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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
LYING IN BED
By THOMAS ARkLE CLARK

TINE doctor slipped the thermome-
= ter under my tongue and put his
fingers on my wrist to catch my pulse.
at doesn't look very good" he said.
you've been working too hard. You
are worn out and need rest; I'll have
to put you to bed"
"For how long?" / asked. have
never taken kindly to lying in bed.
"a month";" he replied. Nothing
short of that time will rest your
heart"
"I? month";" groaned. It was In
conceivable. had always argued
against lying in bed. / have spent
much of my time In stimulating the
somnolent student to get up at the
proper season. I've preached long ser
mons against the evils of oversleeping !;
rye called down many loafer for
staying in bed when there was work to
do or engagements to be met. And
now / was to make business Of lying
In bed.
It was a cheerful quiet rooP into
which the nurses showed me at the
hospital-the first quiet room in fact
which l had ever come upon in all my
varied hospital experience.
II have orders that you are to be
left alone" the nurse said. "You will
have no callers; you may ring If you
want anything I'll bring in your meals
at the regular time" Then she left
me to my devices.
The sun shone in softly at the south
window, the warmth and quiet Of the
room stole over me as I stretched out
lazily in the comfortable bed. l had
not had such freedom from RESPONSE
bility and duty since I was boy.
dropped off to sleep almost before l
knew it.
AS the days passed, the experience
grew ON me- came shortly to like 1t
ALL Sometimes l read, sometimes 1
dozed off into gentle sleep, and more
often through the day lay thinking of
the past or building air castles in the
future. recalled old friends and old
acquaintance; reared in my mind
the books with which 1 had been ia
miliar as boy; revisited old scenes
and re-enjoyed old experiences,
think had not had the Byers boys
and Taylor Curtis in mind for twenty
years. reread many of half-forgot-
ten book and repeated the poems that
! had learned as child or during my
college days. went over stories OF
adventure and sentiment, some of
them very trashy, / have no doubt,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18

which had thrilled me and stirred me
long ago. / experienced again the
shock of surprise that had made me
shout aloud when first discovered
who and what was behind that mys-
terious green baize door in "gane
Eyre" and wept once more over the
death of Tom and Maggie Tulliver In
mill on the Floss"
I visited again the scenes that had
delighted me in former years. took
the walk from Ambleside to Grasmere,
1 crossed the Rothy on the stepping
stones to Fox Howe. I sat in flower
bordered garden in Ravello and looked
out over the Incompatible blue Of the
Bay Of Salerno or walked from Ire
mezzo to Caddinabia under the plane
trees that border Lake Como. When
the month was ended and I was al
lowed to go back to my work was
glad, it is true, kut there was also a
kind of regret that was to relin-
quish a pleasure that had found very
delightful.
(6, 1925 Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL.
DIR. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor Of "HEALTH"
III 10. 1925 Western Newspaper Union.)
DEVELOPING GOOD TEETH

Much has been written in recent
AsA years about the need for ex-
amining the teeth of school children
and giving them early treatment. And
that's all right. It's necessary thing
to write about. I've done some Of 1t
myself. But there's something stiIl
back of this.
Why should school children have
bad teeth? Why don't they have
strong, sound. well-developed teeth
that don't decay and that don't need
any treatment?
Savage races generally have good
teeth. In young life, at least, the
teeth are hard, clean and free from
either decay or crookedness.
Teeth come in crooked because the
jawbones are too small. They are not
long enough to hold all the teeth. AS
the teeth grow out they shove each
Other out of line Then the teeth
press unevenly on each other, spaces
are left between them where food col
lects and decays, the enamel softens
and breaks down and decay follows.
which would not occur if the teeth
were even and equally developed.
What is the cause of short Jaws?
Lack of sufficient exercise to develop
them. child's bones are soft and
only partially developed. If given
plenty of exercise, the jaw muscles
develop and pull the growing bone in
different directions. The upper jaw is
like an arch. Pressure spreads it and
makes the bones larger and so gives
more space for the teeth.
The normal jaw should hold SO
teeth. with plenty of room for them
to grow in. This means 16 above and
rs below. on each side.
But if the jawbone undeveloped
from lack of exercise, is shorter than
1t should be, then the farthest back
tooth on each side, the so-called wis
dom tooth, because it's the last to
appear, can't come through or only
part way through the gum and so re-
mains half buried. This is one Of the
largest. strongest and most valuable
of the teeth. Yet in many civilized
persons, 1t is not only of no value but
worse. it is an actual danger.
What's the remedy? For those Of
US over sixteen, there is none, except
to make the best of it. We've got to
live all our lives with our second set
of teeth Wen never get any more
But for the child the remedy Is ex-
ercise. And the only way the teeth
get exercise is by chewing. Chewing
on something hard.
So see that your children get hard
dry things to chew on. They'll thank
you for it later on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Breach of Discipline
That Shocked Sergeant

