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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04

Benton, asked Hickory to be his second. Jackson at first declined, but was a conspiracy 'Fto run Carroll out of the country
 It is to Jacksons credit that he sought to find a solution for the diff culty without resource to pistol or dagger. At first he was successful in his remonstrance with Benton, but the latter finally decided that the duel must go on. Jackson acted as Car rolls second on the field of honor'' Jesse Benton sent an offensive account of the affray to Col. Benton, who was then serving Jackson at Washington. This led to an angry correspondence between Jackson and Col. Benton, and the latter used the harshest language in speaking of Jackson, all of which was reported by a tattletale " little bird D to the general. He declared he would horsewhip the colonel the first time they met.
 On September 4, 1913, Gen. Jackson. accompanied by Col. Coffee, met the Bentons on the streets of Nashville. Bidding him defend himself, Jackson advance on Col. Benton, who sought to draw a pistol. Jackson was the quicker and covered 9 his former friend. Benton retreated, and Jack son followed him, until they reached the back door of the city hotel, when Jesse Benton fired at Jackson, and the two balls and a stub with which the pistol was charged shattered the generals left shoulder. Jackson fell, and his friend Coffee opened fire on Col. Benton. Tlhe shots went wide and Benton, seeking to escape, fell down a stairway. s. Hays, a nephew of Mrs. Jackson then attacked Jesse Ben" ton with a sword and dirk, and severely wounded him. Jesse was slashed in many places when by islanders caught and held Hays. Jackson suffered 1rreparable injury, and nothing but his dogged resolution prevented the loss of his left arm, which the doctors were bent on am- putating.
 But Benton and Jackson took part in affairs of +' honor'' with other alatago- nists, and in one of them Benton kill ed an enemy, one Lucas,-a l" mis- fortune" his biographer says, which he deeply regretted
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04
EDITORIAL NOTES


 The first comic journal was the Mer- rie Mercurie, which was established in London 213 years ago today. It did not succeed in tickling the popular fun ny-bone, and Hs existence was brief. During the following century and a half a number of humorous weeklies were started in England, and The Seourge, founded in 1911, enjoyed a brief popularity, but it was not until 1841, that Punch was born. This great satirical weekly, which has become as much of an institution as the London Times, was founded by Henry Ma hew, Mark Lemon, Douglas JerroId Gilbert a'Becket and others, with Le- mon it's first editor. Chartvari the French illustrated satirical journal, was established in 1882 by Desnoyers, AItaroche and C1erc, and was the first journal of this class to win wide popu larity in France. Of the great hu- merous Weeklies of America, Puck was founded in 1877, Judge in 1881 and Life in 1883. Humor has always been a characteristic of the American press, and among the most famous of the early newspaper humorists were Geo. W. Arnold of New York, the original Joe Strickland; Seba Smith of Port land, Me, known as Major Jack Downing and Judge Haliburtin, of Nova Scotia, the creator of Sam Slick
 Although Col. George Washington Goethals has been given most of the credit for digging the big ditch at Panama, he has had many able assist ants. One of the greatest of these is Lieut. Col. David Du Bose Gaillard, of the corps of engineers of the United States army, who from the first has been in charge of the central divis- ion of the great project, including the Culebra cut. After seven years of unremittfng labor in the tropics, Lieut.. Col. Gafllard recently suffered a nerv- ous collapse. and was given a, leave of absence The work he had set out to do, however, was practically com pleted when he left Panama for New York last month.
 Gaillard, whose work at Panama has placed him among the foremost of the years ago today, Sept 4, 1859, at Full ton, Sumter county, South Carolina. He graduated from West Point in 1884, and was a classmate of Lieut.. Col. William L. Sibert, who has also had important part in the digging of the ditch across the isthmus. In fact, from the first GailIard and Si- bert have held the two most impor- tant commands under Goetha1s, Sibert having been in charge of the Atlantic side of the canal, including Gatun Dam. The friends of the two engin- eers have often publicly asserted that they have not received the credit they deserved. while Goethals was being lfonized, but, so far as known, the diggers have always been most cor dial
 Lieut.. Col Gai1lard comes of an old French Huhuenot family. Before go- ing to Panama he was in charge of various harbor improvements at St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04
A CARELESS CONTEMPORARY.

