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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-09-16
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IRWIN MYERS IS

phone. The other men were unsuccess-
full in their attempt to detain the nus
band2s The friend began a race with
the husband to reach the house. I'm
luckily for him. the cab he took not
only was pulled by the faster horse.
but, he being conscious that it was
race and the husband being uncon-
scious of it, his driver had reasons
given him for speed
1t was unfortunate for the friend
because there was q tragedy later, and
he was its victim. He arrived in time
to warn the lover. The lady, appalled,
by the appearance Of the lover, aghast
to consider that she had been thought
SO unworthy as to attract these atten-
tions, and suffering from confusion
which blunted her judgment, had not
called her servants, but had endeav-
ored with a dignity consciously self
compromised to assert her self-respect
and recall her lovers reason.
In turmoil of abaSing. emotions she
was engaged in this effort of self-con-
NtrOl and assertion of dignity when the
friend destroyed all composure by his
announcement. The lover went in
stantly out of window. The friend,
having his own dignity of innocence.
would not compromise his self-respect
in this fashion. The husband arrived
upon a scene which could not be ex-
planned. His wife, in spite of her eff
forts at control, was in hysteria. The
friends presence was inexplicable.
Arrangements were made to- satisfy
honor. The friend was killed in a fasl1e
ion satisfactory to the police and who'll
~ satisfactory to the outraged hus-
band.
There wars the situation: an innocent
man dead, wrOnged husband salts
fed. the wife absolved by the romantic.
lying statement of the man who sacri-
feed himself, that in the transaction he
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BAD RISK
TO KEEP SICK
Insurance COMMANDS Won't Take
a Man Who Suffers Continually
From Stomach or Liver
Troubles.

. Acworth, Gave have used
Black-Draught in our family for years,
and can say. / never have found a
liver medicine that could equal it,"
writes Mrs. ]. A. Wildwood, of this
place. sit is fine for indigestion.
headache and sour stomach" she con.
tinues.
81 use it for the family, and Ger.
tainIy feel it has saved me a lot Of
money.
81 am glad to recommend Black
Draught, and am sure If others would
use it they would be as glad as I've
BEEN"
Thousands of families keep Thed-
ford's Black-Draught in the house all
the time, for use at the first sign of
Indigestion, constipation, collie. colds
and fever, thereby preventing illnesses
that might develop seriously.
When you notice that you are bill
ieus, have d bad taste in the mouth,
coated tongue, offensive breath, or If
you are dizzy at times, restless, SLEEP
poorly-do not neglect your liver. 1t
is calling for prompt treatment. Use
Thedford's Black-Draught. It's merit
is widely acclaimed from long, salts.
factory use.
Your druggist sells Black-Draught.
ADV
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ALcoTT's STORY.

SYNOPSIS. - DR.. John Nicholson.
inst beginning his career, becomes
rosident physician and companion
If Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
~, sidney is an American, semi
;~va1i5 old and rich. and very de-
.iro,1s TO live. Mrs. Sidney is a
snanish woman. dignitied and reti-
oant led. the butler, acts like a
privileged member of the family.
hartley house is fine old Isolated
country place, with murder story,
"haunted pool" and many watch
does and an atmosphere of mys-
+orv The haunted pool" is where
Richard Dobson, son OF q former
owner of Hartley house, had killed
his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed
bagins operations by locking the
doctor in his room the very first
night, Doctor John fixes his door
60 he can't be locked in. He meets
Isobel daughter of the house, and
falls in love at first sight. In the
night he finds the butler drunk and
holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist.
He interferes Mrs. Sidney makes
light of it. John buys a revolver.
John overhears Jed telling Mrs.
Sidney he will have his way. In
reply she says she will not hesitate
70 kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John
To consent to the announcement Of
his gagement to 1soDel. The
Young people consent to the make
believe engagement. Later they
find it is to head off jed, who
would marry Isobel. Jed tries to
kill John. but the matter is
smoothed over. John, though ZEN
gagged" to Isobel, conceals his love.
Mr.. Sidney visits a nearby prison
and has Dobson, the murderer,
pointed out Jed tells the story OF
the Dobson murder. The family go
south for the winter and John is
lonesome.
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Some people like the town without
doing very much to make the town
like them.
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'sYou knew that man and YOU
. wanted to kill Tin"
fTO BE c. INTINUED.)
Don't Read When Drowsy.

