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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-10
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
NOVEMBER 6.

The clerk reports having made the
distribution of the Foreign Insurance
tax among the school districts as fol-
lows:
Cape Girardeau, S12S5.17.
Jackson, S301.6S.
Appleton, $3.50
Ailenville, S34.24.
Whitewater, S;4.6S.
Oak Ridge, $33.3S.
Daisy, SAT-.
Burfordville, $9.97.
FocahOntas, $19.07.
Gordonville, $500.
Number 6, SIS 20.
Number 7, S4291.
Number s, $36.41.
Number q, $45.95.
Number so, S6.07.
Number IS, $22.51.
Number AZ, $25.l4.
Number Al, 500.
Number 81, S26.O1.
Number IS, $40.74.
County Revenue Fund, $176501.
Petition of George w. Walker, stat
ing that Otto Bowman is insane, was
presented. 1t is ordered that Otto
Bowman be admitted to Hospital No. 4
as county patient.
Warrants issued as follows: Hos
p:taI No. 4, $500; DR.. G. W. Walker,
So; L. l.. Bowman, 50; and d. VI. Sew
ally, 50.
Report Of Charles Gerharter, special
overseer, on work done on New Wells
Hines Landing road, examined and APP
proved.
a subscription list, amounting to
500 to improve the Jackson-Dutch-
town road, is presented, and the court
appropriated like amount for the
same purpose.
Accounts allowed:
c. H. Maevers, $3.50.
J. H. Reynolds, SSS 05.
The East st. Louis Bridge Company,
1887.
J. ]. Engler, S17.55.
GordonvilIc Roller Mills, SLIGO.
Illinois Steel Warehouse Company,
$3O95.
Union Lumber & Mfg, Co., $3.50.
Missouri Bridge & Iron Co., $99.60.
J. p Malone & Co., $6S.30.
William Eddleman, $500.
John Huckstep, 800.
Balm Brothers Hardware Co,
S11.79.
A. G. Landgraf G. Bro, S31.13.
Dave Wissmann, $51.10.
r. r. Bedwell, S101.00
J. H. SIinkard, S77.85.
Report of J. H. Sewing on work
done at Appleton bridge, received and
approved, and requisition made on
Perry County for $31.S5, two-fifths of
the cost.
Assessment of C. S. Morrison cor
rected.
In Re, minor children, viz: Fay
Jackson, ct al, ordered that same be
placed in custody of Children's Home
Society of Missouri, and that a war
rant for $3.50 be issued to said insti-
tuition.
Erroneous assessment of W. G. Cra-
craft, guardian of Slinkard heirs, cor
rected.
Application for dramshop by Mat
Buckner was presented, and petition
and bond rejected for the reason that
there were not enough signers.
Court adjourned until tomorrow at 1
p. M, in respect of the memory of
Fred kies, ST..
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
uncomfortable perch, minute after

uncomfortable perch, minute after
minute.
But nothing further happened, and I
realized. at last. hat If l was to escape
an agonizing cramp in the leg, l must
get down. l put my feet IN the ladder.
n then paused for a last look about
the grounds. My eye was caught by
a flutter Of white among the trees.
Someone was walking along one of the
paths; in a moment, straining for
ward, l saw it was h woman, n
that h was approaching the wall.
And then. as she came nearer. l saw
that n was not Il woman at all, but Il
girl-a girl OF Is or 20, t. whom the
flowing robes gave, at a distance, the
effect of age. l caught only Il glimpse
of her face before it was hidden by "a
clump Of shrubbery, but that glimpse
told me that it vas a face to set the
pulses leaping. l strained still farther
forward, waiting until she should come
into sight again.
Along the path she came. with the
sunlight about her. kissing her hair,
her lips, her cheeks-and the neXt m
slant her eyes were staring upwai DIS
into mine.
1 could not move. 1 could only stare
down at her. l saw the hot color sweep
across her face; 1 saw her hand go to
her bosom; l saw her turn to flee.
Then, to my Amusement, she stopped,
as though arrested by a sudden
thought, turned toward me again, and
raised her eyes deliberately to mine.
For fully Il minute she stood there,
her gaze searching and intent, as
though she would read my soul; then
her face hardened with sudden reso-
luton. Again h put her hand to her
bosom, turned hastily toward the vail,
and disappeared behind il.
The neNt instant, something white
came flying over it, and fell on the
grass beneath my tree. Staring down
at it, l saw it was a letter.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
CHAPTER 11-tcontinued.l

