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The Washington times., 1917-09-29
A Terrific Thought.

Glancing back over his shoulder
he saw her coming. And he glanced
below him at the stone tagging Of
the airshaft
II she fell from this dlzzv height.
he told himself. surely there would
be no saving her. She would be
out OF his way forever
Having decided his course OF ac-
tion, he halted and waited for Pearl
to reach him.
Here. he decided, he would mako
his last stand. Here they would
fight it out TO the end. he and the
girl together. and whichever of
them succeeded in reaching the 9TH
CT side Of the girder in safety
would be left sole possessor Of the
field. One would cross and one
would fall. TO trouble no more about
earthly treasures or earthly power.
But which should be victor and
which should lose the fight? That
wac for Fate to decide.
Pearl saw him stop and wait for
her. and She guessed what was
passing in his mind. But she neither
faltered nor turned back. To her.
also. the idea OF settling their ac-
count once and for all time seemed
good
She had not the dizziness that
overwhelms some women on high
places. A. she drew nearer TO him.
step By step. she felt thoroughly
mistress OF herself. Her heart did
not Increase its beat. Her hand and
head remained steady.
She forced herself TO look down.
stu. she was not nervous-shs
feared nothing.
The Spider had sensed the Situa-
tion now. and had drawn his Eun-
but. as he levelled Il to fire at Caris-
lake. Carsiake and Pearl clInched-
md It was impossible to fre with
out endangering Pearl.
Words fail to describe the ensu-
i=g struggle upon the girder. Set
ting hts Jaw, exerting his strength
to the utmost. Carslake sought 10
thrust tho girl Over-iuto the depths
below.
But she was a foeman worthy Of
him. As she had never fought be-
fore. she fought, now-for Tom
for future peace from the Arabs
for life and love and happiness
Backward and forward. they sway
ed. each Clinging to the girder and
striving to force the other one of.
Once. they almost went together-
but saved themselves In the nick of
unles and once Pearl almost sue
cseded in breaking his hold uDun
her. But in the end. it was Cars
lake who got the upper hand, En-
ploying a jiu-jItsu trick with which
she WAS unfamiliar, he bent her
BACKWARD. until her hold upon his
began to relax. Her breath was
coming sharply. She felt the blood
roaring in her ears. And her back
and sides ached from his tremen-
dOus pressure.
She realized that In another in
slant her hold must give away and
size would fail down. down. through
space, 10 land with terrible violence
IN the court below.
il would mean Instant death.
There was surely no hope.
Still he was bending her back
ward. Everything wont black Le-
fIrs her eyes.
To BE Continued Monday.
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Pot Roast.

Four pounds beef chuck or bot
tom round, Tablespoonful dripping.
tablespoonfUls butter, 8 table
Gpoonfuls hoGT, Z tesspooHfuIs salt.
teas1oonful Worcestershire sauce,
X tsaspoonfui pepper. Juice Of "a
lemon and ; cupfuls cold watef
Drsdge both sides Of the meat
with nouF and brown sS,cil side IN
hot spider, Ia which ths tablespoon
full Of dripping has been melted,
Remove 20 an saEthsA casserole and
pour over the meat the following
sauce: In the hbt spider mott the
butter and blend with it the -four.
adding thS water gradually. Cook
until thickened ami smooth, and add
the Beasonings. Pour over the meat
and cook for three hours in a slow
oven If the piece Of meat Is thick.
cook longer
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APPROVED
RECIPES

Good food properly cooked
goes far towdrd insuring
health and long years. as
much depends on the cooking,
however, as on the food itself.
The fOUotring recipes hdUc
been tested and approved BY
Good Housekeeping Institute,
conducted BY GOOD HOUSE.
KEEPING, and are repub-
lished here BY special ar
rangsmeHf trih that pubIicG-
tion. the Nations Greatest
Home Magazine.
The Washington times., 1917-09-29

Jonathan Harker, n London so
llcItOr's clerk, takes long
journey to Bukowina to see Count
DraeuIa and arrange for the
transfer of an English estate to
the Count. In his diary, kept In
shorthand. he gives the details OF
his strange trip, the latter part
Allied with mysterious and thrill
ing happenings. Upon his arrival
Mt Castle Draeula he Is met By
the Count and Ands himself Vtr-
tuaIIy n prisoner. The castle It
self Is n place of mystery with
doors all barred, and no servants
to be seen. The Count greets him
warmly, but his strange person
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SYNOPSIS OF STORY

nIIty and odd behavior cause Ha1s
ker much alarm. In order not to
arouse suspicion Harker leads the
Count to tell of his estate and Of
the history of his family. Later
the Count orders him 10 write HIS
employer he II to stay nt the
castle for n month That night he
sees the Count crawl down the
castle wall like n lizard. A series
of mysterious Incidents fellow,
and Harker gains nm idea Of the
strange character OF his host.
One night three women appear In
his room but are driven AWAY By
the Count In fury. Recognizing
his danger he seeks to escape, but
finds all avenues of eSenpe closed.
The Washington times., 1917-09-29
Rice Apples.

