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The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-30
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANDRE BOWIfS
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carrying packages for Dicksie Dun
ming. 1t was Sinclair's trick to do
things for people, and to make himself
so useful that they must like first his
obligingness and afterward himself.
Sinclair, McCloud knew, was close In
many ways to Lance Dunning. 1t was
said to have been his influence that
won Cummings consent to sell a right
Of way across the ranch for the new
Crawling Stone line. But MeCloud
felt it useless to disguise the fact to
himself that he now had a second
keen interest in the Crawling Stone
country-not alone a dream of q line,
but a dream of a girl. Sitting modify
in his office, with his feet on the desk,
e few nights after his encounter with
Sinclair, he recalled her nod as she
said good-by. It had seemed the least
bit encouraging, and he meditated
anew on the only 20 minutes of real
pleasurable excitement he had ever
felt in his life, the 20 minutes with
Dicksie Dunning at Smoky creek. Her
intimates, he had heard, called her
DlckSle, and ne was vaguely enVylns
her intimates when the night dispatch
er, Rooney Lee, opened the door and
disturbed his reflections.
How is Number One, Rooney"
called McCloud, as If nothing but the
thought of a train movement ever en-
tered his head.
Rooney Lee paused. In his hand he
held a message, and he faced McCloud
with evident uneasiness. "Holy smoke,
Mr.. McCloud, here's a ripper! We've
lost Smoky Creek bridge"
Lost Smoky Creek bridge?" echoed
McCloud, rising in amaZement.
Burned tonight. Seventy-seven
was tagged by the nan at the pump
station"
That's a tie-up for your life!" ex-
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of the opening, if it cost him his life.
"And by the way, Mr.. Sinclair, Miss
Dunning wished me to say to you that
the lovely bay colt you sent her had
sprung his shoulder badly, the hind
shoulder, I think, but they are doing
everything possible for it and they
think it will make a great horse"
Sinclair's snort at the information
was a marvel of indecision. Was he
being made fun Of? Should he draw
and end it? But Marion faced him
resoluteIy as he stood, and talking
in the most business like way she
backed him out of the room and to
the shop door. Baked of his oppor-
tunity, he reiterated stubbornly but
with the utmost politeness, and left
with a grin, flashing his tail, so to
speak.
Coming back, Marion tried to hide
her uneasiness under eve tones to
McCloud. I'm sorry he disturbed
you. I was attending to a customer
and had to ask him to wait a mo-
ment."
Don't apologize for having a Gus
TONER"
HE lives over beyond the Stone
ranch, you know, and is taking some
things out for the Cummings to-day. He
likes an excuse to come in here be
cause it annoys me. Finish your din
ner, Mr.. McCloud."
Thank you, I'm DONE"
eBut you haven't eaten anything,
Isn't your steak right"
Its fine, but that maxwell, you
know how / like him and how he likes
me. I'll content myself with digestins
my temper"
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HIM
Doctors Test of Food.

A doctor in Kansas. experimental
with his boy in a test of food and
gives the particulars. He says:
Il naturally watch the effect of diff.
ferent foods on patients. My own lit.
tie son, a lad of four, had been i'll
with pneumonia and during his onv
~lescence did not seem to care for any
kind of food.
." knew something of Grape-Nuts
and its rather fascinating flavor, and
particularly of it's nourishing and
nerve-building powers, so l started the
boy on Grape-Nuts and found from
the first dish that he liked it.
His mother gave it to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than a month he had gained
about eight pounds and soon became
so well and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
IAN old patient of mine, 70 years
old, came down with serious stomach
trouble and before I was called had
got so weak he could eat almost moth
ing, and was in a serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind Of
food for the sick without avail.
Il Immediately put him on Grape
Nuts with good, rich milk and just a
little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed
when I came next day Why doctor I
never ate anything SO good or that
made me feel so much stronger
II am pleased to say that he got
well on Grape-Nuts, but he had to
stick to 1t for two or three weeks,
then he began to branch out a little
with rice or an egg or two. He got
entirely well in spite of his almost
hopeless condition. He gained %
pounds in two months which at his
age is remarkable.
II could quote q list of cases where
Grape-Nuts has worked wonders"
There's a Reason" Read THE
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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CHAPTER vi.
In Marion's Shop.