1T is absurd" I assented, and yet
1t isn't much more absurd than to sup
pose that two men would go out on the
roof every night to watch a Roman
less, of course. they're lunatics."
No. said Godfrey, II don't believe
they're lunatics-at least, not both Of
them. l have a sort of theory about
1t; but it's a pretty thin one and 1
want you to do a little investigating on
your own account before l tell you
1t is. It's time we went to bed.
Don't get up in the morning till you're
ready tos Probably I'll not see o till
night; l lave some work to do that
Will take me off early. But Mrs. Har-
gis will make you comfortable, and I'll
be back in time to join you in another
look at the Roman candle!"
He uttered the last words jestingly,
but l could see that the jest was a sur
face one, and that, at heart, he was
deeply serious. Evidently, the strange
star had impressed him ven more than
it had me-though. perhaps. in a diff
ferent manner
L found that it had impressed me
deeply enough, for I dreamed about it
that night-dreamed and awoke, only to
fall asleep and dream and wake again.
I do not remember that / saw any more
in the dream han I had seen with my
waking eyes. but each time ! awoke
bathed in perspiration. Az 1 lay there
the second time. staring III into the
darkness and telling myself I was a
fool, there came a sudden rush OF
wind among the trees outside; then
instant rending crash Of thunder,
and then a steady downpour Of rain.
I could guess how the gasping city
welcomed 1t. and I lay for a long
time listening to it. as 1t dripped from
the leaves and beat against the
house. A delightful GOODNESS filled the
room, an odor fresh and clean; and
when. at last. with nerve quieted, I
fell asleep again. 1t was not to awaken
until the SUI was bright against my
curtains.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
BUSINESS N CANADA
IS GOOD
Successful Crops and Big Yields
Help the Railway.

The remarkable fields that are re-
ported of the wheat crop Of Western
Canada for 1915 bear out the esti-
mate Of an average yield over the
three western provinces of upward OF
Is bushels per acre. There is no
portion of that great west Of $4,000
square miles in which the crop wa
not good and the yields abundant. An
American farmer who was induced to
place under cultivation land that he
had been holding for five years for
speculative purposes and higher
prices, says that he made the price OF
the land out of this years crop OF
oats. No doubt, others, too. who took
the advice of the Department Of the
Interior to cultivate the unoccupied
land, have done as well.
But the story Of the great crop that
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
produced this year is best told in the
language of the railways in the added
cars that it has been necessary to
place in commission, the extra trains
required to be run, the increased ton
mage Of the grain steamers.
1t is found that railway earnings
continue to improve.
The G. p. r. earnings for the second
week Of October showed an increase
Of $762, 900 over last year, the total
being only $4,000 below the gross
earnings of the corresponding week
Of 1913, when the Western wheat crop
made q new record for that date. Tho
increase in c. p. r. earnings for the
corresponding week OF that year was
only $4,000, or less than half OF The
increase reported this year. The
grain movement in the West within
the past two weeks has taxed the re-
sources of the Canadian roads %
never before, despite their increased
facilities. The c. p. r., 10 handling 1000
cars per day. q new record. The
G. T. r. and the G. N. r. are also max
ing new shipment records. The other
day the w. Grant Morden, Of the Cam
ada Steamships Company. the largest
freighter Of the Canadian deet on the.
Upper Lakes, brought down q cargo Of
476,315 bushels. q new record for
Canadian shipping. Records are go
ing by the board" in all directions this
fall, due to Canada's record crop. Tho
largest Canadian wheat movement
through the port of New York ever
known is reported for the period up
to October 18th, when since shipments
of the new crop began in August.
1885. 791 bushels have been reloaded
for England, France and Italy. This
Is over half as much as was shipped
Of American wheat from the same port
in the same period. And, be 1t remem-
bered, Montreal, not New York, is tho
main export gateway for Canadian
wheat. New York gets the overflow
in competition with Montreal.-Ad
~vertisement.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24

For a really fine coffee at a mod.
crate price. drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the h., in sealed cans.
Only n merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
the one. write the Denison Coffee Co..
Chicago, for a souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 8 ID. Canister Can for 11oA.
ADV.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
important 70 r

The woman who neglects her huot
hands shirt front is scarcely the wife
of his bosom.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
p ~.
ENTER FREDDIE SWAIN.

l fell. rather than climbed. down the
ladder. snatched the white missile from
the grass. and saw thai 1t was, indeed
a sealed and addressed envelope. l had
somehow expected tAat address to in
clude either Godfrcy's name OF mine;
but it. did neither. The envelope bore
these words:
Mr.. FREDERIC SWAIN,
1910 Fifth Avenue,
New York CITY.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
Fair Enough.

