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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26
himself.

himself.
I'll be down in minute" he called
out as their steps sounded on the hard
wood floor
Hexford sauDtered over to the stalls.
Sweetwater stopped near the doorway
and glanced very carefully about him.
Nothing seemed to escape his eye. He
even took the trouble to peer into a
waste bin and was just on the point of
lifting down n bit of broken bottle
from an open cupboard when Brown
appeared dressed in his Sunday coat
and carrying bunch Of fresh hot
house roses.
who's that MANI" he grunted to
HexfOrd.
Another of u.s. replied Hexford.
with shrug. Were both rather in
terested in this gray horse"
wouldn't another time dor plead
ed the coachman. looking gravely
down at the flowers he held. Its
most time for the funeral. and don't
feel like talking, indeed l don't. gen.
tlemen'
His distress was so genuine that Hex
ford was inclined to let him go. but
Sweetwater with a cock of his keen
eye put in his word and held the
coachman where he was.
THE old gal is telling me all about
it." muttered this sly. adaptable fellow.
He had sided up to the mare and their
heads were certainly very close to-
gether Not touch her? See here!'
Sweetwater had his arm round the
filly's neck and was looking straight
into her fiery and intelligent eye
''Shall | pass her story on?" he asked,
with a magnetic smile at the astonish.
ed coachman.
"Youll oblige me if you can put her
knowledge into words" the man Ia
dok declared. with one fascinated eye
on the horse and the other on the
house where he evidently felt that his
presence was wanted. ''She was out
that night. and | know it. as any
coachman would know who doesn't
come home stone drunk. But where
she was and who took her, get her to
tell if you can. for l don't know no
more'n the dead"
"The dead." flashed out Sweetwater,
wheeling suddenly about and pointing
straight through the open stable door
toward the house where the young
mistress the old servant mourned lay
in her funeral casket 'Do you mean
her-the lady who is about to be
buried? Could she tell If her lips
were not sealed by murderer's handT'
"Shew The word came low and awe
somely. Rude and uncultured as the
man was. he seemed to be strangely
affected by this unexpected suggestion
81 haven't the wit to answer that
said he. How can we tell what she
knew? The man who killed her is in
jail. He might talk to some purpose
Why don't you question himT'
For very good reason" replied
Sweetwater, with an easy good nature
that was very reassurlng. HE was
arrested on the spot so that 1t wasn't
he who drove this mare home. unhar'
messed her. put her back In her stall
locked the stable door and hung NJ
the key in it's place in the kitchen
Somebody else did that"
That's true enough. land what does
il show? That the mare was out on
some other errand than the one which
ended in blood and murder" was the
coachman's unexpected retort.
as that sop whispered Sweetwater
into the mares cooked ear "She's
not r,.ftn raaA IN
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

Most disfguring skin eruptions, scro-
sula, pimples, Iashes, etc, are due to
impure blood. Burdock Blood Buffers
is a cleansing blood tonic. Makes you
clear-eyed, clear-brained, clear-skinned.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

bladder remedy, be-
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulflls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. II
correctS inability 10
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

not quite ready
to commit her
self" he drawl-
ed. with another
enigmatical smile
at the lingering
u a d o K. "She's
keeping so m e.
thing back. Are
your" he point
e dly inquired,
leaving the stalls
and W a k in g
briskly up to Ia
dok.
you're ov err
stepping you r
dooty. l don't
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

$4,000 eGs 100 serss m GSs rn@ Of
railroad all fresh land; 100 acres in cultiva-
ton; so acres in grass; will produce the best
corn. wheat and tobacco In neighborhood
plenty lasting water well at door of dwell
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

hold water and scalding pain in passing it,
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-ROot is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found Just
the remedy you need. 1t has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root. and how to
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

