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dous tragedy of the despairing race
of red men. And then a grim smile
crossed his face, as he reflected that
he and his little army, uncouth, pro-
fame, greedy for material things, sor-
did as all humanity, was the flaming
sword of the progress of humanity
driving out the old order, substituting
the new.
The song Of Elkskatawa, the Proph-
ct, the Loud Voice, went on. The
white men heard 1t and were troubled.
The red men heard IL and grew drunk
with audacity. 1.-The bullets of the
white man shall fall at your feet, my
children, and their powder shall be
sandT How could they be harmed
Again their wild attack commenced F;
they left the shelter of trees and
fallen log and charged the slender line
that held the right flank. Harrison
shouted orders to his aids:
"Send Robb's company here for re-
enforcement Tell Major Floyd to
place Prescott's company In Robb's
position. Send Snslling 10 the sorth-
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle.


Soundlessly, in the dark hour after
midnight, the great war-bOw of the In
dian was strung. But the camp of the
Americans slept. A light rain fell. 1t
was nearly dawn.
Suddenly through the black mist
spat tie red flame of a rife; with the
flame and the crack came the sound
of a man running. 1t was the Ken
tuckian, Stephen Mars, of Geiger's
company, an outpost. A dozen rifles
in the hands Of crawling Indians rang
out; he fell in the wet and tangled
brush. his face in the sOdden ground.
The night, which had been sound
less save for the soft rush of the rain
and the dripping of the water from
the trees, suddenly became filed with
the stir and uproar of the awakening
camp, with the whooping OF the hid
den foe, striking in the dark.
David awoke from sleep and bound
ed to his feet. A hand clutched his
Trist and dragged him down again,
while voice commanded, keep low ~
He saw that all the others In the
company were quickly, silently look
ing to their rifles, but that all re-
mained crooehing on the ground. The
yells OF the Indians seemed loudast
"a tue extreme left. where Geige-'s
harss.ss STOOD. and &C the extrsns
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CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, MotherI If tongue 10
coated, give california
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this "fruit laxative,v
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, aud the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat
sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad
system full Of cold, has sore throat
stomach-ache or diarrhea. ListenI
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful Of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sysI
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because 1t is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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Each In Hls LlttIe Cot.

