The
Yukon Trail
By Willinn MacLcoil Knluc
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(Continued)
Wally had struck a match to light
his cigarette, but this simple state
ment petrified him. His jaw dropped!
and his eyes bulged. Not till the
flame burned his lingers did he come
to life.
"Did you say you were staying—
with Gid Holt?" he floundered.
"Yes. He offered to board me,"
answered the young man blandly.
"But —I didn't know he, was here
—-seems to me I had heard —some-
where—that he was away. S-oms
to me I heard he went prospecting."
"He did. Up Wild Goose creek,
with Big Bill Alacy and two. other
men. But I asked him to come
back with me—and he did."
Feebly Wally groped for the clue
without finding it. Had Big Bill
sold him out? And how had IClliot
got into touch with him?
"Just so, Mr. Elliot. But really,
you know, Howland can make you a
great deal more comfortable than
Holt. His wife is a famous cook,
i ll have a man go get your traps."
"It's very good of you, but I think
1 won't move."
"Oh, but you must. Holt's nutty
-—nobody at home, you know. Every
body knows that."
"Is he? The old man struck me
as being remarkably clear-headed.
By the way, I want to thank you
'or sending a relief party out to find •
me, Mr Selfridge. Except for your
help I would have died in the hills."
This was another facer far Wally.
What the devil did the fellow mean?
The deuce of it was that lie knew all
the facts and Wally did not. One
thing stood out to Selfridge like a
sore thumb. His plans had come'
tumbling down like a house of cards. I
Kit her Big Bill had blundered amaz
ngly. or he had played traitor. In
either case Wally could guess prettv
shrewdly whose hide Maedonald
would tan for the failure. The chief
wanted results. He did not ask of
fOLDS
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THURSDAY EVENING, WjuuuhbukO JSS&SfL TKLHJRSPH DECEMBER 26 1917
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Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service *■* By McManus
W ( I KNOW 1 ATE. / ( WHAT ?? I OOMT KNOW 1 ° EAR ' I I WF . ,~ 1 J
AntN EO . RD IT WHERE I1T!! THAT WAb * WHAT |T WUZ J2*!* nww^
>"OU SEUT I'b HE' >- ' A PARROT- BUT iT TAbTED , < DIDNTSA^
HOME- V Al " Lßl<iHT ' AN^ TH ' N<<
his subordinates hoy they got them.
And this was the second time in suc
cession that Selfridge had come to
grief.
< IIAI'TKK X .
(•onion Invito!* Himself to Dinner—
ami Docs Not Enjoy It
Big Bill and his companians
reached Kamullah early next day.
They reported at once to Selfridge.
It had been the intention of Wally
to vent upon them the bad temper
that had been gathering ever since
his talk with Elliot. But his first
sarcastic question drew such a snarl
of anger that he reconsidered. The
men were both sullen and furious.
The little man became alarmed.
Instead of reproaches he gave them
soft words and promises. The com
pany would see them through. It
would protect them against crim
inal procedure. But above all they
must stami pat in denial. A convic
tion would be impossible even if the
state's attorney tiled an indictment
against them. Meanwhile they would
remain on the company payroll.
Gordon Elliot was a trained in
vestigator. Even without Holt at
his side he would probably have un
earthed the truth about the Kama'.-
! lali situation. But with the little
I miner by his side to tell him the
( facts, he found his task an easy one. j
S-el.'ridge followed orders and let, j
him talk with the men freely. All j
o" them had been drilled till they
knew their story like parrots. They |
were auspicious of the approaches of 1
liliiot, but they had been warned'
that, they must appear to talk can
didly. The result was that some;
talked too much and some not 1
enough. They let slip admissions
under skillful examination thatj
could be explained on no othor basis'
than that of company ownership
l-'cth Selfridge and Howland out-i
did themselves in efforts to estab-;
j lisli close social relations. But Goi -j
' don was careful to put himself tin-j
■ cier no obligations.
Within two weeks Elliot had 111-:
. islu.d hii.s work at Kamatlah.
