THE ALAM ANC E GLEANER. -.-•*> ' ■ - . ■ . , , ~ . ,• _ VOL. XLT V ,f .... _ • ' (D ifered "from Last Week.) CORESPONDENCE. WUtsett teflto. * Cor. of The Gleanfr. John H. Rankin had the mis fortune to lose his floe driving hone Tuesday. The horee be came entangled in th« stable in some way and bruke his leg and had ,to be killed. Mrs. Clayton MeKaagbitn of Greensboro reached here yester day for a visit of some days with her parent*. Mrs. Ed. B. Wheeler was call ed to Iliddenite Springs, Monday by the serious ill nest of her daughter, tyiss Elisabeth Wheeler Miss Elisabeth had been si>end itig some weeks "at the Springs, and her mother found tyer so seriously'sick that she had her moved at once to Lt. Loe's Hos pital Greensboro where her con dition has somewhat improved. Her illnest gives great anxiety to her mapy friends here. Born, Monda", June 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Greeson a fine ten-pound son Who has been named F. B. Jr. W. J. Thompson and son, Biake have just returned from a business trip to Greensboro. Dr. Whitsett went to Thomas ville Tuesday on business and re mained over for the Celebration at the Thodasville Orphanage on Wednesday. L. A. Carmon is away on a trip to Surry county. W. C. Rankin has returned to Charlotte after spending a few days here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Swift of Greensboro spent a few hoars here the flrbt of the week. r The Whitsett Fishing Club has been organized with seven char ter members, and r others will soon join if the fishing continues as good as it now seems to be. Southwest Alamance. Cor of The Gleaner. Mrs. Martha Foster of Burlington was buried at Mt. Zion on the 2nd. She was well known in this com munity. She was in her 79th year and had been a member of Mt. Zion Baptist church 58 years. Eiinaral services conducted by Revs. 3f. W.' Buck and G. L. Curry. A Wge crowd attended the picnic and baseball at X Roads on July 3rd. Parker Lewis of Spring spent Saturday night and Sunday with Homer Foster. • The hail storm on the 3rd did much damage to crops in portions of Southern Alamance. Mt. Zion Sunday School invites everybody on the third Sunday in July tooome with song books and dinner baskets and join with them ■in an sll-day singing. Small bridges are getting danger ously bad in Southed Alamance, and the roads—well, they are too rough to speak about, 2nd now is the time to put them in shape so they will be packed till winter weather sets in. Perhaps the reason our roads are so much neglected is because we don't demand as much as those nearer town and wait for the work to be done without the asking; for surely ws pay out taxes and need the b«ne- PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. L. J. MOOKEFIELD, PHYSICIAN OFFICE IN NFW PARIS BUILDING Office Hoars 9Jo 11 a. m., .2 to 3 p. in., 7 to 9 p. m. 'Pho * 471 or Graham, N. 0. E. C. DERBY Civil Engineer. GRAHAM, N, G. MsMiisi iMdid Alauxt B-Ta'g. BURLINGTON, N. C., later MMtaf. V V - m JOHN J. HENDERSON AtlMTMjr-at-ftaw GRAHAM, N. C. HUM mrmf mwwl x. sc; co d xc, Attornwit'lM, (4 RAH AM, . I^C OOm Prnttmnom BslMlag ' ml WILLS.LMfI. JR. . . . DENTIST . . . . IISIOCiwIISI OFFICE irHJMMOHS BUILDIWO .AOOSA. MM. f. BUCKS MM LONG * LONG, Attem»n«»fl Owinwlont L«« GRAHAM, M. O JOHN H. VERNON Attorney nai C——lsr it-hw BPBLProwm, H. a omoi OVEB haolet's STOBC Leare Messages at Alamanoe Phar macy 'Phooe 97 Residence 'Phone 882 Office Bonn 2-4 p. m. and by Appointment. •as. . • Z ' ■ J J, V- ■ ■ fits of good roe Is much wo.se than those of shorter distance to market. So we know of no better way than tp ask for help through the columns of oar county papers Elon College. *Cor. of The Gleaner. -The quiet college community is all bubbling over with enthusiasm at this of/ season, because of two recent occurrences in the way of beautifying things here. The first occasion wss the visit of Miss Annie Rode, Washington. D. C., who began last fall a sys tematic scheme to improve and beautify the premises of the South ern Railway here. Her visit At this timer re\ eaied a more comprehen sive plan than had at first beep re i alized. The Southern appreciates the native beauty of the town and aims to" supplement nature by art as far as possible. Her statement > that the Southern is s citizen of > every town and intends to set a gmd example in good housekeep ing portends a new day for corpo ration co-operation in the South. It is understood also that the Southern