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Arizona republican., 1909-06-04
OWES HER
 LIFE TO
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Vienna, W. Va. a.-"I feel that I owe the last ten years of my life to Lydia
Arizona republican., 1909-06-04

coNvALEScING-Miss Ethel Strait is recovering from several days ill., ness.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-04

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Arizona republican., 1909-06-04

THE PERFECT FLOUR EMBRACES all of the good qualities of other brands and some extra ones of it's own. The Perfect is not flour that is su- perior in only one or two qualities. It is superior all round. It bakes better, goes farther and stays moister than any other. Try a sack just to see what the best of all Hours is like. Ask your grocer.
Evening journal., 1909-11-05

eral enIin,. ,craOns were going TO
call on the duke Florence persuaded
him to try the great remedy. The duke
undressed. and, seizing a chair. he ele-
waited It above his head and began
racing around the room. He was In n
ine sweat with his eyes buiging. his
face red and his veins standing out.
Florence went 20 the office, and when
the eminent and digniied persons ar.
rived he said to one OF them he knew:
"Going UP 20 see his gracer
"Yes" said the man.
"Well." said Florence, i've been up
10 see him. and I'm afraid he's touch
ed In his head. He is leaping about
his room. making strange noises and
breaking the furniture. Come up and
see him. think he ought 10 be re
strained His family ought TO be told. 3"
The eminent and digniaed person
ages accompanied Florence and, peep
ing through a crack in the door. saw
an apparent maninc dashing round
and round with staring eyes and flush
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
POSTPONED PLEASURES.

I'D like 70 in a flying ship
co gayly awaiting
Above the people who below
We're with their fears debating.
ia Ike 10 sail above the town
And say. An. there. my heartyl
Come up today. The air Is fine,"
TO some Tat. ancient party.
I'd like to circle In the clouds.
Around. above and under
A summer storm that might see
Just how they made the thunder,
And 20 discover how and where
Its noise. ear splitting. matches.
And with the lightning light my pipe
When 1 ran out Of matches.
Above the housetops I would dodge
And round the windows hutter
To hear the screams the frightened girl
On seeing me would utter,
And then I'd pick a pretty one.
Behind O curtain hiding.
And ask her 10 put on her hat
Anu come with me Joy riding.
It's me 10 thread the Milky way.
Where cream Is for the asking,
To skip around among the stars.
In first hand sunshine basking.
But, as ! haven't got the price
Nor friends who stand for touches,
III wait until they rig the thing
With patent safety clutches.
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
INTEREST IN GOOD
ROADS GROWING

Never in the history OF automobiling
has there been such q widespread senti-
ment in favor of good roads as at the
present time. owners and users Of
motor cars are not the only ones how
ever, to whom this fact is clearly ap-
parent. The farming and the rural
communities in all parts of the country
are showing an earnest desire for i'm
proved methods of highway Transports
tion.
While It may be too much to say
that the lessons taught by the last
two National Good Roads Conventions
have been entirely responsible for this
widespread attitude for better roads, it
is generally admitted by the delegates
who attended the recent convention in
Cleveland that the influence of these
big meetings mas been the means, per-
haps indirectly i'm many cases, Of
stimulating the good roads interest to
the important position it occupies to-
day.
That this movement for better roads
is a national one. which is destined
to increase, is striIingly evidenced by
the eagerness of the business men Of
st. Louis to have the third annual Ma
tional Good Roads Convention held in
their city. The invitation presented
at the recent Cleveland convention by
the business men bore the Endorsement
Of Governor Hadley, of Missouri, and
Mayor Kriesemann, of st. Louis.
Those who extended the invitation
showed in a convincing manner the
growing demand for better roads not
only in their State, but throughout the
Middle West, and st. Louis will there
fore be the scene of the third annual
Good Roads Convention in the early
part Of October. 1910.
Plans have already been outlined to
make this convention more important
than the two preceding ones in the
practical demonstrations of road build
ing.
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
TRUE TALES OF A DAY.

