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S>MOKEB§, WATCH OCT.
Not all smokers are convinced of
'he wickedness of the use of tobac
co. Because they like to seems to
the in good enough reason why they
•should smoke. But no matter what
beliefs they hol& they are going to
bt rescued from sin.
A learned professor of Syracuse
university ha§ started a nation-wide
movement to bring them to redenip
'ion, and the logical method, of
course, is an amendment to the con
stitution of the Cnited States. The
A:iti-Saloon league has Just saved"
the American people from perdi
tion bv securing the Prohibition of
liquor. Why should not the Anti
Tobacco league save it over again
bv "orcing total abstinence from
lha noxious weed?
If you are a reformer, and; disap
prove of most things that people do.
jou consecrate yourself to the cause
o-' goodness 5^ calling yourself a
moral worker. If you are a per
son cf superior Vitus who knows no
rn!a of private conduct except your
own rigid cod« of propriety, you
are bound by your conscience to
prescribe laws for all other people
?hat shall make them as pure and
moral as yourself. If you reach the
dignity of a paid lobbyist, you are
qualified to speak for the organiz
ed moral forces of the country,
without revealing who they are or
where the money comes from to pay
your salary. After that, to Indiv
idual, no community ha§ any rights
yQU need recognize.
Another amendment to the fed
er'1 constitution banning a neigh
bor's pipe and his son's cigar will
mean the final routing of the devil.
Then mankind will be forever happj
and blessed—until Bom® other hid
eous form of vice is discovered that
sh3li excite the horror of the mor3!
Qrces of the country. It may be
ice cream sodas, it may be chewing
cum, I* may be candy, it may be
tea and coffee, and go on until this
old world crumblea to dust. The
IStb amendment is a l<rng step on
the road to salvation. With the 19th
w'll disappear the curse of tobac
co.—Xew York World.
SCIENTISTS AND THK "FLU"
GKRM
On© of nature's little jokes on
m?u came in the form ot the "flu."
it was not very pleasant, Jot the
jjrim results o£ the visitation quite
efiectually destroyed any outward
sign of humor. The doctors tackled
the crob!em -with vigor and deter*
mination, and worked* heroically, no
only to combat the scourge, but to
iUscovW its origin. Much was said
about the disease being: contagious.
Infection*, transmissible, etc., and
ah sort* Cf devices were adopted to j
prevent |ta being spread through
Personal contact "Cover np each
OT0 gh and sneeie" up to quarantine
'"Jd; isolation were resorted to, and
♦ho peoplg faithfully followed all
advice In hope of mitigating the
terror and avoiding the danger. And
now, that the "flu" has Bubsided
^uite a* mysteriously as it arose, the
doctor: admit that rigid tests have
shown the malady is not transmis- |
aible. They are groping now, just
as they did' at first iu hope of dis
covering the secret nature has with
held from them. The new knowl
edge does not lessen the deadly
nature of the "flu," but it does
ahow that most of us were on the
wrong tr-acl..—Omaha Bee
COULCCTOK JOHN AV- TROY
Ube appointment of John W. Troy
3a collector of customs for Alaska
1® a reward for persistent and en
ergetic work in behalf of the demo
crat^ part in Alaska. If the ad
ministration desires to return the of
fice of collector of customs to the
same political standard Ti'hich char
acterizes it in every other part of
the United States, the appointment
has done so. There are no rsasons
why Mr. Troy will not make a very
satisfactory collector. He certainly
is intelligent audi ripe in experi" |
ence.
Regards that part which Mr- Troy
will be called to take in connection
with the canvass of the last elec
tion returns happily for all concern
ed it will not be an issue. It will
take Air, Troy gome weeks to be con
firmed, execute a bond and prepare
to take over his official duties. In
the meantime the official cany-ass
will do through as far as the Terri
torial count is concerned.
