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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-17
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

half ago, quietly and deliberately at
first, but as he neared the end Of the
speech even the immortal Patrick
Henry himself, could he have heard,
need not have been ashamed Of the
humble old orator, who, as he pro-
crossed, became more impressive:
The war is inevitable-and
let 1t come / repeat 1t, sir, let 1t comet
1t is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
Gentlemen may cry Peacep 'PeaceP
but there is no peace. The war In
actually begun. The gale that sweeps
from the North will bring to our ears
the clash of resounding arms. Our
brethren are already In the feldl Why
stand we here idle? Is life SO
dear, or peace SO sweet as to be pur-
chased at the price of chains and slav-
cry? Forbid it Almighty Godl / know
not what course others may take, but
as for me; give me liberty, or give me
/! death 70
Patrick Henry's life was full to the
brim. AS governor of a state that ex-
tended as far west as Illinois, as n
of the most eminent jurists In Virginia,
his time was well taken, and he was
glad enough to retire early to Red Hill.
During the last years of his life Pat
rick Henry's fame drew many visitors
to Red Hill and he welcomed all with
gracious hospitality. In 1874, Gov.
Henry Lee appointed him United
States senator to I'LL an u~nexpired
term. This he declined as he did also
many other fiattering offers.
One June morning in 1899, Patrick
Henry realized that his end was near.
and drawing his silk cap over his eyes
he prayed earnestly for his family, for
his country and his soul, then his great
spirit departed even as he sat In the
~three-cornered chair.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09
RECOGNIZED END WAS NEAR
Old Man Ready to Give Up When He
Could Not Bite What He Thought
Was "Plug."

One day last month when trade was
dull, a grocery clerk procured a piece
of sole leather from a shoemaker,
painted 1t black and laid 1t aside for
future use. Within a few days an old
chap from back in the country came
in and inquired for a plug of chewing
tobacco. The piece Of sole leather was
tied up, paid for and the purchaser
started for home. At the end of the
sixth day he returned, looking down
cast and detected, and walking into the
store he inquired of the clerk: MEN
Der that terbacker I got here the other
day?" EYES," "Well, was that a new
brandt" "No, same old brand" Reg
ular plug terbacker. was itr "yes."
well, then, it's me; It's right here In
my jaws" sadly replied the man. II
knowed I was gittin' purity old, but i
was allus handy in bitin' plug. I never
seed a plug afore this n that l
couldn't tear to pieces with one chaw.
I sot my teeth on this one, and bit and
pulled and twisted like a dog at a root,
and I've kept a biting and pulling for
six days, and thar she am now, the
same as the day you sold her to mel"
Seems to be good plug" remarked the
clerk as he smelled Of the counterfeit.
"She's all right it's me that's failing !"
exclaimed the old man. "Pass me out
some fine-cut and I'll 60 home and
deed the farm to the boys, and git
ready for the grave."-From an aged
Bostonian's scrap book.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

| have no international c~vnJllcationA
There is a more practical side TO the
matter: IL Don Ricardo Guxman met
his death I'm Mexico, there will be q
rigid investigation, I assure you"
Evans agreed. That's fart And
TIL make a bargain with you: you
keep still and SOIL we. We never
aimed for this affair to get out, any
how. I reckon these men"-he tndi-
Gated Lewis and his followers-Auin
liable to talk much"
The two Guzraan boys, greatly
moved, returned to announce that
they had identified their fathers body
and Longorio could not well refuse to
accept their evidence.
"Very WELL" said he. II am Indicted
to you. Since there Is nothing more
to be said, apparently, j will return
to Romero" With a bow to Mrs. Aus
tin, who had silently watched the play
Of these opposing motives, he turned
away, and Tad Lewis followed him.
But Dave Law had recognized Adolfe
I OTDlud III LhC NlOhht uhAS BLCpRAh W.
ward, disarmed him, saying:
"Adolfo, there's a warrant for you,
so I'll just take you In"
For a moment Adolfo was incllued
to resist, but, thinking better of it he
yielded with bad grace, bitterly re,
GREETING the curiosity which had
prompted him to remain to the end Of
this interesting affair.
Tad Lewis gave him some comfort.
"Never mind, Adolfo," he said. They
can't prove anything on you, ana III
go your bail. Ed Austin knows where
you was the day that stock was stole"
He and his two remaining men moved
toward their automobile, and a moment
later the vehicle went gathering away
up the thicket road.
So ended the attempt to foil thS 70
turn of Ricardo Guzman's body b
Texas soil.
When Alaire came to look for Asa
husband, he was gone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09
Varied Uses Of the Lemon.