The scene was the clubroom; the
hour advanced. Serious, gloomy,
cheerful, elated were the earnest
faces Of the takers by turn, as the
arguments for and against came thick
and fast.
And the subject under debate-"Do
Fish Sleep?" That was all; but It
was sufficient to keep them at IL till
q late hour Of the night, while patient
~ waited their respective wives at
home.
So fiercely waged the controversy
that 1t burnt itself away. There came
a lull; most Of the debaters we're
played right out.
1t was then that the cheerful IDIOT"
who had played the listeners role,
clipped in. Rising from his roomy
armchair, where he had lain unob-
served, he stretched, yawned, then
spoke:
Gentlemen, the hour is late; /, for
one, must HE me to my cot. Do fish
sleep? 1 do not know. But, If they
don't why river-beds?"
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charge. With q cheer, the men OF
Barton's company heard the order re-
ahead at a run. Only dozen or so
Of Geiger's men had been able to Sc
cure their frightened horses at the
trumpet call, but these, riding from
tree to tree. drove the baffied Indians
before them into the willows by the
creek, where the horses could go no
farther From the angle came an aide
with Harrison's order to sound the re-
call.
They came back. It was wisdom
that saved them from being cut off
from the main body of the troops. For
the fight had just begun. Only little
breathing space they had; and In 1t
they looked upon the faces of their
dead.
The commander and his staff In
spected the lines, letting their horses
pick their way through the trees,
through the darkness, loose-reined !;
each company, as they passed IT.,
pleading to be allowed TO go into the
thick of the fight, and the commander
counseling each to hold its ground,
until at last they came TO Norris and
Warrick's companies at the corner of
the right flank and here found Spier
Spencer's rifemen from Corydon in
the midst of a red baptism Of carnage
such as Geiger's and Barton's COM
panles had just gone through.
At this moment David heard some
one calling to his captain. He strained
his eyes through the mist and as the
man ran up TO Hargrove, David rec
ognized him as George Croghan. Cap
tain HargrOve spoke sharply:
"What's the matterY
Croghan saluted. 1.-THE chief sur
geon has requested Colonel Decker
TO let him have some assistance. We
have only three surgeons mates. We
need more help with the stretchers.
Can you detail someone. STRIP
Hargrove named Laurence and
Cockrum; they hurried away as Gro
CHAN led. From company TO company
they ran, lifting the dead and wound
ed on rude filters and bearing them
TO the shelter of the wagons in the
center of the camp; here they left
their burdens and went back for sec
ond and a third time, and each time
found some new victim.
And then David was in the thick
of the painting struggle which Spier
Spencers men were enduring. The
horses lay on the ground, and from
over their backs the riflemen fired into
the darkness peopled with the vague
shapes of the bowling savages; but
the horses, terroriZed by the uprOar
and mysterious singing things that
tore them, tried again and again to
rise; their masters kept them down
only by superhuman exertions.
There was a momentary lull; from
across the little valley where the rush
ing creek gurgled among the willows
there came strange and wild chant
ing; high above the groans and the
sounds Of hurrying feet it rose. the
sonorous cadence of the aborigine's
prayer to the Great Manitou, the IA
ther Of all.
"'Tis the Shawnee Prophet, singing
his own song" said Dubois, the inter-
prefer at Harrison's side.
David looked at General Harrison.
The silent horseman seemed to have
gathered in his eyes all the tremen-
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Charles vas in high spirits after an
afternoons play at one of the neigh.
bors.
"You seem satisfied with your Wis
It." his father remarked.
Eyes, but Jimmy refused to let me
touch any Of his playthings. But l
played with them, all the same"
"How could you do that IL he OBJ
jected2" asked his father.
"Why, we had a fight to settle It."
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not shut from his eyes the picture OF
what dreadful signs might be found
In the tents-a torn robe. q tress of
blood-stained hair, even her body-he
shuddered and the cold sweat stood
upon his forehead. At last dawn came
and the men were once more I'M
leashed.
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ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A well known actress gives the follow
Ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add / OF. Bay Rum, small box OF
Barbo Compound, and Il OF. OF glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix It at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come In
each box of Barbo Compound. IL will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make It soft and glossy. 1t will
not color the scalp, Is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
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Couldn't Remember.

Before we were married." sobbed
Angelina. did you not always call me
your little drop Of cream?"
"Well, you know" answered Har-
old, Cream turns sour If you keep II
long enough. was a fool when 1 mar
ried you"
"And didn't you tell me you had
plenty of money behind your" asked
Angelina.
"That was correct. ! lived in front
of a bank" the willy Harold replied.
"And you never take me out now"
said the wee wife.
mot since you took me In" was
Harold's cold rejoinder. IL used to
enjoy single life, but now I'm that mis-
cradle 1 don't know myself until feel
in my empty pockets; then It's easy
to remember who l am"
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His Chance.

Sparks-This is a world Of change.
Sponge-Yes; and, by the way,
have you any with your?
The Yale expositor., 1917-02-01

Constipation can be cured without drugs.
Natures own remedy-selected herbs-is
Garfield Tea.-Adv.
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Harmonized.

"There was some blunt speaking In.
congress the other day"
Yes; it just matched the probe"
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Each man in the regular army IL
said to cost Great British $500
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDESOOOL
LESSON
lBy e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Unon.)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 4
JESUS THE SAVIOR OF THE
WORLD.
LESSON TExT-Jobn a.1-1S.

LESSON TEXT-John Bills
GOLDEN TEXT-For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten &c, =
that whosoever believeth I'm hin, should
not perish, but have everlasting life.-John
3.16
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.rbitrament Of Arms.