COR SALE-A farm containing $50 acres ana
all under fence. A nice cottage CT five
Isl rooms, two cisterns, "A walled cellar with
a store room over 1t, two goot stock barnsi
one tenant house; about 500 apple and peach
trees. also pears quiuces and apricots; mosa
all kinds OF small fruits, including a nice
vinyard of choicest grapes; 200 acres Gle AIRED,
balance In woods. l25 acres in grass several
groves OF black locust sufficient for posts u
on l.. IL. & st. l.. r. X. price is IS. 900 or
long and easy payments.
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hndoutif you have kid
ney or bladder trouble.
When writingmention
reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
nr Kilmer ~ Co
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

Binghamton, NJ. Y. The regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N.Y., on every bottle.
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Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everyone knows of DIR. Kilmer' S
Swamp-Roo the great kidney. liver and
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-07-26

ing; log dwelling. rooms and side room
good stable; tobacco barns tenant houses.
Plenty of good timber for farm purposes,
good land to clear. Price s.. 900 y cash.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
Necessltr Of NoIse.
tsburg Chronic Telegraph.

Plttsburg Chronic Telegraph.
There are predictions of a noiseless
city In the near future, this condition
to be brought about largely by abun-
dance and cheapness of rubber. so
plentiful and so cheap that It will be
used as paving material for streets
and sidewalks. The word noiseless.
however, is employed only I'm a com
parative sense in this connection, for
mankind absolutely requires a certain
degree OF noise.
Imagine a city over which silence
broods day and night, where the only
sounds are those of human conversa-
tion and of domestic life. Imagine
streets over which pass noiseless pro-
cessions of vehicles and sidewalks
that give back no answer to the tread
of hosts of pedestrians. Imagine
homes into which no sounds can come
from the outside. Such conditions
would be maddening-a strain under
which the strongest brain would give
way. II is the eternal silence Of the
great desert that drives the herder to
insanity and to death. II is the silence
Of the frozen north that fills the brav-
est with the frenzy of despair and
dethrones reason. Man is so consti-
tuted that he must have the noise of
action, not the silence of the grave.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
GOOD ROADS ABOUT NEW YORK.
FOR AUTOMOBILE TOURING.

There are 100000 automobiles regis
etred at the State Capitol at Albany.
with more than tvo-thirds of this
number in New York City and vicinity,
proving that the roads about the me-
tropolis are perfectly suited TO the en-
ioyment of this king Of sports. Where
can be found better roads than those
Of Long Island? Or more attractive
scenery that the Hudson River Valley,
the Delaware Water Gap, the Berk-
shires. the Adirondacks, or the White
Mountains? All these are readily
reached by automobile from New York
City in delightful trips over perfect
roads. The visiting automobilist who
comes 10 New York to enjoy these de-
lightful excursions, can do no better
than make his headquarters at the ST.
Regis, at Fifth Avenue and Fitty-htth
Street. hotel that has won for itself
the reputation OF Americas finest, a
reputation richly deserved in every
respect. II is the highest class in
every feature The st. Regis restaur-
ant has no superior In all the world
in quality of food. skill in prepara-
ton and perfection Of service; while
the charges are no higher than those
of other first class hotels. Transient
guests coming TO New York and stop
ping AT the Hotel st. Regis will find
accommodations OF the very highest
grade in every particular and at
standard rates. Single rooms are SO
and s4 a day; the same with private
bath for s5 day Cor S6 for two peo-
ple); while for a parlor, bedroom and
private bath the rates are S12 day
day and up.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
Editorial Opinion
The Speed Mania.
ton Nou,e anA 1,o..-.A-

Charleston News and Courier.
Since Phateon tried to drive Tic
chariot of the sun and darkened the
skins Of the Ethiopians. the human
race has paid its annual toll of death
to the mania for speed. Daedalus and
Icarus and Darius Green and a host
Of others did their share. The three
banked galleys of the Romans, their
chariot races and their morals alike
paid tribute to this human charac-
teristic.
We ha. dly know which is the more
dangerous, the automobile race or the
aeroplane. Both are typical and both
reap their harvest of death with start
ling regularity. The disaster at In
dianapolis failed to startle because It
was anticipated People take IL for
granted that death will follow speed
trials. And yet we speak Of these
things as accidents. How can that he
an accident which we all feel certain
Will happen? Rather Il Is an acci-
dent when automobile races are held
without the accompanying tribute Of
human life.
We suppose that the mania will
continue. II is hard to eradicate It
from the human heart Just as it is
hard TO eradicate the passion for
gambling, which has been a distin-
gushing feature of the Teuton since
first he appeared in history. At the
same time, It is altogether wise that
the State should take some means TO
control these speed contests and to
insist on the most careful precau-
tions
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
EGG BEARING A GIRLS
NAME BRINGS in $4,000

