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Show ?.ZXZi &92?u la f wJ,i..yr-- THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH, UTAH Contractor Has One eJjfaM-.tlomight be Just barely possible, I said. If It Is, It Is the most remarkable case of somnambulism on record. Did you ever hear of Mr. Beasleys walking In his " .She touched me lightly but peremptorily on the arm In warning, and I Tanlac fixed me up so I gained stopped. On the other side of the board fence a door opened creakily, thirty pounds. I have never seen or and there sounded a loud and cheerful heard of such a wonderful medicine voice that of the gentleman In the In all the sixty-si- x years of my life," declared William Magee, dressing-gown- . Here we come! it said; me and retired contractor, 3840 Lafayette 0 big Bill Hammersley. I want to show Ave., St. Louis, Mo. About two years ago I had a severe Bill I can jump anyways three times bladder trouble that left me In an ns far as he can I Come on. Bill." 1 awfully condition. Is that Mr. Beasleys voice? My appetite went back on me and my stomasked, under my breath. Miss Apperthwalte nodded In affir- ach got so weak I could not eat and mation. . digest enough to giver me any strength. I also had the worst sort of pains Could he have heard me? Hes Just across the small of my back, and could No, she whispered. come out of the house." And then to not sleep. I began picking up soon after I herself, Who under heaven Is Bill Hammersley? I never heard of him I started taking Tanlac, and now I have Qf course. Bill, said the voice be- a fine appetite, sleep like a log and yond the fence. If youre afraid TO that tired, worn-ou- t feeling has all beat you too badly, you've still got left me. I could not do otherwise than time to back out. I did understand recommend Tanlac. you to kind of hint that you were con, Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists. What? siderable of a Jumper, hut If Advertisement. Whatd you say, Bill?" There ensued a moments complete silence. Oh, all NOW HAVE GOATS AS PETS right, the voice then continued. You say youre in this to win, do you? Greenwich Village Girls Claim They Well, som I, Bill Hnmmersley; som Find the Humble Billies UseI. Wholl go first? Me? v All right ful Companions. from the edge of the walk here. Now then! One two three!. Hal The real thing In the Greenwich vilA sound came to our ears of some lage studio non Is the billy gnat. Those one landing heavily and at full who profess to know go so far as to length, It seemed on the turf, fol- state that the village girls, when they lowed by a slight, rusty groan In the go out to show their smocks and same voice. "Ugh! Dont you laugh, bobbed hair, wont carry a Peke or a Bill Hammersley! I havent jumped Pom, but will lead a goat. Those who as much as I ought to, these last have them say they are easier to care twenty years; I reckon Ive kind of for than a dog,, the upkeep not being There were so heavy, due to a goats digestion, and lost the hang of It. Aha Indications that Mr. Beasley was pick- that t. e.v are kind and companionable. ing himself up, and brushing his trouThere are other advantages, that of sers with his hands. Now, its your garbage disposal, even to cans, being turn. Bill. What say? Silence agnln, one. Then again, the owner of a goat, followed by, Yes, Til make Simpleparticularly if the studio Is small, will dorla get out of the way. Come here, never be lonesome. A little observation Simpledorla. Now, Bill, put your heels from the Sixth or the Ninth avenue together on the edge of the walk. elevated from Fourteenth street cn Thats right. All ready? Now thenl down will show that the goat Is becomOne for the money two for the show ing more and more prevalent. New three to make ready and four for York Correspondence In the Detroit to GO! Another silence. By jingo, News. Bill Hammersley, youve beat me! Ha, ha! That was a Jump! What Vigorous Rodent War Urged. You say Silence once more. sAy? by smaller rodents on stock Damage you can do even better than thatl ranges, while not so spectacular as Now, Bill, dont brag. Oh! you say that by wolves, mountain lions and that was up In Scotland, where you coyotes, in some cases more than Oho! All right; had a spring-hoard- ? equals that of the predatory animals, lets see how far you can Jump when according to Dr. A. K. Fisher of the you really try. There! .Heels