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The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
WHAT WERE THEY THERE FOR
Reporters Seemingly Superfiuous
Question as to Happenings at
Cabinet Meetings.

Postmaster General Meyer Is OF q
serious turn of mind, but he has a bit
of humor in his makeup, nevertheless.
Being looked upon as the shrewdest
politician in the presidents cabinet, he
is the objective point for newspaper
correspondents on cabinet days.
Last week as Mr.. Meyer emerged
from the White House a newspaper
man asked:
"Mr. Postmaster General, can't you
give us some news about the cabinet
meetings?"
There really is nothing to say" re-
piled the cabinet officer. I'VE dis
cussed nothing of especial impor-
tance."
do you mean to say you did not
discuss politics?" the newspaper man
queried.
The postmaster general burst into
laughter. When he recovered his u.s.
ual serenity he said:
DO you suppose we were all u
zled?"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
Fooi!sh Attempts Made to Improve
Language Of Bible.

TIL. King James version Of the Bible
is a classic of classics; but there have
not rsen wanting men who fancied
that II needed r%etouching ard refin-
ing. Or. Harwood, an English divine,
once Eent SO far as to make a new
and elegant" translation. His pur-
pose, ~ he modestly expressed it, was
to "cldthe the genuine ideas and doc
trinas IT the apostles with that propri-
ETY. .nc perspicuity in which they
themselves, I ~apprehend, would have
exhibited them had they now lived and
written In our language"
Some 1T his attempts to avoid the
bald and barbarous language of the old
vulgar version" are worth quoting as
terrible examples of what elegant writ
ing is not.
The plain spoken warning to the
Laodicean church is improved thus:
Since, therefore, you are now In a
state Of lukewarmness, a disagreeable
medium between the two extremes, !
will, in no long time, eject you from
my heart with fastidious contempt"
The translator is especially happy
in what may be called his personal
euphemisms. Nicodemus is this gem
tleman;' one of the apostles Athen-
ian converts Is "a lady Of Distinction"
and the daughter of Herodias is "a
young lady who danced with inimitable
grace and elegance" The father OF
the prodigal is "a gentleman Of splen-
did family" and st. Paul no longer
leaves q CLOAK" at Troas, but a port
manteau," as was certainly more be-
coming to a dignified ecclesiastic.
On the Mount of TRANSPORTATION st.
Peter no longer says in vulgar, every
day language: Lord, 1t is good for US
to be here;' but: "Sir, what q delec-
table residence we might Ak here"
The apostles saying: I'VE shall not
all sleep. but we shall Al Be changed"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
eI OGzHN T1zAAE7
oa1o zE M4W. T1eSH0WRs
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Harvard where Col.
Rupert Winter. u. S. A., visiting, saw the
suicide of young Mercer. He met cary
Mercer, brother of the dead student.
Three years later, in Chicago, in 1906,
Col. Winter overheard Cary Mercer ap-
parently planning to kidnap Archie, the
Aunt Rebecca Winters millions. A Miss
Smith was mentioned apparently as a
conspirator. A great financial magnate
was aboard the train on which Col. WIN,
ter met his Aunt Rebecca, Miss Smith
and Archie. Col. Winter learned that the
financial magnate is Edwin 9. keatcham.
Winter, aided by Archie, .cleveTly rus
great liking to Miss Smith. despite her
alleged kidnapping plot. Archie mysterl-
ously disappeared in Frisco. Blood IN a
the boys life. The lads voice was heard
over the telephone, however. and a MIN
ute later a woman's voice-that OF MISS
smith. Col. Winter n a detec nad i hy
Arnold. q Harvard graduate; They Were
met with an explosion within. Mercer
appeared. He assured Winter hat Archie
had returned. The colonel saw a vision
ftitting from the supposedly haunted
house. 1t vas Miss Janet Smith. Col;
Winter to himself admitted hat he ioveo
Archie had overheard plans for a coup
and had been kidnapped. One OF MERGERS
friends on returning the boy TO ms aunt
had been arrested for speeding and when
he returned from the police station to his
auto the lad was gone. Mercer confessed
he was forcibly OBTAINING .keatcham.
Mercer told his life story, relating how
Keatcham and his s%coundrel secretary,
Atkins, had ruined him, the blow kll1ng
his wife. Mercer was holding him prison.
er in order tina he could not get control
of a railroad which was the pet project OF