The Bridgeport Telegram is pleased to sheer at news paper writers criticise railroads The application be to the critics of the New Haven railroad
 We suggest to contemporary that it's views would be more effective if they should be timed for publicity AFTER, rather than just BEFORE, a great railway slaughter
 The suggestion is purely in the interest of ethical newspaper making. The public objects to continuous shedding of blood by bankers running a railroad
 Therefore it i unwise for newspaper to apologize railroad folly just before especially murderous blood letting We hope The Telegram will be care hereafter carelessness tends to bring all papers into disrepute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04

the thing leads to the other.
 The station master in the employ of certain railroad told the writer short time ago that when college athe letc team went through he always locked everything loose the of restaurant silver Many college dents feel that shows character originality, unless decorated by signs stolen from ones place of business.
 fruit orchard means someone's thought and labor for years If fruit raising must be abandoned lo caty city large town it becomes costly to keep orchards and gardens. Law abiding people have to the bs order that the hoodums feed and feast free.
 There is morally and economically difference be- tween knocking dollars worth of fruit off tree and stealing dollar bill ones cash drawer and the courts should impose the penalty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04
LARCENY AS A DIVERSION

A who little place within about 12 miles of large city told the writer the other day. that had practically impossible for him to do any fruit ras ing Every Sunday at this time of the year gangs of strolers his land breaking fences tipping walls They shake fruit trees and feast berry bushes. aaHaaa
 Many of them bring bags in which they stow away all the apples pears plums they carry.
 Public sentiment has always tolerated this minor theving Successful business and politicians rather like to4te how they used to rob orchards when boys There is some feeling that they would have been molly coddles if they hadn't While these older probably got out with bags and peddled the product thereof
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04

Augustine Tampa and other points in
 Florida. Later he was one of the
 commissioners appointed to adjust the
 international boundary between the
 United States and Mexico. In the
 Spanish war he was chief engineer of
 the department of Santa Clara, Cuba.
 In 1901 he took charge of all river
 and harbor improvements of Lake Su-
 perior. In 1903 he was appointed to
 the general staff, and three years later
 was sent to Cuba, and in 1907 to Pan
 anna. He had charge of the digging
 of Cu1ebra Cut, the most difficult part
 of the whole undertaking. For year or two he has been O the verge of illness, but he insisted on staying on
 the job'' until the work was practical
 ly done and the flooding of Culebra was under way. He has been de- scribed as lone of the most wonder full organizers the United States army has ever developed
 Sir Thomas Barlow, Bt, president of the Royal College of Physicians and chief of the great International Con- gress of Medicine held in London last month was born sixty-eight years ago today. He was the favorite physician of Queen Victoria, and is now Physf- cfan-Extraordfnary to King George, besides being consulting physician to many of the leading institutions of London. Harvard, the University of Toronto, Aberdeen, and other univer- sities have conferred degrees of honor upon him. Sir Thomas is highly opti- mistic as to the future of the science of healing. 'tGaps are constantly being fl1ed,' he declared in his presidential address before the International Con gress. '' Every day we gain fresh knowledge. Life is strengthened, purified and frightened by the pene- trating influence of medical science" Sir Thomas was created 8 baronet twelve years
 One of the most famous, or infamous and, happily, one of the last of the many duels between American states between Andrew Jackson afterward President of the United States, and Col. Thomas Hart Benton, later dis tinguished as a statesman. This cen tenary is worthy of commen1oration be- cause the bloody and ferocious combat between two otherwise honorable and admirable men aroused public opinion against the duel1ing method of settling differences. Today the whole Anglo Saxon world unites in condemnation of what, in the cant phrase of a bogus chivalry, were called affairs of honor
 Col Benton and Old Hickory '' were firm friends before the rupture which led to the duel of Sept. 4, 1913. Benton, a native of North Carolina, was a lawyer, and when he removed to Tennessee, Jackson, at that time judge of the supreme court, became his first friend and patron. When Jack 1 son was made najor-general of the | State militia, Benton was chosen as his aide-de-camp. Notwithstanding this | cordial and close intimacy. a rude and sullen rupture filled their hearts with the lust of murder, and sent them fly 1 ing at each others throats.
 The affair had it's beginning in a | quarrel between one of Jackson's | friends, William Carroll, and Jesse l Benton, a brother of Col. Benton. i Carroll, challenged to a duel by Jesse
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04
POLICE OUTING
ASSURED SUCCESS

