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MEANING OF AT HALF MAST
A. First Universal Symbol Was Tokea
Of Submission and Respe~ts
For Enemy.

Perhaps you have noticed that wen
ever a prominent person dies. esre-
caally If he is connected with the gov
ernment, the flags on public build
ings are hoisted only part Of the way
Up, remarks the Toronto Mail and Elk
press. This is called half mast" Did
you ever stop to think what connec-
ton there could be between 4 nag
that was not properly hoisted and tho
death Of great man?
Ever since flags were used In war It
has been the custom to have the nag
Of the superior or conQuering netion
above that Of the inferior or vanQuish-
ed. When an army found itself hope
lessly beaten it hauled its flag down
far enough for the flag of the victors
to be placed above it on the same
pole. This was a token not only OF
submission, but of respect.
In those days when famous sol"
der died flags were lowered out OF
respect to his memory. The custom
long ago passed from purely mill
tary usage to public life Of all kinds,
the flag flying at half mast being .
sign that the dead man was worthy
Of universal respect. The space left
above it is for the flag of the great
conqueorr OF all-the angel of death.
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vagrant memory. Then he read the

vagrant memory. Then he read the
letter.
1t was happy letter. charmingly
put. full Of tenderness for tho old "a
Their in his lonely house, carrying lit
tie directions to him, little messages
which he should deliver, little duties
he must perform.
He folded the letter and laid it on
the table. Then he spoke with the dis.
ttnctness Of one going firmly to his
ruin. Italy was now out of the ques-
ton; he must remain and get employ
ment somewhere. But, first, this busi-
ness with the bank must be conclud-
ed. He would go up to the city with
me in the morning, execute the mort
gage and take up tho note. He did
not ask me about my conference with
Randolph Mason, and 50 was spared
the recital Of that failure. When the
candles burned down, I slept again
in the guest-chamber above the H.
brary. but no aid came through the
gate Of dreams. Hope had abandoned
this derelict to the seas.
We went into the VOLTS bank at ten
o'clock tho next morning. General Cru
ger executed the mortgage, and a no
tary Of the bank filled in the prepared
acknowledgment below his signature.
The bonds were delivered to tho Sec
rotary OF Myron Gates, the money
paid by him to General Cruger, who
delivered the cash to the bank and got
the note stamped Paid" Then, when
tho transaction was concluded, we had
luncheon ut q club and returned to
lower Broadway after having promised
General Cruger to meet him for dinner
at the Holland.
When l entered the house, Randolph
Mason was coming down the stairway.
He inquired what business had taken
up the morning, and told him, as Bit
terly as l could, the sequel to my 9TH
er story. General Cruger was now
penniless, Myron Gates had boarded
his galleon and sailed away with its
cargo without shot at his black nag
or the hack of q cutlass on his gun
wales. He was over the horizon with
his loot, the thing was ended.
Nothing Is ended" said Mason, "up-
til It arrives at it, adjustment" o..
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days, but added that If would exc
cute mortgage On my coal pgSperty,
Of which it seems to have haG an ex-
act statement, it could place the bonds
for my share Of the note, and. as the
wolf stood ready to pay his share in
cash, the matter could be settled.
agreed to this plan because it left
me free to convey this place to Emily
for her marriage portion. l have since
learned that this wolf, Myron Gates,
takes these bonds"
The old man paused 4 moment, re-
moved his eyeglasses and laid them
on the table, then he went on, II have
also learned that the whole thing, from
It's inception, was a plan Of Gates to
get me into his power. He, in fact,
owned the worthless securities which
were transferred to the Granite Noun
tain Insurance company. He it was
who got the four hundred thousand
dollars; he 1t was who directed the
bank to make out joint note while I
waited for him in his Office; the de-
livery Of the cash to me was part
