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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

Wang Fo. as he called himself, must
belong to some other secret society.
| suppose the golden bantam is its
emblem, for he kept saying that the
bantam pin would make me friends
with all his people
What a sweet. cute little pin it is,"
said Flora effusively.
Well, you shall have the trinket,
replied Prescott, and pinned it on a
band of ribbon at her neck.
oh, how good you are," cried
Flora ecstatically, and jumped to the
floor and ran over to where a charm
ing young lady was busy at some
fancy work. See, Aunt Lydia-the
beautiful pin Mr.. Prescott has given
me-"
You are spelling the child. Mr..
Prescott" spoke Miss Ward. but with
an indulgent smile.
He did not reply. but his eyes met
her own with a rapt, longing express
sion. She read its meaning-love-
not only for the little one, but for her
self as well. He seemed about to
speak. The memory Of what had fol-
lowed an offer of marriage caused
Prescott to control his deep emotion.
Soon he left the house.
II was hard to be about daily in the
company OF the woman he so devoted
ly loved and refrain from urging her
to reconsider her decision. 1t had been
announced in a kindly way, SO consid-
erately, in fact, that Prescott half be-
lieved that but for circumstances
Lydia might have favored his plea.
An orphan herself, her life was
wrapped up in little Flora, who, hav.
ing lost both father and mother, was
cherished by Lydia as a responsibility
to whom she had devoted her life. This
much she had told Prescott in answer
10 his offer Of marriage.
There was another suitor-Leslie
Shaw. Prescott had never liked him.
He was persistent in his attention
to Lydia. He was a man about town,
with unknown antecedents Prescott
had experienced relief aid satisfaction
When a servant % the house, with
whom he was . favorite, told him OF
the summary dismissal of his rival.
II SEEMED that Shaw had impor'
tuned Lydia TO accept him as her hus
band. She had given him the same
answer that Prescott had received:
Her life was bound up in little Flora
The enraged Shaw had fiercely wished
the little one was dead, had let loose
his wicked temper in a way that
shocked and disguised Lydia. Then
Shaw had sworn that he would yet
win her as his wife. II il took him
ten years to accomplish his purpose
and had gone away in a tempest OF
! wrath.
Lydia never gave aLy token of that
storEy Interview. but Prescott wal
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
@GOlden|
Bantam |
By
Eva Morse Henricks

Copyright, 1915. by W. q. Chapman.)
And then you pulled his pigtail,"
Yes. dear. and then all three scam
pered."
And the cute. little yellow man."
Wang Fo? He dropped to his knees
and kissed my hand. and said l was
his preserver, and gave me the golden
bantam"
Little Flora Ward sat in the lap Of
her great friend. Alvin Prescott. i'm
mensely interested in quite a tragic
recital. He was telling her of an en-
counter in dark side street the eve
ming before with three sinister China
men. They had backed another yell
low-hued countryman against a brick
wall. One of the assailants held his
throat in a talon-like clutch. A Sec
ond had imprisoned his arms. A third
was advancing to dispatch him with a
glittering steel knife. when Prescott
intervened.
And what was the golden ban
TAM Mr.. Prescott" lisped the inter
ested little one.
Prescott fumbled in his pocket
Eager eyes scanned the oddlooking
pin he drew forth. 1t represented a
bantam rampant, with curious script
characters on its outspread wings.
Il think the three wicked men we're
highbinders, my dear" explained Pres
cott-"that is. men belonging to a
cruel society who make business OF
killing people they don't like. Poo:
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
New Plants for America.

The bureau Of plant industry re-
ports that its agricultural explorer.
F. N. Meyer, who already had many
remarkable finds" to his credit, has
recently sent IN an unusually interest
ing collection o. new fruits from the
Tibetan border of China. These in
elude the Tangutian almond. the Po-
tanin peach, and a notable series of
wild forms Of the ordinary cultivated
peach. Mr.. Meyers latest expedition
succeeded in reaching Lanchowfu,
when further progress was prevented
by the desertion of the interpreter.
Recent collections have largely aug
mented the agricultural department s
stock of jujubes and psysimmons from
western China.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. II Pays
Big Dividends.

