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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-14
SYMPHONY LAWN STATIONERY

You can saye money when you buy
stationery from US. This is no job
lot we refer to. Our everyday, all the
year-round stationery stock. It con-
tains many varieties you can not get
anywhere else in this community and
nearly-if not quite all for less money.
II you want style and value at lower
cost this is the place TO come.
Priced from 25c TO 500
SETS
Toilet, Manicure, Military, Shaving,
Smoking and Travelling Sets. ALI this
years selections and at prices that
win please every purse.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

Lne weeks lengLleneQ INTO months,
and the months into years, with new
er a word from him, she knew not
what to think. Those who had
known him had settled it that either
he had been killed by savages or had
chosen to remain away. Esther
would not accept either of these con-
illusions. She was firm in her belief
that he would return.
A few months after her last letter
from March Esther opened her
school for girls. Not only was it nee
essary to find some means Of income
but she felt she must have work to
do that would leave her less time to
be conscious Of the dull ache for
waiting, for even years did not
change her faith. She always wait
ed. There were other suitors, for
Esther was only % when March
went away and she was attractive in
face, figure and manner, having q
kind of quick responsiveness that
drew others to her and made for her
many friends. Her pupils liked her
and the school flouTished. Her work
absorbed her, she went less and less
in society until finally her social cir
Gle narrowed down to a few old
friends.
Esther's persistent belief in the re-
turn of Howard March began to be
regarded as a mild forn>of mania. In
a small town where the closer con-
tact with our neighbors, it would
seem, ought to breed a stronger love
and tolerance it more often happens
that criticism magnifies their pecu-
harities and exaggerates their faults.
So it was that Esther's stubborn. be-
lief that March would return, in the
face of all reasonable proof to the
contrary, grew in the minds of the
townspeOple from mania to insanity;
and when an intimate friend told an
other intimate friend that Esther
Marvin had said she sent Howard
March a wireless" then it began to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

attendance gradually QWlndleQ unUll
one day Esther with kind of dull
despair closed the schoolroom and
sat down to wonder what next she
could do, for the little money which
had of late been coming in was les
seping fast. She could not under
stand why the school after years Of
prosperity had failed. Not for one
instant did she dream of the real
cause. Her faith in the return of the
man she loved and her belief-that
she would yet reach him with her
own wireless" was to her so true
and convincing she could not quite
understand why it should be utterly
preposterous to others. True, she
spoke only to a few intimate friends
of these things, but it leaked out and
spread. For as the Mohammedan
prOverb has it: 'Thy friend has a
friend and thy friends friend has a
friend, therefore, tell not thy secret"
But what of Howard March?
These are the facts as they after
ward came to the surface. The ex-
petition met with failure on the ISL
and where they had expected to start
the tea plantation. They were told
of better opportunity in the southern
Chinese territory, so they went
there, secured some land and started
their project. Not understanding
well the tea culture, again they failed
and all Of the men but Howard
March decided to return. He had
picked up enough of the Chinese Ian
guage to speak it quite well, and he
wished to explore further, and to see
something of India, for he had for
years been interested in the study of
occult things, and the dreamy atmos-
phere of the Orient had strengthened
the desire. But stronger than this
was the love of adventure. So pass
ing from Calcutta he one day found
himself on the borders Of the For
hidden Land" Tibet, that strange
country, whose mysterious, marvel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
BETTER THAN CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets are
a Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub
stitute for calomelT-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. They are the re-
suit of DR.. Edwards determination not
to treat liver and bowel complaints with
calomel. His efforts to banish it brought
out these little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomel does, but have no bad
after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel.
They take hold of the trouble and
quickly correct it. Why cure the liver
at the expense of the teeth? Calomel
sometimes plays havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. 1t is best not to
take calomel, but to let DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
a disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel 'loggy and
'heavy." Note how they 'clear" ciouded
brain and how they "perk up" the spir-
its. 10c and 25c box. All druggists
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
CHAPTER XII.
of For Suffers Fort.

