Manchester Democrat. [volume], January 13, 1909, Image 4

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Congr!
adopted by a vnte of 211 to 36, de
clared the language of the Secret Ser
vice paragraph o^liis annual message
to be "unjustified and without basis
of fact" and "a breach of the privi
leges of the House,'
Tlie charges contained in some of
the speeches, notably those of Con
gressman Tawney and Senator Cul'
bertson, clearly indicate that if Pres
ident Roosevelt's term of office was
not nearlng its close impeachment
proceedings might bo instituted. They
seemed to take the position that It
was bad enough for a President,
'drunk with power, to libel individ
uals who offended him but intolerable
hen lie attempted to libel (Jangress
and destroy confidence in the leggis
lath'e branch of the government
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EDISON REVOLUTIONIZE
STftEET CAR TRAFFIC?
Thomas A. Edison has perfected a
storage battery, which it is believed
will revolutionize traffic 011 street
car lines, and possibly on some rail
ways. The investor thinks the tests
lie-contemplates making on the Third
avenue line in New York will prove
••that future traction investments will
consist solely in the purchase of cars,
their battery equipment, the erection
of ^comparatively cheap charging sta
tions, yd the laying of'rails over
the right of way. \The expensive un
derground trolley or overhead trolley
systems, he is convinced will be
things of the liast along with the
profit eating plants for generating
power.
FIGHTING BOB EVANS. DOES NOT
WANT TO JOIN THE CLUB.
^dmiral Evans was asked, at the
rooont rec.eption given to him in New
York City, why he took the big bat
tle £hip fleet from the Atlantic to
I he Pacific ocean. His answer wan:
"I don't know. I'm glad I did not
know, for if I had and had told any
body I might have been elected* a
member of justly famous club which
,1 .have no desire to join at my age."
If Tillman and Tawney and Smith
and several other senators and con
gressmen had acted with as much
discretion as "Fighting Dob" they
mUht have escaped membership in
the President's Ananias Club.
^ir'the labor leaders are not anUty'
cf contempt for Judge Wright opin-j
Ions there are a good many people
ho thii that they should be, or at
least that they have good reason to
bp *& V'• a
TAX FERRETS COMING.
It is not especially pleasing to kne
that tax ferrets will soon be in
'midst and disturbing the peace and
quiet of the minds of Delaware coun
ty people, or a few of them. Years
ago, and not so many years ago eith
er, Mr. Tax Ferrett came along and
idly relieved portions of bank ac
counts and long, black stocking of
ovor twenty thousand dollars, which,
the gentleman calculated, belonged
to the county. Messrs. J. B. Work
man & Company of Indiana have
been given a contract by Delaware
county to collect back taxes and will
receive as their commission 15 per
cent, of monies collected. They are
allowed to hunt up in the records
five years since the names and
amounts due to the county and they,
doubtless, will stir up considerable an
noyance and indignation. But there*
is another feature to the story, and
that is, the county should receive
such taxes as rightfully belongs to
ic, and in order to collect them has
hired this firm, which does a general
business of collecting throughout the
central west, to nils© tlio taxes still
due.
PROHIBITIONISTS MEET.
Rev. R. ,A. Barnes went to De3
Molnes^Jtfonday to attend the state
Meeting of the various prohibition
leagues and clubs which have perma
nent organizations throughout the
commonwealth. The federation for
constitutional amendment and the
Marshal clubs are two of the strong
ucpartments in the prohibition jnovo
raent.
N
.•llsses
_,ht to this
aent was
cemetary.
stressing acei
eneral feeling of
ne 'people of this
,$ly friends and ac
•\fr. Nix and his fam-
ooral servfee held from
je on Payette street Thuis
'. .ioon, which was in charge
"^l. A. Barnes, were Mr. and
George Nix of Dubuque, Mrs. T.
ink of LeMars and Mr. and Mr
f. McHogan of Dyersvilie, rein
lives of the late Mr. Nix. .fT-
4 ICE HARVEST BEGINSV
aminis-
«n«c partial
distribution as prayed.
Estate of Irvin \V. Staner. Rep'ort
of sale ana deed to Prank ICerton
approved.
