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SANDS

Wclc d Drlck anu you We pto'cu ~
Thanks to you, everything is now
Strengthened out. Here, give me your
hand. How am | to thank you Tor
what you have done? only hope
that young Horatio Fuller Of yours
realizes what a treasure he is getting"
HE does, Mr.. Heath-he does" OBJ
served that gentleman, strolling at the
same instant through the door and
encircling his tiny brlde-to-be with his
arm. Haven't l Travelled half way
across this big country of ours to
marry herr"
"Oh, we're not going to be married
yet, Hortie," demurred the girl trying
to wrench herself free Of the big fell
lows hold.
Certainly we are. my dear. Didn't
/ tell you this morning / came to get
married? / was perfectly serious. Dad
gave me two months vacation with
that understanding. / must either
produce a wife when l get home or
lose my job"
Looks to me as If you had Mr..
Fuller's future prosperity In your
hands, Sylvia" Heath said.
"She has. She can make or break
me. A big responsibility, Ell, little
Sylvan"
Il know 1t, Hortie," retorted the girl
seriously.
"She is equal to it, Fuller-never
fear" Stanley Heath asserted.
I'm not doing any worrying"
smiled Horatio. Z"
The sentence was cut short by the
radios loudspeaker:
"The much sought Long Island gem
thief was captured this morning at his
lodgings In Jersey City. Harris Chal-
mers, alias Jimmie O'Hara, a paroled
prisoner, was taken by the police at
his room on k street. A quantity Of
loot, together with firearms and the
missing jewels were found concealed
In the apartment. The man readily
admitted the theft. He has a long
prison record"
For a second nobody spoke.
Then as II prompted by common
impulse, the three on the piazza
rushed indoors.
Elisha was sitting Imply before the
radio.
did you hear that?" he gasped.
well, rather!" Horatio Fuller shout
ed with a triumphant wave of his
hand.
"Ain't Ii the beateree?" exploded
the astonished sheriff. THAT sends
the whole case up In the air. All
that's needed now to make me out the
darndest fool on Gods earth is for
Eleazer's young nephew-lawyer In
New York, who's checking up Heath's
story, to wire everything there is 0.
X. If he does. I'll go bury my head.
There goes the telephone! That's
him That's Eleazer-In bet a hat.
Hello Yes, l heard it.-You amt
surprised? Wal, | am. I'm took of
my feet.-Oh, your nephew wired, did
he, an everything's 0. X? That beln'
the case, l reckon there's no more to
be said. l feel like a shrimp. How
do you feel?-"
Elisha hung up the receiver.
wal, Mr.. Heath. the story you told
Eleazer an me is straight as a string
In every particular" he announced.
you're free! There amt nothin'
can say. To tell you Pm sorry amt
in no way adequate. You'll just have
to set me down as one of them pud-
din'-headed idiots that was over-am.
bilious to do his duty"
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Some people are always apologize
Ing and recommittlng the same Of
Tense.
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100 Ac. Improved Ozark Farm, good roads.
fine land, water, IL mi. Clinton, 81, $50. Also
100 &C. improved farm. $3.50 and 80 &C.
improved farm. $3.50; so &C. improved
farm. $500. Above 4 places well located In
good neighborhood. healthful climate. Also
own 500 &C. adjoining these properties, can
be bought with either.
MRS. N. A. SIMPSON. Owner
SCOTLAND ARKANSAS
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80 &C. IMPROVED OZARK FARM. good
roads. mile OF school, act quick. q. Il. Wat
kins. Owner. Evening Shade. Ark.
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WILL BUY YOUR FAT TURKEYS, capons.
geese, ducks. springs, hens-lve or dressed
and also dressed rabbits. Write NJ ior
prices, Nystrand Poultry Company 11$e
Placer Street, Butte. Montana.
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425 AC. IMPROVED OZARK FARM. good
X. X. Whitfield. Owner. Mountainview. Ark.
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80 AC. IMPROVED FARM near Clinton. in
Ozarks. near school. good road. orchard.
timber. water. only $3.50. Also s8 &C. fine
improved fruit farm. good road. near
school. Sell at bargain. w. h. WILLIAMS.
