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The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
FATHERS GONE TO WORK AGAIN.

Everybody works but father,
He sits around all day:
His feet in front Of the fire.
Smoking his pipe Of clay:
Mother takes In washing,
80 does sister Ann,
Everybody works at our house.
But my old man.
The sequel to this once popular lit
lie song: =
Fathers gone to work again,
Since the town went dry.
He comes home OF evenings
Fselin' mighty spry;'
Aotner's down town shopping.
30 u sister Ann
Nov thai he n sober.
They're proud Of the ''old man"
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
MONEY GOES FOR GROCERIES.

An interesting bit CT testimony
Comes from the section Of Minnesota
which recently became dry through
what might be called an automatic
application of prohibition to a region
where no election was held to settle
the question. namely. the enforcement
Of an old Indian treaty. Because Of
this action there is not now an open
saloon in Itasca county, and as q
result a marvellous reformation has
taken place. One year ago seventy
nine tons of beer were shipped in.
This year there was no beer, but the
books show that seventyn nine tons
more of groceries were consumed at
this point than during the correspond
ing month of last year. The Mime
apolis Journal says that the records
of the mining companies, which en-
ploy the large population Of foreign
ers, show fewer layoffs smcng the
men than ever before and the stores
report larger and more profitable bust
ness from these employees.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
Rose Petal Cushions.

Sofa pillows were never more
charming! Where is the woman who
can resist the appeal of the newest
rose-petal one? 1t is shaped exactly
like rose. with the petals nearest
the heart of the deepest shade. Each
petal is cut separately. gathered where
it is attached. and by this means Is
shaped so that the perfect flower is
simulated petal by petal. Among
these satiny petals the head sinks
to rest in downy ease.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour,
gassy stomachs in five
minutes-Time il!

You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach Is bad-or an uncertain
one-or a harmful one-your stomach
is too valuable: you mustn't injure It
Pape's Diapepsin IL noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness: its certain unfailing action In
regulating sick, sour. gassy stomachs.
It's millions Of cures in Indigestion.
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made It famous the world
over. t
Keep this perfect stomach doctor In
your home-keep 1t handy-get large
flfty-cent case from any dealer and
then II anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; II
what they eat lays like lead. ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea: eructa-
lions Of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Papes Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. It's prompt.
ness. certainty and ease In overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is reve-
lation to those who try it.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

ed at the front. following the line OF
the brim at the right. and run through
rings made in the same way as they
are.
These hats are correct for street
wear, in shape and material. and in
the methods used in making them.
They are shown in the correct pose
OH the head. Jaunty shapes and rakish
poses are obviously entirely out of
place in mourning millinery.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
A WISE CAR.

A German general, taken prisoner,
related at Petrograd the following re-
marks of the kaiser: Il was certain
Of crushing the Russians when they
were freely given to drink, but now
that they are sober the task lie much
more difficult" And he added in q
melancholy tone, who on earth could
have foreseen the antialcohol coup
d'etat perpetrated by Nicholas ~"
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

NasTNDT1tS
6EA 49, -
BUSINESS ON SUNDAY CLOSING.

0EN oSNSNu SNSSbNSs
Heads Of the big industrial con.
Germs Of Chicago see q very direct re-
lation between the enforcement OF
the Sunday-closing law and the phys
ical and mental condition of their en-
ployees on Mondays, and naturally
they are not inclined to agree with the
liQuorites' caustic criticism of the pur-
itanical, undemocratic law and its en-
forcement. The men who manage the
great industries tell US that Sunday
drinking has meant lessened en-
cheney. decreased mental and moral
stamina. deprecated physical vigor
and the wasting Of money and canse-
Quent worry over financial conditions.
Our workmen now come to the
plants on Monday morning with clear
heads and rested bodies said fore
man OF Armour and Co.. the big pack
ing house. 1T was the complaint CT
all packers before the saloons were
closed that many Of the men either
did not show up at all on Monday or
reported with 'hangovers' that re-
duced their efficiency SO per cent dur
ing the day, and affected 1t for sew
eral days thereafter. Now the men
are on hand Monday morning with
steady muscles, rested bodies and
minds, At for their tasks"
Our workmen were all on hand last
Monday for the first time in years."
said one of the foremen Of the Illinois
Steel company. the week after the
Sunday-closing law was enforced.
When we asked them what caused
the change they said they had moth
ing to do Sunday but rest for Mon
day. Besides, most of them had
enough of their wages left not to need
to ask for advances before the next
week ended"
THE closing of the saloons is boon
to industry" said one OF the depart
ment managers of the International
Harvester works. when the en-
ployees have had time to note its ef-
feet, they will give it their heartiest
support"
THE direct effect on the building
trades is that about 25 per cent more
workmen were on hand last Monday
than at any time during the period
have been handling large numbers Of
workmen," said member of the Con.
tractors Association of Painters and
Decorators.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
important Garden Factor.

