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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18

you called me your frienc. Tile city
Is only a rumble on the horizon for me.
1t can't come any closer than the horl.
zon so long as you let me see you
standing by my old zinc eater all day
long. helping me. Mary" He stopped
with gasp. That's the first time
I've called you Nary"
"Yes." She laughed, little trem.
ulously. Though wanted you tor
Il said it without thinking. 1t must
be because you came there to walk
home with me- That must be it,"
"Women like to have things said,'
Mary informed him, her tremulous
laughter continuing. "Were you glad
came for you?"
'',Io-not glad felt as if l were
being carried straight up and up and
up-over the clouds. l feel like that
still. I think I'm that way most OF
the time. wonder what l was like
before l knew you. The person I was
then seems to have been somebody
else, not Bibbs Sheridan at all. II
seems long, long ago. l was gloomy
and sickly-somebOdy clse-somebody
1 don't understand now, coward
afraid of shadows-afraid Of things
that didn't eXist-afraid Of my old
zinc eater! And now I'm only afraid
Of what might change anything"
She was silent a moment, and then
you're happy, Bibbs?' she asked.
"Ah, don't you see?' he cried. ~
want it to last for thousand, thou
sand years, just as 1t is! You've made
me so rich, I'm miser. wouldn't
have one thing different-nothing
nothing" ...,....
"Dear Bibbs" she said, and laughed
happily.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18

Edith was incomparabiy more In
love than before Lamhorn's expulsion.
Her whole being was nothing but the
determination to hurdle everything
that separated her from him. She was
in state that could be altered by
only the lightest and most delicate d.
plomacy Of suggestion. but Sheridan.
like legions of other parents, intensl-
fed her passion and fed it hourly fuel
by opposing to it an intolerable force.
He swore she should cool, and thus set
her on fire.
Edith planned neatly. She fought
hard, every other evening, with her
father, and kept her bed between times
to let him see what his violence had
done to her. Then, when the mere
sight of her set him to breathing fast,
she said pitiably that she might bear
her trouble If she went away; 1t was
impossible to be in the same town with
Lamhorn and not think always Of him.
Perhaps in New York she might forget
a little. She had written to school
friend, established quietly with an
aunt in apartments-and month OF
so Of thcaters and restaurants might
bring peace. Sheridan shouted with
relief; he gave her copious check,
and she left upon Monday morning,
wearing violets with her mourning,
and having kissed everybody goodby
except Sibyl and Blbbs. She might
have kissed Bibbs, but he failed to
realize that the day of her departure
had arrived, and was surprised, on re.
turning from his zinc eater that eve
ming, to find her gone. II suppose
they'll be married there he said, cas-.
ually. IT,:
Sheridan, warming his stOckinged
feet at the fire, jumped up, Tuning.
"Either you 60 out O. here, or | will.
Bibbs!" he snorted. II don't want to
be in the same room with the particu.
lar kind of idiot you are! She's through
with that riffraff: all she needed was
to be kept away from him a few
weeks, and l kept her away, and 1t
did the business. For heavens sake,
20 on out O. here" 4" SILL.
Bibbs obcyed the gesture Of hand
still bandaged. And the black silk
sling was still round Sheridan's neck.
but no word Of Gurney's and no excru-
ciating twinge of pain could keep Sher-
idan's hand in the sling. The wounds,
slight enough originally, had become
infected the first time he had dislodged
the bandages, and healing was long
delayed. Sheridan had the habit of
gesture; he could not take time to re-
member" he said, that he must be
careful, and he had also a curious in
dignaton with his hurt; he refused to
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18

