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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25

by with the barometer of Hope going steadily down year by year. This considered thoughtful1y when he spoke of another man." Also, there things gone from a woman's heart in ten years things lost which another man" would demand. shall never forget the time heard a woman tell man that he had skinned the cream of her life when he preempted the years between twenty and thir- ty. There something about the desperate ring of her vivid voice as she said ft-"years that you nor any one, not even God, can give back to me- that pierces the random confusion of blowing time and smites like pain ct my memory. Bitter ashes never gritted as did her words.
 You know how a woman feels about the numera1 30. If there isn't something to show for 1t, there is . shudder. imagine that Mrs. Dooby shudder> ed much as she looked out the window. Not that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25

Docby was lazy hnfcky trying. None of these. He was simply unsatisfactory when viewed in the light of possible threescore-and-ten years. Doc by made you blink when you thought of Mr. Brown- ings Grow old with me, the best is yet to be- the last of life for which the first is made" He dreadfully important about the unimportant things; busy little soul, like a cockroach in glass bottle. Mrs. Dooby had tried: she had brok- the bottle, which only resulted in the consequent bewilderment of Clarence Q. So, carefully sweep ing the sherds of glass; Mrs. Dooby had strolled away.
 By the way, how she had broken that bottle might be of interest. It happened one morning at breakfast They ate late Dooby was seedy and watery and trembly. He had been drinking-not as . strong man drinks. with gusto. but with lit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25

anyway. She told 1t my temperament"
 ~Hm," said Dixie Mike, lighting . cigarette And did this go for ten years?'
 Dooby looked at us solemnly. "Ten years," he answered. Then he made sudden and unlocked for remark: And now she's gone of with another man."
 This not nice of him. but it was sincere. Measure it all up according to Clarence Q.s stand ards, and that must have been her reason. But somehow I didn't think Mrs Dooby had eloDed with another partner. Somehow I tancied Mrs Dooby had had enough of partners
 She would have been . good partner for ten year-od boy and there would have been horse sense and much heart in the partnership. Now, mind you. I've seen Mrs. Dooby only twice. and all saw then brow and neat dress and chin-and two eyes. But these things spoke as . tree speaks she the kind of woman that never would have talked talky-talk. anyway-and think heard the secret that they murmured. Ten years of Doo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25

I'll get a gun and kill myself" stared at Dixie and he stared at me- This will pass." our eyes said; and again We let him alone
 Shs had left no word, no traditional note pinned to the proverbtal pillow. Mrs. Dooby had simply and unostentatiousy gone. I wondered not why Mrs Dooby had left-for knew Dooby-but my wonder was why Dooby should kill himself. Great grief podsons our heads, I argued, and poisonea heads rush out to blow themselves off with a Ss- but the grief of Clarence O. not that sort of grief.
 However. we respected him for his evident sor- row and manfashion, we watched over him care fully thinking swiftly of how to keep him away from revolvers.
 How long had you been marr1ed?' asked Ddxfe sitting on the center table and picking up the vapid photograph.
 sob sounded like "Ten years" Dooby was twenty-eight.
 How old was-is your-your wffe?" I suggested with a glance out the window where Mrs Dooby had often sat.
 Another sob crysta1lized into Thirty"
 We murmured vague words Of consolation "she older than you?"
 "Oh, yes. Two years older" Whereat I be came much interested, for like to know things about women who marry younger than them selves. Their reasons are not always obvious. Sometimes; but seldom A twentyyear-old Emma taking to husband eighteen-year-old Clarence O. presents subtleties. intimated much, only deli
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25
Mike, ny s0ffe has lsft me.