II parents will give just little in
telligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference In the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over, for the small trouble.
A mother writes: Our children are
all so much better and stronger than
they ever were before We made .
change in the character Of the food.
We have quit using potatoes three
times a day with coffee and SO much
meat.
Now we give the little folks some
fruit, either fresh, stewed, or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa'
sionally some soft boiled eggs. and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to fully describe
the change in the children. they have
grown so sturdy and strong. and We
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that, understand. exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal Of stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until tried
Grape Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly anf
got sturdy and we'll"
There's q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich.
Ever read the shcve letter. A sew
enc app<ars from time tc time. They
are ge1uiae, true, and full Of ha0aa
Interest.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
Oils for Hot Weather.

The fabrication of the automobile as
a whole is most important during the
hot and dusty season. The heat causes
the oil to be very thin and to run on
th bearings freely. This necessitates
the frequent application of Oil. A
heavy grade OF engine oil is best adapt
ed to the motor during the summer
months. This will cause much less
trouble from the formation Of carbon
deposits duo to the leakage of Oil past
the cylinder rings.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
Sketch Under Shell Fire.

Some of the many artists who are
at the front in France make their
sketches undaunted by shell fire. The
Century magazine publishes a picture
OF the ruins of a farm house. about
which the battle had ragged, drawn by
Henri Jacquier, who took the first
grand prix of the Salon. While NJ
lacquer" says a fellow-artist, was
finishing this drawing with very rapid
pencil strokes. shell burst near him.
and actually flung the earth into his
car. But the drawing was finished"
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
Microbes That Eat Rubber.

II your motor tires do not wear 20
well as they should, it may be be-
cause microbes are eating them. When
perfectly dry commercial rubber is
not capable of furnishing nutriment
to any form OF microbe, but when suf-
ficienly moist IL is frequently at
tackled by certain bacteria or molds
which feed on the albuminoids, resins,
and sugars it contains. The red. yell
low, brown and black spots which
often appear on rubber are due to
the presence of microbes. At least
two varieties of microbe are able to
assimilate .he hydrocarbon Of rubber,
ane by so DONG destroy its value.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
Beware Of Rust.

Rust is an enemy of rubber. The
edges Of rusty rims in time will eat
through the rubber and attack the can
vas OF the envelope. Eventually the
beads will be destroyed.
To remove rust, clean the rim with
coarse emery paper. Then smooth
with finer emery paper and re-japan
the rim. applying one coat on the out
side and two on the inside. II the
edge Of the rim is very uneven, use
a file first and then finish with emery
paper.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
GENERAL

Col. Theo Roosevelt celebrated his
fifty-seventh birthday at Oyster Bay.
Governor Hunt of Arizona has is
sued proclamation asE.Lg relief fof
the striking miners.
The United States Steel corpora
tion declared its regular quarterly
dividend of ia per cent on the pre-
ferred stock.
The fate of Hans Schmidt, former
Catholic priest, under sentence OF
death for the murder of Anna Aumil
Ter in New York in 1912, now rests
with the Court Of Appeals.
The famous Culver Military acad
emy black horse troop was practically
wiped out at Culver, Ind, when sixty.
nine of the trained animals were
burned to death in a fire that des
troyed their barn.
Robert Fay. self-styled German
army lieutenant, who with four other
alleged conspirators, is held in Wee
hawken, y. j., admitted that he came
to America to stop the shipment Of
war munitions to the allies.
A jury in the District Court at
Gering, Neb.. declared William, alias
Dan" Jordan, guilty of murder in the
first degree for the killing of Joseph
Z. Layton. his son-in-law who was
shot last June.
One man was shot and killed and
three others wounded in a street
riot growing out of the garment
workers strike at Chicago.
Five million dollars in gold sover.
eigns from Canada were received by
the assay office In New York for the
account of J. p. Morgan & Co.
Abraham LincoIn's book OF ex-
amples in arithmetic. which he used
as a schoolboy about 1924 when he
was Is years old, brought s240 at a
sale of Lincolniana from the library
of John c. Burton of Milwaukee. con-
Quoted in New York.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
FOREIGN

