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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08

billed TO appear, and the crowds had
to be hauled from their homes and
back again. The extra business thus
handled by the road repaid them many
times over for the money they expend
ed on the presidential travellers.
Taft's Travelling Fund.
President Taft has at his disposal
$4,000 for travelling expenses during
the present fiscal or governmental year.
which runs from July / to July /.
President Roosevelt. who was the frs
executive to be given a travel fund by
congress-, had a similar amount to
spend at his discretion, and when he
left Office on March 4 turned over to
Mr.. Taft about $1,000 of the fund
untouched.
Up to the close of the year, on July
l, Mr.. Taft spent about $1,000 of this
amount and then turned back to the
treasury the remainder. something like
$4,000.
As soon as the year for which the
appropriation was made had ended
with midnight of June 80 the fund
was no longer available. 1t was swal-
lowed up in the general fund of the
treasury and might be used by the sec
rotary of the treasury for any purpose
for which cash was needed.
If the president. therefore, had $15,-
S95 Of his travel fund left on the
morning of June 80 he might. had he
been so disposed, have handed it all
over to some railroad or steamship
company for 10y rides" But on the
stroke of midnight the fund was
snatched from him, and on July 1 he
was absolutely broke so far as travel
money was concerned.
When the president made his trip
from the national capital to Beverly.
Norwich and Lake Champlain, begin
ming July 3 and ending July 8, he had
nothing left of the national travel fund
to pay his expenses. 1t was a case of
travelling ION his face or putting his
hand into his own pocket. Congress
had not yet appropriated the $4,000
for the present fiscal year.
The railroads. however. were not dis
posed to be too hard on him. They
knew they were not risking a great
deal In waiting for the passage of the
urgent deficiency bill. Ind they came
TO the rescue and provided transporta-
ton for him. That the railroads con
fdence was not misplaced was soon
made evident by congress waking up
and, in spite of a mild opposition. max
ing the appropriation.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08

viii Cost Uncle Sam More
Than ANY Other Tour on
Account of the New Rail.
road Rate Law. :

too, did the railroads settle the bills
for the Harrison and Mckinley tours
to the coast.
If the roads we're so generous to
Harrison, Mckinley and Roosevelt,
why not to Taft? Why should they
not swing him around the circle. too.
for a handshake with the great Ameri-
can voter and his wife?
No More Railroad Hospitality.
The answer is easy to find. TIE for
mer presidents Travelled west before
the railroad rate law went into eff
feet. If Mr.. Taft were to accept free
transportation across the boundaries
of any of the sovereign states of the
Union or of the territories he would
be liable to fine and1'entence to the
~penitentiary. So, too. would the men
who gave him the free ride across the
sacred border lines.
1t should not be forgotten that when
Presidents Harrison. Mckinley and
Roosevelt rode at the expense of the
railroad companies 1t was not against
the law and that every line that han
died the presidents trains or paid for
provender aboard their cars got back
the money five for one. Crowds of
thousands upon thousands 1ocked to
the towns where the presidents were
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
THE GENUINE TAFT HANDsHAKE.

that Taft will leave his predecessors
hopelessly behind. In the tour he Is
planning he will be accompanied all
the way by his old friend Democratic
Simplicity.
Those roistering fellows Vain Show
and Needless Expense. who were on
the Harrison, Mckinley and Roosevelt
trips to the coast. will be left behind.
No matter how strenuously they may
endeavor to climb aboard when the
president isn't looking, they will not
be permitted under any circumstances
to set foot on the executives car. This
is official and also remarkable, for who
on earth ever heard of a public official
travelling before at the public expense
without taking n or both of these
old favorites along? Quite often. 1t is
true, Vain Show has been left off
iunkets planned and executed on the
quiet, but never in history has Need
less Expense been given sue a cruel
blow by a public servant.
The Presidents Economy.
One paragraph will convince the
most skeptical of Mr.. Taft's intention
to hold expenses down to bedrock.
The trip he is planning will cost the
treasury no more than $4,000; the
Roosevelt coast trip burned up $4,000
of good money. Taft will have only
one and one-half cars at his disposal;
Roosevelt had a train of five. Taft will
travel on regular trains; Roosevelt
ran special" from Washington to Bell
ingham, from Bellingham to Los Ange-
les and from Los Angeles back TO
Washington again. Taft will be ac-
companied by only his secretary and
one or two White House attaches, be-
sides the members of the cabinet who
are his guests. Roosevelt had a ret
niue of twenty in his wake.
Still. frugally as Taft will proceed to
the Golden Gate and back. his going
and coming will cost the United States
treasury more than the Journey of his
predecessor six years ago. This sounds
like a paradox, or as though the writer
of these lines were qualifying to take
a place in a sanitarium; but. peverthe-
less. 1t is a sober, sane and plain mat
ter of fact.
A great railroad corporation paid the
bill for the entire journey made by
Roosevelt-for the Pullman cQrs. for
the porters, walters and train crews,
for the food eaten, the cigars smoked
and the cheering beverages consumed
during all the sixty-six days that the
presidential party was on wheels. So,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
Old Book Terms.