One oupfuI rice. 2 quarts boiling
water. tablespoonful salt. to 6
tAhlSspoonfuis Jam and medium
sized apples.
Boil the rice In the boiAns saited
water uatii tender; drain and save
the water for use in soups. Pare
the apples and remove the cores.
Fill the centres Of the apples with
any faVorits jam. Cut six pieces
Of cheese cloth about twelve inches
square. In the centre place a heap
ing tablespoonful of rice; on this
place the apple. Place rice around
and on top Of the apple. Then
bring the corners OF the cloth to-
GethSF and tie nFmiy. Tbs rice
should coat the apple thickiy, DfOp
into boiling water and cook UHtii the
apples are soft. This is q splendid
dessert for children. one with q
glass Of milk and q piece Of toast
furnishing an abundant supper for a
small child.
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ing to the roof and began to climb
through it. Tom. passing Pearl.
followed swiftly.
1t was Carslakes intention to
faster down the trap from the out
side, but there was nothing with
which 1t could be fastened. There
was not even anything heavy that
he could place on top OF 1t. So he
hid behind it, and waited.
Tom. close on Carslake's heels.
was the second person on the roof.
but Csrslake lay in wait for him,
and as he emerged from the trap.
before he could take his bearings,
Cars!ake had landed upon him, hit
ting him a terrific punch on the
jaw and Telling him instantly.
Then Carslake turned and ran.
A short distance off there was
another roof. separated from CIcily's
roof by an airshaft Over this air.
shaft and connecting the two roofs
ran an iron girder.
The distance was too great to
jump. The girder offered the only
means OF escape, and it was so
narrow that to attempt to cross IL
was foolhardy almost to madness.
And yet. Pearl and the Spider"
had both emerged from the trap.
door by this time, and Pearl was
fast on CaTlslake's heels.
Was he to turn about and give
himself up? Was he to surrender
without a struggle. when there was
still chance TO escape? He, the
hero of a thousand successful ex-
ploits? Rather not,
Carslake stepped out upon the
slender girder and began slowly to
make his way-step by step-across.
But if he was game, certainly Pearl
was. She liked to think that no
. man walked in shoe leather or
without it who could boast a head
more cool than hers. or a nervous
system more dependable.
Swiftly. without an instant's hesI-
tation, she followed CarsIake.
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than's studies, and have been prae-
ticing shorthand very assiduously.
When we are married 1 shall be
able to be useful to Jonathan, and II
1 can stenograph well enough 1 can
take down what he wants to say IN
this way and write it out for him on
the typewriter. which also I am prac-
ticing very hard. He and I some
times write letters in shorthand, and
he is keeping a stenographic journal
of his travels abroad. When I am
with you I shall keep a diary in the
same way.
don't mean one OF those two-pages-
to-the-week-with-S h-Sunday-squeezed- in
a-corner diaries, but a sort OF journal
which can write in whenever feel
inclined. l do not suppose there will
be much of interest to other people;
but 1t Is not Intended for them.
may show II to Jonathan some day
II there is in IL anything worth shar-
ing, but II is really an exercise book.
shall try to do what 1 see lady
journalists do: interviewing and writ
ing descriptions and trying to remem-
Der conversations. 1 am told that,
with a little practice, one can remem-
Der conversations. I am told that.
with a little practice, one can remem-
ber all that goes on or that one hears
said during a day. However, we shall
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By Fred Jackson.
Episode IL.
0epyriEht. 1917. by Fred jackson. all rights
reserTed)