nerce Why's, I,UcGid know th.5 rTanscv.lueIi.
happiness?
Friendship brings everything that heav-
en- could bring. There Is no labor thai
cannot become living rapture II you
know that friend is thinking of you as
you labor. So you sing at your work. For
the work is part of the thoughts OF your
friend: so you love 1t!
Love is demanding and claiming and in.
sistent. Friendship is all kindness-it
makes the world glorious with kindness.
What color you see when you walk with
friend! You see that the gray sky is
brilliant and shimmering: you see that
the smoke has warm browns and Is mar.
velously sculptured-the air becomcs iri.
descent. You see the gold In brown lair,
Light floods everything.
When you walk to church with n friend
you know that life can give you nothing
richer. You pray that there will be no
change in anything forever. III
What an adorable thing 1t is to dis
cover little -foible in your friend, bit
Of vanity that gives you one thing more
about her to adore! On n cold morning
she will perhaps walk to church with you
without her furs, and she will blush and
return an evasive answer when you asl;
her why she does not wear them. You
will say no more, because you understand.
She looks beautiful in her furs; you love
their darkness against her cheek; but you
comprehend that they conceal the lSEeli-
ness of her throat and the fine line Ot'hel
chin, ana that she also has comprehend'
ed this, and, wishing to look still more
bewitching, discards her furs at the risk
Of taking cold. So you hold your peace.
and try to look as II you had not thought
1t out. .sz
This theory Is satisfactory except that
1t does not account for the absence OF the
muff. All, well. there must always be 8
mystery somewhere! Mystery is part OF
enchantment.
Manual labor Is best. Your heart can
sing and your mind can dream while your
hands are working. You could not have 9
singing heart and a dreaming mind all
day, if you had to scheme out dollars, OF
II you had to add columns of figures.
Those things take your attention. You
cannot be thinking of your friend while
you write letters beginning, "Yours Of the
18th inst. received and contents duly
Z noted" But to work with your hands all
day, thinking and singing, and then, af.
ter nightfall, to hear the incffable kind.
! ness Of your friends grceting-always
therefor you! Who would wake from
such a dream as this?
Dawn and the sea-musc in moonlit
Observation-Disclosures serenading through
almond groves in bloom-what could bring
such things into the city's turmoil? YET
they are here, and roses blossom in the
SCOT. That is what 1t means not to be
alone! That Is what friend gives you
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18
CHAPTER XXI.

Bibbs was the Only Sheridan to sleep
soundly through the night and to wake
ut dawn with light heart. His cheer.
fulness was vaguely diminished by the
troublous state Of affairs in his family.
/ Ribbs was sympathetic person. cas-
lily touched, but he was indeed living
in dream, and all things outside OF
it were yelled and remote-for that is
the way of youth in dream. And
Bibbs, who had never before been of
any age, either old or young, had come
to his youth at last.
He went whistling from the house
before even his father had come up
stairs. There was fog outdoors. sat.
urated with fine powder Of SCOT, and
though Bibbs noticed absently the dim
shape of an automobile at the curb
before Roscoe's house, he did not rec.
ognize it as Doctor Gurney's but went
cheerily on his way through the dingy
mist. And when he was once more In
stalled beside his faithful zinc eatel
he whistled and sang to it, as other
workmen did to their own machines
sometimes, when things went well.
His comrades in the shop glanced at
him amusedly now and then. They
liked him, and he ate his lunch at moor
with group of socialists who ap.
proved of his ideas and talked Of elect.
ing him to their association.
The short days of the year had come
and It was dark before the whistles
blew. When the signal came, Bibbs
went to his office, where he Invested
himself of his overalls-his single di.
vergence from the routine of his fel
low workmen-anda after that he usef
soap and water copiously. This was
his Transformation scene: he passed
into the Office a rather frail young
working man noticeably begrimed. ant
passed out of it to the pavement 8
cheerfully preoccupied sample of gen
try, fastidious to the point Of elegance
The sidewalk was crowded with thu
UCdlClS puISS AACh anu wy
and women and girls from the work
rooms that closed at five. Many hur
ried and some loitered; they went b0tf
east and west. jostling one another
and Bibbs, turning his face homeward.
was forced to go slowly.
Coming toward him. as slowly,
through the crowd. tall girl caught
sight Of his long, thin figure and stood
still until he had almost passed her,
for in the thick crowd and the thicker
gloom he did not recognize her. though
his shoulder actually touched hers. He
would have gone by, but she laughed
delightedly, and he stopped short.
startled. Two boys. one chasing the
other, swept between them, and Bibbs
stood still, peering about him In deep
perplexity. She leaned toward him.
81 knew your she said. /.
"Good heavens!'. cried Bibbs. Il
thought it was your voice coming out
Of starr
There's only smoke overhead. said
tsA-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18
(To be Continued
Statistics Of Blindness.