0r Se sEHamsn&- Ae objected to g. star in the hair q . aasksysd eiehteen-yearoid beauty. and wanted ft Tonsved ere the picture, which the engraving Aspaxtmsnt had lifted from . European magazine, sAsuld be riaoed at tho top of his column and Iabssed -Dfxie Davenport, Friend of the hoved and ksvsisss' The star. he deposed. esoteric. IAs sasr.vinx department called his column to the Sevslern . vfler name; and withdrew triumphant.
 AnA N thea th&t Clarence O. Dooby came sveF 6rUn his typewriter and asked Dixie If he VI Ais ffssnd. Dtxie laid down his pipe and with . vStcs that was n.eduiated out of long expert mcs with sundry small loans, tentatively admitted tAAt he was
 Dooby looked at him . moment intently. Then his chin gave in and he wailed ~Mfke-that Miss Davenport's real name-"Mfke my wife has left mel" He fumbled with a paper-weight for moment and then biurted out, desperately:
 ~Come up to the house with me"
 Mike got up and said: Sure"
 I, too. had nothing to do for two hours, and so went along; and this story came to be written.
 On the way up, Doody was morose. His thoughts were monotonous. Gfs words were dreary, chill ing variation of the one theme: "Why has she gone?" "Why did she do it?" .. .. "Why has my poor little Emma left me?" "Oh, why?" ... "Why?" .. 'why?" And Dixie and l. out of respect for his grief, let him alone.
 The rooms tidy to feck; neat as a birds feathers The rigid photograph of the stricken man stuck firmly to it's accustomed pose and place. the center table was shiny disk; the windows hounced and accurate; the sharp little clock snip ped of the seconds with clean precise ticking and yet somehow the small, cozy fiat seemed strangely vacant. It forlorn. as if recently the life had gone out of the air there and left it aaccid. The little husband looked around with a Hftr2er in his throat She's gone" he quavered gone"
 GtC1 be caught sight of pair of her old shoes -the only negligent articles in the room-and this brought sobbing ilcoherence Fellows can't stand it'-and he looked it-"T tell you I just sim. ply can't rn kill myself . |. that's what I'll do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25

Let us % back and start over. Mrs Dooby had Ssrsaksn that pleasure. She longer tidied up the csurroom hat two stories above the utte grocery store. 6he longer sat with pensivs eyes fixed upon . cabinet photograph Of Clarence @. Dooby, which leaned back passiveiy in the garish cnch of . gilded metal frame She longer allowed her steady graylbiue eyes to sweep across and beyond his picture, through tho patch of widowed day light and into the blind land of her dreams Mrs. Dooby had, at one stroke. deprived herself of all these things To put 1t hlandy-and that is the way it came upon Clarence Q.-Mrs. Dooby had fled.
 Ffrst it was . Tragedy; then 1t elongated itself into Bore then it hattsned itself out into Bur Issque. I not referring to the effect which Clarence o. had upon Mrs Doohy-though doubt less she the gamut of exactly that trio o6 sadons. speaking of the effect which the bereft husband had upon us at the onfce.
 It four days before Thanksgiving. The gen. tlenan who gave advice to the lovelorn was on the city desk, while the regular city editor cov- cred honest political convention. He was arEu- ing, with short and peculiarly vicious pipe be- tween his teeth. He arguing with the chief of the engraving department "a mers mat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25

aTRD arc many infalFble tests where by you can gauge Q man, and one way
 is to observe his w1fe's pleasures.
 It was Mrs. Dooby's pleasure to sit for long hours looking out of a win
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
WASH Thai Itch AWAY.

II is said that there are certain
springs in Europe that give relief anf
cure to Eczema and other skin dis.
cases, II YOU knew that by washing
in these waters you could be relieve
from that awful itch. wouldn't yon
make every effort TO take trip to
Europe at once? Would YOU not he
willing TO spend your last cent "a find
the cure2
Bat YOU meet not leave home for
these distant springs. eiief is right
fere in Your own home town,
A simple wash Of Oil Of Winter
Free7, Thymol and other ingredients
as compounded only in d D. u. Pre-.
seripion VII being instant relief to
that ter-.aie burning itch. and leave
the skin as smooth and healthy as
f,-rt Of chilli
If you have not already tried it, get
II least a % cent bottle today. We
assure YOU Of instant relief. Herman
c. Schulz, Druggist.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

CAIRO SCHOOL NOTES


Al the high schocc yesterday morn
ing the State Humane Society, which
is holding its thhi annual conven.
ton mere Fed its first session The
meeting opened with the singing OF
q, II. S. Loyalt by the school are
meeting was then called TO order BY
D" Fl A. Harmon. who acted as
chairman ia place Of NJ yesterday,
Who Was unable to be present, and
the following program was giyen:s
Invocation, by Rev Graham.
Address Of welcome, by Mr.. j. 5.
Aistlorpe
Talk on the work done by the so
aietiss in Bloomirston, BY Mr., Ker-
rick Of that place.
Talk by Mr. Scott, president of the
state Humane Society
The meeting was then adjourned
until 2 p. M, at the Cairo BAPTIST
church annex.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
ON TO THEbES
THIS MORNING
FIRST REGULAR TRAIN ON
CAlRO'S NEW RAILROAD MAY
EE CROWDED.
FORMAL OPENING SOON
or Beautiful New Passenger Station
at Cairo-Connect,c With
Roads al Thehes to
Come Later

