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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

In his "v'r.
"IIrrr'q what I'll like to nsk for.
H." Whispered to lmogcne.
ITc extended tn" menu To lmogene.
Indicating certain point on the
ctrd with his f0rciinRcr.
Imurrnc looked ana then Easpcd
Her heart leapcd.
"WilI YOU" whispered Bill In
strained voice.
'Nre' whispered Im"gcn" s"ftlY
sA,nrr,lV cnuld she taste the soda
for the excitement she felt,
II Say, Mr. Ilrtrirk hnd Mrs li"t
rt,k." said i!ili suddenly. "lm"Son'
has luni said she'll mary mo. Wed
lIrr L. If,I InnTTlri -"u', May We
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

What do yOu mean ht"hv
penrcd? kidnapped 90
Call II that. Tor lack of proof
DO you know what will hnpp"u
Today or tomorrow. old Wing VIII
receive polite not" SUGGESTING
that no sell tho Chang Now Scrr""
to CraytOn. What can h" do? ~
Chlnaman darestO infringe the SOY
ereignty OF tho Japanese quarter
The mandarin might know exactly
where Miss Using Is held prisoner
no might know exactly where Il
find her. no might know exactly
who carried her away and what
can he do? Just nothing. That's
straight goods. Toptit! japanese
magistrates would simply laugh al
him. A Jap can walk into our city
and shoot me, for instance. then
80 back into his own quarter
and remain untouched"
Toptit sucked at his pipe for L
moment, regarding his informant
narrowly.
Look here!" he exclaimed sud.
denly. How d'you know so mucH
anyhow"
The young Chlnaman made &
weary gesture. Because ] wa'
hoping to marry Miss Using in tw'
months. l."
Toptit started. AS though :
scroll were unfolded before him
he saw now why this aStuI" youni
man had told him OF the wonder
full screen. why 1t" had beer
brought here to ruchow. nn'
why
"Y0ur friend CrnNiUn Is II
town" said tho yellow man at
ruptly.
Tho devil, Sec here. do yol
know whore The Yil Miss TaGI
ia held prisoner"
Tho other nodded slowly.
"Thon." exploded Toptit anprliY
"why don't you 10 ret her? Wha
kind OF lover ar" you?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
TIT TALES

a whnIranlo caInLII hu"nl wl"I'
,nilnna nnh rllln ~'ir sofa lie
lnuuIrod fnI TIA" pr"it l'i"r "nd
was unhaI 81 !" nn uu"l"Ir' "II'' ~
, horo lao w"a pI'r'miI} Hhn u 10
hnuda with - rpr'in' l'h mel ""
IUlhlod Y""ur rhlunuunn
u got y"ur l"l'o, " rold T"r'I'
hauling ont hts plpo ~ h" ""'
down. aud I cnmo tight nl"nr
must thank Won f"r IA" tip 'hN
gcroon ~ II wUudor'
Good old Wing will soil u
To y"u'
"Nnt yet Toptit smiled wryly
"Crayton Is after II. And there
seems to be trouble In tho h"m"
Now. old man. I'm here Tor help,
I'm darnoh Elad!' exclaimed
the yellow man bcamIngly. The
more help l can give. tn" gladden.
III be. Looks to mo as though
the Japs had old Wing in bad
mess-perhaps your friend Cray
ton is behind 1t. Regular bully
isn't he?"
Rather" and Top'it smiled
You mentioned the mandarin
laughter IN your letter
The other nodded snbcrly. ssh
disappeared yesterday"
What" Topttt sat up. "Why
Wing never hinted at such =
thing"
"Politeness. my dear fellow
courtesy to u guest would not al
low him TO be- troubled with tht
worries Of his host Sh"" bcor
attending the W"m"n'H Modlch
School hero In tho ely: Ita
Chrintlan affair. You know. Sh'
disappeared ycntcrdny. that" all
Toptlt stared ut hir informant
and frOwncd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