The soil is very important factor
in gardening. Sandy soils are adapted
to early vegetables; the loan soils to
tomatoes and muskmelons, and the
muck soils to the nitrogen feeders, let
tuce. cabbage. celery and onions.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

1t costs Great Britain on an average
$1,000 q year for each man in regular
army at the present time.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

Ana cured In 70 u days By PA1O 64Bx3 M -
universal r-medy for Al fofns q fiiea. hli1 -
refund ncnsS II Il fails. -. - -
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

California; mining properties ~
year numbered SIS, Of which at ~
gold mines.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

Philosophers are men who imagine
they are in the foolproof class.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

Too many Of the things we wait for
are not worth the delay.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28
Care Of Complexion.

Some compilations will not accept
soap and water. others cannot endure
oil cosmetics There is as mucn diff,
ference between compilations as there
Is between digestions-what is food
for one is poison for another. AS a
general rule. for the average skin
the soap and water bath at night is
of great benefit. To retire with the
dust and CRIME of the day remaining
on ones countenance is to treat cna's
face negligently.
The Dolores star., 1916-01-28

Always Justice Trlumphs.
Man ia unjust but God is Just, ant,
finally justice triumphs.-Selected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-03
CHAPTER v.
The Hermit SINGS.

The next morning / demanded that
Mrs. Temple again put me up some
lunch. For" said l, I'm going to
postpone meeting this broken-down
wreck of perhaps once proud female
as long as possible"
Maybe when you see her drive by
you'A be sorry Mrs. Bert smiled.
81 shall be working on the south
side of the house, | retorted.
/ had not been long at my place.
indeed, | had scarcely finished water
ing my seedbed and carting out nv
daily stint of two barrowloads of
slash from the orchard, when I heard
the road scraper rafting over the
bridge by the brook. Mike came from
the vegetable garden and met bis
Grind Morrissy," to whom I was cere-
moniously presented.
The scraper was a large affair with
fat-tired iron wheels and a blade
eight feet long The way that eight
foot blade, with four horses hauling it,
peeled off the old burrows and brought
the top soil down from the high side
to the low made my poor efforts with
the scoop look puny enough. The lawn
was shaping up so fast that l began
once more to grow expansive.
cit really won't be square," thought
l, because my pergola will cut Off
twelve feet Of the length, and if l
have flower beds by the roses they'll
cut off some more. guess those roses
ought to be one hundred and twelve
feet from the house"
| threw down my shovel, went over
to the row of stakes, and moved them
south again, twenty-five feet, having
added thirteen feet as l walked; then
| called out to 'frind Morrissy'' to
bring his scraper.
Sure" said Mike, you'll git it right
yet. But was goin' to put me cauli-
flowers there"
l paid ''frind Morrissy"-for the
town-as the far-off noon whistle at
Slab City blew, and took my lunch
down to the brook while the scraper
ratified off down the road.
The brook reminded me Of the pool
I was going to build, and the pool of
vague dream, last night of the new
boarder, and then, with the patness of
a ''well-made" play the boarder her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-03
CHAPTER vi.
The Ghost of Rome.

