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HOUSE VOTES MONEY
 FOR SEED DISTRIBUTION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (by Asso- ciated Press) The house has favor ably acted on an appropriation of $306,000 for the free distribution of seeds by members of congress, which is $12O,0OO more than the appropria- ton for the current fiscal year.
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SUSPECTED "SHADOW"
 ARRESTED AT SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Jan. 26 (by Associated Press).-George Billings, alias Joe Brady, wanted in Portland in connea- tion with thr3ateE:ng letter signed Shadow" sent to prominent business men of that city, was arrested here yesterday on a warrant charging lar ceny from a dwelling.
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CANADA MAKES RULES AID OIL PRODUCTION IN
 NORTHWEST TERRITORY

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 26--An order in council has been passed suspend ing the regulations regarding petro leum and natural gas in the North west Territory, in view of the recent discoveries of oil near Fort Norman, which the government considers of national significance.
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WILSON RECOMMENDS
 MAIL SERVICE IN AIR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (by Asso. ciated Press).-In special message to congress, President Wilson recom- mended the continuance of the aerial mail service. The postal appr0pria- tion bill recently passed made no provision for such service.
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Salmon Market Not GSlutt@d
Mayor Wants More Policemen to Stop Seattle Crime Waue
THIRTY THOUSAND IN
 LOOT SECURED FROM
 OHIO JEWELRY HOUSE

TOLEDO, O., Jan. 26 (by Associ- ated Press) s).-Four bandits entered jewelry store here yesterday, bound the proprietor and customers hand and foot, and escaped in an automo- bile with jewels worth more than $30,OOO.
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''STANCLER" LEWIS
 DOWNS EARL PADDOCK

NEW YORK, Jan, 26 (by Associated Press). - "Strangler" Lewis threw Carl Caddock, former champion, in an hour and thirty-four minutes, success fully defending his title as world champion. He used the heel and hip lock.
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TO USE GUILLOTINE ON GERMAN CONVICTED OF
 MURDERING AMERICAN

COBLENz, Una. 26 (by Associated Press). A German court has sen. fenced Colbert Mains, German cit. izen, to be guillotined for the murder of an American soldier last April. It was alleged that he killed the soldier with his own pistol and robbed him.
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GRAIN WAREHOUSE
 BURNED IN OREGON

PENDLETON, Ore, Jan. 26 (by As sociated Press).-Fire of an undeter- mined original destroyed the Pilot Rock Elevator Company's warehouse, containing 100000 bushels of grain and several carloads of mill feed. The loss is placed at $14O,OOO.
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FORMER POSTMASTER
 OF SPOKANE DEAD

SPOKANE, Jan. 26 (by Associated Piess).-W. F. Edris, postmaster at Spokane from 1909 to 1914 and re- gently manager of the Spokane Flour Mills, died yesterday at Priest RiveG, Idaho. A message was received here last night containing the news of his death.
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RESIGNS
 IN DEEPEST DISGUST

VIENNA, Jan. 26 (by Associated Press). Henry Inman American member of the commission appointed to liquidate the Austro-Hungarian bank, has resigned and is going home. He is quoted as saying he quit because of the dilatory methods of the repar- ations commission in Paris.
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AUSTRIAN PROBLEMS
 NOT GOING TO LEAGUE

PARIS, Jan. 26 (by Associated Press). An unsuccessful attempt was made by the allied supreme coun- cil to turn the Austrian problem over to the League of Nations.
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SENATE PASSES BILL
 REGULATING PACKERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (by Asso- ciated Press) 1.-The senate has passed the bill proposing federal regulation of meat packers and other livestock marketing agencies. The vote on the measure was 46 to 33.
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LATOUCHE POSTOFFICE
 ON PRESIDENTIAL GRADE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (by Asso- ciated Press) 1.-The postoffice at La touche, Alaska, has been raised to the presidential grade, effective Jan uary l, the salary being $1,20O per annum.
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SIX KILLED AND MANY
 INJURED IN EXPLOSION

OELSNITZ, SaXony, Jan. 26 (by As sociated Press) An explosion of fire damp here yesterday caused the death of five or six miners. Forty others were injured.
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POISONED SPINACH
 CAUSES TWO DEATHS

GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 26 (by -Asso- ciated Press) Two persons are dead, three dieing and several others in a critical condition as result of eating preserved spinach
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seemed satisfied with his WORK, and
she said nothing.
Good night he said at last, and
she never knew what a longing he
had TO kiss her there under the moon
light.
Cissy could not sleep well that night
in her hot little room under the caves;
she saw him again. tall, brown OF
face, hardy, with big muscles--as the
man who works out of doors
She was to think of him great
many other nights, with an aching
heart and a deep happiness and
burning fear that all this was to end
with the summer. For as day followed
day she saw Dan Willard and walked
with him under the stnrs and talked
with him on her own white piazza
sweet with the climbing honeysuckle.
The summer was ending and Dan
Willard knew that now he would have
to tell the truth. He could never
marry this little farmers daughter
for skilled as she was in the ways OF
the farm country she could never fit
In with the duties and essentials Of
his own life. SO he decided. Then
he went to say good-by.
"Cissy, I'm going home tomorrow"
he said and he saw her face whiten
and grow strained. 81 wonder II you'd
kiss me Tor good-by?"
She did not answer, but she did not
turn her face away. When he held
her In his arms he said quickly. II
came TO say good-by. dear, but can'ti
In spite OF everything I want you to
marry me, II you will?"
He thought he heard her sob and
he knew she trembled in his arms.
"Oh, Clssy, Will your
She lifted her face to him mutely.
Then holding her hand tightly In
his, he told her the truth. ats going
TO be a different life. and hard one
to learn all over. but I'll try TO help
I'm an instructor I'm a fresh water
college and life In college town will
be pretty hard to get used to. just
came out here this summer. as I al
ways do, TO work on a farm-it's my
fun and I'm not farmland, as you
thought NIL along"
"Oh, Dan," the girl whispered, "and
you're willing to marry me, a little
girl who only knows enough to bring
the cows home from pasture-and-"
''If you'll have me-"
I'm afraid you'll be marrying me
under false pretense then. for I'm
school teacher In the city," she whls-
pered. 81 wanted to come out and
live on a farm-just TO try III"
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Illustrated BY
lrwinMye,.s

witness the arrival of trespassers from
a strange world. Gray and brown
faces stared up at Lexington. In them
furtive malice showed
Some OF the people wore sandals,
but most were barefoot, and not every
man showed queue. Faces at lattlced
windows were heavily yelled. Children
ran about naked and screaming. Old
men, large of frame but failing and
spent, stood over their sticks and gaped
In ugly amazemehs. The common
dwellings were close packed under the
fortifications, while the palace was set
further within, wide lawn separating
II from all else. Three white foun-
tains were jetting, and the grass was
spread with yellow-sun-diamonds A
whlte-faced monkey grew frightened
at the approach of the company, and
leapt from the rim of the nearest pool
to. the silver stem of fountain, and
clung there, watching with haunted
eyes the tattered, uncouth men behind
the warriors.
Here along n marble curb, a canopled
litter approached from the palace. Its
six bearers came gliding swiftly. The
curtains were satin. embroidered In a
design Of pearls, and the pole was
ringed with silver. The crowd gave
way before 1t. The black runners were
clad in short white tunics and satin
turbans. As 1t came opposite, the car
riers halted. and likewise the horse
men and captives. The curtains were
parted heavily.
Con could not for a moment look
down into the litter, but he heard the
voice, and shlvered. The leader of the
riders raised his Land in salutatlon,
and 1t was clear that his reply to the
voice was one of contrary opinion. A
momentary silence followed this dis
agreement. The people held still.
Then the litter and the horsemen re-
sumed their opposite course. AS the
white curtains were being drawn. Lev
ington forced an instant of vision into
his swollen eyes, and saw, reclining
beneath a soft white robe, the eminent
parsonage Chez Ming.
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GL0RlFIED IN WARS ANNALS
Drummer Boys Have We'd With Vic
torious Commanders In Having
Place in Histcry's Pages.

