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Evening star., 1924-11-26
POTATO MARKET WEAK.

CHICAGO, November 26.-Potatoes-
Trading light, market weak; receipts,
II cars; total u. S. shipments, 6s1;
Minnesota sacked, round whites, SOa
IS; few best, 80: poor. 20; sacked Red
River Ohios few sales, 1.15a1.25; few
shade higher; wisconsin sacked
round whites, SoaS5: few fancy shade
higher; poor, 75; Idaho sacked rus
sets, 2.00a2.20.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Money to Loan

Secured by first deed Of trust on zeal estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph l. Weller fzS Slar.. ~1sai sth l. NV. NV
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throw II up to man b'cayse is fore
Sight amt as good as is hindsight
You might a done worse, | hain't
neNer DEN in jail yit. an ycu hain't
nevrr sen in the porehouse."
RE dim figure rocked while in
~arueA
'!Us is gittin cen Almost toe
tss falNtin these days" she re.
gntsa though IN n milder voice
NuG d free. Big lacks a-plcnty
aocd enough rr Texie Colin the best
h'"'ith she ever drawed with all eI
money an good looks.
Use n L DE gal could git alons
with one beau hut now days--huh-
they amt satisfied less'n they've got
two r three a-traipsin after em
Things Is comm to purity pass
that's what | say to purity pass II
a gal amt satisfied with one beau al
a time how in the name o. sense car
y'u expect 'er t be satisfied with one
husban' at a timer now there's the
business OF II. I-jeemIny
The air Of hard finality with which
lhe grim lips were purSed up ant
twisted around toward the right ear,
the crisp positiveness with which the
words ware uttered. almost made the
twilight seem TO crackle. like stin
parchment being folded after the
reading Of some weighty mandate.
Counterman dropped anearm acros,
his knee and sat very still. as II afraid
the slightest sound might touch OF
again that hair-trigger tongue; Uncle
Nick looked away toward Black Rock /
the bats darted about in the dim half
light, intrepidly threading the bewil
dering labyrinth of fruit trees; a
cricket at the corner of the porch tried
to match the creak of Aunt Liza's
rocking chair
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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SEVERE CRAMPING SPELLS,
PAINS IN BACK AND SIDES

my trouble has been periodic
cramping SPELLS" says Mrs. G. C.
Draper, of Atlanta, Texas. "For
several years these have come on
me SO bad that ] had to quit my
work and go to bed. Every
month would stay in bed from
one to two days. The pains in
my back and sides were awful.
"This went on for several
months after / was married UNI
til, one time when / was having
a bad spell, my husband sug-
gested that / try Cardui. I said
l would try it, SO he got me a
bottle at the store and ] began
to take it.
ut seemed like / improved
from the very first dose. When
/ had taken one bottle was very
much better. did not cramp so
hard the next month and / ate
and slept better. / was not near
ly so nervous, either. ! thought
Cardui was fine, so I continued
the treatment until / had taken
five bottles, at which time | felt
completely well. I had no more
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To the creditors of Stanley Hud-
kins, doing business under the name,
Of The City Meat Market:
You are hereby notified that at the