meditates the early addi tion to its station here of a large and modern waiting room far la dies, with all modern improvements to accommodate the lady members of the student body. This is indeed welcome news. The second occasion of talk and enthusiasm is the hint dropped from-the office, thtftbe ! cause of the generosity of certain friends, the college campu\ is to be surveyed and laid off by an ex pert- landscape igardener, and a complete reconstruction of the grounds' accordance therewith progressively entered upon. Ju«y a, 1915 Burlington R. F. D. No. 8. Cor. of The Gleaner. ' . i i- Mrs. Mamie Rice and children of West Durham are spending several weeks on Route S, at R. A. Mat lock's. The patrons of Isley-s school are requested to meet at thW. school house near E. K. tsley's fia Satur day, July 10. The purpose being appointment or selection of a school committee. Please attend, this is very Important. T. L. Hayes of the Southern Rsil way spent one night with us last week. -w Thanks to Mrs. J. J". Hughes, Mrs. R. A. Matlock, Mrs. W A. Moore, Ben L. Simpson and Geo. Danieley > for - nice apricots, apples ana peaches. Ben Simpson in addition to being , being a first class painter has de veloped into a first class farmer. . His peaches, however sre finer than . his corn. He. does not work his peachy trees. , Mjfs. Mack Nevells of St. Leo s Hospital visited Mrs. Jno. Sutton last week. Quite a number of our Route 8 ! folks attended a picnic at Jerry Idea's last Saturday. They report a fine time. Grace Somers spent 1 ast week f with her uncle P. M. Somers, Alta mahaw, Route 2. We attended the Rural Carrier's meeting at Charlotte, Saturday Sunday and Monday. We always enjby a trip to Charlotte. Char lotte is the town ypt. Miss Louise Smith of Weldos is spending several weeks with P. R. Troxler.. Partners are buSy wheat thresh- Ing now, and wheat is "turnisg out'- very well. The farmers are this year, aid that's no lok* 1 Skoda Shrik Do Awful Destruction ta War. ! Waiaaw Cor. Associated Press. Seven-eights of the wounds in the fighting were caused by shells, half of which were fired from big calibre guns, acoarding to Sur geon Major Leeghintseff, just back , from the front. "Bullets play no part jm w," he continued, "and. the infantryman' 4 rifle is a toy. Infantry merely oc i cupies the trenches the *#nmrn have won." Most devastating of *ll an the new Skoda shells of the Germanic allies, whiah are 17 inches in dism ' eter and weight 2,800 pounds. The Skoda howitser shoots at a high angle, and its shell penetrates 20 feet int> soft earth before exploding two,-seconds after striking. These howitsers do not resemble the Krupp mortars of the samacalibA, to which they are said to be en perior in every | When a Skoda shell hits, it msana death to everything within a radios of 160 yards and even farther off. t The mers pressure of its gas rips open the bomb proof shelters and catches those who escape the metal 1 fragment and flying debris. This gas enters the body cavities sod tsars flesh ssunder, sometimes strip ping the men of their clothes. Of conns the men in the immediate neighborhood of the explosion are , annihilated. So fieros is the heat of the explosion of the shell that it jnelts rifle barrels as if they had been i struck by lightning. Tha Maritime Association of the Port of New York, numbering 800 representatives of domsstie and for eign steamship lines entering that port, is preparing an appeal to Presi dent Wilson for a special session of Congress to repeal tks new seaman's law. . Dtarrhesa Ualekly Cats*. "About two years ago I had s attack of diarrhoea which could Chamberlain's &lic, Cholera aad MMvell as ever." Obtainable mrjr l/':. .. ' I / ' ■ :/fU- '■*- ' . 1 . 1 r , ' «■ 'j \ n „ GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 15 1915 T ainicf l CnaAlhnll The Teutonic forces continoed theiradvance in Oaiicla. (Irlrlng the Russians back along whole front. In iwtlons crossing border «lap»IWlI» Into Russia; Austrian armored trains were covered with trees as a disguise against aeroplanes. Before leaving for summer quar- Qf thft' Week ,er * |D New Hampshire President Wilson visited Colonel 'House, his friend and envoy, who reported that Europe wasu't ready for , • ' peace overtures. Austria's ambassador, Dumbs, denied that he had quoted Bryan as saying our note to Germany wasn't sincere. As Governor Slaton of Georgia, who commuted sentence of Leo Frank, left offlce crowds moleated him despite his guards. Ex-President Hucrta of Mexico was arrestel In Texas with General Oroxco by United States suthorlties while planning a new revolt. Echoes of bresch of promise suit ogalust James W. Osborne lu New York were heard «s the trial of the Slmle brntliers. lawyers for Rae Tanser, came up on conspiracy charge. mam* BUILT . ' fOjUrHOIISE Structure That Makes for Com fort of Fowls and Profit for the Keeper. * v ' HENS WILL LAY IN WINTER Division of Building Into Two Com partmsnts Has a Dsllnits Value— Poultry Doss Bettor When Kept In Rslstively •msll Flocks. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. WUlbua A. Radford will answsr questions and alve advice KREBJ OF COST on all subleots pertatnlna to tlw subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience aa Editor, Author and . Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Rad ford, No. MR Prairie avenue, Chicago, Jll., and onljr inclose two-cent stamp for reply. A good building is sbsolutsly neces sary to get the profit out of poultry in 1 the wintertime. Hens, to lsy well, reqnlrs comfort as well ss food snd drink. It is better to build a goo« house, as ths expense is but llttls mors snd tys results are much more satisfactory. A well-built poultry house ls warm In winter and cool In J ■ ''' I I Maimer, because the aim# MmtniA.l then covered with narrow matched naner. nomn me Mm* oonatruo ' tlon that keepa oat the cold wIU keep oat the heat. > This two-compartment poultry borne > la 1« by « feet In ilu, With a partl ■ tlon across the middle. > ▲ building pat up In this manner. ! with the r6of' pitched in two dlreo- I tlons, ooata a little more than a good . ahod roof houae the MM alze on the , grant, hot U haa a better appear -1 - The reaaon for dividing the houae 1 Into two oompnitaenta la that poultry ' do better when kept" In mailer num ber*. dfaccessful poultry raising i aema to depend to h certain extent i apon tatting the number of low la to M or K together in one compart > *>ent | Poultrymea differ Ux regard to the I number that may be kept together. Some draw the line at JB. It la dlO . enlt to farplah duat bath* and dean water, with 4b Sclent scratching sur " faoe, for a flock of more than U or ■ 40 without getting the buildings too > large, large poultry house* are ez » pensive. Like all other llaee of busl [ neaa, there are llmltatlona that ahoold t he recognised In order to come oat i right on the pro lit eld*. ■ Poultry hoaaee built In thia style usually have a wider slope of roof at the back, so that the back of the I building la made lo*V than the front I Poultry houaea usually are faced to . ward the south, ao that the roof la made 1 higher in boot to get the warmth and * light from the son. The way the win* I down are made In thia poultry houae i admits both light and ventilation. The window framee are sude In the uaual way aad are fitted with single sash. Ventilation 1a provided by one extra wlie window for-each compartment, which la covered with very thin cotton eheaae doth. The cotton Is so thia ; that tt adqiits air as wdll as light .As . the daya beoome longer and warmer towards spring both window openings I may be covered with cheesecloth The plan ahowa the rooeto at the back and the neet boxes in the front part of the houae. these nest boxes are sude to fcaet on wall bracket* about two fest above the concrete flodr. There is s door In thejp'est end and another one In thg east end of the house. Also thpre Is s doorway through ths osnter partition. It will depend upon the climate whether the west door shsll be boarded up tight In the winter or left open for use. In sum mer the doors may all be left open. This poultry house msy be built higher or lower, sccordiag to the cli mate; also the upper part of the house la finished differently where the cold is extreme. Sometimes louver openings srs put in the ends of the gables and a loose floor of narrow strips placed overhead for a celling. Over these strips the little loft Is filled with clean straw. Air finds its wsy slowly through ths filling of straw, without causing s 'draft. Sometimes the strsw Is supportsd by stretching wovsn wire fencing st the proper height It Is s good wsy to ventllsts a poultry houss if the strsw is always kept clean. A perma nent tilling of straw makea a harbor to shelter lice, mites snd fless, ths three most persistent Insect enemies that pester poultry. Poultry bouses built on this plsn ln| ths mors northern sections