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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

When the letter came from Bristow
announcing that on a certain day be
would come to claim his bride Emily
collapsed. Her mother, ignorant OF
the fact that a love affair had grown
up where. she had arranged for an adj
vantageous marriage, made no ~secref(
of the fact of the Confederate's COM
ing and at once began to prepare
parel suitable for a bride. Johnny 4
have looked love to Emily, but he -
never spoken it. The fact that a day
was appointed for her TO be given to
another appalled, him.
"Oh, Emily he exclaimed. don't
do itr'
"Tye promised she gasped.
Thus were the two suddenly plunged
into a sea of difficulty.
maybe he won't come. He may not
be able to get here" suggested Emily.
"If he is not here on time will you
marry me?" pleaded yQhp: Z.
To this there was neither assent nor
dissent. The lovers did not know what
to do. A union between a soldier boy
from a northern state to a portionless
girl of Tennessee was not an especial'
" practical act In itself, but when o
man of means who, If killed in tho
war would leave her his property,
was coming to marry her the situation
was doubly complicated. John had
not the assurance to ask the mother tc
give him her daughter under such cir
cumstances, and Emily had no faith
In her mothers permitting what would
seem to be so i'll timed a proceeding.
What they did was to hope the
groom would not come. Indeed, he
must take q great risk to do SO. When
the day came that be was to arrive
the bride was arrayed IN her wedding
dress, and a country parson was en-
gagged to perform the ceremony, for
Bristow had written that he might
dare to remain but a short time for
fear of capture by the Federal troops.
At 10 o'clock in the morning he was
not there; at noon he had not arrived;
al dark nothing had been heard of him.
Mrs. Torbert was angry.
"Come, Emily" said John.
"Where?"
ITO the parson."
Emily yielded passively. The two
slipped out, went to the parson and
were married. Emily returned. John
was not seen there again till the end
of the war, which was two years later.
He found his wife waiting for him
and took her to his home beyond the
Ohio river.
Bristow on his way to claim his
bride had been captured by Federal
troops.
He was taken to a Federal prison
north of the Ohio river, where he was
confined till the end of the war and
never could communicate with her.
It was hard for me, looking at the
old couple, then at their likeness taken
in wartime, to realize that they were
the same couple.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

Again the cigarette came away in
Kimball's hand. Acting on impulse
she did no stop to question, Jane
struck it from the young mans out
stretched hand and set her foot on 1t
as 1t fell in the dust.
"Oh, I'm clumsy!' She fell lightly
against Kimball's shoulder and caught
herself In well simulated confusion.
standing tiptoe to see what that man
on a horse is going to do, lost my bal
ance. And-and your precious ciga-
rette-goner'
The anguish in Jane Gerson's. voice
was not play. 1t was real-terribly
real.
ITO Be Continued
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

~ discharge a duty-for your" The
girl did not conceal her puzzlement.
Almer's hand fumbled In a pocket Of
his tapping alpaca coat and produced
a plain silver cigarette case, unmono-
grammed. She looked at 1t wonder
ingly.
Captain Woodhouse-you net him
at my hotel last night, lady. He left
this lying ON his dresser when he quit
his room to go to barracks today. For
me it is difficult to send a messenger
with 1t to the barracks-wartime, lady
many restrictions inside the lines. I
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