of the scheme, that the officers Of the
bank could testify that the loan was
for me. He got the two hundred thou
sand dollars which l must pay back
to the bank
He arose and began to walk up and
down the library. There was time,"
he continued. when one could call
out such creature and make him
stand up before a pistol for an act
like this. The custom had its value,
which we forget now When blood
letting was the penalty, sneaking cads
kept their tongues tucked back of
their teeth and their fingers out of
other mems pockets. The law has
disarmed the gentlemen, but left the
viper his fangs. You are wondering
now, Courtlandt, why this man was
here at the wedding luncheon; but
Emily knows nothing of all this"
"Now, my dear wedding guest" he
said, smiling over the whisky, II am
up to the point where the ship went
down like lead, and am come to
the explanation Of your NARROWING.
| have no source Of income now but
an inadequate little pension. can
not live on it anywhere in America
without my poverty being patent to
Emily and her friends. I must get
out Of the country. l have thought
about some little village in Southern
France where one could have, at slight
cost, the necessities of life, a servant
and sunshine. l remembered that
you had been over there for some time
with Randolph Mason, and would know
about it,
General Cruger," said, before we
discuss exile, let us see it Myron Gates
cannot be got at in some way. The
wolf might be forced to disgorge this
money; perhaps we could find way
10 scorch him somewhere with a fire.
brand 1t seems to me a duty Of a
rather superior sort to pour pot Of
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Il caught helplessly at the last straw
floating out from my disastrous ship
wreck; What them" I said.
What then?" he repeated. with the
same indolent indifference: why,
then, there will be another day tomor-
row.
And he went out of the room and
up to his bedchamber, where the H.
lent Pietro made ready for his eccen-
trio master.
I had a long talk that night with
Pietro. He had a cousin in Polian-
no, village about a league from &C.
noa, where the Mediterranean makes
a little sunny pocket. The place, he
thought, ran with General Cruger's
dream of the Riviera, the bay was
paved with topaz, the far-oh back Of
the sea wine-red, as in the days Of
Homer, the air soft as down-only the
natives were not to be desired. They
were picturesque enough for q theatric
eye, but they were very dirty, very
stout liars. and all sons of the forty
thieves. His cousin, Guido, was no
better than the worst Of them, but he
kept a very comfortable inn, II the
fleas in it were only dead. His wife.
Gabrielle, had once been In the service
of the old Marquis Ferretti at Genoa
and knew how to serve gentleman.
Pietro would write to this cousin
and drive a bargain for every detail
Of General Cruger's needs.
There was no comfort to be had
from waiting, so 1 picked up map.
a Baedecker some current fiction on
Italy, and. taking the evil-fated mort
gage in my pocket, went to Clincourt
the next evening"
I almost cried when l saw Gen.
eral Cruger, his face was so greatly
troubled. He looked white and feeble.
an old man in two days.
He tried to make a little genial
talk at dinner, and get back into his
old CHEEKY self. But 1t was an effort
he gave up presently with a rather
bitter smile.
"Mr. Parks" he said, when We were
d8olu III IuS AOA d1y, S4NSOA AAu6O OASo
said that bad fortune always grew
worse, and pretended it quotation
from the Sybilline books. He believed
that Destiny, when it seized a man,
always hurried him from one disaster
to another until it flung him, finally,
into the grave. The first blow was not
always the one to be wept over. It
was the second, the third, that he
feared. Well, here Is the second"
He took up letter from the mantel
and drew out the sheets as though he
would read it to me; then he sat down
in his chair still holding the sheets
in his fingers.
Il got this letter yesterday from
Emily. 1t was written from the st..
Louis as she went out to sea, and
brought In by the pilot
He stopped moment and sat star
ing into the fire, as if caught by some
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
IF Old senend.' Jaw tqbk'ed g 8e -

