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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

er-well, he at least was In no hurry
to have them end.
There was no need of worrying over
the other woman. He had left her
ample means, and she would soon find
a more suitable companion. She was
not Of his kind, and surely, no one
could rightly blame him for leaving
that God.forsaken country.
~.
The years dragged their slow
lengths around. Chad Leeks and his
wife Elisabeth were samples Of com.
Portable prosperity. But a close OBJ
server would have noticed AZ air OF
suppressed restlessness about him.
and n of patient resignation about
his wife. The humdrum OF business
life a wearing the lightness from
his smile and the elasticity from his
step,
He would have diagnosed the trou-
BILE otherwise-the Wilderness and wild.
ness Of the Chihuahua sands and a
dark-eyed boy were calling him. For
years he had succeeded in nearly for.
getting them; but as time passed. and
no heir came to bless him and Elisa.
beth. thought of the boy returned with
increasing persistency. II would seem
so good to have young life in the house,
to have his boy there always, and a
whole string of other boys sometimes,
and be young with them all again.
During the interminably long, empty
days he revolved the thing over and
over in his mind. until, one day, the
~restlessness overcame him entirely.
Telling his wife that he had been
called away on some urgent business
that would require his attention for a
month or so. he boarded a w~est.bound
train, and in the curse OF a few days
landed on the chihuahua sands again.
Once at the station he hired a rig
and drove across the plains to his
former home. %Inquiring cautiously at
a neighbor's as TO who lived on the
old Leeks place, he found that
strangers owned his former home:
that his wife was buried beside the
mound that was supposed TO be his:
and that his boy, who was described
as a very promising lad, was in some
college in the States.
For a week he stayed. going over
the ono familiar scenes. But the
place seemed strange to him, the men
rough and the women simple. The
soul had gone out of things, and, try
as he might, he could not put life in
them.
Again he rode swiftly down to the
dry arroyo. across the low mesquite
to where the trail led into the noun
tains, and crossed the American line.
Once over. he pulled up and looked
back at the %forbidding black stills that
shut in his dreams.
~.
1t was commencement day. Chad
Leeks was y~aledictorian. At the close
of the exercises, the elder Chad went
up and introduced himself to the
younger man as a friend Of his ia
ther.
I'm glad you knew him." the boy
replied heartily. My mother could
not die in peace until l promised to
graduate at the same college that he
attended. She thought it might help
me to become the nan he was"
With a sigh the elder man turned
away. He would rather die than al
low the boy to be 1isillusioned.
"She-wanted-him to become-the
Observation-Disclosures" he unused Bit
terly as he boarded a home-bound
train.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

NOW that spring is not so far away.
~ smart new coats have begun to
herald its coming and to make US
welcome the nearing day when we
shall see greater numbers of them I
the street. The showing of coats for
early spring days reveals garments full
OF style, new and rather intricate cut,
many military suggestions and fault
less tailoring.
1t would be difficult to pick out a
finer specimen of the between-seasons
coat than that pictured here. 1t is of
light tan covert cloth, trimmed with
buttons and %stitchings i'll self color. 1t
fits easily about the neck and shout
ders, flares in the skirt, and is a
loose-hanging but graceful garment.
This very desirable combination of
good points is achieved in the cutting
and in the wonderfully expert tailor.
ing.
The sleeves are roomy at the top,
sloping to regulation coat-sleeve size
at the fore arm. The smart band
cuffs are finished with buttons and
simulated b%uttonholes, corresponding
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
INSURANCE OFFICIALS TESTIFY.

The medical directors of three great
life insurance companies estimated
that from Z to 43 per cen of acct.
dents are due, directly or indirectly,
to alcohol. Seven per cent Of the rail.
road accidents, 8 per cent Of the street
car accidents, 10 per cent Of those
caused by automobiles, s per zen of
those due to vehicles and horses, 43
per cent of heat prostration and sun
stroke, Z per cent of the machinery
accidents, s per cent Of the accidents
in mines and quarries, 10 per zen OF
the drowning, and 10 per cent of the
gunshot wounds are brought about,
entirely or partially. by alcohol.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
SALOON HER GREATEST FOE.