The words folio, quarto. octave. duo
decimo and the like have almost if not
quite lost their original meaning. Al
first they had reference only to the
number of leaves into which the sheets
used in making the books were folded
Thus If these sheets were folded once
so as to form two leaves or four pages
the book was called a folio; if the
sheets were folded twice so as to form
four leaves the book was called Il
quarto; if they were folded four times
so as to form eight leaves the book
was called an octave, and so on.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
Not Longer In Distance Gov.
cred. but Less Expensive
Than That of Any of His
immediate Predecessors. ::

RESIDENT TAFT'S trip to the
west and south will break all
records of executive travel.
Few, however, who do not know
the presidents plans would be able to
guess how this projected tour will
make history for itself. Three other
presidents of the United States have
journeyed to the far Pacific coast and,
it would SEEM, established a few rec
ords of their own. Harrison, McKin-
ley and Roosevelt all went on hand
shaking and speechmaking jaunts, and
If they left anything undone in either
line the newspapers of their day failed
to record the fact. Every milestone
along the transcontinental lines was
harangued, and every coyote and
prairie dog between the Mississippi
aud the great divide got a view of at
least one of the three perambulating
presidents.
In the matter of miles to be covered
Taft will not smash the Roosevelt rec
ord of 1903. for he expects to travel
only a little more than 1900 miles this
fall. When his predecessor went to
the coast six years ago he reeled off
1900 miles before his return to Wash
lngton. 1t is in the line of economy
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08

that. They wouldn't do 1t, I'm sure.
but somebody is! That's what l mean.
dye see? Lady Dep
"I know my husband wouldn't
couldn't do such a thing, Lord Dep
pingham," came from Drusilla's stiff
lips almost as a moan. She was very
miserable.
"Of course not, my dear Drusilla,"
he protested n%ervously. Then sudden
ly, as his eye caught what he consid-
cred a suspicious movement Of Bob
by's hand az he placed a card close to
Lady Deppingham's fingers: "Demme,
I'D rather he wouldn't But / beg
your pardon, Drusillal It's all perfect
ly innocent"
Drusilla iercely.
"It's utter nonsense for us to sus-
pect them Of Pray don't be SO up
set, Drusilla. It's all right"
"If you think l am worrying over
your wife's harmless affair with my
husband you are very much mistak-
en-"
Deppingham was silent for a long
time.
81 don't sleep at all these nights"
he said at last miserably. She could
not feel sorry for him. She could only
feel for herself and her sleepless
nights. "Drusilla, do-do you think
they want to get rid of us? We're
the obstacles, you know. We can't
I.I- ~ I.,4 xvn oro GAnnAIodu mt
that pill in my tea today. 1t must
have been a servant. 1t couldn't have
been-er"-
my husband, sir?"
mo; my wife. You know, Drusilla.
she's not that sort. She has a horror
of death and He stopped and
wiped his brow pathetieally.
"If the servants are trying to poison
any of us, Lord Deppingham. 1t is rea-
sonable to suspect that your wife and
my husband are the ones they want to
dispose of, not you and me. don't
believe 1t was poison you found In
your tea. but If 1t was it was intended
for one of the heirs"
"Well, there's some consolation in
that" said Deppy. smiling for the first
time.
The sharp rattle Of firearms In the
distance brought a sudden stop to his
%lugubrious reflections. Five, a dozen,
a score of shots were heard. The
blood turned cold in the veins of every
one in the garden; faces blanched sud-
denly, and all voices were hushed. A
form of paralysis seized and held them
for a full minute.
Then the voice of Britt below broke
harshly upon the tense. still air: Good
Godl Look! 1t is the bungalow"
A bright glow lighted the dark
mountain side; a vivid red painted the
trees; the smell of burning wood came
down with the breezes. Two or three
sporadic shots were borne to the ears
Of those who looked toward the blaz-
ing bungalow.
They've killed Chaser burst from
the stiff lips of Bobby Browne.
Continued next week
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY.
The Way 1t Was Described by an
Educated Native.


