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Acid Stomach Ruins
Health Of Millions

Besides those painful attacks Of In
digestion; that awful bloated, lumpy
feeling after eating and. downright
stomach misery that you who have
experienced it know. so well; besides
disgusting belching, fOod-repeating,
sour stomach and distressing heartburn
besides all this, ACID-STOMACH
undermineS the health and Saps the
strength of millions.
If you don't get rid Of those stomach
miseries there is no telling where your
stomach troubles will end, for il is a
well known scientific fact that many
serious ailments have their start in
an acid-stomach.
Start now-this very day-to get rid
OF your stomach miseries. Take
EATONIC-the wonderful remedy
that absOrbs the excess acid from the
stomach and brings INSTANT relief.
You simply have no idea how much
better. stronger and brighter you feel
at once. It drives out all the gas and
blOat, puts an immediate stop to belch-
ing and heartburn, ends stomach Suf-
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WOULD PROBE THE ARMY ROW
An Investigation by Committee OF
Congress Proposed by Represen-
tatiVe SiegeI of New York.

Washington, Feb. Representative
Siegel of New y ork introduced today
a resolution authorizing the speaker
to appoint a select committee of eight
members to investigate charges made
on the floor of the House and in the
press regarding the administration Of
the War Department
The resolution, which was referred
to the rules committee, mentions speci-
ficaIly published statements that Pro-
vost Marshal Crcwder was reprimand-
ed by General March, chief of staff,
for having expressed his views before
a congressional committee; com
plants regarding delay in reporting
casualties, non-delivery of soldiers
mail, non-payment of soldiers allOt-
ments and alleged mistreatment of IN
iured soldiers.
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COULD HARDLY BELIEVE II
Physicians Might Say They Had
Stopped the Practice Of Bleeding,
but He Had His Doubts.

The late John Morgan Richards. ;"
said the editor, was known TO fame
as the father OF John Oliver Hobbies
and as the biggest American patent
medicine advertiser OF the past gen
Grafton.
Richard hated doctors, but he was
taken down with the grippe during the
epidemic of 1885, and a fashionable
London specialist pulled him through.
Richards met the specialist a month
or two later in Bond street.
BY the way, DOCTOR" he said. is it
true that you physicians have aban-
donled bleedingT
"'Quite true the doctor agreed.
We haven't done any bleeding for a
hundred years
Richards took out his wallet.
Surely then, DOCTOR he said
there's q serious mistake in my bill -
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BRITISH CABINET
INTO The STRIKES
Government Departments Active
in Seeking a Solution for
the Labor Troubles.
NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION
70 Further Extension of the WaIkeuts
Is Reported-conditions at Bel
fast Are improving.

London, Feb. 5.-The cabinet and
various government departments con
oerned in the labor troubles have been
active today, seeking a solution of the
| difficulties. There have been numer-
0us interviews and conferences with
representatives of the strike move
ments and trade unions. One import
ant result is the recognition by the
government of the railway clerks or
ganfzation.
In a general way. the government
has decided to maintain its policy Of
non-interveation III strikes not au-
thorized by trade unions, but at the
same time directing its influence to-
ward inducing the malcontent work
eTs TO see the advisability of acting
through their official trade represent
atives. For instance, at a conference
at the ministry Of labor between rep
resentatives of the government and a
deputation of the electric trades
union, the deputation was assured that
If reasonable demands were made
through the official channels of the
trade union, they would receive sym
pathetic consideration from tie gov
eminent, but was warned that if the
men continued their present course
the government would take drastic
steps to protect the civilian popula-
ton and business undertakings
By the leaders of the present strikes
the governments attitude is regarded
as unsatisfactory and a number OF
meetings are being held in London
tonight with the object Of securing
greater uniformity of action.
There is no actual change in the
situation, nor is a further extension
Of the strikes reported, but strong
fears are expressed that the tram
way service may close down on Thurs
day
The situation on the Clyde and at
Belfast is improving. An increasing
number of men are remaining at work
in the Glasgow district, while a hope
full feeling prevails in Belfast, where
Sir Edward Carson has promised to
bring the question Of a national re-
duction in hours before parliament at
the first opportunity, and Baron
Pirrie, controller general of merchant
shipping, has promised to receive a
deputation of the strikers tomorrow.
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These here village folks like to
be waited On-ayeS an they're aw-
full anxious you should come TO see
'em when ye Carriages but when
We git TO the village they amt nigh
SO anxiOus-nO they ain'tI'
In the middle of the great cedar
swamp near Little River Aunt Deel
got out the lunch basket and 1 sat
down on the buggy bottom between
their legs and leaning against the
dash So disposed we ate our luncheon
of fried cakes and bread and butter
and maple sugar and cheese. What
an efficient cure for good health were
the dOughnuts and cheese and sugar,
especially If they were mixed with
the idleness of q Sunday. / had Il
headache also and soon fell asleep.
The sun was low when they awOke
me in our dOOryard.
1 soon discovered that the DunkeI-
bergs had fallen from their high es
tate in our home and that Silas
Wright, Jr.. had taken their place in
the conversation of Aunt Deel.
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CHAPTER il-continued.

