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umph, but to Tom it only smelled of cigarette smoke, and he wondered what caller had preceded him. How could he know that Mrs. Sinclair had been smoking furiously for the last half hour while she railed at her daughter for her extravaganza and be- cause she was deliberately trying to "cut out" her mother with the elderly and wealthy MT. Slater--and at the same time fooing around with an "iln- pecunious fellow" like Tom?
 When he arrived the shaded lights shone softly. Deyette was charming in gown that was quite different from the village sort. Tom listened enthraled to her tales of their gay life in the city and eagerly accepted an invitation to visit them the follow ing winter.
 It was the result of that strenuous society life, of course, that had forced them to come to this "charming" little village for a rest. Now wouldn't Tom tell more about his work-and what he hoped to become? Deyette was clever. so she listened with much ap- parent interest while Tom talked, and sent him away very much pleased.
 You could not call Mary Freeman clever She was just sweet and good and true. Nor would Tom, in describ- ing her home, say that it had "cer- tain atmosphere" It was. in fact, much like his own--neat and orderly and comfortable and pervaded by a spirit of unselfish love.
 K was this spirit which kept Mrs. Freeman from commenting on Toms absence in the hearing of her daugh- ter. but it could not keep her from feeling bitterly toward Tom for caus- ing the silent suffering which Mary was striving to conceal.
 The Sinclairs had been in town a month. and Tom Kent had formed the habit of dropping in to sec Deyette every evening after supper. He had even discontinued stopping In the sit ting room to tell his mother where he was bound and to say goodnight. Mrs. Kent u:d not rpmOnStrate with Tom again for neglectino Mary.
 She knew that her son could not be managed that way. Aunt Annie'S lips were compressed in a straight line most of the time now, and she spoke seldom to Tom. The atmosphere of the Kent home had changed in some subtle man. ner. Subconsciously Tom felt it. but his infatuation for Deyette filled his mind those days 10 the exclusion of everything else except business. He knew he must succeed in that if he were 10 stand any chance with Deyette
 So affairs stood when Tom stopped in the grocery store on his way home from business one night to do an errand for his mother. Mir. Bates. the pro- prietOr. waited on him.
 As he tied up the package he leaned across the counter and spoke in a tone too low to be heard by any one else T the store. Kent. you seem to be "r pretty good terms With the Sinclairs Do you think they are all right-fnan cially. I mean? They owe me pretty big bill new and I can't afford to trust them for much more."
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Optimistic Thought To the wise there is nlcHSt"n in sol itude.
The Press., 1919-12-18
HOW SAILORS HAY GHOSTS"
Men of the Sea Give Shott Shrift tc Matser-of-Fatt Spooks That
 knnoy In eln.

