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Louis B. Clark is it " Los Anpclcs. "Before my retire ment I was for 28 years a druggist and during that period sold many thousand bottles of Dr. Pierce's remedies. I could always feel per fectly safe in recommending a medi cine put up by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y., and it is a pleasure for me to state that during all the years 'I sold medicine I never had a single complaint regarding Dr. Pierce's remedies, but have had hundreds of people tell me how much good they have derived from them. I had, and still have so much confidence in these medicines that when I need a tonic I take the 'Golden Medical Discovery' which clears my system of all unfavorable symptoms giving rue a feeling of perfect health." Louis B. Clark, 1011 E. 29th St. Write Dr. Pierce, President Inva lids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for free medical advice, or send 10c for trial pkg. of any of his remedies. Let Steam Escape After filling a rubber water bottle with hot water always press the sides before putting in the stopper. This expels the steam, and there is little danger of the seams coming undone, no matter how hot the water may be. Gray Eyes and Sin. Among the Arabs there is a popular superstition that gray eyes are a sign of sin. The belief is founded on a passage in the Koran which classes theni as a possession of the wicked. Mature Slowly. Natures that have much heat, and great violent desires and perturbations are not ripe for action till they have passed the meridian of their years. Bacon. WRIGLfB "after every meal " Parents encourage the children to care for their teeth Give them Wrigley's. It removes food particles from the teeth. Strengthens the gums. Combats acid mouth. Refreshing and beneficial ! SEALED TIGHT KEPT RIGHT THE MAN THE FLY LIT ON By GORDON H. CILLEY King Arthur's Capital. 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Or Isaac M Walker. Pre. P. N. U. No. KB, 1925 ( by Short Story Pub. Co.) IT WAS the murk from a far-off Jungle fire that hung, a half-choking haze, between land and sky but the sun pierced through from the brazen heaven overhead and beat down with relentless rays till heat waves danced from the parched and dusty earth. To the wounded man out In front It brought, first, inde scribable agony that was told of in moans. Then the dry and swelling throat choked back even the expres sion of pain. Now, perhaps, a merci ful God had given him unconscious ness perhaps he was dead. The three men in the dried-out water hole had few words for each other. There was nothing to say until some one of them should evolve a plan for safety. And what plan could there be? Less than one hundred ynrds out In front was the bamboo clump mull within it was a Filipino sharpshooter and a wary one. Over and over had each of the three held aloft his serv ice hat on the point of his cleaning rod, but the only tire it drew was a chuckling mocking laugh. It would not work. The little brown disciple of Aguinaldo held cartridges precious. It had sounded like an old Springfield when he shot the corporal probably that was what it was. If so, then he had but one cartridge in his gun. He could be shot or there might he time to escape before he could reload after that was fired. But that one cartridge was one death. Who's should It be? There was but one solution, and as each of the three eliminated all other possible chances, that one remained In his mind. And each of the three knew that the others knew. So, when Adams passed around his canteen with un In dication that Ihey should drink each a third of the little water that remained, they knew he was about to propose the one plan possible. He waited until the canteen lay empty by his side, and then he whispered : It's got to he one of us. It's prob ably a sure thing, for he won't miss Ht that range. But the man that does it can get up shootin', and maybe It'll startle him. And the other two can jump up and shoot the minute his gun cracks. Shall we draw straws?" There was no reply. The others looked at each other searchlngly. Then they looked down agalD. Adams went on, his voice bard: "If either of you fellows has got a wife and kids back home, that makes It different." Again he stopped and waited. Then Welch spoke: "Jim Carney here's got a girl back In Boston. She promised to wait for Mm." "Stow your gab," said Carney, roughly. "I'm here to take my chances." "That's white talk," said Adams, with just a tinge of admiration. "I've got a girl back there, too. But that ain't like beln' married, with kills." "How're we going to choose?" asked Carney, Impatiently. Adams reached up to the edge of the water hole and carefully detached a long, dry blade of file grass. Tills he began to break Into pieces of differ ent lengths. A droning fly buzzed be fore his face and he slapped it impa tiently, lie watched It as It rose, slowly circling, and then he dropped the straws. "Bet's leave It to that cusm'.I By he said. "It's been fussln' around here ever since we slid Into this hole. The man It lights on first." He looked at the others. Carney nodded ids bead. Welch watched the fly with a gathering frown and made no reply. "Let's all He still and see who he picks out," said Carney. "We can't waste time." The men lay on their hacks, their aching eyes following every movement of the fly. The soldier Welch sat up pulled his haversack forward from his hip, rummaged In It with his band. apparently found what he was seek ing, and, lying down again, put his hand to bis mouth. The others watched him with suspicious interest. "Well, you nre a ijueer one," said Adams, "eating at a time like this." Welch said nothing, and the three resumed their vigilance of the fly. It rose, a black speck In the air, darted In parabolic curves back and forth, then slowly began to spiral downward. The test was nt hand. The men lay along side with practically facing distance between them. Welch was in the