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THE DAILY REMINDER
In The Days News
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One OF the most interesting men,
bers of the new French Ministry is
Senator Jean Dupuy, who has been
appointed Secretary of State and a
member of the War Committee. He
Is the proprietor of the petit Pari-
sien," paper which has one of the
largest calculations in the world, and
consequently his influence in France
is enormous. For more than rs years
he has been senator and has held
ministerial Office on several occasions.
Curiously enough, he is man of no
very pronounced political views, and
ina personal sense is not so widely
known as many of his less influential
colleagues. He possesses great wealth
but riches and position have not made
him other than one of the most I'M
assuming Of men.
TOday's Birthdays
1621-Francis Wyatt became COVER
nor of Virginia.
1780-Samuel A. Foote, U. s. senator
and governor of Connecticut, born
at Chesire, Conn. Died there,
Sept. Is, 1876.
1S13-General Jackson defeated the
Creek Indians at Talladges, Ala.
1830-Maj. Gen. Oliver o. Howard
civil war soldier and later COM
handing general of the army, born
at Leeds, Maine. Died at Burling-
ton, VT, October rs, 1909.
1S61-Messrs. Mason and Slidell, the
Confederate commissioners to Eng
land and France, taken from the
steamer Trent"
1SS0-Sarah Bernhadt, the French ac-
tress, made her American debut al
Booths Theater, New York.
1SS5-Great Britain issued a declara.
ton of war against Burmah
1314-Russians penetrated into Prus.
STA along the left bank of the Wis
tula.
1915-Russians vigorously attacked
the German lines in the Riga-Div.
insk region.
One Year Ago Today in the War
Russians followed uD their victor
les on the northern Roumanian Dor
der with further successes.
Heavy Austrian bombardment com
PEELED the Italians to evacuate theil
advanced posts in the Trentino.
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life FOR him TOOK on q new Y,euni;;.
He saw a chance to do something nhi
be something. He woke up. His cap
tain says he Is twice the man he was
when he Joined the army. This may
be one Of the extreme cases." said
Uncle Dan. II can tell you, though,
that war or no war, no one thing will
do the young men Of this nation so
much good In SO short time as few
months of intensive military training,
It fits q man to fight his own life bat.
ties in the business world as well as
to defend his country and Its flag.
"Nearly every civilized country gives
its boys military training. It is com.
pulsory. It is based upon the fact that
1t is the duty Of everyone to help de-
fend his country; and as war is now
carried on, no one can do much unless
he is trained. Also, the records show
that the killed and wounded among
unframed troops is nearly three times
as great as 1t Is with well-trained men
who know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. BY this plan
nation has trained men to defend her
/ and the individual is stronger ant
better man for the training.
IF the Chamberlain Bill for Mill
Itary Training is passed by congress,
as 1t ought to be, the same thing would
be done for millions Of other young
men throughout the land. Everybody
ought to demand Of his congressman
and senators the passage Of this
bill"
"All right, sir, exclaimed Jimmie, We
will see Judge Brownell, MIR. Haskell,
and Professor Slocum, and get them
busy"
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A WORD WITH WOMEN
Valuable Advice for Maysvllle. Readers

