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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-22
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{ By Captain Eddie I,ickeu,nckc ~
Chapter Fivs
What docs tho American roldic,
think Of his country II. thinks n 1,
tho best country on Garth,
That In what hs thought before bc
won't 10 Europe. That Ia wbnt h,
thinks today.
Why did tho American soldier fixb,
with reckless courage In France ?
Because no felt sure he was fIxbt.
inG for tho greatest country In tbc
world. wanted 70 provo by his con.
duct that ths American people were
tho bcst people In tho world, was do.
tcrminod TO show an American sol.
dior was tho quickest 10 defend his
government Of all tho soldiers in IN,
world. Right or wronx, that IL how
no felt.
A soldiers life IN A. precious 10
him m any other mans He does no,
wish 10 loss Il. He risks Il willing.
~. only for q precious purpose. In
this case. he Kiady looked death in
tho cyc Just because tho purpose was
no precious-ths dccfnsc OF tho land
hs loved and reversd TO be beyond
any other,
Yet q soldier who thus stshed all
In battle comes homo 10 find
.-whatY That. while no had been
fighting VIGOROUSLY for America A
first and best OF all, Il had been pro-
posed here, at home, BY those who
never faced q foe. or heard a shot,
10 put America In q lower place
among the nations than she over had
boon before. To put on hsr the STAMP
OF inssriority just % she had finish.
I'd Q triumphant war. To mako her
,nerciy ono nation in a srest as-
sembly OF 80 or 20 nations, and 10
give 10 her just ono vote in tho m.
sembie. TO tho British Empires six.
The Unitsd States. only oue-sixth
a. important a. another In tho gov
ernmsnt Of tho world. won't into the
war % an equal, won In the field.
como out triumphant by tho blood
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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-22

A dress composed entirely Of dIa.
monds, numbering 100000 In all.
and worn recently on the stage. was
40 heavy that two people were re-
quired to lift It over the actresses
head.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-22

strand At . time. BY mornins the
gray hair disappears. after anothse
application or two, II 10 restored 70 n
natural color and looks glossy. suel
and beautifuk
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-22

Fifty ysars ago Cincinnati. with
population OF over 100000 and
an area of only seven square miles
was the most dsussly-crowdsd city
In AAsSjeo.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-22
Rexall Straw Ballot

Note.--rhc figures below will ~
changed from day to day or ~ oftss
~ the new returns are rscsivsS. -.
III election day,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22

He drew one of the heavy old chairs
up before the dying ernbers and cast
down, bowling his head far over into
the CRATE. Closer he huddled. What
was this dreadful chill that seemed to
be taking possession of his body? His
great sorrow preyed upon him.
"Oh, God!" he murmured; II can
stand it no longer"
Something gentle and soft stroked
his hair! his hair that was white as
snow. Two arms encircled him low
ingly.
He looked up, at first. unbelievingly,
and then a wonderful smile lit UP his
face.
"Nelly!' he exclaimed. joyously. eat
last you have come for me. knew you
would! l thank Thee o ="
His voice trailed away in the dis
lance.
The fire died out and the faces no
longer grined, but seemed to smile
in the darkness. Far off, just as the
dawn was breaking, the chimes rang
out their message. Was it fancy or
did soul far out in space echo:
"Glory to God in the highest and
on earth peace, good will toward men"
Perry was at rest!
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
growing harder and harder.