request of B. E. Wilmoth, Trustee OF
the estate Of the said Stanley Hud-
kins, doing business under the name
of The City Meat Market, ! have APP
pointed the 18th day Of March, 1924,
at my Office in the City of Philippi,
Barbour County, West Virginia, for
receiving proof Of the debts or de-
mands against the said Stanley Hud-
kins, doing business under the name
of The City Meat Market, at which
time and place you are requested to
attend.
Given under my hand as Commiss-
Toner Of Accounts Of Barbour County
this the goth day of January, 1924
c. M. MURPHY
1-31::6t) Commissioner of Accounts
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/ happened t glance down in OF Shines
orchid. an thar she set with the new
parson at Whisperin' spring"
The old man lowered his eyes and
sat patting his boot upon the gravel
of the small gutter worn by the drip
from the porch caves.
Beats the devil the Roadway the
parsons a-makin' with 'er," he NUT
tered Must know some trick other
men amt on to-"
He lifted his face after a moment
and chuckled complaisantly.
big Jack" he went ON, Couldn't
kill him with niger maui. Didn't
e fetch that chuckle head a groanin'
lick? Lord Leetle too high, though"
he commented in the nice criticism Of
a. man who, In his day, was known to
have been the most dangerous rough
ane-tumble fighter on the border.
He paused. and his face assumed the
same puzzled expression it had worn
at the festival the evening before.
II reckon hit couldn't "a ben, an
it's jist as well not L say nothin' about
IT," he went on, ''but thought that
Teller favored that scapegaIus of OIL
Sime's-Ken Colin--what e would "a
ben by now. noticed 1t when e
fiared up ofrn the floor thar with the
knife"
Counterman leaned nearer.
That's Jist what / mosey'd up {
talk about" He lowered his voice.
THAT was Black Bogus"
Uncle Nick Strengthened.
Nor
Hit were"
The old man swore, took out his pipe
again, stared at it and put it back in
his pocket.
"Black Bogus-hit couldn't-w'y,
theirs fifty sheriffs a-iookin' FIR him."
yes, an them same fifty sheriffs
amt none too dern'd anxious t find
I'm. He's bad man with a six-gun.
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cramping spells at all, and my
health was as good as anybody's.
| am feeling fine now and I give
all the credit to Cardui, for ]
had been suffering for years be-
fore / took it."
Cardui is a vegetable extract, con-
tanning no harmful ingredients. 1t ia
made from mild-acting medicinal herbs
with gentle, tonic, Strengthening eff
feet upon certain female organs and
upon the system in general. Its users
have testified to its special value at
the time of entering womanhood at
maturity and AZ the time Of the
change of life.
For over 40 years, Cardui has been
tested in use by thousands of women
who have written to tell Of the great
benefit they have received from it.
For over 600 years, medical authori-
ties have recommended one of the
principal ingredients of Cardui in the
treatment Of certain female com
plants.
Cardui, the woman's tonic, tested by
time, is today the product of many
years of experience and investigation.
It is manufactured in up-to-date labo-
ratories by the most modern and
sanitary methods Of pharmaceutical
science and is for sale by all drug
gists. JW
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SYNOPSIS