The Dispatch; congratulates the
Empire and its staff upon the selec
tion of their chief for this import
ant position. The Dispatch bespeak
for the customs a progressive and'
satisfactory administration. It per
sonalir extends its best wishes to
Publisher Troy on his selection. The
Dispatch and its makers are glad
the newspaper fraternity has receiv
ed the recognition which hag come
to it- fha time is ripe in Alaska
newspaperdom to drop -,sour grapes^
audf support the aspirations of the
newspapers makers that there may
t>€* unity and good feeling with prof
itable results.
J 1ST THE MKX WE WANT
From report^ at hand, it looks
like it an attempt was about to be
made to bring into the Territory
returning soldiery from overseas in
»n endeavor to populate and de
veloo tUe country. The idea is good
and the proposition should be en
couraged, specially if we bring those
who volunteered their services at
the front.
There are innumerable opportuni
ties here, but none of the "feather"
Ibed" kind. They all demand grit,
backbone a.nd a strong determina-,
jtion. The kind that wag part of
I the make-up of the soldiers who J
I were prompt in answering the call
of their country. The faint-heartjd
kind soon find discouragement, quit
leaving a trail of disappointment
that reflects and- retards the de
velopment of the country's resources,
vet the federal government give
those stronghearted boys a little en
couragement and Alaska will soon
show To the world what men with
backbone can do.—Ketchikajj Pro
gressive-Miner.
OLD GLORY EVERYWHERE
Tlie sun is shining on the Stars
and Stripes every hour in the
twenty-four nowadays. For a while
at leapt Columbia may rival Bri
tannia's boast that the sun never
I set§ ou British soil. There is a
I thrill la seeing Old Glory literally
waving around the globe. The A
merican flag i$ floating over the
battlefields of France and Belgium
and is being borne jvitJx cheers in
to Germany. It fiies over Ameri
can encampments in England and
Italy, and is the standard of war
hips iu North Sea and the Mediter
ranean. It ig helping o keep or
der in the Red Sea, in the Dardan
elles and the Black Sea.
I* is floatign over Russian soil
from Archangel to the Ural moun
tains and in Siberia from Valdivos
tok to Irkutsk. It flieg over the
'hilippines, the Samoans and* Ha
waii, over Alaska and Panama, over
Porto Rico and the Danish West
Indies.
And1 everywhere the flag of A"
merica commands the respect it
never did before, save in its own
country.
You will regret it if you lose one
instalment of our serial story, "The
Light iu the Clearing.'! subscribe
tod a j.
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IN TtlE CLEARING
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT ,■
IRVINE BACriELLER
Autho* Of '
EttN HOLDER D'RI AND I. DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES, -
KEEPING UP VITH LIZZIE, ETC, ETC
Aunt Deel spoke in a low, kindly
tone it ml ciiine and lifted me to my
feet very tenderly.
"Come, Cart, don't feel so about
that old melon," said she, "It ain't
worth It. Coine with me. I'm going
to give you a present—ayes I bel"
I was still crying when she took
me to her trunk, and offered the
grateful assuagement of candy and
a belt, all embroidered with blue and
white beads.
"Now you see, Bart, how low and
mean anybody Is that takes what
don't belong to 'em—ayes! They're
snakes! Everybody hates 'em an'
6tamps on 'em when they come in
sight—ayes!"
The abomination of the Lord was
In her look and manner, llow it
shook my soul! He who had taken
the watermelon hail also taken from
me something I was never to have
again, and a very wonderful thiug it
was—faith in the goodness of men.
My eyes had seen evil. The world
had committed its tirst offense against
me and my spirit was no longer the
white and beautiful tiling it had been.
Still, therein is the beginning of wis
dom and, looking down the long vista
of the years. 1 thank God for the
great harvest of the lost watermelon.
