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FACTS ABOUT CHECKS

A bank check is a written order on
n bank by one OF its depositors to nav
specified sum to another party.
This instrument must be dated, the
amount written In full In the body,
and signed the same as the deposit
tors signature appears on the bank
signature card and ledger sheet.
check is payable on demand. pro-
vided 1t is not dated ahead. II dated
ahead II becomes a promise to pay.
the same as a note or acceptance, pay.
able on some future dat. United
States revenue stamps are required
on a check dated ahead. at the rate OF
Q cents per hundred dollars, or frac-
ton thereof.
In case a check carries two differ
ent figures. that is s2.Oo In the figures
and 1.-TWO Hundred Dollars" in the
written part of the body OF the check.
the latter. or part In writing. always
controls.
A check made out to a person ~or
order" requires Identification. and the
party presenting the same must ~.
sure the bank that he Is the payee. A
check to . person "or bearer is pay.
able to the one presenting II at the
bank, but certain amount Of identl
noation 10 necessary. for the hank ~
serves The right 10 know that h b -
titled 70 rsosivs the taAAa.
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with anger.

NAtll ullStE.
I've got time" said he. remember
ing Newtons impudent question, "to
give you what you deserve"
Newton grinned and lodged, but the
bank Of loose earth was his undoing,
and while he stumbled the chauffeur
caught and held him by the collar.
Again Ponto interviewed, for as the
chauffeur stood holding Newton, the
dog evidently regarding the stranger
as his masters friend, thrust his nose
into the chauffeur's palm. The chauf-
feur behaved much as his pointer had
done, except that the pointer did not
swear.
The grading gang laughed. Newton
grinned even while in the fell clutch
of circumstance. Ponto tried to smell
the chauffeur's trousers, and what had
been a laugh became a, roar. eau
tion and mercy departed from the
chaulfeur's mood; he drew back his
fist to strike the boy-and found it
caught by the hard hand of jim
Irwin.
you're too angry to punish this
boy said Jim gently, "even if you
had the right to punish him at ALI"
The chauffeur, however, unhesitat-
ingly released Newton, and furiously
delivered blow meant for Jim's jaw,
which miscarried by foot. In reply,
Jim countered with an awkward
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CHAPTER III
What Is a Brown Mouse?

Immediately upon the accidental
election Of Jim Irwin to the position
Of teacher OF the Woodrur school, he
developed habits somewhat like
ghosts or bandits. That is, he
walked Of nights and on rainy days.
On fine days, he worked In Colonel
Woodruff's fields MS of yore. Jlm's
salary was to be just $500 for nine
months work In the Woodruff school,
and he was to find hlmself-and his
mother. Therefore, he had to indulge
In his loose habits Of night walking
and roaming about after hours only,
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Selfish Citizens.

There are in both towns and cities
men who will not go along unless they
can see some special personal benefit
to accrue from the efforts they are
asked to make. In towns this sort OF
citizen is sometimes n distinct liability
and has to be made over into an asset
In cities, however, he can frequently
be ignored, and is unless politics is so
rotten that he has to be given share.
In both towns and cities this sort of
chap is sometimes shrewd, crafty, and
numerous enough to get his chestnuts
pulled out of the fire for him, and In
the larger cities to assume leadership
md control the situation, as Is the
case in New York city. Some one has
said, 1t takes all kinds of people to
make world. and this Is true Of cities
and towns which 90 to make up the
world.-Exchange
A Post "LOSTp will find il for YOU.
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CHAPTER II
Reversed Unanlmlty.