"Why--why. yes. Of course. snid
Mr.. HotriCk In n rather amazed
voice. but hOw-when-you say
you just fixod II up?"
Yes" laughed BIZ joyously. Il
asked her II she would b,1pointing TO
the narnc OF sundac on the mem
TN" names I a sundae?" repeated
Mr.. IICtrick blankly.
Yes" cried lmOgene. 1T was
called Marry Me Sundae.' And
when 1911 pointed 10 It and asked nae
II would ! said yes"
or course II was all commonplace
rnGIEh 10 outsiders Hut TO limo
gene II was romance. heart-Warming,
-uul stirring romance.
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AndOtherStories
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Is he! ,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
In the Romance Drug Store
BY FRANK n. WILLIAMS.

liked for BIN alone Instead OF for "
great prufusiun OF brthers and SIS
trrs. and where the dusk [ eVeh'hS
would bring liiIl homo from WORN
md rlupiu.ss I heart sh" Hghc0
muurnruIIy ana felt that II was NJ
i.nr., ter ltll L. pop ih" question
lni ,Iru ln"gcno feared that h''
uuuuIl"ue family mirm "S'"t"Ii'
drive IN! from her l." a"rn" Ini"tr'
home
enc ,'.ulng. utter Inli hnh pnri'"'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21


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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

"'rh" devil, YOu!"
"Im not" said Toptit gently
-, lcaw. | hope I'm not any d"'I
80. don't got up, ! beg or You
Hts hand clutchcd tn" pip" III
his pocket and pointed It. u"
rraylon, it looked terribly IiE"
re-, Oliver protruding from tn
white jacket. Crayton relaxed ~
his chair.
You cursed fool! s'poG" ytN
came asking for me and ia" boy.
Thought you were friend "i
mime
II suppose SO" assented Toptit.
II couldn't very we'll ask for Miss
'raing. so | asked for You.
The heavy face OF GRAFTON
notified with rage.
"Why--why--"
IF were you. Craytnn, Ia %"
afraid Of apoplcNy. Take 1t quietly,
now. | really ought to shoot y"N
I've considered doing it for Il
long while"
Craytun turned a shade whittier
at this. The deliberate voice or
Toptit must have frightened him.
The next words Of his visitor sent
his eyes wide in alarm.
you know. Craytun." went on
Tnptit in his horribly gentle way,
"Tuptil isn't my real name at all
my moro than yours IL cray
ton His gray eyes rested Hpech-
4 lniiyrly upon the larE" man. Th"II
nhecncc of all rnmLly lent Il fear
! lul emphasis to his next words.
you married girl In 'hirnE"
two years ago and deserted her
/ She vas my cousin. My real
nnnr ~
Crayton came ont of hia chair IN
a hlIud Hpaqm Of fear ana rnv"
/ n below on his lips. T"pttt moved
Rllgh,Iy under tn" attack. 'rhytnn
was absolutely beside him""If
rrnniir with the comprehension
that Toptit'B words had brought
49, rruncr hal they ""at"d them
sclv"a In 4 dark spot than INNOCENCE"
ulr"u'n entered AMI uusu' p".inHI"
seated Themselves In the row just |"
Tho rear.
At Irgt the picture va over.
Mr. IIrtrlnk invited ImHf"n" ana
I:ni IT, hnvc soda AZ tma smith
!..ulhrrs' dr'u. store.
Wn.q rn,. srrl'! th''n"'.r"" Mr.
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Irirad Lr turned To ia" lrfi and
entered tho crowded huHim'"
pppItr, Thou.h there are ru III
tiuct ..,uupinrt Of ruroITnrrE Ia
Iu,h,w iht, Jaulucac largely pr
r,,,uiu,I, unuib of IT," CuR'ur}
Ir,u,. with them. too. rnn"l.
rurr man, natives who are Japan
,.r ouI,ircla and honr" immun
- ChIur:r law In ,H!na. 1t l.
worry handy 10 be - JanJn"Se sub.
;,r,
,ro,,,i, .,IEcL ,long with n nos.
,o,,, ~ an. hand and 4 pencil in
40 a,h,r u. v.,s upitr nbliyious
49, w., ,rr,.rirp lrurhter that
,,...,,,.I ,I,,. yfun, oC = white man
,r,r,lIy ,y.ILiry lie apprarud 10
h. IN nm hurry. He would scribble
word or two. glance at the street
around. then continue Ms course.
lie apprarrd dreamy. absorbed.
As , matter Of fact. he was
wiring.
ITS not a bad conccit." he NUT
INJURED. "Old Chang Nov sllllhE
with his palnl-pUls and scroll OF
silk, and the SyCn standing chew
! Ing a straw, with one loot propprC
tup on Il tro"-root. and the artist
! listening TO Il lecture IN how ne
ouph, 10 paint HE'LL Thla
must be the place, rh? ConIound
! ,I,ni frnNI1D' -
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
FLORA

