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CHAPTER l.-Continued.

yellow cit-i-zens'' His deep-toned
bass doomed up and down the street.
1.-THE time has come for revolt. The
rich and the mighty have ground us
in the dust long enough. We must
turn. We must claim our own. We
are the pro-ducerS-the backbone of
this powerful nation. Who shall con-
troll 1.-THE capitalists or the working
men?"
His voice, deep and sonorous, pro-
nouncing each word very fully and
very distinctly, rang out over the dis
ordered crowd like foghorn cutting
through d misty night.
1t was the old story of noise being
mistaken for wisdom, and it infiamed
his hearers like fire to dry twigs.
Nothing could have more aroused
them. When after several minutes of
thunder and bombast he. brought his
address to a whirlwind close and
bowed and turned to climb down, there
was q rumbling, mumbling, confused
cutlery that arose, one solid roar of
appreciation, and lasted until the Civ
ers thereof were hoarse. He fought
his way through his newly made adj
mirers and returned to the woman,
whom he saw standing in the DOOR
way, waiting for him.
She pulled him inside and stood
with her back against it, looking at
him with shining eyes. 81 want you
to speak for us tonight. Won't you,
please?" She leaned nearer him, rest
ing her hand on his arm, and her eyes
as well as her lips said please" He
felt peculiar impulse to put his arms
around her, and conquered it just in
time. There's a side entrance.
have the open sesame / will tale
you on the platform with me. You
will come, won't you?" Again that
pleading of mouth and eye. She
stepped into the street. "Are you
coming" she called back.
"COming?'-he hurried after her
and took her arm, the better to pro-
tect her from the jostling throng.
''You bet I'm coming. With your"
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The rocket ascends to a point Of rest;
the instant of time when it's limit OF
upward motion is reached. From this
point it descends, hence would have
nothing like the downward velocity
of a meteor. Still the fall would be
sufficient to do damage, and to obviate
this Professor Goddard proposes par
achute which will decrease the veloc-
ity as denser air is reached.
If the parachute is SO large that the
velocity will be decreased greatly
when the denser air is reached, the
descent will be so slow that finding
Of the apparatus will not be so easy
as would be the case with more
rapid descent. For this reason part
of the parachute device must be lost
automatically when the apparatus has
fallen into air of a certain density,
with additional parachute devices rem
dered operative as the rocket nears
the ground. Such devices have not
been fully worked out by Professor
Goddard, but he says they would be
of simple and light construction.
Professor Goddards experiments
show that the time Of ascent Of his
rocket would be remarkably short.
For example, a height of over 23O
miles is reached in less than six and
one-half minutes The reason is, OF
course, that this form of rocket pos
sesses the advantage of the bullet in
attaining a high velocity, with the
added advantage of starting gradually
from rest In fact the motion fulfills
closely the ideal conditions for ex-
tremely rapid transit-namely start
ing from rest with the maximum accel-
Grafton possible, and reversing this
accele ,ation in direction at the middle
of the journey.
The short time of ascent and descent
is. of course, highly advantageous as
regards following the apparatus dur
ing ascent, and recovering it on land
ing. The path can be followed by day
by the election of smoke at intervals,
and at night by flashes. Any distinc-
five feature, as, for example, q long,
black streamer could assist in rem
dering the instruments visible on the
return.
Not since the Germans sprung the
long-distance gun with which they
killed children and women in Paris,
by means of shell fired u miles, has
the world had so spectacular propo-
sition in the field of explosives pre-
scented as that of Professor. Goddard's
rocket. 1t opens fields Of speculative
thought whose limits are not confined
by things terrestrial. What may not
be developments to follow on sending
of earth's material to the moon?
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CHAPTER II.

