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The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
CHAPTER XXI.

In those days the United States of America suddenly woke To the fact hat they could pull themselves out of bankruptcy by helping the benight- ed states of Europe into it.
 There were sudden geysers of for tune and sudden eollapses of failure. As in honanza times. many We're I'll. ined. while the few proSpered But Clay and Bayard seemed 10 touch nothing that did not turn to gold. BaHard had gained immense prestige with his firm because of the huge orders he brought in. He took all the power that Was accorded aud GraSped for more His most reckless aCdacitieS were rewarded with sue cess He rode tidal wave and swan with it so well that all his progress seemed to be due to his own power
 Bayard astounded Dutilh with the solution of that old account, and with cash payment for new gownS in celebration of his new glory. He did not forget his own people. He tele- Sfapileu Ills mother tnOuSdHG dUl- lars and almost slew her with amaze ment He telegraphed his father sim ply the price of railroad ticket to New York and peremptory sum mons to take the first train east
 When Daphne heard this she had to sit down to keep from falling down. Bayard resusctated her with check for a thousand dollars. It meant nothing more to her than ahraca- dabra. The whole incredible altera- ton was q fairy story to her. She made faint attempt to refuse the gift, but Bayard forced it back into her palm and closed her fingers on it.
 She repaid Bayard with kisses till she lost count and embraces till they both lost breath. Then she borrowed from him enough cash to pay her moss-srown bill with the Chivvises.
 Daphne could not wait for the ele- vator She ran up several flights of stairs. scratched the door with her palsied latchlley and flung herself
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NJ Bdyard was coerced iuto having his life saved hY his enemy. Ii wus oue thing. however. to consent to deal With Netherell, and another 10 devise q tolerable reconciliation
 Well" Bayuyd sighed "beggars can't be chooSers. If Td saved my money I shouldn't nave to take Wcth- erelIS money"
 Bayard called up the president of his company at the office lis oration made huge success Bayard began to smile to himself. to wink at the spectators. and tinallyto share in the apparent rapture of his distant ear tu-ear.
 The end of the matter was that when Bayard left the telephone he was a neW= man. He had eunniHgly raised his chiefs hopes To the highest de- gree. yet withheld the name of the English agent. He explained that he intended to take Leila,s advice and Use his knowledge aS q lever for his own advancement and GlayS.
 Clay and BaXard Sat down 10 make figures. and the talk grew loo tech- meal for the women to endure. After hearing the first music of Bayard anl Clay chanting in hundreds of thou sands of dollars Daphne stole out un- needed and went Up to her own room.
 MT. ChivviS was sitting by d win dow in mournful idieneSS. Mrs. Chiv- wis was stitching away at her em- hroidery. She was eheerful-for her She told Daphne that she had found market for her needlework the prices were poor but they were real. She advised Daphne to get to work With her.
 Daphne had uot tie courage to say that her brother and her betrothed Were about to become plutocrHts. She said only that she was very tired. And there k no more eXhaustng drain on the nerves than their response to unexpected good news. It iS more fatisuing than bad She was sur brised and shocked. loo, to find how snobbish she was all of sudden about tue petty earnings of Il ChivNis.
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CHAPTER xXIII.
Let's

Daphne was going to he independ cnt. but she was still ;,ll woman when it came to the selection of her Special trade She would he q husiutSs Wom an. but she would do wonHn'S bu~i ness
 There were eyer eo retnY daiufieS and exquisites 'hat >he waitrd t# hang in her shop. She Was so#ne To have a window With her name on it! That would he more fun than T limousine with crest on door.
 Gradually her scheme enlarged Sh. would devote her shop to the Whaie mechanism of the houddir. "Boulluir. wear was the word that pleased her
 II was in human nature that tie partners should quarrel over il name for the haby before the haby wae born They spoke of themselves as The Firm,
 Finally f,upIne. Claiming the ma lority of the power, voted en bloc for "BoudoirWear and claimed the vic tory. Mrs. ChivviS surrendered with the amendment that Miss Kip should be at one side. Mrs Chivsis'' at the other. She brihed the assem- by by promising that q cousin of hers a young artist living in the Washing ton News. should paint a pretty sign board on q swinging shingle. After
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Still Human.

