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CEORGE BRONSON HOWARD Each Episode Suggested Seria!?xation by HUGH 1 Produced by the Universe! f [Copyright. 1514. by the Universa THIRD EPISODE The Traction Trust Suggested by GEORGE BRONSON HOWARD. Author ol "Snobs, "God'e Man." Etc SYNOPSIS. Dually Iiaxnigan; district attorney of Now York, attacks tho liquor and vice-trust?. Ho is killed by an agont of a secret c?aloty.'tho commtttooof iifuonn. His son, Bruca Larnigan, is elected district attornoy 'and toke J up tho fl slit. Braes is in loco with Dorothy 'Maxwell,, whoso father is head of tho insurance trust. ? Bruce JLarnigan is decoyed to an o <dl resort in. an offort to trame him up. Ha beats tho conspirators by. having tho polioo.oommlssionor pres ont. A Uro otaria in a tenement across tho way. L arni gnu saves the children of Dow, ono of tho conspira tors. This man agre;* *to expose tho trust. Ho ls murdered by tho gang. |BC"GF. LARNIGAN'S crushing ?? defect, of the tenement honse ..trust,'., resulting in the murder >.--. by tho graft syndicate, itself of, Anton X>0w, who. wns about to glv; ( Bruce/evldcnc? .ngsdrst. the fifteen'. . ser^:?!d:tQ.Bhotv'. Stopford Stone ?nd the- j remainingjin?mbers of- the graff syn dicatb'4hat fu Bruce they faced a foe far; moi;o dangerous to Uiem than ills mm-d?red . fut her -had. ever : ie cn.. ,' Stanford - Stone, the- secret' ^bpad '. of the powerful ?raft syndicate, had de-1 Splscd Bruc? lu the beginning.- ..Kpw he WAJ9; beginning to/fear l?m. And the fact that lie'-was"iii love with*. 'DorotUjr. ^ii?^wcl?. tl*c '?ci.", v.'ho was? Bruces , ?nnec?, cnly -Increased his determina tion t?'gefc}r.lil br Bruce.' lt was impossible for Stunford Stone to-wprlr in the open. It seemed to him , own connection with the graft syndl-, cate, Kvpu Bruce, Larnlgnn..was so far from suspecting lt*that after tho death; Antoni Dow Le.conllded many of Ida plana for. the future to Stone. .'.Dow's death ia uufbrr?t?ate," ? he j iflid 'Stone. .'Mle was:a villain, fait'lie | "^jvas .about to turu over.' n'"' uew leaf. : Se-would, haye been a useful witness 'it??'r7<t^o^pfo^l have Other Irons In | the Ure' ; I am more . anil ; more,- eon viuced that nil the graft-in this city, runs ultimately ?to n central spot:-that ' ono man dominates all th?corrupt ole aieuta,'- I .can't strike at any p?rllt'u inr form of^gr?ft? no matter what It may- be, without weakening 'that groat central power.". ^-'.'^^^^^^^^^i "That sounds reasonable." said Stone .Bympathetlcally. . . -j^m^^i^l T "Mow. fdr/mstancc/' sald. Bruce...,"! uni nlaihjnft. to look Info Vthe opera- I t0#ih?r Picked Up'.? *h? D?ct?phens R??celv*t\ tiena ;of tho traction trust, I am es vl^eed. that whole organisation l?-ri died with jrroffc and that the city 1 ''Lsijng;'iootp^ *ight nnd ioit ia conn t'to?: iVjfb!th?*"fi?w bave 'got ?ivic?y ev?detic?e yetf butrl,in>'rty ?. af ter ?itv"'Andi :^ni?y1^'^'iyotrr-he5p : ?T A'm st; y??t, servlcs^-Sald Stone, v M??JV-VQ told yon befors?? I f?c?. a? a public spirited citizen, that It is my i?rtny' te Conoid you le the fight yon i?^e^?crfoVa?.** V But ?e-?ooncr wea Stone alone than : hts fki&ffi&- trbujf?tfK?d end-t^tafced' by hate ?is? mallee. .WiUiout de?ayJib "?*hW' ?c,Ibid B?f?o?t that; ^ninbt tw'si?iod. - .? . M?tmp of a ??W'hflr " o?, ; (l$f? t?n?^orjd v tarbup, by a Prominent Author WEIR and ??OE BRANDT lim Manufacturing Company il Film M nufactuiini; Company.) tv '<:?? ;w-'.-. s,;--v *.-...!.?-..?,-.