In Boney street, Medicine Bend,
stands an e~arly-day row of one-story
buildings; they once made up a pros
fallen into the decay of painless days.
There is in Boney street a livery
stable. a secondhand store, a laundry,
a bakery, a moribund grocery, and a
bicycle shop, and at the time of this
story there was also Marion Sipclair's
millinery shop; but the better class Of
Medicine Bend business, such as the
gambling houses, saloons, pawnshops,
restaurants, barber shops, and those
sensitive, clean-shaven, and alert es-
adjustments known as gents stores"
had deserted Boney street for many
years. Bats fly in the dark of Boney
street while Front street at the same
hour is a blaze of electricity and from
tier hilarity. The millinery store
stood next to the corner of Fort
street. The lot lay in an a." and at
the rear of the store the first owner
had built a small connecting cottage
to live in. This faced on Fort street,
SO that Marion had her shop and liv-
ing rooms communicating, and yet
apart. The store building is still
pointed out as the former shop Of
Marion Sinclair, where George Nc
Cloud boarded when the Crawling
Stone line was built, where Whisper
ing Smith might often have been seen,
where Sinclair himself was last seen
alive in Medicine Bend, where Dicksie
Cummings horse dragged her senseless
one wild mountain night, and where,
indeed, for q time the affairs of the
whole mountain division seemed to
tangle In very hard knots.
In her dining room, which con-
mo man that has ever played me
dirt can stay here while / stay" Sin
clair, with a hand on the portiere, was
moving from the doorway into the
nected through a curtained door with
the shop, Mccloud sat n day alone
eating his dinner. Marion was in
front serving a customer. McCloud
heard voices in the shop, but gave no
heed till a man walked through the
curtained doorway and he saw Murray
Sinclair standing before him. A
stormy interview with Callahan and
Blood at the Wickiup had taken place
just q week before. and McCl0ud after
what Sinclair had then threatened,
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Bean MIX.

pigeon milk is a myth" said z
milkman, "but there actually is a bean
milk. It is drunk. put in tea and COT
fee, and even frozen for Ice cream.
The Japs are its inventors. This milk
is made of the Sofa bean. The bean
is first soaked. then boiled In water.
After the liquid turns white sugar and
phosphate Of potash r added. and
the boiling is kept up till q substance
Of the thickness of molasses ID OBJ
tanned. Nobody could tell this bean
milk from condensed milk, and when
water is added 1t can't be told from
the fresh. The Japanese poor uas
nothing else"
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WHY, OF
PRIVILEGE of ENGLISH Husband.

A wife who complained at the
Marylebone police court in London the
other day that her husband used
abusive language to her was informed
by Mr.. Plowden that this was one of
a husbands privileges.
You must put up with it," the mag
istrate told her. Better an abusive
husband than no husband at all"
But / have had so many years OF
this kind of thing" she protested. .
81 cannot give you any redress"
Mr.. Plowden replied. you must ex-
pect a certain amount of abuse in this
world"
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Have Mo Use for Pins.

are warned by Consul General DENLY
that they'll never get rich by selling
pins to the people of Shanghai. "The
Chinese have no use for pins" he
says, strings and knots and loops
meeting every requirement of male
and female, young and old, to keep his
or her garments securely and neatly
fastened"
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His Need.

What you require" said Knowit-
all, lis a thrifty, economical wife"
"Why?" asked his friend blankly.
Because you're a poor young man."
was the swe
You're wrong. What l need is a
wealthy, liberal wife"
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His Handicap.

Kind Lady-Ah, my poor man, why
don't you s%traighten up and take your
place in society?
Dusty, Dan-What would be the use,
mum? 1 am too restless to play
bridge"
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Good Joke on the Officers

marily ordered to deliver up what
ever they had in their hip pockets.
Meekly they obeyed. Each one al
ried a corncob. The remarks OF
the policemen cannot possibly be re-
corded.
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CHAPTER VII.
Smoky Creek Bridge.

It was not alone that a defiance
makes a bad dinner sauce; there was
more than this for McCloud to feed
on. He was forced to confess to him.
self as he walked back to the Wickiup
that the most annoying feature of the
incident was the least important,
namely. that his only enemy Ia the
country should be intrusted with COM
missions from the Stone ranch and b
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WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills
Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which

caused a weakness
and broken down
condition of the
system. / read so
much hatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women 1
felt sure it would
help me, and must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me, I
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SAVE the P~huosopher,

"Ef you can't git up the ladder Of
success on your own feet. don't grab
the cut-tails Of the Teller ahead -
4 last resort"
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How much easier It Is for : man 70
dig worms for bait than to loosen the
soil around the currant bushes IN the
garden.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Weather Indications.