wILKEsBARRE. Pa. June s.
While working in the kitchen Of
Ryan Brothers, at Plymouth, Charles
dig, a cook, found an egg which bore
the name of Miss Bertha Garrett Of
Huntsville. Madison county. Ark.
This egg brought him the acquaint-
ance OF the young woman, her love
and now a legacy Of $4,000 at her
death.
Although he had written her only
a half dozen letters. and bad not even
heard her voice. she decided on her
deathbed that Dig should be remem-
bered, and attorneys for the estate are
now busy arranging to carry out her
bequests.
Upon finding the egg fve years ago
dig went to his boarding house He
sat down at once to write the girl OF
his discovery A short time later he
was delighted and surprised to receive
a letter from the girl, In which she
said she was the daughter Of a
wealthy hardware merchant at Hunts
Vile. Her letter said she had a girl
friend whose father was In the poul-
try business. and while there she
conceived the idea Of writing her
name and address on the egg.
This was five years ago. and in the
meantime dig had forgotten his ex-
perience until It was recalled by the
announcement OF the girls death and
Of his inheritance.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
NE w NE WIS
OF YES TIE RDAY

BY
I" II 0 L L A N D "

him. Slowly, with penetrating, al
though almost furtive look, he glanced
from one member of the committee to
the other as though trying to mea-
sure them. AT last, his eyes fell upon
the junior member of the committee; (;
and the defeated presidential candi-
date seemed to be fascinated, or at
least intensely occupied with the con-
duct of that young man.
This youngest member of the COM
mittee sat at the lower end Of the
table. his chin resting in the palm Of
one hand. He fixed upon Governor
Tilden a strange, curious glance, with
something of quizzical suggestion. and
there seemed to play about his lips the
faint flicker Of a smile. And so these
two men watched each other, each ap-
parently being oblivious to the pres
ence of any other person.
was sitting a little to the rear
of my friend. the late Congressman
William M. Springer, Of Illinois, who
was a member of the committee. He
turned to me and said:
"The Governor and Reed are meas
uring each other up"
The young man at the end of the
table was Thomas B. Reed, at that
time at the beginning Of his first term
as a member OF Congress.
During the entire giving of testi-
mony by Governor Tilden, Reed main
tanned the same peculiar attitude. his
chin upon the palm of one hand, and
that half whimsical light in his eyes.
which had come to him when Tilden
first took his place beside Chairman
Potter II was upon Mr.. Reed during
all the questioning and cross-question-
ing that the eyes of Samuel j. Tilden
were fixed. And Reed, in that strange,
nasal, drawing tone, which he could
use with skill when he desired TO an
noy or confuse or bewilder anyone,
asked Governor Tilden two or three
questions. They were leading ques-
tions; and there seemed to be to some
members of the committee a lurking
tone of almost insolence in them.
After the committee had adjourned
for the day, Mr.. Reed said to Mr.
Springer. "if you had put that man
into the White House, you would have
had nothing but ice and intellect there
-as pat a summing up Of Samuel j.
Tilden as was ever made.
So also. after the committee had
adjourned for the day. Governor Til
den said to Clarkson NJ. Potter:
AT the foot of the table sat the man
who is to be the leader of his party
He has more personal power than all
the other members of the committee
You will find, in the course of a few
years, that he will be the master in
the House of Representatives and will
become the leader of his party. He is
the man against whom you should
concentrate your strength and OF
whom you should be ever watchful.'
A few years later Thomas B. Reed
was the big man on the Republican
side. in the National House of Repre-
sentatives.
Copyright, 1911, by e. J. Edwards. All
rights reserved-)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell OF
"The Carnegie Remark That Cost It's
Hearers a Fortune"
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
MONDAY, JUNE 5. 1911
A FEW PLAIN WORDS.