Lend me your automobile this aft
ernocn, will you? want to take my
girl out for a spin"
Sorry, old man, but l couldn't trust
anybody else to run that machine. Ill
tell you what we'll do. though. You
lend me the girl"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
His Share.

"Jiggers vas around again yester-
day collecting money for his pct
charity"
Huh! / wonder IL he ever con-
tributes anything himself?"
"Oh, yes; he furnishes the fountain
pen for the rest of US to write checks
with"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
have YOU
A CHILD?

Mary women long for children. but because O.
~ tb; Seasn.e pnysacal d~erangement are deprived
The women vhose names follow v.r. ,.sor.a
81 norn1sl nealth hy LydiaE E.. .Pinkham's VcVets
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24

The spotlight often reveals mos
imperfections than talents,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24

VIZ 81 took your Com.
!I|HI5Ia pound and have q finaL
|!||HII||||||||a strong baby. Mrs.
;mI!I||1||a JOHN MITCHELL, Mas.
sena, N. Y.
11|ss'''bI,,.. Lydia E. Pinkham's
|aNH|||||] Vegetable Compound Isl
|H||H||||] wonderful medicine for
!!AlS|||||a expectant mothers. -
S|SS|||||||||I Mrs. A. M. MYERS, Cor.
|m||||| ||||||||| donville, Mo.
= 81 highly recommend
.|III|||n|||S|1 Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
IfH|#s| etable Compound before
||SSHNsH child birth, it has done so
;||HH|HSISH much for me. "-Mrs. E.
||HSHa |ES M. DoERR, R. r. /, Con-
shohocken, Pa.
aaa "1took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
|I pound to build up my
a0I|9|B system and have the
Ha|aH|) dearest baby girl in the
%~' world."- Mrs. NOSE
lBLAKELEY, Coalport, Pa.
SCI praise the Com
N pound whenever I have
81 . chance. It did 30 much
|a|aaR|I for me before my little
A)ss|sBSaS|H girl was born" Mrs.
Ivy F. w. SANDERS, Rowles-
burg, w. Va.
eel took your Com
IN pound before baby was
born and feel I owe my
|kBaS8 life to II. MIR. WINNIE
TILLls, Winter Haven,
Florida.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant { Pellets are IL
erisihal, little liver pills put up 40 years
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
FIRST OF AMERICAN HER0INES
Gunner corbin's Widow Fought for the
country's Liberty At Mount
Washington.

And the first woman who fought for
American liberty was Gunner Corbin's
widow. at the capture Of Mount Wash
ington. BY the Scotch and Hessians. In
the midst of the tight Gunner Corbin.
struck BY ball. fell dead at his wife's
feet a. she was aiding him In his du-
ties.
Il was not an uncommon occurrence
for Irish women las at Limerick) to
share the dangers Of the bivouacks. ~
instance the deeds Of that other hero
inc. Molly Pitcher. Instantly. without
. word. she stepped into his place and
worked the gun with redoubled skill
and visor. fighting bravely until she
sank to the earth, pierced by three
grapeshot! Though terribly wounded.
she finally recovered, but was disabled
for life.
A soldiers half pay and the value Of
a soldiers suit Of clothes, annually
voted her by the Continental congress
(but soon discontinued) were all the
reward that the first woman who
fought for American liberty ever re-
ceived for such heroic love, courage
and suffering.-E. F. Delaney, in the
Magazine Of American History.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
Causes Of Unhappiness.

The worst kinds of unhappiness, as
well as the greatest amount of it,
come from our conduct to each other.
II our conduct, therefore, were under
the control Of kindness, it would be
nearly the opposite of what 1t is, and
80 the state of the world would be
almost reversed. We are for the most
part unhappy, because the world is an
unkind world. But the world is only
unkind for the lack of kindness in US
units who compose it.-Frederick VIII
liam Faber.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
eubonlc Plague Ravaoea

Bubonic plague appeared in Eun,,1
In 1902 It had started in Asia, wha@
more than 200.000.OOO of human h
ings persisted. After reaching Eun,l
the plague lasted 20 years, and duril)
that period It carried OF 10000, 900 ID
sons. When 1t began Norway bad
population Of 2,500,000, when It sniull
this great population had been d
duced to fewer than 900, 900.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18