Senator La Guardia, advocating a
larger air force, said in New York
the other day:
1--WE are meeting with great oppo-
sition. Pioneers always meet with OPP
position-they always get it in the
neck.
Look at the inventors Of the cot
ton gin, the sewing machine, the steam
boat, the air brake and so forth. The
world laughed at them, and for the
most I art they died poor.
IT'S as If the world was like the
drill sergeant. This chap, at sum-
mer encampment, called out a ia
tigue party and only one soldier APP
peared.
1.-THE drill sergeant was beside him
self
"'Blast you. what do you mean by
turning out alone he yelled, when
called for the whole squad? Take
three days on bread and water in the
guard house. That'll teach you les
son, maybe"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
WOMEN AS AUTO DRIVERS

KIPLING says that the female of
the species is more deadly than
the male. Naturally, he has been wide
ly criticized for the statement from
all sides. especially by women and
women's organizations. .Biologically.
1t is probably true. In the animal
world. as a rule, it is true that the
female is the harder worker and the
more aggressive as we'll as the most
important member Of the family.
But what about human society?
Does the woman continue to be the
stronger and the more aggressive? In
some savage tribes this is certainly
true.
In civilization, does woman continue
to be the more dangerous Of the two?
Not as far as safety Is concerned. at
least.
A recent article In the National
Safety News apparently sustains, this
contention. Policemen, officials of au-
tomobile associations and Of local safe
t. councils all agree that the hand
that rocks the cradle may not rule the
world but that it is quite as capable.
Of steering the automobile as Is the
masculine hand.
While there Is considerable differ
ence of opinion as to whether men or
women are the best automobile driv-
ers, the practically unanimous verdict
Of all those in position to know Is
that women drivers, as rule, are
more cautious and less apt to disre-
gard traffic regulations or to take
chances involving either their own
safety or the safety of others.
One fact. at least, seems definitely
proven and that is that the number
of men involved in automobile acct
dents greatly exceeds the number Of
women. In Los Angeles, for instance,
in ten months, out Of 100 automobile
accidents. men were responsible for
&c and women for only 4. At the
other end of the continent. the Massa-
chusetts Safety council reports that
suut of 521 fatal accidents in Massa-
chusetts only Is were caused by
women.
There are. of course, many factors
that might be responsible for this pro-
portion. The chief of police in Flint,
Mich. for instance, says that women
drivers as rule are more careful
than men but are more apt to lose
their heads and that, ip tight place,
man keeps his nerve better and acts
quicker. On the other hand. a man
takes more chances and SO gets in
more tight places.
The percentage of automobiles to
population is probably higher in De-
.roit than anywhere else. Last year,
out of 146 fatal accidents there. wom-
en- were responsible for only 3. The
question is not yet settled but there
S enough evidence to show that out
Of the same number of drivers women
nave fewer accidents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Early Stoves.