The new minister was young and full Of faith, hope and charity; but he did not always plan his speech with care
 "Let us pray that we may have an attendance of at least fifty at our next young peoples service he said earn estly one Sunday evening. And re- member that the prayer of faith is al- ways answered.
 The next service did not bring out fifty persons, or nearly that number. but the minister looked cheerfully down on the faithful few.
 Well. friends" he said brisEly, there aren't fifty of us. but there are sixteen, and that's one or two more than I'd counted on.n
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GOODBY,
 WOMEN'S
 TROUBLES

The tortures and discomforts of weak, lame and aching back, swollen feet and limbs, weakness, dizziness, nausea. as a rule have their origin in kidney trouble, not female complaints" These general symptoms of kidney and bladder disease are well known-so is the remedy
 Next time you feel twinge of pain in the back or are troubled with head ache, indigestion, insomnia. irritation in the bladder or pain in the ioins and lower abdomen, you will find quick and sure relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This old and tried rem edy for kidney trouble and allied de- rangements has stood the test for hun- dreds of years. It does the work. Pains and troubles vanish and new life and health will come as you continue their use. When completely restored to your usual vigor, continue taking a capsule or two each day.
 GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap- sules are imported from the laborato- ries at Haarlem. Holland. Do not &C., cept n substitute. h sealed boxeg. three sizes. Adv.
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BOUDOIRWEAR
 Everything for the Boudoir. Exquisite Filings for Brides. MISS KIP. MRS. CHRNIS.

The cousin painted il vel and iIlu- minated il with elaborate mtj;uS and an alle&arical figure of young lady in Guhist uesligre Il had the tra9li- tianal charm of tavern board. In fact. their shop was to he T tavern for women in search of sartoral refresh meHt
 Troubles mustered ahnat fhem as weeds shove un in garden faStef thah they can he plucEcd out Ex- pens"s undreamed of materialtzed in swarms. Everything Was delayed ex- eept th" demands for their money The pettX-eash box like q sort of per verted fairy purse emptied itself as fast aS if was filed.
 The petty cash was the least of their di>may. The grand cash was the main problem They had stitched
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
How Nenroea Go to camn

Twelve hundred colored drafted men went down one winter night te Camp Cpron. They arrived in the dark about eleven o'clock. Il was raining and freezing. Many ol thc men were with. out osefcoats. And they were soa. having been walters. clerks and in otli. er indoor occupations. They arrived in camp soaked to the skin. tired and hungry Were they eursing and grumblingf No. They came in sing ing
 "Good-hy. LenoX Avenue; Hello. Der lin - And Their melodous negro Voices rang our in cheerful defiance to the angry night. Ia the hard life before them and to the possible death that awaited them That's the stun that k in Anericans=a and il is war that is bringing il American Magazine.
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Pain7 No, not one bit Just drop a little Freezone on that touchy corn. instantly it stops aching then you lift that bothersome corn right off. Yes, magic Costs only a few cents.
 Try Freezone Your druggist sells a tiny bottle, sufficient to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and ealluses, without one particle of pain. soreness or irri- tation. Freezone Is the mysterious elher discovery of Cincinnati genius.
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| Cuticura Stops &lMS
 Itching and d&AI Saves the Hair . W
Shocklna News.

Mrs. Husbinby (with letter from the medical studenD alive Hiram, he says that he's learnin' how to tor ture a-a-a-I think it's ukuleie, whatever that is.
 Mir. Huskinby texcitediy1-Consarn the young whelp! He's got to switch to the law right away. No son uv mine is goin to be q viyyysectionist ! -Buflalo Express.
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Checking Shiftinq Sands.