1.-TWO days later Yank, Johnny
and I embarked aboard small
bluff bowed sailboat, waved our
n farewells to Talbot, standing
on the shore, and laid our course to
cross the blue bay behind an island
called Alcatraz. Our boatman was q
short, swarthy man with curly hair
and gold rings in his ears. He ham
died his boat well, but spoke not at
all. After a dozen attempts to get
something more than monosyllab1es
out of him we gave it up and settled
ourselves to the solid enjoyment of a
new adventure.
The breeze was strong and drove
even our rather clumsy craft at con-
siderable speed. The blue waters of
the bay flashed in the sun and riffied
under the squalls. Spray dashed away
from our bows. A chill racer in from
the open Pacific, diluting the sunlight.
After a journey of several days we
came into Il wide bottom land country
with oaks. The distant blue hills had
grown and had become slate gray. At
bluff, and a fork in the river, and
among the oak trees the gleam of
tents, and before them a tracery of
masts where the boats and small ships
lay meored to the trees. This was the
embarcadero of Suffers Fort beyond,
or the new city of Sacramento. which
ever you pleased. Here our boat jour-
ney ended, and we set out to cover
the three Or four miles to Suffers
Fort.
Suffers Fort was situated at the
edge of the live oak park. We found it
to resemble real fort, with high
walls, bastions and single gate at
each end through which one entered
to a large inclosed square, perhaps
hundred and fifty yards long by fifty
wide. The walls were not pierced for
guns, and the defense seemed to de-
pend entirely on the jutting bastions.
The walls were double and about
twenty-five feet apart. Thus by roof
ing over this space and dividing it
with partitions Sutter had made up
his barracks. blacksmith shop, bakery,
and the like. Later in our investiga-
tions we even ran across a woolen fac
tory, distillery, Willard room and
n bowling alley! At the southern end
of this long space stood a two story
house. Directly opposite the two story
house and at the other end of the In
closure was an adobe corral.
The place was crowded with people.
A hundred or so miners rushed here
and there on apparently very impor-
tant business or loafed contentedly
against the posts or the sun warmth of
adobe walls. In this latter occupation
they were aided and abetted by q
number Of the native Californians
Perhaps hundred Indians were lead
ing horses, carrying burdens or en-
gagged in some other heavy toll. They
We're the first we had seen. and we ex-
Amined them with considerable curl.
osity. A good many of them were
nearly naked, but some had on por-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
HANCICAP IN EDUCATION
CAN BE OVERCOME

Shakespeare. Milton and Goethe, and
follow the same methods.
After one year of persistent work
for even an hour daily. along these
lines, your efforts will satisfy you that
you are on the right road to mental
culture.
Your mind will be as trans
formed as garret which careful
hands have changed into a boudoir.
by removing rubbish and replacing It
with wisely selected furniture.
To read the leading magazines
keeps one in touch with current
events and with the new discov-
cries and inventions of the day. Sc
lect perhaps two monthly magazines
and make rule to read them through
each month. Avoid slipshod habits of
reading. Never undertake to speak OF
an article you have read unless you
are able TO give n clear idea of It..
earn the great gift of being silent un-
til you are sure of having something
of interest to say.
Practice the art of drawing other
people out and leading them to talk.
Listen we'll and mediate upon what
you hear. If you are listening to the
educated and cultured you will be
able to learn something of the man
ner of expression, even If you obtain
no real information.
Educated and cultured people do
not always impart information.
Not infrequently they are mere
parrots, repeating what they have
heard or read instead of what they
have thought and learned by eX-
perience.
Avoid the Errors and Emulate the Ac-
complishments of Other People
Do not imagine education means
infallibility of judgment or keen sense
of justice. But it usually does mean
correct expression.
Notice the errors made by othera
in speech and in manners only TO
avoid them. Notice their accomplish
ments to emulate them.
Try TO learn something new
every day. Carry a little notebook and
II you hear a word which is not IA
miliar keep it in mind until you can
Jot 1t down. If you read the word do
the same and before you sleep, find it's
meaning. The next morning think 1t
over until it is added to your vocab-
ulary. -.
If you have leisure and means. look
up some school of correspondence and
take n course of study. Almost every
city has a school of this kind and they
are excellent substitutes for colleges.
Rhetoric, mathematics, literature are
all things which can be taught by
correspondence.
There is not the slightest necessity
for any human being to-day remain
ing ignorant. Incidence, lack of am
bition and lack of application are the
causes OF ignorance. not circum-
stances.
Whoever will. may acquire educa-
tion and culture.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
(Continued.)

