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The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
BIG FIRE!
The FieTy.TGngued Monster Of
Flame Visits BingViIIe Again.
The BingViIIe Fire Department
Responded Prompt 6 Made a
Brave Fight, but It Was all in
Vain

There was turribIe excitement in
Bingville last Tuesday night about J
p. m, when it was announced by Lem
Peters, who hollered "Firel FIRE.
Firel' as loud as he could boiler, 10 the
effect that his cow shed had been ig-
nited by having one of his COWS kick
over a lantern in the cow shed while
Lem was milkin her late in the even
ing, having been delayed in his return
from the Co seat, where he took
passed. of butter and eggs to market
instid of patronizing home trade at Hen
Weathersby's store Lem says he thinks
the dad-blamed old COW kicked at the
milk pail as usual and hit the lantern
by mistake At any rate, lot CT bed
ding hay in the tie-up ketched FIRE and
instid of trying to put out the fire Lem
lost his head and with great presence of.
mind run outen the COW shed, hollerin
Fire. Fire Fire." as loud as he could
YELL and the COW when the FIRE begin
to sco-ch her broke loose and follered
him, bellerin something awful.
Jason Tucker. chief of the Bingville
fire department, was playing "Old
Sledge" with Hank Dewberry in Hen
Weathersby's store when he heard the
FIRE alarm from Lem and being as the
game was most over Jase said he and
Hank would finish their hands before
promptly respondin TO the alarm.
By the time Jase and his brave crew
Of fremen had went 10 the town hall,
got the water pals and had arrived 1t
the cow shed the fiery tongued monster
had enveloped the building III flames,
but Lem MANFRED the water pals and
jumped 10 the pump in the barnyard
and pumped pail after pail of water,
which was fhrowed onto the fire 10
qusnch il if possible.
Bv hard work the flames was at last
got The better of and the fire was nearly
out when the hremen begin to complain
that their hands being all wet was so
numb and cold that they didn't have no
feeIin in EN- and Lem said his arm
ached him so pumpin that he guessed
they would all go into LENS and
get warm before they tackled the fire
again, so they crowded into LENS
house, drippin and cold, and tracked up
the floors, but Mrs. Peters, like a good
soul, made them hot coffee and set out
crock of doughnuts, which they
cleaned up as if by magic. and after
they had set around for hour OF two.
toasting their shins and telling stories
about fires they had put out in the past.
Lem he casually suggested that they'd
better go out and see if they had put
the COW shed FIRE out entirely before
they dispersed to their various homes,
so they ali went out to the barnyard
and to their great consternashion and
surprise the fire had again gained head
way after they left and burned the
blamed old COW shed clean down to the
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Mail DELAYED

When last Mondays mail arrived al
the P. o. Eph Higgins, our enterprising
P. NJ. was busy doing something else
and he throwed the mail bag back un-
der the counter and forgot all about Il.
While cleaning ont the P. o. yesterday,
however. Eph come acrost it and dis
tributed IFS contents in the boxes witts
out delay. We regard this as a terrible
good joke on Eph and also on them as
happened to have any mali in the bag.
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there last Sunday where the widow
Sundayed.
The mortgage on Gideon Johnson's
farm come to a head last week and
now Gid has got to git up and go
some.
Miss Sarah Ann Whittacre OF Hard
scrabble is visiting her uncle Lafe
Whittacre of Bingville. Sarah Ann
would be awful purity if she didn't
have two warts on her nose, but Reu-
ben Tucker don't care for the warts,
do you Reuben'
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ground-thereswas nothin left but ashes
and no insurance
Lem, he was pretty mad about it and
told Jase Tucker jest what he thort
about the Bingvile FIRE department.
Then Jase spanked up and told Lem
that the next time any of his property
ketched FIRE he might boiler for the
Bingville FIRE department until he was
black in the face but it wouldn't re-
spond. Lem told Jase he did boiler for
II until he was black in the face. and
it did respond, but what good did il do?
After some pretty warm talk betwixt
Jase and Lem. the members OF the fire
department. dispersed to their various
homes. wet and cold and tired. con-
schious that they had saw their duty
and done it.
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Keep Your Dog Tied

Melancthon SINNERS WELLER dog
called at this office one day last week
and ct up a Of OF paste which we had
prepared for our own personal use. Il
is discouraging TO the editor of a first
class newspaper which is the best adver-
Using medium in the county to meet
with a loss like this from an ornery
mans dog, which ought to be kept tied
unless it knows how 10 conduct itself
while in first class printing office.
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Bill Sober for Once