on the United States biological survey. There walk again. Thats right ; swing your should be clo-e- r particuarms. One two three! There you larly In the matter of appropriations, Another silence. Zing! Well, between the federal and state governgo! snitched to flinsir, TO be ments, so that the largest amount ders If you didnt do It that time. Bill available from both sources may be see I I never Hammersley! really he says. obtained, In saw any jumping before all my bom It Is declared that If the prairie days. Its eleven fe If Its an Inch., dog alone were exterminated 4.000.000 What? You say you more cattle and 4.000,000 more sheep I heard no more, for Miss Appercould be raised because of the Increase thwalte. her face flushed and her eyes In the amount of forage. shining, beckoned me Impersonally to so follow her. and departed hurriedly The Tonic. that It might be said she ran. Smith Mrs. (thoughtfully) Tm I dont know, said I, keeping at I shall have to stop giving Tomher elbow, whether Its more like afraid tonic the doctor left for him. Alice or the interlocutors conversa- my that Mr. Smith (anxiously) Why, Isnt tion at a minstrel show. he any better? "Hush ! she warned me, though we Mrs. Smith Oh, yes. But he has were already at a safe distance, and down the banisters six times this slid did not speak again until we had broken the hall lamp, two reached the front walk. There she morning, and a looking glass a vases, pitcher paused, and I noted that she was and I dont feel as If I could stand trembling and, no doubt correctly. much more. Judged her emotion to be that of consternation. " Always Planning Ahead. "There was no one there she exI can count on one of the greatest claimed. "He was all by himself! It a favorite son, rewas Just the same as what you saw vstes ever given Senator Sorghum, as he marked last night! scribbled on the back of an envelope "Evidently. In fact, It will be a veritable landa was Did it sound to you there slide." little awed tremor in her voice that You have had some serious opposiI found very appealing did it sound to you like a person who'd lost his tion in this election. Im not talking about this election. mind? practically over. Tm talking about "I dont know, I said. "I dont Its next election." Washington Star. know at all whnt to make of It He couldnt "have been her eyes Important to Mothers intoxicated ! grew very wide Examine carefully every bottle of No. Im sure It wasnt that." CASTOIUA, that famous old remedy Then I dont know what to make for Infants and children, and see thnt it of it, either. All that wild talk about Bears the Bill Hammersley and Simpledorla of Signature s and In Scotland and spring-boardI sug- In Use for Over 30 Years. And an eleven-foo- t jump, Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria gested. , Why, theres no more a Bill HamDomestic Amenities. she cried, with a gesture of mersley, Hub There, confound it! Ive gone excited emphasis, than there is a and sat down on thnt chair I varSimpledorla! nished only this morning. So it appears, I agreed. Wife Well, for once youve stuck Hes lived there all alone," she said, solemnly, in that big house, sn to your work. Boston Transcript. long. Just sitting there evening after Freshen a Heavy Skin evening, ail by himself, never going Cuti-cur- a out, never reading anything, not even With the antiseptic, fascinating Talcum Powder, an exquisitely thinking; but just sitting and slttln" and sitting Well, she broke off. scented, economical face, skin, baby suddenly, shook the frown from hei and (lusting powder and perfume. forehead, and mnde me the offer of a Renders oilier perfumes superfluous. theres no use both One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap, dwczllng smile, head own Ointment, Talcum). Advertisement. about It. ones ering Im glad- - to have a Reducing. I said. Its so eerie I might have I dont eat as much as I did. Im concluded there was something the reducing." matter with me." "Trying to bring down ysur weight, Youre going to your work? she eh? asked, ' as I turned toward the gate. No, my expenses." Im very glad I dont have to go to MANY Gained 30 Lbs. mxvg Christmas By .VBOOTH TARKINgTON the subject was embarrassing or unpleasant to Mr. Dowden. What made ,you think that!" I said, you saw how "Surely, pointedly he cut me off. she returned thoughtfully. Yes, "He rather did, Its true. At least, I see how