Johnny" said I in a strangled little
voice, "Tve rot to give back McGlynn's
change. NGi to go with me?"
We tiptoed around the corner of the
building and fell into each others
arms with shrieks of Joy.
"Oh,' cried Johnny at last, wiping
the tears from his eyes. 'Iaeaey's no
troublew
After We had to some extent relieved
our feelings we changed my gold slug
into dust-I purchased buckskin bag
and went to find McGlynn. Our way
to his quarters led past the postoffice,
where long cue of men still waited
patiently and quietly in line. We stood
for few moments watching the de-
meanor of those who had received their
mail or who had been told there was
nothing for them. Some Of the latter
were pathetic and looked fairly dazed
with grief and disappointment.
We found Yank and Talbot still at
the edge of the hotel veranda.
"Look here, Tai" said Johnny at
once, "how ale you going to finish all
this business you've scared up and get
Off to the mines within n reasonable
time? We ought to start pretty soon."
"NTines?" echoed Talbot. I'm not
going to the mines! ! wouldn't leave
all this for a million mines. No; Yank
and l have been talking it over. You
boys will have to attend to the mining
end of this business. I'll pay Franks
share and take n quarter of the profits,
and Frank can pay me in addition
half his profits. In return for the work
l don't do Ill put aside 5000 and use
It in my business here, and all of us
will share in the profits 1 make from
that amount. How does that strike
you?"
81 don't like to lose you out of this"
said Johnny disappointedly.
Nor l." said I.
"And I hate to lose the adventure,
boys" agreed Talbot earnestly. "But,
honestly, can't leave this place now
even If want to, and certainly don't
want to-"
turned in that night with the feel
ing that 1 had passed very interest.
ing day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
Kittatinny Camp Fire
Girls Royalty Entertained

Mechanicsburg. Pa. Feb. 16.-Miss
Mary Roller delightfully."- entertained
the Kittatinny Camp Fire Girls, of
which she is a member, last evening
at her home in East Main street, with
valentine masquerade party. The
and favors of valentines were given
the guests at the conclusion of sup
per. In attendance were: Misses
Miriam Zufall, Rachel Shelly. Marjorie
Baum, Florence Orris, Elizabeth
Hurst, Miriam Orris. Elizabeth Craw-
ford, Eta Miller. Ruth Miller and
Mary Roller. Special guests were:
Miss Margaret Blackburn. Miss Elsie
Lenker. Miss Francis Roller and Mrs.
William Roller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
CHAPTER vi.
Thuvia.

-1OR a moment neither of us
\ spoke. Then TarssTarkas said:
II heard the fighting beyond
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX


Perhaps there is no more pathetic
situation in life than that of the man
or woman of adult years who,
through sudden rise of fortune. or
through marriage, finds a neglected
education a barrier to happiness.
An attractive exterior and kind
heart often blind man to a woman's
deficiencies in education until she is
placed in daily contrast to his more
cultured relatives and associates.
Then his pride and the sensitive feel
ings of the wife are constantly wound
ed.
A man of wealth (both of purse
and heart) recently asked me how
he could overcome his lack of educa-
ton. improve his language and en-
large his fund of information without
the humiliation of placing himself
under teachers.
He had ACQUIRED fortune and influ-
ence in the business world. and had
become the husband of Il cultivated
young woman. He was conscious of
being at a disadvantage when in the
presence of her relatives and friends.
To this man and to every man
and woman similarly situated
would offer this advice:
Write Page or Chapter of Emcrson's
Essays Every Day
Procure the works of Washington
Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thack-
cray and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Begin
perhaps with Emerson.
Obtain a blankbook and make a
rule OF writing a page, or n chapter,
from Emerson's essays each day. No
matter how unprepared your mind
may be for this work, keep at it until
interest is awakened. Copy the words
with precision and eXactness. Consult
dictionary when any word which
Is not familiar is encountered. Try to
master the meaning of every phrase:
but even if it escapes you copy the
words and pass on to things you do
understand.
However dull this task may seem.
you are surely and certainly forming
the habit of correct phrasing. Added
TO this you are familiarizing yourself
with good literature and with the
thoughts of great minds.
Do not try to do too much at first
Work slowly and patiently. BUT
WORK EVERY DAY 4 LITTLE
Never copy more than one essay in
a day, and be satisfied if you only copy
one printed page. You will be surpris-
ed TO find how much you will accomp-
llsh in few months by this per-
sistent practice.
When YOU begin upon the novels
do not attempt to write down the en-
tire book. Read all the chapters care
fully, but copy only those pages which
seem most attractive to you, or such
thoughts as appeal to you.
After you have advanced enough to
1eel your improvement. take up
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
Copyright 1918, by Doubleday, Pss. q Co.

tions Of battered civilized apparel.
Very few could make up full suit of
clothes, hut contented themselves with
either q coat, or a shirt, or a pair OF
pantaloous, or even with only a hat,
Us the case might be. They were very
swarthy, squat, villainous looking saw
nges. with big heads, low foreheads,
coarse hair and beady little eyes.
We stopped for some time near the
sentry box at the entrance, accustom-
Ing ourselves to the whirl and move
ment. Then we set out to find Nc
Clellan. He was almost Immediately
pointed out to us, short, square, bust
neSslike man, with n hard gray face,
dealing compctently with the pressure.
A score Of men surrounded him, EACH
eager for his attention. While we how
cred, awaiting our chance, two men
walked in through the gate. They
were accorded the compliment of al
most complete silence on the part of
those who caught sight of them.
The first was Californian about
thirty-fve or forty years of age, man
of lofty, stern bearing, swarthy skin,
glossy side whiskers and bright super
cilous eyes. He wore n light blue
short jacket trimmed with scarlet and
with silver buttons, q striped silk sash,
breeches of crimson velvet, met below
by long embroidered deerskin boots.
A black kerchief was bound crosswise
on his head, entirely concealing the
hair, and a fiat crowned, wide, gray
hat heavily ornamented with silver
completed this gorgeous costume. He
moved with the assured air of the aris-
tocrat. The splendor of his apparel,
the beauty of his face and figure and
the grace of his movements attracted
the first glance from all eyes. Then
Immediately he was passed over in IA
vor of his companion.
The latter was shorter, heavier
man, of more mature years. In fact,
his side whiskers were beginning to
turn gray. His costume was plain,
but exquisitely neat, and a strange
blend of the civil and the military.
The jacket, for example, had been cut
in the trim military fashion, but was
worn open to exhibit the snowy cas-
cade of the linen beneath. But no
| body paid much attention to the mans
dress. The dignity and assured calm
of his face and eye at once impressed
one with conviction of unusual quality.
Johnny stared for a. moment, his
brows knit; then, with an exclamation,
he sprang forward.
Captain Suffer-" he cried.
Sutter turned slowly to look Johnny
squarely in the face, his attitude one
of cold but courteous inquiry. john
ny was approaching hat in hand.
confess he astonished me. We had
known him intimately for some months
and always as the harum-scarum, i'm
pulsive, hail fellow, bubbling, irrespon-
sible. Now new Johnny stepped for
ward, quiet, highbred, courteous, self
contained. Before he had spoken
word Captain Suffers aloof expression
had relaxed.
"T beg your pardon for addressing
you so abruptly" Johnny was saying.
'"The surprise of the moment must ex-
cuse me. Ten years ago, sir, had the
| pleasure of meeting you at the time
you visited my father in Virginia"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16

