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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
RECENT biographer of Benjamin
Franklin has characterized him as
"{he first dlvil|d American" ha-
cause "at an American period emi-
nent for narrowness, superstition
and bleak beliefs hs was mirthful,
generous, open*minded, iearn tol-
erant, humor.loving, and because he
was the first American man of the
World in the sense that he was the first American
w0ridman." Although this biographer does not
°ttdd to this lot of characteristics the word "ver-
satile" it is t2mt quaHt in this "first civilized
Amerk" which strikes you most forcibly as you
read the story of his life.
Franklin, as the first outstandlag printer and
newspaper publisher, has come to be rarded as
a sort of "patron saint" of the art preservative
In this country, and January 17, his birthday, is a
redqetter day in the calendar of all printers and
However much printers and publishers may
claim Franklin for their own, they must share hlm
with other professions in whose activities, this
mYlded man took part. Besides being a printer
eIve to his brother James,'a printer In Basins;
how he becomes a newspaper writer by slipping
anonymously-signed contributions under (he
printshop and enjoying with
the praise of his works: how, at
he becomes a publisher when
falls under the displeasure of the
ies and upon him devolves the duty of
England Courant and how he
a lively and readable
s such a free thinker
that it is constantly in
with the powers-that-be.
follows llenJamln's quarrel with his
I to Philadelphia, there, as
go, to walk down the street,
I Of bread under lis arm and to
Read who is later
After various vicisitndes of
wtld-gse chase to England,
foreman in the printing
new type tn the shop and young Franklin
1 we find him starting ,,on his own;' by
he
e Ga.ette we dla-
rewd edltowho knows
hal
r to
?
:i ; iliTi00: i '' ! iiii i
rlca00.
in dleputes
tO "write
ninny e0ples of,
were prlt
of the historical
be credited to
Bradford, the
II
sister. This subtle bit
has the desired effecL Franklin's
to take the legal printlQg away
for the legislature transfers
Franklin and Meredith.
partner and beea
tie Is the first to
business basis and not
own city, b#
Stork
E WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN, WOODVlLLg, MISSISSIPPI
as a philosopher--in his Poor Richard's almanac
(first lasued in 1732) and in his formation of the I
3unto. a club at which Ben and his fellows dIseu'
all manner of phitosophlcal questions. Next he
enters public life, gets himself elected clerk of the
assembly and aft "wards a member of It, So he
become the first publisher to dip into politics.
Science next attracts tHs many-sided indivMual.
for it is an easy transfer of interest from the
abstract questions'of human conduct, talked over
at the Junto, to the concrete questions of natural
phenomena. He is fascinated by the Leyden :rs.
So he makes a kite of a silk handkerchief, sends
it up in a rainstorm and a charge of electricity
travels lown the twine to the key tied on it and
a spark leaps off to his lmnd. He has not "dis-
covered" electricity, but he has dramatized it and
when he writes monographs on hls experiments,
Europa begins to take notice of this American
colonial. A dlslii.e for the open fireplace which
bakes his face and allows his back to freeze leads
to the invention of the Franklin stove which has
been'dalled "one of the first contrivances to banish
barbarism from the American home an, d give It a
eivillng comfort marveled at by the world."
At the age of f0rty-two, Franklin sells his print,
lug business and resoh'es to devote himself to
science and invention. But he decides as suddenly
to return to politics and becomes Postmaster gen-
eral of the colonies. Here, it seems, he overlooks
a chance to become the originator of a convert.
not the sender, paid the postage upon receipt of
the letter.
In 1754 Franklin is urging the formation of an
Americafi congress to consider means of protection
against the French and Indians, using the device
of the snake cut Into 13 pieces, repenting the
Thirteen Colonies, and the celebrated motto of
"JOin or Die." When the congress does convene at
Albany, Franklin lays before It his plan for the
paper (d anion of the colonies. Even though it Is turned
}f writ- down, the germ of the idea of unity In purpose,
so necessary for the Revolutionary struggle which
is to follow, has been planted in the minds of
Aunt(cans.
When Braddock sets foth upon his Unhappy
expedition it is Franklin who raises the army of
wagoners necas@ to haul Braddoek's supplies
and Franklin and young George Washlngto-_ are
the only two-men lnAhe colonies for whom ,the
haughty general has much react, even though
he does disregard the advice of beth about tha
dangers of falling Into an ambuscade. It Is during
this warthat Franklin has his .first and only taste
of military life. H becomes General Franklin
and leads an eltlbn against the Indians. But
after two mths of this life he retires from It,
and returns to Philadelphia.
He needs no military laurels to add to his mo
for he soon embarks upon his career as a diplomat
under a part- which brings him his greatest renown. He goes
profits, to England and appears at a heating before the
house o commons on the much-disputed stamp
, ,,
and
" • J
where the young are raised, says a
e Kansas City Times.
eturns every season to the same
with him he brings s
offsp.'g. Old nts are
when
Independence and helps found the new republic.
