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Close Hauled Before the Trade Winds
.EfH With Skipper Ralph D. Paine

it that way-rather calamity and with a
posture OF vigor and aggresayeness and
10 passive dull submission. When his
wreck men, adrift in q small boat, spy
ship acting queerly, we know right away
that it is going to turn out to be their
own abandoned vessel, having q laugh
at the expense Of her teo misrusting
commander, and that they viii surely sal
wage her and do mighty well with tin
the end. We know also, and this is the
saving factor, that something will turn
up to block their way. to the triumphant
denouement, many obstacles intervene, to
be safely overpassed.
When Fenwick is accused Of unsea-
manly conduct, with no possibility Of re-
demption but in a word from his former
superior in command aboard the aban-
doned and recovered ship, we know that
such word will be forthcoming, though
the master seems lost at sea. But this is
where Mr.. Paine makes good-he does not
hand out the first, obvious solution, bring
ing the missing captain back just in the
nick of time, but-howeyer, that would
be robbing the story. Capt. Dodge does
what is expected Of him, but does it in a
most unexpected way. It's square deal
all round.
If the seafaring and shipbuilding men
Of Maine are all such good fellows as
Fenwick, we are mighty glad that they
have been set upon their feet again by the
revival of the American merchant marine
THE CALL OF THE OFFSHORE WIND.
By RALPH D. PAINE. Houghton Mifiin
Company. $50.
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Still Carrying On
and On (2lst Edition.
CARRY ON
LETTERS IN WARTIME

By 1T. CONINGSBY DAWSON
Author Of "Ths Glory Of the Trenches"
etc. Frontispisce
Cloth, 81 90 net.
EVERY page OF Lieu enant Daw-
sons book breathes the faith that
the men who are fighting there for
the life of Democracy will come
back with a new vision in their eyes
One finds that vision in Carry
On. Chicago Herald.
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By EDWARD N. TEAL.

IT HE trade winds that blow up and
Il down the Atlantic coast used to
blow more trade before them than they
were doing four. or five years ago. In
the days of the famous Yankee clippers
Capt. Israel Fenwick had built ships Of
stout timber and a reputation carved
from the strong stuff of Down East char
acter. Then there came time that
made him look foolish with his saying
that "God Almighty's wind is cheaper
than steam and always was" Good old
Israel implied that it would be so always.
But engines in iron hulls came and ran
away with his business-and his Joy in
life. The shipyard that he left to his IA
vorite son seemed like to be a milestone
tied around that young mans neck, but
his heritage of resolute charaeter-and
generous need of pure luck-brought
him, with all sail set and colors flying, to
the port predestined and foreordained
for him as Ralph Paine hero.
We took the story up expecting to find
something very much like Kipling. But
the Kipling we looked for, the Kipling
of Captains Courageous, is not in this
tale. Another Kipling is though-the.
kipling of The Days Work. Remember
Tie Devil and the Deep Seai How the
Wild, naked men of the sea brought in
their gibberin' old patchwork of tramp
freighterf Mr.. Paine has some out and
out the man stuff that gets you going
pretty much as that story of rugged Rud-
yards did twenty years ago.
Our trusty hobby paws the ground, i'm
patient to be off. Who'll ride with Us
Our hobby is passion for finding old
stories in the new ones
When we say that that stout old sea
dog, Cap'n Wesley Amazeen, sacrificing
his ship for friendship and sending her
to the bottom in one Of the daringest and
rousingest boarding parties We ever read
of, reminds us Of one of Cooper's Ttro
Admirdls sailing into the fog of an old
fashioned sea fight to rescue the hard put
to it ships of his old seafelloy, the other
admiral, after resolving to betray him
and their common country-when we say
that we are not saying anything to hurt
Mr. Paine. If we were to go on and say
that his story does not come up to that
one immortal chapter of our old friend
James Fenimore-an oasis of "human in
terest" in a desert of commonplace dia-
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logue and description-we should b
making critical mountain out Of mole
hill And criticism has no business here
The same considerations exactly apply
to the reminder we amuse ourselves with
detecting in Second Mate Peter Strawn's
wild chase Of bad niger out onto the
bowsprit Of the big six master, chase
that could not possibly end otherwise
than in the death by knife or water Of
one of the two hard men, of Long John
Silver crawling with the knife in his
tusks and murder in his toagh old heart.
The Call Of the Ofshore Wind does not
remind US of Joseph Conrad.
Without conflict there can be no good
story. Mr. Paine excels in conflict, al
ways. He has never put much more Of it
into a story, not even that almost hectic
tale Of The Head Coach, than he has
damned into the well freighted hold Of
this book. There is the conflict Of the
young shipyard owner and skipper with
the sea and with an INSCRIPTIONS and
hard headed opponent in business; and
there is the endless conflict Of a ship,
"next to a cathedral the loveliest, noblest
fabric Of human handiwork," and the bat
tering gale and billow. If the talk in the
book is sometimes heavy and stilted, it
would certainly take a great many pages
of that to wipe out the pleasing impress
sion created by the excellently well done
sea talk, the slang Of the mariners in
wooden bulls, the dialect of the negro
hands and the salt songs of the fat, jolly
cook. Then add to these good things a
strong dash of "girl interest,"" the per-
sonalities of the Down Fasteners, sea
captains and a dear, delightful, shrewd
old maid-the swashbuckling Irish tow
boat captain and the Southern gentle
man who befriends the hero in time of
great need-and surely you have a COM
pound that does the stirring instead Of
needing it.
Just breeze of story, told as man
of the sea might tell it costly to reunins
pals. Paine's yarns are too entertaining
to leave him exposed to the attack Of the
literary analyst. He does not poster you
with plot; he does keep you awake with
counterpart. There is a certain obvious
ness. Well, life is like that: in one way
of looking at it it is mysterious, full Of
threat and a reason for deep thinking
and more or less baffied conclusions; in
another, it is of elementary simplicity
and only to be taken as it comes and en-
joyed by bold spirits. Mr.. Paine takes
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Americas Awakening
The
WAR EAGLE
Ry W ] DAWSON

