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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-17

those times, and said that ought to
have an operation. would not listen to
that. and when friend Of my husbands
told him about Lydia +. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing TO take it.
Now look the picture Of health and feel
like it, too. can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week wish could talk TO every
suffering woman and girl. and tell them
what Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHuHE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember. the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
II has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
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have failed Why don't you try it,
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A STRANGE LEGEND.
Origin Of a Curious Custom, Observed
by Bulgarian Builders.


Nine master masons who We're en-.
gagged In building a citadel In the time
of the yoivoid Neagoe found on re.
turning TO their work each morning
that the portion of the wall which they
had completed the day before had fall.
en- TO pieces during the night and was
lying in heap of ruins IN the ditch.
Man0l of Curtea, the head mason, in
formed his comrades one morning thar
voice from heaven had warned him
In his sleep the night before that their
labors would continue TO come 10
naught unless they all swore on that
very morning 10 immune In the strnc
ture the first woman. he IL wife. moth
er. daughter or sister. who should ar-
rive with the morning meal OF one or
either Of them They all took the oath.
and the last man had hardly been
sworn when Manors own wife appear
ed. carrying her husbands breakfast
The oath was Kept. and the woman,
known In the legend rs Flora OF the
Fields" was murdered and her blood
and flesh Incorporated with the wall 81
masonry
A curious practice of the Bulgarian
masons uhe above scene Is laid In Rul-
garial. which survives to this day ties
titles 10 the vitality Of the legend To
insure the solldiiy of the house they
build they measure with a reed the
shadow Of the first person who passes
after the digging Of the foundation
has been completed. When the foun
dalton Is commenced this reed Is buried
under the first rock. usually the corner
stone
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A GLIMPSE OF WAR.
The Sensations Of a Young French
Soldier al Sedan.

We could see the lines and lines of
helmets. a bad sight to see those
helmet spikes.
And ! cannot remember when il was
that there crept through our ranks
the feeling that those helmets were
hot only in front Of Us. but In every
direction round about. and that we
were surrounded. suppose IL came
from the sound Of firing coming from
40 many directions.
II is ut such 4 time ihni one feels Of
helplessness And the noise did J
tell you Of the noise There were sin
gle booms and crashes Of volley firing.
and then there would be just one great
roaring. one great laundering that
dcafened you and in which you could
not tell one sound from another.
There was smoke. smoke. every
where. and the ground would tremble
when the cavalry made charge
would tell you all that remem.
Der OF most interest But is It inter
esiing TO tell you that shells burst and
that our ranks thinned and closed NJ
and that / felt more and more that
we were 20 be beaten:
would have wept. but had TOO
much TO do In firing and ia watching
the lines Of helmets.
II IS that a soldier gets full Of an
excitedness Yon do things and YOU
scarcely know that you do them or
why.
II was early that day that my com
rade was killed And hc jumped NJ
twice-so. SO. And he fell 1at on his
face turned him over. and my cap
tain said mo time for that You are
young soldier or yom would know
there is no time for that. Robert
Sbackleton In Harper's Weekly
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ANY good doctor will tel you that medi-
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recting this sluggishness OF the liver.
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SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. - For seven years !
suffered everything. was in bed for
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-17

A French editor anxious for sersa'
tions. came into his office and asked
his deputy what had happened Moth
ing" he was told. except that n
mans nose had been bleeding in the
Place de In Conccrie and chimney
r. on fire In Monimarire." Enough"
said the other and wrote the placard
blood and Fire In rarisr'
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-17

four or five days at O
time every month,
and so weak ! could
hardly walk. / had
cramps, Blackjack
and headache. an d
was so nervous and
weak that ] dreaded
70 see anyone or
have anyone move in
the room. The doc
tors gave me medi-
cine 70 ease me at
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place For Footrrirts.

II shall leave footprints on the sands
Of time" said the ideiilist
what for:' asked the crudei' prac
ticaI person. Nobody will want 10 &c
round looking for footprints What we
want 90 do for posteriiy Is to help build
some good roads - Washington star.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-17

why did you turn Hun down."
HE began 10 zap about two living
as eheaply MS one. When | get mar
riei expect TO make the money fy."-
louisville Courier-Journal
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REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AID CHILD.

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Hurry aud cunning are the two ap-
prentices of dispatch and skill. but
neither IT them ever learns his mas
tiers trade Cotton.
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woren's Wills.

