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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04

The one lesson which It is necessary
| for humans to learn if they would be
happy is the inability of material
things to satisfy. We strive vainly for
years for some possession or pleasure
which we think will make our happi-
ness and contentment perfect and when
we at last achieve it, we find it is only
ashes in our mouth. The only good we
receive from it is the determination we
may gain in striving for it,
Happiness is really gained through
things which seem to our material eye
intangible but which, after all, are the
real things in life Analyze the pleas
ure we gain. A young girl is eager for
new dress She thinks if she could
but possess a certain dress she would
be completely happy, Perhaps fortune
grants this favor and the dress is hers.
Perhaps she is happy, but it is not the
dress which makes her so, if she is a
natural-born fun-loving girl. 1t is the
pleasure her possession gives to others.
The mere possession of the dress means
nothing to her. 1t is the intangible
| that really counts.
Take the case of man who brings
his wife a piece of lovable jewelry, Is
it the possession of the jewelry that
pleaSeS her? That is the tangible
thing, the thing which we can see and
feel 1t is the thought which prompted
the gift which brings the happy flush
to her cheek and tears of happiness
into her eyes.
SO, after all, material pleasures are
not the real things They are not the
things that count. Happiness comes
through intangible things-love, I'M
selfshness, forgiveness, thoughtfulness.
And the best part about it is that the
intangible things are the things we can
not possess in any degree. That de
gree all depends on ourselves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04

Our brains were not intended to be
merely store houses for facts, but to be
sleeves through which a great deal
passes and only the things which the
individual considers worth which is re-
tanned.
The school that insists upon its stu,
dents learning a great quantity of data
is working on the wrong principle
Facts are worth nothing to us if we
cannot learn how to assimilate them
and properly use them.
The child who is early taught to reu.
son rather than remember, has good
start in life As problems arise he will
be able to work them out himself. And
the facts that he learns through his
own ability to reason will be retained
in his every day working kit.
1t is not nearly so important to
know the dates, battles, leaders, etc, Of
the French Revolution as it is to be
suits and to see the universal applica-
ton of these principles. knowledge Of
fact is only useful when it can be
applied to present conditions. So when
the children bring home a low mark in
history there is not always a reason to
despair. Find out whether those low
marks were the result of their failure
to remember dates. If so, and if their
paper showed their ability to reason
things out for themselves, take heart.
You have a bright child-one who is
able to know better than the present
educational system, the things that will
be necessary for him to learn, in order
to help him in later life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
SANCTUARY

Keep in your soul some still untroubled
space
Welt of the things of loneliness and
grace,
Where when a harried world distraught
with fire,
Presses too hard on you you may re-
tire
As to a ferny spot in some deep wood
Far from life's turmoil and in quiet
ude,
Where woe comes not, and peace her
dwellings hath
Unyexed by mans unceasing urge to
wrath.
Copyright 1921 by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
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NUTS TO THE NUTTY

The old lady wished to buy some
pecans, the clerks we're all busy and
paid absolutely no attention. Finally
she could stand It no longer.
"Well, ! must say this is fine kind
of store! Isn't there anyone here to
wait on the nuts"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04

Lady Astor, the first woman to gain
seat in the English Parliament and
who has been paying visit to her ma
tive country, America, believes that
the only way to improve conditions Is
to instill in the children a desire for
better lives. And she is correct, for
the little children of today will be the
law makers or the law-breakers tomor-
row.
On the mothers and fathers rests the
burden of the future welfare of the
country and God grant that they may
live up to their responsibility.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04

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just so you profit by each and make
good In the end
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-04

