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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-17
"3 MONTHS
 TO LIVE''
Thacs What the Doctors Said-But the Man Took Hobo and Cheat.
 ed the Undertaken.

About two years ago. said c. c. Morgsn, of Monroe: La., q was strick- en with Brights disease. Tried the test physicians in Monroe. Obtained no relief. They gave me at most three months tc live. By accident l heard of the great vegetable medicine that has cured so many of kidney and bladder trouble known as Hobo Kid ney and Bladder Remedy. After using about fifteen bottles of this wonderful medicine, an now sound and we'll. I consider Hobo the greatest medicine of the age for kidney and bladder trouble" Mrs. Morgan is only one of a countless lost who have been restored to health after using "HoLo." If you want to know the whole story of this medicine, which is freely recommend ed by physicians, write to the Hobo Medicine Manufacturing Co.,. Singer, La., and ask for free copy of their booklet. Or you can get t'"Hobo" from your druggist, S1 per package.-Advt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-17

movement with some 300 followers. AS result of the operations of Ge- neral J. Torres the revolutionists have been reduced to a single band of about 20 men, which has taken re- fuge in the Azul mountains, while Cabral and Medina are reported to have fled back acros the American border.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-17
keenly Original.

Keenly Original.
 Editor: Is Spiffins original in his
 literary work? Sub-editor: Original? I should say
 so. He has written a war song without rhyming 'Hun" with "run"-Car- toons Magazine
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
The Hidden Hand

while two Of the smissaries tried
frantically. with . pulmotor, TO re-
ViVS him.
Does he breathe yst?' asked one
The other shook his head Nor
could he feel q hutter Of the heart.
As the moments passed they be-
gan to lose all hope.
SUDDENLY the door was nung open,
and Vsrda rushed In For an In
slant she EaEed Wildly At the mo-
tiSnlSss body.
Then it's true - she cried.
Everything We have done has
failed" they replied
She looked about helplessly and
her eyes fell on q big static ma
chine. Somewhere she had heard of
electrical resuscltation.
There 10 just one ehAnoOr she
exclaimed. TRY that electrical ap-
pGrGtus."
Quickly an OmissA<y moved the
couch over to the static machine.
while verda assumed charge As all
worked eagerly. An smisSary be-
gan whirlinE the glass plates and
q spark shot from one brass cleo
trode ball to the other. increasing
In length and power. Directed By
Verda another applied the elsS-
trodss to the Hidden Hand. one At
his back. the other on his chest.
For many minutes they worked.
Suddenly his chest began to heave.
His syelids huttered and finally
his eyes opened. They rsdoubled
their efforts and soon his muscles
began to move. vSrdA forced 4
stimulant between his tight
clenched lips.
At last his fingers twitchsd. and
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
Shadows.
By Jane Mclean.

7 SAW her just a. she fitted by,
i Little girl that was;
Pale little face all sweet and shy,
Little girl that was.
Nervous hands and look that spoke
Of wonderful dreams that must be broke,
Some dark day when the dreamer woke,
Little girl that was.
1 caught in vain at her flying hair,
And the look Of dreams In her eyes
Seemed to me more than ever fair,
For the fact that my own were wise.
/ thought il Time for little while
Would lift my lips with her wistful smile,
Ny heart would sing on the next long mile
For the little girl that was.
She never dreamed she would grow 10 be
In the years that were drear and long,
Bebbared Of all her dreams like me,
With q soul too tired for song.
She mover dreamed that her flying feet
Passing me by on Life's busy street,
Would quicken my heart with memory sweet
OF the little girl that WA
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
It Can Be Done.
nEAR MISS FAIRFAXi

nEAh MISS FAlAEAAI
Do you think . couple could
live comfortably on t26 a WOskf
Am considering marriage, but
DO you think that S2S per week
would 90 very far. o.E.
TWENTY-FIVE dollars . week
won't 90 very far. But Il can Ss
stretched to cover the wants Of TIVE
people II they are good mGnagsrS
and care enough for each other TO 80
without the foolish luxuries With
which we cucumber life to-day. Don't
try TO live in fhshionAbls neigh
bqrhood or to indulge in extrAvagant
good times. Keep your rent Down
to eighteen or twenty dollars .
month. market carefully. dress
sansiy and plan to save ave or ten
dollars = month and not buy any
thing for which you cannot pay.
Don't get the charge IT. habit. for
that leads to extravaEance. Maks
an adventure out of your economies
and work toward a future when
salaries will be lArToS
The Washington times., 1918-01-21

is one Of the things which accounts
for this.
When he had finished clearing
the sidewalk he removed the snow
from the gutter. It was q wet
snow, and already showed signs Of
melting. Then his eye travelled
over the distance which separated
the cleared space from the sewer
opening at the corner.
He considered q mopent and
then started in with q will and
opened up that gutter all the way
from his own property to the sewer
"A distance Of over half block.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
HOUSEHOLD
SUGGESTIONS