The great blade of the grading mar
chine. running diagonally across the
road and pulling the earth toward It's
median line, had made several trips,
and much persiflage about Jim Ir-
wins forthcoming appearance before
the board had been addressed to jim
and exchanged by others for his bene-
fit.
To Newton Bronson was given the
task Of leveling and distributing the
earth rolled into the road by the
grader-a labor which in the interests
of fitting a muzzle on his big mongrel
dog he deserted whenever the machine
moved away from him. That there
was some mystery about the muzzle
was evident from Newton's pains to
make a secret of it. Its wires were
curled into a ring directly over the
dogs nose, and into this ring Newton
had fitted cork, through which he had
thrust large needle which protruded
an mch-long bayonet, in front of
Ponto's nose.
As the grader moved along one side
- '''' tAs-A'"hss a AAs IpNtit tNl uulp-
mobile approached on the other, MAX
Ing rather bad weather of the newly
repaired road. A pile of loose soil that
Newton had allowed to lie just across
the path made certain maintenance
of speed desirable. Newton planted
himself in the path of the laborlng
car and waved Its driver a command
t0 halt Tho 20 70 "a gtn H.
with It's front wheels in the edge of
the loose earth. and the chauffeur
fuming at the possibility of stalling-a
contingency upon which Newton had
confidently reckoned.
"What dye want?' he demanded.
"What dye mean by stopping me in
this kind Of placer
Il want to ask you" said Newton
with mock politeness, "if you have the
correct time"
The chnuffeur sought words appro-
PIRATE to his feelings. Ponto and his
muzzle saved him the trouble. A
pretty pointer leaped from the cur,
and attracted by the evident friendll-
ness of Ponto's greeting, pricked up
Its ears, and sought, in a spirit of
canine brotherhood, to touch noses
with him. The needle In Ponto's muz-
lie did its work TO the agony and hor-
ror Of the pointer, which leaped back
with yelp, and turned tail. Ponto,
In an effort to apologize, followed. and
finding Itself bayonetted at every con-
tact with this demon dog, the pointer
definitely took flight, bowling, leaving
Ponto In state Of wonder and hu-
initiation at the sudden end of what
had promised to be very friendly
acquaintance. The pointers master
watched Its strange flight. and swore.
His eye turned to the boy who had
caused all this, and he allghted pale
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or on holidays and in foul weather.

The Simms family, being from the
"mountings' of Tennessee, we:e rather
startled one night, when Jim Irwin,
homely, stopped and errandless, ST.
lently appeared in their family circle
about the front door. They had lived
where 1t was the custom to give n
whoop from the big road before one
passed through the palms and up to
the house. Otherwise, how was one
to know whether the visitor was
friend or foe?
From force of habit, Old Man Simms
started for his gun-rack at Jim's ap.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Jennie Woodruff con-
temptuously refuses to marry Jim Ir-
win, young farm hand, because of his
financial condition and poor prospects.
He is intellectually above his station,
and has advanced ideas concerning the
possibilities of expert school teaching.
for which he is ridiculed by many.
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Herkert Quick has beer. such a busy
man in various lines of activity that

~ Ia NhANAl a BAos
$ of activity that
the wonder is he
has found time to
write books; but
not only has he
found the time,
but has been very
successful as a
W + / t G r. The
Brown Mouse" has
become a sort of
textbook in aEri-
cultural collie geS
and has been as
widely read by
I e a C h e r s a n d
farmers. proba bly,,
as any other story
ever write e n.
His "Nandemark's $
Folly" is one OF
the very success
full books of the
past two years
and he seems to
have scored even
more Willy with
IL A-A AAMl
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THE LOVE AMf.
 A CITY
 ROMANCE E NH@llA TE1NlE NNhNarA
CHATTER 214.

She thought very hard all the way home and all of the evening.
 Richard had gone out to Califor- mia. She hoped she need never see him again. She was glad he was not going to be in New York at Christmas time.
 Then, for hours, she pondered on what Paine had said of someone having deposited that sum of s50,000 to Richards account. Only once be- fore had this transaction seemed strange to her. Then the oddity of it had slipped from her mind, re- placed by other matters that were closer to her at that time.
 It must have been hush money, Paine had said. Somehow she could not believe that. Richard would not have spoken so joyously of the money Richard made by gambling. Donald said it was not.
 E 3hc was at dinner as this recollec- t4on came to her. She laid down her knife and fork and forgot to eat SD intenJlwas she upon this new idea. &cs---Dlna.d had said that he knew pll.tt Richards declaration with re- isa~d ,o ta4 deposit was true.
 r.l happen to know about that spe- eial :uJne&' Donald had declared. How did he know?
 ycu are not eating any dinner, iN dear Mrs Bates observed com ir- into the dining room to see how 9r charge was faring.
 , am noe hungry, the girl said :ite,,.i-,niaI Iedly.
 e.. w4s thinking we might talk | -t tu,n: to be gotten for the
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teresting, a any rate pleasant. The arranging of the games, indoor or outdoor, is much more important. The average guest wants to be sure of his or her game of golf or tennis dur ing the day, and the game of cards he or she plays best in the evening. They do not consider themselves neglected | if no other guests than those in the | house are provided, but I'm afraid they feel decidedly injured if they must be content to merely sit and talk because one of the party pre- vents their making up game of some kind.
 There are really only two things absolutely necessary for the hostess of weekend party. to think about. First and foremost, to give thought to the people she invites together; second. to do all within her capacity to insure their comfort These two rules hold good for all entertaining, but they are most important for the weekend.
 In considering the comfort of ones guests. l should place the bedroom at the head of the list. If you want your guests to leave feeling true friendship for you, don't make them sleep on uncomfortable beds. A sleepless night, thanks to bumpy,
 