of the country, where s great deal of xero weather is expected in the winter time, srs celled overhesd st a height not exceeding six fest from ths floor. Ths celling may be level In the front part of the house until where It Joins the rafters. The celling bosrds ars then nailed to the rafters. A celling, ususlly is msds by tack ing building paper on the lower edges of ths celling Joists. This psper Is . men coverea wun narrow maicneo i celling that 1* mad* plain, Beading la objectionable, became it furnlabea i a harbor tor amall vermin. For the 'aame reason the joints between tbe celling board* ihould be carefully filled with putty and paint It I* Im possible to heap a poultry bouse claan and free from lice .and mltee unle*a It ia especially built tor the purpose The building of poultry bouses re quires considerable study to meet the requirements. It ia qulta posalble to bars fresh agga all winter in tbe cold est taming sections, but all the requi sites necessary to keep- the poultry comfortable and to ftirnlah all the dif ferent kinds of feeds must ba care fully worked out to fit Uw climate and other local conditions. Mulee Alweye in Demand. * Ia Farm and Fireside Judge W. It Schooler, a succeaaful stock breeder and feeder la southwestern Missouri, shows the real value of mules and the money that there is to bo made In them. Jnd|i Icbootor bu § thou* sand-acrs term and la aa expert pa the breeding and care of male*.' Tbe following brief extract takes from bis article shows tbe value of mulee: -"A good mule should weigh from UOO to MOO pounds, aad mated of this claaa will briag from s44* to sto9 a span. A great many of these are •old east along tbe MlaeteaJppi river, wbll« tki tmifff l ' odh weighing around 1,000 ponds are shipped south to be worked ia tbe eottoa fields. One thing la tbe male's favor la that be will alwaya bring what bo to worth. He la like a bog In that reepect— there la alwayth market walttag for him." Merely a Theory. "Why do yoe a appose eo maay tall womea marry abort mear aaked the inquisitive person "Umpb!" replied the oonfirased mis ogynist "It la natural for an womea to look down oa men aad a tall woman can't resist the opportunity to empha size aa attitude of mind by a physical fact" POULTRY •MTS COST OF RENEWING A FLOCK Interesting Figures Given of Result* of Experiments With Old Hsns at the Utah Ststion.- Bulletln 136 of the Utah experiment station fires tbe results of a study in annual etc production. Tbla la baaed on the records of a flock of seven-year-old hens and their prog eny, and figures given are very In terceding. For example, a White Leg horn hen In her pullet year laid 108 •gga. Under the nsual aystem of judging layers, thla hen would have been discarded aa a drone, but the P ~M x 7 •'*. ' j - v ... / White Leghorn Coekerel. next year she came back with 187 and repeated frith 108. In her fourth year ebe fell down, to 73, yet In her sixth year she laid aa many aa she bad when a pullet. It Is a question wheth er It paid to keep this ben after her third year, but sucb records are nec essary In order to learn' definitely about such things. Tbe cost of renewing tbe flock Is considered one of the greateet draw backs to the poultry industry, tbe authors estimating the cost of • pul let—probably up to laying sge—at from SO tq 60 cents. Tbe average pro ductive life of hen» cannot be esti mated at this stage of their work, but for tbe strain used in their studies waa thought to be about four years.. The range of Individual egg pr9duc tlon In their flocka was found to be from 100 to 180 in the first year, from 108 to 140 in the second year and from 110 to 110 in the third year. After tbe third year the production re mained fairly constant at about 80, with a variation of not wore than 10 or IS eggs per year. SERVICEABLE POULTRY HOtISE Portable Colony Structure Shown In lllbetration Will Accommodate Ten to Fifteen Fowle. Here la a poultry bouse that will ac commodate from 10 to IS fowla, ac cording to the amount of yard room, broad, eta. It la known aa a colony honae and la portable, ao that It can bo moved from one pail of the field to another, 'saya a writer In Western ranner. Tbe building la S feet long and 7 feet wide and about 8 foot high at Oe center and 18 inches at tbe eavae. The door la covered with One wire netting, so aa to provide light and ventilation. If deslrsd the door Portable Colony Heuee. «an be covered with a muslin en/tain, which can be swung