The IL countries having the fewest
blindness are as follows: Belgium
(before the great war; had 43 blind
persons to every 100000 Of the popula-
tiop; Canada. A; Netherlands, Al:
Saxony, AZ: New Zealand, Al; west
ern Australia, so; Hongkong, 81;
Prussia, So; Denmark, 50; Germany,
so; New South Wales, 60, and the
United States, e.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-18

1--WE Come to Walk Home With You
f. --.-:.,", eibbs." ..- d..
have colors like an orchard In mid
April. I'm going to take you there
some Sunday afternoon, Bibbs."'
You're showing me the town." h.
said. II didn't know what was in T.
at ALL
There are workers in beauty here
she told him, gently. There are Other
painters more prosperous than my
friend There are all sorts Of things
Il didn't know
mo. Since the town began growing
20 great that it called itself greater,
one could live here all ones life ant
know only the side Of it that show0.'
The beauty workers seem buried
very Deep" said Bibbs. ''And imeg-
Inc that your friend who makes the
smoke beautiful must be buried deep
est Of. all. My father loves the smoke,
but I can't imagine his buying one of
your friends pictures. He'd buy the
Bay Of Naples. but he wouldn't get
one Of those. He'd think smoke in a
picture was horrible--unless he could
use it for an advertisement
'.Yes.' she said, thoughtfully. "And
really he's the town. They are buried
pretty deep, it seems, sometimes,
Bibbs."
"And yet it's all wonderful" he said
ats wonderful to me-"
you mean the town is wonderful
to yOu?"
Yes. because everything is. since
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
SPENDS MUCH FOR CHARITY
247 Mothers Pensions Paid by Kan
sas Counties

Topeka, Jan. 14.-Aside from
mothers pensions, Kansas countless
spent $453,S03.2S for charity the
last fiscal year, according to reports
to Joe Howe, secretary of the state
board of control. Nine counties re-
ported they had paid out in excess
of $4,000, Sedgwick county Lead
ing with $69,O95.52; Shawnee sec
ond, $23,S7s.14. Wyandotte copn-
ty spent $2O,O94.9s.
Since July t. 1915, 772 applica-
lions have been filed with county
commissioners for mothers PEN
sions. Two hundred and forty-sevem
have been granted, and payments
totaling $2,423.50 a month. This
will make an annual cost of $685.
$50 ON the pensions already allow
ed The following counties are pay
ing mothers pensions to more than
ten families: Wyandotte, SO, total
ing 1913 month; Montgomery 26,
$26750; Cherokee II, 1872; Butler
IL, $110; Bourbon 10, $40; Atchi-
son $40, $65. twenty-five counties
reported no applications for PEN
sions. In thirty-six counties appli-
cations were filed but not granted
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
MILEMR BROS. TOsT $500 IN
FLowEFs IN BLHzaRI

aHN y fft.l -
A Fireman, who sBhoveled three
tons af coal during the day and
night, was unable DO cope With -the
cold winds and the Miller BIOS.
suffered an $3.50 loss Tuesday might
at thtir green house on North Ce-
dar IT lis estimated that 1900 oar
nations, 1000 dhrysanthemums, $50
worth os6f lettuce and 400 lilies ywere
frozen mnd destroyed by the Geld
Wednesday morning the interior ,of
the gfass house presented a much
different spectacle with wiIted fro
zen flowers than IT usually does mn
,der favorable conditions.
The Millers have abandoned the
house fou the present and will use
nly their plant north of the city.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20

There is one thing about a
Freshman and that is no matter
where they go they always want to
eat.
Since Miss Hunt said all late re-
port books would not count full
credit some pupils have been making
wild rush for books.
MT French gave an informal
speech IN Algebra Tuesday. He told
the students what they might take
and whit they could mot take next
semester. This WIS followed by a
little discourse on the college field
of studies by Miss Shade.
The students at the seventh hour
study hall were honUred with an
unusuIA visitor one cold day this
week, who calmly walked, with
"flagpSle" erect across the front Of
the rmm. The viSitur attracted no
much attention that a Freshmen
was requested to- usher him out of
the Unum. There iisrns room for adts
at A. HI. s.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20