the father of his college friend. Endicott
Tracy. Aunt Rebecca saw Archie In a
cab with two men. Then he vanished.
She followed in an auto into the Chinese
district and by the use of a mysterious
Chinese Jade ornament she secured a
that the boy would be returned: Archie
returned and told his story, Atkins, for
mer secretary to Keatcham, being his
second kidnaper. Col. Winter and Tracy
returned to the haunted house. Ihey
found Keatcham, apparently stabbed TO
death. Keatcham was not dead, how
ever. Cary Mercer appeared on the scene,
Winter believing his actions suspicious.
The party removed to the Arnold home;
They feared Atkins gang. The colonel
became temporary secretary to the mag
nate. A Black Hand letter was received.
The real characteristics of the great
1~inancier were revealed. The puzzle OF
the story fell into place, the blame lot
the crimes being lifted from MERGERS
shoulders and placed upon Atkins. Love
of Miss Smith and Col; Winter TOT eacn
other was plainly seen by other members
of the party. Col. Winter and Miss
Smith became engaged. Keatcham ex-
hibited great kindness toward poth; me
following morning the terrible San Fran
cisco earthquake, quickly followed by
IRE, aroused the party from their sium-
hers.
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give me time to say something to
Mercer and Winter-thcre he comes;
good runners those boys are!"
Tracy and Arnold, acting on a COM
mon unspoken impulse, bad dashed
after Winter and were pushing him
forward between them. Keatcham was
nearly spent, but he rallied to a. the
words In his mind. He kept death at
bay by the sheer force of his will.
When Winter knelt down beside him,
with a poignant memory of another
time in the same placc when he had
knelt beside a seemingly dying man,
and gently touched the unmarried right
hand lying on the carr1age-robe, he
could still form a smile with his stiff
lips and mutter: "Only thing about
me isn't in tatters; of course you
touched it and didn't try to lift
me where I'm all in pieces. You
always understood. Listen! You,
too, Mercer. Winter knows the
things I'm bound to have go through.
I've explained them to him. You'll
be my executors and trustees? A
hundred thousand a year, not too
big a salary for the work-you can do
it. It's a bigger job than Che army
one, Winter. Warnebold VIII look
after the other end. He's narrow but
he is straight. I've made it worth his
while. Some loose ends-it can't be
helped now. Maybe you'll find out
there are more difficulties in admins
tering a big fortune than you fancied;
and that it isn't the easiest thing In
the world helping fools who can't
i. help themselves. There are
all those Tidewater idiots made
me read about 80. you'll have to
attend to them, Mercer f. old
woman in the queer clothes . /.
chorus girl those
old ladies who who had one egg be-
tween them for breakfast . /.
you'll see to them all?"
"Yes." said Mercer. looking down
on the shrunken features with a look
of pain and bewilderment. YES, sub,
I'll do my best"
"And-we're even?"
Il reckon I'm obliged to call 1t so,
subj returned Mercer, with a long.
gasping sigh, 'but-my Lord? you'd
better have let me go!"
Very likely" said Keatcham. dryly,
'the city needs me. Well, Winter.
you must look after that. I've been
thinking why a man throws his life
away as l did; he has to. unless he's
a poltroon. He can't count whether
he's more useful than the n he
saves he has simply got to
save him you were a good
deal right, Winter, about not doing
the evil thing to get the good. No.
it's a bad time for me to be taken; but
it's an honorable discharge. !.
Helen will be glad you know
I'm not a pig, Winter do
what / tried to do . where's
my kind nurse?" Janet was trying
by almost ~imperceptible movements
to edge a pillow under his shoulders;
he was past turning his head, but his
eyes moved toward her. I've left you
a wedding gift II !
lived given to you; but made
it safe, anyhow. Mercer?"
His voice had grown Sc feeble and
came in such gasps from hts torn and
laboring chest that Mercer bent close
to his lips to hear the struggling SEN
fences. Mercer" he whispered, 7
want just tell you !.
you didn't convert mel"
Thus, having made amends to his
own will, having also, let us humbly
hope, made amends to that greater
and wiser win which Is Of more mer-
ciful and wider vision than y weak
ness an comprehend, Edwin Keatch-
am very willingly closed bis eyes on
earth
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Force of Habit.