"Off for Kusiatv to-morrow," he
j told Holt that night.
| The old miner went with him as a
ijuide to the big bend. Gordon had
no desire to attempt again Fifty
Mile swamp without the help of
someone who kne\V every foot of the
trail. With Holt to show the way
the swanip became merely a hard}
grueling mush through boggy low- 1
lands.
Weary with the trail, they reached
the river at the end of a long day.
An Indian village lay sprawled along
the bank, and through this the two
men tramped to the roadliouse
v hrre they were to put up for the
night.
Holt called to the younger man,
who was at the time in the lead.
"Wait a minute. Elliot."
Gordon turned. The old Alaskan
was offering a quarter to a little
halfnaked Indian boy. Shyly the
four-year-old came forward, a step
a*, a time, his finger in his mouth.
"What's your name, kid?" Ilolt
flashed'a look at Elliot that warned
him to pay attention.
"Colmae," the boy answered
bashfully.
His fist closed on the quarter, he
turned, and like a startled caribou
he fled to a comely young Indian
woman standing near the trail.
With gleaming eyes Ilolt turned to
Eihot. "Take a good look at the
squaw," he said in a low voice.
Elliot glanced at the woman I>e>
hind whose skirts the youngster was
hiding. "She's not bad looking, if
tnat'.T what you mean," he said af'.er
they had taken up the trail (gain.
"You ain't the only white men
that has thought that," retorted the
old miner slgnficantly.
"Xo ?" Gordon had learned to let
Holt tell things at his leisure. It
usually took less time than to try to
hurry him.
"Name of the kid mean any
thing to you?"
"Can't says it did."
"H'm! Named for his dad. First
syllable of each of his names."
The land inspector stopped in his
stride and wheeled upon Holt. "You
don't mean Colby Macdonald?"
"Why don't I?"
"But —Good Lord, he isn't a squ iw
nvjn. is he?"
"Xot in the usual meaning; of the
word. She never cooked and,kept
house for him. Just the same, little
Oolmac is. his kid. Couldn't you see
it sticking out all over him lie's
the spit n' image of his dad."
(To be Continued)
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Miss <'lara C. Haywood. of Philadelphia, who defeated several pro
fessionals in a special tournament held for the benefit of the Billard Play
ers' Ambulance Fund in New York. The young lady demonstrated that
skilful wielding o ftlie billard cue is by no means solely a masculine ac
complishment! Her skill at the table is remarkable. Miss Haywood is ths
pioneer of her sex ii the billard field.
XOVK.M lIKR IMPORTS
Exports during November amounted
to $488,000,000. a decrease of
$53,000,000 from October, 1017, and
of $28,000,000 from November of
last year, according to a statement
issued to-day by the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, De
partment of Commerce. For the 11
months ending with November ex
ports were valued at $5,639,000,000,
against $4,959,000,000 a year ago.
Imports during November were
valued at $221,000,000, about the
same as in October of this year, but
j Fashions of To-Day
9609 One-Piece Dress, 34 to 42 bust.
Price 15 cents.
J6lO straight Scarf and Muff, one size.
Price 10 cent*
?44,000,000 more than in November
a year apro. The imports during the
11 months of this year were valued
at $2,725,000,000, a considerable In
crease over the imports for th<* 11
months period of 1916, which were
valued at $2,187,000,000.
The excess of exports over Im
ports amounted to $268,000,000 in
November, 1917, against $339,000,000
a year ago. The excess of exports
during the 11 months ended with
November amounted to $2,914,-
000,000 in 1917, against $2,773,-
000,000 in 1916, an increase of $141,-
000,000 in the current year.
By May Manton
Anyone looking at these two
dresses would notsuspect that they
could he evolved from the same
model but such is the fact never
theless. In the one case, char
meuse satin and are com
bined and the serge is cut to form
straps that extend over the shoul
ders and conceal the closing of
the dress. In the other case, the
gown is made of a soft, satin with
appliqu£ of embroidered net
making the trimming, and the
only real difference in cut is
;ound in the fact that the straps
are omitted. Both treatments
are essentially smart and both
are attractive, each, of course,
being available for a different
use. You could make still a
third effect, by making such a
combination as the one shown
on the figure but omitting the
straps. The scarf that is worn
with the gown is one of the new,
straight ones in Empire style
with a pretty muff of fashionable
size. It is made of one of the
new fur plushes that are so hand
some.
