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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Expert Testimony.

Young Mrs. Cornell was a bride Of
but a short time. One afternoon she
confided to her friends at a pink tea
that she was sure her husband never
played poker at his club. "How," Quer.
led one of ehe women. did you
find out? "Oh." explained the
young bride. II met a couple Of the
members Of his club the other day and
l asked them: Can Perry play pokerf'
They looked thoughtful for a moment
and then answered very sincerely:
MOI"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

bodybuilding is by no means the big
and expensive job it a once thought.
In a great deal of the sandy Coastal
Plain country. from Virginia to Texas,
nature has often mixed sand and clay
in about the right proportions to make
n good hard road, and all that is nee
essary is to keep the road well graded
by means of scrapes and drags.-The
Progressive Farmer.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
GOOD CURE FOR scALY LEGS
Good Plan to Anolnt Legs Of Young
Chicks Even II They Do Not
Show Signs Of Disease.

Lard and kerosene is an excellent
cure for scaly leg and 1t is u good
plan to anolnt the legs Of the early
youngsters at this time v 9 II they
do not show any signs Of the disease.
IAN ounce Of prevention is worth a
pound Of cure"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
GIVE YOUNG HORSES CHANCE
Colt Will Never Develop Properly II
He 10 stunted In Early Growth
Good Feeding Pays.

Give the colts a chance! No colt
can develop into a large useful horse
If he is stunted in his early growth.
The result Of good care and feeding
is f0rcefully shown by the condition
Of the young work horses Of the ami
NAL husbandry department Of the Kan
sas state agricultural college. These
horses were purchased three years
ago as weanlings. They were given
care and proper feed their first winter
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Sow Before Farrowlno.

As soon as a SOW begins to grow
heavy, even II she isn't to farrow for
six weeks OF more, she should have
a pen by herself. In this way you
know what she eats. You know she
is not robbed and crowded by a mas
ter mate.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

tinct in the mind.
much confusion OF
thought will be
avoided.
"Your life Is hid
with Christ in
God" Col. 3:3
This Is the place
Of supreme salts
faction and abso-
lutte safety: the
place Of opened
vision where the
unseen things are
seen-the unseen
things which
make the present
Affections, how.
ever severe. to be
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
GooD.RoADs FEVER IN SOUTH
Taking Hold Everywhere and Differ
ent Counties BusiIy Engaged In
Making improvements

1t is a gratifying thing to note how
the g%ood-roads fever is taking hold
nearly everywhere in the South. Hard
~ q county there that is not busily
engaged in improving its highways.
Many sections are finding, too, that
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Tho oreats.t ouest,on.

The vital question Tor US to Taco,
therefore, is not so much one Of me-
chanics and finances a. Of spiritual
power. Are we facing our problems
and opportunities with suficient sour
age and faith? Are we dedicating our.
selves unreservedly to the service OF
Christ. obtaining all the spiritual
power that God makes accessible to
US, and doing U utmost to make Je-
sus Christ in~tellisently known to All
whom We can reachf-Arthur ].
Brown.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Promise Of Good crop.

Good seed is only the promise Of a
good crop. Help make Its promise
good by giving 1t q well.prepared seed.
bed and clean cultivation where pos
sfble.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Not Good for Litter.

Barn.floor %sweepings and chaft
should never be used for litter when
the hens or chicks are compelled to
scratch In them. as they will cause
soro eyes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Ilono Bearing.

Blackberries and raspberries are
usually profitable for six to twelve
years after planting. Gooseberries and
currants produce profitable crops for
20 years, strawberries from two to
three years.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Water Supply for Hor.es.

Water supply Tor Horses.
Remember that the horses get wild
for a drink Of water when working,
the same as you do. When the man
takes a drink, let him give the horses
q few swallows. also.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Stop Up Leaks.

