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no BE CoNTINUEDl
BLIND MAN ENJOYS FLIGHT
the Thrill Of Intricate
Aerial ManeuVers Performed by
Experienced Pilot

Thomas D. SchalI. the blind con-
gresham from the Tenth Minnesota
district, made flights with Col. Charles
Lee Of the British royal flying corps
In Washington recently. 1t was the
first time he had been up In an air
plane.
Congressman SchaIl was not salts
fed with the plain Joy ride Colonel
Lee had given him. When they re-
turned to earth after circling over the
city at an altitude of about two thou
sand feet, the blind representative
asked for more thrills.
''Finei Finer" he exclaimed, as the
machine came to a halt. But, Colonel
Lee, If you wouldn't think me a nui-
sance, would like to go back up and
turn over"
The biplane was wheeled into posi-
ton again, and of it shot on a trip OF
real sensations. Climbing rapidly to
about two thousand feet. Colonel Lee
started the machine into q series Of
dips and dives, spirals and other aerial
antics calculated to make ones hair
stand on edge. To complete the thrills,
the airplane was made to roll over
sideways and then drop into a beauti-
ful nose spin
The passengers sightless eyes were
blinking with delight when his wife
ran onto the field to assist him from
the machine.
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The San of snrInn

When the sap Of spring is bursting
the letters Of winter the general hu-
man heart beats high. A few OF Us
philosophers receive amid the rich but
sober tints Of autumn a happiness that
we would not exchange for any other
season, but we are q minority, and
small. The head of one Of the most
important departments at Washington,
who thinks about the processes OF man
kind, has a theory that makes a regu-
Lar curve OF the relation Of the seasons
to the appetite for war. As the buds
open, every nation thinks Il is on the
edge Of victory. This curve rises for a
while, begins to decline In the summer
and gets well down In the autumn.
The period therefore, when statesmen,
If they had decided to make peace,
could do 1t most easily, is from the
days OF goldenrod and autumn browns
to Just before the greening Of the
buds. The story OF coal, q tragic
story % the poor, helps this curve, but
there Is In Il much Of sheer poetry, In
dependent OF more solid things.-Nor-
man Hapgood In Leslie'a
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or stone, with gravel next in favor,
says Indiana Farmers Guide. But
even such roads fall into disrepair, if
given no attention What is said to
be the worst stretch OF highway in
Illinois was once a magnificent mac
adam road. Now il is almost fmpass-
able owing to the deep hoIIOws and
ruts which it contains Everyone gives
it a wide berth and it is 'sblack listed
in all automobile guides Concrete
and brick paving also must have over
sight and repair.
Autoists have a saying that there
is no better road than a dirt road
when it is dry. This is because, in
the case OF a well-drained earth road,
passing vehicles smooth out the ruts
left after a rain and iron it into a
sufficiently level surface TO permit OF
easy travelling. Here, again, 1t Is 4
case of working the roads," though
the work given is of an automatic
kind and rendered without thought OF
the service performed However. it
sometimes takes long time 10 smooth
out the roughness after a rain-espe-
cially if the soil is heavy clay. And
is given the earth road that is the
too-frequent lot of macadam and
gravel.
In some townships the dirt roads
are dragged at rather infrequent in
tervals and If rain comes right after
the dragging the effect Of the latter
is largely nullified. The best dirt
roads, year in and year out, are those
which are dragged whenever possible
at all seasons Of the year. This
should be done as soon after every
rain as possible but not when the mud
is in such condition that it will stick
to the drag. It is best to drag one
side Of the road at time and forbid
travel upon it until 1t is thoroughly
dry. AS a general rule the softer the
material Of which a road is composed
the more frequent attention it should
receive. But let no one forget that
good roads OF whatever kind are pos
sible only at the price of constant over
sight.
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CHAPTER XII-contInued.

