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then and there, and we made the rock
just ahead of our red brothers. | knows
then were all right for a while for they
can only get at us by riding straight up,
which amt an Indians idea of fighting at
all.
I'VE crddles down In a little hollow,
and the Indians ride back and begin to
pow-WOW
Then d few of them split off and take
"a circle around to see if they can get at
us from the rear. but | don't worry none.
knowing they can't reach us. Pretty soon
they ride back and after lot more talk
ing / see they're going to try to rush us.
Can you shoot?' | asks the boy. Don't
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But crawls out of the wreck mighty spry
and looks round for the boy. He's setting
in puddle of molasses and flour and
broken eggs. hugging a ham under one
arm and looking mighty surprised. but
not hurt a bit.
1t amt any time to stop and talk, so
cuts the other cayuse loose from what's
left of the blackboard, and picks up the
boy and chucks him onto it's back. Now
ride, you little cuss, l says grabbing
the ponys tail and prodding him in the
rump with the point of my knife and we
heads for the rock, hitting only the high
places. with the pony towing me and the
nearest Indian reaching for my back hair
l never was much on travelling afoot but
l reckon | must have broke all the run
ming records for J00-yard dash right
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a FTER an Incredible amount of
~ research the history of London
~ bridge, the most famous span In
= a all the world. has been traced
through its 500 years of exist
ence. and a model of the old structure
as It was before the days of the present
one has been made for the coming Anglo
French exhibition.
The craftsmen who undertook the work
had to go back almost to the period in
which William the ConqueroT slew Harold
in the battle of Hastings in order to find
the first record of the structure
1t was early in the twelfth century when
the plan for spanning the fast-flowing
Thames first resulted in designs for a
wooden structure.
A priest, whose last name has passed
from the memory of man and who is
only remembered as Peter. chaplain of
Cole Church. drew up plans and first told
builders how with the rude implements
and material of that day they could fash
ion structure that would bear traffic and
Withstand the rush of the waters
The architect died before the work was
completed. for with the pitiful equipment
of that time building the bridge was a
Work OF some thirty-three years.
But in 1905. ten years before, on the
Island of Runnymede. the barons of Eng
land forced from King John that immortal
Magma Charta. the virtual basis of the
worlds civil liberty, the bridge was open
ed to traffic.
Since that time. through the long rec
ord of SO3 years., London bridge has been
one of the show places of Britain's great
est city. and in tracing its history the
committee came across hundreds of
weighty incidents that happened on its
broad expanse or in the buildings that
once lined both sides.
Men are yet living who remember
the buildings that used to stand out above
the river on both sides of the bridge.
though they were taken down some eighty
years ago.
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structed IN the proportion of one to one
hundred. the whole bridge measuring 92e
| feet.
In the center of the restored bridge
is shown the Chapel of ST. Thomas,
which is interesting from the fact that
here for centuries lay the body of brave
old Peter, the creator of the first bridge
that threw its arches across the moving
bosom of the Thames.
This chapel was dedicated to another
man whose name is mighty in English
history-Thomas a Beckett, who fell a
martyr to his love for the Church of
Rome. 1t was originally a very hand
some structure. but when in the days of
Henry VIII the wave of religious revolu-
ton swept against Catholicism the chap
els and monasteries were dissolved. and
the beautiful building in honor of the
brave statesman. whose memory is rever-
ed alike by Englishmen of all denomi-
nations, was permitted to fall in decay,
and was damaged by mobs.
y
The tower which is seen at one end
of the bridge, was another feature of
the venerable span tndC traced us MS
tory far back into the remote middle
ages. 1t had been built in 1852 as part
of the waterworks that supplied the city
in case of fire. The pumping machinery
which was in that time considered a
model of engineering skill. was the inven-
ton of Dutch expert. This water tower
had a chance to contribute it's share of
fighting the flames in the terrible fire of
1866. that fearful blaze that lasted six
weeks and nearly destroyed the city.
