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CARPET CLEANING.

OLD carpets and rugs made over into
ncw rugs. Sec samples W ".
Moselry & Co, Inc, III North First
Street
VELVET rugs mad" from your old
carpets. rugs and clothes Half
rrlcc OF now ones. i T.. Lcath. Power
EHIdinE. agent olson RUE Company.
Ph"ne EnndOini hIna-
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MONEY 70 LOAN.

u ~ NEED OF MONEY. BORROW
JEW El.lsY A%b SILN f.tWAiSl. FROM
TIE EQLiThBLE LDAN SOCIETY
Ali. BuSiNI:SS CONDUCTED STRICT
SuLTATiON ROOMS FOR LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN. SECOND FLOOR
500 EAST BROAD STREET
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
that VIII not be Responsible Tor any
Htbta contracted by any person other
tn4n myse!f John q. S,cimman.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO stockholders Union stores Inc:
aehd cncck Tor 10 per cent Of balance
fSons N.Hfe SigSst For particulars
iCGMES,S H.AIRDRESSING rAI;LORS.
SiAMfcolNi. manicuTins, facial mas
sag sea.p treatments. We give
INC an'ScptlC scalp treatment Com
piGt@ stock OF human hair goods and
toilet articles. Combiugs made into
any style 2os North Third
WANTED. the public TO know that
I:EMouNT DiNMON'bis i il T 'ii'n
latest STYLES. old gold and silver
HATS CLEANED AND RENO
WAITED.
DO can NOT t.TGW a, S"n gao, oi4 h.s away We
cost KIT work f'' s :SHT "% pc" z, naM m.L
Gust used No d'oss from hats after
Ladies' Panama Hats Cleaned and
Gem,leiaeI.'s Panama Hats Cleaned ana 'V'
straw ii.,,s cleaned and Blocked. -! sc
Soft Hats Cleaned and Pressed ;0c
Derby Hats Cleaned and Pressed 49,. a5c
New Sw"H, nand ..''-.'''''''-- 2 GOO;
Hats cailcd for and delivered. '''
! q DIkAG0s. ,rRR'orRlIl:ToR
50 East Main street. Richmond va.
umbrellas. RicRmiotin"d Ke tS'" S WnrKs
COS East Marshal! street. Phone Ran
That have received ncw spring
models OF The Barclay custom made
t"-order coiS"ts, and will hc glad TO
hear from friends and customers. APP
polntmcnts solicited in the privacy OF
your nome fittlng guaranteed. Phone
Randolph 3Ge$-J. Mrs, l.. T. natton
C1Mii-! Mf;NTAkf-WS deem i, our
duty |" praise, rs Well as thank the
oNIccrs and men az our Richmond Fire
Department ioc their splendid work in
kgeping the Are 50 Well under control
whIch occurred at our warehouse on
the morning Of March Is. 1916. There
We're three fires in and about tho same
i!mc III dimercnt localities. ana all were
kept within their walls we think
mat all citizens. especially property
owners OF Richmond should be proud
OF the efficiency OF the department. in
oihcers' men ANA equipment.
RcSpcctfully.
WALLER TANLOH & son.
liz North Eightcenth street
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AECHlTf.cT-rla for buildings or
all kinds at short notice. Spcri1l n,
t'nti"n given 10 supervision Of con
structiom. y. Wiley Anderson. \rrhi-
ic"t go East Main street. Richmond.
Va. Iihird lloor, l'honc Randolph as.
SfECiAL prices on beautiful hair
switches. Co,nh,ngs made ,mtn
switches ShampooinG. 80 cents. The
atrical costumes. Wigs for hire. Rc
liable iiHIr store, 81 North Fourth
'2trccL.
JOB carpenter, screen work a snrcjoltv
Quick service and right price. can
Madison "i0S.
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WY NTED-I,nrtncrs.

" y NJ ED. partner with $1,000 No
risk VIII prove successful Million
in ~ Mai" ug female. Address T.. -
E"N ln>i. Richmond. Va
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BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES.