Many woman endures with noble
patience the daily misery Of backache,
pains about the hips, blue, nervous
spells, dizziness and kidney disorders,
HOPELESS Of relief because she doesn't
know what is the matter.
1t is not true that every pain in the
back or hips is trouble peculiar to
the SEX" Otter when the kidneys get
congested and inflamed, such aches
and pains follow.
Then help the weakened kidneys,
Don't expect them to get we'll alone.
Doan's Kidney Pills have won the
praise of thousands of women. They
are endorsed-Read this Maysville wo-
mans convicing statement:
Miss Dora Edgington, Wood st..
Maysvilles, says: II have used Doan's
Kidney Pills and from the results re-
ceived, / have every reason to recon.
mend them. At times, my kidneys have
become weak and have been irregular
in action. My back has ached, too and
has been very weak and lame across
my kidneys. When ever / have used
Doan's Kidney Pills for this trouble
they have never failed to relieve the
complaint In short time. gladly ad.
wise anyone to get box Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Chanslors Drug Store, II
roubled In that way"
Miss Edgington is only one of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. II your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for kidney rem
edy--ask distinctly for DOANS KID
NEY PILLS. the same that Miss Edig.
ington had-the remedy backed BY
home testimony. 60c aA stores. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co.. Props, Buffalo. N. Y
"When Your Back ia Lame--RemembeI
tho Mama"
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The two pictures are Of the same
young man. The first was taken the
day he enlisted and the second after
he had had five months military train.
Ing. His home 10 In North Carolina.
earning capacity. and that 1t was the
best investment any young man could
make.
"Billie, II you will 60 up to my room
and bring my small handbag, will
let you see two photographs Of the
same young man, showing what only
i've months of intensive training on
the Mexican border did for him.
The bag was brought. Uncle Dan,
showing the pictures. said: swell,
here they are. They tell their own
story and It Is a mighty interesting
one. The young man, before training.
has a discouraged look; he has seen
but little of the world. There was
very little In his surroundings to bring
him out. When he Joined the colors
and Ilncla Snm tnnk him In chnrge
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WAR. TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Two
Jimmie Collins Tells What He SAW
What Military Training Docs
for Boys.
Number Two

'Well, here we are" exclaimed Bill
lie, presenting his chum, Jimmie Col
Inns.
Every glad to see you, Mr.. Collins"
said Uncle Dan with a smile.
Jaw" said Billie, "Just call him
Jimmie. That's the only name he
knows. He's the pitcher Of our base
ball nine, and he's some pitcher. too.
Just feel of his arm"
"WelL" said Uncle Dan, feeling,
"That's a mighty good arrn!"
snow, boys" said Uncle Dan, what
do you want to talk about?"
"Well," said Jimmie, Il was down to
Galesburg few months ago when the
boys came home from the Mexican
border. They looked fine. Everybody
was surprised to see how straight they
stood and how manly they were. The
boys seemed proud to wear the uni
form. I tell you their muscles were as
hard as nails. heard Banker Haskell
say that the training and discipline
the boys had had was exactly what
every boy In the country ought to
have. and that now these boys could
get better Job at higher pay than
they could have had before. Do you
think that's SO, Uncle Dan?"
Uncle Dan replied: II have q
friend who employs hundreds Of young
men. He always gives boys having
had military training the preference
he says 1t pays to do SO. He finds
they are more alert, more prompt
more courteous; they know how t
carry out orders; they are quicker tc
think and to act than those without
training. Hessaid from his experience
he believed that six or eight months
Of intensive military training wOut
add at least 20 per cent to a mani
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE
||| .

No. II departs 5:35 a. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 8 departs 100 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 .. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives 9:45 a. m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 10 arrives 2:O5 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Schedule effective Sunday, June II.
subject to change without notice.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent.
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THE CASE AGAINST RATS AND
NICE

Rats and mice are among the
worst animal pests In the world, ac-
cording to biologists Of the U. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture.
From their home among filth they
visit dwellings and storerooms TO pol
Lutte and destroy human food.
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Rats and mice breed from to 10
times year producing their destruc-
tive kind at an alarming rate.
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CHAPTER TX.
The Damascus Road.