Here are two stories Of the day with
which 10 point a moral They appear
ed the same day in a Chicago news
paper.
John Simpson. aged twenty-eight
years. died in Chicago. He was the
son OF wealthy father living in wis
consln. Simpson had been sick some
time and was penniless.
A message was sent TO the father
telling OF the sons death and asking
for directions as to the disposal OF the
body.
Bury him in the potter's feld," was
the fathers answer.
Whereupon the friends OF the dead
young man raised sufficient sum Of
money to give him decent burial.
Reasons for the estrangement Of
father and son could not be learned"
says the newspaper
That is one story.
The other one IS about a mother
who was deserted by her husband anc
who pleaded against the burial Of hei
little son in the cemetery Of the friend
less.
The mother who thus pleaded wa
Mrs. Mary Vehlen. Her husband de
serted her a year ago, and when the
child died she had no money to pay
funeral expenses. She said to a coun-
ty official:
How would you like TO see your
only baby buried in a potter's held7"
A wealthy father conslgns his sons
body 10 the potter's field; poor moth
er begs TO save her boy from such
destiny.
What was behind the husbands de-
sertion Of his wife and childg Whis-
ky or common cussedness2
What was back OF the wealthy IA.
TIERS heartlessness as revealed In the
telegram? Waywardness OF the son?
Take II for granted. Yet
Would not you rather be in the boys
corin than In the fathers shoes7
would. because a hatred or his
own flesh and blood that will go be
yond the portals Of death to wreak its
vengeance needs no hell Like Nil.
tons Satan, such father must say
TO himself;
(which way turn is hell. Myself
am hell"
In these two tales Of days doing
two gracious features stand revealed
Ike two stars in gloomy sky.
. One feature IS the showing OF
mothers heart that holds 10 its owi
forever and forever more
The other IS that unfailing generos
ty. an everyday occurrence, which 7,
spends TO calls for sweet charity
sake, a genesc csitysthat completely &,
proves stbe CoctEipe of the total {,
pravity ofthc human heart.
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
CAUSE
OF SEAS OF OIL

Since the days when the first explorers
navlgated the waters of the Gulf Of
Mexico floating seas Of oil have been
reported off the coast of Southwestern
Louisiana. They are marked on every
chart. No explanation which is satis-
factory has been advanced, and Ire
United states Photographic Office has
attacked the problem.
The greatest floating field of oil is
southwest Of the mouth OF the Passes
and is about sixty miles offshore.
Others are further TO the westward,
of the Texas coast.
Much attention has been directed to
them lately by articles which have been
appearing in Texas newspapers. One
theory advanced is that the floating
oil is there because of the heavy over
flow from the Mexican oil wells Oh the
coast.
This is pretty thoroughly disproved
by the fact that one OF the men who
accompanied De Soto on his voyages
tells in his accounts OF seeing a sea of
oil west Of the Messa Cheebe" River,
an early form of the word Mississippi.
It is well known that natural gas is
to be found in the swamps Of Terre-
bonne, but that il never has been pos
sible to use it because the ground is
so soft that we'll cannot be piped and
capped. AS soon as the flow is shut
of in this way it escapes through some
other natural opening. What connec-
tlon this fact may have with the pres
ence Of oil on the waters is probiema-
ticaL
Evening journal., 1909-11-05

.o., .. .nDtt shut the do,
ud look taeiu gayay to tell what the
nd seen, beginning. ITS very 81
bout hls grace" until an impressi'
vas general Tim The Duke Of Deaufo
nad gone mad A few dhys later Flo
nee hid the dukes clothing and pok'
MS head IN atthe door and said. "nr
81 out: tbe helel IS afire" The dui
nreacntly uppearedin the hotel OH,
in a nighigown. SLIPPERS and'a tall ha
thus condDipl,ls tue uufayorable IN
preston OF lilFintellectuals.
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
Holiday Task.


Finding the north pole is like sliding
of an iceberg. II the glacial forma-
tion is ir the right place. you strap on
snowshoes. start going and tumble
right into the spot without further
ceremony.
TO show how easy It is. two men
discovered it about the same time with
out eating single boot top to cheer
them on their way.
We have been looking at this job Of
bunting the pole as hard one. be-
cause while we went about It the right
way We didn't 90 far enough. It takes
neither skill nor practice. Any one
who win start north and keep going
must stumble on IT,
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
Her Nsxt Role.