you got that impression. She seemed to muse upon this, letting her eyes fall; then, raising them, allowed her gaze to rest upon the house beyond the fence, and said, It is an Interesting old place." I be"And Mr. Beasley Wjnseif 6 NOPSi S Newcomer In a sniall town, a young newspaper man, who tells the story. Is amazed by the unaccountable actions of a man who, from the window of a fine house, apparently has converse with invisible personages, particuSimp'e-dorilarly mentioning one Next morning he discovers his strange neighbor is the Bon. David Beasley, prominent politician, and universally respected. V a. I! far-awa- y gan. v "Oh, she said, Continued. One twenty-fivI answered, and my ears growing red with mortification. Too late, I remembered that in a community should the guard his tongue among the natives until be has unraveled the skein of e, felt new-com- their relationships, alliances, fends and private wars a precept not unlike the classic injunction: Yes, my darling daughter; Hang your clothes on the hickory limb. But dont go near the water. ( K However, in my confusion I warmly regretted my failure to follow It, and resolved not to blunder again. Mr. Dowden thanked me for the information for which he had no real desire, and, the elderly ladies again taking up (with all too evident relief) their vnrious mild debates, he inquired If I played bridge. But I forget, he added. "Of course youll be at the Despatch office In the evenings, and After which he imcant be here. mediately began to question ine about my work, making his determination to give me no opportunity again to mention the Honorable David Beasley unnecessarily conspicuous, as I thought. I could only conclude that some unpleasantness had arisen between himself and Beasley, probably of political origin, since they were both in politics, and of personal (and consequently bitter) development ; and that Mr. Dowden found the mention of Beasley not only unpleasant to himself but a possible embarrassment to the ladies (whe, I supposed, were aware of the ' quarrel) on his account. to not After lunch, report at having the office Immediately, I took unto myself the solace of a cigar, which kept me company during a stroll about Mrs. Apperthwaites capacious yard. In the rear I found an the bushes long since bloom-les- s and now brown with. autumn and I paced Its graveled paths up and down, at the same time favoring Mr. Beasleys house with a covert study that would havf done credit to a for the sting of my blunder at the lable was quiescent, or at least neutralized- under the Itch of curiosity far from satisfied concerning the Interesting premises next door. 1 The gentleman In the dressing-gown- , was sure, could have been no other tliaa the Honorable David Beasley himself. He came not In eyeshot now. neither he nor any other; there was no algn of life about the place. That portion of his yard which lay behind the house was not within my vision, it Is true, his property being here separated from Mrs. Apperthwaites by a board fence higher than a tall man could reach ; but there was no sound from tine other side of this partition, ave that caused by the quiet mover ment of rusty leaves In the breeze. h when My cigar was at the green lattice door of Mrs. Apperthwaites hnck porch- was opened and Miss Apperthwalte.- hearing a saucer of milk. Issued therefrom, followed with hastily, by a very white, fat acat. a pink ribbon round Its neck, vibrant nose, and fixed, voracious eyes up lifted to the saucer. The Indy and hei eat offered to view a group as pretty as a popular painting: It was even 1m Miss proved when, stooping. set the saucer upon the in that posground, and. continuing so far ture, stroked the cat. To bend la a test of a womans grace, I have Thats his trouble he Isnt Interesting. I You mean his trouble not to She interrupted me, speaking .with sudden, surprising energy, "I mean hes a man of no imagination. No imagination ! I exclaimed. None in the world I Not one ounce of imagination 1 Not one grain ! or what is Then who, I cried SImpledorla? Simple what? she said, plainly mystified. SImpledorla. she repeated, and "SImpledorla? laughed. - What in the world is that? You never heard of It before? Never In my life. Youve lived next door to Mr. Beasley a long time, havent you? "Ail my life. And I suppose you must know him pretty well." "What next? she said, smiling. You said he