OopyriEht, 1917. BY Fred jackson. all rights
ressrTed.l
EEnE IssEY, misseyr' she gasped
I'VE bursting in upon Cars
lake and Cicily. unan-
nounced. '-They's a whole raft O.
people breakin' in-detectives-the
Spider'-Gnd mo- yet. The house
Is took. The house is took&"
She began to wall.
What is it," gasped CIcily. as
csrslake leAped to his feet
They're after me-" he answered
shortly, as he bolted for the door.
As he dashed out into the hall.
he saw Pearl and the others already
at the top OF the stairs. To set by
them was impossible-and there
was no rear stairway leading down.
His one chance Of escape lay up
ward. So. running swiftly toward
the other end Of the hall. he took
the Attie-stairs, two at a time.
''Thors he is!" gasped the ''spid-
er, pointing.
There he goes," cried Tom
Catch him" walled Pearl. "Oh.
for PHYS sake catch him
But she did not content herself
with calling directions; she suited
the action to the word. and led the
way.
For the attic stairs. went Pearl
herself. the two detectives. Tom and
the Spider"
But Carslake had a start of them,
and he intended to keep them at a
distance - ss
At the head OF the attic stairs. in
q niche in the wall. stood a huge
ornamental urn. Catching sight Of
this as he climbed, and annoyed by
the proximity Of his pursuers, Cars
lake grabbed this urn in both hands.
stopped. poised himself on the top
step, raised the urn above his head
End sent II down upon his pursuers
20 hurl them from his path.
It came straight. for Pearl, but
both detectives threw themselves in
its path to save her, and both went
down beneath it and lay still
The Washington times., 1917-09-29
CHAPTER V.
Letter from Miss Nina Murray to Mss
Lucy WdSteHrG.

"My Dearest Lucy:
Forgive my long delay in writing,
but have been simply overwhelmed
with work. The life OF an assistant
schoulmistress Is sometimes trying.
I am longing to be with you. and by
the sea, where we can talk together
freely and build our castles in the air
/ have been working very hard lately.
because want to keep UP with Jona-
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FOr-the Girls Evening FrOck.

THE prettcst of informal evening rOcks for the school
girl white georgette crepe with motifs of bradiRG
one Of the broad ucks which Uuch used for this
on the bodice and skirt Pockets looped loosely into
type of youthful frock and the skirt smartly straight
From Good Housekeeping
The Washington times., 1917-09-29
Your loving
'rNINA.

"Tell me ali the news when you
write. You have not told me anything
for long time. | hear rumors, and
especially of a tall, handsome, curly
haired man??2"
fCopyrfghtedl
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ONLY SCANT NEWS
FROM JONATHAN.

| will tell you OF my little plans
when we meet 1 have just had .
few hurried lines from Jonathan from
Pennsylvania. He is well, and will be
returning in about a week. 1 am long
ing to hear all his news. It must be
so nice to see strange countries. I
wonder IL we-I mean Jonathan and I
shall ever see them together. There
is the 10 o'clock bell ringing. Good
by.
The Washington times., 1917-09-29

This story will he continued In
the Sunday aftrI noon edition Of
/ The Times.
The Washington times., 1917-09-29
TUo Full Moons in One Month.

THE second full of September occurs tomorrow
niQht This is the famous Harvest Moon" called
because for several evenings succession it rises at near
y the same hour and thus favors late aborers in the
fields the being that near the equinox that
its path lies nearly PARALLEL with the horizon
The Washington times., 1917-09-29
CarsIake Hides.

But Pearl did not stop. nor did
Tom and the Spider" behind her.
CaralAke reached a trapdoor lead
The Washington times., 1917-09-29

(Noveli=sd from the photo-play The
Fatal Ring")
The Washington times., 1917-09-29

To BE Continued Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
FARM
POULTRY
START IN POULTRY BUSINESS
Spring is Good Time to 1egin-EitheF
Obtain Breeding Pen or File
Order for Eggs.

Spring is a good time to start in
the poultry business. Either obtain
a good breeding pen from someone
who is reliable and who raises the
breed you fancy, or else send for
eggs. You do not have much time
to obtain breeding pens, for mos,
breeders Of purebred stock have their
pens mated by this time and without
doubt will have disposed of their sur
plus choice breeding males by adver-
Using them last fall and selling them
to parties wanting good breeders.
The other plan, then, is to send to
these breeders and obtain their price
lists at once. Even if you do not care
to have the eggs for a month or so,
send now and obtain the price lists
and get your order booked, for others
are doing the same thing, and most
breeders send out eggs in the order
booked. Delays oftentimes cost much,
due to inability of the shipper to fill
his many orders as promptly as he
may desire.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
SYRUP OF figs FOR
4 CH|LD'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli.
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet.
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup OF Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
of all ages and for grown.ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
Rackdche