Soon a horse and buggy came for
JUS and briefly answered Saily's good
Sbye before the man drove away with
kme. l remember telling him as we
Event on over the rough road, between
Fields of ripened grain, of my water
kneIon and my dog and my little pet
hen.
I shall not try to describe that home
coming. We found Aunt Deel in the
Sroad five miles from home. She had
been calling and travelling from house
to house most of the night. and l
have never forgotten her joy at seeing
me and her tender greeting. She got
into the buggy and rode home with
US, holding me in her zap. Uncle Pea
body and one of our neighbors had
been out in the woods all night with
pine torches. 1 recall how, although
excited by my return. he took off
his hat at the sight of my new friend
and said:
"hfr. Wright, l never wished that
I lived in palace until now"
He didn't notice me until held up
both feet and called: Look a there,
Uncle Peabody
Then he came and took me out of
the buggy and 1 saw the tears in his
eyes when he kissed me.
The man told of finding me on his
little veranda. and 1 told of my ride
with Dug Draper, after which Uncle
Peabody said:
I'm goin' to put in your boss and
feed him. Comptroller"
"And I'm goin' to cook the best
fdinner ever cooked In my life," said
Aunt Deel.
When the great man had gone Uncle
Peabody took me in his lap and said
very gently and with Il serious look !:
"You didn't think l meant it, did
ye?-that you would have to go way
from here?'
81 don't know" was my answer.
"'Course 1 didn't mean that. I just
wanted We to see that it want going
to do for you to keep on tippin' things
over So"
That evening as I was about to go
upstairs to bed Aunt Deel said to
my uncle:
'Do you remember what OF Kate
wrote down about him? This is his
first peril an he has met his first
great man an I can see that Sile
Wright is kind o. fond O. him.
1 went to sleep that night thinking
of the strange, old, ragged, silent
woman.
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Grimsby (Eng) town council. after
closing the schools TO stay the cpl
demic of influenza, passed an emer-
gency bylaw prohibiting children IN
der fourteen attending the movies
The resulting attendance at the cine
ma failed to decline and an investiga-
ton proved that children produced
their birth certificates at the pay
boxes before entering the show, but
further investigation disclosed that
these certificates were hired for 2
cents from elder children who had
seen the show
The traffic in birth certificates was
proved TO have been considerable.
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ayes! It's an awful wicked ,hing to
do. Come, Bart-go right up to bed
now. It's high time--ayes
81 want To wait It'll Uncle Peabody
comes back" said I.
''Why?"
Tim afrsid she'll do somethin'
to Linn
Nonsense! or Kate is just as harm
less as a kitten. You take your CAM
die and go right up to bed-this min
ute-ayes. :"
1 went upstairs with the candle
and undressed very slowly and
thoughtfully while I listened for the
footsteps of my uncle. 1 did not get
into bed until 1 heard him come id
and blow out his lantern and start
up the stairway As he undreSsed
he told me how for many years the
strange woman had been rowing in
the roads sup hill and down dale.