The first lieutenant had just been relieved. writes q. s. T." in the Lon don Mail, and was vending his way from the destroyer's bridge to his cabin. It was fairly calm, but very dark, and there was little to be seen but a line of waves on each side and the dim form of second destroyer in station astern. Even for this "NO. r had no eyes, for he had had a weary middle watch and bed was his only interest. But he did notice a weird figure, apparently human, crawling about near the "bandStand" of the after gun.
 He went to investigate and found the surgeon probationer, clad in a chamOis leather overall suit, in which he had been sleeping on the ward room couch below-fOr ( ry one must sleep more or less clad, ready to turn out at moments notice. He was feeling about in the dark, ap- parently in search of something.
 ''What on earth are you doing. Doc?' he asked, and got tEe brief an sWer, Laying a ghost" The first lieutenant grunted and disappeared below, leaving the doctor to insert a paper wedge between a loose rattling shell and the side of the stand in which it was placed.
 A ghost, in naval language, is noise which cannot be accounted for. In a destroyer one becomes a con- noisseur in noises.
 The steering gear clanks heavily at intervals and the rhythmic beat of the engines is always there changing only when the speed is altered. In heavy weather the washing and beating of the water makes hundred noises.
 But ghosts are extra noises and should be avOidable. Some misplaced or ill-fitting article or a loose screw may cause the nOise and with the ships vibration it will knock or rattle with d regular persistency that will drive the most placid mind nearly to frenzy, and sleep will rarely be the victims portion until he has left his warm bunk and found the cause of the trouble and the ghost is laid.
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"Why, sure" replied Tom. They just happen to be short of ready cash just now. Mrs. Sinclair was telling me about it the other evening" She said the man who managed their estate was seriously i'll and if he didn't m- prove soon she would have to go to New York herself and look after things"
 Mir. Bates seemed reassured and Tom thought no more about the incl dent until two nights later. Then Mrs. Sinclair brought up the matter of their circumstances again, concluding. "But I don't see how I can go. Really. haven't even money enough in hand to pay my fare"
 "Why. Mrs. Sinclair" exclaimed Tom in an injured tone, "why didn't you about hundred dollars with me-but would that do you any gOod?' "It surely wouId." answered Mrs. Sinclair
 in voice which she strove not tO ; make too eager. She thanked him r"n-
 fuSely. saying that now she would "C ! able to take the first morning train. Soon after Dpyrtte pleaded a hrn1-
 ache. so Tom left with the rem" ..
 that he would see her the next "vo- hing. As H matter of fact he never saw either of them again. Returning home the next even nG Tom found his supper on thp table ;i$ usual. When he had nearly finished his mother asked him if he would mind raking up the lawn. Tom an swered that he would do it in the morning if she didn't mind. 'I thouE' perhaps. as you are not going to inc Sinclars' you would do il this evc- ning," Mrs. Kent persisted. "Where did you get the idea that I'm not going there, mothcr?" Tom asked
 "Why, it cant be possible. Tom answered his mother. in her usIinI mild , voice. "that you. their best friend don't know what is common knoWIrd Ie in the village today!" "1 don't know what you mean
 mother"
 "Your friends the SincIairs. left
 town this morning. bag and bHGIa%''-
 and just Tn time. They owe evrIybu ly
 here. and this afternoon an officer ",t
 peared tn take them back to New York
 with a charge against them for solIe crooked dealings th2re." Mrs. Kent q liv""ed this Startlinc
 Information, Ii nn di%1pprared into the
 kitchen. TOA wont straight 10 his
 room and WAS not seen again that
 night.
 Because t''p ;tl1o: phere of the Kent
 home was NrrN"drh by unSclfiSh love
 the SncIai,.i' name was never ncn- toned there again in Toms presence unless you except Aunt Annie's re-
 mark q year later. when Tom told them that Mary Freeman had con. Scntoh tu N;trrN him at last: Mary doesn't need shaded lights
 Her character wiI' bear the light of day"
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THURSDAY, DEC. 1S, 1919.
cA Double Wedding
 @o
By RALPH HAMILTON

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 It was not the fault of Milly, fol | there was a sharp curve at the street corner and she could not very well dis | cern that a noiSeless automobile was rounding the circle. All her attention was bestowed upon herself, and with reason. She had just arrived or the train from her village home to visit cousin in the city. She was Ou the way to her now. There had been heavy rain earlier in the day and the roadway was wet and slippery and it's pot holes were full of muddy water and slime.
 In her neat-titting new dress, dag Zling white shoes and stockings and hCi dainty hat. MGly was about as fair sight to view as one would meet in days journey. She sug- geStcd just what she waS-a lovely country flower in budding bloom. Her sparkling eyes and joyous face told that every motion she made respond ed to a happy heart. A proud one. too. for this was the first real full outfit, all new, that Milly had ever possessed. It represented her berry money of whole season.
 X little frown of diSmay lowered above the charmingly-d checks as Milly paused at the curb and sur veyed the forhiddiny roadway, Then her eyes picked out d possible care fully selected tip-toe route which might land her across without soil ing her spotless attire.
 "Toot-toot." :"
 With q Quiver and q Shivcr, Mil!y drew back. but too late. Gracefully the warning automobile rounded the curve. Milly was out of ail danger of collision. but the front wheel of the machine landed in deep rut.
 Splash"
 In consternation Milly glanced down. first rubbing from her face the grimy water that had splattered un Her slippers were dotted with specks and splotches of mud. One stocking had been deluged. The front of her dress was streaked and spangled. It was like rocking brush full of black paint thrown at fair canvas and plotting out all it's beauty in flash. Milly tottered across the sidewalk, sank to doorstep and the tears fell like rain.
 surprising her cousin. promenading along a real city street?
 The chauffeur of the stylish automo- bile had come to halt at a sharp word from a young man in the rear seat. Beside him was a lady older than himself. but resembling him and evidently his sister. The former opened the auto door and started to- ward the forlorn little victim of the mishap. At once the lady followed htm.
 My dear child," spoke Helena Bland, placing compassionate hand OF the shoulder of Milly, "ths is in- deed dreadfull Such a pretty dress l! But we will soon remedy the damage we have wrought. Help her to the auto, Dayton, get us home at once"
 'Oh, it was not your fault, miss! You see. I am not used to the city" uttered Milly. brokenly and ingenu- ously. So dismal was her plight in her own estimation, however, that she was all absorbed in it and was in the automobile before she realized it, and Miss Bland was wiping the spots from her pretty face with her handkerchief, while her brother wondered that no
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Generous Royal Gambler.