Estate of li. W, Graces. Hearing
fixed for final report January 8,
1009. Final report of executrix ap
proved, executrix discharged and
bond released.
Estate of Melissa C. Davis. Report
of sale to Frank Leslie approved.
Estate of L. J. Whlttaker. Hearing
concerning payment of collateral In
heritance tax. Administrator di
rected to pay -such tax and make
distribution and report to court.
Estate of Emma L. Parker. Final re
port approved. Executrix discharge
-od ard bond released.
Estate of Watson Davis. Widow al
lowed $300 for year's support.
Guardianship of Ella May, Harold L.
and Howard H. Pierce. Report of
sale and deed to Thos. W. Lyons
approved. Guardian authorized to
deposit funds in bank at 4 per
cent, interest until such time as
same can be loaned on real estate
at a higher rate. Guardian allowed
as guardian and attorneys fees to
date the sum of $35.
Estate of Mathias. Ilaasis. Adminis
tratrix authorized to sell personal
property at private sale for not
less than appraised value. Widow
allowance $500 for year's support.
Estate of A. L. Bigelow. F. B. Blair
appointed special administrator as
to ciaim of Pbenice Bigelow.
As the heavy wagons, loaded to
their utmost with great, huge blocks
of ice, were-seen being hauled from
the river to the Illinois Central Rail
road company's ice hou^c last week,
fears and doubts were dfelnitely re
moved from^the minds ot dealers and
those who had read, of canty crop
of frozen water which had: been pre-,
dieted generally weeks past. A.
Slack has aTso began cutting Ice and
filling his two storage buildings, and
several hundred tons will be packed
away for use next summer when the
days assume that torrid and sultry
•air which seem almost Improbable,
viewing the present condition of the
weather.
A large force of men are required
to dispose of the harvest, cutters,'
teamsters and loaders being in de-!
mand by Mr. Slack. Liberal wages
are ffered and are taken advantage of
by unemployed people. The cakes
ot ice are abut twenty inches In
thickness and are of excellent qual
ity.
GIRLS MADE UNHAPPY.
With the beginning of the new year
the fair co-eds at the University of
Iowa have received the grievous in
formation that Sean Mabel M. Vol
land has inauguarted a new syBtem
of rules in Ranney hall, a dormitory
under the university control. The
change is said to be in the nature of
a reform of social regulations. Ac
cording to the recent regulation, the
girjs can have but one male caller a
week. "Dates" are strictly tabooed,
with tlie one exception. Study hours
have been instituted and a retiring
hour made by dean of women. Music
will be allowed only at certain hours,
fudge parties may be held on Satur
day evenings, and chafing dishes are
a thing of the past.
DUBUQUE COUNTY CASE.
VUUII ty Attorney Nelson of Du
buque and R. P. Roedell of the same
city are' in the city, being in attend
ance at trial of the case of Hanna
Schmidt vs. Dubuque county, for
$o000 damages. At the first trial,
jury returned a verdict for the
county, which the supreme court re
versed and ordered »e-tried. The ev
idence is about concluded and will
probably go to-the Jury today
COLONEL ALLEN AT DUBUQUE.
Col. H. A. Allen of the 53rd regi
nient, I. N. G., was at Dubuque last
week to investigate the trouble in
militia circles in that city. Captain
Baumgartner Of the Dubuque com
pany declares he will not resign ijii
der fire while his opponents make ug
ly charges against him, regarding
money'matters.
THEATRICAL SPECIAL.
Last week, several thearical spec
ials passed through Manchester from
Dubuque to Cedar Rapids, at which
two cities are located opera houses.
In which are presented the popular
plays of the day, besides enterUln
ing tlie theatre-folk with vaudeville
aitraelons. To charter a special train
of several cars is 110 small expense,
and opera house managers have com
plained piis season of unsatisfactory
buslnes3, but the' fact is lessened
when account is made of certain com-
POSER.
T6rmerlyof
usband, Ree.
ated wlth one
.-angelistic -leadettr
Sr.,Chapman Chas.
yho is director of.
the
has informed' Mrs. Hor
will have published and
\er relife-ioun hymns'• or.