The Michigan Agricultural college. through it's forestry department, Is planting about 75,000 trees among the sand dunes in some of the western Michigan districts in an effort to check the shifting of these big sand piles, says q report to the American Forestry association. of Washington. which is encouraging the planting of trees everywhere and k registering fill trees set out as memorials to soldiers and sailors.
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into Mrs. Chivvis' arms and kissed her-even Mrs Chivvis. Her apology was the money for the blll. She fiaunt- ed before her the check bearing the heavenly legend commanding the Fifth Avenue bank to pay to Daphne Kip or order one thousand and no hum dredths dollars" on penalty of incur ing the displeasure of "Bayard Kip"
 Mrs. Chivvis handled the parchment with reverence. and permitted her husband to touch it. It might have been one of the golden leaves of the
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Cafarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh Is a local disease. greatly infiu- enced by constitutional conditions. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh. the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is composed Of some Of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE ts what produces such won- oerful results in catarrhal conditions
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The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
MUCH DIFFERENCE IN LAW
Writer Points Out Vagaries of That Most Sacred of all Human
 institutions.

Isn't it queer how stern the law is in some respects and how lenient in othersl
 Clip il few cents worth of silver off T quarter dollar and, hangl Uncle Sam locks you up for several years. Let butcher cut 20 cents worth Of steak off that four-pound order Of yours through his swindling scales and perhaps after a thousand similar of lenses he may he fined S10, writes Wizard" in Philadelphia Press. Cheating a thousand persons ont of meat is regarded as trifie. Cheating your Uncle Samuel out of nickel Is a pententiary job. Why such a big difference?
 read in the paper that store keeper who hahitually swlndled his customers by short weight has been fined S25.
 Every once in a while Philadelphia sends out to see how many crooked scales are in use and finds hundreds.
 Let Us Gather at the River" was reputed to be the favorite hymn of the milk dealers That was long ago, before we made if n crime to put water in the milk bottle.
 Now the pump Is no longer the most profitable COW in the dairy.
 Tens of thousands of purchases made in this town daily are weighed or measured. Could the city do better service for it's 100000 buyers than to see that yard stick is always thirty six inches long and that a pound Is never fourteen ounces?
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
Round Robjn

Originally round robin was a pcti. tion or protest signed in such way that no name headed the list; that Is. the signatures were usually placed in circular form. The device Is French and The term n corruption of rond troundD and ruhan Ca ribbon. II was first adol,ed hy the officers al government as means of making known their grievances.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
Suspicion Aroused.

"A man created sensation at q soda fountain yesterday"
 'What did he do?"
 Raised a glass of grape juice and said: Here's how"
 "Well?"
 "Seven liquor sleuths immediately made m inspection to see if he was Justified in making remark like that.p Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
Modem Metal Snlints-

Wooden splintS sawed into shape o support broken limbs are now quite out of date. A modern splint, which is much more comfortable, is made of perforated metal 10 fiji any part of the body which may be injured and in all sizes for men, women and children.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23
Plenty to Do.

Mrs. Qnotem-Oh, dear! One-half of the world doesn't know how the other half lives
 Mrs ForkernOse-It is some job for Us women to keep track of the mas cullne half.
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Head Down.

An Indiana paper tells of woman with tears eoursing down her brow. ," Imagination can only picture trapeze performer doing tie weep with her other act.-Boston Transcript.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-23

Lots of men try to imagine they have poor health when the only thing the matter with them is lazIness.
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many designs had been composed ant destroyed they agreed on this legend
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sHANTuNe AND INTERNATIONAL MORALS

