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The Delta independent., 1916-04-14

ly hush fell upon the place. The
hands, and a group of men drinking at
the bar put down their glasses. One, a
Tri'-Circ' cowboy with his back turned,
let slip an oath, and IN a single swift
motion his nearest comrade garroted
him with a hairy arm, strangling him
to silence.
AS if guided by the same unerring
instinct which had made her choose
Haley's out of the dozen similar bells,
Amy Massingale led Brouillard swiftly
to the green baize doors at the rear
of the bar-room. At her touch the
swinging doors gave inward and her
goal was reached.
Three faro games, each with its in
laid table, its impressive dealer, its
armed lookout" and its ring of silent
players, lay beyond the baize doors. At
the nearest of the tables there was a
stir, and the dealer stopped running
the cards. Somebody saio. Let him
get out" and then an old man. beard
ed, white-haired. wild-eyed, and bag
gard almost beyond recognition.
pushed his chair away from the table
and stumbled to his feet. his hands
clutching the air like those of a swim
mer sinking for the last time.
With low cry the girl darted across
the intervening space to clasp the stag
gering old man in her arms and draw
him away. Brouillard stood aside as
they came slowly toward the doors
which he was holding open for them.
He saw the distorted face-mask of q
soul in torment and heard the num-
bling repetition Of the despairing
words, It's all gone. little girl; it's all
gone!" and then he removed himself
quickly beyond the range Of the star
ing. unseeing eyes.
For in the lightning flash OF reveal
ment he realized that once again the
good he would have done had turned
to hideous evil in the doing. and that
this time the sword thrust of the blind
passion impulse had gone straight to
the heart of love itself.
The Delta independent., 1916-04-14

were placing Mirapolis holdings tempt
ingly on view in distant markets; plac-
ing them and selling them with
blazonry of advertising worthy of the
envy of those who have called them
selves the suburb builders of Greater
New York.
II was after this invasion of the dig
tant market was fully in train that
Cartwright once more sent for Brouil-
lard. receiving the engineer this time
in the newest offices of the power COM
pany, on the many -times-b ought-and-
sold corner opposite Bongras'.
Hello. Brouillard!" said the mag
nate loosely. indicating chair and
the never-absent open boz OF cigars in
the same gesture. You're getting to
be as much Of a stranger as a man
might wish his worst enemy to be-"
You sent for me?" Brouillard broke
in tersely. More and more he was
coming to acknowledge a dull rage
wnen ne heard the call of his master.
Yes. What about the dam? Is your
work going to start up again? Or is ii
going of for good?"
Brouillard bit his lip TO keep back
the exclamation of astoundment that
the blunt inquiry threatened to evoke.
To assume that Mr. Cartwright did not
know all there was to be known was
to credit the incredible.
Il told you a good while ago that
was only the governments hired man"
he replied You doubtless have much
better information than any can give
you"
you can tell me what your orders
are-that's what l want to know
The young chief OF construction
frowned first. then he laughed
What has given you the impression
that you own me. Mr.. Cartwright? !
lave often wondered"
Well / might say that have made
yuu what you are. and"
That's true; the truest thing you
ever said" snapped Brouillard.
And. ] was going to add. can I'M
make you Just as easily. But don't
want to be savage with you. All I'm
asking is a little information frst, and
little judicipus help afterward. What
are your orders from the department.?
Brouillard got Up and stood over the
stocky man In the office chair. with the
black eyes blazing.
Mr. Cartwright. ! said moment ago
that you have made me what ! am.
and you have. am Infinitely q worse
man than you are. because know bet
ter and you don't. II is no excuse for
me that have had a motive which l
haven't explained to you, because. as
once told you. you couldn't understand
1t in n Thousand years. The evil has
been done and the consequences. to
you. to me. and to everyone In this
cursed valley are certain. Facing them
as am obliged to face them. ! am tell
ing you-but what's the use? You
| cant make a tool OF me any longer
that's all. You must cook your meat
over your own fire. I'm out OF It,"
Il can smash you" said the man in
/ the chair. quite without heat.
mo. you can't even do that" was
the equally cool retort. mo mans
fate is in another mans hands"
He was moving toward the door. but
Cartwright stopped him.
"One more word before you go.
Brouillard. II is to be war between us
from this on?"
II don't say that. 1t would be awk-
ward for us both now. Let is be
armed neutrality II you like. Don't in.
terfere with me and won't interfere
with you"
ITO be continuedD
The Delta independent., 1916-04-14