Baked lemons for colds and fiaxseed
lemonade as used by New England
grand mothers are well known. Many
a diva threatened with hoarseness beats
up the white of an egg with the juice
Of g lemon. with sugar or honey, for a
quick and sure remedy. And for head
ache a famous writer often takes the
juice Of one whole lemon squeezed In
a cup Of strong black coffee.
California and Florida both produce
wonderful lemons, which In size and
quality compare with any Imported
from the tropics. The sweet lemons
OF Spain, which are eaten as freely as
oranges In the southern part OF Spain,
and In Morocco, where they also -four
ish, are delicious, indeed In Italy,
southern France and Sicily the lemons
attain an unusual size.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

-ueisos Mcni Wnags Gotn0 on Herey'
belligerently. II don't make mistakes
when I 20 g~rave-robbln'. Don Ricardo
was shot by your men. He had five
thousand dollars on him. or he should
have had, and he was an American citi-
zen. Your Colonel Blanco covered the
body, but hen have a hi OF a fob
coverin' the facts It's time wa came
to a showdown VIII your mnrderin'
OUTFIT. and I aim TO see IL you've got q
government In your country"
Heaven guided my hand" devoutly
breathed the general. 1T Ia regret
table that you used this means when a
word to me would have served the
purpose. for--it Is no trivial matter to
desecrate a Mexican graveyard. MY
country, II has q government. An
officer OF the state OF Texas. under
arms. has crossed the Rio Grande.
What does that meanYr
Captain Evans had . sense OF HUI
NOR; Longorio's ominous words amused
him. asay, general. 1t ain't the frst
time" he chortled. "And you're sn OH
Ger, too, AMT your You're In Texas
at this minute. and I'll bet II I frisked
you I'd find that You wns under arms
The Mexican understood English sufi-
ciently well 20 grasp the Significance
Of these words. After a moments con-
sideration, therefore. ne modified his
threatening tone.
"But my mission was friendly. had
no criminal purpose" ne said mildly.
AWowever-perhaps one offense d
lon@s the other. AT any rate. we musf
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09
a p xlII--contInued.


AlaIre drove as swiftly as she dared,
following the blurred streak OF gray
that was the road. and taking the
bumps with utter recklessness. Ahead
doomed the dark ridge Of the river
thiekets, a dense rampant of mesquite.
But even before they were sheltered
from the moonlight Paloma saw the
lights OF another automobile approach
ting along the main-traveled highway
behind them-the lights, evidently, of
Tad Lewis machine. A moment later
Aiaire's cur drove into the black shad-
ows. 1t had been a short, swift, exclt-
ing ride. "Young Eds" runabout could
not be many minutes ahead of them.
The women got out, then breasted
the high grass and brambles between
their hiding place and the pumphouse
road. A hundred yards away they
could now see the ghostly Rio Grande.
Its saffron surface family silvered by
the low moon: lights cleaned from the
windows OF Morales house. In the
distance the vague outlines Of the Mex
ican shore were resolving themselves,
and far beyond twinkled the evidence
that some belated citizens OF Romero
were still awake.
Paloma had brought with her the
10ng-barreled rifle, and this she
clutched ~nervously as she and Alaire
stood whispering. Conditions were fa-
vorabsa for an approach to the pump
house itself. They had nearly reached
their goal when out into the clearing
behind them, with metallic rattle and
clang, burst another automobile. and
PaIoma whispered excitedly.
There's the Lewis outfit at last"
In the Lewis car were several men.
They descended hurriedly, and when
lone OF them ran around the front Of
Ithe car TO turn or It's lights, both WON
len saw that he carried a rifle. Evi.
identity Tad Lewis had come prepared
flor desperate measures.
A small door gave entrance to the
lpumphouse. and into the lock OF this
lAIrs. Austin fitted a key; the next mo
|ment she and Paloma were safely In
side. Dusty, cobwebbed windows LEI
ltn a faint ghost-glow OF moonlight, but
prevented clear observation OF any
thing outside; Aialre's fumbling I'm
lgcrs found the latch and began Il
lafft d window, when someone spoke
sust outside the building.
sWhat did you diseoyer?. inquired
NJ voice which neither oma recog'
Inized. Pnioma clutched hlindly for hei
lcOmpanion; the two eavesdroppers
stood rooted In their tracks. The
pounding OF their hearts sounded loud
Nv. Since the building was little more
Khan q wooden shell, they could plainly
hear the answer:
ss-.s house is full OF greasers. ]
cant tell who they are"
Al third man spoke. this time In
I6panlsh. THAT was Tad Lewis who
lust came. senior"
There followed some whispered
words Indistinguishable to the listen
ers. then a rustic Of bodies moving
Through the tall grass and weeds.
paiomn placed her lips close e
AIhire's ear. "Who are those people2'
6he hreAthed.
II don't know. They must be tbs
0pes who cams In chat strange auto
}noblie.H
pn'omn chartered viciously: sEvery
body In Texas IA here. 4 wish wed
khoueht 60 scatter taeks behind u.s.
Cautiously they swung the door bacl
.. ..4o -
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

