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The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-23
MEET IN CONGRESS AT ROME
international Gathering Of Foes Of Tu-
berculosIs to Be Held Late in
September.

Ohicial announcement of the Seventh
International Congress on Tuberculo-
sis, which will include representatives
from every civilized country in the
world, has been made by the National
Association for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis. The congress
will be held in Rome from September
"a to 80, 1911, and will be similar in
many respects to that held in Wash
ington in the fall Of 1908. The con-
gress, which meets every three years,
will be under the direct patronage Of
the king and queen of Italy.
An American committee of 100 will
be appointed as the official represen-
tatives Of the United States. Mean
while the National Association for the
Study and Prevention OF tuberculosis
Is acting In that capacity and its ONCE
in New York will be the headquarters
for the United States delegation. The
secretary general OF the congress Is
Prof. Vittorio Ascoli of Rome.
AS q direct result of the stimulus of
the last international congress held in
this country, the American committee
will be able to report that the number
of tuberculosis agencies in this coun-
try have been tripled in the three
years. More than twice as much
money is being spent in the fight
against tuberculosis by private socie,
ties and institutions, and the appropri-
ations OF federal, state, municipal and
county have increased nearly four
fold. 1t is estimated that nearly $751;
000,0 600 will be spent In anti-tuberculo-
sis work in 1910.
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CHAPTER xxlv-continued.

did they go toward the club?
Gertrude asked suddenly, leaning for
ward.
NO, miss. / think they came into
the village. l didn't get a look at
their faces, but l know every chick
and child in the place, and everybody
knows me. When they didn't shout
at me-in my uniform, you know
took it they were strangers"
So all we had for our afternoons
work was this: Some one had been
shot by the bullet that went through
the door: he had not left the village,
and he had not called in a physician.
Also, DIR. Walker knew who Lucien
Wallace was, and his very denial
made me confident that, in that one
direction at least, we were on the
right track.
Gertrude" | said, Il have been a
very selfish old m You are go
ing to leave this miserable house to-
night. Annie Morton is going to Scot
land next week, and you shall go right
with her"
To my surprise, she flushed pain
fully.
Il don't want to go, Aunt Ray" she
said. Don't make me leave now"
You are losing your health and
your good looks" 1 said decidedly.
"You should have a change"
4 shan't stir a foot She was
equally decided. Then, more lightly:
Why. you and Liddy need me to ar
bitrate between you every day in the
week"
Perhaps | was growing suspicious of
every one, but it seemed to me that
Gertrude's gayety was forced and ar
1ificial. | watched her covertly during
the rest of the drive, and I did not
like the two spots of crimson in her
pale cheeks. But | said nothing more
about sending her to Scotland; | knew
she would not go.
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heard a sound as she went down the
corridor like some one moving furni-
ture, but she was not v She
thought it might be men examining the
house after the fire the night before,
but she looked in the %trunkroom and
saw nobody.
She went into her room quietly. The
noise had ceased and everything was
quiet. Then she sat down on the side
of her bed, and, feeling faint-she was
subject to spells-("I told you that
when / came. didn't !. Rosie?" "Yes'm,
indeed she did!')-she put her head
down on her pillow and
Took a nap. All right" l said. 60
on"
When I came to, Miss Innes, sure
as I'm sittin' here, / thought I'd die.
Somethin' hit me in the face, and l
set up, sudden. And then l see the
plaster drop, droppin' from a little
hole in the wall. And the first thing
l knew, an iron bar that long fully
two yards by her measure) shot
through that hole and tumbled on the
bed. If I'd been still sleeping
Granting" corrected Rosie) I'D "a
been hit on the head and killed."
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no you remember how proud we
u were Of our Spanish warships And
now they are all in the scrap heap.
The Boston, the Concord. the Winslow
and the Detroit have all to go, as they
are no longer fit to cope with modern
armament on the high cas- A storm
Of protest has gone up in Washington
but it is not going to help matters a
single bit. The United States govern
mentc anont afford to hang on to the
old battleships, even if they are lear
in memory. 1t will be remembered
that the Boston, a protected cruiser,
and the Concord, a gunboat, were IN
admiral Dewey's feet at Manila. 1t
was on the deck of the Winslow dur
ing the hottest cannon fire OF the war,
that Ensign Worth Bagley was killed
by an exploding shell. One OF the
achievements of the Detroit was the
capture of the Catalina to the west
ward Of Havana, and she took active
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-23
Uncle Sans Bug Sleuths After Cats