Dayton had a bad limp on him as he
arose from the dust of the road.
you've done It now-b'gosh you've
done it," shouted the farmer as he
hung to the fence.
"Yaas." drawled young Dayton, with
an accent that would have done credit
to q Hindoo In London.
"And why in the devil were you
here instead Of somewhere else?" de-
manded the chauffeur.
There was more jawing. and there
were some awful threats made. BY
the great horn spoon, and the little
brass spoon. and various other spoons,
that farmer wanted $500 damages. and
wouldn't take . cent less. He spoke
Of warrants. arrests. sheriffs. jails and
state prisons. and he was still speak
ing when the auto limped OF.
Young Dayton never settled things
On the spot-not even when he bought
cigarettes. There was . suit for dam.
ages.
A week after the accident Miss
Mollie Dayton. who had the honor Of
being the sister Of Mr.. Clarence, at.
tended . lawn party. At the gather
ing she was introduced to George
Graham, and they were very con-
genial. Being asked about the acct
dent. the girl made good witness on
the stand. She repeated all that she
h. been told about 1t. and then she
h. something to add. Clarence had
Secul 4 lawyer to defend the suit,
but t. father thought and she
thought he had made a great mistake.
He had retained a fledgling who had
never had case. He had been re-
tained because he was a classmats
At college.
The father said, and that was also
her idea, that the young lawyer was
. person who wouldn't come within q
hundred miles of making a decent de-
fence. to say nothing about winning.
They had begged Of Clarence to get
some real lawyer. but he was OBJ
etinate about 1t. The farmer had
sued for $500 damages, and with only
q young lawyer opposed to him he
would likely get every cent of 1t.
Mr.. Graham listened and did not
talk much. Now and then his face
flushed. but as 1t was a warm day Miss
!Nollis laid It to the heat. When she
had finished her narrative she asked
his opinion Of Clarencs's chances and
Ne replied:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
Funny Tug Of War.

At logging camp in lower Missis.
sippi one day a hog commenced squeal.
ing vigorously and when the foreman
Investigated, he found that the porker
had been seized by an alligator and
was being drawn into water. He called
for help and three men seized the hog
and pulled. Then began a tug of war
The men would pull the hog and the
alligator up the bank. and then the
alligator would pull the hog and men
back again. This merry game-for all
but the hog-went on until a fourth
man came running with an az. and
with It he hit the alligator such a rap
on the head that 1t relaxed its grip,
and the men saved the hog. or what
was left Of It.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
Wanted to Double uo.

Robert was about to have another
birthday. In the past, the fun-making
had always been so hard and pro-
longed that it left him fatigued at
night.
50 this year, before he went to bed
tho night before, when he had said
Lis prayers be began over again. His
mother, surprised, asked him:
why are you saying your prayers
twice, Robert?"
"Oh." replied Robert. tomorrow
night I'll be too tired to say EN- at
ii "-Everybody's.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
Winning Out
- Donald Alton
cCepyright iD14 BY Associated Literary
Presa)

ecspysisht ls1A Sy Associated Literary
When young Clarence Dayton
stopped into his auto waiting for him
a& the depot at Short Hills on his re-
tuTn from the city. he had Just three
miles 70 20 to reach the family man.
eion. There wasn't the slightsst oc-
aasion for haste. He would simply
TAKE . seat ON the veranda when no
reached the house and probably tall
aaleep.
Tilt 'sr upi"
That's what young Dayton ssid to
The chauffeur - he entered the ear.
The chauffeur preceded to hit. As
h had Just been Tilted BY the cook at
the Dayton mansion he was ready to
1Aco death.
Farmer Saulbury was on his way to
the village to do some trading" and
on the four fingers Of his left hand
his wife had tied four strings, lest he
forget. They stood for . quart Of
molasses, . can Of baking powder,
three pounds Of sugar and . package
Of starch. Az he logged along with
his old horse and rickety wagon the
farmer kept counting the strings and
naming over the respective articles.
IN 20 doing he forgot that the auto.
mobile industry Of America was still
On the job, and the horse was left
70 pick his own going.
Young Dayton's chauffeur might
have been looking over the landscape
On either side Of the highway. or he
might have had his eyes closed a
h thought of the perfidy Of the cook
who had led him on and on until he
had declared his love and then hi
him with q four-story brick house.
As for the young man he might moi
have been thinking Of anything, and
had his eyes on the toes Of his shoes
When both farmer and auto are
properly encouraged there IL q get
ting together. There was in this case
There was crash and there was Z
smash-shouts and yells, and there
they were! The cid horse was dead
the buggy wrecked, and the farmel
hoisted over the fence among thu
thistles. The auto was banged. thu
chauffeur knocked about, and youni
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18

