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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
CHAPTER ~.

F Ter Strom lived In one Of those
three-story. painted-brick buildings
fallen upon evil lodging house times,
which look as though they never were
new. For three dollars d week Is
ther rented q basement room. with
light housekeeping privileges, the win
dow ot which came level with the
pavement. To reach this room with
greater facility one descended two
Crumblnc stone steps, passed under
the wooden stairway, and-if one were
a person Il average helghr-stooped
20 enter a misft door found there.
AS the sun rose on the morning fol-
lowing Fitzhugh's escape from the
asylum II found Esther standing out
side that misft door. She had been
there, intermittently, since dawn.
Suddenly Fitzhugh turned the cor
ner. His appearance was not prepOs-
sesslng. His hat was gone, as was
his collar His hair was tOusled and
matted. his face covered with a dark
growth Of beard; his shoes and trou-
sers were caked with mud, and as he
carried his coat under his arm his
shirt was seen 10 be little more
than q rag which chung 10 him damply.
For two days and nights he had
not known sleep, and IN the past FIVE
hours he had tramped three times as
many miles Only a constitution Of
steel could have stood up under this,
but FitZhugh had one. AS he turned
the corner and swung down the street
with vigorous strides he seemed far
from exhaustion.
The moment the woman saw him
all the love and pity and tenderness
OF her emotional nature welled up
In her bosom, and with a little low
cry Of MY boy l"-more maternal
than amorous-she ran 10 meet him.
He took her outstretched hands, and
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Compound and found it a wonderful
remedy. l commenced to pick up at
once and my suffering was relieved. /
have told others about your medicine
and know Of some who have taken it.
| am glad TO help others all | can. -
Mrs. K. E. DEMIEC, 437 w. Lafayette
Ave, Syracuse, n. 7.
While Change of Life is a most crit
ical period Of woman s existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Moreover this reliable remedy con-
tains no narcotics or harmful drugs and
owes its efficiency TO the medicinal ex-
tractives Of the native roots and herbs
which il contains,
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c-APTER uI-ce-;l-sea


Tore ~ insane S0toty SAD
20 w== S-- fc- zLl.s you've Eo-
20 ar l-sz-=- Is yczr oily hore-
ard IL c-z-ry size yoE-re equal %
r. sr11E Z yo- Plead crazy-al1
zrr ard tax ard look crazy Gtu b
easy f0E yoCJ-.r's more man likely
yCuu get q lightly. It's your only
cazIce Absolutely the only one. tn
lot saying It's e ,zt one Or e soft one.
! OILY say lt's Jour only one. 5ood
day
The case occupied uttIe tine The
prisoner was lC.gtgef insane and
committed 70 The D-1I-ng insane asy-
IEm until declared cured Two stall
wart officers, neither of whom was as
muscular Gs Ee, escorted him % the
street
Upon Fitzhugh's arrival ~ Dun.
LllZ be was taken % the superintend-
eut's Office, and there, questioned
about his family, gave the same fcti-
tiOus replies that had satisfied the po-
q
physician. Il was the second time he
had enacted the part Of lunatIc, and
his personation must have been done
with some success, for his disease"
was diagnosed, and he was classified
and assigned to a ward. After the
customary routine OF bathing and
donning the regulation garb he had
leisure to sit down and plan his
escape. This seemed so ridiculously
simple that he almost regretted there
need be nothing spectacular about H.,
that there was no necessity for over
towering a guard or breaking bars. or
for any other kind OF herolcs.
While entering the grounds he had
kept his eyes open, with the result
that he had a rough mental picture OF
Dunn!ug's topography, and after the
FIRST night he was positive he would
be free before the dawn Of anothe-
day
he lay awake until broad daylight.
hoping the next night would be "a
cloudy one, listening 10 the unearthIv
sounds that came at intervals from
the violent wards-and thinking. think.
ing He thought mostly OF the future
and the more he thought Of It the
more wide awake ne became. SIeep
was out Of the question.
Before noon that day came Esther.
She had brought him a basket OF ed.
ibles, and as she placed II on a table
beside him he detected IN her manner
a disquieting suggestion Of constraint.
But her first words were commonplace
enough.
How are youf" she asked.
"Oh, about as well as | look, l sup
pose"
u never saw you looking better,
she admiringly observed.
you must remember you haven't
seen me very often" he reminded her
LET me see-is It twenty or twenty.
five days since We first saw each
OtherT" He laughed and started 70
remove the napkin from the basket OF
food.
With a quick movement her hand
flashed out and seized his. She glanced
swiftly around.
Don't open it till you're sure no
.bOdy's looking"
He vas not slow to surmise that a
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
The way OF a maid.
CTO BE CoNTINUEDJ
"HaIf.Mast High"