For the medium size the dress
on the figure will require,'
yards of satin 36 inches wide
with 3 ] 4 yards of serge 54, the
dress shown in the small view,
4} 2 yards 44 with 1 yards 44
for the trimming. For the scarf
and muff will be needed,
yards 54 inches wide.
The pattern of the gown No.
C'tf)9 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42
inches bust measure and of the
scarf and muff in one size. They
will be mailed to any address by
the Fashion Department cf this
paper, on receipt of fifteen cents
for the dress, 10 cents for the
scarf.
' What Germany's Victory
Would Mean to World
In Prussia's cheap and profitable
wars of the past lies the explana
tion of the present murderous as
i sault on the peace of the world. In
letting Germany see that Prussian
ism can also bring overwhelming
, disaster is to be found the only
remedy. The Germans have been
parading their "will to victory."
They forget that, while human will
has done much to shape human his
tory, in order to succeed in a great
world-cause it must lie close beside
the will of God. The struggle is a
clear-cut light between wrong in its
most hideous and universal forms
j and right most unquestioned. Suc
cess for the German cause would
meati the triumph of a conscious
policy of bad faith—disregard of
splemn obligations to a neutralized
state, of the rules of war formally
subscribed to, and of the human
standards which men deemed so
well established that it was thought
unnecessary to set up any interna
tional agreements to safeguard them.
It would mean fastening upon man
kind, In future wars, terrorism and
the barbarous practices of the earl
iest times, punishing mercilessly
noncombatant and so defeating
the healthy tendency to confine the
conflict to the armed forces of the
belligerents—deliberate murder of
helpless thousands to secure minor
military advantage. To stop short
of throwing the Germans back out
of conquered territory would mean
German triumph, the source of un
told future disaster. It would ren
der impossible for years to come an
effective league of nations to dis
courage future wars. Armaments
would know no limit and the United
States would be compelled to enter
the race in order to defend not only
the Monroe Doctrine but the very
existence of the nation. —Contribut-
ed Theodore Marburg to the Na
tional Security League's campaign
of Patriotism through Education.
Advice to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FATRFAX
A REAI< DUTY *
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a young business girl of 19 and
employed in a brokerage office. My I
Sarah Bernhardt T S!T
The World's Most O 1 ikT | v
Noted Adros oends INuxated iron
To the French Soldiers to Help Give Them Strength
Power and Endurance |SI*
General Gibson Says It Should be
Used by Every Soldier Who Goes fig
to the Front That He Himself If jrJhk P
Is Hale and Hearty in His 91st
Year, He Attributes Largely J|
to His Recent Use of. wpcr™i
Nuxated Iron— UNION
PI tMtm OF ITTLAX TUXAJT SIRXHARET 10 FFSHD TWO THOUSAND BOTTUB Of ISXATD L I
Dr. H. B. Vail, formerly PliynUlun In the Haiti- Su MOW For BOM)ma T6 HOCPITAX CQmnenp WITH mnm. mm
more Honpltal, Former Health Commtaaloner 9 IAS RAN racuriD PARTLY TO JUODUCAIT AMBULAXCW
Wm. R. Kerr and othera Kive valuable advlee MMmi —iiMMnrta _
Information ou Ue Iron w— -irrirwmm. JE
a* a tonic, Mrength and blood builder.
What every soldier most needs i?
tremendous 'stay there" strength,
power and endurance, with nerves of
steel and blood of iron. To produce
this result, there is nothing in my •
experience which I have found so val
uable as organic iron—Nuxated Iron,
says Dr. 11. B. Vail, formerly Physi
cian in the Baltimore Hospital and a
Medical Examiner. A large quantity
of this valuable product was sent to
the French soldiers by Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt. 1 took Nuxated Iron my
self to build me up after a serious
case of nervous exhaustion. The ef
ftets were apparent after a few days
and within three weeks it had virtu
ally revitalized my whole system and
put me in a superb physical condi
tion.