Then arises the necessity for some one to go to
France to secure aid for the rebellious colonies.
Franklin, now past seventy-ome, is delegated to go.
Ile lans in France, wearing tim quaint fur cap
which he "clapped on his head whenever he had
to gratify puidic curiosity in France and show him.
THE
KRLING OF
BLACK DOE
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By TRENTON CLURE
(Copyright by W, O. Chapman.}
ERHAPS Dunn should never
have Joined the Northwestern
mounted pol;ee, for of aft types
of men wire are out of their ale-
ment there, the moody, introspective.
unagressive man comes easily frst.
P, ut Duan had had a hankering after
the military life when he went ut tu
Calgary two years before.
Now he was in for several years.
and cursing his luck daily. What he
Hked best was the lonely patrols up
in the Big Lake country.
He bad met Marie Dufour there,
the daughter-of an old trapper who
had retired, Hke his fur-bearing
beasts, before the march of civiliza-
tion. tie had seen her three times
during the past two years, and It bad
been understood that when he became
a corporal he was to speak to her fa-
ther.
But the coveted stripes would never
be his so long as Sergeant Mitehetl
remained in the squadron. A Imrd-
featured, service-bitten man. Mitchell
made Dunn's life wretehed, lie In-
spatted his uniform with an eagle eye
*hat discovered the sn|:dlest speck or
flaw, he hauled him before his oce,"s
on trivial charges; in short, he did
his best to break Dunn or force him
out of the service,
It was a long time heftre Dunn dis-
covered that Mitchell had met Marie
in the Big Lake country the year be-
fore and coveted her beauty. When
Dunn understoed this he privately re-
solved that some day he would even
up the score ltween them. For the
present he remained quietly in bar-
racks, doing "his duty and suffering
under Mitchell's Ill-treatment.
The quiet life was interrupted by
one of those periodical excitements
that descended upon the barracks.
Black Doe had shot a police officer
at Neverport. and was mhking for the
Blg Lake country. Mitchell was or-
dered to take two troopers and get
him.
It was a Journey of two hundred
miles, in the slushy period of sring.
But the police never postpones its
vengeance when it can avoid it, and
never abandons it.
Dunn could not imagine what It was
that impelled Mitchell to select him
along with Crum. Perhaps Mitchell
wished to see the man he most hated
in Marie's presence, so a to be more
sure of his bearings. Whatever the
motive, he selected Dunn, and he
i)ed at hlm all the way.
He found fault wlth him during the
long and painful day marches, witl
his equipment, his care of his horse.
his manner of riding. IIe detailed him
on one-man fatigues tn the daytime,
and gave him all the dlffi('ult work.
Dunn's rage smoldered, but the idea
In tim back of his mind that he would
get even with Mitchell hardly assumed
any tangible form.
In due course they reached the
store at Big Lake. Their visit was a
tax act and there wins his first diplomatic vie complete surprise. Black Doe had
torles. For ten years he works for the interests been seen in the neighborhoo( and
of tie colonies in the mother country and then evhlntly was off his guard. Mitchell
returns to America on the eve of the Revolution. ascertained that he had ma(le no
He is anong the signers of the Declaration of purchases, without which it would be
I l|upossible for him to continue on his
way northward into the barrens.
"We'll spend the night at Jnhnny
Dufour's," he said to Cram. as the
three rude away tuward the slmek
Dunn's hert sank when he off.
,addted. Marie was directly in the
self a real American pioneer." In thus dramatlz- doorway to greet the visitors, and her
lag hhnself he catches the public "fancy (the eyes wander wlth wnder from
women of the gay French court begin dreing Dunn's face to Mitchell's.
their hair. a la Franklin, in imltatlon of the fur "Take. my horse to the stables !"
cap) and wins sympathy (and the necessary aid) commanded Mitchell curtly. "And,
for his country's cause. As one writer has put it, say ! Take Crum's, too. And see that
one of the really great figures of the Revolution they're well roomed before you
is "our grandfather Franklin, who trotted through come In to supper.',
a perfectly cold and selfishly eonteaptuoua French Dunn went away obediently, riding
-cotrt. aged. alert, cheerful to the end" and made
himself the best-loved American. even to thls day,
in France. In fact, over In the Paris of today
(on December 6, 1926), the sesquicentennial an-
niversary of Franklin'e arrival in France, observed
at the annual dinner of the Anglo-American
lesa Association of Paris, was a love-feast of
three nations, honoring the first and most famous
American newspaper man and "Paris correspond,
eat---Benjamin Franklin.
his horse and leading tim two others.
Now he began to understand, he
thought, the reason why Mitchell had
selected him. He wanted to humiliate
him in the eyes of the girl.
