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ouIek-WItted Justice.

Apparently poverty-stricken, save
for the blushing bride at his elbow,
the newly made bridegroom asked the
magistrate the charges for having tied
the nuptfaI knot The judge regarding
with sympathy and compassion, said,
two dollars and a half, friend" The
swain extracted roll that would have
taxed the contTactiie muscle OF
mules throat The eyes OF the Judge
bulged, but ne thought quickly, and
added the single word, Each-'-Amer.
lean Legion Weekly.
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MISTAKEN In HIS SURMISE
Mr.. Brown Somewhat Hasty in 6Iam-
ing the GramoPhone for Those
UnearthIy Sounds.

Perfect peace reigned in the
Browns household. The head of the
family, his days work over, was read
ing, in blissfuI anticipation of the eve
ming meal which Mrs. Brown was
busy preparing in the kitchen
The gentle stiffness was suddenly
broken by eerie sounds. apparently
coming from the next house-a weird
moaning, developing into heart-rend-
ing walls and narrowing shrieks.
Mr.. Brown jumped up.
'It's Mrs. Woods confOunded gram
ophone playing Tosti's 'GOod-by' -
he cried. "Lizzie"-tO his oldest
daughter-"go and impIOre her to stop
itI Tell her Tn fll-te1 her we're
all i'll, anything you like, only make
her leave off"
The child obediently hurried out,
and two minutes later came rushing
back
Its not Mrs. Woods gramophone,
daC," she said. 'It's the Murphys
down the street opening a tin Of
corned beef 20
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ular yarn; but how would it do for
the president of the United States
to ride around in a secondhand car
'riage?"
"But, sure" argued "Old Edward"
-'YOur IxeIlency is only a secondhand
prisidentr'
In Fillmore we have another from
tier president. For western New York
was an outpost when he was born
there of New England parents. After
receiving about the same kind OF
schooling as our other lOg-cabin presi-
dents, he was bound out to learn the
trade of wool carder.
The one enduring act Of the Fill
more administration was taken when
it sent Commodore Perry to knock at
the long-closed gate Of Japan, and,
with the gift of a toy railroad and
toy telegraph, TO tempt the Japanese
to come out of their hermit seclusion.
The rest is politics.
AS American men struggled to rise
from the bottom in the more primitive
days of the country, their women Of
ten failed to keep up with them. By
Sors gained the presidency, their
wives were either dead, worn out or
tagging behind.
Mrs. Fillmore, finding herself with
out strength or ambition to reign with
her husband, her place was taken by
a daughter. This girl of eighteen,
Miss Mary Abigail, was enough of
new woman to have insisted on fitting
herself by q course In normal school
to earn an independent living. Being
obligated to teach a certain length of
time after graduating, she went on
teaching school even after her father
became vice president. She kept at it
until her mother summoned her to
preside over the White House, where
she promptly induced congress to in
stall a library, the mansion having
been until then a bOokiess desert.
A month after the end of her hus-
bands term Mrs. Fillmore was dead.
Next Miss Mary died of cholera, and
then, after a tour OF Europe, the
pathetic loneliness of a retired presi-
dent was relieved by q marriage with
a wealthy widow.
FLIAHoHe AdU lAlSu ~ avert lHIS re-
tirement by an unsuccessful effort to
be nominated to succeed himself.
Four years afterwaTd he attempted
to break the retirement and return
to the presidency. Although he had
both the KnownOthing and Wing NOM
nations. he ran third in the election.
He lived on in his Buffalo home until
the very year when another Buffalo
MAN, Grover Cleveland, started for
the White House by way of the
-shrievalty of Erie county.
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Select pretty picture from a maya
zine, paste 1t upon the cardboard, and
If not cOlored, finish with water cOlors.
The hexagonal-shaped fan in Fig. 3
should be marked out as shown IN Fig.
4. Lay OF AZ inches six times upon
the circumference Of a circle OF this
radius, then connect the points with
straight lines.
The folding fan in Fig. 8 requires
twenty-five blades OF the shape and
size Of that In Fig. 6. Prepare one
blade for a pattern for marking out
the others. Cut the blades out OF card
board. Punch a hole near the small
end for a silk cord, and cut slot near
the wide end for a ribbon to provide
for lacing together the blades Gig. y.
Draw up the ribbon ends so the blades
viii lap over one another 1-16 inch,
and tie a bow In each end. Knot the
silk cord after slipping it through the
holes, to bind the blades together, and
form a loop as shown.
The fan in Fig. is simpler to make
than a glance at it would lead you to
suppose. Cut a strip OF wrapping-pa-
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FAMOUS OLD BOSTON ABODE
Province House, Once One of the Most
Famous Colonial Mansions, Has
Been Partially Preserved.

