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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
EZRY'S.. suspicious
WERE FULLY CONFIRMED
He Kind o. Suspected That the
Rabbits and the Hen Were Camping
in His Beard.

"I've lived thirty-three year with
Ezry. Haines," .rs. Haines began, in
tone that promised entertainment.
says the Youths Companion, "and l
never saw him put out or frustrated on
any occasion. Fire, floods and famine
never stir him a mite. He feels 1T,
mind you.. as deep as anybody, for Ezry
isn't hard, but you'd never know it,"
Have you ever seen him shaken,
Mrs. Haines?" the minister asked, in
terestedly.
"Well, yes" admitted Mrs. Haines.
1--WE seen him q leetle mite ratified
once. That was last month at the
county fair. and l said to myself-for
minute only-'Ezry isn't the man he
used to be- Then l saw that l was
wrong.
II guess it won't do any harm to tell
you about it," Mrs. Haines continued,
with friendly infection. You may as
well know the ms an outs Of your con.
gregation first as last.
1T was at the county fair, as
just said, and ,EZry and l went into
one O. those side-shows where a man
was doing sleight-o hand tricks. No
use talking" with q reminiscent smile,
that man did some wonderful things;
all tricks, mebbe, though when he took
baby's boot out o. old Miss Haskin's
pocket that wouldn't have child with
in gunshot of her, it did look as though
there was something more in it.
"By'n' by he asked if some man
wouldn't come up on the platform.
Our Ruth nudged her father and said,
You co. and so Ezry went.
1.-THE man took yards and yards of
ribbon out Of EZry's pockets, and more
handkerchicfs from round his neck
than there ever was at one time
In the store at the Corners. EZry never
turned a hair. You'd have supposed
he grew crops of handkerchiefs under
his coat collar regular.
II guess it kind o. nettled the man
to see him take it all as calm as old
Tilly, and pretty soon, ne just put on
steam and took three rabbits and a
hen out O. Ezry's beard one after an
other.
Folks jest hollered, and for q min
ute l thought EZry was going TO pieces.
But he didn't, as 1 told you.
"'Well, WE'LL he said, looking at the
rabbits and the hen, I've kind O. sus-
pected they was there for some time
back"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
match I'm Executive Mansion.

A most unique plan of entertainment,
lassoing match, was carried out ut
an informal party given recently at
the Executive Mansion by Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Mickey. The first thing on
the programme was n hunt by the gen
tlemen for the ladies who were hidden
in the various rooms with a general
roundup" in the halls, The crowd
Of fair femininity was then driven to
the rosebud agency"-in other words,
to the ballroom on the third floor.
Here the final fun began. Each man
took his turn at lassoing a partner for
supper in the order of the number he
had previously received. The whole
plan was a great success but couI!
scarcely be carried out satisfactorily
in an ordinary house lacking ball
room facilitiesl-Nebraska State Jour
nal.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
Too Much Meat,

Physicians insist that after reaching
the age of 40 the majority OF metf
and women eat much more meat than
is good for them. This is hard upon
those accustomed to eating too much
of that staple article of diet, and are
fond of it, but it is said that a little
self-denial will prove that the effort is
worth trial. Do not stop it all at
once-that would be bad for the gen.
eral health, but gradually reduce the
amount. taking care to substitute in
its place a good menu, which will pro.
duce the necessary amount Of susie
nance.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
WISE WORDS.
Like citizen, like government.

Like citizen, like government.
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
Socrates.
All objects lose by too familiar q
view.-Dryden.
Man is dearer to the gods than he is
to himself-Juvenal.
"Be praised not for your ancestors,
but for your virtues"
Hope warps judgment IN council, but
quickens energy in action.-Bulwer.
No nation can be destroyed while
it possesses a good home life.-J. G..
Holland.
A rich man without charity is q
rogue; and perhaps it would be nc
difficult matter TO prove that he is also
fool.-Fielding.
Let not the emphasis of hospitality
lie in bed and board, but let truth,
love. honor and courtesy flow in all
thy deeds.-Emerson.
Whatever disgrace we may have de-
served or incurred, it is almost always
in our power to re-establish our charac-
r.-Rochefoucauld.
There is no reader way for q man
to bring his own worth into question
than by endeavoring to distract from
the worth of other men.-Tillotson.
1t was a true saying of living au-
thor, Every man is q man after Gods
own heart if he acts out in faith the
special function for which he is fitted
To be q man after Gods own heart, as
the beloved Son was, is His call to
each Of us.-W. II. Claiming.
Happiness comes not from the power
of possession, but from the power of
appreciation. Above most other things
it is wise to cultivate the powers of
appreciation. The greater the number
of stops to an organ, the greater its
possibilities as an instrument OF mu.
sic.-H w. Sylvester.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
DOES THINNING FRUIT PAY?