The Franklin" stove, which is en-
tirely open in front, was invented by
Benjamin Franklin. The older forms
are portable open fireplaces, in which
andirons are used; the modern ones
often contain CRATE and are sonna
times fitted with sliding doors.
which the fire may be entire
shut in. 81, ~.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
HOW TO SOLVE a CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Oregon Game Farms
Haze Proved Value

Oregon has three state game farms,
maintained out of hunters license
fees, from which nearly $4,000 pleas
ants were set free in the twO-year
period 1923-1924, and where breeding
stocks of several thousands of Chinese
and Monaghan pheasants and Hun
garian cartridges are constantly main
tanned. Washington has two game
farms, which propagate not only the
pheasants but also grouse, two spe-
cies of partridge, and the eastern bob
white. One unique feature of the
Washington farms is the fact that one
of them is maintained by the labor
of convict TRUSTEES" and the other
by the more competent inmates of
the state institutions for the mentally
afflicted. Good results are claimed in
both places.
"a peculiar situation now exists in
both of these states" says George
Neale of the California board of fish
and game commissioners, ''inasmuch as
some native game birds are strongly
recommended to be placed on the pro-
tected list for number of years,
while nearly all of the introduced
game birds, domestically raised and
liberated, are now on the open list and
furnish the sportsmen 80 per cent Of
the upland bird shooting"
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1--WE had enough of this nonsense,
my dearie!" he cried triumphantly.
you're going to make that lover of
yours tell you the secret of the mine.
You'll do it when you've learned to
love me. And, by heaven, I'm going
to make your
She screamed and beat furiously at
his face, impotent in his grasp. They
wrestled to and fro. So violent was
the girls resistance that for moment
or two she held PATHWAY at bay, beat
ing her fists in his face again and
again, and drawing blood from his
nose and lips.
The fury of her resistance only
made her the more desirable in his
eyes. He held her fast now. her
arms forced to her sides again. his
bloodshot eyes leering into hers. his
black beard sweeping her cheek.
In the room they had taken at the
rear of the house the three men, who
were drinking and playing cards, hear
ing the girls screams and the sounds
VI tie stIuSSle, DufSt ihto ihii Tx anu
came tiptoeing along the passage.
Joyce, making one final, desperate
effort, broke once more out of Rath-
ways arms, burst through the door,
and ran screaming along the passage.
She got the front door open.
Lee! Lee! Come to mel" she cried
in wild abandonment.
Then Railways arms closed about
her from behind, and Joyce ceased to
struggle.
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CHAPTER XVI
Joyce or a Gold Mine

Lee did not go as far as the forest,
which doomed out of the distance be-
yond the ridges of broken ground He
waited some little distance away. I'M
til the priests sleigh had gone. Then
he went quietly back toward the log
house.
Lights burned inside. A strip of
cloth had been pinned before the win
dow of the largest room-the one in
which Lee had camped with Joyce for
brief hour upon that afternoon of
their arrival. This was the room that
Lee had selected in his mind for their
occupancy during their brief honey
moon.
But not the least spasm twisted
Lees face at the realization that an
other had supplanted him in that re-
lationship with Joyce. There are
some phases of emotion so tense that
they appear to neutralize themselves
by destroying their own manifesto
TONS
Lees expression showed not the
smallest deviation from the normal
now. 1t was quiet, dispassiOnate, and
very cold. Softly Lee approached the
window and, STOPPING, looked between
the frame and the curtain of cloth.
The window on this side had piece
missing out of the corner, and over
the little gap some one had pasted a
piece of paper. With the barrel of his
rifle Lee quietly made small hole
in it.
From there he could catch glimpses
of the two figures. He heard their
voices. He was in no hurry. He was
waiting till they chose to finish their
conversation. Then, in due time. Rath-
way would stand in a line with his
sights and he would make an end of
him.
And the wild turmoil in Lees heart
seemed divorced from his brain, which
remained impassive and cold and
steady as the piece of mechanism in
his hands.
Railways voice grew louder. Lee
saw the hunched figure gesticulating,
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shall see that the terms are fairly
carried out"
Railway shot a look of hatred at
her. 1--WE no objection to that either"
he answered, struggling his shoulders
nonchalantly.
"At sunrise, then" Lee began.
At sunrise? God, man, do you sup
pose I'm going to wait till sunrise"
shouted Railway. He took off his
belt containing his pistol, and laid it
on the floor. "We'll start at once"
Lee handed Joyce his pistol, then.
going into the room, extinguished the
candle, brought it out, and slipped it
into his pocket, and the three set out
Immediately. When they reached the
rocking stone Lee looked back, scan
ming the country carefully in case
Railways aides were following them.
He had expected treachery, but it was
quite impossible for any spy TO APP
proach near enough to discover the
entrance under the. stone without be
ing observed, as Railway had HIM
self discovered during his years of
fruitless effort to follow old Pelly; and
there was no sign of the three.
1t occurred to Lee, besides, that
Railway was not likely to wish the
entrance to the mine to be known to
any of his aides.
Railway was looking uneasily about
him. Its in the gorge, then?" he
muttered And, throwing off all pre-
tense of concealment, There's no way
down. I've walked round and round
the id place a thousand times
Lee tilted back the stone and showed
Railway the hole beneath it, Rath-
way stared at it in amaZement, utter
ing an oath as the stone came back
into position.
II shall go first" Lee said, "and light
the candle. Miss Pelly-" Railway
muttered, but Lee could not bring
himself to call her by the mans name
will please follow me. You, Rath-
way, will come last"
Lee pushed the stone back, lay
down on the ground, and, after show
ing the girl how to elevate it from be-
meath, descended. When his feet were
on the first rung of the ladder, he lit
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many HOuSEKEEPERS
TOO I'LL TO WORK
How Many Are Finding Relief from Weakness and
Pain. Mrs. Brandenburg Notable Case