Germany has cut off parcel post
service with the United States.
A German with a forged American
passport was court-martialed in Lon
don
Premier Viviani and French cabinet
resign. Aristide BRAND TO form new
ministry.
II was rumored in London that
Winston Churchill is about TO resign
from the cabinet.
Anna Benzet of Verviers, Belgium
was sentenced TO death ty German
court martial at Liege.
Calls for the overthrow OF Premier
Bratisno OF Rumania were shouted
during a meeting in Bucharest
II is officially announced that a
British subject has been sentenced IN
the Old Bailey Court to life impris.
onment for espionage
Captain hshmead- Bartlette in a
speech in London told the British peo-
pie that there Was now no hope of the
allies making further sains against
the Turks.
The ministry OF finance is develop.
ing a plan to establish number of
Russian savings banks in the United
States to receive deposits from Rus.
sian nationals there.
Thousands OF working men paraded
the streets of Vera Cruz in honor OF
Mrs. Francisco l. Madero. Jr, widow
of the late president of Mexico Many
cries Of Long life to the United
States" were heard from the throngs
: :yrhoon :a southern I.uvnn killed
at least l70 persons and injured near.
ly 500. Damage to property and TO
the hemp and rice crops is estimated
at $1,000. 900. The town of Tobacco
was wiped out and the rl.lroad washed
away.
The visit to The HaGue Of W. 5.
Solf, the German colonial secretary,
according to the London Daily Chron,
icle. is connected with negotiations
which the newspaper says. are already
on foot for the calling OF truce in
central Africa.
An extraordinary meeting Of the
Russian council of ministers has en-
powered AleXei Khyostoff. minister
of the interior, to take urgent meas
ures TO cope with the food problem.
says q dispatch TO the London Times
from PetTogTad
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

well satisfied that she LAD q conte=p
for Shaw. She feared him. too, Pres
colt believed, and, while he was glad
that a persistent rival was out of the
way, he kept himself on the alert to
guard agains, any attempt to annoy
Lydia on the part Of Shaw.
One evening the telephone bell in
his room rang sharply. Ills name was
spoken breathlessly, and he thrilled
and tingled as he recognized the tones
of the woman he loved.
is it Mr.. Prescott" she asked in
a tone that trembled.
"Yes. Miss Ward"
"Will you please come to the house
at once-oh, at once, please!" and
Prescott dashed from the room. trac-
ing anxiety and urgency in the wei.
come summons that might mean some
thing helpful for Lydia
He found her distractedly pacing
the floor when he arrived at her home.
She was white to the lips and her
eyes bore the traces Of poorly sup
pressed anguish.
Flora" she gasped. She is gone."
Gone? You mean" began Pres
colt in alarm.
Stolen, kidnapped. spirited away!
She was alone in the garden for an
hour playing with her dolls" narrated
Lydia. When went to call her in
she had disappeared
"But-kidnaped? Impossible!" cried
Prescott. She must have wandered
away"
Il found this note on a garden
seat" proceeded Lydia. Read it,"
The crumpled scrawl was signed
with one name-Shaw-an it ran:
You will hear from me shortly. I'm
less you agree to marry me you will
never see little Flora again."
the scoundrel," cried Prescott.
Il will set the police on his track at
once"
'':.,oi no." implorcd Lydia. You
10 not know this man Shaw. II any
such an attempt is made. he iii dis
appear, al.I Flora . iIn him. Oh. try
and find her, Try and bring ne back
my lost darling"
Alvin Prescott had a difficult task
before him. Shaw was not to be found
at any of his occasioned haunts. No
trace was discovered OF the missing
child. The grief of Lydia was pitiable.
Prescott devoted all his time to the
mission in hand, but it was of no
avail
10 hn of+ he
disappearance of Flora, that. walking
along the street, he observed a squat
oriental figure speed across the thor
oughfare to his side. 1t was Wang Fo.
Il find you" he cried in extrava-
CANT Joy. The pin-of the golden
bantam. You lose?"
mo. gave it to child"
Il have found her. Yo'. come-come.
quick
With faint heart of hope Prescott
accompanied the half coherent, but in
tensely excited Wang Fo. He led him
to the Chinese quarter of the city,
and through sinuous and mysterious
passages into what seemed to be a
secret lodge room.
There. on a dais, surrounded by
Chinese women, was Flora. She was
supremely contented. for they had
given her all kinds of quaint toys and
seemed only bent on entertaining her.
Wang Fo told his story. The child
had been brought to some avaricious
friends Of his to hide or ship to some
other city as the order might come.
He. Wang Fo, had discovered the gol-
den bantam pin. He had removed
the child into the charge of more
trusty friends He had guessed much.
Il led to seeking out Prescott.
They never heard of Shaw again
they for what could come Of it, but
that the rescuer of the dear little cne
should prevail upon sweet, loving
Lydia to C;Te her a protector for
life?
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

