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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-12
NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNERS.
FRONT FOOT AssnssMEN1

FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT,
Florida street, Trigg to Iowa.
You are hereby notified that on the
ninth day Of September, 1919, the Board
OF Commissioners Of the City OF Mem
pills. Tennessee, passed an ordinance
entitled Improvement Ordinance No.
3Sb, to provide for the Improvement
OF Florida street from Trigg to Iowa, by
doing the following described work, pur-
suant to chapter t341 of the acts Of 1907,
and as amended by the acts OF 1909 and
1913 and 1919 of tho General Assembly
OF the state Of Tennessee.
The city engineers estimate Of cost,
as filed, Is as follows:
PAVEMENT
$500 50. yds. old brick pave
meRt removed and hauled $500
7so Gu. yds. concrete b;ushins '''0'
-. at SS25 ,............,... $4,000
go ment at $500 ~..,..;..%,. 17,2eo,o 90
circular granite curb at 49,.
200 50. 'S yds,. S.inc6 concrete 1880
foundation at S1.35 $50. 27B.00
14o lin. #, 4-inch BY 2o-inch
granite header at $1.25 J.. 1850
1850 SO, II. concrete sidewalk
eight specification re-
moved and relaid at 25c.. 487.5o
DfSAlN AGE.
s No. 7 inlets at $4,000 ...-.... $50 90
. No. 6 inlets at $500 ......,. 10000
50 lin. 4. lb-inch pipe in place
| large manhoic at $50 90 -. $500 500
6lO lin. n. ls.inch pipe in place
at s1.65 ;................. S41.5O
At sa.75 ,,....;i....:;.:.: 10000
plates 2hO. UU
Repairing present brick paving, $4,000
500. 7os. 80
OF cost allowed by statute
over estimate .....,.......,. 2,910.35
ss2,S7s.s5
10 per cent statutory unitem-
ICED charge for supervision
ana general expense n...,e, 3,2ST.SS
Total estimated d~istributable
ESTIMATED cost Of city's cne-thifd
portion 81, $50. Al.
Estimated cost of abutting owners
two-thirds portion $50, $50. 50
Approximate total frontage to be as
sessed $500 feet.
Maximum rate per front foot s2.923.
This Improvement shall include all of
NCHN oh nil oNACSN AAiN e1htSG
intersections between the terminals of
we '~n,rrovNrnent. and said work shall
be included In and paid for as a part
"a tao ..dprovement together with the
necessary expense for defending any
litigation arising from said construction.
OF this amount the property owners
are required to pay two-thirds and the
other one-third OF said expense is to be
borne by the City OF Memphis.
NOW, therefore. YOU Will take notice
that on Tuesday, Sept. 90, 1919, at $3.50
o'clock pm. the board OF Commits
sioners will be in session at the city
hall to hear circumstances or protests
against the construction of said i'm
proyement, which remonstrances or
protests must be in writing. and when
and where you will be present II you
wish to demonstrate, or protest against
same.
This, the 10th day OF September, 1919,
r. La MONTENEGRO, Mayor.
Attest. G, O. PASHBY, City Clerk.
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against the construction Of Eaid i'm
prOVemenk which remonstrances or
protests must be In writing, and when
and where you VIII be present n you
wish to rem0nstrats OF protest against
same.
This, the 10th day OF September, 1918.
r. L MONTEVERDE, Mayor.
Attest: Q. G. PAsHBY, City CLERK
COAL BIDS WANTED.
The Memphis General Hospital re-
quests bids for coal to be furnished to
the hospital from Oct. I, 1919, 10 April
1, 1870, bids 10 be for lump, nut, nut and
slack, pea and slack, and slack, to be
furnished daily TO meet the require
ments Of the hospital. All bids to be
sealed and addressed 70 J. n. Ward,
superintendent, ana must be IN his
hands not later than 6 o'clock pm. on
Sept. 1s, 1919.