An average man never feels 50 small
as when people tell him he is great.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-01

brides, or exculpations, or statements
from you that you know me to be
innocent. You owe me something.
And I'm acre tonight to ask you for
it.
II thought you said you didn't
want any bribes''
81 don't. May / ask you what
your margin or profits is at your ma
chinery company"
81 suppose it runs around twelve
per cent"
"Then will you please allow me to
give you tweve thousand dollars in
profits? I'm in the lumber business.
/ have a contract that runs into the
millions; surely that is good enough
security to a mamie couldn't re-
sist the emptation-'who knows my
absolute innocence. 1t isn't good
enough for the bankers, who still be-
lieve me guilty, so I've come directly
to you. | need one hundred thou
sand dollars worth of lumber-mill
machinery. | can pay for tin in
stallments. | guarantee to give you
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glance at telephone book, another
rocking ride in taxicab, and Barry
stood on the veranda of a large
house, awaiting the answer to his
ring at the bell. Finally it came.
Mr.. Worthington," he demanded.
Kilbane Worthington was seated
at the large table, much in the man
ner which he had affected in court.
WELL" he asked, somewhat
brusquely, may l inquire"
"My name is Barry Houston, son
of the late William K. Houston. You
and l met-in the courtroom. You
once did me the very high honor TO
accuse me of murder and then tried
your level best to send me to the
penitentiary for life when you knew
absolutely and thoroughly, that |
was an innocent manp'
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tiste, that he be forced to make no
statements regarding my innocence"
Slowly Ba'tiste nodded and slapped
the reins onsthe back of the horse.
"Ba'teese will not see Medaine, ,"
came at last, and they went on.
Again the waiting game.
A month went by, to bring with it
the bill of lading which told that the
machinery was at last on its way.
March, and a few warm days,
which melted the SHOWS only that
they might crust again. Back and
forth travelled the bobsled to Taber-
nacle, only to meet with disappoint-
ment.
1--WE wired the agent at Denver
three times about that stuff" said
the Tabernacle telegrapher and
general supervisor of freight. Hes
told me that he'd let me know as
soon as it got in"
A week more, and winter had re-
turned for a last fling.
They tried the bobsled, Ba'tiste
and Houston, only to give it up. The
horses floundered and plowed about
in vain efforts at locomotion, at last
to plunge in the terror of a bottom
less road.
"Eet is no use," came finally "The
horse, he can not pull. We must
make the trip on the snowshoe."
They turned back for the bunk
house, to emerge few moments
later = bent, padded forms, fighting
clumsily against the sweep of TIL
storm. Ghosts they became almost
Immediately, snow-coyered things
that hardly could be discerned few
feet away, one hand of each holding
tight to the stout cord which led
from waist-belt to waist-belt, their
only insurance against being parted
form each other in the binding swirl
of winter.
The features of the agent, as he
stared up form the rafting key, were
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-01
CHAPTER XIV.

The former district attorney start
ed slightly. Then, coming still closer,
he peered into the tense, angry fea-
lures of Barry Houston.
"A bit melodramatic, aren't your"
he asked in sneering tone.
Perhaps so. But then murder is
always melodramatic.
THE point is this. l am thinking
of suing the city of Boston for mil
lion dollars"
You're talking blackmailw
Il beg your pardon. Blackmail is
something by which one extorts
money. Pm here to try to give you
money-or at least the promise of It
and at the same time allow you
to make up for something that
should weigh rather heavily on yol,s
conscience"
IF you will come to the point"
"Mr. Worthington, | have CON
vincing evidence that you knew /
was innocent. Further, that you
knew it at the beginning of the trial.
But that in spite Of this knowledge,
you continued to prosecute memo
tice, l don't say prosecute-to per-
secute me in a hope of gaining a
conviction, simply that you might go
before the voters and point to me in
prison as a recommendation of your
efficiency as district attorney. |
don't mind giving you the names /;
Dr.. Horton, DR.. Mayer and DIR, Bren-
steam, all physicians of the highest
reputation. | would like, Mr.. Wor-
Ellington, to know why you did not
make use of them in the trial?"
why" The former district at
torney suddenly changed the subject.
"You spoke of a suit you might bring
when you came in here?"
Houston waited for moment, then
went on.
But personally, | don't want to
file the suit. | don't want any
money-that way. | don't want any
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OUCH! LUMBACO!
RUB PAINS FROM
SORE, LAME BACK


