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The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

VIZ ASHINGTON.-The great white
w United States capitol building is
a sort of central magnet of great pow
er which attracts many queer people
from all sections of this broad land.
Capt. J. P. Megrew, a union war vet
eran with a splendid record, is in
command of the capitol police force,
and the peculiar people who flock to
the big building come under his OBJ
%servation.
Away back in the '70s, before Capt.
Megrew became chief of the capitol
police, the tragedy of the dome" oc.
Cured. A young Catholic priest, who
had become demented from oyerstudy
assembled to the platform just below
the Goddess of Liberty, than 259
feet above terra firma, and plunged
headlong into space. In striking the
thick copper sheathing of roofing over
the rotuna the body made a deep in.
dentation in the metal, which is now
pointed out to visitors by the capitol
guides.
Next to the tragedy of the dome Is
a recent occurrence which is desig-
mated as ''the of the dome"
A young couple secured permission
from Capt. Megrew to be married be-
meath the great bronze Goddess OF
Liberty on the lofty congress steeple.
A preacher rendered his services. and
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

HERE are two snuff takers in the
United States senate, Mr.. Over
man of North Carolina and Mr.. Carter
of Montana. For the benefit of these
two men the senate still maintains the
official snuff boxes, which are kept
carefully with fresh material for pro-
ducing sneeZes.
These boxes are little lacquered at
fairs about four inches long, two and
a half inches wide and an inch deep,
and are fastened by screws to the
top of the projecting ledge. n on
each side of the vice-president's dais.
The snuff is purchased by the SER
geant-at-arms in four eight pound jars,
at a cost of rs cents a pound, and it
takes an average of about five pounds
a year to replenish the boxes twice a
week during the sessions. The work
of refilling the boxes was for years
one of the duties tremendously per-
formed by the late Capt. Bassett, the
venerable assistant doorkeeper of the
senate and inveterate user OF the pow
dered weed; but since his death, five
years ago, the task has fallen to the
lot of n of the pages, who, naturally,
does not bestow upon 1t the loving
care of his aged predecessor.
Capt. Bassett when he died had
completed nearly sixty years of con-
tinuous service in the senate, and was
almost the sole relic of the days when
the use of snuff was general in that
body. For many years before his
death his dignified, almost ceremoni-
GUS, manner of indulging in the habit
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANDRE BOWLES
! ~ CHS SCRH6NER5 SOUS

dear; and you, too, Marion; suit-cases
are all we can take" cried Dicksie,
pushing her husband toward the bed
room. "Ill telephone Rooney Lee for
an engine myself right away. Dear
me, it is kind of nice, to be able to
order up a train when you want one
in a hurry, isn't it, Marion? Perhaps
| shall come to like it il they ever
make George a vice-president."
In half an hour they had joined
Bucks in his car, and Bill Dancing
was piling the baggage into the YES
thule. Bucks was sitting down to cof-
fee. Chairs had been provided at the
table, and after the greetings, Bucks,
seating Marion Sinclair at his right
and Barnhardt and McCloud at his
left, asked Dicksie to sit opposite and
pour the coffee. You are a railroad
mans wife now and you must learn to
assume responsibility"
McCloud looked apprehensive. Il
am afraid she will be assuming the
whole division if you encourage her
too much. Mr.. Bucks"
Marrying a railroad man." contin-
ued Bucks, pursuing his own thought,
sis as bad as marrying into the army;
if you have your husband half the
time you are lucky. Then, too, in the
railroad business your husband may
have to be set back when the traffic
falls off. It's a little light at this mo-
ment, too. How should you take it If
we had to put him on a freight train
for a while, Mrs. McCloud?"
ooh, MI. Bucks!"
Cor suppose he should be promoted
and should have to go to headquarters
some OF us are getting old, you
know"
Really" Dicksie looked de-
mure as she filed the presidents cup,
really, | often say to Mr.. McCloud
that | cannot believe Mr.. Bucks is
president of this great road. He al
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
seaerue Stumbled to the Sand.