This the 10th dag Of September, 1919.
r. o. JOHNSTON.
ST, ELMO NEWTON,
j.. C. DEAN.
Board OF Trustees Memphis General
Hospital.
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TRusTEE,s SALE.

by s. J, SHEPHERD, Trust oi
This August 20. 1919
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Total estimated distributable

10 per cent statutory unitem-
lied charge for supervision
and general exl ense .....,... 1886
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-25
ADVERTiSENFN-
One Woman to Another
By Grace WeStcOtt

Mary. Helen. and had been to the
movies. Mary had left us at her door,
and Helen and l walked home together.
do you know" said Helen. reHec-
lively as We walked along, arm in
tonight, noticed something about
Mary that / have rather suspected
once or twice before"
What do you mean?'' I asked curl
ously
We'll" said Helen, ito be perfectly
frank, Mary lacks very decidedly a
Wholesome freshness about her person.
| suppose with peTspiration and every
thing, IL can't be helped, but q does
seem too bad. She's an awfully nice
girl"
Cant oe helped?'' ! said in surprise.
why doesn't she use Amolin? I'm 90
ing to tell her about il the very irst
thing tomorrow. Every girl wants to
be at her best
What's AmoIin?" questioned Helen.
Its a perfectly wonderful deodor-
ant ] replied. Personally I wouldn't
he without II. I use IL after nv bath,
sprinkle il in my clothes, and In fac.,
keep II for all sorts OF uses
Amolin Is personal deodorant r..
der, antisepttc, UnScentcd, soothing
heaEnE. and containing no taIcu;u. Is
u excellent, too, for healing ard pre-
venting chafing. Amo,in ar be bought
At all drug or department stores Tor
z5c q can. or for 45c for a double size
tin. Write The Amolin Company. Lodi,
n. J., for a free sample
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because Americans are not desired
by our government. Enver denies
this: but it Is idle to believe anyone
In this country.
April I6.-Another interview with
Enver Bey. His. scheme is fatty
revolutionary. namely, the deposit
ton Of Abdul. a secret alliance, Of
fensive and defensive. with US; the
Germanism OF the Turkish army
and navy: the fortinCation of the
Gallipoli district according to our
plans; a steadily increasing pres
sure on Serbia; a final reckoning
with Russia which is definitely to
settle the status Of Albania and
Serbia and leave the Balkan group
ing to be settled between Austria.
Germany. and Turkey.
] spoke several times about India
and Egypt. but he does not desire
to arouse England unless she inter
feres.
/ spoke also OF Abdul Hands Sc
cret and growing fear Of Germany.
and his increasing inclination
toward England once more.
No trace OF my stolen plans. The
originals are in the YiIdiz Palace.
have a third set secreted. about
when nobody knows
April y. ] have been summoned
TO the Yildiz Palace It possibly
means my assassination. have
cOnfded my box OF data. photo
graphs and plans to the Rev. Will
bur Carcw. an American mission
airy in the Trebizond sanjaL.
There are humors that Abdul has
became M nj a n
dread Of assassination. One of his
own ides-de-Camp. while being
granted an audience in the Yildiz.
made a sudden and abrupt move
mcnt to find his handkerchief; and
Abdul Hamid whipped out a pistol
and shot him dead. This is authen-
tic.
April 80. Back at TchRrdak with
my good missionary and his wife.
strange Interview with Abdul
There were twenty French clocks
in the room. all going and all strik-
ing at various intervals. The walls
we're set with French mirrors
AbduIs cordially was terrifying.
the fUll original set Of my GallipOli
plan was brought in. After a while,
the Sultan reminded me that the
plans were in duplicate, and asked
me where were these duplicates.
What dUplicity, But I said pleas
antIy that they were to be sent to
general stan headquarters in Berlin.
He pretended 10 understand that
this was contrary TO the agreement.
and insisted that the plans should
first be sent to him for comparison.
