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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1910-07-16

S. NJ. Apple of Little Rock, former
ly of Conway, has been awarded
contract to erect $4,000 church for
the Presbyterians at Batesville.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1910-07-16

DEAR SIR-Please register my name for one
weeks free usee of your Edison Phonograph
as advertised.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
Then Is the Time to Bring Out the
Ginger Jar and Take Good Dose
Of Its Contents.

Do you feel gloomy. melancholy. de-
jected? Do things look blue? Are
collections slow and are bills pilins
up? Is your establishment stagnating
from a lack of energy. ginger. enthusi-
asm? Then. says a writer In the Book.
keeper. ginger up!
Are you up against IT in every sense
of the term-eligible for membership
in the Down-and-Out club? Does II
seem as il the crack Of doom is about
to enter the city lines? Have you &C
copied failure as the inevitable end
and do you now wait patiently. but
fearfully, for the coming of the sher-
i'll? Have you given up the battle? II
you haven't. then don't! Don't do II
anyhow.
But ginger up! Send the ONCE boy
scampering after the ginger jar. Get
1t out OF that corner where II has
been hidden for over a decade. un-
touched and covered with dust and
cobwebs. Open 1t and take some
goodly portions of its contents. There
now! You feel better. A smile lights
up your countenance. A determination
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Rlakeley. lawyer. goes to
PItshurC with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to got the deposition o.
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter 5
home he is attracted 10y q picture oi a
young girl. whom the millionaire eNplalnS
Is his granddaughter. lady requests
Elakeley To buy her a Pullman ticket He
gives her lower eleven and retains lower
ten. He finds a drunken man in lower
ten ard rrtircS in lower nine. He AVA
kcns in lower seven and finds his clothes
and bag missing. The man in lower ten
Is found murdered. Cir"UmStantial evil
1encr points to both Blak"ley and the
UNKNOWN man who lad exchanged clothes
with Inn. I:iakrl"" becomes int"rcS:c'i
In a girl in blue. The train is wrecked.
RllE"l"y is rescued from the burning car
10y the girl in blue. His arm is broken.
they - TO the Carter piac" for break
fast. The girl proves ia Ice Alison W"St.
his partners sweetheart. Her peculiar
actions mvstify the lawyer. She drops
her gold ha: and Rllk"l"y puts il in mis-
pocket i?lallelcy returns igoIu". III" finds
t'at J." - under Surveillance. M"vln-
pictures Of the train taken Just hef"r. the
wreck reveal to Biakcl,y a man l"apnS
from the train with lis stolen grip
I:lakei"r learns that a man named Sui
Ivan lcaped from tn" train near NJ
md Spraned his ankle. He stayed some
tTi'N at the Carter place. While maxim,
inquiries at Carriers. Blakcl"y finds Ali
SON and kisses her.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
NEED MONEY FOR GOOD WORK
Plans Of the National Association fes
the Study and Preventio"
of 1uherculoSis.

What "a Million for tuberculosis
from Red Cross Seals will do In pro
viding some of the 275.900 beds need
ed at once In the United States for
consumptives. Is explained In a recent
bulletin Of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention OF Ta-
berculosis. There Is just about one
bed for every ten INDECENT consump
tives. and II all tuberculosis persons
In the country are counted. both rich
and poor. hardly one for every % OF
30. II sufficient hospital accomodar
tons are provided only for those
who are too poor to pay the full
price for their treatment. fully ?75.e0o
more beds in special institutions for
tuberculosis would te needed at once.
The immense outlay necessary to pro
vide and maintain 50 many beds In
hospitals. make 1t imperative. the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis de-
clares. that such Institutions be erect
ed from public money. either NUM-
cipal. county or state. In order TO
get appropriations for public hospitals
for tuberculosis. agitation IS neces-
sary. and in order to create q cam
paign Of agitation. organization Is de-
handed. But in order that an organA
cation may carry on an effective cam
paign. funds are needed.
These funds 1t Is proposed to secure
IN "A manv communities aS noSsiblo
from the sale OF Red Cross seals.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Notes and a BARGAIN.