Better things had come !n Its place—
understanding and what more, often
I have vainly tried to estimate. For
one thiug that sudden revelation of
the heart of childhood had lifted my
aunt's out of the cold storage of a
puritanic spirit, and warmed it into
new life and opened its door for me.
hi the afternoon she sent me over
to Wilis' to borrow a little tea. I
stopped for a few minutes to play
with Ilenry Wilis—a boy not quite
a y«nr older than I. While playing
there I discovered a piece of the
rind of my melon in the dooryord. On
that piece of rind I saw the cross
which I had made one day with my
thumb-nail. It was intended to in
dicate that the melon was solely and
wholly mine. I felt a flush of anger.
"I hate you," I said as 1 approached
mm.
"I hate you," he answered.
"You're a snake!" I cuid
We now stood. fnre to face and
breast to breast, like a pair of young
roosters. lie gave me a shove and
told uio to go home. I gave him a
shove and told him I wouldn't. 1
pushed tip close to him again and
we glared into each other's eyes.
Suddenly he spat in my face. 1
gave hiui a scratch on the forehead
with m.v finger-nails. Then we fell
upon each other and rolled on the
ground and hit and scratched with
feline ferocity.
Mrs. Wills ran out of the house and
parted us. Our blood was hot, and
leaking through the skin of our faces
a little.
"He pitched on me," Henry ex
plained.
I couldn't speak.
"Go right home—this minute—you
brnt!" said Mrs. Willis In anger.
"Here's your tea. Don't you ever come
here again."
I took the tea and started down the
road weeping. What a bitter day
that was for me! I dreaded to face
my aunt nnd uncle. Coming through
the grove down by our gate I met
Uncle I'eahody. With the keen in
sight of the father of the prodigal son
he had seen me coming "a long way
off' and shouted:
"Well, here ye be—I was kind o'
worried. Hub."
Then his eye caught the look of de
jection in my gait and figure. He hur
ried toward me. He stopped as I
came sobbiug to his feet.
"Why, what's the matter?" he asked
gently, as he took the tea cup from
my hand, and sat down upon his heels.
I could ouly fall Into his arms nnd
express myself In the grief of child
hood. He hugged me close and begged
me to tell him what was the mat
tor.
"Thnt Wills boy stole my melon,"
T said, and the words came slow with
sobs.
"Oh. no, he didn't," said Uncle Pea
body.
"Yes he did. I saw a piece o' the
rin\"
"Well by—" said Uncle Peabody,
stopping, as usual, at the edge of the
precipice.
"lie's a snake," I added.
"And you fit und he scratched you
up that way?"
"I scratched him, too."
"Don't you say a word about It to
Atrat Deel. Don't ever speak o' that
miserable melon ag'in to anybody.
Tou scoot around to the barn, an':
I'll be there In a minute and fix ye
up."
He went by the road with the tea
and I ran around to the lane and up
to the stable. Uncle Peabody mot
me there in a moment and brought a
pall of water and washed my face
so that I felt and looked more respect
able. i
ccnson Hvawumnw. ran Hansa
iTle" worse was over for that (lay,
but the Baynes-Wills feud had begun.
It led to many a fight in the school
yard and on the way home. We were
so evenly matched that oar quarrel
went on for a long time and gathered
Intensity as It continued.
One June day Uncle Peabody and
I, from down In the fields, saw 4
fine carriage drive in at our gate. Ho
stopped and looked Intently.
"Jerusalem four-corners!" he e.»
claimed. 'It's Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Dunkelberg."
My heart beat fast at thought "of
the legendary Dunkelbergs. Uncle
looked me over from top to toe.
"Heavens!" he exclaimed. "Go down
to the brook and wash the mud off
yer feet an' legs."
I ran for the brook and before I
had returned to my uncle I heard the
horn blow.
"The Dunkelbergs!—the Dunkel
bergs! Come quick!" it seemed to
say.
Mr. Dunkelberg was a big, broad
shouldered, solemn-looking man. Some
how his face reminded me of a lion's
which 1 had seen In one of my pic
ture books. He had a thick, long, out
standing mustache and side whiskers,
and deep-set eyes and heavy eyebrows.
