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1oIieD HARD FOR SUCCESS
Crest Sculptor Knew Many vieisss-
tudss esfers His Genius cempsiisd
Werid's Acknowledgment.

The old. old story Of genius toiling
against adversely and winning the
struggle Is ever repeating itaelf-and
b ever interesting. Rodin. the great
French sculptor. climbed the ladder
laboriously. but with such a persist
ence that fame could not escape him.
In "ROdin, the Man and His Art" Miss
Judith Cladel tells how the young ar
fist, In order to live. applied himself
to varied occupations.
He Clipped at stone and marble, he
drew sketches for the fashionable Jew
elers Of Paris, and he made articles
Of decorative art ordered by manufac-
turers. Despite considerable loss Of
time be obtained by that means true
apprenticeship in art, and finally was
able to realize his FIRST dream-to have
an atelier Of his own. a.
His atelier! It was 4 stable In the
Rue Lebrun. In the quarter Of the
Gobelins. where he was born. It was
q cold hovel-cave, with well sunk 10
the angle Of the wall that, at every
season. exhaled Its chilling breath. It
did not matter. The place was sum
GENTLY large and well lighted.
There Rodin accumulated his stud.
les and works until the place became
% crowded that he could hardly turn
himself about. but, being too poor to
have them cast. he lost the greater
part Of them. Sometimes the soft clay
settled and fell asunder; sometimes.
becoming too dry. II cracked and crum.
bled.-Youth's Companion.
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ART WORKS IN ANY LENGTH
Method Of Getting Things Done Quick
ly 10 Not BY Any Means an
Idea to d Called New.

Hurry IL not characteristic OF the
present century alone: our ancestors
were not always Immune from the
habit. The Dutch artist vanderstraa-
ten was master In scheming out
short cuts and saving time.
vanderstraaten had little dlfi1culty,
II Is said. In painting In day 30 land
.scapes the size Of an ordinary sheet
Of drawing paper. He would surround
himself with pots Of paint. each OF
which had Its particular purpose-ons
for the clouda. one for the grass. one
for the shadows. When he was ready
to begin painting he called his assist.
ant. "Boy. a cloud! !" and the lad speed.
fly brought the desired pot.
vanderstraaten. with thick brush.
quickly transferred the clouds to the
canvas. With the finishing strokes he
called. There are the clouds; bring
tho grass! I" And 10 It went. without
q moments waste Of time. until the
80 landscapes were finished.
On occasions vanderstraaten would
paint In the manner described land
scape upon a long piece Of canvas.
In filIing the orders Of customers he
would cut the strip Into pieces Of "a.
rious lengthA A purchaser could buy
two. three or four feet Of landscape. &C
cortiinE to his fancy or according Ia
the size Of the space he wished to dec
crate.
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the Dumb Animals Protective associa.
ton. and ind that In our group
there are dirty women members and
only three man. Doesn't that prove
that women are interested In kindness
and humane movements, and that men
don't care thing about itf'
"No. It's on account Of the name
Of the organization. Tho terrible At.
fiction Of dumbness appeals more to
feminine sympathy than to masculinA
That's all"
you're q brute"
~Then b kind to M.
(And % fosth).
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rsnl.s May rsx sarp.A

When the swords are beaten into
plowshares. what 10 to happen to the
tauksf Many people must have asked
themselves this question, and c. J.
Aubertain's recent article In the Len.
don News suggests an answer. for.
with slight notifications, the whip
pets" at any rate. might well - used
~ tractors on the towpaths Of our
reconstructed state canals. The French
government. I am told. observes
writer In the Edlnburgh Scotsman, has
made experiments already In this vesy
direction and has found that q light
tank u capable Of hauling four fully
laden barges at speed Of two miles
an hour, which 70 about twice that
Of q horse. Mechanical Traction has
been employed on some Of the Ger.
man canals for some considerable time.
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psssssrs sy.prsAuees.

