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worth ten or fifteen, we wouldn't feel
very guilty about selling 1t to personal
acquaintances at eight or nine, would
We? Why not-when we know for a
certainty that IL ought to go up to fif
teen? They'd bless us for it,
"But the main point; the staggering
thing about 1t, is"
as that If the public gets ten or fif-
teen per cent dividends" said billiard,
cor buys at ten and sells few dollars
higher It thinks It's lucky; and in the
meantime, the underwriters make any
thing up to thousand per cent, aud
get 1t in a few months. And I've
known some of these syndicates to
turn over in a few days"
"Oh, / want TO do 1t! !" said Angela
ecstatically. ~ want to do It'll Dad
Let's be a syndicate and go out to
Montana until It's ox@st Come on !
Let's!" Hllliard laughed Chce:ZNlily at
her.
an this particular case" he efid,
"the syndicate's about half formed.
Nothing final, but It's pending. And II
is good-so good that 1 doubt If any
layman could break into It with cold
chisel." Again, he excused himself on
the ground of salesman's license. But
that's the fundamental, Mr.. Cullen
that's how the thing is done, and that's
how the public carries the whole bur-
den of financing, and doesn't know
it."
'ge assumed an attitude of easy I'M
concern. Angela, her breath coming
rapidly, was regarding him with awe
struck eyes. Mr.. Cullen, his mouth
drawn to a perfectly straight line, was
gazing spellbound at the orderly array
Of figures on the envelope.
"And this-is a genuine miner he
managed presently.
"In my opinion, it's a very wonder
full prospect" said billiard, and he be-
Iieved every word of that solemn state
ment.
Mr.. Cullen folded the envelope. and
then suddenly, as though too cautious
TO betray his profound absorption
(Which he had been betraying frankly
for at least twenty minutes), tossed 10
back to Hilliard.
"When you've got a syndicate that'i
let me in for say, thirty cents" he
said, with elaborate humor, "just pass
along the good word, will your"
81 never try to do business with my
friends" said billiard, with the most
delicate touch of reproof.
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unwatering and timbcrlng and develop
ing the old shaft-so that II wasn't
all bull luck. not by any means. And
l claim that the romance and the
drama and the excitement is I'm the
combination of business sense with
that wonderful possibility Of accident.
You don't go in at random; you use
your best judgment, and expect about
ten per cent on your money-and It's
the chance Of getting thousand per
cent that keeps the game alive. Some
men don't even get the ten !.
mighty few ever get the thousand.
I'm satisfied. and more than satisfied
that the gods have been good TO me,
and put me somewhere in between"
II suppose for the people on the in
SIDE" said Mr.. Cullen. "a mining prop
osition Is Just as safe and buslnessllke
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there's \ huge pront for N. Inn
there?"
"But suppose there's never . divi.
dend?
Don't we know there will bel
Didn't l say we control the board OF
directors?"
But suppose you can't find brokers
to-"
Hilliard gesticuIated broadly.
"Why. as a matter Of fact. we don't
care very much If we don't! That's
the commoner method. and that's the
way TO get our money back almost at
once, and then play on velvet. But II
Instead OF working through brokers',
we were willing to tie up our capital
n little longer, we'd make considerably
more money in the long run. as you
can plainly see. We'd advance our
hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
wait until dividends could he declared,
and then get the stock listed on the
curb and begin TO feed it out TO the
public through a fiscal agency. Thered
be twice as much in 1t for us, but we
wouldn't be in that perfectly delight.
full position of owning lot OF valuable
stock which literally hadn't cost us
anything. Or, OF course. we could offer
some Of TIE shares 10 our personal
friends st 3 fair price, and reimburse
ourselves that way. Knowing that it's
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-04-29
DEWS OF EVE
No More Gentle Than
"CaScarets" for the
Liver, Bowels

1t is just as needless as ii is danger
Gus to take violent or nasty cathartics.
Nature provides no shock absorbers for
your liver and bowels against calomel,
harsh pills, sickening oil and salts.
Cascarets give quick relief without in
jury from Constipation, Biliousness, In.
digestion, Gases and Sick Headache.
Cascarets work while you sleep, remov-
ing the toxins, poisons and sour, in
digestible waste without gripping or in
convenience. Cascarets regulate by
strengthening the bowel muscles. They
cost so little tco.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-04-29
DOESN'T need ANY
LAXATIVES NOW
Mr.. Becker says life is Joy, without
constipation or stomach
trouble.