nc iNOlCS dho q ooi 9o's
I went back slowly to where the
woman sat alone. She smiled rather
oddly as |. drew near, and pointed to
the chair Bronson had vacated.
sit down. Mr. Blakeley," she said,
Il am going to take few minutes OF
your valuable time"
Certainly sat down opposite
her and glanced at a cuckoo clock on
the wall Il am sorry. but / have only
a few minutes. If you" She laugh
ed little, not very pleasantly, and
opening a small black fan covered
with spansles. waved it slowly.
THE fact is she said. Il think We
are about to make 4 bargain"
A bargain" l asked incredulously.
You have a second advantage of me.
lou know my name"-I paused suS.
gestively and she took the cue
Il am Mrs. Conway" she said. and
flicked a crumb off the table with an
cvermanicured finger
The name was scarcely a surprise.
| had already surmised that this
might be the woman whom rumOr
credited as being Bronson's common
law wife Rumor l remembered, had
said other things even less pleasant,
things which had been brought out at
BrOnson's arrest for forgery.
I'VE met last under less fortunate
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
- MARY NBfRIc R(EHART I

over IN corner nall a dozen boys
on their way back to school were rag
Sing perspiring waiter, a proceed
ing so exactly to Meningitis taste
that he insisted on going over to join
them. But their table was full, and
somehow that kind of fun had lost its
point for me.
Not far from us very stout, mid.
dle-aged man, apoplectic with the
heat, was elephantinely jolly for the
benefit of bored-looking girl across
the table from him, and at the next
table a newspaper woman ate alone,
the last edition propped against the
water bottle before her, her hat, for
GOODNESS, on the corner of the table.
1t was a motley bohemian crowd
looked over the room casually.
while Mcknight ordered the meal
Then my attention was attracted to
the table next to ours. Two people
were sitting there. SO deep in CONVEX.
sation that they did not notice US
The wo,nans face was hidden under
her hat. as she traced the pattern of
the cloth mechanically with her fork
But the mans features stood out clear
in the light of the candles on the
table 1t was Bronson
He shows the strain. doesn't he?''
Mcknight said. holding up the wine
list as if he read from it. Who's the
wonan?"
Search me-" replied. in the same
way.
When the chicken came, I still
found myself gazing now and then at
the distracted couple near me. Evil
IDENTITY the subject of conversation was
UNPLEASANT. bronson was eating lit
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

tie. the woman not at all. Finally he
got up. pushed his chair back noisily.
thrust a bill at the waiter and Staiked
out
The woman sat still for a moment;
then. with an apparent resolution TO
make the best of it. she began slowly
to eat the meal before her
Eut the quarrel had taken away her
appetite. for the mixture in our
chatting dish was hardly ready to
serve before she pushed her chair
back little and looked around the
room.
caught my first glimpse of her
face then. and confess it startled me.
II was the tall. stately woman OF the
Ontario. the woman | had last seen
covering beside the road. rolling peb,
bleS in her hand. blood streaming
from a cut over her eye. | could see
the scar now. little affair. about an
inch long. cleaning red through its
layers of powder.
And then. quite unexpectedly, she
Alter minutes uncertainty, she
bowed. letting her eyes rest on mine
with Il calmly insolent stare. She
glanced at Mcknight for 4 moment
then back to me. When she looked
away again l breathed easier
Who is it?" asked Mcknight under
his breath.
Ontario" | formed it with my
lips rather than said it. Mcknight S
eyebrows went up and he looked with
increased interest at the black gowned
! figure.
ate little after that. The situation
! was rather bad for me, began to see
| Here was 4 woman who could, if she
/ wished, and had any motive for 50
doing. put ME in Jail under capital
charge. A word from her to the pc
| lice, and polite surveillance would be
| come active interference.
Then, too. she could say that she
had seen me, Just after the wreck
with a young woman from the muir
dered mans car. and thus probably
| bring Alison West into the case.
1t is not surprising. then, that l ate
| little. The woman across seemed II
no hurry to 60. She lOitered over q
demi-tasse, and that finished, sat with
her elbow on the table. her chin IL
her hand, looking darkly at the chang
ing groups in the room.
| The fun at the table where the col
lege boys sat began to grow a little
noisy; the fat man, now a purplist
shade. ambled away behind his slim
companion; the newspaper woman
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

pinned on her business-like hat and
stalked out. Still the woman at the
next table waited.
1t was a relief when the meal was
over. We got our hats and were
about to leave the room. when
waiter touched me on the arm.
Il beg your pardon. SIR" be said,
but the lady at the table near the
window. the lady in black. sir, would
like to speak to you"
/ looked down between the rows OF
tables to where the woman sat alone,
her chin still resting on her hand. her
black eyes still insolently staring
this time at me.
I'll have to CO." said to Mcknight
hurriedly. She knows all about that
affair and she'd be a bad enemy"
Il don't like her lamps" Mcknight
ooServed. after a glance at her. Bet
ter jolly her a little. Good-by."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
Led by the Nose.