One of the most romantic gambling stories is told by Mr. ThiseltOn-Dyer of plainly dressed stranger who once took his seat at faro table, and after an extraordinary run of luck succeed ed in breaking the bank. "Heavens !" exclaimed an old, infirm Austrian off cer who sat next to the stranger. ''The twentieth part of your gains would make me the happiest man in the world" !"
 "You shall have it, then," answered the stranger as he left the room. A servant speedily returned and pre- sented the officer with the twentieth part of the bank, adding: My mas- ter, sir. requires no answer" The successful stranger was soon discOv- cred to be no other than the king of Prussia in disguise.
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"Atmosphere''
 .h By DORA NOLAN
(Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
 paper Syndicate.)

 (Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News paper Syndicate)
 AS Mrs. Kent closed the front door after a leisurely survey of the village street, she remarked to her sister Annie that Tom was in sight. so they could put the supper on the table; also that the atmosphere felt quite spring like.
 When Tom had eaten the supper prepared for him by his adoring wom- en folk and had changed into his other suit, he stopped in the sitting room on his way out. Here his mother and aunt sat sewing.
 eff you're going to see Mary"-MrS Kent laid her work on the table and started to arise-"you can return that cake recipe she lent me-
 "Sit down, mother. Why should you jump to the conclusion that I'm going to see Mary Freeman? There are other girls in town.'
 "But none nicer, Tom." put in pre- else little Aunt Annie.
 "Mary's all right," agreed Tom, "but stopped to tell you that Pm going to see Deyette Sinclair a while.'
 'Isn't three times a week rather often to call on girl you've known such a short whie?" asked Mrs. Kent.
 Small town etiquette. mother Dey- cite is city girl The Sinclairs make fellow feel at home. There's some thing about their house-soft lights and all that sort of thing-a certain atmosphere-oh, l can't explain it. finished Tom impatiently.
 "YOu don't need to explain to us, Tom, what constitutes the atmosphere of a true home,' quietly interposed Aunt Annie.
 "Well, anyway, the whole family doesn't sit around and entertain you, as they do at the Freemans' " snapped Tom, and departed.
 As the front door closed behind him Mrs. Kent picked up her sewing. q hope this is merely a.passng fancy, Annie. That girl is a new type in the village and she faScinatcS Tom. But don't like his neglccting Mary. She's such genuine girl"
 "Yes, her complexion will stand the sunlight" added tie sister.
 In the Sinclair home that evening the atmosphere was saturated with the germs of jealousy and malicious tri-
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such artless wild rose face had come into his life before.
 Milly was charmed with the state ly but warm hearted Helena Bland, , who took her to her room at her sump- tuous home and called in the services of maid and laundress to make Milly almost presentable again. "You will do very we'll dear, until morning." Miss Bland assured her. "Then I shall call for you and we will duplicate your damaged outfit from top to toe"
 "Oh, indeed. No, mo-" answered lilly impetuously. "Why, can whit close you can hardly notice the splotches on the dress. You have been too kind already." but Miss Bland not only took Milly to her cous- ilt's home in the automobile, but call cd next morning and showed her a shopping experience that filled her un- sophisticated little heart with delight
 Milly vas seated in Miss Rland's bou- doir when fer the first time she ob- served a framed photograph.
 "Why, Miss Bland!" she exclaimed. "I know who that iS?"
 Miss Bland uttered gasp and turn cd pale "A fancied resemblance. dear. I think" she murmured in an unsteady tone.
 "Oh. nO-no!" insisted Milly '1 have seen him often. He is the manager of the coal mine down our way. He does not go around much, but he plays the organ at the church. Oh, it Is Alden Renfrew. surely."
 The lady held to a chair for support She questioned Mily closely. There was awakened in her soul hope, for two years previous a favored sutor, Alden Rcnfrcw. had lost his fortune in dHy. had felt himself no match for thr peerless woman he loved and had gone away to lose himself in the great world outside.
 Helena Bland loved him so dearly that within q month they were brought together again. Dayton Bland was So captivaled with Milly that he asked her to join him in double we'd ding.
The Press., 1919-12-18
Wrouuht Iron From Ore.