Back hurts you? Can't straiehten
up without sudden pain, sharp aches
and twinges? Now listen! That's lt,n-
bago, sciatics, or maybe from strain.
and you'll get relief the moment Won
rub your back with soothing, penetrat-
ing St. Jacobs Oil. Nothing else takes
out soreness, lameness and stiffness SO
quickly. You simply rub it on your
back, and out comes the pain. It is
harmless, and doesn't burn the skin,
Linrber up! Don't sufferl Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest St
Jacobs Oil from any drug store, and
after using it just once you'll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbaeo
or sciatica, because your back will never
hurt, or cause any more misery. II
never disappoints, and has been recon.
mended for 90 years.
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rot conducive to relief.

not conducive to relief.
Your stuff's ON the way, if that's
any news toyou." came with a wor-
ried laugh. 1T left Denver this
morning behind Number Eight.
Eight isn't past Tollifer yet"
''Not post Tollifers?" Houston
stared anxiously. "Why, it should be
at the top of the range by now"
Good reason. They're getting the
snow worse than here. Denver re-
ported ten inches at eleven o'clock
and it's fifteen miles from the
range"
He ratified and banged at the key
for long moment, cursing softly.
Only the dead "cluck" of grounded
line answered him.
Things are going to get bad in
this country if this keeps up" came
at last. "There isn't any too great
stock Of food"
At last the wire opened again, and
the operator went once more to his
desk.
He bent over the key. His face
went .white-tense.
"Godw
What's wrong?" The two men
were close beside him now.
Number one-eleven's kicked over
the hill. They're wiring Denver,
from Crestline. The second polw's
up there in the snowshed with the
crew. One of ems dead. The
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he asked in sneerin~ tone.
every cent above my current run
ming expenses until the bill is dis
posed of. All want is to have you
do what you would do to any reput-
able business man who came to you
with a contract running into the
millions of dollars-to give me credit
for that machinery. Come in with
me on it, and wen forget the rest.
Stay out-and | fight"
For a long moment, Kilbane Wor-
Ellington paced the floor. Then, at
last, he looked up.
CAL right"
CHAPTER XIV
1t was a grinning Barry Houston
who leaped from the train at Taber-
nacle week later and ran open-arm-
ed through the snow toward the wait
ing Ba'tiste.
you got my telegram" He asked
it almost breathlessly.
"Ah, oui! oui, oui, oui! Sacre, and
you are the wizardw
A moment he surged with another
idea. But, now, Ba'teese have eet
He shall go to Mcdaniel He shall tell
her to write to the district attorney
of Boston---that he will tell her"
1T was part of my agreement, Ba'-
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
SEABOARD AIR LINE

Leaves
DID pm Richland-Cols 1000 am
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-01
Continued From Our Last Issue.)
CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIII.
Old Judge Mason, accustomed to
seeing Barry in times of stress, tried
his best to be jovial.
"Well, boy" what is it this timer
Money" Houston came directly
TO the point.
What the money for; running
expenses?"
mo. Machinery. I've got to have
a good, woodworking plant
otherwise / won't be able to live up
TO specifications"
You're not" and the old lawyer
SMILED quizzically, going to favor
your dearly beloved friend with the
order, are you?"
"Who?"
"Worthington."
1.-The district attorneys?
That was. Plutocrat now. He
came into his fathers money and
bought the East Coast Machinery
Company Hes president" again
the smile, land l know he'd be glad
TO have your order"
Houston continued the sarcasm.
"Td be overjoyed to give it to him
In fact, think I'd refuse 10 buy any
machinery if | couldn't get it from
such a dear friend as Worthington
was. 1t wasn't his fault that |
wasn't sent to the penitentiary."
No, that's right, boy" Old Law
yer Mason was quietly reminiscent.
He tried his best. 1t seemed to me
in those days he was more of per-
secutor than a prosecutor"
Let's forget it" Houston laughed
uneasily. "a prosecutor You've
given me an idea, Judge. Pm going
10 New York"
And the next morning, Barry
Houston was in New York, swirling
along Seventh Avenue toward Bell
strand hospital. There he sought
the executive offices and told his
story. Five minutes later he was
looking at the books of the institu-
ton, learching, searching-at last
to stifie cry of excitement and bend
closer to a closely written page.
August second" he read, "Kilbane
Worthington, district attorney, Bos-
ton, Mass. Acc. by Drs. Horton,
Mayer and Brensteam. Investiga-
tions into effect of blows on skull
Eight cadavers."
With fingers that were almost
frenzied, Houston copied the nota-
ton, closed the book, and hurried
again for taxicab, 1t yet was only
nine o'clock. If the traffic were not
too thick, if the driver were skillful--
He racedl through the gate at
Grand Central just as it was closing.
1t was night when he reached Bos-
ton, but Houston did not hesitate. A
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LEGAL AID No. 461.
EXECUTORS
SALE