For six hundred and fifty years the
original bridge stood the force of all the
tides and bore the passing of untold thou
sands of passengers. 1t seems little short
of crime that 1t was ever permitted to
be taken down, for it had a record match
ed by no other similar structure in the
world. but this was an instance in which
sentiment had to give way to utility.
The arches of the bridge were so mar
row that boatmen complained that the
swift running waters threw them against
the arches. with resulting wrecks that
took many lives. In the course of the
agitations which preceded the tearing
down of a bridge deeply loved of London
they were called on to furnish their
proofs. and did so in the form of statis-
tics that showed large number of lives
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eral store all along the trail. And all the
time them blamed Indians are crawling up
on us, hanging over their ponies necks
and yelling like Hell let loose.
When the rocks about 800 yards ahead
and the nearest Indian about as far be-
hind. one of the ponies steps in a prairie
dogs hole and goes down with broken
leg, and before | have time To swear
we're piled up in heap promiscuous
that j don't know for second or two
which is me and which is the blackboard.
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good I've been to her. and after a while
she kisses me again and goes away.
We'll, they had parson out from town
week or so later. and the boy and girl
insisted on my being best man.
Frisco turned his gaze to watch
wheeling eagle far overhead-then, They
named their first boy after me-" he said
with shy smile.
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know he says. never tried to- Well,
says. handing him one of my fortyfours,
you've got to learn how right now. Keep
your eye on that big buck on the spotted
pony and when he gets this side of that
bunch of sagebrush open UP on him. Shoot
low and keep a-shooting till you hit some
thing The boy takes the gun, looks at
1t like a speckled rooster admiring a new
sort of worm. and pokes it out over a
stone real businesslike
* (
.Srhen the crowd Breaks loose and comes
for us with a rush, shooting and yelling
like mad. Eve Just made, a good Indian
out of cross-eyed brave with a yellow
feather headpiece when l hear shot be-
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The model shows the old bridge as it
was with these buildings standing. 1t
is picture of nearly century ago, and
at that time there still survived many
important structures, such as the Church
of ST. Michael.
The model is nine feet long and is con-
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Mamma, have l got to take bath to-
night?"
''Tm afraid you have. my dear"
But / haven't done anything all the
week to deserve it."-Life.
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LdNDW BRIDGE ERQ1 THE
UzA11ES IOlK:

sacrificed every year.
One compromise was offered which if
followed might have preserved the bridge
to the present time. One eminent archi-
tect wanted to correct the trouble by
widening the arches. 1t probably could
have been done then, it would be easy
now, but the timid Londoners feared that
the result would be to weaken a structure
already more or less affected by the pass
ing of the centuries, and it was finally de-
cided to put up entirely new bridge,
at point about one hundred feet from
the original site. where it was thought it
would be less subject to the effects of the
current.
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Thames Immediately under the bridge
was completely exposed. And SO 1t
proved.
Daring men and boys were actually able
to walk across the river on its bed. and
deep in the mud they picked up many
curious relics. the collection of centuries.
There was armor of kind that no living
person had ever seen in use, ancient
household fittings and the wreck of ships
and boats.
1t is said that a search of the best
histories of London fails to show any
parallel for this remarkable incident.
which incidentally had a great effect on
the minds of the superstitious, who ar
gued that it was the precursor of some
terrible visitation.
In the old days it was from the tower
on the bridge that the heads of traitors
were displayed. The entire literature of
England teens with references to this
savage custom.
Many illustrious heads but lately torn
from the shoulders of their owners by the
axe of the eXecutioner have. been sus-
pended on spears high above the rushing
waters of the Thames. And not always
were the offenses against the government.
Often the charge of treason was a con-
venient preteXt for getting rid of those
who differed on religious questions or who
had developed political strength that
brought them jealousies.
Nor was the head. when removed from
public gaze. committed TO a grave. The
muddy bed of the river fifty-siX feet be-
low was bier enough.