WANTED. bicycle suitable for girl 10
t"Hrs old. Address ll5 East Twelfth
street. south il;chnoud. rhonc Ran
holph Gg1i-J.
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Mooreheld & Blake,
Auctioneers
Ky \. w. BOWIE 4 Sun. nc.
Real Estate AuCtlonccrs.
COMMISSIONERS SALE

VALUABLE TRACT or LAND OK
EEOAD STREET ROAD; JUST
WEST OF THE CIT. LIMITS. CON
TANNING II IL ACRES.
At AUCTION.
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REPAIR SHOPS
FURNITURE REPAIRING,
UPHOLSTERY.

c. G.. LEVY
MAKES slip covers, uphoistcring and
repair furniture. AS West Broad
Street.
PARIOR suits. touches, chairs of all
kinds rcuphOlstcrcd in the best man
ncr: old hair mattresses made over
like new. Jacob Umlauf. Madison
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AUCTION Sii.Es-iutmre Days.
ny ell & 1t L.. pENoON
Real Estate Nuc'i"u"cls.
Attractive
Building Lot
AT TIL: SOJTiiENS'T COENT:E -
GROVE AND rRl:NSH.NW

~ ~. ~ - tf.sNSI CORNER or
GROVE AID CRIsNSU.NW
Nv l.N :,S
la execution 81 :, Decd 90 Trust dated
JUN, 18th: l"! And Of record iu tn"
'l"rk S. ''iilcc of tn. Richmond CMluccrv
Court. in H. q 2lN-D. page -. default
haEIhs hc"n made ~ payment 81 a cor
tam note therein secured. and being
required 10y tn. beneficiary 80 to do. /
VIII soil at public auction. on tho prom
1905. ON
WEDNESDAY,. ArHII. 1gru. lpis.
y J:3O o''iocN =. Nj
tn" pr"p"rtN described ia said decd rs
follows. That certain l", or PARCEL of
laud. LYING ana h"inG iu tho oiis of
Richmond. NlrginI". beginning at. tn"
southeast corner OF Groy" Avenue and
tr"nshaW Avenue. and running "as.
along th" south limo Of Gruvc Avenue
aui fronting thereon sixty 600 ic"t
aui running back between parallel
li"s on" hundred and thirtN-iivc GaJ)
foot Z" an alley Fifteen G5D feet wtGo.
TERMS. cash sufficient to pay tho
expenses OF executing this trust. amy
tt'N"s dU". and Il not" of $i.rJ" with
interest thereon from July 18th. i"I4.
hal"u'" at "u' and TWO Years.
e. l.. rENDDN.
Trustee.
&. l.. ~ II L.. DENOO&.
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PERSONAL.

ANTEli YOU TO know that w. H.
toWaFuln'S sons prices on watch and
!c"clrE work are the lowest in town
Satisfaction is guaranteed 1915 East
Main Street.
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WATCHES AND JEWELKY.

ScliNAF'S STERLING SrECINI.S
- 20 sterling sugar SPOONS. olive
forks.
3 % Meat forks. ladies'
- 25--SiN sterling iced tea Spoons
BIG assortment wedding gii,.. Mos,
reasonable prices YOU ever knew,
ScIhNF BROS.
Jewellers.
i2f East Broad.
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NURSERY STOCK

OF all kinds fruit bearing and orna-
mental trees. straw berries. shrub
berry and hedges a specially. Phone
Mr.. Whitley. agent for Hoods Nur-
scry, Randolph J2Su-J.
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1916 Spring,ime Creations

That's what were turning out Of
your old rauamas II you bring them 10
Gs Ladies and gents. you're surely
ACQUAINTED with our famous "Pcrfcc-
non r'nl>t. ar. our customers
pleased Jus, ask your ueighhor.
MNNiiATrAN HAT WORKS.
. Fast BROAD Streets.
'Epu. Madison @Toi
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PAINTING AND PAPERlNG

For 'cXt So days ~" will piv.. free 81
guaranteed weather clock TO our
customers and friends who have one
room or NOR" papcrcl or painted
Wariuncr * Frayscr. @Oi North Fiftl.
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FOR SALE-AIisrcllancous

OK sale. nice clean whito paper. IS
ana 90 inches wide. Suitable for
Wrapping anything requiring white
Taper. such as bread. glassware. laun-
ny ETC.. $l2b psr 100 pounds at the
cIlco; also old papers nj 80 cents per
100 pounds at this Office. VIII not DO
delivered. Call at Times Dispatch Of
nee. frst floor
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ask your dealer for Brarcr's original
SinitEHeld sausage. one pound pack.
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WANTED to sell old lumDc.. doors
ha,htub. blinds window frames ana
sash. mautlcs and stairs and toilet out
", cheap. Tyler x Ryan, Linden ana
AIRY Applv 20 u, 20 :.
WHY pay $50 for business cards? We
rriut the sam" card for $50 per
900 We DO save yoi! money. Lcakc
PRINTING Company, Sos EAST Main
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13