One Of the wittiest Of Parlsians in
friends hos 1T the df1ra wns listeni
to That's" OF rather trying to do S
for his hostess talked incessantly an
deadened the music with her shri
voice. At the end Of the opera she H.
vited him to the next subscribers uigm
with pleasure" replied he. II have
never honrd vou 10 Faust"
Evening journal., 1909-11-05
FLORENCE AS A Joker.
Two Franks tho Comedian Played on
the Duke Of Beaufort.

the Duke Of Beaufort.
Through the elder Sothern, Billy
Florence, the comedian, came to know
the Duke Of Beaufort, and they were
excellent friends. Beaufort came TO
this country and was at the Gilsey
House. in New York. a good while.
Florence enlivened his stay by several
Jokes which were the talk OF the town
nt the time. He told the duke that he
was not looking we'll you need vio-
lent exercise" said he. "Now, l was
troubled as you are. I used to strip TO
my Undertaking and. taking a heavy
chair In my hands. would run about
my rooms. raising and lowering the
chair a hundred times without stop.
ping II had a grand effect"
Florence insisted upon this for sew
eral days and got the duke into a mind
FOR trying it. One afternoon when sew
Evening journal., 1909-11-05

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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26
CHAPTER XVI.

A RESCUE IN THE NICK OF TIME.
KATER In that never to be forgotten
day Bud Haines ventured back
to his desk in the committee
- room, after first ascertaining
that Senator Langdon would not re-
turn. Some OF the senator's papers
must be Strengthened out. and he want
ed personal documents of his own.
The secretary regretfully. sorrowful-
iy performed these final duties and
found himself stopping at various In
tervals to try to explain to himself how
he had been deceived In both the Lang
dons, father and daughter. He had to
give up both problems. To him mel
Their was explainable. I've known
enough senators to know that I'd never
meet an honest one," he muttered
but as to women-well, there's too
much carefully selected wisdom in
their innocence to suit me-"
This cynic, new born from the shell
Of the chronic idealist that was. sud
denly was disturbed in his nominations
by a sound at the door. Looking up,
he saw Hope Georgia Langdon stand
ing shyly, embarrassed, in the main
entrance.
"Mr. Haines.' she said timidly.
Bud jumped to his feet.
Eyes. Miss Hope Georgia."
AS the senator's younger daughter
came toward him he noticed that she
was excited over something. and for o
newly made cynic he took altogether
90 much notice of her youthful beauty,
her fresh, rosy complexion and her
dancing, sparkling eyes. The thought
occurred to him, what a woman she
will make-if she doesn't initiate her
sister,
Il couldn't let you go. Mr.. Haines,
without telling you goodby and letting
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26
A GENTLEMAN FROM
MISSISSIPPI.
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e. AG Continued from page
Norton turned angrily on the girl as
the door closed.
"See here, Carolina" he cried. what
do you mean by letting that fellow
make love to youY"
Carolina Langdon would not permit
rebuke, even from the man she cared
for. She tossed back her head and
said coolly:
"Why shouldn't I let him make love
to m IL | choose?"
"You know why" exclaimed Norton.
his dark face flushing sullenly. BE
cause | love you and you love mel"
And he seized her and pressed her to
him. "That is whyl' be cried. and he
kissed her again and again.
eyes, l love you, Charlie; you know
that" Carolina said simply. She was
conquered by the southerner's master.
fulness.
"Then why do you stand for that
whippersnapper's talk?" asked Norton
perplexedly.
Carolina laughed.
"Don't you see, Charlie. l have to
stand for it? l have to stand for II
for your sake. for Randolph's sake.
for my own sake. for all u sakes
You know the influence he has over
father.
HE can make father do anything he
wants, and suppose | don't lead him
on? Where's our project? Let him
suspect a thing and let him go to
father, and you know what will hap
pen. Father would turn against that
Altacoola scheme In a moment. He'd
beggar himself, If 1t were necessary
rather than let a single n Of us make
a dollar out of a thing he had to de
eide"
you're right, l reckon, Carolina
said Norton dejectedly. "Your father
Is a real type of the southern gentle
man. He hasn't seen any real money
In so. long he can't wen bear to think
of 1t. Somebody's got to make money
out of this, and we should be the
ones"
"We'd lose frightfully, Charlie, II
they changed to Gulf City, wouldn't
WEI" said the girl ap~prehensively.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