cen ter. The tly descended deliberately, swung back, and, forth and seemed to still Its" flight Just over the 'face of Carney. In the breathless silence the faint chord of Its wings was distinctly audible. Incontrollably, the soldier's face twltchec. The fly darted away. The others looked on without com ment while a flush spread over the man's neck and up td his ears. Then the Insect returner) and leis urely humniei back and forth and then In a swinging circle above the hand that Adams bad stretched out upon the ground. It settled within an Inch and the man laughed. The fly mount ed upward again. Again It came back. Files have no I long flight, and already It was weary. This time It would seek a restlngj.lace. j Its tired wings grew slower In their vibration and the noise of their buz zing deeper and more distinct. It clr- Icled twice about the dusty shoes of Adams, and tills time be did not move. He looked on with his features drawn In agony and teeth sinking Into his Hp. Then the fly rose three or four feet in the air, circled slowly and de scended like a bullet upon the face of Welch. It alighted on his chiu and crawled toward his month. For a long minute the other men looked on in silence. The tly stopped at the man's Up and began to feed. Carney suddenly swept his bund above it and the insect darted off. Both Car ney and Adams rose to sitting pos tures and looked Inquiringly at their prostrate comrade. Another minute passed, and a glance shot between them. Carney shifted uneasily and whispered: "Well. Welch, old man?" Still the man did not move. His eyes were closed and a sort of smile hovered about bis lips. Adams seized his arm and shook him. The arm dropped limply hack Into place. "Well, by G d!" exclaimed Carney. and then, placing a linger on the man's eyelid, he roughly pushed it back Only the white of the eye showed Well, by G d !" he muttered ugai I. and reached for Welch's wrist. In held it for a little time betwi lii thumb and forefinger, while Adams looked on with a puzzled star.'. Car ney dropped the wrist and bent his ear to the man's nostrils. Then he drew back, settled himself in bis sit ting posture and turned to Adams, from whom a question burst i "Fainted?" Carney shook his head. "Dead scared to death well, by G d!" For full five minutes the men were silent. Then Adams spoke dully: "He took his chance with us, and it fell to him. He faded out without tuakln' good. But we can make him do it. We can hold him up and let him get shot. Then we can get that sneaking little devil that shot the corporal." Carney sat up. "Right you are; 1 was a fool not to think of It, but II knocked me all In a heap to think of Welch turning yellow. It's just what he's good for now. I will hold hlra up and you can be ready for the little devil." He seized the body and. hugging It about the hips, strove to raise it so that the head would show above the water hole. But it was still limp: it would not hold erect. With a unit tered oath, Carney seized the dead man's rlile and Jammed it down ttt back of the dead man's blouse. The device served and, holding by the hips and keeping his own head well bent down, he hoisted the corpse erect and upward. There was a moment of agonizing suspense, and then rang out the booming roar of a Springfield The sound was hardly complete be fore Adams leaped up and began pumping his Krag at a patch of pow der smoke in the bamboo. At the third shot there was a yell and a crashing of branches. Adams dropped his rifle, and ran toward the corporal, while Carney sat weakly down and propped up the body of his friend. There was a yawning hole In the dend man's fore head where the snub-nosed Springfield bullet had crashed through, and n stream of blood trickled away from It. "If you'll stay here by the corporal I'll hike back to the coiimin and get the ambulance," said Adams. Carney replied with a nod, and when the soldier was gone, he turned to a closer examination of the body of Welch. "H I of a hole that old" Springfield makes," he muttered. He untied the handkerchief from about his neck and started to wipe away the blond. Then he saw something that made him stay his hand. He looked close at the dead man's face and then sprang to his feet and swore aloud. For about the lips of his friend, and spread all over the lower half of his face were grains of com missary brown sugar! .lust before taps that night Carney stood within the flap of the major' tent and saluted. He averred urgent business. The major looked up wear Uy from his writing and listened. Car ney, with more strength of language than was usual to the major's ears, begged that a recommendation would he made for a medal of honor for tin dead man, to be sent to his relatives as is customary when a soldier has died a hero. "I thought he had turned yellow. ' said the soldier, "and. Cod forgive me. I held up his body and let that little hellion shoot a hole In his head. And then I found that he had fixed It all up. He'd baited himself with sugar out of his haversack, and that d d flj lit on him Just as he figured It would. Physically, sir, it was more than he could stand, and the heurt failure killed him when he felt the fly on his bin. But I've heard you say. sir. that the real heroes are the men who do their duty and more than their duty when they are most afraid. You see sir, he krlew Adams ami 1 had sw I hearts at home, and he didn't." "Vou are right, Carney," said the major, "the moral heroes are the greatest of all. I will make the recoin memlatlon for the medal of honor.' .lTV- PORT! A ISin offers a market VKWrntL-. a. a-n a.a ta-r FOR YOUR PRODUCE m BETTER HIGHWAYS YIELD BIG PROFIT 1 mm mmv. BBOAPWAY AT TAMH1U. 1 Portland, Oregon. VAUDEVILLE PHOTO-PLAYS Complete Change Saturday Adults, Week dav Matinee 20c; Evenings, 35c. Continous 1 to 11 p. m. Children 10 cents all times Explained His Absence The recruit was a tall, lanky man and he bad very large feet. In fact. Il was rumored In the regiment that be took size 