TT HE Republicans carried the city on Saturday
4 as it was expected they would do. Dr. Har-
rison w. Howell is to be the next Mayor and the
Republicans will control City Council. They have
a big job on their hands.
During the campaign we frequently expressed
our opinion of DR.. Howell and our hope and be-
lief now is that his administration will be such as
to justify the words we have said in praise OF him.
Dr. Howell has had some experience in public af-
fairs Ii ought not to be difficult for him to fill
the Office of Mayor with honor and credit He
is an intelligent man. man of conscience, and he
should know the proper course TO pursue when
confronted with situations that will naturally
come before him.
splendid opportunity is before DR.. Howell
The people are ripe for a leader who will take an
intelligent and broad-minded view, who will hit
the mark straight In his various duties Dr. How
ell will be in danger Of natterers and cajolers the
PLAYERS of politics, who will hold out hopes of
further political advancement if he does their bid
ding
If Dr. Howell permits himself to fall into such
traps, he will simply develop into a commonplace
Official and OF such there have been sufficient in
Delaware II is possible for DR.. Howell to be
Republican Mayors we are still held by the
= shackles of partisan government in Wilmington
and TO be good Mayor
Dr. Howell and the ticket during this campaign
received the loyal support of the Republican
organs, as our amused friends up the street de-
light to say but it is possible for him so to con-
duct himself that the bellows Of the organs won't
get out of wind when they feel il necessary TO
play tune with reference to him.
The Journal is speaking rather plainly in this
natter as The Journal thinks it has right TO.
speak The Journal does not believe that DR..
Howell will prove disappointing. But we might
as we'll say now, that unless the new Republican
administration in this city makes honest,
.~t-f. all rArH
we hope and believe il will do and as it has prom
ised to do, its defense in the next campaign will
probably be confined to the hot air speeches of
few lawyers at back alley meetings.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
WHAT THE FIGURES SHOW.

A N EXAMINATION of the figures Of the
L n election shows some interesting changes DR..
Spruance lost heavily in the Second and Fourth
wards. In the Second ward many Democrats evil
IDENTIFY did not vote. Dr. Spruance's total dropped
from 4i3 two years ago to 295 on Saturday. The
Republican vote two years ago was 4S9 and on Sat-
urday it was 4ss, but the Republican vote in the
Fourth district dropped from 242 two years ago
to 1913 on Saturday.
In the Fourth ward the change was remarkable
Two years ago DR.. Spruance received 429 as COM
pared with 375 on Saturday, but the Republican
vote jumped from 2ls two years ago to 503 on
Saturday.
In the Sixth ward both parties lost votes: the
Democrats lost more than the Republicans
In the Seventh ward both made gains DR..
Spruance's total jumping from o2o two years ago
TO 977 on Saturday while the Republican vote in-
creased from 1881 for Taylor two years ago to
1920 for Howell on Saturday
The Tenth ward also showed an increase for
both parties, the Democratic vote jumping from
9l2 two years ago to 976 while the Republican
vote jumped from 304 to 342
According TO the figures therefore, there was
a switching of votes and increased vote suifi-
cient to account for the result.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
MAYOR sPRIrANCE

MAYOR SPRUANCE has not the slightest rea-
L 4 son to feel cast down because of his defeat
He made hard, vigorous fight against great odds
and his defeat is nothing of which any man should
feel ashamed. In the first place he had to carry
ene load which comes TO any candidate for re-
election, especially in city of this kind. While
Mayor he has made appointments and some dissat-
isfaction followed such appointments That dis
satisfaction by itself would not however in our
opinion have been sufficient to defeat him. Then
again the doctor was the candidate of the party in
power and whether he was personally responsible
or not for the acts of the party the people we're
voting on the administration as a whole.
Again the Doctor was a candidate of the min
ority party. Wilmington is a Republican city
with normal majority of 1000 and upwards. This
had to be overcome by any Democratic candidate
expecting to win.
The Republicans also had on the whole an ex-
ceptioraly strong ticket, ticket that should have
commanded the full party strength. Personally
Or. Howell is popular. but even against this kind
Of candidate the Mayor showed his own popu
larty by causing the Republican candidate to be
the low man on the Republican ticket
In addition, the doctor says, he had practi-
eally no newspaper support Why we do not
know. The doctor ran afoul of some of the Demo
cratic leaders. He was net their candidate bat he
fought at the primaries as he should have done
and as he had right to do and he was clearly en-
Evening journal., 1911-06-05
titIed on poIitical grounds to the support Of bis