lived there ail alone, I went on, tentatively. Except for an old colored couple, his servants." Can you tell me " I hesitated, nas he ever been thought well. queer?1 Never! she answered, emphatNever anything so exciting! ically. Merely deadly and hopelessly commonplace." She picked up the saucer, now exceedingly empty, and set it upon -- Lloyd porch-climbe- dutiable at 10 per cent as a nonenu-merate- d manufactured article or are free as wheat. What will happen when shipments of 23.000 pounds of goats beards, reported as passing through the Panama canal, reaches the customs there Is no telling. Only those who go down to the sea in ships and make land at the customs house have an adequate idea of the oddities of international trade and the problems they present The Nations j half-lengt- Apper-ttywnlt- e observed. She turned her face toward me and smiled. "Im almost at the age, you see. "What age! I asked, stupidly enough. When we take to cats, she said Splnsterhood we like to call rising- ! It. That Is your kind heart. You define to make one of ns happy to the despair of all the rest. She laughed at this, though with no let very genuine mirth. I marked, and my 1830 sttemot at gallantry pass 'Single-lilessedne- She Touched Me Lightly but Peremptorily on the Arm in Warning, and 1 Stopped. ' Whnt a shelf by the lattice door. was It about what was that name? Simpledorla ? " I will tell you, I said. And I related in detail the singular performance of which I had been a witness in the late moonlight before that mornings dawn. As I talked, we half unconsciously moved across the lawn together, finally seating ourselves upon a bench beyond the rosebeds and near, the high fence. The Interest my companion exhibited in the narration might have surprised me had my nocturnal experience itself been less surprising. She interrupted me now and d then with little, ejaculations of acute wonder, but sat for the most part with her elbow on her knee and Jer chin in her hand, her face turned eagerly to mine and her lips attention. parted in There was nothing far away about her eyes now; they were widely and intently alert. When I finished, she shook her hend slowly, as if quite dnmfounded. and altered her position, leaning against the back of the bench and gazing without retort. "You seemed Interested in the old straight before her without speaking. She Indicated Mr. It was plain thnt her neighbor's explace yonder. a nod. with traordinary behavior had revealed a house Beasley's 1 phase of his character novel enough Oh. I understood my blunder, I had known to be startling. wish quickly laid, t z'- Business. An Eye to Business. One morning little four-year-o- wastn the berry patch with his father. Elwood, said his father, Ill bet you a penny that I can pick a quart of berries quicker than you can." In a few minutes Elwood was quite encouraged to find that he had finished his quart first. Well, Elwood, do you want to bet a penny on another quart? No, replied the businesslike son, lets bet a nickel this time." 1 Glad to See Him. Wife (reading tea cup) A dark man Is going to call soon. Hub I hope to goodness his complexion .Is due to coal dust. Im getting worried. Boston Transcript. And Bump Each Other. What will pedestrians do fen years from now? By that time everybody will have a car. The tomato can, hat will it? WL.DOUGLAS SHOES ffiSI! $56748 I. Douglas shoes are actually W. de- manded year after year by more people than any other shoe in the world BECAUSE fortyle-.mat- - - fellow-witnes- s, mine. Yours? I Inquired, rather blankly. I teach algebra and plane geometry at the High school," said this surpris "Thank Heaven Ing young woman. Its Saturday! Im reading Les Mis erables for the seventh time, and I'm going to have a real orgy over Ger vnise and the barricade this afternoon ! Because she said he was a man of no imagination. (TO BS CONTINUE!!