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AND | never turned a hair.
WHILE n was all going on.
.
BUT THE gas bill collector.
HE WAS sweating blood.
| THANK you.
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. oulnius. the
Sunshine Man.

Thou art my portion. 0 Lord."-psa.
cxix, 81.
The Cody man Is timorous, and yet
safe tossed by the seas, and yet safe
at anchor: impaired by evil accidents,
and righted by divine comforts; abused
by the world, and yet an heir Of heav-
EN-; hated by men. and beloved by God;
he quits a convenient lodging room
and purchases a glorious country; Is
forsaken by friends. but never by a
good conscience; he fares hardly, and
sleeps sweetly; he flies from his enc
mics, but hath no ~distracting fears; he
is full OF thought. but of no amaze
ment, it Is his business to be troubled.
and hiss portion to be comforted; he
hath nothing to afflict him, but the
loss of that which might be his dam
ger, but can never be his good, And
in the recompensS of this he hath God
for his Father, Christ for his Captain.
the Holy Ghost for his Supporter; so
that he shall have all the good which
God can give HIM, and of all the good
he hath the Holy Trinity for an ear
nest and a gage for his maintenance
at tbs present, and his portion to all
eternity.-Jeremy Taylor.
@ Lord, who lowest with an everlast-
| ing love, cause THY light and life and
love to shine into my heart, hat my
| being may be TRANSPORTED. and tina,
men may turn from me to glorify Thee
II, b, Meyer.
DaYtnn. Ohio
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HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, JUNE II, 1919.

SGS1@V WINE ~ ~ .
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
This is read by astrologers as an
unusually unfortunate day, Saturn,
Neptune, Venus, the sun and Uranus
are in maleflc aspect,
During this CONFORMATION the mind
should be safeguarded against despon-
dent, bitter and destructive thought,
for it is held to he most threatening
to the lunar race.
Rumors and dire tales of all sorts
are likely to be circulated while this
planetary government is operative.
1t Is a most threatening rule for
public men and seems to foreshadow
violent debates. party schisms n ma
tional problems that will disturb law
makers. Congress continues under a
sinister ruls.
This is a most ~unfavorable day for
love affairs. Women should be especial
ly discreet under this direction Of the
stars, Which is believed to presage dis
| appointment,
Saturn gives warning to the aged and
all who represent the old order OF
things.
Death will remove many persons who
| have held leading positions during a
long period, the 5eers declare.
A political sage, who has directed one
of the great parties, will end his career
| at midsummer. it is prophesied.
The stars seem TO preSage trouble
between labor heads n even the dis
migration of certain organizations.
Democratic ideals are to gain II
| power and to reach all classes of mer
| and women, 1t Is prophesied, but they
will not prevail until there have beer
| clashes between me representing prin
ciples that are antagonistic.
Thrift again is recommended by as
trologers, who declare that saving
should be obligatory as never before
This is not a lucky rule for the com
rierciai theater, but great growth o
interest in dramatic matters is agar
prephesied. The stage is 20 be recog
: nizad a. a new medium for education
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WHO'S TO BLAME
ETHEL LLoYo PATTERSON.

her mothers head lightly. We know
, our darling miser!" said she,
"But II does seem-funny to think
or you two apart said Freddie, slowly,
Life is queer-isn,t It? A year ago
I'd have thought It would be--awful
without-mother. Then married .-
and Of course. now ! have to do-with-
out her somehow"
Elizabeth's sensitive face grew a lit
tie roster.
"But--but you have Mrs Mrs, Ma
son, instead Of your mother, Freddie
said she. "We-mother n only
have each o tinT \ guess it's going to
wish You weren't going" said
Freddie, Somehow IL never thought
Of life without--without you! Even
though I've not seen you all these
months it's--been sweet to know you
were there!'
ward unconsciously he no longer saw
Mrs. Deane. His gaze was fixed on
Elizabeth pitifully--hungrily Her look,
steady and sad, was on him,
"oh-Freddie,' she whispered below
her breath
Mrs. Deane dropped the spoon from
her tea cup with a small clatter. And
claimed, do you know It's way after
6 o'clock? Wen non OF us be dressed
for dinner II we're not careful, Fred
die, my, boy, I'm going to send you
home-right now
persons he loved so we'll, He knew
that when he left them now-it wa
never to return again in Just the sans
old lovely. familiar way, And so;
"Well-l guess it's~good-bye, them
he said, slowly and huskily.
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CHAPTER NO. 1888.
~. "Good- Bye"

copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper syndicate.l .
Soon the conversation flowed on
again. Presently 1t grew brighter. Eliz-
abeth, II seemed was "thriled'--nat-
urally very thrilled-at the thought OF
EUROPE in the spring.
NYou see, I've excellent friends In
Paris said Mrs. Deane, elizabeth
wia be safe with them. Well take q
slow boat over t~ogether-it will be
cheaper and quite IL little rest for me,
too. Then I'll settle Elizabeth and
come back. I'm going to miss her
Freddie. You must come often to cheer
me up
Elizabeth arose from her place and
went and perched on the arm OF her
mothers chair, She slipped q slender,
lovely hand down on her mothers
shoulder.
II want Mumsie to stay with me,
Freddie she explained, "She's such
a Silly darling, She says we can't af-
ford Il. she says she must come back
here and work for me, I'd almost
rather not have my silly old eduea
tloni'
.Rut I've told her" Mrs. Deane put
in, that a good education ~ just al
much money in the bank, II she goes
ahead and becomes a real architect
then, when ! need It, when I'm muel
older, she'll be able to care for me-
comfortably. II she were TO stop now
probably she'd not make much of he
life and she'd certainly never max,
much financially. No-lm a miser
really. want to invest my monel
where | know III get the best returns.
1--WE know her, don't we, FreddteY
said Elizabeth. She kissed the top o
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! twinkIing like a dewdrop in a morning
glory and he said: IN
We'll. as soon as school is over wen
all go have some sassafras ice cream
sodas."
Then school is over right now"
cried Susie. elapplng her paws on the
spelling book.
oh. not quite yet" said Uncle Wig
gily, I'D like to hear the children re-
| cite a few Of their lessons first, Miss
Susie Teacher" said Uncle Wtggily.
pretending TO be a visitor, such as
often come to real schools.
"Oh, very well" spoke Susie, making
believe look through her glasses, Nov,
then, well have a few more spelling
words. Alice Wibblewobble," she went
on, will you please spell for me the
very hard word Of corn meal cake? d,
THAT isn't a hard word quacked
Alice, and she spelled 1t very nicely
indeed. Then some OF the others spelled
hard words from Susle's book, and
Uncle Wiggily said:
That's enough. Now for the ice
cream"
Yes, and now for some s%ouse,' cried
another voice, and out popped the bad
old Pipsisewah. Oh, dear!
There he stood looking at Susie and
the other animal children, but more
particularly, il | may say 40, looking
at Uncle Wiggily's long ears.
II am hungry for souse!~- gurgled
the Pipsisewah, i,
"Oh. Susie! ] know how to drive that
bad chap away" whispered Sammie,
the rabbit boy.
How" asked Susie.
Make him spell a lot Of hard words
out of your book" went on Samml
Give him words like gun, and bullets,
and powder and shot and he'll be so
scared he'll run away"
"perhans could" thought susie,
She opened her book, trying TO iind
words that would scare the ripsisewah
words such as hunter and dogs and
knives and guns and bullets, and then'
suddenly Susie had a better idea.
Instead Of n few hard words ~ give
him the whole spelling book fun q
hard words at once said she, I'll
give them to him all at once!',
And then, taking quick aim. she
threw the hard spelling book straight
at the pipsisewah, It hit him on the
end OF his soft and tender nose,
"Oh, VOW cried the Pip. "Oh. WOW!
That was a hard blow" and he, turned
q back somersault, ran away and dlon
hurt Uncle Wiggily at all. AND, the
spelling book with the hard WORDS IN
was as good as ever. &,
Then the animal children mad lois ol
fun eating ice cream cones, And II line
goldfish doesn't go out in the thunder
storm and get all wet so 1t can't 20 70
the poll parrots birthday party. III tel
you next about Uncle WlgghS anu
Johnnie's pencil.
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Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. oARIs.

