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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-23

There arc goo branches u the wealth.
or bureau In the United States, with
1900 cooperating stations.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-23
Was In n Hurry.

"You seem very attentive TO that
soap box orator"
Yes" replied the man who worries
about fuel. ''IIe In standing ON the
markings II n fine bunch Of kindling
wood. Washington Star.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-23

Ench branch 81 the weather bureau
is aunpos'd o. predict for an area Il
1909 square mllca
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

no authority Of the rod allowed him
self to b" dragged to tho middle Of the
room and there. standing side by side.
the two men lifted their INVOICES to the
swing and pulse Of THE Flying Fish
Catcher through all hut intcrmnablc
verses, while the men about them kept
enthusiastic time by tramping heavily
with their thick boots. At the end
Kendric put his arm about the shou-
ders Of his shorter companion. and in
lockstep they went out. The party was
over.
"Whats ON your mind, Seafarcr!
asked Kcndric when they were outside.
'Loct. Mostly said Barlow. But
first. while 7 think Of it, Itniz Rios
wife wants a word with YOU.
What about Kondric opened his
eyes. And, before Barlow answered,
"Gou saw her them
II went up to the hotel. Tried to get
room. She saw me and sent for you.
! Sh" didn't say what for.
"WCll III not go kCndrlr told
him. "Now spin your yarn about your
/ loot.
He leaned against lamp post white
! Twisty Barlow. upright and eager. said
| his say. A colorrul tale it was in which
! the rcciter was lavish with pearls and
( ancient gold. II appeared that one haC
, but to sail down the coast oi Lower
California, up int" the gulf aud get
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

was hopin you'd come across for
grub and some guns and odds and ends. "
I've got few oil shares said
Kendric. "If they're roosting around
par they're good for twenty five hun
dred."
Barlow frightened.
"Wc'll knock 'em down in San Diego
if we only get two fifty" he an
nounced. considering the "ale as good as
made. And We'll do the best we can
on what we get.
Not yet had Kendric agreed to go ad-
vcnturing with Twisty Barlow. But in
his Sould he knew that he would 90,
and 30 did Barlow. There was nothing
to hold him here: from elsewhere the
voice which seldom grew quiet was
singing in his ears. lie knew some =
thing of the gulf into which Barlow
meant to lead him. and of that defiant,
legend infested strip of little known
land which lay in a seven hundred mile
strip along its edge; he knew that il n
man found nothing else he would stand
his chance Of finding life running large.
It was the last frontier and as such it
had the singing voice.
"Iou'll go?" said Barlow.
But first Kcndric asked his few ques-
tionS. When lie had answers to the last
Of them his own eyes were shining.
His truant fanCics at last had been
SHARED; he was going headlong into tle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

I'd have known'in minute what to dc
But he didn't: he just sat there looking
out of the window, and when the waiter
brought our brcakfas. he seemed much
more concerned over whether he'd
brought extra sirup for the wheat cakes
than about what was going 10 do.
+ho,oh. onor, ,,.ho, II yvorId he
,;r.a - 7 ,rnrt Lnn,o and srddcn,y roaI.
;ged ,bot m,nc hud brcn snniied for
ne ro"'Ii. ! o' '",''r',r" ~ ;si,,t, feitn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
A Tale of Adventure e.
BY QUEEN SABE (Who KnoDs9)
Copyright, 1891. bv Charles sorioner's Sons

to tell, and so what's the use of talk?
A songs better; walk her up, Twisty,
old mate
Barlow's impatience Hared out into
irritation.
whats the sense of this monkey
business?" he demanded. 'I'm off to
San Diego by moonrise. If you amt
with me, you amt. Just say so. can't
you?'
"a song first, Twisty?" countered
Kendrick.
"Will you come listen TO me them"
asked Barlow. "Word of honor?"
1t was plain that he was in dead
earnest and Kendric cried. Yes"
quite heartily. Then Barlow, putting
up with Kendric's mood since there was
no other way that one might do for a
willful. spoiled child over which he had
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

ashore upon n certain strip of sandy
beach in the shadows Of the cliffs.
"And / tell you I've already got
the hull off San Diego that will take
us there" maintained Barlow. IAN
I'm short of is you to stand your share
of the hell we'll raise and to chip in
with what coin you can scrape. If
you hadn't been n damn fool with that
ten thousand he added bitterly.
Spilled milk. Forget it. 1t came
out of Mexico and 1t goes back where it
belongs. But II you're counting on me
for any such amount as that, you're up
u tree. I'm fat"
"Well go just the same If you can't
raise bean," said Barlow positively.
"But IL you can dig anything, for God 9
sake scrape lively. We want to get
there before Somebody else does. And
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
AND HERE IT CONTINUES