What a the Catholic church do II
she is loyal to her professed princi-
pies, but raise her hand in opposition
to the American saloon, and put her.
self clearly On record as its unswerv-
ing antagonist? The Catholic church
r%enounces her own life and principles
when she cease to combat with all
her might intemperance In its causes
and alliances. The American saloon
8 her mortal foe; between the church
and the saloon there can be no truce.
Archbishop Ireland.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

lust how important the couture is
j in the scheme of things pertaining
to dress can only be realized by chang
ing it. Or, II one can get within reach
of a real artist In hairdressing, by hav'
ing the hair dressed in the most be-
coming manner possible. This does
not mean deliberately or always with
waves, curls and puffs. But it general.
ly mean waves; there are few people
who look their best with a couture
Of straight hair.
The really good hairdresser ION.
siders the face of his patron, the con-
tour Of her head, the color and texture
of her hair, and the occasion for which
the couture is required, and then pro-
ceeds. The result is a revelation in
graceful line and style. And If hair
ornaments are brought into requisition
they may be relied upon to furnish i'm
mensely becoming finishing touches.
Two lovely coiffures with hair orna-
ments are shown here. In the picture
at the left the hair is shown waved,
parted at the side and coiled in a
short, soft French twist. Very short,
frill curls are pinned in along one
side Of the twist and an invisible net
holds all in position neatly.
A band OF narrow ribbon, woven in
blocks OF color, is frightened with lit
tie sparkling rhinestones set in short
rows along each edge. This couture
and ornament are appropriate for aft
ernoon as well as evening wear.
A similar couture, except that the
coil at the back is arranged in puffs
on the crown, is shown in the second
picture. The exquisite hair ornament
is made Of a band and wings Of rhine
stones, the wings backed with goura
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
the holy ground about the mystic city
All Seek Burial There.

All GEEK burial mere.
Each member of the Shia sect must
make the pilgrimage to this hottest of
his shrines, the city toward which
throughout life he bows in worship,
deserts spell, into which the treasures
of all his fellows in faith are flowing
for their spiritual welfare. Each men,
Der of the Shia sect expects to be
buried In the sacred earth without the
city's walls, where millions upon mil
lions of past Shias have turned the
sands to clay. This enormous grave
yard about the city is not the least
part of its weird fascination. The des-
ert trail to the sacred city is empty,
barren and dead. 1t is an unattrac-
tive trail whose silence is broken only
by fanatic pilgrims and by ava
transporting corpses to the Shia Mcc-
ca of the dead.
Nedjef is a great city. Not a green
thing-a plant, shrub, or tree-lives
within its dry, hot limits. 1t is built
on a high plain Of soft sandstone. The
narrow, crooked streets, in many
places mere passages three or four feet
wide, wind like Jungle paths. One Of
the strange features Of this strange
city is its cellars. In summer the
fierce heat drives the painting people
deep down into the earth, like rats in
a hole. Beneath every house is a eel
lar, burrowed mine-like to amazing
depths; one I explored reached an as.
toundingly low level, being more than
one hundred feet below the street.
Cellars as Refugees From Heat.
Into these damp, dark holes the
Shias fee when the scorching desert
air sizzles above and imported Ger.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

the National Geographic society is
sued the following statement:
Caucasia is 4 potpourri of races,
tongues and religions. Nowhere else
In the world can one find on a similar
area so many types Of peoples, so
many languages and dialects, so many
religions and sects thereof. The eau
casus mountains, for the most part,
stretch above fruitful land, and every
folk-stream which flowed their way
has left eddies within their closed.
world-isolated valleys.
The cosmopolitanism of New York
Is provincial compared with the mag
n%ificent, regardless confusion Of eau
casian peoples. There are some seven
ty dialects strange to the West spoken
within its boundaries, while business,
touring, engineering and other tech.
niques bring most Of the other lam
guages in. In this modern Babel dwell
Georgians, Imeritians, C~hevsurs,
Lazes. Mingrelians, Pshavs, Swami.
tians, Abkhasians, Circassians, Kebar-
dams, Ossetes, Avars, Ch~echinzes,
Jews. Russians Of several varieties,
Daigs. Lesghians. Kazy-Kumykti,
Tush, Ingush, Greeks and others of the
occident. Caucasia, indeed, may be
said to be a place prominently de-
voted to language-all kinds and COM
plexions Of speech being native there
In ~bewildering richness.
Caucasia is the broad, stocky 18th.
mus which, extending from the south
east corner Of Europe to Asia, divides
the Black and Caspian seas. It's area
Is about 100000 square miles, or more
than four times larger than the state
of Ohio. 1t has good ports upon both
the Black and Caspian seas, Batum
on the one, and Baku on the other.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
MONEY FOR GOVERNMENT.

Liquor Man-Where will you get the
money to run the government II you
cut out the sale of liquor?
Temperance Man-The best answer
I know of is the action Of the four
great nations, which. at a time when
every cent that a be got is urgently
needed for the conduct of the war,
finds 1t more profitable to reduce this
revenue than to run the risks inciden-
tai upon the general use Of alcoholic
drinks among the soldiers and, as in
Russia, the general public.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

