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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

deedi I only wish to promote socia-
bility during the festive season.
"Well, then, l guess I'd better be
goih'," said the deacon. I hain't no
time for no sich foolery."
Don't be in a hurry, deacon" urged
Miss Hanna. 81 do wish to consult
you"
about what?" frowned the deacon,
looking obviously at the purple Shout
ders and arms of the lady.
Marriage" said Miss Hanna.
"Would you advise me, dear deacon,
to commit my future into the hands of
another?'
"Eh!" said the deacon. Had an Of
fer?"
Eyes," said Miss Hanna, driven by
his directness into an absolute lie.
"Then, if l was you," said the dea-
con, "Pd accept it, cause it amt likely
you'll have many of EN-"
But, Deacon" she stammered, what
if l don't love the man? What If I
love another who"
"Then don't accept him." said the
deacon; but, suddenly becoming cleo
trically aware of his danger as Miss
Hanna moved her chair a little closer
to his, he added, my horse is gettin'
dreadful Uneasy outside. 1 guess I'll
be goin'. No, thankee"-as Miss Han.
ma took up the plate of cake-"I don't
never eat nothin' except at regular
meals. Good mornin' 7"
And thus the deacon escaped.
"Ehi What's that noise? If it's the
cat jumping at my canary again-but
it sounded more like someone laugh
ing and cats don't laugh. Who's that
comm up the walk? Ethan Crane, I
do declare! Well, he's a likely young
fellow-not as rich as Squire Perkins,
maybe, but Oh, come in, MI. Crane.
Come in. I am SO glad to see you.
Lovely day, isn't it,"
Ethan Crane sat down with his hat
In his lap.
81 received your card, Miss Hanna"
ooh, did you'll" said Angela, with a
smile.
ITO tell the truth" said honest
iI1lildH, L Wunleu IL ultle ldlk WIFI
you"
Indeed |" said the lady. won't you
come here and set by me On the sofa i?
It's more sociable like
"Oh, yes, If you like" said Ethan,
obeying her gesture Of invitation.
you see, my mother is getting
feebler every day, and we feel the
need of some younger person at the
farm. And I'm twenty-eight now, and
the place is in good oruer, and I've
money at interest, so that I've pretty
much made up my mind to marry"
Miss Angela let the pulled and friz-
zled head fall on his shoulder.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
Dearest Ethanlo she exclaimed.

Dearest Ethan p she exclaimed.
"Yes-exactly," said Ethan Crane.
moving as far away as the arm of the
sofa would allow. $50, If you thought
that your niece, Mirandy, would have
me"
my niece, Mirandyi !" gasped the
lelder lady, the immovable bloom never
ALTERING On her face, although her
heart beat wildly and her lips
~,blanched.
EYES," said Ethan. Il hoped to meet
her here today"
"No!" said Miss Angela sharply.
"She's gone away; and If she hadn't,
she wouldn't accept you."
rs she engaged to someone else?''
stammered poor Ethan.
"Yes," said Miss Hanna. "To Joshua
Slmpkins. But, Ethan, do not grieve;
/ am ready to entertain your suit, al
though Mirandy despises you, and"
but she doesn't, aunty! !" interrupts
ed a clear, distinct voice, and Mirandy
herself entered from an adjoining
o ION the contrary, she loves
Lthdh Olahc ucdiiyi anu she lSluSeu
Joshua Simpkins, as you know very
well. I
"How came you here?" screamed
Miss Hanna.
ST went to Mrs. Browns house."
said Mirandy, "and she had gone to
spend the holidays with her niece at
Stanford. So I came back home.''
"You are a dreadful minxl' cried
Miss Hanna, nearly suffocated with
anger.
gently !" said Ethan Crane, inter-
posing in Mirandy's defense. mo call
ing of names, please"
"And you shan't stay In my house
another day!" added the indignant
lady.
'"Then she shall come to mine"
boldly asserted Ethan. "Come, Mi
randy, darling-my sleigh is at the door
and it holds exactly two. Wen go to
Parson Squire's and get married this
very hour"
So they were married, and old Mrs,
Crane, who was waiting at the farm
house door to receive her son, was de-
lighted.
off 1t hadn't been me-" said MI
randy, mischievously, ut would have
been Aunt Angela, for she was deter
mined to marry Ethan"
"The Lord forbid p said Mrs. Crane,
raising her eyes.
"And- after this" said Ethan, as he
led his bride in, "the first day of the
year will be a double anniversary
the happiest of Happy New Years. Eth,
Mirandy?"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
Jesuit Settlement.