ope* during the day and on warm nighur. Tbe ehief for a house of this shape l» tbe economy of labor aad ma terial needed to build U. Many poul try men ted uae for cokmy houses. The bouse shown in the cut herewith given to easily constructed and at a low eoot 4 _ «-»"» Roadbed Crowned. s*ftag the roadbed well crowned Wsmooth will bold the moisture la tt SO that It will pack hard, ' 1 Farmers Are Beginning to Realize Importance of Practice. Where Abundant Vleld of large, Mealy Tube re le Dselred, Seme Other Meane Than That of Na ture Must Be Reeorted To. (By E OITSKB.) The farmers of tbe great West are beginning to realise the great impor tance of mulching potatoes. Years ago when the eoll waa new this man ner of treatment was unnecessary be cause the soli waa so rich in food elemnnts that the potatoee took an early and rapid start and made such excellent growth tbst the vines shaded the ground, thus preserving the moisture In the soli It would havs been queer Indeed for these early farmers to mulch their potatoes under such conditions, and when also, hay and straw were scarce articles. But now the fsct must grsduslly dawn upon them that If they wish to keep up the abundant yield-of large mealy potatoes they must resort to some other means tban merely letting nature attend to the matter to get results. Perhaps if we understand the pres ent conditions of the soil It would help us to understand more clearly the necessity of mulehlng. Tbe soil through continued cropping has be oome deficient In food elements and humus. Nearly every crop we raise to taken entirely from the field and no return Is. made In tbe form of manure, fertilizer or bumue. Under these conditions the potatoes make a slow growth snd before tbe vines get tbe ground shaded the sea son Is so far advanced that the hot winds snd sun's heat bavs taken up moat of the moisture of tbe soli, with ths result that the crop Is materially decreased One should choose sucb time for mulching when the first potatoes show above ground. If mulched before this time it has a tendency to- make the plants soft snd puny, but If left until tbe first potatoes appear above the ground the plants will be stronger and better able to push through the mulching. k fairly light mulih Is to be pre ferred to a heavy ope. for two rea sons. first, there v/11l be less trash to be removed from the fields In the fall; and. second, a light mulch will Allow the vines to become low set and therefore less liable to danger from drought. A light mulching need not be removed from the field at all. but should remsln there and thus sdd more humus to the soil. The mulching should be shout two or three Inches deep when fslrly well settled Hay ia to ha preferred to straw for mulching, as latter has a tendency to become hot during the day, wblls the former will keep cooler under the same conditions. . After the potatoes sre mulched they ' should not be molested except to pull the weeds that might coma through ths mulching. The scandal a' Annapolis, where in numerous midshipmen are under investigation or cheating tn exam inations, is further augmented by tbe diaclosnre of disgraceful hazing episodes. ■ A slide on the west side of the Culebra cut section of tbe Panama canal baa closed the channel Uiabips with a draft of more than 20 fett. Tbe slide, though temporary, ia re garded ss the ioreruuner of an im portant earth movement along tbe entire west bank for a distance of 4,W0 feet. Ex Gov. and Mrs. John M.Slaton of Georgia left Atlanta Monday even ing, laat week, for tbe pacific coast by way of New' York and the mili tary guard atationed at tbe Sletup suburban home tiuce the demonetra tions againat tbe commutation of Leo M. Frank's death sentence be gan June 21, was withdrawn. Warning that the United States would not recognise any agreement between China and Japan which im paired American rights in China or endangered tbe "open door" policy was conveyed to the governments of both Chins and Japan in an identical note from Washington which wss delivered about May 15. Te Care s UU laoae May. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta. All druggists refund the money if It fslls to cure. B. W. Grove's signsture Is on each box. ft cents. _ adv, SUBSCRIBE FOR TBI GLEANER 114* A TEAR ___ ~ \ = = F _ ; ; RJBBC RMS '■^WVVWWWWWWS/WWWN^* DIRECTIONS FOR USING DRAG Hsve tha Implement Follow Horaaa at Anglo sf Forty-Five Degrees, Push- Ing Earth to Centsr. (By D. WARD KINO.) A road-drag Is any cbaap wooden contrivance that will mora a little earth to the middle of the road and leave the aurface smooth. Any drag la a good drag, but the split-log or double-alab drag* la by far the beet The directlona for uae are almple aa the drag Itsslf: Bide on the drag, drlye the team with one ho roe on each aide of the right-band wheel track, with the drag following; at an angle' of about 45 degreei, thua puahing the' looee earth toward the center. Drive toward town to your neigh bo r*a front gate, and turning there, come home over the other wheel track. After the next rain perform the aarae operation. When thia haa been done four or live tlmea the road may V/ ';*H Stretch of Missouri Road Prevloua to Reclamation. be widened by plowing a (hallow fur row juat outalde the dragged portion and (with the drag) apreadlng the looee earth toward the middle. Special polnti along the way re quire apecial treatment Thia opera tion will make a better road oat of any earth highway. The drag mar be uaed when the road 1« quite wet particularly at the beginning. The dragging always ahould be done be fore the surface la entirely dry. TRY UNIFORM COLOR SCHEME ■ay State to Adopt Plan Which Has •e'en Successful In New England- Easy to Tell Roads. A uniform color acbeme, by which motor tour lite in the New England atates will be able to tell by the color of the road signs whether tfisy are on local or etate road a, north and south or eaat and weat main toads, or sec ondary or diagonal roada, la planned by William D. Sobier, chairman of the Maaaachuaetta highway commiaalon. At preeent New Hampahlre baa a color eyatem of Ita own and Vermont haa a complicated one, and the plan In eacn etate haa proved of assistance to those familiar with It Could a uniform syatem be extended over the New England territory, So bier thinks, atrangera would find the problem of aelectlng their roada much elm plllled. Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine highway officials hare promised to co-operole with the Ma*~ aachusotts commiaalon In drawing up a pimple system, and a conference of highway eommlsalonera at which the subject will be considered la to be held In the near future. OHIO BOARDS HELP HIGHWAY Two Countiee Unite to Give Lincoln Highway Their Special Care- Additional State Read, The Lincoln highway in Crawford and Wyandotte countiee, Ohio, haa re ceived special consideration from State Highway Commissioner James ft. Marker. By a combined effort of the commis sioners of both counties and the Lin coln highway booatera of Bucyrua, Ne vada and Upper Banduaky, the Lincoln highway baa been made an additional state road from Bucyrus to Upper San dusky. This section is now designated aa Market Route No. S. Reduce All Grades. Reduce all gradee to at least Ave per cent if possible. In some sutea roads are laid oat on section llnee and bills must be gone over, bat where possible aVbld ateep grades, aa tbsae are a constant cost for maintenance and dangeroas to travel V>rrf for Little Plge. Don't neglect having a yard or pea Into which the little plga can go. and get extra teed as soon as they are old eoougli to eat, which Is when they are three or four weeks old. English Spavin Linimnet re moves Hard, Soft and Calloused Lompf and Blemishes from bones; also Blood Spavins, Cnrbe, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifle*, Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc. Save S9O by nse of one bot tle. A wonderful Blemish Core. Sold by Graham Drag Company, adv II ALL THAT A MAN BATH I I I By ALVAH JORDON GARTH. I (Copyright Mil, by W. A. CHAPMASB I Dot—Dorothy, hla only child, spoiled pet. Selfish, unruly Dot, wbatißt he Idolised, mother!ese now, and thswa made him the more tender and pHablefiß She had married a year previous ly3S Her husband was well up In socieM9| and her whole being was centered iitU fashion and extravagance. Her jBHH ther had almost Impoverished himself a to give her a royal wedding gift then Dot had drawn on hla isseilMdSj constantly. "Old Dobbin, the little bouse oSfci| leased ground I live In and my sc«sf|| dent and life insurance—all I' have left," he ruminated, "but the imiamM means happiness and pleasure to D*£9 and—l can get along some way." *'' fj- Bnt In this the devoted father In error. One morning about aix S months later Dorothy came to him ta''M tears.' "father," she sobbed, 1 am In dssfr-B deep water!" "My darling child!' he exclaimed/fl "toll me your troubles." "Those