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The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

yes, I understand: we'll"
The rest of the interview vas clear
sailing. Mrs. Winters presence was
explained in her very own words. "Of
course | was put out a good deal at
first" added the colonel, "by the WON
en- getting mixed up in it; but Miss
Smith undoubtedly saved Mr.. Keatch-
ans life. | never saw any one who
seemed to think of so many things to
do. Half a dozen times, that first
night, he seemed to be fading away;
but every time she brought him back.
/ was anxious to have a doctor called
in; but Mercer seemed opposed to
making a stir"
He knew his business thoroughly"
interjected Keatcham's confidant, she
undoubtedly had his instructions to
keep Keatcham's presence here a
secret"
He had" said Mrs. Winter; "be'
sides, Miss Smith is his sister-in-law
and he knew that she could be trusted
to do everything possible. And, really,
it didn't look as if anything could help
him. / hardly believed that he could
live an hour when | saw him."
Nor l." the colonel c~orroborated.
Warnebold, plainly impressed by
Mrs. Winters grand air, assured them
both that he felt that everything that
could be done had been done; Miss
Smith was quite wonderful; and he
would admit (of course, confidential
ly) that Mr.. Keatcham did have a
heart trouble; Mr.. Mercer had recalled
one or two fainting fits; there was
some congestion; and the doctor found
a sad absence of reaction; he believed
that there had been a-er-syncope OF
some sort before the stabbing; Mr..
Keatcham himself, although he was
still too weak to talk much, had nc
recollection of anything except a very
great faintness. Mr.. MERGERS theory
seemed to cover the ground.
Except as to who did the %stabbing,"
said the colonel.
HAS Mr.. Keatcham any bitter enc
mies?" asked Aunt Rebecca, thought
fully.
What man who has made a great
fortune hasn't?" demanded Warnebold
with a saturnine wrinkle of the lips.
But our enemies don't stab or shoot
us, nowadays"
They do out west" said the colonel,
genially; we're crude"
Are you in earnest?'
Entirely. l know d man, a mine
superintendent, who got into a row
with his miners because he discharged
a foreman, n of the union lights, for
stealing ore. In consequence he got a
big strike on his hands, found a dyna-
mite bomb under his front piazza, and
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
OVER THE N
Neighbor Says Something.

The front yard fence is a famous
council place on pleasant days. Maybe
to chat with some one along the street,
or for friendly gossip with next door
neighbor. Sometimes it is only small
talk but other times neighbor has
something really good to offer.
An old resident of Baird, Texas, goa
some mighty good advice this way
once.
He says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly dead
with dyspepsia, kidney disease and
bowel trouble, with constant pains in
my stomach, back and side, and so
weak l could scarcely walk.
''One day / was chatting with one of
my neighbors about my trouble and
told her / believed coffee hurt me.
Neighbor said she knew lots of people
to whom coffee was poison and she
pleaded with ms to quit it and give
Postum a trial. / did not take her
advice right away but tried a change
of climate, which did not do me any
good. Then l dropped coffee and took
up Postum.
MY improvement began Immediate
ly and l got better every day I used
Postum.
MY bowels became regular in two
weeks, all my pains were gone. Now |
am we'll and strong and a eat n
thing I want to without distress. All
of this is due to my having quit cof-
fee, and to the use of Postum regu-
larly.
MY o who was troubled with indi-
gestion thought that if Postum helped
me So, it might help him. 1t did, too,
and he is now well and strong again.
I'VE like Postum as weil as we ever
liked the coffee and use it altogether
in my family in place of coffee and all
keep we'll" There's a Reason" Read
THE Road to Wellvillej" in Pkgs.
Ever read the above 1etters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and tun Of human
interest.
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NOT A MATTER OF LOYALTY.
Simple But I~nsuperahle Reason Why
Subject Could Not kncel
Before His King.