pie who've got lands and options on
more. I might fix It for you to come
in," he whispered.
Haines shook his head.
"You know I haven't much money,
Norton. All l could put In would be
my influence. Who are these people?
Are they cheap little local folks or are
they real people here who have some
power and can do something that Is
worth whileY
"Do l look like I'd fool with cheap
skates, Haines? They're the real peo-
pie. / think, Haines. that either Sen
ator Stevens or Senator Peabody would
advise you that you are safe"
"Ahl Then Stevens and Peabody
are the ones. They'll make 1t Alta
coola, then sell to the government at
a big advance and move to Easy
street."
That's right" agreed Norton.
Bud Haines Strengthened abruptly.
| The expression on his face gave Nor
! ton a sudden chill-made him tremble.
"Now I've got you" cried the secre-
tary. you've given yourself dead
away. I've known all along you're a
ID thief, Norton, and you've just
proved 1t to me yourself"
"What do you mean?" Norton was
| clinching his fist. Words like that
mean fight to a so~uthernerT
"I mean that before Senator Lang
don goes one step further In this mat
ter he shall know that his colleagues
and you are thieves, Mr.. Norton, try
ing to use him for a cats paw to steal
for them from the government. | sus-
pected something this morning when
| Gulf City tried to bride me and a Wis
itor from there gave me what turns
out to be a pretty good tip"
$50 that was your dirty trick" ex,
claimed the congressman as he re-
gained his composure.
"Set a make believe thief to catch a
real one" laughed the secretary.
every good trick, | think"
"Ill make you pay for that!' cried
Norton, shaking his fist.
"An right. Send in your bill any old
| time" laughed Haines. The sooner
the better. Meantime I'm going to talk
to Langdon."
He had started for the door when
Carolina Langdon re-entered, followed
by her brother Randolph.
wait a minute" said Norton, with
unexpected quietness. II wouldn't do
what you're about to do, Mr.. Haines.'
"Of course you wouldn't" sneered
Haines.
II mean that you will be making q
mistake, Haines, to tell the senator
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26
"Do / sntrude f'

s'I'm horribly afraid sometimes, Char
lie. That's why l came here today. !
wanted to influence Haines, to keep
him straight. Is there aay danger that
they'll change? You don't think there
Is. do your"
-0fc oursa not, eh71d. Stevens haz
got his money in. and Peabody. There
are only five on the committee. Its
bound to go through"
''Then why is father SO important tc
fhem?" asked Carolina.
'It's past my understanding. Caro-
lima. / don't see how he's done 1t, but
the whole country has come to believe
whatever your father does Is right
and they've got to have him."
"And father Is completely under the
domination of this secretary" mur
INJURED the girl thoughtfully.
Norton nodded.
"We've got to get rid of him, Caro-
lima. That's all there is to it. He has
to gol When 1t ZONES to bossing the
senator and making love to you. too,
he's getting too strong"
"How can you do it?" she asked.
"You know when father likes any one
ne won't believe a thing against him"
Norton agreed sorrowfully.
That's right. Seems like the sena-
tors coming to think more of this fell
low than he does of his own family.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

what you have learned" rejoined the
southerner, struggling to keep calm 2t
this critical moment when ali was at
stake. He realized, further, that now
was the time to put Haines out OF the
way-if that were possible. "a mis-
take. Mr.. Haines." he continued, "be-
cause, you see, you don't know as much
as you think. / wouldn't talk to Lang
don If | were you. 1t will only en-
barrass him and do no good. because
Langdon's money Is in this scheme.
too, and Langdon's in the same boat
with the rest of u.s."
Haines stopped short at this astound-
ing charge against his chief.
Morton, you lie! I'll believe 1t of
Langdon when he tells me SO; not 9th
erwise."
Norton turned to Randolph.
Perhaps you'll believe Mr.. Lang
don's son, Mr.. Haines?'
Randolph Langdon stepped forward.
Its true, Haines," he said; my ia
TIERS money is in Altacoola lands"
Haines looked him up and down. with
a sneer.
Your money may be-" he said. 81
don't think you're a bit too good for 1t,
but your father is a different kind"
Carolina Langdon stood at the back
of the room, nervously awaiting the
moment when, she knew, she would
be forced into the unpleasant discus
sion.
II reckon you can't refuse to believe
Miss Langdon," drawled Norton, with
aggravated de~liberation.
"Of course" stammered Haines, SID
believe 1t If Miss Langdon says it's
So"
The congressman turned toward
Carolina as be spoke and fixed on her
a tense look which spelled as plainly
as though spoken, 'It's all in your
hands, my fortune-yours."
She slowly drew across the room,
Haines could hardly conceal the tur.
MOL of his maad. The world seemed
suddenly snatched from around him,
leaving her figure alone before him.
Would she affirm what Norton and
Randolph had said? He must believe
her. But surely it was impossible that
she
Carolina played for time. She feared
the making of a false 10Y
81 don't understand" she said in.
quiringly to Norton.
He calmly began an elaborate expla-
nation.
"Miss Langdon, this secretary has
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

