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The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Denied the Last Word in an Ar
gument, She Vigorously
Wields Her Umbrella.
LAYS HIM PHOSPHATE
Fortunately for the Fare Collector,
Policeman Who Was Riding on
the Front Platform Of tho Car
Came to His Rescue
In Time.

Chicago.-The rash attempt OF an
unmarried and unsophisticated street
car conductor to have the last word
with a small married woman passenger
the other afternoon resulted In the
usual way.
A big policeman interfered In time
to save an ambulance call. And then
the man who got licked" sought
solace by causing the little woman's
arrest on charge of disorderly con-
duct.
Mrs. Isabella Friesea, wife Of Max
Friesea, 1887 North Leavitt street. Is
the belligerent housewife. James l..
Morris, 3437 North Claremont avenue.
is the conductor.
1t was about 5 o'clock that Mrs.
Friesea. In haste to go home to get
supper. alighted from an Irving boule-
ward car and brushed into a waiting
Ashland avenue car south bound. Other
passengers crowded her and she was
seated when the conductor entered and
told her that her transfer was worth
hess because 1t was punched north
bound" She said she was not re-
sponsible for the other conductors
mistake. refused to pay nickel. and
told the conductor to retire to the rear
platform and attend to business.
General attention was attracted
through the conductor shouting ut
amt no good" over and over again.
while she replied yes it's" Just as
fast.
Unable to get the last word-a
woman's inalienable right-she finally
slammed him across the face with her
umbrella. Morris says he only de-
Tended himself" but the passengers
saw little evidence of defense as he
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were likely to come out OF the adven,
ture with his life. Yet his mind could
not bring to his recollection any deed
that had merited vindictive anger on
the part of another; nor was he a
blamable man as the world goes. He
paid his debts-every three years; he
was amongst the governors OF five
fashionable charities, and the only
scandalous case which concerned him
was arranged between the lawyers
on the eve of its coming into court.
The matrons told you that he was "a
dear delightful rogue" the men said
that he was "a cunning old dog" and
between them agreed that he had
read the commandments at least. Pos
sibly, however, those hours OF soil
tude In the cabin compelled him to
think rather of his vices than of his
virtues-and 1t may be that the fear
was so much the more real as his
shortcomings were secret. Be that
as 1t may. he assured me that he had
never suffered 30 much as he did dur
ing that strange imprisonment. and
that he cried almost with delight when
the door of the cabin opened. and he
saw the table of the saloon set for
dinner. and light falling upon 1t from
handsome lamp below the skylight.
During one delicious moment he
thought himself the victim of a we'll
meaning practical joker-the next his
limbs were limp as cloth, and he sank
upon a cushioned seat with a groan
which must hava heen heard nv tho
men above.
This scene has been so faithfully de-
scribed to me that / can see it as
clearly as though myself stood
amongst the players. On the one
hand, pretty little American girl.
with hands clasped and malicious
laughter about her rosy mouth; on the
other, a shrinking. craven, abject shad-
ow of man, covering upon the cush-
ions of a sofa. in blank establishment.
and hiding his view Of her with bony
fingers. At glance you would have
said that the girl was not 20-but she
was %. the picture of youth, with the
color of the sea-health upon her
cheeks, the spray of the sea-foam glist-
ening in her rich brown hair. She
had upon her head little hat of straw
poised daintiiy; her dress was Of
white serge with a scarf of yacht
club colors at the throat; but her feet
were the tiniest in the world. and the
brown shoes which hid them not unfit
for an artists model. And as she stood
laughing at the man who had become
her guest upon the yacht, her atti-
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tude would have made the fortune OF
half the painters in Hampstead.
WELL" she said. II call this real
good of you, my lord. to come on my
yacht-when you were just of to the
other girl-and your weddings fixed
for the 18th of Iuly. Ny word. you're
the kindest-hearted man in Europe"
He looked up at her. some shame
marked in his eyes, and he said,-
Evelyn. I-I-never thought it was
you!'
Then how pleased you must be.
oh. I'm right glad, tell you: I'm just
as pleased as you are. To think that
we've never met since you left N'York
in such furry that you hadn't time
even to send me line-but of course
you men are SO busy and SO smart that
girls don't count, and 1 knew you were
just dying to see me, and 1 sent the
boat off saying it was old Burrow-
how you love Burrow!-ald here you
are, my word!"
She spoke !shoring under a heavy
excitement, so that her sentences
flowed over one another. But he could
scarce find coherent word, and be-
gan to tremble as she went on
You'll stay awhile, of course. and
why, you're as pale as spectres, 1
guess. Now if you look like that I
shall begin to think that we're not the
old friends we were in N'York year
ago, and walk right upstairs to Arthur.
You remember my brother Arthur, of
course you do. He was your particu-
lar friend, wasn't he?-but how you
boys quarrel. They really told me two
months ago In the city that Arthur
was going in the shooting business
with you. Fancy that now, and at
your age"
This sentence revealed what was
lacking in the character OF the girl; 1t
showed that malicious. II rather low
and vulgar. cunning which prompted
the whole of this adventure; and 1t
betrayed revenge which was worthy
OF a Frenchwoman.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Breaks of Tusks.

