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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
Awful Depravity of
Indiana Children

Franklin, Ind. March 2s--In this
htt'e town OF 1000 pupils in the city
schools are spending s6,6:5.44 each
year on movies, candy. chewing gum
and other Injuries OF youth. This
estimate was made by Miss Laura
walden. from the confession" Of loe
pupils OF the seventh and eighth
grades. The per capita expenditure
OF each child is about 500 year
Miss walden has introduced the home
garden plan to encourage thrift
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
tQuotstions by Miller a Co., Members
Ekiengn Board of Trndet

Chicago, March 2e--The widest Of
slid crop reports chased one another
over the wires leading from The winter
heat belt 30 the trading room OF thu
f'hicago board Of trade today Clos
fngs we're AZ losses of Ia u = for the
NEARBY month, while the deferred. !. a.
IS higher.
There was a further decrease If g.
s3f geo bushels in the visible supply
af wheat IN the lniied States the tor
TAI nov being reduced 10 figure ~
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BUILDING PERMITS.
RcIAir Work.

Garland and Ella Anderson, altera-
tons and repairs to No. 1880 Clai-
borne street. Cost 1895: j. T. De-
laney, contractor.
Virginia State Fair association. ad-
dition to building at fair grounds to
he used for poultry exhibit. Cost
81 600: repairs by owners.
Boulevard Athletic Field corpora
ton. frame shed at ball park on
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
.AINT s
ORIGINAL
TANNER PAINT E
OIL CO.

1417 and 1919 =. Main St.
RICHMOND. VA.

Is the only FIRE association offer.
ing rates at actual cost, Old line
companies hare recently raised ratcs
The Northern Neck Mutual Fire As
ISOLATION. Irv.ngton, Va. insureJ your
dwelling for little less than any 9TH
err concern; and stores. merchandise
factories oyster houses, etc, at about
ONE-HALF THE PRICE asked by
others. Save money. Write them,
(Twenty-one years old1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
HENRICO TRANSFERS.
Two Deeds of Bargain and Sale Re-
corded Yesterday.

Westhampton Development cor
poration to Carroll A. Davis. lots / so,
16l. Cllbview; tax, 81; $40.
F. W, Dabney Realty corporation
to Alta Well Hansli. lot 81 block B.
Bryan Park Heights, $3.50
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
Hemrico Release Deeds,

John Fl. Guy. trustee, to Jackson
Davis, onc-half undivided interest in
10 acres on Three Chopt road; $3.50
Bessie &, Howard, exeeatrix, TO Ey-
dia Clark, lot 25, square 20, Wood
Vile. 5000.
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Court News
Collected by the Daily Record.
= CHSNCERY TRANSFERS.
Thrcc Deeds of Bargain and Sale RI
corded yesterday.

A. r. Holiday and H s. Bloom
berg, trustees property OF Samuel
Walierstetn). to Broadway National
bank, so 5-s by 50 l-S feet east line
4-foot alley running parallel with
Foushee street Orustees sale). $40.
Highland Park Realty corporation
70 f. /. Bernhard, lot .. block A.
Oak Ridge; tax, $40: $40
Alice g. Barnes ct vir. to Mamie
NJ. Barnes, lot 208. Sherwood Park.
and improvements thereon. tax. SIS;
$40
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Chancery Release Deeds.

10 Lane Stern and Leroy E Brown,
trustees, TO w. Ashby Jones, Jr., ct
ux,, 10lX130 feet south line Monu-
ment avenue. at east line OF Rose
meath road: S2,120.
Trustees of Citizens Building and
Loan Association. No. IA. Inc, to
Emma V Russell "a feet II inches
by i20 feet east line Thirty-fourth
street Al feet south OF Clay street:
$4,000.
l.. W. Mcveigh and W. P. Glinn,
trustees. to Martha NJ, Mitchell. Is
feet II inches by 100 feet west line
Sixth street, 1s9 feet birth OF Leigh
s1.416
F. NJ Boxley trustee, 10 Peter
James Henry 1;xl75 feet north line
Leigh street. 264 feet east OF Har-
rison. 5000
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
WALL STREET DOES
NOT KNOW NEXT MOVE
With German Drive on Russia IN
Prospect, situation Has Soldering
Eject on Spectators.
MUNITIONS START WE'LL

ven small Profit Which United
S.a.c~ VIII Allow Manufacturers
VIII Prove Boon Ia Theau. rs otficr-
wise Nunition Plants Might Have
Been Strapped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
tReportcd by Rodgers. Plummer q Co.
fnc.l

