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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19
SAM WILSON CARRIES
 R.F. D. ROUTE I6 YEARS
RUSSELLVILLE CARRIER HAS TRAVELLED 125,OO0 MILES IN
 DELIVERING MAIL.

Tuesday morning as Sam Wilson started out from the postoffice he call ed to the CD man, If I get back to- night it will make 16 years for me" He got back; and thus established record for continuous service which is perhaps equaled by but few carriers in the service anywhere in the coun- try. MT. Wilson entered the service when rural free delivery was first se- cured for Russellville under Postmas- ter Sam Davis administration in 1898. He was assigned to R. F. D.. No. 1, covering territory southeast from Russellville, and has been on this route continuously ever since.
 Counting 316 days to the year, ex- elusive of Sundays, gives 5,00S days in the 16 years. This multiplied by p miles each trip, gives total dis tance of 125.000 miles MT Wilson has travelled in delivering mail to his patrons since he began the work. Of course, he has had few days off in the meantime, but he has a splendid record for regular service, and de ducting the time that a substitute has carried his route, it is safe to say that his travels would fall but little short of 125,0OO miles-or one-eighth h of million.
 MT. Wilson has noted many inn provements in the territory covered in these 16 years, the most striking being in the condition of the roads traversed. His route traverses some of the best farming communities in | the county and the roads on his route are perhaps better than on any route in the county. And so familiar has he become with the roads by reason of having passed over them some five thousand times, that hardly a rock could be removed from the road with ] out his noticing it.
 The patrons on Route No 1 are all personal friends of MT. Wilson, and each of them will join us in congratu.
 lations on his long and efficient ser
 vice and in the hope that he may con- tinue in the service for many years to come me-Russellville Courier Remocrat
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19
TO RFORCAN|zt
 CONWAY MILITIA

Capt. c. l.. Cunningham has issued the following call to all Conway's young men in an effort to reorganize Go. A, and drill for the summer en- campment, which, it is said, will be held at Galveston, Tex:
 "All members of Go. A and others interested in having good company for Conway, are requested to meet to- night at the armory.
 "C. L. CUNNINGHAM, Capt"
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19

liking of her father and her brother, so they propose that she don Greek robes, which is the coming fashion. She makes a great hit in these as well as in a gypsy costume of cheap mate rial, thereby arousing the jealousy of her women friends.
 "The Girl at the Lunch Counter,' a Vitagraph comedy, and Stanton S Last Fling" an Edison drama, will
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19
HEARING AT DEVALL'S
 BLUFF IN SEWER CASE

The condemnation proceedings be- ing brought by Sewer District No. of Conway against Henry Erbach are being heard in chambers by Circuit Judge Eugene Lankford at De Vall's Bluff today. The plaintiffs are seek ing to secure site for the septic dis posal tank to be located just south of the city limits and west of Donaghey avenue.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19
be shown tonight at the Grand.
THE ARKWAY.

''The Raid of the Human Tiger" a Bison production in three reels, will be featured tonight at the Arkway. The story is laid in India. Phyllis, daughter of Col. Burton, and Clifford have been deeply in love. Phyllis is forced to marry Major Bainbridge, who is ricA. However, the two meet
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19

In 1912 this county shipped 1000 cars, and it is believed that the yield will be equally as large this year The local basket factory of the Ar kansas-lndiana Lumber Company is making and storing baskets to take care of the crop.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19
EXPECTS BIG PEACH CROP.

Clarksville, March 19.-Local fruit growers say that every indication points to one of the largest peach crops that this county has ever had.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19
At The Theatres
THE GRAND.

"Diana's Dress Reform a Vita graph comedy, will head the bill at the Grand tonight. Unlocking Di- ana's tight-fitting dress is not to the
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-19

again and Clifford saves Phyllis son from tiger. Clifford, wounded, dies in the arms of the girl he loves.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
REASON IT OUT
General Manager Could Form Only
One Conclusion From Appearance
of the Applicant.