CHATTER Lon the banks Of the
Wabash stand Texie Colin ana Jack
TM ~ young and very much in love.
Mmon. rioS man as ana moD 0s oie
1eck 10 the orphan bound boy of Pap
SIMON. who had foreclosed q mortgage
q the Warhope estate. At first Texie
EIs missing brother. Then Jack says
enae N ten days his servitude will be
oyes, That he will go to California for
s snd that he will come back. Then
re 11ord stage comes In. bringing
nex. Caleb Hopkins. the new minister
OF Huckeve, in the Flatwoods.
CHAPTER u.-simon Colin welcomes
we minister and introduces the viii
iagers. The preacher Is a young man
wstn beard, enormous spectacles, stif
neck stock and patent leather boots.
CHAPTER I1I-At supper at the
Colin home the preacher, who had been
ken's roommate at college. tells how
peared. His father attributes Ken's
fan from grace to his red lock of hair,
aa inheritance from RED Colin
Pap Simon has a sort OF stroke,
brought on by reading a letter rom
Ken, somewhere in New York" who
Causes his father on his death bed. A
postscript by another hand says he
ts dead.
CAAPTkR IV.-At the village store
And postoffice Loge Belden, newcomer,
says ne saw the new parson with his
arm around Texie. Jack slaps him,
Hicks him, shoots pistol from his hand
and makes him say he was mistaken.
CHAPTER v,-The parson goes sein-
sng on the river with Jack and others.
Jack discovers the parson carries a re-
yoiVer. The party runs across a hid
Gen housebOat Jack discovers that the
parsons boot fits a footprint on the
dusty deck
CHAPTER Wall the villagers
gather at festival in the schoolhouse.
a drunken stranger disturbs the fes-
avities. He attacks Jack with a knife.
Jack knocks him fat, but receives an
nnimportant wound in the shoulder.
rhe preacher faces the desperate and
points to the door. The ruffian, cowed.
goes out and disappears.
CHAPTER VIL-Jack, working In q
neid, sees the desperate of the festival
watching him from behind a log He
trails the man to the cabin where Bel
zen and his sister live
CHAPTER VIII-Jack tells Pap 81
mon. who has been good to him, that
he's going to California to find gold to
buy back the old homestead. He tells
Texie OF his love for her-in all but
words.
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On July 80, 1863, Lincoln issued a
public letter, designed especially for
the soldiers and sympathizers OF the
Confederacy:
ut is the duty of every govern
ment to give protection to Its citi-
zens and especially those who are
organized as soldiers in the public
service. 1t Is, therefore, ordered
that for every soldier Of the United
States lilled in violation of the
laws Of war, rebel soldier shall
be executed; and for every one en-
shaved or sold into slavery rebel
soldier shall be placed at hard
labor on the public works"
Promised Glory for All Officials.
/ look upon this order as the least
representative sentence In Lincoln's
entire life story and doubtless 1t was
as cabinet measure.
Another message to his cabinet
shows how he guided them and con
stantly reminded them of broad patri-
otlsm. 1t reads:
ut will require the utmost skill,
influence and sagacity of all of us
to save the republic. Let us for
get ourselves and join hands like
brothers to save the republic. If
we succeed there will be glory
enough for ALL"
And Stanton, who, in the early days
Of the Civil war, said, Lincoln is
fool, low, cunning clown. The
original gorilla Du Chaillu, the nat
uralist, wandered all the way to Africa
in search of when he might have found
1t in Springfield, Ill., later said when
Lincoln was assassinated: Lincoln is
the most perfect ruler of men the world
has ever SEEN"
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He may be Ken Colin--that | don't
know-but I do know he's Black
Bogus / run afoul of I'm three year
back, down Vincennes way. 1t wus
when"
The fisherman stopped, breathed
hard. passed his hand up over his
sunken eye socket and sat staring out
into the gathering night The aged
hunter studied him coyertly More
than once he had thought of asking
for the story of that lost eye, but the
innate delicacy Of the born woodsman
had restrained him.
"Calc'late you wus some surprised
when e swarmed in?o
Gentleman turned; felt along the
edge of the porch floor with his hands.
Il low werdn't no worse surprised
than he'd "a ben if he "a saw me.
But | happened t. be back in the cor
ner blind the crowd--an' its good
thing were. ! dasn't come face t face
with Black Bogus He tricked me
once; he won't trick me no more
the old hunter saw the weather.
stained fist of the fisherman grip
tight; heard his lanky jaws clamp to-
gether; watched him instinctively
hitch the holster of his long-barreled
six-gun to an easier position at his
hip-"an I've already got enough blood
on my hands over"
He stopped abruptly and again sat
staring into the night.
The man was a mystery. He had
come to Buckeye as the driftwood
comes-nobody knew from where. He
paid his way, asked no questions. an
swered none. In the silence that fell
Uncle Nick sat bordering him-what
his life story might have been.
The fisherman reused himself after
moment and went on.
What crosses my path Is, how e
come T. be there, p'tic'lar how e hap
pened t come out s. specially il
e is the man you think e is. 1t amt
his way He never would "a done it
if it hadn't "a ben FIR Zeke Pollok
S40iA WHISKY. SIJdiSAltucu,
glanced around at his aged friend.
and had the light been sufficient, the
old man might have seen that the
twinkle, never long absent from the
doubly capable eye, had returned.
Big Jack an the parson shore did
show, i'm good time-while e
lasted"
Uncle Nick grinned.
THAT parson-lord, l amt ben Z
church in fifty year, but I'm calc'latin'
ON goin' next Sund'y. If that parson
can OUTAGE the devil the way he out
faced that hulkin' chuckle-head, he
amt no bad man t hitch up with"
I'm only hopin," Counterman went
on, big Jack-an' the parsen, too, FIR
that materials seen the last o Black
Bogus. I'm hopin' but I'm doubtin'.
i amt, nary a doubt" Uncle Nick
chuckied. "Your Black Bogus"-the
puzzled expression touched his face
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HOW'S THIS7