 forgive or forget. If it is late autumn or winter, be sure there are enough covers on the bed; it is bet ter that the guests should be forced to throw some off than that they should have colds all the next week as a pleasant reminder of their week end.
 The bedside table and it's appurte- nances are important. There should always be a lamp by the bed and ice water placed there late in the eve- ming. An attractive thermos bottle, a suitable color for the room, is ex- cellent, so one may be certain that the water is cold, independent of the hour at which the guest retires. It Is not ssential, but it is a pleasant attention, for the hostess to find out if the guest likes crackers or fruit on retiring, of so, sees that they are on the bedside table. A box of ciga- rettes and the accompanying matches are important both for men and women in these days.
 If she has carefully attended to such details, including a good light by the dressing table, no hostess need worry over the material comfort of her guests.
 And if she has invited her guests with an eye to similarity of tastes, she need not worry over their find ing amusement and occupation. All though the average guest likes to feel assured of his game of golf or tennis on the other hand, the hostess must not force entertainment of this
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Home-made, but Has M Equal for Coughs
Makes . family supply of really dependable cough medicine. Eas- fly prepared, and saves about g.


 If you have a severe cough or chest cold accompanied with soreness, throat tickle, hoarseness. or difficult breathing, or if your child wakes up during the night with croup and you want quick help, try this reliable old home made cough remedy. Any drug gist can supply you with 2H ounces of Pinex. Pour this into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granu- lated sugar syrup. Or you can use clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup, if desired. This recipe makes a pint of really remarkable cough remedy. It tastes good, and in spite of it's low cost, it can be depended upon to give quick and lasting relief.
 You can feel this take hold of cough in a way that means business. It loosens and raises the phlegm, stops throat tickle and soothes and heals the irritated membranes that line the throat and bronchial tubes with such promptness, ease and cer- tainty that it is really astonishing.
 Pinex is a special and highly con centrated compound of genuine Nor way pine extract, and is probably the best known means of overcoming severe coughs, throat and chest colds.
 There are many worthless imita- tions of this mixture. To avoid dis appointment, ask for "2a ounces of Pinex' with full directions and don't accept anything else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded. The Pinex Co.,, Ft. Wayne. Ind.
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At dinner given in honor of Wade Ellis, the distinguished American lawyer, when visiting England, the guest of the evening told a good story of a brilliant reception given by Sir Auckland Geddes at the Brit ish embassy.
 An American admiral, now retired, had had few opportunities of quenching his thirst in a legitimate manner, but at Sir Auckland's re- ception he was under the British flag.
 After about his seventh Scotch "highbal1' the admiral walked over to a group of America's most dis tinguished public men and said:
 Boys. I'm going to the drawing room to find the British ambassador and I'm going to tell him that his country doesn't owe us darned cent."-Pudse of Mexico.
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READING TO THE WIFE
Frenchman Submits Idea Of Unique
 Domestic Incident