zone can never tell how . lawsuit
may end. This young lawyer may
prove more than q match for the 9th
er side!"
If he does I'll shake hands with
him and send him 1.-THE cases l
can"
Up to the day the suit was called
the efforts to get young Dayton to
change lawyers continued, but he was
firm. On the date set, father, mother,
brother and sister were ON hand at
the court house. and presently Miss
Mollis got surprise that opened her
eyes. Her brothers attorney proved
to be the Mr. Graham she had talked
with at the lawn party. Yes, he was
the young lawyer who was to plead
his drst case. Bushes galloped over
the girls cheeks ~ she remembered
how she had maligned him, and II he
looked her way he found her looking
another.
The farmer was the Arst witness ON
the stand: He had gone over his
testimony . hundred times, and was
all ready to start OF with:
wall. I was goin' up town to buy
some Iasses and things"
"Yes?"
II was keepin' my eyes peeled for
them darned autos. and I was q say.
ing to myself that II one come
along"
Never mind what you were saying.
One did come along. didn't it,"
II should say! Come along and
killed my boss and sent me a-fyin'.
Gosh, but I believe I was knocked
forty feet Hight"
And injured?"
injured! Why. It scraped most Of
the hide off'n me, and was lame for
two hull weeks afterwards!"
THAT was too bad. Now, Mr.. Saul.
bury, you know the rules Of the road
don't your"
i've knewed EN- ever since Wa
knee-high to grasshopper. You
keep to the right-hand side"
That's correct. Why didn't you dc
30 in this case?"
II did, SIR
Then Why was tho dead body Of
the horse found on the left-hand side
together with the wreck Of the buggy
Why were you tossed over the fenc<
on that side?"
1.-THE hoss-the hoss-"
yes, the horse?"
| HE must have logged over whom
wasn't looking"
Eyes, he must. Can you expect dam
ages when you are breaking the rule,
Of the road?"
plague take the old woman for ty
Ing them strings around my fingers t
make me remember"
The farmer was non.suited ON hi
own testimony, but young Dayton salt
to him:
perhaps I was a bit to blame II
the matter for being under sucl
speed. and this hundred dollars vii
at least pay for your old horse"
Miss Mollie tried to get away from
the court house without a word t
Mr.. Graham, but he had his eye Of
her and followed her out to the aut'
and said:
"You know you agreed to shak
hands with the winner"
But why did you let me talk t
you that way?" she asked as she e.
tended her hand.
"And you are to send me all tn
cases you can"
Poor Mollie could hardly speak
word on the way home, and after tn
arrival there her exultant brothe
added to the situation by saying:
isis, there was but one thing to
under the circumstances. and did 1
Mr.. Graham will be here to dinner.
II won't see him!"
"And after dinner you will be lei
alone with him."
II won't!"
"And he will plead and win his se'
, ond case"
Miss Mollie denies that they are el
, gagged. but her brother does not TAX
! her word for It.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18

A diner In restaurant tAessA -
would have joke with the waiter, NJ
asked him II hs had ever seen . sans-
aSe roll Say" said the waiter. Z
have not only seen . sausage ron.
but have seen q biscuit box. table
spoon, q chimney sweep. chain link.
Q nose gay. camera slide. a garden
Ssnce. . sword lsh and wall flower"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
ChIna's Cattle Industry,

Contrary to general belief, Clhl
not only raises cattle in large nun
bers. but exports frozen beef In Quaa
titles which have now assumed |
commercial magnitude of such ID
that world.wideaposs may bel
pected in time to come. Upward
100000 cowhides are annually e1pua
ed from Shantung.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18

There 10 one thing that has a.
ways refused to Dose through my
noodle" remarked Jasper Knox. the
sage Of Piketown-on-the-Blin and
that 10 this: II. as the newspapers
would have US believe, all brides are
beautiful. where In Sam Hill do all
the homeiy married women come
domr-Judge-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
Constable In Hard Luck.

The special constable was chaifed
by his friends for appearing on parade
without his badge. You see" sx-
planned the special" Il was IN rather
. tough crowd getting on the car the
other night. and when got in found
that someone had pinched my badge.
They really ought to have detectives
TO watch the busy spots on tram
routes. Manchester Guardian.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
ahaepsnlas . Worn Ellie.

Whsa . hls gets dull" said the
master mechanic. you can restore its
effectiveness BY pouring a little nitric
acid over r This roughens the raised
parts and deepens the sunk parts 30
that 1t will again file your nails or cut
bar Of iron"