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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-08
Canvas for " ( c

Under the leadership of the Metro
poltan Insurance agents in this ~city,
the Boy Scouts began the house re
house canvass Of the city for the W
S s campaign, this afternoon OF
q clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-08
Live and Let Live
1.-THE Fare of 20 Years Ago Is Not Fair Today"

To insure losing employer has increased
That
live and keep Yourself shape to do work You much
today did IN 1914 You
and fact everything EXCEPT street
The of producing rides attended by the increases
labor materials with which deal business
home realize keny Compare
purchases with Wages
COAL has doubled in
ID 16 20 You
probably remember when fixed You considered them fair
then possibly consider todayl They the
and economical
conditions SOMETHING MUST GIVE'
- EITHER THE SERVICE OR THE FARES
asking 7cent been granted
asked charge of for transfers 1T ASKS
ONLY STRAIGHT 5CENT FARE-THE SMALLEST REQUEST
THAT CAN BE MADE This to insure the against Impairment
A. NJ car fare would 23 cents day
avorab which
onealf
ice TODAY buying much than S paying for.
asking for generosity but for JUSTICE not
FAIRNESS to nde its request and believes you are fair
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-08
Petersburg
NOTICE.

In csse OF any failure on the
part Of Petersburg subscribers TO
receive
THE RICHMOND vrRGINIAS
promptly and regularly. they
! are requested 70 call III. w.
Fowler, Agent, Phone $751;.
Petersburg, who will see all such |
| com plants are properly attend |
| ed TO.
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LOAFERS AND LIARS

Continued from First Page
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-08

the prohibition department. took 4
copy Of the contents OF the book
Inquiry IL started
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
RyING hAEHELLER
.Fhat nOW?" he asked.
AUTHOR or
eBEN HOLDEN. DRi AND l. DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES
KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE, ETC. ETC

That now?" he asked.
my stars he sneaked into the par.
lor and tipped over the what-not and
smashed that beautiful wax WREATH"
Jerusalem four-corners" he ex.
claimed. "I'll have to"
He stopped as he was wont to do on
the threshold Of strong opinions and
momentous resolutions.
The rest of the conversation was
drowned in my own cries and Uncle
Peabody came and lifted me tcnderly
and carried me upstairs.
He sat down with me on his lap and
hushed my cries. Then he said very
gently:
"Now, Bub, you and me have got to
be careful. What-nOts and albums
and wax flowers and haircloth sofys
are the most dangerous critters in st.
Lawrence county. They're purity saw
age. Keep your eye peeled. You can't
tell what minute they'll jump on ye.
More boys have been dragged away
and tore to pieces by 'em than by all
the bears and panthers in the woods.
Keep out o. that old parlor. Ye might
as well 60 into a cage O. wolves. How
be goin' to make We remember it?"
II don't know" whimpered and be.
gan to cry out in fearful anticipation.
He set me in chair, picked up one
of his old carpet-slippers and began to
thump the bed with it. He belabored
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11

I have vafnIy tried to estimate. For
one thing that sudden revelation of
the heart of childhood had lifted my
aunt's out of the cold storage of a
puritanic spirit, and warmed it into
new life and opened it's door for me.
In the afternoon she sent me over
to Wills to borrow little tea. I
stopped for few minutes to play
with Henry Wills-a boy not quite
a year older than I. While playing
there discovered piece of the
rind of my melon in the dooryard. On
that piece of rind saw the cross
which / had made one day with my
thumb-nail. It was intended to in
dicate that the melon was solely and
wholly mine. I felt flush Of anger.
II hate you," said as I approached
him.
II hate you," he answered.
you're a snake!" said
We now stood, face to face and
breast to breast, like pair Of young
ROSTERS. He gave me a shove and
told me to 60 home. I gave him a
shove and told him wouldn't. 7
pushed up. close to him again and
we glared into each others eyes.
Suddenly he spat in my face. l
gave him scratch on the forehead
with my finger-nails. Then We fell
upon each other and rolled on the
ground and hit and scratched with
feline ferocity. -.#
Mrs. Wills ran out of the house and
parted us. Our blood was hot, and
leaking through the skin of our faces
a little.
"He pitched on me-" Henry ex-
planned.
1 couldn't speak.
"Go right home-this minute-you
orat!" said Mrs. Willis in anger.
Here's your tea. Don't you ever come
here again"
l took the tea and started down the
road weeping. What a bitter day
that was for me! / dreaded to face
my aunt and uncle. Coming through
the grove down by our gate I met
Uncle Peabody. With the keen in
sight of the father Of the prodigal son
he had seen me coming "a long way
off, and shouted:
"Well, here We bel was kind O.
worried, Bub."
Then his eye caught the look Of de-
lection in my gait and figure. He hur-
ried toward ME. He stopped as I
came sobbing to his feet.
"Why, what's the matter?" he asked
gently, as he took the tea cup from
my hand, and sat down upon his heels.
I could only fall into his arms and
express myself in the grief Of child
hood. He Rugged me close and begged
me to tell him what was the mat
ter. ......v.
'That Wills boy stole my melon"
I said, and the words came slow with
sobs.
ooh, no, he didn't" said Uncle Pea
body. -.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11