An analytical chemist was retained
as a skilled witness some years ago.
where there are questions of analyt-
ical chemistry. There was one case
where a farmer had bought some ar
tificial manure. and he was being
sued for the price of 1t. He resisted
payment on the ground that the ma
terial had none of the qualities of
manure at all. The expert chemist
vas one Of the witnesses. and had
stated that, although the substance
had the smell. 1t had none of the
chemical qualities Of manure. Under
cross-examination he was asked. II
that was 80. how did he account for
hundreds Of the best farmers having
taken the manure for many years
They must have been led by the
nose" returned the witness.
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circumstances" she was saying. u
have been fit for nothing since that
terrible day. And yOu-you had a
broken arm. | think.
II still have it," l said. with lame
attempt at jocularity: but to have
escaped at all was a miracle. We have
much. indeed, to be thankful for.
Il suppose we have" she said care
lessly. although sometimes doubt
it She was locking sOmbcrly to
ward the door through which her late
companion had made his exit.
"You sent for me" | said.
Yes. | sent for you" She reused
herself and sat erect. Now. MT
Blakeley. have YOU found those pa
rcrs?"
The papers? What papers?" I par,
ried l needed time to think.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
When Every Thing Looks Bad

has been inoculated In your system
You become enthusiastic. 1t is con
tag.ous and your employees are en-
Unused. ZOO. You rally: you fight u
will" becomes your motto. Il can't"
is thrown into the waste basket. where
it belongs. You win! You must win.
Its natural.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
Deadlock.

"Who is that man who has been sit
ting behind the bar day after day.?
inquired the stranger In Crimson
Gulch.
That's Stage Coach Charley. He's
in a peculiar predicament. He went to
town last week and got his teeth
fixed. Then he came here, and. bein'
broke. ran up a bill on the strength Of
his seven dollars worth of gold nllin'.
Charley won't submit to havin' the
nuggets pried out an the proprietor
won't let him git away with tho col
lateral, and there you are!"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02
She Probably Could.

Senator La Toilette, apropos Of Ger
tain scandals. said at dinner in Mad
ison: These things recall the legisla-
tor who remarked to his wife. with .
look of disgust: One of those land
lobbyists approached me today with
another insulting proposition
THE wife. young and pretty wom-
an, clapped her hands. oh. good!'
che cried. Then l can have that sable
stole, after all. can't !. dear?"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

Chimmie-G'wan. you're no ball
player. Yer couldn't ketcb . foul Il
Il was moulin!
Patsy-Gittout. you couldn't ketcA
q fly if it was stuck on sticky ny-par
per till 1t was dead as merlas.es!
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

A business firm advertises a shirt
without buttons. That's no novelty.
Many a bachelor has worn them for
years.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

Whole grain fed constantly to
young chicks win sooner or later
Give them leg weakness.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

Cheviot ewes rank above the aver.
age In their prolific qualities.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

In making a kerosene "emulsion"
Of any kind for the eradication OF
lice. mites. flies. ETC.. great care must
be taken to see that the combination
is SURELY emulsified or serious re
suits may follow and more hide be
"eradicated' than anything else.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

To make butter Of good quality the
fundamental principles Of cream ripen.
Ing must Be understood.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

Two things that deserve constant
attention at this time are the bits
and the blankets. Never allow
frosty bit to come in contact with the
horses mouth and never leave the
team without being well and com
fortably blanketed.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

A COW that has q good appetite.
eats heartily and keeps thin in flesh
while giving milk il usually a good
one to keep.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

Cows that are expoctoa 70 return .
profit must have liberal rations q the
kinds Of food adapted 10 their needs.
They must have dry. comfortable and
well ventilated sleeping places and be
kept. free from excitement caused BY
exposure and neglect The practise
Of allowing the dairy herd to run
over the farm and b herded BY dogs
and children and compelled to eat
frosty clover and forage cannot Be
made to return . profit, even though
they may consume waste folders and
forage.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

For the average dairyman 1t i.
cheaper to raise his own cows than
to buy them. Decides. II he has good
cows to begin with he can more wise
ly select the calves because Of an init
mate knowledge of the work of the
mothers.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

The black rot of tomatoes Is a dit
ficult disease to control. Applications
of Bordeaux Mixture. II begun when
the tomatoes are Just forming and
continued until they are fairly well
grown. will prevent the disease.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
PFuHARMoNIC ORCHESTRA