4 1t. is cheap people fan ito place "a
proper valuKtion Fon it.
AS q laxative wheat bran has fey
equals, writes Or. A. NJ Hughes n
Farm and Home 1t leaves no bad
results II taken property, and sci
dom fails to relieve constipation
and the very many ailments tha
result directly and indirectly frum
constipation
! Bran, taken properly, will clean
+ up the so-caEEed "liver-spetted" skin.
i remove the ordinary indigestion,
remedy dry skin, and, it is claimed
by many. prove help in ;anemia.
] Nothing comes lin boxes, jars, OF
bottles, that is much a skin beauti-
fier as wheat bran. A poor skin, as
most people know now, is due to
impure blood, and impure blood is
generally a stomach condition Con-
stipation. Indigestion and other all
ments cause sallow, blotched, PIN
ply and otherwise unlovely COM
plexions. The use Of wheat bran will
help to correct these, relieve the
constipation, improve the Mood,
and. this done, the skin becomes
once more good to look upon. No
beauty doctor can begin to work
such a miracle of beaurffying the
skin with mere cosmetics and IN
struments. 1t is especially good for
skin eruptions, noted so frequently
with young people One good way
20 take II is to stir it in glass of
oold-not ice water, and sdr1nk it.
If the children. or adults for
that matter. dislike to take it in
this manner. mix it with the morn
ing cereal.
For children. invalids or anyone
else who likes it that way, mix a
good quantity of bran with MARINA
lade, honey or some other syrup.
and spread it on bread
or It may be eaten clear. as a
cereal, with cream and a little SUI
gar.
As to the quantity, it all depends
ipon your need Of a laxative. Any
where from one to five heaping Ia
teaspoons may be taken daily. The
is good time TO take
HIS. as It Is not a severe physic
vhen handled properly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
UNCLE F,RUFED N LIVE oCoRrsE
Minneapolis Man Met at Train wflh
Hearse and Mourning Relatives

Minneapolis Better Way UntS'
gJohn Smith has been visiting Mn
| son-tu-4aw, 70. C. Pennington, In
fOklahonna for some time. SUNDAY
ibis son, William Smith, Who lives
near Wells, received "a phone mes
fsage that 1ais father had died, and
This son-inllew was bringing the re-
mains home They also asked Mr..
Smith TO meet the train at Man
leicester as there is no Sunday train
ito Wells $50 the services of an I'M
aiertaker. L. -. Smith, was engaged
and the hearse, together with swo
or three car loads of sympathetic
friends we're drawn up 10 the sta
ton when the train pulled into
Manchester. However, the corpse
walked serenely out of the coach by
Mr.. Pennington, and wanted to know
WHO was dead. On bearing that it
was his own funeral, the old gem
tlenan was very mudl cut up and
insisted that be was very muel
alive
1t seems that in relaying the
phone message several times from
Oklahoma, the mistake was shade.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
COMMERCE. MEMBERSHIP TO rs
Twenty Men Still Continue Cam
laign for Members

The membership Of the Chamber
of Commerce is now estimated al
75, which is really not large after
the twenty men worked so hard in
campaigning for members. Nearly
every place the campaigners were
met with the words "I'1l wait.
Frank Geoffroy, president OF the
Boosters and chairman of the COM
mittee said this morning that II
the business men are going to sup
port this movement and wish to
make Abilene bigger, bring business
here and boom the town they would
have to get behind 1t as a whole
and not let the few do it all
Many who were solicited com
planned that it was only for the
few" and only these would be
benefited. 1t will remain the "few"
II different general attitude is not
adopted and in that case the many
will be the losers. A small lgroup OF
men cannot put the plan through
or any good and accomplish any
hing worth while. It's for everybody /
30 come on, let's go. 100 or bust
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
PLAN CITY SKATING POND
Booster Club Working on Project to
Benefit Abilene Riddles

The Boosters are pushing, the
fair directors have given the use Of
the grounds, water Is assured free
of charge, and now If some of the
young men will go out and throw
up some trenches" Abilene might
have municipal skating pond. The
present weather is ideal and an acre
or tive of ground flooded with six
inches of water would make skat-
ing place of real safety and sport
for fhe Abilene skaters and lovers
of outdoor winter sports.
The tract which is considered Is
the two acre piece to the west, just
inside the gate where the automo-
bites were parked. Such place
would relieve mothers who worry
when their boys and girls go skat-
ing on the river and creek. The dan
ger of a cold ducking and probably
"a cold and pneumonia would be
eliminated and there would be a
real place for skaters, which Abb
lene does not have.
The Boosters met at o'clock
this afternoon to consider the mat
ter. The only proposition they are
up against is the shortage of fire
hose. There does not seem to be
enough old hose in town to carry the
water to the proposed pond from
the fire plug on Anderson's corner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
JOHN LEXOW SECOND IN
FAMILY TO DIE OF PNEUMONIA