JEFF, Mecca OF the Snla Nlo-
hammedans, born of and for a reli'
gion, contains within its walls of sum
dried brick a treasure rich beyond
fable, the Shia st. Peters, into which
a stream of gold and jewels has poured
for centuries, and over the looting of
which many an empire-building sol
der has sweetened his dreams while
sleeping on the battle fields of India
and elsewhere in Asia. Nedjef has
become hostile land, and the wonder
full mosque of gold and precious stones
is exposed as a possible objective of
invaders. Frederick Simpich, n of
the few white men of any race to have
made a visit to hidden Nedjef, has
transmitted an account Of this strang-
est Of cities to the National Geograph-
ic society. He writes:
1t is five days by mule or camel
caravan from Bagdad to Nedjef, and
in the eventful centuries since the
Shias founded Nedjef-on the spot
where a nephew of the Prophet Mo-
manned was slain-it Is estimated
that over 25 ,0OO,O 900 Moslems have
made the pilgrimage to this mysteri-
Gus desert city of golden domes. fabu-
lous treasures, and weird rites. Thou.
sands of devotees from the Shia
hordes of India, Persia and South Rus
STA flock through Bagdad each year,
bringing with them their mummified
dead-salted and dried-for burial In
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

Like a flying dumping Uncle Flop
wit projected himself from the moving
bus to the pavement.
But mud was everywhere.
Poor old Uncle Flopwit's feet
touched the paving stones for a frac-
ton OF a second, but he proceeded for
the next ten yards of his way face
downward-his white waistcoat churn-
ing a neat furrow in the slime.
Then a lamppost brought him to a
halt. He "a still PROSTATE when a
Samaritan's voice exclaimed:
"Oh, dear! Poor old gentleman!
Have you hurt YOURSELF"
Now, Uncle Flopwit didn't like be-
ing called old, and he considered the
rest Of the question ridiculous.
Hurt myself? OF course not! That
sliding business is the first figure of a
new dance-the walrus glide. Sup
posed to be a walrus sliding off a
block of ice into the sea. Did it rather
neatly, I think, don't you. you idiot?'
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

too snowy decoration, suitable to any
occasion where evening dress is worn.
Very effective and sometimes a lit
tie startling are the ornaments, in
which two or three long, slender feath-
ers spring from a band or a cabochon
from the side of the couture. A single
brilliantly marked quill, supported by
a band, calls to mind the headdress Of
Indian maids and leaves no question
in the mind al to the picturesque
quality of a purely American style in
feather decorations.
JULIA BoTTOMLEY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Coloring Wood Alcohol.

1t has been suggested that the Unit
ed States should follow the exam
pie of Sweden and color wood alcohol
so that 1t may instantly be distin-
guished from grain alcohol. Inas-
much as this deadly poison is respon-
sible for the deaths of a number of
people every year 1t strikes us that the
suggestion Is a good one. A poison
label Is not sufficient warning appar-
emily to the careless, but a colored
liquid could not be mistaken as read
lily as Is the c%olorless liquid which
sometimes cannot be distinguished for
a poison until 1t is absorbed into some.
body's system.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
New York Rich Land Owner.

According to a report by Controller
%Prendergast. recently published, the
city OF New York is the wealthiest
land owner within the city's jurisdic'
ton. The assessed value OF the city's
holdings is sl,447,547,s69. OF this
amount $1.429,491. 800 Is within the
city limits. Compared with the pre-
yious year. these figures show an in.
crease in property values OF more than
$4,000, 900, 900. The land and i'm.
provement valuations Of city-owned
property outside Of New York Is $751;
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

offering, but preferred to appear ig.
norant, because Aunt Dinah was a
pearl of great price," even If a black
one. But one day Dinah plainly saw
that the mistress Just as clearly OBJ
served the stealing Of a pot Of cher
ries.
Laws, Miss Sarah!" she cried, ct
knows you is shame Of me, but l
knows. too, you is more shame of
yerself for Watching"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Stripes for EVENING,

Stripes such as we're WORE in the
time OF the French revolution are
worn now. and especially for evening
gowns in black and gold. Skirts Of
this are Otter worn with velvet bod
ices. generally OF a bright and pretty
color.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
A%ssTA,NERs IRRESISTIBLE.

Give me an army OF abstainers and
. will go with 1t wherever it may be
sent. An army that is made up of alb.
stainers will be irresistible and win
victory for anyone who has the honor
to lead it.-Ffeld Marshal Lord Rob.
erts.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

056, 500, al increase over the previous
year Of more than 100000. The land
set apart for parks is valued at SEAL
336,110 on the tax hooks.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Deepest Fresh Water Lake.

In Lake Balkal, in Asia. the x.
traordinary depth Of more than $500
feet has been reached. making this
by far the deepest fresh water known.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
The Feminine Way.

Women swallow at n mouthful tho
lie that fiatters. and drink drop by
drop the truth that ia bitter.-Diderot.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Much Work for Small Money.

