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The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
Why Mr.. ZWozzleton No Longer seeks
to Recover StamAe Pasted
But Unused.

"Any waste of material or destruc-
ton Of property is repugnant to my
feelings" said Mr.. Zwozzleton, but l
find by experience that there are
times when We may make more Dy
throwing something of value away
than we would make by keeping IL
and bringing it into use. You take LOT
instance postage. stamps stuck on let
tiers that you don't mail. used al
ways laboriously to soak on sucn
stamps, taking much time for the
, operation, and then S such stamps
| again. but now / find that I can make
money throwing these stamps away.
working eight hours | am able to
earn about five dollars q day, or a
shade over a cent a minute. For pur-
poses of figuring we will call 1t an
even cent. Now:
ITO soak off from the envelope the
uncancelled stamp Of a letter not sent
used to take me about five minutes;
and then such a stamp had to be spe-
cially smeared with mucilage before
it could be stuck again. I figured q q
to bring such a stamp into use cost
me altogether about six minutes time.
BY this expenditure Of time and labor
! did cover q stamp of the value Of
two cents: and yet, as In that time
could have earned six cents. on the
whole operation / sustained an actual
loss of four cents.
$50 nov when / have q stamp on .
letter that finally ! don't send / just
throw that good. unused STAMP in the
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25

81 don't see any harm if we have"
observed Mr.. Van Torp indifferently.
Harm? No! Don't you under.
stand? Mrs. Rushmore is quite cap
able of thinking that l have already
how shall l say?"-she stopped.
Taken note of her good advice"
he said, completing the sentence for
her.
Exactly! Whereas nothing could
be further from my intention, as you
know. I'm very fond of Mrs. Rush
MORE" Margaret continued quickly, in
order to get away from the danger
Gus subject she had felt obliged to
approach; "she has been a mother to
me, and heaven knows 1 needed one,
and she has the best and kindest
heart in the world. But she is so anx.
ious for my happiness that, whenever
she thinks it is at stake, she rushes
at conclusions without the slightest
reason, and then it's very hard to get
them out of her dear old headi"
Il see. If that's why she thinks me
perfection, I'll try not to disappoint
her"
They reached the hotel, went up
| stairs and separated on the landing to
get ready for supper.
On his side OF the landing, Mr.. Van
Torp found Stemp waiting to dress
| him, and the valet handed him a teie-
gram. 1t was from Capt. Brown, and
had been photographed from London.
Anchored off Saint Marks square
| to-day, $3.50 p. m. Quick passage. No
| stop. Coaling tomorrow. Ready for
| sea next morning"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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ness, considering what the touch
meant to him, and he returned dis
creetly what was meant for a friendly
pressure. She was so we'll satisfied
now that she did not think it neces-
sary to telegraph to L%ogotheti that
he might start at once, though even
if she had done so Immediately he
could hardly have reached Bayreuth
till the afternoon of the next day but
one, when the last performance OF
"Parsifal' would be already going on;
and she herself intended to leave on
the morning after that.
She walked forward in silence for
a few moments, and the lights of the
town grew quickly brighter.
"You will come in and nave some
supper with US, of course" she said
presently.
why, certainly, since you are sc
kind" answered Van Torp.
Il feel responsible for your having
forgotten to dine" she laughed. Il
must make it up to you. BY this time
Mrs. Rushmore is probably wondering
where I am"
Well" said the. American, IF she
thinks I'm perfection, she knows that
you're safe with me, I suppose, even
if you do come home a little late"
Il shall say that we walked home
very slowly, in order to breathe the
air."
Yes. We've walked home very
slowly"
Il mean," said Margaret quickly,
that l shall not say we have beer
out towards the fields, as far as the
gate"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
Memorial to Mary Aiming.

Lyme Regis church, which. like
many another building in that quaint
old Dorset seaport, is in danger of
slipping into the waves. has compare
lively little Of interest for tourist or
townsman to loiter over. It's most re-
markable memorial is the stained
glass window to Mary Aiming. This
was the schoolgirl who, in 1911. dis
turbed the lost rest of the saurian
monster - Icthyosaurus Platydon-
whose remains now lie in the Natural
History museum at South Kensington.
AS curious a find as any that ever
came to the net of a child on the
beach. But Mary Aiming possibly
had that sort of thing in her blood,
for her father was the proprietor Of
a curiosity shop.-London Chronicle.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
Some Luxuries Needed.