make good for all this delay? Oh, yes,
I've had dinner. Never, for heavens
sake, wait dinner for me! But wait,
both of you, till you hear the news!'
Dicksie kept her hands on his shout
| ders. You have heard from Whisper.
ing SMITH"
81 have"
II knew it,"
"Wait till 1 get 1t straight. Mr..
| Bucks is here-I came in with him In
| his car. He has news of Whispering
| Smith. One Of our freight traffic men
| in the Puget sound country, who has
| been in a hospital in Victoria, learned
| by the merest accident that Gordon
Smith was lying in the same hospital
with typhoid fever"
Marion rose swiftly. Then the
| time has come, thank God. when ! can
do something for him; and / am going
to him tonight"
"Fine." cried McCloud. $50 am l.
and that is why I'm late"
"Then I am going, too" exclaimed
Dicksie, solemnly.
DO you mean it," asked her hus-
band. "Shall we let her, Marion? Mr.
Bucks says / am to take his car and
take B~arnhardt. and keep the car
there till / can bring Gordon back. Mr.
Bucks and his secretary will ride to
night as far as Bear Dance with us,
and in the morning they join Mr.
Glover there McCloud looked at his
watch. IF you are both going, can
you be ready by II o'clock for the
| China mail?"
I'VE can be ready in an hour," De
| clared Dicksie, throwing her arm hall
around Marion's neck, cant we,
Marion?"
Il can be ready in 30 minutes"
"Then, by heaven McCloud
studied his watch.
"What is it, George?"
I'VE won't wait for the midnight
| train. We will take an engine, run
special to Green River, overhaul the
Coast Limited, and save q whole day"
George. pack your suit-case-Quick'
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
WHISPERING SMITH,
Y My RANKH.SpEARMAN. 4 ~
0MA@M@@ ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANDRI BoEIEs

only two months now? Why, the sch
tiers are fairly pouring into the u
try"
will you give me q corner lot II we
put another station on the ranch?"
Il will give you two if you will give
us excursions and run some OF the
Overland passenger trains through the
valley"
Bucks threw back his head and
laughed in his tremendous way. \
don't know about that; | daren't prom
Use offhand, Mrs. McCloud. But If you
can get Whispering Smith to come
back you might lay the matter before
him. He is to take charge of all the
| colonist business when he returns"
Whispering Smith, lying on his iron
bed in the hospital, protested not to
be able quite to understand why they
had made such a fuss about it. He
| underwent the excitement of the ap.
| pearance of Barnhardt and the first
| talk with McCloud and Dicksie with
| hardly a rise in his temperature, and,
lying in the sunshine of the afternoon,
he was waiting for Marion. She ran
half blinded across the room and
dropped on her knee beside him.
"My dear Marion, why did they drag
you away out here?"
They did not drag me away out
here. Did you expect me to sit with
folded hands when l heard you were i'll
anywhere in the wide world?"
He looked hungrily at her. II didn't
suppose any n in the wide world
would take 1t very seriously"
MIR. McCloud is crushed this after
noon to think you have said you would
not go back with him. You would not
believe how he misses YOU"
1T has been pretty lonesome for the
last year. l didn't think it could be so
lonesome anywhere"
Nor did l."
Have you noticed it? l shouldn't
think you could in the mountains. Was
there much water last spring? Heav-
/ ems, I'd like to see the Crawling Stone
again!"
why don't you come back"
He folded her hands in his own.
Marion, it is you. I've been afraid
couldn't stand it to be near you and
not tell you
what need you be afraid to tell
me?"
THAT | have loved you so long"
Her head sunk close to his.
.snon,t Won know Won have said ii fO
me many times without words? I've
only been waiting for a chance to tell
you how happy it makes me to think
it is true"
THE END,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Snuff Takers of the u. S. Senate

excited the WOnQeT anu awe Vi Tie
modern page.
He was very proud of a gold snuff
box presented to him by the senators
upon the fortieth anniversary of his
1t filled with a choice brand Of the
powder He carried it in a tail pocket
of the frock coat in which he always
appeared, and the force of his habit of
reaching for it caused a laugh at his
expense.
II, was during the troublous times at.
tending the Hayes ilden contest, and
it was thought best that Capt. Bassett,
as custodian of one of the boxes con.
tanning the disputed electoral votes,
should be armed. He was according.
ly provided with a revolver, which he
carried in the pocket of the empty
coattail.
AS the procession was about to start
on the march from senate to the
house Capt. Bassett a asked if he
had his revolver with him.
"Yes," he replied, here it is" and,
diving into the wrong pocket, he pro
duced not the revolver, but his cher
ished gold snuff box.
There had been threats of attack
ing the procession on the way to the
house, and the members Of the party
we're in rather a sober frame of mind,
but the tension was relaxed for the
moment by the laughter which was
caused by the mistake.
Perhaps the most noted of the sen
ators who were addicted to snuff with
in the memories of the old employees
was the late Allen G. Thurman OF
Ohio. Mr.. Thurman was q frequent
visitor of the official snuff box on the
Democratic side.
Vice-President Wilson, who died in
his room at the capitol. vas another
noted patron of the senate snuff box,
and so was Senator Edmunds Of Yer
mont.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
XII.
Back to the Mountains.