thousands an thousands o. miles,
and never reaching the end of her
journey.
In a moment we heard low wall
above the sounds of the breeze that
shook the leaves of the old "popple"
tree above our roof.
whats that?" 1 whispered.
ST guess it's OF Kate ravin'," said
Uncle Peabody.
It touched my heart and I lay lis
loud whisper of the pOpple leaves
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and wear my wonderful trousers. IN
Gle Peabody said that he didn't know
whether his leg would hold out or
not through a whole meetin'." His
left leg was lame from a wrench and
panied him if he sat long in one Do
sitiOn. l greatly enjoyed this first
public exhibition of my new trous-
ers. / remember praying in silence,
as we sat down, that Uncle Peabody's
leg would hold out. Later, when the
long sermon had begun to weary me,
L prayed that it would not.
1t was a beautiful summer. morning
as we drove down the hills and from
the summit of the last high ridge we
could see the smoke of a steamer
looming over the ST. Lawrence and
the big buildings of Canton on the
distant flats below us. My heart beat
fast when 1 reflected that 1 should
soon see Mr.. Wright and the Dunkel-
bergs. L had lost little of my inter
est in Sally. Still l felt sure that
when she saw my new breeches she
would conclude that 1 was a person
not TO be trifled with.
When we got to Canton people were
f1ocking to the big stone Presbyterian
church. 1t was what they called a
"deacOn'S meeting" l remember that
Mr.. Wright read from the Scriptures,
and having explained that there was
no minister in the village, read one
of Mr.. Edwards sermons, in the
course of which 1 went to sleep on
the arm of my aunt. She awOke me
when the service had ended, and
whispered:
Come we're goin' down to speak
to Mr. Wright"
remember Mr.. Wright kissed me
and said:
Hello! Here's my boy in a new
pair O trousers !"
Put yer hand in there" 1 said
proudly, as I took my own hand out
of one of my pockets, and pointed
the way.
He did not accept the invitation, but
laughed heartily and gave me a little
hug.
When we went out of the church
there stood Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Dun
kelberg, and Sally and some other
children. 1t was d tragic moment for
me when Sally laughed and ran be-
hind her mother. Still worse was it
when a couple of boys ran away cry
ing, Look at the breeches ~
] looked down at my breeches and
wondered what was wrong with them.
They seemed very splendid to me and
yet I saw at once that they were not
popular. 1 went close to my Aunt
Deel and partly hid myself in her
cloak. I heard Mrs. Dunkelberg say
''Of course you'll come TO dinner
with us?''
For a second my hopes leaped high.
1 was hungry and visions of jelly
cake and preserves rose before me- Of
course there were the trousers. but
perhaps Sally would get used to the
trousers and ask me to play with her
THANK We, but we've got a good
ways to go and we fetched a bite
with us-ayes ~ said Aunt Deel
Eagerly 1 awaited an invitation from
the great Mrs. Dunkelberg that should
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GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS
AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
coNSTIPATED.