One fancies that few types of men,
can, from time to time. have afforded
royalty more amusement of a quiet
sort than provincial mayors of Eng
land. From the Foreland to Pen
zance," by Give Holland, contains the
story of a mayor of Weymouth who,
during one of the visits of King
George to the town, was destined to
afford comic relief" to a ceremony of
some Importance.
The occasion was the presentation
of an address of welcome to the king,
and we are told that the mayor, on ap-
preaching to present it, to the aston
ishment and dismay of all, instead of
kneeling, as he had been told to do.
seized the queens hand to shake it
as he might that of any other lady.
Col. Gwynne, the master of the cere-
monies, hurriedly told him of the
faux pas, saying: You should have
kneeled, sir"
"Sir, | cannot" was the reply.
Everybody does, sir" hotly asserted
the colonel.
The mayor grew red. and evidently
much upset, exclaimed: "Confound it,
sir, but I've got a wooden Leg"
History records that "a smile suf-
fused the face of her majesty, and the
king laughed outright."-Youth's Com
panion.
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e@ OGz4N 77zA1VE7
0aa@Hos TIE MAW eeBe9H0URo

carved furniture with cane seats of the
seventeenth century, all genuine; and
the stamped leather and the iron grille
work-rejas they call it-all copied
from famous Spanish models from To-
ledo; you know the ancient ~Spaniards
were renowned for their rejas. The
pictures are fine-all Spanish; l don't
know half the names of the artists,
but they are all old and imposing and
some of them wonderfully preserved.
The electric lights are all in the shape
of lanterns. The patio, as they call
the court around which the house is
built, reminded me of the court in Mrs.
GARDENERS palace in Boston, only it was
not so crowded with objects and the
pillars are much thicker and the trop-
ical plants and vines more luxuriant
account of the climate, I suppose.
1t is all certainly very beautiful.
There is a great arched gateway for
carriages-which reminds me, do be
sure to send the horses into the coun-
try to rest, one at a time; and have
Erastus clean the stable properly
while they are gone. You can keep
one horse for golf; but don't use the
brougham ever; and why not send the
surrey to be lone over while l am
gone? Is the piazza painted yet?
How does the new cook do? Insist
upon her cooking you n%ourishing food.
You might have the Bridge club OF an
evening-there are only the four of
you-and she might, with Emily's
help, get you a nice repast of lobster
a la Newburg, sandwiches and chicken
salad; but be sure you don't touch the
lobster! You know what happened
the last time; and l shan't be there to
put on mustard-plasters and give you
Hunyadi water. If Erastus needs any
more chamois skins Emily knows
where they are, but admonish him to
be careful with them; / never saw
mortal man go through chamois skins
the way he can; sometimes | think he
gives them to the horses to eat!
Good-by. Your az. wife,
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since the days of julius Caesar. 1t Is
our nerves" that make US what
we are.
He Meant Well.

The s~oda-fountain clerk was en-
gagged in vigorously shaking up a choc-
olate-and-egg when suddenly the glass
broke in his hands, and the ensuing
deluge made him look like a human
eclair.
The Mortified customer leaned over
the counter. trying to be sympathetic.
Not knowing exactly what to say, he
finally blurted out:
"Oh!-er-too bad-did the glass
break?"
Dripping chocolate from head to
foot, the. clerk looked at him wither-
ingly.
did the glass break?" he roared.
did the glass break, chi" And then.
with freezing "Oh! no.
not at all, not at all. You just hap
pened to step in while I was taking
my morning shower"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
The Captains Repartee.

The captain of a transatlantic liner,
having become irritable as a result OF
some minor troubles in the ships
management and the unusually large
number of ridiculous inquiries made
by tourists, was heading for the
bridge when a dapper young man
halted him to inquire the cause of the
commotion off the starboard side OF
the ship. Being on the port side, the
captain politely replied, with some
sarcasm, he was not certain, but
thought it possible that a cat fish had
Just had Observation-Disclosures.
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COST OF BEING LATE

time, but 1t a be done, and it is
worth while to do it. Great business
men have this habit. Napoleon would
not have been Napoleon but for his I'M
failing promptness. Men of great af-
fairs whose time is most completely
taken up are usually on time. 1t is
they who know best the value of time
and the Importance of saving it by
being ~prompt.-Wilkesbarre Times.
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Same Thing?

Mosie was a typhoid convalescent
He had been in the hospital seven
weeks, but in all that time no one
had succeeded in winning even the
faintest smile from the little fellow.
Perhaps the sorrows of Russia were
still too vivid a memory.
And then one day the nurse tickled
him playfully under the chin. He
looked up with a pitiful little smile.
"Oh, so you are ticklish," said the
nurse, laughing.
mo. ma'am,'' he replied, the smile
instantly vanishing, I'm Yiddish.'-
Everybody's Magazine.
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Delicate Way of Putting II.