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CHAPTER TX
oats and Beetles.

In the luminous evening that fol.
LEVIED Uncle Nick sat smoking q quiet
pipe on the porch of his modest cabin
at the upper edge of the village, al
most exactly opposite the point where
the Eagle Hollow road crossed the fat
administered bridge and turned up the
east bank Of the branch to disappear
between the jaws of the hollow.
Through the open door came the
elnk Of the supper dishes as Aunt
Liza put them away. A throng of
bats, nocturnal hunters all, darted In
and out among the fruit trees, white
with bloom; the drone of thousand
beetles, the hum of a myriad gauzy
wings, throbbed the silence into a sort
Of drowsy rhythm-a scene tranquil
and serene.
The old man was just setting Off to
keep his tacitly understood appoint
ment with the embryo scientists, SOL
diers and statesmen who assembled
nightly around the barrels and boxes
Of Zeke Poliek's store, when the front
gate clicked He stopped and stood
mildly wondering TO see the tall and
lanky form of AL Counterman, the one
eyed fisherman, coming up through the
trees.
He threw up his hand, the fisherman
threw up his. Two gfins met and
passed in the twilight.
Fine day." said the fisherman.
Couldn't make one no better, II I
had the TOOLS
The fisherman seldom-almost never
came into that part of the village.
With the sound horse sense that eighty
years of hard knocks had pounded into
him, Uncle Nick knew that something
unusual had brought him. Counter
man knew that he knew. He absently
traced the flight of the bats with his
psekered eye and shifted from one
foot to the other
Little out o. y'ur range, hain't y'uY'
The fisherman sat down on the
threw away his cud, as if clearing his
m0USAa6or action. al rarely threw
away his cud When he did it meant
something.
"Whar's Aunt LIAR
Back in the kitchen. Why?"
The other did not answer, but sat
listening to the clink of the dishes
He finally lifted his battered hat, ran
his fingers up through his hair and
motioned his aged friend to sit beside
him.
"Seen Big Jack t'day?'
seed i'm this evenin' late come
down offn Black Rock'-he tossed up
his hand toward the high battlemenu OF
stone that frowned down upon them
from across the mouth of the hollow
him an Texie. They crossed the
branch at the bridge thar, passed the
gate an went on down through town
t the post office, low"
The fsherman-put his hat back on.
I'm skeerd it's dern little good it'll
do I'm AS | come along up the crick,
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NOTICE!!
10 whom It NAV concern:

To whom it may concern:
| have this the 4th day of January
1924, transferred my interest in the
store and meat market in Belington,
known as Hudkins and Hedrick, to
the former, S. w Hudkins, who as
sumes all obligations heretofore and
after date contracted. (f-l7 At Pd
F. X. HEDRICK
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Patched Up Mans Hears

Complete recovery of a patient OPP
Grated upon in Vienna hospital by
two American surgeons for an ex-
tremely painful form of heart disease
has been reported and has aroused
considerable interest among physi-
clans from all parts of the world. The
operation involved severingF some of
the nerves OF the organ. and was 50
nicely performed that the subject is
said to have suffered no serious after
effects and was relieved Instantly of
the severe spasms associated with his
malady. The brilliant surgical
achievement is also declared to have
contributed much to existing knowl.
edge of the organs actions and, it is
believed, will assist in future treat
ment of some forms of heart disease.
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
Vieps Women as Pictures

Some women came to my house to
dinner the other day, and began abus-
ing the men, They said: present COM
pany excepted" but begged them to
enjoy themselves. and include me-
Every little While said something to
further provoke them, and they finally
did their best.
Ladies" said, you have no idea
how ashamed I am of my sex"
told them of man | know, mar
ried three times, who solemnly de
clares he never in his life proposed
marriage to any woman.
Il can easily believe the story"
added; 81 never did"
have heard it said of a great paint
ing: Don't get too close to it," In or
der to get the best out of a picture,
view it in the proper light, and from
a distance; don't crowd up, and get so
close look that YOU realize the rough
way in which it was made.
Same way with women q said to
them).
Il prefer to view them from dis
lance; never closer than four or FIVE
feet"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
Left Them Gasping

When Blanche Sweet was in Eng
land in connection with the produc-
ton of "Tess of the d'Uberviles," she
met by chance, one day in London, a
woman friend of long acquaintance,
from home. The friend was q staunch
teetotailer and an ardent advocate of
prohibition for all and sundry, Judge
then of her disgust when her prize
Peke darted through the swing doors
Of pub" she was passing and dis
appeared from view.
Both women called and coaxed, but
doggie would not respond. For either
Of them to venture inside was, of
course, unthinkable, and, eventually,
Miss Sweets friend appealed to a
passerby, obviously, laborer.
"Would you kindly fetch my little
dog out of that public-house, pleased"
"Suttingly, lady, suttingly; err
which bar was you in?"-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
Spreading tie Scriptures