>?o?s....rj.p? Through men and women, un y wu to him he got into touch - with Bruce Lar*' ulgan's chauffeur. This wan, seeming.; ly respectable and actually faithful I enough to Bruce, had a dark BPOX in. his life. Black managed to learn ,of this and so got the man Bonner into hts grip. He nrrnnged lo have . Bon-, ner drive Larnlgau through the pnrk while'.gunmen were plnuted there, - . Stanford Stone by means of a dle taphono was able to keep lu close touch with Black's movements, since he never for u moment trusted-Black. On the day after his conversation'with Bruce, however. Stone, listening over the dictaphone, nodded with" approval. Bruce he kuew was coming to seo him. Afterword. Bonner -should be ublo to take him through the park.. And tben tho graft nyndlcutca. most dang&rou. enemy would be romnvedl ... Bruce arrived while Black was still discussing his plans. ' With htm wa? Dorothy Maxwell. "We're not renKj together. Mr. Stone," she said gayly. "I'm looking for papa. I thought bo might be here." "I'm sorry ho Isn't. Miss Dorothy,*" said Stone. "But if you'll call up Boyd Perirose's office I think you'll get him. I'll toke Larnlgau Outside while you telephone." porotby smiled her thanks. -She was left alone mid by pure' accident picked up thc. dictaphone receiver. T,o her horror and amazement she boa vd Black giving the "ibm! j orders"' for Bruce's murder. Oer heart almost stop-. ped. but abo managed to'control her self and heard enough to p?t her in possession of. nil tho "details Qf the plot. Then;.schooling her featured; she went out and joined Bnice nnd Stone. . "I think i'll go straight Oji?me. I can't reach papn." Rho said. "."Coming. Bruce?" ".' ; He nodded n farewell te''Stone and went down with lier. Atth& #urb sh? seized his Oi.ni. "Bruce, where are you, going?" she ask?d.tchsely. . j j$l|> "-^To OTO fii? o??".l?iiu--um. ?>t?;v?<i^, *" he said. "He's a uews^aper rahu, and we're going to pull olV/n' stunt together." "Let me tnlu? you there,*'; she lirged. "Please, Brneel Scud Bonner homo iiio?e. I want ro show, yortr.how my new car runs." no thought nptbmg. of her request and was glad to yield. Bonner* ; star tis.d ?nd.dismayed, saw what lmd hup. pened, aud at once, instead of going home os bo was told to do. lie".hurried to Black. ' "Damnr'v said Black. "Well, we'll have to get, those fellows and\..plant them near Lam Jgan's house. Como on; take mo.through the park. ? It's riskier, I bot that can't bOhelpcpV' " I Bonner obeyed. They hurried Into ? the park., and nt the .fatal spot,- ns ' ???sck stood up, a volley rang out.: The ?'gun men had mistaken.their employer for their victim. Black f?ll dead! Mesnwhilo Dorothy bait. w.'ttted for Bruce during his talk With Stevens und '.had then driven hun home. They ''found Mrs. Larnlgau .in .tears. : Tho bolder of tho mortgS^>^.'her) house . bad - arbitrarily refused give ber moro . time, and her lawyer ;had told her that lie h?? found no oho,willing .:to. taka lt up; good aa waa tho security. . Bruce saw in thl? o-Wot .on the part: "of tho fifteen to pun sh him. Bui Doro thy, -without telling him of ber inten? tiona, determined to save him.... ' "Everything will como out all righi*" iSDw^thy assured.Bruce. She bad ! some property of; ; her . own, and ?ho went straight to her father ^??ftdyasked him to advance her a large acm on cermm securitles. .' He laughed n ho did. HO, giving her the money in . casi?. . .'"".. "'", ?-,- '.. ,\ '[??]'[ "What do you want it for?" be lisked. '-, Sha told him, and.: tliough' abe saw .tho startled., look thst^camauinib his - ^yes^.'ihi?i did not- Uiiowj the reason ?nor that it -was Hog?r Mskwell'? insumuc?? company that had tk rea ten ed to fore close 'wv. Mrs. Latnigpn^. house. ' Vy^; it *raa'trdo--sbo had nnwit^ingly : de*. ;;feate?'