pitch on the head OF such a devils
imp"
He shook his head somewhat hope
lessly at that. DO not get wrong
impression of me, Courtlandt." he
said, Il should like to pack Goals un-
der the beast If l could, l do not fear
him. I have no refinements of false
conscience against meeting his treach-
cry with steel traps set in the leaves
of his den, but even the discussion of
such thing ts Idle. l have gone
over 1t more than once with the best
attorneys In the city. and they saw
no hope in a suit. It would be my
word against his; but to support his
word would be my letter of introduce
ton, the joint note, the evidence Of
the bark officers that the money was
paid TO me personally-these things
would convince a jury Of candlestick-
makers and the like. One firm of law
ye:s on upper Nassau thought l was
lying even to them about it."
But. General" l said, Randolph
Mason is not the usual practitioner OF
New York. Permit mo to talk the
matter over with him. Something
may come Of IT,
His manner did not conceal how
lacking he thought the result would
be, but he was courteously obliged
Certainly, Courtlandt," he replied. Il
shall be greatly in your debt for think
ing of the matter, but fear We shall
come back in the end to a counting
of centimes, and the problem of q
cheap little Inn, with a roast fowl
now and then and wine Of the coun-
try"
had no opportunity to consult with
Randolph Mason until the evening Of
the following day,
went into tho room and sitting
down in the chair before the table,
made my excuses for interrupting his
coffee and told General Cruger's story.
Mr.. Mason" said, this is a great
injury to-: q very helpless man. How
is this mortgage to be avoided?'
He answered me with a listless un-
concern, still looking after the de-
parting Pietro, 1T Is not to be avoid
ed" he said. Let the man sign Il
and Day his debt to tho bank"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
Motor Cars and Mosquitoes.


Mosquitoes, flies and gnats Of every
description are said to be more numer.
Gus in Paris this year than ever be.
fore. 1t has become a veritable in:
vasion. The explanation usually Civ.
en- is that the swallows are much few.
or this summer, and also that the
ubiquitous sparrow is notably on the
decrease. Nobody can find reason
for the desertion of the swallows, but
the reason of the scarcity of spar
rows is not far to seek. The enemy
is mechanical traction, which Is sup
planting the use Of the horse. Before
long horses will practically have dis
appeared in Paris and when their
nosebags 60 there will disappear ono
of the principal staples of food for tho
Paris "pierrot," who is taking wing for
the country in search Of the grains
on the boulevards and avenue.
on the boulevard and avenues.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27

German Farmer. Good Business Man.
Under a seemingly generous offer
Of hospitality, a North German farm
er has managed to include q good
stroke Of business for himself. In
Hanover paper recently appeared
an advertisement that from fifteen to
twenty women and girls (not under
twelve years of age) who needed re-
cuperation could have free board and
lodging on a country estate. But In
exchange they would be required to
pick peas from eight to ten hours
daily. Industrious pickers might also
be paid cash for their labor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
chiId's Popularity Explained.

A winning lottery ticket of $780,
600, in connection with the Mobiles
Bank was recently presented for
payment at the State Bank in st.
Petersburg, and it now transpires
that the owner is an eight-year-old
orphan, an inmate Of the orphanags
ut Pskof. The lottery ticket was her
sole possession. Her relatives have
hitherto done nothing for the child.
but when the news of her good for
tune became known they were one
and all eager to adopt her. The aa-
thorities have placed her In the
charge of an arch-priest, q distant
connection Of her father.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27

In Gotham.
II know a policeman who always
puts by something every week OF what
he earns"
"Humph! 1 know one who always
puts by every week more than he
earns"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
A FOOD CONVERT
Good Food tho True Road to Health

The pernicious habit some persons
still have Of relying on nauseous drugs
to relieve stomach trouble keeps up
the patent medicine business and helps
keep up tho army Of dyspeptics.
acknowledgement - IL caused
by what 10 put into tho stomach in the
way Of improper food. tho kind that
80 taxes tho strength Of the digestive
organs they are actually crippled.
When this state 10 reached, to resort
to tonics u like whipping . tiro4
horse with 4 big load. Every addt-
tional effort he makes under tho lash
diminishes his power to move tho
load.
Try helping the stomach by leaving
OF heavy, greasy. 1ndigestibls food
and take ON Nuts light, easily
digssted. full Of strength for nsrves
and brain. in every grain Of it. There's
no waste Of time nor energy WhsR
Qrape-Nuts 10 tho food.
II am an enthusiastic user Of Grape.
Nuts and consider It an ideal food"
writes Maine man:
0aQ nervous QyDpeps14 ana was
all run down and my food seemed to
do mo but little good. From reading
an advertisement tried GrapeNuts
food, and, after q few weeks steady
use Of 1t, felt greatly improved.
Am much stronger, not nervous
now, and can do moro work without
feeling 10 tired, and am better ovssy
way.
II relish Grape3eeuts best with cream
and use four heaping teaspoonfu1s -
the cereal part OF . meal. I am sure
there are thousands Of persons with
stomach trouble who would be bens-
fted BY using Grape-Nuts." Name CIV
On by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book, The Road Il
wellville." n ptss. There's : ses
con" 49,. sssy. 80 - IN
2veg Ess1 - a1e-s 1sss1e1 ApsW
- aDDoezs 4R90 O. @ q y, 49,
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27