One of the last fires that broke out on
london Bridge-the structure was never
exempt while lined both sides with
buildngs-took place September :, 1I2o,
on the Southwark end of the structure
1t damaged the old bridge gate so much
that the part was taken down in 1I26 and
rebuilt in stone. With the removal of the
old gate the custom of exposing the heads
of traitors was discontinued, so that the
confiagration was not without some bless
ing
The Church of ST. Michael was taken
down in 1924.
The present wonderful bridge, which is
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and one day along in August / went to
meet it. The old man tells me we've got
to have some supplies, L bitches
couple of cayuses to the blackboard and
starts to town at sun-up. It's an all-day
drive. and after l puts up the ponies and
has my supper and orders the store truck
/ goes out to mingle in the festivities.
Naturally I'm a whole lot thirsty after
riding all day in the sun. so l let's the
Palace saloon absorb me and drifts up to
the bar. wondering whether I'll have
straight poison or few of the new kind
of fancy striped drinks, but just as the
barkeep pushes a bottle of red-eye my
way l catches glimpse of little blue
eyed girl on a spotted pony riding along
the trail to meet me, and sticks out
my chest and says. careless like. Gimme
a lemonade-with plenty of ice. The bar
keep looks at me sort of surprised. but he
deals the hand I've called for and stands
up there in row all by myself and
drinks my lemonade. Somehow the place
seems sort of quiet and lonesome. though
there's piano banging away in one cor
ner and about a hundred cowpunchers
calling for drinks in seven languages. so |
drifts out into the street again and STANDS
on the corner and gaZes at the festive
throng wondering If I'm sick I've got
money in my pocket-its the first time
I've heard chip rafting for three months.
and / find out all of a sudden I'm not
amused a little bit Frisco i says to
myself you're too good for this world
you'd Nbetter go to bed which I does,
after smoking two bits worth of three
for a-quarter cigars.
I'm the morning l turns out good and
early .1oads up the blackboard with canned
goods and groceries and lopes over TO the
post office for the mail. The postmaster
halls me when l sticks my head in the
door and asks if l want company. Says
there's a tenderfoot come in the stage
the day before who's looking for Taylors
ranch OF course | says yes, and pretty
soon they rounds him up and shows him
to me- He's hardly more than boy, and
he has on more good clothes than I've
ever seen before all at one time. lie looks
like he's a mighty long ways from home,
and the minute ] set eyes on him L know
what he's there for as well as though I'd
been told
Il reckon maybe ! didn't look real joy
full to see him. but he's so anxious to get
| started that he don't notice. and pretty
soon we pulls out for the BarO.
For the first hour or two | watches the
| road pretty close and don't say much.
sizing up my passenger out of the corner
| Of nv eye when he amt noticing. Except
| for his good clothes he amt bad-looking
| boy, and l know he holds all the cards
| aGd will win in a showdown. When l
| think of how glad the girl is going to be
when she sees him l feel whole lot like
dropping him in the sagebrush and let
| ting him get lost
| Along toward noon we're riding round
a sand hill when the ponies stick up their
| ears I'm way that means one of two
| things-bear or Indian-and 1t amt more
| than minute before l see 1t S Indians.
| There's quite a bunch of them, maybe
twenty or thirty, spread out so We can't
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A curious story unearthed in the
search of the history of the old bridge
was that of phenomenon that happened
in 1716
AS the result of a terrific drought the
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t.But trouble was coming my way-fast,
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Written for The Star.

Written Tor The Star.
a FTER an Incredible amount of
~ research the history of London
"a bridge, the most famous span In
L "A all the world. has been traced
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Copyright.

