ay
was boys.
dooking the man over curiously. “But
sthen, folks do when they grow up.
"ENOUGH
SURE WAS
ENOUGH
(@ by D. J. Walsh.)
AS your friend done as well
as you and your partner?”
asked a passenger, nodding
toward a third miner, a lit-
tle, sallow man who seemed anxious
to conceal himself behind nis bag-
gage.
“Him?” enviously. “S'pose you ask
him an’ see. All I know is that we
met him on the steamer comin’ down
an’ after considerable persuadin’ Poke
Gill opened his mouth an’ said he was
from Nome an’ that he was on his way
home to Breshtown, Ga., an’ that he'd
made his pile an’ hag enough an’
‘wa’'n’t returning no more. All of which
goes to indicate that he's done consid-
‘erable betterin’ me an’ my partner,
{who've got only forty or fifty thousand
dn the express car, an’ who are goin’
back after more soon's we've had our
little rest. Poke Gill don't trust his
‘pile to a weak express car.”
The little, sallow man looked about
with a pleased deprecatory grin.
“I ’low I have,” he acknowledged
graciously, “done made it in three
months. Now I'm goin’ home to have
a plumb good time an’ live like a
lord.”
“Good for you,” approved a drum-
mer. “But how'd you do it—find »
pocket?” ,
Poke’s grin was still broad. He
Shook his head.
“Done it by straight hard work,”
he declared proudly. “Down-home
folks say none o’ my name ever work.
‘They ‘low we's too shiftless. Now I
reckon when we ali buy the Hunter
place where my pap werked all his
life an’ T set up to be a gen'leman,
they’ll be s'prised, Yis-sir.” He threw
his head back, his eyes dropped, as he
added apologetically. “Then I'll get
married.”
“What?” “Really?” from various
parts of the car. Two ladies turned
and looked at him with friendly in-
terest. Poke blushed with embarrass-
nent at such marked attention, but
‘his eyes flashed straight into those
©of his audience. “Yissir, I'm a-goin’
to get married,” he repeated.” “Mari-
gold an’ me have been si on it for
ten years, but I atwavs "lowed that
when we marrieg Marigold should live
like a lady an’ me like a lord. That's
what roused me to go a gold-huntin’.
Now we'll buy the Hunter place an’
build a new house with four rooms—
four rooms,” lowering his voice a lit
tle and looking about the car.
“Our folks never had but two, an’
my brother Pekey married an’ went
into, a shack that had but one. The
Hunter house itself ain't but three, an’
it's fallin’ down at one end with age.
We'll have four,” dwelling on the four
with contemplative ecstacy. “An’ 1
*low on gettin’ a cow an’ some pigs an’
hens—an’ yes, a Lerriczs, a mule ap
Kerridee>
But that will take only a very small
part. of your money,” suzgested the
drummer. “What will you do with the
rest?
“But it aside,” promptly. “None o
‘my family ever had any money put
aside. I reckon itll be enough for
all of us. None o' my family will ever
meed any more.”
All this time two white-fingered
passengers were interested watchers
and listeners. They had also studied
the other two miners, who were strong,
keen-eyed, resolute-looking men, The
little fellow from Breshtown, however.
Seented simple and unsophisticated—
and in possession of his baggage. Pres:
ently one of them crossed to the seat
behind Poke.
“Is this seat engaged?’ he asked of
che other white-fingered passengor.
“No, seh,” removing a heavy valise
30 the floor. “Going far?”
“To Georgia—Breshtown.”
“Really?” with an appearance of
surprise. “Why, I'm going there my-
self.”
The miner In front turned eagerly,
his mouth open and his eyes bulging,
“Doggone it, stranger, that's my
place,” he blurted. = “Who mout ye
be?”
“Smith and Robinson.
is Bill.” LAT
“Poke's face beamed with fleased
recognition. :
“Why, I know heaps o’ Smiths an’
Robinsons,” he cried, reaching over
and shaking hands with first one and
then the other. “I reckon you all are
some o' the famblies who went West
when boys. There was Tom an’ Seth
an’ Ike, an’—
“My friend here is named [ke
blandly.