If the present rate of Distribution
of the Bible is maintained the whole
world may be supplied before the enc
of the century, says the New York
Times, A high-water mark was
reached last year, according to recent
reports, when 100000 copies Of the
Scriptures found their way into parts
OF all lands.
OF last years total about one-fourhr
was the output of the American Bible
society, an organization that since It's
birth Jos years ago has issued almost
1GO,0OO,0OO volumes Of Scriptures. Fol-
the second time in It's history the so.
ciety last year exceeded the 100000.
copy mark, an increase of 2,500,0Oo
over the previous year.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
Bottle of Bees

A battle of bees in an English gar
den resulted recently In the complete
determination Of the peaceable occu-
pants of one set Of hives by piratlcal
visitors from other hives in a neigh
boring garden, The battle lasted sew
eral days, The owner of the garden,
seeing thousands of angry bees
buzzing about, at first supposed they
We're early swarms. It was not until
the conflict was over, when he found
practically all his hives tenantless
and robbed by the pirates of all the
honey and sirup, that he realized what
had happened Countless slain bees
were then found IN the garden Only
two hives remained to him, These
were tenanted by broods of different
and harder stock, which was evident.
ly able TO fight or the attacking
hordes.
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| se a,
||ey1zzz1I5to (;
GiUen Needed Lesson
in Respecting FLAG

With a little American tlag rumpled
up in his grimy hand motor tourist
from the North, who had stopped in
a small town in Georgia, was, writes
contributor TO the Youths Com
panIon, busily wiping the mud from
various parts of his car An old man
"a typical southern colonel-madc
his way through the crowd of onlook-
erS and asked the tourist politely
whether he couldn't find something
less sacred with which TO clean his
car
u guess it's my business and not
yours if ! want to clean my car with
this little old rag replied the motor,
list in surly tone.
The cid mans lips frightened Years
before he had served with the Confed-
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
Lawyers Clients Defined

A group Of lawyers was conyersine
on divorce subjects recently in one of
the corridors of the courthouse. They
We're Joined by young member OF
the profession who was bitterly de-
nouncing the stupidity of his client
who had just been cross-examlned on
the witness stand, and had become
hopelessly confused by the opposition.
"Why, the darn fool" the young
man began, but was stopped by Henry
Spaan, one of the attorneys in the
group, who said:
young man, did you ever stop to
think that were 1t not for the darn
FOOLS, we lawyers would be without
means of supportT-ndlanapolis
News.
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ProDes England Once
Had Tropical Climate

England 100000 years ago, was a
tropical country in which the inhab
iitants hunted elephants and other ami
mails of the warmer climates with skill
fully made weapons, in the opinion of
Maj. A. G. Wade, British archeolocist.
who recently has made important dis
coveries in the gravel pits near Farm.
nam, DorSetshire.
Among the relics found were the re
mains of mammoths, elephants, wooliy
rhinocerl and beautifully made flint
instruments. The finding of the re-
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
Here's Graphic Story
Of Boudoir Tragedy

The room was in n state of fearful
disorder Cupboards had been opened
and their contents scattered here and
there In the utmost confusion, says
London Answers Dresses and coats
had heen torn from their hooks and
lay In crumpled heaps on the floor
Everywhere chaos reigned.
AT first sight the room appeared
empty, but through the gloom in one
far corner figure was dlscernible-
the figure OF woman
There she croucbed despair writ
large on her beautiful face. the light
of agony in her eyes. Her long black
hair streamed loose over her Shout
ders and her face was flushed. Her
whole attitude was that of woman
driven TO desperation, of one who had
received some dreadful injury and
knew not which way to turn.
At last anger got the better of her.
She drew herself erect with a ges-
ture of indignation. Stretching her
arms out she cried aloud:
Nuiihbt SluHu any IlOTe! IL Is III
ready too mch | was so proud of
You, and You have repaid my pride
with torture!
"You We're the envy of all my
friends and l glored in their envy.
Every glance that was cast at you
filed me With an inward glow. But
YOU are not what thought YOU. What
have You done? You have tortured
me until l cried out in agony, and
still for your beauty love you"
She broke off, her breast rising and
falling with the stress of her emo
tons. Her breath came in short,
quick gasps She rocked herself to
and fro as she moaned in agony.
suddenly there was knock at the
door.
st is timew said voice from with
out.
The words seemed to spur the WON
an to action.
yes" she replied Historically, sit
is time. ! have stood you in spite of
everything. But now-now / will end
it forever. l will cast You off,
And with an imperious gesture she
ripped the little dancing shoe from
her foot and flung it from her.
1t was lovely-but size too small.