I'm how many states can women
make their Wills"
''In most OF EN- they come with 10
veady made - Baltimore American.
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THE brutes have saved Us. said
Peter exultingly. They have downed
horse"
The fugitives sped on. hearing again
aud again the cracking Of rifle Till nj
last either the firing ceased or passed
out OF hearing.
The count and two OF his servants
had not been as fortunate as those
they followed. By the time they reach
ed the pack the number Of wolves had
doubled. They fought well. hut one
OF the wolves spranr at horses
throat and disabled him. ovcrwheim.
ed. the three men. one after another.
succumbed.
And so II was that n man who was
trying 10 recover fugitive serf lost
his life and carried down with Aim the
lives OF two other persons
The lovers. being freed from their
pursuers. proceeded with deliberation.
The next evening they reached the
Swedish line. at the head 81 the gulf
Of Bothnia. where they left their con
veyance at an unfreauentcd spot. on
the east side Of the Tornea river. and.
crossing, found themselves in Sweden.
From there they made their way 10
Christiania and from thence 20 Amer
ica. Setting out toward the west. they
at last reached the new territory.
which is now the state 81 North ia.
kota. where they found many Of their
countrymen aud beeame prosperous
farmers and Peter one of the principal
men IN that region.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

The battle in Nebraska April 10, 1912
was in many respects similar TO the
battle Of Lexington Of April 10 at the
outbreak OF the Revolution. Ballots
we're used in place Of bullets but they
were bigger. II those British soldiers
had received volley OF Nebraska bal.
lots on the memorable occasion the In
stitution of new government in q new
country would have been accomplished
ins santer. A half hundred men shoot.
ing bullets the size OF bed sheets
would snnihilate an army in a round
or two.
The underly ing principle Of the two
battles was the same. They were re
volts from boss rule. Ever since the
white man placed his foot on the sol
Of the western hemisphere he has re
belled whenever he became conscious
OF the whip Of the boss, There ma!
be defects in the Primary law but /
eliminates the machine and the revo
lutionists will win every time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

The tragic disaster of the Titanic
has set the whole world thinking
Here was q vessel that was the very
heat that man could build, triumph
In modern art, beautiful In conception,
convenience and design, considered
absolutely safe and sound and yet in
the twinkling Of an eve it sank to the
bottom of the sea. Modern man was
Boosting that he was master OF the
vater but the Titanic disaster showed
him that hs Is master only so long a'
ha trims bis sails to natures ways
This ship had been warned that there
we're icsbergs in the vicinity but th'
.-,... wanted to make \ new recor'
Tor speed. They wanted to make
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

We were asked this week to sign a
petition praying for the removal of
alleged undesirable places Of amuse.
ment but we refused because nothing
is being done to provide places OF
attraction. In our opinion the
way to benefit Q boy under eighteen
years of age Is to provide him with
wholesome amusement, a place to
spend his spare hours, . place where
he can meet his companions and en-.
JOY himself II this city would build
aY. NJ. c. A. building and equip it
there would not be any use In looking
for stray boy outside its walls for he
would be with the gang aud the gang
would be in the swimming pool or IL
gym. A noted English boy man il
quoted as saying that we should MAKE
virture exciting and that sentimen
exactly expresses the idea. There ar
men enough in this city with none,
enough to build and equip such
building. II any one man would bull
a structure Of this character It woul
be an everlasting memorial to him an
this community would be indebted t
him forever.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Mattsrs Of the Msmory.

6avases have good memories. They
rarely make . false or erroneous mo.
ton. They have mastered their sur.
roundings and there are no new
things to distract their attention.
They keep their memory cells un.
crowded. The civilised man 10 at 1
great disadvantage. He sees some
new thing every hour. His brain cells
are . veritable. dancing. whirling.
seething nest Of memories. It 10 not
ary great wonder that he cannot 70.
call the ono be needs Just when b
vlnoAs ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Wonderful "snow Flowsr."