In spite of the impeachment In his
speech the fervent lover had nerved
himself up to the point of a proposal.
"Mum-Mum-Maud," he began, Il
mum-mum-may call you Mum-Mum-
Maud, may l nun-nun-not?"
why yes, if you wish to, Mr.. Chat
terton-Harry."
That's rah-rah-right. Call me Ha-
Ha-Harry."
"Ha-ha-Harry!"
Thank you, Mum-Mum-Maud, there
Is sus-sus-something very
near my heart that concerns yuh-yuh-
you. Can you gug-gug-guess what
it is?"
why, no, Harry"
Then I'll tut-tut-tell you. My dud-
dud-darling. l l~ullul-love you. Wuh-
wuh-will you Observation-Disclosures my
wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh-wife"
"Oh, Harry! This is so student"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
AN L TIMER
Has Had Experiences.

A woman who has used Postum
since it came upon the market knows
from experience the wisdom OF US
ing Postum in place of coffee II one
values health and a clear brain. She
says:
"At the time Postum was first put
on the market I was suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, and my physician
had repeatedly told me not to use
tea or coffee. Finally I decided to
take his advice and try Postum. 1
got a package and had 1t carefully
prepared, finding it delicious to the
taste. So / continued its use and very
soon its beneficial effects convinced
me of its value, for / got well Of my
nervousness and dyspepsia.
my husband had been drinking cof-
fee all his life until 1t had affected
his nerves terribly. and I persuaded
him to shift to Postum. 1t was easy
to get him to make the change for
the Postum is SO delicious. 1t GER
tainly worked wonders for him.
I'VE soon learned that Postum does
not exnllarate nor uepresS u uoeS
not stimulate, but steadily and honest
~ strengthens the nerves and the
stomach.
ITO make a long story short. our en-
tire family continued to use Postum
with satisfying results, as shown in
our fine condition Of health and we
have noticed a rather unexpected i'm
provement In brain and nerve power"
Increased brain and nerve power
always follow the use Of Postum in
place of coffee. sometimes in a very
marked manner. There's q Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine truas and full Of human
Interest,"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
CHAPTER XIX.