WITH her left hand she quietly shook
w the box, setting the white cube
dancing therein. You lose, Jlm," said
Monte at his elbow before the cast was
made. Look out for left handlers. "
Then she made her throw and turned up
an ace.
kendric caught up the box and die
and threw. And again he had turned
the deuce, the lowest number on the
die. He heard her laugh as she drew
money and jewels toward her. All low
music, rufling mans blood. thrilling
him after that strange perturblng fash
ion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
CHAPTER IL
In Which a Spell Is Worked and an
Expedition Is Begun

stood facing each other with only the
little table and its cargo of treasure
separating them. Gneulfed in a great
silence. He saw her z os: they were
like pools Of lambcnt nosphorescence
IN the black shadow of her hair. He
glimpsed in them an coqucnce which
myStified him: it was as though through
her eyes her heart or her mind or her
soul were reaching out toward his, but
speaking tongue foreign to his under
standing. Her gaze was steady and
penetrating and held him motionless.
Nor, though he did not at the time no.
tlce, did any man in the room stir
untll she, turning swiftly. at last broke
the charm. She went out through the
rear door, Ruiz Rios at her heels.
When the door closed after them
hendric chanced to note Twisty Bar
low at his elbow. 4 queer expression
was stamped on the rigid features Of
the Sailorman. Plainly Barlow, in
trigued into profound abstraction. was
alikS unconscious Of his whereabouts or
Of the attention which he WIS draw.
ing. His eyes stared and strained after
the vanished Mexican and his com
panion: he. too. had been fascinated :
ne was like man in a trance. Now
he started and brushed his hand across
! his eyes and. moving ierkily, hurried
TO the door and went out. Kendric
followed him and laid restraining hand
upon his shoulder.
Easy, old boy" he said quietly
Barlow started at the touch of his hand
and stood frowning and lingering his
| foreloCk. Il know what's burning hot
in your tancies. Remember they may be
paste. after all. And anyway They're
! not treasure trOve.
You mean those pearls might be
faEc?' Barlow laughed strangely. "And
YOU think ] might be slittin' throats
70: them? Don't be an ass. Headlong
IN sober"
''WhCre away. then. In such a hur,
ry:" demanded Kendrc, still aware o,
something amiSS in Barlow's bearing.
".tbout my business. rctortcd thr
sailor. And suppose you mind yours
kendric shrugged and went back tC
his friends. But at the door he turncc
and saw Barlow Fastening along The
dim street in the wake of the disap.
pearIng forms Of Ruiz Rios and the
woman.
Inside there were some few who
sought to console Kendric. thinking
that to any man the loss of ten thousanC
liars must w Il 'Tllsi"vl"pic ULoW
litS answer was, a clap on the bacl
ana a laughing demand to know wha
thCy were driving at and r% What the'
TOOK hlm for' anyway: those wht
q kn"" MN pest Squandered no Sympa'm,
: Wh"FG lhey knew none was needed l
, the discerning. though they bad novC
, with equal gusto in the game, who whe
Il" met fortune or misfortune 'reNtc
Jim Kcndric was exactly what he al
peared to he. n devil may care sort {
= fellow. who had infinite faith in hi
Y tomorrow and who had never learne
= to love money,
I Krndric was relieved when. half a
h hour later. Twisty Barlow came bacl
+ Kcndric's mood was boistcrous fror
! tn" sheer JOY OF being among tricnt
ana once more as 6ood hH on non
y soil.
r lie Went up and down among the
O with his pockets turned wrongsidc OF
# and hanging eloqucntly, swapping yarn
Y inviting recitals Of wild doings. makir
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