Undoubtedly it does pay to thin
peaches. Because of the inclination
of many varieties to grow in clusters
it is almost impossible for all of the
fruit to attain a marketable size so
that thinning usually pays. Whether
it will pay to thin other fruit is a
matter which must be determined by
every grower for himself. In the ex-
perience of the writer it has been
found that when the fruit goes to a
market paying good price it will pay
to thin the fruit, at least to the extent
of shaking the tree to dislodge the
fruit that will drop anyway, and then
sending a lot of small boys through
the trees to thin wherever it seems
as if it could be done to advantage.
OF course, the lads will have to work
under the direction of some one who
knows and the work should not be
too finely carried on: that is, the thin
ming should be done only in cases
where two or more fruits are so close
together that none of them will like
ly mature. This sort of thinning will
generally pay, but it is a matter of
much doubt if anything more will be
found profitable, except as stated
with peaches, and possibly With
plumS.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
RICH REWARD FOR SAILORS.
Immense Treasures Captured by Eng
Iish From Spaniards.

non TIOtII aSs
Sea battles at the present time do
not result in such great rewards OF
prize money as formerly. English
sailors in times past have brought
great fortunes home after their sue
cessful cruises. In the war with Hol-
land, 1G51-1654, English ships are said
to have taken LOO prizes, worth $780,
100000. In 1867 the Spaniards loaded
British sailors with treasure. They
seized two of the Spanish galleons so
richly laden with gold and jewels that
1t took thirty-eight wagons to carry
the treasure from Portsmouth to Lon
don. In 1851 came the historic cap
ture of the Hermione, the Spanish
treasure ship from Lima. The admiral
and captains received as their share
$325,OOO apiece, the lieutenants $780,
coo, warrant officers about $4,000.
petty officers nearly $4,000 and even
the common seamen $1,000 each. On
arriving at Portsmouth the seamen
bought up all the watches in the place
and fried them over the galley fire.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

A friend of mine recently has in
stalled an acetylene gas plant in his
country home, and he is much pleased
with it, The outfit cost him about
1925, including generator, piping and
fixtures, and he tells me that the aver
age monthly cost of lighting the house
is something less than So. And" he
adds, that means that it is really
lighted from top to bottom whenever
and wherever light is needed"
He says, further, that the outfit re-
quires no attention except to put,
twice a month, new supply of car
bide in the generator.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
Languages of Australia.

Australia, by its reception of repre-
sentatives of many lands, has an in
finitude of tongues; but your real Aus
tralian-born is proud of the fact that
among the aborigines-the bushmen-
there are relatively as many lam
guages as there are in India. Many
have a sort of relation to each other.
by means Of which a man mastering
one thoroughly would have a sort of
key to several.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

I know many farmers who are so
busy making living that they have
no time to devote to studying the best
way to live. There is more in the
living problem than is given credit.
The man who has no time to live a
Christian will sooner or later be COM
PEELED to take time to die. There are
many things to take into considera-
ton in living. Let us find some of
them and give them some considera-
ton.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Engineers are planning to make
great changes in the port of London,
England. 1t is proposed to build a
great dam across the. Thames River,
between Gravesend ahd Tilbury. and
to provide this dam with locks, so as to
give a uniform depth of thirty feet
above the barrier. rendering the upper
Thames independent of tides. In the
base of the dam would be constructed
n railroad tunnel connecting Kent and
Essex.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Any farmer who can handle bees
without trouble should keep a few
colonies. 1t affords pastime, educa-
ton and the sweets are among the
best. A housewife is always ready
for company when there is honey in
the house. / like to work with bees !:
they show so much intrepid, but in.
telligent, industry.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