By W. ]. DAWSON
Author Of Robert &cnsiOne," The
Father Of q Soldier" etc. Second
Edition. Cloth, 81. so mel.
"a splendid work, finely con-
ceived, finely written, and with an
exceptional power of appeal, not
only to the mind, but to the heart
1t will make readers think, and it
will also and still more make them
feel. "-New York Tribune.
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"a Prose Epic
OF Heroisnr"
THE GLORY
of the TREN CHES

By 1T. CONINGSBY DA SON
Author of Garry o." "Od to
VIM" etc.
Third Edition. Cloth, 100 net
IF ON beginning to end a happy
book. 1t is happy, not because the
author has escaped suffering or even
horror, but because he has grasped
something beyond those things"
-Neu York Times
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Drums Afar"

DRUMS AFFAIR, by John Murray
IL Gibbon, is termed an "interna-
tional romance with war tinge.' Charles
Fitzmorris, wholly likable young Eng
lishman, and Madeline Raymond, Chi
cago girl with operate aspirations, are
the characters principally concerned. Eng
land, Germany, the United States, Canada
and finally England once more, in the
early days of the war, form a shifting
background against which their affair
progresses.
The author of Drums Afar intends his
work to be a study in contrast between
the so-ealled middle class of Enghshmen
and Americans. American slang of the
stalest vintage marks the conversation Of
characters from this side of the Atlantic,
but we doubt if even people from Chi
cago, which city the author draws upon
for his Americans, would take national
pride in using the language the author
forces upon them. In presenting what he
doubtless believes to be the typical Amer
lean Mr.. Gibbon gees far astray.
Drums Afar is capital story, however.
1t is one to read in leisurely manner,
for there is not thrill in il. It is q COM
Portable sort of book.
Charles Fitzmorris at once wins tbs
reader, because che is so typically Eng.
lish-quiet, courteous, conservative and
yet so quick to understand, and so sym-
pathetic" Upon first meeting Madeline
Raymond the reader will probably want
to spank her for her downright rudenes,
But she had mass of black hair, jet black
eyes and the reddest of red lips; so Fits-
morris overlooked everything else.
A delightful picture Of life at Oxford
forms the first part of the book. Without
being boresome Mr.. Gbbon lets his reader
glimpse a hundred or more phases of stu
dent activities as he follows the smooth
running career of his hero.
That the story will take an American
trend is soon indicated by the warm
friendship between Fitzmorris and Mike
Kelly, an aesthetic young Chicago lawyer,
who is taking course at Oxford as a rest
cure. Kelly's slang jars horribly upon
the classic atmosphere of Christ Church
College. The story follows the Continen-
tai wanderings of Fitzmorris during his
summer vacation periods, on which, in
Germany, he sees evidences of the coming
war. It deals with his journalistic ad-
ventures after being graduated and with
his trip to America, the latter after Miss
Raymond made her sensational London
debut. ..., 49, ......
As her voice improves so does her DIS
position, and finally Miss Raymond de-
velops into a girl of such nature that
one is proud of her Americanism, for by
an unexpected turn of events at the end
Of the story she has ample opportunity to
demonstrate her worth.
DRUMS AFFAIR. BY JOHN MURRAY GIBBoN.
John Lane Company. $50.
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READ
THE DAWSON
VICTORY BOOKS
War as q Crusade
OUT
TO WIN
The Story OF America
tn France