I took three. / had been treated
by doctor, but he gave me an iron
tonic and that did not help me. 1t
seemed that the tonic did not have In
it what the Vegetable Compound did.
That gave me the strength and ambi-
ton I needed and have gained in
weight. This year before ! started
to clean house / got four bottles of
the Vegetable Compound and am TAX
ing fright along. tell all my friends
about it and how much good it does
me. They can notice it because have
gained in weight. ! weigh 118 now
and do all my work myself again. "
Mrs. EMIL o. BRANDENBURG, 651
37th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Earps Recovery
Horace, Nebraska. 81 had terri
BILE pains and backache, so bad that I
could hardly move, and / would have
to lie down at times. Tread adver-
tisements of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and ! was so
sick that thought / would try it. My
husband knew it was good as he knew
a woman it had helped. 1t took all
my pains away and ! don't have any
backache now. ! do my own house.
work, take care of a few chickens
and my garden, and have little girl
three years old to look out for. rec
ommend the Vegetable Compound to
my friends and will answer all the
questions I can, if any one writes to
me" - Mrs. ADA EARL, Box %,
Horace. Nebraska.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
WOMEN need SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
aWomen's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
bort delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store,
may be just the remedy needed to over
come such conditions
Get medium or large size bottle
Immediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure
and mention this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24

1t is ascertained from the bureau
of standards, in the Department OF
Commerce, that the red light leads all
the rest for signaling purposes, Its
visibility far outranging lights of any
other color. A grasp of the truth now
scientifically demonstrated of course
accounts for the selection of red in the
railroad service, on the highway and
in theaters for the danger" light. Its
use in theaters and public halls. where
it might suddenly become necessary
for crowd of people to seek safety
through emergency exits. has been
criticized on the ground that green.
not red, is the safety" light. But
there is common understanding of the
meaning of the red light when 1t
marks fire-exit. and the use of it to
guide a panicky assemblage to safety
is justified, inasmuch as for catching
the eye there is no color SO effective
as red.
No departure from long customary
traffic practice is TO be expected as
consequence of the intensive study of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
THE FREE TRADERS

accepted the situation. Lee went back
to the girl
Joyce! Joyce, darling!"
"Oh, Lee, can't bear it. / thought
could, but it's impossible. Oh, take
me away, Lee! Help me now, as
you offered to help me on the range,
though we can never be anything to
each other. Take me somewhere to
safety, where l need never see that
man again, or think of him, or of this
place, or-or ever remember anything
OF the past"
She chung to him, sobbing in terror
and loneliness. Lee, holding her,
raised her hands to his lips.
Joyce, dearest, I'll do as he pro-
poses, then. I'll show him the mine,
and then I'll take you away somewhere
south, where you need never think of
him or of this place again. And if
that wretched marriage can't be an
nulled, I'll be contented to be your
brother for the rest of our lives, dear"
He flung the door open. Railway
was standing uneasily behind it, and
Lee felt pretty sure that he had been
trying to listen with his ear to the ill
fitting jamb.
1--WE decided to accept your propo-
sition, Railway" said Lee. "The
terms are these: / guarantee nothing
as TO the mine; merely to conduct you
to the place where Pelly worked for
gold. I'll show you the secret en-
trance. This lady will accompany us,
and you will leave your men behind.
And we'll go unarmed."
"But / shall carry Mr.. Anderson's
pistol" Joyce interposed calmly, land
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Princess de Cont