John 8. G. Winslow,
Fairport, Ia.
.
And It was delightful to discover
that you were SO distressed about me.
must be getting a trife maudlin in
my old age, for l have a lump in my
throat every Zine / have thought of
| Johnny and you actually starting out
to find me; / am thankful my tele-
gram please. Peggy, do not call 1t
a wire again-to me! loathe these
verbal ~indolences) reached you at
Omaha in time to stop you.
Really, we have not had hardships.
Thanks to Israel Putnam Arnold! I
have a very admiring gratitude for
that man! In these days Of degener-
acy he builded a stanch enduring
house. With union labor, too! l
don't see how he contrived to do 1t.
Generally, when they build houses
here, they scamp the UNDERMINING
and weaken the joists and paint over
the dirt instead of washing it of; and
otherwise deserve to be killed. The
unfortunate man opposite had just
that kind of house, which tumbled
down and burned up, at once; but,
alas! it killed some of the people in
1t, not the guilty masons and carpen-
ters!
Our chimneys nave been inspected
and we are now legally as well as
actually sound; but we did not suffer.
We cooked out on the sidewalk, and
supplemented our cooking with young
Tracy's stove.
told you of Janet's engagement.
| Co%nfidentially, my dear Peggy, l am
a bit responsible. They met by chance
on the train; and l assure you, al
though chance might have parted US,
did not let 1t. l chung to Nephew
BERTHE. I'm sure he wondered why.
knew better than to let him suspect.
But success you can't share is like q
/ rose without a smell. So / confess to
you, 1 have made this match. But
when you see Millicent she will tell
you that she helped things along. She
has abused Janet like a pickpocket;
but now, since she has discovered
Janet didn't draw the Daughters carl
cature of her, she regards her as one
of the gems Of the century.
We are recovering from the terri
Bile events of which we wrote. 1t Is
certainly a relief that Atkins is killed.
He was one of the two %scoundrels who
sneaked into the patio and put the
bombs into the automobile. BERTHE
shot him. You have no doubt heard
all about Mr.. Keatcham's death. He
was killed by the man whose wicked
ness he had unconsciously fostered.
He did not know 1t, but I make no
doubt his swollen fortune and the un-
scrupulous daring of its acquiring had
a great influence in c%orrupting his
secretary.
And his corruption was his masters
undoing. l must say l ~sympathize
with young Tracy, who said last night:
II feel as if / had been put to soak
in crime! That bomb was the limit.
In future, me for the common or gar
den virtue; it may be tame. but | pre-
fer tameness to delirium tremens!"
l used to think that l should like
to match my wits against a first-class
criminal intellect; God forgive me for
the wish! / have been matching wits
for the last month; and putting
on my shoes without looking in them
for a baby bomblet or feeling a twinge
of indigestion without darkly suspect.
ing the cook-who is really the best
creature in the world, sent Mr.. Arnold
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
BRINGING 1T UP TO DATE

becomes I'VE shall not all pay the
common debt of nature; but we shall,
by a soft transition, be changed from
mortality to immortality" - Sunday
Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
Serial No. 701.

When Uncle Sam went out after fake drugs
and patent medicines, DR.. MitchelPs Eye
Salve with never a change in formula or
label at once registered and received Sc
rial No. FOL. The influence of DIR. Mitch
ellis Eye Salve has ever spread through
honest merit. Unfailing cure for sore,
weak and infamed eyes. Price Is cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
Nohleman. Probably.

HOWELL see that the heiress has
put her money into the lumber bust
ness.
Powell-That so?
Howell-Yes, she has married q
wooden man.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09

The man who gets everything he
wants soon begins to rake steady
trips to the junk pile.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09

He who speaks honestly cares not.
needs not care, If his words be pre-
served to the 4emotest time.-Car-
lyle.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09
A JOB FOR TWO.

what you fellers got in that box?"
Its all right, officer. We're takin'
home Mamie Casey's hat wot she wore
at de lawn party last night"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-09

For Colds and GrIpp-Capudlne.
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's LiqMd-Efects immediately-l0.
Is and SOC al Drug Stores.
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24

itors he wns informed that he would
be visited the next evening l,y still
greater, number or cndets. and he was
ordered to liz prepared to dpcnim the
article depicting his virtues.
The visit was made and thp drclama.
tion rendered. He was then Informed
that nc would he again visited the fol.
lowing evening and would prepare
himself no as TO he able to render the
article in song. This visit was made.
the room being fairly packed with ca.
dets. and the poor "plebe" was re-
qnired to stand on II tnhlr and howl
the article from start 10 finish for he
had not tlse faintest understanding uf
how to sin" nr turn tune. In after
years he said that II lie had ever Ind
any eg0tism In his composition 1t was
completely knocked our of him by hay.
Ing to handle that article as he had to
handle it'd. w. Duncan in Lippfn
cott's
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24
HORSESHOE LUCK.
An Old Myth That Coos Back to the
Greske and Their Sea God.