81 never took anything which would
affect people who were not able to
stand the loss" pleads Defaulter
Smith of San Francisco. A similar
plea helped Robin Hood with the
populace, but would hardly have
touched sheriff or Judge.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The actual value of rape as a for
age feed is too little known among
farmers. More should experiment
with it and learn it's value to them.
1t can be sown any month during the
spring and summer and will afford
an abundance of feed for all kinds Of
stock.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The sole diet of the mole is angle
worms. When it burrows through
the garden it is in search of its fav-
orite food. In wet weather these
worms are found near the surface and
for that reason the mole's work is
dry weather.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The season of the year is now here
when the average school boy forgets
all his other studies in trying to solve
the mathematical problem of how to
steal third base without ripping the
seams in his pants.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The daughter of wealthy English
man has married her fathers chauf-
feur. If decent coachman is a bet
ter man than worthless duke, good
chauffeur ought to stack up pretty
well in comparison with a chumpish
prince.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

A man in Sedalia, Mo-, wants a di-
vorce from his wife on the ground
that she chews tobacco. 1t must be
a terrible thing for a wife to have
to choose between a husband and a
plug of tobacco.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

It must have been picturesque to
see Gen. Linevitch going down the
lines of his headquarters troops and
saluting each soldier with an Easter
kiss. Gen. Grant never did anything
like that.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

II is a great shock to the census
taker to have a woman come to the
front door and tell him calmly that
her age is the same as it was when
he called on a similar errand of in.
curry five years ago.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Perhaps the court which decided
that milliners are not artists" never
had occasion to inspect the thorough
ly artistic work some of them can do
with pen and ink on plain, ordinary
billhead.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

That Portland (Me.) automobile
which ran alone and jumped over a
precipice to destruction must have
had an awful record of casualties
upon it's conscience.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

It is well enough to be sure you are
right, but you will be whole lot
more comfortable if you don't insist
on convincing other people of it.
Puck.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

II you expect cockleburs or other
noxious weeds, hard to eradicate, to
bother in tie corn this year, but sur
face or knife cultivator, and where
they are used generously and kept
sharp they are great enemy to
weeds.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

A Chicago alleged lemon pie, bak.
cry made, was found to consist of
starch paste and various coal tar
products" The Chicago mince pie
must be fearfully and wonderfully
made.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

According to Angela Morgan wom-
ans kiss is worth fifty of mans.
And how wasteful of this wealth the
dear creatures are when they meet
each other
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10
Fine Wallis In Palace.

One room at Tsarkoe, the cars
pc ace near st. Petersburg. has walls
o. lapis lazuli and floor of ebony in
laid with mother-of-pearl. Another has
walls of carved amber, and the walls
of third are laid thick with beaten
gold.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Mont. have been closed, and some
hopeful people believe that in time
the camp may become as moral as
New York.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

That New York doctor who thinks
women are less graceful than men
has probably been combining his OBJ
servations to women who wear French
heels.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The name that has been given to
prize in London is the "Brassocattle-
yadigbyanoschrode raetankerville." 1t
looks like a college yell.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Fanny Rice, the actress, has secured
a divorce. 1t may be ungallant to
mention such thing, but isn't Fanny
Rice getting rather well along in
years to risk it?
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The mind, like the body, needs ex-
ercise. When a woman says few
things to her husband she is merely
doing mental calisthenics.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

When Pat Grove finally settles with
the law he should take up advertising
as a profession He understands the
business to perfection.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

A Pennsylvania club has admitted
horse to membership. That's moth
ing; there are asses in almost every
club.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Every man." says John Burroughs,
"has his favorite bird" Which may,
in a large measure, explain the gen.
eral popularity of swallows.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Get more land by making that
which is now owned more productive.
Double the area by doubling the yield.
The man who is growing thirty bush
els of corn may as well grow sixty.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The boys wouldn't protest if the
first step toward realizing the ideal
of "a noiseless Fourth" were to cut
out the orations.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The Philadelphia sheep that butted
it's benefactor is supposed to have es-
capped from Wall street after the
shearing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