Those stern economists who are
pointing out that the people of small
means ought to abandon ~"luxuries,"
forget that even such people have a
moral right to something beyond the
bare necessities of life. The rapid
increase in prices does not mean to
them cutting out more extravagances.
but forgetting the modest ~recreations
which have frightened for them the
dull round of daily labor. 1t would
be a hard world indeed where one
could obtain just enough to keep body
and soul together, and no more
Providence Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

As everyone knows, c. w. Post of
maker of breakfast foods, but he is a
| strong individual who believes that the
trades-unions are a menac to the lib
erty of the country.
Believing this, and being a natural
born" scrapper for the right, as he
sees it, Post, for several years past,
has been engaged in a ceaseless war
fare against The Labor Trust" as he
likes to call it.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression. of his opin-
Ions on this subject through the regular
reading pages of the newspapers he
has bought advertising space for this
purpose, just as he is accustomed to
for the telling of his Postum STORY"
and he has thus spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars in d~enouncing
tradeS-unionism.
AS a result of Posts activities the
people now know a whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their own
membership, and rob the public. Natu-
rally Post is hated by the trades
~unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he defies
their efforts at %boycotting his products.
The latest means of getting" Post is
the widespread publication of the story
that a car which was recently wrecked
in transmission was found to be loaded
with empty peanut shells, which were
being shipped from the south to Posts
establishment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, who, it is
said, stated it publicly, as truth.
Post comes back and gives Fitz-
gerald the lie direct. He d~enounces
Fi~tzgerald's statement as a deliberate
.alsehood, an underhanded and coward
ly attempt to injure his business, hav-
ing not the slightest basis in fact. AS
such an effort it must be regarded. 1t
Is significant that this statement about
the peanut shells is being given wide
newspaper publicity. In the patent
inside" of an eastern country paper I
find it, and the inference naturally is
that labor-unionites are insidiously
spreading this lie.
An institution Tor a MANI which
will resort to moral intimidation and
to physical force, that will destroy ma
chinery and burn buildings, that will
main and kill if necessary to effect its
ends, naturally would not hesitate to
spread falsehood for the same pur-
poses.
We admire Post While we have no
snmity toward labor unions, SO long as
they are conducted in an honest, live
and-let-live" kind of a way, we have had
enough of the tarred end of the stick
to sympathize thoroughly with what he
is trying to do. He deserves support.
A man like Post can not be killed, even
with lies. They are a boomerang, every
time Again, we knoao, for hasn't this
weapon, every weapon that could be
thought of, been used (and not simply
by labor u~nions) to put us out OF BUSH
ness, too?
/ am going to drink taco ups OF
Postum every morning from this time
on, and put myself on q diet of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Post!-Editorial IN
The Americas Journal Of Clinical Med
icine.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
Does He Love ANYBODY?