New Haven, Feb. 26.-Forecast: Fais: tonight; Saturday partly cloudy ana warmer.
 A slight disturbance is central this morning near Minnesota. It is pro- ducing cloudy weather with snow iri the upper Mississippi valley and the western portion of the lake region Pleasant weather prevails in the south ern sections and along the Atlantic coast. Freezing temperatures extend as far south as Georgia. The temper, ature is rising in the central and Wes- tern portions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
ITS A BOOK
 WORTH WHILE Dr. Blumer Contributes a Gem of Literature for the Benefit of Humanity s'REvoLUTIoN IN
 MEDICAL PRACTTCE''
MEDICAL PRACTICE"
A Work of Strength that
 Will Do Much to Preserve and Promote Health.

A health book that is creating stir In literary circles and among thinking people, and one of the most exhaustive on the subject that has ever come to our notice, is "The Revolution in Med icaI Practice" by Louis Blumer D.
 Ps. N. D., of Hartford Conn. Dr. B1urnef is the great PsychopatI1ic phy- stcian whose marvellous cures in cases
 that medical doctors have pronounced
 incurable have gained for him a very
 enviable reputation and have caused
 his name ito be scattered broadcast. In his work which is dedicated to hu- rnanity at large, it has been the au-
 thor's intention to. create a plan for adoption that; will play a very. i'm portant part. in the checking of disease, promotion of; longevity and a health ier and happier race of people. It
 would seem Humanity would Joe great ly benefited! by this thoroughly read Rbles book for from, its perusa1 must Necessarily result an enlightenment which will preceedt a. great distance in the welfare of the human race. Many Perfectly healthy people will read this book notice and they must not con- Mrue that this literary gem is con- Mibuted for the sick alone. This is E book that not only suggests a plan xc get well, but it affords the sanest &dyice and the most creditable suggeS- Hons of how, to keep well. Health is Uhe paramount asset of. living. With
 Hut it man is 9. burden to himself and
 bciety and3 still he will waste it like Fl spendt dthrifts Wake, up! human be- Rqs. 1t is high time for an inventory IF VOLT health stock. Already it may Ee disease is planning a siege upon W,u1 citadel! Then do something sane End full of the gooda sense of which VOL are capabIe--check the monster Before it egraspss you in it's crushing Clutches. pr. Bfnrner directs the nat SIral way ia fiiss sswonderful treatise on Modern curative sysHeffls as contrast sd with the, old school methods of ad- rainisterina e drugs which poison the svstenI and otherwise weaken, the M1atoi,1icat construction. Avoid. every ic.ue as you would the cI1e designated poison by the skull and bones. 7L.eanl NaturoCathy, which isa a seonlbination Af all ynerif0rious curative ideas-it is the only natural way to stay and be- come well. and; a. perusal of Dr. Blu mer's "The Revolution in Medical will be of the greatest amount of interest to everyone. This hook is for sale at the newsroom or Hayes & Betts, saS Main street, at two and. 50cs You should pro ei1re a, copy of 1t; at once as you are ,,rre tordispOger it's worth to you in the xs,nxyledge that it imparts and the en- s<Ts srar11r1ein ita affords for the sick r5d well alike to be many times It's
 mali cost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
BOY BAND ADOPTS :.
 MODERN METHODS
COMPANY OF SIX CONNECTICUT YOUTHS STARTS FOR THE INDIAN COUNTRY WITH
 FULL TREASURY.