A Jesuit settlement is being nego-
tiated in Schweldnitz in Silesia. There
was formerly a Jesuit settlement
there from 1929 to 1776. 1t is pro-
posed to purchase for the purpose the
former Jesuit seminary next to the
Roman Catholic church, which is now
the headquarters of the provincial adj
ministration. The -neighborhood of
Breslau was one of the first places In
which the Jesufts established them
selves, notes a correspondent, so soon
as the ban against them was removed
some months ago, and they are evil
IDENTIFY losing no time In taking adj
vantage of the restoration of their
freedom to settle in Germany.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
h to Cut Trees.

Trees should be cut in winter, as
timber dries more slowly at that time
of year and there is little danger of
damage from season checking. Logs
can be handled most economically in
the winter months as four times as
many logs can be hauled on sleds as
on wheels, If the logs or posts are cut
in winter they become well seasoned
before they are set, and proper season.
ing Is the most economical preserva-
tive treatment one can give to posts
or poles. All the great industrial or
CARNATIONS, such as railroads, tele-
graph and telephone companies, that
use enormous quantities of timber
specify that it must be cut between
October 1 and March 1. Experience
has shown that best results have been
obtained by cutting the trees at this
time.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

There is no good reason for Danish
ing evening gowns entirely from the
scheme of things fashionable. Women
will not care to have them as elaborate
or splendid as they might be lie the
shadow of the war were lifted, because
they are not In the mood to go to ex-
ttremes in anything, but it would be a
mistake to forego them entirely. Those
who a afford to are giving literally
and spending judiciously so as to sup
port business-for business must go
on. The luxury of an evening gown
has very substantial reasons for indul-
Igence.
Fashionable women are ordering
gowns that will serve for both dinner
and evening wear; a two-in-one propo-
ssition that is altogether successful. In
these, bodices are higher and more
draped than in the regulation evening
gown, and arms r at least yelled with
sheer fabrics. They will be worn upon
any occasion of great social interest,
taking the place Of the most formal of
evening gowns with unquestioned pro-
priety.
The lovely frock in the picture is
not of the variety Just described-it is
an evening gown pure and simple. Sim
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
His Coded MESSAGE.

That the big Fifth avenue hotels
in New York have their eamoufleurs, or
as they are generally known, -four
fushers," was shown recently to many
who were in the Peacock Alley of one
hostelry. A bellhop had PACED a man
successfully and found him seated
with two ladies. Obviously the indi-
vidual enjoyed being with the ladies',
and he wasn't a bit indignant about be-
ing PACED publicly before them. "Here,
boy, what is it2" he demanded with an
imperious wave. Telegram, sir" an
swered the bellhop, presenting his
tray. The nan took one look at the
face of the message, flushed a bit I'M
comfortably, and then ordered the
message returned to the office, where
he would call for 1t later. ITS a code
message, and I can't read it now" he
explained to his fair companions. "Ill
get my code book and get it later at
the Office" At the Office the boy laid
down the message with the explana-
ton. "But it's not in CODE" retorted
the clerk. The boy pointed to the
face of the message. ut was code as
far as his pocketbook was concerned"
he said. "His spelling couldn't see
the 50 CENTS" For there on the en-
velope 1t read, &c. o. D. 50"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
Jan Works aEllm.EIamy Came.

The captain of the coastlng steamer
Talun-Maru, lying In dock at Moji, was
visited by a man in police uniform,
who said he was sent to examine all
bank notes on board, says a japanese
correspondent. He gave as a reason
that a new counterfeit of excellent ex-
ecution had been put In circulation.
The captain produced notes for 800
yen ($250), which the alleged officer
scrutinized and finally said he would
have to call an expert. Meanwhile he
apparently placed the money in a jar
and sealed 1t. 1t was the ancient
'hlm-fam game" The bogus officer
did not return, and there was no
money in the jar.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

