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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-02-15

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fever.
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resentativc and senator 10 sup
port the "Vcterinary Sanitary
Bill introduced by Hon. w. A.
Alcorn Of Coahoma county" II
they will do this wc can get this
important legislation which in 40
much needed
You will remember Mr.. Edi.
tor. that the Southern Livestock
Association a. we'll a. the State
Farmers Institute unanimously
endorsed the main provisions
outlined in Mr.. Alcorn's bill.
Yours Resp.
J. {. RontE1. Veterinarian.
Poultry advertising in South
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

he might have a better chance to study
her. and in the end he had said yes"
very prettily and sweetly.
Then he had begun to think what
his mother and sisters would say. It
would make no difference so far as the
engagement was concerned, but they
would make IL very unpleasant for
Edna. and he was determined to pro-
tect her feelings.
The letter to his mother was followed
by one to his elder sister. Grace. She
had always stood by him, and he knew
just how TO word the letter to her.
Grace was abroad with her mother, and
he needed her moral backing and per-
suasive powers at this critical moment.
For week he lived on in hts dream
of happiness, and then came DIR. Prem
tiss, their family physician, who was
clearly i'll at ease, but alert and watch
full. For several days the doctor in
terferred with Spencer's plans. insist
ing upon going everywhere with him
and watching him narrowly, until
finally Livingston, irritated beyond
passiveness, broke all bounds.
SEQ here. DOCTOR" he said stoutly,
II want to know what all this means?
You follow me about as though l
were under your care. and sometimes
you treat me almost like child. What's
the matter?"
IT'S nothing, Livingston" protested
the physician stoutly. II needed a lit
tie rest, and came down here to get II
with you"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27
10th Century Eve
and Her Mirror

Ewes pool could not have lent more
charm to her fair form than do the
mirrors Of the present day to the
woman who would study her own fea-
lures. The old-time mirror with its
disfiguring, sallow reflections is de-
cidedly thing of the past, and it's
successor of clear, brilliant, beveled
glass is almost a flattering photo
graph. The deeper the glass the
more distinct is its reflection and a
simple way to ascertain It's depth is
to place pencil upon it. The space
between the pencils point and its i'm
age shows the depth Of the glass.
Miladi Millionaire has the doors of
her dressing-room paneled with the
finest plate mirror so that she may
know there is not frill to give her
an ungraceful curve or a lock to spoil
the contour of her coiffure. For her
who is not so fortunate, either the
oval cheval glass or the triplicate mir
ror is a very satisfactory substitute.
No woman who wishes to appear her
prettiest should dress without the aid
of the latter, for there is not a face
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

whose two sides are alike, and their
relation to each other is most impor-
tant. These triplicate mirrors are
now within the reach Of every one,
glasses eight inches square with
quaint Dutch designs on the back be-
ing sold for 81 cents. In the larger
sizes, these mirrors have settings TO
match any furniture, but they seem
especially brilliant In a framework OF
ebony or nickel One handsome back
is of French gilt with embossed or
chids
The vanity mirror, which is just
large enough to take In the eyes and
nose, Is the novelty Of the season for
the dressing table and the opera bag,
and delightfully."- artistic are its mani
fold settings. A crescent shape has
back Of porcelain, showing Cleopatra
heads against a changeable crimson
background, and in the curve of the
crescent is perched child In dull
gilt. On the porcelain backs of the
circular and fan shapes, appear ideal
ICED heads of girls I'm a framework
OF dull gilt tulips, and one which Is
particularly fetching shows that
charming picture I'm miniature Of
Nine. de Stahl and her daughter. These
tiny mirrors have either long or ring
handles.
Revolving glasses, with a plain mir
ror on one side and magnifying mir
ror on the other, are set high In nickel
frames which have holders for a can
die on either side of the glass, grooves
for the eyebrow and makeup brushes,
or the shaving stick and brush, and
below these, receptacles for cold
cream Jars and powder puff or for the
razor and shaving mug.
Standing mirrors for the dressing
table have elegant and costly frames
Of silver filigree, square and heart
shaped or II crimson velvet as a back
ground for coils OF silver. One oblong
mirror, foot and a half high and
seven inches wide has an lnch-wide
frame OF plain fiat silver. and Is sold
for SIS. Another and less expensive
article shows "a tall woman's figure,
an outstrctched arm supporting the
glass. while the cllnging drapery OF
the skirt sweeps around the feet and
under the mirror. Circular hand
glasses are built with tapestry backs
having a miniature Of porcelain IN the
center. The old-faahioned. Oblong
mirror with rounded corners is shown
with "a back of rich red porcelain sur
mounted by dull gin figures. ana held
by a long kilt handle headed with
eagle wings.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27
WOMEN AND THE RACE TRACK.