Stop Up Leaks.
The merchants have all taken, an
invoice Of their stock. Take q hint
from successful business men and do
the same. Find the leaks, stop them
as SOC as possible and increase your
profits.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Three Spheres Of
Believers Life
BY REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department Moody Bible
Instituts Of Chicago
TExr-christ our life.-col. "a.

II tile three spheres In which the be-
life Is said to be are kept dis
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Good roads may be had BY dragging.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
FOURTH EPISODE
THE NAME AND THE GAME

Legar had reason to feel we'll
pleased with his mornings work. De-
feated for the time being, in one quar-
ter, he promptly swung about and
struck at another.
His attack, in this instance, was d.
rected at nothing less than Enoch
Golden's own home. There, effecting
an entrance through a neglected coal
chute before even the servants were
astir, he had crept stealthily upward
until he found refuge in trunk room.
Through the door crack Of this trunk
room, however, he soon had the dubi-
ous pleasure of beholding figure quite
as stealthy as his own, a figure that
wore a laughing mask and made its
way cautiously downward to the door
OF Enoch Golden's study. On that door
the masked figure, before vanishing
as quietly as it had first appeared,
pinned an oblong paper. Stealing up
TO it, Legar read:
Enoch Golden: You have proved a
disappointment to me. Despite my
warnings, you still Cypress the poor
and abuse your power. Your daush-
ter has been saved from the clutches
Of Leaar, and at the proper time will
be produced. But that time will not
come until you have changed your
ways Of life. So while still you have
the chance, do some good deed
THE LAUGHING MASK.
Legar, having thoughtfully perused
this strange warning, promptly added
a postscript:
AS a slight sign Of my disapproVaI,
I am approPriatins your fifty thousand
dollars from the vaults of the Third
National bank, for which now take
occasion to thank you.
Ten minutes later Legar had made
his escape from the house and was
speeding southwark in his car, to con-
fer with his own men as TO the APP
preaching assault on GClden's wealth
In the Third National vaults.
The Laughing Mask himself, in the
meantime, was busy with his own en-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

to escort his visitor to the bank
vaults.
BE so good, Mr.. Wells, as &c show
our clients that cur vaults are not
made of tissue paper
This the attendant took much pride
in doing.
The array OF defensive measures,
puzzling as it was to the younger MEM
bers Of the party, served 10 bring a
sense of assurance 10 Enoch Golden
himself.
A certain one-armed criminal. new.
ertheless, was at that precise moment
very busily engaged in preparing for
his assault on this Gibraltar Cf gold
so proudly regarded as irlpregnable.
Two wcrkmen in the uniform Of Gen.
eral Electric employees, exploring a
section of abandoned cable gallery,
were busily engaged in enlarging a
wire conduit which net this gallery at
right angles. There, by means of an
electric mining drill, they burrowed
like two moles deep beneath the level
of the street along which the traffic
Of great city SO ceaselessly etbed and
flowed. From a manhcle opening into
this gallery was quietly passed huge
cylinder of iron capped by drum Of
zinc having hinged cover. The two
subterranean workers had been
warned TO handle the cylinder with the
utmost care. AMI this they did, know
ing full we'll that it's weight was due
to the fact Of it's being tightly packed
with high explosive.
Legar himself, in the meantime, hav.
ing clothed number CT his henchmen
in uniforms and caps bearing the in
scription Western National Bank" di.
rected his attention t. the much more
critical task of tracing the signature
Henry II. Stonington. on typewriter
sheet bearing the embossed imprint
of the Third National.
His next move. once he had received
a report that his two gallery workers
had fitted their massive cylinder in the
wire conduit and pushed it gently but
firmly into the utterm3st recesses oil
that conduit by means Of jointed
bamboo pole. was to verify the time
at which the decorating clock had
been set, advise his colleagues, and
take up his position in the window Of
a building commanding a view OF the
great anite-bastioned bank itself.
He consulted his watch from time
to time, with his eyes always COINS
hungrily back to the heavy-pillareC
back entrance itself.
I'm one minute" he announced
they'll get desc OF the medicine the,
gave us this morning" Again b,
' looked at his watck-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
Urban Realty
Mortgage Company
$2OO,OOO.OO Paid-up Capital
46-48 w. Congress ST., Detroit
Pulp for Paper.