Everyone knows when he sees a flag
flown at half-mast that II is a sign Of
mourning, but few have any idea how
the custom originated. II arises from
the old naval rule that the sign Of sub
mission was the lowering Of the flag
by the vanquished.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

had no appetite and
had fainting spells.
| suffered for two
or three years be-
fore | began taking
Lydia Z. Pinkham 3
We ge ia Bile Com
pound and the Liver
Pills which / saw ad-
vertised d in the
papers and in your
little books. / took
about twelve bottles
of vO1Jr Vepetabla
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

The Magistrate-Whats the charge
against his man, officer?
The Air Cop-He was speeding in a
bigh-po. racing plane and ran down
e chIld's goplane.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
His Status.

Il knew a man once who ate
ten-pound turkey with trimmings on
a bet"
He must have been a man Of con-
suming ambition"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

Bu-rows-By the way. what was the
denomination of that bin you loaned
me-
Lenders-Eplscopallan, I imagine
Il Keeps Lent so well.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
Not Guilty

Colonel Southerland-Wen, Rastus,
did the judge ind you guilty Of steal
ing chicEeusF
Ras-us-No, sub, colonel; l was re-
leased yn spiciOn.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
chnice of Ahod.s-

4 gotta have q place 10 live
y understand said the real estate
man. "and maybe I can FIX you up.
Now. which would you prefer, q port.
able shed r q tentE1
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There IS
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALL5SC Z CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an intamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inhamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness IS the
duced and this tube restored to its nor
nal condition hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases OF Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an intiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case OF catarrhal deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All druggists 70 Circulars free
r J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
Showing It,

"Bibbs Is a live wire"
Il know he is. He touched me
for ten dollars this morning and | was
shocked"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

"He was much affected when I made
him loan. When I looked at him
his face was working"
Yes, that IS the way he saves his
hands"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
Cautious.

POST say, old man, will you join
our Big Brother club?
Parker-Let's see the girl I'm TO be
fraternal 10 irst.-Judge.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
The Menu.

"She certainly has a way of talking
you down with cold sarcasm"
Yes; q course. of tongue. as il
were, served with chilly sauce"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
Professional DUTY.

"Why did you leave the dentist yoI
have been going to so long7"
Il found he was getting on my
nerves"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

--
holding then wt-e arzrl smiled az tie
a-L.=-y ID 1z- face
-A- ] C- t-s3 w-s delayed
---,= s- th= s-Er--
-A-- gr- --.sat q. The way she
"a -- ET--T
No ran ser ~ ne Tay-ihe
--s- r--- be ------- = --s empty
rccss-s 7 couldn't ve-y vel ride
b. e-.et -rT.y.
tn s---y should have gwen
Tc--
Hs = v-rl~7-L -No, yea
shouldn't. b iz-=--- pied
le- --s- . ready 90 drop. Your
--e- 2t-s- has te=- waiting tc- an
----- t-- / =I-ec-=. g-- earlier, and
E--E -r--- starving
II ts- basement room 49, which,
.1---1 c-=zE.y t--- she'd vas spr;-
=ssE cl=1--sL= -.-= hin 50 down
T-= sic warned -T=- his t-=a1fls-
20 he -------. stove When 1= had
s-- --= neal t' me .-S- drop ana
----- q sa- --cs I'D his s-rl' z1--oa-k
----r --- -=-- through his cca- poc2-
=-S Is s=s- -s--L ne stared
'----E a. ne moist ---1 O. tlclcco
-- his palm Sl= sl---< -1. rl- 20
--1-1a--- and IL s=-11- was back
7-1 p-cLa-= - smoking tobacco
ard G BOOK o. cigarette papers
------- -- % .s>- -----. she said
s-ly. A-s" .-- "c--- "10t %
scz=
de- fo-e1 aI1 ----e- cigarette
tc-z 1=1Tg --------o1 ana SEM me
-A- s.----@ -=- % men
- rs DE- -=- ~ -A7- =4-'-'
--1- o@-@a-l Ms -L-cz- .@'-1.acA oio~s
-' ne s-airg-eg~- woman s.-l-ls op
lrS--e lA De -=-' % io'e lOE L-f'
--- =1a-----7 TO --7P -o' "'' :
'--==c a. l-s L=--- ne Oe=~H u U
.--
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t9-1 tIe -1Hl.aiE' s-7 -l'
'@'-1 N---9-I .o'z-lz q. nm ---@' -
--a. !c- we're II 1-1-H@i.
NO great harm n mat, nope. Be
s--eS tL@r= IS sort q ta1--g feSe-A'
~---ce- A-.l c=I-l-l-g nave d NJ.
--.--- =- .--l.e l'9--eIiy 'o's -o' ~,
S-= became s-ieL- ne. uli :
72--l=- LaH-s '=-aA-a neI -.
lECopec- A-;eF feW clllo nom ;
she r-FIeq away ana opelel oO'l
.eacing into clrz hall -" olid you
Ike 70 20 70 your room nov heF
79-ee sounded sliri'iess- Il sn'"
ycu the way
He followed her down the snpter-
ranean passage 70 naTro" sta-F"a!
a. the rear, up which they cImoed
four flights. His room was al the reaf
q the top floor. There was out one
window. which gave upon an aiiey ana
commanded a me vie" Of q DTlcE wall.
de raised II ana leaning olt 10 ouuu
The corniee OF the house was less than
SIX feet above the SILL
4 may need that some time" he
remarked, turning back TO Esther.
I'll get the lay Of the roof tonight
She had apparently forgotten her
depression, for she was all tenderness
now and, apologizing for the baroness
. Of bis abode. she left the room.
After locking the door Fitzhugh
stripped TO the skin, hung his damp
. garments out Of the window in the
hope that q chance ray Of sunshine
might discover them and curled up on
the bed, which was never intended
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True.