CONTINUED from Page Twenty-four.)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27
SPENCER'S MONOMANIA
BY LUCY HAMMERSLEY.

Trusting that this win not shock
you too greatly. remain your loving
son. Got that?" he asked.
Miss Murphy nodded.
well, I'll sign it now" he said, as
he tilted back the typewriter carriage
and penciled his initials upon the
sheet. Il must get the rest of this
stuff up TO the postofiice to catch the
New York mail sure. Then when 1
come back Wen so out on the lake"
You forgot" interrupted Miss Muir
ply, that l have those letters to get
off for that Chicago man."
That Chicago man is altogether
too communicative" growled Living
ston. Il can't say that I blame him.
used to write lots of letters l didn't
have TO when | first came"
Il know" said Miss Murphy, wick
edly II felt like urging you to die
tate from some book when l saw you
cudgling your brains for more things
to say in your letters" Then she went
back to her work.
Livingston Spencer was by no
means as happy as he pretended to be.
1t was no pleasant task for a chap to
compose a letter telling his mother
that he is about to upset all her cher
ished plans, even when he has the val
liable assistance of the sweetest little
woman in the world. When he had
come to Glenvale in the early summer,
he had been wonderfully attracted to
the public stenographer He had writ
ten scores of unnecessary letters that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

Nonsense replied Livingston
Did my mother send you down here
to prevent my marriageT"
which one?" asked the doctor alb
sently.
(which one?" shrieked Spencer.
What in time do you mean ?"
why. the typewriter or the oUher3''
There isn't any other" protested
Spencer.
"Oh. yes. there is" retorted Prem
tiss. you see, my boy, you are suf-
fering from a rare form of dementia-
You have a belief that you are going
to marry both Miss Murphy and Miss
Carruthers.'
But don't even know any Miss
Carruthers." insisted Livingston.
The physician drew from his pocket
"a cable form. Read that" he said
shortly. 1t ran:
please see Livingston, Grenvale. He
thinks he is going to marry a Miss
Carruthers and a typewriter. Must be
insane"
1t was signed with his mothers
name.
See here, doctor" he said as quiet
ly as he could, II am going 10 marry
Edna Murphy. Just herl Nobody
elsai"
WELL" said the physician, am
glad that you have come to your
senses at last"
Livingston flung himself out Of the
room and went in search of Edna, to
whom he poured out all his trouble.
To his d!smay, instead of sympathiz-
ing with him, she laughed till the
tears ran down her cheeks.
IT'S too funny" she painted. as her
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

same spot where he had about made
up his mind to cancel his debt to Crit
tenden, a figure stood, already poised
for the leap to death.
1t was not a moment for introduce
tons. Ramsdell caught the figure
from behind. 1t swung around, and
he got a swift, well-set blow in the
jaw for his pains, and a curse that
was a cry of veritable agony.
The struggle was a blessed relief to
the tension of the past hours. As he
fell to the road in a clinch with the
unknown, and wrestled with him. he
felt as If for last moment, fate had
given that other personality into his
hands to settle old scores with. When
he had finished. the man lay limp and
motionless on the ground.
He was young and I'm evening dress.
AS Ramsdell looked down at the pale
upturned face with its fair, curling
hair, and clear-cut profile. he felt sat
isfed that the other person ality was at
least that of a gentleman, according to
certain canons. He loosened the lads
collar and raised him.
Are you able to walk" he asked.
The other spoke in French, curtly.
Leave me here"
For answer Ramsdell produced a
flask OF brandy, and compelled him TO
drink from II. With resolute, COM
pressed lips, and eyes I'm which a CLEAN
OF amusement shone, over the latest
somersault Of circumstances, he helped
the man TO rise. In less than half an
hour the two faced each other in
RamsdelPs room at the Hotel de Paris.
and II still lacked twenty minutes OF
midnight.
The stranger was nervous and I'M
strung. He sat in n chair beside the
table. his head resting on his hands.
1T would have been over by now,
he said slowly. Why did you stop
me?"
Ramsdell watched quizzically. Some
how he felt as ~ a crisis had been
passed safely. When he turned 10 the
dresser and found a box OF cigarettes
which he had left there. he smiled. The
tide OF being had refused to be gagged
or limited by the burning OF five ciga-
rettes. II still flowed on. and Rams
dell NJ n sixth one from the fresh box.
I did II because you were usurping
my place"
You. too2"
There was a fash Of fellowship IN
the glance OF the other. He leaned for
ward eagerly
"WhyW
Ramsdell hesltatod n was hard 10
select any definite reason.
Because ] had given my word 10 10
90"
"And you-you yourself-you ala
not doslfN ~"
Ramsdeil thought OF Boata.
y should say not"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