1IVU or the Hotel Oh wa.
terport street, vas absorbed,
S heart and soul, in a curious
task He was emptying the powder
from two grain q~uinine capsules on to
q sheet of white letter paper on his
desk.
It was noon of Wednesday, the day
following the arrival of Captain Wood
house. Almer was alone in the hotels
reception room and Office behind the
dingy glass partially inclosing his desk.
His alpaca covered shoulders were
close to his ears, and his bald head,
with it's stripes of plastered hair run
ming like thick lines of latitude on a
polished globe, was held far forward
so as to bring his eyes on the work In
hand. Like some plump magpie he ap-
peared, turning over bits of china in
q treasure hole.
A round box of the gelatin cocoons
lay at his left hand; it had just been
delivered by an Arab boy, quick to
pick up the street commission for a
tuppence. Very methodically Almer
picked the capsules from the box n
by one, opened them and spilled the
auinine in a little heap under his nose.
He grunted peevishly when the sixth
shell had been emptied. The seventh
capsule brought an eager whistle to
his lips. When he had jerked the con-
centric halves apart very little powder
fell out. Instead, the thin, folded
edges of a pellet of rice paper protrud-
ed from one of the containers. This
Almer had extracted in an instant. He
spread it against the black back of q
ledger and read the very fine script
written thereon. This was the mes
sage:
Danger. An informer from Alexandria
has denounced our friend to Crandall
You must warn; I cannot.
The spy's heart was suddenly drain
ed, and the wisp Of paper in his hand
trembled SO that it scattered the quiz
nine about in a thin cloud. Once more
he read the note, then held a match
to 1t and scuffed its feathery ash with
his feet into the rug beneath his stool
The fortitude which had held Joseph
Almer to the Rock in the failing
hope that some day would bring him
the opportunity to do a great service
for the fatherland came near crumbling
that minute. He groaned.
"Our friend" he whispered, "Wood-
house-trapped!'
Almer did not attempt to go behind
the note and guess who was the In
former that had lodged information
with the governor general. He had
forgotten, in fact, the incident of the
night before, when the clustering Cap
per called the newly arrived Wood
house by name. The fash Of suspicion
that attached responsibility to the
American girl named Gerson was dis
sipated as quickly as it came. She had
arrived by motor from Paris, not on
the boat from Alexandria. His was
now the imperative duty to carry warn
ing to the suspected one, not to waste
time in idle speculation as to the iden-
titv of the betrayer. There was but
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
Took II For a Protest.

Mrs. Singer-This paper says that of
all animals dogs seem to evince the
keenest musical susceptibility.
Mr.. Singer-I guess that's right.
Yes. Haven't you noticed how u
dog tries to sing when l doY'
"Oh, I've heard him make a noise,
but I thought it was In the form Of a
protest."-Yonkers Statesman.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
His Cruel Critic.

"I shall now give out the effect OF
distance" he said to her, and he sang
so low as to be, scarcely heard.
"a little further, please" she said
cruelty, and he picked up his voice and
went away with it into the chilly night.
Chicago News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
Tired Ewes.

When the eyes are tired and dulled
use either an eye lotion bath or II
made of water to which a little boric
powder has been added. Keep the eyes
open in the water. This both strength
ems and brightens them. Knitting the
brows when reading or working is a
habit certain to produce ~disfiguring
lines on the face.-Pittsburgh Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

Exquisite net top over flesh colored
chiffon develops a lovely dance frock
for maidens. A single band of opales-
cent spangles edges the scallops Of the
lace, and a leghorn straw, flower
wreathed, carries out the summary ef-
feet.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
Peaceful End Assured.

NO use" said the actor peevishly.
81 simply can't take this part. If do
| have to die in the first act"
"Sure you do! What are you kick
ing about?" asked the manager cheer
fully. "You die a respectable death,
don't you? If you ever had a chance
to come on in the second act you'd get
killed.'-Pittsburgh Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
Commissioned officers.

An officer never ''enlists." He is
commissioned by the president of the
United States. Only private soldiers,
Including corporals and sergeants, can
"enlist."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
A Civil War
Romance
Story For Memorial
Day
By r. A. Mitchell

We used to think the wal between
the states was the biggest fight the
world had ever seen, and until the pan
European fight came, involving the
whole civilized world, it was. The war
of 81 is now 50 far behind us that it
ranks In period with the war with
Mexico, and comparatively few living
took any part in it.
Then, too, the southern and northern
people have been mingling for the fifty
or sixty years since the war. Some
northerners have gone south, and a
great many southerners have come
north. a across a story of the
great contention the other day, hearing
1t on northern territory. The hero and
the heroine were septuagenarians, but
they showed me photographs of them
selves that took me back to the days
of their youth as effectively as If / saw
them when they first met. This Is the
story:
In the spring Of 1862 a division of
the Federal army advanced through
Bowling Green, KY, to Nashville and
thence to Murfreesboro. At the latter
point the army waited while the rail
road that had been broken up by the
Confederates was being repaired. Dur
ing the execution of this work the
army, with the exception of those en-
gagged in the work, was idle, and, since
there was no enemy near, the soldiers
were allowed a good deal of freedom.
One day Johnny Warfield, a young
ster who had enlisted in the Federal
army on the day he was eighteen years
old, concluded that be would go out
foraging for ~delicacies, the paymaster
having been around. The spring was
coming on, and Johnny enjoyed tramp
ing Independently with no file closer to
tread on his heels and no officer to yell
orders at him. The air was balmy,
and the sun shone bright. Johnny bent
his steps southwark partly from curl
osity and partly because there were no
Confederate forces in the vicinity, and
he was as safe in one direction as an
other, though he was safe nowhere be
yond the Federal lines from those indie
pendent mounted troops called parti-
sam or from the guerrillas, who robbed
friend and foe alike.
Johnny stopped at several farmhouses
for the purpose purchasing eggs,
butter, milk ,delimG~but
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

