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The state herald., 1910-07-29
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Republican and Democratic national
conventions of 1912.
Bisbee, Ariz.. was swept by de-
structive flood. eight or ten people be-
ing reported drowned and portion of
the city greatly damaged.
Affiliation of the Western Federation
OF Miners with the American Fedora
ton of Labor is practically assured. ac-
cording to statements made by promi-
nent officers of the former organiza-
ton.
Mrs. Fletcher Johnson of South Ia
coma, Wash, Saturday afternoon shot
and killed Frank Hall. an electrician.
during quarrel following Halls at
tempt to induce Mrs. Johnson to leave
her home and children for him.
Crop conditions in the far Western
states. including Colorado. are SO per
cent below those OF year ago. and
40 per cent below the average, ac-
cording to an estimate made by the
United States Department OF Agricul'
ture.
Saturday registered excessive heat
at several western points: Wichita
1903 tshade). Topeka l04. Guthrie lOs.
Fort Smith "a. Muskogee 90. Oklaho-
ma City 81, Kansas City &c. In Den
yer the government thermometer reg
istered l01. the hottest day in thirty
four years.
nf ha nj q OF A
has appeared in San Francisco in
two years and four months and no
case of rat plague has been found
there in year and six months, the
deadly war on the determination Of
rats in the Pacific coast metropolis
continue swlthout relaxation.
The Western Pacific Railroad Com
pany has made a deal with the Togo
kisen Kaisha, one Of the leading Jap.
anese steamship companies. whereby
the Western, in company with the Den.
yer & Rio Grande and other Gould rail
roads, will receive the freight OF the
steamship line at San Francisco FOR
trans.shipment across the continent.
ar
pointment by the interior department
Of j. A. ockerson at St. LOUIS to inyes-
tigate conditions in Imperial valley.
California, where serious damage is
threatened by the Colorado river
breaking its banks. Whether he will
be retained to take charge of the On.
gineering work involved In controlling
the river. for which Congress appropri.
ated 100000. depends. II Is said. on
his report to the President
\ dispatch from Deadwood. $. D..
Saturday evening said: "All the avail.
able men and boys In the city are out
fighting a large forest fire this even.
ing. less than mile north Of town
The flames have been spreading all
day and dense c'oud OF smoke Is
hanging over the city" Fires which
have been raging in Washington. Ida
no. Montana. Wisconsin and British
Columbia were checked Saturday by
heavy rains.
The census bureau has announced
the population OF Pueblo to be 1895.
an increase OF i6.93S since the census OF
a 800 ~ a So " 49, ,,a,1a. :, 20
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My poor man." said the sympa
thetic woman. and how came you to
be crippled for life?"
IN tell you. madam" replied the
beggar. Once ! spent my vacation
at summer hotel and | was trampled
down trying to get into the dining
room after the first bell.
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Advice.

Father" queried Bob. Just home
from college. you've worked for me
pretty hard nearly all my life. haven't
your"
Quite right. quite right. son."
unused father. retrospectively.
lust So" returned Bob. briskly.
Now. you had better get busy and
work for yourself a bitch. dad?"-
Life,
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Chlcago.-A general tie-up Of build.
INK operations In Chicago. involving
1900 mechanics was decided upon
Monday by the Chicago Building
Trades council.
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Ihrss KILLED In Auto Accident.

Grand Junction. colo.-Whilc run,
ming a race with wostbound Rio
Grnnde express train Monday. an auto
loaded with Joy riders was struck and
three Of them were instantly killed
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Both Sides Confident.

Montroal-Bo,h sides claim that the
days Developments mean ultimate
victory. The Grand Trunk railway
officials were jubilant Monday night
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LATE
COLORADO
EVENTS
New Gas Strike.
E v e N T s

Falcon.-For the second time within
the last few weeks gas is reported to
have been struck at depth of 700 feet.
Indications point to large deposits of
oil
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What are Mr. Wise's initialsY'
Cant say. lie has been taking 40
many college degrees that nobody can
keen track OF them"
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HAVE TO WAIT.