South Norwalk. Conn, Feb. 26.-Gone are the days of the rusty six shooter, the potato knife the woodshed hatchet and the twenty-five cent capital which saw so many failures in the line of juvenile Wild West expeditions. The modern adventurer, aged, fourteen or thereabout, is abreast of reform. Dar- fen noted today the passing of crude ly planned and impetuously executed sorties for Indian scalps. The youth ful Kit Carson has been brought up to date.
 It began, as in the past, with se- cret hut in the woods, with a box full of choice, hair raising literature and room for six cOnspirators. But when it came time to make plans the willy six departed from established tradi- tions, like all the truly great. The first triumph was in maintaining ab- solute secrecy and their next was in making up a. common fund of not less than $1,000 in cash, to which each con- trfbuted. This came from sthe family purse of each
 Roy Edwards, Eugene Willmott, William and Fred Peterson, Frank Lassen and Morrison Daucvey were the members of the band, and some of them belonged to the most. prominent families of Darien. Proceedingly slow ", so as to avoid suspicion, they col lected a formidable array Of rifles, re- volvers and knives. They did not make the mistake of encumbering themselves with the hardware They packed the weapons in a trunk which they shipped to New York to await their arrival.
 Their departure was @ masterpiece of strategy. Each boy related a plaus- ible story of a deferred visit to friend in a neighboring town and obtained permission to absent himself over night. In this way they evaded inn mediate pursuit. Four days ago was the date for decamping, and the band reported to Edwards, the, leader and treasurer, at the hut in the woods. A brief note was left informing whom it might concern that they were headed for the Indian country, intending to continue thence into Mexico in search of the treasure of Montezuma
 From that point all trace of them is lost. They apparently left for New York. The fact that all had left at the same time became known yester- day when their retreat was discovered No word has been received from any of them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26

Tke report of Mrs. M H. Ford was read showing that 254.603 Red Cross stamps to be the total sale in Fairfield County and the net proceeds to be $2, ,255.06.
 ''The report was enthusiastically re- ceived. A motion was made by Mrs. CHI. 1Noxon of Darien and unanimous ly carried, that vote of thanks be ladies having in charge the nurs es registries. and all in other towns WHO generously gave their services in sell ing stamps. Also to the manufacture CTS. business men and all who O. operated with those selling stamps, and to the press. the general public of Fairfield County. who by their gen erosity made the sale such a success.
 Before the close of the meeting the chairman thanked the ladies of the committee for their interest in and generous support of the work
 The committee is well pleased wit the number of stamps sold. which. i1 proportion to the sales in other citie1, notably New York. which is 45 times the size of Bridgeport in populatiors. and where the receipts aggregated but S15.000. about seven times as much as the Bridgeport sale. The delay in the arrival of the stamps from the various towns about the county was something, of Q handicap. It was due to the fail |. ure of the printers to deliver the stamps to the National Red Cros 5 society on time. but everything con sidered the committee has made q splendid showing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
One of Hooks Practical Jokes.

Theodore Hook forged 4.O0O letters 10 4,OOO tradesmen and others request ing them to call on certain day and hour at the house of wealthy widow. Mrs. Tottenham, in Berners street, London. against whom he had con- ceived a grudge.
 These people began to arrive soon after daybreak. The rush continued until nearly midnight. They came by fifties and hundreds.
 There were. 100 chimney sweeps. 100 bakers. fifty doctors, fifty dentists. fifty accouchers. There were priests to ad- minister extreme unction and Metho- dist ministers to offer last prayers. There were fifty confectioners with wedding cakes, fifty undertakers with coff1ns, fifty fishmongers with baskets of cod and Holsters. They pushed, Quarreled and fought. and the police were called out to prevent riot. Fi nally among the hoaxed ones came the governor of the Bank of England, the royal Duke of Gloucester and the lord mayor of London, each lured thither by some cunning pretext. A police in vestigation followed. but the perpetra- tor was not detected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
STAMP SALES
 NET LARGE SUM
 FOR PLAGUE FIGHT
Report of Margaret M. Ford Slows Net Returns of S2,255.96 for Fairfield County.
Bridgeport Heads the List of Generous Givers-Tubercnlosis Society Encour. aged by Results Returns Relatively
 Much Greater Here Than in New York

The detailed report of Margaret M. Ford, the treasurer of the Red Cross Stamp committee of the Fairfield County Tuberculosis association, is as follows: Receipts from sales of Red Cross stamps in Bridgeport, $2,00361; i; Stratford. by pr. w. B. Cogswell. $5.50: Fairfield. by Dr. W. H. Donaldson. $26: Norwalk. Mrs. John Seymour. Mrs. Alvin Wadsworth and Dr. W.J Tracy, $121: Stamford. Miss May Phelps. sill; Darien. Dr. G. H. Noxon. S14; Noroton Heights. MT. M. w.. Robinson, $411. .95; Greenwich. Dr. F. c. Hyde. $50; Long Hill. Mrs. Stephen Burroughs. $10; Red ding, Miss Lily Sanford. $22.28: Shel- ton. Mrs. w. $. Randall, $44 12; Flaw leyville. Mrs. Stanley J. Blackman, .s10.52: Newtown. Miss Fannie Daniels, $1S.95; Danbury. Dr. D. C. Brown, $S6. .3S: Roxbury. Mass. Mrs. Cosgrove, $10: total receipts. $2.546.O3.
 The total disbursements were $290.9 97 for carfare. salaries of office help. mes senger service. expressage and mail charges and stamps, leaving the net proceeds $2,255.06.
 The committee makes the following statement: '"The final meeting of the Red Cross Stamp committee of Fair field County Anti-Tuherculosis aSsOcia- tioR was held Wednesday afternoon Ill the office of Mayor Lee in the city. hall. Mrs. Henry Lee. chairman presided
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
Curious Greetinqs,