She was the daughter of Louis XIV
and Louise de la Valliere. She mar
ried Louis Armand de Bourbon, whose
brother was chosen king of Poland.
Louis Armand died of. the smallpox.
The princess was celebrated for her
wit and wonderful beauty. Muley Is
mael, king of Morocco, seeing her por-
trait, fell in love with her and sent
an ambassador to demand her hand.
Another likeness inspired the viceroy
of Lima with violent passion, and
one of these pictures being lost in In
dia was found by the natives, who wor-
SHIPPED it as the image Of the goddess
Of Manas.-Chicago Journal.
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fNuiS AWAY. Wndt DO lou "SdH
to Dor"
the sheer On Railways face. Lee
drew a bead. He might as well end
the business after all.
But before Lees finger frightened on
the trigger, hand upon his shoulder
made him leap to his feet and start
up, his rifle dubbed, ready to strike.
He thought Railways men had sur
prised him.
But to his amazement 1t was a
woman standing at his side; then in
that cloaked and hooded figure that
confronted him he recognized Estelle
once more.
She looked at him fxedly: she was
deeply agitated, and caught at her
breath before she was able to find her
voice
you fool!" she exclaimed bitterly.
you fool! You h.sl her in your hands
and you let Jim pathway take her
away from you! You couldn't hold
her-and now / come upon you to find
you planning a cold-blooded cowardly
murder-you, policeman"
AT that something broke In Lees
heart. The realization of the act he
planned came over him. He would have
killed Pathway as heedlessly az any
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Conquers Bad Breath
and is Popular Again

"The day I started taking Carriers
Little Liver Pills." says Mr.. John A.
Perry of New York City, "my habitual
bad breath and bad stomach stopped.
/ strongly recommend them to all those
afflicted with these nasty troubles. /
assure you that my own case was a
bad one, causing me untold embarrass-
ment, and Carriers helped me right
from the start"
Bad breath comes from sour stomach
and can usually be relieved quickly by
Carriers Little Liver Pills.
They are wonderful for constipation,
sick-headache and indigestion and they
physic the system in mild and gentle
manner no bad after effects.
Recommended and for sale by all
drug stores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Old Books Best Sellers

Book sensations of the moment are
not. after all, the real best sellers.
Figures compiled by publishers show
that old-timers like Little Lord
Fauntleroy." Robinson Crusoe" and
Dickens novels are in reality the most
popular even today, so far as sales
and library circulation are concerned
In India 1t is said that more copies OF
Robinson Crusoe" have been sold in
the last five years than were sold al
together in the first five years of its
publication.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24

Red Light Easily Best for Signaling Purposes

signal lights. which the bureau of
standards is making in cooperation
with the national safety council, the
railroads and highway organizations,
although some difference In the
shades Of the colors now In use may
be recommended. Green is scientifi-
cally proved to be far second to red
in visibility, yellow and blue following
in order, concludes the Providence
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Electric Ferryinp

Two electrically driven ferries that
cross San Francisco bay from Oakland
have carried in 230 days some
$4,000 persons daily, or combined
total of 100000, during 10000 trips.
These craft are the Hayward and the
San Leandro, equipped for electric
propulsion by the General Electric
company in 1922
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24

dies, which l had tried, failed to do"
Mrs. Ada Hatley, 1917 Virginia Ave.
If you want to be well, start at once
with this Prescription" of DR.. Pierce's.
Get it at your neighborhood store, in
tablets or liquid; or send l0c to DR..
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial pkg,
and write for free advice