OF fact they do almost no good and a
great deal of harm. The difficulty in
following the question OF the extent
to which they carry disease Is meas
ured by the difficulty of following the
cat. And yet there is no doubt in the
world that many a child who, for no
apparent reason and from no discern
ible cause, develops a case OF diph-
iberia or scarlet fever owes its illness
and often it's death to the cat it has
been fondling. Moreover, cats are as
susceptible to hydrophobia as dogs.
"The highly pampered pet cat OF
the luxurious household never fails
to get out and roam around with the
ordinary alley cat. In many instances
the alley cat, which prowls all night
long with the pet cat, has spent the
day sleeping in some hut or howell In
an alley where smallpox, diphtheria
or tuberculosis Is hid.
Recently there has been much at
tention paid to rats and the harm
they do, both as destroyers n as
spreaders of disease. In this connec-
ton the cat has been pointed out as
a valuable aid in keeping down the
rat. That is an error.
Il can state from my personal OBJ
servation that only about 5 per cent
of cats are really mousers. l have
seen cats that would tackle the big
gest rat going and kill him, but such
instances are rare. AS a rule a cat
cares little for a conflict with a rat.
"As a matter of fact cats prefer
birds to mice. They will spend twice
as much time hunting birds. If one
keeps count Of a cats quarry during
a year he will find that the birds killed
will far outnumber the mice. Little
harm would be done If the whole cat
tribe were exterminated. but there
would be too much opposition to b
Still we think that when some OF the
facts concerning cats are well known
to the public, many mothers will be
more careful about allowing their
children to play with cats"
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Alex reported that he was ready to go
over the house preparatory to closing
it for the night. Sam Bohannon came
at a quarter before nine and began his
patrol of the grounds, and with the
arrival of the two detectives to look
forward to / was not especially appre-
hensive.
At half-past nine / heard the sound
Of a horse driven furiously up the
drive. 1t came to a stop in front of
the house and Immediately after there
were hurried steps on the veranda.
Our nerves were not what they should
have been, and Gertrude, always ap-
prehensive lately, was at the door al
most instantly. A moment later Louise
had burst into the room and stood
there bareheaded and breathing hard.
Where is Halsey?" she demanded.
Above her plain black gown her eyes
looked big and somber, and the rapid
drive had brought no color to her face.
/ got up and drew forward a chair.
He has not come back" l said
quietly. sit down, child; you are
not strong enough for this kind OF
thing"
don't think she even heard me.
HE has not come back?" she
asked, looking from me to Gertrude.
do you know where he went? Where
can / find him?"
For heavens sake, Louise" Ger
trude burst out, tell us what is wrong.
Halsey is not here. He has gone to
the station for Mr.. Jameson. What
has ~happened?"
ITO the station, Gertrude? You are
sure?
Eyes, / said Listen. There is
the whistle of the train now"
She relaxed a little at our matter
of-fact tone, and allowed herself to
sink into a chair.
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that kept him out until after luncheon.
I think he hoped constantly that he
might meet Louise driving over the
hills in her runabout; possibly he did
meet her occasionally, but from his
continued gloom / felt sure the situa-
ton between them vas unchanged.
Part of the afternoon / believe he
read-Gcrtrude and / were out, IS l
have said, and at dinner we both no.
ticed that something had occurred to
distract him. He was disagreeable,
which is unlike him, nervous, looking
at his watch every few minutes, and
he ate almost nothing. He asked twice
during the meal IN what train Mr..
Jameson and the other detective were
coming, and had long periods of abb
straction during which he dug his
fork into my damask cloth and did
not hear when he vas spoken to. He
refused dessert, and left the table
early, excusing himself on the ground
that he wanted to see Alex.
Alex, however, was not to be found.
1t was after eight when Halsey or
dered the car and started down the
hill at a pace that, even for him, was
unusually reckless. Shortly after
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COMBINES it does us good to rem
y inisce a little bit, and this leads
us to remark that SO years ago, the
British forces burned the capitol.
There were about 5000 in number
landed from the British vessels on
the Patuxent August 20, and on the
oath they reached the capital. There
were only about 5000 men available
for defense of Washington in the
American army, and they only had II
pieces of artillery. So when the Brit
ish made their raid on Washington, al
though they were met with splendid
resistance, the American army was
compelled to retreat, and the red
coats made a triumphant entry into
Washington and began to carry out
the threat of the commanding inva-
der, who said: 81 will make a cow
pasture of these Yankee capitol
grounds" Just as o o as the Brit
fsh got possession of the city they
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Confuslnu.