The following is the programme which
the Philharmonic Society. under Gustav
MauIer. VIII play a its hrsr Sunday con-
ce-t TINS afternoon
,,------.-- ..r--ess-,,fi-z-- ..-... Ton Weber
-,1.nror- SO .. = minor. 9p- - Isct,atH Vsk-
s---e7-s.s from La Ddlnus-lnE 1c E-l-st
lIfrue- r- -l-e VIII o' Jha NlsPs--
Dance 1f the S--pls- -------------- ----i'erl-oz
RaEgrzy March -------l
aeu1lsrg Watt ------- ----s--
Josef Hofmann VIII bee soloist al the
TUESDAY night and Friday afternoon con
ce--s- FIofmanu VIII play the Salnt-Saens
concerto 10. q Gustav NaLler has pre-
pared q programme opening with the over
.ure 70 Schumaun's Manfred and IN
,luEuE. besides the concerto. DehussE's
.Rordes u Fr.nteulas" and B-aEos's sy-ul-
r,houv Ia C minor.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
The heOperaOpening
"Armide" at Metropolitan
To-Morrow Night.

Tomorrow evening New York's grand
opera season Nyill open At the Metropolitan
Opera House, 10 continue for twenty-five
weeks. ChTlsIOuhgr GiuCk's "ArmiGe, .
musical setting oI CuinaulJ's tragedy, pro
duced for the rrst time at the Paris Opera
iu -1-- is Inc opera chosen by General Man
a-yer Gar-i-C1sazza Tor TIE initial perform
sllCe. u VII Be tbs first time this opera
has been heard in America No pains or
expense have been spared IN preparing a
superb n.ise-en-sceBe- The painting of The
scenery Was ..-trusIeG 10 P2quereau, of
Paris VINO also designed and executed the
scenery ear -Orteo" In the cast VIII De
Nine F-emsrad iu tae title role: Nine.
Homer. Nine. Rappold. NJ. CarUso. Air.
AI.lato III. de SeEUrola Nine Maubours.
Nine Gl1ck- AIr- GiIly. Ar. Reiss anc Mr.
Bada- The opera VII be directed by AIr-
T'oScau51.
Tuesday evening. when there VIII be no
opera n the Metropolitan Opera House,
M Gatji-Casazza Will take the company
II Albany for a special performance Of
'NzEa-.a butterfly The cast viii include
Miss Geraldine Farrar, Nine Matueld, NY
Ri-cardo Na->Ia. M Scott, Mne. Maple
S11 and tlv usual cast Ny Toscanini VIII
direct
DAY evening, with NJ. Slezak IL the title
role. Nine. BerJa Morena. after al absence
ot e. season viii be welcomed back II The
role u Elisabeth. and Nine. Fremsrad VIII
he Venus. Others OF 5le cast VIII ne Mr.
sooner as Wolfram. Mr.. Reiss as Walther
and Ar. Eiashay. "a newcomer II the cou-
naa-. as Blte-olf. Al-. Hertz VIII make MS
first auDe4-znce lhIs season aI the GiTac-
-ur'S desk GA this yslaSt8E-
AIDA" 0a Thursday evening VIII be dis
lllrIlsle6 by the appearance II the title
roie af Nine Desr.uu, with M Caruso-
Mime. Homer. SiT. AualC. 8IT, DIdu- and
NJ R1ssi- Ny TGscsnini VIII conduct
Die W1lkLsrc- which ou this occasion
-He management wishes To emphasize VII.
commence al O'Clock sharp. instead or
--aa as heretofore. Is announced Tor Hriday
evening when Nine. Luele WeidJ VIII make
T.o- American Ge1U. as 'HTululIGe Nine
HFesdt comes from the Vienna opera. Nine.
NTorena VIII repeat FC- lupersouation OF
S5eeileude. while the S-eEulnd viii be AIr.
Burriau aud rae kEorar M Sooner. Miss
IIareIee WichEam VIII sing the roles OF
F--51a, and Wal-raute- NJ. Hertz VIII con-
dact.
.'1Iadaus Butterfly" viii be given al The
lrs- Saturday matinee. with Miss Geraldine
r-a-~ar IN The ritIe role. with the same cast
as Al tge Albany performance Of Tuesday
evening including Mr.. Martin, Mr Scott
.lG lL-ue- NLa--feIG. III. ToscaElu- VIII Ci-
-s--
Saturday evening there VIII be no opera
ar Ja- METROPOLITAN, as AIr. Gattl-Casazza
uU take the company 20 the Brooklyn
Academy IF Music. when --Trovat0Te" VIII
Ire -lver. with Dir. Slezak as Mau-ico. Nine.
EauuCld IS Le0n0ra- Nine. Homer as AzU-
ceua and lIr Aruato as tie Count
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
c.7TNnAR FOR THE CURRENT WEEK