Lieber, with Gerry and Kemp, sat In
the shade Of the veranda, smoking after
the midday meal. The stock had been
corralled, but, on Kemp's advice, the
start for Fazenda Flores was to be
made halfway through the afternoon.
There was to be a great moon that
night and the drive would be robbed of
the perils Of darkness to cattle as we'll
as Of the horrible heat
The three were silent, half somno-
lent, when a passing herder grunted
and pointed westward with his chin.
Lieber stood up and looked. A pillar
Of dust was coming across the desert.
He could see men riding and some
thing else. He took his field glasses
from a peg and looked again. "Fu-
neral, or a sick man." he said and sat
down to wait. Kemp started whiting
to keep himself awake. Since the hour
Of Lieber's confession he had hardly
spoken.
When the cavalcade came within
easy view Gerry stood up and watched
He could not hide his curiosity like
Lieber and Kemp. In front Of the
horses came four men bearing a sag
gtng hammock on a pole. They were
running in quick, springy steps that
made the hammock sway gently from
side to side. The pace they kept up
under the burden was marvellous.
They were followed closely by eight
horsemen. At the first signs of falter-
ing among the bearers, four of the
riders would throw themselves off
their ponies and run under the pole.
The change Of relay was made without
stop, without a pause. The freed
ponies stood with hanging heads and
straddled legs. Even from a distance
one could see that the burdened men
had run the wlry little beasts off their
feet. They were all in, but the men
were still erect-keen. With a final
spurt the cOrtege drew up before the
veranda. Lieber stood up. Dead or
dying?" he asked.
Master, we do not know" an
swered the oldest Of the men, their
leader.
Fever or smallpox" asked Lieber.
Fever"
With a look Of relief Lfeber went
down the steps to the hammock. A sheet
had been thrown over the pole to keep
off the worst of the sun. He pulled
it off. A CHASTITY sight met his eyes,
but he did not shrink. Bring him I'D
here" he said, springing up the steps
and sweeping saddle harness and
some old magazines off a great raw
hide settle on the veranda.
They laid the sick man on the settle
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

The largest flower in the world
grows In Sumatra- II measures about
yard across, and weighs. roughly, Is
pounds.
At the declaration Of war the Brit
ish army comprised 711,500 men, OF
whom, in regulars and reserves. 6O1.-
900 were in the British Isles.
Royalties on oil and mining devel
opments, rents on state lands. leases
and fees pour in SO rapidly to the
state of Wyoming that she may coon
be in the position of not having TO
raise any taxes at all for support OF
the state government, pitiful pros
pect.
There is a shortage of matches in
France, due largely to the decrease in
the output of home-manufactured
goods. Owing to this, France has been
forced to increase greatly its imports
of matchwOod, etc, especially from
the United States, Sweden. Italy. Swift
zerland, Indo-China and Japan.
Shocked into speech" was the word
at a recent banquet of electrical en-
gineers at San Francisco, the toastmas-
ter having attached to the chairs of
speakers a little device which caused
them, when he pushed q button, to
arise promptly and with great en-
thusiasm."
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13
IH"#H
SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red HILL
his home, by his uncle, J. Y, as a moral
failure. Glen drinks Alan's health on his
birthday Judge Healey defends Alan In
his business with his employers. Alan and
AIix, Gerry's wife, meet at sea, homeward
bound. and start a filtration. At home
Gerry, as he thinks, sees Alix and Alan
eloping, drops everything, and goes to
Pernambuco Alix leaves Alan on the
train and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas. On a
canoe trip he meets q native girl. The
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby Is born
90 Alix- The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she is mistress Of
Gerry marrfes her. At Maple house Col
nngeford tells how he met Alan-''Ten
Per Cent Wayne''-building a bridge in
Africa. Collingeford meets Allx and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not go home. Gerry begins to improve
Margarita's plantation and builds an ir-
r1gating ditch. In Africa Alan reads
Clem's letters and dreams of home. Ger
Ey pastures Lieber's cattle during the
drought. A baby comes to Margarita
Coningeford meets AliX in the city and
finds her changed. Alan meets AliX, ]. Y,
and Glen, grown to beautiful WonanhOOd
in the city and realizes that he has sold
his birthright for mess of pottage. Kemp
and Gerry become friends. They visit
Lieber, and the three exiles are drawn
together by a common tie. Lieber tells
his story. In South America Alan gets
the fever
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13
MOUSE BITE KILLS BABY