Ivory knife handles that have
grown. ysileW with agS nay BE
vhitsnsd By rubbing gently With
nns sandpapsr and then polishiAg
With q clean ehGmois leather.
when washing eolorsd frooks add
4 little vinegar to 10th washing ana
rinsing waters IN order to set thA
eolors. Allow two tablsspoonfuls q
vinegar to . gallon OF water
when boiling . hAddock tastea
the head TO the tail. add only SuRI-
Client water to cover and boil slowly
tEil cooked Haddoek IL hard and
IndiEsstibls II boiled fast
To sxtinGuish . chimney On aFS.
take = large handful Of sulphur
and throw it into the are. when the
Sulphurous fumes ascsnd they viii
at once put cut the ArG
OIL cans Bheuld be kept tightly
sorksd. - kerosene exposed to the
air will not burn brightly and will
form q srust on the wick shortly
altar being lighted
To prevent polished steel from Ss-
coming rusty. dip u into or rub II
over with lime water or powdered
quieklims
Playing cards can be cleaned ~
rubbing them with . rag sligktI
damped with benSins.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
Don't Rely on Filters

Iieve IN the kitchen filter but brush
their teeth with unhltsred water or
take q drink Of plain tap water IN
the bAthFoomf
To be OF any value q litter must
be cleGnBed frequently ana properly.
Most persons know a. much about
cleaning q filter a. running . punch
press. The pores of the hlter soon
become filled and unlesS they are
cleansed. the water. rushing
through. carries some OF the pGrti-
cIes that have been held for several
days into the glass or pitcher.
An uneIeaned alter IL far more
dangerous TO health than none
Bacteria, a. for example those
causing typhoid fever. may be held
for . time In the porcelain, char
coal or sand and actually grow In
numbers and increase the danger
to the water drinker.
A pure water supply 10 demanded
by sanItHrianA.
The responsibility for the purity
of drinking water dsp'nes upon or
EaniEed communities
A householder esnnst depend upon
his own EFFORTS to ensure . safe
drinkable water supply.
Regardless Of the character Of the
water that 10 piped to your home,
you can prevent an outbreak Of
water borne dissGSS By boiling the
water.
Boiling viii destroy the mast
dangerous disease germs.
The nat taste OF boiled water. un-
pleasant to many psrsons. may bs
lsssensd By shaking the water In
in q bottle.
The taste Of water 10 unimportAnt
compared with Its safety.
DrinE boiled water when you are
in doubt a. TO its Banitary epndition.
Do not stake your life on house
hold alter.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
A Married Man.
MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAx:
- am eighteen. 4 high-sehool
graduate, and employed as book
keeper, earning SIS q week.
Previous to this position. my
enpioysr-who has been married
for several years, but has no
chIldren-took q great liking to
me I decided to leave and
learned his wife had deserted
him
He has proposed several times
70 me; but since he has not -
vet been divorced will not listen
10 him. Secondly. there is quite Q
difference in age. as he II thirty
two. Thirdly. II seems a. II
would do injustice to my older
Eistsr and to my father to con-
slider any matrimonial questions
at my age.
know this man Thoroughly.
both socially and financially. He
is a man possessing some Of the
finest eualitieL SIS
MY DEAR Girl. ne man who il
not divorced has any right -
be talking marriage to . girl Nor
should this man have started max
Ing love to you when you were In
his employ and he was still tAa
husband OF Gnothsr woman TIA
difference in your ages IL not q
any great Importance. and you
would q Srtainly not be doing you-
parents an injustice II you married
. man who might even be able q
help them = bit Nor does the fac,
that you have an older sister. uA-
married. count But II II impor-
tAnt that the man is not In . POSI-
tion to marry you
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
By Mary Ellen Sigsbee.

a FRIEND Of mine sat at her
IN window and watched q
4 - neighboring householder
shovelling the snow on Of his
pavement. He made q good job Of
It and when he got to the end Of
his own pavement he removed
quite a large amount Of snow from
the premises Of his neighbor.
He seemed not at all afraid Of
doing more than his share. He is
q man whose efforts in life. have
usually been crowned with success.
Perhaps his attitude toward work
The Washington times., 1918-01-21