This morning al O'Clock the first
.sagglar train on the Cairo < Thebes
railroad will he run from one ofstne
most beautiful passenger stations IN
the state Of Illinois, The tram will
consist q. locomotive and combna
ION passenger ana baggage ca,
Which belongs to the Louisville &
Nasayille railroad, The locomotive
is No. &. The train win be in charge
of Conductor j w Glatz, the engi
peer William McFadden and the fire
man John Bowers.
Leaving Cairo at : O'clock the train
Mtll arrive at Thebes al s, the dis
lance between the two points being
"A mites. On the return trip the train
will leave Thebes at O'Clock reach
ing Cairo at 10, This will allow one
aour at Thebes
In the afternoon the train viii
leave Cairo at ( O'Clock. arrive at
Thebes at and leaving Tnebes at
once returning to Cairo at Is o'clock
No attention is being paid at pres
Ont to the matter Of making eonnec
ton with other roads at Thebes
These matters viii develop later. The
fare from Cairo to Thebes will be As
cents.
Auditor Pomeroy VII. for the pres
ent, act as agent Of the line and viii
handle tne tickets in thpa ticket office
The offices OF the road which have
heen removed from Commercial ave
rue, are located on the second floor
IT the passenger station. occupying
he entire south end OF the building
rhe east room win be ar. Pomeroy's
office and former roadmaster (now
superintendent ] d Hayden, occu-
pies the west room,
President r.. A. Smith will have an
,ffce fitted up in the front room of
Tie north side Up stairs and Civil En-
sineer Geo, r. Dewey will have the
vest room
Definite arrangement for tie
handling Of freight express, mall
lte will be made ami announced
iter
President Smith said last evening
bat he would Try to arrange soon TO
have a formal opening OF the station
INVITING all the Ee0pie to attend.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
DATE OF MINISTRIES
X. M. X. C. WIN Present Their Enter
tainment ct Cairo Opera House
December &c.

In conference with .Ganagef
/. Parks OF. the Cairo opera house aa,l
the show committee at n. Sanders
store last evening, ii was decided that
the Knights OF the Mystic Krew min
sirel show now in rehearsal viii be
PRESENTED on the night OF Friday,
Tee, 30. this being about the only
ui,en hate available at this time of
HE month There will be an unusual
numbeYof good attractions at the
opera house tie latter part Of the
month
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
MEMORIAL BY THE ELKS
service at M. E. Church Next Sun
day Afternoon $500 Address BY
Rev. Crane Of Chicago.

Tie Cairo Elks viii hold their an,
hual memorial service next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock in the First
Methodist Episcopal church. This
year there will be no personal tri-
butes to the departed members, FIVE
Of whom are on the roll this year.
VIM. McHale, b. r. 1histlewood.
Robert Lewis, X. c. Andrews and
VIM Burke
The address will be made by Rev.
Frank Grain of Chicago. double
quartette Win sing, assisted by Miss
Pearl Wiliiiorl who will sing 20,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
\ A grand assortment Of high class
fa,rs newest STYLES in furs. Entire
sample lines on sale Thursday.
Has Fought His Last ppel.

8F A couple OF Guarrelsome schoolboys
In Paris aged respectively fourteen
and fifteen. fought a duel in the Bois
de Boulogne with sharp foils Both
were wounded, one In the thigh. and
the other under the other under the
18th rib The mother of the elder
dn6lfst 50 warmed the lad when he
returned home that his feelings have
been severely lacerated and he says
Ne has fought his last duel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
Banks on Sure Thine Now.

I'm never be without fr Kings
New Life Pills again, writes A..
Sehirgeek. G47 Elm ST., Buffalo, n Y.
They cured me- Of chronic constipa.
ton Wen iii p.aers failed TN
eQualea for- BilIonsaess. 1aundice. In
digestion. Headache Chtlis, Malaria,
And Debility. 25c at all druggists
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
The First MilIiners.