Craig Biddle, at a dinner in New
port. was describing the changing
odds On the Jefries- johnson fight al
Reno.
Eight to four and a half on JEFF
fries-nine to six the other way about
three to n and a quarter-its
rather confusing, isn't it?" he said
I'm fact, it's almost as confusing as
the two girls talk about a secret.
Mary said the first girl, told me
that you had told her that secret ]
told you not to tell her.
1.-THE nasty thing said the other
girl. 4 told her not to tell you l told
her.
well, said the first girl. I told
her l wouldn't tell you she told me
so don't tell her / did,"
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81 wisht you'd heard her scream"
put in Mary Anne. And her face as
white as a FELLOWSHIP when she tum-
bled down the stairs"
"No doubt there is some natural ex-
PLANTATION for it, Eliza" | said. you
may have dreamed it, in your faint
ing attack But if it is true, the metal
rod and the hole in the wall will show
it,"
Eliza looked a little bit ~sheepish.
"The holes there all right, Miss In
nes,' she said. But the bar vas gone
when Mary Anne and Rosie went up
to pack my trunk"
That wasn't ALL" Liddy's voice
came funereally from a orner ELIZA
| said that from the hole in the wall a
| burning eye looked down at herr"
1.-The wall must be at least six
inches thick" l said with asperity.
unless the person who drilled the
| hole carried his eyes on the ends of a
| stick, Eliza couldn't possibly have
seen them
But the fact remained, and a visit
" LllLd . lOOAu plOfCO IL hlA6ht
jeer all / wished; some n had
drilled a hole in the unfinished wall
of the ballroom, passing between the
| bricks of the partition, and shooting
through the %unresisting plaster of
Eliza's room with such force as to
| send the rod flying on to her bed. I
had gone upstairs alone, and / confess
the thing puzzled me; in two or three
places in the wall small apertures had
been made, none of them of any depth.
Not the least mysterious thing was
| the disappearance of the iron imple-
ment that had been used.
Mary Anne and Eliza left that after
noon, but Rosie decided to stay. 1t
was about five o'clock when the hack
came from the station to get them,
and, to my amazement, it had an &C.
cupant. Matthew Geist, the driver,
asked for me, and explained his err
rand with pride.
I'VE brought you a cook, Miss In
ness,' he said. when the message
came to come up for two girls and
their trunks / supposed there was
| something doing, and as this here
| woman had been looking for work in
the village I thought I'd bring her
along"
Already I had acquired the true
| s~uburbanite ability to take servants
on faith; / no longer demanded writ
ten and unimpeachable references. /,
Rachel Innes, have learned not to
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-23
PUZZLED
Hard Work, Sometimes, to Raise
Children.

Children's taste is ofttimes more &C
curate, in selecting the right kind of
food to fit the body, than that of
adults. Nature works mor accurate
ly through the children.
A Brooklyn lady says: "Our little
boy had long been troubled with
weak digestion. We could v per-
suade him to take more than n taste
Of any kind Of cereal food. He was
a weak little, chap and we were puz-
zled to know what to feed him on.
"One lucky day we tried Grape
Nuts. Well, you never saw q child
eat with such q relish, and It did me
good to see him. From that day on
It seemed as though we could almost
zee him grow. He would eat Grape
Nuts for breakfast and supper. and !
think he would have liked the food
for dinner.
1.-THE difference in his appearance II
something wonderful.
my husband had fancfed ce-
real foods Of any kind. but he be-
came very fond of Grape-Nuts and has
been much improved In health since
using it.
1--WE are now q healthy family, and
naturally believe In Grape-Nuts.
"A friend has two children who were
formerly afflicted with ricketts,. / was
satisfied that the disease was caused
by lack Of proper nourishment They
showed 1t. So I urged her to use
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CHAPTER XIV.
A Visit from Louise.