If General Gibson's advice were
followed and every soldier who goes
to the front carried a package of
Nuxated Iron in his kit, I am sure
that the men would not only be bet
ter, stronger fighters, but that we
would have far less sickness in the
Army and much less work for the
Ited Cross and Army Hospitals to do.
Time and again 1 have prescribed or
ganic iron—Nuxated Iron—and sur
prised patients at the rapidity with
which the weakness and general de
bility were replaced by a renewed
feeling of strength and vitality.
General Horatio Gates Gibson says
Nuxated Iron has brought back to
him In Rood measure that old buoy
ancy and energy that tilled his veins
in 1847 when he made his triumph
ant entry with General Scott Into tho
City of Mexico and that he attributes
the fact that he is hale and hearty
in his 91st year, after an active mili
tary life with service iA both the
Mexican and Civil AVars, largely to
his recent use of this wonderful
product.
Another remarkable case Is that of
General David Stuart Gordon, noted
Indian fighter and hero of the battle
of Gettysburg. General Gordon says:
•When I became badly -un down this
year. I found myself totally without
tho physical power to 'come back' as
I had done in my younger days. I
tried different 'so-called tonics'
empuoyer Is drafted and sails for
I'-rance within a week's time, there- i
Ifore all the business will rest on myi
shoulders, as 1 am the only person in !
the office outside of two men. Recent
ly one of my employer's relatives
came into the offlce to see him, and
lie has been coming In constantly over
since, lie has asked me out to thea
ter parties, luncheons, etc., quite often
of late, but 1 have declined the invita
tions, saying it is not a habit of mine
to dine with business acquaintances,
I on account of my youth.
! Now. Miss Fairfax, I love this man
| dearly, although I try to convince
myself to just admire him as a pleas
i ing friend, but there is something
I which tells me he is more than a
friend. My employer told me he is
■ going to employ him as an assistant
t of mine, as he thinks the business will
be too much for me to carry on alone,
but I told him I object, "as he is five
years my senior, and I would not care
tor an older person to assist me. Dear
Miss Fairfax, please tell ine whether
to leave, although I dread to, or if I
should just stay on. 1 would like to
leave, as I know I would be in too
close contact with the person men
tioned.
ANXIOUS.
Why should you permit yourself to
indulge in such a frenzy of "looking
for trouble?" I agree with you that
it is not good policy for a young wo
man to accept all sorts of social in
vitations from chance acquaintances
in business, but since you were prop
erly introduced to this young man and
he has shown a respectful interest in
you the situation changes somewhat.
I can understand that you want to
look up to the man you are interest
ed in—not have him. employed in
your office in an inferior capacity as
your assistant; but positions have to
he awarded according to merit. Since
you are trusted to such an extent that
your employer is ready to sail for
France, leaving his business in your
charge, how can you contemplate re
fusing to do your bit because of a lot
of sentimental notions about a s'6ung
man you hardly know? Stay in your
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A new llreproof hotel, most
conveniently located. Two ave
nue blocks from Pennsylvania
! R. R. Terminal.
Single Rooms and Sultca
Permanent-Transient
a law the nevt
Goldfish Restaurant
Smart and refined
William S. O'Brien, Pres.
without feelihg any better, but final
ly I heard of how physicians were
widely recommending organic iron to
renew red blood and rebuild strength
In worn-out bodies. As a result, I
started taking Nuxated Iron and
within a month it had roused my
weakened vital forces and made me
feel strong again, giving me an en
durance such as I never hoped to
again possess."
Former Health Commissioner of
Chicago, Wm. R. Kerr, said: "As
Health Commissioner of the City of
Chicago, I was importuned many
times to recommend different medi
cines, mineral waters, etc. Never yet
liavo 1 gone on record as favoring
any particular remedy. But in the
case of Nuxated Iron, I feel an ex
ception should be made to the rule.