It argued no real lack of sisterly
affection that Rose didn't want to see
Portia that morning. Even if there
had been no other reason, being found
in bed at half-past ten in the morning
by sister who inflexibly opened her
little shop at half-paSt eight, regard
less of bad weather, backaches, and
other potentially valid excuses, was
enough to make one feel apOlOgetic
and worthless. Rose could truthfully
say that she was feeling wretched
But Portia would sit there, slim and
erect, in a little straightforward chair,
and whatever perfunctory commisera-
look of her fine eyebrows would be
skeptical.
But Roses shrinking from a talk
with Portia that morning was a mild
feeling compared with Portals dread
Of the impending talk with Rose.
Twice she had walked by the per-
feet doorway of the McCrea house be-
fore she entered it, because she
shrank from the ordeal that awaited
her in there.
They had been seeing each other
with reaF )nable frequency all winter.
The Aldriches had Portia and her
mother in to a family dinner pretty
often, and always cane out to Edge
water for a One-o'clock dinner with
the Stantons on Sunday.
Mrs. Stanton had taken a great lik-
ing to Rodney. His manner toward
her had just the blend of Difference
and breezy unconventionality that
pleased her. He showed an unending
interest in the Woman Movement
never tired of drawing from his
mother-in-law the story of her labors
and the exposition Of her beliefs. Some
times he argued with her playfully in
order to get her started. More often,
and so far as Portia could see, quite
seriously, he professed himself in full
accord with her views.
The reason why these family parties
were at an end was what Portia came
to tell Rose this morning. She hoped
she'd be able to tell it gently.
Rose greeted her with "Hello,
angel! Why didn't you come right
up? Isn't it disgraceful to be lying
around in bed like this in the middle
Of the mOrning?"
81 don't know" said Portia. "Might
as well stay in bed, if you've nothing
to do when you get up" She meant
it to sound good-humored, but was
afraid 1t didn't. Anyhow" she add
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without ever giving Rodney and me a
chance to help. don't see why you
did that, Portia."
"Oh, I saw it was my job," Portia
said, in that cool, dry tone of hers.
ut had to be done, and there was no
one else to do it. So what was the
use of making fusS?"
"Well, there's one thing" Rose said.
'T believe it'll do you as much good as
mother. Getting a rest. And a
nice little bungalow to live in-just
you and mother. II sort of
wish was going, too"
Portia laughed-a ragged, unnatural
sounding laugh that brought look of
puzzled inquiry from Rose.
"Why, nothing" Portia explained.
''It was just the notion Of your leav-
ing Rodney and all you've got here
all the wonderful things you have to
do--fOr what we'll have out there.
The idea of your envying me is
something worth a small laugh, don't
you think?"
Roses head dropped lower. She
buried her face in her hands. II do
envy you," she said. There was a
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Love To-"
dull, muff1ed passion in her voice. "Why
shouldn't 1 envy you? You're so cold
and certain all the time. You make
up your mind what you'll do and you
do it. I try to do things and just
make myself ridiculous"
you've got husband" said Portia
in a thin, brittle voice. '"That might
count for something, should think"
eyes, and what good am to him?"
Rose demanded. "He can't talk to
me-not about his work or anything
like that. And can't help him any
way. I'm something nice for him to
make love to, when he feels like do
ing it, and I'm a nuisance when
make scenes and get tragic. And
that's all. That's-marriage I guess.
You're tho lucky one, Portia."
The silence had lasted a good while
before Rose noticed that Portia had
not stirred; had sat there as .rigidly
still as figure carved in ivory.
Becoming aware of that, she raised
her head. Portia wasn't looking at
her, but down at her own clenched
hands.
"It needed just that, I suppose" !"
she heard her older sister say between
almost motIonless lips. II thought it
was pretty complete before, but it
took that to make it perfect-that you
think I'm the lucky One-lucky never
to have had a husband, or anyone
else, for that matter, to love me. And
lucky now, to have to give up the only
substitute I had for that"
"Portia =" Rose cried out, for the
mordant, alkaline bitterness in her sis
ter's voice, and the tragic irony in her
face, was almost terrifying. But the
outcry might never have been uttered
for any effect it had.
81 hoped this wouldn't happen" the
words came steadily on, one at time.
II hoped I could get this over and
get away out Of your life altogether
without letting it happen. But 1
can't. Perhaps it's just as well-per-
haps it may 90 you some good. But
that's not why I'm doing it. I'm do
ing it for myself. Just for once, I'm
going to let GO! You won't like it.
You're going to get hurt"
Rose drew herself erect and curl
GUS change went over her face, so that
you wouldn't have known she'd been
crying. She drew in a long breath
and said, very steadily: "Tell me. I
sha'n't try to get away"
"A man came to our house one day
to collect a bill," Portia went on,
quite as If Rose hadn't spoken. moth
er was out, and was at home. I was
seventeen then, getting ready to go
to Vassar. You were only seven-I
suppose you were at school. Anyhow,
I was at nome, and let him in, and
he made fuss. knew we weren't
rich, OF course-I never had quite
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somewhere near .aS often as I win.
A man couldn't be any good as law
yer, if he did care, any more than a
surgeon could be any good, if he did.
You've got to keep cold mind or you
can't do your best work. And if you've
done your best work, there's nothing
to care about. I honestly haven't
thought about the thing once from that
day to this. Don't you see how it
iS?'
She couldn't see how it was, that
was plain enough. What he very rea-
sonably expected was that after so
lucid an explanation, she would turn
her wet face up to his, with her old
wide smile on it. But that was not
what happened at all. Instead, she
just went limp in his arms, and the
sobs that shook her seemed to be
meeting no resistance whatever.
At last she controlled, rather sudden
ly, her sobs, sat up, wiped her eyes,
and, after fashion, smiled. Not at
him, though; resolutely away from
him, he might almost have thought
as If she didn't want him to see.
"That's right" he said, craning
round to make sure that the smile
was there. "Have look at the funny
side Of it."
She WINGED at that as from a blow
and pulled herself away from him.
Then she controlled herself and, in
answer to his look of troubled amaze
ment, sad: "It's all right. Only it
happens that you're the one who
d-doesn't know how awfully funny it
really is" Her voice shook, but she
got it in hand again. "No, I don't
mean anything by that. Here! Give
me a kiss and then let me wash my
face"
And for the whole evening, and
again next morning until he left the
house, she managed to keep him in the
only half-questioning belief that moth
ing was the matter.
1t was about an hour after that,
that her maid came into her bedroom,
where she had had her breakfast, and
said that Miss Stanton wanted to see
her.
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when found they printed those things
in the paper, I kept watch. And to-
day
"Why, you dear cLild !" he said. And
the queer, ragged quality of his voice
drew her eyes back to his, so that
she saw, wonderingly, that they were
bright with tears. "And you never
said a word, and you've been bother
ing your dear little head about it all
the time. Why, you darling!"
He sat down on the edge of the
table, and pulled her up tight into
his arms again. She was glad to put
her head down-didn't want to look
at his face; she knew that there was
a smile there along with the tears.
"And you thought I was worrying
about it." he persisted. "and that I'd
be unhappy because was beaten?"
He patted her shoulder consolingly
with a big hand. "But that's all in
the days work, child. I'm beaten
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CHAPTER VIIl-Continued.