tot t'Stb -O6tSCs rH
That day was destined to be an
eyentful one, for when | entered the
house and found Eliza ensconsed in
the upper hall OF a chair, with Mary
Anne doing her best to stif1e her with
household ammonia, and Liddy rub
bling her wrists--whatever good that
is supposed to do knew that the
ghost had been walking again, and
this time in daylight.
Eliza was in a frenzy of fear. She
clutched at my sleeve when l went
close to her, and refused to let &C
until she had told her story. Coming
just after the fire, the household was
demoralized, and it was no surprise
to me to find Alex and the under
gardener struggling downstairs with
a heavy trunk between them.
Il didn't want to do it, Miss Innes,'
Alex said. But she was SO excited
was afraid she would do as she said
drag it down herself, and scratch
the staircase"
| was trying to get my bonnet of
and to keep the maids quiet at the
same time. Nov, Eliza, when you
have washed your face and stopped
bawling," | said, come into my sitting
room and tell me what has happened
Liddy put away my things without
speaking. The very set of her shout
ders expressed disapproval.
"Weli,"I said. when the silence be
came uncomfortable, things seem tc
be warming up
Silence from Liddy, and a long sigh
IF Eliza goes, | don't know where
to look for another cook" More 81
lence.
Rosie is probably a good cook
Sniff.
"Liddy," l said at last, don't dare
to deny hat you are having the time
of your life. You positively gloat in
this excitement. You never looked
better. It's my opinion all this running
around. and getting jolted out Of a
rut, has stirred up that torpid liver Of
yours"
Its not myself I'm thinking about
she said. goaded into speech. May
be my liver was torpid, and maybe il
wasn't; but / know this: I've goi
some feelings left. and to see yor
standing at the foot of that staircase
shootin' through the door-TH never
be the same woman again"
Well. I'm glad of that-anythine
for q change" / said. And in came
Eliza, f1anked by Rosie and Mary
Anne.
Her story, broken with sobs and cor
rections from the other two, was this
At two O'Clock (2:15, Rosie insisted
she had gone upstairs to get a picture
from her room to show Mary Anne
"a picture of a lady, Mary Anne inter
posed.) She went up the servants
staircase and along the corridor to hel
room, which lay between the trunk
xoom and the unfinished ballroom. She
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Someone Miqht Get Hurt.

Pietro had drifted to Florida and
was working with a gang at railroad
construction. He had been told to
beware of r~attlesnakes, but assured
that they would always give the
warning rattle before striking.
One hot, day he was eating his noon
luncheon on a pine log when he saw
a big rattler coiled a few feet in front
of him. He eyed the serpent and be-
gan to shift his legs ove the log. He
had barely got them out of the way
when the snakes fangs hit the bark
beneath him.
"Son of a guna!" yelled Pietro.
why you no ringa da bell?"-Every-
body's Magazine.
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wv ASHlNdION.-A DlJIer war Oh
W the house cat has been declared
by the department of agriculture. Elk
perts in the biological bureau Of that
department are making exhaustive in
vestigations of the cat as a ~spreader
Of disease. Already they have found
out enough to convince them that as
much danger turks in a cat as in a
rat, and rats are known to be fatal
distributors Of plague.
Upon the completion Of these in.
vestigations efforts will be made by
the Federal authorities to have cat
license laws passed. 1t is much more
desirable, they say. to have a license
for cats than a license for dogs.
1--WE know that cats carry disease"
said H. w. Henshaw, chief Of the bu-
reau, in discussing, the fight against
tabby, "but we do not know to what
extent. We are practically certain
they carry diphtheria. scarlet fever
and ringworm, and we suspect they
carry tuberculosis. All this we want
to find out. OF course the fight to
bring about a cat license will be a
hard one. Such a suggestion will be
scoffed at. But In time people will
come to realize what a menace cats
are. That is what we hope to do
bring the people to such a realiza-
ton"
DR.. A. X. Fisher, of the bureau of
biology, is at work on a bulletin on
the house cat. He has been studying
the question for years and knows the
general habits of cats thoroughly.
There are lots of ~fallacious the
cries regarding the usefulness OF
CATS says DR.. Fisher. "As a matter
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-23
She Took No Chances,