A French journal has been looking into the question of how different races express the colloquialism How do you do?" and presents some curious exams ples. The Koreans, for instance, de not give or imply any offense when they greet each other with the remark You do look old" Persians say. May Allah preserve your beard and cover it with benedictions." Among a tribe of Fiji islanders the correct form of salutation is to pull ones ear. A Caro- line islander kIieels before his friend. whose foot he grasps and slaps himseH vigorously in the face with it. In the Sudan a traveller was addressed3by q native chief as Mighty sum-" the said chief finishing up with ''Glory to thees 0 splendid moon." the remark being accentuated by expectorating in the travellers right hand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
A Talent For Halancjnu,

The pleasant coffee room of the old Star and Garter at Richmond. which was burned down in 1869. was patron ized by England's statesmen, politicians and writers. On Saturday evenings it was regularly visited by middle aged gentleman of rather broad stature with gray hair and large shirt collar which formed a conspicuous feature in his attire. He would dine always alone at 8 particular corner table, and after dinner it was his humor to build up before him pyramid of tumblers and wineglasses. which he topped with q decanter. Occasionally the whole structure would topple over and litter the table with its ruins. Then the mid dle aged gentleman would rise. pay his bill, including the charge fo- broken glass. and depart The walters knew him we'll. He was Thomas Bab- ington, Lord Macaulay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
.TH0.RAD.X" IS BAILEY'S DISCOVERY Predicts # Will Take Place of Radium in
 Medicine.

Chicago, Feb. 26.-The discovery of "Radio-Thor'' or "Tho-Rad-X'' by Dr. E. Stilnan Bailey, has aroused a great deal of discussion among the scientific men of Chicago and the middle west. Prominent doctors interviewed on the subject differ as to the value of the discovery A great many believe it possible that Dr. Bailey's find is something that will take the place of Radium while others say he is dealing with 8 long known substance, calcium sulphur, which throws off a peculiar 
 Bailey, says: Aside from the cheap ness of Tho-Rad-X there is no danger to the constituent as in the case of the x-Ray and Radium. For that req son alone it is good.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
RUSSIA AGREES
 WITH THE POWERS
Probable That Danger of a War in the
 Balkans Will be Eliminated.
Special from United Press.)

Paris, Feb 26.-The Balkan war cri- sis was ended to-day, in the opinion of French diplomats by Russia's agree ment to act with the other European powers in making representations at Belgrade instead of at Vienna. News of Russia's agreement to the plan in fuenced chiefly by France and Eng iand was received to-day. It is prac- tically certain that Germany will join the move as she has contended all along that such representations should be made by Belgrade. Servia an- nounced yesterday thateshe would rest her case and it is assured that what ever decision the coming conference makes will be accepted by Servia.
 Belgrade, Feb. 26.-Servia's game of bluff is at an end. After a lot of bel ligerent talk, in which big demands were made of Austria and which ad- mittedly gave Europe bad week, the little kingdom has accepted the inevi- table and will take whatever the Pow CTS see fit to give her. The prospect of scant consideration at the hands of the conference has aroused the war party but the King and the new min istry and the majority. of the leading citizens are against a continuance Of the agitation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
curacy of aim that he never inflicted Q

curacy of aim that he never inflicted wound.
 The wicked emperor Commodus boasted that he never missed his aim or failed to kill the wild beast that he shot with single arrow. He would set shaft iD his bow as some wild beast was set free in the circus to de vOur a living criminal condemned to die. Just v$hen the furious animal was sprlnging on his prey the emperor would strike it dead at the mans feet. Sometimes 100 lions were let loose at once in order that he. with 100 arrows might kill them. With arrows heads of which were semicircular he would sever the neclls of ostriches iD full flight