"h she may. compose. ".'AFfst
JS been sin accompanist for
years, being on the stiff of
ana' with Dr. Chapman. It Will
jniembered that Mr. Norton -is
of the personal workers, and with
..rs. Norton has toured the United
jtates extensively in evangelistic
work.
The influence of song in revival
istlc meetings Is acknowledged, and
in having successfully presented a
number" of her recent compositions,
M:s. Norton Is fully recognized as
01 of the leaders in this line of re
lic iuos work.
CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
For several weeks, the newspappj-s
have been discussing a nqw hog
cholera cure which is said CQ be of
much merit. It lias been tested .in
our neighboring county to tho north,
Clayton. It will bo \f interest to
know that a veterinary surgeon, pr,
Clyde Beamer, of Elkader, has used
tlie Biuschettnl vaccine on swlne ex
posed to cholera with great success.
In the herds affected, he selected cer
tain swine which he innoculated with
tho vaccine. Thoso treated became
immune to the disease, while thipse
pet inoculated died. Dr. Beamer
tjlieations the statement made by Sfec
fAary James Wilson, who holds.that
this vaccine was not properly ^inocu
lated. His success warrants a dis
agreement.
Harahan Prints Merry's Speech.
At the recent address, madp.^^t
Natchez, Mississippi,, by Captaig
Fj Merry/ the B^ard^f ..trad?, ot I
city determined to..have ten thousand
o-pies printed and diatribted, amjilig
the agrlculutralists In that section
Tho newspapers of the south copied'
and commented freely., and favorably!
upon the speech, and editorially spoie
of it as being One of the best argu
ments ever ..delivered for the encour
agement of diversified farming in
Jhe ...southland.
.'lna. as was reported in the
••••rot this city last week, will be
.ized a bank in the very near
.re by Manchester men, who pur-,
.ased a tract of -13,000 acres of a
hicago real estate firm. The im
mediate vicinity about Lavina affords
many opportunities for the.husband'
man and agriculturist Fruit grows
ladvantageously, and farming raayrbe
ci nducted successfully, although ir
rigation 1B unnecessary as it is In
other parts of the state. The Chlca
go, Milwaukee & St.. Paul. railway
which is Hearing Its completion to Hi
.Pacific. ..coast '.gxtenslon, Jandseekera
•ir-
iov
•SOW*
.id homeste^ra are ,Jfi£|Uing Aft
THOUGHT QARMCHA^L AT PFIJ
^UQUE.
CELEBRATE
at
J. T. Harahan, president of tlie Il
linois Central Railroad company,'has
Written to Captain Merry, advlsitng
him that the company has ordered
twenty thousand copies published 'in
pamphlet form, for general distribu
tion. •.• •. -K -fe
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"ANOTHER NEW STAMP."1'
The new 2-cent Stamps issued 'by
the postoffice department of the giv
ernment are immediately Acognixed
because they are plainer and look
much like an Issue used fifty ydfcni
ago. The bUBt head of Washington'
is in profile, and the background
rl's
not as sharply cut as In the prevldus
issue. There are no figures on {be
new stamp, but "Two Cents" In no
Uceaule letters appears at the bot
IMJI, the mark of denomination. An
eld tlipe heading, "U. S. Postage,
and the simple wreath surrounding
the profile, constitute the decorations
BENNETT PROBABLE 8UCC£880R
Of tho names mentioned as a snc
cessor to the presidency of UplMr
Iowa University, is that of Dr. Ar
thur E. Bennett, a graduate of th.e
New Yori'City university, and acting
president 'of Upper Iowa two yeari
following the resignation• of Rev. B1
Basiett. Dr. Benttett came to Fay
.ette ill. May. 1905, and has since been
dean of education.' He Is a man who
stands high with the' educators of the
state and'ejoys the personal friend
ship of the student body.
BARN DANCE CONDEMNED.
The daily press of the state are
denouncing the "barn dance," a ilcfiv
form of dancing in the middle weat
It is said'building inspectors in soife
of the cities have' declared against
the dance on account of the rymthic
jumping which tends to weaken the
building, if the dance is allowed on
any other than the ground floor.
COAL RAPIDLY CONSUMED.