Going to have garden this
spring." Don't know. I'm going to
plant lot OF seeds. but next July wit,
tell whether or not It's garden
The Delta independent., 1916-04-14

What do you think OF that joke
about the end of the world?" 1T liz
too far-fetched."
The Delta independent., 1916-04-14

CHAPTER I-Brouillard. chief engineer
on the Niquoia irrigation dam goes out
from camp to investigate strange light
and finds automobile party camped at
the canyon portal
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06

A recent investigation of the rela-
tive merits OF parallel and staggered
arrangement of street lamps is most
interesting, since it discloses that from
an ornamental viewpoint the former is
preferable, while, from a utilitarian
viewpoint, the latter is preferable I'M
der certain conditions. By parallel ar
rangement is meant the placing of
lamps so that they come opposite each
other, while staggered arrangement
means that the lamps on one side of
a street are placed so as to come half
way between those on the opposite
side. In general, the staggered ar
rangement furnishes more uniform il
Elimination. However, where the
street width is not much greater than
the distance between lamp standards,
the parallel arrangement is preferable
In instances where the street width is
considerably greater than the spacing
of the lamps, the staggered arrange
ment will give the best results.-Sci-
entific American.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
RELIEF HAS
BEEN PERMANENT
Says Cardui Built Up System When
Other Medicines Failed. Believes
1t Saved Her Life.

Hendersonville, N. C.-Mrs. M. A.
Re1mon, of r. F. D. 1, this place,
writes; Il wish to state that before
having taken Cardui, my condition of
health was all rundown, and had been
that way ever since my marriage two
years Nago last May. l only weighed
107 pounds. My average weight is
1875 pounds. l had such awful pains
at times l could hardly CO.. had
severe pains in my back and abdomen.
and could scarcely do my work. :. /
could got lift anything heavy.
I'm November, 1913, began taking
Cardus. | thought l would give it a
trial though my family doctor, -.
had set the date for an examination
of me-. | saw my improvement after
taking the first bottle. =. am getting
fat and well, and in March this year
l weighed 12S pounds Your Cardui
tonic built up my system when all
other medicines failed. feel and lool,
like different person. :. am still
praising it to my friends, -. for | can
truly say | believe it saved my life.
My relief from all pain has been per-
manent."
If you are rundown in health and
need a ionic, take Cardui, the womans
tonic. 1t will help you.
For sale by all druggists.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
Now Sleep Soundly Since They Have
Found Sure Preventive
For Croup,

Many mothers, besides those OF
Ozark, Mo-, have been afraid to sleep
at night for fear of being awakened
by that dread croupy cough. Mrs. H.
II. Givan and Mrs. J. ]. Cave. both of
Ozark, have found, in common with
many other Missouri mothers, that a
jar of Vap-O-Rub in the house In
sures a good nights sleep
Vap-O-Rub is the external treatment
for all forms of Group or cold troubles,
introduced here from the South last
winter. 1t is in salve form and you
just rub 1t over the throat and chest,
covering with warm flannel cloth.
The body warmth releases antiseptic
vapors that are inhaled with each
breath, loosening the phlegm, and, In
addition, Vick's is absorbed through
and stimulates the skin, relieving the
tightness and soreness. Group Is usu-
ally relieved In fifteen minutes. and a
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take Glass of Salts to Clean Kid.
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says a well-known authority.
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts Of distress, particularly backache
and misery in the kidney region: rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary lr-
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or IL bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces Of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia. and has been used
for generations to flush elogged kid.
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids in
the urine so it no longer irritates. thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney diseasa.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06