By 1T. CONINGSBY DAWSON
Author of 1.-THE Glory of The
Trenches" Garry On" etc,
Third Edition. Cloth, $1.25
net.
"Out to Win will deepen our re-
spect for our countrymen and en-
large our understanding and SYM
patty for our allies. 1t will give Us
a bigger vision and a finer, higher
courage to go on, as we must go on
until we have accomplished the OBJ
iects for which we are fighting"
Chicago Daily Netcs
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"A Book of Comfort
and Good Cheer"
the father
OF A SOLDIER
By W. ]. DAWSON

Author Of "Thc War Eagle" etc.
Second Edition. Cloth, sic net.
"This book comes from the heart
and goes to it. 1t is the effort Of a
father who has reached a great
height to make others realize that
no lesser height is possible. "-NeW
York EUening Post.
OF ALL BOOkSELLERS
JOHN LANE CO. NEW YORK
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31

William d. Haywood, who is secre.
tary and treasurer of the l. w. W.,
and his fourteen associates who re-
ceived a prison sentence of twenty
years and fine of 100000 each, are
finding that America is in a stern
mood during these war times. Hay
wood and his followers have been
propagating and fostering principles
which are un-American, to say the
least. They were a threat to our in
stitutions. These principles rely for
their success upon the discomfort of
people who have no regard for law
and order and who endeavor to gain
their ends by force and even species
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
ot.t Rid Of Pleas.

The fen Is one c. the most Annoying
of household pests. In many cases
aeas are bred on dogs or cats, and the
first thing to be dime Is TO eliminate
Tho source Of supply. II the animal is
not badly infested. insect powder, well
rubbed into the hail. or ereolin wash,
may be effective. Remove all carpets
aud similar articles and scrub the
floors thoroughly with hot soapsudssor
I've, being careful to get into every
crack and erevice. Flcas thrive OIL dirt
and do not like TO be disturbed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
Locomotive EnaIneer Wrltes.

Over work and worry cause kidney
trouble. When the kidneys are not
working properly, poisons accumulate
in the system. resulting in -backache
sore muscles, stiff joints rheumatic
pains, constantly tired feeling and
other distressing symptoms George
McLain, Tutle Lake, N. d., writes
Il am locomotive engineer. 4 had
bad pain in my back and my blad
der action was very Irregular. / took
Foley Kidney Pills and was relieved
in a couple of days Sold Every
where.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
Saturday, August 81, 1918.
Nationwide prohibition is coming