The intense cold of last week
duced the coal Supply and made a
strong demand for additional orders.
The lighting and heating plant owned
by the Manchester Heat, Light and
Power company estimated its use of
Illinois "pea" coal at seven tons ft
day during the two days of the two
of the artic weather.
,,
NEW ARC LIGHTS.
Tue Manchester Hent, Light &
Power company has discarded tho
frosted globes on the arc lamps used
light the down tfwn streets and
have placed clear glass shades In
tbeir places. v-
SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY
At the home' of Jacob Pettlon, who
jliVes four miles east of town, on Sat
urday, January 2, was celebrated the
SOth birthday of Jacob' and William
I'ettlon, twin brother*, who have
lived in the county for-many years.
Win. Pettlon now resides near -Hart
wick, and with his family and a com
pany of guests numbering 18'people,
were Invited to the home of Jacob
Pettlon on that day to enjoy the -an
niversary of these two mou .who have
passed the three score years- df life
and are-still capable and as energet
ic in performing their, duties as they
were twenty years ago. The dinner
served was characteristic of the day,
being aii elaborate affair and' j»t
wholesome such as* the good people
of thltPJJiglunty, residing iln ,-Jhe .'big
farm" hoUSS9 here and. there, oflly
knoMi how to prepare. ,.
INTSALLING PHONE SYSTEM
At the Illinois.. Central passenger
depot is being installed *^he Groce
system of telephoning, to b'd uaed on
•this railway system in dinpatcWng
trains'. G. H. Groce is supe^tend
ent of telegraph .and telephone:' ner
.vice and has perfected this method
of sending, train orders, which is be
lieved to be a saving of time and af
fords accurate information to op6r
ators.. along the line.
^Electricians are working west from
Dubuque to Waterloo. Between Wat
erloo and the company's western
terminals Omaha and Sioux City,
telephones are now In use, as they
are along the lines in Illinois. Fcr
some time, the trains pn- southern
lines of the Illinois Central,- between
Chicago and New Orleans, have been
operated by means of dispatching.
FIREMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Robert Brumble of Waterloo, a well
known Illinois Centrai fireman, was
seriously injured Friday night- while
on Engine No. 882, which happened
to be in this'city at the time. Brum
ble had placed the abater bar on the
grate lever and was endeavoring to
loosen the clinkers thfe stuck to-the
fingers of the grate. Wi an effort.'to
jerk the'clinkers lo6se,- th tar
slipped off frbm"tho?-'»8wjr and""the
fireman was hurled against the piece
of iron with such forcer as to break
his jaw. When his engineer discov
ered him, he was In an unconscious
condition ailS remained so Mr three
hours. .Medlfcnl atteiiffon wasrgtV}n
him, and he"was latW^laketi to
home of his father In* Waterloo.
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RBtSftteANIZEi'"'
The members of the chorus choir
of the Methodist Episcopal church
are reuqested to attend' a rehearsal
on Friday evening, January 15, at
8 o'clock, which will be held In the
church. At this time, a. choral club
will be organized, for which officers
are to be elected, such as a presl
dent, secretary and treasurer, and li
brarian. Every member of the choir
is urged to be present, at this..meet
ing. Special music for Easter Is to
be prepared, and the director, Mr. H,
Ii. Rann, is desirous ot having a full
attendance at this first meeting of
the. new year.
,3T! fibAftb WASBIJSY.
ir. ftnj MrS The boAhi bit auftiSrvtsors. for fiSla-.
'it the first ware.county a*ardedttm contract for
and will tako installing abotler-te cost $475 In the
te tO)wp of.La
ilaat-iaYer re
..usir for several
.vised by Mrs
Friend, of the ex
existing in Mon
ccntly located, de
to that state in the
cure from the govern
es of homestead laud,
intends to accomauy
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PATTY ON LECTURE PLATFORM.
W. .B. Patty of West Liberty, Ohio,
and formerly of Manchester, was at
Strawberry Point last week, as a
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Roy I.
Morse. Prof. Patty is still continu
ing his lecture work, addressing au
diences in -many towns throughout
the United States on the subject of
radium, wireless elegraphy and liquid
air. His territory is not confined to
any one state, but has visited nearly
every commonwealth in the union.