you ought TO take some Quinine for
hat cold
I'm sorry. old man. but there are
ninety-eight cures ahead Of yours 4
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11
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Van Torp could hear him dancing
with rage or pain.
"E sharp" screamed the wretched
pianist.
See here, whoever you are, don't
call namesi don't like 1t. See? I've
paid for>this room and I'm going on
whistling if l like, and just as long as
| like"
"You say you make noises you
like?" cried the infur,ated musician.
"Oh. no! You shall not! There are
rules! We are not in London. sir,
we are in Bayreuth! If you make
noises, you shall be thrown out of the
house"
VERY good, sir. I'll do what / can,
sir" said the excellent man, as Mr..
Van Torp pointed to the things that
lay about.
AS he went out, he recognized the
voice of his neighbor, who was talk
ing excitedly in voluble German, some
where at the back of the house.
He's complaining now" thought
Mr.. Van Torp, with something like a
smile.
He had already been to the best
hotel, in the hope of obtaining rooms,
and he had no difficulty in finding it
again. He asked for Nine. da Cor
dova. She was at home, for it was an
off-day; he sent in his card, and was
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes From Food.

If we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can.
That is only possible by use of skill
fully selected food that exactly fits
the requirements of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire, and a
poor fire is not a good steam producer.
From not knowing how to select the
right food to fit my needs, l suffered
g~rievously for a long time from stom-
ach troubles" writes a lady from a
little town in Missouri.
1T seemed as if l would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything
that l could eat would stay on my stom-
ach. Every attempt gave me heart
burn and filled my stomach with gas.
l got thinner and thinner until | lit
orally became a living skeleton and in
time was compelled to keep to my bed
"A few months ago I was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such
good effect from the very beginning
that / have kept up it's use ever since
I was surprised at the cas- with which
/ digested II. 1t proved to be just what
/ needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms, the
heartburn, the inflated feeling which
gave me such pain disappeared. My
weight gradually increased from SO
to 116 lbs, my figure rounded out, my
strength came back, and / am now
able to do my homework and enjoy it.
Grape-Nuts did It."
A ten days trial viii show anyone
some facts about food.
Look in pkgs. for the little book, THE
Road to MELVILLE" There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuines = and full Of human
Inherent
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11
al He's the Fellow We used to Call Levi Longless on the Ranch"

which was SO white that the gem
shed a delicate pompegranate-colored
light on the skin all round it. She
admired it, turned it over with one
finger, held it up towards the window,
and laid it in her palm again.
But Van Torp had set her thinking
about Logotheti and the Tartar girl.
She put out her hand to give back
the ruby.
II should like you to keep it, il
you WILL" he said. Il shan't forget
the pleasure I've had in seeing you
like this, but you'll forget all about
u meeting here-the stone may just
make you remember it sometimes"
He spoke so quietly, so gently, that
she was taken of her guard, and was
touched, and very much surprised to
feel that she was. She looked into
his eyes rather cautiously, remember
ing well how she had formerly seen
something terrifying in them If she
looked an instant too long; but now
they made her think Of the ayes of a
large a~ffectionate bulldog.
you're very kind to want to give
It to me- she answered after q mo.
ment's hesitation, tsbut / don't like to
accept anything so valuable, now that
I'm engaged to be married. Konstantin
might not like it. But you're 80 kind;
give me any little thing Of no value
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11
SYNOPSIS.

Baraka, a Tartar girl, became enamored
of a golden bearded stranger VINO was
prospecting and studying herbs In the
vicinity of her home In central ASIA, anu
revealed to him the location OF a mine
of rubies hoping that the stranger would
love her in return for her disclosure.
They were followed to the cave by the
girls relatives. who blocked up the en-
trance, and drew off the water supply,
leaving the couple to die. Barakas cousin
Saad, her b~etrothed, attempted 70 CHIMP
down a cliff overlooking the mine, put
the traveller shot him. The stranger was
revived from a water gourd Saad car,
ried. dug his way out of the tunnel, ana
departed. deserving the girl ana carryihs
a bag of rubies. Baraka gathered an me
gems she could carry, and started IN pui-
suit. Margare Dome CMargarita Ga
Cordoval, a famous prima donna, became
engaged in London to konStantin 10
gotheti, a wealthy Greek fnancler; ner
intimate friend was Countess, Leven;
known as Lady Maud, whose husband
had been killed by a bomb in st. Peterso
burg; and Lady Maud's most intimate
friend was Rufus Van Torp, an Ainerl-
can, who had become one of the rlchest
men in the world. Van Torp was IN love
with Margaret, and rushed to Londoh as
soon as he heard of her betrolhal. nat
offered Lady Maud 5000, 600 for her pei
charity if she would aid him in winning
the singer from Logotheti. Baraka ap-
preached Logotheti at Versailles VIII
rubies to sell. He presented a rupy ~
Margaret Van Torp bought q yacht anu
sent it to Venice. He was visited by
Baraka in male attire. She gave nm a
ruby after the American had tod her u
having seen in the United States a man
answering the description of the one she
loved. The American followed Margaret
to the Bayreuth "Parsifaf' festival.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11