Golfers Grand Army score.
A golfer playing his first game OF
the season reported downtown tho
next day that he had made . Grand
Army score-he went out In 81 and
came back in 65.-Chicago Evening
Pest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27

Electric Fans In india.
Although 1t costs but cents day
in India for men to have fans to keep
the air circulating In houses, they are
gradually being replaced by electric
fans as cheaper and more reliable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
For the. legal principle In
volved in this story, zee Sec. 3

VOWED in this story, zee SEC. 5
syllabus, Abney OF al. v. Ohio
Lumber and Mining Company,
IS w. Va, as. "A certificate Of
acknowledgment Of a deed con-
veying real estate by 4 corpora
ton. which fails to show that
the officer or agent executing
1t was sworn and deposed to
the facts contained In the eertI.
f!eate, az required by section s,
chapter 70, Code, IL fatally DE-
fectlve, and does not entitIs
such deed 70 be recorded"
49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27

II you would win LIES battle you
must be hard hitter and poor quit
tor.
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up oIVoU"0y. AACu Ao 0IOppSO III
though taken with a sudden resolu.
ton.
Mr. Parks" he said, Randolph Ma,
son directed me to 60 to Europe and
hide this money in my daughters
apron. will go tomorrow on the Bal.
tic. Come down to tho ship at eleven
and explain this miracle to me. will
run up home now for the luggage"
Then he took a car to his train and
l returned to the banking house of
Hurst & selmeyer. l, also, wished an
explanation. walked straight through
tho building; to the private office of
tho elder banker, and sat down be.
fore him at his table. ~
"Solmeyer," I said. were you sure
that the brick which you have Just
bought is gold?"
The old man smiled and stroked his
long, patriarchal beard.
Yes, Mr.. Parks" he said. this one
is gold. Gates got the brass one."
Impossible" replied. "Myron
Gates got mortgage prepared by his
own scrivener for the full value of this
property. His security is prior to
yours How could his brick be brass -
The old mans black eyes twinkled
in their deep sockets.
Mr.. Parks" he said, you do not
know the Prophets. Is it not written
Whose 'causeth the righteous to 70
astray in an evil way shall fail him.
self into his own pit?'" ~
"The quotation IL hopeful" I said,
but into what pit did Myron Gatesu
tall?" y ~ II. e s 1865;
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-04-11
BAGGING AND BALING MATERIALS.

cd Congress, LIST Session. H. R. 4H3. An Act to place N fo fra lie,
agricultural implements cotton baggng cotton ties, leather, boots and shoes
renee renee WIRE meats cereals flour, bread, timber, lumber, sewing machines, salt
and other articles. "'
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves of the 1rrtod
States OF America in Congress assembled, That IN and after the day following
the passage OF this. Act the following articles shall be exempt from duty When
imported into the United States: wiz"
Pows tooth and disk harrows, headers, harvester. reaners agricultural d-us
and Planters mowers, horserakeS culivaors threshng machines and cotton
GINS farm wagons and farm carts and all other agricultural implements Of am
KIND and description. whether specifically mentioned herein or not whether
in whole or IN parts, including repair parts.
Bagghg hr. cotton gunny cloth, and all similar fabrics, materials or cover
ingS suitable Tor covering and bahng cotton, composed in whole or in part of
Jue Jhe tut, hemp, flax, seq Russian seq New Zealand tow, Norwegian
TOW, aloe mill waste cotton tareS or any other materials or fbers suitable for
covering cotton; and buraps and bags or sacks composed wholly or in mart Of
JWe or burApS or other material suitable for baggng or sackng agricultural
products
punched or wholly or partly manufactured into hoops or ties coated or not
coated with paint or any other preparation, with or without buckles or fasten.
mga for ,balng cotton or any other commodity; and wire for baing hy
straw, ald other agricultural products. ~
GRAIN buff, split rough and sole leather, band, bend, or betting leather, boots
and shoes made wholly Or in chief value of leather made from cattle hides
and cattle skins OF whatever weight Of cattle of the bovine Species including
unfinished, composed wholly Or in chief value Of leather; and leather cut into
shoe nppets or vanps or other forms suitable for conversion into manufac,
tued articles
Barbed fence wire, wire rods wide strands or wire rope. wire woven or
including wire staples
Beef veal mutton, lamb, pork, and meats of all kinds, fresh, sailed, picked
dried, smoked, dressed or undresed, prepared or preserved in any manner;
bacon hams shoulders lard lard compounds and lard substitutes; and
sausage and sausage meats.
8uckwheat -four, corn meal, wheat -four and semorna, rye flour, bran.
middlngS and other ofals of grain, oatmeal and rolled oats, and all prepared
Timber, hewn, sided or squared, round timber used for spars OF. in build
ing wharve8 shingles aths, fencing posts sawed boards, plnks, deals, and
other lumber rough or dressed, except boards, planks, deals, and other lum-
Der, of ignumvhae, lancewood, ebony, box, granadila, mahogany, rosewood
sainwood, and all other cabinet woods.
Sewing machines, and all parts thereof
Salt whether in bulk or in bags sacks barrels, or other packages.
Passed the House of Representatives May g. 1911.
Attest; SOUTH TRMnLE,
Clerk.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-04-11
A FALSE POSITION