Great surprise was expressed in Bing-
vile last Saturday when Bill Hepburn,
our artistick blacksmith, arrived home
from the Co. seat as sober as a Judge
instead of as full as a goose. People
could hardly believe it. Bill was asked
about how it happened He seemed
good deal ashamed and apologized 10
everybody for being sober. Il seems
that before Bill had a chance to get his
jug filled at the Co seat some hend in
human form picked his pockets and
stole often him every red cent he had,
so that he come home without taste
of ticker Bill was a good cal disgust
ed with hisself and went to bed early.
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Publick Notice

AS you all know me and my wife
Jerushy have never hit it very well to-
gether so she has left my bed and
board, or to be more to'the point, she
has took the bed with her and most
all the rest OF the furniture in the
house Anybody h1rboring her or sell.
ing her anything on my acct, viii
do SO at their own expense AS for
me ! am glad she has went. Jerushy
was always a awful thorn in my flesh.
BingviIle. LEMUEL HINES.
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The Widow S Loss

Widow Skinner met with a sad loss
last Thursday while on her way 10 the
P. o. to see if there was am mail there
for her or not. The loss was her un-
derskirt, which come off or the P. o.
steps just as she was going in. The
widow stopped down quick and grabbed
up her underslzirt and put it under her
apron, but Deacon Andrews. who was
present, saw her do it and laughed out
loud. The widow says the deacon had
better lern to behave hisself in the pres
enee of a lady.
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Personals

A little skit of snow fell Tuesday
night, but it want scarcely enough to
track a rabbit by
Widow Skinner dinnered with Mrs.
Jno. SIoeumb's while eating dinner
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catch See. the light has vanished
from IN ewindoW You say the stairs
only come this way. Would you watch
TIN come back 70 see II ANYBODY
leaves by this door? ! am very 10th
to so far trouble a lady, but in the
circumstance"
10 not apologize" Aisa whisper.
ed Il am as curious as YOU are your
self
The room next 10 the bedroom was
in total darkness now. Ailsa watched
breathlcssly as Burles pushed his way
up the pipe and on the ledge OF the
window Ike a cat. Presently he re-
moved "A pane Of glass and pulled back
the catch. He vanished from sight
altogether: there was a gimmer OF
light in the room as lantern flashed
out lt seemed an intermiuable time
before Burles reappeared again \
little time was lost I'm replacing the
window pane and then Ailsa held ner
breath as the Inspector slipped gently
to the ground
u expected Won to break your
neck" she whispered. Did YOU dis
cover anything
~ room was empty, BuTieS pant
cd. One Of he most extraordinary
things ever saw In my life You saw
the pictures on the walls and the
painted panels II was no delusion.
And that room was bare as TO the
walls as the back of my hand there
was nothing but long rows of empty
bookshelves with leather hangings !
never was more astonished
Il saw the pictures and The painted
panels as clearly as possible. Ailsa
said
Well they have vanished Moth
ing bui an empty champagne bottle
and a cigarette end TO prove that We
are not both ont Of our senses Did
anybody come out by that door
Nobody came out" Aiisa said
perhaps they went back the other
way by means OF Lady Atamont's
DOudolr bid Won think of that
II did think OF that And the door
was locked on the inside ! tried the
handle the key was In the door Tho
mystery dcepens Miss LEROY
1T does indeed Ailsa said thought
fully. We can do no more al pres
ent And now. III YOU have no further
u.s. for ny services, ! will wish You
goodnight"
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MOST ANYTHING.

\ httle man had brought his family
10 The country fair and they stood in
front Of tent where a barker wa
beatirg a drum.
Walk mp walk up. ladies ans
cents, shouted he Soc The erea
elk"
The little man did not move for
ward
Amt Won a-comin' in. siro' inQuI7.
90 the Snowman It's only 10 cent
~ see the great elk
Il can't afford il. replied the ma
IT would cost me $40 altogether. b
cause there's me and my wife and o,
ne children
The Snowman gasped do -
rlcm TO toll me all them children
vou 90
Certainly
Then you just stop where Won ar
fll bring the great elk ont TO hav'
a lool. at youi"
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NUMBER THIRTEEN
A Powerful New Serial Story.
BY F. n. WHITE.


garden. / stumbled down those steps.
/ thought that had broken my ankle.
| Positively | am ashamed of myself.
Burles murmured approval that
Miss Wanless was playing her part
very Well indeed
She was laughing in a nervous kind
OF way. as If ashamed OF the trouble
she was giving 4 door closed some
where, and the broad band OF light
vanished
II suppose there is no more 10 be
done tonight Ailsa said. half regret
fully But there is one thing that
shall have 10 get you TO do for me,
Mr.. Burles. II am 10 help Miss Wan
less | must have her address So that
can write to her. II could see her
tomorrow
THAT is quite easily arranged,
Burles Interrupted II will ask Miss
Wanless To meet you IN the square
gardens tomorrow afternoon al
o'clock. II IS very quiet there. But
the evenings adventures are not quite
over. ! am going to see the inside
OF that room.
Burles spoke IN the quiet tones OF
man who has not only made up his
UilEus BhA SttH al " ~ VI NfRt f'lA- AtAF
determination into effect He smiled
as he saw that Ailsa was looking at
him with inquiring eyes.
Nothing easier he said If the
navy did nothing else FOR me. It taught
me the art OF climbing | can get up
that waterspout quite easily and there
Is a good broad ledge To the window
The rest Is only a matter OF knowl-
rot Inn u
my pocket that softens putty almost
/ instantly. With It / shall loosen a
pane in the window and open the
The Detroit times., 1910-03-01
RED-LIGHT LIQUOR SELLING