At supper Mitchell kept up a cross-
fire of chaff, banter and spitefulness,
directed at Dunn. Dunn's a(iuie-
cence seemed to enrage him. He
would have welcomed a chance either
When the Revolutionary struggle ends LhranklL for a brawl or for punishment fox In-
Is still in France and has a hand in the prelim- discipline: but Dunn only sat silently.
inary negotiations for signing the peace treaty, watclIng Marie furtively, while the
Then, after eight years in France, he begins tn sergeant's eyes were alight with
long for home. So Thomas Jefferson is sent to trlumph. Ho felt that he had won,
relieve him. When Jefferson ls presented re Count had shown Marie his*superiority over
de Vergennes, the French foreign minister, the Dunm
Frenchman asks, "Is it you, monsieur, who re-
places Dr. Franklin?" "I am only s success0, They retired to their bunks. They
.lr;' replie Jefferson. "No one can replace him," were to start up_ the trail at day-
break, on the quest for Black Doe.
Work still awaits Franklin upon - his return Dunu slept fitfully; he was tlHnking
and was rawtg he toward him.
Cram was nowhere in slghL
'rhea Dunn knew what he meant to
do, He crept Wack very softly to the
stable and loaded his rifle. He took
It in his arms. carrying it as a mother
might her first born, and approached
the door again.
Mitchell held the girl In his arms
nqw, and she was struggling as he
tried to ki. her. Dunn. aiming de-
liberately, was conscious of the open
door at the ha('k of the stint'k, and a
clump of dwarf fir ab,mt a hundred
yards distant. Then he concentrated
his attention upon Mitchell."Carefully
he drew a bead on him s as to avoid
Ifitting the girl.
B-mg !
Mitchell leaped tn?o the alr, flun
out his ms, and pitched head fore.
most. Dunn stepped into the abaci:
PROTECT YOUR
. Mrkiia Mi. -- 'Far
venteem yeame I have
Pieree'e
orite
will do
wodbe
bma to pay, if more women
upon this wonderftfl to."-
A. Conner, 614 D St.
Obtafia this famoua
rmw, in tablet or
dealer. Then write
dent Invalids' Hotel in
ff vmr feel the nell of
There was no need to look more thin, T carries no charge.
once at tlle dead fate, or the blood .........................
oozing from the hert.
Marie ran to Dunn. sobbing wildly
"'You did right, the beast Y" she cried
"('(,me with me," sufd Dunn.
They raedto the Still)lea, and in a
moment ie had freed the horses.
saddled them, and placed her on the
sergeant's. In another moment they
were galloping across the barrens. At
he time Dunn wv.s conscious of wom-
derlng where old Dufour and Cmim
were. But a moment later they heard
shouts behind them. They gallo')ei
frantically fmward, anywhere, so long
as they could wtn free.
Cl'l]IIl was a ruan Of resolution, and
Dnnn knew that he would take ap the
elmse and never leaveqt He'reckoned
o the fact that Cram's horse washe
slowe.t of the three. The freshly fall.
lug snow would hide tletr tracks if
they oould win the country across the
river bell. where a series of hummocks
swelled into the Big l.ake mountains.
Far beJlnd him Dunn heard a
shout. He turned and looked back as
he rode. Crum was standing at the
door of the stable, waving his arms
to him.
A few minutes later Dunn. looking
hack. saw Crum mounted and in pur-
suit of them. a tiny fimre upon a tiny
horse. They rode madly for the dip
toward the river.
"We must be careful." seid Marie.
as they began the descent. "The rot-ks
are dangerous."
Even as she spoke her horse tripped
on a projecting bowlder, stumbled.
and flung her face downward upon
the hard bed of the frozen stream.
Dunn leaped from his horse and
kneeled beside her. She hd been
strained by the fall: she opened her
eyes and looked about her half-con-
scious.
The horse scrambled to lt feel ran
up the balk, and raced back toward
the stable, followed by Dunn's horse.
And Dunu. kneeling at Marie's side.
knew that chance had settled his par-
ticular problem. Ad in the distance
Crmu came on inexorably.
Dunn shrugged his shoulders ona
who has played ills last card. He car-
ried the girl up to the top of the bank
and waited for Crum. wh"o came gal-
loping up on hls horse. He flung
himself to his feel pantlng, like his
steed.
"What's the matter with you.'to
)lay this crazy trick after kill(rig
him?" he shouted.
Dunn smiled. "I guess you're right,
Crum," he said. "Take the glrl on
your saddle ; I'll walk. You-can trust
Inc."
Crum. staring at htm In apparnt
perplexity, lifted Marie to the saddle
lmfore him. She bud fallen into a
swoon aain. Then h rode slowly
back toward the cabin, with IMmn
waiking a little d!stance in front of
hhn.