He stood for half a moment looking
down at me from a great height with
Ills right hand in his pocket. I heard
a little jingle of coins down where
his hand was. It excited my curios
ity. He took a step toward me and
I retreated. I feared, a little, this
big, lion-like man. My fears left me
suddenly when he spoke In a small
squeaky voice that reminded me of
the chirping of a bird.
"Little boy, come here and I will
make you a present," said he.
It reminded me of my disappoint
ment when uncle tried to shoot his
gun at a squirrel and only the cap
cracked.
I went to him and he laid a sliver
piece in tile palm of my hand. Aunt
Deel began to hurry about getting din
ner ready while Dncle Peabody and
I sat down on the porch with our
guests, among whom was a pretty,
blue-eyed girl of about my own age.
"Sally, This Is Barton Baynes. Can't
You Shake Hand# With Him?" Said
Mrs. Dunkelberg.
with long, golden-brown hair that
hang lu curls.
"Sully, this Is Barton Baynes—can't
you shake hands with him?" said Mrs.
Dunkelberg.
With a smile the girl came and of
fered me her hand and made a funny
bow and said that she was glad to
see ine. I took her hand awkwardly
and made no reply. I had never seen
many girls and had no very high opin
ion of them.
As we sat there I heard the men
talking about the great Silas Wright,
who had Just returned to his home
in Canton. He had not entered my
consciousness until then.
While I eat listening I felt a tweak
of my hair, and looking around I saw
the Dunkelberg girl standing behind
me with a saucy smile on her face.
"Won't yon come and play with
me?" she asked.
I took her out In the garden to
show her where my watermelon had
lnln. At the moment I couldn't think
of anything else to ;show her. As we
walked along I observed that her feet
were in dainty shiny button-shoes.
Suddenly I began to be ashamed of
iuy feet that were browned by the
sunlight and scratched by the briers.
The absent watermelon didn't seem to
Interest her.
"Let's play house in the grove," said
she, and showed me how to build a
house by laying rows of stones with
an opening for a .door,
* wi — rs-—
"NBw ybii 'Do my "husband," said
■he.
Oddly enough I had heard of hus
bands but had only a shadowy notion
of what they were. I knew that there
was none In our house.
"What's that?" I asked.
She laughed and answered: "Some
body that a girl Is married to."
"You mean a father?"
"Yes."
"Once I had a father," I boasted.
"Well, we'll play we're married and
that you have Just got home from a
Journey. You go out In the woods
and then you come home and I'll
meet you at the door."
I did as she bade me but I was not
glad enough to see her.
"Yon must kiss me," she prompted
In a whisper.
I kissed her very swiftly and gin
gerly—like one picking up a hot coal
—and she caught me in her amis
and kissed me three times while her
soft hair threw Its golden veil over
our faces.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you," she
said as she drew away from me and
shook back her hair.
"Golly! this Is fun!" I said.
"Now go to sleep and I'll tell you
a story," said she.
Then she told pretty tales of fair
ies and of grand ladles and noble gen
tlemen who wore gold coats and
■words and diamonds and silks, and
said wonderful words In such a won
derful way. I dare say It prospered
all the better In my ears because of
the mystery by which Its meanings
were partly hidden. I had mnny
questions to ask ami she told me what
were fairies and silks and diamonds
nnd j;rand ladies arid noble gentlemen.
We sat down to one of our familiar
dinners of salt poric and milk gravy
and apple pie now enriched by 6weet
pickles and preserves and frosted
CUKC.
A query had enteied my mind and
soon after we lia.d begun eating i
asked:
"Aunt Deel, wbf.t Is the difference
between a boy and a girl 7"
There was a little silence in whicli
my aunt drew in itier breath and ex
claimed, "W'y!" and turned very reti
and covered her face with her nap
kin. Uncle Peabovfly laughed so loud
'ly that the chickens began to cackle.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunkeiberg also covered
their faces. Aunt Deel rose and went
to the stove and shoved the teapot
along, exclaiming:
"Goodness ^taclous .cakes .allvfl!"
(Continued on Saturday)
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