"Moralesl Put out your lights"
Both women recognized Tad Lewis as
the speaker.
Alaire had stubbornly refused to
charge her husband with any active
share in this evil business, but her
faith in Ed suddenly vanished when
she heard him say:
flush You're making too much
noise. You'd better scatter out, too,
for there's no telling where they'll
land" Alaire leaned weakly against
the door. SIN going to leave, md let
you-all attend to the rest" he was
saying. But Tad Lewis halted him as
he turned from the group.
"Where r You going, Edf You left
your al back yonder by the road. I
alrnost ran into IT,"
"Eh3 What are you talking aboutf
My car Is over by Morales house"
"Senor Austin is In a great hurry"
sneered e In Spanish. "Once
more he leaves all Of the fighting to
his friends"
That's AdoIfo UrbIna," painted Pa
Iona. II know him." Stung by this
open charge OF cowardice, Austin be-
gan a voluble defense, but In the midst
OF 1t General Longorio addressed him
sharply.
"You win stay here, senior. Nobody
leaves this place."
II told you / wouldn't be a party to
the business" Ed declared holly. "You
forced me to come In the first place"
"Yesi And now 1 force you to stay"
Longorio's stand appeared to please
Lewis. who chimed In with the words
that's right. Ed. You've got to stick,
for once In your llfe."
"What do you mean, you nearly ran
into my car back yonderT" Austin
asked after a moment.
"Ain't that you machine yonder by
the thicketr inquired Lewis. aIf II
amt, whose is It'll" AS no one IN.
swered. he started In the direction he
had indicated; but at that moment q
man came running from the river bank
crying softly:
Look Quit They come"
Al man passed swiftly by the crack
OF the half-open door and scarcely ter
feet beyond. He was followed by three
others.
The first OF the newcomers, acting
as spokesman for his party. stepped
out into the moonlight and cried loud
ly: Hello, meni What's goin' or
hereT IL was an American voice; Il
had q broad, slow Texas drawi.
The group OF piotters turned; there
was a startled murmur. then Tao
Lewis answered:
@Helloi Who are youi What d
You wantY"
II reckon we must have got or III,
road" announced the stranger. Ther
he peered out across the river. "Say
Amt that a skin yonder2~ he inquired
aWell, It don't look like a steam
boat" Lewis laughed dlsagreeahly
Were havin' u little party OF our own
I reckon you fellows Ind better beaI
II. UnderstandYv
The outposts that had been sent Il
cover the bank in both directions wer,
now coming In. Through the stiffness
Of the night there sounded the thnmI
of oarlocks. Seeing that the strapgeI
did not seem to take his hint. Levi,
raised his voice menacingly:
ssThat's your road back yonder. TT
a right good road. and I'd advise 20,
| TO travel FAST
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09
.Haye You got himy.