Wrought iron k not commonly pro- luced direct from the or" but Cali, fornia mttuiiurG.>., :, ua.uG petroleum aS fuel, CiaimS to avoid tEe usual trou- hleS and to obtain pure irHn at a much reduced cost. The ore. after grinding to pass throGGh Il sixteen mesh sieve is mixed With some heavy oil, such as aSphaltum. Tie mixture is made into cylinders. each of a size to yield about TO pounds of reduced iron, and these cylinders are placed in the furnace and gradually heated to the welding point of the iron, then taken out and compressed into blooms. A little sili~ cate rock is added to give slag enough to hold the semitluid mass together To avoid reoXidation-thc great diff culty in previous prOc"SSeS-a reduc- irg atmosphere is maintained in the furnace, and the bloom is compressed before entirely removing from the fur. mace. The time required for heating through and reducing is given as four or five hours.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

rHRIS NATUSCH A. Mer- chant Tailor, Room 1, Warren's Block, staf f ru SDFi. gs.
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Paws Here for Reflection,

Said the facetious feller, "The main difference between valuable city prop erty and valuable dogs is that the V. c. D. is sold by the front foot, while the dog is jest charged for all over."
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

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They Still Survive.

Our young friend Clarence Snod- grass says he sent a dollar to Chicago for a 'Never-failing Cigar Lighter" and received by mail a box of safety matches.-NeW Orleans States.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-19
MANY CYPSIES
EN- ROUTE FOR
PACIFIC

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 (by AS
ISOLATED Press)-Romany tribes, COM
monty called "gypsies," are travelling
toward California from all parts of
the United States with the avowed
purpose of establishing "sirnihatch"
Or permanent sacred encampment at
Emeryville, across the bay from San
Francisco, officials of east bay cities
believe.
In possession Of tribal leaders who
came to the coast to attend the re-
cent marriage of George Adams, head
of one tribe, and Gypsy" Mary, who
said she was an Egyptian princess,
were found kilograms from head
quarters of six tribes scattered
throughout the country. These con-
tanned but two words, "Amen avasa"
Or 1--WE come" They were said to
be replies to a countrywide call for
the gathering of the gypsy clans.
Not all Of the gypsies are included
in the movement The response is
confined to the more religious ele-
ment, who still cling to the tradition
that one day they would take the
road to the land of promise by the
great water" the ultimate home of
the wanderers on the Pacific coast.
Fifteen thousand men and women
and their boys and girls are estimated
to be on their way here. Lesko
Armenia, head of a Greek gypsy band,
and others have made inquiries as to
state laws on municipal organizations
and the residents of Emeryville are
said to be apprehensive that the gyp-
sizes will have sufficient voting power
to take over control of the town, now
city of 1900 population.
The bands are reported to have
adopted central tribal flag de-
signed at Chicago by one of their
l0ou01o' IL 10 green odhheF pedI
ing the legend "Borodiro Sivety''-"A
Greater People," Involved in the
migration to this coast are gypsies
of the Turkish, Rumanan, Hungarian,
of the Turkish, Rumanian, Hungarian,
sian, Creek Bohemian, Italian and
Spanish tribes.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-19
AFFAIRS OF HUN ARMY
ARE BEING WOUND Up