1t is reported that the department
of agriculture is experimenting with
wire grass rs Il source of supply for
pulp for making paper, in place Of pop
lar or liriodendrOn This variety Of
grass grows on the Pacific coast and in
western Mexico, and possesses the
very desirable property of toughneSs
and can be reduced ny the soda proc
esS. 1t is stated that paper manufac-
tured from the stock has proved as
satisfactory in physical tests as first
grade machine-fnished printed paper.
In appearance and in feeling the paper
produced is satisfactory. However, the
experiments have Indicated that more
bleaching powder is required in the
bleaching process than in the case Of
poplar stock.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
riedly summoned for q conference.

riedly summoned for O conference.
Il tell you, Sibley.' said the man OF
millions, something has to be done,
and done soon. I'm surrounded by enc
mics can't run down. enemies can't
even understand. In the first place,
there's this man in a mask stalking
through my house and pinning threats
to my doorpanels. Then"
wait cut in the man of law. "Did
anyone actually see this man OF the
mask?"
Yes, Wilson, my butler, came face
to face with him as he stepped out Of
a passageway. Then, when my secre-
tary, Manley, started In psrsuit of the
intruder, instead of finding a stranger
in this fool mask, he found his way
blocked by girl, girl in a cloak,
who seemed to come there out OF thin
air. And that girl, sir, turned out
to be my own daughter, my own
daughter in some miraculous way res
cued from Legar."
Brought there by the man in the
mask?"
Yes, brought there by him. So
she asserts. Yet this stranger, who
brings me back the one thing precious
in my life, On the same day assumes
to criticize my conduct and threatens
to rob me of my money"
But that threat, as I've already
pointed out, is foolish. Your money
has all the protection that steel and
civilization can surround it with. 1t
lies in the vaults OF the Third National
bank"
but I tell you l am surrounded by
enemies, by unknown enemies of great
skill and daring. That has already
been proved. And while they can
never make me cover, they have at
least made me cautious"
Il guess we'd better all go down TO
the Third National and make sure
they're not putting their gold and
notes out on tho windowsills for the
first crook that comes along to carry
off," said the lawyer.
President Stoningtcn of the Third
National received them in his private
Office and learned from Sibley the
reason Of his visit. That official, in
fact. was an active sharer in the incre-
dulity Of the old lawyer. He quietly
touched bell, sent for uniformed at
tendant and instructed that attendant
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05


terprise. He had rescued Margory
Golden froin Legar, 1t was true, but
her CONVEYANCE to a place OF safety,
in open daylight, was a much more
difficult problem. In his extremity,
accordingly, he had to resort to those
expedients nearest at hand.
This led him down a secluded by
way, where the powder shack of con-
struction company still stood half way
up a wooden hillside. At the end OF
a tunnel piercing this hillside was a
timbered chamber for high explosives.
Guarded as it was with its double lock,
the Laughing Mask seemed an expert
in the manipulation Of such obstacles.
since Ave minutes work with his
skeleton keys threw open that well
hidden room. Once there, he even yea.
tured to explore his surroundings ard
take from their cass certain small cylin-
ders incased I'm grease stained paper.
h did not explain to the already over
pnzzisd s.rL however,. THAI these
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward island Palidori intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance or eNll
which causes Golden to capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Palidori opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and In
the general rush TO escape the Hood kid
maps Golden's six-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later in New York a
Masked One calling himself 1.-THE Hammer
OF God" rescues an eighteen-year-old girl
from the cadet Casavanti. TO whom Jules
Legar has delivered her and takes her To
the home OF Enoch Golden, millionaire,
whence she is recaptured by Legar. Legar
and Stein are discovered by Manley, Col
denis secretary setting fire to Golden's
buildings, but escape. Margory's mother
frultlessly impores Enoch Golden TO
find their daughter. The Masked One
again takes Margory away from Legar.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