PetcrsburE. Va, Merch &c ] III
SPANISH. Farmers stock: Market
firm 81 so per bushel
VtRGINIAS. Farmers Stock, Market
nrm.
Fancy Jumbo, Hk c 20 5Lkc per lb.
Extra Prime, sc 10 5Hc per ID
Prime Az TO SC per lib,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
Wholesale quotations furnished ~ the
blalock Fruit and Produce Co
Richmond, Va, March IS, 1917.
VEGETABLES

Catoase, per c~t. $3.50, Sc coo & 50
Florida cabbage. per crate 0N1 90
Western potatoes. 150-ib.
saok, per sack ........ 69Gf
Virginia potatoes. per bu. $50 2 60
'n 'ns l00-lb sscks. per
SACK .....,......,...... 00D 10 90
No. J peas. b T.. per bu. 00D 25
Peas, b g. small. per bu. 75Ge 4 90
Beans, navy. per bu...... COG 8 so
Lima beans. per h.. 14G Is
Jumbo celery. per bunch. } 900 a.
Ne " York State celery.
bunch .:........ cog 90
Fancy lettuce. per hamper 75I Is
t'tIoire lettuce per hamper 3 0eD } rs
Cranberries. fancy. bbll. 00D 90
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Henrico Trust Deed.

Evelyn G. Bew ct v1r. to C p.
Trant ct ais, trustees, lots !. 8, block
l, section 2. Highland Springs: $3.50.
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u, RRnADAN Wall.

ny bhpApNN "sN'''.
New York, MaTCh 2t.--~isett WIN
cut specific news o' Importance on
hith TO base any market movement.
Vail street sold stocks free'> TO-DAY
,lth the result that WtttTlH' "e@ "c
lines We're recorded at the eha "'
he DAY IN nearly All active ISSUES.
the morning q 70" spegia'ties "e'o
XtTewrlN active ana stf'hE. ono "'
40 actually making nov "lEA reSoras.
'heSe.s Ac wtNeT. reacted win inc ON
= III t9r afternoon. 9'eei vas ,,'9
~aasr throughout {.t aaf '"'l rs ~
corning advance aNd NC aft'fAo""
"'roa' The Marines @0h''"'IS, '''
atts all moved '"Ee,h 'F.- 49,,
When q InaTN"e ACTS as ,"HaH 'tN'
Hear'1 always means 'h"' 'HiP''
re people are %linE eH -sh'ta'
rinc.7,eS hc'a thet %" neg tiNN
- SITUATION a. q "h"ts- 81" ne
al been some llE Ht"r fFPoft 'tt'
et5He would "ot nave nee" i''t So
n oppressive
" to Boud Issues 10 t"ne-
Wall street has nos Fel DECIDED eN-
g "Hdi i#s f"''' ~ 3' 'u ''
tcct market Of the Nasf houd 5sAaeS
hat rust come WITH var N1eh Ill
eution " ss Pad fotitZ u" >att 'l
nltef ~Saies - al 'et So ,'t,7 -
4 reF cent iiHl'f l't - 49,
This puts iHc bonds '# r " - per
emf basis taHhFt~ WI" ROY tna'E
ears have aentored Inc a'lio'Al
prices 90 Hit%H states ~'NVfiiftt'l
bonds are FuT'Fhs r" So" what W.
happen w-th Tho government hohds IN
1pen competition on tftsls OF ihei
stth irduar'a and railroad bonds
Railroad men vert not optlmlsi..
regarding tho fTlgnf rate infrfas So
Althought the government would Sec"
70 be tn honor bound 70 give thr.A
"a ~
7eived intina<inns that they are not
aracticing al the economies possshtr.
There ls no Illusion about the insfe.tS-
ing cCst of operation, 40 that II iHiS
hint regarding economies is 70 ice
AIKEN as a suggestion of what the
interstate comme1Ne commission pro-
poses to do II may be that the newly
Weakened huIHshnsSs in connection
With railroad stocks y premature
Railroads were among the best sold
~ issues in toaaN'S market. Il mas
Aeen felt in high quarters thai Var
would mean increased earnings for
The railroads even with the old rates
because there would Ire every Ineen-
tive on the part OF the labor to facili-
etc the movement of traffic. The
fact that the government will paw only
moderate profits to producers OF raw
material and manufacturers will max 9
na difference to the railroads that " A
ave the TRANSPORTATION of supplies.
the government cannot ask the rail
roads to accup. lower rates.
Munitions AaCtiye
Companies rAasne munitions start
"a Today well This vas on the theory
tnet with their European orders
worked ouf and with thelr fartoric
tuned M ready for business they
would be glad to ret even the small
profits the United states government
,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
Supreme Court of Appeals.