A happily-wedded matron is the
principal of IN odd incident, which
n of her dear" friends relates.
Before the matron's engagement to
her present husband was announced,
she met her dear friend on the
street. The new matron was hurrying
toward one of the large jewelry stores
of the city.
John gave me an engagement ring
she explained, without a shadow of
embarrassment, land I am going down
to see how much it cost. You see, !
got the jewelers. name of the box"
and she hurried on.
The same friend said that another
bit of information the matron got was
the commercial standing Of the pros
pective husband, which she secured
by paying for a special report from
a commercial agency.
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H#RR||I ||1m1

Perhaps | was wrong she said
heavily. "He-will be here in a few
moments if-%everything is right"
We sat there, the three Of us, with
out attempt at conversation. Both Ger
trude and l recognized the futility OF
asking Louise any questions; Der
reticence vas a part of a role she had
assumed. Our ears were strained for
the first throb Of the motor as it
turned into the drive and commenced
the climb to the house. Ten minutes
passed, IL, 20. I saw Louise's hands
grow rigid as they clutched the arms
Of her chair. / watched Gertrude's
bright color slowly ebbing away, and
around my own heart / seemed to feel
the grasp of a giant hand.
Twenty-Five minutes, and then a
sound. But it was not the chug of the
motor; it was the unmistakable rum
BILE of the Casanova hack. Gertrude
drew aside the curtain and peered
into the darkness.
ITS the hack, | am sure" she said,
evidently relieved. Something has
gone wrong with the car, and no won
der-the way Halsey went down the
hill"
1t seemed a long time before the
creaking vehicle came to a stop at the
door. Louise rose and stood watching,
her hand to her throat. And then
Gertrude opened the door, admitting
Mr.. Jameson and a stocky, middle
aged man Halsey was not with them.
When the door had closed and Louise
realized that Halsey had not come,
her expression changed. From tense
watchfulness to relief. and now again
to absolute despair, her face was an
open page.
"'Halsey?" l asked unceremoniously,
ignoring the stranger. did he-not
meet you?"
NO MI. Jameson looked slightly
surprised. Il rather expected the
car, but we got up all right"
"You didn't see him at all?" Louise
demanded breathlessly.
Mr.. Jameson knew her at once, al
though he had not seen her before.
She had kept to her rooms until the
morning she left.
mo, Miss Armstrong" he said. Il
saw nothing of him. What is wrong?'
Then we shall have to find him."
she asserted. Every instant is pre-
cious. Mr.. Jameson, / have reason
for believing that he is in danger, but
l don't know what it is. Only-he
must be found"
The stocky man had said nothing.
Now, however, he went quickly to-
ward the door.
"Ill catch the hack down the road
and hold it," he said. rs the gentle
man down in the town."
"Mr. JAMESON Louise said impul-
sively, Il can use-the hack. Take my
horse and trap outside and drive like
mad. Try to find the Dragon F1y-it
ought to be easy to trace. | can
think of no other way. Only, don't
lose a moment
The new detective had gone, and
a moment later Jameson went rapidly
down the drive, the cob's feet striking
fire at every step. Louise stood look
ing after them. When she turned
around she faced Gertrude, who stood
indignant. almost tragic, in the hall.
f"You know what threatens Halsey,
Louise" she said a~ccusingly. Il be-
lieve you know this whole horrible
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Uncle Allen.

IF you're getting old and don't
know it," philosophical Uncle Allen
Sparks, you'll find 1t out when you
go back to the town where you grew
up and look around for the boys you
used to play with when you were a
kid"
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The years write their records on
mems hearts as they do on trees
inner circles of growth which no eye
can see.-Saxe Holm.
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"a Believe You Know This Whole Hor-
ribIe Thing, This Mystery"
thing, this mystery that we are strug-
Cling with. If anything happens to
Halsey, / shall never forgive you" !.
Louise only raised her hands de-
spairingly and dropped them again.
STO BE CONTINUED.)