New York.-In fit of pique, Congo.
"the only dwarf elephant in captivity"
disfigured himself in the Bronx zoo.
The day being fine. all the elephants
except Congo were permitted to go
into the yard outside the elephant
house. He had been showing signs of
bad temper recently.
= No sooner were the keepers out of
the building than he braced his hind
feet against the rear brick WALL while
he began to saw and hammer the iron
railing at the front of the stall with
his tusks.
His ivory adornments are exquisite
ly proportioned, elephant men say, and
prove that he is real dwarf, since
they are in distinct size relation to the
rest of his body. Before the keepers
knew what he had done Congo had
broken of eight inches Of ivory from
one tusk and ten from the other. Then
the keepers tied up his head. The
stumps Of the tusks will be capped.
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owed the speaker some two thousand
cipled desire to pay 1t.
1.-The fact is, my lordship." replied
the seaman, whose vocabulary was
American and strange, "the fact is
he's tidy sick. on his beam ends,
guess with bronchitis; and he won't
be OBTAINING you not as long as bo-
SUMS whistle II you go aboard, and be
easin' of him"
Now, although this comparatively
juvenile lover was In a mighty hurry
to get to st. Peters. there was yet
a powerful financial motive to send
him to the ship. He had done busi-
ness with this Abraham Burrow in
America; the man had-we won't say
swindled-but been smart enough
there to relieve him of a couple of
thousand pounds. To hope for the re-
covery Of such sum seemed as child
ish as sigh for the moon. Maclaren
had not seen Durrow for ~ months,
and did not know a moment before
this meeting whether he was alive
or dead. Yet here he was in yacht
his creditor. and to see him immedi-
ately. The latter reflected that such
visit would not occupy half an hour
Of his time, that 1t might lead to the
recovery of some part of his money.
that he could make his excuses to the
pretty girl awaiting HMM short. he
went with the seaman; and in quar-
ter Of an hour he stepped on board an
exceeding well-kept yacht, which lay
beyond the buoy over against the
east pier; and all his trouble began.
The craft, as have said. was ketch
rigged, and must have been of 10 tons
or more. There was good square
saloon aft. and couple Of tiny cabins,
the one amidships. the other at the
poop. When Lord Maclaren went
aboard, three seamen and boy were
the occupants of the deck: but King
Charles spaniel barked at the top of
the companion; and steward came
presently and asked the visitor to go
below. He descended to the saloon at
this; but the sick man, they told him,
lay in the fore cabin; and thither he
followed his very obsequious guide.
had the account Of this episode
and of much that follows from two
sources, one a man I met In New York
last summer, the other, the victim of the
singularly American conspiracy Lord
Maclaren's account was simple-"As
there's q heaven above me, Sutton"
said he, ''I'd no sooner put my foot in
the hole when the door was slammed
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