FLORA is as springtime a name as
Il any maid could wiSh 1t means
flowers, of course, and commentaries
the goddess of flowers, who was so
called from the Latin name for spring
blooms, "tlos"
Flora came into use through her
masculine counterpart, curious to re-
late. From the goddess was evolved
Florus, chiefly memorable as the name
of the pr0curat0r whose merciless rule
drove the Jews to their last rebellion,
and Flora was subsequently derived
as the feminine of the former name.
The first Flora was found in Spain.
Sine was the daughter of Count Julian
who was much dlslilied and is re-
corded in Spanish ballads as ga Cava,"
the wicked.
The martyrdOm Of Spanish maiden
called Flora by the Moors In S51 re-.
deemed the reputation of Flora as
feminine name and its use became
widespread in Spain; whence it pene-
trated France as Florie. Scotland,
"Hh,h Hdo an eAlldoluluuIJ LohuheSS
for flower names, adopted it, and soon
II was brought to England where it
still enjoys the greatest and most
widespread vogue.
The emerald, symbol of springtime,
is Flora's talismanic gem. 1t promises
its wearer keen intelligence, gentle
charm and prophetic vision. With
an emerald in her hand, she Is said to
have such perfect psychic power as
TO fe able to foresnadOw future
events Wednesday is her lucky day
and 3-her lucky number. The baw-
thorre, England's lovellest spring
symbol is her flower.
tCopyrlght.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
THE SORROWS OF
HOUSEKEEPING

The average man looks at house
cleaning with impatient disapproval.
He considers that the job was thor
oughly done last fall, so why must it
be done over again now?
So, after the women folks have
scrubbed and swept all day with re-
morseless vigor, with no complaint of
the dusty and toilsome labor, he comes
home and finding his customary nests
and possessions disarrangcd, begins
to offer sulky complaints.
The housekeeping spirit, however,
is the heritage of good old time
housewifery. The modern flapper,
whose mind is more upon the arts Of
Irritation than upon those of domes-
ITCHY, may not. in future years, vex
her husband with these periodical tur-
moils. But her mother was trained in
more severe school. She early ac-
quired a hatred of dirt. She brand
ishes the buster and the sweeper with
something of the joy manifested by
the knight of old when he set out
swinging his good sword to do glor-
ious battle against the infidel.
The complaining man does not
know what he owes to this good house
wifery. 1t creates the sanitary con-
ditions that protect life and health
against the attack of disease.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THEM?

Back on some of the closet shelves
in some of your rooms is the little tin
box in which among your other papers
you keep your tax receipts. Have you
taken it down lately and looked them
over?
Well, that little box contains a story.
1t contains just such a story as will
cause you to go out behind the barn
to speak your piece, for what you say
will be offensive to the women. 1t
tells story of a drunken nightmare.
Of an expensive orgy. 1t tells how,
each year, the tax has been increased
upon your farm and upon your chat
ties at mighty ratio. 1t tells of the
profits it is taking each year from
your hard-earned accumulations.
What is there to show for it? Not
much. A few good roads and that is
about all. Where has this money
gone to? We don't know. Nobody
does. We can only guess and guess
ing is hazardous. We only know what
the tax receipts show. Now with this
little tax holding receptacle holding
the tale Of the mighty tax levies there
comes word that you boys are going
to put that box away after a while
and forget about it, Forget the story
it tells Of wanton waste and profiigacy
on the part of the government that
collected it and expended it. They
say that the farmers and business
men will put it back on the shelf, and
during the heat and stress of the
coming campaign they will vote to
have the next tax receipt read just
like the last. Have its story repeated
to them in the same dollars and cents
way, that's the story the politicians
who put their feet on mahogany desks
are telling. Oh yes, they will put
some taffy in their political party
platforms and then go out and purr
around the taxpayers until they be-
come so charmed, they will forget the
story of the outrage that tax receipt
box tells. But-will they forget it
What do you say, Mr. Taxpayer? Do
these politicians tell the truth? Some
how we have bunch that they don't.
st. Joseph Observer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
USE FOR A POET FOUND