Nationwide prohlDition Is coming.
This IS an assured fact. The leaders
of the opposition to it in Congress
have admitted that such law will be
in effect by July | of next year. The
Senate has already passed the bill
with the Sheppard amendment; and
as the House is known to be over
whelmingly in favor of the dry
clause" it will be but short time be-
fore the bill will become law.
Whether or not Vermont ratifies this
proposed amendment to the U. S
constitution, there will be enough
other states that will, so that there is
almost certainty Of its being in
force by next July, Vermonts rati6-
cation depends upon the Legislature
elected. and not upon the governor,
as the latter has neither vote nor veto
power on the subject This question
of national prohibition can have no
bearing on the goyernorship contest
now under way in this state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
PowNAL CENTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Reynolds and
family and Mrs, Sarah Myers motored
to Castleton where they were the
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Ransom.
ir Mrs. John Welch and daughter,
Alice are guests OF Mrs. Robert Irish
Of Dalton, Mass.
A son was born Thursday. August
% to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry R. Jones.
William Kieth and daughter. Ruth
who have been tbs guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy G. Lampman for several
weeks. returned to their home in
North Easton, Mass, Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Morrison OF
Saxtons River were recent guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Morrison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
GERMANY SHORT OF TIN
And as Yet Has Found No Satisfactory
Substitute.

Washington, Aug. 30.--Germany is
suffering from serious shortage of
tin and as yet has found no satisfac-
tory substitute. The Hamburg cor
respondent recently said that the up
per Silesian tinplate industry is work
ing under exceptional pressure, being
engaged almost exclusively on army
orders. The paper further said that
a new plant had been erected for the
purpose Of remanufacturing old scrap
tin plate, and that upper Silesian tin
ore mines, which were formerly re.
garded as being to poor to work. are
now being worked as far as possible
Paraffne paper containers are being
used in place of tin cans for condensed
milk, preserved fruit and vegetables
and in place of tin drinking cups,
Untimed steel sheets are also being
used extensively as q substitute.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
HOW 1T HAPPENED
Graham overdrew Account as Auditor
/ to Meet Private Obligations.

Graham Overdrew Account as Auditor
to Meet Private Obligations.
The Randolph Herald switches lit
tie. light ON the dark subject of Gov
ernor Graham's shortage in accounts
during his IA years term as state aud
itor in the following explanation.
1T is alleged that Mr. Graham drew
in advance on his salary and expense
account amounts in excess of his year
ly allowance. The books and vouchers
of the auditors Office, II Is said show
all this. Further, a part of the over
drafts have been repaid by Governor
Graham and the balance has been or
will be repaid this week. according
/ to assurances given. nl Ff
Current report is that Mr.. Graham
became embrassed through lumber
4 investment in Hyde Park several
years ago and began to oyerdraw In
his account to meet private oblga-
tions. This continued at intervals
during nearly his entire term as audi
itor. The shortages were not detected
or at least not made public, by the ex-
aminers, charged with the duty of
checking the auditors account.
Soon after taking the Office OF audi
! tor, Ben Gates discovered that short
age existed and thorough investiga
/ ton, with outside assistance, brought
the amount to light. This was several
months ago
Governor Graham, acquainted with
the findings, admitted the situation.
( On his assurance, backed by friends
good, with interest. the matter has
that the shortage would be soon made
been allowed to drift. and ,eyen to re
main secret until the present The
boom for Governor Graham's re.elec-
ton, which had gained much head
way, quietly fattened as the rumors
spread.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
Catarrhal Deafness Cannon Re Cured

by seal applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There IL
only one way, to cure catarrhal deafness.
ana that IS by constitutional remedy,
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
named condition OF tho mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube il
infiamed you have a rumblng sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when II Is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored 10 It's normal condition. hearis.s
VIII be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh, which 10
nm inilamed condition OF tho mucous sur
races Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
system.
we VIII give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that csnnot
pc cured by Hairs Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars FREQ. All Druggists. 75c
H. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
Truly Klno of Birds.

sour national bird. the bald eagle,
Wild in its native hapnts, is SO large, so
majestic, and flies with an evidence Of
so enormous strength, that one is i'm
pressed with the thought that here is
the king of birds" writes T. Gilbert
Pearson Of the Audubon society. ION
one occasion while eating my lunch in
the shade of a little bush on a South
ern prairie, l saw one carry Off q
lamb"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31

of mild terrorism. II people persist
in backing dangerous doctrines in
America, they must abide by the con-
sequences. Haywood and his as
sociates are entitled to no sympathy
whatever for the outcome of their
trio
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
SIGNALS Oh DISTRESS
Bennington People Should Know How
to Read AMI Heed Them.