The "snow flower" 90 named be.
cause It blooms only in the depth OF
icy winters, 10 to be found growing
on Siberian soil. When It opens, It ~
star.shaped. its petals Of the same
length 40 the leaves. and half an Inch
In with. A Russian nobleman took .
number Of the seeds to st. Petersburg.
They were placed in pot OF snow
and frozen earth. On the coolest Gay
of the following January the m'racu'
lous flower burst through its icy Gov
ering, and displayed its beauties to
the wondering spectators.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
A Cousin of Abe Lincoln Dies
Brother Of Grandma Male

The Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye in
its Sunday edition contained the fol.
lowing sketch Of Charles Miller:
Charles Miller, who died last week
in Marshall county was q brother of
William A. Miller of this place, and
Of Mrs. Nancy Hale. a former resident
but now living at Red Cloud, Nebr.
This is the article: winfield Beacon.
Marshalltown, Ia, April l3-One of
the early pioneers Of Des Moines
county, who settled near Burlington
in the early sos died this week in
northern Iowa, in the person Of
Charles Miller, for many years resi-.
dent of Liscomb, in this county.
Miller was one of the nearest living
kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln, his and
Lincolns mothers having been first
cousins, and both bearing the name Of
Nancy Hanks before their marriage.
Miller came to this county from Des
Moines county in an early day, and
was one OF the pioneer merchants OF
this county.
Mr.. Miller was an interesting charac-
ter, and when so inclined talked OF
his kinsman and the early days in
Kentucky, when both were boys. II
was seldom, however, that Mile,
could be drawn into conversation
concerning Lincoln, for he believed
people would consider him boastfull
But there was one story which
Miller told within his family circle
, and 1t is recounted to show trait o
, character in the famous American tha
!, followed him throughout his life
D doggedness Of purpose and gamenes
Q seldom equaled.
!. When Miller was boy, Abe Lincol
came to his home to board while b
Il taught the district school. The boy
& attending the school, most OF the1
70 older than Miller, and some hardly an
g younger than the new teacher himsel
n planned to initiate the new schoo
is master. Miller was chosen as the
re captain, because the lads felt that
ut any punishment were meted out, Mi
re er would suffer least on the ground
~ relationship. The boys agreed to lo'
a the new teacher out until he "treate,
Id them or promised treat.
Id L,ncoln came to the school houi
nd evidentally suspecting nothing out
to the ordinary. He found the scho
house door locked, and was unable
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

force it. The boys inside informed the
new teacher that he might come in If
he would promise to treat them the
next day. Lincoln made no reply.
A noise was heard on the school
house roof, and within few minutes
down came Il lanky, soot-begrimed
form through the chimney. Lincoln
was going to fight and grappled with
the pupils who surrounded him. They
were too many for the teacher, how.
ever, who was carried, kicking and
struggling to the bank OF a creek
short distance away. A duckiug vas
to be attempted, 10 bring the teacher
to time. Lincoln fought as best he
could against the heavy odds, and II
was not until the very brink OF the
waters edge was reached that he in
formed his tormentors that he would
give up, and the treat would be on
hand the next dav. Lincoln kept his
word, and Miller said that no teacher
and his pupils ever got along better
than cousin Abe and US boys" The
boys all liked the homely Kentuckian,
and especially did they admire his
spunk and gameness.
Miller was younger than Lincoln
having been 81 at the time Of his death
last Tuesday. He had always looked
up to Lincoln as his ideal of q vounG
, man, and never had any occasion to re
gret the selection of that ideal.
II Mr.. Miller has a brother, William
| Miller, who lives at Winfield, Iowa ant
a sister, Mrs. Lucetts Chandler, resid
, ing at New London, Henry county, ant
!, another sister, Mrs, Nancy Hale, q
{ Red Cloud, Nebraska.
/ These three cousins are the only nea
q relatives Of the martyred president O
. his mothers side now living. Thi
school house incident SO far as "
n know was never published before.
10 throws light not only on the cha
~ acter of Lincoln but also on the maj
m ners Of the time. Grandma Hale di
" tinctly remembers the occurrence an
I, says that 1t created quite stir in Il
i. neighborhood.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Rrloa Of Health.

To fudge by letters received rom
correspondents. the average person
does not really want to be cured. ne
only wants relief. which is quite dif'
ferent thing. Or. at least, II he does
want to be cured. he 10 seldom willing
to nay the price-not in money, that
n trining, but the price in patience
and perseverance and self.controi.-
Los Angeles Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
And the next day being Friday we
began to move.

Do not fail to read the inside pages
OF this paper. You will always lind
there valuable news and Information
but this issue is devoted largely to the
results Of the primary election and the
awful disaster of the Titanic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

quicker voyage than their rivals had
done aud they were willing to take the
chance and risk the lives Of thousand
or two human beings in the endeavor
to outdo competitor. Speed mania
is a modern disease. Its victims are
not all found on the race tracks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

We have reason to feel proud OF our
city cemetery this year. abOunds in
grass and flowers and Is as beautiful
~ q city park. The appearance Of the
city Of the dead speaks highly Of the
association which has this place In
charge. They are sparing no pains to
make this peaceful resting place for
those who have gone on before.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

Contrary to general opinion the
number OF votes cast at this primary
election was not as large rs last year.
Being presidential year 1t was ex'
pscted that the vote would be heavy
bat such is not the case. This year
the vote was l479 last year i7e5 yet
these were the two largest polls since
tho primary system was installed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
True HappInoes.

