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trees, switching their tails Jo drivs away the flies A fifth, a buekskin mare, unloaGed, with a bandaged leg, stood in the sunlight. Behind the nearest tree a man was speaking. I refined my horse. Now you, Jones, ' be was saying to the injured beast, you take yo'sef too serious. You ain't goin' to Heaven? Noi Then why pack yo' bag? Why fuss?"
 had some silly idea that the man, if he discovered me, would know what business brought me to this headland I held my breath.
 Ills slow, delicious, Texan drawl made me smile. did not want to smile. The mare, a very picture of misery, lifted her bandaged. frfghtfully swollen leg, and hobbled into the shade. did not want to laugh. but why was she called Jones? She looked just like Jones.
 ''The inquirin' mind" said the man behind the tree, 'has gawn surely astray from business. or you'd have know'd that rattlers smells of snake. Then I asks--why paw?"
 The mare, with her legs all astraddle, snorted in his face.
 Sugar is it? Why didn't you say so befo'7"
 (To be co1tinnedl
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the neighbors, but she had no use for neighbors. Only they seen the line l drew in the dust around that tent, the dead-line. Afterward if any man came near that line, she'd scream.
 But she'd taught me to drink, an drank, day after day. night after night, while she eat frightened in the tent, moaning when came. Only when she was cured could l get work, not while I had to watch all day, all night.
 She swore she loved me, she vowed that she'd repented, and l believed un' til sine claimed religion. I'd seen her breed of religion. I'd rather have her atheist than shamming. She, would keep straight. and be my faithful wife if I'd quit drinking. if I'd only take her away. But she'd married me for a jSke, and false as a cracked bell shed chime out lines and lies, know. ing as knew that if she'd ever been t. the thing che claimed, I'd come into her life too late. How could she be the mother of my children, when-l drank, and sold my ponies to buy iAAutIs AOA AAtAN was AO way OAN-
 And by the time I'd only Tiger left, one night came Bull to find me just as dusk was falling. was drunk too. scarce knowing what he said, just telling him to shut up and have a drink. Polly's bin hurt? Well. that's all right-have rye-Polly's been shot That's good. we'd all have drinks. Was she dead?
 She was dead
 And l was sober then ss l am DOW.
 "Murdered?" l asked.
 Jesse, she shot herself"
 'Is that so?'
 Through the brow-above the eyes. Come, Jesse"
 Next thing l was standing fn the tent door, and 1t was so dark inside l had to strike a match. The sulphur tip burned blue, the wood fiared, and for that moment, bending down, l seen the black dark hole between the eyes, the smear Of drying blood. Then the match went out, and I-that was enough.
 gave Bull what I'd left, to pay for burial.
 Then I was riding Tiger all alone, with my shadow drawin' slowly out ahead as the moon waned.
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sounds. Rather stood right still. and after a while Polly surprised herself into a dead silence. I couldn't heai that man, or feel, or see him. sensed him. Cant explain that-no You just feel if man stares hard. fired at that. Then Polly, of course went on into all sorts of fits.
 Next morning tracked blood sigr to the hospital. Seems a young per son from the bank had took to conjur iag ane swallowed lead.
 1t was still before breakfast that told Polly 10 pack her dunnage, 'caus, we was moving out from Abilene. claimed l could earn enough to keeI ny wife without her needing to go out into society.
 "on cowboy pay7- she said laugh ing. 'On forty dollars a month? I spend more'n that on champagne. Here you Miss Jesse. who's payin' for this-yOu? Who keeps you, eh, Miss Prunes-and-prism Shamed of my bein' lady. eh? am a lady, too. and don't you forget it. And now, git out of my home"
 struck a match to the bO-kay of paper flowers. beaped on the hand painted pictures. the paper fans. the rocker chairs, and slung the coal-oil lamP into the flames: then while she tore my shoulder with her teeth, I carried her to my tent That's your home now" I said, the home of an honest working-man," said, land if another tough defiles my home, I'll kill you"
 The house-warming gathered the
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They took the tenderfoot away, and We were alone. me watching the pool of red blood turning brown. Polly sat drumming tunes on the table, her face turned white. staring out through the window at the noon heat of the plains. I remember took a bottle Of champagne wine, filled a big goblet, and drank it off. It made me laugh to think she'd taught me drinking. so had another. T sec" says Polly, q understand now" At that she began to scream.
 I should have told you, that after our boys of the Flying Zee quit Abi, lAne, I pitched a little A tent on the prairie back of Polly's house. Thar ] could see my ponies at grass, and snuff the air clear of that stinking town.
 But from the time I moved into the house, thar was something disturbing my nOse-something uneasy-oh. don't know what it was, back of all house smells. which gave me a sense of evil, so I could hardly bear to stay indoors.
 Comin' from town one night-she'd sent me there-i seen a mans shadow cross the parlor blind. 1 fired, missing. a fools act, for 1t warned him. and gave him time. The lamp was ont be- fore reached the house. and Polly with some mysteries getting in my way.
 It wouldn't be sense to show g match guiding the strangers aim, or to stand C- aims a window. or make
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F KIDNEYS ACT
 BAD TAKE SALTS
Says 7aeksehe is a Sign -Yeu Have Been Eating Too Much Meat,
 Which Forms Uric Acid.