CTo BE coNTINUED)
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
CANNOT ADOPT AN ADULT

Inheritance rights millions of dollars worth Of
property destroyed by the Illinois supreme
court by decision that adoption OF adults is illegal.
The holds that person adopted after reach
ing the of majority may legally claim as an in
heritance the property of foster parent.
The courts ruling, which handed down in
the case of Mrs Lillian Z. Davis, whom the late John
L. Borden adopted when she was so years old, is
reversal of the decision given in the circuit court.
Suit instituted by nephew and two neces of
Mr. Borden.
The court held that the word Child" in the I-
nois adoption laws could mean only person less
than 81 years old, that the adoption of person
beyond that age would be illegal far as the in
heritance laws might apply. The court refused to up
hold the contention that the word child" means
daughter, natural or legal.
Borden SO years old when he adopted Mrs.
Davies, then Miss Johnston. She took the of
Borden Later Borden conveyed to her property val
ued at 100000. hearing will soon be held, it is ex
pected the allegation that this transfer illegal
the ground that Borden not of sound mind.
Mrs Davies insists that her title to this property is
fully protected by the deeds executed at the time of
the transfer.-Chcago News.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

that during the reign of Victoria there
were 3,66S,OO0 PERSONS evicted from
the Lana ty the owners of it.
That the English land system has
been responsible for many OF that
country's economic ills has been rec
ogniZed by the government itself and
some attempts at legislation have been
made, as in the case of Irish renters,
10 re-people the land with owners
But il mas remained for the great war
and its sharp lesson in food economy
to teach England that nation on
rations and millions of acres of pro-
ductive soil given over to uses OF
pleasure or pride do not go together
No doubt Is was an upieasant TACT
that in time Ct peace one person oul
OF four III cities like London and
Liverpool died 4 pauper, but it was Il
fact known chiefly to economists and
they are never very interesting to
listen to But what is to be said in
England from now on about how her
people shall live and what they shall
eat IS going to be listened to very
attentively. A war debt of 80 million
dollars q day is pilling up Five mil
lion soldiers are coming home who
viii have paid their share already.
More and more it will be up TO the
dukes. Broadly speaking they have
nothing TO pay with but the land. As
they got it originally by hearing arms
fOT the king it would not be out of
the way if they should now give it up
to those who have borne arms for the
country. The dukes never did much
with The land except to grow oaks on
it ard what England now needs is
corn and potafoes.-Kansa City Times
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

{ strong reasons exist why many of them are not
The fact that only small minority of the mem
bers of congress have opportunity influence
important legislation acts a deterrent to capable
men who might aspire to seat in that body; and if
it did not the peoples attitude toward their repre-
resentatives would. We send congressman
Washington would send errand boy to
market, with basket his and instructions
to bring back something good lose his job
He brings back the goods, good excuses. and
sometimes goes back the second time for during the
first term believe he has learned how trade If
he doesn't make good, other candidate
forward with promises, and elect him before his
predecessor has been there long enough any
actual standing influence in shaping legislation
That is of the great reasons why congress-
are able do little In the first place they
usually haven't great deal of ability. and in the
second place, they not kept in congress long
enough to make places of influence for themselves.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
FACTS ABOUT CAR SHORTAGE

There has been much talk of car shortage and the
inconvenience resulting country because freihgt
moved promptly. Two charges have
been made One that the railroads have failed to
keep their supply up the country's growth and
the other that have been needlessy held
minal and other points, when they Should have been
in active service
The American Railway association has come for
ward with figures intended to dspel some wrong
opinions held by the public. On July l. 1897, the
statement says railroads 1891 57 freight
By July /, 1916, the number had risen to g.
$685. increase of ST. 9S nearly Of per cent
nine years.
The railroads first began to keep regular check
of car shortages and surpusages January q 1907
The astonishing is made fortified by actual
the condition which began last August there
was an almost continuous surplus of idle cars. At
time in the year 1908 were there less than
hundred thousand freight standing idle, at
one time there were nearly five hundred thousand.
Up to last year there had been few months when
the supply of cars was not more than enough to
handle the country's business.
It is also shown that while there have been in
stances of congestion at terminal points due chiefly
to firms and corporations ordering beyond their
storage capacity, fast and furious have the de-
mands for goods been during the past months,
and preferrng pay denurrage charges rather than
to have go the expense of warerooms, the
roads have really moved their freight faster and
promptly than before
The fact is that the business of the country has
been abnormally great and the railroads had idea
that there would be demands upon them beyond what
could be regularly cared for by the ordinary increase
in rolling stock.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