Addressing a group of alumni of
the University of Michigan at Chica-
60, President Marion Leroy Burton
commented enthusiastically on the
success of the experiment of intro
ducing a poet into the life of the uni
versity. Last fall Robert Frost, a
New England Thymstcr Of renown,
was engaged to live year in Ann Ar
Dor at the rather unpoetic salary of
$4,000. He has had no official duties
in connection with any of the college
faculties, has held no classes and has
been perfectly free to spend his time
as he saw fit. Yet his activities and
his influence have been such that new
er before has the interest, not in poet
ry alone, but in all literature, been so
great among Michigan students as it
is now. That interest has been man
Tested in the Inauguration by the stu
dents of lecture course by outside
poets, and in numerous other ways.
Decidedly here is a poet who has
made good in college life-how good
may be judged from President Bur-
tons asserting that Mr.. Frost is quite
as popular on the campus at Ann Ar
Dor as is that eminent opponent of the
athletic arts, Mr.. Chicago
News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
"THAT GIRL" A SUCCESS

The play given by the members of
the senior class of the End Baptist
church was wonderful success.
The play brought to the minds of
the people something clean, and help
full, was we'll rendered and those who
worked so faithfully to bring the true
picture before the people should be
given much credit in the way they put
it on. '4EN "9ff1T Fatl 7af II
, The moral was religious, clean and
uplifting to all who heard it.
In behalf of the program committee
we wish to express our appreciation
to those who so generously patronized
US and gave US full house. We want
to take this opportunity to thank the
town orchestra for its well rendered
music and its splendid cooperation.
Leadwood should be pround of its
musical talent and their Willingness
to make their town first in rank.
Mrs. A. E. Upchurch.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
WHAT Is CIDER?

The definition of cider as the mat
ural fermentation of apple or other
fruit. vegetable or herb juices" in the
bill introduced in congress by Repre-
sentative Hill of Maryland to legalize
the manufacture and sale of 2,75 per
cent beer and cider, differs materially
from the dictionary definition, and Of
fers interesting possibilities if the bill
becomes a law "Grape cider" result
ing from the natural fermentation of
grapes, would be likely to bear sus7
picious resemblance to wine; "potato
cider" might, be hard to distinguish
from Russian vodka. and the fermen-
tation Of wild cherriesw ould produce
something closely akin to undistiIled
cherry brandy. The difficulty might
come in holding down the alcoholic
content to the prescribed ITS per cent.
Left to its own devices, ordinary ap-
pie cider will develop per cent Of al
cohol. Springfield (Mass.) Union.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12

A close supervision has been kept ov-
err expenditures, with loppings off
wherever found practicable. Interde-
partmental exchange Of supplies and
various forms of property figures
much in the details of saving. For
merly, when one deparement had an
excess of. costlyrthings they might be
sold at forced-saie prices, when an
other department was buying at the
highest market quotations the same
things or things devoted TO- exactly
the same uses. Now, an excess in one
department is made to. supply def
ciencies in other departments. No
thing seems too trifiing to escape the
keen budget-scrutinizing eye in money
saving interchanges. Among hundreds
of minor transfers record is made Of
81 pulley which the Navy Depart
ment did not need, but which the Post
Office Department did need, and even
of accent saving made possible by
turning Emergency Fleet steel wash
ers over to the Public Printer.
Wastes at the bung greatly exceed
ing savings at the spigot are of course
to be guarded against, but these min
or savings through small transfers
may have excellent educational effects
on the appointee mind. The notion
that 81, representing taxpayers mon
ey, is too small unit for big gov
eminent to take cognizance of, and,
anyway, that there are many more
dollars where that 81 came from, has
too wide a prevalence in federal cir
cles. If the pennies are taken care of,
there is the same probability that the
pounds will take care of themselves,
as in Franklin's day.
A saving of $3.50, 900 is saving
of almost $3.50 for each man, woman
and child in the country. Is there
anyone who will not feel when he
comes to pay his income tax that his
$3.50 was not worth while? All the
possibilities of the new budget system
are not to be judged from the first diff
fic1lt year.-Globe- Democrat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
N. A. MOSELEY, FORMER
CONGRESSMAN, DIES