OWNER. CLINTON. ARK.
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YOUR OPPORTUNITY NOW - To
make more money while learning
Barbering-Beauty Culture, at Special
Summer Rates, Terms. MolER'S
Barber & Beauty Schools, 405 West
Trent Ave-, Spokane, Wash.
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1853 ACRE HIGHLY IMPROVED OZARK
farm, good roads. near Clinton. Bargain.
III. II. LAY. OWNER. CLINTON, ARK.
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100 Acre Highly Improved Ozark Firm.
near Copeland. good road: sell cheap. ID. l..
STANDRIDGE. Owner. Copeland. Ark.
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FARM EQUIPMENT
advertising free. Send list for particulars.
MACHINERY BARGAINS. FARGO. n. D.
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BONES WANTED Our truck
Five Ton Lots Of clean white prairie
bleached bones. Write for prices I
WELSH MINERAL co.
18th 4 Montana Ave. Billings, Mont.
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frequent sufferer from "acid
stomach" use Phillips Milk Of
Magnesia so minutes after meals.
You'll forget you have a stomach
When you buy, see that any
box or bottle you accept is clear
ly marked Genuine Phillips
Milk of Magnesia."
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CLASSIFIED ADS

; ACRES WELL IMPROVED HOUSE
Orchard. well: healthy climate. Bargain.
VIRGIL SMITH. OWNER. CLINTON. ARK.
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Wives, Know Yourselves
Accurate Analysis viii Do Much to
Overcome Difficulty in Welded Life

Q PEAKING On the question of
- trial marriages, well known
writer said, There should be no
need for trial when two people
know their own abilities and have
measured themselves accurately.
Two people who understand them
selves viii never, l believe, have
any difficulty living happily to-
gether after marriage"
That is a new slant on the ques-
ton o fsuccess IN marriage, sup
plements a woman writer of ma
tional fame. Not Know thy hus-
band" = or WIFE" but know
thyself!"
And, come to think Of If, isn't
most of the discomfort and dissat-
isfaction in marriage traceable TO
ideas Of ourselves-that may be
misconceptions, no less than our
illusions about the other person?
How many women's dissatisfac-
ton with their husband has as its
source the thought of all they gave
up to marry him, all they might
have had'' if they had married a
certain other man?
How many women's discomfort
with the role of wife and mother
springs from the thought of how
much more fascinating pastimes
they might have had if they had
followed that career2
How many girls impossible ex-
pectations Of a fulltinne lover and
Prince Charming originates in an
exaggerated notion Of their own
devastating beauty and charm?
If all discontinued wives would
look deeply unto themselves,
measure themselves, stop fooling
themselves, many might discover
that the other man they might
have married is a self-nurtured
illusion; that the career Of their
dreams is not soft snap and a
joy forever; but a grueling, ex-
hausting job which might have
worn them out If they had quail
fec for it, which they probably
would have been unable to do;
that they themselves are neither
devastating beauties nor always
charming, but women who are
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How different is all this
from their attitude half century
ago when an arrogant railroad
king spoke for all Of them and
uttered the phrase which has
been inseparably linked with his
family name ever since.
The public be damned" he
snOrted scornfully but, contrary
10 popular belief, il was not old
Cornelius ("Commodore'O Van
derbilt who said that. The man
who did say II was his son, VIII
liam H. Vanderbilt, and the pub
lie, because of its prejudice
against Wall Street and men of
great wealth, never forgot that
II had once been damned by a
Vanderbilt.
Since old Commodore" Van
derbilt was much more famous
than his son, William, it is only
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or INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Preserves Of all kinds, more
especially if they are in glass bot
ties, should be stored in a dark
place. They quickly deteriorate In
flavor if kept in a light place.
Soap should not be rubbed d.
rectly on fiannels and woolens.
Wash them in soapy water and
rinse in clear, lukewarm water
to preserve the soft texture.
Candied ginger, diced and COM
bined with chilled fruits makes a
tasty cocktail.
When making bread and butter
pudding, sprinkle each slice of
bread with grated coconut instead
of currants, and strew some on
the top. This viii make a change
from the ordinary pudding and
will be found very tasty.
g Bell Syndicate--NNU Service
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Foreign Words
und Phrases

Amor patriae. d.) Love Of
country.