"stelIa Goodwin" IT'S rather a
pretty name" thought, as I read it on
the fIyleaf of a volume she had left in
Mrs. Bert's sitting room. The volume
itself amused me Chamberlain
Foundations Of the Nineteenth Cen
tury." Fancy coming to the country
for a rest, and reading Chamberlain,
most restless because most provocative
Of books! I was idly turning the
leaves when there was a rustic on the
stairs, and Miss Stella Goodwin en-
tered with a cheerful "Good morning"
"See here" said I, what are you
doing with this book, if you are off for
a rest? This is no book for nervous
wreck to be reading"
"Who said I was nervous wreck ~
she answered. 'I'm just tired, that's
all. I guess it's really spring fever
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er's brought him up fine. Anyhow, She
was a Corliss"
But, eugenically speaking, Peter
may have a predisposition to follow
in fathers footsteps, which l infer led
toward the little green swinging
DOORS" 1 protested.
''Speakin' Z. S. A, tommyrot!' said
Mrs. Temple. Anyhow, it's the door
O. the drugstore in this town. They
sell more'n sody water down to Dan
forth's."
What am I to pay the author Of
Peter and the pies?'' 1 asked
"Well, seems how you keep Peter,
as it were, and Mrs. Pillig calculates
she can rent her house up to Slab City,
she's goin' to come to you for twenty
dollars a month. She's with it, too
You'll have the best kept and cleanest
house in Bentford."
l rose from the table solemnly.
Mrs. Temple" said 1, Il accept Mrs.
Pillig, Peter and the pies at these
terms, but only on one condition: She
is never to clean my studyr
WHY" asked Mrs Temple.
! Because" said I, you can never
tell where an orderly woman will put
things"
Bert chuckled as he filed his pipe.
d Mrs. Temple grinned herself I was
about to make a triumphant exit, when
these words from Mrs. Temples lips
arrested me:
, Bert" she said, "d1d you clean the
buggy today? You know you gotter
go over ter the depot tomorrow an
git that boarder."
THAT what?" I cried.
/ Mrs Bert's eyes half closed with a
purely feminine delight. ooh, amt I
told your" she said innocent1y. "We're
goin' ter hev another boarder, a young
lady. From Moo York, too. Her
healths broke down, she says, only
that's not the way she said it, and
somehow she heard of us. We amt
never taken many boarders, but I
guess our names in that old railroad
advertisin' book [ wouldn't hev took
her. only 1 thought maybe you wuz
kind O. lonesome here with jest u.s."
Mrs. Temple" said I, your solicit
tude quite OverWkelms me. Comfort
me with petticoats! Good Lordi And
IN anemic, too! I'll bet she has nerves!
When can Mrs. Pillig come to me.
WOman?'
Mrs. Bert's eyes closed still farther.
ooh, your house amt near ready yet"
she said. 'Why, the painters amt
even began"
I fed to my chamber and hauled
forth a manuscript. A female boarder.
Hang Mrs. Templer' I muttered read
ing a whole paragraph of manuscript
without taking in q word Of it.
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new place is showing it to somebody
else and telling how grand it is going
to be.
"And where are you going to put
these babies when you set them out?"
she asked.
That's just the point" 1 cried. II
don't know. I want you to help me-"
Il shouldn't dare advise you," she
smiled.
well, let's ask Hiroshige," said 1.
"Cone on"
us he your gardener? The name
sounds quite un-Hibernian."
/ scOrned a reply, and we went
around to the shed where all my be-
l0ngings were stored, still unpacked.
I got a hammer and opened the box
containing pictures, drawing forth
my two precious Japanese prints.
Then l led Miss Goodwin through
the kitchen, in spite of her protests
Of propriety, through the fragrance
of new flooring, into the big south
room, where Hard had nearly con-
pleted his main work and was get
ting in the new door frames while
his assistants were patching up the
floor. She sat down on the new
settle, while I climbed on a box and
hung the pictures, one over each man
tel. Instantly the room assumed to
my Imagination something Of its com
ing charm. Those two spots of color
against the dingy wood panels
dressed up the desolation wonder
fully. I hastily kicked some shayings
and chips into the freplaces and ap-
piled match.
1.-THE first fires on the twin
hearths!' I cried. ''In your honorw
The girl smiled into my face, and
did not joke. THAT is very NICE"
she said. Then she rose and put out
her hand Let me wish Twin Fires
always plenty Of wood and the hap
piness which goes with it."
We shook hands, while the fire
cracked, and already the spot seemed
to me like home Then she looked