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, May 9-Norman
A. Moseley, former Congressman, who
was recently elected as a delegate to
the State Constitutional Convention,
died at the home of his son, Shelton
A. Moseley, of Bloomfield at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, following a four
weeks illness with nephritis. He
had been in failing health for the past
four months. irH
He was one of the most active' Re
publicans of the state, and was prom
inent in the affairs of the party with
in this district.
His widow and one son, Shelton, 20,
survive.
Moseley was in Congress from 1896
to 1897, representing the Fourteenth
Congressional District. He served as
a commissioner of the Supreme Court
1919 to 1921.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
CAPITOL NEWS NOTES

Washington, D. c., May 8.-Perhaps
it is still too early to predict that Nat.
Goldstein will not be confirmed as
collector of internal revenue for the
st. Louis district but it is safe to say
that before this is done the nominee
for this position will have a lot Of
"hard shedding" Several members of
the Senate Finance Committee, Re-
publican members at that, are deter
mined to oppose any effort to obtain
favorable consideration for this nom
ination and privately but none the
less vehemently, they censure Senator
Spencer for having prevailed upon
President Harding to make this nomi-
nation with its attendant embarrass-
ment to the party.
Democratic leaders, however, are in
clined to be gleeful over the Repub-
lican predicament and couple this with
the Newberry case, another party in
cubus which Senator Spencer was in
timately associated. Senator Pat Har-
rison (Dem.) of Mississippi faceti-
ously inquired why the Republicans
should "strain at the Goldsteinian
Nat (knot) and gulp down the New
berry Camel"
Although the disposition of the
Republicans now is to let this nomina-
ton run along ard defer confirmation
if possible, until after the election this
course is likely to prove even more
embarrassing. Collector Moore, the
Democratic incumbent, has been en-
desvoring to surrender his office since
last January, when John Leahy, SEN
ator Spencer's first choice, was nomi-
mated. Leahy's refusal to qualify and
final decision not to take the place
added complications and Collector
Moore has been writing and wiring ev-
cry few days to Commissioner Blair,
asking to be relieved. t'@QS
The Goldstein nomination afforded
the Democrats an opportunity to turn
the search light on Missouri appoint
ments by this administration. Sena-
tor Harrison of Mississippi. led the at
tack and gave his Republican col
leagues very uncomfortable half
hour. Using testimony adduced at
the hearing before special senator
ial committee, which two years ago
investigated the campaign expendi-
lures of various Republican candi-
dates for the presidential nomination,
he showed how Missouri Republicans
who figured in the Lowden expose had
been rewarded. He cited the fact that
E. L. (Liv) Morse has rented his home
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
JAMES SANFORD CLEVELAND.

The death of this good citizen oc-
Cured at his home in Doe Run at $3.50
o'clock Wednesday morning, May 10th,
after prolonged illness of Bright's dis
ease. Deceased had reached the age
Of 81 years, 3 months and days. His
wife and two children survive him.
They have the heartfelt sympathy Of
many relatives and a host of friends
in their bereavement.
Funeral services were held yester-
day at 1890 at the Doe Run Metho-
dist church, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Pepkin, assisted by Rev. Thog-
morton of this city, after which the
Masons officiated in laying to rest the
earthly body in the Masonic cemetery
at that place.