horrid card psrtlee!" walled 1 the spoiled beaaty. "I've been MIM Into betting until I owe nearly idgMji'J hundred dollars. Father," she plead- « ed, "please help me out this tlmoL It | '-I don't pay. all the women of our |g aet will cat me, and If Vernon finds jfl oat about It he will raise a dreadful" 3 "I will see what I can do,' pra«jl Ised Mr. Roes, and his heart sankUkeffl lead, bnt he concealed his bitter l dee pair from Dorothy, to get tins* WOM think and act-— /\ ./Sk It took Mm only a day to resHsS that the sale of everything he had mE the world would not bring more thaaH a few hundred dollars. He had nswejfJS borrowed In hla life, bat as he stralMtl about restlessly that evening be tried' m to think of old-time frlenda who mightj*V be willing to help him oat Alas;fj they were few and far between, "I mast find some way to help tha, II dear cbUd,"'he reflected with new aadnl matlon as he paused opposite that' ;j| stylish apartment house where tha. - Dales lived. It cheered him to eossUNfl er that Dorothy was comfortably* I housed amid warmth, light and lux- | air- The artlees old man did not 'm sent the fact that ha was never vited to the house, that his soa-te law when he met him on the street -jS gave htm simply a cool, careless nod. For all thia Ross walked on. his heart % warmer than ever toward the merceo ary daughter, whose whim and extrmv agance had brought him directly to the verge of poverty. Crash! The old man made a brisk lump. ■*; Ha waa hardy la time to escape being .. struck by sn automobile, which had collided with another machine, tore- - Ing It half way acmes the sidewalk, demolishing ite front tins and.roduo- J ing the glaaa wind shield to atoms, j Mr. Ross felt one of the fragments J strike his face. He pat his hand ap to his eye. for lta*visaal power seemed £ suddenly blotted out His flngera be- ? came daubed with blood. He expert- ' enced a sudden feints ess. A police man caught his ana and supported him, while another ran to the corner fj patrol box and telephoned for an am balance. 'Totally blinded In one eye," waa the report of the hospital surgson the - following morning, and he wondered J at the sudden glow of excitement that i came Into the face of his patient Through the mind of the self-sacriflo big sufferer ran a speedy remembrance of the wording of the accident policy \ he carried: "For the loss of one eye, one thou sand dollars; total bllndnass, twenty- ;1 five hundred dollars." The thousand dollars went the way £ of all his previous donstlons, quickly • ased up by tbe reckless Dorothy.. Then eame new demands. The resources of old Ross were BOW exbsusted. He bad not even a home. * One night, wandering the streets, he ;.*j waa attracted with an excited crowd to a burning hotel. He waa among the first to resch It An oUlcer whom he knew allowed him to pass the lire line as Roas showad him a little child at a third-story window shut in by the flames and insisted on attempting her rescue. I Boss had groped his way to the room. He took the little one In hla arms. Just In time to evade a belch ing gnat of flames from.a lower win dow he dropped the child into the out spread safety net "Jump, yourself. Why, it's Mr. Roas! Jump, yoa brave old men!" Boss sssoysd to climb op on the Window sIU. Too late! and ha was not sorry. As he soak back overcome by the smoke, bis wan face was wreathed with a gladsome smile. "Dear little Dot!" ha uttered lov ingly. Tha year brought bankruptcy to Venjoo Dale and the life of s house hold drudge to his soured, chagrined wife. Rarely she thought of her dead father. Only once la awhile did she regret that th# Insurance money had been wasted. She strove to shut oat a memory of the father who had givsa his life for her. But every year the little child, the one Adam Rosa had saved, sad her parents, visited the looely grave of the breve hero of the hotel Are. At .• least with thsm there will be tender j remembrance while IKe lasts of tbe being they always refer to as "Qod's ■ | good man!" Belief la six Heorfc Jj Distressing Kidney and Bladder § Disease relieved in six houre b/ the "NBW GREAT SOUTH AKKRr.fI ICAN KIDNBY CURB." It is mM great surprise on account of it# 2 ; exceeding promptness in relieving §S pain in bladder, kidnevs and back, ■ n male or female. Relieves reteo-li tion of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and curaijH this la the remedy. Sold by Qra-£

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