Bennington People Should Know How
to Read AMI Heed Them.
pisordered kidrcss give many sig
nails of distress.
The secretions may be dark, con
tain sediment,
Passages are sometimes frequent,
seanty, painful.
Baekache is often present day and
night.
Headaches and dizzy spells may &C.
cu..
Weakened kidneys should receive
quick help.
Don't delay! Use a special kidney
remedy.
Doans Kidney pills are for weak
kidneys, backache aud urinary dis
orders.
Bennington evidence proves their
worth.
Arthur Doumoni, SOC Gage ST, Ben
nington, says: "My Kidneys acted
irregularly and the kidney secretions
were highly colored and scalded in
passage. Black spots appeared be-
fore my eyes and ! had dizzy spells,
which made mo foel pretty miserable
at times When | learned Of Doan's
Kidney Pills. began using them and
( they cured me. can recommend
them very highly"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for q kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pil's-the same that
/ Mr.. Deumont had Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, n. Y
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-07
PAY THE ROAD
REPAIR BILLS
jackson Trustees, Meet Saturday IN
Session Here to Attend to
Necessary Bust
ness.

Five of the trustees OF jackson
township outside, met at the county
courthouse Saturday to pay OH the
bills of the road supervisor accumu-
lated through the expense OF mann
tanning and dragging the roads.
Commissioner Hickey informed the
men that the city was willing to go
halves on the expense Of maintaining
the road from, Main street extension
to the smelter and another road down
by the Des Moines river, and these
roads will be put into. good condition.
an improvement greatly needed.
The trustees, who were present at
the meeting Saturday, were VIII u.
Turner, clerk, William Meister, chair
man of the board, H. G. Weirather,
Ed Johnson and Harry Talbot, ROAD
supervisor,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-07
MONDAY MUSIC
CLUB RECITAL
Regular Meeting This Evening Opens
the Activities Of a New Season
and viii be Largely
Attended.
pas A FINE PROGRAM
'ne Season Just Beginning Will be
Most Eventful One In Nine
teen Years of Its Ex-
istenee Here.

ms evening at s O'Clock the Mon
, ras Music club will inaugurate the
s ,aus. eVentful season in it's nineteen
t.ars OF existence. with an interest.
r. program to be given in the Y. w.
A.. elowlng the usual custom, this
o rs' program Of the year is an open
th as ana not only the members hut
M mn ~. friends and all interested in
cord S,uo are invited and will be most
o rIy welcomed.
,ea ane .s club has pledged itself this
; ;sS, mat all net proceeds derived
so Um us activities, from whatsoever
|tea snail be given to war actiyi-
|Snt s ana 1t looks for and expects the
kuk s ae and loyal support of all Keo-
oldtimpee ople, and particularly of its
Hicts rred Kirchner and Mr.. Alfred
xns ss, VINO appear on the program
\ a., 10 70 leave shortly for service
simental band, and this will
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-07
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove It

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi.
tute for calomel, act gently on the bowels
and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar.
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood ard gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calonel does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sfckening,
gripping cat,iartics are derived from DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets without gripping,
pain or any disagreeable effects.
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tice amcng patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
a vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil; you will know them by their olive
color. Take one or two every night for
a week and note the effect. 10c and Csc
per box. AL drug1ists>
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-07
RECRUITS WORK
OUT ARDUOUSLY
Use the Public Play Ground for Pa
rade Ground and Mansuve.
to Curtis
Statue.

A hike from Eighth and Main
streets. the company headuarIters, to
the public play grounds at Twentieth
street and then maneuvers from there
to the statue of Major General Curtis,
at Third and Main streets, was called
a taste of real drilling by the recruits
In training for cantonments
Captain Powell gave them little
work out Sunday, and the men Fl esh
from offices and stores talked about
it almost like a national guardsynan
of the Rio Grande training expedition
who had marched fifteen miles and
back carrying full equipment un:1er a
southern sun.
But considering the softncss of the
men in Captain PowelPs company,