Look at the tongue, motheri Ii
coated, it Is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, Hstless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feYerish, stomach sour.
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, dIaIrhea, fun Of cold, give q
teaspOOnful OF California Syrup OF
Figs" and In q few hours all the foul,
cOnstipated waste. undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out Of the
little bowels without gripping, and you
have well, playful child again
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative;"
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle Of
California Syrup OF Figs" which has
directions for babies, children OF all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware Of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine.
ask TO see that if is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-AdV.
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DISCUSS LABOR SITUATION
British Government Said to DisaPproVe
Intervention in Strike Troubles
at Present Time.

London, Feb. 4.-The British cabi-
net held session today to discuss
the labor situation. 1t is said, how
ever, that the government is still
against any Intervention
The parliamentary committee Of the
Trade Union Congress decided today
to summon a special meeting to con-
slider the whole question of industrial
unrest.
The corporation of the city Of Bel
fast today asked the lord mayor to
intervene in the strike. 1t was an
nounced this evening that Lord Pirrie.
controller of merchant shipbuilding,
had been obliged to cancel all his Of
fetal engagements in order TO go to
Belfast in connection with the strike
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fering and makes it cool, sweet, com
Portable and strong.
There can be no further excuse for
you to allow acid-Stomach TO wreck
your health-pile up misery upon mis-
cry until you get to the point where
you feel down and out and that life
has lost all its joys. Remember. just
as acid-mouth ruins teeth, so acid
stomach ruins health.
Take EATONIC. It's good, just like
a bit OF candy and makes the stomach
feel fine. You can then eat the things
you like and, what is more, every
mouthful you eat will count in creating
power and energy. You'll feel so much
bette-have punch and pep-the pow
er and will to do things and get re-
suits. and your stomach misery will be
gone
Take our advice Get a big box Of
EATONTC from your druggist today.
1t costs so little. II it fails to remove
your stomach distress, he viii refund
your money. That is guaranteed; you
are TO be satisfied or money refunded
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nuScript-tOgether with the fee Of
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ayes" said Aunt Deel. there are
four perils.'
My aunt rose and went into the
but'ry while 1 sat staring at the
ragged old woman. Her hair was
white now and partly covered by a
worn and faded bonnet. FOrbidding
as she was 1 did not miss the sweet
ness in her smile and her blue eyes
when she looked at ME. Aunt Deel
came with a plate of doughnuts and
bread and butter and head cheese
and said in voice full of pity:
Poor OF Kate-ayesI Here's some
thin for ye-ayes!''
She turned to my uncle and said:
Peabody Baynes, what1l we do
I'd like to knOw-ayesI She can't
rove all night"
I'll git some blankets an make
a bed for her, good 'nough for any
body. out in the hired mans room
over the she'd" said my uncle.
He brought the Iantern-a little
tower of perforated finland put a
lighted candle inside of it. Then he
beckOned to the stranger. who fol-
lowed him out of the front door with
the plate of food in her hands.
well I declared It's a long time
since she went up this road-ayes!"
said Aunt Deel. yawning as she re
sumed her chair
who is oil KateT' I asked.
"Oh, just poor OF crazy woman
wanders all 'rOund-ayes :"
What made her crazyT"
''Oh, guess somebody miSuSed and
dncni,-nd hnr. ,,-l,..r, L.. ...a..
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CHAPTER Ill.
We Go to Meeting and See MIR. Wright
AGAIN.

had a chill that night and in the
weeks that followed l was nearly
burned up with lung fever. Doctor
CLARK Came from Canton to see me
every other Gay for a time and one
evening Mr.. Wright came with him
and watched all night near my bed
side.
In tie morning he said that he
could come the next Tuesday morning
If we net ded him and set out right
after breakfast, in the dim dawI. light.
to walk TO Canton.
peabody Baynes.' said my Aunt
Deel as she stood looking out of the
window at Mr. Wright, that is one
of the grandest. SpIendideSt men that
! ever see or heard of He's an awful
smart man. an II day o his time is
worth mOre'n q month Of our'n, but
he comes away off here TO set up
with sick young one and walks
back Does beat ail-dOn't it?-
ayes!"
''If any one needs help Siie Wright
is always on hand" said Uncle Pea
body.
I was soon out of bed and he came
no more. 20 sit up with me.
When I was we'll again, Aunt Deel
said one day: peabody Baynes.
aIn't teerd no preachin' since Mr.
Pangborn died. / guess we better
go down to Canton to meetin' some
Sunday If there amt no minister
'SIIe Wright always reads a sermon
IF he's home. and the paper says he
don't go way for month yit.
kind o. feel the need of a good sermon
@ayes!''
"All right ] II hitch up the bosses
and we'n "a We can start at eight
o'clock and take bite with US an
git back here by three"
1 had told Aunt Deel what Sally
had said OF ny personal appearance.
''You- c.".t is good enough for any.
body-ayes - said she. 'TI make
you pair O. breeches an then 1 guess
you won't have to be 'shamed nc
more"
She hao spent several evenings max
ing them out of an old gray flannel
petticoat Of hers and had put two
pockets III them of which was very
proud. They came just to the tops
OF my shoes, which pleased me, fol
thereby the glory of my new shoes
suffered no envrOachment.
The next sunday after they were
finished we had preaching in tbs
sehOoIhouse anu 1 was euger to &
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BARTON AGAIN SEES SALLY DUNKELBERG BUT THE
MEETING IS NOT AN AUSPiCI0US ONE.