Poor grill" said the general man.
ager, as the young woman who had
just applied for a position as stenogra-
pher walked out Of his office.
What's her trouble?" asked the sec
rotary.
IT'S too bad that a girl who is so
pretty-one who might be living In
luxury-is compelled to get out look.
ing for work because she refused to
listen to her parents. You heard her
say she was married, didn't your"
Yes, but l didn't hear her mention
her parents"
Evidently you have not developed
much ability in the way Of making de-
auctions. Why would a girl with such
eyes, such hair, such a complexion,
such teeth, such a beautiful face and
such a figure as her have to go out
looking for work IL she hadn't married
against her parents wishes?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
CUPID A VERY "QUEER KID"
Beginning and Ending Of Romance In
Which Not a Single Word !
Was Spoken.

Huntington, w. Va--For two years
persons living neal the railroad tracks
here have watched for the Overland
freight, which is due through here at
4:30 in the afternoon. To those who
were disinterested watchers the event
simply meant a glimpse at the mad
fireman." as they called him, for, as
the train whirled by here that mem
Der OF the crew would hang out Of the
cabin, wave a piece Of waste or a
handkerchief in the direction of the
long hill and presently throw kisses
until the train was out Of sight. Some
nut" was the verdict of the spectators.
But away up on the hill Miss Sylvey
Price, standing on the veranda of her
fathers house, waited for the daily
performance, and when it had ended
sighed some dream" She had never
spoken to the fireman, but more than
two years ago began to correspond
with him. He waved each day, and
finally n day when she stood on the
platform at the little railroad station
he dropped a card with his name and
address near her.
The courtship began by correspond.
ence and continued until all arrange
ments had been made for their mar.
riage. She had never heard his voice,
and her only impressions of him were
obtained from his letters and his per
Torrance at the door of the engine.
Recently Miss Price went to Ash
land, KY, to be married to the fire.
man, who c~orresponded with her under
the name of F. l.. Francis. She wait
ed at the church for hours and then
went to the railroad Offices. No one
Of that name was employed there, she
was told. She returned to her home
heartbroken. Next day the Overland
pulled through town; an old man was
stocking the engine, and he didn't. ever
look up.
Cupid's a queer kid, isn't he?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
ADMIRAL FLETCHER THE SCIENTIFIC
SAILOR Of UNCLE SANS BIG NAVY
Noted Naval Officer Has Invented Some of the Most Valuable
Mechanical Contrvances in Use in the Servise-He Is
Also Exceedingly Well Read in International Law
Was Born in 0skaoosa, Iowa, in. 1855.

nalized by a derisive salute from q
Korean fort.
Korea, although nominally an indie.
pendent monarchy, was in reality un
der the suzerainty Of China. Accord.
ingly, the expedition proceeded to Chi,
nese waters and, after spending a year
there all difficulties we're surmounted.
and the Ticonderoga returned to
Korea, thereupon negotiating a treaty
which vas signed b. the high contract
ing parties in a temporary pavilion
erected on an point of land opposite
the ship.
The mex noteworthy duty to which
Fletcher was assigned was an expedi-
ton of a purely scientific character,
the object in view being to determine
with accuracy the longitude Of a series
of points in South and Central Amer
lea. This work was accomplished by
observation of the stars, supplemented
by the use Of telegraph, the task being
part OF a network of longitude deter
limitations made by various civilized
nations and encircling the entire
earth.
On the way back from the Peruvian
Andes, where the last longitude OBJ
servations had been made, Fletcher
reached the city of Panama Just in
time to find that town suffering from
a more than ordinarily severe cpl
demic of yellow fever. People we're dy.
ing of the disease like flies, and during
a fortnight which he spent in the har-
Dor much against his will landing par
ties were going ashore from the YES
sells every day to bury victims.
That was In 1884. Since then
Fletcher's professional duties have
been of a much varied character. At
different times he has commanded the
torpedo boat Cushing, the gunboats
kanawha and Eagle, the cruiser
Raleigh and the battleship Vermont.
Three years ago, although only a cap
tain at the time, he was made aid for
material to the secretary of the navy.
a place ordinarily not assigned to an
officer under the grade of real admiral.
For some time he was in command
of the torpedo station at Newport, and
in regard to torpedo boats and subma.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22