13. and those who had Seen his extremities saw no reason to finale It. One night he happened to be in hided In a pnrt.r that bad to do Job several miles from the harracK and on their return and" the roll fteins r ailed he was found to be absent. "Has anyone seen O'Halloran'' asked the sergeant before dismissing the men. There was silence for a moment Then one of the privates took a step forward, came smartly to attention and said: "Yes, sergeant. He's just gone up to the crossroads to turn round." American motorists cash In a yearly dividend of 10 per cent on the capital Invested through federal ahl In the Improved highways of the country, ac cording to a statement Issued by the American Automobile association. This dividend actually goes into the pockets of the motorists and repre sents the difference between the cost of motor vehicle operation over unim proved and improved highways. The differential, which is conservative. Is based on extensive engineering tests of motor vehicle operation costs made In different sections of the country and for different types of roads. A recent survey made In Kentucky shows that there Is on the average a saving of 2'S cents a mile In the cost of operation over Improved roads and highways. Some time ago a similar Investigation conducted In Iowa Indi cated approximately tiie sa:t:p k.t '-t It has been estimated many times that the average car runs approxl- j mately 0,000 miles a year. A saving of 2 cents a mile for 0,000 miles amounts to $150 a year. For 17,000, 000 automobiles this would mean a saving of $2,550,000,000 a year on gaso line, tires, parts, upkeep, renewals and all phases of operation. This would be the total saving If every mile over which an automobile traveled was improved. But. of course, only 00,000 miles of highway have been Improved by federal aid. This 00.000 miles represents slightly more than 2 per cent of the total highway system, which amounts to approxi mately 2,500,000 miles. Two per cent of $2,550,000,000 gives $51,000,000 which can be legitimately credited to federal aid. The total cap ital expenditure for federal aid was $500,000,000, which yields $51,000,000 a year, or 10 per cent In saving to the user of improved highways. The study made by the Iowa State college, the Iowa highway commission and the bureau of public roads showed that the gasoline consumed on a paved road was only approximately one-half the gasoline consumed on a dirt road per unit of traffic. Inciden tally the Investigation developed that the gasoline consumed per unit of truffle can be taken as an Index of the other costs of motor vehicle opera tion. It showed, In fact, that there Is a definite relation existing between the gasoline consumption per unit of traffic and other Items of coet In vehicle op eration. F. It. White, chief engineer of the highway commission, estimated that through Improvement of a road surface the gasoline consumption Is cut In two, the cost of tires Is cut In two, the same applying to other Items, Including depreciation and repairs. For the first time these studies1 make It possible to present In terms of dollars and cents the difference In cost to the motorist and the public In general between Improved and un improved roads. According to the Iowa study, traffic equaling 500 vehicles per day over earth roads requires an annual ex penditure from both private and public funds of $.,000 per mile, while a simi lar amount of transportation over a coni-rete surface costs $20,050 per mile. This meuns that for a light traffic earth road carrying 500 vehicles a day there would be saved $4,050 per mile per year If the same traffic went over a paved road surface. Assum ing the cost of paving a dirt road to be $25)00 per mile the saving In transportation cost would actually pay for the capital outlay In from four to six years. The difference between the cost of operation on a gravel road and a paved road would pay for the dinVr ence In the cost of construction In j three years. T H E. 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Tho leaves of the common choke cherry contain prusate acid and both fresh and willed loaves arc poisonous. Work on Post Road It Is planned to do a great deal of work on the New York state section of the Huston I'ost road, anil contracts for part of tills work have been let. Trattlc on this road Is very heavy. A count last season showed .riii.fXK) vehicles passing day and night. The truBlc Is as heavy Ht night as In the day time and at times runs heavier during the night. Just when this Im provement work is to he started Is not known. Thick Roads in Oregon The Oregon state highway depart ment recently adopted a design of thickened edges for roads. Tin- Speci fications cull for a cross section seven Inches thick at the center and ten Inches thick at the edges, the In creased thickness graduating to the edge from a point two feet from the edge. The cost Is estlmuted at 341 per mile. Different Traffic Rules With 48 states ami thousands of municipalities, all making their own truftlc ruies, the motorist Is more or less at sea as to what he can and can not, should and should not do. Hut when the national government builds roads for the nation, a national traffic law will he inevitable as a national police force for the national highway!. Papuan Savagery. In Papua, only 400 miles from Aus tralia, and part of the British empire, cases of cannibalism still occur; the Papuans have a tradition that no youth may marry until he has shed human blood, Inspired to Great Deeds. Many bravo young minds have oftentimes, through hearing tho praises and famous eulogies of worthy men, been stirred up to effect tho like commendations, and so strive to the like deserts. Exchange. INFORMATION DEPARTMENT DR& CHAM LAM CHINESE MEDICINE CO., LICENSED PHYSICIAN. Remedies foi stomach disorders. kidney, bladder troubles, gull stones, constipation, appendicitis anH all female complaints. 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