Sure of the allegiance of sensible
women who are looking for warmth
and durability, as well as good style,
In winter coats, these two models for
the coolest weather present them
selves. They are of f%ur-fabric, fin
tshed with fur about the neck in each
case, and are long and ample, COM
pletely covering the figure from head
to foot. In the best qualities of seal
plush, or broadtail or caracul pushes,
they are not less rich looking than
the furs themselves and hold only sec
ond place in the matter of warmth,
to natural skins. But by proper lin
ing and interlining they may be made
to tie the race with furs for this SUI
premacy.
The coat at the left is cut on long,
almost straight lines and might flare
from the shoulders downward but for
the wide belt of the material that Cir
dies the waist loosely. This is slipped
through a buckle at each side of the
back and fastened under a similar
buckle at the front. The sleeves are
unlike the usual coat sleeve in that
they flare at the wrist, fitting, less
close to the arm than those that are
finished with a turned-back cuff. Very
large and very practical pockets add
style to the model. The buttons are
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
SUPERINTENDENT
Lafayette Only Nineteen When
He Came to America.
Congress Commissioned Him Major
General and Washington Invited
Him Into His Military Family.

Marie Jean Paul Roche wet Gilbert
Motier was born September g, 1857.
You know this seven-named hero bet
ter by his title than by any of his sep
tet names he was the Marquis de La
fayette.
While the birthday of Lafayette has
not been generally celebrated in the
United States, no 9th of September has
been permitted to pass without some
recognition of Lafayette's services.
At the age of thirteen he inherited
an immense fortune, and he was only.
sixteen when he married the grand
daughter of the Duke de Noailles. De-
spite his aristocratie education and en-
vironment, he was from childhood ar
ardent lover of liberty.
Republican anecdotes always de-
lighted me-" he wrote in his memoirs,
land when my new connections wished
to obtain for me a place at court I did
not hesitate ~displeasing them to pre-
serve my independence"
When he first heard of the Revolu-
ton in America he ~"espoused warmly
the cause of liberty" and offered his
services to Silas Deane, the American
revolutionary agent in France.
"When I presented to Mr.. Deane my
boyish face, for 1 was scarcely nine
teen years of age, 1 spoke more of my
ardor in the cause than of my expert
ence," wrote Lafayette, "but 1 dwelt
upon the effect my departure would
cause In France
The credit of the Continental con-
gress was so low that Deane could not
procure a vessel, so Lafayette bought
and secretly freighted the ship Victory
to carry himself and a dozen or SO
other officers across the Atlantic.
Among Lafayette's companions was
Baron Johann de Kalb, a native of Ba-
varia, who had long been in the serv-
Ice of France. Against the wishes Of
his relatives and the orders of the
French king Lafayette sailed for Amer
lea. From the Victory he sent a mes
sage to his girl-wife:
"From love to me become a good
American; the welfare of America is
closely bound up with the welfare of
mankind"
Lafayette and his party landed near
Georgetown, s. c., in April, 1777, and
then Travelled by land to Philadelphia,
where the congress commissioned the
nineteen-year-old boy a major general,
and Washington invited him to become
a member of his military family.
The boy general Joined the Cont
mental army In August, 1777, and in the
following month he fought at Brandy
wine, where the Stars and Stripes were
first carried into battle. Lafayette
fought as a volunteer, and was badly
wounded. After several brilliant ex-
ploits he returned to France In 1873
and was hailed as n hero.
During the French revolution he was
an ardent republican and dropped his
title when he was made commander in
chief of the National Guards. He was
driven from his country by the ex-
tremists, and the Austrians flung him
into a dungeon, where he was confined
for five years.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