1t is said of Admiral Fletcher that
he is forever %inventing something. He
was born with a mechanical bent. At
the naval academy, however. he at.
tracted nc special attention, being
quiet, shy and studious. Modesty has
always been a conspicuous attribute Of
his, but when something important is
to be done he is the readiest man In
the world.
Fletcher and efficiency are almost
synonymous. Even his mechanical In.
ventions are suggestive of the same
quality. The Fletcher breech closing
mechanism shuts the breech of a
rapid-fire gun in tina quickest imagin-
able time and with the fewest possible
motions. The gun mount already men
toned is an arrangement Of truncated
cones on a roller path by which fric-
ton is reduced to such a point that a
weapon weighing thousands of pounds
can be trained literally with one finger
and clamped instantly to fix 1t upon
the target.
He is a man Of medium height,
neither stout nor thin. and too rugged
looking to be handsome.
Unlike most naval officers he did
not marry until he had reached mid
die age. His wife was a Washington
girl, Miss Susan H. Stetson. The
Fletcher home is In Washington al
1441 Massachusetts avenue, and they
have two young daughters.
Admiral F1etcher's flagship In Mexi-
can water is the battleship Rhode
Island. In addition there are under.
his command the battleships Nebraska,
Virginia, New Jersey, Michigan. South
Carolina and Louisiana; the cruisers
Tacoma and Chester, the gunboat
Wheeling and the supply ship Culgoa.
1t is a formidable fleet.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
JOHN JUST COULDN'T MARRY
Had a Peculiar Reason, But After All
It Is Always a Good Thing to
Look Ahead.

Go%vernor-elect Stuart OF Virginia,
who was at the Raleigh, has travelled
in every nook and corner of the Old
Dominion, and he knows thousands OF
voters well enough to call them by
their first names, says the Washing
ton Post. The governor was down In
one of the southern counties not long
ago. He has a lot of friends in that
section, and one of his particular hob
bies is the promotion of the social
welfare of the negroes. A prosperous
looking darkey ventured to shake
hands with the goyernor-elect, where
upon Governor Stuart remarked:
John. l hope you are well and that
the members of your family are all
we'll"
"Everybody's WE'LL" returned the
darkey, only All hasn't got no fam
bly,"
Why, aren't you married." inquired
Governor-elect Stuart.
NO, All isn't married." replied
John.
We'll, you ought to get married."
advised the governor. Every man
ought to be married. It is best for
ones moral and spiritual welfare and
his material happiness"
Its this away" said John. "Ah'd
lax pow'ful well to git married, but
All amt got money huff to git a d.
vorce. 1t costs some Of da 'niggers'
down heah as much as $50 to git I'M
hitched. Why, some Of desc lawyers
makes a good living gittin' divorces
for us niggers."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
Shanghai and Salt Fish.

The city of Shanghai imported last
year about 100000 yen worth of salt
fish. The import Of salt fish dates
three years back, and began with the
introduction of salt salmon from Prim-
erskaya (Russian littoral province),
salt cod from Kwangtung leased terri
tory, and salt sardines from Nagasaki,
says the Manchurian Daily News. In
addition to salt cod. the leased terri
tory exported 5000 yen worth OF
s%wordfish last year. This fish, which
owes its name to its likeness to a
sword in shape as well as in its glis-
tening, scaleless body, is found in
great abundance in these coast wa
tiers. The local quality is better suited
to the Chinese palate than imports
from Ningpo and ports on the North
China coasts, and has a promising fu-
ture on the Shanghai market. In fact,
the Chinese are heavy consumers of
this fish, the total annual import to
Shanghai reaching 1900, 900 piculs.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
ECZEMA IN WATER BusTERs