To read or st Idly when tired OF
drowsy is to strain the eyes to a dan.
gerous degree, w ties W.. M. Carhart
in Public HeaIt D. Avoid evening
study whenever ossible. If you are
using your eyes Ky artificial light. be
sure the light doex not, shine directly
into the eyes, and wy TO have it CONS
from behind land to Me left 81 lie 50
to avoid the harmful glare.
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had been presumptueus and the wife
entirely guiltless-and the guilty lover
gone scot-free. But the servant knew.
Tremendous possibilities in this. Alcott
thought.
Then Alcott went to other stories. AS
he drank more, he made them personal.
I felt sick. It was outrageous for my
recollection to emphasize his merely
incidental remark:
"It might have been Montevideo."
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Sinn of ProsneritY.

$50 you regard the advance in rail-
road rates as sign of prosperity,
"Assuredly," answered Mr.. Dustin
'Stax. ga public that can afford to
meet the new charges, cannot possibly.
be other than prosperous"
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of.LittIe Use.

OF Little Use.
"The lady amt got no. old clothes
to spare, but she offers us an old
grass rug"
''It will be of but little use to me.
I'm no Hawaiian dancer"
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California Syrup. of Figs"
Child's Best Laxative

Accept California" Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most
harmless physic for the little stomach,
liver and bowels. Children love its
fruity taste. Full directions on eacL
bottle. You must say california" p
Adv
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WANT MORE BIRTHS

years, cost France 2,272,735 loss OF
population.
The statistics. made into striking
pictures to illustrate their effect on
the nation, industry and war danger
are being used In vigorous campaign,
by the national alliance, for the IN
crease of the French population. This
campaign is being conducted by letters
to members of parliament, posters,
magazine, the Woman and the Child
and through the many socially and
politically powerful persons interested
In the movement.
The plainest sorts of truth are told
the French about the decreasing birth
rate. The national alliance and gov
ernment officials hold that family
should have three or more children.
To encourage such families, govern
ment allowances of 60 to 200 francs
year are granted for each child after
the second, under thirteen years.
The alliance asks also for leglsla-
tion to provide for the construction OF
cheap attractive homes available only
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WHAT PEEvED THE RECRUIT
Little Discussion He Had With Cor
poraI Left Him Disguised With
Relief From Guard Duty.

A couple of recruits of the latest
vintage, who had enlisted in the hope
of being sent TO the Rhine, were dis
cusing the pros and cons of army life.
at amt SO bad" confided one. Most
of it is all right, but it's that blasted
relief from guard duty that gets me"
"Relief from guard dutyl" ejaculat-
ed the other ''AIan, you're cuckoo
There's nothing to being relieved from
guard duty. It's being on guard duty
that's hell"
NO" maintained the first. ITS the
relief. Why, the other day they put
me on guard for two hours, and it
wasn't bad at all just standing round
and watching the rest of 'em drilling
and knowing that 1 didn't have TO do
it myself, but then when the time for
relief came the corporal came up and
gave me the devil"
"What for?"
'.Nothing. Nothing at all. l just
couldn't remember where I'd left my
rifle"
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available to care for the sick. In
consequence the percentage of deaths
is now enormous, Czechowitz says.
Usually Follows War.
Such an epidemic as the present one
almost inevitably follows a period OF
war in central Europe. 1t is to be at
tributed to insufficient food supplies.
weakening the resistance of the peo-
ple, and to lack Of clothing, frequently
making cleanliness difficult even for
the moderately well-to-do and impos-
sible for the poor.
A common assertion is that typhus
is as great menace to social quiet
as bolshevism. But competent observ-
ers here do not believe this. The peo-
ple of this part of the world, they
argue, have come through centuries
to accept the peril of typhus as an I'M
escapable concomitant Of life. Ger
tainly from Poles one hears little out
cry at present conditions; 1t is only
those who have known Western civil
izatfon who are shocked by the spread
and yirulence of the disease.
The Polish cabinet has reached no
decision on the proposal to quaran-
tine the country and 1t is hoped that
suspension Of the railroad service Tor
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LOOK AT ASPIRIN
II the name "Bayer" is on tablets,
you can get relief with
out fear.