"All sorts of young fellows used to
drift out there" he said, "and one
couldn't tell where they came from,
though / can give a guess at where
some of them must have been, since
I've seen the world. There were
younger sons of English gentlemen,
fellows whose fathers were genuine
lords, maybe, who had not brains
enough to get into the army or the
church. There were cashiered Prus-
sian officers, and Frenchmen who had
most likely killed women out of jeal-
ousy, and Sicilian bandits, and brok-
en- society men from New York. There
were all sorts. And there was me.
And we all spoke different kinds of
English and had different kinds of
tastes, good and bad-mostly bad.
There was only one thing we could
all do alike, and that was to ride"
Il never thought Of you as riding
Margaret said.
well, why should you? But I can,
because / was just q common cowboy
and had to, for q living"
AIt's intensely interesting-what q
strange life you have had! Tell me
more about yourself, won't your
There's not much to tell, It seems
to me- said Van Torp. From being
d cowboy / turned into miner, and
strudk 4 little silver, and ! sold that
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11
Nickel Steel Formula Secret,

Essen is essentially notable for its
crucible nickel STEEL" said Ernst
Lange of Werden, A. r., Germany,
who is making a tour of the steel
mills of this country. There is so
called crucible nickel steel made else
where in the world, but SO far as
known the Krupp material is unex-
celled. This accounts for the large
expectation of Krupp crucible nickel
steel to the United States. In the
case Of engine parts. where heavy
strains are exerted, manufacturers
feel the necessity of acquiring the
best steel o~btainable. regardless of
origin. The process Of making cruel
BILE steel at the Krupp works is jeal-
ously guarded, although, even If all
the details were known, the steel
could not be made in America or else
where, since only the Krupp works
possess both the requisite organiza-
ton and experience. This crucible
steel is almost exclusively used by
Krupp for gun work, and accounts in
a large measure for the high reputa-
ton of Krupp ordnance.-Washington
Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11

neighbor. He may get in while I'm
asleep and think I'm the piano, and
hammer the life out of me, the way they
do. I've seen a perfectly new piano
wrecked in a single concert by a fel.
law who didn't look as if he had the
strength to kick a mosquito. They're
SO deceptive, pianists! Nervous men
are often like that, and most pianists
are nothing but nerves and hair"
He amused her, for she had eve
seen him in his present mood.
sc sharp is a note" she said. "On
the piano it's the same as F natural.
You must have been whistling some
thing your neighbor knew, and you
made a mistake, and mu-
sicians really suffer If one does that.
But it must have been something rath.
err complicated, to have an E sharp in
it! 1t wasn't 'Suwanee Rriver,' nor
the Washington Post either! In
deed, I should rather like to know
what it was
"Old tunes / picked up when / was
cow-punching, years ago." answered
Mr.. Van Torp. Il don't know where
they came from, for l never asked,
but they're not like other tunes, that's
certain, and / like them. They re-
mind me Of the old days out west,
when l had no money and nothing to
worry about"
I'm very fond of whistling, tco,"
Margaret said. II study all my parts
by whistling them, so as to save my
voice."
Really. 1 had no idea that was
possible"
quite. Perhaps you whistle very
well. Won't you let me hear the tune
that irritated your neighbor, the plan
list? Perhaps I know it, too"
"Weu," said Mr.. Van Torp, II sup
pose I could. / should be a little shy
before you," he added, quite naturally.
IF you'll excuse me, I'll just go and
stand before the window SO that |
can't see you. Perhaps I can manage
it that way"
Margaret, who was bored to the
verge of collapse on the off-days.
thought him much nicer than he had
formerly been, and she liked his per-
feet simplicity.
Stand anywhere you like" she
said. but let me hear the tune"
Van Torp rose and went to the
window and she looked quietly at his
square figure and his massive, sandy
head and his strong neck. Presently
he began to whistle, very softly and
perfectly In tune. Many q ~street-boy
could do al well. no doubt, and Mrs.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11
MANS EvER-REsTLESS SPIRIT.
Iron Hand Of Things" Is Evidenced
in the Constant Change That
Seems Part of Life.