sulky grunt. one Of the newcomers sud
denly struck match and held 1t close
to the white-beardsd face, the hands
gripping the wheel quite as suddenly
re,inquished their hold and fastened
themselves about the throat OF the
overinquisitive cargo sentry. Before
his companion, standing quite close to
the bow of the boat, could quite real
ize the meaning of the movement, the
two men beside the wheel were with
ing and stamping and painting about
the narrow deck.
Fierce as that fight was, II was not
a prolonged one. For the white beard
ed man. despite his age, with one final
effort, succeeded in lifting his OPP
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
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Much of this $50 must have had
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1t is beyond possibility that they
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Government records and reports
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Any established, substantial bust
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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
This Is No Joke.

They graduated in June.
"What are you doing now?" asked
the dear girl in the dialogue.
Newspaper work. replied the
young man. IL have charge of the
Hints to Mothers column on the Daily
Planet. And you?"
"Oh, I'm doing a similar stunt an
swered the dear girl. 81 write the
Man about Town articles for the
Daily GuSher."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
An unweIeome Variety.

as Bliggins an OPTIMISM
Eyes. But he's one of the kind that
reminds you of all your troubles and
then tells you to cheer up"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

tenant, who had been recuislticned TO
clear a way through the crowd. f r
this was net the intrusi n If mere Gu
riDsity seekers. That much the cap
tain in charge of the police lines
promptly disc Overed when he was on
the paint of ordering both truck and
attendants out II the forbidden terri
tory. For the ccol-eyel man in c2Il-
mand OF that truck had come well
armed for any such emergency. Into
the astonished hand Il the police OFF
cial he thrust an notwithstanding
document from the president of the
Third National himself:
This letter of Introduction read:
To the Officials in Charge: Act
ing on an emergency decision of our
directors, I herewith authorize the
agents Of the Western National Bank
to take possession Of and remove the
contents CT Third National Bank vaults
to the vaults Of the Western National.
AS this decision was arrived at to
Illustrate any possible interference
with cur geld and collateral when so
obviously exposed, ! trust you will do
everything possible to expedite the re.
moVaI Of this treasure TO a place OF
safety.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
The Bitter Bitten.

The news of the Third National
bank outrage soon spread through the
city. And as the resultant fire grew
in intensity the crowd in the neighbor-
hood grew in volume. Police reserves,
marshaled by stalwart and stern
faced captain, had already estab-
lished their fire lines and still fought
back the overcurious that trampled
the long scorpions of black hose and
kept edging and shouldering ever
closer to the scene OF the great catas-
trophe.
There was no relaxing of vigilance,
in fact, when the limousine Cf Enoch
Golden himself came thr 1bbing and
crawling through that densely packed
mob Of human beings, Golden himself,
alighting from that car, pleaded and
stormed in vain with the mex 1rable
officials confronting him. And while
he still frenziedly argued and demand
ed a hearing with the officers in
charge, a second vehicle made its way
towards the still smoldering ruins.
This second vehicle was a motor
truck on which was mounted not only
a number Of men in the uniform of
bank attendants, but also a police lieu
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
Yours very truly,
JOHN ELICIT STONlNGTON,
President.