81 had catarrh OF the stomach and head
for three years My stomach was so bad
that every time | ate anything sweet,
such as fruit or pastry, the burning hot
water would run out of my mouth. L
took a laxative every night
''Since taking Mks Emulsion my low
els move regularly. l have now taken
ten bottles and have gained loh pounds.
All my friends remark how fine l am
looking, and 1t seems a pleasure to live
again, without stomach trouble. Bert
Becker. Miami, Ohio
Physics usually make slaves out of
their users. and weaken the bowels in
stead of correcting them Stomach trouble
in many cases is directly due to consti-
patton.
Milks Emulsion is n pleasant, nucritive
food and corrective medicine. 1t re-
stores healthy, natural bowel action. do
ing away with all need of pills and phys
les. 1t promotes appetite and quickly
puts the digestive organs in shape to as
simulate food. AS a builder of flesh ana
strength AIiks Emulsion is strongly rec
commended to those whom sickness has
weakened and is a powerful aid in re-
sisting and repairing the effects of vast
ing diseases. Chronic stomach trouble
and constipation are promptly relieved
usually I'm one day.
This is the only solid emulsion made.
and so palatable that II is eaten with a
spoon like ice cream Truly wonderful
for weak, sickly children.
No matter how severe your case, you
are urged to try Milks Emulsion under
this guarantee-Take six bottles home
with you. use 1t according to directions,
and IL not satisfied with the results your
money will be promptly refunded. Price
Coo and $120 per bottle. The Milks Emul-
sion Co, Terre Haute, Ind. Sold by drug
gists everywhere.-Adv
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Doesn't hurt bit! Drop n little
Freezone on an aching corn, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
1t right out. Yes, magic No humbug !
A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but
few cents at any drug store, but Is
sufficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
and the calluses, without soreness or
irritation.
Freezone is the sensational dis
covery of a Cincinnati genius. 1t is
wonderful.-Adv.
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rralta OF the Grizzly.

The grizzly rarely hibernates, prefer
ring TO prowl the forests In the winter
months. He Is meat eater, as well
as being fond of honey, roots and eggs,
and usually kills his own food. Two
cubs come to the mother bear in hen
den among the rocks, and she is In
sanely courageous In defense OF then
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-04-29
GETTING RICH QUICK.

Syropsis.-Dick Morgan OF SYRIA
cuse. n. Y, failure in life, enlist
cd In the Foreign Legion of the
French army under the name OF
Henry Hilliard, is disigured by
sh-apnel. The French surgeons
ask for photograph to gui0e Them
In restoring his face. In his rage
against life he offers in derision i
picture postcard bearing the radi-
ant face OF Christ. The surgeons
do a good job. On his way back TO
America he meets Martin Har-
mon. a New York broker. The
result is that Morgan. under the
name OF billiard and unrecognized
as Morgan. goes back 10 Syracuse
to sell a mining stock. He is de-
termined to make good. He tells
people OF the death OF Morgan. He
fnda in Angela Cullen a loyal de-
fender OF Dick Morgan. He meets
Carol Dsrant, who had refused to
marry him She does not hesitate
to tell him that she had loved Nor
gan. Hilliard finds he still loves
her and is tempted to confess.
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81 The Man
81 Nobody Knew