| growing harder and harder.
Mother, when is Santa Claus COM
ing?" inquired little Billy.
For while mother didn't seem to
want to say anything. A large tear
fell Silently on her work. With q
hasty movement, almost angrily, she
! brushed it aside.
Perhaps he won't come at all !" she
replied with a little catch in her voice.
"N-o-o-o-o!" came a chorus of I'M
believing voices from the fire.
''He is coming!'
Suddenly there came a jingling of
| bells and sleigh drew up in front of
the home.
"Whoop!" yelled Johnny. "Come on
kids-Santa Claus! Myjeye"
In an instant the fire was deserted
and five little heads were peering Gag
erly out of the door.
"Gee willikinsl Look at the TOYS ~
| 'Well, WELL" said Sanity in a loud
voice, pretending not to see the little
ones. II hope the children are all
in bed tonight, for if they are not, I
| will not come again.
Five curly heads vanished in a Sec
ond, and when the old gentleman en-
tered the room all were tucked snug
| ly in bed-that is all but Billy, who
in his excitement and hurry pulled all
the cover up over his head and left
his feet and body uncovered.
| 10 L.
| contents of his pack near the hearth.
There were drums, dolls, tin soldiers,
books, candy, nuts and fireworks.
Just at this moment Billy's toe
rubbed up splinter, and there came
a subdued grunt from the bed which
changed to fitful, sleepy kind of
cough as the "old fellow turned
around. The shores redoubled in vol
June. Old Sanity handed mother a
sealed envelope and departed before
she could sufficiently recover from her
confusion and surprise to thank him.
1t was addressed to her, so she broke
the seal. The sum and substance of it
| was, that the house and property of
Fanchion and something like five hun
dred dollars were to be hers upon the
death of Perry Fanchion.
So at last the identity of the mys-
ferrous Santa Claus and the friend Of
the poor and unfortunate was dis
closed.
Her home was only one of the many
| to which he had been that night. To-
morrow they would honor him. They
would come one and all to thank him,
to praise him, to bless him-perhaps
to beg for more as the case might be.
The sleigh stopped at the Fanchion
homestead and old Santa Claus paid
the driver and entered the house.
Perry was weary and as he walked
down the dark, gloomy hall he almost
dropped with fatigue. Fatigue of the
body, WEAKNESS of the soul, the sore
ness of broken heart, all conspired
(, against himl YEARLY he slid out of
the disguise. His eyes wandered with
a pitiful expression over the empty,
dark room. None came to welcome
him. No one to love or care for him.
She had gone on before. Perhaps she
was waiting for him up there now. He
didn't know. The blood-chilling faces
| grinned and the cruel claws gripped.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
swell, WE'LL Hope the Children Are
All in Bed"

"Well, WE'LL Hope the Children Are
All in Bed"
grip the floor hard, as though they
were depressing some dark emotion or
evil thought.
Forty years ago this night Perry
+ was q happy man, for tomorrow he
was to marry the beautiful Miss Nell
ly Leroy, daughter of the rector of
st. Agnes.
But that great factor in the events
of mans career, fate. willed other
wise, for only a few days before the
wedding was to take place the bride
to-be was stricken with fatal illness
and less than week later was laid
away in the village graveyard.
After the funeral Perry Fanchion
shut himself up, almost alone, in the
great house. Time moved on and peo-
pie forgot! One by one his friends
left~him, until at last he stood alone, a
stranger in stranger world!
About this time the poorer people,
the destitute of the city, became aware
Of the fact that they had friend,
a. very good. mysterious friend, mys-
ferrous because, try as they might (and
did) they never could discover his
identity.
One time when a severe landlord
was about to turn poor family out
of the home they lived in, because
they were not able to pay the rent,
that family found the required amount
and short note asking them to ac-
cept the money as a gift, by the fire.
Place. Several times incidents like
this occurred among the unfortunate,
but as to where these mysterious pres
ents came from, or by whom present
ed, none could ever tell. But the chill
iren suspected Santa Claus of having
hand in the matter.
Tonight as Perry sat by the fire he
was very sad and very, very lonesome.
The town clock struck ten. Perry
arose, donned a huge fur coat to
play his little act bravely. A worn,
tired smile played around his usually
grim mouth as he thought of the scenes
Of joy and poverty he would witness
this night. He crossed the town with
rapid, nervous strides and entered a
little family burying ground. He was
gone for thirty minutes and when he
returned his face showed traces of
deep emotion.
Goodnight, sweetheart, have watt
ed forty years; surely the end cannot
be far distantw he murmured as he
softly closed the gate.
There came jingling of sleigh bells
"a sleigh drove up, he entered and
was whirled away over the snow.
In a tiny little howell on the edge of
the city five little curly-headed chill
dren, dressed in old and ragged but
clean clothes were grouped around a
small fire trying to keep warm. Their
mother was sewing for a living, her
husband having died several years ago,
| leaving the children to her to provide
for, and being a woman of good educa-
ton, she was trying to rear her chill
dren as best she might. She was hav-
ing a desperate struggle and day by
day she saw with despair the fight
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
origin Of Ereemasonry Unknown.