“Ye don't say,” delightedly. “Then
me an’ him was old friends when we
He's changed, though,”
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My name
‘Well, well, I'm plumb glad.”
‘There was no reserve, Poke talked
freely, and was met with a cordiality
that delighted his simple heart. He
spoke of his long journey and made
frequent awestruck allusions to hig
pile, and they listened and looked at
each other and rubbed thelr long,
white fingers together, and every mo-
ment grew more cordial and familiar,
At length they brought out cards
and asked him to take a hand, and
when he drew back offered to teach
him the game, At this he laughed
,uproariously and declared he’d known
how to, play high-low-jack before he
was old enough to wear breeches, only
he had promised Marigold when he
went out to the wicked West that he
--
os oe
would never, never play cards and he
wa’'n’t going to. They coaxed him and
laughed at him and dared him, but he
held to his promise,
And so it went on, and the train
rushed into another night and an-
other day, and still they besieged and
stormed the fort they found implaca-
ble. Ang then at length one afternoon,
as the shadows were beginning to
gather in the car, the train slowed up
at a small, unpainted building which
a brakeman introduced to the pass
engers as Breshtown.
They helped Poke off with his bag-
gage and piloted him to a real auto-
‘mobile which they had telegraphed
ahead to have in readiness. He lived
six miles from the station he had
told them, and had frankly added
that the way led through a wild for-
est. They had assured him it would
be unnecessary for him to order a con-
veyance, as theirs would be large
large enough for all three, including
his baggage, and they were going di-
rectly his way to their old home. One
of them would drive, they said.
Poke was hilariously exuberant. He
laughed ang sang and cracked jokes,
and they sang and laughed with him
until they came to a lonely place in
the woods, and then the car was
turned into the bushes and Poke felt
the cold muzzle of a revolver agains*
his head.
‘Now turn over your money,” one
of them ordered savagely, “and be
quick about it.” °
Poke looked at them in dazed won:
der to see if they were in earnest, “]
won't,” he cried, when he understood
“It’s for the Hunter place an’ to get
married.”
“Oh well, just as you like,” said
one of the men indifferently, “yey
kill you and then take the money. It’s
all the same to us. You can't heln
yourself.”
Poke turned white and looked ap-
pealingly from one to the other. They
were calm, smiling, but implacable
Slowly he unbuckled a belt from hie
waist and offered it.
The man showed his teeth a little
but, nevertheless, opened it and
counted the contents. “Eight hundred
and seventy-five,” he said. Then he
rolled the belt and money into a bali
and hurled them contemptuously into
the bushes, “Now we'll get right down
to business. Give us your money!”
“I—I have, “wailed poor Poke, al-
most hysterically, “every blamed
cent.”
“Once more, give us your money,”
the man hissed. “It ig the last time
we ask. Killing comes next. Open
your bundles!”
“But there's no money in them.”
eagerly. “See.” He cut the string
from one of the packages and dis-
closed an assortment of bright dress
200ds and ribbons and laces. 4
bought ‘em for Marigold, An’ this”—
cutting more string—-“is full 0’ bead
stuff an’ Injin’ fiixin's., I lowed Mari
gold wopld like 'em. An’ these other
bundles— . cutting strings from one
after. another as rapidly as possible—
“is full o’ pretty rocks an’ shells an’
things. That's why they weigh, so
heavy. Lenz's I had all the money 1
wanted I "lowed Marigold would Iii:
em better'n more gold.”
“And do you mean to say,” speak:
ing the words slowly and menacingly.
“that you brought all this rubbish
from Alaska when you might have
gold?”
“Why, of cose,” wonderingly. “I
didn't need any more gold. The old
Hunter place can be had for $200 an’
a plain four-room house here in the
woods be raised for $200 more an’ a
kerridge an’ mule an’ cow an’ all the
rest bought for ‘bout $150, That would
leave $300 to put aside. Plenty
enough, land knows. More'n any -°
my fambily ever had afore.”
The rumble of a wagon could be
heard coming through the woods, and
a baffled, vindicative gleam came to
the men’s eyes. For ga moment they
glanced at Poke as though debating »
quick and signal revenge, Then the
rumble grew louder and they sudden
ly sprang to the ground and disap-
peared in the woods. When yu wagon
came noisily round a bend in the road
Poke was just emerging from the
bushes with his money belt and money.