When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have been eat ing too much meat says a we'll known
 authority. Meat forms uric acid which oyerworks the kidneys In their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get slug gish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; removing ali the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twingct. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment. channels often get sore, water scaIds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night.
 Either consult good, reliable phy- sician at once or get from your phsr. macist about four ounces of lad salts: take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice. con- bined with hthia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the urine so 1t no longer ir- ritates, thus ending bladder weakness.
 lad Salts Is 2 life saver for regular meat eaters. It Is inexpensive. can not injure and makes a delightful. ef- Whitewater drink.-Adv.
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Douglas Visitor

John Gaughran. well known Doug las man, arrived last night for & few days stay on business.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
AT LEAST GOT RID OF 1T
Defendant Had Not Strictly obeyed
Courts Order, But Neither Was
He In Contempt.

Murray l.. Pennell, a defendant In
the indianapolis dynamiting case,
caused a little diversion In court pro-
ceedings while under cross-examina-
ton. Pencil had been vigorously
chewing gum while on the stand.
III you'll take your gum out of your
mouth we'll get along faster-we
wouldn't be wasting SO much time"
said United States Attorney Miller.
Eyes, take your chewing gum out Of
your mouth" commanded Judge An
derson.
Pencil sat in the witness chair ap-
parently not making any effort to obey
the order of the court.
What, don't yoa hear the order?"
asked Miller, after there had been ST.
lence in the courtroom for fully a min
ute and Pennell had made no visible
movement.
II swallowed IT," mumbled Pennell.
Court proceedings were suspended.
while Judge Anderson spun around
twice in his swivel chair and hemmed
vigorously.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
KILLS WHITE MOOSE

A pure white moose was killed In
the northwest on Kenai Peninsula.
Alaska, by a trapper, Ezra Higgins.
some days ago. The skin and head
arrived at Seattle, WASH, the other
day. on the steamship Northland from
Cordova, Alaska. The fate Of the
white moose was closely guarded in
Alaska. and the story not made public
until after the Northland left Cordova.
The Thlinket Indians cherish an old
tradition that this, or a similar white
moose. was the spirit Of an Indian
maiden, the daughter Of a beloved
chief. One winter day the girl left
the village for a visit to another and
became bewildered In a blizzard and
was never e again. After the great
storm had passed over, searching par
ties went into the ravines of Kenai
to search for the maiden.
When In the woods o beautiful
white o sprang out of a thicket
and dashed away. Year after year the
Indians have worshiped the albino
moose and from time to time the ami
NAL has been seen. Now that an
moose has been killed the In
dams will miss 1t unless, as many
hunters think, there are several in,
that section.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
WASHING A HILL AWAY