Contra bonos mores. Q.) Con-
trary to the moral law.
Dirigo, Cd / direct or guide.
(The motto of Maine.)
En- fin. (F.) AT the end; finally.
Functus of1cio. Cd Having full
filed his Office; out of Office.
Genius loci. CD The genius of
the place; the guardian spirit.
Bienvenu. CD Welcome.
NAHUM in Sc. CD A thing evil
in itself, inherently wrong.
Tu quoque. (L.) You too; you're
another.
Ultima Thule. U.) Farthest
Thule or land; utmost bound.
Savoir vivre. CD The knowing
how to live; good breeding.
Obiter dictun. N.) A remark in
passing; such part of a judges
opinion as is aside from or be.
yond the point at issue, and there
fore not binding as a precedent.
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manded an interview. Wander
bilt replied that he was busy but
the reporter was insistent.
Well" replied the railroad
president, "sit down at the other
end of the car until I have
finished dinner and l will talk
with you"
But" insisted Dresser, "it is
getting late and l will not reach
the Office in time. The public"
At this point Vanderbilt inter-
rupted him. THE public be
damned! You get out of here!"
So Dresser got out" and the
next morning Vanderbilt's i'll
tempered retort was heralded far
and wide through the columns Of
the Chicago newspapers.
Two Reporters.
The true story of this incident
contains some of the elements of
the second and third versions
quoted above. II is true that
Clarence P. Dresser was present
at the interview when Wander
bilt made his historic reply but
he was not the reporter who
asked the question which pro-
voked it. That reporter was John
Dickinson Sherman, who at the
time Of his death in 1926 was
feature writer for Western News
paper Union and who once told
the writer of this article the COM
plete story Of that famous inter-
view.
In 1882 Sherman was Hyde
Park correspondent for the Chi
cago Tribune and his friend,
Clarence P. Dresser, was Hyde
Park correspondent for the City
Press, an organization which sup
piled routine news to most Of the
Chicago newspapers. Learning
that Vanderbilt was en- route to
Chicago in a special train these
two enterprising reporters on
Saturday night, October z, per-
suaded the crew Of a freight
train to let them ride on it to
Michigan City, Ind. When the
Vanderbilt special arrived the
next day and stopped at Michigan
City for a few minutes to change
engines, they went aboard.
After the train was well on its
way, they succeeded in getting
into Vanderbilt's private car
where he sat alone after his Sun
day dinner. Explaining the rea-
son for their intrusion, they asked
permission to ride with him to
Chicago and ask him some ques-
tons. He agreed to this and the
interview began. 1t led finally to
this question which was put to
him by Sherman:
do your limited express
trains pay or do you run them
for the accommodation of the
public?"
Accommodation of the pub
lie? The public be damned"
replied Vanderbilt. 1--WE run
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all, and the public is giving both
Mr.. Vanderbilt and his silly talk
altogether too much prominence.
II he were great railway man.
ager, or great financier, or if he
understood the first principles of
the science of transportation,
some weight might be attached
to his utterances. But he is
nothing of the kind. From a tiller
of the soil, and a very common
tiller at that, he sprang at one
bound to the top round of wealth.
But in point of experience in
ways of trade and commerce,
and in the elements of greatness,
he stopped short off IN the SUBJ
cellar Of progress, philanthropy,
generosity, hberality and broth
erly love. The public condemn
him for doing and saying out
landish things when he can not
help doing and saying them. He
knows no better :"
A week later the Tribune car
ried this significant news story:
''W. H. Vanderbilt and party re-
turned from their Western trip
yesterday afternoon and put up
at the Grand Pacific hotel where
they remained overnight. Mr..
Vanderbilt refused to be inter-
viewed again, as his experience
IN this respect when he passed
through here on his Western trip
seemed to have taught him the
lesson that speech is silver but
silence is golden -!
That was more than so years
ago, but to this day mention of
the name Vanderbilt brings to
the mind of the average Ameri-
can the -four fatal words" which
one of them once uttered-"The
public be damnedl" The public,
II seems, like the elephant, never
forgetsI
g Western Newspaper Union
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important particular. Instead Of
giving Vanderbilt's famous reply
varbatim, the story in that paper
quoted him as saying Accom-
mediation of the pubici Non
sense They do not pay either.