Evening came, then night, and still
the party was jerked along at the tail
OF the train without a hint as to its
destination. About midnight those
who were not doing noted that they
had stopped at an obscure pine-woOdS
junction, and that when the train got
under way once more their own car
did not move. The ruse was now ap-
parent; owing to the lateness of the
hour, it was doubtful if anyone in the
forward coaches was aware that the
train was lighter by one car.
There was a brief delay; then a To-
connective crept out from q siding.
coupled up to the standing car, and
drew it off upon another track. Soon
the excursion party" was being rushed
swiftly toward the coast. some twenty
miles away.
Major Ramos came down the aisle,
laughing, and spoke to his American
proteges.
"Well, what do you think of that, eh ?
Imagine the feelings of those good
deputy marshals when they wake up.
bet they'll rub their eyes"
Miss Evans bounded excitedly in her
seat; she clapped her hands.
'YOu must have friends in high
places" O'ReilIy grinned, and the Gu
ban agreed.
''Yes, I purpOsely drew attention to
US in Charleston, while our ship was
loading. She's ready and waiting for
US now; and by daylight we ought TO
be safely out to sea. Meanwhile the
Dauntless has weighed anchor and is
Steaming north, followed hope, by
all the revenue cutters hereabouts."
It was the darkest time of the night
when the special train came to a stop
at a bridge spanning one of the deep
Southern rivers. In the stream below,
dimly outlined IN the gloom, lay the
Fair Play, small tramp steamer; her
crew were up and awake. The new ar
rivals were hurried aboard, and within
n haIf-hour she was feeling her way
seward.
With daylight, caution gave way to
haste, and the rusty little tramp be-
gan to drive forward for all she was
worth. She cleared the three-mile
limit safely and then turned south. Not
n craft was in sight; not a smudge of
smoke discolored the skyline.
It had been a trying night for the
Alibusters, and when the low coastline
was dropped astern they began to
think of sleep. Breakfast of a sort
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WHY WOMEN DREAD
OLD AGE

Don't worry about old age Don't worTJ
about beng IN other peoples way when
you are getting on N years Keep your
body IN good condition and you can be as
hale and hearty IN your old days as you
were when q kid, and every one vii be
glad 70 see you.
The kidneys and bladder are the causes
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IN proper working condition Drive the
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" and you viii find that the system VIII
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New life. fresh strength and health vii
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day They viii keep yOu IN condition and
prevent return OF your troubles
There Is only one guaranteed brand Of
HARLEM OIL Capsules GOLD MEDAL
There are many fakes on the market Be
sure YOU get the Original GOLD MEDAL
Imported HARLEM Oh Capsules They are
the only reliable For sale by all hrzt-class
6ruggists.-AdT.
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obey Weyier's edict- She and the two
negroes-they were former slaves Of
her father, believNtook refuge In
the Pan de Aatanzas. Later on, Co
bo's men made q raid and-kiTled a
great many. Some few escaped into
the high ravines, but Miss Varona was
not one Of them Out Of regard for
Esteban made careful search, but
could find no trace of her"
"And yet you don't know what hap
pened?" O'Reilly ventured. You're
not sureT"
mo, but tell you again Cobo's men
take no prisoners. When heard about
that raid I gave up looking for her"
''This-CObo,"- Americans voice
shook in spite of his effort to hold it
steady-'T shall hope to meet him
some time"
The sudden fury that filed Colonel
Lopez face was almost hidden by the
gloom. Eyes. oh, yesl" he cried,
quickly, "and you are but one OF hun
there is a standing order to spare nei-
Their Cobo nor any of his assassins !;
they neither expect nor receive quar-
ter from US. Now, companero''-
Cuban dropped a hand on O'ReiIly's
bowed head-'I am sorry that 1 had to
bring you such evil tidings, but we are
men-and this is war;
"NO, mol 1t isn't war-it's mercilesS
savagery! To murder children and to
outrage women-why, that violates all
the ethics Of warfare"
Ethics !" the colonel cried harshly.
Ethics? He'll is without ethics. Why
look for ethics in war7 Violence
injustice - insanity = chaos - that is
war. It is mans agony-woman's de-
spair. It is a defiance OF God. War
| Is without mercy, without law; 1t is
well, it is the absence OF all Law, all
good"
1t was some time before O'ReilIy
spoke; then he said, quietly: 81 am
not going back. 1 am going to stay
here and look for Rosa"
"So!' exclaimed the colonel. "Well,
why not? So long as we do not know
precisely what has happened to her,
we can at least hope. But, If were
| you, I would rather think Of her as
| dead than as a prisoner in some con-
centration camp. You don't know
/ what those camps are like, my friend,
/ but do. Now I shall leave you. One
needs to be alone at such an hour
chg" With a pressure of his hand,
/ Colonel Lopez walked away into the
! darkness.
Judson and his adventurous country
man did not see O'Reilly that night.
nor, in fact, did anyone. But the next
morning he appeared before General
/ Gomez. He was haggard, sick, list
less. The old Porto Rican had heard
from Lopez in the meantime; he was
sympathetic.
81 am sorry you came all the way
TO hear such bad news" he said
/ ''War is a sad, hopeless business"
"But I haven't given up hope,
O'Reilly said. 81 want to stay here
and-and fight"
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In SheoI.