The by.products obtained In the
packing house industry may be divided
Into two classes-ths edible and the
inedible. The inedibls constitute the
external covering chair. horns, hoofs
and hides). some Of the offal and the
bones. From these are prepared .
great variety Of substances. some ef
which have developed into enormous
industries In themselves, such a.
leather. soap. glue and fertilizer. The
last mentioned represents the ultimate
utilization Of packing house waste.
For example, In the manufacture Of
buttons, combs, knife handles and
spatulas from the horns aud hoofs Of
cattle and sheep and the hoofs Of hogs
the waste resulting from the prepare.
ton Of these articles was at one time
thrown away, but II has been found
that BY treating such material with
sulphuric acid. the nitrogen which II
contains becomes available ~ q fertll.
IEeF.
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NOW. COMES THE FLYAsou1
AirpIanss Seem 70 Did Fair 70 Take
the Place Now Held BY the
chummy Aeade4sr.

There was 4 time. and not 70 ter.
ribly many Year, ago. when the young
man who Invested his hard-eArned cash
In what was known a. 4 best-giri
buggy got some mention In the home
paper. His purchase was chronicied
with the added advice Of. Look out.
girls" With red running gears. rub
Der tires. 4 tassel op the horses bride.
and q whip that cost at least 1925.
this young man was 70 well equipped
that. he was q force to reckon With
when loye-making was going on.
He has passed. and In his stead ha'
come the long. low. rakish motorca.
Itnburns gasoline and leaves an un.
pleasant odor In it, wake. but II rep
resents speed and exclusiveness. It
II the chummy roadster. Too soon. It
seems, II also will pass away. In .
New York newspaper II the advertise
ment of an aircraft concern. "What
about the boy who ovsrseas has been
roaming the sky. day after day. n.y.
ing free In the glorious etherr It
wants to know. When he comes home.
the advertisement says. he will not
be satisfied with motorbOat or an au-
tomobile. $50 why not meet the inevl.
table," It asks. land buy him an air
plane nowl" Now that the stress Of
wartime production 10 over. this par
ticular concern Is offering dying boats.
seaplanes and chummy hyabouts for
commercial or pleasure purposes. IAN
appropriate gift for your son or daugh.
ter" 10 the concluding sentence.
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Jim Royse. chairman Of vi9o conn
tvs Liberty loan drives. was m EN-
phatic In urging vieo county to 70
over the top In every drive that he hes
frequently been known a. "Over the
Top Jim Royse." Some Of the young.
STEERS have also learned Of the title. a.
Ia proved BY the following:
Recently one Of the school teachers
In this district was teaching her pupils
local history. She asked them to
write sentences In which they used
the names Of the city's representative
men. Among the first sentences Of
one little uptown newsboy was this
one: There ought to be hair Over the
TOP Jim Royse's head. but there aia't."
indianapolis News.
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HomAexooto Wotne0 Wuvef2
Remarkable in many ways was Ellie.
abeth Pctrovna. empress Of Russia.
and daughter Of Peter the Great. She
died 1877 years ago, after reign Of 20
years. While history knows her chief.
" for her immortality, she left behind
her monuments to her better nature.
the University Of Moscow and the
Academy Of Fine Arts Ia Petrograd.
Empress Ellxabeth's mother WINS the
Empress Catherine. who had been the
wife Of q Swedish dragon. and he.
came the mistress Of several men be.
fore Peter the Great married her.
Her daughter. Elizabeth Petrovna,
when she ruled Russia. once became
~ mortified BY one Of the jests Of
Frederick the Great that she made
war on the witty Prussian king. and
until her death Russia was one Of mis-
most dangerous enemies.
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stenes OF Remar.sable pexxer.

0toNoo o. remarkable Power.
Lovers Of the occult will be inter
estcd in a story told BY Lady Blunt In
her remarkable volume Of reminls.
ccnces.
Her husband was sick unto death
Ia ConstantInople, and the Turkish
government loaned her two small
stones which had been in Its posses.
slon since the Conquest. telling her to
apply them where the pain was most
severe.
Lady Blunt used them as directed
with the result that the sick man
speedily recovered. although four doc.
tors had previously decided on mn Inn.
mediate operation.
@These wonderful stoueH," adds Lady
Blunt, ARE found at rare intervals In
the veins Of = donkey's neck; per.
haps only one stone In . million don.
keys"
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Piueky.