Tho strange sight Of . hill being
washed away by means Of hydraulic
tets 10 to be seen only a mile from the
center Of Calgary. Alberta. Each night
a powerful hydraulic plant is at work.
washing away a thousand cubic yards
Of dirt" The object Of this strange
proceeding is twofold, consisting Of
the terracing Of the hill and the filling
up Of the old river channel. The wa
ter ia turned on at 8 p. m. each day,
and the wearing away Of the hill pro-
ceeds steadily for ten hours. The work
can only be done at night, as the city
declined to grant permission for the
use of the necessary water In the
daytime, in case the drain on the sup
ply during the busy part of the "a
hours should prove too great, The wa
ter, under high pressure, is discharged
against the sides of the hill through
a hydraulic giant such as Is used
in placer mining. 1t is estimated that
80 days will be required to complete
the task, which involves the displace-
ment of 10000 cubic yards OF dirt"
Onreined in the first place from n six
inch main, the water Is forced though
the nozzle at a pressure OF 200 pounds
by the use of a two-stage centrifugal
pump driven by a 100 horsepower
electric motor.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

There is one loss sustained by
druggists that few people know about"
said the experienced clerk. That is
in the prescriptions that have to be
made over, the same as clerks. stenog.
raphers, writers, and artists. no mat
ter how painstaking. occasionally have
to do their work over. The most care
full clerk in existence is bound to
make mistakes sometimes In easur
ing and mixing. He may pour in too
much Of some kind Of liquid or sift
in too much of a certain powder. In
most cases the overdose would not
really affect the value OF the medicine.
but the conscientious clerk is not 60
ing to take chances on numbering any
body, SO he throws away the whole
mixture and makes up another pre-
scription."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
Kent In Suspense.

Someone of the piers at South
ampton. A group of boys playing in
dangerous proximity to the edge. Sud.
denly an old salt, who has been a
fdgety onlooker of their gambols,
leaves his favorite post and proceeds
soundly TO cuff one of the lads in
question.
Surprised by his actions several In
terrogated the old tar thereon.
We'll. sur" was his reply, lit be like
this. 'Tisn't as | cart a hang whether
they fall in or whether they don't. but
it's the hloomin' uncertainty about 1t
that l can't stand!"-Pittsburgh Chron'
icle Telegraph.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
THE MIRROR
MANSFIELD ....,..... MISSOURI
ERA OF HTsTERiA.

Mr.. Justice Holmes. of the Supreme
court, tells us that the widespread
charges Of corruption extend to that
tribunal. or course they do, But
there is comfort in the fact. II testt-
fies to the condition upon which the
country has fallen, says the Washing
ton Sta. 1t helps to break the force
of the ci argos brought against other
tribunal. and against eminent indi.
viduals, The era is one Of hysteria.
Not a small portion OF our population
is ~raving. 1t attacks with verbal fury
everything and everybody. What
ever is wrong. Whoever. in office
or out. is unfolding it is 10 only
wrong. but knowingly and eorruptly
SO. The lawyer He is a chartered
scoundrel. in action before judges no
better than himself. Neither truth
o fair dealing is in him. The ply
stefan? A m~aneuverer for rich pa.
tients and merciless in his charges.
No prosperous member of the profess
SIGN would turn out of his gold-lined
way to heal a pauper. The minister?
A pious hypocrite. with his thoughts
not OF paradise. but on pelf. He has
learned the trick Of serving both God
and mammon, and gives the Creator
the short end OF the transactions. The
journalist? Yellow as a pumpkin.
Will advocate any cause and spread
full details Of the most abhorrent mat
ter to increase the circulation Of his
newspaper. The merchant? He gives
short weight. prefers to sell adulterat-
ed stuffs, and amasses a fortune by
many kinds Of disreputable a
He is willing to make a corner on
Easter lilies. The ~wage-earner? Will
ing at any time to turn firebug or
murderer to force more pay from his
employer. Would halt the industries
OF the whole country II he could in
order to win a local strike. The ex-
cess Of the charges shows their alb
surdity. A people 70 far gone could
not redeem themselves. Destruction
would be not only their just due. but
a necessity. There would be no foun-
dation upon which to rea reform.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