Poof farm located netir .pelhl. T-hi
-Jheatfng apparatus is guaranteed .^)
•.have a 2,100-foot ratjation, and wl.i
its placing/ the old, boiler is to
discarded. Four hundred dollars W.!M
transferred from, the ppor fuiid to -the
Poor house and farm fond. Th?*on«!3
and reports of the :irious lowntslii
officers and county officers were, ap
proved.
The board arranged its newspaper
contracts as follows: The Delaware
Couaty News,- The Press •tind The
Democrat to bo two of the official pa
pers *of the county teach paper to re
ceive one-third of amounts allowed..
The Earlvllle Phoenix and The Hop
kinton leader to be designated as
one official paper.
The County Superintendent, F. D.
Joseph, was allowed an assistant,
whose.salary- was fixed at a
month. On account of additional work
in tBis office, Mr. Joseph has been
obliged to hire extra help, and the
board, appreciating thfc^ worth and
efforts beinfj'made by the county sup
erintendent to improve and better the
le«n'dtt'tftiJ'bf
natural reaourfiiap. ofi t}ie^yp}intrx 5yd. jtjribwlufe dfc th^iiwork necessarilydpne4
how.best to 4$S'ye proQ^fjrom ,th^ JUp perfortK the&ime, made tho^nboy^
aAowahW.i .j.-.-.v
aucj .are, movijpg to thg,iip.-iands^ofc
Montana-ltt «9small jiuigtera.I
twen86unfl*j* fsohoqla. and
"/TRIM YOUR TREES.
:Y~KN
Dr. H. B. G'tatlol of'lMibVique' wift
in the city iatit evening, '%'ftd in colli
vcrsatlon with some frffends at tiife
Clarence house, told of the supposeil
airest of the Rev. John H. Carnll
eliael at Dubuque that^ihorning. A-9
l)i. Gratiot was boarding-an Illindts
Central train for this place, he saw
a plain clothes man, formerly a mein
ber of the Dubuque police, approach
a man, hurrying to catch a west
bnund train, and later arrest him.
A mistake, of course, must have
been made, as the press disp&tch6s
state in this morning's paper that
Carmichael had killed himself yester
day at Carthage, Illinois. The de
tainment of the supposed murderer
at Dubuque caused no'-llttler excite
ment, according to the story told by
tlie Doctor.
r.'-S:-
At DuWique. the city council has
ordered property owners to trim the
trees growing on their premises. If
the matter Is not given prompt at
tention, the city declares It will take
Immediate' aclon and have the trees
trimmed" and the expense charged to
the owrier, If the branahes overhang
or shut" off the light from any street
lamp. "Dubuque has appointed an
official tree trimmer who understands
bis -work and Intends to do it at ev-.
ery opportunity.
It would seem strange that trees
should be trimmed in January, but
a moment's reflection "would prove
that it is a proper time to do such
work. The sap is still in the root:
of the trees and the- oak or maple
or elm \tould not suffer si^h losses
of its' life fluid during t£Ts intense
ciild as they Would after the 15th ot
March.
Manchester should also consider th
matter' and order a. general cleaning
up. Last fall, 'a number of property
owners had their trees trimmed, and
yet a number of streets and.-blocks
are m'ade to appear carelessly kept
adcount of the non-trimming of the
maples and elms which graee the
town, when properly attended to.
WEATHERMAN TO RELENT.
A&br^ing to the weather forecast
given for this morning, Iowa is to
enjoy fsiir weather today and Wed
nesday. TUie cold wave has extend
ed Over the whole of the' central valL
leys", except 'along {he gulf toasV the
temperature" being down to^lO de
grees in central-Texas and "b^low zero
Iff MIslibuH ^hdr%S«i8M?. Tile 1owest
t^mp^atpe'Tfepoffed-ifltti- that? of. 30
de^to*jeld«- it JWilliWohi '•North
Dak'ota. Raii reported-: falling
In*' the' upper 'Ohio valley, northern
fccHiisiana, 'iind .snow oyer'the*-lakes,
Southern1 Illinois, western- Tennessee
Oklahoma and1 Rocky mountain dis
tricts. Ught snow fell over- Iowa .the
first of the week, but fair weather is
to prevail'and indications' are -favor
able for a rising temperature..