Full permission for the police an nuaI outing and sheep-roast has been granted by the commissioners, and n1a+oon bulletins were posted at head quarters yesterday, arranging for the tinoa off from various beats that all ,nieht attend during the day of Sep tember IS. The affair promises to be one of the biggest in the annals of the departme ent-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04

The city almshouse at Bangor, Me, owns a cow which claims the cham pionship, with record during the past milking period of 17,OOO pounds of milk and approximately 500 pounds of butter fat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-04
School Clothes for Children

Time when the mother of girls and boys was obliged to spend long hours at the sewing machine getting her small flock ready to enter e gates of learning Now she may go and buy garments to put Peter Thompson Suits for girls 6 to IS years at $45O $500, $7.5O and $9OO White figured PercaIe and Charnbray Frocks plain G5 m cheeks nrs and dF PPd and and faced with contrasting Sble. Made to and wash.
 50, 75 cts, $1.OO and $1.25.
 For girls and years. BIoomer Dresses of Perca1e, Chambray and CrinE1ed SeerSucker, A. 5, and year sizes,
 $1.5O. School Frocks of dark blue Percae tan Chambray and natural Linen SenSbly made $1OO SIPS and $15O
 Ages 5, and 7. Trouser Suits for the ittles boys ages and years of Bingham and Chambray, s1.oo.
 Second floor.
 Blouses for Boys. The we'll known Kaynee make approved by all mothers made in Scotch flannel strong shrtng collars attached
 50 cts each, for ages to 16 years. Boys Collars, all wanted styles 13 cts, for 25
 Underwear, 25 and 50 cts. Boys Collars, all wanted styles Suspenders, IS and 25 cts
 Main floor. Children's School Umbrellas.
 For 50, 75, $1.OO and $1.5O School F1andkerchefs colored borders 5, 10 and 13 cts.
 EIandkerchiefs all linen. 5 cts. Hemsttched Handl1erchiefs, all linen, S. 10 cts Boys Coored Bordered Handkerchiefs, cts Boys Linen Handkerchiefs, 10, 13 and 25 cts. Three cakes of PaTmoive Soap free, with every pur chase of PaIno1ive Cream at 39 cts. The D. ". Read Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-18
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children of
bed wetting. There is a constitutional
mers, Box w, NOtre Dame Ind will
send free to any mother her successful
home treatment, with fun instructions,
Send no money, but write her today If
your children trouble you in this way.
Don't blame the child; the chances are
it can't help it. This treatment also
cures adults and aged people troubled
with urine difficulties by day or night
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and he boldly drew back the curtain and
| opened a window.
Mister Argyle was as good a master
as liver lived" he said, cheerily. why
shud We be afeared o the place where he
died?"
e may ave been good man. Mister
Finley-but he died an unnatural death. -
Finley snorted. I'm thinkin' yer sinsi-
bllities are too refined for yer walk in
life. Ye may be called upon to do worse
things than open the windies on tn; scene
of murder-God willin'!'
Topp, in the meantime, had opened an
other window and the draft from the two
caused the door into the hall to swing
softly to and shut with a click. Both men
wheeled as if a pistol had gone off behind
them.
That's i'm" yelled Topp. And the
next instant he was down the hall al
most upsetting Bruce Argyle who was
coming to inspect the library.
Whats the matter with Topp?" he
demanded Old man Finley gulped hard
ITS his nerves, sir" he said INSTEAD
lily, He's got the fear O. the room"
Young Argyle glanced about uncom-
tortably. oh" he said slowly. sT,et In
all the sunlight you can, Finley. There
never were windows enough here" He
turned to another door that opened into
the farther part Of the house: rs this
door unlocked?"
Not yet, sir"
Bruce unlocked it. The door opened
Immediately into a pretty sunlit morn
ing room, and a soft voice hailed him
from the window seat
Are you there, Bruce"
Yes Come in, Nan"
In obedience to his summons there en-
tered dainty, blue-eyed damsel of about
twenty-five, so finely and exquisitely
She gave a timid glance about the inte-
riOr of the room
What are you doing?"
Having this room opened
Continued In Next Issue.
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BY Margaret Hubbard Aver