II was left to a Boston schoolboy OF
a dozen years to give the world some
entirely new information about Abra-
ham Lincoln. He did it in this way
when asked by his teacher to write
what he knew about the great war
president:
Abraham Lincoln was born on a
bright. sunny day in February, 1909.
He was born in a log cabin he had
helped his father to build"
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
SPORTING NEWS

Eddie Johnson OF Pueblo and Dick
Wells of Cincinnati fought twenty
furious rounds TO draw at Pueblo,
Colo.
Chicago papers print q story that
peace terms have been reached under
which the Federal league and the Ma
tional league will unite.
Fifty-nine young American lives
were sacrificed 10 baseball during the
season Of 1915. according TO statistics
compiled by J. r. Nickery of Chicago.
The University of Wyoming defeat.
ed the team OF the Utah Agricultural
college in a midweek 'cotball game
played at Laramie, by score OF Is
to I.
Claude Williams, left hand pitcher
of the Salt Lake City club of the
Pacific coast league, set :. league re
cord by scoring his thirty-second vic.
tory Of the season.
Johnny Dundee OF New York out
pointed Willie Ritchie OF San Fran
cisco, American lightweight cham.
pion in their ten-round bout at Madi-
son Square Garden in New York.
Roger Bresnahan having been as
sured that he will be retained as man
ager of the Chicago Cubs. already is
talking of trades he hopes TO make
TO strengthen his team for next year
The faculty of Knox college al
GalesbUrg. Ill. decided that football at
that institution shall be discontinued,
al least this year, because OF the death
Of Bryan Scott, injured in the game
with st. Louis Oct. 1G aad who later
died
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

New Zealand has prohibited the i'm
port ton of cooking utensils coated
or lin ID with lead or any of its alloys.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Ba,- Blue: have beautiful, clear
white cloths. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

Pacific coast hops are now largely
pie ked by machinery.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
elGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oolNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK TIE PROGRESS
OF TIE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

Germans assert 2S9 British vessels
have been sunk.
Serb capital reported moved from
Nish to Kraljeyo
Several officers have been executed
for plot against King Ferdinand.
The French have captured German
trenches near Neuville st. Vast.
Belgians in Africa have defeated
German troops on the borders OF Con
go Free State.
Turkish troops have engaged and
repulsed an Anglo-French force near
Strumitsa
All is not harmony In Bulgaria.
There is a powerful party in favor
of the allies.
Dispatches from Petrograd say Brit
ish submarines have sunk four more
German steamers in the Baltic.
The French. according to German
dispatches, have ALREADY landed So
900 men with 100 guns at Saloniki
Hope OF checking the German ad-
vance through Bulgaria is gone, ac-
cording to British war expert.
French troops have joined the Serbs
and the united forces have defeated
the Bulgars and captured Griyolak.
Only small part of the crew of the
German cruiser Prinz Adalbert, sunk
by a British submarine in the Baltic,
was rescued.
The Marquis of Lansdowne told the
English House of Lords that the Ser
bians cannot withstand the attacks OF
the Germanic forces much longer.
Great Britain has announced that
the offer of Cyprus TO Greece has
iapsed, as Greece has not fulfilled her
treaty obligations to Serbia.
Austrian airmen made three raids
on Venice. One church was damaged.
Historic st. Marks cathedral appeared
to be the target OF the Teltonic ayi.
ators.
Reports from Madrid assert Prince
Won Buelow, representing the Kaiser.
will ash Spain and the United States
TO move for a conference that will
bring peace.
After the French victory at Krivo-
LAX, the Serbians, according to an
Athens report, were able 20 reoccupy
Veles, an important railway and road
junction Just south OF Uskup.
The latest list OF casualties. com
piled by an Amsterdam expert, esti-
mate the losses Of the Teutonic allies
as 100000 Prussia alone. it is said,
has lost 1000. coo men since the open
ing of the war.
Reports from both Paris and Lon
don indicate that in the future Eng
land and France will make 70 offers
to any of the small nations in an
effort to gain aid They will depend
entirely on their own resources.
WESTERN
Eight convicted murderers will
swing from California gallows in the
next five weeks
The Chamber of Commerce of Los
Angeles has pledged $4,000 TO keep
the exposition at San Diego open for
another year.
Ralph X. Blair and Dr. Thomas Ad-
dis were found gulity at san Francisco
OF conspiring to hire and retain men
~ .ne ''' ''9'' '''ii'
Joseph campbell the negro convict
accused Oh tne MURDER Oh June ~ OF
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Marueh Vi 'ne sta'e pr'soi a' 1oiie''
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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-11-07