up at the prints. Now" she cried,
how is honorable Hiroshige going to
advise you? Here is q blue canal and
a lavender sky in the west, and
bright scarlet temple doors-and all
the rest snow. Lavender and bright
scarlet is rather a daring color
scheme, isn't it?"
''Not if it's the right scarlet" I
replied. But it's not the color I'm
going to copy. Neither is it the moon
bridges in this other temple garden.
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Continued in next issue)
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| saw spear of real grass IN Central
park, and ran away"
From what?' I asked.
From the dictionary she replied.
THE which?'' said /.
The dictionary. Would you like me
TO sing you a song Of the things that
begin with ''hy'?''
She laughed again. and began to
chant in burlesque Gregorian. "Hyo-
potamus, hyoscapular, hyoscfne, Hyo-
scyamae, hyoscyamine, Hyoscyamus-"
'Stop!' l cried. You will have me
hypnotized. See, I'm on tie 'hy's' my
self! Please explain-not sing"
'Wen," she laughed. ''you see it's
this way. have to eat, drink, and try
to be merry, or tomorrow I die. so to
postpone tomorrow am working On
new dictionary. Somebody has to
work on dictionaries. you know. and
justify the pronunciation of America
to man. I'm sort Of learned, in a mild.
harmless, anti-militant way. 1t isn't
fair to keep the truth from you'll
have a degree in philology! NV doe
tors thesis was published by the press
Of my kind university, at $3.50 Der
copy, Of which as many as seventeen
were sold, and I'm still paying up the
money [ borrowed while preparing it.
I stood the dictionary pretty well down
to the 'hy's,' and then one day some
thing snapped inside of me, and be-
gan to cry. That wouldn't have been
so bad, if I hadn't made the mistake
Of crying on a sheet Of manuscript by
a learned professor, about Hyoscva
mus (Which is a genus. of dicotyIedo-
nous gamopeta1ous plants, and the ink
ran. Then 1 knew l should have to
take a rest in the cause of English.
pure and well defined. So here I am,
The doctor tells me I must live ont
of doors and saw wood"
Madam" l cried, God has sem
you! 1 shall get my orchard cleaned
up at last!'
"Breakfast!' called Mrs. Bert.
She refused to come down to Twin
Fires with me that morning, so I
toiled alone, getting out more Of the
brush from the orchard--aIl of the
small stuff, in fact, which wasn't fit
tQ save for fuel. In the afternoon she
qgnsented to come. AS 1 looked at her
hands and then at mine, I realized how
pale she was.
ITS wrong for anybody to be so
pale as that" 1 thought, ''to have to
be so pale as thatr'
1 was beginning to pity her.
When we reached the farm I took
her around under the kitchen window
and showed her my seedbeds, where
the asters were already growing mad
ly, some other varieties were up, and
the weeds were busy, too; but in the
present uncertainty Of my horticultural
knowledge 1 didn't dare pull up any
thing. 1 hadn't realized till that mo-
ment that half the fun of having a
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door out Of a highboy! How jolly!
Is it as nice inside?*
tits going to be nicer" said 1.
"COme and see.'
"I'n peep through the windows she
smiled.
[ led her TO my new south door,
proudly showing my new lawn and the
terrace, and telling her where the roses
were to be, and the sundial, and di-
lating on the work my own hands had
done. With a silly, boyish enthusiasm,
I even displayed the calluses and in
vited her to feel Of them, which she
did as one humOrs a child, while
thrilled quite as childishly at the touch
of her finger tips. Then we peeped
through the glass doors. The low sun
was streaming in through the west
window and disclosed the old oak
beam across the ceiling. Hard CIDER
had erected the frame of the bookcase
and double settle, which would per-
fectIy match the mantels as soon as
the holding was on. One side OF the
settle faced toward one smoky old lire
place, the other toward the second.
1.-TWO fireplaces! What luxury!' she
exclaimed.
you see," said I, "when I get tired
of reading philosophy at the east tire
place, I'll just come around the corner
and read Alice in Wonderland at the
west chimney nook"
Double fireplaces- fireplaces-
twin fires! That's it, Twin Fires!
That ought to be the name Of your
house"
you're rightr' 1 cried, delighted.
1--WE never been able to think of
! name. That's the inevitable one
that's Flaubgt's one right word. You
must come to my christening party
and break a bottle of wine on the
hearth
She smiled wistfully, as she turned
away from the window. Il must sure