Soldiers ~ 4 rule are plucky TEL
lows when wounded. This story Il
told Of one:
He came In on stretcher-facr all
bruised and swollen, eyes protruiing.
all full of mud and bits Of stone. There
wasn't nm inch Of his body without Its
own bruise or cut.
He'd been standing In a muddy place
and . big obus had pumped Into
the ground Just in front Of him md
then. from a couple Of feet down. had
gone on and up. As he opened his
eyes the doctor aald to him: ZION
must have had . pretty rough pssa-
age"
He replied: Nothing In It. ar-
nothing In II. ri BE- all right after
rye had shave"
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TO the FIRST FALLEN.

Thsy nssd 10 stone to tsll their fame.
Those lads who fell beneath Old 0loey
In that fair land across the ssa-
4 land who's tale u one brave story.
Thsir fame y sure. though neas mss
know
Their namss-thoss laAs e va,ss
knightiy:
Upon Gods dag OF liberty
Their stars shall shins forever brightly.
yrss msn wsss they 70 freedom born:
Life came b them In plsntsous meas
And yst. that othses might b frss.
They gave al counting Death . Pleas
Thsir fame within our hearts shan Live
The years can nevoe dim their gtorys
They slammed ~ for our coward hearth.
Thsy pointed us the way to glory.
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Biologists have proved, BY laboratory
tests, that anger Is . poison In the
blood: that = person who loses his
temper 10 actually selfpolsonesi. Take
q few drops Of blood from man ln .
violent rage. they tell rs: drop them
on the tongue Of guinea pig. and II
will probably make the little beast sick.
Yet we hear people brag. II gave him
. good going over" II got good aud
mad" MS II one Dragged Of deliberately
contracting = dangerous case Of blood
poisoning.
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Tee Much Pay.

A Swansea twales) worker took ad.
vantage Of short strike to 20 end
see the doctor about some mysterious
malady which was pursuing him. The
doctor had long chat (aa doctors
do with patiently about everything ex.
cept his complaint. and then told him !:
n can ses what you are suffering
from, my friend-under-work and
over.pay. You won't get well till stssf
the war"
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lasea o. Rsse.

One 1t tie Ensiish papers reporta
the case a farmer Of Essex who hal
been summoned for uslng his barley te
feed Pig. Il not . cass Of deliberate
waste at all. Apparently. but ooe rising
from the farmers eonvictioas on thu
subject Of drink. He objects to grow
ing barley to make beef. and. sincs
bacon u . commodity always In do
mand, and II not too plentiful thest
days. be has come to the coociusioE
that his barley will be good deal bet
ter employed In fattening his pigs thar
In adding to tho country's beer supply
II 10 . logical position. and one won
ders what the magistrate win MAKE
Of It
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.oNsard, chrlseian eelAIese.

soNNare, chrlseiaa oeldleess
Old Caesar thought he knew somo
thing about the tented Geld. having fol.
lowed his master - body servant
through the war between the statea
but Camp Jackson was q revelation ia
him.
Yer mean. MAUI Jssas." 10 cross
examined his young maussa, dat dess
young gem'n can't drink nothin' strong
ee'n spring watesT
That's all"
.And no frollickin' Wsd d galsf"
sNone whatever"
AN NO swearin' at De mulesr
against regulations"
'Lor, Aaus' Jesms. disher amt y
camp. DisAsrs q camp msstin' r.
Columbia Stats.
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Keep Pictures q ositisA DEED.

The federal government Of xs3
bourne has decided to follow the eE
ample Of the British war nuDeum au
thorities and obtain photographs Of thu
men who have Owen their lives In TIN
war. and Of others who have wos
awards and decorations. In order b
AVOID duplication Of the ebert Mr.. W
d. Mate. vice president Of the Amateur
Photographic society q Victoria. wh<
has undertaken On behalf Of the Bit
ish war museum b collect the photo
graphs, win Do he sane for the Aus
tralian war museum now being estab
lishsd,
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orespee "a agevot Of o,lvse,

In q letter IRON Jerusalem, tallina
Of q tour Of inspsctioo Of ths Red
Cross units with 0eueral Alleeby'a
forces. Mrs. Edith 81. Phillips aays;
They must have made q magnificent
asht all up the hillddes. especially
Nebi Samwil. There are numerous
little CROSSES % the mountains Thoel
on the Mount Of Olives look sad, but
wonderfully impressive"
NeM Samwil has the Traditional
tomb Of the prophet Samuel and Il
identified With Nispah. The city Il Ben
jamin.
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Campaign Against csys.s..