fountain, which in his moments OF
complacence had all the attributes of
geyser for him, was suddenly a
feeble faucet, and the tidy lawn was
no more seductive than window-box.
'"The up-to-date schoolbooks," said
Hilliard laughing, shave a good many
changes In them. The West OF the
early eighties is all gone. the atmos-
phere is all gone, the old-style miners
are all gone; YOU used to see some pic
turesque sights even ten years ago, but
nowadays you best realize how the in
dustry has changed when you see a
couple of pals hunting for work in an
auto drive up to q camp, ask for "a
job, get IL. park the auto, take the
tools out of the delivery body on be-
hind, and pitch in. And you can i'm
agine the other changes that accom-
pany that one. OF course. that's eS-
pecially typical OF Arizona, but we get
II in Montana. too. I'm not saying that
the color has gone out entirely. be
cause il hasn't. but in the old days the
West was the West, and now it's NOV
ing East as fast as ii conveniently can.
so that If you want TO get the pure
spirit of 1t, as ii is today, you'll have
To go down to Wall street. That's
where 1t lives"
'Mining-minnC mused Mr.. Gull
len. Sounds adventurous Just TO say
it," He gazed at the fountain.
"And no industry Is less understood
even by intelligent men. Mr.. Cullen.
AS matter of fact, the public doesn't
even understand most of the common
est terms. The buying public doesn't
even know what it is buying. That's
why it's so easy TO sell worthless
stock"
"Oh, Mr. Hilliard!"
"For instance" he said. 81 spoke Of
certain number Of tons in sight, and
that's one of the very commonest ex-
pressions in a fake prospectus. ] sup
pose you know you couldn't see it,
don't you?'
'Why, no" said Mr.. Cullen, blank
ly. Couldn't II"
"You might actually see few thou
sand dollars worth"
why" said Angela, supposedly. 81
thought it stuck right out on the walls!
In gobs And you knocked il off with
q pickax! And shoveled 1T up!"
mot, exactly that" said billiard
kindly. Sometimes you go at an ore
body with steam shovels, and other
times you don't. But when you remem-
Der that three or four pounds of cop
per to every hundred pounds of rock
means very handsome profit. If your
costs aren't excessive, you have some
idea of how little you could knock off
a wall. No-yoI tear down the whole
mass. You go at it wholesale"
"What / meant by romance" said
Mr.. Cullen, ''wasn't necessarily luck.
And besides, this yarn you've just told
us doesn't illustrate what call a
business proposition. What I'm try
ing to get at is that you've got an &C.
cupation that isn't a cut-and-dried one
like the average. There's breadth to
it-vision. There's drama. There's
the outdoor side TO It. There's"
Don't forget" Hllliard warned him,
that 1 purposely gave you that Illus
tration, and l think you've missed the
moral. II was a business proposition.
My friends bought the mine for the
values they knew were there. They'd
have made money If they'd gone ahead
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SpiIlino the Beans

"Now that you have your divorce, l
suppose you have no further use for
Reno?"
"On the contrary" said the beautiful
actress" ! love Reno and propose to
make my permanent home here"
And then her mother had to bawl
does the next train leave Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
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The Mysterious Fascination.

81 don't approve of some of these
popular songs" remarked the severe
person.
You don't have to pay any atten-
tlon TO those you disapprOvo"
"Oh, yes. l do. That's the worst
of it. They are the very ones that
keep rnnning throngh my hcad."
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A lonely man in his home
town.
CTo BE CONTINUED
"Giveu and Get"

The two little words give" and
"get" sum up the differing creeds Of
earth and the ambitions OF mankind.
Those who are eager to bestow, TO en-
rich the world around them, to bless
to help, TO upllft. constitute the one
class. The other crowd grasps every
thing for self, only its own.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-04-29
To Have a clear Sweet sL,n

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, If any, with Cutlcura ONT
ment, then battle with Cutlcura Soap.
and hot water. Rinse. dry gently and
dust on little Cuticura Talcum to
leave fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Ady.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-04-29
The Real Term.

II wrote up those athletic achieve
ments from some magazine foot.
notes."
81 should call them feat notes"
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The wise man may be likcned to n
tree that bends but never changes
its base.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-29
A%LDUQUERQUE MAN
KNOWS HARDING
Attended Same Church
and Voted in Same Pre-
cinct 80 Years

james A. Butler. sos North Fourth
street, who came her recently from
Marion Ohio. has nothing but praise
for Senator Warren q. Harding, pres
identiai candidate on the Republican
Ticket near whom he has lived for
80 years
Harding Is a fine man" he said
last night 'if he hadn't been he
Wouldn't have been elected. ! have
voted with him in the same precinct
for 80 years"
Mr.. Butter was for ~ years cap
tain OF the Marion fire department.
He attended the same Baptist church
with senator Harding in which he says
Harding rs an active worker. for a
long time being one OF the church
trustees.
senator Harding he said IS q
splendid speaker. He is often called
upon TO speak at gatherings In M
home town and through his paper
the star, and In other ways he ma
always been a booster for Marion.
In size and looks he " hks
his mother. He nj his wife are
ESPECIALLY fond OF horseback ridini
| and before the days Of the automo'
bile, were often seen going out 10
rcther ON horseback. Mr.. Hardini
also Is a great lover OF golf"
Mr.. Butter expressed regret tina
he could not be back In Marion q
| attend the reception given Harding
I Mr.. Butlor has q large picture OF on
| republican candidate hanging on III
wall IN his room.
Afr. Harding rs a fine man" HI
said. sunf he IN very popular"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-29
A NERVOUS WRECK
From Three Years Sulfsrins. SaYs
Cardui Made Her Well. "