There stands today on BoswOrth
court in Boston but a portion of the
old Province house, q most interesting
relic Of Colonial days; and the rest
Of the court is lined with modern Of
fee buildings. But in 1920 it was con-
sidered a very genteel part Of town
Oliver Wendell Holmes lived in the
old Province house for Is years
AT the farther end Of the court
stands an irOn-wrought archway, dec
Orative OF design, which was used in
the early part of the nineteenth cen
fury as an entrance to the governors
garden, a part Of the Province house
grounds. This has been carefully pre-
served, as have the stone steps which
lead TO the lower level The Province
house was immortalized by Hawthorne
in his ''Twice-Told Tales"
The historic staircase now is gone,
and only a portion of the exterior Of
the house is left. 1t was built in 1897
by Peter Sargent, wealthy London
merchant, and was considered one OF
the handsomest residences in town
During the days OF its popularity the
governor gave many balls there.
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HOMEMADE FANS.

Figure 1 shows one of the simplest
forms of fans that you can make. A
pattern for cutting it is given in Fig.
2. Describe a circle with q radius of
AZ inches, then draw a line through
the center, mark OF a point on this
line 2 inches each side of the center,
and, using these points as centers, de-
scribe arcs with a radius of 615 inches,
to form the elongated handle end of
the fan. a small flagstaff will make
good handle. The cardboard can be
slipped into the slot provided for the
flag, but it is a good plan to cut away
a portion of the stick on one side of
the slot, so the stick will extend up
one face Of the fan and only II inch or
so up the other face. This will leave
one face unobstructed, for a pretty
picture Any straight sticks, however.
Il inch in diameter, tackled to one
face of the fan, will do for a handle.
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fIandicraft for Boys and Girls
RzA. NELLY Hal. and poRorHY PERKINS
CCOpyright By A Nicely Hall.l

c Gig. 81; then cut out this piece,
and trim it up to the exact shape or
the bottom frame. Uprights D must
be OF the right width and thickness
to 1T in the notches. With the frame
work completed, inclose the sides
with screen wire.
The inner contcal cage Gig. 10l IS
built upon base framework made OF
two pairs Of sticks &c and F, Fig ID.
The frame must be built to ut inside
of the bottom frame OF the outer cage.
The sticks may be one-half inch thick
and one inch wide. Fig. II shows the
pattern for cutting the screen-Wire
covering. This should be drawn full
size upon heavy paper, then cut out,
laid upon a piece Of screen wire, and
the wire cut of the same shape and
size. Fold the wire where indicated
on the pattern by white lines, then
tack the lower edge to the frame
strips E and z, and wire together the
overlapping side edges.
Fig. 2 shows how the inner cage TITS
inside Of the outer cage. Cut four tin
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or wooden buttons IL, Fig. A., and
tack these to the pieces A and B, so
when turned in the position shown in
Fig. they will lock in the inner cage.
Base board H Gig. p is provided
as a bait tray. Cut it one inch longer
and one inch wider than the base OF
the outer cage, and hinge it to the
ends of two Of the uprights D with
pieces of leather q, Fig. 81. Fig. 2
shows how to provide for fastening
the base to the cage by screwing a
screweye into the bottom frame and
another into the base Cd, in the right
positions so a peg (K) can be pushed
through them. A parcel handle makes
a good trap handle.
Bait the trap with meat, sweets, or
pieces of banana and then watch for re-
suits After feeding, the flies will rise
in the conical cage and pass through
the small top opening into the larger
cage, where they will be trapped. And
once in, there is little chance of them
escaping. Immerse the trap in hot
water to kill the trapped flies.
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FiIiaI Love.