7S Congress St., Chicago, nl.-"My
eczema broke out like little water
blisters. Each one was full Of water
and would itch until I would scratch
1t open, then the water would run out
and it would get sore. I first got the
eczema on the back of the hand and I
scratched it so hard I made 1t all sore.
Then I got 1t on my legs Just above
the ankle and above the knee.
II used what they call 49, and 1t
stopped the itch but II. got worse.
Then l used -. In all / had the
trouble for about two years. One day
I saw the advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper. I
wrote for a sample Of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and I tried them and
then bought some more. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment left my sores nice and
smooth. I used them for six weeks,
and am now cured; the eczema left no
marks" (Signed) F. W. Horrisch,
Oct. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
SKIN
BY Simple Change In Food.

-
It has been said by a physician that
most diseases are the result OF indi-
gestion.
There's undoubtedly much truth in
the statement, even to the cause OF
many unsightly eruptions, which many
suppose a be removed by applying
some remedy on the outside.
By changing her food a Kan. girl
was relieved of an eczema which was
a great annoyance to her. She writes:
For five months / was suffering
with an eruption on my face and
hands which our doctor called eczema
and which caused me a great deal of
Inconvenience. The suffering was al
most unbearable.
1.-THE medicine I took only gave me
temporary relief. One day ! happened
to read somewhere that eczema was
caused by indigestion. Then I read
that many persons had been relieved
of indigestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
Il decided to try 1t. / liked the
taste Of the food and was particularly
pleased to notice that my digestion
was improving and that the eruption
was disappearing as II by magic. I
had at last found, in this great food,
something that reached my trouble.
when ! find a victim Of this aflic.
ton l remember my own former suf-
fering and advise q trial of Grape.Nuts
TODD ipotooA oe p,adtotpaoD
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich, Read 1.-THE Road to Well.
ville," In pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever rend the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
Good Bowels Are
An Aid to Growth
Growing Children Need q Mild
LdsaffUe TO Foster Regular
Bowel Movement.

As a child grows older 1t requires
more and more personal attention
from the mother, and as the func-
tons Of the bowels are Of the utmost
Importance to health. great attention
should be paid to them.
Diet is of great Importance. and the
mother should watch the effect Of GER
tain foods. A food will constipate n
and not another, and SO we have a
healthy food like eggs causing bilious
ness to thousands, and a wholesome
fruit like bananas co%nstipating many.
1t is also to be considered that the
child is growing, and great changes
are taking place in the young man or
young woman. The system has not yet
settled itself to its later routine.
A very valuable remedy at this
stage, and one which every growing
boy and girl should be given often or
occasionally, according to the individ-
ual circumstances, is DR.. Caldwelfs
Syrup Pepsin. This is a laxative and
tonic combined, SO mild that 1t Is
given to little babies, and yet equally
effective in the most robust constitu-
ton. At the first sign Of a tendency
to constipation give a small dose of
Syrup Pepsin at night on retiring, and
prompt action will follow in the MORN
ing. 1t not only acts on the stomach
and bowels but its tonic properties
build up and strengthen the system
generally, which is an opinion shared
by Mr.. John Dey of Bloomfield, N. j..
He has a large family and at ages
where the growth and development
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Beauty Your Hair! Make 1t
Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant-Try
the Moist Cloth.