Texas City, Tez.-ln an interesting
statement, Mrs. O. H. Schiil, Of this town,
says. "Fos three years ! suffered untold
agony with my head. was unable 10
do any Of my work.
| Just wanted 10 sleep all the time, fos
that was th- only ease ! could get. when
| was asleep. Ibecame a nervous wreck
lust from the avid suffering with ny
head.
was so nervous that g.s least nolss
would make me Jump OFT Of my bed.
had no energy, and was unable 10 do
anything. Ny son. a eoung boy. had 10
DO all my household duties.
was not abic 10 do anything until
took caniui. took three bottles In ~,
and Il surely cured me Of those awful
headaches. That has been three years
ago, and ! know The cure Is permanent.
for ! have never had any headache since
liking cardui. :.
Nothing relieved nj untl | took csrdpi,
Il did wonders for me-"
Try Csrdul iUr your troubles-ma1s
kom medicinal i~nefsdienh recommends
m medical books as being Of benefit j.
iemzil Itcaties, and 20 yetfgoi use hi
proven that he bcoks are right. Berr
hkAag casdni today. Nceis'
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-29
ALLOWS HOME BREW
ERHLFPERCER
Revenue Ruling Applies
Only to Beverages Con-
sumed in Domiciles

WASHINGTON, July 20. The
timid housewife who has been maxi
Ing ralsin wine and other home brews
with n eye on the brewing jar and
the other on the front door in fear
thnt u prohibition enforcement offi-
Ger might appear. iced have no fur
Their quains. The Internal Revenue
bureau rendered a decision today
which practically lifts the ban on
home breWs for home consumption"
which may contaln more thar one-
half per cent. OF alchol.
Nevertheless. the home brews must
be Notwithstanding. The Internal
Revenue bureau holds that "nor-in.
toxicating' ns iuid down In the Vol
stead act means Misunderstanding An
tact aud Indicates thereby that some
drinks mat contain more than the
prescribed one-half OF 1 per cent,
while they may cheer, will not In
ebriase.
cider and fruit Juices. Nothing Is
said about home-brewed beers.
Home made cider may be sold TO any
person having n permit to inanufac-
ture vinegar and IL In also provided
that homemade cider and fruit
Juices may be sold.
The declalon suggests an effort TO
make a practical application OF the
so-called moist plank contained in
the first draft OF the democratic
national platform. his draft was
prepared by senasor Carter Glass,
chairman OF the committee on reso-
utions, which prepared the platform
adopted. IL declared In part that the
party was opposed to "vexatious in
vasion OF the privacy of the home
In prohibition enforcement law.
The ruling announced today Is ex-
poctcd to raise anew the question OF
how much alcohol must be contained
In q home brew to give n 'kick'.
The text OF the decision follows;
section 20 OF Title III. of the Nat
ional Prohibition act provides that
the penalties imposed in the act
ngainst the manufacture OF liquor
without n permit shall not apply to a
person for manufacturing non-intox-
icatlng cider and fruit juices exclus-
lively for use in his home, but sucf
cider and fruit juices shall not be
sold or delivered except to persons
having permits. to manufacture
vinegar.
The bureaus Interpretation OF the
foregoing provision is as follows:
Any person may without permit and
without giving bond, manufacture
Notwithstanding cider and fruit
juices, and In so doing he may take
his apples or fruits TO n custom mil
and have them made into cider and
fruit juices. After such non-intoxi-
eating cider and fruit juices are
made. they must be used exclusively
in the home and when 80 used, the
phrase Notwithstanding ear non
intoxicating In fact. and not neces-
sarily less than one-nalf OF I per cent
OF alcohol. as provided In Section I OF
Title II. Of the said act.
or. IL the person making such
cider and fruit juices desires to do so
he may % sell such cider IND fruit
juices at any time to persons having
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-29