The money he slipped into his pocket,
the belt he rebuckled round his waist.
“Howdy, Peke,” he called cheerily
as he recognized the driver. “How’s
all?” :
“Hey! That you, Poke,” in mild sur-
prise from the wagon. “When'd you
come? Oh, I'm toler’ble, an’ the
folkses air all well.”
“An’ Marigold?”
“She’s well, too,” Peke
“Ast ‘bout you t’other day.”
Poke looked dublously at the cur
‘hen shook his head. Couldn't risk.
it now.
‘See ye ag'in, Peke,” he called. *“N:
time now.”
Then he hurried on, half-running
Jalf-loping, Soon nothing could be
heard but the pattering of his feet in
one direction, and the Impatient soft-
ening cracks of a whip in the other.
grinned
His Wasted Effort !
The architect's design for the build.
ing had been accepted, The same aft-
ernoon an interviewer tracked him
down.
“To what do you attribute you
success?”
“Hard work,” replied the designer.
“Ah, the dominating factor of yowur
iife, eh?”
“Not at all,” was the reply. “Io
fact, hard work and the dominating
factor are, in effect, totally opposed.”
“Well,” explained the architect,
“hard work makes the money, but the
other—"” (he shrugged his shoulders
despziringly) “she simply spends it!”
I
Your Health,
The First Concern.
Milk One of Greatest Foods in Human
Diet
In recent experiments performed by
Dr. McCollum, of Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, in an orphan asylum contain-
ing 213 children ranging in ages from
babyhood to 12 years, unusual results
were obtained by Dr. D. R. Hodgdon
by addition of milk to the diet of
those children who were suffering
from malnutrition.
Milk, unquestionably, is one of the
greatest foods for the diet of human
beings and especially for the diet of
children. Milk and leafy vegetables
may be said to stand on a pedestal
j milk diet at the end of eight months
by themselves as the protective foods
,in the diet of humanity.
| Collum performed his experiment
eighty-four children were selected be-
"tween the ages of 4 to 10 years. The
diet of the children in this institution
prior to this experiment consisted of
cereals, tubers such as potatoes,
ek.
! In the institution where Dr. Mec-'
Ee
Why Tax the Dead?
An increasing number of American
citizens are feeling that the laws of the
state and nation which impose a tax
upon the estates of decedents are un-
just. This is especially true where
small estates are involved.
An American citizen who owns
property pays taxes to the city, the
county and the State during his life-
time. Indirectly he pays federal tax.
He must keep himself squared and up
to date in this respect. Justice seems
to indicate that an estate upon which
its owner paid all sorts of taxes dur-
ing his lifetime should not be reduc-
ed by a special tax after his deatn.
This practice is especially burden-
some where small estates are involy-
ed. For the state intervenes also and
by the time the demands of state and
nation are satisfied the heirs are of-
ten seriously embarrassed. While it
is a very convenient way of adding | pr
to state and federal receipts, this form
of taxation is frequently a serious im-
position upon the living.
If the government at Harrisburg is
not willing to free all estates from tax-
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of bread. The only thing which pre- Bere is a Visualiautolt
vented scurvy among these children pF iste. io Creed
was the fact that each child was fed The music, like this pic
a slice of lemon. In general, probably ture, is close up, is com-
no poorer diet could have been furn- plete. There is full detail
ished than the combination of foods
that was given these children. The
lemon appears to be the only fresh
fruit these poor mites had.
| Of the eighty-four children select-
ed for experiment, two groups were
made as nearly equal as possible In
regard to size and age and general
conditions. One group was fed milk
as a supplement to the regular diet.
The other group was given the insti-
tutional diet, unsupplemented.
A remarkable contrast was shown
in the results. After the first four
or six weeks, it was noticed that the
children without the milk did not gain
in weight to any appreciable extent
in fact, as months went on, some of
, these children lost weight. On the
“other hand, in the group whose diet
had been supplemented with milk,
there was a wonderful gain in growth.
| The report states that one child of d
years who weighed but twenty-eight
pounds in the beginning had gained
70 percent, in weight because of the
and 90 percent at the end of the first
year. This child finally reached =
weight in excess of the standard re-
quirement. In general there was a tre-
mendous improvement in the physi-
cal condition of the child.