When the Bayer Company intro
1uced Aspirin over eighteen years ago,
physicians soon proved it marvellous
help in relieving Rheumatism, Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia. Earache, Tooth.
ache, Lumbago, Neuritis, Aching
Joints, and Pain in general.
To get this same genuine, world
famous Aspirin, you must ask for
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" marked
with the "Bayer Cross" You will find
safe and proper directions in every
unbroken package.
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost
only few cents. Druggists also sell
larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is
the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
Of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylic-
acid.-Adv.
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Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney OF bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's 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 con-
dition. they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous. irrita-
BILE and may be despondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
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HARDLY PAID FOR ExERTI0N
Small Sum Collected From Burglar
Didn't Recompense John for
His Disturbed Repose.

The clock struck the hour of three.
The wife rose on one elbow and lis
tened. Then she nudged her side part
ner.
John" she whispered, there's a
burglar downstairs"
1.-THE deuce there is" exclaimed
John, Jumping out of bed "Ill show
him."
He crept downstairs. There was the
sound of a crash, a revolver shot and
the sullen thud of men engaged in
mortal combat. Then window
smashed and all was still. The terri
fed wife turned on the light and hur-
ried into the hall.
"John !" she called timorously.
"All right, my dear" called John. II
found him. All he had was 60 cents"
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CHINESE SHOOT RUSS

"Such horrible stories were being
told in Europe about these chinese
that I thought 1t worth my while to
learn more about them. AS Joke. l
asked everyone who asked my opinion
of the bolsheviki to show me some
real man-killing Chinese but always
was told they couldn't produce any
Just now because they had all gone to
the Denikine front.
T was told the Chinese, If COM
manded by their own officers were ex-
cellent soldiers, but they ran like hares
If their officers were killed. Execu-
tions are now very rare in Moscow,
but In August, when thousands of
counter-revolutionari were slaugh-
tered, 1t was carried out by the Chi
nese because the authorities feared
the Russian soldiers would refuse to
do the work.
1.-THE Chinese do this work indiffer-
ently-like they do all other work they
are ordered to perform. They are
blind. conscienceless tools in the hands
of the men who feed them and pay
them and who raised them from the
position Of coolies in which they came
to Russia to the rank of soldier, of
the guards.
"If the 'boltsjak' (his name for boil
shevik) orders something, the Chinese
does 1t, and he does 1t in his typically
practical way. He first makes the VIC
tim dig his own grave and then shoots
him with his revolver. He is not cruel
about 1t, just practical.
.'When boltsjak says kill, then he
kills with an unperturbed face. And
when boltsjak says. You may stop
now,' with the same cool face he lets
his victim 60"
The correspondent after some weeks
In Russia left when he was refused
permission to make Investigations
freely as he pleased
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Photo taken in New York shows
Sari, the Virgin of Stamboul," said
to be the most beautiful girl in Tur-
key, and heiress to $100,0OO,0O0, who
was discovered in New York by Sheik
Ben Mohammed, brother of the emir
of Hedjaz, who sent him on the search.
1t is said that the pretty Sari arrived
here with an American army officer
some months ago. The two worked
their way from Marsellles. After a
period the officer took to flight and
she took to dishwashing, later selling
flowers on the city streets.
However alPs well now. She Is
staying at leading hotel and won't
have to wash dishes any more. she
will return home with the sheik. 1t
Is said her mother and father died OF
grief over her disappearance. Sar1 is
said to be afffanced to the emir and
upon return to Turkey will probably
be plc ced under his Jurisdiction.
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ITALY MAKES OYSTERS SAFE
Removes Impurities by Keeping Them
In SterfIized Sea Water for
Week.