There are 925 separate operations in
the manufacture Of q watch that sells
for q dollar.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

YSTIC. buried in the ex-
elusive sands Of the desert,
almost unknown by the white
man, the Arab city of Ned
ief. Mecca of the Shia Mo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

I885-Harry Tenny, bantamweight boxer. born in Canada Tenny began his ring career in 1908 and ended it in 1906, when he was knocked out by Frankie Neil in the 14th round of a bout in San Francisco and died the Following day. A little later in the same year another Canadian boxer, Mike Ward, the lightweight. was knocked out by Harry Lewis in Grand Rapids and died the next day of con- cussion of the brain. The accidental death of the two Canadians led to the usual agitation for the suppression of bo1ng-aIthough it has been respon- sible for fewer fatalities than base ball, football and other manly sports Tenny was one of the best of the ban tams of a decade ago and was very popular in California. where most Of his battle were fought. He won most of his bouts by knockouts. but was twice defeated by Frankie Neil.
 1S91-Charlie White 1Char1es Anchowitz), Hebrew lightweight, born in Liverpool
 1S92-SteVe KetcheI (Lester Oakes). lightweight boxer, born in Joliet, III.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
PROTEST MURDER ]. CHARGES AG GAINST
 WARSHlPS' CREWS

London. March 25-A great hue ana cry anas seen raised about trying for murder the crews of German sub marines which have torpedoed mer- chantmen- The popular clarnor has been that this course should be fol- lowed, and by segregating the crew of the U-8 recently captured the Ad- miraIty that conviction would be sought. But, in. the opinion Of Sir Herbert stephen it would be irregular and Illegal.
 K First says Sir Herbert ssas to the allegation that these prisoners are murderers- You cannot commit mur- der without killing somebody, and I am not aware that these prisoners or any Of them ever killed anybody
 T am practically sure that they have not done so within the jurisdic- tion of the central criminal court. f. e. in England or within three miles of the coast, and if so they could not be convicted
 Piracy is not in itself a capital offense The definition, in English law, of piracy, is extremely vague, but this much is certain that all def1na itions Of it hitherto essayed have ob- vfously referred to matters occurring dul1ns peace, and not WarifIze opera tioias
 The writer adds that if empowered to act by Parliament the a1lthpFfties could doubtless .sdo something Very appropriate and impressive ta the prisoners of the U-S, and [ daresay it might be deserved; but if it were done it would have to be through some kind of court martiaI.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
SIR OWEN PHudPPs
 ORGANIZER OF GREATEST
 SHIFTING COMBINE

Sir Owen c. Philips. who organiz- ed the greatest shipping combine in the history of the British mercantile marine, was born fifty-two years ago today, March 25, 1863. His great
 merger of shipping interests under the control of the Royal Mail Steam Packet company, the oldest of Brit ish steamship lines, includes the Pa cific Steam Navigation company, operating to South America; the +sP. & o. between England and the Orient; the Union Castle line, which controls the South African trade, and the Forward line. with a big fleet in the Mediterranean.
 Last June. shortly before the out break of the war, Sir Owen sounded an alarm to British shipping, warn ing it's representatives Of the dan gers from aggressive German com petition.
 "On every trade route in the world and in every great commercial port you will find German ships,'' said Sir Owen on that occasion They are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
THE CASE OF BoGoGK

METHODS by which the spirit operates obscure
 For efficient operation the sound machin cry The efficient write hundred words minute broken down typewriter, and the spirit ting
 Howard Bocock, the Astor Trust Company, had wealth. happy married f friends, children and thing that appears make life worth living
 inside his head cot perhaps some instinct of self preservation might most primitive of human passions disappeared The desire instinct it's appearance Bocock destroyed his wife, himself Thus again duty body. The soul best sound environment the soul the beasts of the field destroys neither himself his mate
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
A WARNING TO MANY
Some Interesting Facts
 About Kidney Troubles


 Few people realize to what extent their health depends upon the condi- tion Of the kidneys.
 The physician in nearly all cases of serious illness, makes a chemical an- alysis of the patients urine. He knows that unless the kidneys are do- ing their work properly. the other or gans cannot readily be brought back to health and strength.
 When the kidneys are neglected or abused in any way, serious results are sure to follow. According to health statistics, Brights disease which is really an advanced form of kidney deaths in 1913, in the state of New York alone. Therefore. it behoovee us to pay more attention to the health of these most important organs
 An ideal herbal compound that has had remarkable success as a kidney remedy is Dr. KiIfner's Swa1np-Root. the great Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy.
 The mild and healing influence of this preparation. in most cases, is soon realized, according to sworn state nnents and verified testimony Of those who have used the remedy
 If you feel that your kidneys re- eruire attention, and wish a sampIe bottle, write to Dr.. KiIrner & Co. Binghanton, N. Y Mention this pa- per, enclose ten cents and they will gladly forward it to you by Parcel Post.
 Swamp Root is sold by every drug gist in bottles of two sizes-50c and $1. 0o.-Adv.