at seems to me very strange said
Mark Twain one day. that people
ever move. The happiest day in the
life of old John Bunyan was the day
they threw him into prison. If they'd
ever got me there, they'd never have
got me out"
Here the humorist voiced, as he
often does, a profound truth. 1t
reached to the core of one of the most
trying evils of life, especially of mod
ern life. why can't people be like
trees" asks another philosopher, land
stay putt" Our continued moving
about is merely an expression of the
restless spirit of man. 1t is only late
ly that men have begun fully to I'M
derstand what Ruskin meant when he
declared that the invention of the
steam engine was not a blessing, but
a curse. And is the time of the
year when many people begin to in
dulge in the most wearing of all kinds
of moving, change from one environ
ment to another, from the city to the
country. And in making the change
they feel the iron hand Of things"
Most of them are the slaves of
things" 1t is not enough for them
to move themselves with all the spir-
itual decorations that the change i'm
plies; they must take with them a
multitude of things, whose transporta-
ton is trouble both to the spirit and
to the purse.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11

presently led to her sitting room.
Times had changed. Six months
earlier he would have been told that
there had been a mistake and that she
had gone out.
She was alone; a letter she had
been writing lay unfinished on the
queer little desk lear the shaded
window, and her pen had fallen across
the paper. On the round table in the
middle of the small bare room there
stood a plain white vase full Of corn
flowers and peoples, and Margaret
was standing there, rearranging them,
or pretending to do SO.
She was looking her very best, and
as she raised her eyes and greeted
him with a friendly smile, Mr.. Van
Torp thought she had never been SO
handsome before.
Margaret held out her hand and he
took it; and though its touch and her
friendly smile were like a taste Of
heaven just then, he pressed her fin
gers neither too much nor too little,
and his face betrayed no emotion.
"It's very kind Of you to receive
me, Miss Donne," he said quietly.
81 think it's very kind of you to
come and see me-" Margaret an
swered. Come and sit down and tell
me how you got here-and WHY"
WELL" he answered slowly, as they
seated themselves side by side on the
hard green sofa. Il don't suppose |
can explain, so that you'll understand,
but I'll try. Different kinds OF things
brought me. I heard you were here
from Lady Maud. and I thought per-
haps l might have an opportunity for
a little talk. And then-oh, I don't
know. I've seen everything worth
seeing except a battle and Parsifal,'
and as it seemed SO easy, and you
were here, / thought I'd have a iook
at the opera, since / can't see the
fight"
Margaret laughed a little.
81 hope you will like it," she laid.
Have you a good seat?'
II haven't got a ticket yet" an
swered Mr.. Van Torp. in blissful ig-
norance.
mo seat!" The prima donna's sur
prise was almost dramatic. But how
in the world do you expect to get one
now? Don't you know that the seats
for ParsifaI are all taken months be-
forehand?"
aAre they really?" He was very
calm about it. .Then I suppose !
shan have to get 4 ticket from q spec
ulator. / don't - anything hard
about that"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-11