tint of the golden rod. And one day
he had found her, kneeling beside a
peasant boy in the road. The boy
had been run down by her chauffeur.
and was more scared than hurt, but
his sisters and cousins and aunts. to-
gether with the male population of
Rudella, had gathered en- masse, with
evil intentions toward the white auto
mobile. And Ramsdell had taken the
curly headed, sobbing boy in his arms
and had carried him up the rocky
road TO Rudella, bunch of gray stone
houses set like gulls' nests in the cliff
crevices. The male population had
followed him, together with the sis
tiers, cousins and aunts. and he had
soothed their evil intentions with a
goodly display of gold.
When he had returned to the cliff
road, the white automobile had been
waiting for him. and he had spoken
with her, merely a few words of
thanks, but it had been enough. In
the days that followed he had wished
devoutly that every peasant boy on
the Route de la Corniche could be
bribed to take a tumble under the
wheels of the white automobile
And that had been all. She might
have been an empress of the Orient
lOI all the CndnCe ne laI OF meeting
her, and yet, in the few last days of
hopeless, reckless stalking on fortunes
whim, her face had been always with
him. In its lovely serenity he had
found a peace that wooed him like a
promise of forgetfulness of his own
misery. So he had ridden to Mentone
more frequently than the average
Casino player, and tonight when the
parting of the ways had come he
found himself musing on the face of
Beata O'Istria rather than on the fact
that his word of honor demanded that
he take short cut to eternity within
an hour.
The promenade was deserted. Be-
low it, the rocks jutted out like Ii
tanic teeth of some beast of prey
above the still waters of the Mediter-
ranean. One could leap to them. Not
here, when one could see the lights
of the Casino, but beyond at the turn
of the path, where the shrubbery of
the palace gardens shut out the view
He wished it to appear at much as
possible, an accident. Suicide carried
with it a stigma of deficient moral
courage, and the opinion of the world
was still dear to him.
At the turn of the path, he stopped
suddenly, and threw away the half
smoked cigarette. In exactly the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

have you arrested as a crank. or a
lunatic. What will you do with the
money!"
Use it as fresh capital. 1 could
go 10 work and earn it, possibly. but
its waste of time. This is quicker. -
It's all right except the suicide
clause"
That is merely protection to you
have no other security to give for
tka money"
Crittenden nodded Approximately.
He liked grit, but being of an older
generation, he also liked the spirit of
man who would not ask something
for nothing. 1 showed principle. On
the strength of it, coupled with his
previous opinion of young Ramsdell
as a wheat Spectator, he had taken
his note for fifty thousand.
Inside of a year Ramsdell had left
Chicago with the remnants of twenty
thousand. Fortune was elusive, and
had played football with him Sew
eral times he had approached the fifty
thousand mark but had never passed
it. He had stayed in New York ten
months, and had left for Europe with
something less than five thousand 1t
had been a chance. Also. as a minor
personal consideration. he had an idea
that it would be easier living up to.
or rather dying up to, his word of
honor in Europe than at home. There
were fewer temptations for living
than on the home side.
He had not counted on Beata.
The second cigarette became an
impossible half inch. and he threw it
on the ground and lit a third.
He had seen her the first day after
reaching Monaco. 1t had been a mo-
mentary glimpse, when for a single
instant their glances had met AS
he stepped from the entrance of the
Hotel de Paris, a white automobile
had passed. taking the road to the
Riviera. Everything about it was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