"The happiness Of . man IN this
life does not consist In the absence,
but in the mastery Of his passions.
Tennyeon,
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
wl.dom From the Bench.

Wisdom From the Bench.
"A man hit me. and hit him back
said q woman at the Marylebone DO.
lice court. "Yes." said Mr.. Plowden,
you wouldn't be a woman II you
iidn't nowadays. ."--London Express,
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

Better to Put Duty First.
II would be better for the nation II
people thought more of their duties
and less Of their rights.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Nevertheless.

Occasionally q man makes . mis-
<ake which proves to be fortunate and
profitable. Nevertheless. 1t is not Q
good plan to 60 about making mis-
takes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-08-06
POLICE MAKE
A VALUABLE
CAP TURE.
Treasure Stolen From Rich Chicago
ans Found-Wor More
Than $4,000.
SILVER AND PAINTINGS IN LIST
After a Chase Through Crowded
Streets Of Business Section Off,
GERS Arrest Jack G. Guthrie.
SILVER AND PAINTINGS IN LIST

Chicago, Aug. 5.-After an excit-
ing chase through the crowded
streets of the business section the
police Saturday arrested Jack G..
Guthrie, alias Harry Brown, %
years old, who is alleged to have
robbed the homes Of wealthy resi-
dents of the south side of valuable
paintings, silverware, jewelry, cloth
ing and stocks and bonds worth
more than s150,000.
Guthrie was taken in custody on
a charge of forgery as he was about
to enter a downtown bank. While
being led to central station he trip
ped the detective who had him in
custody and fed. He was captured
by a policeman after chase Of sew
eral blocks
AS he was being locked in cell
he attempted to swallow two rent
receipt slips which later led to his
identity. One was for barn on
the west side and the other for a
room in storage warehouse.
When the police searched the
barn and warehouse room they
found thousands of dollars worth Of
valuable articles stolen from the
homes of prominent Chicagoans in
the last few months.
Guthrie is charged with having
forged the name of Mrs. H. 0. Stone
and Mrs. Ella Wilson to checks for
$4,000, which he deposited to his
own credit in Chicago banks.
Later the police raided Guthrie's
home on the south side, where sew
eral additional trunks with jewelry,,
laces and other valuables were found
stored in the attic.
Guthrie lived with his mother and
a brother, Robt. w Guthrie, a mem
Der of the Chicago police DEPART
ment.
In a statement made to the police
Guthrie is said to have admitted
having robbed the homes OF scores
of wealthy persons in Chicago. He
said he studied the society columns
of the newspapers in selecting his
victims. III
Guthrie was an instructor in one
of the public high schools until
March, 1911, when he resigned. He
attributed his downfall to speculate
ing and said he was heavily in debt
when he resigned his position as
teacher in the public schools.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-08-06
REGULARS TO
JOIN GUARDS
!. g.. MEMS CAMP
Sixth Cavalry Will Start to Iowa
. Falls Wednesday,
s." 4 Morning. -
BE ! ABSENT THREE WEEKS
Nearly All Of 400 Men Stationed
at the Fort are In
. cluded.
BE- ABSENT THREE WEEKS

Des Noines, Aug. 5.-Practically
all troops and officers of the Sixth
United States cavalry stationed at
Fort Des Moines will leave Wednes-
day morning for an overland hike to
the iowa National Guard encanlp-
ment at Iowa Falls. The men will
be on the road about four days.
A small detachment of troopers
win remain at the fort to look after
the quarters, but approximately 400
men will attend the encampment.
Troops A, B, c and d of the Sixth
cavalry are the only ones now sta
tioned at the fort.
The troopers will remain in camp
at Iowa Falls for ten days, and then
start on the return hike. They will
be gone from the fort about three
weeks.
A number of athletic events have
been planned for the encampment,
events for the cavalrymen as we'll as
the national guard members. Suit
able prizes will be hung up in the
various events, and teams from each
troop at Fort Des Moines have been
praeticing for some time to land the
money.