~ prot IA noam q bl1 plA1e
last nits. Il wac an he eoufa
carry In his tive (1) arnA
Here. my queen. go Pa 70 Na.
lay At yurs feet this token. Pa 80.
that I have not fsrgot thsn goIdsa
days Of eur eourtshIp.
Indsed. ssd Ma. what is ths Idss
u turning this hean into . green
house That makes six ts) rubber
plants vioh you have bret Aoarn
this week
luv bloom q buty. ssd Pa that
10 Why married you. AaxA the
hart Of . poet ssd Pa. . like 70
see euty on every sida Pa ssd
That II why I lock on every SIDE
wen I am walking Down the street..
Pa s6d.
The way you are going ea, ssd
Ma, We win not b abel 70 new
about In our littsI nat sa account
Of the vsgs-tashun. one wud
think one was IN darkest Afrik1
with Liyinsston Or staaIy. In ne
old Gays. Ssd Ma This IL begsnnlng
70 ieOk ike . Juaesl. sed Ma. an
Ne need now IL . boa eonduetss,
ssd Ma
A vhatf SEQ Pa
A boa conductor. Ssd Ma. one q
them giant snakes. that wraps
itself around men.
You mean . eon-striektor, ed p.
. boa constructor. A eonausssr
wraps hissslf around small change
: SD Pa but not around human
beings You mean one 1ef thsn
huge reptiles which I used to slAy
on my exploring trips
Well. anyway. sed Ma. you are
elut-tsring up ths house vita . lot
Of Flory q FAuny wieh you collect
In yurs rAnEiings thru the dArksst
city. sed Ma This majsstIsk rub
Der plant looks ~ II ie needed .
drink. ssd Ma. II that why yoa
fslt sorry for Il . hrot II hoamf
We win not discuss the pIAnt any
moAr. ssd Pa. u you doant like Il
I was saying to myself al TIE ~ay
hoam. ssd Pa. how much my viz
win like this here piant = nov she
nings It from her like the fAthsr IN
the play. sed Pa. telling his daaSh4
ter to 20 4 never dArksn' the lit6-
house door. Oh. vsil. ssd Pa. VI
win fsrEit II. q VIII talk this poos4
hoAnlsss iittsI plant away I'll
morrow. ssd Pa -. "A q.
We may a. we'll keep Il now thst
Il u here. ssd Ma. but I wish. DEER
est luv. ssd Ma. that In these rack
Ing days Of sus-psnss. ssd Ma, yea
wud save yurs sugar for = rainy
day. You nsVsr can ten. ssA Ma.
wen you will see the day that ths
money you paid for this elinEing
vine viii cum In mitsy handy for
eat meal or SpudA ssd Ma Let -
Be careful OF our ehAnEs. Ma sea
All rite. ssd Pa. after this wen Z
git one Of than tender q EsntSl in
pulses . want to bay sunthinS fer
you I will stifsl the still. small
voice. ssd Pa, . keep the mummy
in my pocket. II you want me 70
be tits. Pa sed. Will be tite- VII
now rOSmovs this hare Vsr-dAat
vine inte the Back Yard. ssd Pa. .
let it rsneek on the un-esrting
thing We call life
Doant bother moving the plaat
now. sed Ma. II IL hsrs. the peer
lIttsl orfant. Ssd Ma q We mite -
well give It . sunny hoam- / sap
poSs now you will bring heam tive
green burds to set In its branches.
Ma sed
No. sOd Pa, went never SPlnS
hoam any moar green things.
Exeep one green thing, ssG N.
always remember to bring AOan
one green thing. the dough, Ssd Ma.
That 10 ever green = ever vslsun.
Ma SSd-
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
By Ira S. Vile,
(AssOeiafe Editor AmeFIcaa MedIeIna
and Member New York City
Board of EducatiOn.)

and Member New York City
Board of EducatiOn)
II til. kitoh.nT
You want your drinking
water clear. clean and pure.
You have paid out money to pro-
tsot your househould from contain
hated drinking water.
II the public water supply IL mud
ty and turbid you are able TO strain
cut the particles OF dirt by using
a sand or porcelain filter.
II the drinking water is clGyey
O. laden with iron particles or small
vegetable forms your hIter will be
Of service In removing them.
II the water IN clear when Il Ar
rfVes at the top. the hlter is prAo-
ticaIIy useless for further purihca-
ton
You cannot Judge the purity of
water BY looking at it. You can
say Il f. clean or dirty. You can
not decide whether It is safe and
et to drink or contains irfsctive
'hAetsriA
As OrdIarfly used in the home nl-
tsrs DO not give protection from In
feetion.
You may use charcoal. asbestos,
stons. porcelain or sand hItsrL
they eIsGn water but cannot purify
e disinfSet It
II there Il typhoid in your COM
nunity and the water supply is
under suspicion. boil the water that
70 to be drunk By your family.
De not dSIudS yourself into a feel
6G Of safety By buying and attach
inG . alter 70 the faucets.
Have yOa ever noted the inoon-
matasoy - somo DsODls who be-
The Washington times., 1918-01-21