The society of Free Masons apte-
'atea all other societies by centuries.
It's origin is so ancient that the place
and time of its birth are unknown.
Its legend say that it was organized
at the building of the temple of Solo
mon, but this is not accepted with
much credence. By some writer's its
origin has been ascribed to the
Druids, by others to the Knights
Templar and to Pythagoras, and it
has not escaped the fad which In mod
ern times has attributed so many
of the uncertain productions to the
nimble brain Of Sir Francis Bacon.
Within recent years traces of the
organization are said to have been
discovered in Palestine or the Egyp-
tan obelisks and in the pyramids.
In fact, 1t has been asserted that in.
vestigators have become satisfied
that the society grew directly from
an organization engaged in the con-
Struction of the pyramids.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22

old bachelor, who, with the ,excep-
ton of a housekeeper, lived alone
in great weather-beaten old man
sion on the river road. He lived
a very secluded kind of life, was
seldom seen upon the streets of the
town, and attracted very little atten-
ton when he was seen. There were
hardly ten people in the place that
knew the man or anything concerning
his life.
Yet there had been a time in the
life of Perry Fanchion when he had
attracted a great deal of attention,
and won the sympathy and pity of
the whole town. That had been over
forty years ago, and in the meantime
the town had changed from village
into city. The old families had died
out and the younger generation had
forgotten the history of Perry Fan
chion.
1t was Christmas eve night and bit
terly cold. Sleet and snow drove with
incessant fury against the great French
windows. The heavy old oak doors
ratified and shook, while the wind
shrilled mournfully among the many
old-fashioned gables and chimneys.
Perry sat gazing into the fire. His
hair was snow-white, his eyes were
dark, and tonight they had a tragic,
gloomy look.
On the old colonial furniture the
sinister faces carved there grinned hor-
ribly and the iron claws seemed to
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
Homemade Ink.

Ralph Waldo Emerson used to make
his own ink. Here is his favorite
recipe: Pour scant cupful of boil.
Ing water over one package of slate.
colored dye. When it is cool add one
tablespoonful of vinegar.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
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will break Cold/Fever and
Grippe quicker Zbdn anything we
knows preventing pneumonia
(Adv.) WFeb.1o
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
Epsom-Salt.

It was owing to cattle refusing TO
rink from an impregnated spring on
EPSON common in 1913 that EPSON
lalt was discovered. Doctors examined
he spring. and in consequence Of their
verdict all the arlstocracy of England
we're hurryi'A to Epson few years
alter to take the waters-Londor
Nail
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22

NEW SYRUP-In half gallon cans
best on the market Sold ia-any guam
tity. UNION BIfCN OIL COM
PANY. Phone. 308. II
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
Soda in Milk.

Milk that has become a trifie sour
may be sweetened and rendered fit for
use again by stirring in little soda
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
Banana Stalk. Anrras

chopped banana stalks. used as soon
Is the fruit has been harvested, have
'eeh used In Queensland for feeding
lorSes
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-22
N h1.i S4Is,aS Eve !
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N the little town OF

N IHe NCLI0 COWn OF
"New France" 8
few miles from Que.
bee, there lived an
old man by the
name of Perry Fan
chion. He W a s
about sixty years
nf lLL
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29
Anaixzlno Waste Food.

America leads all other nations In
analyzing the value OF the foods we
eat and the best way TO make them
nourish us. Scientists have found that
we often get little Of the real value
OF our foods so that great deal goes
TO waste. II In exactly as II we took
just one squeeze out Of Juicy orange
and then threw it away. The new SCI
ence has been developed largely since
the outbreak Of the war. Many inter
esting experiments have been carried
on in Teachers college In New York
which are being watched by scientists
all over the world. Some tests are
made with white rats, others with hu-
man beings. The war department
has utilized this information In tx
ing the rations for our soldiers. In q
few years people Will look back upon
our wasteful, unscientifc habits Of to-
day with amazement.-BoyB' Life.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29
BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS OF DEW
Especially In Freezing Weather Do the
Minute Drops Form Spectacle
Pleasing to the Eye.