An Old Myth That Goos Back to the
Greeks and Their Sea God.
OF all the emblems for good fortune
the horseshoe stands among the first
Everybody knows 1t is unlucky to pass
horseshoe on the road without pick
ing 1t up. 1t is u luck emblem of the
greatest power. We are indebted for
this statement to old tales centuries in
age that have descended from father
to son. from mother to daughter.
through the years.
The old myths repay research. The
luck of the horseshoe has most re-
spectacle beginning. 1t is traced to the
religion of the old Greeks and their sea
god, Poseidon. who was Identical with
the Roman sea god Neptune.
TO P0seid0n horses were sacred. and
to him they We're sacrihced. Poseidon
was Believed to have created the first
horse when he struck the ground with
his trident and II horse sprang from
the hole. which afterward. became a
spring. The sen god was the lord of
springs. To him all springs were
as'.riltcd. IN the shape of II horse lie
sometimes wandered by the shores of
his ocean domain, and where lie struck
his hoofs deeply there the waters gusl.
ed out and permanent springs were
found. This is the reason why horse
shoes are reckoncd lucky. Going to the
root OF the matter. one secs nature
myth as the root principle. From the
'ea all rain comes. and to the se;, all
springs owe primal origin. and to tho
rain and the fresh waters. se., derived
we owe all fertility en- earth.
The old Greeks therefore wnrshiped
Pnseidon as the fortune giver through
his springs. they gave him horses. his
nrecious. beasts. and they atlorcd the
footprints Of horses when they found
them. for they might l,r the very foot
prints of tlic god himself.
When the horses came to lie shed the
transition of the luck emblem from the
footprint itself tn the shoe mark, prac-
tic,illy the same thing. was easy.
Pegasus. the winged horse. from
whose hoofs the water springs gushcd
coplously when he came to earth. has
been credited with the origin of the
horseshoe luck.
The horseshoe was specific against
earthquakes. 1t would keep Il house
safe from harm by earth shaking.
Again one perceiyes the sen myth
Posefdon was the shaker of the earth.
Team, Owners Gazette.
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24
BURGLARS TOOLS.
Most of Them Made by Supposedly
RespectsbIe Mechanics.

Respectable Mechanics.
Every little while. said q detective
recently, the police arrest man with
set of burglars tnnls in his posses
sion. and one naturally wonders where
they all come from.
1t is easy 10 buy Il gun of any de-
scription. and The most reputable per-
son would not be ashamed to be seen
purchasing the most wicked looking
knife ever made. But who would know
where to get i, Jimmy" or II device
for drilling into Il safe or any of the
many tools used by the professional
burglar in the pursuit Of his calling?
There are places in the large cities
where these things are made and sold
to the users. but such places are ex-
ceedingly scarce. 1t may seem IL little
strange to learn that most of the tools
used in burglaries are made by me-
chanics who are looked upon as re-
spectacle men in the community.
When n burglar wants any particu-
lar tool made he goes to Il mechanic
who can do the job and pays him per-
laps five times what 1t is actually
worth for making the tool and keeping
quiet about II. Many detectives can
recall cases of this. kind that have
come 10 light.
One in particular occurred some
years ago when an escaped convict
named Williams Went 10 blacksmith
and got him to make n lot of drills to
he used in safe cracking. lie person
ally superlntendcd The tempering of
the steel. but when the job was nearly
completed If lealied cut. and Williams
was arrested. III this instance the
blacksmith knew netting of the use to
which the tools were 10 be pu;. Most
of the tools used by burglars are Sc
cured in the same way Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24
ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
Quaint Customs That Are Maintaines
With Ro,icjous Care.