Smulski'S hall was a vast barnlike
structure of one floor. Every inch of
floor space was occupied by swelter-
ing humanity, and when Fitzhugh rose
to make his address he faced an audi
ence OF fully three thousand. He
walked to the edge of the platform
and stood looking out over that silent
sea of upturned faces, with scarcely
an idea of what he was to say. Yet
he felt a tingling thrill of pleasure
that for a moment was as wine to his
senses. He knew what he could do,
and he exulted in his gift. Many times
before he had moved men with it, but
never SO large q gathering as this.
At the back of the platform, seated
among her comrades" Esther Strom
leaned forward in her chair, her lips
slightly parted, her dark eyes SPAR
king. From that moment until the
close of his address her gaze never
left his face.
Fitzhugh charged into his address.
His voice, very low at first, swelled
fuller and louder and clearer as he
spoke, until its resonant ring thun-
dered and echoed through the man.
moth hall. The crowd became as a
single body with single mind, which
drank in his words thirstily. He
swayed and moved it this way and
that with the apparent ease of the
wind swaying a field of wheat. 1t was
not what he said, for he said nothing
great. but the way he said it that so
stirred his auditors. Those who had
gone before spoke to the mind. He
spoke to the heart.
There was a moments calm before
the storm of applause broke. 1t
roared in upon him, wave upon wave,
and he stood up, smiling and bowling,
to meet it. He was Immediately sur
rounded by q group of men and wom-
en-, who, in their own way, showered
him with congratulations, heaped fiat
fering eulogies upon him.
Turning to greet fresh delegation
who had just Joined the group around
him, he saw Esther standing a short
way off. AS their eyes met she beck
oned him and he went to hec.
"You must let me have him now,''
she said, smiling upon the admirers
who had followed him. "He is my dis
covery, you know, and there are many
things l want to say to him."
Bring him back soon, Esther"
called one of the men-a blotch-
skinned, yellow-haired giant called Nj
kolay. 81 want to give him literature"
She nodded brightly over her Shout
der, and led her captive from the
stage and into an adjacent room. Once
alone with him she seized his hands
and raised her face, eager and radiant,
to his.
81 knew you could do it, knew 1t |!
And there's something else / know"
"Well. let's have it," he said trifle
brusqueIy. what else do you know
about me?"
II know that you can be great
man" She had waXed suddenl, very
earnest ION have it in you. You
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iment. He proposes to aim at the dark
area of our satellite and in the nose
of his rocket place a large charge of
flash powder, which will be ignited by.
impact. The flare of this can be OBJ
served by powerful telescopes on the
earth.
But, remark the skepticai how does
he know at what distance flashes of
magnesium powder can be seen? He
knows, as he knows other details, by
exact experiments and mathematical
calculations based on them. Briefly,
his experiment consisted of exploding
a given quantity of fash powder in a
glass tube, from which the air had
been drawn. The exact quantity was
weighed and measured, and the result
ant flash was observable at, say, two
miles. From this he could figure just
how much would be required to make
light enough On the dark side of the
moon so that it could be noted on the
earth with The proper kind of tele-
scope.
Professor Gcddard's experiments
with flash powder demonstrated that
if the powder were exploded on the
surface of the moon, distant 100000
miles, and 81 telescope of one foot aper-
ture were used-the exit pupil being
not greater than the pupil of the eye
we should need, q mass flash of 2.67
pounds to be just visible, and 1882
pounds or less to be strikingly Wis
ible. The quantity required could, of
course, be much reduced by the en-
ployment of larger telescope. For
example, with an aperture of two feet,
the masses would be reduced to one
fourth of those just given. The use
of such large telescope would, how
ever, limit considerably the possible
number of observers. In all cases,
saws Professor Goddard, the magnifi-
cation should be so low that the entire
lunar disk is in the field of the tele-
| scope.
Another factor is presented in the
form of itinerant meteors. One of
these might come in contact with the
rocket and an expensive experiment
would be shattered. Professor God
dard has looked into the subject of me-
teors and found that the probability
of collision is negligible. Sir Isaac
Newton estimates that the average dis
lance apart of meteOrs is $50 miles, so
that with the vast areas of space it is
fairly safe to conclude that a rocket
travelling 100000 miles Is not likely
i to have IN unpleasant encounter en-
route.
The subject of meteors suggests an
other difficulty in connection with the
rocket as a means of observing the
upper strata of the air. 1t is popu-
larly known that when meteors strike
the earth they do so with such force
as to be imbedded often 16 to 20 feet
in the soil. Should they strike water
or a harder substance than soil, they
are virtually vaporized by the terrible
impact. Now when the observation
rocket comes down from it's lofty
flight, would it not be blasted and
broken, like visiting meteors?
Professor Goddard has devoted
thought to this detail, so there need
! be no worry about the rocket and it's
; freight of scientific instruments. Me-
teors enter the earth's atmosphere at
tremendous speed, which is but little
slowed before terra firma is touched.
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what I stand to win! Because it has
never before been success FULLY done
is no reason why cannot do it,"
He stopped before gray stone
mansion of flamboyant architecture
surrounded by a twenty-foot cast
iron fence, both of which plainly ex-
plotted the idiosyncrasy of some mil
lionaire. One of the lower windows
was raised, and through the shrubbery
he saw Silhouetted therein an elderly
man, white of hair, patrician of as
pect, lean of face, reading q news
paper. Fitzhugh, peering between the
iron rails Of the Brobdingnagian fence
regarded him a minute, walked on a
few PAGES, returned, and watched him
again, not unlike some Indian chief
tain glOating over a helpless captive.
OF a sudden, as one who plunges
into a cold shower on a frosty morn
ing, he laid hold of the mammoth gate.
which seemed to weigh tons, swung it
back on it's huge hinges, walked to
the front door and vigorously worked
the knOcker.
After an appreciate wait the door
was opened. What is it?" inquired
the butler, who in one brief glance
seemed to appraise the callers finan-
cial status and social standing.
"Many things. First the name of
the gentleman who is sitting in the
room to my right engrossed in the
morning news"
"What is your busineSS?"
Answer me first!' ordered Fitz-
hugh sternly, and with such an air of
hauteur and authority that the sa-
pient mental was almost in a panic
for fear he had misjudged his man.
THAT is Mr.. Symington Otis, sir"
81 wish to sec him. Be so good as
to tell him so'
'Who shall I say, sir"
Fitzhugh hesitated moment, and,
like lightning panorama, there
flashed across his mind telegraphic
pictures of myriad hands applauding
him, of the warm-blooded Russian,
whose eyes bespoke her love for him,
of the dark-skinned "reds" voicing
their iconOclastic views. And whim-
steal idea came.
Tell Mr.. OTIS" said he, "that an
emissary of the Cause desires to speak
with him."
The butler, though not understand
ing, was instantly suspicious.
II am afraid" he demurred, with a
firm shake of his head, ''that Mr.. Otis
is very busy and will be unable to
see you"
Fitzhugh thrust his foot Between
the closing door and the wall; and at
that moment Mr.. Otis stepped into the
hall.
swell, Noonan?"
''This man, sir, is trying to force his
way in. am just about to eject him,
SIR"
Fitzhugn laughed merrily. "Oh, no,
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grandfather about it. Having tried in
vain to have the little fellow drink as
much milk as we thought necessary,
his grandfather told him the best
thing to do would be to drink lots of
milk and pretty soon he would grow
big and strong SO he could push the
other boy over. This plan seemed a
good one to my son and he was full
of excitement for few moments. But
all of a sudden he apparently saw
an obstacle to this plan, for he said,
"But what if the other boy drinks
milk, too?"-Exchange.
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Collier Once BattIeship.