 Domestic Incident
 It was a very remarkable passage. I read it over second time Then: Just listen to this" I said. "If we could represent mems characters Are you going to read?' asked my wife.
 T was reading,"T replied, rather re- proachfully.
 Then I must get my knitting" she said. q can't listen to you unless I'm doing something"
 Reluctantly l laid the book on my knee. My wife got her knitting. She settled herself in her chair. "Go on" she said.
 I began again.
 "If we could represent mems characters by diagrams and look at them as we look on figures in geo. metry ..
 But what an extraordinary idea! Who ever has written it?'
 "Anatole France,"I answered. But do listen. If we
 He's a Frenchman, isn't her"
 He is" l replied patiently.
 q thought so," said my wife. T wonder if it is just a coincidence that HIS IdmS IS dHCcf UT II
 With a sigh l laid the book on my knee. My wife observed the gesture. Sorry" she said. "Go on."
 I began all over again. If we could represent
 "Bother!'
 I put my book down. "Go on," said my, wife. T only dropped stitch that's all. can pick it up and listen at the same time You were saying
 q had better begin all over again" I sighed, and picked up my book. "If we could represent ;"
 My wife put her knitting down abruptly.
 "Hushl" she said. "The bell! That's Marjory come about the charades we are doing next Thursday" And then she rushed out of the room and never came back.
 I went for a walk. As 1 passed the drawing room window, a voice, came ] floating out to me. It was my wife's. If We could represent authors by diagrams she was saying.
 didn't catch the rest. Still, l shouldn't be surprised if I were to win a prize at the bazar next Thurs lay My map of France has vanished. Maurice Lane-Norcott in the Con- tinental Edition of the London Mail.
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Weekend entertaining may be
 simple, with no entertainment provid-
 ed for the house guests, or it may be
 more elaborate-accordin to the de-
 sire of the hostess. Inviting guests
 for the weekend no longer necessi-
 tates series of dinners and lunches, as I believe it did some years ago. If the hostess has invited people she feels reasonably sure are congenial, she need not worry about providing additional guests unless she wishes.
 Needless to say, she cannot expect her weekend to be a success if she thoughtlessly invites two who play bridge and two who do not, or four or five people whose views and opin- ions differ so radically that conver- sation would be dangerous and dif- ficult affair. Unfortunately, to my mind, the latter form of congeniality is not as important as congeniality with regard to games. Generally the amount of time given to conversa- tion is so small that it is compara- lively easy to keep it, if not really in-
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catch him, I'll break off every one of his cookie arms and legs! Even his cookie headw
 You ought to be ashamed of your self. Hookie GohlinH' Raggedy Ann said, Besides, I shall fix the nice Cookie mans arm right back in place again with molasses! Just as good as newI'
 And Raggedy Ann did. It only took her three minutes.
 All this time, Hookie the Goblin pounded upon the door as hard as he could and until he grew, oh, so angry
 "Its all Raggedy Ann's faulti" Hookie howled through the keyhole when he stopped to rest.
 silly Raggedy Ann said to him.
 "Tll just sit down here until you
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get so hungry you have to come on outi" Hoollie said as he sat down upon the candy door step.
 let him rest as long as he likesn' Raggedy Ann whispered to the others, flor, with his wet clothes, he will melt the candy door. step, then if he sits there long enough, his clothes will dry and he will become fast to the step!"
 So Mrs. Cookie took another cookie chicken and stuffed it with raisins and chopped almonds and ice cream and served it to our friends while they sat and ate this nice treat, they could hear the loud snores of Hookie, the Goblin, out on the front step, and they had to smile to think what he was missing.
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Don't pay any attention to him!' Mrs. Cookie said, Maybe he will get tired and go away"
 Hookie the Goblin did not intend leaving though. He was very angry at the Cookie man for upsetting him into the cold spring. Just as soon as I catch the cookie man, I shall make Washington pie out of him! That's what" Hookie shouted through the keyhole.
 "Oh. lookr" Raggedy Andy cried as she heard a thump upon the floor and looked around. 'The poor Cookie mans arm fell off, He must have broken his cookie arm when he hit Hookie so hardi"
 "Goodie, goode, gouch! "Hookie again howled through the keyhole. I'm glad of it! Just as soon as I
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sort on the guests. The charm of a week end, particularly in the country, is the feeling that one may exercise or be lazy to ones hearts content. The tactful hostess will allow her guests to follow their own volition with regard to their exercise or non- exercise. There is nothing more de- lightful than looking forward to a weekend in congenial surroundings where one knows that nothing is de- manded of one.
 If the household permits, think it is nice to have breakfast served on trays in the different bedrooms. Ask each guest theshour he wishes break fast served, or if he would rather ring when he wakes. If this manner of serving breakfast is not convenient, delightful way (used very much in England) is to have everything placed on the sideboard. The hot dishes are placed on a large copper heater, and the guests are asked to serve them selves afterward and up to certain hour.
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], Eli 1 ake Off
 All Excess Fat