Eyes he did. 1 saw a piece O. the
rim"
"Well by" said Uncle Peabody,
stopping, as usual, at the edge Of the
precipice.
"He's a SNAKE" l added
"And you fit and he scratched you
up that way?"
II scratched him, too"
'Don't you say a word about it to
Aunt Deel. Don't ever speak O. that
miserable melon agfn to anybody.
You scoot around to the barn, an
I'll be there in q minute and fix We
up"
He went by the road with the tea
and I ran around to the lane and up
to the stable. Uncle Peabody met
me there in moment and brought a
pail of water and washed my face
so that I felt and looked more respect
able.
The worst was over for that day,
but the Baynes-Wills feud had begun.
1t led to many a fight in the school
yard and on the way home. We were
so evenly matched that our quarrel
went on for long time and gathered
intensity as it continued.
One June day Uncle Peabody and
!, from down in the fields, saw a
fine carriage drive in at our gate. He
stopped and looked intently,
Jerusalem four-corners he ex-
claimed. cts Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Dunke,berg" "a
(To be continued).
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
The Supreme Test.

To retain our faith in our ideals
when broken and trodden beneath
mems feet in the dust, to know how
10 lay aside our inward sadness, to
dismiss our enervating doubts and
struggle on, to continue our march,
sustained only by the thought Of duty
and an unyielding will, to make the
most of life as it is given us-that
is the supreme test Of all great souls.
That is the real victory of faith that
overcometh the world.-Elwood Wor-
ceSter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
THE AUTHOR.
BOOK ONE
Which Is the Story Of the Candle
and the Compass.
CHAPTER I.
The Melon Harvest.

Once upon time I owned water
melon. I say once because I never did
1t again. When got through owning
that melon never wanted another.
The time was 1881; was a boy of
seven and the melon was the first OF
all my harvests.
I didn't know much about myself
those days except the fact that my
uame was Bart Baynes and. further,
that I was an orphan who owned q
watermelon and little spotted hen
and lived on Rattleroad in a nelghbor-
hood called Lickitysplit. lived with
my Aunt Deel and my Uncle Peabody
Baynes on farm. They were brother
and sister-he about thirty-eight and
she little beyond the far-distant goal
Of forty.
Ly father and mother died In q
scourge of diphtheria that swept the
neighborhood when I was boy Of
five. -.
A few days after I arrived in the
home Of my aunt and uncle slyly en-
tered the parlor and climbed the what
not to examine some white flowers On
Its top shelf and tipped the whole
thing over, scattering its burden of
albums, wax flowers and seashells
on the floor. My aunt came running
on her tiptoes and exclaimed: "Mercy!
Come right out o. here this minute
you pest"
took some rather long steps going
out, which were due to the fact that
Aunt Deel had hold Of my hand. While
! sat weeping she went back into the
parlor and began to pick up things.
my WREATH my WREATH" heard
her moaning.
How well I remember that little as
semblage Of flower ghosts in wax
They had no more right to associate
with human beings than the ghosts Of
fable. Uncle Peabody used to call
them the "Minervy flowers" because
they were a present from his Aunt
Minerva. When Aunt Deel returned
to the kitchen where I sat-a sorrow.
ing little refugee hunched up in a cor.
ner-she said: "Pll have to tell your
Uncle Peabody-ayesr
"Oh please don't tell my Uncle Pea.
body" walled.
"Ayesl I'll have to tell him." she
answered firmly.
For the first time looked for him
with dread at the window and when
he came hid in closet and heard
that solemn and penetrating note in
her voice as she said:
II guess you'll have to take that boy
away1apesl"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
Arteries of Commerce.