At the same time that the police
captain, acting "a this peremptory or
der, was clearing path to the neigh
borhood of the still smoking vaults,
Enoch Golden, with Margory and Man.
ley at his side, was fighting to break
through those jealousy guarded fire
lines. And at the sight OF the motor
truck and the Western National at
tendants his antics became even more
frenzied than before.
II tell you I've got to get in there!"
he shouted to the apathetic patrolman
holding him back.
YES" agreed the patrolman, "of
course you'd like to get in there"
But l tell you I'm Enoch Golden"
was the financier's frantic cry.
Il don't care IL you're the president
o. the United States" was the retort.
you stay out"
It was young Nancy himself, who,
watching his chance, suddenly slipped
in through the lines and gained the
side Of the busy captain before he
could be stopped. For already the
work OF removing the vault contents
was under way"
you've got to keep this gold from
going out" the young man cried into
the face of the somewhat astounded
captain.
who are your demanded that on
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05
The Secret Attack.

Enoch Golden was no longer a con-
temptuously Indifferent man as ne
faced his attorney John siblsy. hur-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

A suduth Ind and rUai u sound
cut Off all smaller sounds. Then came
the cries of terror-stricken human be
ings, shrill calls for help. hoarse
shouts from stalwart figures in uni
forms, and the sudden shrill of a po-
liceman's whistle. The clamor and
tumult of the streets rose above the
quick and ever-nearing throb of en-
CINE bells, the gongs OF ambulances,
the rattle OF iron-tired patrol wagons
pounding over car rails, the shouts OF
blue-coated patrolmen already forming
their gordon around the dust-crowned
ruins.
"Fire!" was the cry that filed the
canyon! THE buildings on fret"
And II was then that Legar re-
placed his watch in his pocket, and
tossing aside the field glasses through
which he had been viewing the street,
showed that he was once more him
self.
'Now's the time, men," he an
nounced to his followers, Ito get ready
for work."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-25
HERE'S THE FIRST
 BRIDGEPORTER TO
 SHOW GRATITUDE

The mysterious Mr. Robinson. who is giving health and happiness talks at Hindle's (Main and State streets) Drug Store, Is one of the most opti- mistic health observers that has visit ed Bridgeport in years. He is tell ing of the wonders of the medicine.- Wilderbs-and is direct from pr. Pierce's hospital at Buffalo and knows whereof he speaks.
 As a unique feature of his mission here, he has arranged to have some one of the many users or Wiioerps tell the Bridgeport public each day through the columns of this paper inst M what this new scientific treat nent is. Each day there will appear in this paper distinct and separate statement from various residents or Brideeport and vicinity as to their experience with Wilderbs-the triple tonic.
 The following, which is the first or this series, is given by Mrs. H. '. Schurig, whose husband is a success full travelling salesman and popular in his neighborhood.
 She says: "Dr. Pierce's Wilderps IS the peer of medicine. It has helped me wonderfully One bottle has re- lieved me of an all winters case or stomach trouble. The acid and gas which used to bother me a few hours after eating have disappeared and l am once more in normal health"
 "wilderbs is truly back-to-nature remedy" says Robinson, "since 1t IS purely a product of herbs, flowers and buds, and 1t is not an experiment, as we have used it with great success in our hospital work in Buffalo. Nervousness, headaches, stomach dis orders, constipation, lost appetite. backache. sleeplessness and that run down, good-for nothing feeling are characteristic symptoms of a condi- tion from which, thousands of people in all cities like Bridgeport suffer. wilderbs acts like miracle by bring ing back restful sleeping, sound d. gestion, more vitality and driving away that Respondent feeling"
 Each day at Hindle's (Main ana State streets. Store. MT. Robinson per sonally explains the quick action of this medicine on the human organ ism.-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-25
Midsunamer Reduction.

At Mollan's, the well known shop for correct footwear. there is a sharp iy defined summer reduction in the prices of some lines of high grade. new style pumps and low shoes. Pumps in brown, white ivory and grey, Colonial, patent leather and gun metal pumps, fancy and plain low shoes and newest white goods, are in- cluded in this sale, which is for the purpose of closing broken lines of women's fashionable footwear. Accur- ate fitting is a special feature, at 1928 Main street.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-25

If the Back to the Farm Movement is ever going to succeed. some one must plant some shade trees out in the corn field