Back to the Mountains.
In the cottage in Boney street, one
year later. two women were waiting.
1t was ten o'clock at night.
isn't it a shame to be disappointed
like this2" complained Dicksie, push.
ing her hair impatiently back. "Real-
~, poor George is worked to death.
He was to be in at six o'clock, MI. Lee
said. and here 1t is ten, and all your
beautiful dinner spoiled. Marion. are
you keeping something from me?
Look me in the eye. Have you heard
from Gordon Smith,"
mo, Dicksie."
Not since he left the mountains a
year ago."
Not since he left the mountains a
year ago."
Dicksie, sitting forward in her chair,
bent her eyes upon the fire. 1T is so
strange. / wonder where he is to-
night. How he loves you, Marion,
He told me everything when he said
good-by. He made me promise not to
tell then; but didn't promise to keep
it forever"
Marion smiled. "A year isn't for
ever. Dicksie."
We'll, it's pretty near forever when
you are In love-" declared Dicksie, en-
ergetfcaily. Il know Just how he
felt" she went on in a quieter tone.
HE felt that all the disagreeable ex-
element and talk We had here then
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

THE United States post-office de.
partment has had brought before
it just recently a queer piece of red
tape. Way up on the Canadian border
at Beebe Plain is a post office. Right
in the same building with it is an
other post Office. Beebe Plain is in
Vermont and Beebe Plain is also in
Canada.
Two offices are under the same roof,
within ten feet of each other. In case
a resident of Beebe Plain, VT, wants
to send a letter to somebody who
lives in Beebe Plain, Canada, If he
mails his letter in this post Office it
makes a trip of 294 miles to reach
Beebe Plain, Canada, and likewise a
letter addressed to Beebe Plain, VT,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
As to the Hessian Fly.

The Hassian fly is a German produce
which was conceived in iniquity and
born in sauerkraut. 1t is a long, rangy
fly with a bite like a steel trap, and it
lays a pale blue, oblong egg at the
rate of 10000 an hour. The Hessian
fly will eat anything from decayed
custard pie to a glass inkwell. but its
~favorite dish is the double neck of a
fat gent. This bird can perform a
two-step on sticky fy-paper without
crooking its toes, and is proof against
rough on rats, the daisy fly killer, and
a s%trychnine hypodermic. No Hessian
fly was ever known to die of anything
but old age, which accounts for the
color of it's whiskers. If it ever fas-
tens upon your jowl, it will stay until
removed by the undertaker.-Man-
chester Qa.) Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of "coffee Heart

The injurious action of Coffee on the
heart of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caf-
feline. This is the drug found by chem
lists in coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up cof-
fee, as that was the principal cause
of the trouble. She writes:
my heart was so weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
I would never breathe again.
"The doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said I must stop it, but it seemed I
could not give it up until I was down
in bed with nervous prostration.
For eleven weeks l lay there and
suffered. Finally Husband brought
home some Postum and I quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly I
got well. Now I do not have any head
aches, nor those spells with weak
heart. We know it is Postum that
helped me. The DIR. said the other day,
4 never thought you would be what
you are.' / used to weigh 90 pounds
and now I weigh 15S.
Postum has done much for me and
would not go back to coffee again
for any money, for I believe it would
kill me if I kept at it. Postum must
be we'll boiled according to directions
on pkg, then it has a rich favour
and with cream is fine"
Read "The Road to Wellville," found
in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true and full of human
interest.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