"Nurse Jane, may Baby Bunty come
With us%' asked Susie Littletail, 1.-The
rabbit girl, n day as she hoped up
TO Uncle Wiggily's yellow stump bun
'toh, yes, Nurse Jane! Please let mel"
begged Baby Bunty herself.
Well, II all depends on where you
are going" spoke the muskrat lady.
OF course l know It's Saturday, when
there aren't any book lessons TO do,
but don't want Baby Bunty going
too far away"
"oh, we're just going off in the woods
and play school," said Susie, May
Baby Bunty Gomez"
'Oh, / suppose So said Nurse Jane.
And when the little rabbit girl had
hopped off with Lulu and Alice Wibble-
wobble, the ducks, and some other ami
mai girls, the muskrat aady turned to
Uncle Wiggily with a laugh and said
Nov isn't that queer! II those chill
dren had to go to school they wouldnt
want to. But as soon as Saturday
comes, away they go playing at lessons
Just as II they had to-"
YES, ii is strange" said MIR. Long
ears.
So he hoped around the hollow
stump bungalow n looked to see how
giving his pink nose an extra twinkle
or two. he said:
II guess IN just stroll through the
woods and see what Baby Bunty Is
doing"
Not far from the hollow stump bun.
galow Uncle Wiggily saw the animal
children. They were seated in a circle
on the soft, green moss and Susie Lit
ttetail was playing she was the teacher
Jennie C%hipmunk," called Teacher
Susie, car you spell nut lollypop?"
Yes" answered Jennie. II can and
can eat one, also"
well, ] guess we all could" sait
Susie with a laugh, as Jennie spelled
the words right. "But no one is goine
10 give us nut l%ollypops, or any Other
kind"
"Oh, maybe someone u.s." said Jennie
shy-like and perpetrating, as she wag'
gled her tail TO and fro.
who is?" asked Beckie Stubtail, The
little girl bear,
Il see Uncle wiggily through The
trees went on Jennie, speaking In q
louder voice, 'and II he knew we want,
ed l~ollypops or ice cream cones Or
flush! He'll hear your said Susie
closing her spelling book.
why, | want him to hear me-
laughed Jennie. He knows we like
%lollypops,"
And Just then Uncle Wiggtly came tc
the greenwood School" His nose wa;
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A poor, down-trodden husband, whose
wife has succeeded In making a drudge
OF him, has written me a pathetic let
ter In which he asks me II iAthtnk that
1t Is a mans duty to do the house
work in addition to doing hts own
work.
II am a young Doctor writes th4s
victim Of woman's tyranny. II work
very hard at my profession and come
home exhausted In mind u body, but
my wife insists OF my KIN care OF
the children, and doing the sweeping,
busting and washing the dishes, She Is
a strong, husky woman, far more ~
to do the work than | am, Do you not
think that she asks too much of meH'.
I certainly do. and my advice 10 the
husband Is to go out on strike, ana re-
fuse to do a hands turn about the
house, There are just two excuses that
justify a woman in turning her hus-
band into an understudy OF d COOK,
chambermaid and nurse.
One Is when she Is too sick and feeble
to do the work herself and they are toe
O to hire q maid.
The second Is when the man is toe
trifling and inefficient TO do real man
work In the world. and all that he Is
good for is to peel potatoes, scour pots
and pans. and dust the parlor mantel-
piece.
OF course when q man volunteers 70,
kitchen police duty, that Is another
question. There are some men h like
to cook, who prefer the vacuum cleaner
to golf, and who would rather vince
the perambulator than sit behind tbs
wheel of an automobile. Every man e
his taste, and a considerate wife Wi
no more drive a husband with the SOU
of a chef away from the gas range
than she will drown an undomestl,
spouse in the dish water.
The thing that We like to do Is nc
labor. 1t is a rest and a diversion. and
IL a man delights in coming home iron
his store or office and cooking up q
dainty little dinner, and tucking tht
children into their little beds, while hi'
wife lies on the couch and reads thu
last six best seller. let him go to 1t
Heaven knows it is an innocent diver
sion, and he might be worse employed
Unfortunately, however. this partic'
ular brand of husband is rare. Mos
men want a ready-nhade home, and .
hand-cooked dinner, all prepared fol
them when they return from theil
labors. Furthermore they want thu
finished results, and not to be an
noyed with any of the processes. Still
less do they want to be s~hanghaiet
into having to take any part In thu
operations themselves.
A man thinks that l he earns thu
money to support the house the wifi
should run 1t, and that II he earns thu
bread by the sweat of his brow, 1t II
up to her to do a little persplring Il
serving 1t. And he liz dead right. IT
lust al much the woman's duty to d.
her part Of the labor involved in main
taining a home and raising a family a
1t lis the mans duty to do his. A maj
Sor4ks 70 support his family than
RRaAMH #eEHAAH E
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THEN If | we're you.
IN GET sore about it.
AND GO straight to him
AND DARE him to prove it.
AND If he couldn't.
AND HE was small enough,
I'd BEAT him up.
BUT If he could prove it,
10 BACK out.
AND FORGET about 1t,
AND IT'S just the same
AS THOUGH he we're a dog,
INSIDE OF a fence,
ALL THE time snarling,
f.
AT THE other dogs,
OUTSIDE OF the fence.
AND THE sensible dogs.
WOULD JUST trot along,
AND NOT even notice him.
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DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
ENSLAVED
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writ