In certain parts Of Peru a chap has
to be mighty religious before he can
convince a girl she ought to be his
wife. An old custom still observed
requires a sutton to go to mass at the
same hour the girl OF his heart does,
and for thirty days to let her see that
he is doing SO. Then. on the thir.
tieth day to declare his love he of.
fers her holy water as she leaves the
church. II she favors his suit she ac-
cepts 1t, but II some other fellow has
her heart she turns to her admirer and
tells him she is grateful for his solici.
tude, but that she really doesn't need
his holy water. as she used some at the
font
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
STRIPPED BY LIGHTNING

Lightning played a curious prank.
Pierre Desse, a Creole farmer. living
on the place Of Sidney Arceneaux, six
miles north of Rayne, La, was return
ing from town driving a wagon loaded
with cotton seed, when he was struck
by a bolt of lightning.
The lightning tore his hat clothing
and shoes to shreds, melting the eye
lets out of his shoes and tearing the
soles of. His trousers were torn as
though slashed with a knife again and
again. His two horses were both in
stantly killed. Yet, beyond severe
burns and the shock, he was not seri-
ously injured and will recover
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

In the United States alone some bill,
lion matches a day are burned, in spite
Of all the electricity in use and in ad'
dition to all the gas and cigar light.
ers. These matches burned in a day
amount to over two carloads OF the
best timber and weigh $4,000 pounds.
some twenty-five tall trees have to be
cut to produce this huge'pile. If only
"a hours consumption could be placed
end to end they would extend about
10000 miles. more than the distance
around the world. Many Of our match
es are imported from Sweden and
Norway and v Austria. Most OF
them are safety" matches.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
City Grass Is Different.

A remarkably interesting fact was
brought to light by Lord Redesdale be-
fore the advisory committee Of the
King Edward memorial fund for Lon
don, which was discussing the lay
ing out Of Shadwell market site as q
pleasure garden. 1t was curious. he
said, that grass brought from the
country withered away in London. on
the other hand, grass from London
grown seeds fiourished. That is a
striking example of what scientists
call adaptation to environment.-Lon-
don Globe.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
NEST OF THE STICKLEBACK

BY those who do not know 1t Is too
often assumed that fishes are stupid
and devoid Of all parental instinct.
This is by no means the case. The
stickleback, for instance, build a nest
which. In the case of the sea-stickle-
back. is made Of a mass Of pendant
sea weeds held together in a pear
shaped form by a silk-like thread. The
eggs are laid in the center Of this
and the male parent will guard them
for weeks, repairing any harm done
t. the nest. The ten-spined sickle
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
FORTUNE OUT OF REVENGE

The romance OF a fortune that was
made out OF revenge is recalled in New
York by the death Of Mr.. e. s. Welles,
the inventor of a world-famous rat
poison. When Mr.. Welles and the
mar with whom he then worked we're
living in poverty, and had only a sim
gle loaf OF bread between them and
starvation, this last morsel Of food was
eaten by rats. Welles swore ven.
geance, and set about discovering a
means to rid the world of rats. After
numerous experiments he began the
manufacture of Rough on Rats" in
an old barn in Jersey City, and In
four years no rose To afluencs
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
OWL PLAYS THE PIANO

Hearing the notes of his piano
struck frat up the keys and then
down. Ernest Lemmy Of st. Paul's
road, Peterborough, peeped through
the open door and discovered that
the player was his pet owl. The owl
would step on a key and then listen
attentively to the sound. 1t tried
another and another, and seemed
highly pleased with the noise It was
making. When 1t got to the upper
end Of the piano and found It was
only the black and white keys which
sounded, 1t started back again and
sounded all the notes until 1t reached
the last In the bass.-London Mail.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
Womaniiness.