titled on political grounds to the support of his
party.
Some of the Democrats are saying that had Mr.
Dubeil been nominated he would have been elected.
The Journal does not share in that opinion. The
Journal never considered DR.. Spruance weak
candidate" candidate easy TO defeat" and the
result of the election proves that he not easily
defeated. The Journal does not believe that Mr..
Dubell as the Democratic candidate would have
been elected. Had DR.. Spruance been weak
candidate" as some of our Democratic friends
think he would have run far behind his ticket,
but his vote was larger that that of Mr.. Newman
and only ten fewer than that received by Mr..
Steinle, the Democratic candidate for City Trea-
surer. Had the committe plan of nominating a
Democratic candidate for Mayor been followed,
The Journal believes that such candidate would
have been defeated much worse than DR.. Spruance
was.
In his interview the Mayor gives some valid rea-
for his defeat, but we don't believe there was
a "prodiga use of money"
Mayor Spruance in his official capacity has al
ways treated The Evening Journal very fairly and
we have tried to do the same by him. He was in
fight on Saturday against heavy, very heavy odds,
and TO have made a record at the polls that he did
should be to him source of high satisfaction and
some compensation at least for honorable de-
feat which comes to all those at times who are in
politics. The Journal trusts that the Mayor will
be as good a loser as he has been a fighter The
Journal has nothing but the kindest feelings for
the Mayor and il trusts that his services, his in
terest and concern in the growth and progress of
Wilmington will not in any way be lessened by
his failure to be reelected
Furthermore The Journal feels that what we
have said should be said in justice TO the Mayor
and for the information Of the Democrats and
others in the lower counties who must have watch
ed the campaign in Wilmington and must have
been somewhat puzzled by the manner in which
the Mayor was treated by some of those who con-
troll sources of Democratic publicity and from
whom he naturally expected a different kind OF
treatment.
Evening journal., 1911-06-05

The first Congress which was or
ganized after the Inauguration of
President Hayes adopted a resolution
providing for an investigation of the
manner in, which the Presidential cleo
ton Of the year previous was conduct
ed in the States Of Louisiana and
South Carolina The purpose Of this
investigation, although not the ac-
knowledged purpose, was to discover
whether returning boards in either or
both of those States had been bribed
to make returns in favor of the Re-
publican electors OF those states.
Clarkson NJ. Potter was the chairman
of this committee He was the elder
brother of Rev. DR. Henry c. Potter.
who afterwards became Bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of New
York. He was a lawyer of some dis
tinction and man of unusual charm
of personal character
This committee held several sessions
at the Fifth avenue Hotel in New
York in the Winter of 1873. Samuel j.
Tilden. the defeated Democratic can
didate for President, for whom never
theless a plurality of the people had
voted, was subpoenaed as a witness to
appear before this committee. Some of
the Republican members of the COM
mitee were anxious TO test Governor
Tilden's knowledge as to whether or
not alleged cipher dispatches, so call
ed, containing improper propositions,
had been sent by some of those who
were managing the Democratic cam
paign to the returning boards of South
Carolina and Louisiana
Mr. Tilden appeared before the com
mittee in response to the subpoena one
afternoon. He stood beside the chair
of Mr. Potter, one hand resting upon
the back of the chair. The expression
on Governor Tilden's face was ex-
tremely stern. OF course, he command
ed the intensest interest on the part
of every member of the committee,
some Of whom had never before seen