T WAS on tho werge Of reporting. I
L wish 10 goodness YOU would :" but it
seemed more proper not to. So went
on and rold him about how I'd written
John u note and was gong away, though
| didn't know just where.
II know wher", 80 he exclaimed,
hanging his Land on the table-wc'd u
settled ourselves, IN the restaurant | d
been headed for whcM | met him. "a
friend oi mine it making a picture UP ii
Ithara. Now York. and has onr or tive
rart~ let, he wir"d me last night I"
SEQ if knew of somebody for them,
and I came around last night to SO"
ii you'd 70 tHs morning. So when
", We had hro0kfasr wpII hike over t.
II o Girand Central and I'll put YOU GA Il
train for Ithaca. That'li give you a
haNrc TO forget al this muddle here,
and g"t some good experience in n"
bargain. How about IL:
"Rm ,crr Of th"dght ri go back
ono, Larry had Just about decided
,ha, it vas a mi~tak" for mr to go int
pictures.
'Wcl. that - up 70 you, Of course.
lo told mo. "Nou'Il have to dcc,d" il
alone.
IIo was right. know. And yot i
Aou just h",pcd me little it woul.
lav" been 50 much easier fer ne t'
max" up my mind.
If Larry had just said II want
YOU 10 stay" If he'd given any iudi'
| cation thar he cared anything ABOUT me
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
THIS BEgISs THE STORY

Jim Kendric, the devil-may-care,
whole hearted adventurous Americans
arrival at the border town starts some
name Of Old Headlons by his former
ouddies, he at once forms them irNo a
party 10 make a night of It in the wide
open town across the Mexican line.
Well-heeled, he sets up the motley crowd
at Ortegas gambling Joint to drinks and
then stakes them each with piece ot
chanse to play, Finally the spell works
IN his own blood and he calls on Ortega
70 provide some one TO accept his chal-
lense to the king of games" the
nlmble dice. Ruiz Rios, an old rival
ana enemy Of Headlong's s, pressed on by
ms companion. takes up the def. His
companion's identity .s mystery, but
every one sees that II Is n woman under
the low-lying sombrero and masculine
attire OF the border. In an exciting
sanre Jim ,worsts Rios and then chal-
lehges the houses to another. Tho
woman takes him up, sonsatiorally.
AND urnr IN nonrINnrurS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
They Make Mouie Bricks
Out of Plaster Of Paris

ND you know that most OF the
- bricks used in construction of
motion picture sets are made of
plaster of paris? These bricks are
made in slabs of thirty-fve each Of
one quarter thickness. BY the
use Of fiber these bricks are made so
tough that they can be nailed to
boards and when they are painted
they look like real bricks. Every
day in the plaster shop of tn" Lasky
West Coast studio more than
thousand of these bricks arc made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
How | Became
4 Movie Star
As Told to
INEZ kLUMPH
What Has .ilready Happened

DoroHy Lane. small, town 9irl,
am biti0uv to become a screen star.
whiIc on trip to Neo York meets
laurence French. a press agent. Uho
bec0U,CS interested in hCr and secures
tOr h,r an important part playing
Oppoyitc JOhu &Cirdrd, n famous
screen star. Sc,rnri asks Dorothy
to marry him. but she refuses. En-
horn. a biz producer. offers Dorothy
an important role. While aiming Cih
Lawrence French. she meets Eikhorn
and G0cs home ,r'h him. whilo Larry
GOES 10 ddnCc ciub wiih P"iscilh
GrorcS, chiidhood friend whom he
met n dinner. Dorothy refuses
EikhOrn'S c0ntrdct. John NctcGrd has
q GQht with Eikhorn a. the MoguL
CIub ,rher the Iatt"r makes derOgd-
tory remarks about Dorohy. and
reporter asks for St0temeHt from
her. she tells him she is engaged to
mdrrV SCw1rd.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

A child becomes deaf usually rs the
result OF some injury to the delicate
mechanism Of the middle ear, more
rarely as the result Of disease or Of
damage to the nerve that transmits
the sound vibrations to the brain.
IL child shows incipient deafness.
the cause should be found out Al once.
Tor II the cause is known prompt and
appropriate treatment will often efFec,
cure; otherwise the deafness is like.
~ to become permanent and irremedi.
aoie and may even increase. Parents
must be alert lest they mistake a Sigh,
degree of deafness for inattention and
resort to discipline rather than to the
doctor. Many slightly deaf child has
been regarded as stupid by his teach
ers and in consequence has had 70 en-
dure much unmerited suffering.
teachers should always be on their
guard against making that tragic mis-.
take.
a child may occasionally be deaf ow-
ing to wax in the outer ear; sometimes
he may be deaf because he has slipped
button or some other small object
into his ear and then forgotten II,
Again, he may be deaf because he has
adenoids and enlarged tonsils, which
nave brought about a catarrhal condi.
ton in his throat and middle ear. Per.
maps he is deaf because some one has
boxed his ears-a thing that no one
should ever do to child. III a child
has acute Inflammation of the ear
whether catarrhal or suppurative, he
VIII almost always be deaf for a while
and he may become permanently so n
the Inflammation is not properly treat.
ed. Such inflammation may come
from an ordinary cold, especially ~ the
child has adenoids, or from an attack
OF measles, scarlet fever or diphtheria
IL your child has any trouble with
his ears, you should always and i'm.
mediately consult the physician. Es,
pecially never try yourself or let q
nurse try to remove any foreign bod,
from the outer ear Of your child; II
you do, you are most likely to do him
an irreparable injury.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
His Idea.