The British China present moral issue The French
present The Russians did not The Ter
mans did not But the Japanese do Just whyY
other occupations of China by Europeans were purely I'M
periaist Theyy only encroached China with
spheres influence with ports occupied with areas under military
control they brought frontiers to Japan Japan had "
fight two those rontiers.
China inert peaceabe helpless nation never was able to
keep grabber from taking what the land gabber wanted
When China yielded Japan had trouble China the pacis made
for Japan the fighter.
pleasing thing to international morals to give Chant
ung peace conference nothing artlcuae 1t
were not to know what its lips were
saying eyes what its hands doing.
Shantung moral explosion blew down the front
the temple everybody that behind the front
temple everybody that behind the front there
was very busy market morals the morals of horse
loud constant his calls to prayer
probably the sound Of the dickerng the market
There longer obligation this nation accept the
league nations moral document 1t not 1t
shrewdy written realism and the only arulstc nation
will be United States The Others true to their
national traditions have taken of themselves
should that the United States takes
needs The highest morality will be which conserve
rights traditions principles and necesstiesChicago
Tribune
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ICE RAN SHORT

Local ice dealer Leslie Thompson
raL out Monday and the Maysville Ice
Company plant broke down about the
same time, and it wasn't long until
butter was liquid and complaints were
many. Mr.. Thompson was hustling
about trying to get a car Of ice from
other cities but to date had failed.
The Maysville company expected to
have their plant repaired and in oper-
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zng
minors who trouble kind
believe
Methodist Church.
Chautauqua
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aticn by ire middle of the week.
Vanceburg Sun.
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PLEASURE IN THE AIR

project Aerial League carried out the United
States the aeoplane pleasure vehicle
afford the experience aeroplane trip will
the recratons open consideration when planning
cation says the Christon Science Monitor
league apparently taking its model from the Gldden
tomob offer the vatonist choice aeropan
ranging days flying fourteen ffteen the
acquired from the surplus stock which the United
there the country
army and e provide the drivers for
pleasure coaching Whether these pneer aerial
tours would find aerial tourists enough to make the
jec necessarily heavy expenses and show reasonable profit
question Considered practically comparatively few per-
will yet aboard aeropan with little hesitation they
will climb into a motor
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THE HIGH PRICES WILL
CONTINUE, Says BOARD
Federal Reserve Boards Monthly Re-
view Says High Prices VIII
Continue.

Washington, August mo relief
from present high prices is forecast In
the Federal Reserve boards monthly
review of business conditions issued
today, which notes that July saw in
creases in many lines. I'm general"
the review says. there is disposition
to accept present price levals and to
expect a continuation of the prevailing
level for some time to come
In many districts high prices have
not served to check demand, but the
possibility of obtaining goods was
found to be of greater moment to the
buyer than the price fixed. On the 9TH
er hand, the board said. the very
great" price increases which have
taken place In certain lines have made
buyers more cautious, care being
taken not to increase unduly stocks
acquired at the present price level
for fear decline might occur.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-02
Wires WENT BACK TO
owners THURSDAY NIGHT
Government Control Of Telegraph anu
Telephone Lines Ceased at Mid.
night Thursday.

Washington, August AT midnight
last night government control of tele-
graph and telephone systems ended
and the properties were turned over
to their private owners. An order to
this effect was issued yesterday by
Postmaster General Burleson in ac-
cordance with the resolution adopted
by Congress and recently signed by
President Wilson.
Possibility OF rate war between
the telegraph companies with the re-
turn of the properties is seen in the
recent statement of Clarence H. Mac
kay, president of the Postal Company
that his company could reduce rates
20 per cent. and still earn sufficient
revenue. To meet increased wages Of
employees. telegraph rates were In
creased about 20 per cent. last March
-
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THE HAND OF ESAU"

Who Senator Swansons speech for hm quite
freely commented by the audience the gallery that the Sen
from Virginia woefuly unfamiliar with the manuscript from
which he read opening the defense of the league of nations
Several times he suffered lines and he
PEELED hold the copy close in order read its Al
conclusion of his address he question acutey by Senator
oguness the statements he had read from
printed speech If be the practice of the proponents
the read speeches prepared for them by outside the
United States Senate it will become painfully certain that such Sna
tors their constituencies their opinions
They monographs with motive power furnished
the White House
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