Try as you will, after an application
Of Danderine, you cannot find a single
trace Of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will
please you most, will be after a few
weeks use, when you see new hair,
fine and downy at first-yes-but real
ly new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No differ
ence how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is i'm
mediate and amazing-your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an
appearance Of abundance; an incom-
parable luster, sostness and luxuri-
ance, the beauty and simmer Of true
hair health.
Get a % cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that 1t has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
all. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
To Minimize Fire Hazard

1.-THE fire waste in the United
States, owing to the failure to build
In this country as securely against
the ravages of fire as they do in Eur
ope, has been estimated to be not less
than 5000, 100000 a year. This is fore.
ing the rebuilding Of many structures
and will force the rebuilding of a still
greater number in our cities to mini
mize the fire hazard. The rebuilding
must be done and the problem is how
to finance 1t. From actual experience
In Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and
some other Cities" says an expert,
1.-THE answer is-the first mortgage real
estate bond"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22

must be watched. Little Marie has
thrived especially well on DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. Mr. Dey consid-
ers it the right laxative for young and
old and has found none better for
young children. y
The use of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin will teach you to avoid cathartics,
salts and pills, as they r too harsh
for the majority and their effect is
only temporary. Syrup Pepsin brings
permanent results, and it a be con-
veniently obtained of any nearby drug
gist at fifty cents and one dollar a bot
tie. Results are always guaranteed or
money will be refunded.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by adj
dressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 203 WASH
St., Monticello, Ill. A postal
card with your name and address ON
1t will do.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
Salisbury Not a courtIer.

The bishop of London on n occa-
sion when he went to Buckingham pal
ace told the king that he had passed
Lord Salisbury in an anteroom, but
the latter did not seem to know him.
oh" said King Edward, Lord Sails.
bury never recognizes anyone" and
going to a bureau he took out a new
portrait of himself and handed 1t to
the bishop, saying: What do you
think Of this?" "A very excellent like
ness, sir" said the bishop. when I
showed it to Salisbury said the king,
"he looked hard at it and then said:
Poor old Butler! I wonder II he's as
stupid as he looks"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
"CAsCARETS' FOR
A BILIOUS LIVER
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 11-cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your, stomach, liver and
bowels make ydd miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, b~iliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi-
and a clear head for months.
more days Of gloom and distress
II you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little In
sides need q cleansing, too. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22

by in Little Old New York before that
piece of wood would be picked up,
But It has been found, officers Of
the Thompson.Starrett company have
It In their possession.
It is a cedar log from the pre-glacial
period, found In the excavation for
the Equitable building, which this
company is erecting. Scientists say
the log has been their since the gla-
ciers swept over this portion OF North
America 10000 or o years ago.
At that time nearly half OF North
America was buried under glacial
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
subway Elocution School.

On the New York subway is a
school car in which all new employees
take lessons in car coupling, door clos
ing and opening, signaling, the opera.
ton of motor and brake mechanism,
car lighting and heating and what to
do in emergencies. Among the sub
jects taught is elocution. Each raw
recruit has to learn how to shout
loudly and clearly please watch your
step" and call out the names Of sta
lions distinctly.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
FIND BIG PRE-GLAcIAL LOG
Piece Of Wood Neatly Hewn 10000
Years Ago 10 unearthed by
New York Builder.

New York.-Whoever, 1t was that
went out Of the cave, 9 lower
broadway, for some kindling wood,
one evening mor than 10000 years
ago, and. after splitting It with q
stone AK, left a big hunk for the NOR
rows gathering. probably didn't stop
to consider how many years would 60
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
Place for PRAYER,

Probably few youngsters make such
q matter.of-fact business Of prayer as
a certain little Chicago laddie. He was
going to bed one night in an upper
room, which was heated in the old
fashioned way by a stovepipe running
through the floor. A caller sat with
the family in the room below, and this
is what floated down to the caller in
the child's clear treble:
"Oh, Billy, come over here by the
s%tovepipe! It's a bully warm place to
pray"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
Improving With AGE.

"Thls lamb is getting pretty bad"
said the new clerk. What shall l do
with it?"
Does It smell rank?" inquired the
market man.
Eyes. Shall I throw It away"
mo. Label 1t venison and mark
up the price to 60 cents a pound.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-22
IceIess

What might be termed an iceless re.
frigerator has been invented by an
Oregon man, a double-walled chest,
between the walls of which is packed
salt to protect its contents from sur
rounding warm air.