The next day when q thaW set in
all his neighbors were saved from
a deluge Of water and siush.
Now this man is q good citizen.
He would be capable Of living In
community where property rights
were not at all times guarded BY
the strong arm of the Law.
Many of US sigh for . social
utopia-a state Of society in which
the brotherhood Of man meets
practical recognition How many
of US, however, demonstrate in our
daily life our own ability to oc-
cupy a place in such an ideal stats'
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
The ''LAl.d-Ua lanterns. "

Among the ChinsSs0 there has eI-
Istsd for ages . passion for hre-
works and lanterns. In every city.
at every port and on every river
and canal. ~ soon ~ night comes
on. the lanterns make their appear
ancs. They are hung out At the
door Of every dwelling; they swing
a. pendants 20 the ankles OF the
paEoda: they form the hery crown
Of every shop front: they cluster
round the houses OF the rich and
light up the novels OF the poor:
they are borne with the carriage
OF the traveller. and they swing
frorr the yards and mGsts Of HIS
vessel
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
EPISODE 10.
CoEs of Death.
CssynSht. 1877. star Company.

Cspyrisht. 1917. Star Company.
-1ERDA was restlessly waiting
W alone in the library OF the
whitney Home when she
heard Ramsay and Doris enter.
why. Doris" she asked. noticing
her torn frock. what has hap
psnsdT'
Esuch an experiences" cried
Doris brsGthIessly. what DO you
thinkf I've been attacked again
by the Hidden Hand 1 tried to
escape from him-up on a roof
the chimney fsll-on him-Hnd I
think he's dead. Two OF them ss-
capped with his body"
-oh. I'm SO glad" eamounaEed
verda-
Doris turned toward Ramsay who.
was putting the lockst IN the safe.
and. for the FIRST time. vsrdA be-
traysd consternation. II the Hidden
Hand was really dead. how was she
70 prove that she. not Doris. was
IN. tru. daughter OF Judson Whit
neyf
A. .b. watched Doris and Ram
,.v. slowly q plan began to form
IN her mind. she must get away
and verify the news. Quietly she
h,.x.d out Of the room without at
,,,r+,nr the attention Of either
Do-l, or Ramsay. A moment later
Ward, was on the street and hurry
t., .,or. 70 the den Of the Hidden
Hand.
p...y "a Doris a. he whirled the
cnrnhIn.tiou Of the safe 20 make
Snr. that Il was locked. I'VE ought
% =. nbls 70 hnd out who he is."
non.nt later he was At the
,.ienhone, jigElInE the hook. Is
Dr scarlsy in7" he asked. a. he got
aSo' sir" came back the answer
,,on, IN. vhite-eoated attendant IN
searIeys offIce. 'Ts there any mes
sage"
.urnsd TO Doris. For 4 moment
thsrs was q look OF triumph on his
f.cs, Precisely that would be the
case II scarley were the Hidden
Hand.
SIN there was one other possibil-
I,y He jigEled the telephone re-
Ieeiyer hook again. this tinS caliing
Abner whitney.
when. howsVsr. from AbnSr'B ~
lat came the reply that he. too, was
out. Ramsay was perpisxsd
Forced to Wait.
The best ne g. I say. Hs Doris
turned to go up rs to change her
soiIed and torn frock was, We'll.
anyhow. whichever does not return
must be the Hidden Hand. We shall
have to wait"
MEANWHILE. in the den. the Hidden
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
A Serial of Romance
and Mystery.

In q moment the Hidden Hand
pulled himself up slowly ana lAbo-
riouSlY. Dasedly he looked around.
Then he reached his hand into his
inside pocket and drew out the
packet-safel
He cIutched at It eagerly. and. a.
he thought OF what had happened
and his strength began to return to
him he was filled with . consuming
rage.
while verda stood beside him and
the emIssaries crowded about he
began already plotting his revenge
on Doris and Ramsay.
That evening in his room Ram
say was seated At q table with his
coat on, writing q CONFIDENTIAL re-
port for his secret service CHIEF,
when suddenly the door opensd
quietly and vsrda Eiidad In care
fully leaving the door open behind
her
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
By Arthur B. Reeve,

Creator Of the @CraiE Kennedy"
mystery stories, which appear eI-
eIustveIy IN CosnopoIitan Magazine.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
NOTE.