An unusual-looking collier is plying
between Cardiff and Genoa at the
present time, says the Pail Mall Ga
zette of London. 1t is no other than
the old battleship Italia, requisitioned
by the Italian government to carry
Welsh coal to it's ports. The Italia
is doing the job effectively, though
very extensively, since she carries
only 1000 tons, 1000 of which she con
sumes herself on her way to italy
She was launched in 1880, and was
then the largest warship in the world
She carried 100 guns, and was able
to steam at the then excessive speed
of 1919 knots. How have the mighty
fallen!
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must take what is yours! You owe it
to YOURSELF"
"Give me your address," said he,
''and I'll come to YOU"
She hUrriedly wrote something on a
slip of paper and handed it to him.
"Come-any time," she told him,
and turned toward the door.
isn't there another way out?" he
asked, OBTAINING her. 81 don't care to
run the gantlet Of that Misunderstanding
brigade again.
She unbolted door at the end of
the room and disclosed a rickety wood
en- staircase leading to back alley
He pressed her hand, murmured q
word about a future meeting and was
gone.
~
On fine spring day the finest prom
enade in Chicago and the loneliest is
the Lake Shore drive. Theoretically
it is the Champs Elysees of the west
ern metropolis; ordinarily it is as
silent, as deserted as an isolated coun-
try road. On this particular morning
it was very attractive and very desc
late. The only sign of life in the ma
bobs' thoroughfare Gf one excerpts the
sparrows) was pennileSs young man.
Under his arm he carried a newspaper
parcel. There was a singular CLINT in
his eyes, a singular expression on his
face, as well there might be, for, in
loss
thing he was contemplating. Subcon-
sciously his thoughts were of the dark
haired Russian woman and an early
sight of her; and it was this, no less
than his inordinate passion for the
theatrical and spectacular, that gave
birth to the eXtravagant notion that
occupied his mind.
"In any event." he told himself, Il
can do no worse than lose. And look
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Aces Up.