There are occasional instances
where rodents, both the house rat and
mouse, have been known to invade
the bed or crib occupied by young chill
dren, especially infants when left
alone sleeping. Such an incident is
recorded in the death of William Web
ster Jackson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William w. Jackson of Washington,
whose death is reported in the vital
statistics as due to a virulent blood
poisoning from the infection of a
mouse bite on the child's neck.
One night while the infant, only two
weeks old, was sleeping in his crib be-
side his mothers bed a mouse crawled
into the crib and, biting the baby on
the neck, inflicted what was then
thought to have been an insignificant
wound. A simple application was made
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13

and, on top Of that, a sheet The touch
of Alan's dry, cracking skin seemed
to Gerry to be burning his hands. "It
is as though there were fire in him"
he said to Lieber.
Lieber looked at his patient with an
all-seeing eye. He paused before COW
ering him up. That's It." he said.
There's fire in him-the worst kind
and he's been playing with it, just
tickling It with stale quinine." His
eye ran rapidly over the thin body. 81
said the dose gave him would prob
ably kill him, but I'VE changed my
mind. I'm betting the other way, now
| really look at him. There's no flesh
on him, but he doesn't look like a skel-
eton. Why? Because Of the sinews
and bones Of hlm-they're perfect
Look at the way the sinews hold his
neck and the way the neck carries the
slnews. Look at the fat bulge of his
ribs and the breadth of his shoulders
over the hips. That means heart and
lungs and vitals. That mans been a
fighter, and unless I'm a bigger fool
than I was yesterday he's a tighter
yet"
"Cover him up. for Gods sake" said
Gerry.
Lieber dropped the sheet and went
of to the kitchen. Gerry and Kemp
covered the stripped body and tucked
many blankets over it. Lleber came
back and took off half the blankets.
Mustn't tire him with weight" he ex-
planned. eff he's going to sweat. he'll
sweat all right. Malaria-maiignan
fever-is the ttredest disease in the
world. When they get too tired to
breathe, that's the end" He took hold
Of Alan's wrist. ITO feel his pulse.
you'd say he was dead now"
bout time we was startin'." re-
marked Kemp with his eyes toward
the declining sun.
Gerry's first impulse was to say he
would stay, but he suddenly remem-
bered Margarita. How far away from
life she seemed! Alan and Margarita
could not crowd into one day or even
into one world-it was against the or
der of things. But facts do not stand
on the order Of their coming, they sim
ply come. and against the protest of
mans will they present his fate:
against the cry of the troubled and
displaced soul they voice the eternal
i'y suis, j'y reste of inanimate things.
One cannot go around fact. One
must either break ene's head against
it or swallow it and let it take It's
course through the mental gorge.
Gerry longed to stay by Aian's side,
and through his returning conscious
ness, as through a magnIfying glass,
gaze upon the world he had foreswOrn
the heritage he had abandoned. Bat
the fact of Margarita and her boy
suddenly declared itself-demanded
digestion-and Gerry turned his back
on Alan. He mounted, and with the
silent Kemp reversed the drive they
had made together months before.
Lieber did not go with them. When
he had seen them off, he busted him
self giving orders for the tidying up
Of the veranda, the feeding of Alan's
convoy, beast and man, and the prepa-
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13

laid him gently In a hammock, Alan
came to. The hammock was padded
with pillows and blankets and strung
on a stout bamboo pole with two men
at each end supporting 1t.
what are you doing with meT" he
asked angrily and sank back into the
pillows. From there his eyes glared
up at McDougal.
'I'm sending We hOme," said Nc
Dougal gently but firmly.
Alan smiled twisted smile. Send
ing me home" he repeated. and added
resignedly. "Oh, all right" Then he
started up. Bring matches" he said.
McDougal took matches from his pock-
ct. Alan drew two letters from inside
his coat. Burn them" He held them
out and watched jealousy as McDou-
gal opened out the sheets with averted
eyes and set fire to the thin paper. The
filmy cinders blew hither and thither
under the light breeze The men under
the pole moved nervously, anxious to
be off. Their eight companions
wheeled their flea-bitten ponies and
headed for the trail ''No, you don't"
shouted McDougal and explained with
many gestures that they were to ride
behind on account of the dust
1--WE know, MASTER" answered one
quietly. I'VE would but start"
McDougal held out an awkward
hand in farewell. You're ready, Mr..
Wayne?"
Yes" said Alan between chattering
teeth, and then cried, "NO, want the
bOard-my epitaph thing, you know"
McDougal dived into the tent and
brought out the board with the roughly
cut words that he could not read but
somehow began to understand. He
slipped it into the hammock behind the
cushions and then just touched Alan's
hand and gave the word to the men.
They started off in a shambling, rapid
trot. The horseman fell in behind. a
cloud of dust cut them off from Nc
Douglas gaze. He turned and fell
upon his laboring squad with a rolling
food of curses. To them the words
were Greek, but nevertheless their
blood curdled and they worked as only
Wayne had taught them.
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13