MARRIAGE LICENSES.-
B*or week ending. Monday, aJmiary
11, the following nfjfrriage licenses
have, been issued from the office ot
the County Clerk:
Alonzo G,, Grape's and Alda Shep
pard, January -5:
O. BiiTineuf. and. Belle Foster, Jan
uary 4. .-
Thos. B. Grapes and Mary C. Egg!
man, January 6.
Louis E. Tank amT"Ada Schultx, Ja
uary 6.
Frederick- W,-1.gane|v.,and Mertie J.
Kreis, January
7.
George Vantadge' and Marie R.
Hartbeck, Jaquary 9. ft
MASONVILLE.
Miss Mabel Moore returned to
Colesburg Sunday to resume teaching
after spending the holltays at home.
Walter Raghtz of Dubuque, spent
Sunday here with his brother Fred..
John Antone of Epworth visited
last week with his sister,,Mrs. Robt.
Haennlg south of town.
Emmet Mulvhelll, who has been
clerking at Brentford,South Dakota,
is home on a vacation. ...
A C8dar Falls firm installed
a
Miss Kate O'Hagan has accepted
a position as stenographer in County,
Superintendent Joseph's office at
Manchester. Miss O'Hagn Is a grad
uate of Bayiess Business college of
Dubuque.
Jay Wellman was a business visit
or in Dubuque last Friday.
•k Link was a -business visitor
to Cascade last Saturday.
:ohn Ryan and Rev T. J. Murtagh
were Manchester callers last Friday.
The M. W. A. camp of. Monti gave
a dance In the hall there last Friday
night and all report a good tline.
M. F. Cooney entertained the-follow
ing gentlemen from Dubuque last
Sunday: Messrs. Joe Murphy, Ed.
Pcryon, Dorf- Mueller, Doc Relnecke,
J. O'Brien, Clarence. Rowland and
Walter^Ragatz. The party returned
to DubuqUe Sunday evening after hav
ing spent an enjoyable day.
The Masonville Co-Operative creanr
e'ry 'coflipany held their annual meet:
ing-and election of officers last Tues
day. The following directors were
Riley Davis, Ira. Havens, sr., Ira
Havens, jr.,, Wm. Evans and Jud
Lane Wm. Raders, president, and
Frank Harris, secretary. The offi
cers are practically the samo as last
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jyiEJRCHANT TAILOR
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year. The creamery is in a prosper
ous. condition with a $1,000 in the
treasury. A- motion was ma^e to de
clare a .six per cent, dividend on
each share of stock after January 1,
but the motion was overwhelmingly
lost by 12 to' 41 vote. The surplus to
be used in improving the plant the
coming year. 'Masonville can boast
of haying one of the best creameries
in the' state and one of the best main-"
aged, too. The majority approve of
the present system of management
which has been so successful in the
past. We have not the secretary's
report at hand to include here, for
which we are "sorry, as It is a dandy
and daresay, could be duplicated by
any other sucfi corporation.
ASSERTED HERSELF.
.Th».Young
Woman Alw Had a Paw
Question* to Aik.
.The young woman was being Inter
viewed., by her prospective employer.
The .man bit off his wofds aud hurled
them at her In a way to frfghten an
ordinary girl but of ber wtta.
"Chew gumf." he asked.
"No, air." -fc
"Talk-alangt"
"No, air."
"Know how to apeimmctlyr*
"Tee, sir."
"Use the telephone every other min
ute?"
^"Naslr:"
"Usually tell the office force, bow
mtich the firm ofres and all the. teat of
tfid private bnilneMs yod learar'
"••No, air."
He was-thinking of aomethloc -elae,
to a«k hier .wheq. abejppk, a, liand jo
4^e matter and set a few questions
"Smoke cigars when' you'iv dictat
ing?"
Why—er—no!" he (aaped in Alton
itfhment.
"Slam things "Srouud wben- buslneH
a
"No." rl ...
"Ijiy for your,employees when the
net caught. In a block somp motjilngT"
""No,. Indeed."