Washington.-An italian company
has perfected process for removing
impurities from oysters, according to
n report to the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce.
On being taken from beds along the
Venetian coast the oysters are shipped
to Rome, the shells carefully washed
and thrown into great tanks filed with
sterilized sea water. The tanks are
constantly replenished and the flowing
water has been found TO wash all i'm
purities from the oysters which, after
weeks treatment" are shipped to
the retailers.
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two weeks, because of the coal crisis,
NAV have a favorable effect upon the
typhus situation, which could never
have attained the proportions it has
II travel had been supervised and re-
stricted q month ago.
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France Is Stirred to Urge Larger
Families.
Government Names Board to Warn
Nation Of Danger Of
Dying Out

paris.-France is at last arousing It
cole to the danger of dying out.
The privately conducted, uphill fight
FOR a higher birthrate has been taken
over by the government through the
creation of higher council of natal
stv This council of 80, appointed BY
II L. Breton, minister of hygiene, was
asked to act Immediately.
Mr.. Breton, father of five children
A. known as strong friend Of large
Families. Three others of the new cab
inet are advocates of measures to in.
crease the French birth rate
War cost France roughly 100000
lives. A low birth rate, during the war
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regular, do not suffer the pains ! used
to, keep house and do all my work. /
recommend your medicine to all who
suffer as did and you may use my let
ELL, Harrington, Me.
There are many women who suffer as
Mrs. Mitchell did and who are being bene-
fited by this great medicine every day.
It has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing
down feeling, indigestion, and nervous
prostration.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs. It is made from extracts of
roots and herbs and is safe medium
for women. If you need special advice
write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential), Lynn, Mass.
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ILL WITH
DEADLY TYPHUS
Assert Ancient Tribes
Did Much lrrigating

Albuquerque, N. M.-That
prehistoric peoples Of New Mex
leo did a good deal Of irrigat-
ing is indicated by the remains
of canals and bitches found In
the state, as well as in other
parts Of the Southwest, accord
ing to 81. F. Robinson. head OF
the Indian irrigation bureau
here.
The remains Of 217 miles Of
bitches built by the Pueblo In
dians alone are to be found, and
there are evidences Of elaborate
water systems at the Salt River
valley In Arizona.
These bitches were all dug by
hand, according to Mr.. Robin
son, and clay banks and beds
were constructed where the way
lay over sandy plain, while the
method of blasting through
rocks was to heat the rocks,
crack them with large stones
and remove them from the way.
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You Can't Rub 1t Away;
Rheumatism is in the Blood

matism until you cleanse your
blood Of the germs that cause the
disease. s. S. s. has never had an
equal as blood purifier and scores
of sufferers say that it has cleanseG
their blood of Rheumatism, and ie-
moved all trace of the disease from
their system.
Get a bottle of s s. s., and get
on the right treatment to-day. Spe-
cial medical advice free. Address
Medical Director, Ill Swift Lab
oratorY. Atlanta, Ga.
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Three Great Men.

1 was making a speech at a banquet
md in the course of my remarks said:
America has produced only three
great men-Washington, Lincoln and
I, myself" Loud laughter drowned
The rest of my remarks. l had intend
I'd to say, think Theodore Roosevelt"
But the laughter got my goat and l
had to sit down without saying any,
hing more.-Exchange
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TO large families, establishment of
"supersalarIes" in industries to heads
of such families. preference in govern
ment employment, the plural vote, CIV
ing the father as many votes as there
are persons in the family, and zeal
war. on birth CONTROL" known here
as Neo- o-Malthusianism.
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Her Meaning.