4 countryside covered with dew is
one Of the most beautiful sights which
the eye OF man ever perceived, Here
ward Darlington writes In LeslIe's.
'Dewy Eve" is no mere fgment Of the
poets Imagination. since the dew al
ways falls" after sundown. AS a mat
ter OF fact, however, the dew does not
fall at all, but Is deposited as the
sun sets and as the surface Of the
earth. and everything upon 1t, begins
to cool. It Is very curious and inter
esting-this precipitation, for the
pearly dewdrops form upon the leaves
OF trees, the blades Of grass, the fine
hairs on the caterpillar and on every
thing which is fine and pointed. The
reason why we sometimes have q de-
pOsit Of dew In the evening, at "the
end Of a perfect (summer) day" is
that on these days the humidity ia
high, or the amount Of moisture In the
atmosphere excessive. IL 1t is dry,
there is no dew, but IL there is much
moisture In the air, we have this phe-
nOmenon. During the daytime. when
the sun is shining, its rays keep the
tiny particles Of moisture dancing
about at high speed; they do not have
q chance to settle" anywhere; they
are in constant agitation, like boiling
water. But when the sun has set, this
"dance of the atoms" (of moisture)
slows down; their agitation becomes
less; and they tend to be deposited on
vegetation, leaves, grass, etc, every
where. Especially is this the case with
all 0nely pointed substances, such as
spiser's web. Then we have the most
beautiful effects. If the weather be-
comes excessively cOld-below the
freezing point-during the preciplta-
ton OF the dew-then the minute
drops Of water will freeze into tiny
crystals Of ice, and then we have ''hOar
frost" covering the leaves, the grass
and the countryside. This is one Of
the most beautiful sights In nature.
Fog is caused by somewhat similar at
mospheric conditiOns-when the air is
heavily laden with moisture, and a
tiny drop of water adheres to each
particle of dust which we see In the at
mosphere, dancing about merrily In the
sunbeam. Experiments by Sir Oliver
Lodge showed that, up to a certain
point, fog could be dispersed by cleo
trio waves. If the air be dry, and the
electric current very powerful, the
dust particles become redhOt and glow
with white heat; and this is the cause
OF the lightning flash which We see in
the sky. The visible" lightning really
consists of a series Of dust particles
In the path of the electric discharge
which have been heated to white heat.
The moisture In the air is the cause OF
humidity" dampness, Scotch mist,
and finally rain; and II 1t Is very cold
at the time. we have snow, sleet and
hail instead-frozen rain.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

Mr.. Harding addressed a mixed
sssemblage of Americans and Mexi-
cans at Brownsville on Armistice
Day. His utterances were not reas-
snring to the greasters who have
made for years the robbery and muir
der of Americans a profession. The
Star can heartily agree with Mr.
Harding on that subject. 1t has never
believed that an American should be
denied the protection of his country's
flag when he crossed the border of q
foreign land.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

The Miller Bros. carnival departed
Sunday for other parts, and we are
sorry for any other part that it hits.
IL has in it's train the worst bunch of
crooks that ever hung on to a carni-
val. The Miller Bros. claim they are
not responsible for the acts of this
gang, who they say are apart from
the show. They. may be believed
when they make this statement to the
horse marines. The managers of the
fair were badly stung when they
gave the concession to that crowd.
They were not aware what it was un-
til it was here and began to operate
The managers did their best to hold
the crooks down, but had too much
against them. The managers did
break several of the crooked games
lup and drive the operators off the
grounds, but could not restrain then
lentirely. They were a well-drilled SCI
Of sharpers, and had lookouts at eve
Iry game, to make the operators aware
lof the approach of manager of po
lliceman. The Star advises all othel
communities that that bunch visits tt
look out for them. They can't hid'
behind anything but a corkscrew.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