Won Moltke had ONE few human
failings. He loved his wife devotedly,
but conquered his alma mater, Den
mark, even after she had educated him
for the military service out of her poor,
stingy pocket. But Kitchener is a ma
chine mar only. He loves neither man
nor woman. His spear has never
known a brother, as it's sharp point
has hewn asunder the bodies and
souls of the sons of women.-Boston
Post.
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BVF. MARION CRAWFORD
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| tui SSAUC u u6C w IOA hSA
much pleasure the music had given
him, or that he would perhaps laugh
at himself for having been moved;
but instead, he only told her that he
| did not understand what he had felt;
and they walked on without another
word.
go and get something to eat" she
said when they reached the hotel.
"and I'll meet you here in half an
hour. / don't care to talk either"
He only nodded. and lifted his hat
as she went up the steps; but instead
bench outside, and waited for her
there, rejecting on the nature of his
new experience.
Like most successful men, he looked
on all theories as trash, good enough
to amuse clever idlers, but to
life. He never asked about the prin-
ciple on which any invention was
founded; his first and only question
was: will it work."
Considering himself as the raw ma
terial, and the theater he had just
left as the mill, he was forced to adj
NIT that "ParsifaT' worked"
Presently Margaret came out of the
hotel, expecting to find him waiting
for her within the hall, and prepared
to be annoyed with him for taking so
| long over a meal. She stood on the
step and looked about, and saw him
sitting on the bench at a little dis
lance. He raised his eyes as she came
towards him and then rose quickly.
rs it time?" he asked.
Yes she said. Did you get any
thing decent to eat?"
YES" he answered vaguely. THAT
is, now / think of it, | forgot about
dinner. 1t doesn't matter"
She looked at his hard face curious
ly and saw a dead blank, he blank
that had sometimes frightened her by
its possibilities, when the eyes alone
came suddenly to life.
Wont you go in and get a biscuit,
or a sandwich" she asked after a
moment.
ooh, no., thanks. I'm used to skip
ping meals when I'm interested in
things. Let's 60, if you're ready"
Il believe you are one of natures
Wagnerites," Margaret said, as they
drove up the hill again, and she
smiled at the idea.
WELL" he answered slowly,
there's one thing, if you don't mind
my telling you. It's rather personal.
Perhaps I'd better not"
The prima donna was silent for a
few moments, and did not look at
him.
Tell me- she said suddenly.
Its this. | don't know how long
the performance lasted, but while 1t
was going on l forgot you were close
beside me. You might just as well
not have been there. It's the first
time since / ever knew you that I've
been near you without thinking about
you all the time, and hadn't realized
it till | was sitting there by myself. I
hope you don't mind my telling your"
1T only makes me more glad that
/ brought YOU Margaret said quietly.
Thank you" he answered.; but he
was quite sure that the same thing
could not happen again during the
second part.
Nevertheless, it happened. For a
little while, they were man and wom-
an, sitting side by side and very near,
two in a silent multitude of other
men and women: but before long he
was quite m%otionless, his eyes were
fixed again and he had forgotten her.
She saw it and wondered, for she
knew how her presence moved him,
and as his hands lay folded on his
knee, a mischievous girlish impulse
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
Drew the Line.

Mrs. Crawford-Did you manage to
coax your doctor to recommend a trip
to that mountain resort Q wished to
visit?
Mrs. Crabshaw-Yes; but / can't
60, for / couldn't get him to add that
a few new dresses would do NE q
world of good.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25
Not An Economical Question

w~astebasket and keep on with my
work.
ct never pays to spend on re-
pairs than a new thing would cost"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-02-25

A ParadoxicaI Explanation.
why did Jokem issue that circular
to his customers?"
He sent out the circular to square
himself"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
[E DAY, GATHERED FOR THE DETROIT
YALE STAR IN THE
BASEBALL TOLLS
Eddie Van Week Pitched Game fol
Waterbury and Is Assigned To
That Organization for Life.

NEW HAVEN. Conn Jan. Eddie
Van Week. the Yale pitcher who was
graduated last June after winning the
intercollegiate baseball championship
for old Eli. has been suspended by the
WATERBURY, CLUB of the Connecticut
league which claims absolute rign.
aud title to his services because he
pitched one game for inat club last
summer under m assumed name
Van Week. who also la a hisn class
amateur golfer. had offers oil gut
edged salaries after he lett college
last June TO join the New York Giants
and The Boston Red Sex lie owed
these largely TO the fact he won ne
last Yale Harvard game allnus- unalh'
ed, making four hits hims II. lie de-
clined To enter protest. .nai baseball
however, but did consent To help out
the Waterbury club in a pinch Tor
one game during the summer. lie
pitched under the name O. buras. but
declined To sign a contract or remain
with the team.
Manager Dufant OF the Waterbury
team now declares Van Week, or
Burns, suspended under the national
agreement which. Durant claims, pro
viGes that. in case a player accepts
money for playing even one game, Id
can be asked to sign a contract. and
IL case h. refuses, can BE- suspende d
The fact he is suspended by Water
lury mal.'s him the property OF that
ciuh. according TO Durant
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
W|LLETT SIGNS
1910 CONTRACT
Recreant Bridegroom Who Won %
Games and Lost But 8 Last Year
Is Again In the Fold