LIZ uuu just COlue DUCK
with the weekly paper
ana one letter from his tramp through
the snow to the post office.
Old Mrs. Crane had brought In the
lighted candles and piled an extra log
on the fire.
Ethan tore open the envelope and
read the inclosed card: Miss Angela
Hanna. AT Home. January 1st.'"
La" said Mrs. Crane. "She wants
you to call there
get out" said Ethan, with a sudden
access of sheepishness. "Why should
I go there?'
swell, why not?" asked Mrs. Crane.
TITS what the city people do, I'm told.
They make a big cake and draw q
pitcher of cider and set down in their
best clothes to see company. Angy
Hanna is dreadful enterprising; she
means to lead in the fashions"
"Am 1 TO call there?" asked Ethan.
"Why, of course" said his mother.
"What else does it mean? Miss An
-gela Hanna-at home"
"She's at home most days, amt
she?" said Ethan musingly. "There
was anything of the gad-about
in Angela Hanna that I ever heard Of"
ooh, but this here's a new kink I"
exclaimed Mrs. Crane. Gan extra-spe-
clal day for ealling-don't you sect"
I'D calculated to take the oxen to
Snidge Hill and grub stumps out of
the clearin' on New Years day." said
Ethan.
'The next day will do just as well
for the stumps," said Mrs. Crane, en-
c~ouragingly. "You might as well be
out of the world as out of the fash
ion.'
Deacon Perkins received one of
Miss Hanna's cards and so did Squire
Hart. In fact, there wasn't a widower
or old bachelor or eligible swat. in all
Fairview who was omitted from her
list.
II amt as young as I was" said
Miss Hanna to herself. cts high
time I took steps to establish myself
Miss Angela Hanna had just passed
liter DlTlIudy SIG was
stout and ruddy. with the very best
set Of teeth that the Fairview dentist
could supply. and a perpetual smile
riyeted on her lips. She was very
tired of living alone and sewing on
vests to earn her pin money, and she
had determined, on this particular oc-
c~asion, to make a bold stroke and win
a husband.
She attired herself on New Years
day in a green satin dress, cut low in
the neck and short in the sleeves,
pinned a bunch of holly at the left
side, and pulled her newly tinted hair
In the most elaborate style.
81 do declare" said Miss Angela to
herself, 81 don't look a day over
twenty"
Deacon Perkins was the first to ar
rive, an old bald-headed man, with a
complexion of leather and the keenest
of twinkling black eyes
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

of composition and they serve for fast
ening the coat at the front and to
make a finish for the sleeves. The
collar Is of skunk fur In this particu-
lar case, and may be fastened close
up about the throat.
Furs are expensive and liable to be-
come more so, but this fact doesn't
seem to deter lovely women from us
Ing them as trimmings on coats or
dresses In places where they do not
add anything to the warmth of these
garments. But they are not so great
an extravaganza after all, because they
last many seasons-with the right kind
of care-and are always fashionable.
In the coat at the right, a wide border
of skunk (also called martin) adds
to the richness of the model and helps
to proclaim it warm. This coat is
another straight line model made just
like coats of fur, with a wide collar
of skunk and uncovered buttons. 1t
is belted across the front, and Is so
much like seal skin in appearance that
1t takes more than a glance, eve from
practiced eyes, to determine that 1t is
the product of the looms.
& Bray
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

plicity is its distinguishing feature, and
"if eyes were made for seeing" this
gown is it's own excuse for being. 1t
is made of Nile green satin, with a mar
row skirt under a tunic. There is an
invested plat at each side of the skirt,
with a silver medallion set just above
1t. The bodice Is merely a wide,
crushed girdle of the satin wrapped
easily about the figure. 1t is Joined to
the skirt with a piping of the satin
and caught up at the waistline with a
medallion of silver lace. Narrow bands
of satin extend over the shoulders and
a fine silk lace edging is set in the top
of the bodice.
A drapery of net, in the same color
as the satin, is fashioned into ample,
flowing t'angel" sleeves. On each
sleeve a silver medallion graces the
net where it falls away from the wrist,
making exquisite detail in the finish.
Just one more silver medallion adds
one of those unexpected touches by
which genius reveals itself, and 1t APP
pears where the tunic is caught up and
fastened to the skirt at the right side.
IL j. Rz-~n.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
Not There.

"Judge," said Mrs. Staven to the
magistrate who had recently come to
board with her, SIN particularly anx-
ious to have you try this chicken soup"
II have tried it" replied the mag
i~strate, "and my decision is that the
chicken has proved an alibi."-New
Puck.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
A Good Suggestion.

Darling, now that you have IN
scented to marry me 1 have an i'm
portant question to ask"
"Yes, dear"
"Shall l buy you a diamond ring
as an engagement present, or shall
we take that money and put In a
supply of sugar to start u married
life WITH"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
HIS Mistake.

AS Grogswig fumbled at his front.
door at four o'clock N morning a
policeman flashed his light on him and
then said:
"Here, you can't open your door with
that. That's a cigar"
"Holy smoke" said Grogswig, 1--WE
smoked my latchkey, tken."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
A Double
Anniversary
& Susan Eddy .
Mcclure Nuuvenz,,n
Copyright
hclure Newspaper
Syndicate

OW, I wonder what that
means?" said Ethan Crane.
He had just come back
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

It is time to be drawing up plans
and specifications for the annual reso-
lution-making.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
Easy Way 70 Measure Distances.