"Pa, what's a scientific salesmanT"
"A scientific salesman is a fellow
who knows when to quit annoying
you"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

Louisiana has 10 registered women
statlsticians, which exceeds the record
of any other state.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
Cross Examination.
MlSANTHROPIC.

The lawyer 10 the witness clings
With questions deftly wrought,
And makes him say a lot OF things
He never knew he thought.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10
PAINTING AND
DIZZY SPELLS
The Cause Of such Symptoms
and Remedy Told in This
Letter.

Syracuse, N y" When COM
nenced the Change Of Life was poorly,
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

Occasionally a thin woman has the
art Of not showing IT,
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-06-10

The case occupied little tine. The
Prisoner was lCGdged insane and
committed 20 The D-1L-Ig insane asy-
lIn unit. declared cured. Two stall
warr officers, neither u whom was ss
muscular as he, escorted him 20 the
street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

(COrs5lSUED TOMORROW
fcopvvf0ht, 1867, oy Bell syndicats)
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-06
SNAKES CAUSE

tsSe~.spsper Enterprise Assoeiatscn-)
COLUMBUS. o., Dec o. rive DIG
snakes-all OF EN- desd-thNv =
ueighborhood here into q panic Ihsy
didn't know the snakes we're dend
CARLISLE Richards. Who called the
cons. says when he leaked 10 The
street frst there was only one dead
snake. He thinks the others canas
along and seeing their dead eomrade-
died OF grief One of the snakes vas
six feet long and one RATHER ~ifh
Eve ratfles.
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10 This. This nat,,rai drIr1~sy -.
be used sixteen hosrs eyerx das .s,ss
Of the twenty four. The climate here
Is exceedingly heaithfu1 ana dursn~
my residence here for the past ~
years have failed to know Of con
tagious diseases. such a. smailpex
diphtharia. measles. scarlet fever ana
other such ordinary ailments found
in other localities. prevailing hers tn
any extent. 1t Is seldom ever that
case Of any OF these is ever known
here
The tourist winter season here l.
longer than elsewhere in Florida and
our hotels stay open longer as a re-
suit Our property here Is very much
cheaper than at either Palm BENCH
or Miami and the climate i more
pleasing to the visitor. The only vea
son We do not have mora northern
people locate here for the winter ana
buy q place for a winter or wear
around hcme is that the demand is
more than the supply-thev are moi
IN able to hay Just what they want
This condition could be overcome ana
should be by those who have money
and wish TO make more money. Build
and sell. even il the price does seem
high, as good profit can be made
By any investor who will 80 invest
his money in this locality. II | Mad
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-19