About two hundred years ago Milan
was noted for the fineries made there
for female wear, the manufacturers OF
which were men. They we're there.
fore known as milliners. from tho
name of the place
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

ioan Muskyyaley to Kelly Bros
LlimFr Co, warrantee dee T. lot u.
block y, first addition Considera-
tion $1,000 f.
Kelly Bros Lumber Co. 10 Jobr
Muskyyalley warrantee deed, lot %.
block p, first addition Consldera-
ton 81 2g2.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
lntsnaihle Caress.

What IS that which, EXCHANGED be-
tween two persons, is something whilst
in the act Of exchanging. nothing after
the exchange is made, and for which
neither can show value received PA
kiss.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
MORE CENSUS FIGURES.

Washington, Nov. 3O.-Census re-
ports published today show the fol.
lowing populations: Minnesota 2,075,
70s, an increase OF 324.314. Ten
nessee 2,1Si,l73. an increase Of
1G4.179.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

Read The Bulletin seven days
week then you'll know the news OF
the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

The regular meeting OF the G. H, s.
Debating Society Will be held tonight
in the Assembly hall good pro-
gram mas been arranged ana an en-
ioyable time is expected
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

Americas largest manufacturer of
furs Sample line on sale Thursday
Des;. LIST at Samuel White d G. Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

The athletic association Of the
afro high school win give an enter
aiument in the near future to raise
money for the necessary expenses OF
The basket bali team.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

Dry Thy Tears Miss Kate Davis
VIII accompan tne singers on the
organ.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01
general Notes.

Tae first actual practice Of the bas-
yet bali squad was held last might
It the Armory hall after school
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

About t20 Of the high school pupils
nave taken buttons of the State tu-
name Society, which makes them Jun
ior members,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-01

stFhe improper English used in the
foregoing story is probably not that
81 the strange woman referred to, for
II the several conversations with The
Bulletin reporter she always used the
language of well educated woman.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
| ABORER
AHHHENH Ill ~
SUSPECTED
POLICE ARE HOLDING JOHN
FAGLER FOR THE MURDER OF
FOUR - BELIEVED REVENGE
WAS THE MOTIVE.
(Herald Specially

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 12.-Police
Chief Skinner returned today from
the scene of the quadruple murder
discovered Saturday night near
Olathe, Kansas, with John Fagler, a
farm hand, who is suspected of the
crime. Four persons of the Bernhart
farm were brutally murdered. Re-
venge is believed to have been the
motive The victims of the murderer
we're Mr. Emaline Bernhart, her
son, George, Thomas Morgan and
John Graves.
Thousands of morbidly curious peo-
pie swarmed to the farm yesterday.
The murder has stirred Kansas to
a pitch never before experienced. 1t
is believed the murders occurred
Wednesday or Thursday
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
ALLEGED YEGGMAN.
John Johnson Held at Crockett on a
Charge of Robbery.

Crockett, Texas, Dec. 11.-John
Johnson, alias Pat Dunbar, was arrest
ed and lodged in the Crockett Jail
last night and is charged with rob-
bling the Grapeland Bank, which rob-
berry occurred about five weeks ago,
when the bank safe was dynamited
and all the cash taken, amounting to
over $1,000. The arrest was made
by State Ranger Joe l.. Lacy, assist
ed by Sheriff A. w. Phillips of this
county, who located this party after
a long seardh at the home of his
mother, which is only a short .5is-
lance from Grapeland. "a :
State Ranger Lacy has been work
ing on this case since the night of
the robbery and has followed this
party over a great portion of Texas
and into Oklahoma, and was prepared
to arrest him there when he learned
that he was preparing to return to
his home in Grapeland, Texas, to
which place he was followed and 'ari
rested. This arrest is the first made.
since the robbery occurred.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
(Herald Specially

Washington, D. c., Dec 1.-THE
following nominations were sent to
the senate by President Taft today:
Edward Douglas White, now an as
sociate justice of the supreme court,
to be chief Justice.
Judge Willis Vanderventer, of the
United States circuit court in the
Eighth district, and Joseph Rucker
Lamar, former. associate justice of
the Georgia supreme court, are to be
associate justices of the supreme
court.
Martin Knapp, now chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Robert W. Archibald, United States
district judge in Pennsylvania, and
VIM. NJ. Hunt, now judge of the court
of customs appeals, John Emmett
Garland and Julian w. Mack, now
judge of the appellate court in Illi-
nois, are to be the five members of
the commerce court.
The following are nominated to be
new members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission: Balthazer H.
Meyer of Wisconsin and C. C. Nc
Chord of Kentucky.
The president also made the follow
ing additional nominations:
Maxwell Blake of Missouri to be
consul general at Tangier, Morocco.
/ Geo. J. Kenna of Michigan to be
consul at Florence, Italy.
Edward d. Wilson of Illinois to be
consul at Plauen, Germany.
George T. Knott of Oklahoma to be
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Your Holiday Advertising Can Be Made Effective Through Herald Advertisements
White Chief Justice.
Other Appointments