- - Qualified. Employer I need a man who has a wide knowledge of general merchandise. Applicant Well, Ive had ten years experience In a drug store. If a man Isnt capable of governing himself It Is up to him to get Menominee Mich. . Dear Sirs: Will yon allow me to take tone with your A. K. K. from Zanesville who insists that the best pipe of the day Is the one smoked right after breakfast? Of course, I have no intimate knowl- -i edge of local conditions down in Southern Ohio, but up her e the majority of us regular pipe smokers hsve a decided leaning towards the last pipe of the evening Take a night when you are sitting la front of the fire after the neighbors have gone. Your wife suggests it is bedtime, and while you admit It is, you have a on craving for one last smoke. She goes diupstairs and you promise to follow rectly. But instead you take out your pipe and light up. You smoke slowly and peacefully, calling out at intervals that youll be there in a minute. Only you dont go until tho last ash has died in the bowl of your pipe. Thats my idea of the best smoke of the day. Or suppose youve been out to astlff, formal party where all they gave you You get were cigars and cigarettes. home about 12 G. take off your glad and into something cool and rags jump comfortable. Then you find your old can of Edgeworth the blue hunt up pipe, and light up for a real smoke. Yes, sir, for every smoker A.E.E. can produce who likes his pipe best. Ill guarantee to name a dozen men who prefer the last smoke of the evening. And most of us are Edge worth smokers, too. Yours very sincerely, (Signed) T. S. Flint, New York City. about general. So if you have anoKs hoys ,OQ A m W. L b mgiae name and portrait is the beat known shoe Trade Mark tn the world. It ttands tor the highe.it standard qf quah iy at the tew-epossible east. The name and pnre s plainly stamped on the sate. of our own stores m the large cities and by shoe dealers everywhere. When you need hoea,if not convenient to call at one of our stores, ask your hoe dealer to show you W.L, Douglas shoes. The name and price is always plainly B sd fa ah iMtyridfth ' tamped on the ocle. Refuse substitutes. The prices are the same everywhere. Ta Merchant i if no dealer President in vottr fotrn handles M . L Douglas shon.wnte todwfor WJt.Pouplae ShoeCo, 10 Spark- Street sjrclnttte rights to handle thts quick selling, quick turnover line, Brockton, Mono, JQIG 4SrjgEC ndera and Garter Suap Make Ideal Xrna. Gift. Sold sad (uwrsnteed by leading dealers. Millions wear then. No rubber. Dote of comfort and easy stretch from Phosphor Bronze Sprinos. Years gus ran tee. Suspendera.-'iDc- , Garters, 50c; HFnOS8TITUTES! Bend susroua Sts opinion is the best winch pipe of the day, we started something. But we are glad to open our columns to friendly discussions about pipes and smoking in WL.D0UGLASnnn siffitu - . When we printed a letter from a smoker who professed a preference for the early morning smoke, apparently we started something. Almost the next mail brought along a batch of letters, among which the following is a fair sample: W.L.D0UCIAS Nu Way name on buckles direct, Bivins dealers name he hasnt them. of Wherein our correspondent takes a Ions shot at Zanesville, O. , profits is guaranteed by the name and price stamped on the sole of every pair. j m He who smokes last' smokes best PROTECTION: ally good values. Only by e amimng them can you appreciate their superior qualities. You can always savetnoney by wearing W.L. Douglas shoes. N- wakJwTcS? trass. city CH) ' f f J B hooklrt.-Moth- y.l mrA Yes, as we suggested above, when we gave space to an expression of n&L workman- hip and reasonable prices they are unequaled. FORTY YEARS of satisfactory service have given the peonle confidence in the shoes and in the p ft ection afforded by the W. L.Txmglas Trade Mark. 1 r, f Loom -- rose-garde- n Mothers!? Write for 32-' Page Booklet, WorlVr of Cf the Mothers World , "QUEER?- - A!k.erS Tjr well-know- n g TARIFF Cakes, folding pocket scissors, marble statuary, oriental rugs, pineapples In brine, and bibulous paper, alias blotters" are a few of the articles witli which the Court of Customs Appeals will have to struggle ti.is winter, according to the calendar ot cases It has Issued. The tariff giv't rise to many highly technical questions that are calProducts culated to make the most judicial mind Baby Carriages OFumtturrp dizzy, and which have a real signlfi-cuho-- e in dollars and cents to some Use This Coupon one. An example Is the pending quesThe Lloyd Mfg. orW tion whether wheat screenings are Company run-dow- n gfe. IN Knotty Points Concerning Rates of Duty That Have to Be Dealt With Judicially. on Tanlac , PROBLEMS it wn. a.Mich. any particular notions, fads or fancies, send them along. Ws, are taking aneu-tr- al standpoint ourselves, not even acting as referees in the debate. 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