Young Lawyer-If your honor
pleases, we will show that appellate
courts have decided on similar plead
ings that wherein plaintiffs witness
had appeared with evidence after hay
ing been subpoenaed duces tecum-
His Honor accustomed to hearing
gamblers in police court)-Wait a
minute there. You say, "deuces take
'em." Well, this court decidedly will
not admit "deuces take 'em." Gener-
ally speaking, it always has been held
that aces beat 'em.
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Crack Drive Off the Tee

Golfers have their differences like
other. sportsmen Up to the present
the question as to the distance or a
crack drive, off the tee, for example
remains unsettled. BY dint OF careful
measurement, it is asserted that 2OO
yards is a very good drive, and that
it is only the crack players who can
cover the $50. Two hundred and fifty
yards is, however. very long dis
tance, and just about twice as far as
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Early Indian Villages

Indian villages east of the Mlssis-
sippi as described and pictured by
early observers, were brought together
by d. /. Bushnell, Jr., in bulletin is
sued by the bureau of American eth
nology Smithsonian institution. Some
of these ancient villages pictured in
the bulletin occupied the very sites of
what are now great cities, among them
New York, Richmond and Montreal.
The types of these Indian habitations
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are shown as described by those who
saw them at the close of the sixteenth
and during subsequent centuries.
These houses reflect the environment
in which their builders lived and the
social conditions of the inhabitants.
Although the walls of the buildings
have disappeared, the village sites can
still be recognized.
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even the deftest of us can throw a
cricket ball. One hundred and forty
yards is the record distance for throw
ing a cricket ball. A competitor in the
Olympic sports has thrown a javelin
Just over 211 feet. With sling a
stone has been thrown more than 300
Yards
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THE QUEENS PAWN.

a Sunday school teacher IN LONDON
IS talking to her class about Solo,
81 and his wisdom.
When the queen OF Sheba came and
jpweis and fine raiment before
on. What did he say?' she asked
girl. who evidently had
v4oe in such matters,
want fer the lot?"
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Proper View of Peace.