AS executor of the estate Of tne
late A. c. Speer / will offer for sale
on the first Tuesday in May, at the
court house door in the City of
Americas, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following real estate:
One six room residence on Prince
street.
One vacant building lot on Fielder
street, just west of the residence of
Mrs. Horton.
One-sixth interest in ID acres on
the Seaboard Air Line, just short
distance from the shops.
ChAS. L. ANSLEY.
n-W-f-m
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bther's-wait minute, l have to
piece it together"
A silence, except for the rafting
of the key, broken jagged, a clat-
tering voice of the distance, faint IN
the road and whine of the storm, yet
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-01
THESTANDARD
SPECIAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY
BARGAIN DAY

900 YARDS -LACES
AT &c YARD.
Great mixed lot of most all widths
of Val Laces; torchon Laces, iii
several widths; none ever sold
for less than SC; some up to
Toe; here Monday and Tuesday,
your, choice of this lot, Yard Re
Wide Filet Laees AT Sc Yd:
One lot of medium and wide Filet
Laces; pretty patterns; values
up to zoe; here Monday and
Tuesday, Yard ............5c
One case Zephyr Chambray; guar
anteed fast colors; full width;
regularly 29c; here Monday and
Tuesday, Yard :..--.....--..--.-22 lie
Beautiful Mercerized Table DAM
ask; Ga inches wide; five pat
terms; good quality; here Mon
day and Tuesday, Yard .....4sc
Guaranteed Black Taffeta Silk;
chiffon finish; regularly $1.75'to
$1.98: here Monday and Tues
day, Yard ....-....-.....-......$1.19
White Wash Satin, full yard wide;
fine finish; regularly $1.00 ard
$1.25. Here Monday and Tues
day, Yard .-..--,,------.-... .-..,-...,.--. SEC
Crex Rugs; size 30x60 inches;
twenty patterns; well made and
bound; regularly $1.00; here
Monday and Tuesday ..-.,.--..--.72c
Gold Seal Percales; the best one
made; full yard wide; regularly
25c; here Monday and Tuesday, :
Yard
Fruit Loom, Androscoggin and Hill
Bleaching; you know the grade
full yard wide and the best I'm
ished bleaching we have seen;
regularly Csc; here Monday and
Tuesday, Z Yards for --...,....s1.oo
Fine Yard Wide Sea Island, smooth,
even weave; full yard wide; reg
ularly IL l-2c; here Monday and
Tuesday, 10 Yards for Dee
Pure Thread Silk Hose, White,
Black and Brown, full fashioned;
all sizes; values $3.50 to $115; |
Here Monday and Tuesday,
Palr --.~.....,-...--...-e.,-.-.---------$hOO
Standard Dry Goods Co.
NEXT TO BANK OF COMMERCE
Forsyth St. Americas, Ca,
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penetrating as it carried the news of
a far-away world-a world where the
three waiting men knew that all had
turned to a white hell of wintry fury.
Continued in Our Next Issue,)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29