G. j. Phillips. business agent in
Uganda of the Church Missionary SO
ciety. throws light upon the working
of the native mind by quoting a re
markable letter In which a native
member of the katikiro's tprime minis
ter's, party gives a description OF thu
Uganda railway.
my friend, | can tell you the Euro
peans have done a marvellous thing TO
make the railway and the trains. They
fasten ten or fifteen houses together
and attach them to a fireplace which
is as big as an elephant. and the road
1t goes on is as smooth as the stem OF
a plantain. 1t goes as fast as a swal-
low flying. and everything you see out
side fits past you like q spark from Il
fire. If 1t were to drop off one of The
bridges not one in 1t would be saved
for 1t goes dreadfully quick. The hills
it passes are as high as those of Kokl
and they have bridged over great val
leys which are as deep as that you see
when you look from the top of Mani
rembo, so deep that you cannot see the
bottom when you are going oyer them
Later there follows a description of
a ship: 1T is as deep as our two sto
ried house and as wide as the kings
road in Mengo, and 1t is as long AZ
from the katikiro's fence to the gate
of the kings Enclosure. 1t has three
tall poles In 1t and a big throat, out of
which smoke comes, which is as wide
as the new drum in the church at Ma
mirembo. The rooms In it GO down
three stories, and the boards of these
| cannot describe to you. for such have
not been seer before. There is IA lot
of metal work about them. too. but
these also l cannot describe. for it l.
so fine. There are children on boari
and a flock of sheep and places to
wash in attached to every place where
a chief sleeps, such as even our king
has possessed ."-London Strand
Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
Penitence.

81 suppose you're sorry now?' asked
the prison visitor. according to the
Philadelphia Ledger.
The young man who had stolen ST.
600 and spent it in sixteen weeks
sighed through the bars. "Oh. yes"
he answered. II tried to cut too much
of a splurge. The money ought to
have lasted me a. week longer"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
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IT is TO THE INTEREST OF EVERY

man who owns a house or lot on Five Mile Beach to
take the JOURNAL. In its columns you will find
throughout the year much matter that will interest and
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year. If you do not already take the JOURNAL cut out
and fill in the following coupon, enclosing check or a
one dollar bill. and mail same to journal, Wildwood,
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04