: He saw her when she reached the
lower landing, and came to meet her
"Ohp he said. II thought you were
going to be off somewhere with Fred
erica this afternoon. It's been great
day. hope you haven't spent the
whole Of it indoors. You're looking
great, anyway. Come here and give
me kiss"
She hesitated, a little perplexed
Did he mean not to tell her-to
"spare" her, as he'd have said? The
kiss she gave him had a different
quality from those that ordinarily con.
stituted her greetings, and the arms
that went round his neck didn't give
him their customary hug. But they
stayed there.
"You poor, dear old boyl" she said.
and then, Don't you care, Roddy"
He returned the caress with inter
est, before he seemed to realize the
different significance of it. Then he
pushed her away by the shoulders and
held her where he could look into her
face. "What do you mean," he asked
'Don't care about what?" It didn't
seem like bravado-like an acted out
Oretense, and yet, of course, it must be,
Don't" she said. because know
I've known all day. I read it in the
paper this morning."
From puzzled concern the look In
his face took on deeper intensity.
"Tell me what it is," he said very
quietly. 81 don't know. I didn't read
the paper this morning. lis it Harri-
et?" Harriet was his other sister
married, and not very happily, it was
beginning to appear, to an Italian
count.
A revolution "a sort Of sick mis-.
giving-took the color out of Roses
cheeks. ''It isn't anyone" she said.
"It's nothing like that. It's-it's that
case" Her lips stumbled over the
title Of it. ''It's been decided against
you. Didn't you know"
For moment his expression was
simply the absence of all expression
whatever. "But how the dickens did
you know anything about it? How
did you happen to see it in the paper?
How did you know the title of it?"
81 was in the court the day you
argued it," she said unevenly. "And
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
AnaIyzing Waters.