behind me, and bolted like prison
gate" The American said, II guess
the old boy had hardly walked right
in. before they'd hitched up the latch.
and he was shouting glory. Then the
skipper let the foresail go-for the
ketch was only lyin'-to, and in ten
minutes he was standing out down the
channel. But you never heard such a
noise as there was below In all your
days. Talk about sheet and pillow
case party in an insane asylum, that's
no word for it."
The fact that the "illustrious noble
man." as the penny society papers
called him, was trapped admitted of
no question. He realized 1t himself
in few moments, and sat down to
wonder, "who and why the devil, etc."
in five languages. l need scarcely say
that the thing was an utter and mex
plicable mystery to him. He thought
at first that robbery was the motive,
for he had the model of the bracelet
upon him; and as he sat alone in the
cabin, he really feared personal vio-
lence. He told me that he waited to
oSt Inc Qooi OpSnS anu Il Chlci
armed with Colt or knuckleduster, aft
er the traditional Adelphian mood;
but a couple of hours passed and no
one came, and after that the only in
terruption to his meditation was the
stewards knock upon the cabin door.
and his polite desire to know "Will
my lord take tear" my ,ord" told
him to carry his tea to latitude
where high temperatures prevail; and
after that, continued to kick Justify at
the door. and to make original obser-
vations upon the owner of the yacht.
and upon her crew, until the light
failed. Yet no one needed him.
Up to this point, temper had dom
mated him; but now quiet yet very
deep alarm took its place. He began
to ask himself more seriously II his
position were not one Of great danger,
II he had not to face some mysterious
but very daring enemy-even If he
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

self and the brilliant colorings. that
the stamp Of commerce fades into the
background. Tho mules and raw,
bleeding beef, the short Jackets, tight
pantaloons, immense hats and alto
gether fierce aspect of the riders seem
more like part Of some barbaric
pilgrimage than a peaceful quest on
a matter of honest business. 1t is
probable that nowhere else in North
America, possibly in the whole world.
will one find greater contrast between
outward appearance and inward pur-
pose.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

(herds of saddle horses taken along
by the vaqueros for use in the
rodeos). and the extreme poverty.
simplicity and primitive, dare devil
fearlessness Of the vaqueros. But
after he has seen and pondered over
these things. after he has lived for
months on the Mexican range and has
taken part In a dozen rodeos, his
most lasting impression OF 1t all is
this picture In the foothills-these
solemn, mule mounted Mexicans rid
ing at dusk through pool of Grim
son sunset. And this Is so, perhaps,
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

not altogether because of the colors
and the picturesqueness Of the set
ting, but because he has never seen
anything like 1t in his own country
In the states a cowboy on a mule
would be curiosity. and there 10
nothing in the tablelands and low,
rolling hills of Montana or Texas that
can compare with these rugged, steep
sided plains and valleys OF Mexico.
Then, again, there is something so
wild, primitive and pictureque in the
very appearance and dress OF the
vaQueros, apart from the country IT.
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lay PROSTATE on the floor after one
particularly singing swipe across the
left ear. While down she poked him
In the ribs with the weapon. Morris
lip was cut and bleeding and his right
eye was badly swollen when the last
inventory was taken.
Fortunately for Morris, Policeman
L. Griebenof. riding on the front plat
form, had been attracted by the shrieks
of women. None but the policeman
had the courage to pull the little fight
er away.
Serves him right for trying to tell
my wife her business" remarked
Friesea, as he led the prisoner from
the station. When asked II he would
appear with his wife in court Friesea
said: mo, indeed; she's able to look
after herself"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Newspaper a Power.

Reading the Newspaper is as inti-
mate q part Of our everyday life as
sleeping and eating. The intelligence
of the worlds doings is CLEANED from
its pages. That which many deem
their own judgment, as related to cur
rent topics, is merely a reflection of
what they have read in their home
paper. What reaches them for the
first time in today's issue. in a week
or day later, has become their be-
lief and knowledge.-E. o. McCor-
mick. d.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Relects increase of Salary,

Pittsfield, Mass.-For the first time
in the history of the New England
Baptist churches a preacher has de-
clined an increase in salary. Rev.
Harry c. Leach, pastor OF the Morn
ingside church here. In a statement
declining to accept the money says
the church needs the money more than
he does.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

raw beef. bleeding and uncovered,
dangling from his saddle. They we're
going into the mountains on the first
night Of the great rodeo (roundup) !.
which would begin on Babicora plain
In the morning.
This mountain phase Of the work is
only one of the features of the Mexi-
can cattle business that excites even
the American cowboys emotions, F.
Warner Robinson writes in the Gen.
tury. There are other things that
greatly impress him-the immense
sizes Of the rodeos and remudas
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
MEXICO AS CATTLE COUNTRY
Some Scenes That Would Appear
Strange to the Eye Of the Amor
lean Cowboy.