live with his uncle
nehbohood called ckysp about the 1926 He Sally
fascinated by and fine clothes Barton
neighbOrhOOd Silent
is a
to He
a by Jr,
man n
Barton home him clothes
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be decisively urgent, but she only
said:
I'm very sorry you can't stay"
My hopes fell like bricks and van
iShed like bubbles.
The Dunkelbergs left US with pleas
ant words. They had asked me to
shake hands with Sally. but 1 had
chung to my aunt's cloak and firmly
refused to make any advances. Slow
ly and without word we walked
across the park toward the tavern
sheds.
We had started away up the South
road when, to my surprise, Aunt DeeI
mildly attacked the DunkeIbergs.
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Greatest of Great Minds

Shakespeare is of no age, nor,
may add. of any religion or party or
profession. The body and substance
of his works come out of the unfath-
enable depths of his own oceanic
mind his observation and reading
supplied him with the drapery of his
1gures.-Coleridge
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EoreMarned.

81 say, Johnnie" said big sisters
beau, Selling an suspicious moment TO
get himself solid with the trouble
maker. did you know that 1 am to ask
your, sister tonight to become my
wifeF"
Yes" said Johnnie; ina and sis
both told me. But, say, when did they
tell you?''
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Soldiers Die in = Wreck.

Troyes, France, Feb. limited
States soldiers were killed and thirty
injured when a troop train conveying
American soldiers from Chaumont 10
Brest coIIided with two locomotives
standing in the station at Monte
raney, near here.
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suffraae up Next Mondax.

Washington, Feb. Managers Of
the Senate woman suffrage resolution
decided today to call up the measure
next Monday and, if possible, obtain a
final vote. The result, they stated,
would be very close.
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Two Great Levera

The greatest results in ntr are US
ually attained by simple means and
the exercise of ordinary qualities
These may for the most part be
summed in these twO-commoA sense
and perseYerance.-FeItham.
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Transport Siboney Arrives.

New York, Feb. 1.-The United
States army transport Siboney arrived
here tonight from Bordeaux with 1886
officers and troops, four naval off
GERS and five civilians.
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Cruelty to Birds

Mr.. Styles-It is said that Queen
Alexandra refuses to wear aigrettes
on account OF the cruelty TO birds
which the collecting Of the feathers
involves.
Mrs. Styles-And are they cruel to
the birds?
~Oh. yes Why. they have to speak
real cross TO them before they'll hand
over their plumage- "-YOnkers States
man.
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Lies Great Lesson,

The lesson that life dins into US
with such ceaseless iteration that Ii
seems impossible that any of us could
ever fail TO hear IL is: To make haste
to be kind-RhOda Broughton-
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Four Grand Dukes Shot.

London, Feb. "A dispatch from
Helsingfors today quoted a Bolshevist
official statement from Petrograd as
announcing that the Grand Dukes
Paul. Nicholas, Dmitri and George had
been shot.
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An1-ove Austro-cerman Union.

Berlin, Feb. 4.-The Staatsrat OF
German-Austria has unanimously
passed a bill providing unificatiOn Of
that country with Germany, it was al
nounced today.
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It sometimes costs a man six months
Of rheumatism to catch one little six
inch fish
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CHAPTER w.
In the Light of the Candies.

IN the Light Of the Candles.
One day the stage, on its way to
Ballybeen. came to our house and
left a box and a letter from Mr.
Wright. addressed to my uncle, which
read:
Dear Sir-I send herewith box
of books and magazines in the hope
that you or Miss Bayncs will read
them aloud to my little partner and in
doing so get some enjoyment and
Drofit for Yourselves