The experiment proved beyond a
doubt it seems to me that milk is the
necessary supplemental food in the
diet of all children. It has its own
place also a valuable place in combn-
ation with cereals and vegetable diets.
There is no question about it and the
larger use of milk in child life pro-
duces a greater vitality. a greater
capability of endurance, a higher phy-
sical state and a consequent better |!
mental condition. i
Milk, to summarize its content, 1s a
proper and legitimate substitute. Aj-
though it is not entirely = perfect
food in itself—because there rrobabiy
does not exist any one single food
that is nerfect—it is as near perfect,
as any individual food can be in the |
diet of human beings. |
Milk, to smmarize its content. is |
high in calcium and has an excellent |
protein and a fine quality of fat. It is |
the great supnlemental food necessary
for children. It is vital for adults and
it is even essential in old age.
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Colds and Cleanliness
How many colds are you going to
“catch this Winter? And after you
have caught one, how generous are
you going to be in passing it on to
others? These are current questions
at this season of the year.
The answer may be found to a
large extent, declares Dr. W. W. Pet-
er, internationally known health edu-
cator, in the careful observance or
neglect of proper sanitary and clean-
liness standards. Dr. Peter, who 1s
noted for his graphic presentation of
health problems, issues a warning
against the “walking transmitters”
who broadeast this common infection
in a recent bulletin published by the
Cleanliness Insitute.
“What is a cold?”, he asks. “The
very word is a misnomer. We use it
because it was handed down to us,
and not because it is caused by cold
temperature, just as coughing and
sneezing may have led the Chinese to
say they have caught the wind.’
“Colds are communicable from per-
son to person, just as are typhoid
fever, diphtheria and a host of other
diseases. Most persons indulge in
from one to three colds a year. The
number of victims totals ten to fif-
teen percent of the general popula-
tion at one time.”
One of the first rules of cold pre-
vention, Dr. Peter points out, Is to
avoid infection, through the most
scrupulous cleanliness, If you must
shake hands with those suffering
from colds, be sure to wash your own
hands afterwards. Keep away from
common drinking cups, dirty dishes,
roller towels, pipes, pencils and other
objects contaminated with fresh se-
cretions. Maintain as high an inter-
nal resistance against infectious
agents as you can by daily attention
to bodily cleanliness, exercise, rest
and diet.
But if you get a cold, despite all
precautions don’t become a walking
transmitter of disease germs by ming-
ling in crowds or appearing in public
places, particularly in the sneezing
and coughing stages of the infection,
Dr. Peter warns. Be your own police-
man,
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ation, common justice demands that
this tax should be imposed only
upon the larger estates. The dead do
not mind the situation, of course, but
the living often do, because it imposes
hardships upon them.—Altoona Mir-
ror.
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A Buchanan Monument
At last Lancaster is going to get a
worthy monument to its greatest citi-
zen, President James Buchanan. The
monument is made possible through
the generosity of the late D. F. Buch-
miller. The most fitting place for the
memorial is Buchanan Park, not only
because it is the largest open space
within the precincts of the city and
is at the same time on the highest
elevation in the city.
Ground is being broken for the
foundation of the shaft, and before
long we shall have a life-sized
onze memorial of the only citizen
of the State of Pennsylvania who ever
was fortunate enough to occupy the
White House.
There have been other sons of Penn-
sylvania who were candidates for the
_———
Presidency, notably James G. Blaine,
and Winfield Scott Hancock, but the
only Pennsylvanian to occupy the
White House was a Lancaster citizen.
The whole community will rejoice In
the fact that President Buchanan will
be thus honored in his home-town.
Now that the good work is started
the citizens of Lancaster ought not to
rest content until Robert Fulton and
Thaddeus Stevens are like-wise recog-
nized by some memorial for their last-
irg contribution to the Nation.—Lan-
caster Intelligencer.
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not mean that she possesses the vigor
and quality which are needed in the
poultry yard during the hatching sea-
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