"Think you know! enough about
grammar and punctuation to Appreci
ate a good aten6grapher'wb*n you gel
one?"
1
"i:T i. •-a
"I-I think «o."
"Want me to go to work. or la'your
-time worth .ao little that1
He Interrupted her enthusiastically:
"Kindly hang tip your things and
let's get at these lettera."—Judge,
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WOOD-LOTS OF JAPAN.
Example Furnished of Tree Qrewlng
.. en Small Plata.
In these times' of great dralijs on the
timber supplies caused by the heavy
demand for forest' producttT, of all
kinds, Americans may see in jtapan an
example of what can be done -in grow
ing wood on small plots.
That, country contains 21,000,000
wood'lots,'about thiee-fourths of which
belong to private -persona and one
fourth to communes. The average size
of the plot Is lesg -than nlne-tentha of
.an acre. They asnally occupy' the
steepest, roughest, poorest ground. In
this way land la put to use' whlcb
would otherwise go to -witfte' "and If
nnwooded would iose tfs aoll by the
w,ash of the dashing raina.
fur­
nace and hot w'ate'r heating plant In
Father Murtagh's residence last week
Eddl£- O'Hagan returned to Du
buque last Thuraday'to resume his
studies-'at St. Joseph's'college, after
spending the holiday^ at home.
Waltfer Pendergast of Walker called
on hil£ slter Mime here last. Wednes
day. ",
Mr. Slid Mr*.-. Jas. Cummings four
,childWh' have been quite, ill with
pneunfljfiia. but'are now convalescing.
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From Japan's wood lots the yearly
yield of lumber Is about eighty-eight
feet, board measure, an acre and three
fourths.of a cord of firewood. In many
cases, the yield, is much higher. More
than S00,000,000 trees are planted year
ly to make np what la cnt for lumber
and fuel.
With all the care In cutting and the
industry In replanting- It la by no
means certain that Japan's foreata are
holding tbelr own. If tbe preaervatlqn
of the forests Is. douljtJtiul 'there, 'it, is
.evident that dppietlpja. i^ust be alarm
ingly rapid In other countries which
cut unsparingly and plant very little.
On the other hand. It Is encouraging to
see what can be done with rough, steep
and poor land. The United State* has
enough of that kind to grow bllliona of
feet of lumber—Pathfinder.
Fake Ramnanta.
A country storekeeper a. pair of
long, bright shears la hand, calmly
cnt a "roll of al!k Into remnants.
"Women," be explained to his dty
cousin, "are remnant mad. There' ar*
women who never buy except at rem
nant sales. 8uch women will,pass bj
goods In the piece at a.quarter a yard
and snap up the aame good* In rem
nant lengtha .at 30 centa.
"So great Is the 'demand for rem
nants that it la Imposalble to keep op
the. legitimate aupply."
The country atorekeeper winked.
"Hence," he'said. "my present occu
pation1."— Los Angelea Times.
8ilenoed.
^•Wasn't that young Mr.- Tiff who
left the. house as I egme In?" aaked
the judge of bis eldest daughter
"Yes. pupn."'
"I'id '1 not Issue an Injunction
aealnst bis coming here any more?"
"Yes, pnpa, -but be appealed to a
higher court, and mamma reversed
your declaion." ...s
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SPOTLESS fpWIir 1
ln Hellandi la the Cl»aa«e"
Haee In the Werid.
The bouaedeanlng tools, hnng opon"
the .wall ln.neat lines, were, aa turner
ioua, as diverse and aa handsome as
slbe tools ot a carpenter or a cnaulfeur.'
There were floor brushes, wall brush?
es, picture bruahee—all alxea and
shapes. There were rake* and acrapers
for corner*. There were pollafaihg In
stnimenta of every kind—for glass, for
metal, for floors, for furniture.' There
were sponges, chamois sklna aoaps
and powders of all deacdptlonat
"It la a complete set of cleauing
tool*, .lan't It?" aald the owner. "It
abound be complete. I brought .lt from
Holland with me—from Broek—from.
a aT
1
"Broek la the cleanest place} In the
world,. When you enter lta gates tlte.v
give 'yon a pair of new a trow iandal
yellow aa gold to pnt on ao that you
will not track up the anowy stiijets.