From Wellington. Kas.. came long,
imposing Looking envelope Monday.
which. when delivered at the head
quarters or the Detroit baseball club
was found to contain the signed con
tract OF Edgar Willet,. the far.famed
Detroit pitcher. who last season made
good the promise be had shown ever
since joining the team by taking the
firing line IN his regular turn winning
30 games and losing bur nine-a per
Torrance in which he was excelled
only by George Muffin and Eddie
Cicotte ot the other regular toilers.
the former a team mate and the latter
a native and resident OF the city which
Wtllett was representing
Willett has been spending the win
ter NJ MS home since his return from
Cuba aud has been. rs usual. hunting
the elusive denizcns OF the prairie u
their .airs. almost every day. The
sore elbow which bothered him
through most OF the season--though
not 20 a degree which visibly impaired
his effectiveness is now well and tho
bugs have been puzzlins ali winier
over the problem. III Willett could
WIN 20 ont OF 81 with sore arm.
what Will he do with his bread-wIn-
ming Wing in shape
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
LORD WILL LEAD
THE REOs0X AGAIN
Hughie Jennings Puts in Boost for
Crack Third-Sacker, Whom He
Says Puzzled the Tigers.
81 PAUL b. SHANNON.

BOSTON. Jan. 3.-llarry Lord,
the brilliant third baseman ot
the Red Sox. has been reap.
pointed captain OF the speedy Boston
outfit and II the Maine lad carries
out plans that he has been formula.
sured that the speed boys will be IN
the pennant fight from start to finish,
Captain Lord, the first of the team
to sign up for 1910. sent his signature
TO a Boston contract Immediately
Manager Donovan wired Harry that
he had rcappointed him captain.
Lords ability as an all-around ball
player is generally conceded; his
knowledge OF inside baseball has been
often demonstrated. and no less pc.
sonage than Hughie Jennings. the
crafty manager OF the Tigers. admit
ted IN New York that the Maine boy
was one OF the greatest third base
men that ever covered the bag.
Lord should have been made cap
tain at the start last year" said Jen
nings. ''He IS in the game every min
ute. and will admit now that for the
past two seasons he was the one MAJ
than kept men like Crawford. Cobb
and Jones continually on their PIN
trying To outguess him. He Is game
ster and born leader. Under him a.
captain the Boston team will make
great showing"
| Lord will insist that his pitchers b.
worked in turn next season. and a
the Boston captain knows the weak
nesses OF opposing batsmen prett.
well by this time Boston fans ma.
rest assured that substitutions mad
during the game will be put into effec
at the proper times. He has the whol
team with him. too. for the Red So
admire a gamester. and IL the Boston
American team does not make tn
showing expected OF 1t this coming
year Ii h certain that small blam
can be laid at the Maine lads door
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04

fingers vas crampin'. and when | sees
Frosty walk out, didn't blame EN-
Il knew couldn't beat him, So
tips OF 10 Mugs DAILY who IN guy
WAS and he ducks.
"Th first and second rounds wa
fierce. luh know TIL Bruiscr aim
much on science, but he can hit like
a mule hiclNn he slammed mt
around rough. and all tn time I'm
tryin' la get him hit MIN easy
but IT WAS like beatin your head
against stone fence tie just laugh
ed aud wallopped me.
When | went 10 my corner az m
end OF IN second Mugs was waitln.
My chair Was in III wings. and tn
audience couldn't see IN back of IT,
so when sits down. ! throws my
right over m back OF IN chair. care
less-like. and while Frostys maxim a
fuss with tn towel. Mugs gets busy
and cuts OF my glove. Then he slips
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
TALES byan EX-PUG

on another and ties II up quick
We spars for awhile and he slams
me couple IN tn jaw. an ! cllnch.
hang on until my NUT clears and
then when We break backs up and he
comes in on tn rush. swingin his
right know IL that punch ever
lands its lights out. so | steps In close
and jolts him on tn jaw with my right.
Say. yuh could hear il all over tn
house II sounded like some one hit
him with hammer. And il carried
the bank roll. believe me When tn
Bruiser come TO half an hour later he
wanted 20 know II anybody escaped.
lie thought he'd ben In wreck
"Whatd yuh hit him with. a. horse
shoe?
Nix. DO that's rough WORK Mugs
just cut hole In the glove and shot
IL full OF Wet plaster OF paris that set
quick. and when tn Bruiser got IT,.
il WAS like helm hit with a mallet'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04