Supreme Court OF Appeals.
No. so. Eastern Coal and Export
company VS.. Beazley & Blanford. Ar
gued by S. s. =. Patteson for the
appellant and by r. L. Montague for
the appellee and submitted.
No. 81. The Brenard Manufactur-
ing company VS.. Brown. Argued by
VI. G. Mason for the appellant and
by j. n. Sebrell. Jr., for the appel
lee and submitted.
No. 50. N. & w. Railway company
VS.. Hayden & Gravatt. trustees. Part
ly argued and continued until today.
Next cases to be called:
No. SO. Gravatt VS.. Lane.
No. 81. (Continued.)
No. S. Turner. by &c. VS.. Rich
mond and Rappahannock River Rail-
way company,
No. Sc. Yates VS.. Ley.
No. 81 Brown VS.. Thomas.
No. IS. Seaboard Air Line railway
VS.. Alternately.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
HUsTTNGs TRANSFER.
One Deed of Bargain and Sale Re
corded Yesterday

EDWARD Noxon TO Bette @. Owens.
one-haN interest in 49x190 Ia and
1876 feet west line Fifteenth street, 81
$40. $40.
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Moore street. Cost $500; r. NJ. An
derson d Co., contractors

Marriage Licenses.
Edw. Warren O'Brien and Halle
Virginia Ford. both OF city,
Daniel Hupp. Monroe county, Ohio,
and Emma Rose, city.
Mengrengg 3. Anderson, Hopeweli,
Va, and Bernice Sherman, Jackson
vile, Fla.
William p. Trevillian and Mary
Noble, both of city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
~taTfsA
RICHMOND FRUT1 MARKET.

1000 Norfolk and Portsmouth Trac-
;!on SIS. S6Iz
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Bank aud Trust Company stocks.


Va Car. C., pfd e,..... 100 Ill
Va Car. C.. com ,... 100 Al
VA Bldg and Loan Co 100 106
"a. f. and 81. ms. Co. Is IS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
RICHMOND H.r MAEwET.
Richmond. Va. March rs. l

1Iesale Quotations or 'Change.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27

Southern Rv. LIST IS. 1924 lei
So. 4 D. and g. NJ A., 1856 II
street Railway Bonds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-27
RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET.
Wholesale Quotations Furnished ny
p. w. Evans q Co.. Produce Conn
mission Merchants

Richmond. Va. March 2s 1917.
Chickens. winter, small.
per lb. ,......-..... 80 a IS
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RICHMOND GRAIN EXCHANGE.