Kind deeds make good shortening for
even the upper crust of life.-Christian
Herald.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

bC11a ~ ~
and the hum of insects, till he ariIved
at one of those double houses so com
mon In the south, with an opening, a
porch, between them. Looking over a
rail fence that separated the house
from the road, he saw a girl working
a churn on the porch. She looked to
be about fifteen years old, wore her
dress not far below the knees. and her
hair, held back by a semicircular comb,
was cut square around her neck.
MAY l have a drink of buttermilk? ?"
asked Johnny.
The girl made no reply, but, taking
a tin dipper hanging to a nail, lifted
the cover of the churn, filed the dip
per with buttermilk and handed it to
him. He drank it off and, taking from
his pocket some paper war currency
issued by the Upited States govern
ment in lied Of silver, offered it to the
girl. But she said a drink of butter
milk was not worth paying for and de
clined to receive the shinplaster.
Liking the looks of the girl, Johnny
climbed the fence and went with her
to the house. Seating himself in a
rocking chair on the porch, he took out
his pipe, filled it and sat smoking 0 n
tentedly. He soon learned from her
that he had struck a Union family,
and the Unionists of the south were
very bitter against their Confederate
n~eighbors. Johnny was given what
ever of food there was in the house
and was not permitted to pay for any
thing.
"See hyar, my boy" said the mother
of the girl. faint yo' takin' a risk
comm down hyar alone? Morgan
passed along the road airly this
mornin'." John Morgan vas the cele-
brated Confederate partisan leader.)
johnny said he hadn't thought much
about the risk. He had scarcely spo-
ken the words when a distant tread of
horses hoofs was heard coming UP the
road. The girl looked at Johnny and
turned pale. Her mother beckoned
him, and he ran into the house and was
secreted in the cellar. Morgan and his
men passed the house without stop
ping and rode ON to make one of those
dashes against the Union pickets which
were a common practice with them.
John did not risk a return to camp
for several days, during which he was
sheltered and fed by his hosts, the Tor
bert family, and when he did venture
out OIL the road he was thinking more
of Emily Torbert, with whom he had
been companionable, than of his safe
ty. When he got back to his command
he found it had been supposed he had
been captured by the men who had
made the raid.
A year passed, during which Johnny
Warfeld marched with his command
into northern Alabama. Then the I'm
ion army was driven back into Ken
lucky, and after the battle of Perry
vile 1t started south again. In the
summer of 1868 Johnny Warfield
found himself again in Murfreesboro.
Tse railroad had again been destroyed
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15
cHAPTERxN.
Enter. a Cigarette.

r. r1R. JOSEPH ALMER,~ proprietor
I'M of the Hotel Splendid on Wa
terport street, was absorbed,
IL heart and soul, in a curious
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

Just previous to the outbreak Of the Eu-
ropean war JAM Gerson, buyer for a New
York house, meets a Captain Woodhouse
on q train for Paris. He tells her he Is en-
route for Egypt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13

Leading merchants the nation over are this week
featuring Styleplus Clothes $17. Today more
than eyer before this price stands out to the
nation. The Style, and the Quality of these
clothes, and their, Guarantee of Satisfaction
have created new standard of value at $7
from Maine to California!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13
Effectivvee Method. of
Caring For Furniture