Copyright
+" WAS sure locoed once" said
Frisco poking reflective fore
finger into the bowl of his briar-
wood pipe. "All along of its be-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-21

The congressional medal of honor
was not instituted until a year later,
and the first one struck off was pre-
sented to Rand for his distinguished
gallantry on that memorable day at
Blackburn's Ford. During the entire
civil war 1850 medals of honor were
distributed among the union troops
for distinguished gallantry in action.
Lr. Rand's patriotism and gallantry
have been recognized by two govern
ors of the state of New York and by
three presidents. He was twice per-
sonally honored by President Lincoln;
New York state remembered him with
gold medal appropriately inscribed,
and the United States government has
presented him with a plot in the most
beautiful part of Arlington cemetery,
where, at the proper time, the state
of New York will erect a monument
worthy of the first man to offer his
services.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-21
SEVERE HEMoRRHoIps
Sores, and Itching Eczema-Doctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
-Cuticura's Efficacy Proven.

IT am now 80 years old, and three
years ago 1 was taken with an at
tack of piles (hemorrhoids), bleeding
and protruding. The doctor said the
only help for me was to go to
hospital and be operated on. I tried
several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time
sores appeared which changed to a
terrible itching eczema. Then l began
to use Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, injecting a quantity of Cuticura
Ointment with Cuticura Suppository
Syringe. 1t took month of this
treatment to get me in fairly healthy
state and then treated myself once
day for three months and, after that,
once or twice week. The treatments
I tried took lot of money, and it is
fortunate that I used Cuticura. j. H.
Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y. Apr.
26. 1907"
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FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know the effects of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own. expe-
renee: 1.-TWO years ago had been
drinking coffee, and must say that I
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly ir the morning / was
so irritable and upset that / could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then had no appetite for
breakfast, and did not feel like at
tending 10 my store duties.
"One day my wife suggested that
'nasmuch as | was selling so much
Postum there must be some merit in
it and suggested that we try it. /
took home package and she pre-
pared it according to directions. The
result was very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared, and
today | am all right. i would advise
everyone afflicted in any way with
nervousness or stomach troubles, to
leave off coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee" There's a Reason" Read
"The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
f. Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human In
torost.
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Not Such a Fool.

John was Chinaman. He had been
employed as cook in family in San
Francisco. During many years he
never failed to be at his post of duty,
One morning, as usual, the family as.
sembled for breakfast, but John was
nowhere to be seen, nor did he send
word what had happened to him. After
several weeks he re-appeared with the
symptoms of a severe cold still cling.
ing to him. The master of the house
greeted him by saying: well, John,
we were wondering what had hap.
pened to you; but I see you have
caught cold" John Indignantly pro-
tested, saying: "Oh, no, sir; me TO
catchee coldie, me no such foolfe:
coldie comic to me-"
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fertility and decreased production.

fertility and decreased production.
The question of Forests" was eX-
pounded by r. A. Long, president of
the LongBell Lumber company of
Kansas City, Mo-, who explained their
early use and destruction. present ex-
tent and value, rate of consumption,
estimated duration, prospective prices
Of forest products, the influence OF
forests on soil, ground water and
springs, rivers, floods and low water,
waterway Improvement and naviga-
ton, and the relation between forest
control and crop production, COM
merce and population.
DR.. George w. Kober of Washington
in a paper on Sanitation" spoke of
the development of systems of COM
munity water supply, relation between
purity and clarity Of water for COM
munity supply, mortality and disease
due to impure water, and the action
required in the interests of the public
health.
Reclamation, by Hon. George c..
Pardee of Oakland, Cal, dealt with
gions, development and extent of ir-
rigation, growth of concepts concern
ing water-rights and water as a basis
of property, influence of irrigation on
production, commerce, population,
| consumption of water and other re-
| sources, reclamation and stream con-
troll by drainage, and extent of swamp
dc M In nI
value available by drainage, protection
! and food prevention.