to the scratch or wound inflicted by
the little rodent, and nothing more
was thought of it for the time being.
However, the bite resulted in an in
fection which spread so rapidly that
physicians found it impossible to save
the child's life. A high fever devel-
oped, and the child died.
Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt, who In
vestigated the case, is satisfied that
the child's death was directly trace
able to the bite of the mouse. In COM
menting upon the case he said:
1T is fact widely known among
medical men that rats and mice carry
disease, and householders should make
every effort to rid their houses of them
as matter of personal and public
protection. Cats, likewise, are a men,
ace to public health, carrying germs
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13

ration of a room for the seH-invIted
guest. From the pile of dusty pillows
a servant was picking up, fell board.
Lieber glanced down at it. Words
were cut roughly but clearly into its
surface. They spoke to him. They
held his eyes. He stopped laboriOusIy
and picked up the board. He took 1t
into his private room, pEopped it up
against some books on the table and
sat before it with his face dropped
in his hands. To his closed eyes the
words seemed 40 longer carved In
wood. Against the inward darkness
Of his brain they shOne out In points
Of light He could not shut them out.
"Qui de nous ma pas eu 81 terre
promise, son jour d'extase. ct sa fin en-
exilY''
At sundown Heber came out to his
patient. He had him moved, settle
and all, into a room whose windows
opened upon the veranda. Lieber sat
beside him and nursed him through the
long, hot night. To the deftness Of
his hand had been added tenderness,
and into his face u new determination
Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13

syringe and graduated glass. In the
glass he dissolved a powder and with
steady hands added measured drops
of liquid of faint amber hue
Gerry found his tongue what is
it!" he asked
"Quinine and arsenic" said Leber
shortly.
Arsenic? Isn't that dangerous? %
said Gerry.
Lieber glanced at bin. 1T win prob
ably kill him."
"Then why-why-" protested Ger
ry. A great desire to protect what
was left of Alan had come over htm.
"WhyT" said Lieber dryly, ''I'H tell
you, Mr.. Lansing. Because it is less
cowardly to kill a man than to let
him die"
He mixed the solution in the syringe
and then, grasplng Alan's arm, be
pressed it until the veins came out in
swelling network Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp. Kemp
clutched the arm. The bones seemed
to bend to the grip. Lieber chose a
swollen vein and pierced it with the
needle. He forced the dose into the
blood. There" he said with a smile
to Gerry, that's what's known as an
intravenous administration Of Quinine
and arsenic. If another paroxysm
bits him he's done for but we'll know
all about that in forty-eight hours
time"
He went into the house and brought
out clean sheets, soft wooden blankets,
pillows and pillow-slips. Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel of it. Gerry
came to life. With one hand under
Alan's shoulder and another under his
hips, he lifted him as though he were
an empty shell, while Kemp and Lie
ber drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first a cane
mat over the settle and then a blanket
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z 8 4 q 4 Z 4 4

and Lleber started to strip him with
gentle, deft hands. Kemp strobe for.
ward and helped but Gerry stood by,
powerless to move. He had recognized
Alan, the man he had sworn to break
II ever he met him. Somebody else
had broken Alan, terribly. pitiIessly
Gerrys eyes shrank from the sight A
lump came into his throat. Alan was
dead. Alan with whom he had wan.
dered barefoot through those quiet
lanes OF home, with whom he had
fshed and swum. and once had
fought. What little fury Alan had
been In that boys battle! It had not
been fought to a finish. On one i'm
pulse they had stopped and looked at
each other and turned away, ashamed
to shake hands.
Lieber. once heavy, fiOrid and clum-
sy, was transformed. He worked
quickly, with sure hands. The body
Law stripped on the settle. Under il
still lay the hammock and dusty blan-
kets. The pillows and a board had
been tossed on the floor. Lieber ex-
amined his patient minutely, without
haste. The spleen was frightfully dis
tended and pushed out across the alb
domen- He could feel its hard, un-
yielding margins. The feet were swol-
len. The face was yellow with the
sickly gray-yellow Of nodded straw.
Coma had set in.
Lieber dragged a great medicine
chest out from his room. With alcohol
he rapidly washed out the Justified
nostrils of the stricken man and
bathed his face and then the limbs and
body. Then be took out a hypodermic