The family had company for din
ner, and the father OF the house was
telling for his guest stories Of his boy
hood. Among them were feats OF his
marvellous eating ability. mo wonder.
when mother was such a wonderful
cook" he smacked his lips in remem-
brance Of her dishes "She could
make pies that were dreams, and
strawberry shortcakeI After eating
one OF mothers shortcakes a fellow
thought all others very ordinary, in
deed"
Little John looked scross at the
glass dish OF strawberries. Then he
piped out in his clear little treble:
"Oh, dad, don't you just hope that I
can talk just that nice about mother
when grow up?"
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a quarter of a century before. This
threw open Kansas to a wild scramble
between settlers who wished the new
territory to be free and those who
wished it to be slave.
Then and there the Civil war began.
Border ruffians," as the north called
the settlers, who rushed in from Mis-
souri, and other slave states, and set
tiers no less rough in their fighting
who poured in from the free states,
quickly turned that primeval into
bleeding Kansas" Rival territorial
governments were set up by the two
factions, and Pierce threw the weight
of the federal power on the side Of
those who were desperately striving to
create another slave state.
The whole country was drawn into
the struggle, and the Republican party
sprang into life At the election in the
middle of his term, Pierce saw ths
Democratic representation in the house
cut down one-half and the opposition
sweep in with big majority.
Copyright. 1920. by James Aorgan-)
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AND THAT WOULD BE- ENoUeHl
Surgeon Knew Just Exactly How
Much laxative ConVaIeseing Pa
tient Would Suffer.

She is a taIkative young school
teacher and he a surgeon, who is not
much given to speech. Recently when
he operated on her, her chattering
preceding the operation almost drove
him mad. After the operation, though,
he forgot all about that and did all he
could to alleviate her suffering.
The fourth day he dressed her
wounds and made her comfortable In
every way he could. Then she began
to chatter and asked him question aft
er question, the last one being. doc
tor, how am really nOw7"
He remembered his experience with
her laxative little tongue before the
operation. "Oh, you're getting along
spiendIdly." he retorted. 'In fact all
the suffering you viii now have to en-
dure Is just TO keep quiet"
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and many other little creatures take
part too.
'HThis time the Sun Fairies mostly
were going to watch though some OF
them too were going TO act
81 will announce the pictures" said
Mr. Sun, 'as I haven't a screen in
readiness upon which to show what
the pictures are going to be.
1.-THE first picture will show tower
known as Kingfisher Tower, a beau
tifuI tower on the lake. This is
picture like a travel picture one would
see in the real moving pictures.
I've heard they show pictures OF
different places and of interesting
buildings and so forth, and therefore
1 am showing this picture"
And Mr.. Sun shOne upon the tower
and all the little Sun Fairies looked
at it and clapped their hands, and the
Breeze Brothers cheered.
"NOw you will see different stones,
of all kinds of shapes and how
they have been changing throughout
the years by having the water rub
over them and by all the changes
that have naturally come to them
| throughout the season.
"And you will see a picture of
children wading and of how the stones
try not to be too slippery so the chill
| dren will not fall. 1t is hard for some
of the stones to take these parts for
| they have moss upon them and water
weeds which make them slippery.
Next you will see row of beau
| tiful forget-me-not flowers growing
| along by the side of the lake, and up
| on the side of the little bank from
which stream is running down.
"And you will see the children next
gathering a basket full of these for
! get-me-nOts and taking some of them
| home, dug up by the roots, so they can
! plant them in the gardens and care
for them there.
''Next you will see bugs hopping out
/ in the sunshine and you will see too
| that very dark picture following
shows the bugs hidden back of the
rocks where it IS cool for them and
where they can rest. I do not throw
my sunlight spotlight upon them as
they wouldn't like it. So it Is a very
| dark picture as you see"
Mr. Sun paused and then went on
again.
1--WE will see what is known as the
clearing-a lot Of brushwood and trees
which have been cleared away from
| tho eido Of +bic hin
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HEnLARD FILLMORE, the second

AEHLARD FILLMORE, the second
ITl vice president to be promoted by
death, was the most commonplace
president even in a twenty-year period
when the presidency remained at low
water mark. Tall and with magisterial
front, but cold and hollow. he looked
the part which he played-the dummy
of northern trimmers in politics and
of southern traffickers in slaves.
A fable of the day hit off the truth
The new president must have a car
riage, and "Old Edward" Moran, a
White House attendant in many ad-
ministratiOns, took him to see 4 hand
some outfit, whose owner was leaving
Washington and would sell it at q
bargain.
This is all very well, Edward
Fillmore unused. according TO the pop
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LIBERIA AS AUTO MARKET.