Mayor Busse of Chicago has issued
an order that liquor selling in red
light resorts be stopped unless city
licenses be taken out.
This. OF course, is only following
the law. That ii has created so much
cOmment serves TO call attention To
the fact that IL is an unusual thing
To the shame OF our city govern
ments. IL is unusual
The grip of organized vice on city
governments is indicated by the fact
that almost everywhere all the resort
y keepers do is to take out a United
States license. and sell liquor without
reference to local laws.
Anti-saloon leagues law and order
leagues and the like have LETT the
worst OF all rumholes, the brothel uu.
disturbed. They have labored strenu.
orsly to close saloons at legal hours
etc. and left untouched conditions
which lure men to drinking places
compared with which the saloon Is .
moral and a pure place.
MaVot Buses administration ha,
looked sinister and evil to experts /,
municipal government ever since II
Inception n has SINK lower an
lower as the graft and corruption hav
been trailed nearer and nearer th
Bussc door, but
There is some soul Of goodness 1
things evil
Would men observlngly distiIl
cut
Tho soui OF goodness In Mayo
Buses administration Is this orde
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was not afraid-she had too much to
occupy her attention
More than once she had fought re.
heIliously with the dreary solitude OF
her life. She had pictured herself
ss going mad in that desolate place.
Fot days together she had only her
own thoughts for company True, she
could go in and out as she pleased.
but what was the use Of tnat. seeing
that she did not know soul in Lon
don There We're the butler and his
wife. bar usually they were 50 tact
turn that they hardly spoke a word
10 each other And there seemed 20
De- a gloomy cloud hanging over the
life OF Archibald Coiville II did not
matter much whether he was at homo
or nor. SO far as Ailsa was concerned
t'ro BE Continued
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washington y G.

Washington u. c.
Dear Dad Nosiug round here in
the capital | don't md any marNsd
change in the feeling in regard 10 th"
Return from Ella except mat
Elba seems less far away than IL used
20 be.
This congress has been going
through the motions OF being very
busy but IL is like good many otaer
congresses that have made Washing.
ton a place 10 decay in. Some years
ago. I.affau. the late editor of the sun.
came 10 Washington and hob.nobbed
with one OF his correspondents The
latter took occasion % lament Over
the state of affairs There is SO much
lere that is done that ought not 10
be done ne walled and 50 much
not done that ought to be- done X S
awful to have TO stand by and see it
My dear Robinson said l.affan
think II I had To stay In Washington.
would have 20 take a drink
And so think others. but they do
lot paus- al the inclination.
Just want TO say thai Representa-
tive Mann. Of Illinois, is living mp 10
his reputation a the Great Objector
He objects frequently and with IN
thus!asm See that family journal
;hc Congressional Record
They say now that the reason Taft
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bile Finishing the
Canal Let's Keep our
Eye On the Railroads
Ne Speak Here OF Highway Men,
Whom You May Recognize
Also, As Hlghwaymen.

Admiral Evans-Fghtng good fighting waE
and he is doing still important fighting in peace
He fighting cheaper living lie for better times for
free canal all through his serial the Panama canal Hamptons
Admiral Evans says
international trade will not will still the
foreign be made pay for
itself and benefit domestic trade from coast to coast
that deliver all kinds freight the Pacific to the Atlantic
quicker than railways it it better condition and at quarter
Of the freight that the railways kill this competition allowed 10
do they should allowed do that the canal is TO do
great should made free will
be built ghter for domestic trade
ships Of
auxilares.
fighting people sounds the alarm
the railways bitterly hostile TO the
canal and that they will control things prevent the
canal being finished.
And he calls to to repel highway"
The things" railway will seek control three at
government Washington tolls the canal
through the the docks and whaes both that
railway may them.
railways already the
trolled by railways except Mobile
But with three they control the shipping the
Atlantic ports
Pacific hghwaymen control all the harbOr fronts of all
the p but Los Angeles building free harbOr with pubcowned
80
quite monopolzed
10 the docks.
for the canal tolls clear that they fixed by railway in
funces they will adjusted kill the canals cOastOcO trade
railways of the government Westinghouse
continued ntothat lies with the people
Admiral points offers another i'm
prize for the system fight for in politics
And it holds up great hope for people.
tangible thing the of benefits wrest
Mans Rockeeers and
Nagles Dickinson Balinger Wckerhams-and other ham
up will only finish the canal
but will make it free to all ships
Let's give the railways real competition
the throat-and
sheathe them forever.
AND LET'S GET BACK INTO THE SADDLE AT WASHINGTON
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cHAprsR vl.-lcontInuedl