-a P?AO concocted .b*^' her father and Stanford Stone. Mnx^irssid nothlmi^o'boroth'y of the truth. /Perhaps he darM^ot Pe?t: hana lt was because iiw^dft?t1 he learn ed what she . ??>?arit to do Bsrd Pen. to?o, his' o!d .'fHenoVld^r^^?o?Khter. *?hbc?, oho?- of porotby*3 best girl; ? friend?;; v/?t? Canh?nn?cd;- .Penrose, tvas h??iS: ot the traction1 trust, ile ?at&;;:t?i^ . mn^y;-.l,nrs*??i?s'.;?a' \-c?nmom . Aji'd;';in th?. course -'of.'tb*' talk th?l?c?de?fc^jf i^)^tUg0b'^?t--' -ed to bo" forgotten. , it was the?r>?3rt d^y that Bra^'ii^f Tko graft: in that might rou to mil* Ilona''' '?aid Jim, appalled. "And tho dongeiS-my God! 'J'he whole thing might collupse at any iniuute!" .'Get the facta down-aud print them." said Bruce, "i'll stuy here to get moro evidence if Jl can. t dou't think they suspect, na yet" Stevens obeyed. But nt tho otUcp ot his paper Instead of being praised tor his entorprlso in securing u. wonder ful story ho was bitterly n Mucked, by his mnttngiug editor. Steveus bad not known it hitherto, but bin paper was a tool of the graft syndicate and was preparing ot that tuomeut to launch a bitter attack upon Bruce Lnruigad. Tho, story Stevens turned In wu? torn up. Ile himself was sutnuiarily dis sharged. . But that, uv lt turned out. was a fatso move, .for it only aroused the fighting blood of Stevens. He went from newspaper .to newspaper, until dually in tho ofDco of tho Independent ha iou til . aa editor wl?b 4-ourago enough to face the coanequence? of defying the trust. 'They may smash us," he said, "but Larnigsn is tn the riy?t. und we'll J back bim up. Wo'll begin by printing your story and putting you on our staff. Go qnt and get as much moro stuff of'.this sort ns you can." A new danger threatcued. however, for Stanford Stone had been" In the of fice of Stevens* paper tulkioK.to the managing editor, when the reporter made his 'report. Unseen by Stevens, he had beard ovcryti?ng und so knew th?t^ Bruce, in disguise, was working aa a laborer In the subway. At once he saw n.chance to crush bis enemy. He weet to Penrose, nnd.thorwo con cocted a new scheme' for Brace's de struction. Bruce; suspecting nothing, was pleas ed by tho praise that Kelly, ostensibly "Gvc-yiliirig will -Como out all right/* oaid Dorothy. the foreman of tho Work, bot actually | the personal representative and graf$ collector of Penrose.' gaye bim fer his. rork. todo." Bruco grinned bis thanks. He waa dlsjKJsed to like pelly and to believe thnt.'the: inan7 did tint understand the rottenness^of the-work that was bel?g doue. Kelly, a? was afterward- to np penr. was. a good actor .wanted ??n the Jdt> he held Herefused, la sylto of Ponroso's urgent:;*, to be hurried. "You'd be wdntln' Irina to ??mell a rat." he sold. "He's no fool, that lad.-. Ho takes careful ban?lln*-s?ch ns;be gets from inc. .L'nyo lt to me. Misther Penrose. TH see'lbut he goes to king* dom come. Lave, lt to Kelly!" ' .?'. Day hy. doyKelly sitw. to lt that Brue? got better work .'and more Im portant td: do- He. prohied l?l?u. en couraged bini. And ho did hill Bruce'? suspicions, so .that when, at .last bo was. ready to strike Bruce trusted trim./ "It's toime yea learned tho Martin". That's the-worrie that pays.*" said Kel ly: ;*Take this dynamite ??cartridge, now. a nd carry lt into the Minnel. The piuco to set it ls mhrrked wld n red crfoss. Tho bole. the driller left ls there. Ye see, ye carry tlia wire along. Then when -ye* come back ye:report ?nd intUt?! Ute eontnct-^iid tiiffi "Alsy ^?liit-seel1 -Don't be droppln' that ?t3cki" ... Brr.ce obeyed. - Working lil? way Into the tunnehi. But nhoVe. when Kelly, came out'Penrose was walting by-the electric switch. ?' : "Aiay does lt. sorrrv:^^.