"I met a relative of Bill Jones thu
other day, and he told me Bill had
gone into business where he was max
ing money SO fast that he had to give
it up and go into seclusion for a
while"
$50 he did"
"Is he at a sanitarium for his
health?"
NO; he's in the ~penitentiary for
counterfeiting."
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Claims Valuable Invention.

Under the name Of "lithoderm," q
Scotch chemist has invented q wash
for stone that he claims Will preserve
It's surface from the effects Of mois-
lure for an indefinite length Of time.
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TENDER, BUT NOT LOVING.

Waiter Ito customer, who had com
planned hat his steak is not tender
enough)-Not tender enough! Dyou
expect it to kiss you!
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04
The New Policeman.

Upon what ground did you arrest
this man." the judge asked the new
policeman.
ION the ground of suspicion" re-
piled the policeman.
What was the evidence?" inquired
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-04

Il suspected everybody, and this
was the first l met."-New York
Herald.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11
"sWEATEp LABOR"

Our Zurich correspondent informs
us that an interesting. exhibition has
been opened there demonstrating the
conditions under which the Swiss
poorer classes work and the wages
they earn, with special reference to
the sweating" at home. says the
London Globe. These people. who
work In their own homes, number $780,
900. threefourths OF whom are WON
en- and children. Their earnings are
shockingly low-in some cases as lit
tie as four confines an hour are paid
to straw workers. while the average
pay In other industries is: Silk weav.
ers. seven centimes an hour; linen
weavers, II centimes; glove makers.
~ confines: wood carving, 81 cen.
times; watch-makers. SO centimes.
The exhibition also contains models
OF the homes in which these people
work. showing the unhealthy condi-
tons and overcrowding. The pro
moters confidently expect that the ex-
hibition will stop the sweating and
put the law In motion.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

The total trade of the United States
with non-contiguous territory under
control Of the government has shown
remarkable increase since 1898.
when the war with Spain took place
The aggregate then was $50.000.000
Now it 10 Sl6O.OO0.OO0. Our non.con.
tiguous territory includes Alaska.
Porto Rico. Hawaii. the Philippines.
Guam. Midway and Tutuila. With the
exception Of Alaska and Hawaii these
regions came into American sovereign.
ty as result OF the conflict with
Spain. and In q material sense all Of
them find their connection with this
country profitable. The United States
10 good market for the dependencies.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

self. Bully for Frederick" Thea ~
went on.
1.-The last stretch was the easiest
ever made in my life. although had
still to make two observations and
tho Ice was very broken here. But
my spirits were high and I shouted
like . boy. The Eskimos looked q
ono another surprised at NY gaisty.
They did not share my 10Y.
~ felt that I ought to b there.
made my last observation and found
that was standing On the pole.
my feelings: Well I was too
tired really TO feel any sensation. I
planted tho stars and stripes IL III
ice field and my heart grew warm
when I saw Il wave Ia the wind
"'iIow does the north pole look?
he was asked.
WELL said Dr. Cook. smiling. I,
amounts to the size Of twenty-five
cent piece. There 10 nothing 70 ~
but ice. Ice: NO water. only Ice. There
were more holes hcrs thaa Ct thu
cishty.ssvsash degree. which shows
there 10 moro movement and arift
here: but this and other observations
made sftsrward-whsn I got ,nees
settled. I stopped two Gays q ~
pole and I assure you Il was sot easy
to say goodbye 70 the spot.
"'As I was s1ttiag at ~ peSs.
could not help s0iliAg q ~ peepls
Who % ~ foeusa woun cali tAs
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

The continental countries will soon
learn that the habit OF permitting the
unft to cross the ocean only to be 70.
turned 10 not a sane economic policy.
The trip over not only costa money but
represents loss Of time to those wage
earners who are refused admission
here. The man who gives up his Job
on the other side and Is sent back dis.
turbs labor conditions BY his unsx.
pected temperance. Hence. Il will
be wise for the nations across the Al.
lantic to do some inspecting before
opening the gates to would.bs immi.
grants.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

Spain In suppressing the revolt In
Barcelona Is doing more than settling
her own critical problem. She IL
facing and overcoming. for season at
least. one Of the largest and most for.
midable centers Of agitation against
the authority Of state and church
Europe Is face to face with . spread
ing movement among the masses
which challenges the liberalism OF rep.
resentative government. ~ well ~ the
conservatism Of autocracy. Tho sta.
bility OF lawful government requires
that such rebellion be checked with .
stern hand.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