Coyote hunts are popular In the
vicinity Of Edmonton. Alberta. the last
hunt attracting many automobiles -
we'll a. horsemsu. Ranchers are plan.
nlns to continue the campaign Of ex.
termination. Twenty-Five wolf hounds
have been obtained for these drives.
The plan 10 to form 4 half circle and
close 10 on the coyotes at q river bank.
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Al Alabama doughboy had trouble
galore with Q mule.
"Ah Just couldn't take any Interest
In dat mule. The others were all
right Dis one nrst crack outa dc
box. done bit nah finger. Den. while
Aim 'zaminin' NAH finger he ops an
kicks me In de pants. Den dose bush
Germans started gas attack.
"Ah was s'posed to put gas masks
on dem mules an den on me. Al put
masks on two Of dem.
''Den I led Dis ornery oee around 10
dat gas foah two hours, an dog nah
cats, nothin' ever happened to dat
mule q tail I"
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Hls Turn.

There were u In the party that stood
at the Ice cream soda water fountain.
I've Just figured u %. aid ons ol
them.
.Figursd whatr
no man can drink more than soe
glass Of thls stun at q tine. Jim Win
stand treat Tomorrow, % o. on down
The line. u win b. my turu to bug
for The gang q week from next satus.
~. IN msst you an hsfe then"
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o ", n y
dear" protested
Mr.. Aollicor. "you
shouldn't make
such . broad
statement. Ym
can't indict q
whole sex. Upon
what sporadic In
stance do you
base your sweep
Ing concludonr
I" " ell. you
know. I 1Oined
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EXPLANATION DID no aooD
Y AaytAlae NJ. Aasii'ssrs otats.
msat had Q Tendency - Make
tho ottuatlen Werse.

sNsa an more cruel than women.
asserted Nrs. N0llicoT.
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Everything Lovely.

"Howdy, GapiN saiuted an acquaint-
ance, upon meeting the we'll known
Rumpus Ridge citizen on a shopping
expedition in Tumlinville. "How's
everything going with your"
"Finer'n frog hair, Jurd!" triumph
antly replied Gap johnson. "Of course,
my wife has been sorter puny, yur Of
late, and several of the children have
got the measles and humps and one
thing and another, and the lightning
struck the corner of the house luther
night and like to have tore the whole
place to pieces, and one Of the kids
fell out of tree and broke his arm,
and Teller took shot at me day be-
fore yesterday and ventilated my ear,
and such as that, but l snapped for
running horse last week, and O.
couple of my hounds have got six
pups apiece. Aw, tell you, they
can't keep good man down "--Kan-
sas City Star.
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see you often. Maybe Wen go hunt
ing some Saturday"
We babe him good morning and he
went on with his wheelbarTow, which
was loaded, / remember, with stout
sacks Of meal and flour.
We went to the school at half past
eight. What a thrilling place it was
with it's rs children and it's three
rooms. How noisy they were as they
waited in the schoolyard for the bell
to ringl / stood by the doorside look
ing very foolish, I dare say, for
knew not what to do with myself. My
legs encased in the tow breeches felt
as if they were on fire. I saw that
most of the village boys wore bought
en- clothes and fine boots. I looked
down at my own leather and was a
tower Of shame on a foundation of
creased cowhide. Sally Dunkelberg
came in with some other girls and pre-.
tended not to see me. That was the
hardest blew / suffered.
Among the handsome, WelI-dreSSed
boys of the village was Henry Wills
the boy who had stolen my water.
melon. / had never forgiven him fol
that or for the killing of my little hen
The bell rang and we marched into
the big room, while fat girl with
crinkly hair played on a melodeon
Henry and another boy tried to shove
me out Of line and big paper wad
struck the side of my head as we were
marching in and after we were seated
a cross-eyed, freckled girl in a red
dress made face at me.
1t was, on the whole, the unhappiest
day Of my life. During recess ]
slapped boys face for calling me q
rabbit and the two others who came
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to help him went away full of fear
and establishment, for I had the
strength of young moose In me those
days. After that they began to make
friends with me.
In the noon hour man came to me
In the schoolyard with subpoena for
the examination of Amos Grimshaw
and explained its meaning.
While was talking with this man
Sally passed me walking with another
girl and said:
"Hello, Bart !"
/ observed that Henry Wills joined
them and walked down the street at
the side of Sally. / got my first pang
of jealousy then.
When school was out that after
noon Mr.. Racket said / could have an
hour to see the sights of the village,
so set out, feeling much depressed.
/ walked toward the house of MIR.
Wright and saw him digging potatoes
in the garden and went in. ! knew
that he was my friend.
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Q. IN Nls
{ ron. YlliIITS ACID sF5ASA5.ID
KNEW THAT WOULD STOP HIN
Lawyer Evidently Was Well Ac-
quainted With the Weakness of
His Long-Winded Friend.