"Pompey," said the new minister OF
his congregation who was the mos,
earnest in his efforts to aid the church
and Sunday school, T am afraid the
people here are not all as deeply In
terested in religious matters as you
are"
wy, sah," responded the old darky,
who was considered a person Of much
learning by his neighbors, 81 t'ink de
folks am pow'ful interested in yo'
preachin' OBJ de Gospel. but It pears
ike dey views de workin' OBJ de solar
sys'em too much in de absrac', sab.
Dey can't seem to cpunterac' dat de
minister's soul can't do all de work
FOR de whole system. OATS de main
obstruction, sah!"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
Hobbies.

The hobbies Of some people are re.
CARED as expensive luxuries b,
others. Sometimes hobbies are look.
ed upon as the boring or grubby pur.
suits OF persons who are unable &c
amuse themselves in a proper and
normal fashion. Occasionally a hob
by is respected as contributing to a
mans usefulness or interest. But the
word hobby carries with it a mild
ly disdainful atmosphere that does no,
cling round the more elegant yet es-
sentially synonymous word "avoca-
ton"
There is seldom any reason for peo-
pie to disdain one another's hobbies,
however inevitable, owing TO differ
ences in human disposition, lack OF
sympathy with them may be. The
hobby Of collecting postage stamps,
despised as it was by many when frs,
it manifested itself, needs no longer
to be admitted with an air of depreca.
ton. The hobby Of mechanics is one
that in these days too often demon
strates its usefulness to arouse in anv.
one who does not share it any feeling
other than that Of envy. The hobby
OF photography combine. numerous
admirable interests-those of nature,
those Of art, those Of science; any.
one who seriously pursues that hobby
is sure to increase his stock of knowl.
edge and his capacity for enjoyment
The various hobbies of the collector
butterflies, shells, Indian relics-have
their value, even though that value is
not often of social character.
III We look for the reason underlying
the old prejudice against hobbies, it is
to be found in the fact that many OF
them are Of an unsocial nature. The
people who don't share them-and
usually they are hobbies in which part.
nership is difficult-feel that they
raise barrier against human inter
course, or that they introduce into
human intercourse devastating ele-
ment. Talking shop is bad enough
but talking hobbies is usually worse
so far as general conversation is con.
cerned.
The people without hobbies are
really to be commiserated. They may
have their sports and their books, bu,
neither sports nor books afford quite
the same kind Of interest that is to be
derived from the pursuit of a we'll.
chosen and congenial hobby; for in
that pursuit there is always some
thing satisfying to the creative i'm.
pulse in man.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
wreeii-g To Have Big Fair.
r.. forty-first annual West Vireini;

The forty-first annual West Virginia
..,,s Fair at Wheeling, which will
o,ep September 5th Labor Day. fo-
" days and nights, will be the most
.,,horate in the long history Of the
,..,;u,ion. Liberal increases in pre-
u;urs are expected to bring out an aug
-.r,ed exhibit in all departments, par
,;cuIarly OF live stock and horticul-
,rrsl products. A. u. S. government
,;sclay exhibits from the State Uni
ysrsity, State Department Of Agricui-
,rre. county farm bureaus and the 4-H
Clubs Of the State, and daily demon
s,raton by the State Department of
Mines. will be featured. The race
rroeram will include sixteen events for
The rotters and PAGERS for purses Of
800 and nineteen running races for
nurses of S4OO and $500, with auto mo-
bile races on Saturday, the last day.
The program of attractions, costing
$4,000. will be made up of hippodrome
and vaudeville acts, auto polo, bands,
two Chicago soloists, fireworks, and a
magnificent pyro-pageant, arabian
Nights" with cast Of three hundred
characters. This oriental spectacle is
. night feature only. Boys and girls
running races for prizes OF 5000 and
fine display Of school work for lib
eral premiums will be attractions Of in
terest to school people. The midway
will have fine lineup of shows and
riding devices, including whip, tango
swings, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel,
shimmy alley, human roulette, and a
large number of high-class shows.
The week will be ushered in BY a
monster labor day celebration. An en-
tire card Of running races will make
up the labor day speed program, and
in event of rain on any other day of
the fair, the runners will furnish the
speed attraction, so that patrons will
not be disappointed in the races, no
matter what the weather.
The cost of staging West Virginia's
big annual exhibition will run little
short of a hundred thousand dollars.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
Daniel Boone The Grea, Ken.uesian.