collector of internal revenue for Okla
homa and territory.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
ALDR|CH
HAS STOCK
NEW YORK WORLD ASSERTS TO-
DAY THAT ALDRICH OWNS
A GOOD BLOCK OF STOCK IN
RUBBER COMPANY.
(Herald Specially

New York, Dec 1p.-That United
States Senator Nelson A. Aldrich of
Rhode Island owns between three
and four hundred shares of stock in
the United States Rubber company,
the big trust, is asserted by the World
today. The newspaper says the entry
on the books of the company shows
that Aldrich has at least three hun
dred and forty shares. In August
Aldirch denied the charge made by
Senator Bristow of Kansas that he
had any interest in the rubber COM
pany.,
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
IN WHITES PROMOTION
Politicians See an Opening For Pres
ident Taft.
(Herald Specially

Washington, D. c., Dec 12.-In the
announcement of Justice Whites Sc
lection for chief justice of the federal
supreme court, many people here to-
day see possibility of Taft accom-
plishing his life ambition White is
now sixty-five years of age, and the
time of his possible retirement is in
five years Taft's friends say at that
time Taft would be a most formidable
candidate, even if the president
should be a democrat.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12

Herald want ads. bring results.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
Wall Street Satisfied.
(Hara1d Snania1l

I New York, Dec. 13.-The News Blu
reau, Wall Street organ, today says
Justice Whites selection should be
regarded with satisfaction. He pos
sesses a great legal mind, has a pro-
found knowledge of constitutional law,
and has clear and incisive judg-
ment.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
GEN ERAL.

President Taft sent in many nomina,
lions to the senate today.
John Fagler is held at Kansas City,
Kas., for murder of four people.
Passengers and crew of the wrecked
steamer Olympia rescued today.
New York World asserts that Senator
Aldrich owns stock in the rubber
trust.
Edward Douglas White is named as
chief justice Of the United States
supreme court.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS
LOCAL.

LOCAL.
County commissioners court will hold
monthly session hereafter.
Rev. James Kilgore and family leave
for their new home at Texarkana
Anderson County Boys Corn Club will
be reorganized in this city next
Saturday, December II.
Poultry show will be held in the Col
ley building, next door to the Lyric
I Theater, beginning next Wednesday,
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
TAMMANY HALL DAMAGED.
Historic Old Building Sustained Fir
Damage of $4,000.

New York, Dec. 12.-Historic Tam
many Hail., whose records are inval-
liable to history, was badly damaged
by fire early this morning. Loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-12-12
Senate Confirms.
(Herald Specially

Washington, D. c., Dec. 12.-The
senate this afternoon confirmed the
appointment of Justice White to be
chief justice of the United States SUI
preme court.
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-03
Garment l!ss!s.e!

The grandest bargains that we have ever offered
in this store. Every Wool Suit in the house cut
to pisces in price. The plain tailored or fancy
trimmed. Materials are fancy mixtures, diagonals
cheviots, homespun, serges, etc. There is every
color. every size and many patterns in this assort-
ment Come early for first choice in this c1E
sale. Values up to $35. 5................ IIO
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-03

icize my motives, but appreciate the
fact that in having a business talk
with you l am talki..g to the largest
producers of railroad freight and it
is to our mutual interest to talk over
things and know each other better.
THE farmers and railroads have
something to cooperate with and
something to cooperate for The
products and supplies Of the farms
constitute 40 per cent of the freight
of the western railroads. lit is to
our interest to work with you in bet
tering your marketing facilities, for
the more prosperous you are the more
business you have for us. In work
ing out economics. the consumer is
also benefited. First let us eliminate
the men who talk radicalsideas to fos-
ter hatred and malice between the
producer and transporter. Taking
your products from your farms to the
market and in aiding you to get the
best prices are the ways in which we
can profitably work together. We do
not need any middle agent. We can
talk straight at one another and save
money by doing so. In short. let us
work together"