TIME and money are being expended
every day by the government in
efforts to locate claimants against
he United States. For months the
post Office department has been direct
ing a search for George w. Weart.
time postmaster at Deal Beach,
N. j., to whom is due $40.
On June Is, 1905, a registered pack
age was mailed by Mrs. Estelle Ro-
sett to Mrs. E. D. Ledgerman Of Deal
Beach. The package was reported
lost and the valuation, $40, was paid
by Postmaster Weart. Subsequently
post office inspectors discovered that
the package had been delivered to the
addressee and the records mislaid.
When the facts were disclosed
every effort was made by the de-
partment TO return the amount to
Postmaster Weart. He had moved
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

ways looks to me to be the youngest
man on the whole executive staff. Two
Jumps of sugar, Mr.. Bucks?"
The bachelor president rolled his
eyes as he reached for his cup. THANK
you, Mrs. McCloud, only n after
that" He looked toward Marion. "All
l can say is that if Mrs. McCloud's
husband had married her two. years
earlier he might have been general
manager by this time. Nothing could
hold a nan back, ever a man OF his
modesty, whose wife a say as nice
things as that. By the way, Mrs. Sin
clair, does this man keep you supplied
with transportation"
ooh, 1 have my annual, MI. Bucks!"
Marion opened her bag to find it.
Bucks held out his hand. Let me
see it a moment" He adjusted his
eyeglasses, looked at the pass, and
called for a pen; Bucks had never lost
his gracious way of doing very little
things. He laid the card on the table
and wrote across the back of it owe
his name: Good on all passenger
trains" When he handed the card
back to Marion he turned to Dicksie.
Il understand you are laying out two
or three towns on the ranch, Mrs. Nc
Cloud?"
1.-TWO or three! Oh, no, only one as
yet, MI. Bucks! They are laying out, oh,
such a pretty town! Cousin Lance is
experimenting the street work-and
whom do you think / am going to
name it after? You! I think Bucks
makes a dandy name for a town, don't
you? And / am going to have one
town named Cunning; there will be
two stations on the ranch, you know,
and I think, really, there ought to be
three"
AS many as that?"
II don't believe you can operate a
line that long, MI. Bucks, with stations
IA miles apart" Bucks opened his
eye III benevolent surprise. Dicksie,
unabashed, kept right on: well, do
you know how traffic Is increasing
over there. with the trains running
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Tragedy and Romance of the Dome

the novel ceremony was performed IN
mid-air beneath the goddess with two
capitol policemen and a sprinkling OF
visitors as witnesses.
Then m the comedy OF the
dome" An eccentric fellow who had
invented a parachute made an inef-
|fectual effort to test his invention by
sending down from the dome several
of his parachutes with cats attached
to them. He was evidently afraid to
risk his own precious life, SO decided
to use felines. His purpose was
thwarted by the capitol police, re-en
forced by the Washington Humane so
ciety.
Statuary hall is n of the most in
teresting apartments in the capitol.
1t contains the stone and bronze
statues of a number of Americans,
distinguished alike in war and peace;
famous generals, statesmen, explorers
and MISUNDERSTANDING to the gen
eral government by the several states,
each state selecting it's most illustri-
Gus sons.
Included among these statues are
those of George Washington and
| Thomas H. Benton of Missouri. Dan
lei Webster and Gen. Starke of New
Hampshire, Robert Fulton, inventor OF
| the steamboat, and H. H. Muhlenbure
of Pennsylvania; Ethan Allen of Yer
mont. Cass of Michigan, Gen. James
A. Garfield and Allen of Ohio, Roger
| Sherman of Connecticut, John Jay oil
| New York, Richard Stockton and the
dashing Gen. Phil Kearney of New
| Jersey, Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Shields
of Missouri, Jacques Marquette, the
| priest explorer; Senator Kenney, West
| Virginia, and Clinton of New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
How MANY Hours, Sleep?

A committee was recently appoint
ed in Sweden to find out how many
hours children of various ages should
sleep in order that they might be at
their best during school hours.
According to their reports, children
who r four years old should sleep
IL hours; children who are seven
years should sleep IL hours; children
who are nine years old from nine to
ten hours, and those who are from II
to 81 from eight to nine hours.
In their report they pointed out that
a great deal Of anemia In children is
due to lack of sufficient sleep.-Home
Chat
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Women in Persia.