Daniel Boone was the son Of Quaker
parents who lived in Pennsylvania.
Although the principal doctrine in the
Quaker creed is that man must no,
kill, Daniel departed from the faith
OF his fathers early and he became
one Of the greatest Indian fighters in
American history.
When Boone was eighteen his pa.
rents moved to North Carolina and in
the Yadkin valley of that State young
Boone became an expert woodsman
and hunter. Attracted by the tales Of
hunter who had crossed the Appa-
lachians into the unknown Kentucky
country Boone visited the Blue Grass
State several times until he finally
decided to make that country his home.
In IT'S he established Boonesborough,
the first outpost Of civilization in the
Dark and Bloody Ground" as Ken
lucky was called because il was a bat
tleground for many tribes of Indians.
Boone's adventures with the Indians
in his new home were innumerable
In ITS he was captured by the Shaw
nees, who admired the scouts courage
so much that he was not put to death.
Instead Chief Black Fish adopted him,
giving him the name of Big Turtle
rather an inappropriate title for a man
so active. Boone pretended to be
well-pleased with his captivity and az
ter several months the watchfulness
of the savages relaxed. Then he made
his escape.
Several years later this same band
of Shawnees came to Boonesborough
to kidnap their former captive. They
found Boone in a little shany used
for drying tobacco.
Nov, Boone, we got you," said the
Indians. "You no get awsy this time
Yes, you have me but am glad to
60 with you," replied the scout, "bul
want my friends to have some oil
this tobacco"
He gathered up number Of the
dryest leaves and, unseen by the In
dams, crushed them in his hands. Be.
fore they could move, he threw the
powdered tobacco into the eyes. As
the blinded savages rolmd on the foo;
bowling and digging at their eyes, the
former "Big Turtle" showed unex.
rccted speed and was far ZIP tic trail
to the fort before they could pursue
him.
In his latter years Boone was cheat.
ed out Of the rich Kentucky lands he
had fought SO hard to win and he mi
grated to Missouri, becoming hunter
once more. He died there in 1920 al
the age Of eighty-six. A quarter Of g
century later Kentucky paid him be.
lated honor by removing his body to
the capital Of the State and today
Daniel Boone sleeps in the land where
he won fame as q pioneer and scout
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

The world is no longer dependent
upon Europe for radium derived from
pitchblende. The extensive deposits
of administering carnotite in the
Paradox Valley of Colorado and in the
adjoining districts Of Utah have al
ready produced more radium than the
most competent authorities believed
would be found there. Deposits of
fadium have also been discovered in
Argentina, England, Canada, Portugal
and Russia.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
Important Anyway.

Even when one judges from personal
observation one may make mistakes in
scientific study.
Schoolmistress Gust beginning les
son upon minerals)-"Now, what are
the principal things we get out of the
earth ?" Youthful angler, aged four
confidently Worms"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

could be brought together who would
attract the attention that came to
the president, Mr.. Edison, Mr.. Fire
stone and Mr.. Ford. Nevertheless,
they managed successfully to elude
the crowds, which seemed to respect
their desire for privacy.
The little log hut at the left Of
the picture was the only building
near the camp, and it was not in
hnbitcd. Tho campers slept in in
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

S1.50 gets the Register a year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

functions were breakfast, luncheon
and dinner, their appetites whetted
by the keen mountain air, while the
president enjoyed several horseback
rides on Mr.. Firestones favorite
horse.
In many respects the camping trip
was the most unique Of its kind, not
able alike for the brilliance Of mind
and prominent position Of its prin.
cipals. Il 10 doubtful il four mon