CHAPTER VI continued).
Grace declared that she was ready
70 10 anything that Inspector Burles
desired She was fighting for the
reputation OF her family, whose honor
was az stake Very carefully Burles
helped her over the trellis. and then
stood back where he could get the
best view OF the room next 10 Lady
Altamouls boudoir He gave the sig
nal
A piercing scream broke from
Grace lips-a scream repeated two
or three times Surely enough the
blind OF the upper window was pushed
aside and a woman looked out There
was a glimpse OF a brilliantly-lighted
room beyond. with pictures on the
painted walls. evidently a room fur
nished In a most luxurious style OF
fashion. II was only for an instant,
then q mans hand stole out Of the
shadow and pushed the woman away.
"A certain amount OF success and a
certain amount of failure. Burles
muttercd L fancy ! should be able
10 recognize the lady again. but IL is
the man that | was most anxious 70
see However II is not too late yet
crouch down. please"
Figures suddenly emerged into the
garden next door. men in evening
dress with cigars in their hands. A
broad band OF light streamed from
somewhere
Miss Wanless' one OF the men
said We were in the smoking room
when YOU called out hope that you
nave not come 10 harm
II Is very good OF You. Grace muir.
INJURED II think that | am more fright
ened than hurt. came out for a
breath OF air. and. not knowing the
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that there is TO be no selling o
liquors in brothels.
II may not be issued in good faith
but 1t sets up standard for homes
administrations everywhere 10 follow
IL should De a call 10 action every
where for men who know Of this eyi
and believe in stamping IL out.
Thus. again paying our respects &c
Mayer Busse and his administration
and again quoting King Henry v.
Thus may We gather honey from
the weed.
And make a moral OF the devil him
self"
In such matter. where Is the
MAYOR with the nerve TO fall behind
Busse?
Can there be one? Il
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From Another Point of View

Mrs. Knott simply tangled
These bowlers seem to always have the time to spare
TAFT has been III once nearly see oy the calendar
Marathon contestant win the
We a
brewing bowling somebody
knocking
o
the committee of so
together
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Z@5@ eA Intimate 81 {7z
~ 1NE(0rrQSp0ndGNCG}

snubs the Big Stick is because d
isn't cluahy enough
There was tee.hee- iutera
t.oual deadlock the oth"r day TIE
new minister % China Calhoun az
tended ;ae same banquet al which
The Chinese u mister was prescott
The thoughtful OF, $ in charge sd"
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saved A Soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell in
the civil war was more agreeable 10 j..
A. Stone, Of Kemp, Tex. than facing
" from what doctors said was con-
sumption, II contracted a stubborn
cold he writes. that developed a
cough, that stuck to me in spite OF all
remedies for years. My weight ran
down TO 100 pounds. Then I began
10 use DR.. Kings New Discovery.
which completely cured me. now
weigh us pounds" For Coughs. Colds
IA Grippe, Asthma. Hemorrhage
doarseness. Group. Whooping Cough
ana lung trouble it's supreme Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by q yin.
sc. ser central Drug Co., Gray q worces-
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CHAPTER VII
In the Early Morn.

Ailsa crept back 10 the house again
and M TO her studio. She was not
In the least afraid Of being found out.
Nobody at No l3 was likely 10 hear
of her escapade The place looked
more than usually dreary and desc
late in the small hours. but the girl
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We are going to talk IN this
editorial about highway men; not
"highwaymen.
OF course, if it happens 70 strike
YOU that the highway men are
"highwaymen." that Is not our iault'
Whether or not there is any an
ference in the two terms. that Is ioi
the reader. and the event TO settle
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warm and for social intercourse.
Hen says, however, that in spite of
the number of folks who come and
go at his store, his trade has fell off
lately and that he is sick and tired
of burning up wood in his stove TO
keep a lot of loafers warm, who
don't buy nothink. Hen says why
don't they stay and warm theirselfs
by their own fresides. excepting
they want to buy somethink, especi-
ally Jeb Winslow, who Hen says
sets up against his stove from
mornin till mite, smoking tobacco
which he purchased at the Co. seat.
We hope It will be warmer by
next week or sooner il possible. In
the meanwhile 4 good wa, to pass
away the long winter evgi is to sub
scribe for the "Bugle" and keep
posted on what's going on in our
midst.