TJANE you red hair? Nineteen hun
dred and thirteen is the great year
for red-headed girls. The hair
need not be real carroty robust u
suggestion will debut if you want to
be beauty and a mascot, you must
have the tawny CLEAN, and the redder
the hair the more the luck and the
greater the beauty-this year, anyhow
The last type of beauty was the small
young person who looked as if she had
just come from Russia, by way of Par
is. of course She is still somewhat in
the running, but the real thing is the
red haired girl.
Miss Refine Davies is the embodiment
of the beauty of 1913. She has all the
attributes which make the Titan
haired girl particularly lovely, a per-
feet pink and rose complexion and a
neck that artists proclaim the most
beautiful in New York.
why is it lucky to have red hair?" l
asked Miss Davies.
Il never knew it was lucky until this
year, when the red haired girl seems to
be coming into her own at last" an
swered the lady of the Titan locks
shes been invited to act as mascot for
the christening of battleships. and |
hear that a Western hotel keeper. who
is opening an annex to his hotel, has
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-18
BY w. J. M'coNAGHY.
Copyright, 1872 by Journal American
Examiner.
TODAY'S INsTALLMENT.

Il think Mr. Kayton is planning to
leave town this evening, but you might
be able to see him before he goes" he
said
Leave town!-for how long?' demand
ed Bruce,
Seeing Mr.. kayton.
81 can't say" replied the manager. eff
you will excuse me a moment I will
see if | can get Mr.. Kayton on the phone"
The young man fdgeted in the ante
room for three or four minutes until the
manager returned to him, smiling benev
olently.
Mr. Kayton does not leave for an
hour" he said and he will be pleased to
have you call at his hotel at once"
Bruce got the address and FASTENED out.
Twenty minutes later he was indicted
into the presence of the detective, whose
remarkable successes had made two hemi-
spheres ring with his name. He was
credited with second sight and seventh
sense and all sorts of things. He told re-
porters that there was nothing in his
career but hard work, common sense and
remembering that two and two always
make four and never four and half or
three and quarters.
After they had shaken hands Bruce
gazed at the great crime expert curl
ously He saw a man of possibly forty
years, who looked younger He was
shaved with scrupulous care, his hair was
brushed until each hair seemed to fit
into it's exact spot, his clothes fitted him
perfectly and he looked as if he had been
groomed for hours. His eyes were either
brown or black, but they glOwed, or
smouldered or sparkled so constantly that
no one could tell His nose was well
formed but not prominent, and the same
was true of the line of jaw and chin. The
mouth was at once strong and sensitive.
The expression was one of placid repose,
as if it had been cultivated to conceal the
whir of the volcanic mind behind It, just
as his subdued manner but imperfectly
concealed the tireless energy of the man.
81 am sorry | can give you only a few
minutes" he said in soft, pleasant
voice. without waiting for Bruce to state
the nature of his errand You want to
consult me about that terrible affair of
your father. Did you want me to look
into it,
Eyes" Bruce blurted out The detec
tive nodded.
Il see," he said, Very well. have
carte blanche as TO expense
"No Guarantees"
Certainly" replied Bruce instantly.
'If you can throw any light on this awful
thing you can spend all the money you
please"
Mr. Kayton's lips twitched very slight
~. There is never any difficulty under
those circumstances, Mr.. Argyle, he
said. "'rhe trouble is in getting people
90 pay expenses when they can't see re-
suits l furnish no guarantees"
Bruce gazed directly a. him for a mo-
ment, and then said slowly: "In asking
you to take this case, Mr.. Kayton, | was
fully prepared to pay all of the expenses
of the investigation and pay you what
ever fee you consider reasonable
"We'l talk about the fee when | de-
liver the goods" replied the detective
quietly - am sorry to dismiss you, but
/ have to eaten a train
He turned and picked up hat and
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CHAPTER II.
Goinq over the Ground.