Il heard that pretty little woman
say the other day that she was going
to do her best to make her Billy's
life perfectly happy. She must be
very much in love with her husband"
"That wasn't her husband she was
talking about; it was her pet poodle"
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Where =?

Less than an hour from New York
there is little New Jersey town
where church congregation has
plunged very deeply into modern re-
ligious thought and tendencies. Just
how deeply anyone driving by their
little white wooden building can tell
from the sign hanging by its door;
"Where do you spend Sundayf
Around the fire?"
where will you spend eternity7
Surrounded by fire."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-04-09
Don't Forget cutIcura raIeum

When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume, rem
dering other perfumes superfuous.
You may rely on it because one Of the
Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and
Talcum). 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-04-09
Wood Alcohol Always Injurious.

Wood alcohol may cause blindness
not only when taken as a beverage
but by absorption through the skin, in
the case of the use of such articles
as hair tonics containing the posion.
1t may also produce the same effect
by way of lungs when inhaled from
varnishes, etc.
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Don't Dodue Dog Tax.

Falmouth. Ky.-This county boasts
100 per cent dog tax record. There's
not a stray dog in the county and the
1SS persons listed as delinquent came
across quickly when threatened with
loss of their hounds.
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Captives Are Shot to Death With
RevoIvers.
First Make Victims Dig Graves, Then
Execute Them for the
BoIshevIki.

Amsterdam.-The correspondent OF
the Handelsblad, who recently re-
turned from a trip in soviet Russia,
gives the following account of his IN
vestigations of the activities OF the
Chinese employed there by the boil
sheviki as executioners.
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Awkward.

Speaking of names, we heard the
other day of man named William
Arrimee, and every time he told it
to a woman she took it for a proposal.
Exchange.
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Liniments Will Never Cure.

If you are afflicted with Rheu-
matism, why waste time with lini-
ments, lotions and other local appli-
cations that never did cure Rheu-
matism, and never will?
Do not try to rub the pain away.
Try the sensible plan of finding the
cause Of the pain, and 60 after
that. Remove the cause, and you
remove the pain.
You will never be rid Of Rheu-
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Nerves All Unstruns
. But Doan's Made Life Again Worth
Living" Says Mrs. Harris

Il was in excellent health until my
kidneys weakened" says Mrs. y. a.
Kansas. "The kidney secretions burned
like fire and passed SO often l couldn't
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10 n d such . bear
In d 0 wn feel
ing that ! could not
stand on my feet.
] also had other dis
tressing symptoms.
At times ] had to
give up work. I
tried q number Of
remedies but Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound d did
me more good than
anything else. ] am
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-04-09

get a moments
rest. Ny back
ached and for days
at a time / was
confined to bed,
fairly tortured
with the sharp
pains. l couldn't
stoop without fair
ly screaming with
misery
l lost strength
and weight and
was so weak l be-
G a m e a nervous
wre C k. Head
,cbos and dizZi-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-04-09

Nowadays most any man would like
to meet woman who could drive him
to strong drink.
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SICK WOMEN
/ HEAR NE
You Can Be Free from Pain
a. l Am, If You Do a. | Did.

Harrington, Me.-"I suffered with
backache, pains through my hips
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ness added to my distress: My sight
blurred; limbs, hands and face were
swollen and puffy sacs came under my
ewes. / lost hope Of being well again.
Finally neighbor brought me boz
of Doan's Kidney Pills, and later
cot several boxes. My troubles began
to lessen and soon ! could sleep al
night and wake up refreshed and happy
and life was again worth living. l am
now strong, healthy woman nnn,,, anu owe
nv health and happiness TO Dod"S'
Stoorn to before me.
7 K DEARDORFF, Notary Public
Ces Dosn's n Any Store. 60c Boz
|DOAN'S h,n pinLs
POSTER .MIrBuRN CO.. BUFFALO. N. ..