I merely referred him 10 his agree
ment with my gOveTnm ent. Hut
all the while we were talking |
was absolutely convinced that the
stolen duplicates were at that mo-
ment in the Yildiz Kiosque. Abdul
must have lnoEn that J believed II.
Yet we both merely smiled our con-
fidence in each other.
He seemed to be unusually good
natuTed and gracious. saying that
no doubt I was quite right in send
ing the plans to Berlin. He spoke
Of Enver Bey cordially, and said he
hoped TO be reconclled 10 him and
his friends very soon. When Abdul
Hainid becomes TeconCiled to any
body who disagress with him. the
latter Is always dead.
He asked me where ! was going.
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told him about the plans I was
preparing for the Trebizond district.
He offered me an escort of Kurdish
cavalry, saying that he had been
told the district was not very safe.
I thanked him and declined his
escort of assassins.
I saw II all very plainly. Like a
pirate captain. Abdul orders his
crew to dig a secret hole for his
treasure. and when the hole is dug
and the treasure hidden. he murders
the men who hid il for him, so that
they shall never betray its location.
7 am one of those men. That is
what he means for me. who have
given him his Gallipoli plans. No
wonder that in England they call
him Abdul the Damned
May 3. In the Bazaar at Tchardak
yesterday two men tried to stab me.
I got their daggers. but they es-
capped i'm the confusion. Murad
called to express horror and regret
Yes; regret that I had not been muir
dered
May >. / have written to my gov
eminent that my usefulness here
seems to be ended; that my life is
in hourly danger. That I desire 20
be more thoroughly informed con-
corning the relations between Ber-
lin and the Yildiz Palace.
May 8. ] am in disgrace. My gov
eminent is furious because my
correspondence with Enyer Bey has
been stolen. The Porte has COM
planned about me to Berlin; Berlin
disOwns me, disclaims all knowl-
edge Of my political activities out
side OF my engineering work.
This is what failure to carry out
secret instructions invariably
characterization by the govern
ment from which such instructions
are received. In diplomacy. failure
is a crime never forgiven. Aban-
dOncd by my government / am now
little better than an outlaw here.
Two courses remain open to me
to go back in disgrace and live
obscurely for the remainder Of my
life, or TO risk my life by hanging
on desperately here with an almost
hopeless possibility before me OF
accomplishing something to serve
my government and rehabilitate
myself.
The matter of the stolen plans is
being taken u9 by our ambassador
at the Sublime Porte The British
! possess a third set Of plans Our
embassy ought to send to Trebi-
zond for them. don't know what
To do.
May ia letter | wro:e May 10
To the German embassy has been
stolen. am now greatly worried
about the third set Of plans. IL
seems safest to include the box con-
tanning them among the baggage OF
Anne rican missionary, the Rev. VIII
bour Carew, and, too. for me to seek
shelter with him.
As am now afraid that an enemy
may impeTsonate an official OF the
German embassy. ! have the mis-
Sionary's promise that he will retain
and conceal the contents OF my box
until ] instruct him otherwise.
am practically in hiding at his
house. and in actual fear Of my life
May 1.-THE missionary and hi
wife and baby travel 10 Gallipoli
where an American school for girls
IL about 10 be opened.
CTO he Continued Tomorrow
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When a Girl Marries
A STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Anne Rushes to Virginia to Make
Desperate Plea With Her for
Pat DaltOn's Sake

spoke In q voice I vaguely noticed
was low and tense--not high and
clear as I had planned.
Virginia just come from
lunchlng at the ClinsaTse. That's
where I'd been--to have tea wis1
him the day Phoebe saw me with
with Pat he begged me 50 t.
come. To help him His eyes seem
TO beg me all the time.
To-day / happened to be there
again-and he came in. and TO our
table. And he was so-reckless and
bitter. Somehow without planning
II, l had to say ! was coming here
And he took my hand-so plead
ingly. and whispered as II u were
a cry for help: You're on your way
to see Jeanie.