ly go to supper" she said. "Goodby,
and thank you for your wonderful con-
| cert"
We walked to the road, but to my
surprise she did not turn toward the
village but toward Bert's. A sudden
light came.
'Are you the broken-down boarder"
| [ cried.
The gurgle welled up, and the blue
eyes twinkled, but she made no reply
Just for that" said l, II won't carry
| back Mrs. Berts basket"
AS we entered the Temples yard
| Mrs Bert stood in the kitchen door.
"Well, you two seem to have got ac-
| quainted," she remarked in a matter
of-fact tone Miss Goodwin, this is
Mr.. UPTON 1 told you about. Mr.. Up
ton, this is Miss Goodwin 1 told you
! about
Mrs. Temple" said I, you are an
other. You didn't tell me-"
young man." she retorted, where's
my basket?"
81 left it behind-on purpose" Sqid I.
''Then you'll hev ter come home to
yer dinner tomorrow" she said.
well I'm willing" I answered.
81 guess you be- said she.
At supper she returned to the
theme, which appeared to amuse her
endlessly. Miss Goodwin" she said.
81 want ter warn you thet Mr.. Upton's
terrible afraid somebody's goin' ter
advise him how ter build his garden.
He's a regular man"
I replied quickly: 'Your warning is
too late" said l; Miss Goodwin has
already begun by naming my place"
You can change the name, you
know" the girl smiled.
Glow can II" 1 answered, with
great sternness. Its the right one"
Whereupon I went up to my work,
and listened to the sounds Of soft sing
ing in the room across the hall.
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It's the simplicity. OUT here south
Of this room is my lawn and garden.
Now | want it to be a real garden,
but | don't want it to dwarf the land
scape. | don't want it to look as if
I'd bought half acre of Italy and
deposited it in the middle of Massachu-
sets, either. I've never seen a pic
ture Of a real Japanese garden yet
that didn't look as much like a natu-
raj japanese landscape as a garden.
1 want my garden to be an extension
Of my south room which will some
how frame the real landscape be-
yond."
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eyes and tilted nose. I was undenf-
ably affected. Ny voice must have
betrayed it as 1 repeated, Don't gor'
but I fear it is time for my sup
per-" she said, with little nervous
laugh. 1.-The thrush has evidently
gone for his"
Birds eat early" said I. ''They
have to, because they get up so early,
after that worm"
Her laugh was once more an up
gushing gurgle. The tenseness was
broken. I found myself walking by
her side through the naples, and point
ing out my house.
She clapped her hands ecstatfcaIIy.
"Oh," she cried, they made the front
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I ran around the house to the stable,
put on the harness, hitched him to my
new drag scraper, and drove him to
the slope.
The ground here sloped down east
ward toward the brook, and if I was
to have level lawn south Of my house,
l should have to remove at least two
feet Of soil from the western end and
deposit it on thesastern end. 1 wisely
decided to arFsclose to the house.
Hauling at the handles of the heavy
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self entered, as it were. That is, I
heard the buggy coming, and the voice
of Bert. I lay down fat behind the
tall weeds and grasses, and remained
hidden till the buggy lad passed.
COMPOUNDED petticoatsw thought I.
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GOES To
DAVENPORT

George Otto, Chiropractor, has sold
his interests at Wausau and after
short visit in this city left Saturday
evening for Davenport, Iowa, where
he will take a position as teacher in
the school for Chiropractors in that
city. His family will join him short
w
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-26

spend the Easter vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ohm
Zimpelmann. Miss Erna is a
student at Milwaukee Downer
College.
r. ]. Mcmahon, principal of
the Eagle River schools was a
business visitor at Watersmeet
Friday.
Mrs. Joseph Becker and-daugh-
ter Ruth arrived Thursday to
visit at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Albert We'll.
Thomas r. Beman, assistant
cashier at the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank left Friday for an
Easter visit with home people at
Curtis, Wis.
Lester Bowker returned to
Oshkosh yesterday morning to
resume his studies at the normal
school after spending the spring
vacation at home.
Thomas Macquacker left for
Chicago Saturday to spend a
week with his wife and incident
ally become acquainted with
Thomas Jr. who arrived couple
weeks ago.