Satan banked the furnaces of ever
lasting torment, saw TO II that there
was plenty of red-ash birthstone on
hand and told his friends that il the
temperature went down TO less than
5000 in the shade TO turn on the
forced draft Then he went TO preside
at a conference he had called on the
banks OF the Styx
Roll call showed that Lucifer.
Ahriman. Belial. Samuel, Beelzebub,
Titan. Shedim, MephistOpeIeS. ASmode-
US and MOlOch were on hand.
Now, gents" said the original heat
administrator, I'VE have come TO con-
fer on the matter Of punishment for
one Bill HOhenzoIIern and his six
trifiing and healthy sons who have
been abominating the earth. What
shall we do to 'em2"
six billion years in the heated here
after without their medals" they
shouted. as with one voice. Whereat
the conference closed
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gave way to a frown and his brow
darkened.
"SoI You are that. O'ReiIIy from
Matanzas," said he. 81 know you now,
butt never expected we would meet"
'Esteban Varona told you about me,
did he notF'
The colonel inclined his head
Pm here at last, after the devils
own time. I've been trying every way
to get through. The Spaniards stopped
me at Puerto Principe they sent me
back home, you know. I've been per-
fectly crazy. L You" O'Reilly
swallowed hard. 'You know where
Esteban is? Tell me-
'Have you heard nOthingT"
Nothing whatever That is, moth
ing since Rosa, his sister You IN
derstand, she and 1 engaged"
Eyes, yes Esteban told me all about
you"
Something in the Cuban's gravity Of
manner gave O'Reilly warning. A sud-
den fear assaulted him. His voice shook
as he asked:
what is it? Not bad news?"
There was no need for the officer
to answer. In his averted gaze
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ROADS
no Matter What Construction May Be
Highways Must Be Given Some
Consideration.