A Tennessee woman ate a $50 bill.
That was good way to keep from
spending it.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

1--WE demand suffrage" says the
zenstvos. We'll, suffer. and be
BANKED" say the autocrats.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

That machine that stretches short
man offers nothing to the man who is
short"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

The king of the Belgians is hunting
for wife. Here is chance for an
American heiress to buy queenship.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

Lightning struck a baseball game
in Troy the other day, but as usual,
the umpire escaped.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-06-10

mir. Wragg invites contributions or
any new ideas that readers of this de.
partment may wish to present. ana
ents desiring information on subjects
discussed Address M. j. Wragg, 500 Good
Block, Des- Moines Iowa1
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

Jacob P. Adler, whose appearance as
Sapiock with an English speaking company
was one Of the dramatic events OF the year.
will I've at tho Broadway this week, A
VOL selected company will! support him
in The Merchant OF Venice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18
WIEN THE FRIITEREH FAILS
The Temptation OF the \llIratnr Pear Apt
10 &c Too Much for Tim.

Women are apt to he dubious about the
honesty of tradeSrcn in general. Perhaps
that is why one OF them was so emphatic
in denouncing frui;ercrS the Other day
There Is ono temptation. a"cordir" 10 her,
to which the most rupulous of them VIII
succumb.
II do not care how cons cntous they
may he, she reclaimed, they cannot
resist the tenn tation f the alligator pear
"lnles5 you carefully select your own
pears, the salesman will invariably send
you such ripe pears for salad that they will
not last for twenty-four hour, even if they
are fit to eat when they arrive.
He may he perfectly honest in every
other respect. but he will surely fail from
grace when 1t comes to the alligator pear,
If this il true the weakness of the frllitcrer
| is due to thu fact that alligator pears are
expensive merely because they do not keep
we'll, They practically grow wild in Porto
Rico. The TRANSFORMATION hither costs
. very little, but many of them are spoiled
| in transit and more go TO waste in the fruit
( shops,
| Unless they are sold within n short time
after their arrival they are n dead loss,
Some Of the shops adopt graduated scale
| of prices, taking off five cents a day from
the first signs Of decay until the brown
! has begun to appear on the thick green
skin OF the pears. Then they are useless
| for any purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

after another. but nobody raised back till
it come to l.unley. Then ne says KIND o
quick like: -
NJ reckon this here hand is good f'r
more n that. | make it twenty-five more
to draw cards.
Then Theodore J, Thimbletingor he
booted some more. an he says very patron
izin' t he's sorry f'r any body I th.aks he
can beat such ards a. ne has, an he makes
il fifty more a;ore the draw.
That looked eOmepn' Xix" serious work
atwixt them two. an wa MT none surprised
when the others all dropped out. Therr
want none on 'cm, hardly. t could ha
stood the raises, being as them two was
the on'y two t had morr'n hunnred IN, IN
front Of 'em but nobody didn't feel IKE
ca lin for show for his pile, :" they pass seq
it ,lp to Iumley. He hesitatad n little an
then ne said
Bein as the others is all dropped out,
an there's on'y us two layin now E"u
like to take off the linlt' pear7 Tx" la e.
r,,ther get play on these cards to '"'
EN- 60 on no such pikin usinr's "a this
S'posin' hist it a hundred
Suits me- said Theodore j. 1himh'e-
finger, pullin out his wad, Then he 'hroWe"
in his hundred an says, I'm go YOU I'VE
! wad, ,.,..,
more, he says. very cool. .
There must ha' cen SomrpIn, IN n, ms ms
/
mistrust sorrepin f'r he looked mighty
| sharp at Lumlcy f'r half minute at"r" ne
! spoke, an then he count. ont the thousand
| an covers the raise. Then he says, Just
as cool as Lutnlev :,
/ 81 don't want no cards. You en- help
Yourself to what you want, but | might as
/ well say right now I where | come from
no man amt allowed to deal hisset four
aceS agin the hand hold. If he docs It,
We know he's dog. an We shoot:
| ',,'t ..lx
he done it so sudden, hut nfor" he was
through talkin' he had his siyshooter stuck
| right under Lr,r ey'S nose an he'd throw"d
down his cards on the tabl" face mp. lhey
was four kings right enough. r., 1911
finched. but he had too much sons" 20
make n move for his own gun when the
other Teller had the drop like that, SO
he says: w
"If you'll put your gun down III play
YOU or fight YOU, Just as You !iko. y
co'lrso. han't nothn' to say to the mn||le
of n gun.
But ais Theodore j. Thi,nhl"tinGer
says was to laugh a nasty, rcdheaded sort
Of a laugh, an say:
'Tain't likely t I'll put this gun down
afore the ham is settled. An hon' a. how
YOU dealt an no honest dcalerll beat four
| kings in his own hand, III take the money
/ An he ratcs it in with his left hand an
| puts il in his pocket.
Then he said to lumley: Nou an, me
/ is goin' to walk out o here, YOU wa!kin
in front. an when we ge; outside tn" door
YOU walk north. If YOU turn round, II
shoot Where | go'll be none q your hnSl-
ness, thouten we meet again some otn'r
| time
We'll there want nothing else f'r lMm-
| ley to do. 50 he walked north till he were
out o sight in the darkness. will say Tor
| him, though. t he wcr" good grit, AZ,
4 'twan't many minutes afor" he worc hack
| in the room with gun in each hand, lookin'
! for Theodore J. Thimhlcfnger.
But none of lis ever soen him again,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