high school in front of the auditorium
and also at noon and for short time
after school. AT the Central phar-
macy reservations will omen at 8
o'clock in the morning. and continue
until four in the afternoon They will
be reopened at O'Clock ~ night for
one hour. All tickets will be re-
served, both the 80 cent and the rs
cent tickets From all reports the
ticket sale is large one and reser-
vations should be made early. Tick
cts may be purchased at either reser-
walton stand
The cast is now WORKING with ma
chinelille perfection so that there will
be no danger of any slip on the night
of the play. Herbert Shelley will bring
down the house in his mirth provok-
ing part. Keturah Slagle and Logan
cameron, taking two other semi
comical parts, will also BRING tears Of
laughter to the eyes of the SPECTATORS
The house committee announces a
big surprise in store for those at
tending. Just what this is they refuse
to state, but they darklv hint that
complete transformation will take
place in the auditorium. Harold Tan
nehlll, as house manager is seeing
that no bitches will occur in the per-
Torrance
Professor Stauffacher announces
that the curtain will rise at Sis
O'Clock next Friday night without
fail He states that he intends to
break away from the time honored
custom of starting half an hour late.
The orchestra selections have been
carefully picked for the plav. and the
orchestra has been practicing on them
all this week.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
Our Congressman

Few Americans above twenty five years of age
cannot call to mind having been represented in
congress by whose ability and character
they despised Indeed it is secret that the aver
age American today, whether warranted not,
thinks slightngly of the member of the low
er house The late congress with it's investga-
tons and probes its grandstanding and pork bar
req appropriations improvement its pre-
decessors.
The inefficiency of congress may be due in part
to the methods by which nominations are made in
nearly all of the states of the union. The direct
primary system opens the gates fools to rush
in where ability will not and the people in voting
usually about as discriminative as were the
twenty per cent of the voters of Nebraska who de-
cared themselves in favor of an illiterate livery
stable keeper for president of the United States.
But may remember that the old convention
system also sent large number of unfit men to
congress. Therefore we must look further for the
reason. The men who represent us in congress may
be average Americans. Students of our government
have declared that they But strong reasons
exist why they should be above the average and
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

the government has announced vari-
Gus measures to put Britain on self
supporting basis so far as possible,
and had fixed a minimum agricultural
We &c and guaranteed prices for gram.
It is not difficult to see that under
the economic pressure of the war
England is tending toward a new sys-
ten of production that may well mean
the enc OF land feudalism in that
country. Certainly if England is to
make a serious attempt 20 feed its
own population the cultivation of
every hit of available soii' viii be
necessary, and that can only mean
the surrender to public use of the mil
lions OF acres of ducal estates now
held as privileged misunderstanding
preserves, deer forests grass lands
and family parks"
One quarter of all the land in Eng
Scotland Ireland and Wales is now
owned by twelve hundred persons, the
average size of their estates ranging
something over sixteen thousand
acres IN Scotland seventy persons
own one-half the land, single noble
landlord holding more than 1900 00G
acres. Nine-tenths of the entire area
of Scotland is in the hands Of only
seventeen hundred owners The proc
eS9 ny winch tAeSe x eat e9tfttS nave
been Cleared of tillers Of the soil
who have been driven into the cities
is thus described by Alfred Russell
Wallace: The motive for these clear
2rces is usually to obtain a larger or
securer rental for the land, either as
sheep farms or as deer forests: and
FOR this purpose tens of thousa nds
of British subjects have been driven
from their homes. often to swell the
mass of indulgence and crime in the
great cities
From 1870 to 1890 there were with
drawn from cultivation / million acres
of the soil of England. IN three CEN
turtles the percentage of agriculture
lists who own the land they till has
decreased from three-fifths to cne-
nth. The condition Of the renting
class can be sensed from the fact
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