The commercial furniture polishes
are no more effective than some of the
simple and inexpensive preparations
for keeping furniture In good condi-
ton, according to p. j. Newman. as
sistant professor of chemistry In tho
Kansas Agricultural college.
When the polish on furniture be-
comes dull take a soft sponge and
moisten It with clean. cold water and
wash the article. Then wipe it clean
with 4 soft, damp channels skin. Dry
the skin as we'll rs possible by wiring
ing in the hands and wipe the water
OF the furniture, being careful to wipe
only one way. Never use a chamois
on vanished work.
II the varnish is defaced and shows
white marks. take boiled linseed oil
and turpentine in equal parts and ap-
ply very small quantity with a soft
rag until the color is restored. Then
with u clean. soft rag wipe the mix
ture entirely of. being careful to re-
move all Of the linseed oil and turpen-
tine
In deeply carved work use stir
haired paint brush instead of sponge
to remove the dirt from the grooves.
The blush white coating which COL
lects on furniture. especially pianos
and other highly polished surfaces,
may easily be removed as previously
directed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13
Making Soap at Home.

Place a large kettle; over the fire and
pour in four gallons Of soft water.
Into this empty two cans OF concen-
trated I've and stir occasionally until
the mixture is hot Then put in eight
pounds of grease and boil until all the
grease disappears and the. soap is
thick and smooth. 1t may be neces-
sary to add just little more water II
there appears to be grease on top of
the mixture at the last. Any kind of
grease. us rinds. scraps or cracklings.
may be used When the soap is done
empty it into a tight box or tub. and
when cold cut into squares and lay on
q clean board to mature
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13
Oatmeal Cruel.

Oatmeal. three tablespoonful; water.
one pint Cook slowly three hours in
a double boiler. adding water as it
evaporates so as to make pint when
done Salt slightly. Strain through a
cheesecloth. Oatmeal water or gruei
sours quickly in warm weather and
should always be made fresh daily.
For young babies use two tablespoon
fuls of oatmeal or even less to the pint
Of water.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13
Stains on Black Silk.

To reduce mud stains from black silk
or wooden dresses first let the material
become perfectly dry and then brush
OF the mud. Any stain that remains
should be washed with a piece Of fan
mel dipped in hot coffee to which a lit
tie ammonia has been added.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13
Washing CoIored Ginahams.

When washing colored ginghams.
musains. ETC.. soak in cold salt water.
then wash in strong suds made by dis
sotsing white soap in warm water.
Wa6h quickly, rinse in cold water and
06 IN the shade. In this way the
Eoaoe will not fade.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13
GOVERNMENT TO BAR
EXCESSIVE WAR PROFITS
II Prices Are Too High Uncle Sam
Can Take Over and Oper-
ate Plants.

The government has invoked for the
first time its drastic powers to strike
z deathblow at exorbitant war profits.
Under authority Of the last naval APP
preparation bill q manufacturer was
directed to furnish large order Of war
supplies at price fixed by the govern
ment, far lower than the figure vOlun-
tarily submitted. If the order is not
obeyed the plant will be taken over
and operated by the government.
1t is understood that the concern
against which these statutes have been
invoked refused to meet the govern
ment's requirements as to price when
the orders were rendered originally
and in the regular way. So far as
known this is the only case of the kind
yet produced by the present emergency.
European governments are paying an
average of 10 per cent profit on war
materials purchased in the United
States. 1t was asserted authoritatively
that the government Of the United
States intends to buy its own supplies
at less than that rate of profit to the
seller: The law invoked is section
Of the last naval appropriation bill. as
follows:
The president Is authorized to require
the owner or occupier of any factory in
which tho ships or war material are built
or produced to place at the disposal of
tho United States the whole or any part
OF the output OF such factory and. within
tho limit of the amounts appropriated
therefoE. to deliver such output or parts
thereof In such quantities and at such
times a. may be specified in tho order at
such reasonable price a. shall be deter
mined by tho president.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13