Wholesale Quotations on 'Change.J
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23
LIVE NEWS OF
THE NORTHWEST

GRANTS PASS. ore, April 23.--
After walking through the roughest
part of curry county. one hundred
miles from Gold Beach TO Grants
Pass. Joseph wheaton, II. an or.
phan, today is one of Uncle SANS
soldiers.
VANCOUVER. wash. April 23.--
One thousand deaf men-all experts
with the rifle-will pe part OF Col
onel Roosevelt's proposed volunteer
division IL ]. F. Meagher. instruc-
tor IN the Washington state school
for the deaf has his way. He has
written the colonel for permission to
recruit a thousand sons of silence,
| whom, he says he can have ready for
service in four months.
mACoMA, April 2s.-A give
dolIar-a-week to buy war bonds
campaign is on here today under the
direction of the Tacoma Rotary Club.
| OLYMPIA. April Z3.-State Com
missioner Benson today is enlistins
the cooperation of all publications in
Washington in a statewide campaign
of agriculture preparedness state
experts will prepare 6Oo-word stor-
les on the most approved way TO plant
and harvest crops suitable to both
eastern and western washington.
| PORTLAND. ore april 23.-Hav.
| ing sworn his intention of renounc-
ing his allegiance to Kaiser Wilhelm.
yet denied citizenship in the United
States for the present. August Voger,
of this city. is today a man without
country. He was refused final pa
pers because OF the 100-year-old Law
which provided that an alien enemy
cannot be granted citizenship.
] BEND, Ore, April 33.-The United
States got into a war with Germany
without b. S. Boutwell,. a homestead
er living 25 miles from La Pine hear
ing about it, but as soon as he did
happen TO get the news he walked
with snowshoes to Bend and enlisted
/ in the navy Today he is on his way
to San Francisco. Between the time
he heard of the war and his depart
ure from Bend by train. he walked
1 rs miles.
1
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23
FINE FOR RHEUMATISM!
Musterole Loosens Up Those Stiff
Joints-Drives Out Pain

You'll know why thousands use Nus
teroie once you experience the glad re-
lief it gives
Get a jar at once from the nearest
drug sto'e E. II is a clean. white ointment,
made with the oil of mustard Better
than a mustard plaster and does not
blister. Brings ease and comfort while
II is being rubbed on
Musterole Is recommended hy many
doctors and uurses. Millions of Jars are
used annually for bronchitis, Group. stiff
neck, asthma. neuralgia, pleurisy. rheu-
natism. iumbseo. pains and aches of the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles.
bruises. cfiiiblains. frosted feet. colds OF
the ehesf (if often prevents pneurnonia). }.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

III out OF the possible i25- Despite
high wind the weather Was clear
nd just % show that the III score
.ras no fiuke u might be well 10 add
that there were p trspshoOters wh"
broke better than 80 per cent Of the
rocks thrown 10 them
The members Of the team which
competed against the Round-Up Gun
club o. pendleton are Mel Calendar.
-; W. 4 Harrison. 20: r. Burlin-
game. "a; c Anet p. and c Buriin
game. q; total. III Next SUNDAY
Astoria SiH meet the Albany Gun
club.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23
LOCAL TUAPSHOOTERS
LOSE OREGON MATCH
Only Small Turnout Despite EIne
Weatber-score Is 100 out Of 125;
Astoria Breaks III.
yesterdays Results.
woodburn 121. La Grande l12.
salem ia. oregon City 95.

l.
salem ia. oregon City 95.
Astoria III. Pendleton 1O9.
Pendletun trapshooters of the
Round-Up Gun club yesterday lost
their first match In the oregon state
telegraphic tournament There was
but a small turnout yesterday despite
the fine weather and the best they
could do was to break 1Og birds out
Of 125. Astoria. against which city
.Pendleton was pitted. made a good
getaway with a score Of III. In the
Inland Empire league there was no
shooting yesterday owing TO the an
uai tourney at Lewiston.
The scores OF the team members
who were shooting against the Asto-
ria boys follow. Earl Coutts. "a: J.
r. Sharp. %; G. Hamilton. %. Dan
Bowman. %. and II Stillman. 20: to,
tai 109. The other scores are as fol-
lows: Tex Winchester. 20: Henry
Rosenberg. -; sol Baum. Is; J. car
roll. IS: Give Cheshire, Is: Jack
Gibson. IS: ]. J. Hamlcy. IS and Don
saunders. ~.
individual honors went 70 twc
Woodburn Gun club members Char
ley Leith. who says that ne has seven
perfect scores left In his gun. and p -
ter whitney. teamnaIe each srnash-
ed 2s out OF the Is presented 10 them
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