Senator Harding is viewing Uncle
Sans three quarter of billion ditch
that England can take whenever she
wants it.-Times-U Union.
IL the writer who penned the fore
going has such poor opinion of AM
erica, he should leave it and go to
some country that he thinks breeds
men. The Times Unions idea of con-
sistency is wonderful to behold. Only
a few days ago, it said, referring to
a battleship, that few bombs from
an airplane or torpedo from a subma-
rine could destroy the great craft.
Now, America has airplanes and sub
marines at the isthmus, also fortif-
lcations and number of good men to
handle and hold them, and great and
powerful nation to back them up.
Taking the Panama canal would be a
very expensive piece of work for Eng
land or any other power, and unless
Eamon de Valera and other long
distance patriots nag the two nations
into a fight. England will never try it.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

On Armistice Day. the English laid
to rest in Westminster Abbey the
body of an unidentified soldier,
brought from where he fell on the
western front. The ceremonies ac-
|companying the burial were most i'm
|pressive and tended to strengthen the
spirit of patriotism, not only in Eng
land but all the world. Some people
in America thought it might quicken
the love of country among our people
to have similar ceremony here, and
asked the war department that the
body of some unknown American
might be brought home from French
battlefield and buried in Victory Hall,
New York. Secretary Baker declined.
he said if this was done other cities
in America might demand a body
apiece. We hope the people of Amer
lea will take pity on Secretary Ba-
ker's dried-up. little soul.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

Indiana is improving. The other
night an Indiana mob took negro,
accused of trespass, out of a jail,
whipped and started to hang him, but
on his protesting his innocence and
promising to return to Jail, let him
go. We seldom put negro in Jail
down here for such a little thing as
trespass. We generally tell him to
"get to hell off the place." and almost
always add, Ego by the back door and
get you bite to eat" It will be a
long time before we attain the In
diana standard.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

1t has been reported that one of the
policemen on duty at the fair grounds
last week lost $50 in one of the car
niyal games. The matter should be
investigated. If the policeman was
guilty of such conduct ne broke the
law as a citizen and violated his
oath as an officer. If citizen can be
prosecuted for gambling. why should
"a police officer be immune? And what
sort of protection can the community
expect of an officer guilty of such
conduct.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

Some of the papers of the country
are making great ado because wood
en- guns were used to train troops in
the preparations for war. This was
known during the war, but it was one
of the things that it would have been
|near-treason to mention--Miami Me-
tropolis.
The government evidently didn't
consider it near treason, because hun
dreds of newspapers-the Star was
one of aforementioned and COM
mented on it. 1t was better to have
the men train with wooden guns than
not at all, as a lot of them proved in
France.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

The first number of the Florida In
dustrial Magazine, published in Tam
pa, with Robert W. Bentley, an ex-
Marion county boy, as editor, is be-
fore US. 1t is devoted to Florida de-
velopment, and is the best-looking
and most convincingly constructed of
any publication of the sort we have
seen printed in Florida. 1t deserves
the support not only of Tampa but the
entire state.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29
aad Bon. Aned Forty.FIve.

A Philadelphia minister has picked
the foolish age" Of man as forty-fiye
years, when he is most likely to SOW
his wild oats, get divorced and go to
the bowwows generally. It is a con-
ISOLATION to be assured that for Is years
more we shall continue to exercise
our traditional sanity and virtue, but
just the same, the Old Nick in Us
prompts US to look forward with con-
siderable anticipation to our forty.
fifth birthday.-The Home Sector.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29
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The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29
ANYBODY who knows an Irishman

Anybody who knows an Irishman is
convinced that the Irish problem will
never be solved except in an Irish
mans way.-Tampa Tribune.
The Irishman's way has brought
nothing but disorder and suffering to
Ireland. Ireland might try the South's
way. The South was worse off in
1865 than Ireland has been any time
in hundred years-and look at the
South today.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29

We wonder why Josephus Daniels
is making war. and with such large
force, on the Western Union, which is
trying to connect cable at Miami.
Seems to as like the cable is needed;
also that a deputy marshal with an
official notice would be enough to re-
strain the Western Union. 1t has
never acted like it was a disloyal in
stitution.
The Ocala evening star., 1920-11-29
A Little Lesson.

ST went into a shop to have my
shoes mended and sat on the same seat
with q millionaire"
"Rich and poor are patronizing the
cobbIer nowadays"
"But he was more particular about
having the work done right than
was"
"That trait of his is probably what
made him a millionaire. ."-Birmingham
Age-Herald.