The lot Of rulers In Russia. Turkey.
Portugal. Morocco. Persia and Spain.
not to speak Of some South American
countries. might appear to . calmly
philosophic observer calculated to dis.
courage the pretending business. II
does not seem to the ordinary man
that the Job from which you are likely
to b forcibly detached BY = mob. OF
dynamite bomb. IL worth strainins
yourself to get. hut royal human M.
surs 10 such that the psctcnders keep
right On pretending.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

II 10 the Indirect loss which counts
adversely when epidcmics Of any kind
break out In . country. and guarantee
precautions are Instituted BY other ~.
t'ons. The British government has Just
revoked the orders prohibitius the
essdins Of hay and straw from New
York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania,
Aafyiand and Delaware. although the
soes ~ mouth disease which appeared
aDeag ~ cattle a those states Ia
1ooo Aas beeo oeanpe1 out eee maay
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

To those lovers Of the good old
times who mourned the disappearance
OF the venerable and highly respected
sea serpent from the news Of the day
II will come ~ . pleasant relief to
know that the real old sea serpent Of
their own and their fathers day 10 DO.
ing business again At the old stand.
He was seen the other day OF Caps
Hatterss. seemingly 10 good health
and spirits and with eight feet 70 bis
credit and length. After all. the Vi.
tally Of the old.tims nsh stories out.
lasts the newer ones.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

consumptlvss Need Not Leave Home.
Consumption can bs cured. or ar
rested, in any section Of the United
States. and the percentage Of cures in
the east and the west 10 nearly the
same. Any physician. therefore. who
sends person to the southwest with
out sufficient funds. or in an advanced
or dying stage Of the disease, II guilty
Of cruelty to his patient Renewed
efforts are being made to stop this
practice. and to encourage the build
ing Of small local hospitals in every
city and town in the country. At
tempts are also being made In South
ern California and In Texas to ex.
clude INDECENT consumptives or tn
send them batk to the east.
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oGMsG ABOUT FOOD
peets About Feed Worth knevvlnl.

n 10 . serious question sometimes to
know Just what to eat when Q per.
sons stomach II out Of order and unost
foods cause trouble.
0raps-Nuts food can b taken at any
time with the certainty that It viii
digest. Actual experience Of people 10
valuable 70 anyone interested In foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: II
had suffered with indigestiou for about
four pears. ever si1ee N attack Of u.
paosd fever. and At times could eat
nothing but the very ughtsst food.
and then suffer such agony with my
stomach would wish I never had to
eat anything.
Il WAS urged to try 0raps-Nuts and
oance using Il do not have 70 starve
myself any more. but can eat II At
any time and feel nourishea aaA salts
lied. dyspepsia 10 . thing Of the past
and an now se5oag and ven.
NY husband also had ~ experience
with orapeNuts. He was very weak
enl sickly il the spring. Could not
attend 70 his work. He was under
The Doctors care but medicine did not
seem to do him any good until he b.
GA to leave OF ordinary food. and use
orape-Nuts. Il was positively surpris-
Ing 70 see the change In him. He grew
better right OIL. and naturally he had
Bone but words Of praise for Orape-
Nuts.
sour boy thinks be cannot eat .
meal without 0Eaps-Nuts, and he
learns 10 fast 1t school that bis teach
Ct and other scholars comment on Il.
] an sausdsd that Il 10 because Of
The great nourishing elements II
0raps-Nuts."
there's Q Reason"
IL coatains the phosphate Of potash
from wheat and barley which combine
with albumsn 70 make the gray mat.
ter 70 daily refill the bfain and nerve
eenters.
IL 10 . pity that people Do not know
Whst 70 feed their children. There are
many mothers who give their young.
stsFs almost any kind Of food ssd
when they become sick begin 20 pour
~ medicine down them. The rsa,
way 70 TO stick 10 proper food and
- healthy and get along without med.
Seins anl sxpense.
nvss - - aseye lseesys 4 ssw
- 0eo0oDos ~. - - q h9G10
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, OF New York,
After Incredible Hardships,
Gains the Coveted Prize