said TO have resulted from an explo.
sion OF moving picture films In the
office Of a film exchange in the COL
fax office building and apartment
house in the downtown district here
last night
The dead are:
DIT. Martha =. Keller. q physician;
Harry Rowland. IS. an employe Of
The cole Motor company: Leona Grif-
in. IS. Robert Grimm ~: Mis-. NJ.
Griffin. mother Of Iyeona and Robert. !.
an unidentified foman-
The flames spread 20 the Linden
and Royal hotels. but the guests es-
capped and damage TO the hotels was
slight The los To the Coifax build
ing H. estimated AZ s6s.0O0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

the
diesof
Tar'n
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

All the bluerocks were difficult ones
and the two nimrods expect to do just
as well in registered tournaments this
season.
Pendleton will meet Wenatchee
next week in the Inland Empire tour
nament and and will remain idle IN
the state league.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23
PURCHASES
HUGE ARMY SUPPLIES

CHICAGO. April 3O.-GoVcrnment
representatives bought two hundred
and fifty four thousand dollars worth
OF thirty five cents a pound bacon.
sixty thousand pairs of shoes at five
dollars and ten cents each and four
hundred thousand cots, worth a mill
lion, five hundred and forty one tbous-
sand.
Monday bids twill be opened for
supplies for an army Of half a million
men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

The bowels are the natural sewer
age system of the body when they
become obstructed Dy constipation a
part of the poisonous matter which
they should carry OFF Il absorbed in
70 the system. making you feel DUH
and stupid. and interfering with the
digestion and assimilation OF food.
This condition is quickly relieved hy
chamberlain's Tablets obtainabie
everywhere.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

Assist Nature. There are times
when YOU should assist nature. II Is
now undertaking TO cleanse your sys-
tem-if you will take Hoods Sar-
sapariIIa the undertaking will be sue
cessful This great medicine purl-
fies and builds up as nothing else
does.-Adv
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

Representative Claude <itehin's ad-
herents are 80 auEry at his vote
against war that he may be tempted
presently 90 spell his first name
'Clawed-~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

bia-willamette Trapshooters Asso-
ciation with a bang here yeFtsrday
when the locals managed 20 break
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23
HUNGRY LABoRERs on STRIKE
Swedish Workers Not Satisfied With
Bread Ration.

STOCKHOLM. via London. April
21.-Dissatisfaction with the size of
the bread ration. the shortage in many
kinds of provisions and high prices
generally resulted today in a strike
Of laborers in all the shops in the
towns of Vestervik, which has a pop
ulation of some 5000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23

Astoria scores III Of 125-
ASTORIA. or. April 2s--The As
foria Gun club broke into the Colum-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-23
rr1l,ls ExPIopE. "a KILII.D.
scorc ssffrr Minor Injurie~ IN Acr1
dr1it 20 Irsdianapolie

INpTENAFoLrs. Ind April - -
sIr persons are dead and scure =
cthe-s are suffering from minor in
furiss a. q result % a fire. which o.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-15
Prove What Swsmp-Root Will Do For You
WAS OVERRULED By HIS SON
Sir Edward Carson Tells How the
Young Man Got Into the Brit
ish Navy.

Sir Edward Carson introduced
personal note into a speech which he
made the other day when he was the
guest Of the British Empire Producers
organization, at the Savoy hotel, says
the London Chronicle.
II remember" said Sir Edward,
when a little son of mine came TO me
and said Father, want to join the
navy class at school, / said, What
rubbish! You are going to be law
YER He told me plainly that I was
wrong. and / explained to him how
much better 1t would be to make mon
ey in the Temple than lose 1t at sea.
He said. You don't seem to recognize
the Importance of the navy; 1t is the
great connecting link between the
mother country and lhc colonies
Il replied, Well, If you put It on
that high plane, must alter my views
He is now commanding a submarine.
and only yesterday, in my capacity Of
first lord of the admiralty, l had to
read an account OF an attempt of one
of our destroyerS to sink his subma-
rine."
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-15
SeIf-Evidcnt.

please, lady" begged the very dirty
tramp at the back door, ''can you help
poor man that lost his job three
weeks ago and amt been able to find
no work since?"
"what sort of Job was it," asked
the lady.
~ was workin' In soap factory"
swell, it's plain to be seen that you
were not discharged for dishonesty"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-15
Room at the Top.