woman Is who refuses to do the work
in the home, and as long as a mar
doesn't force his wife out to earn
money to support the family, she has
no right 20 force him to do the house,
work,
Every now and then you will hear a
woman boast that she has, never got
ten up at night with her children, and
that her husband always hops up and
walks the collie, and sees that little
Johnny Is covered up and little Mary
gets the drink she wants. Unless the
woman is Il delicate invalid she should
be ashamed of herself for having de-
faulted on her end Of the bargain, and
for having laid her burden on her hus-
bands shoulders,
1t is true the children are Just as
much his as hers, and 1t Is Just as
much his duty to take care of them as
II is hers, but 1t Is his business to
take care OF them IN one way, and hers
TO take care of them in another, and
1t isn't fair for her to dump the whole
job on him,
Worse still, when she forces him to
do her work In addition to his own
| she is lessening his ability to do any
work properly, The man who has had
his rest broken by nursing fretful
children goes to his labor the next day
with tangled nerves and a clouded
brain, and Is no match for the man who
has had an u~ntroubled and refreshing
sleep.
Many a wife who wonders why her
husband doesn't get along any faster In
business, and cannot understand why
men of less ability pass him on the
road 10 fortune, could find the answer
to her conundrum In the fact that she
makes a nurse maid out of him. She
saps his vitality at home, n he goes
to his business too tired and worn 10
have any initiative or energy left with
which to play the big game,
The average woman who has never
done any work but domestic work, has
no conception of the tremendous strain
that business makes upon a mans
strength. She does not realize that IL
the fierce competition that exists IN
every line today, a man puts fortt
every effort of mind. soul and body
m that when 1t is over he Is literally
exhausted, and il he is to be built vi
to stand the strain the next day he
must have rest, he must have amuse
ment, he must have something pleasant
! and interesting to do.
He must not have more work put OF
him, he must not be made to perform
unpleasant duties, he must not be
nagged and worried,
II women realized this there would bt
no more ONE making their husbands
do the Homework. For eyen a selfish
woman hesitates to kill the goose thai
lays the golden egg,
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate. Incl
1t is a tendency forsooth
That makes me quite unhappy
| find folks prone to stretch the truth
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WHILE THE foolish dogs.
AND THE qusrrelsome dogs,
WOULD CHASE along the fence.
AND DO a lot of barking.
AND GET all out of breath,
AND If ] were you,
ID BE a sensible dog.
AND LEAVE him alone,
TILL HE gets out on the road.
AND Is really a menace.
AND JUST in passing. .-..
l WANT 70 tell YOU
ABOUT A little old lady,
OF SEVENTY years,
AND SHE read my column,
AND l met her n time.
AND WE got to be friends.
AND Sue mentioned my lame.
TO THE gas bill collector,
AND THE gas bin collector.
SAID IT was really too bad.
BUT THAT | was a drunkard.
AND THE little Old lady,
SLAMMED THE door in his face.
AND CALLED UP his boss,
AND THE boss was my friend.
AND HE fired the collector.
AND DIDN'T put him back TO wo
UNTIL HE apologixcd to me. /.
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DEAR *. e. B-l have had some
very unpleasant things said about me
by a man who used to be--or | believed
to be-a friend of mine, None of the
things he says is true, but there prob
are persons who WIN believe them.
Under like conditions whas would you
do j. A. u,
DEAR ], A, r,
/ WOULDN'T do anything.
I'D JUST run along.
IN MY OWL way,
AND ON my own path
AND / wouldn't worry
OR WISH him hang mails,
OR GET sore at him,
OR ANYTHING
BUT If. 1t happens,
HE SHOULD find out,
ABOUT SOMETHING you're doing,
THAT YOU shouldn't do.
AND TELLS about that.
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the Conservative
party before the
war.
When the war
broke out Massey
was in the office Of
prime minister. He
evidently had antici-
pated the event. be-
cause he had offered
the imperial govern
ment a division, and
New Zealand was
also represented at
the outbreak of hos
tilities by the war;
ship New Zealand,
which she had pre-
scented to the Brit
ish fleet.
Massey took office
in 1912 and in 1914
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end is to be aided by the government.
the seers predict.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is havs
the aIigury of some disappointments in
the coming year. Girls should beware
of false promises,
Children born on this day are likely
to be clever, Industrious and inventive.
These subjects of Gemini often have
turbulent love affairs.
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party. and the Liberals, led by SIR
Joseph Ward, Joined together for the
sake of the national cause. The union
of the parties has lasted ever since ana
the ministry which presides over
Is called the national ministry. N /,
Massey went to England to attend y i
imperial war cabinets of 1917 and Is v
a barely returned when he Wa
summoned to the peace meet.
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A Line On Men
You Read About