Peace is our proper relation to a.
men. There is no reason why, as fan
as we are concerned, we should not
be at peace with everybody. If even
they are not at peace with US. we may
be at peace with them. Let them
look to their own hearts, we have.
only to do with our own. B. Moaey
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WOMEN need SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy
condition. they may cause the other Or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back. headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-.
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle inn
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. T., for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Apa and LITTLE brother fell on n
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"TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Or"

ynopsis.-Typical tramp in APP
pearance, Daniel Randolph t1tz-
hugh, while crossing a Chicago
street, causes the wreck of an auto
whose chauffeur disables it trying
to avoid running him down. In pity
the occupant of the auto, young
girl, saves him from arrest and
gives him a dollar, telling him to
BUY soap, and wash. His sense or
shame is touched, and he improves
his appearance. That night, in
crowd of unemployed and anar-
chists, he meets Esther Strom,
Russian revolutionist.
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Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezone
costs only few cents.

With your fingers! You can lift off
any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be-
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal
luses from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply few
drops upon the corn or callous. In
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift that bothersome corn or cal
lous right off, root and all, without
one bit of pain or soreness. Truly I!
No humbug ADV.
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Tmn Could PLAY at That.

Two Could Play at That.
In Sunday school one day a little
boy ran into my son, pushing him fiat
on the floor. He was most indignant
and when he arrived home he told his
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First Woman Sovereign.

The first woman with sovereign au.
thority was Semiramis, the queen or
Assyria, 2017 Il. Z.
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England drinks more milk than wa
ter.
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Age and a little brother tell on
girl.
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One of the things that go without
saying is speechless amaZement.
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ENCOURAGEMENT authorized
by the Smithsonian Institu-
ton that Prof. Robert III.
Goddard of Clark college
has invented and tested a
new type of multiple-charge,
efficiency rocket of an en-
tirely new design, for ex-
ploring the unknown regions
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W. N. U, Minneapolis. No. 17-'s20
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Service to Expect

Expect from Millers greater service than
from any like-type tire. And 19 times in 20
you will get it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
HOME LIFE.
Cramped Apartment Houses Driving
Out Home Life.

In large cities crowded and cramp-
ed apartment houses are driving out
home life. People do not seem to
care, as in the day time they are
working, and in the evening out at
diversions. The home is largely 4
sleeping place. In small cities and
country towns, there is more home
life as formerly. Yet even there
many people feel that the constant
succession of entertainments destroys
the old time home life.
There is something lacking in a
family when old and young do not
get together constantly for good talk
and intimate association.
Yet one reason why people stayed
at home more in former years, was
that there was nothing doing any
where else. The much Wanted old
time home life frequently consistel
largely in yawning with sleepiness,
and wishing there was something go
ing on.
The quiet evening around the par
lor lamp, when the whole family
gathered in one place for various
pursuits, will probably never return.
People, especially young folks. de-
mand more vigorous pursuits. But If
it is the case people are spending too
much time in entertainments, they
can't be forced to give up such diver
sions by merely negative program.
Singing, gymnastics. competitive
sports and games and other divers
ions that give an outlet to the desire
for vigorous action, will have to be
substituted.
The home circle is the medium
through which one generation passes
on it's standards to the next. The
old time intimate relation ought not
to lapse, even if people have more
outside activities. In a town like
DEBORAH there are many pleasant
diversions, which in a way act as a
competitor to old time home life. But
for all that there are plenty of house
holds here, in which the finest ideals
are nobly maintained.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Cost 80 Cents Bushel to Raise Corn

In Iowa.
Iowa farmers are not making large
profits on their greatest crop, corn.
Last year it cost the average farmer
SO cents to grow a bushel Of corn, ac-
eording to H. B. Munger of the farm
management department of Iowa
State college. To do this the farmer
had to have an average yield of 40
bushels per acre in order to get out
at that cost. To this SO cent cost
must be added the cost of hauling to
market.
These figures are based on stand
ard Iowa conditions" said Mr.. Num-
ger. "We have placed our values in
computing this cost on these figures:
Use of land, $1,000; seed, so; ma
nure 800; labor, 10 hours at 40c,
$3.50; horses, As hours at zoe, So
60; equipment, As hours at sc, So
40; storage and insurance, 80. The
costs are higher than in 1918, but
the increased value of the land
makes a difference"
By the time a farmer stores his
crop and markets it, there is not
very much left to be classed as prifit.