G. Ell. Murphy relates the story Of
Philadelphia lawyer, retired, who, in
the days of his active practice, was
notorious for his long-windednes
On one occasion he had been spout
ing forth his concluding argument for
six hours, and the end was nowhere
in sight, when the opposing attorney
beckoned his associate and whispered:
"Can't you stop him, Jack?"
"I'll stop him in two minutes" Jack
replied confidently. And he wrote
and passed to the orator the following
note:
"My Dear Colonel--As soon as you
finish your magnificent argument I
would like you to join me at the ho-
tel in a bumper of rare old Bourbon"
The lawyer halted in the midst of
an impassioned period, put on his
glasses, and read the note that had
been handed him, then he removed his
glasses again and, taking up his hat
and bag, he said:
sand now, may 1t please the court
and gentlemen of the jury, / leave the
case with YOU"
A minute later he was proceeding in
stately fashion in the direction of the
hotel bar.
Who'd do the work of the world II
nUnrvhody xyaro Yioh2
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BART HEARS SOME STARTLING NEWS ABOUT THE SON OF
THE MONEY LENDER.

synpsBarton Baynes orphan to live with his uncle
Peabody Baynes Deel farm Rateroad In
negborhood called Lp about the 1896 He meets Sally
Dunkeer about his but socially of class above the
by her pretty face and fine clothes Barton
also meets Rowing Kate known in the neghbhood the ent
Woman Amos Gmshaw of the richest in the town
ship visitor the Bynes home and Rowing Kate tells the boys
predicting bright future Barton and death the gaows
meets Sas Wright J prominent In public
affairs who enes much interest in the boy Barton learns Of the
power money Mr. Gmshaw threatens take the Bayns farm
which he holds paid Now in his sixteenth Bar
his the office at Canton meets stranger and they
ride together They hghwaymn who and kills the
Barton throws stone which
home to enter Michael Jackets school at Canton.
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Who'd do the work of the world II
everybody were rich?
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We'll Known.

Twas hurrying home up the Hill when
q little boy came rushing down in such
haste that he ran headlong into me.
He was quite breathless and very
flushed.
'Have you seen my pa?" he managed
to stammer.
81 don't know your pa, little boy"
said l.
He looked at me in round-eyed Won
der and his pink cheeks fairly stuck
out.
"You don't know my par he said in
credulously. why, I know pa just
as easy l'--Exchange.
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boughten clothes. couldn't ten Sally
how mean he was. I was angry and
decided not to speak to her until she
spoke to me. ! got along better in
school, although there was some tit
tering when / recited, probably be-
cause I had broader dialect and big
ger boots than the boys In the village.
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Her I4appiest DAYS.

The other day a lady confided 20 Us
that the happiest days Of her life were
spent during the three years thai she
was eighteen. Transcript.
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Grimshaw seeks by an offer
Of a bride to Uncle Peabody, to
prevent Bart from telling what
he knows about the guilt of
Amos. How Uncle Peabody
and Bart received this offer Is
told In the next instaIIment.
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Sooner or later the weak man finds
himself up to his neck In the slough Of
despair. ----
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Buoved bv Glorious Faith,

n 1NVyVU W '1IVF'VUS = NIsft"
What a world were this; how un-
endurable its weight, If they whom
death had sundered did not meet
again i-Southey.