We have tried again and again to
get the different roads to give
them up; but they will run them,
and, of course, as long as they
run them, we must do the same.
But if this editor, sensing the
dynamite" IN the railroad kings
answer, was trying to protect
him from the consequences of his
Incorporate words, he failed.
Other Chicago papers, using the
City Press (Dresser's) account
of the interview, had not been so
charitable. Typical Of their han
ding of the story was Victor Law
sons Chicago Daily News which
displayed the story prominently
on page one under the headline:
Mr.. w. lei. VANDERBILT
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frequently disappointing and diff
cult to live with. They might dis
cover and admit to themselves
that they are greatly in debt to
their husbands for many things
that make life easier and better
and more northumberland they
would not get along so well with
out them.
Then they might think more of
doing their part of trying to make
those husbands happy. And that
effort on the part of one must in
evitably 60 long way toward a
mutually happy and successful
marriage.
G Bell Syndicste.--WNU Service.
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He Never Said The Public Be
Damned!" Even Though Many
Americans Believe He Did.
natural, perhaps, that the phrase
should have been tackled upon
him and perpetuated In the long
list of our popular beliefs which
are wrong"
That historic phrase was ut
tered in an interview with news
paper men in October, 1882. And
just as there has been confusion
as to the identity of the Wander
bilt who uttered il, SO has there
been confusion-and controversy
over the circumstances under
which it was said. No less than
three versions of the story, all
agreeing in some details but diff
fering in others, have been ted
and retold many times. To give
the true version, based upon au-
thoritative sources and contem-
porary evidence, is the purpose
Of this article
Three Versions.
AS for the contradictory &C
counts of this incident which have
been published, one of them says
that it took place at an important
meeting of railroad men In St.
Louis at which William H Van
derbilt, then president of the New
York Central, was the leading fig
ure. When the conference broke
up, a crowd of newspaper re-
porters forced their way into the
room and demanded to know
what had been done. Vanderbilt,
acting as spokesman for the rail-
Wv men, answered that nothing
vas vet TO be given out A re-
LUTte-. whose identity is not es-
tabliShed in this version, tried to
force the railway magnate to
issue some statement. Mr.. Van
derbilt, the public wants to know
and is entitled to know" he
said, whereupon Vanderbilt re-
piled wrathfully, 80, the pub
lie be damned"
Another version places the
scene in the Grand Pacific hotel
in Chicago. The Pennsylvania
railroad had recently put on a
fast, deluxe train between Chi
cago and the East. 1t was the
first of its kind and created some
thing of a sensation. Clarence
P. Dresser, a free-lance reporter
$50 this account identifies hin),
learned that William H. Wander
bilt was stopping at the Grand
Pacific and called upon him
there. Dresser asked what the
New York Central was going to
do to meet this new competition
Of the Pennsylvania.
Vanderbilt replied that he did
not know that his company was
going to do anything.
But won't the public demand
it?" asked Dresser.
20, the public be damnedl"
was the reply.
Still third version OF the yarn
has the same reporter but the
circumstances under which he
obtained his interview are diff
ferent. II says that while Van
derbilt was eating dinner in his
private car, which had been side
tracked in the Michigan Central
yards in Chicago, Dresser forced
his way into the car and de-
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JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
The Reporter Who Got the Famous
Public Be Damned" Interview.
them because we have to. They
do not pay. We have tried again
and again to get the different
roads to give them up; but they
will run them and, of course,
as long as they run them we
must do the same"
After that there were many
other questions - about freight
rates, wages of railroad en-
ployees, a proposed union depot
for Chicago, the condition of
other railroads, his interest in
them, etc.-and upon their ar
rival in Chicago, the two re-
porters hurried to write their
stories for the next days edi-
TONS
For some reason, the railroad
editor of the Tribune saw fit to
change Sherman's story in one
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The Magnate Talks Plainly
He Depreeates the nickel Plate"
Railroads Are Not Run for
the Dear Public

He Depreeates the ''Niekel Plate"
Railroads Are Not Run for
the Dear Public
And Dresser's version of the
famous question and answer was
this:
Does your limited express
pay?"
mo, not bit of it. We only
run it because we are forced
to do so by the action of the
Pennsylvania railr d. It
doesn't pay expenses. We would
abandon it if II was not for our
competitor keeping its train
on"
"But don't you run it for the
public benefit?"