In spite of the best care one takes
Of oneself, any part of the human machine
is liable to become out of order. The
most important organs are the stomach,
heart and kidneys.
The kidneys are the scavengcrs and they
work day and night in separating the
poisons from the blood. Their signals Of
distress arc easily recognized and in
clude such symptoms as backache,. de-
pressions, drowsincss, Irritability, head
aches, dizziness, rheumatic twinges,
Gropsy, govt.
The very pCst way to restore the
Sidncys to their normal state oi health, "
says Dr. Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. Y, sis Ia
Brink plenty of pure water and obtain
from your favorite pharmacy a small
amount oil Anuric, which is dispensed by
almost every druggist" Anuric is mex
pensive and should be taken before meals.
You win find Anuric more potent than
litbiG, dissmYes uric acid as water Goes
SUGAR.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
BEGIN FIGHT ON PARASITES
Poor Policy to Wait Until Spring When
Insects Become Numerous-Dust
Birds Thoroughly.

A common practice among poultry
men is to wait in the spring until lice
and other parasites have become so
numerous that they will be noticeable.
BY far the better plan is to begin the
fight early and keep them from getting
start.
One of the best means Of doing this
is to dust the birds thoroughly with a
good insect powder, at regular inter.
walls, beginning in late winter. There
is no harm in giving the hens an appli.
cation occasionally even in midwinter
since they are never entirely free from
lice, and everyone of these pests killed
before the breeding season may mean
a million or two less to fight next sum-
mer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
Fulton Mothers Now Treat
CMLdren's Colds Externally

soreness. This double action makes
Vap-O-Rub really a remarkable rem
edy for many forms of infiammations.
Either infiammations of the air pas
sages, such as head colds, catarrh,
bronchitis, sore throat, or deep chest
colds, or inflammations of the skin
tissues, such as burns, bruises, stings,I
piles, itchings and muscular soreness.
1t is particularly recommended for
small children, as it can be used free
ly, with perfect safety, on the young
est member Of the family.
But let these Missouri mothers
speak for themselves. Mrs. Bottom
writes--'T have used Vap-O-Rub on
baby for bad colds. Results were ex-
cellent. find 1t better than any In
ternal medicine / ever used"
Mrs. Pugh's experience is-"T tried
your Vap-O-Rub on three OF my chill.
dren for bronchitis. They would cough
30 hard at night / could not sleep, So
would get up and rub their throatsl
and chests with Vap-O-Rub and they
seldom coughed any more that night
and after had kept it up for severall
nights they stopped coughing. / be-,
lieve 1t is better than taking so much
medicine internally" Three sizes,I
25c, SOC or $1.00. At all druggists.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22

how easy it was to roll Off log. So
have been rolling off this one the
whole morning, and all I have found
out is that it has bruised me and that
have bumped and bumped on the
hard earth until i am all tired out"
"Dear me-" said Peter Gnome. $50
you wanted TO find out the truth of
the old adage and In so doing you've
made yourself quite miserable"
81 have indeed made myself quite
miserable" said Billie Brownie, but
I'm sure don't know what you mean
by an old adage."
IAN adage," said Peter GnOme, who
looked very knowing, sis II wise old
saying"
"Well, l don't think this is very
wise old saying. And If l ever hear
anyone again say, It's just as easy as
rolling off q log l will say, It's just
as easy as to get a lot of bruises and
get stiff and Sore"
Poor Billie Brownie" said Peter
Gnome.
Eyes, I'm to be pitied," said Billie
Brownie. "There is no wisdom in that
saying, l know"
Indeed you do know" said Peter
Gnome. "And now ! think you'd bet
ter forget all about it and come with
me to Witty Witch's Cave. She will
tell us funny stories and you'll sooI
forget all about your bruises"
SO Billie Brownie walked along by
Peter Gnome until they reached Witty
Witch's Cave.
Its all wrong" shrieked Billie
| Brownie.
whats all wrong?' asked Witty
Witch.
ITO say that it's easy to roll off /
log. 1t may be easy to roll Off-bu
It's very painful, can tell you"
And then Peter Gnome explained
what Billie Brownie meant. Witt!
Witch got out some Of her magic mos
bandages and with woodland llnimen
she tied up all of Billie's bruises
Then she told some of her wondrOu
stories until Billie quite forgot abOu
his morning Of rolling off the log ant
humping on the hard earth
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
ROOSTER TO IMPROVE FLOCK
In Selecting Young Fowls Use Best
Judgment-certain Characters
tics May Be Noted.