From my own experience with it, I
feel that it is such a valuable reme
dy that it ought to be used in every
hospital and prescribed by every
physician in this country, and if my
endorsement shall induce anaemic,
nervous, run-down men and women
to take Nuxated Iron, and receive the
wonderful tonic benefits which 1 have
received, I shall feel greatly gratified
that I made an exception to my life
long rule in recommending it."
Dr. K. Saner, a Boston physician,
who has studied both in this country
and great European Medical Institu
tions, said: Nuxated Iron is a won
derful remedy. Not long ago a man
came to me who was nearly half a
[ century old and asked me to give him
;a preliminary examination for life in
surance. I was astonished to find
him with the bload pressure of a boy
of twenty, - and as full of vigor, vim
and vitality as a young man: in fact,
n young man he really was, not
withstanding his age. The secret, he
said, was taking Iron—Nuxated Iron
had filled him with renew life. At
30 he was in bad health—at 40 he
was careworn and nearly all in—now
at 50. after taking Nuxated Iron, a
miracle of vitality and his face beam
ing with the buoyancy of youth.
If people would only take Nuxated
Iron when they feel weak or run
i down, instead of dosing themselves
7
' position. 1..iv0 up to your responsi
bility. Continue to conduct yourself
with real dignity and common sense. ,
Ah! That's the Spot
| Sloan's Liniment goes right to it. ,
Have you a rheumatic ache or a |
dull throbbing neuralgic pain? You '
can find a quick and effective relief i
J in Sloan's Liniment. Thousands of j
homes have this remedy handy for j
all external pains because time and
time again it has proven the quickest relief. '
' So clean and easy to apply, too. No nib- j
ting, no stain, no inconvenience as is the ■
case with planters or ointments. If you once j
use Sloan's Liniment, you will never be with
out it.
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25c.. 50c.. SI.CO. l]
EDUCATIONAL
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School of Commerce
HARRISBURG
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Troup Building, IS S. Market sq.
Hell phone IN.-.; Ulnl 4.'HKS
\yinter Term, Day and Night
School, will begin Monday, Decem
ber 31, 1 n 17—no school New Year's
Day—continuation of work Janu
ary 2, 1918.
Bookkeeping, Shorthand. Nteno
<ype, Typewriting, Civil sAvlfe.
Order n Steuot.vpe !NO\Y—l'rlce
Increased after Dec. ill.
I\ -
1 with lmbit-forming drugs, stimulants
and alcoholic beverages, I am con
vinced that in this way they could
ward off disease, preventing it be
coming organic in thousands of
cases, und thereby the lives of thou
sands might be saved who now die
every year from pneumonia, grippe,
kidney, liver, heart trouble and other
dangerous maladies. Thousands of
people suffer from iron deficiency and
do not know it. If you are not strong
or well you owe it to yourself t->
make the following test: See how
long you can work or how far you
can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two five-grain tablets of
Nuxated Iron three times per day
after meals for two weeks. Then
test your strength again and see how
much you have gained.
NOTR—Nuxated Iron, which is so
strongly endorsed by Mine. Sarah
Bernhardt, the world's most noted
actress, and which has been used'
with such surprising results by Gen
erals Gibson and Gordon, and former
Health Commissioner Kerr of Chi
cago, and whicli la prescribed and
recommended by physicians in such a
great variety of cases, is not a patent
medicine, nor secret remedy, but on<
which is well known to druggists
everywhere. Unlike the older inor
ganic iron products, it is easily as
similated. does not injure the 'teeth,
make them black, nor upset the
stomach; on the contrary, it Is a most
potent remedy in nearly all forms
of indigestion, as well as for nervous,
run-down conditions. The manu
facturers have such great confidence
in Nuxated Iron, that they offer to
forfeit SIOO.OO to any Charitable In
stitution if they cannot take any man
or woman under sixty who lacks iron
and increase their strength 100 pei
cent, or over in four weeks' time,
provided they'have no serious organic
trouble. They also offer to refund
your money if it does not at leat
double your strength and enduranrt
in ten days' time. It Is dispensed by
all good druggists.
Croll Keller, G. A. Gorgas, J. Nel
son Clark.