^K?Wfi ."Gire bini time io get tl* Cpd and starrt back. Then I'll touch the switch -httd good night Lnrnljmn!"" ;-. .i,entend???w-i'?*aMi t'enrose. "Here., t must ifef'.irijr. j?lrhvu?r. .fhey're ln spectm&the" w;ork... 1 dr,n"? want.them to tnk???y ?h'anttei" Dorothy and Mabel. tn?tHMl. were near by. ;\And;w Brute. She bad an. accomplishment that ?ow of her, friend?^^ix*ted*~s conk! read-Ups. A?t? so, ?hott?h of hearing, she thew tv kat Kelly ? Penrose bsd, said. At enc? Khe slip toto tiie tunnel after Bruce. .'Come quickly! ; There's a plot kill your she ecreanitd,, ''Drop stick and run 5 Don't ?sk roe ksiowr Bi-uce obeyed.. Together ?hey ran for . tho street And Jes* os tbey got ont of tho funnel iberowoodall roar is? hin? ihm* .Bra? ???A p?Wrtnrtd. ?.. R?nthe ^hences, for inp ? ro?leh cement.jpivje :&a&*t?mi& &?i itv ana Bard fetf rbswi sttUaK - iji hi? ; nutofflohilo. ; wae ef?cp?'-to Ma dee th. WORKMEN AUK ICK30UKP Worts ?a Alaskan Railroad to Begin in Spring. Warrington, T;oc. 23.-Fifteen hundred men. pioneers, building the Eovei-nm.cnt Alaskan railroad, arc Ice locked la Anchorage, America's near est f ron tier town, walting'to resume work with tho first appearance of the northern spring. William C. Eides, chairman of, the Alaskan railroad commission, just re turned from Alaska, to report to Sec retary Lane, brought news from tho marrobned camp. He said thousands of tons of freight for Anchorage. In cluding a supply of California turkeys meant for holiday feasting, <3 being! held at Seward, while tho road build ers have to content themselves with canned gooda and dried meats, of which they haye a plentiful supply. Navigation in Cook inlet closed earlier than was expected and steamers car rying cargoes for tte new port wero forced to return to Seward'. Some of the freight was material wanted for winier work artd m TO was needed -for the carly spring rush. About thirty-five mlleo of new road bed, including numerous minor b?iupt?-i and culvc-i tn, W&? oinp'-^t^? during the paBt year. The line when completed will extend from Seward, on Resurrection Bay, to Fairbanks, on the Tan an a river. 471 miles and will include thc existing Alaska Northern Railroad from Seward, seventy-one milos through- thc Kerna peninsula to Turnagain Arm, and a branca Une from Matanuska Junction thirty-eight miles Vo open the Matanuska coal Kohls. Mr; Edes said he thought, tho road will be completed in a little moro than flvo yearB and without de veloping any dHUcult engineering problems. Swans Tonghi to Swim. You're acquainted with, tho prover bial phrase, "like a duck takes to the water." That may apply all right to ducks, but there are some water birds which have to be taught to swim, just like we do. They bato.tho water ot first as much as a boy Oites the bath tub. One of these birds, which takes swimming lessons from Its parents,. Is the black necked swan. The swan babies are called cygnets. They are hatched In a elaborate, nest which the parent swan builds along the edge of . a pool. Ta? Httlecygnots are able, to walk and'runs as soon aa they "are out of their shells, but they can't swirrj. ; So the mother swan'''takes them for a little ferry ride. Sho. puts them on her back and starts out across th~ pond. The Lady swans, frightened. at first, soon get'used to seeing water all around them, ; One day. thc mother .swan'turns her long neck and .giveo .her .babies ; a gentle push: Into the water. Such a scramble