some time has been leading a very.
drab and inconspicuous life. but
now it comes to the fore on very
exclusive creations at the shop of
Margaret J. Connor on l. street
near Connecticut avenue. One in
teresting model is Of navy blue flan.
mel combined with white pique.
The one piece dress is worn over a
dainty white linen blouse with col
lars and cuffs edged with plated
ruffles.
The white pique is inserted down
the front of the dress. A very odd
yet simple cape is made of a length
of material with a slit in near the
edge of 1t to go over the head. 1t
almost seems unbelievable that so
simple an arrangement would re-
suit in a stylish cape that falls
over the shoulders in graceful lines.
However, the effect is very strik-
ing. 90
Capes, by the way, will take a
very prominent place in the ward
robe of the fashionable woman this
spring. ......
QUITE a number of fair Parish.
ennes are practising what they
call the Egyptian beauty secret. 1t
was discovered, they say, by that
beautiful Queen Cleopatra. who, by
it's subtle aid thousands of years
ago, worked havoc with the hearts
of men.
Like Cleopatra, they guard their
secret jealousy, and not even their
maids are admitted to their cham.
bers during the process. Their Dress
ing-tables hold no clue.
gather, however that the secret
has more to do with lamentations
than cosmetics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29
Store ON Wheels.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-As IL under
the wand OF a magician, a
street on wheels" has been created
in Chicago. Through the day can
be. heard the familiar cries Of its
merchants, the walls of its children,
the barking of its dogs. but at night
this street is gone, to appear once
more with the day.
It is Chicagos Ghetto" district,
where bearded merchants of every
tongue cried their wares and bar.
tered from behind flimsy wooden
stands, built upon the sidewalks,
that has so changed. In the short
space of forty-eight hours every
stand, many of which had stood for
years, disappeared. under a court
order which ruled the stands fire
hazards. and in their places have
come a myriad of wheeled vehicles,
of every description. From these
the merchants sell their wares, and
at night they are wheeled away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29

PEARL WHITE has paid another
visit to the Gay City. For the
first time In her life, I believe. the
beautiful queen of the cinema spent
Christmas in the French capital.
and from what I hear Pearl was
simply charmed with the Yuletide
as Paris spends 1t.
Among other things, she came to
replenish her wardrobe, and shop
ping. one OF her chief delights. has
taken UP much Of her time.
Pearl. by the way had Marshal
Foch as a sailing companion on
her voyage across the herring pond.
pARIS, declare, scarcely slept
a wink New Year Eve. Work.
Of course. had to be done during
the day; but the revels made the
night more wideawake than the
daytime, and the city drank its
fill Of pleasure. ..-
A feature this year was the mid.
night Joy ride. In the early hours
Of the morning strings Of the slick
little vehicles careered through the
boulevards laden with lovers. who
punctuated their nocturnal flight
with champagne and dancing at
the gayest Of the cafes.
WHY is a wealthy society lady
in Paris having a wireless tele-,
phone receiver placed in her
boudoIr?
The rumor is that a rich lover
in America is installing a high.
power transmitting apparatus SO
that he can send his love messages
winging through the ether at any
time of the day or night--but
coded. What a disappointment for
listeners"
CINEMA producers in Paris tell
me that they are worried to
death by the number Of society
beauties who are always Fostering
them to give them a part in Il
film play.
One lady, in order to impress the
producer with her charms, brought
with her a score or more Of photo.
graphs Of her fair self.
She handed them to him in a
carefully arranged order. Com
mencing with a study Of the lady
in a fairly respectable evening
dress, the photographs portrayed
her in gradually waning drapery.
For all that, however, my lady
failed to secure a place in the
limelight.
THE fathers are disconnected. A
worthy society, with a view to
encouraging large families. has for
some time past presented medals to
mothers who give to the nation off.
spring over a certain number.
Quite a number Of fathers just re.
Gently. however. have asked pa