laughter died down for a moment.
Then, catching sight of his expression
Of mingled surprise and injury the
laughter started afresh.
It's too bad, dear" she said, finally,
as she stopped laughing from sheer
exhaustion. ut was all my fault.
Edna Murphy was one of the girls |
met while taking a business course.
Father insisted upon my having a pro-
fession or trade, and I learned tyne
writing and shorthand When Edna
was taken i'll after having secured this
place, l persuaded him that II would
he good practice and experience for
me to take her name and position.
pay her the money / get, and I'VE
been having a lovely time. When 1
wrote TO your mother / did not take
your dictation literally, but substituted
my own name for the one under which
| have passed all summer. You wrote
your sister about Edna Murphy and
did not tell me. Can you blame them
for being upset?"
And to think" he said with twink
ling eyes, that l am engaged TO be
married to Edna Murphy, when /
want you. I've always said ia never
marry for money. and IL you're John
Carruthers' daughter, you're worth
two of me"
Very well, then. I'll remain Edna
Murphy"
Until you become Mrs. Spencer"
Then he went In to send the doctor
home.
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white, even to the garb of the chauf-
feur. The girl beside the latter had
worn and all-enveloping cloak of heavy
white silk. Her white leather cap set
closely on a mass of fair hair as rich
in color as a clump of golden rod on
an autumn prairie back home in ILL
nois.
There was a continental repose and
finish to her that placed a barrier Of
separation between her and the girls
whom he had seen about the Casino
and hotels. Her long automobile veil
of white chiffon was lifted from her
face, and as she passed. her dark eyes
had looked directly at him.
Clancy, Ward & Jaffrays European
operator, had told him who she was
Clancys was the only familiar face
he had seen since he left the boat at
Marseiles.
out of sight. Dog and the moon, moth
and the flame, light of the star, and
all that sort of thing. That is the
Marchesa Beata DIstria."
Sounds solid and interesting" had
commented Ramsdell. Where does
the Marchesa liver"
ION the Riviere, beyond Mentone."
Clancy had bent to fieck the dust from
his patent feathers with a narrow
hemmed linen handkerchief. villa
DIstria. Going ballooning after the
starr"
Ramsdell had looked thoughtfully
after the dust raised by the white
automobile. Somehow it's occupant
had seemed above discussion with
Clancy, and he had spoken curtly.
"One may ride along the Riviera"
The trouble was he had ridden
often. After one has passed the lemon
and olive groves east OF Monaco there
is the cliff road on to Mentone. and
beyond, where the hills dip to the
blue Of the sea, one may find the
villa DIstria, white and stately I'm the
silences Of its rose walks and orange
groves
Ramsdell had found II. Every day
he had ridden over the cllff road,
watching for "A glimpse OF the girl
with the dark eyes, and hair like the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

self acting as two distinct person.
alltles. There was one who simply
drirted on the tide of circumstance,
and another who watched the drifting
IN a quiet, impersonal fashion, and
was extremely sorry for the other fell
low in a friendly way, but was not
troubled concerning him. The worst
tiat the tide could do was to lay him
gently up on the short out of the way
He felt in his pocket and drew out
ms cigarette case. There were five
Ieft. He replaced them carefully. 1t
was time when items mattered. He
would smoke the five and think, and
perhaps at the fifth, the tide would
come in
Two years exactly had passed since
ne had seen Crittenden. He had gone
70 MIN in about the same spirit as
ne mad sought the Casino tonight.
There was a chance of a hundred to
one that he might win
he had known the man slightly. Be-
fore the bottom had dropped out of
Sne market that last day he had seen
Crlttenden leaning comfortably
against a pillar near the wheat pit,
watching him. When IT was over he
had passed near the pillar, and Crit
tenden had put out HIS hand.
GOOD fight, all right" he said,
ViS' 100 bad.
II was not much of a straw to
grasp at. but there was a look of in
crested sympathy and appreciation
III ~ MS glance that coming from John
load. ~ q "'ioie nay
hamsdell had gone to him the next
uay with the proposition 1t was not
sehtlmental one. Probably If Il had
tn ne would have left the office on
aoaie street I'm five minutes AS IL
r,~@s' ne stayed over two hours.
-. .te mad told Crittenden nothing bur
t '' cold facts I'm the case. He was
utterly ruined I'm the crash OF Nav
r nnsat. II he could have covered his
.',alsuls and so held the market for
W. day, he might possibly have
~, III out. As Il was. he was worse
ono penniless. and he wanted $780,
~ from Crittenden. IL was to be in
s, e nature OF a loan. He would in
ssuie ms life for $40, 900 IN Crittenden's
Ls"r The fact OF Crittenden holding
10y, 'e note against him for $4,000 would
,.er me Insurance regulations. The
49, vas 10 be made payable at the
or TWO years. AT the expiration
'nat time, " he failed 10 meet n.
gave his word OF honor THAI he
uia commit suicide
A., ,,i,,tehaen had heard him through
-. near what / say" Ramsdeli had
''ih.lsrked, after waiting fof an anrear
-. Nhp" that you DO" had retorfad
~''''NneeH' ~ 4 had any doubt. IA
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27
Fortunes Football.
By IZOLA FORESTER.
Copyright. 1904, by lola Forester.

