She smiled back at him but
Zble was still in her eyes.
Gerry left her to start on the work
fitting the ponderous sluice-gate of
awn logs that be had prepared for
lie mouth of the great ditch. 1t was
'iumph of ingenuity. He never could
ave evolved 1t without the aid of a
lant iTonwoOd wOrmscrew taken from
lie wreck of cotton press. The screw
as so heavy that he and Bonifacio
ould hardly carry it.
At the end of three days the great
ate was installed. He and Bonifacio
,iled ike sailors at capstan. They
rove the heavy barrier down into the
md with last turn of the screw and
nut out the river. Margarita came
nd saw and was pleased.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

When a man gets into trouble
because of a woman, he is In real
trouble. How will Gerry rid him.
self Of this entanslement with
little Marearita? What would
any upright man do7 Read the
next installment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

Being a widow seems to be a habit
with some females.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

CHAPTER XlV-Continued.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-19

CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-13

is a whole lot different than the meat
that has lain in cold storage for
months. You'll know that as soon as
enoughto lose it's SAVIOR. Try a roast
got here. 1t has been hung just long
enough to make it wholesome, not long
enough to lose its bavor. Try a roast
or a steak. Then you'll know what
really good beef is.
Rising Sun Meat Market
Theo. Schultz, Prop.
Brookings, S. D.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-13
When Payne Wrote
"HOme, Sweet
Home"
By J. r. HAMILTON
Former Advertising Manager Of Wanamakers, Philadelphia

It Is said when John Howard Payne wrote "Home, Sweet
Home" he himself was a homeless wanderer in the streets. It
took a man who had no home to make the spirit OF home immortal.
The reason why we of today do not appreciate a home more
is that it is too easy to have one. The place that our grandfathers
called home was little more than a shelter. They knew no com
forts such as we have. They had few luxurles, but the thing that
they called home had been fought for, and so it was dear to them.
Today anyone can have a home almost for the asking. he
can fill it with big, comfortable furniture that will give him as
much comfort as used to belong only to royalty. He can have
beautiful draperies in his windows and fine pictures on his walls
He can have a piano or a talking machine. lie can have rugs
that are copies of the patterns in palaces. And he can do all this
on the most moderate, the most ordinary of salaries or wages.
Day by day this paper is filled with advertising that offers
every facility for the furnishing Of the home. Not only can the
man with ready cash furnish his home on a moderate basis, but
even the man without cash can have all the comforts and luIu-
res he desires through a system Of credit on home furnishings
which has now become almost national in its scope.
This is the season when new homes are springing up on every
hand and the season when old homes are being remOdeed and
refurnished for another year. Therefore it is the season for home
furnishing opportunities which every live advertising merchant
is offering at this time.
Do not hold these h~omemaking opportunities too lightly.
Give these advertisers a hearing. What they are saying is real,
and what they are doing is making history. There has never been
a time in the history of the world when comfort and luxury were
as widespread amongst the people as they are today.
Look over his advertising today. See if you cannot add the
comfort of a home to the pleasure of your life, or see if you cannot
put more luxury and more material happiness into the home
you have.
Think of what YOU need most about your home and then look
for The ADVERTISING of those things in this paper today.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-13
STATE NEWS

= =
The Anti-Saloon League ~headQuar-
tiers seem to be much in demand as IN
dicated by the efforts being put forth
by Aberdeen citizens to have the head
quarters moved from Mitchell to that
city. Aberdeen is proud Of it's record
as largest dry city in the state and
wants to emphasize it by having the
dry forces work from that point.
Judge j. w. Jones, of Sioux Falls,
denied G.. w. Bigelow ar injunction Pc
s~training the city commission of Sioux
Falls from proceeding with their
spring paving program. 1t is planned
to spend $685. 900 for street paving.
Considerable feeling is being stirred
up over the rumor that the division
headquarters of the Great Northern
will be moved from Garretson, Mimi,
to Ihlen. Ihlen is a small station
seven miles south of Pipestone, MINI.
Two hundred men are at work on a
new line from Hills, Mimi, to Ihlen.
The voters of Vermillion will, at the
annual city election, April Is, drop the
commission form of city government,
which has existed there for several
years. Much dissatisfaction has caus
ed the voters to ask for the aldermanic
form.
The Charles Mix county seat fight
started in earnest last Thursday when
citizens of Lake Andres began gather
ing names for a petition to have the
county seat moved to Lake Andres. A
fight has been waged every four years
since railroads were built into the
county and this years fight seems hot
ter than ever
Watertown at a special election held
last Friday returned to the aldermanic
form of city government by a majority
vote of 263. WATERFOWL was the first
city in South Dakota to adopt the com
mission form of city government. The
objection to the commission form was
general over the entire city.
Huron Is another of the progressive
cities of this state to come forward
with paving plans. Bids for paving
Dakota avenue were opened last week
by the city commissioners but on &C.
count Of the absence of the paving
committee representing the citizens
the contract has not yet been awarded.
One thousand Sunday school dele,
gates are exected to gather at Huron
May 81 for the state Sunday school
convention which will be in session
three days.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-13
BEEN TOO GOOD

The Redheld Journal Observer,
which has been conducted for a num-
Der OF years by Al c. Smith and Paul
Berg, has been purchased by E. B..
Merriman, formerly of Graetinger.
Iowa. The Journal Observer is a
splendid paper and ranks top with the
four or FIVE good county seat papers VI
the state. In commenting on this
paper the Aberdeen Daily News says:
There is only one fault the News has
ever found with the Journals Observer,
in looking the paper over, and that is
that 1t has been too good a paper for
the support 1t has received. The pro-
prietors have grown into the habit of
giving those Redield people a better
paper than they deserved-an eight to
twelve page all-home print weekly
where the advertising patronage justi-
fed but an eight page paper with four
pages patent insides," filled with pat
emit medicine advertisements and ad-
vertisements for mail order houses.
The News trusts the new proprietor
will convince the Redfeld business
men Of the error of their ways-even
II he has to go to outside towns to get
advertising that rightfully should come
from home merchants"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-13
LEAGUE

The April meeting Of the Universal
Franchise League was held at the
home of Mrs. j. G. Hutton last Friday
afternoon. The attendance was good.
The business meeting concerned itself
mainly with plans for perfecting the
country organization and suggestions
for ways and e of obtaining funds
to carry on the work Of the league.
The ways and means committee re-
ported a nice sum realized from the
bake sale held on March II, and the
league hereby thanks all who donated
articles for that sale.
Judges we're appointed to compare
the essays sent in response to the invi-
tation of the league and tho winners Of
prizes will be announced later.
Miss Winters, the Red Cross nurse.
gave an interesting talk on the origin
and scope of the district nurses work.
with q short account of her own work
in South Dakota. She made a plea,
too, for more active interest In the pre-