About two years ago four American
automobiles were imported into La
IBERIA for the purpose Of stimulating
road construction. Considerable inter
est was aroused among the people and
government officials, and with better
financial prospects In view for the re-
public, It is believed that In the near
future a comprehensive system OF road
construction viii be begun. This VIII
create a market for American motor
vehicles
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the man to step aside. let the woman
start the door revolving, and then
jump into the compartment behind Ter.
In this way, it is contended, the man
may assume control of the door and
guide it until the woman ahead Of him
is safely out The bitterest rivalry
prevails between the two schools
New York Evening Post.
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nicture shows Children Wading-
burning bush. It is
not really burning but that Is It's
name for it looks so featheTy and like
a fire when the glow is over and when
it is still somewhat bright but rather
smOldering.
"And you will see a row of blue
bells. They are singing TO help along
this picture and their song, If you
will listen to it, is this:
81 We're singing for Mr.. Sun,
We're the blue bells having great nun
For we love to sing our songs OF glad
ness,
Our songs Of happiness, not OF sadness.
We hope you Ike singing with your
picture show
Singing like ours so soft and low"
'FYOu see," said Mr.. Sun, my pic
ture show today has been one of
scenery-like many a picture show IS
I have all kinds. yes, Mr.. Sun has all
kinds Of moving pictures. And you
see one right after the other at my
show just as you do at all shows?'
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lore folding Gig. 81. Fold the strip
along each of the ruled lines, alternate
ly over and under. When all folds
have been made, the strip will appear
as in Fig. 10. To keep the lower ends
of the folds firmly compressed, sew or
paste the folds together.
Cut pair of handles IL inches long,
4 inch wide and Il inch thick, and
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Just TO Know.

What can do for you,
my boy?
Boy-Please, I've called about your
advertisement for a man to retail
canarieS.
Shopkeeper and do you think
you could do the work?
Boy-Oh, no, sir, but only want to
know how the canaries lost their tails.
BOYS Life.
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Five-Minute Chats About
Our Presidents
By JAMES MORGAN
FRANKLIN PIERCE

1soANovember %, Franklin
Pierce born at FIiIIsboro.
N. -.
e2e-53-Member of New Hamp-
shire legislature.
1S33-37-Member OF congress.
1s37-42-United States senator.
1s47-4S-Rrigadier general in the
Mexican war.
1s52-June, nominated by the
Democrats.
1e53-March 4, inauqurated
fourteenth president, aged
siXty-four.
1s54-The Missouri compromise
repealed.
1e56-Pierce defeated for re-
nomination.
1s6s-october g, died, aged six
ty-four.
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Apnrehensive Action-

@How was it Mayme induced her
husband to give up housekeeping and
go to live in a hoteI?'
"She told him she had made ar
rangements to take a course in home
cookery.
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TO nave our snow
along the side of a
lake and over the
lake and some
scenes will be up
on the shore of the
lake"
So all the Sun
Fairies came to the
moving pict ur e
show. Mr.. Sun
likes to be very up
tO-date though he
is such an old, old
fellow, so he has a
moving pict ur e
show, pictures in
which old Mother
Nature and all her
family help take
part, and in which
the Sun Fairies
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a LEADING Clue

what made the prohibition enforce
ment agents suspect = stsid, respect
able elderly women Of having whisky
bottles concealed about herZ'
"Fm sure 1 don't know, unless fk
was her cork screw curis-"
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ETIQUETTE OF REVOLVING DOOR.