Judge Joseph Fl. Carey of Cheyenne,
| Wyo., in a paper on Land Laws"
dealt with their early policy of dis
posal, transfer. under state charters,
especial grants, etc, development, eff
| feet of creation Of national parks,
forests and other reserves, advantages
Of making this a nation of homes and
home owners, state and federal action
required, etc.
Hon. H. A. Jastro, president of the
National Live Stock association of
! Bakersfield, Cal, delivered a paper on
Grazing and Stock Raising" He
treated on the development of the in
! dustries in the United States, their
extent and value, grazing in the arid
and semi-arid regions, methods and
results, comparative cost and profit
and relation between stock raising
and commerce.
Under the general head of mineral
resources, DR.. |. c. White, state geo
logist of West Virginia, in speaking
of mineral fuels, dealt with the Goa
fields of the United States, methods
of mining, losses in mining, estimated
duration of present methods of min
ing and use, improvements in mining
and use, connection with coal produc
ton and transportation, relation be
tween coal and other resources, pc
troleum and rock gas and possible
substitutes for fuel.
Andrew Carnegie spoke on "Ore:
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STOPPED TO SALUTE HOGS.
One Man at Least Grateful to the
Source of His Wealth.

1.-THE Interpreter" in the American
Magazine says of a respectful father
he once knew:
isn't it time we took Off our hats
and thanked this pleasant land for the
good things it has done for US by go
ing on patiently covering up our blum.
ders, rectifying our mistakes, and re-
spending cheerfully to our every in.
telligent effort?
81 knew a man out west who had
the right idea about it. His father
had made great fortune in the pork
packing business. The heir was not
pulled up by his millions. Long after
he had grown accustomed to the
money and might reasonably be ex.
pected to look down on butchers, IL in
walking in the country with his chill.
dren they saw a drove of hogs on the
road, he would make his little boys
stand at attention and take off their
hats. I want them to respect the
sources Of wealth. he said"
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sure you that | heartily agree with
your conclusion that the conservation
of the natural resources of our country
presents a problem demanding the
best thought Of our times is superflu-
Gus. We have been exploiting our
resources with no thought of the NOR
row, and the claims Of posterity upon
US should certainly be taken into &C.
count"
In his letter of invitation to the
conference President Roosevelt said:
There is no other question now
before the nation of equal gravity
with the question of conservation of
our natural resources, and it is the
plain duty of us who, for the moment,
are responsible, to take inventory Of
the natural resources which have been
handed down to us, to forecast the
needs of the future, and so handle the
great sources Of our prosperity as
not to destroy in advance all hope Of
the prosperity of our descendants"
The need for such conference 10
illustrated by few facts vouched for
by investigators. Government experts
say that between 300,000,000 and AGO.
900, 900 tons of coal were lost in 1905
by penny wise and pound foolish
methods, and that the total so wasted
since the beginning of the industry
is 50,000,000,000 tons. Millions upon
millions Of horsepower are going to
waste through failure properly to
utilize and conserve the waterpower Of
the United States.
The construction of reservoirs at
the sources of streams in which food
| waters may be stored to be released
at periods of low water is expected
not only to keep the waters at a con-
tinuous level but prevent the destruc-
ton of property by floods, maintain
| constant levels for navigation and to
| develop water power
At the present rate of timber con-
sumption it is estimated that the price
of every kind of lumber will be about
double the present price only one de-
cade from today.
1t is said that the total iron ore
available in the world to-day is 25,-
| 100000 tons, of which three-ffths
is in the United States. Should the
rate of consumption continue to in
| crease in the United States In the
same ratio that it has in the course of
the last score of years, at the end of
two centuries there would be no
more ore to be mined.
In the United States there is an area
of 175,000,000 acres of land susceptible
to reclamation by irrigation, and $780,.
100000 acres of western public range
which may be made available for In.
creased production Of meat by restrict,
ing the grazing and reseeding portions
which have been destroyed by unre.
stricted grazing. With this area
made available once more, it is esti.
mated that its meat producing capac.
| ity will be nearly doubled.