In transporting a donkey engine
rom Los Angeles to San Pedro, Cal.
1 distance OF approximately 25 miles.
motor tractor was recently called
upon to make the haul across country.
The locomotive. which is used for
construction work and weighs about
The Washington times., 1915-07-28
WELSH AND MANDOT
TO MEET IN RING
But Not on Labor Day, as Has
Been Previously Advertised
by Backers.

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 2s.-Fred-
die Welsh has agreed to meet Joe
Mandot here in a twenty-round battle
for the lightweight championship of
the world during the fell. according
to word received today by Dominick
Tortorich from Tommy Burns former
heavyweight champion and partner of
Tortorich. who is touring the country
to interest fighters in New Orleans dur
ing the race meeting to be held here in
the fall and winter.
welsh has agreed to fight twenty
rounds in New Orleans" wrote Burns.
against Mandot or any other likely
lightweight. Mike Gibbons has also
agreed to meet Jimmie Clabby, while
Kid Williams bantam champion. will
meet the winner of a contest which he
wants staged in New Orleans between
Kid Herman and frankie Burns" 1t
will be remembered that Burns beat
Herman when the local man was not
himself Tortorich has Gibbons sigma
ture to contract to a fight here this
winter, so that with Burns landing
Welsh and Williams a big array of bat,
ties is assured. The Labor Day battle
at Shreveport between Welsh and Man
dot has been called off.
The Washington times., 1915-07-28
Defenses of America
Made Subject Of a
Motion Picture
Production

The opportunity presented by the
motion picture play for the pre-
sentation Of big public questions
in a vivid manner has been seized
by those interested in the newly
awakened sense OF the defenseless
conditions Of the country and as a
result within the course OF the
next six weeks play dealing with
this subject will be shown through
out the country. The play is to
tell the story of an attack on the
Eastern coast and the invasion OF
the country by an enemy. The
Vitagraph Company. which has
made the picture, has assembled
most of Its acting and directing
the best ideas on the subject in
hand.
The work has been. in sense. un-
der the direction Of people who
are very much interested in the
defense propaganda. Notable
among these Is Hudson Maxim. the
inventor, whose book. "Defenseless
basis for the film story. Mr.. Max
i'm has had personal charge of the
adaptation of the book to motion
picture purposes and the produc-
tion Of the film story. 1t Is un-
derstood that fully eight thousand
feet of film were made in the pho
tographing of the play. though
there will be but five reels shown.
This play is bit outside the
regular motion picture industry. and
Is entirely aside from the ordinary
activities of the Vitagraph Com
pany. 1t is more of a special under
taking, and 1t has interested the
Secretaries of War and Navy,
Messrs. Garrison and Daniels. Ad-
miral Sigsbee. Gen. Leonard Wood.
Gen. Montgomery Macomb. Admiral
Mark. and other military and naval
authorities. some of whom have
actually taken part in tho produc-
ton.
"In writing this story we have
tried not to be sensational. not to
arouse hard feeling against any
other power" said ]. Stuart Black
ton. Of the Vitagraph Company. in
discussing the project. I'VE have
simply used this method as better
means of reaching the public. be-
lieving that the pictured action
would carry q greater weight than
a written word. With the facilities
which we have on hand we have
been able to show what would hap
pen to New York city II an invad-
ing force should be landed. as we'll
as how the interior of the country