Seven years ago we all went
through the flames; and the happiness
of some OF us since then is, we think,
well worth the pain we endured. 1t il
an added Joy to Nina and to me that
our boys birthday is the same day
as that on which Quincy Norris died
His mother holds, I know, the secret
belief that some OF our brave friends
spirit has passed into him. His bundle
OF names links all our little band Of
men together; but we call him Quin-
cey.
In the summer Of this year we made
journey to TransylvaniA, and went
over the old ground which was, and
is, to us so full OF vivid and terrible
memories. 1t was almost impossible
to believe that the things which we
had seen with our own eyes and heard
with our own ears were living truths.
Every trace OF all that had been was
blotted out. The castle stood as be-
fore, reared high above q waste OF
desolation.
When we got home we were talk
ing of the old time-whIch we could
all look back on without despair, for
Godalming and Seward are both hap
PLY married. took the papers from
the safe where they had been ever
since our return so long ago.
We were struck with the fact, that
In all the mass of material OF which
the record Is composed. there Is hard
ly one authentic document; nothing
but a masE Of type-writing, except the
later notebooks Of Nina and Seward
and myself, and Van Helsing's mem
orandum. We could hSrly ask any one,
even did we wish to, to accept these
as proofs OF so Wild a story.
Van Helsing summed It all up as
he said, with our boy on his knee:
I'VE want no proofs: We ask none
70 believe Us! This boy will some day
know what q brave and gallant vom-
an his mother is. Already he knows
her sweetness and loving care; later
on he will understand how some men
go loved her, that they did dare much
for her sake"
JONATHAN HARKER.
THE END.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
Three Famous Consultations.

AT o'clock p m three of the greatest consultations IN
the sky hanging it were upon the meridian Near
the zenith Auga 1.-THE Charoeer) with the brilliant Ca
pea; below to the west of the meridian, is Taurus now
adorned with the planet Jupiter.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
An Unexpected Visit.

An Unexpected Visit
Ramsay looked up from his WORK
surprised He forced . pleasant
smile and rose quickly. while
verda moved ovR to the table By
which he was standing. Without
answering his inquiry, vOrdA
picked up the paper he had been
writing and then began to read Il
Surprised and angry. Ramsay
seized the paper from her.
''Oh. Jadk" rsproached vsrdA,
Affecting to be deeply hurt.
Ts Ne Continued TO-aSTRSW.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
CURSE OF THE VAMPIRE
FADES WITH THE SUN.

NADK1o " II n INIA DCNs
The sun was now right down upon
the mountain top, and the red CLEANS
fell upon my face, so that It was
bathed In rosy light With one i'm
pulse the men sank on their knees
and . deep and earnest amen" broEe
from all as their eyes followed the
pointing finger. The dying man
spoke:
''Now God be thanked that all has
not been IN vain! See! the snow is
not more stainless than her forehead
/ The curse has passed avayI"
And, to our bittsr grief, with q
smile and in silence, he died, q gal
liant gentleman.
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
DRACULA,
THE. VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.

turned, without q word, and rode
away as II for their lives. Those
who were unmounted jumped upon
the letter wagon and shouted TO the
horsemen not to desert them The
wolves, which had withdrawn to a
safe distance, followed in their wake,
leaving us alone.
Mr.. Norris, who had sunk to the
ground. leaned on his elbow, hold
ing his hand pressed to his side;
the blood still gushed through his
fingers. I flew to him, for the Holy
circle did not now keep me back;
so did the two doctors. Jonathan
knelt behind him, and the wounded
man laid back his head on his
shoulder. With q sigh he took, with
a feeble effort, my hand in that OF
his own which was unstained. He
must have seen the anguish of my
heart in my face, for he smiled at
me and said:
81 am only too happy to have been
OF any service! oh, GodF' he cried
suddenly, struggling UP TO a sitting
posture and pointing to me, 'Tt was
worth for this to die! Look! look -
The Washington times., 1918-01-21
LITTLE
BOBBIE'S PA
BY william F. Kirk.

IA brot Ma hoam . big plAas
last alta Il wac an he eoufa
= carry IN his tive en- araa
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-07
Young Peoples EVENINGS.

harm often comes from the too i'm
pllcit faith which parents place in chill
dren's accounts of where their eve
nings are spent. To obviate the use
by young people Of the social centers
In the schools as an excuse for their
absence from home when they have
been elsewhere, the schools of Milwau-
kee issue cards to children of parents
who demand them. When the young
man or woman goes to the social CEN
Ter the time of his or her entrance is
recorded on the card as are also the
lime Of leaving and kindred data. In
mis- fashion parents are enabled to
verify their children's assertions that
they have spent an evening at a school
center.