and splash!" Tho babies flounder *y?o__ii s__._v-: "olr to get back ein their mother's dry feath ers;'Finally they learn that their feet aro webbed /^addles, given them for swimming purposes,, and they are abie to glide over the' water-as gracefully Real Hcrsenower VB. Mechanical. "in Western and Southern States,", says Farm and Fireside, "horses. can bo k,ept for ? year as low. aa $60. In states where feed-la hlglt, thc cost may reach ?120, and for the entire United States ls:$83:50. The figures preceding take Into, account, shooing, veterinary -charges, housing, and feed. -, "Thb.: average horse" develops coven tenths of a horsepower. ;^The weight of iihe team ought to bo eight-finies tho'draft of tho plow, un der average conditions.. "A horao caii pull with a -force equal- to abouo \ one-eighth bf its weight cohUnucclsly^ for eight hours nt a speed of two and a' half miles an hour: ' Tao United States has one-fourth of all the horses In the world. . Tho world's supply before the war, began, was 100,000,000. . "A furrow fourteen Inches wide and five Inches deep, requires a draft of 310 pounds in ordinary loara SSH. A furrow eight inches deep requires 460 pounds draft." - ' . .. Incorporating the Pawn. In Minnesota; Bays Farm and Fire side, la a Scotch fanner named' Mc callum w'ao thoujKh out.? new ways to increase the efficiency of his- property and keep his'children <m the. farm. . Tho reBult.of ilia scheme IB tat eight of his niuo .cH'.Jren arc farmer^':.:j?ii glad to remain sb'. ?Mir'. Mccallum had his farm ihcor porated'aB a business; Reserving a Baird ot the stoeii for himself, ho- dl< ylded the-remainder among hts Chil dren. At a director's aieettote^?M directors were ali IIIB eono and daugh teralba'waa elected president; while his Sons; became ; the different officer s af vcompahy, - The advantage? ;pjfi ?ie scheuic, says. Mr . Mccallum, sra that now each of his ' ebhdr?si. has; a iHr??V .personal interest tn the fwally pHjpprtjr ;and tho different farm de) partmen?s, such as hogs and poultry, have become " business;, departments with th*; n?anager; rcspoaslbis 'to the U?rvoratloh (or the departmental stock and -ni??agora?eat. -----e Tin "Snowball Army.* Sydwoy, Australia, Dec. 23.-Th? 3?a#baU army" which Captain i of the Gilgandra J^f?s <?l?b wish, a handful bf. mea*; iwh? it, tron^O?lgafl?Jlra on ' October io Tor a 320 mlle t?arch to" Sydney Baalist, attracted.to. itself so maa jr otbir pstrlrots on the way that It anterad Sydasy with a total .of 263 nen, w<bo have boen accepted for ser Tico, ':..'^a.:'V'&tettf?itla. reception *rhlcb th? lltt?s arn)y received at tu varions ' stopping;'; pisces and on its ?rrrval. hero triade ???. ;of c-?h? most pteirir?tfr?o local / 'episode! " of the .ir.; 8*y*?:'auiy,|.t?o"^oin?^tftar*'?^ e ^ac under; th?'circtttastaricas, bht how or othar i h? ?ft not getting i M?TorUalng oat4cf lt.- ' ?id, .;';' For Rabi Buggy, Lap Ro WI Do you want to 1 Buggy at a cheap ; fering'for cash, a i Rubber Tire bugg\ Goodrich rubber, s Harness-made in robe and Whip, a low price of $85 How is this for Don't forget this bi for 12 months aga terial and workma looking for quality We are striving to < J imate business an< trade and influence. Lots of good Mu hand that we want and good workers sell must be as repn Bring that old b let us paint and re same time put on a at $10 cash a set. : ? ? ... ' tMA?BMBniMIMMnMMMMUkMMBNtfMMMM ??rotes Life Preventing. Among tho Interesting, Beoplo in ifto January American Magazine is Robert G. Valentine,', the first '.'