Boy scouts who are interested In
emulatlng deeds Of their older friends
are practicing many engineering
stunts. One Of the most interesting u
to measure distances without instru-
ments and where the travel from point
to point Is impracticable. The method
followed is one employed BY Napoleon
when his engineers sought to learn the
distance across an unfOrdable river.
The little corporal took q position
on the bank at the water edge, gazeo
across the stream until the opposite
shore line was Just discernible below
the visor Of his cap, then turned on his
heel and spotted q point at the same
level mp stream. After this he paced
Of the distance and had It approx
mately correct
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
The Baxter State Bank
Bridge COMPLETED
ACROSS SUEz CANAL
Work Of British Engineers Considered
Important Event In History
% the Orient

The suspension bridge across the
Suez canal IL now complete and part
Of the railroad system. Direct trains
are running between here and Jeru-
salem. The building Of this bridge Is
one Of the most important events In the
history Of the Orient.
A long time before the war engineers
planned this span, which was to con-
meet Egypt and Palestine. When war
broke out nothing had been accom-
pllshed. A desert 200 miles wide lay
between the Suez and the end station
Of the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway.
At the beginning Of the war the line
from Zagazig to Ismalja up to the
bank Of the canal opposite FL Kantara
was built. This line was to facilitate
the transport Of troops needed for the
protection Of the canal and their
means Of subsistence.
When English troops advanced into
the Sinai peninsula railroad builders
followed In their footsteps. In No
vemDer, When GAIA was taken, tne
railroad builders were within a few
miles Of that city. In the meantime
Turk0-G German forces had extended the
Jerusalem line from the north to
a point near GAIA. During February
General Allenby constructed the miss
ing link connecting the two railroad
lines. Then there was direct connec-
ton between Jerusalem and Ell Kan
tara.
To connect with Egypt 1t was neces-
sary to use q ferry. This caused de-
lay and annoyance. Besides, It cost
time and money. Actual military ne
cessity accomplished what had been
too much of a task for the engineers
before the war. A splendid suspension
bridge was built, which now furnishes
direct connection between the land Of
Moses and the land Of Pharaoh.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
BAILEY BOUND OVER
Driver of Auto Which Killed Ransom
Children Held for Trial

The preliminary hearing Of Chas.
Bailey, driver of the automobile which
killed the two Ransom children at
Weir City, September LIST, occupied
the afternoon Tuesday before Justice
Pattyson, at Columbus, the hearing
being held in the court room.
Bailey is charged with manslaugh-
ter. After hearing testimony, he was
bound over to district court for trial
at the next term of court. His bond
was placed at $500, which he has
not yet given, and he is in the county
jail.
The little girl, Mildred Ransom,
who was also dangerously injured in
the same smash which killed her sis
tiers, and who was taken to the hos
pital at Pittsburg for treatment, has
recovered sufficiently to be brought
to her home in Weir.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

throughout Kansas be asked to join In
the movement.
Mr.. Tlndale's plan Is TO hold mat
inee in his theatre next Saturday
morning for the school children. The
price Of admission viii be some gar
ment, for child or grOwnup, suitable
for shipment to the Belglans. A plat
form will be erected in front Of the
theatre and on this the clothing will
be piled rs fast as the children bring
IL and the children will pass into the
show free.
In reply to his letter Gov. Capper
wrote as follows:
State Of Kansas, Arthur Capper
Governor, Topeka, Sept. "a. Mr.. John
Tindale, care Elite Theatre, Baxter
Springs, Kan. Dear Friend: ! re
ceived your special delivery letter OF
September 81. The idea suggested
by YOU is fine and will do my best to
have the Red Cross people adopt 1t.
With kindest regards, ! am, Very re
spectively.
Arthur Capper, Governor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
Don ReeoonIzes Portrait

In his "reminiscences "Spy" sketches
my credullty. He had painted a full
length portrait Of his host at a country
house. When 1t was Just finished he
came down early one morning to In
spect it-and found his hosts dog sit
ting up begging before the portrait Of
his master.
It was Apelles, the ancient painter
I think, who depleted grapes 30 reals
tically that the very birds pecked at
them. But in q long association with
dogs have never found one who could
recognize q figure or landscape In Q
picture.
The nearest approach to such intel
lIgence is when I have set a looking
glass on the floor and confronted dog
with his own likeness. He growls sus-
piciously. uncOmfOrtably, until he
walks behind to ind the other dog
that isn't there London Chronicle.