lead them through the cries OF events
that had followed the arrival of the
self forgotten man. Out of the mouths
of their own neighbors-Devlin, Bar
ney McGinn, Mrs. Halloran, who came
down we~eping-they We're made to see
as in a cyclorama the struggle for re-
Mobilization against hatred and suspi-
cion, the courage that had dared for a
child's life, the honesty of purpose
that showed in self surrender. The
prisoner, he said, had recovered his
memory before the accusation and as
J serted his absolute innocence. Those
who believed him guilty of the murder
Of DR.. Moreau must believe him also a
vulgar liar and poseur. He left the
inference clear: If the prisoner had
fired that cowardly shot he knew it
now; if he lied now he had lied all
along, and the later life he had lived
at Smoky Mountain, eloquent of fair
dealing, straightforwardness of pur-
pose, kindness and courage, had been
but hypocrisy, the bootless a~rtifice Of
a shallow buffoon.
The session was prolonged past the
noon hour, and when Fielder rested his
case it seemed that all that was posi-
bic had been said. He had done his ut
most. lie had drawn from the people
Of Smoky Mountain a dramatic story
and had filled in it's outlines with color,
force and feeling. And yet as he clos
ed the lawyer felt a sick sense of fail
ure.
Court adjourned for an hour, and in
the interim Fielder remained in a little
room in the building, whittier DR..
Brent was to send him sandwiches and
coffee from the hotel.
"You made q fine effort, Tom the
latter said as they stood for a moment
in the emptying courtroom. you're
doing wonders with no case, and the
town ought to send you to congress on
the strength of it! l declare, some of
your evidence made me feel as mean as
a dog about the rascal, though | knew
all the time he was as guilty as the
devil"
The lawyer shook his head. Il don't
Dlame you, Brent, ne SalQ, Iof YOU
don't know him as l do. l have seen
much of him lately, been often with
him, watched him under stress, for be
/ doesn't deceive himself; he has NO
thought of acquittal! We none of us
knew Hugh Stires. We put him down
for a shallow. vulgar blackleg, without
redeeming qualities. But the man we
are trying is a gentleman, a refined
and cultivated man of taste and feel
ing. have learned his true character
during these days"
"Well," said the other, eff you be-
lieve in him, so much the better. You'll
make the better speech for it. Tell me
one thing. Where was Miss Holme?"
II don't know"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04
Chapter 20.
CONTINUED

Waxing, tile unexpected sight of the
bishop startled Hugh. To the goo6
mans pain he had turned his face
away.
"My dear boy" the bishop had said
"they tell me you are stronger and bet
ter. l thank God for it,"
He spoke gently and with deep feel
ing. How could he tell to what ex
tent he himself. in mistaken severity
had been responsible for that unaccus
toned look? When Hugh did not an
swer the bishop misconstrued the 81
lence. He leaned over the bed. The
big cool hand touched the fevered one
on the white coverlid, where the ruby
ring glowed, a coal in snow.
Harry" he said, "you have suffered
you are suffering now. But think OF
me only as your friend. 1 ask nc
questions. We are going to begin
where we left off,"
II would like to do that" said Hugh
ito begin again. But the chapel is
gone"
"Never mind that" said the bishop
c%heerfully. "You are only to get well
We are going to rebuild soon, and we
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04

speeding toward nef-IO
pass the very town wherein Hugh
stood for his life-seemed a p%rearrange-
ment of eternal justice. When the tele-
gram reached her she had already gone
by Twin Peaks. To proceed would be
to pass the coming train. At a farther
station, however, she was able to take
a night train back, arriving again at
Twin Peaks in the gray dawn Of the
next morning.
When the train for which she waited
came in, the curtained car at its end,
she did not wait for the bishop to find
her on the platform, but stepped aboard
and made her way slowly back. 1t
started again as she threaded the last
Pullman, to find the bishop on its rear
platform peering out a%nxiously at the
receding station.
He took both her hands and drew her
into the empty drawing room. He was
startled at her pallor. IL know" he
said pityingly. II have heard"
She WINGED. Does Aniston know?"
EYES," he answered. yesterdays
newspapers told it."
She put her hand on his arm. Can
you guess why 1 was coming home"
she asked. at was to tell Harry San
derson! 1 know Of the fire." she went
on quickly, land Of his injury. I can
guess you want to spare him strain or
excitement, but I must tell him!"
he reflected a moment. BE thought
he guessed what was in her mind. If
there was any one who had ever had
an influence over Hugh for good it was
Harry Sanderson. he himself, he
thought, had none. Perhaps, remem-
boring their old comradeship, she was
longing now to have this influence ex-
erted to bring Hugh to a better mind,
thinking Of his eternal welfare, Of his
making his peace with his Maker.
every WELL" he said. Come" and
led the way into the car
Jessica followed, her hands clinched
tightly. She saw the couch, the profile
on it's cushions turned toward the win.
dow where forest and stream slipped
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04
WEAK KIDNEYS
MAKE WEAK BODIES.
Kidney Diseases Cause Half the Common
Aches and Ills of Langdon People.