Runors generally believed to have
emanated from the camps of men who
either are or have been considered as
Democratic presidential possibilities, that
Mr.. Underwood, of AlabaHha, could not
command the support Of }he North be-
cause Of the fact that he is a South
erner, are not only popp%cock, pure and
simple, but they place The men of the
North in a false position in the eyes
Of the people of the South and tend to
revive sectional feeling which has been
buried for many years. The effects Of
such rumors are nil in the North be-
cause the people Of the North know they
have not one iota of truth, but people
in the South are apt to take them more
seriously, and there is where they may
prove harmful, not only because Of their
tendency to cause dissatisfaction on the
part Of Southern Democrats, but be-
cause of the effect they may have in
giving rise to sectional prejudice through
false representations of conditions which
do not exist. No Northerner would
hesitate to support Mr.. Underwood be-
cause he comes from the South.-The
ArgaS, Albany, New York, November
%, 1911.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-04-11
FORAKER ON UNDERWOOD

Mr.. John Temple Graves will be in
town soon to make us a speech. He
was in Birmingham the other night and
The Age-Herald printed an interview
with the former Georgian, in which that
gentleman discussed Mr.. Underwood as
a presidential candidate. Mr.. Graves
said: "Mr. Foraker used to be very Bit
terly opposed to the South, but softened
a great deal after his elevation to the
Senate. l asked Mr.. Foraker if in case
Mr.. Underwood is nominated for Pres
ident, will it make any difference to you
that he is a Southern mani"
Absolutely none said Mr.. Foraker.
OF course, | cannot vote for him, as |
am a Republican, but if any Republican
should get up and %denounce him because
he is from the South, I would take the
stump in Underwood's Defense"
That reads we'll, coming as it does
from a man whose a~ntagonistic attitude
towards the South in other DAYS gave
him the appellation of Fire Alarm"
-LaHaIeaa ~ ,u4aa- -.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-04-11
a New Leader
From the South

The Presidents veto, of course, de-
stroyed the Free List Bill, as well as
all the other features of the Democratic
platform. The special session, however,
was not without far-reaching results.
Its chief accomplishments were a o
ganized Congress and a ~resurrected
Democratic majority under a new lead
ership. It also emphasized the new
part which the Southern States are now
playing in national affairs. With a
Southerner as Chief Justice, a S~outherner
as majority leader in Congress-, and
SouthernerS as prominent candidates for
the Democratic presidential nomination
Clark, Underwood and Wilson-the
nation is certainly more united than at
any time since the Civil War. No man
rejoices more over this changed situa-
ton than Underwood. He is even more
interested in the solidarity of the forty
eight States than in the union of the
Democratic party."-Burton 7. Hen
drick in McC!are's Magazine, February,
1912.