The Romans We're the great road
builders of history. Roads were the
girders which sustained the vast super
structure of their empire. When a
new province was conquered it was
laced to the empire with roads. Over
these highways there poured into
Rome the products Of the four quar-
tiers Of the then known world-silks,
laces, birds, animals, tropical fruits
and slaves. And out from Rome pour
ed the legionaries and the chariots.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
UnpalatabIe Ship "Bread."

In grandfather's day a ship took on
her supply of bread for a voyage in
casks before leaving home. This supply
had to last until the end of the voyage,
though that might be a year or two.
The bread was in the form of hard
biscuit. 1t kept fairly well when dry,
but often it got damp and moldy, or
WOrmy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
Speakin' of Boys.

"Yes," said the almost-philosopher,
"there's a heap of difference in the
attitude parents take in raisin' boys
Some folks are content to bring 'em up
to be good men for the boys own sakes.
Others selfishly harp about wantin' the
boys to be credit to their parents
This may be all right, but it seems to
me the only thing the old folks can
borrow on that kind of credit is trou-
ble."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
He eeIabored the Bed With Tremen.
dous VIgor, ExcIalmlno "You Dread.
fuI Child"

fUI ChiIo!"
the bed with tremendous vigor. Mean
while he looked at me and exclaimed:
'You dreadful child!"
knew that my sins were RESPONSE
bic for this violence. 1t frightened me
and my cries incEsassd
The door at the bottom Of the stairs
opened suddenly.
Aunt Deel called:
':Don't lose your temper. Peabody. !
think you've gone fur 'nough-ayes
Uncle Peabody stopped and blew as
II he were very tired and then caught
look in his face that treasured me.
He called back to her: II wouldn't
a. cared so much If it hadn't "a been
the what-not and them Minervy flow
ers. When boy tips over what-not
he's goin' it purity strong"
"Well, don't be too severe. You'd
better come now and git me pail o.
water-ayes, l think We had"
Uncle Peabody did lot Of sneezing
and coughing with his big, red hand
kerchief over his face and I was not
old enough then to understand it. He
kissed me and took my little hand In
his big hard one and led me down the
stairs.
dreamed that night that a long-leg-
ged what-not, with wax wreath in IT'S
hands, chased me around the house
and caught and bit me on tho neck.
called for help and uncle came and
found me on the floor and put me back
In bed again.
For long time I thought that the
way a man punished boy was by
humping his bed. I knew that women
1ad different and less satisfactory
method, for I remembered that my
mother had spanked me and Aunt Deel
lad q way Of giving my hands and
head kind of watermelon thump with
the middle finger Of her right hand and
with curious look in her eyes. Uncle
Peabody used to call 1t "snaptious
look" Almost always he whacked the
bed with his slipper. There were ex-
ceptions, however, and, by and by, I
came to know In each case the desti-
nation Of the slipper, for If had done
anything which really afflicted my con-
science that strip Of leather seemed to
know the truth, and found its way to
my person.
Aunt Deel toiled necessarily. She
washed and scrubbed and polished and
busted and sewed and knit from morn
ing until night. She lived In mortal
fear that company would come and
find her unprepared-Alma Jones or
Jabez Lincoln and his wife, or Ben and
Mary HUMPHREYS, or mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Dunkelberg." These were the
people Of whom she talked when the
neighbors came in and when she was
not talking of the Bayneses. I observed
that she always said "Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Dunkelberg" They were the
conversational ornaments of our home.
GAS Mrs. Horace Dunkelberg says" or,
cas- said to Mr.. Horace Dunkelbera-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11

ARN0LD Z ARNOLD.
Attorneys AT LAW. Office over
Delaware County State Bank. Nanches-
ter rUwa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
Butter Believed Long Buried.

While cutting turf in bog near
Portadown. England, workers found a
key of butter many feet under the sur
face in perfect state of preservation.
Ii is believed to have been buried for
Il great number Of years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
Little PROGRESS Made.