Perhaps II would not be so easy to
lose "womanliness" as some people
seem afraid it would be. Perhaps all
the pow.wow about becoming desexed
is superiuous. Weininger calls atten-
ton to the fact that while there are
people who are anatomically men and
psychically women, there is no such
thing as a person who is anatomically
woman and psychically man. How
eve masculine her appearance, a
womaA's psychic qualities remain dis
tinctively feminine. At least, Mr..
Weininger says so.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
GRAFT FROM DYING MAN

Grating flesh from a dying man to
the body of a living person has been
successfully carried out in a Michi-
gan hospital. Three months ago ia
cob Kulem, an employee of the Kala.
mazoo Paper company. was caught in
a paper making machine and the flesh
from his right shoulder orr away.
Afterwards a victim Of a railroad &C.
cident was brought in a dying condi-
ton to the hospital, and $50 square
inches Of flesh vas taken from his
legs and grated to the shoulder Of
Kulem, says the San Francisco Call.
He is now out of the hospital and en-
tirely restored to his usual health.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
Not So Polite as It Looked.

Crowds were on the street car when
when the tan woman struggled up
the aisle and grasped a strap. Twelve
men were seated on each side, but
not one arose and offered her his
seat. At last a small boy touched
her on the arm.
You can have my seat, lady"
called the youngster.
THANK you," said the tall woman,
seating herself in the vacant space;
that was very polite of you"
NO." replied the boy, ut wasn't
politeness: there's chewing gum all
the darned seat"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

mud, but attaches 1t, at a height. to
water plants. The male makes a
rounded bundle OF fine weeds and at
taches this to the plant. Then he
burrows into the bundle. and having
got inside 1t, turns about until the
nest has taken the form of a muff. The
catfish has been known to make a
nest in an old stovepipe and in al old
sack. With those fishes which show
an interest In their offspring 1t is the
male which takes the chief part, build
ing the nest, guarding the eggs, pro-
tecting and bringing up the young.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
Aged Survivor. Of Our wars.

I am informed by the United States
pension office that the last soldier Of
the rebellion will die in 1855. That
Is the estimate made by those who
make q study OF vital statistics. II
the last veteran survives until that
date he will have lived ninety years
after the surrender OF Lee.
Kronk, who died a couple OF years
ago in New York state, was the last
soldier Of the War Of 1912. and he
lived considerably more than ninety
years after peace had been signed.
Brakeman, the last soldier OF the
Revolution, lived for eighty-six years
after the peace of 17S3.-Philadelphia
Public Ladger.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

A town in Connecticut has found II
necessary to forbid any spooning on
stone walls, fences, church or house
steps. or curbs and cutters within the
town limits. Cupid must have started
an epidemic in that drastic and unsen.
timental town. where eyen such des.
perate opportunities az stone walls of.
fer are called down.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

To argue that people who buy shoes
that are not all leather should be kept
In ignorance for their own benefit 10 a
kind Of casuistry Of which the country
IL heartily tired.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

The average fat man has 1t on the
thin one in that there are ways
provided for taking 1t OF than putting
Il On
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
The Drawback.

Il don't like to attack a fat
man."
Why not a fat man."
Because he is apt to offer a stout
resistance"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

Smokers like LEWIS Single bindcr cigar
for it's rich mellow quality. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

That $4,000 prize for fight across
the Atlantic might safely have been
made $4,000 00.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

How II 1t that fudge a be sent
by parcel post, though dynamite 10 -
fusedr
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

One finger in the pie is worth a
whole hand In the soup.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

We learn to do by doing. We also
learn not to do by doing.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

A man without an aim in life is like
a dog that has no wag in his tail.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

Mrs winslow-s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infammar
uon,allays pair. cures wind collie sc q bottleIbA
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05

New Yorl, is now planning popular
opera. 1t will probably be ragtime in
three reels.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-05
Good Seat.

Madge-Did you have a good seat
at the opera?
Marjorie-Lovely! We we're near
enough to one of the boxes to hear
every word the society people said
Judge.