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN GERMANY, Aug. % (by maiD -
In connection with the winding up OF
the old German army it is said that
the non-commissioned officers school
at POtsdam has been dissolved and
the men either discharged or sent to
regimental schools.
All Prussian war flags are to be
sent to Berlin for preservation in a
museum. Since the armistice some
regiments have retained their battle
flags.
German newspapers recently pub,
1ished reports that $50 naval battle
flags had been stolen by German
wOrkmen from a great quantity as
semb1ed in Danzig and were eX-
changed as souvenirs with men of the
British warship Coventry" in re-
turn for cigarettes, smoking tobacco
and chocolate.
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The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-19
HOOVER SAYS
PRODUCTIVITY
MUST INCREASE

LONDON, Aug. "a Correspondence
of Associated Press .-Unless Euro
pean productivity can be rapidly in
creased, there can be nothing but
political, moral and economic chaos
finally interpreting itself in loss of
life on a scale hitherto undreamed
of, says Herbert Hoover, head of the
inter-allied relief commission in an
analysis of the economic situation in
Europe just published in the British
National Food Journal
"The entire surplus productivity of
the Western hemisphere is totally in
capable of meeting the present def
cheney in European production if it
is long continued" the analyst as
serts. Nor could credits be mobil-
lied for this purpose for more than
a short time because all credits must
necessarily be simply an advance
against the return of commodities in
exchange and credits will break down
the instant that the return of COM
modities becomes improbable. Fur
Their, if such credits be obtained for
more than temporary purposes it
would result in economic slavery OF
Europe to the Western hemisphere
and the ultimate end would be war
again
Mr. Hoover points out this solution
of the European economic problem:
"a vigorous realization of the actual
situation in each country of Europe
and a resolute craftsmanship based
on such a realization-the populations
of Europe must be brought to a real
ization that productivity must be in
stantly increased"
In the present day European fer
ment Mr.. Hoover says, ''every eco
nOmic patent medicine" has fiocked
under the banner of socialism or COM
munism which has claimed to speak
for all the doWn-trodden-to alone be-
speak human sympathy"
Experim in varying forms
of these political leanings
and communism has so far, in every
case, resulted in reduced production,
the food controller says.
Europe's threatened coal famine,
the analyst says, is due ''in the largest
degree to the human factor of the linn
itation Of effort"
Western assistance in the form OF
it's devotion of surplus productivity
to Europes needs, lis a service that
the Western hemisphere must ap-
proach with a high sense of human
duty and sympathy" concludes Mr..
Hoover. 'The economic burden on
the West should not last more than
year and can be carried and will be
repaid To effect these results, the
resources of the Western hemisphere
and of Europe must be modified"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-19
AMERICAN COMMISSION
IS WELL RECEIVED IN
COUNTRY OF SULTAN

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 10 (by AS
ISOLATED Press) mike"
Dorizas, former University of Penn
sylvania wrestler and football player,
as Interpreter for the American man
date commission, has been making a
tour Of Turkey and recent letters
from him give interesting accounts
not only of his personal experiences
but of the vast changes that have
taken place in the Ottoman empire
since the war.
"1n Constantinople," he writes,
zone sees all kinds of soldiers, but
the city is dead. The harbor is full
of warships of the allied nations; the
shops are nearly empty and the few
remaining commodities are very cost
Iy Food, though, is not more expen-
sive than in France.
'The thing that impressed me most
in the old capital was seeing Turkish
women going about with their faces
uncovered and riding in carriages
with men and walking with men.
Things are changing, even in Turkey.
I suspect the presence of the allied
troops and men-of-war has made the
women more courageous"
From Damascus Sergeant Dorizas
wrote: "The men of the commission
are working very hard and I am sure
great good will come from their eff
forts The commission is received
everywhere with open arms and all
want America to take an interest in
their affairs"
Toh priDtiDo ar Dai1v Times office
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-19

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