or all the farm animals the sheep
is best able to do it's own grinding,
and with few exceptions whole grain
only should be furnished. The COM
mon saying of feeders, "a sheep which
cannot grind its own grain is not
worth feeding is truthful one. Valu-
able breeding sheep with poor teeth
may be continued in usefulness by be-
ing fed ground grain. In certain cases
grinding may prove beneficial At the
Colorado station, when feeding west
ern sheep on wheat, Cooke observed
that much of the grain passed through
the animals unbroken. At the South
Dakota station Wilson and Skinner, on
feeding millet seed, which are small
and have hard covering, to lambs,
found that a large percentage was
yoided undigested. On grinding the
millet 1t proved highly satisfactory.
The legumes are the prime source
of roughage for sheep, clover and al
falfa in the East, alfalfa in the irri-
gated regions of the West, and the
eowpea, beggar weed and other plants
in the South. Glover, one of the best
of roughages for sheep, should be cut
early in order to secure the leaves and
heads. which are the parts desired.
Alfalfa hay is superior even to red
clover in palatability and in the nu-
triment 1t carries. When of good quail
fty it not only answers for roughage,
but because of its abundant nutriment
1t serves as partial substitute for
grain, thus materially reducing the
cost of feeding and fattening. At the
Oklahoma station, cowpea hay proved
equal to alfalfa hay for fattening
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
WISE HOSTESS
Won Her Guests to Postum.

Three great coffee drinkers were
my old school friend and her two
daughters.
They were always complaining and
taking medicine. | determined to give
them Postum instead of coffee when
they visited me, so without saying
anything to them about it, | made a
big pot of Postum the first morning.
Before the meal was half over,
each one passed up her cup to be re,
filled, remarking how fine the coffee
was. The mother asked for a third
cup and inquired as to the brand of
coffee l used. l didn't answer her
question just then. for heard her say
a while before that she didn't like Pos
tum unless it was more than half
coffee.
After breakfast l told her that the
coffee she liked so we'll at breakfast
was pure Postum, and the reason she
liked it was because it was properly
made.
Il have been brought up from a
nervous wretched invalid. to a fine
conditAQp OF physical health by leav-
ing off coffee and using Postum.
Il am doing all can to help the
world from coffee slavery to Postum
freedom, and have earned the graft
tude of many, many friends" 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 Csc
pkgs.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup OF hot wa.
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a deliciouS. beverage Instantly. 30c
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocerp
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
STOP CAL0MR! TAKE
D0DSON'S liver TONE
New Discovery Takes Place of Dangerous Caoe-t Puts Your Liver To
Work Without Making You Sck-Ea Anything-It Can Not
SaIvae-Dont Lose a Days Work!

days work I want to see bottle of this won
derful liver medicine in every home here.
Calomel is poison-it's mercury-it attacks the
bones, often causing rheumatism. Calomel is dam
gerous. It sickens-whe my Dodsons Liver
Tone is safe, pleasant and harmless. Eat any
thing afterwards because it can not savate Give
1t to the children because it doesn't upset the stom-
ach or shock the liver. Take spoonful tonight
and wake up feeling fine and ready for full
days work
Get bettel Try i'll IF it doesn't do exactly
what I say, tell your dealer to hand your money
back Every druggist and store keeper here knows
me and knows of my wonderful discovery of
vegetable medicine that takes the place of danger
Gus calomel
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06

I discovered a vegetable compound that does
the work of dangerous, sickening calomel and
want every reader of this paper to try a bottle
and if it doesn't straighten you up better and
quicker than salivating calonel just go back to
the store and get your money
| guarantee that spoonful of Dodsons
Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work
and clean your thirty feet of bowels of the sour
bile and constipation poison which is clogging
your system and making you feel miserable.
guarantee that one spoonful of this harmless
liquid liver medicine will relieve the headache bill
iousness, coated tongue, ague, malaria, sour ston-
ach or any other distress caused by torpid liver
as quickly as a dose of vile, nauseating calome
besides it will not make you sick or keep you from
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
PREVENT BLOAT FROM RAPE
Lambs Are Not as Apt to overeat as
Older Administered Practice
to Sow Turnips.