"HGve You got nlmf
IL was Blaze Jones' voice which an
swered this time: "You beti"
Paloma Jones was trembling now.
She cluLg to Alaire, crying. thankfully:
Its the Rangersi The Rangers
Then she broke away and ran out into
the moonlight, trailing her absurd fire.
arm after her.
snow, boys" the Ranger captain was
saying. IL know most every one Of you,
and we amt going to have the least
bit Of trouble over this thing, are WEI
I reckon you-all are friends OF Ricardo
Guzman, and you just couldn't wait
to find out about him, chr"
A1aire, who had followed Paloma,
was close enough now to recognize the
two Guzman boys as members of the
Ranger party. Lewis and his men had
drawn together at the first alarm; Lon
gorio's Mexicans had gathered about
their leader. The entire situation had
changed In a moment, and the Ranger
captain was In control OF II.
Soon Dave Law and Blaze Jones
came up over the river bank; they
paused, stricken with surprise at find
Ing a score Of people where they had
expected no more than four.
Blaze was the first to speak. "What's
all this7" he cried. He peered near
sightedly from one to the other; then
his huge bulk shook with laughter:
"Say, do my glasses magnify, or Is
this an open lodge meetin'T
"Dadi Oh, dadI" Paloma scurried
to him ard flung herself into his arms.
"What you dom here, kid?" the father
exclaimed. "Why, you'd ought to be
home and abed, long ago. You'll catch
your death of cold. Is that gun loaded?"
Dave Law was ven more amazed
than his companion. Recovering from
his first surprise, he took a position
beside his superior officer. Captain
Evans did not at all troubled by
the disparity In numbers. One Ranger,
or two at the most, had always been
sufficient to quell a Texan disturbance;
now that there were three of them,
he felt equal to an invasion of Mexi-
can soil, If necessary. In consequence,
he relaxed his watchful vigilance, and
to Dave he draw1ed:
"We've got most Of the leading citi-
zens Of the county, and I reckon some
body In the outfit will be able to iden-
tify Guzman."
there's no trouble about that, sir.
We found him. Pedro and Raoul can
make sure" The sons of Ricardo Guz-
man stepped forward promptly. and
Law waved them toward the boat land
ing, where the two helpers were wait
Ing with Ricardo's remains.
Despite the Ranger captains easy
assumption OF command, the strain
of the situation had not subsidized, and
Longorio drew swift attention to him.
self when he said:
cit Is fortunate that I CHANGED to
learn OF this matter. You have done
me q great service, Senior Law, for ]
came to Romero purposely to examine
into the death of this unfortunate man.
But / could learn nothing; nobody
knew anything whatever about the
matter. and so I became convinced that
1t amounted to little. Now-behold
I discover that / was deceived. Or
perhaps there still may be a mistake"
Blaze Jones thrust his daughter
aside and advanced toward the speak.
er. There's no mistake" he declared
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

"Gwendolen's color IL entirely natu-
raj. ! tell you. she was actually flush
Ing.
''of course. sine was--eour flushing
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

Tad Lewis and his gang de-
termine that Dave Law h TOO
dancerouo to be ailvs--so enc
plotting takes q more sfalster
turn. Startling Developments
are described IN the next Install
,nncnt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-08-09

SYNOPSIS-Nrs. Alaire Austin is the handsome young mistress
OF Las Palmas ranch in Texas and La Fefa ranch In Mexico. She dis
likes her husband. who Is a brutal. pfohlgate. lecherous drunkard, but
she feels n strong sympathy for David Law, state ranger, when she
discovers accidentally that he loves her hopelessy. There Is trouble
between Mexcans and Americans along the border. Law discovers
that Austin is leagued with American horse thieves and Mexican rebels,
among them Tad Lewis, who Is under suspicion. Law kills q horse
thief When Laws friend, Ricardo Guzman, goes to the Mexican side
to collect money due him. he is murdered by the Lewis gang because
he can give discriminating testimony against them. Law and Blaze
Jones 90 to the Mexican side to get Guzmans body secretly. Mrs.
Austin and Paloma Jones BIazes daughter, are preparing to give them
aid on their return to the American side when Gen. Luis Longono, an
odious admirer OF Mrs. Austin, comes to call Ed Austin and Longorio
learn of the JonesIaw expedition. Tad Lewis is warned and his gang
and Longorios meet ut the river to kill the friends of Guzman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-05