well, we're to draw the curtains and
air the room, are We not?'
Finley, the old butler of the Argyle
household. glowered upon young Topp, the
cockney footman. Bruce Argyle had
given orders that the library should be
opened and made ready for the reception
of Mr. Kayton, and Topp was Directing
Appen / am" he retorted. sulenly
But do l ave to do it alone, Mr. Finley?
Or do Hi ave elp?"
What ails We. Topp?" demanded the
butler though he knew well enough.
They stood at the open door of the Ii
brary
THE same thing that's alin' you,
likely" growled the footman, Il hain't
goin' alone into the bloomn' tomb"
Finley eyed him in scorn, Jaw, we're
worse than the wimmin What's to hurt
ye? Come on in wit yer
He strobe bravely into the gloomy
apartment and in the dim light stumbled
over chair Topp suppressed a yell
and both stood shvering
Whats that?" demanded the footman
in a quaverng voice.
cts a chair" responded the butler,
striving in vain to speak unconcernedly
"Sit down on it,"
Topp shook his head and shivered again
as he gazed about the darkened, massive
room. Il hain't the sort o bloke who
sticks at a thing" he declared. "but
don't fancy room where errors have
appened"
The older man had recovered his poise
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tors from whom received only tempo
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chosen a red-headed reception commit
tee for the opening festivities, as he
says that they will bring luck to the
enterprise. A theatrical man told me
that he was always glad when there
was plenty of red hair among the au-
dience, because that meant that if the
play was any good at all it would go
with a rush.
Red haired people have been IA
nous, but they haven't necessarily been
lucky; perhaps in 1913 they are turn
ing over q new leaf Among the noted
ly unlucky ones was Mary Queen of
Scots, who lost her head and hair at
the same time, and Cleopatra, whose
life was full of triumphant tribulations
But I think l know why red haired
people are lucky, and I'll tell you. Red
dish hair is a sign of vitality, and
people with great vitality believe in
themselves and in their own luck, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-18
WOMAN SICK
FOURTEEN YEARS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound.

Elkhart, Ind. :-"I suffered for four
teen years from organic Inflammation,
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90
Miss Davies, the
Titan haired beau
ty, who says this
will be a lucky year
for red headed
girls.
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mir AR(~NT z CACE A Gripping OF Love-
Awteg duennre

overcoat and grip that lay on a chair near
him. Bruce watched him in dsmay.
But l wanted you to begin at once"
he protested.
'ImpossibleH' said Mr.. Kayton shortly,
buttoning his gloves.
'But-but-when"-
Il will be at your house at o'clock in
the morning" returned Mr.. Kayton.
Bruce drew a long breath of relief.
You're not going far, them"
only to Albany replied Mr.. Kayton
q return on the last train tonight"
Bruce sighed. well, l suppose it's the
best we can do" he said, as they shook
hands at the foot of the elevator But
did want to choke those morning papers
off some way"
Again the faint smile lickered across
Mr.. kaytons face.
Don't worry about the morning pa
pers Mr.. Argyle" he said. There will
be news from Albany tonight that will
make them forget about you"
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that Is half of the game. No one ever
was a mascot or could bring people
good luck who didn't absolutely be-
lieve in his or her certain powers to
get the better of misfortune and ad-
verse circumstances.
Red hair is very interesting; at
least, it is to me-" Miss Davies went on,
because it is so changeable. The col
or of the hair seems to change with the
degree of vitality. Yes. probably the
luck changes, too. so to keep luck one
ought to keep ones hair as red as pos
sible."
Il am old the 'hennaspray is the lat
est thing in shampoo" ! interrupted.
But that Is the false red that can
have nothing to do with luck, as it has
very little to do with beauty Artifi-
cially colored hair never looks right.
no matter how cleverly it is done There
are other ways of bringing back the
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Refine Davies, 3.
F. keith's first star
for 1918, who is at
B. r. Keith's Or
pheum Theater in
Brooklyn this week.
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