that you have in your pocket, for I
mean to remember this day, indeed
l do"
Il gave nothing for the ruby" said
Van Torp, still not taking it from her,
80 it has no value for me. | wouldn't
offer you anything that cost me
money, now, unless it was a theater
for your own. Perhaps the things
| glass. after all; I've not. shown it to
any jeweler. The girl made me take
it, because / helped her in a sort of
way. When l wanted TO pay for it she
tried to throw it out of Ithe window. So
l had to accept it to calm her down,
and she went off and left no address,
and l thought I'd like you to have it,
if you would"
"Are you quite, quite sure you did
not pay for it?" Margaret asked. IF
we are going to be friends, you must
please always be very accurate"
i've told you exactly what hap
pened," said Van Torp. won't you
take it now%
Yes, I will, and thank o very
much indeed. / love rubies, and this
is a beauty, and not preposterously
big. / think | shall have it set as it is,
uncut, and only polished, so that it
will always be itself. just as you
gave it to me. l shall think of the
Good Friday music and the chimes,
and this hideous little room, and your
clever whistling, whenever l look
at it."
You're kind today" said Mr.. Van
| Torp, after a moments debate as to
whether he should say anything at
all.
AMI? You mean that l used to be
very disagreeable, don't you?" She
smiled as she glanced at him. Il
must have been, I'm sure, for you
used to brighten me eve so much.
But I'm not in the least afraid of you
now"
why should any one be afraid of
me?" asked Van Torp, whose smile
had been known to terrify Wall street
when a drop was expected.
Margaret laughed a little. without
looking at him.
Tell me all about the Tartar girl"
she said, instead of answering his
question.
Van Torp told her Baraka's his
tory. as far as he knew it from Logo
theft.
(TO BE C~ONTINUED)
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Fletcherism and Walters.

"Fletcherism may be good for the
digestion of the diner, but it is bad for
the pocketbook of the waiter" said a
restaurant proprietor. People who
chew according to Fletcher sit at the
table SO long that they keep other Gus.
toners away, and SO cut down the
number of tips. You don't see many
of these scientific eaters at Inch
time-even the F~letcherites don't have
time to keep tab on the movement OF
their jaws then; but at night there
are many people abroad who eat by
rule. You can pick them out in
any restaurant They count as they
masticate.
Il have two regular customers who
chew exactly 100 times on one bite OF
bread alone. At that rate you can
figure how long 1t win take to get
through q meal. Also. You can I'M
derstand that the walters don't think
much OF Fletcher and his disciples"
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and got into nickel, and / made the
Nickel Trust what it is, more by
financing it than anything else, and
got almost all of it. And now I've sold
the whole thing"
sold the Nickel Trust?" Margaret
| was quite as much surprised as Lady
| Maud had been.
Eyes. l wasn't made to do one
| thing long, / suppose. If / were. ]
should still be a cowboy. Just now,
I'm here to go to 'Parsifal,' and since
| you say those tunes are out of that
| opera, / dare say I'm going to like il
very much"
ITS all very %uncanny,' Margaret
said thoughtfully. Il wonder who
those two men were, and what became
of the one who disappeared"
.Ive a strong impression that saw
him in New York the other day" Van
Torp answered. IF I'm right, he's
made money-doing quite well,
should think. 1t wouldn't surprise me
to hear he'd got together a million OF
So"
Really? What is he doing? Your
stories grow more and more inter
esting."
"If he's the fellow we used to cal
Levi Longlegs on the ranch, he's q
Russian now. I'm not perfectly sure
for he had NO hair on his face then
and now he has a beard like a French
sapper. But the eyes and the nose
and the voice and the accent are the
same, and the age would about cor
respond. Handsome man, / suppose
you'd call him. His name is Kralinsky
just at present, and he's found a whole
mine of rubies somewhere"
Really? l love rubies. They are
my favorite stones"
Are they? That's funny. I've go'
an uncut one in my pocket now, il
you'd like to see it. | believe it comes
from Kralinsky's mine, too, though
got it through a friend of yours, two
or three days ago"
"a friend of minc?"
He was poking his large fingers
into one of the pockets of his waist
coat in search of the stone.
"Mr. Logotheti," he said, just as he
found it. He's discovered a hand
some young woman from Tartary, OF
somewhere, who has a few rubies t.
sell that look very much like kra
linsky's. This is n of them"
He had unwrapped the stone nov
and he offered it to her, holding it ou'
in the palm of his hand. She took i
~delicately and laid it in her own