fact that the first draft contingent will
be in camp and that there is larger
corn acreage than common this year
This is the way the agricultural eN-
tension department man at Iowa State
college, who has been in active charge
of the volunteer farm labor bureaus of
the state since they were organized
early last spring sums up the farm la
Dor question at present. All the plow-
ing possible should be done this fall
The seeding of winter wheat will dis
tribute the labor better than If plow-
ing and seeding for spring wheat were
left until spring. The work of the
/ volunteer farm labor bureaus has been
unusually successful to date and will
be continued right on as long as there
is need for them. There are now
3S9 bureaus, some in every county, in
the state. Up until July 9th. 1897
married men, 1872 single men and "a
women, total of 4013, have been Sc
cured employment. according to re.
ports from 214 bureaus. 1t is esti.
mated that a total of 5000 had been
placed in all the bureaus then and
that report to date might show TO-
600. AS time goes on and labor con-
ditions become worse. there will be
more need for the bureaus. With
5000 going into the army every six
months, many will be taken from pro-
ductive farm work and their places
must be filled.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-05

threshing machine outfits and paying
$3.50 per bushel from the machine
Therefore, the increase Of our wheat
acreage in Iowa not only is in com
pliance with the international de
mand, but it is quite profitable. We
have approximately 225,00O farms in
Iowa. If each of these farms would
raise ten acres of wheat as mini
mum and If we could obtain an aver
age yield of only twenty bushels to
the acre. Iowa would be able to report
q total of 45,000.O00 bushels of wheat
This would place Iowa third in wheat
production in the United States, and
it would bring about $ll3,0O0.0OO tc
Iowa farmers, at present prices
Food Administrator Hoover has
enlisted the aid of the federal reserve
board in campaign to increase the
meat supply of the country. Mr.. HCov
err has asked the board to help the
farmers by suggesting that banks le -
them money at not more than per
cert intereSt--aS compared with the
legal rate Of 3 per cent or more-hnd
the board has transmitted the request
through the federal reserve banks to
the bankers of the districts con.
cerned.
Isaac Howorth. who resides about
two and a half miles northwest of
Denison, purchased 80 acres OF Tom
Norris in section four, Denison town,
ship There are no buildings on this
land, but 1t was considered good
enough to bring $50 per acre without
buildings.
Will someone please page the re-
tired farmer? He is needed at once.
That he will be called upon to go back
to the farm, take hold of the reins and
pillow handle and do the work OF tho
younger men who have been called to
war is the opinion of Governor w. l..
Harding as he expressed it in his
patriotic address before the conserva-
ton mass meeting at the state fair at
Des Moines on Monday, August 9th.
If man has million dollars and
knGws how to farm. it's back to the
farm he must go, declared the gov
ernor, if he wants to be a loyal citi-
zen.
1T is advisable to do as much fall
work as possible because the labor
question is going to be much harder
in the spring. Reports right now show
that even this fall there will be a
shortage Of corn pickers, due to the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-05
JACKSON ITEMS
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Two sisters of Mrs. j. H. Jams, who
live in Omaha and Bell View, return
ed to their homes last Thursday after
spending several days here.
Hannes Stoffers bought bunch of
feeders from John c. Dohse last week
Geo Caldwell has been visiting in
Nebraska with relatives the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank JAMS and Mr..
and Mrs. Claudius Peters returned
from couple Of days visit in O'Brien
county last Tuesday.
Joe Cuddy has rented the James
Malloy farm for next year.
Julius JAMS was hauling oats to the
Charles ODonnell home Thursday. He
received AZ cents per bushel.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kuehl and chill
dren, of Dundee, MIMI came in their
Overland car Thursday evening for a
few days visit with relatives in Car.
roll and Crawford counties.
Fred Rickers and sons, Louis and
Raymond, motored to the Fred kroeg-
err farm Thursday to do some carpen-
ter work.
Chris Brotherson and William Rick
ers shipped four cars of cattle to
Chicago Saturday from Brogan. They
both went in with their shipment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris kuehl and fam
lily and Ernest Kuehl. of Dundee,
Mimi, spent Friday and Saturday at
the Rickers home. They report
good small grain crop and corn as
far along as ours, but they raise an
early kind of corn.
John Rickers and H. Stoffens ship
ped load Of cattle to Omaha Sunday
evening.
Richard Peters received load of
fine white faced stockers from Omaha
Saturday.
Henry Baakman and sons were
pleasant callers at the writer's home
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dettbarn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Kock autoed to Hol-
stein Sunday to visit at the Julius
Mau home.
Those drafted business men who
make themselves out so necessary at
home, convince the public that they
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