With Religious Care.
The head master of Manchester Cram
mar schnoi, i'll ii speech ut Rociidale,
referred 10 Il crstuli at Rugby school
which forbids ;riJo? of less tiian three
years standing to lurn III, hi; trousers
and insists on his doing Hu after that
period.
The custom is only Il ,nilar instance
of the quaint practices ,h.t exist at
all the great public schools in Eng
land and are maintained with religious
care. Though i'll nmny eases ,hair origin
is obscure or unknown. Tie Shrove
Tuesday tossing of the pancake ut
Westminster school. with its ensuing
scramble for the largest fragment.
which gains for its possessor II guinea
from the dean, is perhaps the hest
known among them. y curious Gus
tom Mt Marlborough requires every
boy to bring to school with him
cushion, technically termed II "kish"-
With the IL long. This article is his
'nSelmiuhle coM.mnion Ii school time
and. in addition In the ordinary func-
hons of cushion. is employed to car
ry books from one form rncn to an
other.
AT Shrewsbury school. ut the be-
ginning of each term. "hall elections
are held for Tho posts of hill crier.
hall constable. hall pnst,3au :,nd hall
scavengcrs. The genial brutality of
youth often saects for the position OF
hall crier either the most nervous boy
il the school or one who is afflicted
With IL stammer.
The new bay in the schoolhouse at
Rugby is early called upon TO take his
part in "house singing" At this iunc-
ton, which is held in one of the dor
mitories. hc has 10 renaer song to
the satisfaction of his audience, the
penalty being the swallowing of n
mouthful of soapy water.
Another ancient school custom is the
parade of the Christ's hospital blue
coat boys before the lord mayor at the
Mansion House on st. Matthew's day,
when the "Grecians." who correspond
TO sixth formers" elsewhere. receive
guinea each and the rank and file
Of the school are presented with new
Shillings. Mail.
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24

That fine old New Englander. DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes. laid down the
rule that the law Of the rond entities
a man to two looks at every pretty
woman. This fnir and proper limit
provokes no complaint in Kansas City.
and 1t IS not commonly exceeded.
thougll we would have to 30 far atield
to find. 81 locality with more women
worth looking Mt than are seen on the
streets of Kansas Citr every day
Kansas City Times.
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24
RAILROAD
Time Cards.
Manchester & Oneida 6Y
TIME TAeLE
MANCHESTER q ONEIDA sY.

MANCHESTER & ONEIDA M, -
No. 2. Leaves Manchester 5:l5 q. IN.
connects with Chicago Great Western
train No. west bound; returning reaeh-.
es Manchester at 6:15 a. m, 51,'' I.
NO. 4. Leaves Manchester 7:25 q. M
connects with Chicago Great Western
train No; 8. east bound; returning reach ]
es Manchester at $40 a. m. - +
No. 9. Leaves Manchester at S:4b ~
M, connects with c. M. & ST Na
X. northbound,returning reaches Man.
No. $. Leaves Manchester 900 o. M.
connects with Chicago Great WesterG
NG, Nfa, Z, east bound. and Chicago Great
western NO. ., west bound: returninS
reaches Manchester at 500 D. m. ~
No. 10. Leaves Manchester at l:4e ~
m. connects with c.. NJ & st. p. No.
south bound; returning Mahchestst
Trains Nos. 3. a. Z. and s, daily: N
other trains daily except Sunday.
through tickets sold to all points In
North America. q. z. Brewer.
General Traffic Manager.
Manchester Democrat., 1909-11-24
Ghoer,s.:e-a Ccnsi.a.

] well remember same seventy years
ago seeing fiat c:lndles In use. 'ro
.rodnce what was known as the flat
candle. which was also sometimes
called "shoemakpr's candle.' two new
ly made dips" were pressed close IL
each other while soft and then again
lowered into tll" hot fat. tl,us holding
them together MS cnr candle with two
wicks. The size could then he incroas-
ed If desired. This hat candle was
most generally used by shocmakcrs
and tailors. hut WAS made use of in
some households Whenever IN cxtr,
bright. light for woriiing or reading
was required. Dickensian.