. n 1eD Elow thst there is a simple, < .a ef. ctNo remedy for ovcrfatness
 hsy used safely and secretly by
 m-i, sr woman who is losing the
 youth? There is: and it is t.p1 nan the tablet form of the T. Du. .Harniola Prescription, known 2. A.a ;hJ PrescI iption Tablets. You ran @i4 expect to reduce steadily and 6 is tA Ut going ~ough long sieges q ., soas exercise ana starvation diet 1 H, .a l'r scri2tiof Tablets are sold by '. a.,Elst, th world over st one e~ilar AJ a box, o9 %oa can secure them direct acr.p ths arm Jla Co, Iji2 ,soodwa ru 's,, D tro.i Mich. oH receipt of price- sCV
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HIS TABLE GR0ANED
Duke Of Cumberland Had IF Tons Of
 SfIuQr

Silver Service
 The Duke of Cumberland is selling his silver, they say, which weighs over 12 tons. and is judged to be priceless, the collection including, as it does, some of the rarest specimens of antique silver known. Walburga, Lady Paget, in one of those books of memoirs of hers, tells how on the way from London to, Berlin as lady in waiting to our then princess royal, the 17year-old bride of the crown prince of Prussia, they stopped at Hanover, where court banquet awaited them. The ~1ong table
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groaned under the famous dinner service which for so many years, with other heirlooms, had been the object of a great lawsuit between the English queen and the king of Hanover and which the English crown lawyers gave in his favor. The princess royal recognized the service at once and was much hurt.- London Mail.
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Far East rubber is ail grown on plantations in the Federated Malay States, Straits Settlements, CeyIon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Indo- China
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Only city in the world where a man can eat penny bun in the street and not attract attention, is said to be London.
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WINNIE TWINKLE
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"pear nev Rag

Dear mel" Rag gedy Ann cried as Raggedy Andy, the Cookie man and lit- tie Weekly came un min 2 in the cookie house and locked the door be- hind them, What ever is the trouble? If you jump about so hard upon the floor, you will jar my c 0 o k i e s and make them fall!'
 "Hookie, the Gob- lin came up right behind us at the spring where we were watching the cookie fish swim ming and he caught little Weekly" Rag gedy A n d y t o d Raggedy Ann, And if it had not been for brave Mister Cookie, the Goblin would have taken Weekly home to make noodle soup. But Mister Cookie h it Hookie, t h 0 G o blin, so hard with his cookie arm it knocked Hookie head over heels in- to the spring!"
 Just then Hookie the Goblin c a m 6 r Il n n i n 6 u p t h . candy icing walk. his clothes wiring ing wet. "Open the doorvi he cried as he thumped his fist against the candy
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Christmas dinner" Mrs. Bates ven tured.
 "Yes-let us do thatw Winifred agreed. her interest aroused at the suggestion. T want it to be a lovely dinner" she added, when later in the library, she and the housekeeper had arranged the menu. MT. Muir enjoys nice things
 And he deserves all he can get" the widow remarked.
 She was fond of Donald Muir, and Winifred smiled at her as she thought of this.
 Gro He Continued)
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RESCUES HER BABY SEAL
Mother Of Little Animal Follows Sbir
 Eighty Miles

A sea captain not long ago captured a young seal, hoping to tame anc rear it on board his ship. He placed it in a sack to secure it, but wide as the ocean was, and swiftly as the ship sped on, the mother was as swift and followed in search of her young When it was first caught, the mother howled piteously, and the baby" marked back it's grief, but the man was relentless. and cooly watched the agonized mother follow him till the ship reached the wharf at Santa Bar. bara.
 Here he thought his prize was safe for surely no seal would venture there, and the ship was docked. Sud denly the mother gave cry close tc the ship, and the little one, as il obeyins instructions, struggled, stil in the sack, to the edge of the deck and rolled itself overheard. The mother was seen to seize the sack rip it open with her sharp teeth, and joyfully claim her baby. She hac swan after it for so miles.-Oul Dump Animals.
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Good Taste In Entertaining Series Of Thrice-Weekly Articles By Julia Hoyt Mrs
 Lydig Hoyt)
WEEKEND PARTIES

 Alliance The Age-Herald. All
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THE SHOP O. SCOPE is serving many and saving money!
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CANCELTNG THE DEBT

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