(To Be continued.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
Fashions of To-Day By May Manton

THIS is one of the most
charming little frocks that
could be shown. 1t is
made of blue cotton voile and
it is trimmed with the same
material in Paisley colors. You
could find nothing more fash
ionable and you could find
nothing more charmingly child
like, although, as a matter of
course, you could copy the de-
sign in a great many different
materials. If you want a more
sturdy dress, you could make it
of gingham or of a light weight
linen and make the collar of a
thinner material. If you want
something warmer for imme-
diate wear you could make it
of serge with the collar of char
meuse satin and perhaps little
soutache braid or a little en-
broidery used for the trimming.
If you want a simpler dress you
could omit the trimming on the
skirt, leaving it plain.
For the IL year size will be
needed, 31s yards of material
SO inches wide, 313 yards A.
with IS yard SO for trimming.
The May Manton pattern
No. e34o is cut in sizes from s
to II years. 1t will be mailed
to any address by the Fashion
Department of this paper, on
receipt q fifteen cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
FIRST COUSINS TO
SOARING POTATO
Other Foods Have the Same
Properties and Cost Con-
sumner Much Less

Said Bridget to Pat,
Faith! Do ye sense that?
The price of the spuds doesn't fall"
Said Pat with a grin,
"Begorra, we win!
We won't eat the diNilS at all"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16

Two days later Yank, Johnny
and embarked aboard small
bluff bowed sailboat, waved our
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16

you passed, but l did not fear for you,
John Carter. until l heard the report
of a revolver shot. knew that there
lived no man upon all BarSoom who
could face you with naked steel and
live, but the shot stripped the last yes
tige of hope from me, since you I knew
to be without firearms. Tell me OF it,
l did as lie bade, and then together
we sought the secret Iknel through
which 1 had just entered the apart
ment-the one at the opposite end of
the room from that through which the
girl had led her savage companions.
To our disappointment the panel
eluded our every effort to negotiate its
secret lock. We felt that once beyond
1t we might look with some little hope
for success for passage to the out
side world.
The fact that the prisoners within
were securely chained led us to believe
that surely there must be an avenue of
escape from the terrible creatures
which inhabited this unspeakable place.
Again and again We turned from one
door to another, from the battling gold
en- panel at one end Of the chamber to
its mate at the other, equally battling.
When we had about given up all hope
one OF the panels turned silently to-
ward US, and the young woman who
had led away the banths stood once
more beside us.
"Who are you," she asked, "and
what is your mission that you have the
temerity to attempt to escape from the
valley Dor and the death you have
chosenf'
II have chosen no death, maiden"
replied. 81 am not of Barsoom, nor
have taken yet the voluntary pilgrim
age upon the river Iss. My friend here
is jeddak Of all the Tharks, and, though
he has not yet expressed a desire to
return to the living world, am taking
him with me from the living lie that
hath lured him to this frightful place.
Il am of another world. am John
Carter, prince of the house of Tardos
Mors, jeddak of Helium. Perchance
some faint rumor of me may have
leaked within the confines of your
hellish abode"
She smiled.
Yes" she replied; ''naught that
passes in the world we have left is un-
known here. l have heard of you,
many years ago. The therns have oft
times wondered whittier you have flown
since you had neither taken the pill
grimage nor could be found upon the
face of Barsoom."
Tell me-" l said, "and who are you
and why a prisoner, yet with power
over the ferocious beasts of the place
that denotes familiarity and authority
far beyond that which might be ex-
pected of prisoner or a slave?"
slave l am," she answered, "for if
teen years slave in this terrible
place. and now that they have tired of
me and become fearful of the power
which my knowledge of their ways has
given me / am but recently condemned
to die the death"
She shuddered.
What death?" / asked.
"The holy therns eat human fiesh,"
she answered me. but only that which
ats died beneath the sucking lips of q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
(Continued.)

One by one she sent them through
the secret panel into the room beyond,
and when the last had passed from the
chamber where we stood in wide eyed
amazement she turned and smiled at
us and then passed through herself.
leaving us alone.