The most thrilling tales Of the little
drummers come from NGpoleon's cam
paigns.
On the retreat from Russia. when
grown men died by the hundreds from
the ravages OF the cold and the Cos
sacks, goodly number of drums were
strung along back of the gruesome
path Of the fleeing Frenchmen. In the
rear guard, which was commanded by
the gallant Marshal Ney, was clipper
drummer bog OF about twelve years.
The constant fighting and burden of
keeping the human wolves OF the rear
of the army was terrific, and only the
inspired drumming of the boy and his
childish Long live Francelr saved
them from succumbing time after time.
During n brave stand. or when Ney
halted his men and turned back upon
their tormentors, young France would
sound the charge with such shatter-
Ing roll Of enthusiasm that the grena-
diers waded back through the snow
and scattered the Cossacks like chaff.
Turning to flee to the refuge of the
main body. some stalwart would throw
the boy astride of his shoulders and
bear him off the field
From this point of vantage the drum
mer would beat the retreat and shout
back street gamin eplthets at the Rus
SLAMS. When they came to river he
was not at & loss for crossing. Sim
ply mounting his drum and padding.
he went across In comfort
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Nature'al Mathods.

Natures methods we say, are
blind, haphazard;' the wind blows
where II listeth, and the seeds fall
where the winds and waters carry
them; the frosts blight this section
and spare not; the rains flood the
country In the West and the drought
burns up vegetation In the East. And
yet we survive and. prosper. Nature
averages up wen, I'VE see nothing
like purpose or will in her total
scheme OF things, yet inside her hit
and-miss methods, her storms and tor
nadoes and earthquakes and dlstem-
pers, we see fundamental benefac-
tion. If II Is not goodwill, il amounts
10 the same thing. .. Our fathers saw
special providences. but we see only
unchangeable laws. Nature has no
art, no architecture, no music. Her
temples, as the poets tell us, are the
woods, her harps the branches OF the
trees, her minstrels the birds and In
sects, her gardens the fields and way
sides--all safe comparisons for pur-
poses of literature. but not for pur-
poses OF science.-Iohn Burroughs In
the Atlantic Monthly.
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81 have died" he whispered to him
self. 81 should have done II sooner"
Something In the oil made him forget
Andrew March. They wound him In
silken cloth. loosely, after which
they clapped their hands twice. Two
braway negroes shuffled to the edge
of the bath. and laid Lexington upon
a pallet, which they raised as high as
their thick shining shoulders. The
white man sighed as he was borne
along corridor, up a series of stone
steps TO a wide balcony which was
open to the Skies A third negro now
advanced, picked him up in his arms,
and carried him to covered bed
against the wall. Just within door,
The pillow was cool to Cons cheek.
He fell asleep.
mild green glow in his face waken-
ed him. He glanced up at the figured
green curtain enclosing his bed,
stretched himself slowly, full length,
then turned over and slept again.
Upon his reawakening. the curtains
were drawn back. A familiar head
was near, and n new smell! brought
the fact that Con was being shaved.
He had glimpse OF the razor, a
straight broad blade shaped like key
In the yellow hand. He dozed through
this performance.
"What time is it?" he inquired.
at is near sunset" said a voice, also
In English, and only then did Con
realize that he should not have ex-
pected II. Chez Ming stood near, hav-
ing noted the tonsorial process to its
finish. He bowed slightly and the
folds of his white robe fell away from
the narrow bosom. There was some
thing strange about being so near him
again.
Thanks" said Con. "T appreciate
all the attention; but I don't under.
stand It."
81 do not understand" replied the
Chinese.
But somebody must"
at Is the will of our princess" Chez
Ming said with quiet hostility.
Does she wear gray, and rider"
when the yellow man had nodded
Con said: "Then please convey to her
my gratitude. Or show me how car
tell her myself. 1t seems you are sort
Of prime minister here"
Chez Ming answered coldly: ~
have the honor to be known as Will
at this court"
Lexington made his gravest gestur,
of respect.
"And where Is my friend March 2
he asked.
Chez Ming did not choose to hear
and simply walked away. Con fingered
a perfect effect of barbering upon hi
smooth. hard chin. Again the servan
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CHAPTER VII
The Blend Of Tau kuan.