soiety: Newt
of Of the
:" ILL., Samuel a
on "FarsfaI
tbs
Brootly
4al.3 by Madame
Cooper
bornQ
recital
york eorganre \ Bad
OF
Of
erecita ~
concert OF socey
Broodyn Trovaore
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

from the same opera viii complete the
Gluck numbers Mozart will be represented
ny the q minor symphony. the overture 10
The Marriage OF Figaro the ballet suite
from Les Petits RiensF' and the serenade
from Don Giovanni Emilio De Gogorza,
barytons. viii be the soIoist al this concert
Nexr sunday afternoon Nine. Sara An
derson. an American girl who has been
singing s. opera abroad. VIII make her New
York appearance al the concert o. this
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
FoLk somes gY NINE. sEMgRICH

Nine. semhIich siI present a. ner second
recital in Carnegie EaU on Tuesday after
mon. December g. q -enarkahle pro
s,-amre. or which she has been engaged
fo- several years. Il VIII he made up en-
t5reir OF lae fglk sons ot various peoples.
-Iue. Seaa-ich VIII sing over thirty songs
E. their original tongues. With many Of
5-a languages she is familiar. as she speaks
eueu-I~ Polish Russian. italian French
and English. while sL. has studied ne
others with natives OF the countries from
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

the5r first subscription concert this season
ot THURSDAY evening. November II, at Men
dcIzsoau Hall or special interest viii be
a. new trio Iv Ko~ugold. the thirteen
year-oid composer. The other numbers on
the programme viii ae the tri0 "Dumky' -
5y Dvo-aE. and Sonata. on 20. 30. 3. q
"a 5or gg Beethoven.
TIC first concert OF tile Musical AR So
aiarv Tor this season will be on Thursday
evening. December -, a. Carnegie Hall
This IS tEa eighteenth year during which
the society. under the direction of Mr..
PRANK Damrosch. has offered the New
York public au opportunity Of hearing
choral music of beautiful an4 unusual char
actor Tho programme oa Dec mher = Will
be az follows,
G, Hra-Dur Nrt---r7sf-s '71 ssr-lrs.
Io how Rose .-.er Bio,nial,.---.. Z tTasi 1-tts
1+ra- ----ra- -----------.. Verdi
6,5 rrs-.r cl-,stna- Songs ,srransed 10y
Cleya,r0. -
Cuf Se3ss r--r-- " " y ne
I-pe- songs -.---- -'ti'-4--ls
par songs by Franz. F,uai1steiu. aaar. stan
f1rG alE Parker
-rs --.r....t..--,, ,sr-a-ra~ V-rrE e-7v0 2 con-
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
TIE KNEIsEL QUARTET

The frst CT the series Of six regular sub
Ee-tp-i0u concerts by she knelsel' Quartet,
which opens It's nineteenth season n New
York. VIII be given on Tuesday evening
November i, al SIS O'Clock, with Ernesto
onsolo as assisting artist IL the following,
programme. Quartet IN \ minor. Op. 81. No.
p BY BRAHMS. larghect0 and scherzo from
the rerzeteo II major. for two violius and
viole, On. -. by Dyorsk; quintet II 3 fat
rla5or. for piaaotorte. TWO violins, viola and
1ioloncello, Op. :, 30. o. fss 6fiorlnni
New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
MUSIC NOTES.

Clara and David Names will give the
first concert Of their series of sonata re-
citals on Sunday erening. November 90.
at the Belasco Theatre, where these re-
oitals have been given for four seasons
The growing interest in these concerts is
eyiuecd by the fact mat the entire second
balcony has already been sold by subscrip-
tiun for the three concerts To the Eclectic
Ciub The following progra nme VIII be
played sonata in & minor by Biber;
Sonata 10 a major op 30, No. !. by
Beethoven: SoHata in j minor. op. 121, by
SehUmann-
The executive committee u the Symphony
Concerts for Young People announces the
scheme Of the concerts for the thirteenth sea-
son. The first, fourth ana dfth programmes
will illustrate the symphonic development
Of music by the German. French and Slavic
nations, and viii show aow the national
character. history and environment of each
race have influenced its music The sixth
concert Will be spring festival Of sym
phonic dances, in which the music of the
symphonies which breathe the spirit OF
spring and flowers and the love Of nature
viii be Interpreted by professional dancers
in costume. On December II. THE Chill
dren Of Bethlehem a Christmas mystery