AS one weak link weakens a chain, so
weak kidneys weaken the whole body
and hasten the final breaking down.
Overwork, strains. colds and other
causes injure th%ekidneys, and when their
activity is lessened the whole body
suffers from the excess OF uric poison
circulated IN the blood. Aches and pains
and languor aud urinary ills come, and
there Is an ever increasing tendency to-
wards diabetes and fatal Bright's dis
ease. There is no real helpfor the suffer.
er except kidney help. Doan's Kidney
Pills act directly on the kidneys and cure
every kidney i'll.
e. ii. Esterbrook, Clergyman, living in
Grafton, \. d., says: Il used Doan's
Kidney Pills for severe pains in my back
caused by a disordered condition of my
Kidneys and the results were highly
satisfactory, The great relief | expert
enced from the use OF this remedy leads
me to publicly recommend it to all
sufferers OF kidney complaint"
Plenty moreproof like this from Lang
don people. Call at E.. |. Donovan's drug
store and ask what customers report.
For sale by all dealers. rrice fifty cents
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. New York,
sole agent Tor the United States. Re-
member the name, Doan's take no other.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04

innocence; that his refusal to answer
her entreaties had been the last straw
to the load under which it had gone
down; that she believed him indeed the
murderer Of Moreau. To seem the
cringing criminal, the pitiful liar and
actor in her eyes! The thought stung
him. Her faith had meant so much.
The ominous feeling weighed heavily
on Fielder when he rose to continue the
testimony for the prisoner, SO rudely
disturbed the evening before. In such
a community pettifogging was Of no
avail. Throwing expert dust in Jurors
eyes would be worse than useless. In
his opening words he made no attempt
to conceal the weakness Of the de-
Tense, evidentially considered. Strip
ped of all husk, his was to be an ap-
peal to Caesar.
Through a cloud of witnesses con-
cisely, consistently, yet with a winning
tactfulness that disarmed the objec'
tons of the prosecution. he began to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04

q Suldll eIIlDleul
Of gold.
by this cross" she cried with des-
perate earnestness, 81 ask you for the
truth. 1t is his life or death-Hugh's
life or death! He did not kill DR.. Mo-
reau. Who did?"
Hugh had shrunk back on the couch,
his face CHASTITY. 81 know nothing
nothing!" he stammered. "Do not ask
mel"
The bishop had risen in alarm. He
thought her hysterical. "Jessica! Jes-
sica!" he exclaimed. He threw his
arm about her and led her from the
couch. You don't know what you are
saying. You are beside yourself" He
forced her into the drawing room and
made her sit down. She was tense
and quivering. The cross fell from her
hand, and he stopped and picked it up.
TRY to calm yourself" he said, ito
think of other things for a few mo-
ments. This little cross-I wonder how
you come to have it? I gave it to
Sanderson last May to commemorate
his ordination" He twisted it open.
See, here is the date. May %. That
was the day 1 gave it to him."
She gave a quick gasp, and the last
vestige of color faded from her cheek.
She looked at him in a stricken way.
Last May" she said family. Harry
Sanderson had been in Aniston, then,
on the day DR.. Moreau had been MUIR
dered. Her house Of cards fell. She
bad been mistaken! She leaned her
head back against the cushion and
closed her eyes.
Presently she felt a cold glass touch
her lips. Here is some water" the
bishops voice said. "You are better,
are you not? Poor child! You have
been through a terrible strain. |
would give the world to help you if l
| could"
He left her, and she sat DULY trying
to think. The regular jar of the trucks
had set itself to a rhythm-no hope, no
hope, no hope! She knew now that
there was none. When the bishop re-
entered she did not turn her head. He
sat beside her awhile, and she was
aware again Of his voice, speaking
soothingly. At moments thereafter he
was there, at others she knew that she
was alone, but was unconscious Of the
fight Of time. She knew only that the
day was fading. On the chilly whirl-
ing landscape she saw only a crowded
room, a jury box, a judges bench and
Hugh before it, listening to the sen
tence that would take him from her
forever. The bright sunlight was mer-
cilessly, satanically cruel and God a
sneering monster turning a crank.
Into her conscious view grew distant
snowy ranges, hills unrolling at their
feet, a struggling town, a staring white
courthouse and a grim low building
beside it. She rose stumblingly, the
train quivering to the brakes, as the
bishop entered.
"This is Smoky Mountain" she said
with numb lips. "That Is the building
where he is being tried. I am going
! there now"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04
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