A Hard Question
He said II TO you almost insteaI
Of me- He's so unhappy. ana he
seems to believe 1 can get him the
key again-tho key to happiness
Oh. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES happi-
ness-and life that's at stake"
When ! began to speak I didn't
dare TO look at Virginia. But gradu-
ally my eyes went OF their own vo-
lltiOn at her face. Her head was
flung high. The muscles OF her
throat were so taut that they stood
out In cords. And her nostrils were
quivering. She looked pathetic
like a thoroughbred straining to
run a losing race.
My heart pounded. Had / found
the key that would open the door
TO happiness for Virginia? want
ed to run over and take her in nv
arms. but forced myself to sit
still-and wait.
Yirginia's white hands twisted IN
her lap. She protruded her lower
jaw like an unhappy child AMI set
its teeth in her upper hips.
Suppose In far on corner OF my
brain there was the thought that II
Yirginia's happiness could be re-
stored-my own love might revive
to all its wonder and fuIness.
And now Virginia turned her far
away yes to me. They were warm
and tender. ready to welcome
dreams.
How did you happen 70 be at the
Clinsarge again today?" she asked.
Did Pat ask you TO come? Has
he sent you TO me7' F
I went cold all over, and Carlotta
Sturges' hooking voice seemed to
cry from the shadows:
Tell her the truth. II you dare-
Tell her how you came to be at the
today" ---- N-'~ --
To be continued.
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children OF some Cossack chief or
petty prince, and on the eve of her
marriage to a young officer named
Mitya, the Kurds raided the town.
They carried poor Tatyana OF along
with her wedding chest-the chest
1 fished up with my grapnel
In brief. the chest and the girl
found their way into Adults Sc
raglio. The letters OF the dead girl
which were written and entrusted
probably to a faithIess slave, but
which evidently never left the Sc
ragliO-thrOw some light on the
tragedy. for they breathe indiEna-
ton and contempt for Islam. and
call on her affianced, on her parents.
and on her people to rescue her and
avenge her.
And after a while. no doubt Alb
dull tired Of reading fierce. unrecon-
ciled little Tatyana's stolen letters,
and simply ended the matter BY
having her bow-strung and dumped
overheard in a sack. together with
her marriage chest. her letters. and
the Yellow Devil in bronze as
final insult
She seems TO have had a sister
Naia, thirteen years old, betrOthed
to a Prince Mistchenka, a cavalry
officer in the Terek Cossacks. Her
father had been Hetman Of the
Don Cossacks before the Emperor
Nicholas reserved that title for
imperial use. And she ended in
a sack of Gallipoli. That is the
story Of Tatyana and her wedding
chest
March 29-Murad arrived. muir
derously bland and assiduous in his
solicitude for my health and COM
fort. am almost positive he
knows that / fished up something
from Cove No. 81 under the theO-
reticaI guns Of theoretical Fort Os-
man. both long plotted out but long
delayed
April ; Ny duplicate plans for
Gallipoli have been stolen. ! hav"
q third set still Col. Murad Bey
is not to be trusted. BY position ~
awkward and is becoming serious.
There is no faith to be placed in
Abdul Hamid My credentials. the
secret agreement with my Govern
ment. are no longer regarded even
with liberation in the YIldiz
KiosqUe A hundred insignificant
incidents prove II every day. And
lf Abdul dare not break with Ter
many il is only because he Is not
yet ready TO defy the Young Turk
party. The British embassy is very
active and bOthers me a great deal.
April My secret correspond
ence with Enver Bey has been dis
covered, and my letters opened.
This is a very bad business ! have
notified my Government that the
Turkish government does not want
me here: that the plan OF a Ger
snized Turkish army is becoming
Objectionable to the Porte; that the
duplicate plans OF our engineers for
the Dardenelles and the Gallipoli
Peninsula have been stolen.