John Lexow. aged 40, died at his
home east of Moonlight Tuesday
following a short attack Of the
dreaded disease, pneumonia, His
death is particularly sad as he was
a husband and father of nine chill
dren and only eight days previous a
17-year-old daughter of the family
died, suffering from the same NAL
ady. The funeral services were held
and the burial made at Moonlight.
The mother and three of the
children have been i'll with pneu-
monia and are Just recovering from
the effects OF the disease. The kind
neighbors are doing all within their
power TO aid the family in their dis
tress and suffering.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Dudley Wyandt 'lS
Class Reporters
Editorial

Although we aren't addicted to
"swellheadedness" or to discoursing
vainly about our merits. sometimes
we go a little beyond the limits Of
false modesty and give way to self
praise. Just at present we are
slightly elated over the success Of
THE Booster" OF course. we are
greatly indebted to the Reflector
for giving us space to remind peo-
pie that A. H. S., is a real live In
stitution: but, on the other hand.
we furnish the Reflector with some
perfectly good" readable news once
a week. without doubt "The Boost
er" is fulfilling Its mission. and.
next to Gossip of Society" It is
probably the most widely read sec
tion OF the Reflector. Since 1t is
published in the Weekly as well as
the Daily Reflector, 1t has a very
large circulation-possibly the larg-
est OF any school paper In the state,
1t attracts favorable interest
abroad" as well as at home. Prof
French recently received a letter
from Supt. E. F. Ewing of Concor-
dia mquiring about the A. II, s.
Booster and asking him to speak
on the advantages of school pa
per of this type at the Firth District
Teachers association to be held at
Minneapolis in March. But perhaps
CHS is Much Ado About Nothing"
after all.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
EX-GOVERNOR ST. JOHN
SAVES VICTIM FROM GAS

Olathe. Jan. 14.-When T. T..
Butler OF New York city, a postof-
flee inspector, fell unconscious in
his room at an Olathe hotel last.
night from gas asphyxiation, the.
noise awakened Ex-Governor II. ].
st. John in an adjoining room. Gov
ernor st. John aroused the pro-
prietor, who broke down the door
of Buffers room, finding the man
ON the floor and the
room full OF gas. A physician was
called and with the aid Of a pull
motor Butler was revived in a half
hour.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
STILL COLD AND MERCURY
WENT K6.5 BELOW ZERO MARX

Z gain the furnace was fired al
times during the night, the water
was allowed to drip OF sturned COM
pletesy off, and the mercury went
below zero. This time 10 1913 de-
grees as registered by the govern
ment thermometer at the local wea-
ther station. Even If the mercury
would shave gone to 20 below no
January records would have been
broken, for here are some of the
readings for past year: 1905, 22
below. 1911 81 below, 1913 % be-
low. Yesterdays Abilene temperature
Of SIS was the lowest reported in
the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
KANsAN GETS APPOINTMENT
TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Atchison, Jan. At became
known here that Charles L. Conlon.
county attorney of Atchison coun-
ty, declined an offer of the position
of United States district attorney
for the district Of the Hawaiian
islands. James w. Orr was asked
by the department of justice at
Washington to recommend a Kan
sas attorney for the position and
recommended Francis M. Brady,
first assistant United States dis
triet attorney With headquarters in
Kansas City. Mr.. Brady accepted and
has received the appointment. The
position pays $4,000 a year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Bad Habits

Those who breakfast at O'CLOCK
or later, lunch at IL and have din
ner at are almost certain to be
troubled with indigestion. They do
not allow time for one meal to di-
gest before taking another. Not
less than five hours should elapse
between meals. II you are troubled
with Indigestion correct your habits
and take Chamberlain Tablets. and
you may reasonably hope for a quick
recovery. These tablets strengthen
the stomach and enable II to per-
form its functions naturally. OBJ
tainable everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
THOs. JESSUP, FORMER HOPE
RESIDENT, DIES IN CANADA

Mrs. j. L. Thayer has received
word of the death of her father
Thomas Jessup, at Mt. Forest, On
tario, Canada, Tuesday, January H.
He was former Hope resident, hav-
ing left there about fifteen years
ago and going to Canada. He was
we'll known over the county and
was one of Hopes esteemed and,
respected citizens.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
NJ. =. Elects Assistant superintendent

VI. Il. Elects Assistant Superintendent
Under their new organization the
Methodist Sunday school officers
found that they were not able to
do all the immense amount OF work
and so at a board meeting B. II.
Smith, who has served one year as
an able assistant superintendent.
was elected assistant general super
intendent He has proved himself
capable in a similar capacity before
and is in fact reelected to an old
office under a new name.