They were not consigned to jail.
Such Asiatic courtesy as they were
shown was traceable to the spoken
command of the gray rider at the top
of the ravine road
But it would not have greatly mat
tered TO Con If they had run him
through with their lances. His limbs
were dead with fatigue, his nervous
system deranged by thirst. He had
scarcely mental surface upon which
TO receive the wonder of these faces
about him, the walls and twisted
cornices, the red blocks of desert
quarry. Andrew March was in a fever.
Lexington found that his friend had
grown strange to him, as II In America
he had never glimpsed the true March.
Tne companionable, big-hearted man of
fifty was gone, with the substitution
OF gaunt, dark person, of no land
or period living ghost of the Gobi,
product of sands and barren hills only,
the sun, cruel winds, and utter wilder
ness. Con did not know this Andrew
March who was silent and glitter-eyed.
But the pain of the knowledge was
dulled like everything else.
"Might / have a drink 2" he asked of
the nearest, as his eyes closed again.
The coolness of fountain spray was in
his nostrils, hurting him curiously. and
the ineffable sweet smell Of green sod
was release like death itself.
They lifted him from his horse. He
saw for moment many low archways
and sheltered walks. The stone flag
ging was like cold knives under his
bruised feet. The hands Of those who
led him were strong as iron. The
tinkle of water sounded near in the
pleasant gloom, and Lexington grinned
at the torture, until a white cup was
held 20 his lips. Startled, he opened
his eyes; and then came the half
dark again at the touch of water upon
his tongue. His sigh was a groan, and
he swooned.
The last sunlight reached In through
a high window, falling golden across
a bath Of clear water, level with the
stone floor. A censer had been light
ed, and Its soft fumes went to Cons
head like wine. They had reused him.
Big hands were placing him infant-wlse
upon the shallow steps Of the bath, in
the sun-warmed water. Lexington
drew breath that seemed to have no
end.
A purple curtain was drawn across
the high window, taking all save a
mellow glow of light from the pool.
They bathed his body from head TO
to foot. He relaxed In their arms,
having neither power nor inclination
to resist. Presently he was placed
upon mat, and rubbed. He found
he could use his eyes, and almost
trust them. Only two of the captors
remained, and these were of n differ
ent caste, clad In short white jackets
and snug trousers, nothing OF the war
rior about them. Their heads were
shaven-yellow men, and aged, their
hands very skillful upon the human
structure.
The oil was delicately aromatic
cedar, cinnamon. and the grape, but
family mingled. Levington's body was
glowing; his legs ached with superb
satisfaction.
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came. now bearing folds of soft white
cloth, his purpose to swathe the white
stranger in IL. A mysterious winding
began, too complex to follow. Padded
sandals were placed beside the couch,
and a satin turban built up In intricate
laminations upon Leyington's head,
Tartar fashion. In the attendants
eyes was kind of patient. evil humor.
The balcony was more properly a
fiat roof, leading out from the apart
ment. The western sun shone into the
rooms, Frightening every color OF
woven silk. There was second divan
in the inner chamber. obviously not
for masculine use, rose-tinted, yielding
to the touch like new fleece. A
tapestry OF astronomical device, lilac
and silver, covered one wall Of this
room. Above the outer doorway was
sheathed huge iridescent sword with
craven hllt. Standing beneath II, Con
looked out across the roof upon the
valley of many fields. squared Off neat
ly as far as he could see To the
north were vineyards and fiocks of
sheep. The sun was lowering beyond
this world, sending back a food OF
orange radiance. Lexington raised a
thin white goblet to his lips, and
drank Of cold water.
A messenger prostrated himself
across the sunny threshold, then arose.
standing erect before the prisoner
guest, and showing his smooth stupid
gray face, muscular neck, animal eyes.
and thick ears. Con fumbled In his
white garments for pocket, for
coin.
The slave wished him to follow, and,
without being able to inquire what
might be expected Of him, the white
man obeyed, down rock stairway TO
the courtyard, onward amid the arches
and low stone fences, beyond another
fountain He wondered where March
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CHAPTER VI-Continued.