Let no man be deluded into the
thought that such things as "perma-
nent roads" are possible All roads.
no matter what kind. require atten-
ton and the more they receive the
better they are. A chief cause for
poor roads is the fact that a great
proportion Of the road work done the
country over is Of so temporary and
make-shift an order. OF course, the
only real satisfactory road in all
weather is a hard rOad-either paved
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O'ReiIly read confirmation Of his sick
est apprehensions.
'STen me! Which one7'' he whIs-
pered.
"Bothl"
O'ReiTy reeoiIed; a spasm distorted
his chaIky face He began to shake
weakly. and his fingers plucked aim
Iessly at each other.
Lopez took him by the arm. ''Try to
control yourself" said he. "Sit here
while I try to tell you what little 1
know. Or would it not be better to
wait awhile, until you are calmer?'
As the young man made no answer, ex-
cept to stare at him in a white agony
Of suspense, he sighed:
81 viii tell you all I know-which
isn't much. Esteban Varona came to
me soon after he and his sister had
fed from their home; he wanted to
join my forces, but we were harassed
on every side, and didn't dare take
the girl-no woman could have en-
dured the hardships we suffered. So
convinced him that his first duty was
to her, rather than to his country, and
he agreed. He was a fine boyl He
had spirit. He bought some stolen
rifles and armed a band Of his own
which wasn't 8 bad idea. I used to
hear about him. Nobody cared to
modest him, can tell you, until finally
he killed some Of the regular troops.
Then of course they went after him.
Meanwhile he managed to destroy his
own plantations, which Cueto had
hi -
Eyes"
"Well, Esteban put an end to him
after a while; rode right up to La
Joya one night, broke in the door, and
macheted the scoundrel In his bed. But
there was a mistake of some sort. 1t
seems that a body OF Cobo's volun-
teers were somewhere close by, and
the two parties met. have never
learned all the details Of the affair, and
the stories OF that fight which came to
me are too prepOsterous for belief.
Still, Esteban and his men must have
fought like demons, for they killed
some incredible number. But they
were human-they could not defeat a
regiment It seems that only one or
two Of them escaped
Colonel Lopez nodded; then he said
gravely: "Cobo takes no prisoners. 1
was in the Rubi hills at the time. fight
ing hard, and 1t was six weeks before
I got back into MatanZas Naturally.
when heard what happened, tried
to find the girl, but Weyier was con-
centrating the paciflcos by the time,
and there was nobody left In the Yu-
muri It was a desert"
'sThen you don't know positively that
she that she"
wait. There Is no doubt that the
bog was killed, but Of Rosa's fate I
can only form my own opinion How
ever, one Of Esteban's men joined uay
troops later, and I not only learned
something about the girl, but also WIG
Esteban had been so reIe1tlessly pur-
sued. It was all Coho's doineA You
have heard OF the felloE7 No? Well,
YOU Will" The speakers tone was eIo-
Ouent Of hatred. He Il worse than
the worst OF them-a monsteFi He
had seen Miss Varona. She vas =
go OIL" Whispered the love<.
q discoTered that Ghs dat sc azzt
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o'REILLY BACK IN CUBA AT LAST HEARS BAD NEWS
ABOUT ROSA AND ESTEBAN

Synopss-Don rich planter
mother of the Varona winsEeban van for
Rosa. well
while walking Cuban
peril
betray leading notorious
time Rosa OReys efforts reach Rosa fruit
wounded
with
Cuban
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days had grown into weeks the weeks
had aged into months. Well, he had
done his best; he had never rested
from the moment of ROsa's first ap-
peal. Her enemies had foiled him
once, but there would be no turning
back this time-rather q firing squad
or dungeon in Cabanas than that.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
A Hazardous World.

Kind Old Gentleman-Ay boy, am
surprised TO see you idling away your
time in this manner Don't you realize
that there is q possibility Of your be
coming president some day7
The YOungster-WeH, I notice pa
and you and some others escaped, so I
guess can take my chances too.
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cutieura stops Itching.

The Soap to cleanse and Ointment TO
soOthe and heal most forms OF itching,
burning skin and scalp affections
Ideal for toilet use. For free samples
address, %Cutieura, Dept. Y, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
., Ointment % and 50.-AdT.
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was served on deck, after which those
Favored ones who had berths sought
them, while their less fortunate COM
tpanions stretched out wherever they
could find a place.
Johnnie O'ReiIly was elated Al
ready he could see the bills OF Cuba
Edozfng behind their purple wells: In
Fancy he felt the fierce white heat from
elose-walied streets, and scented the
odors OF 'smangiy" sWamps. He heard
the ceaseIess signing OF the royal
palms. How he had hungered for it
All; how he had ragged at his delays |
! It had seemed so small a matter to
return; 1t had seemed so easy to seek
out Rose and to save herI Yet the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08