sents the Dominion of New Zealand
at the peace conference, is an Ulster
man by birth. He achieved success
as a farmer In New Zealand and lad
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f6s weiis CABIN Greek Gas Company
Fiiiiae ind hl comp teQ
III Oh the DAVID Wara
u "a re SEse if
iiiie tfiet ille !lltsa ils5
ILL tom Is active on +.
Cfgsi Eoai Com ans'B PROF. tt.g ann
oven is6ttliiis liliie oifl-l
tahy Il Increasing eperhtioas on
Ketiys Greek collierg Company 3 prop
efty,
on Tanners RUrf, 5ekatb district,
G!Imer county Bowser and Company
have completed test on the John r
Ralston farm, which shows for a 1--WE.
barrel pumper in the Big Iniun sand
In Troy district the Hope Fatural Gas
Company is due in the sand at q test
on the Camden heirs and A.
Bower farm. The same company II
drifting In the sand at test on the
Parr.slazel farm. he Philadelphia
Company is due In lhe sand on the
Scott Mason lot and has a rig up for
test on the L. Scott farm.
on Slab creeg, Union district
Richie county, the Carnegie Aatura
Gas Company has completed test or
/ the G.. G, Howard farm, getdng.a fair
gasser In the Big Ifjun sand, In the
same district The Hope Natural Ca
Company Is drilling tests on the 7
Brake and l.. Good farms. In Central
| district, Doddridge county the I'm
perial on and Gas Products Com
panys second test on the q, N. Smits
farm is producing 30 barrels day
| from the Big Injun sand. The sam
company has started to dill second
| test on the Benjamin Powell farm.
In the Eureka district, PleasantE
county, the Smith II company has a
light pumpar at test on the j. B.
Locke farm. In the same district w.
d. Catlett is due in the sand at No.
8 on the J. Z. Cochran farm. In
| Washington district, Lopez &
Wright's No. 81 on the S. j, Taylor
/ farm is very light. In lafayette dis.
trict the Benwood OH Company is due
in the sand at a test on the l.. o.
Jones farm.
Test wells Of more or less import
ance are under way and starting in q
number Of districts In Grant district
Richie county Barber & Son haTl
started to drill on the William yjhcen'
! farm and the CORVALLIS Oil and Gal
Company is due in the sand at tesj
on the William Gilbert farm, In Clay
| Company is drilling at 500 feet on the
! Eva Ayers farm. In Murphy district
the Beacon Oh Company has started
to drill On the A. P. Glover farm.
! In Stunning Springs district, Wiz
county, the Ritcher OIL Company Is
drilling second tests on the L. j
Maze and E. P. Taught farms, II
Walker district, Wood county Wood,
yard & Company have placed a drill
ing machine on the N. j. Harper
farm.
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Grain and Produce

When the Weir sand extension in
Big Sandy district, Kanawha county,
w. Va, and the deep sand territory IN
Southeastern OHIO fall TO get good
producers the chances for anything
Of she kind in the eastern fields are
greatly reduced. They are not only
the two most active districts, but are
the most likely to furnish large
producers. The good producers there
were expected IN tho Weir sand ex-
tension, this week have failed to ma
terialize it having completed bul
tme wells, one a fair producer and
the other a near duster. While Big
Sandy district is the best prospect
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Ambition
Pills.
For Nervous People

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debility nsry Is brd trat9d, mental
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In Africa the Madl women make
beer of millet-seed and it is served
free Of charge in one particular hut.