An attraction Of an unusual kind Ia that
offered by Paradise Park at Fort George.
which is situated on one Of the battle
grounds of tho Revolution, and where are
rhown many relics dug up by the Wcrkmeh
while building this amusement place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

The Warren concerts at the st. Nicholas
Garden are drawing music lovers from
III over the city, and the added az
traction Of beer and other refreshments
was scarcely needed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

The Conterno concerts at Terrace daroen
still prove popular summer night enter
tanments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

Huher's Casino at le2d street and jerome
avenue offers a vaudeville bill for its pa
irons, many Of whom are automobilsts
and horsemen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

and dancing novelty, while the four AVOIDS
are xylophone experts. Others are the
four Lukens, George Alexander, the Three
Hickman Brothers, Miss Aurie Dagwell
and Ward Baker.
Tony Pastor has arranged an attractive
bill for next week. Among those on the
program are the Knickerbocker Quintet.
with Sam Goldman, In singing sketch,
Setting an INTERIOR the Bootoiack
Quartet, Meakin, Lawrence and Daie'
blaclface comedians and dancers; Carr
and Jordan. the Hoover Sisters, the Weston
Sisters and as an extra attraction james
and Sadie Leonard in their comedy sketch
al Dude Detective.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

Percy Williams will open the Manhattan
Beach Theater on Saturday with the first
of a series of vaude Vile carnvals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

Keith's Union Square will have a notable
bill, headed by May Vokes, -the American
slavey,' in a quaint character comedy,
"A Model Maid The Mysterious Zanclgs
present their thought transference act
Bremmer and Mabel Marsh, has a singing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18
Tic Brooklyn II entcri.

The last week Of tho summer opera season
ut the Orpheum will see revival OF The
Bohemian Girl special engagement
IL that OF Miss Ethel Houston Du Ere for the
part OF the GYPSY Queen. j. s. Murray and
Clara Lane will be the Count Arhe'n and
AHine and Frank Wooley and Robert Lett
Will have the comedy roles.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-21
Kinds of Eggs.

1t is not only cigars that vary in name
without varying in quality. The pres
ent writer was once told when hesitat-
ing between fresh eggs" at ten a shill-
ing and good breakfast eggs" at eight
q shilling, or something to that effect,
that these two brands were precisely the
same, but had to be sold as two qualities
because no customers would buy eggs
at a shop where only one quality was
advertised. That may or may not be
SO. The fact remains that there are
many qualities of eggs known to all
housewives before we get down to what
q late comedian termed briefly "eggs."-
London Chronicle.