April Is. a secret interview with
Enver Bey, who promises that our
ideas shall be carried out when his
party comes into power. Evidently
he does not know that my dupli-
Gates have been stolen.
Troubles threaten in the Nilayet
Of TrebizOnd, where is an American
mission. 1 fear that our emissaF.es
and the emisssries OF Fnver Bay
are deliharpt0',- g. ---..'--~ d'so-Inrs
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A Painful
Affection
By Brics Beldsn, N. D.

A BOIL. or futunele. Is . pain
~ ful nodule formed by local
= lied Inflammation OF the
skin and OF the Tissues Immediately
under the skin, incl0SiI1g . central
slough or "cefe."
A boil is caused by the pus-pro-
dueing organism known as the sta
phylococcus, which enters through
the hair-folllciSs or sweat glands,
and its formation 10 favored by
constitutional or digestive derange-
meat and local irritation.
Germs capable Of producing boils
are always present upon the skin,
but ordinarily the rssiStaacO Of
the tissues is such that there 10 no
infection. When By any means Vi
tality becomes loUSred to . Sufii-
Client degree invasion by and null
tiplieation OF the germs are apt to
follow.
The popular notion that boiis are
due to Impurities In the blood is
wrong. Il 10 low vital resistance
that invites external infeetioh.
Digestive disturbances brought
about by the excessive consumption
Of sweets, pastry, thicKsnee soups
and sraVies, ana fried foods lower
vitality BY interfering with the
processes OF nutrition. The lack OF
Vitamlns in the diet undoubtedly
has = great bearing on the occur
renee Of Boils.
Feeds rich in VitAmins are fresh
milk mot boiled ore pAsteurized),
fresh FeEetablsS. fresh fruits and
fruit juices eGHb. whole wheat
peas, beans and fresh meat. A
steady diet Of delicatsssen and cold
storage food would be well calcu-
lated to cause boiIs. The use Of
alcohol directly faVors boils by re-
ducing the resulting power.
Bolls 6echF ID crops because once
the vitality IL lowered the staphy-
locoecus attacks wherever Il may
happen to be. StiR collars and In
fectsd hnSefs help to distribute the
germ.
The treatment is general and
local. Geld bathing, eut-of-deor
life. laxativta md Z diet rich IN
vitamihs are Important elements in
the managNment. The use OF a
vaccine made ffom the staphTiococ-
Gus II much Ia vogue. Brewers
yeast Il Z sovereign remedy because
OF its richness In VitAmins. Locally,
hot borIe Geta Solution may be Gp-
piled on comnfesseS covered with
oil silk 70 facilitate Suppuratlon
and evacuation Of the core by the
physician.
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copyright. 1919. BY King Feature synJi
cate Ine)
O WEPT by an instinct deeper
than mere impulse. I hurried
from that strange luncheon
party at the Clinsarge, flung my
self extfaVagantly into q taxi and
gave the driver Virginia's address.
There had been pleading in Car
Lolita StuFges' eyes. and stark
amusement in Tom Mason's gaze.
None OF that mattered. I had to 90
to Virginia with the message that
felt Pat Dalton trying to convey
to her through me each time We
met and he fumbled sadly for
words.
The feeling that I was q messen-
ger conveyed me past the door
man at the entrance 70 Virginia's
apartment building. up in the ele-
vator and so to her very door. I
felt Pat aud virginia coming close
again. Their habpiness seemed
reAl--aceompilshed
Then the maid admitted me to
Virginia's apartment
And the very hrst thing I did
ala instinctiVely. without fore
thought or pianning-Was to stare
over At the console table where the
silver basket Of crimson Jacquami
nots with the tiny pale pink sweet
heart roses" had stood the night
befoFe.
II wasn't there.
Anonymous, that basket OF fra
GRANGE had been allowed to deck
Virginia's living room. Revealed
&c the gift OF Pat Dalton, it had
been removed.