1.-The public be d-di What
does the public care for the
railroads except to get as much
out of them for as small con-
sideration as possible. ! don't
take any stock in this silly
nonsense about working for
anybody's good but our own,
because we are not. When we
make a move, we do it be-
cause it is our interest to do
so, not because we expect to
do somebody else some good.
OF course, we like to do every
thing possible for the benefit
of humanity in general, but
when we do we first see that
we are benefting ourselves.
Railroads are not run on senti-
ment, but on business princi-
pies and to pay, and l don't
mean to be egotistic when I
say that the roads which I have
had anything to do with have
generally paid pretty we'll"
Vanderbilt's Denial.
When a report of the interview
was telegraphed to New York,
the New York Times printed it
and editorially recommended to
the people that they go to Van
derbilt's house and tack placards
on it bearing the words: Damn
the public" Realizing the blunder
that he had made, Vanderbilt
resorted to the expedient since
used by so many public men to
save face when there is an un-
favorable reaction to one of their
utterances. He declared that he
had been nisquoted by the re-
porters. 81 have frequently been
interviewed by the New York
press and everyone knows I never
use the language or expressions
attributed to me by the re-
porters,'' he said in formal state
ment disavowing the words At
tributed TO him.
Even though he did disavow
using the Language or express
sions" attributed to him, there is
available other evidence of his
GAN4lA0C IOW al Ll4C
public. The Chicago Times, in
stead of using Dresser's report,
sent one of its own reporters to
interview the railroad king at
his hotel the next day, and in
its report he is quoted as saying:
Railroads are not run for the
public benefit but to pay. Incl
dentally, we may benefit human
ity, but the aim is to earn divi-
dends."
But the News, while printing
this denial on page one, said edi-
torially: ''Mr. Vanderbilt rises to
explain and deny the interview
with him published IN the Chicago
papers a few days ago. 1t is not
strange that he should be dis
gusted even with himself when he
read his profane, egotistical re-
marks on paper. But that he did
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say what was credited TO him
is beyond all question, his own
pointed denial to the contrary
notwithstanding. There were two
reporters present at the inter-
view; both report it substantially
alike and their notes agree al
most exactly. The fact is, Mr..
Vanderbilt is In the habit of re-
vising his interviews before they
appear in print and it is very
evident that he had better insist
upon such a privilege in the fu-
ture although it was not accorded
him in this instance.
A day or two later the Chicago
Times printed in its Gotham
Gossip dispatches from N e w
York the following:
''In regard to Vanderbilt's ex-
traordinary damnation of the
public in Chicago but one opinion
prevails in Wall Street. Every
one firmly believes that he did
use the words attributed to him
and every one declares him to be
a crazy loon for having done
so. Everyone knows, he said in
his letter of denial, that I never
use such language as attributed
to me by the reporter. But ask
any of his friends and they will
tell you at once: Why, it's w. II.
all overi -
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"Four Fatal Words"

Newspaper photographers made
wisecracks about ''the four fatal
words" and editorial denuncia-
ton of his statement became so
widespread that the Cincinnati
Gazette finally declared:
st is surprising, to say the
least, that the sayings Of a man
like Vanderbilt should so disturb
the world in general and country
editors in particular. His Chicago
interview amounts to nothing at
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cheaper meals dining special excursiona OF these they
offering halt the decline passenger For
they have learned that competition whether from other
railroads. from automobiles apanes buse something be
dealt with by being nicer the customer"
In other the public be pleased!
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The Truth About that Public Be Damned" Interview
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

ASSENGERS! The Railroads Love You.
So reads the headline in a recent issue of popular
weekly magazine and the theme of the article thus titled is
the present attitude of the railroads toward the citizens OF
these United States.
Lower rates faster schedules luxurious streamlined
slaerr,cr better
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,ther words: the public be pleased!