.'expert on in dustrial relations, and tho only man who enjoys a profession by . himself. A few year? ago ho was Indian corar missioned at Washington. He decid ed then to fit himself for his peoull?r colling. "When: his ter mau Indian, commis sioner expired he refused rho offers ot well-paid jobs , that came to' him, and staked his lifc and all. tho money he. had s?vod on tho realization .ot his dream. . "It isn't always the employers who retain, l?ni In a big eastern city the telephone girrls were about to strike. The company, ia preparation for the .conflict, had imported an army of strik breakers and lodged them in a downtown hotel; everything was ready for n struggle that would have prostrated the city's business , for 'weeks.-. . "Then the girls, wishing, to strehg tr^en their case, called ia Valentino.. So' Succ?s scully ? was he able to pre nant their ' cause tb the company and the nubile that their demands vere granted, and there- was no' strike. "A year ago'hernade a labqr.audit fora bia? manufacturer. These condi tions in your factory are fundamen tally wrong,' lie said, naming them.' You may not be forced to change them for a good w^lille yet; but ultimately you will be. My advice to you is fb c^aage them now> before you aro forc ed to. The change? I suggest are Just and fairy when you haie made them you will bo insured agaiust Ic hor troubles; The manufacturer had an idea that Valentine was a blt .vis ionary, but he iollowcd hts..advice. ??Jt "mWt]Bs, latc;>- ?. ' Strike swept S?bugh that industry tying up pret ty nearly every factory in it-except Petone where Valentine had worked. "Another progressive manufactur er has, employed him recently to study all the profit-sharing schemes in the <??prh} and evolve ono that shell be better than any.^^^^S?^^?^^M "T?tat'ewhat it mekns to be an ex? pert "tn Industrial relations, Valou^. ?e ia proud of the profest'on and he has a rlgfct*b.*e.> He say? that faring a dividend ' is not half a> much iud as declaring a ?trike-bf? bp-, fore It over happens; and auditing ten *g?tkm 'doiiars ls the teost ^prolate It^mt bf business in coia^ar?son-wit?i? auditing ten thousand raen." 7 Negro Bsnk Broke. . Jlontsomery, .^ii:-?.T^'.^jl4-t*e" Alabama Pmny Saviajgs bank, a ne gro institution. ^bd? bv?i?Tch of ?he Alabama Penny l^deatial . sarges basks of Birmingham failed to opoc ??IV'-H'I'I?I'M Vr'tii :'- .*?'. ' * ' ^"h^T"' -?t?' ^^oo? ^aid the ?s^s^were ta the hands cf ? ?'. th*: state ;l*a^teideifari-! ment for liquidation. The Birmingham bsa* hsa>?l^^ to notice, Ne **a^a;w"?r? assigned. ber Tire Harness, he and tiip 3uy a high grade price? We are of nice well finished r with best grade ;et of Hor?ie-Made our house, Lap t the ridiculously .00 a real bargain? iggy is guaranteed inst defective ma nship. If you are and price see us. io a fair and legit 1 we solicit your les and Horses on to sell. All sound . Everything we ssented. lUggy around and ?pair it and at the set of rubber tir?s Unions Experiment Station. In the January American Magazine William Allon White opens a now ; serle ; of articles on glories of tho ! ?tutes. "Tho stale lino" he says, "is ono of the really great Invention? of Ameri can clvlHtatlqn. For the state the dl ' vides a-' fairly 'homogeneous people itt' to separate cold frames, or "glass cov ors under which dlffornt social, poli tical, religious, and economic experi ments fOiovor aro working. "In <?e glory pf the states, one star.dlfforeth from another, and it is tho glory'of KanEar.