This is Mexico-Mexico OF the cat
tie country. the new cattle country.
And the four men riding silently
across the clearing in the glow of the
sunset were Mexican cowboys. They
sat gracefully astride mules. with
their serapes (blankets) wound close
" about them, each with a chunk of
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
CITY Hall Att,ebsd

Portsmouth, N. H.-The city govern
ment Is practically at standstill
Mrs. Ellen Quinn trying to collect a
800 claim attached the city hall and
all the city's movable property
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Power Of Fear.

Albany, N. Year OF death saved
Michael Cosmo condemned murderer,
from the electric chair. He was de-
clared insane. driven mad. the alien
lists. say. by overpowering fear.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
DESTROYED A GOLDEN MYTH
Moral Seems to Be Let Children Die
cover the Truth About Santa
Claus tor Themselves.

1t had been a hard year for the ia
ther of the family and the coming of
Christmas had something of terror in
1t for him when he thought of how
much less in the way of gifts he could
do than he would have liked.
But what hurt worst was that, hay
ing had to meet some heavy bills, he
found it would be quite impossible to
buy the bicycle that he had promised
his boy Santa Claus would bring.
He was sorry for the disappoint-
ment that he knew the lad would feel
and he decided that 1t would be best
not to wait and have the disappoint-
ment come on Christmas day. So he
went to the lad, manly little chap,
and said: :
Look here, my boy, you are old
enough now to understand things. Each
Christmas when you received gifts you
supposed, and, indeed, we told you,
they were brought by Santa Claus.
as a matter of fact, Santa Claus is
only a make-believe, a tradition that
has come down through the ages to
help make the Christmas season
brighter and happier and less selfish
for children. The truth is that YOU
mother and myself have always beer
your Santa Claus.
This year, sonny, things have not
been going very we'll with me and
can't just afford that bicycle that yot
thought Santa Claus was going tc
bring you.
BE brave little man about 1t and
well have a merry Christmas anyway,
and maybe early in the year I'll be
able to get 1t for you. But really
can't afford 1t now. You won't mind
very much, will your"
"Why-no-dad," said the lad,
though he had to fight bit to keep
the tears out Of his eyes.
But" he said, thoughtfully, mo
Santa Claus! Why, believed in him.
Say, dad, you haven't been fooling me
about Jesus, too, have you?"-St. Louis
Republic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01

Eyes, it was romance, all right,
even if it did turn out badly. 1t
started at one of last springs pic.
MICS. She was plucking white daisies
or something with the proper back.
ground in perspective. He saw her
and muttered: "Oh, you pretty
squab!'"
Then what?"
ooh, she overheard it, all right, and
in a roundabout way an introduction
followed"
GO on"
well, it wasn't many weeks be.
fore he had her out under the trees
in the moonlight, with hooking bird
accompaniment, asking her; 'Oos
duckie Is oo?"
Next chapter"
THE first week in June he mar
shaded up sufficient courage to say:
Say, chicken, let's get married%"
Il see; short engagement, eh?"
yep; welded bliss not long
either. Along with other indignities
alleged in her divorce petition she
says he called her a goose. He re
taliated by saying no man was ex
pected to stay married with chat
teriDg guinea always around"
Now what?"
"She got her freedom yesterday. To
night he's celebrating, declaring he'i
glad he's rid of the old hen."-St
Louis Republic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
Tennis In Japan.

The Japanese have displayed a pc
culiar aptitude for lawn tennis. TIC
many Indianapolis players the sight
of an expert Japanese on the park
courts is not uncommon. Among the
best amateur players in the city are
Japanese house servants. What they
lack in height they more than make
up in agility. They seem to be indie
fatigable. Tennis, like baseball, is
steadily growing in popularity in ia.
pan. The former has become a ia
vorite among japanese high school
and college students. Intercollegiate
games have also become popular
among the students and their friends
Among the well-known institutions
that have a large number of enthusi.
astic tennis players are the following:
Toxic Higher Normal school. Toxic
Commercial school (higher), Waseda
university, Toxic Kyoto university
Kyoto; Third high school, Kyoto
The foreign communities in the vari
GUS ports, Yokohama, Kobe and Ma
gasaki, have tennis clubs. The lead
ing foreign club at Yokohama is
known as the Ladies' Lawn Tennis
club. Tennis rackets are already be
ing manufactured in Japan, there be
ing f1x factories in Toxic alone.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
CONSERVATIONISTS
AT INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 1.-The
fourth National Conservation Con
gress, which convened in Indianap-
oils today for a four days session, has
brought together a host of men widely
known in national reforms and pro
gressive legislation. The delegates
number several thousand. Among
them are official representatives OF
the Federal and State and municipal
governments, of public and private
institutions throughout the country
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
"sIaok and Blue" Bruises Explained