In turning sheep into rape and corn
for finishing, care must be taken at
first or there may be loss from bloat
Lambs are not so apt to overeat on
rape as older sheep are, but few
lamb feeders complain of some loss
of lambs even-when the rape is very
rank. 1t is a good practice to SOW
little turnip seed alor with the rape.
favorable year there may be a
heavy yield of turnips, and in addition
the turnips tend to prevent bloat from
too much rape
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
VALUABLE AS A FERTILIZER
Best Way to Preserve Chicken Drop
pings Is to Put Them In a Box
Protected From Weather.

Properly cared for poultry droppings
are one of the best fertilizers the
ground can have. Droppings should
not be put on the ground in the win
ter, as much of their value is lost
through teaching. The best way to
preserve them is to put them in a
dry box or house protected from the
weather, but airy enough to keep them
dry
Sifted coal ashes on the dropping
board, or mixed with the droppings
help to dry them out. Sawdust will
answer the same purpose
If the poultry droppings are cared
for each day or week. the condition of
the flock may be estimated by the
character of the droppings. If the
droppings show traces of blood, the
chances are the birds are getting too
much meat; If they are unshaped and
soft, the mash is too wet If the ex-
crement is yellow or bright green, or
both, bowel trouble of the nature of
cholera may be apprehended
In health, that part of the excre-
ment which is given off by the kidneys
is white.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
YOUNG LAMBS REQUIRE CARE
Constant Attention of Shepherd Neces-
sary During Landing Season
Furnish Small Pens.

During the Landing season is the
only time that the flock becomes a
real charge
Constant attention and care are nee
essary on the part of the shepherd at
this time, in order to be ON hand to
help any eve having trouble in par
turition and seeing to it that the weak
lambs are helped to get their first
meal and to care for any lamb dis
owned by its mother.
Small pens should be made in the
shed with hurdles in which to keep the
eve with newly born lambs for few
days until the youngsters learn their
mother and gain strength enough to
take care of themselves when out with
the flock.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
COLOR SCHEMES IN GARDENS
Matter in Which America Might Profit
by the Example Set by English
Landscape Artists.

Little attention is paid to garden
elsewhere, for the reason that every
thing blooms so riotously here that
we deem attempts at control quite un-
necessary, says the Los Angeles
Times. The English are the great
color artists of the garden and they
have garden books upon this subject
alone. Sometimes colors are used for
effects not necessarily allied to har-
mony, as when yellow is used on
points thrust forward to shorten the
apparent distance and blue is used to
deepen the recesses and make them
appear farther in the distance.
Many of the good-sized local gardens
have long borders where color schemes
could be wrought with ANIMALS or
perennials, or with both Remember
two points which may be called funda-
mentals White is the one great neu-
trailer or harmonizer in flowers and
gray performs a similar office in foil
age. Borders in which white flowers
and gray foliage heavily predominant
may have any and all colors in har-
mony so long as they do not mix. but
have between them a mere touch of
white. Such a peace-maker is often
more necessary between shades closely
allied than in marked contrasts Thus
with two shades of pink the lighter ap-
pears washed and faded in close com
parison with a deeper and therefore
stronger hue. Even great masses of
white relieved by an occasional touch
of any color never appear monotonous
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
GREAT SUPERIORITY OF MULE
Animal Is Always Ready for Hard
Days Work-Economica Machine
for Producing Power.

The great superiority Of the mule
consists In his greater endurance of
heat and severe labor, and ability to
subsist on less food. He is without
doubt the most economical machine
for the production of power.
The mule Is easily broken, as all
farmers who have handled them will
testify but 1t is a good thing to get
them used to being handled before
they get too old; then they are ready
for the regular work when you need
them.
Mules are ready for work younger
than horses. They are able to endure
as much at two years as a colt will at
three or four.
Two sets of well-bred mules will last
a farmer his working lifetime, sup
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06