Use ~Gets-Itss Yosr Csr.s wea,e
swell IN Water. Besi4es. They'u
ShE1vel, Loosen and Peel on!
Put ; or ; drops of "Gets-1t" on the
corn right away. Pain and inflam:
nation win disappear. the corn Will
begin to shrivel from that instant-
then 1t loosens and falls right of.
There's no other corn-remover tn
No new discovery has been made in
corn-removers since, "Gets.1t" was
IT., does 1 away ipf forever ERA with i the use
Of salves that irritate. bandages that
make bundle of your toe. plasters
that half do the work, knives and
scissors that draw blood. Use Gets
It'--no more digging or cutting:
"Gets-It" is sold everywhere, So .
bottle, or sent ON receipt Of price ~
e. lawrence 4 Co.. Chicago. M
Sold in Bemidji and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b.
E. A. Barker, druggist, and City Dru
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-13

rsEanES8HN.
CUT WITH CORSEIET EITECT.
bee the coat and with plated skirt
8teel buckles and hand embroidered
collar give the fresh. new touch.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-07-27
GIRLS! WHITEN SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE
Make a beauty lotion for a few cents
to remove tan, greckles, sallowness

Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply you with three ounces of or
chard white for a few cents. Squeeze
the juice of two fresh lemons into a
bottle, then put in the orchard white
well. This makes a quarter pint of
the very best lemon skin whitener
and complexion beautifier known.
Massage this fragrant, creamy lotion
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands and just see how freckles, tan,
sallowness, redness and roughness
disappear and how smooth, soft and
clear the skin becomes. Yes! It is
harmless, and the beautiful results
will surprise you. A
The Tupelo journal., 1917-07-27
WONDERFUL STUFF!
LIFT OUT YOUR r
Apply a few drops then lift corns or
calluses off with fingers
no pain.

No humbug! any corn, whether
hard, soft or between the toes, will
losen right up and lift out, without a
particle of pain or soreness.
This drug is called freezone and is
a compound of ether discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a small
bottle of %freezone, which will cost
but a trifle, but is sufficient to rid
ones feet of every corn or callus.
Put a few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or callus. In
stantly the soreness disappears and
shortly the corn or callus will loosen
and can be lifted off with the fingers.
This drug ~freezone doesn't sat
out the corn or calluses but shrivels
them without even irritating the sur
rounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no
soreness or smarting when applying
it or afterwards. If your druggist
don't have f~reezone have him order
it for you. 3
The Tupelo journal., 1917-07-27
Treasure Trove Law In England.

In England treasure trove belongs
to the crown. According to the law.
if any II finds hidden treasure and
conceals it for his own use he is liable
to fine and Imprisonment. 1t used to
be a hanging matter. However, 1t may
be some encouragement to English
treasure seekers. if any such there be
in these enlightened days. to know that
the laws Of treasure trove only APP
ply to such as is discovered by acct
dent Treasure discovered by syste-
matte search would not come within
this description; neither would finds
discovered by astrological or cabalistic
sciences or by the potent influence Of
the divining rod.-St. James Gazette.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-07-27
TRUSTEES SALE NOTICE.

Pursuant to the provisions of a
certain deed of Trust executed by
Aaron Wallace and his wife, Willie
Wallace, on the 18th day of August,
A. D., 1916, to secure certain in
d~ebtedness therein mentioned to
Norbin Jones, which Deed of Trust
is duly recorded in the Chancery
Clerks office, Of Lee county, Missis-
sippi, in Deed Record Book No. 1875,
page 81, l will, as Trustee in said
Deed of Trust, on the 18th day of
July, A. D., 1917, at public auction
before the Court House door in the
town Of Tupelo, Miss, within legal
hours, offer for sale, at public out
cry, to the highest bidder for cash
the following described property viz:
Commencing at the N. W. corner of
the N. E. IA Of Section 80, Town
ship 8, Range 6, East and run east
SO rods, then run south 1041 feet
for a point of beginning, and then run
south 280 feet, then run east 315
feet, and then run north 28O feet,
and then run west 315 feet to the
point of beginning, containing 2
acres in Lee county, Mississippi,
more or less, the same being the
home Of Aaron Wallace and wife, and
is intended to include all the land
they now own, also one gray horse
mule named Prince. Such title con-
veyed as is vested in me as Trustee
aforesaid.
This End day of July, 1917.
L. r. GATES, Trustee.