"BIaok and Blue" Bruises Explained.
The color Of blood lie due chiefly to
iron in the little blood cells. When
the iron is kept in these little blood
cells. which are living and travelling
around in the blood vessels, the color
Is red. Hit the skin hard enough to
break some of the little blood vessels
beneath the surface and the little red
cells escape from the injured blood
vessels, wander around for q while
in the tissues, and die.
: When they die the iron that made
them red before then changes to
black-and-blue coloring. After a while
this iron 10 taken up by the glands
called the lymphatics and made over
again into nice red cells. The iron
is taken up very much more quickly
by the lymphatics if the black-and-
blue spot is rubbed and massaged.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01

and of numerous organizations that
are working for the public welfare.
J. b. White, of Kansas City, presi-
dent of the congress, presided at the
opening session and responded to the
addresses of welcome delivered in be-
half of the state of Indiana, the city
of Indianapolis and the local CONNER
cial bodies.
DR.. w. A. Evans, of Chicago, former
president of the American Medical AS
sociation, delivered the keynote ad-
dress, taking as his subject, Health
Our Greatest National Resource" 1t
is the question of health and ways
and means of conserving human life
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
that is to form the general topic of

that is to form the general topic of
discussion at the present congress.
Governor Woodrow Wilson, Demo
cratic presidential candidate, is SEIZED
uled to deliver an address before the
congress on Thursday afternoon. An
other notable event of the programme
will be the address of DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley, formerly the Governments
pure food expert.
In addition to the main topic of the
conservation of human life the con-
gress will discuss the protection of
forests, lands, waters, minerals and
other natural resources of the coun-
try. Child life and education will re-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01

ceive attention, also the protects
fish, game and birds and the l
ment for the creation of more mai
parks. In connection with the
named topic it is expected the
gress will give it's official indorse
to the project for the creation
national park that will includ,
famous Mammoth Cave of Kentu
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01

II you knew of the real var
Chamberlain's Liniment for
back, soreness of the muscles, 81
and rheumatic pains, you would
wish to be without 1t. For saI
ALI Dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
AustralIa,s Wheat Exports.

Australia exported 72S,OOO tons of
wheat to date, compared with about
A q o mn 4axo H. f0fA
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-10-01
DRuMM0ND
CHEWING TOBACCO

is chunk of real satisfaction to any man
but particularly to the man who's only known
the old style dark plug. Drummond is made
of the very cream of Burley leaf. Its nerve
soothing mildness has made thousands of
The herald., 1912-06-20
Pythian.
Crescent Lodge No. 8.

Crescent Lodge No. 8, X. OF r. meets
every Friday night in Pythian Hall al
1880 o'clock.
R. Chestnut, chancellor commander;
T. ]. Burton, vice chancellor; A. D
CoyeII, prelate; J. B. Babin, master OF
work; C. Berthaut, master-at-arms; L.
r. Babin, keeper of records and seal;
George Lecourt, master Of finance; L.
J. Peterson, master Of eIchequer; Z.
Miller, .uner guard; Louis Martini
outer guard; ]. B. Babin, grand repre-
sentative: L. j. Burton. alternate' u
Miller. janitor; E. E. Babin, organlst'
f 7. Mothe and ]. B. Babln' general
relief committee; R. Chestnut, J. b.
Bapin and C. Berthaut, committee OF
nine; Louis Peterson, DR.. c. V. KRAFT
and L. ]. Burton, trustees; DR.. Jno'
A. Rupp and DR.. Chas. Gelbke, physi-
clans; E. ]. Mothe, undertaken.