The kind of cockerels used is far
more important than most farmer
poultry raisers believe. The fact that
one bird looks well and is healthy and
active is q good indication of a good
bird. But this is not enough. The
male bird should be of such good
breeding that he will improve the
flock. If he is not capable of doing
this he is not worthy of his place as
head of the flock.
When you are selecting the male
birds from the young cockerels of your
own flock you should use your best
judgement and find the best indivi-
duals. In this case you must be in
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
CHICKENS KEPT IN BRooDERS
Much Loss Can Be Avoided by Keep.
ing Everything ciean--Use Cut
Straw for Litter.

Much of the loss in raising chicks
In breeders can be Obviated by keep
ing the floor of breeders and broader
houses covered with an inch of clean
sand.
Cut corn slower or cut straw may
be used on the sand for scratch litter,
Such material as clover or timothy
chaff or bucliwheat hulls are objection,
able in the brooder hOasc. The chicSs
pick up the PARTICLES Of the fuzzy Stu.r
and are not able TO pass them through
the crop.
TIE young chicks need daily ftc'i-
ING of tlne-cur green grass if they ere
to do well.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
They Find Vap-O-Rub Better Than In
ternal Medicines for Group and
Cold Troubles.

Mrs. ]. s. Pugh, $40 Market st.,
and Mrs. Mary Bolton, los Ravine ST.,
both of Fulton, Mo-, have found, in
common with many other Missouri
mothers, that it is no longer necessary
to dose children with internal medi-
cines for cold troubles. In the South
Vick's Vap-O-Rub ia the standard
remedy for these troubles, but it was
only last winter that 1t was introduced
here. Vap-O-Rub was discovered by
q North Carolina druggist. He found
how to combine Menthol and Camphor
with the volatile oils of Thyme, Euca-
lyptus, Cubebs and Juniper, in salve
form, SO that when applied to the
body, the ingredients are vaporized
by the body heat.
These vapors are inhaled with each
breath, through the air passages, to
the lungs, carrying the medication d.
rect to the affected parts, and, in ad-
dition, Vick's is absorbed through the
skin, taking out the tightness and
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-22
n4DDY,S EVBNEN(1
E4LRY TALE % M4R7 q
~ SaEy S sj'!a;:!1s;I!s;!'s5s.II
ROLLING OFF A LOG.


"Whatever are you dolng?" asked
Peter Gnome.
"Can't you see?" said Billie Brownie.
II can see, but l don't understand"
said Peter Gnome.
Now Billie Brownie was sitting up
on log. Every few moments he would
lie down and then roll Off to the
ground. After he had stayed on the
ground for a few seconds, back he
would get on the log, and then do the
very same thing over again.
This he kept on doing time and time
again, until Peter Gnome thought he
must have grown little queer.
"Are you feeling quite well2" asked
Peter Gnome in kind voice.
quite" said Billie Brownie q bit
doubtfully.
"Just what I thought" said Peter
Gnome to himself.
what did you think?" asked Billie
Brownie. "And what are you think
ing now2 You don't for a moment
suppose am really i'll, do your"
NO" said Peter Gnome, 81 don't
think you are really i'll, but something
must be the matter with you. Maybe
you are worried or unhappy about
something and you are doing this queer
trick of rolling off the log every few
moments to make you forget about
everything, and just get few bruises
to think about instead"
II certainly am getting a few
bruises" Billie Brownie admitted sad.
ly.
"Then why are you keeping on roll.
ing off the log every time you get back
on it? If you can't help rolling of
it, why don't you get q good seat
where you won't fall?"
"You don't understand" said Billie
Brownie.
''Then won't you explain to me just
what you are doing and why you are
doing it," asked Peter Gnome. "Tn
sure I'm very much puzzled"
Eyes, will tell you" said Billie
Brownie. He stopped rolling off the
log and sat with his legs on either
side. He was quite red in the face
for he was really tired out.
tits this way" he began. "YoU
see that for years and years and years
when People have spoken of anything
as being easy they have always said
why it's as easy as rolling off log
am beginning to understand" sale
Peter Gnome.
"And So" continued Billie Brownie
as he painted for breath, as it was hare
to talk after such time as he haC
been having. 81 thought 1 would Sc,
IL it were true. / just wanted to Sc