permits to make vinegar: this he may
DO under the provisions OF said Sec
tion 20; (a) II he preserves such
cider and fruit juices at the time
they are made, he may sell same TO
the public In general: this he may do
under the provision OF Section A. OF
Title II. OF said act; CD or he may
sell said cider and other fruit juices
80 long as they contain less than one
half OF / per cent OF alchol; this he
may do under the provisions OF Sec
lions 1 and .. OF Title II. Of anid act.
"The cider in the home may be al
lowed to turn TO vinegar IL the owner
desires, provided he adds no sugar or
other fermentabie Substance 20 the
cider or fruit juices TO increase the
alcoholic contents thereof, inamuch
na such practice is held to constitute
n mash tit for dlatlllation within the
provisions OF section 32S2. revised
statutes; he may sell said vinegar to
any one Who may desire 10 purchase
&; this he may do under the pro-
visions OF Section 4 OF Title II. OF
said act.
This regulation In not intended TO
cover the commercial use Of cider
and fruit juices. but merely the use OF
the same ms applied to the home and
ns provision ii made In Section 20 OF
gitle IT. OF said act.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-29

RENO. New, July 29.-On appii-
cation OF the First National Bank OF
pointed receiver OF the. Union Land
and Cattle company by Judge Earring
ton OF the United States district court
at Carson City. The petition reoited
thnt the corporation yves the bank
100000 and that the land company
has debts totaiiinE approximately
four million dollars.
The Union Land and Cattle company
owns n hundred Thousand acres 81
land In Nevada and Is engaged in
wool and livestock growing. Neces-
sify OF permitting the corporation TO
market Its products and To prevent
other Attachments arc given as cas-
ons for the ~recivership.
The officers of the company held
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almost daily together. They were
generally side By side. each Watching
the other like a cat watches a mouse.
They had reached the stage Of
rivalry, when friendship shades into
jealousy. ITS heart-breaking." said
Miss Boyle. Its simply awful" said
Miss Bieibtrey.
When one sprinted the other sprint
ed. when one slowed up the other
also slackened up her pace.
Miss Boyle, until recently, won
most Of their dual C In the water.
In the final race In the olympic
trials Charlotte Injured her ankle on
leaving the board and was unable TO
finish.
Both will 20 TO Antwerp-teacher
and pupil. II will take faster mer-
maids to bent them than the record
books show they have in foreign
oceans. ~.
minneapolis Special
Almost as interesting is the case Of
Miss Betty Grimes, one OF Americas
high divers who has been selected for
the oiympiad.
Betty Is a Minneapolis girl. There
Is no dive too hazardous for her to
attempt. One OF her favorite stunts
Is what she calls a minneapolis
Special" It's full Of loops and
grace.
When she first attempted to leave a
spring board she hit the water flat
and was Knocked unconscious. Her
grit ruled ovor her feelings. She
didn't quilt.
Now she holds all northwestern
swimming records for women and
has added the national high diving
championship to her long list OF rec
ords.
These water nymphs aren't 30 very
delicate. Miss Boyle Is the heaviest
with her 1b6 pounds. Miss Grimes In
next with lac. while Miss Bleibtrey's
weight Is l36.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-29

~ ~ XII q ~ W =
PLANS WRESTLING
AND BOXING BOUTS
The Veterans Of Foreign
Wars to Put on
Contests

Wrestllne ard boxing bouts are 70
fesfufa futnfe meetings Of the Vet
grams Of fotei1n WarH. n n decision
o. the member made at a meeting
IN the Chamber OF commerce build
ms last night II put into practice.
n wes Announced at the meeting
that 20 new members were added 20
the roll during the last w1ek o. the
drive which the organizations II oon-
Quoting for members. A committee
o. three wac named to arrange for a
dance. Mr.. Longley, n member OF
he advisory COMMITTEES vas the prin-
cipnl speaker AZ the meeting. Re-
Treatments were served.
Overseas men desiring to Join the
organisation ara directed TO address
X. F McVay. sfo North Second
street.