Rosa and her two negro COM
panions, in Matanzas, face death
from starvation or from the cpl
denies that rage unchecked
among the reconcentrados- The
next instaIIment tells Of their
plight and their efforts to keep
body and soul together.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
20 PIace for Bull

The herd bull should not be battered
up In the stable or kept In a narrow
box stall and pen. as he Is sure to be-
come fmpotent.
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The fair defendant has beea a.
quilted"
$50 hear"
Els she thinking Of going on ~
sageT
mot yet She's too smart nOF thak
She's going % marry her lawyer, aad
save a cozEng big Tea"
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pairvmen Are Careful.

Dairymen as a rule are more careful
with their COWS than the average farm
er who merely produces me milk for
family use.
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Keeping a machine or vehicle In good
repair and well oiled not only increases
its efficiency but lessons the power re-
CURED In using It
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There is no man suddenly either ex-
eelIently good. or extremely bad--Sir
Philip Sydney
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Reasonable Truck Hauling.

Every pound Of merchandise which
can be added to the truck load makes
truck hauling that much more reason
able.
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Dame fortune IS too old to be
caught by flattery or false jewels.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
Heal DAMAGED Surface
care al MaehIne al vehieIe.

When a road is dragged. the dam
aged surface is sealed and healed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08

Every time a woman misplaces any
thing she thinks that it has been
stolen
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cuItiVste Potatoes

Keep the potatoes ven cultivated
earfy "a TIE seazon.
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Steel that viii resist corrosiOn is be
ing made; il contains II per cent OF
chromium
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O'ReiIly read confirmation of his sick
est apprehensiOnS.
''Ten me! Which one7'' he whis-
pered.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-18
u. S. Takes Over Erie Canal.

Washington, April 1S.-Drecto1
General McAdoo ordered that the
Erie and New York State Barge canal
system be taken over by the railroad
administration, and that Il fleet of
barges be constructed Immediately
and operated there under the direc-
ton of G. A. Tomlinson, of Duluth,
MINI, to relieve freight traffic. This
is the first inland waterway whose
operation under the railroad admins
tration has been definitely decided
upon as a result of the extensive in
vestigation made by the committee on
inland waterways of the railroad ad
miniStratiOn.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-18
MOTOR HITS MEADE MEN
Runs Into Troops on Hike and -Four
Men Are In jured.

Camp Meade, Md, April lS.-Four
soldiers of the 313th regiment We're
hurt when an automobile ran into a
column of infantrymen hiking toward
Severn.
Those hurt are Sergeant Charles w.
Kris, Of Company f, and Corporal
christian Gross, PriVateS Harry Welt
zel and William Murphy, of Company
f.
One of the soldiers stopped to PICK
up some cigarettes he had dropped.
An automobile from Baltimore was
passing the advancing column. The
driver in seeking to avoid collision
with the soldier, lost control of the
car which crashed into the line.
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BRITISH RETAKE
TWO TOWNS
OnruShing German Hosts Are
Hurled Back.
TERRIFIC COUNTER BLOW
General Hairs Attacks Are the
Fiercest Made Since Hindenburq
Began His Offensive.

Once more the British have tInod
upon the onrushing Germans and
hurled them back
They have recaptured the town of
WytSchaete, on the MessineS ridge,
and also Meteren, west of BaiI.eui. on
the northern side of the German sail
ent, that extends int" the British
lines in Flanders below Ypres.
The British counter attacks have
been the most furious since Hinden-
burg began his offensive last month.
German advances, slight as they
were, forced the British early his
week, it is revealed. to Withdraw
their front of the wedge reaching
into the German lines, northeast of
YpreS.