posing he gets his first set when he
is twenty years old and the second
when he is forty-five.
You pay 5000 or $3.50 for a four
year-old mule, put him at work on
the farm or on the road. No expense
for breaking little danger of lameness
or disease. He is always ready for
a hard days work and requires one
fourth less feed than a horse of the
same weight When he is twenty five
years old he will. If fat, bring SIS.
The mule is immune to many dis
eases that the horse is subject to, for
instance, CHAMBERS, farcy. and hoof
troubles of many sorts.
A mule is supposed TO be broken
after half a days work-that is, If
the driver has half the sense of the
mule.
1t takes from three to six months
to break a horse decently.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
Deadens Sound of Firlnu,

big-gun silencer which the French
are using is so effective that no sound
of firing can be heard over greater
distance than 100 yards or so. The
silencer is attached to the muzzle of
the gun. AS the shell leaves the gun
a small shutter springs up and pre-
vents the explosive gases escaping in
the usual way when the gun is fired.
The result KS that the sudden fierce
rush of gas passes out through the two
channels with nothing like the rush
that is caused in the ordinary way 1t
is impossible to stop the gases es-
Gaping altogether, for the pressure is
so terrific that the gun would be blown
to pieces
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
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nTOWNY75
IS HELP
BOOST

Boost your city. boost your friend.
Boost the lodge that you attend,
Boost the street on which you're dwelling,
Boost the goods that you are selling,
Boost the people round about you;
They can get along without you,
But success will quicker find them
If they know that you're behind them.
Boost for every forward movement,
Boost for every new Improvement.
Boost the man for whom you labor,
Boost the stranger and the neighbour
Cease to be a chronic knocker,
Cease to be progress blocker.
If you'd make your city better
Boost 1t to the final letter
Detroit Free Press.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06

lambs. So long as there Is an ample
supply of good legume hay of any kind,
sheep show little desire for other va
rieties of forage
Next In value to hay from the leg
umes come the dry leaves of the corn
plant. For sheep feeding, corn should
be cut early and cured in well-made
shocks The sheep will eat a little
more of the stalks if shredded, but cut
ting will not induce them to eat any
of the coarser parts.
One of the advantages of feeding
silage or roots to sheep Is the tonic
and regulating effect. Both corn silage
and roots are greatly re1ished, and
feeding trials show them to be about
equal in nutritive value The low cost
of producing silage should lead to its
more common use. Roots are uniyer-
sally fed to sheep in Great Britain. and
no other farmer compares with him in
producing high-quality mutton. Wet
beet pulp has proved a valuable feed
for lambs, especially when combined
with alfalfa hay
III oil gases "AeIe lIe sAeep dit do-
mitted to the fattening pens they
should be examined by an experienced
shepherd. and If any evidence of skin
disease or vermin is found in the flock,
they should be dipped in the most
thorough manner. In the West scab,
and in the East lice and ticks, are
common troubles. To attempt to fat
ten sheep afflicted with any of these
pests is to court disaster Sheep hav-
ing any ticks show increased irrita-
bility and restlessness as soon as fat
tening begins.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
Hit Two With One Bullet

A Belgian soldier on sentry duty
near the arsenal at Calais heard a
man approaching one night and chal-
lenged him. Receiving no reply he
fired and killed the man who was iden-
titled as M. Victor Fasquel, work
man, fifty-seven years old. The bull
let which killed him traversed his
body and wounded a British soldier in
in neighboring camp.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-06
Ozark Mothers Used 10 Be
Afraid To 20 To BIZ At Night

good application at night will. in al.
most every caseS prevent a night at,
tack
But let Mrs. Giva speak for herself.
She writes-"I havl 'sed Wick. vap-
Grub on my little yirl for Group.
| rubbed 1t on her q st and throat
and it is Just splendid and l wasn't
afraid to go to bed at hit"
Mrs. Cave says-'T IN vap-O-Rub
the best thing | have ev used for
colds, sore throat. Group an all ktiides
of skin troubles for childrenA y odfd
not do without it now. as It saves
calling a DOCTOR
The penetrative quality of Vick's
makes 1t excellent also for iniamma-
lions of the skin. such as burns.
bruises, itchings, piles and muscular
soreness. In these cases, particularly
In cases of burns. 1t seems to draw
out the Inflammation and has de-
iightfully cooling effect. Three sizes.
25c. soc or $1.00. The Wick Chemical
Company. Greensboro. N. C.
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