regular. l heard enough about that last
trip that didn't listen good TO me.
Take II from me, Toad. you're in
Dutch. It's softer'n a Willie with n
new chicken. You never heard about
tn time they rushed Bruiser Hitch
ems in on me in tn Occur d Alene
county. did YOU
Nav. Yuh told me about beatin a
lot OF hams. but | amt heard about
tn Bruiser beatin you.
Which same didn't happen. kid I
got IN Bruiser."
You think I'm sick in tn head TO
eat that stun? Tn Bruiser's some
fighter"
Wait till I get through. We was
In this bad man country and Frosty
Ftnnegan was meetin' til good big
guys and | was takin' on tn good lit
tie ones and tn hams. Tn night be-
fore | gets tn Bruiser. Frosty takes a
beatin before he cops. and so IL was
up 20 me TO meet whoever they sent
In RI next night.
When we gets 10 tn theater we
hear about this scrapper but didn't
pay attention cause we'd been gettin'
that talk all down tn line. Them guys
was takin' our bets so fast their
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
First Came Of Season.

v The DETROIT baseball and PIeasure
league will open its season at River
view Park toN.ght. There will be
something doing when teams l and
2 battle for the indoor baseball title
Team | will have Capt. Alyerson
former catcher on the famous Eamapo
team Of Port Huron, backed by such
stars as Dudley, Dunbar. Watson and
yorpagle. all having been identified
With championship teams ir the state.
Capt. Norrie Barr of team has Sc
cured strong aggregation that proni-
iscs 10 he second to none. Mekeeyer.
of Chatham: Reed, OF Hartford, CT;
Noeb. ~ Owosso, ard Lyons, OF M.
Morris are some OF his star players.
The game win start m y. m.
sharn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
Sporting Notes

The Il. VI. 4. aud the spnidings viii
meet al the -. ~ G. jar 10
11cnry Ford thinks the day Of January
aufolnobiie shows ~ passing, so tag
RI 4as the advantage 10 the manufacturer
~ ~ concerned.
A MAYED soiidly defensive games las
. evrning the "i winning. - 10 -.
Tho teams were close together all the
flmc.
<The Detroit Baseball club ~ sim hesi-
~ Eating over giving trial 10 Vance.
III zfho California pitcher lie Is said to
ne n very hard man Ia handle and
y 1vnn only six of his 3 games
IA anticipated, BtIfy Andrews aud ".
*| /. Snow will bring their trotters 20
Detroit along in June. Ana thcy'N
And Scott Mclean on the job when
thev get here. tn all probability.
-
NILS Nurrny refuses Ia compromise
M <xltb the owners OF the Philadelphia
rub. and will about stick u out for
thn full salary ~ manager which ne
has coming on De two-year contract.
<1ert&idcnf Murphy OF the Cubs II said
Is have the support az Lynch aud
"A fIprrtnnnn Of the national comfuis-
<lon. In Ills EFFORT 60 get Killing rein
\ AZ tlatrd Isan Johnson may block IL.
X fi,ongIi.
rfo<uds ef lack Carroll hail him ns
< the nemesis OF lou LanbScller. the
1sool shooter. Carroll won a handi-
W IAN match from Laubechcr last eNen-
1nx the fafter being three balls shy
1<6 when Carroll ran out his i3s.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
BROOKLYN SETS NEW MARK
IN CHASING PLAYERS
Masn2te Ebbetts Asks Fellow Mag
mates for Privilege Of Releasing
80 i'm Bunch.

All records for releasing OF bad
ball nlayegs have been cast in the
scrap heap by the action Of the Brook
lyn club ia asking waivers ON 33 play
els In one batch. all of whom are
destined for berths Ia the minor
leagues Among The members OF the
bunch H. Jule Kustus OF Detroit. The
entire roll nf the to-be.canned is as
follows.
Alcock. Biterolf. Catterson !. Dunn
Evans. Finiayson. Hamilton, Nict
Hcrbst. KRAFT. Nustus. Lewis. Miller
Meyer. Prout Schradt, Sherwood
smith. Swain Webster Alperman
Barger. Buemiler Brady Clement
Holly. Holmes. Kuetzer, Marshall. M
Curmick. Pattee. Redmond Starnagie
and Tenies