DR.. Emmeline Stuart, niece OF the
veteran Bishop Stuart, tells OF her ex-
periences in Persia, where, she says,
there is ~unfailing courtesy of the Of
ficers to travellers. Upon n occasion
she was offered the escort of the mill
tary from Ispahan to Teheran and
found that she had to ride on a gun
carriage, horses h~arnessed six in hand
and double stages made. The medical
missions are the safest places In times
Of peril in Persia, she says, Q only
for Europeans, but for. the Persians
themselves.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Uncle Sam Worried Over $40 Error

from Deal Beach to Hood River, Ore.
Inquiry showed that he had died
there. An effort to locate his heirs
proved unavailing. Neither of his
two ons could be located, although
they both were traced by post Office
inspectors from place to place. The
search already has cost the depart
ment several times the amount of the
original loss, but the disbursing Of
fee of the department still has the
check ready for delivery to Weart's
estate If his heirs can be located.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Proionas Life Of Ties.

The tie-treating plant Of the Next
can Central railroad has reached an
output Of $500 ties q day, making It
one Of the largest concern OF its kind
in the world. The plant is the nrst
in the history Of railway operation
to make a success of the treatment OF
ties by the Ebano oil process. It is
expected that the treatment will pro
long the life OF each tie from 8 to II
years
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
ADVERTISING
the BASIS OF SUCCESS.
Since the Ingredients Entering Peruna
Are Known, Its Power as a Catarrh
Remedy and Tonic is
Understood.

COLUMBUS, OHIO.-The ac-
tive ingredients entering the most
popular household remedy in the
world have been made known to
the public. This means a new era
in the advertising of popular fam
lily medicines-Peruna leads.
Peruna contains among other
things, golden seal, powerful in its
effect upon the mucous menu
branes. Cedron seed, a rare
medicine and unsurpassed tonic.
Cubebs, valuable in nasal catarrh
and affections of the kidneys and
bladder. Stone root, valuable for
the nerves., mucous membranes
as we'll as in dropsy and indi-
gestion.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
HAS ITS GOOD POINTS.

zone nice thing bout shootin' pleas.
ants durin' tn open season is hat you
kin bring 'em home in broad daylight,
and you don't have to divvy up with
no game constable SOS he'll keep
his mouth shut"
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1909-04-02

AnIllinois editor retired from journ-
alism and his goodbye" is chron-
icled in the following language: ''The
undersigned retires from the paper
with the conviction that all is vanity.
From the hour his paper was started
to the present time he has been solic-
tied to lie on every given subject, and
can't remember having told whole
some truth without diminishing his
subscription list or making an enemy.
Under these circumstances of trial.
and having a thorough contempt . for
himself, he retires in order to recuit
his moral constitution.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1909-04-02

Keep your mind on the great and
splendid things you would like to do;
and then, as the days go gliding by,
you will find yourself unconsciously
Selling upon the opportunities that
are required for the fulfillment of your
desire, just as the coral insect takes
from the running tide the elements
that it needs. Picture in your mind
the able, earnest, useful person you
desire to be, and the thought you
hold is hourly Transforming you into
that particular individual. Thought
is supreme, and to think is often better
than to do. Preserve the right mental
attitude-that of courage, frankness,
and good cheer. Ebert Hubbard.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1909-04-02

If man should judge the Arkansas
legislature by the number of local
laws passed, he would conclude that
the average member of that august
body looked upon the state as being
no larger than the county which he
represents. There has probably been no
less than two hundred local bills in
PRODUCED during the present session,
the majority of which apply to one or
two counties and the session is but
little more than half over. A general
law SHOULD be passed that would enable
the people, by special elections, and
by actions in their county courts, to
settle matters like the creation of i'm.
proyement districts, drainage and
fencing districts, school matters, hog
laws, duck laws, and so on, and thus
avoid this unseemly waste of time
and money by the Legislature. The
people are becoming thoroughly dis
gusted with the manner in which the
legislature kills time and squanders
money. It's time to call halt and
begin to do business in a business
manner
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1909-04-02

No town will prosper and grow where
there is lack of enterprise and push
on the part of its citizens. The true
motto of each and every citizen of a
town. is and should be to assist and
help your neighbors, encourage bust
ness of all kinds there's no danger
in gorging the market in this line
unite in the matter of improvement, in
making the town attractive, and Civ
ing it home-like appearance. When
this is done people from distance
will form good opinion of the place
and it will be an inducement for them
to locate with us and become perma-
nent and substantial citizens.