Mineral waters are easily analyZed
by means of the spectroscope, as
shown by M. jacques Bardet, and this
is likely to prove one of the best meth
ods for this work. He sends beam
of light through the water to be an
alyzed and thence through the spec
troscope prism, in order to permit of
examining the spectrum, this method
revealing very minute traces Of met
ais. He finds the most varied metals
In different samples Of mineral water,
and even the rarest metals, such as
germanium and gallium, which are
very rarely found in nature
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Prices for Metals,

Prices for Metals.
Bar Silver-855sc.
Copper-$2317h
Lead-$6.25.
Spelter-$7.71.
Tungsten concentrates, per unit.
$26.0O.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, go
per cent, $20.00@22.50 per unit; crude
ores, 60 per cent, $20.00@25.00; 25 per
cent, $12.00@12.50; 10 per cent, $9.40@
1920 per unit.
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eapOIls.-FIour-In carload lots,
fancy patents, quoted at $3.50, in
wood; first clears, $3.50, in jute; Sec
ond clears, Sc, in jute.
Barley-$1.20@1.51.
Rye-$1.81@ 1.S21a.
Bran-$40.00@
Corn-No. 8 yellow, $1.70@1.75.
Oats-No. 8 white, TAX Q75%c.
Flax-$3.43@3.
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Chicago.-Corn-No. yellow, SITE
Oats-No: white, 76& @77k
standard, Tx Q78c.
Rye-No. 2, $1.85.
Barley-$1.35Q QD1 81.
Timothy-$5.00@7.
Clover-$20.00@2
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-$24.87.
RibS-$25.00@26.00.
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Green Sailed Pelts.
Dry Flint Pelts.

Short wool pelts ............... 40
Butcher shearlings, No. l ..... "a
No. 2 murian shearlings ........ 10
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
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Butter, Eggs, Potatoes and Poultry

Chicago-Butter Creamery, 38 q
4Sc.
firsts, 44@47c; at mark, cases includ-
ed, 44@50c.
Potatoes-Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota, $l.75 @ 100; do sacks, $1.S0
Q1.95.
Poultry-Fowls, 17@21c; springs
zoe.
Duluth Minn.-Linseed on track.
$685. @3.43@; to arrive, $3.36h; De-
cember, $S,S31a; May, 1928 bid; July.
$S.1S asked.
New York.-Sugar-Raw, nominal;
centrifugal, $40; molasses, 5.S2: re-
fined, steady; fine granulated, $50
S.35.
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
Of. o. B. Denver. Carload Prlce.)


(F. o. b. Denver. Carload Prlce.)
Hay.
Buying Prices-per Ton.
Colo. upland, per ton .....22.O0@24.00
Nebr. upland, per ton .... !2O.00@22.00
Prairie hay (new CROP,
Colo. and Nebr., per ton. 1000 @22.0O
Timothy, per ton .25.00@2600
Alfalfa (new crop) per ton 2O0O@22.00
South Park, per ton .25.00@26.0
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .23.00 a $500
Straw, per ton ............ 5000 700
Grain.
Oats, Ne br, 100 lbs, buying ......2S5
Colo. oats, bulk, buying ..........S.S5
Corn chop, sack, selling 1850
Corn in sack, selling .3.57
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs, selling Ito
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The breach of misunderstand-
ing Widens between Rose and
Rodney. Rodney longs for his
old free life and Rose thinks
that she is useless butterfly. An
unusually interesting scene is
described in the next INSTALL
ment.
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HIDES AND PELTS.
Dry Hides.

Dry Hides.
Flint butcher, h. .............. 35
Flint fallen, lb. ............... 33
Flint bull and stag, lb. ........ 19
Flint culls and glue, lb. ...... II
Salt hides, &c to SC b. less.
Horse hides 1/2 to 2/3 price of green
salted.
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Green SaIted Cured Hides, etc.
Calf aud Kip. Green Sailed.


reen' &c less than cured.
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DRESSED POULTRY.
Less 10 per cent commission.
Live Poultry.
EGGS.

Eggs, graded No. 1 net, F.
Q. B. Denver ............. 10
8. B. Denver ........... .ss
Eggs, case count, misc.
cases, less commission ..11.00 @1S.0
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Fruit.
Vegetables.

Apples. Coto. new fancy. box 1.00@2.25
Pears, COLO. .............. .ZOU W z.5V
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Butter.

CreamerIes, ex. 1st grd., lb...47 @49
Creameries, End grade, lb. :. 43
Process 50
Packing stock (net) .......30 OBJ
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AFTER VERY SERIOUS
MARRIAGE CALLS
THAN SHE HAS GIVEN