Ramsdell rose from the table leis-
urely. He did not feel excited or
nervous. merely speculative, as he had
been when he sat down. Between the
time of sitting and the present mo-
ment was a difference of exactly forty
minutes. and three thousand, seven
hundred and eight dollars. 1t was a
small matter. During the forty min
utes. the three thousand odd had fluc-
tuated in splendid and most capricious
PROPORTIONS. At one time Ramsdell
believed it had become forty-six
thousand dollars. That was when the
red was winning. Now it was moth
ing. and Ramsdell rose with a curious
sense of relieved tension and specu-
htive content.
There was a crowded semi-circle of
faces back of his chair. He did not
meet any of the eyes. There would
he only pity or amusement in them.
Not that he cared for public senti-
ment He simply did not want it at
all. At least he knew that one face
was not there.
1t was cool and dark out of doors
He stopped outside the Casino, lit a
cigarette and took the promenade to-
ward the palace. 1t would be quiet
up there and he could think. There
was much to think of. He had to
think whether or not it should be his
last chance to think.
AS he left the lights and the music
behind, he had an odd premonitory
feeling of separation from it ALL even
the hotels and the railway station
ahead of him was the castled steep
of Monaco, beyond that the sea and
the night, and beyond that-he lifted
his face to the stars and wondered.
He was neither desperate nor NOR
bid. Several times in his life when
a crisis had come, he had found him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27


THE woman began to lose steadily
She mad system by which she
thought she could surely win. but her
nerve left her as hard LUCK nursned
her, and II was soon an extraordinary
thlng Tor her to cash q bet
Before the middle OF the season was
reached she had dropped $25, 700, which
her husband made good. He had been
fairly fortunate, but so great was his
enthusiasm that he began to neglect
his business
with losses in his business and his
wife still betting unsuccessfully. he
figured up at the end of the season
that he was 100000 out of pocket. An
other year rolled around, and they
were still at II. but with no better
luck. The man had no time for his
business now. and 1t went to smash.
He was left with some real estate.
which he quickly disposed Of, only to
see the money follow the thousands
that he had dropped in the ring. In
few months he was a nervous wreck.
and before the season ended he died
OF broken heart. 1t was said.
His wife continued her operations
on the track with verylng success Her
eldest son tried TO dissuade her, but II
was no use. The mother still had the
gambling fever and worse than ever.
Her daughter soon ran away from
home, went on the stage, and then
disappeared never 20 be heard from
again. Her eldest son died Of heart
disease and his brother shipped before
the mast.
Not a day since then has the old
woman failed to come to the track. She
pawned everything, and last winter
she was compelled TO work In a cheap
restaurant In Brooklyn.
she showed up at Aqueduct on the
first day last spring and began by ,
betting a dollar. Luck was with her,
and when Hermis won the Suburban
she had rolled up a bank account OF
nearly $4,000.
After that Il was the same old
story. Nothing could win for her.
"She lost steadily until to-day found
her pennilcss. She n I'm poor health
and needs "A rest. But she viii prob
ably 20 10 work again this winter. and
n she lives. WIN be IN line again IN the
spring"
This case Il one OF many. n shows
why manv men contend that a check
should be pat On racotrack speculation
~ women.