The etiquette of the revolving door
has yet to be standardized. At pres
ent there are two schools Of opinion
on the subject. One holds that when
a man and a woman approach re-
volving door it is the Iran's place to
ego first. pushing the door slowly so
as to allow his partner to follow in
the next compartment without any eff
fort on her part. The other contends
that ladies first still holds sway It is
good manners, these theorists say. for
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per of the size shown in Fig. 9, and
along each side edge mark of points
u inch apart from end to end. Rule
lines across the strip, connecting the
points. If you want to decorate the
fan with pasted pictures. do this be
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Perhaps.

'That government official isn't very
Industrious"
'He says he's done a lot Of hard
work in his time"
q s'pOse he means in getting the
job"
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A PRACTICAL FLY TRAP.

Flies breed in hlth-stable refuse.
and decayed vegetable and animal
matter. You can make fytraps for
your home, or build them to sell.
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ana Jap their ends so there will be
ner to receive uprights D. Place the
frame upon a board, and mark out
around it for the outline of top piece
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DADD EYENING
p KN. TALE
| Nf1AY 0AHAN1NO !
Mn BOWER ERl
SUMS MOVING PICTURES

"Fm going TO have an all day NOV
ing picture show today" Mr.. Sun, 'and
I have engaged so many actors and
actresses to take part. We're going
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The largest known snake, the py-
thOn, occurs In the Malay peninsula,
Java, Borneo and Sumatra.
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''Do you believe people move IN
cycies?" ST believe that all who car
get any kind of motor one. do
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overlooking tn e
lake.
at is growing up
fast now and soon
there will be no
clearingI Behind
the clearing you
will see rocks =
there is a fine quar-
~ there from
which builders can
get rocks.
'aThere are Thin
BILE berry bushes
alon G the lake
shore, with their
berries which look
like thimbleS !
"And the next
va3ofnro OhnWC a
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glue the outer folds to them, allowing
L inch to project above the ends Of
the handle sticks Gig. III.
When the glue has dried, the opened
fan will appear as shown in Fig. 8. A
rubber-band slipped over the handle
ends will keep the fan spread open
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Tonight and Saturday, in- < . creasing cloudiness; warmer to- 4 . night in northwestern portion. :. .. . .:..;--......,;-.................-...--..-'' <
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GRADU ATE OPTOMETRISTA "Ggs
HARTON & SMITH

For Sale-A rev cnoice milch cows. Erbacher Bros.-4-1dtf.
 Narcissus bulbs at Panich's Five and Ten Cent Store.-11-1dtf
 See Dunaway & Bradley for real 4state and insurance.-3-4dtf
 We can vuloanze your auto tires, Conway Overland Co.-8-28dtf
 Talk your real estate wants over with Reeves & Burke-4-10dwtf.
 See Cline & Williams for real estate and insurance. Quitman. Ark.-1-29dtf
 Several farms to trade for city property. Reeves & Burke.-10-5dtf
 Rev. E. P. J. Garrott, pastor of the First Baptist church, is spending the day in Little Rock.
 Want to trade city property for a farm not oyer six miles from Con- way. Reeves & Burke.-11-1dtf
 Wanted to Buy-A second hand sewing machine in good condition. Mrs. c. A. Schoggen, phone No. 241. -11-4d3t
 Wanted-Hound dogs; to years old tree dogs. Will be at Steed Wag- onyard, Conway, Friday and Satur- day, November 12 and 13. s. J. Roberts.-dw1t*
 Cleaning, pressing, dying and re- pairing; we have dust and rain proof wagon. We call for and deliver Con- way Cleaning Co.,, 106 West Main St., phone 278.-11-1dtf
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-11-05
RESUME WORK ON
 CENTRAL BUILDING

After several days delay on account of the failure of receiving crushed stone, the work on the Central College dormitory has been resumed by Stew art & Russell, local contractors. A sufficient amount of material has been assembled for putting in the entire foundation of the building and it is expected that this work will be com pleted within the next two or three weeks.
 A large concrete mixer has been put to work, which keeps large crew of men busy. The first run has already been made, and reinforced bars of steel are being laid before the next run. The contractors say conditions are very favorable for pouring rein forced concrete, of which the building will largely be constructed.