My nephew on returning from school
the first day was asked what he had
learned. He replied: Nothing but
how to stand up and sit down, and l
thought I knew that before | started
to school" Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-11
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

YORAN 4 YORAN.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. office in
First National Bank Building. Main
Street, Manchester. Iowa.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08
YUKON OFFICIALS ARE
 DISMISSED

A telegram dated April 4, from the Dawson Daily News printed in the WhItehorse Star says: The oFfiles of commissioner and ad- miuistrator at Dawson; assist ant gold commissioner at White horse; mining recorders at Mayo and Glacier have been abolished. The encumbents thereof have been dismissed, together with the three clerks and the mining in spector at Dawson. The men dis missed are Geo. N. Williams, R. c. Miller, D. R. McLennanl Wm. 5chofieId, John R. Fraser, Phil. Kelly and John Cameron. Aceum- ulated holiday allowances are giy- en rach, the minimum being made four months, for which the govern ment will pay salaries. Dismissals were all effective April 1st. Cur ran will continue recorder at WMtehOrSe.
 Gold Commissioner Georgge Mac kenzie was notified today by Ottawa that the authority of administrator had been transferred to and vested in him by order-in-inoouncil, dated March 2S. It is understood from Dr. Thompson, jn an unofficial mes sage that Mackenzie will continue gold commissioner, the two offices being merged into One Detailed instructions expected by wire.
 The Yukon ouncil met this af- ternoon, but owing to no allowanc es having been voted by Ottawa, adjourned until after the river opens. Federal estimates re- ducq Yukon anRuaI grant forty-two per cent.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08
NEW IDEA ID
 BREED FISH

Juneau,-If the plans of A. J. sprague and his 27O co-workers wh are members of the Southeastern Alaska Fish and Gama Club can re carried out, the problem of replenishing the gradually dis 9. ooariue salmon will be solved. And at the same time many in7 teresting points, now in dispute, re gardilg the habits of the salmon, will be provenbeyond a doubt.
 NIr. Sprague, during his twenty years of investigation of the sal mon, has come to thd conctuston that 9 huge proprtion of the eggs spawnud by the female salmon are destroyed by salmon trout and oth- CT fish which live On salmon eggs during the spawningi season. To cOunteract their depredattons, he has evolved q plan whereby he can prevent the trout from Rscend- ing such streams as he selects for tro purpose Of conducting these experiments and at the same { a permit the salmon to ascend and breed unmolested.
 His plan is to select certain lakes nOw barren of salmon oT salmon trout, and introduce fetilized sal mon eggs. By careful watching, in .' 4e it will be learned whether the salmon do return to their parent streams, and it will be learmed at what age they return.
 The lakes HOW barren of salmon usually have some barrieH at the mouths, which has prevented, here torore, the salmon from ascending. By building ladders and other con trivances, he has worked out plan whereby he expects to capture the eremies of the salmon and permit the salmon to continue their way- He declares that the present mleth- ods of conducting fish hatcheries have proven failures, and some one, some time, must try out new plan.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

John s, Day, who is registered at the Golden North from san Francisco, is enroute to Dawson where he has been engaged in min ing operations for the past several years. ' ,l l..
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Maluin, and their daughter, Miss Rene, Were arrivals in Skagway on the Prince Rupert this morning enroute to Atlin wtere as head of the MaMin. syndicate, with placer property on Otter creek, MT. MalniD will have charge of this season's operations Instead of spending the winter in their home in Paris, France, MT. and Mrs. Maluine and Miss Malu1ne spent the winter months in the United States.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

The Skagway chapter of the W.. c. T. U., will meet at the home or Mrs. e. V. zinkan at 2:3O o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
 L. Hal. Johnston, agent for the c. P. R., received adTice that the Princess sophia sailed from Van- couYer on time saturday night and is due to arrive in this port early Wednesday, morning.
 Mark A. Pinska, the FairDanks' Alaska, and Dawson, Y. T., mer- chant, returned north on the Prince Rupert thig morning and will take the first train over the hil en- route 70 the Yukon metropolis.
 George W. Dillon, who for the past few months has been visiting in the southeastern Alaska cities, returned to skagway on the City of Seattle today, and will remain here for a short time prior to making a trip to the cities to the westward |
 In our account of the municipal election held in Haines On April g. error was mada in sending the report from that city, and the n"me of Erek Oslund was nninten- tionally omitted from the returns. NIT. Oslund received 33 votes which placed him fourth high man on ths ticket elected.
 Barney Braiseh, who has been en- toying a EacationI at the Tenakee Tot springs and Juneau for the past several weeks returned home on the City of seatthe today, and immediately picked nn his cue at Tle skagway Billiard parlors, and the game will progress without m terruption for the sum mer. :,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