~ ." o"'" the man.
The girl looked up at him sorrow
fully.
Eyes; I see at least that you and ia
Their can never work together now"
Haines nodded a~ffirmatively.
II suppose so. I'm thinking of that.
How am / to leave him? We've been
so close. I've been SO fond of him. !
don't know how / could tell him."
In girlish, friendly fashion Carolina
rested her hand ON his arm.
won't you take my advice, Mr..
Haines? Go away without seeing him
Just leave a note to say you have
gone. He will understand. 1t will be
easier for both that way-easier for
him, easier for you" She paused
looking at him appealingly as she end
ed very softly. "And easier for me, Mr.
uaines."
He looked at her thoughtfully.
"Easier for your" he said. Every
well, I'll do it that way"
The secretary stepped slowly to his
desk, sat down and started to write
the note. Carolina watched him curl
0usly.
"What will you do" she asked, now
that you have given up this position?"
"Oh, l can always go back to news
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

0iit ha0 ShOA6a
power to win against him.
"Pm going to ask you still another
favor" she said.
Bud returned her look with a bitter
smile.
"What is it?"
"You have learned about this-this
land matter and
"Oh, yes! l can guess. You want
me to keep quiet about ito hush it
up" a shade of scorn in his tone.
II only asked this so that you would
not disgrace me-" she pleaded.
Disillusioned at last, robbed of his
lifelong optimism. shorn of his ideals,
even his love-for he began to despise
this beautiful, misguided woman
how quickly the brightness of life
! fades to blackness.
every WELL" he said sadly. II sup
pose you are innocent. I'll saw you.
If they're all-your father, too-crook-
ed, why shouldn't / be crooked? All
right; / won't say anything"
81 only ask you not to disgrace me-"
| pieaueu the girl. lou VIII prOmASe
thatY'
Its a promise"
She sighed In relief.
"Father will be coming back soon."
she said. You won't want to see
him."
Haines rose.
"No, l won't want to see him. Give
him this note. I'll have to come back
while he's away to clear up some
things. Goodby."
Haines bowed and hurried from the
room through a side doorway just as
Senator Langdon came in through the
I main entrance.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

own future. He won't believe me. He
won't believe your brother. Perhaps
you can make 1t clear"
At last Carolina nerved herself to
speak.
You had better not go to my IA
Their, Mr.. Haines. 1t will do no good.
He-is-in-the dealt You must be-
lieve me when I tell you So"
The girl took her eyes from the Sec
rotary. He was plainly suffering.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

you know that,
no matter what
the others say, l
don't think there
has been any
thing wrong"
Before Haines
could reply the
young girl rush
ed on e~xcitedly.
That's why l
came. know IA
ther and Caro-
lima won't like 1t
they won't
think if's nice
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26

"Why shouldn't l let him make lone to
me?"
Why. l wouldn't be surprised If he'd
even let one of you girls marry him If
he wanted to marry you"
"We'd have something to say about
that" Carolina laughed amusedly. do
you think that Hope or l could ever
care for a man like this fellow? OF
course not. But do be careful, Char
lie. This Altacoola business must go
through right 1t would be too cruel
not to have 1t SO. And then
"And then You and I'll be married
at once, Carolina, whether your father
likes 1t or not" ended Norton for her.
ssWith Altacoola safe. we can do as we
please, al between US we'll be rich.
What does It matter how we get the
money. as long as we get it"