-not that she is occasionally. the banner - wheat state, no*, th ut ehe, first of all the Btates, banished the common drinking cup and the roller towed , from public placoB, nor oven' t&at she furnished tho birthplace and paid for the. edu cation of General Funston, of former Governor Madley'of 'Missouri, and of Jess Willard, though for diversity Of crop the trio challenges tho world} nor does tho. glory of. Kansas Ho in her successful thirty years struggle with the Rum Fiend, ,i.rough that contest ls notable-'tho glory .of Kan sas is that she is as a ' state the sole legatee and custodian of the New England coneclcneo. 'Z?s? ' "So naturally, she is called a Crank,,'. She ls difficult; to liyo* with her in peace one has to quit, drinking and to * quli> smoking . cigarettes; .to bend thu children to. school regularly until they, aro sixteen; to give In the lull value Ot one's property for taxsr ?on? not split it in thirds or halves;: to let his wife ?nd daughter and moth-; er and sisters vote; to let the state baby bureau .bose about th nursery; tb let the hotel inspectors poko around in the ?ote? bedrooms and kitchens, ino tire inspector pass on the. alleys, and the. chancellor of the state uni-, yersity heft thu weights. and roeas ?res in the storey; io refrain from idle lov?. affair? with, girls .. under elghton ; - to rent no howse s, ?toreo or ??tid in wttSch or on which laws-ira hubituaiiy violated,.. without being a defendant in criminal action; and to organize no corporation without tak? ihg the hiato eo completely into one's :cb*<Weccc'. that neither th? strav/ber r ymark on ono's left arm, nor tbs fliting la one's Second molar can os-, capo public examination f Kansas has ideas about these th inga." . ? -- If some people spent as much time in honest.labor as they do .standing around on the street corners arguing, because the other fellow seems to be in a mors, prosperous condition, they get along much better. . Ano, goodness knows any man who tries ettfVbe JUBS' as prosperous as .? J Jd* neighbor-unless he Is a mutton* head.-?AVonls Times. Wo - cann?t c?nsist?ntiy support the ?morenwnt ior hatloua? ^de?ense an'tli tho nation , 'carols "-all.-'?he . ?muni ' rm plants ia t?ie ccuhtry.-^Tho Faih Ob Mw BOYS AND GIRLS BEST XMAS PRESENT A BICYCLE Prices $21.00 Up We Sell No Other Kind Gates & Smith West Benson, Opposite Tate's Hardware Co. ?Viii Fresh Fish and Oysters Received Daily Try Oar Merchants Lunch Served Daily From 12 Co 3 20c. G. D. Anftonakos,, To cook with is'.'th? :snont convenient fuel to he had. : And it is the cheaper, too when tho least hst of thought and attention is given il. Try it for awhile, &nc3 you will Uk* it There are. tnsAiy satisfied users of gas In An4?r S0?g&^^^?f^': . It's just the \th?h? to beat the hath room with. ; < Ao?ersos 6?s Co. Formera, ana Prospekt}. Tho standard "of prosperity-amont-; the fanners ot any coiomunUy, muet aot bo Judged by'the conditions pi'? ?ailing among that class of ; hand-1 mouth ; farmers wh?s?'chC/; object life seems to be to "work" the time supply men for everything they/co?, ?Pd. who generally hove a hardluck story to tell oven in tho moat, pros ?icrous times. Kt :does*- tho- fetter elnso j? f3rin?rs ? grav? injustice to j^'dgis iheir prosperity by any ?>uo'? stand mi.-Henderson Dispatch LAST. SEASON'S PRY CLEANED Perhaps; you have a dres? or tal nado st.it that could >>a worn this sea* Bent to us e??i given a thorough ? and a eV?lltaS gassing. ^w.V'twirKaent;' no matter if^ sailed r mussed, is frtohenftd and hrlghUth^ d up wonderfully. We/reaU? mako hero Took like new. Men and women take' advantage of ur *crvlc?--.an d - ap prec?ate ht?&t?*t' conemy it moke* possible arid to ?ppcrtunlty for better..dressing t affer?s. ; -. '. ??J'; . .? - Piseaa V