"In the bright sunshine yon seem to
be walking In a town made of sugar
candy. The tree trunka are painted
yellow,' the garden fences, area bright
blue, the tablea and-chairs before the
?i!ttl«vdana 1 aT.whlte./«a.though
oanwdoatcf-snDW.
v!'Enter "a'BeaAnrtable. The wallcare
racartet, .tbKitnangera are green, the
floora areiyellow. The cows' talis are
fastened to rtnga in the celling ao that
-they may-.not aoll ,nor .be aolled."—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
THE ILLS Og MAN,
Appandieltia snd Gout-Rampant Theu
*«nd« ef Ytar* Aflo..
The lnjurini. dlseaae and peculiar!
ties «ftbe.people wholly
t4:lA-.tlte.vajb
ley of, the Nile from preblatorlc until
early HJhrUtUu times, a period (f
Over 'B.000 ^eara, are -shown liii-A
pathotoglcal collection--on-view at tbo
Boyal College- of Surgeona In. LoMon.
The collection was obtained during tlM»
exploration of fifty-seven cemeteries
In the area, of the Nile Valley lyiuj^ im
mediately south bf the pillars of- Ko
noaso, which mark the frontier~of an
-elent Egypt.
The aurvey waa carried out under
the. direction of Captain B. G. Lfons
of the Egyptian government in due
grave were found ^be abdominal or
gana of a woman ao well preserved
that It waa-possible to say that she
suffered from appendicitis, -whlcir Is
considered to-be. the earliest evidence
of this disease. Typical lealon*' of
gout weM-found In an early Chrlatlan
subject
A pair of apllnta, with bandages,
were/onnd on the forearms of a ydOng
woman's body, -both the forearms, hav
ing been broken juat above the wrists.
The apllnta are almost Identical with
those used at the present day.
-nere la a tare little book," aald
Methodlat local preacher. "It la John
Wesley's 'Primitive Physlck.' Wesley
dabbled In medicine, aettlng a fashion
that baa not yet died out— Did ypu
ever know a Methodlat mlnlater who
didn't dabble in medicine?" ..
The full title of the volume was
"Primitive Phyalck or, An Easy and
Natural Method--of Curing Moat pis
«ases." The local preacher aald that
he had paid M0 for the book, but that
as .a medical work It waa hoi realty
worth 40 cents. To ahow the we^c
neas of John Wealey'a doctoring ho
qnoted the following consumption cure:
"Every morning cnt up little turf
of freab earth and, lying down, breathe
Into the bole for a quarter of an hovr.
I have known a deep con*umptive^une(l
thu*."—New Orieana Tlmea-DemocWtt?
The Lettera He Dictated.-.
"Well, goodby. dear," said Ifr. Trne
bey to hia beloved spouse. "I must gn
and dictate those letters—twenty-sir of
them—so you mustn't expect me home
very. wrly."_
"All right," Was the respond, ""iul
I wish yon wouldn't work ao bard."
Half an hour later -Mr. Trueboy en
tered hia club and sat down, with
three .othera, at a card table.
"Juat a moment, yon fellows, before
tbe Drat band la dealt tye got to
keep my word with my wife. One' of
you juat take down what I dictate: 'A
its®
'"'A
ty z.' There, those letters are
off my mind!"
Willie Has Such an Active Brain.
"Waa Danlel really such a wise man,
aaamma?" aaked Willie thoughtfully.
."Yes, dear, aa wise almoat aa Solo
mon, Willie."
"Well, mother, I bet Solompn would
have done better, than Daniel did, any
"way." continued Willie.
'"Why,- what do you mean, my son?"
"I'U-.betcher Solomon woujd have had
sense enough to .charge admlaslon
an t. •.
when he went Into tbe lions' denC
j. Ladle*' Home Journal.
Terrible Teats.
"86 yon are still looking for an hon
eat man?"
"I nin," ansmired Diogenes.
"What Is the lantern for?".
"That's to-test him with. I am golnql
to lend biiq the lantern^ and If he
brings that back I'm going to try hia
1 with an umbrella."—Washington Star,