A maze OF hoofs tangled about him,
but through this clear voice sound
ed-and again. The gray figure, the
sentinel, was standing up in the stir
rups, with right arm upraised, and the
clear call of command was repeated.
Swordthrusts were halted, and the mad
horsemen reared back in obedience to
an imperious gesture.
circle widened around the two
white men. The wild horses stood
trembling and disappointed. A further
command came from the person whose
face was again hidden by the left
forearm upralsed, and who now spur
red away out Of sight. A whispering
ioudened among the battle-riders,
low giving and taking of advice. Four
of their number dlsmounted, and Con
felt the familiar leathern thongs
Tightening about him. The white men
were lifted up and set behind two
broad-backed horsemep, and the entire
party moved Mt walk up the ravine
road.
ASK for water," called Con to his
comrade.
March did so, in native speech. but
no heed was given. The party emerged
abruptly upon an open plain at the
head of the road.
Here was the wonderland they had
come to find, the treasure for which
generations OF elect-wanderers had
given their lives. Lexington stared
duly, believing 1t all mirage.
Spread out as far as the eye could
discern, lay a green valley, moist and
fertile An evening breeze drifted the
fragrant earthly breath of life. Fields
were level and marked into squares
by bitches.
IN the middle distance was a city
of red stone, Its battlemented wall
enclosing roofs that cleaned. There
was, rising above all. a palace. its
many-angled roofs and long caves
blocked against the west; suns fire
dared back from Its lofty embrasures.
1t was mansion set upon mansion,
each with the stonecraft of Its own
age. a maze OF narrow walls In irreg-
ular layers, pagodas pointing In the
mist, all In a mad. dreamy harmony
of architecture.
The white men logged behind their
captors, and accepted the city and
palace as noble Illusion. The
beauty was bitterness, for they dared
not believe, they had not the strength.
Its all overw cried Con. my eyes
are gone"
'Too far" said March, "too far"
The bitches were cool. The main
road passed between patches Of un-
familiar vegetation, pale green. The
palace seemed to leer from narrow
eyes, thin smile that was evil and
secret. Its mass had a strange red
dish cast, like the rust of the desert.
At the southern end of the lnclosure
was grove of trees, nothing less than
North American white oaks. somewhat
stunted. their tops showing just above
the rim of the city wall. Lexington
looked again over the shoulder of his
captor, and was even further from ad-
mitting these things to himself. The
western plains were beginning to veil
under the violet mists of evening.
Higher the palace lifted as they ap-
preached. like an unnatural hill OF
bright roofs, and many apartments
perched In fantasy, to be reached by
some inner miracle of stairs. Now
from the city itself murmur ran
around the white men, like Invisible
bees.
The notched wall had but single
broad gate. Beneath Its masonry, an
csent and perfect, they rode five
abreast A crowd was gathsrsd, b
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PRINCESS OF TAU kUAN.


Synopsis. = Cornelius Lexington.
well-born, an orphan, comes to
manhood through the devious ways
of the underworld. He is saved for
better life by Andrew March.
The strange adventures of yellow
Men Sleep" begin when Con takes
by force a small leather sack from
Chez Ming, the Chinese cook of an
acquaintance. This sack contains
Chinese map of the Cobb desert.
which is precious beyond price to
Andrew March. Eighteen years
before armed men in the Cobb had
taken March's wife and infant
daughter from him. Now he sends
Con In search Of them. On the voy-
age Con finds Chez Ming a fellow
passenger. Con is shot by q pol
soned DART and while no Is in the
consequent stupor bis map is sto-
len. on the river boat to Peking
he again sees Chez Ming, and real
ICES they are seeking the same des-
unation. Con keeps faith with An
drew March and starts on his mis-
sion westward with a caravan.
After weeks OF difficult travel he
reaches the little settlement of
Shan-sung and reads instructions
from Andrew March to the effoct
that Con has been made a federal
agent to search out Chez Ming,
who has brought quantities of ko-
resh. a deadly drug. to San Fran
cisco. At Shan-sung Con is uney-
pectedly Joined by March. The two
Americans press forward into the
desert. Armed horsemen swoCp
down on them, rob them of every
thing and leave them to die In the
desert. March has a map tattooed
on the sole OF his foot. They press
on, suffering incredible hardshlps.
Again they are attacked by horse
men, In command Of a sentinel in
gray.
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Holdup stun.

"Sow, can you give me any plausl-
BILE reason Why on earth should give
you a nickelf" asked the stern old
gentleman.
"Have It your own way" replied the
small boy, "but II was an old geezer
with a new plug hat ON. and kid
asked be for a nickel, and there was
nice muddy gutter handy. wouldn't
start no argument."-American Lee
glon Weekly.
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Con Is condemned to die
a month.
GRO BE coNTINUBD.)
LIrard,s EyeIId Transparent.

There Is lizard living In the Trans.
caspian desert that has the lower eye.
I'D fused with the upper; II is trans
parent and like a window, let's In
light, but excludes sand.
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Home Above All.

Home is the chief school OF human
virtues. Its responsibilities, Joys, sor-
rows, smiles, tears, hopes and carea
form the chief interest a human
fa,--ChannlnG