to the north pole. There they will
find = small brass tube which buried
under the flag. That tube contains .
short statement about my trip.
couldn't leave my visiting card, be-
cause l did not happen to haye oHe
with me.
Perhaps said the explorer. dryly.
I should have stayed there longer had
1t not begun to freeze Us in our idle
ness. The Eskimos were uneasy and
the dogs howled fearfully. On April
%. therefore. I again turned my nose
southwark. which was much easier. A.
you cannot turn your nose in any
other direction
Describing the return journey. Dr..
Cook said:
Fortune now smiled. We did
twenty miles per day until We reached
the ominous eighty-sexenth degree.
Then felt the ice moving eastward.
carrying u with It. A terrible fog
swept around Us and kept VI for three
weeks. We got NO further than the
eighty-fourth degree. Then began 0
heavy walk toward Helbergsland and
another three weeks Of fog. When that
cleared I saw We had drifted- south.
west to Ringnesland. where We found
open water and tower-high screw ice.
which stopped our way eastward.
1--WE now began to suffer hunger.
Our provisions were becoming ex.
hausted and Ne were unable to find
dspots. We entered Rinsnesland and
on June 20 found the first animals Of
our return-bear and seal. We shot .
bear.
And now our goal was the whal.
ers At Lancaster Sound. We followea
the drift Ice to the south.
We were stopped By pack Ice in
Wsllinstoa channel. which was impas.
sable either b. beat or sledss.
Hero was lots q game. but We
did not dare shoot II. We had only
taken 100 bullets to Tie pole. and nov
only fifteen were left We went int
Jonss' Sound after walrus and bears
and found opsn. calm water. We met
polar wolves, Wieh which some Of our
dogs made friso1s and ran away.
Now We spent DAY and aigAt b
~ open boat ten miles from shore.
This lasted for two moaths. while
storms often ragged over our heads. Al
last We got ashore again. but we had
no fuel and we're obliged to eat IN.
cooked food. Next day Ne found fuel
and what . feast We had. But We sut.
fered much hunger during this period.
One night . bear came and stole our
food. We had many fights with musk
oxen which attacked u. Our best
weapon against them was tAe lAssoo'..
The coEFsspoaAsat's story quotes
Dr. Cook - saying II conclusion:
'oay that the day Ne reached our
provtsioas stores ct Etah vas . great
- Aay tAaA April ~. I long To get
hack 70 civilization 70 move among
~ feaiow-0sa: long 70 press ny
wife 70 ~ Aeart I a. tAe happieos
nan living. Ten tAs whole world
thank 0o1 IN hack
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get more than temporary relief. A
dragging pain and lameness in my
back almost disabled me. Dizzy
spells come and went and the kidney
secretjons were irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills rid me Of these troubles
and feel better than for years past"
Sold by all dealers. Soc. a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11
u Was His way.

A Kansas farmer was telling recent.
" about the eavesdropping that goes
on along the farmer. telephone line
he II on. He said that whenever he
talked he could hear the "click. click
Of di6erent receivers coming down.
And you can bet," be amended.
that they never hear my receiver
coming down. No. sir: I always hold
on 70 the thing and let II down 20
easy that II doesn't click!"-Kansas
City Journal.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

Ills, headache and 9TH
er symptoms Of kid
ney disease. There IL
q way to end these
troubles quickly. Mrs.
John H. Wright, COS
East First st., Mitch
ell, 8. D.. says: Il
suffered ten years
with kidney complaint
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11
PATIENT suFFEa.No.
Many Women Think They Are Doomed
to Baekache.

It il not right for women to be al
ways ailing with backache, urinary
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

Regarding his discovery DR.. Cook
says:
Then came April Fl. That was
the great day. We looked for the
SUI. AS soon as We got 1t. I made
several observations. Great Joy came
over us. We were only sixteen miles
from the desired spot. l said to my.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11
THE ANSWER.

Youngster-What's the most agra.
vating thing during married life!
Oldster-Why. the woman.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

have tolA Knud Ras0usosa. Let ~
skspties Who disbsiisvs ny story 60
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

whole expedition . humbug. was
sure the people would say that had
bought my two witnesses and that my
notebook with my daily observations
had been manufactured on board this
ship.
Tho only thing l can put up
against this IL what the York Eskimos
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-09-11

the morning September
from the far North stating that Danish had picked
Dr. Frederick A. Cook of New York. his return polar
and that he reported that he had reached The
day full particulars received which report
interesting particulars There lack sepcs who
fused to believe that Doctor Cook with his
accomplished what hundreds the baves lived
failed but the majority of geogaphs
cepted the and made preparations
of the greatest receptions accorded brave
reached civilization.