But where was It? Had Viz
Einia transported IL tenderly to her
own room or had she flung Il out
Of her home In high resentment OF
her husbands daring7 Ny own un-
spoken words startled me. Never
before had thought OF Pat Dali
ton az Virg1nia's husband. I'd just
accepted them vaguely a. Pat and
Vlrginia-two persons who ought to
be together and were apart
The rustic Of drapertes IN the hall
made me drag my eyes away from
their search OF the room where
Pats Gift had been denied q place
Forgive me for keeping you
waiting" came Virginia's smooth
tones from the hallWay-and she
followed close upon her words. It's
oNEGL OF you 10 run Ahs AAAAc-
Perfectly meaningless. formal
words They might have been ad-
dressed to q mere acquaintance. I
tried to evAds her chill influence"
This isn't q party-eall. Virginia"
T declared. Last night 1 left with
q question unanswered between US.
I have come to answer II "
"Indeed?' virginia dashed q little
cold spray in my face. Dear Anne
why so solemn? I am glad to
see you, OF course. But 1 don't re-
call any-vitaI questions that we
must answer. Will you let me
take your hat and cape, and order
tea for Jou-or shall we go out for
q bit OF q stroll?'
Let me talk to you irst-please.
I must say what's in my heart" I
murmured in a voice I tried to
make clear and strong.
'Fire-when ready" laughed Vir-
ginia.
I sat forward in my chair and
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Puss in Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

TT was raining hard as Puss in
BootE,, Junior aud Tom Thumb
towards the middle Of the day
arrived on the out8lkiTts Of q small
village. In the distaAee they could
hear the strokes Of q hammer, and
than, now and again, the whirr OF
a saw cutting into hard wood.
What's going on. wonder" said
Tom Thumb; sounds as X they were
building q house"
Don't know" answered Puss, but
let's hurry. for am soaked to the
skin"
On arriving in the village they
saw what appeared to be an i'm
mense boat in the early stages OF
construction. II was being erected
in the city square, the little park
that stood In the midst OF the stores
and houses.
Drawing nearer they hear a voice
singing:
Noah of old did build an Ark
OF spicy gopherwood and bark
To float upon the deluge dark.
For on this Ark they had no sail.
For IL was made land true the tale)
Without a mast to break the gale
<AhN NAGu russ anu OH PdAScu
at the side OF the Ark a kindly
looking man stopped his hammer
ing and said:
Its going to rain for forty days
and forty nights. There's going to
be an awful deluge You'd better
hang around ArkVille and get
aboard the Ark as soon as it's fin
ished. If you don't youll be drown
ed"
Puss Junior looked auestioningIy
at Tom Thumb. What's he say
ing?" he whispered.
He's speaking the truth, I'm
thinking" answered Tom Thumb.
1T looks to me a. IL the rain were
never going TO stop"
My good sir" said PusS. turning
to the man, "it seems to me your
advice is good. Wen stay in Ark
willie for a few days But where
shall We stop? Is there a hotel
near"
lover there is the Hotel Ark.
said the man. I'm the proprietor.
and my name is Noah. Go in and
make yourselves ~ home. My sons
and I will follow you shortly. We
have a few more nails to drive be-
fore we quit for the day"
Copyright, 1919. David CoryD
To BE Continued.
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Chocolate Pudding.

One pint milk. l square unsweet-
ened chocolate. I cupful fine stale
breadcrumbs. u cupful sugar, = ia
bIespoonfuls maple syrup. ] tar
apple; egg, teqspOonful vanilla.
Melt chocolate in milk in a dou-
BILE boiler; pour this over the bread
crumbs; add sugar, syrup, apple.
which has been pared. Cored, and
arated. and beaten egg-yolks. Mix
well. then fold In the eEg-whites.
beaten stin and dry. and the vanilla.
Pour into n buttcTed pudding dish
and bake in a slow oven. This may
be served with whipped cream o.
any favOrite sauce.