Scarlet, with e black b,otch at base
of each petal.
Poterium obtusatum. Feathery
dark pink flowers with bright
sheen. Flowers from July until Sep
temher. (MichelD.
Thalictrum dipterocarpum (Mea-
dow Rose. Rosy purple; blooms
from June to August already has been
referred to in these pages (MichelD.
Trollius Globe Flowers) in variety.
-Var. Ledebouri. Cup-shaped flowers.
rich orange colcr; height of flower
season May and June. Var pumilus
yunnanensis; Golden-yellow salVer-
shaped flowers. (Dreer).
Veronica spicata rosea var. Erica.
Spikes of pink flowers on bushy
plants 10 to Il inches high during
June and July. Dreer).
Specialists in Peonies present new
or rare varieties as the occasion Of
fers 1t is somewhat difficult to de-
eide here just when a variety ceases
to he q novelty in the broad inter
probation. Nothing can be offered tC
the trade. or public that is strictly
new as 1t takes several years Give to
f., teD) to get up 4 sufficient stock OF
really new variety and by the time
it is offered freely it is no longer
really new, but may be rare. Equally
! some old varieties are still so rare
4 that they become practical novelties
If any grower is able to work up a
/ sufficient stock Each Peony grower
/ has up his sleeve" some few seed
i lings as yet unnamed and unintro :
/ duced among which are many of
merit. Such one as Therese Des-
! sert 1909 is unDurchaseable in any
/ quantity AT any price. There is Of
/ fered in America this year (Farr) for
example a group of eight Peonies of
German origin, raised by Coos d.
koenemann These have been under
trial and observation in this country
for several years and in the trials of
/ the American Peony Society were re-
garded with much interest. The
reader may turn back to tho issue Of
| September, 1916, for other information
on recent Peonies. Domestic raisers
/ such as Shaylor and Brand offer theft
own seed as before
Both German and Japan Irises in
Glide few newcomers. Perhaps the
most interesting happening is in the
Introduction by Farr of a set of
American raised named seedlings OF
the japanese type which will not be
available for distribution till next
summer. In the German section
there is a golden-yellow novelty
Sherwin- Wright (Dreer) supposed to
be 4 chance Seeding from the well
known Hororabilis.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
BROKE up "euN RUNNING PLOT

What is believed to have been gigantic plot to
ship several carloads of machine guns, special army
rifles and ammunition into Mexico through ports on
the west coast of Mexico thwarted when govern
ment agents intercepted the proposed shipment as it
was about to be consigned to Mazatan.
From authoritative sources it was learned that
the attempted plot the boldest tried by SYM
pathizers with the Mexican government
The and munitions came from the east and
were to the Pacific coast in small consignments
to avert suspicion. Ali of the shipments We're as
sembed at OF the California ports and prepared
for general shipment to Mazatlan
The arrival of the small shipments in California
aroused the suspicion of government agents, and
when their traced it found they had
all been shipped from theeast the order but
had been west at different times and diff
ferent routes.-Los Angeles Examiner
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
FIRST TRIAL IS
No CRITERION

Leaving the court room after Judge
Mrs. Mary Ward stepped into the Of
flee of the clerk OF the superior court
where she obtained a marriage license
to wed George Walter Smith, a Chand-
Ter rancher. Mrs. Ward some time
ago was the complaining witness in
failure TO provide proceedings against
William Ward, whose parole from the
state prison at Florence was recon-
mended by the board of pardons and
paroles a few days ago.
The Wards were married in New
Orleans in 1904. and the wife alleged
that her husband failed to provide the
family with the common necessaries
of life for over a year. There are
three children, of whom the mother
has the custody.