porter often has to pay a heavy fine,
imposed by his country.
RULES are very strict in nearly all
of the South American countries, and
after the importer has to pay fine
on his goods several times, he decides
that he will not purchase more goods
of Americans because they do not re-
spect his wishes.
"Often these wishes are trivial, and
seem ridiculous to the American ex-
porter, but if he realized how trans
porta ton facilities in some of the
countries are so bad that the mer-
chant has to make a five-day trip on
mule to get his goods to his place Of
business, they would not pack their
material in 200-pound boxes when the
South American importer ordered
them packed in 100-pound boxes.
v. S. Capital Must Step In.
at is time for American capital to
step in with aid in establishing light
ing power, railroads, water works and
other public utilities. Approximately
nine-tenths of these utilities are now
financed by English capital.
"One of the best things being done
in those countries by Americans is the
establishing of chambers of commerce.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-19
Cambridge CITY.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.-The fu-
neral of Charles Derrickson, 40 years
old, who died of pneumonia at his
nome on East Church street, Friday,
May IA, was held at the Baptist church
sunday afternoon at 2. Harry Comp
ton OF Dublin, officiated. Charles Der
rlckson was born in Richmond, Ind,
OCT. IL, 1879. He was married to Miss
Mary Ann Muslin Dec. 9, 1912, who
preceded him in death some three
years ago To this union were born
TWO children, one daughter, Ruth, and
one son Cecil. Mr.. Derrickson was a
member of good standing of the Loyal
Order of Moose. He was a resident of
Wayne county all his life. He was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-19

These are organized and maintained
by American business men, and the
work is being done without compensa-
tion."
Mr.. Nicholson told of the difference
in education and general civilized con-
ditions, between the northern and
southern countries. In the north the
streets, hotels, and average communi-
ties are very unsanitary.
The opposite is true in the southern
part of South America. There, the
best and most modern equipments and
methods are practiced. 1t was his
opinion that Brazil was one. of the
furthest advanced countries.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-19
VOCATIONAL REPORT
MADE OF The CITY
SCHOOLS BY M'C0MB

Progress and results Of the voca.
tional department Of public schools of
Richmond are shown in the annual re-
port which H. G.. McComb, vocational
head, has sent to the vocational de-
partment Of schools at Indianapolis.
McComb came here in September,
1919, and since then has caused Rich
mond to assume a leading part in
vocational education of the country.
His work has been divided into two
groups, part time or continuation
classes, and vocational machine shop
work.
In regard to the former, the report
says the first step was to have the
school board enforce the compulsory
school law for children between IA
and 16 years old. Therefore all work
permits issued last fall contained the
clause that the children spend four
hours a week in school.
employers had to be interviewed
and the situation explained said the
report. Cordial responses were re-
ceived at the factories. The attitude
of the boys and girls was less cordial.
Any mention of public school brought
out the fact that most of the child
rem had quit not because of economic
necessity, but because of some real
or fancied grievance against the
school authorities. This prejudice had
to be overcome.
Assurance was given that the work
would be tied as closely as possible
to the industry in which they were en-
gagged. A program to include arith-
metic, benchwork, and plays and
games was planned.
1t was soon found that there was
another group from the metal working
trades and these boys were given
some forging, blueprint reading, ana
wood turning. BY this time the group
had grown so that it seemed advis-
able to re-divide it. A third teacher
was engaged and arithmetic, English
and letter writing added.
The girls presented a problem of
different sort. They were employed
mainly in two glove factories. In one
of these there was room set aside
for a general recreation room and the
manager offered this for the school
work. A course was planned in Wh1cn
the three RS" were emphasized. TO
this was added simple hygiene ana
citizenship. Later the girls from
second glove factory were olSdhiAou
into two groups and meetings planned
in the regular high school building.
Once a week these girls had the use
of the gymnasium. In every possible
way they were given to understand
that the complete facilities of the pub
lie schools were for them.
During the year of 1918 and 1919
fine high school machine shop had
been equipped. Four vocational ma
chine shop boys reported for work on
the opening of school. With an aver
age of 400 boys in the school, this
seemed a ridiculously small number.
With some advertising among some
dissatisfied boys both among the
school and in the industry several
other boys were added to the list.
At the opening of the second SEM
ester two groups of vocational boys
were formed and one group of high
school boys. There are now 30 boys
in the shop and full time instructor
has been secured. These boys work
IS hours each week in the machine
shop and IS hours divided between
English, shop mathematics and me-
chanical drawing.