Ferd Fonzo, after an ahsence fNom the city of several weeks re- turned on the City of Seattle.
 Mich Radovich, having spent his vacation at TeDakee, returned to Skagway on the City of Seattle this morning, and will resume ais occupation,
 Frank Suffecool, proprietor of the Alaska Transfer company here, left on the Prince Rupert for the south. Mir. SuffeCooI expects to De gone about three weeks. and during his absence L. E. Reynold- son will take care of any business Of an urgent nature.
 MT. and Mrs. F. Vey, who have been spending the winter in victoria were srEivads up on the Prince Ra- Per this morning and will ba pass engers on tomorToY's train for Whitehorse. They have their five children with them.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

Charles W. Hocl1ett, Big Chief" has decided to quit the northland for the sunny south and accord ing to q statement which he made to a representatiTe of this paper today, he win shortly leave fo; Calilorria, probably to engage in
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08
HOCKET7 ID GO ID CALIFORNIA

way, he went into the hotel busi- ness in Haines, where he has remained until the present time.
 Before coming to Alaska, MT. Hockett was cone of the finest" on the Chicago police force, and was stationed in the Halstad street
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

some occupation in oakland, or Los Angeles.
 For a number of years MT Hockett was identified with the White Pass & Yukon route, being special agent for that con- pany. and when he left Skag-
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

FOR SALE-A De Lavel Cream Separator, No. 15. Used only six months and good as new. VIII sell at & bargain. Apply E. Eggen, Douglas, Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08
WAR SECRETARY
 HAS ASSISTANTS

Washington, April 8. -Saturaay President wilson appointeed Ed ward R. Stettinus, as second as- sistant, and Frederick P. Keppel, as th.rd assistant secretary of war.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

FOR SALE-3 room partly furnish ed cottage. Inquire after z p. m. Cor. State and 10th St.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-08

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

young advertising man, falls In love
both with herself and her candy, and
goes about boosting the candy
through n megaphone Then he sees
that John Maddox. jr., Is evidently In
her good graces and is disheartened.
As there is nobody else in her ar
fections, John persuades her to ac-
cept his offer Of marriage that even
Ing. once at home, however, the
engagement Is quickly forgotten.
Her father has discovered jenkins in
the act of securing Maddox's note,
md is Killed. Jenkins escapes, and
everybody believes that Buckley has
committed suicide. Beatrice believes
him 10 have been innocent, even af-
ter the newspapers have discovered
and made known his money loss.
Young John Maddox loses no time in
breaking his engagement to Bee.
Robert Howard, on the other hand,
makes haste to aid her in every way.
Bee. Obliged to earn her own liv-
ing, hits on the plan OF marketing
her candy Robert IL to be advertis-
Ing manager and the father OF her
best friend, Millie Nelson, ADVANCES
the funds for organization. Their
company IL II great success and soon
begins to make inroads upon the
candy company OF Maddox, sr. He
hires n labor aEitator named Billings
20 instiRate a strike in the new fac
tory. Jenkins aids in the conspiracy.
Billings succeeds in organizing the
strike, but jenkins tells Bee and
Robert. who IL responsible for the
disturbance. The hired strikers In
jurc Jenkins and BeI cares for his
child.
Tho scheme a failure, Maddox de-
cides TO buy out the Honey Bee
Sweets company, Bee welcomes the
chance to pay off her fathers in
debtcdness, but Robert tells her to
stipulato for an extra price for the
secret Ingredient" After the money
has been paid over. Maddox Is shown
her pet goat. Bees secret ingre-
dent is the use of goats milk In
stead Of cows milk for her candy.
In the hospital, Jenkins confesses
that he Killed Buckley. Maddox is
brought TO Justice and the memory
Of Bees father is cleared. Then hav-
ing successfully launched and dis
posed of the Honey Bee Sweets
Candy company, Robert Howard
feels emboldened to tell Bee Of his
love. The winning Of Beatrice Is ac-
complished.