He turned his horse away when
[ear the stnhie, nt] went toward the
little patch of stunted trees that had
struck upon Dunn's attention at the
moment when he raised his rifle.
Dunn nw tl motionless body of
man tying hidden among them. It
was Black Doe.
How dd you get him, Dunn.
asked Crum. dtsmeunting ad turn-
Ing the body over. "S0e! He had
Just fired. You were'In the nick of
time."
The dead man's fingers wer
clutched about the trigger; the rifle
had been discharged: over his heart
was a bullet wound.
Dunn, unable to .penk, accompa-
nied Cram back to the shack. Mttclll
lay whel, e he had fallen, and old Du-
four was mutterin in the,corner, as
If he did not understand.
"He got poor. Mitchell a tm,ond be-
fore yon fired." said Crum. '%leer th
hearL too. See !"
Dunn looked In horror now mixed
wlth agitation. He saw that track of
the bullet through the hreast and oat
under the rib. The mtstle lay nlmn
the floor beside the inert man. It was
a battered .4.5. nch as the Indfans
use. Dunn's bullet had ben a .:3.
ADd It had been Black Do whom he
had killed, not Mitchell.
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When the very much
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May a woman
trouble is till abe has"
man of her choice.
It Is sometimes
the head of tbe house
are better than cme
usuall
you get timse
and stimulates
home He participates In the constltutlonai con-
vent(on In Philadelphia and much of hl wisdom
is written into our Constitution. He Is elected
governor of Pennsylvania for the third time. Then
he retires finally from pbIlc life. On April 17,
1790. "the most versatile American" dies in his
Bleep. Scientist, dlplomaL philosopher, world fig.
urn---when the end approached his thoughts turned
to his first love---the printing art. So this wa#
" the epitaph wldch he wrote for himself:
B. Frankllm
S
P4mter
Like the eov of an old book
|to co.tents torn out
. And sirlpt ef itl lettering nd gildhil
Li here food for worm.
But tho work sJm|l not be wholly lost
For it will, as he be|inv., appear once mm
Im a haw and more per|oct oditlou
Cted and amndsd
By the author.
that a baby would be brought to the ereature Ordinarily to
house whose chlmn was oceupled by
a stork.
In the aame way arose the sugar-
stilton about birds entering a house.
a harbinger of death--if a winged
creature enters, unbidden, into a
home. The fact that a number of
deaths from perftly natural causes
er of
in0ffeiva
Esldmo Rellfian
• he Eskimos in Greenland and Lab,
radar are, with few exceptions.
lmflly Christians. The native religion
[s a vague animism and eonsista oi
a belief in good and evil spirits, Hn
ltl each to its own sphere, and in
heaven and hell A childish falt
who* are
betw
the Wo,
of blarte, and hls heart was full of
passionate resentment.
He was the first up. and went to
groom the horses. As he canoe back
to the shack, he heard Mitchell's voice
and the girl's behtnd the open door.
Mltchell had his arm round her waist
Sheep's Long Fast
Seventeen days after being mtssed
by an Oswetry (Eng.) farmer, a
shp was found Inside a large wa-
ter pipe near the Liverpool water-
works. The -nima/ was quite frisky
In spite of the long fast
Increasing Use Made.of Castor ()il "Plant
The rapid growth of the castor oil
plant has become proverbial. Some
commentators have declared that the
plant known asJonas' g,,urd was the
castor el| plant. There are vast plains
In Bengal covered with the oli-produc.
ing vegetable.
Immediately after the monsoon,
whey the water has receded, the peas-
ant rakes the mire and puts the oil
plant seeds l the ground, two by two.
The plants rapidly develop their great
leaves and produce their fruit, which
grows in groups of capsules, acquir-
ing a coppery-green color mottled with
purple and rich carmine. When the
hot sun has dried the pods they burst
Huge Shadow
Ir Brawn has get so that she
starts at her own shadow."
"NervousT?
"No, It brinp, home to her how ter-
eibly fat she Is getting."
The women and chIldre watch the
they are ready to catch the precl
seeds within.
When the seeds l:avl doled a few
days the natives toast them. crush
them In a mortar, and p!tmge them
in boiling water, when the oil rises to
the surface.
ater on the Knee
Not only our knee, but B r
Joints are lined with membranes Hke
little bags, which are filled with
fluid which they We off is a sort of
lubricant to prevent fried!on, vet/
much as a metal- point has to be €Sled,
In the ordinary way our keeJoint
bag, technically tha "ynovlal sac,"
secretes Just enough fluid te enable
the grlstle.ended bone to glide
smoothly aver each other, bat lth •
strain due to a twist or a blow an
Inflammation Is set up Lr a= 0xcea
of secreto follows.
This is the ltJon that -
caIly known as aynovltls, lt popular
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