Little Jennie had been eating very
heartily. but she asked for another
piece Of cake.
Jennie" said her mother. Il don't
believe ought to give It to you. You're
about as full as little girl can pos
sibly be. Another mouthful, and you'll
surely burst!"
"But. mamma. my neck's left yeti"
said the little girl, persuasively.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-15

=.
time In the possession of the
late Freiherr Won Stumm, whom the
emperor often visited.
/ think, however. that our host be-
came secretly irritated at the frequent
visits of his imperial guest, for certain
ly what with the establishment of the
special telegraph to Berlin and a spe-
cial post Office, and the finding of ac-
commodation for the crowd of person
al attendants, each visit must have
cost poor old Won Stumm a consider
able amount.
l had already been busy upstairs in
the room allotted to me, and had come
out to take a walk in the warm and
welcome sunshine, when suddenly l
saw the emperor in suit of brown
civilian clothes striding towards me.
He seemed to be in humorous mood
and joked with me as walked beside
him.
Suddenly he halted, as though re-
collecting something and asked:
"Heltzendorf. have you with you
some of our paper for important docu-
ments?"
Certainly" was my reply.
'Ah then please place some Of 1t
with envelopes upon my table, and also
wire to Berlin to send here ten cou-
riers."
"Ten couriersf" echoed In surprise.
"Yes, ten. / may want even twelve
or more"
Just before eight o'clock that night
was informed that the couriers were
waiting below. and on descending
found six of the imperial messengers
and four from the ministry Of foreign
affairs. ready TO travel anywhere, even
to the uttermost ends of the earth.
A Stupendous Hoax.
On informing his majesty, the lat
ter handed to me about thirty Of the
great blue envelopes containing "docu-
ments of the highest importance" adj
dressed In his own hand to various Of
ficers Of state, princes. princesses, and
other prominent people in all parts of
the empire
these are to he taken at once, Helt-
sengers are to bring us replies"
In every caseT' asked.
Yes. In every case" he answered.
Then I carried the batch of corre-
!spondence below, and much puzzled at
the nature of this latest activity in
private Ietter-writing. ! handed them
10 the couriers, who sorted them out
and distributed them among them
selves.
Half an hour later the documents
were being conveyed to various parts
OF the empire.
When I returned to the study !
found the kaiser laughing quietly to
himself. and wondered what could be
the reason. He signed some docu-
ments i read to him, but ever and anon
a broad smile would cross his usually
stern features.
Until a week afterwards l did not
learn the cause of the imperial merri-
uent. but when I did burst into loud
laughter myself.
Those envelopes containing "docu-
ments of ighest Importance" each con
.aIned only a comic postcard, which
the emperor had purchased during q
visit to Saarbruck.
The kaiser had played huge joke
u,on those whom he despised, for the
delivery Of these formidable imperial
dispatches created great stir in the
households of their recipients. OLD
princes were awakened In the middle
Of the night to be handed dispatch
from the emperor; old princesse'
Jumped out Of bed to receive an i'm
nerial Communication; officers tore
cpen the envelopes eagerly expecting
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-15
twenty-five Years.
Experience With
Kidney Remedy

Between twenty-five and thirty years
ago / commenced selling DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root and during all that time
have never heard single complaint from
my customers; they are more inclined to
praise it; and judging from their favor
able remarks and the repeated sales l
enjoy / am confident that SwampRoot 10
valuable medicine for the troubles for
which it is intended.
Very truly yours.
OTTO II. G. LIPPERT,
Pharmacist.
1901 Freeman, Cor. Liberty Sts.
Sept. 10, 1915. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Prove What Swsmp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.-Adv.