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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
THE MEERSCHAUM PIPE.
Almost Impossible to Select a
Genuine One.

A story is told Of a smoker who spent
eight of the best years of his life trying
TO color meerschaum pipe, keeping 1t
enclosed most of the time in case so as
to prevent it getting scratched and its
finish being dulled by the oil and moist
ure from his hands, only to find at the
end of that period that he had been
tenderly nursing an imitation instead
Of the genuine "ecume de mer." The
best imitation is composed Of the par
ings of genuine meerschaum, combined
with a mineral clay. These compost
lions can usually be determined from
the genuine meerschaum by their
greater weight, but there is no abso-
lutely certain test for distinguishing
the counterfeit. One method of test is
to look for slight imperfections. Com
position bowls never exhibit these
slight blemishes, which result from the
presence of foreign bodies in the natur-
al meerschaum however, as the blem-
ishes do not usually manifest them
selves until after the bowl has been
used for some time, the test is not of
much value in buying new pipes.
Meerschaum is silicate of magnesia,
and preparatory to carving 1t is soaked
in composition of wax and oil. The
wax and oil absorbed by the meer-
schaum are the cause of the coloring
of the pipe due to smoking, and in con-
nection with the further absorption OF
| nicotine. Where meerschaums have
| been smoked for some time without
having acquired a good color, they can
frequently be improved by rubbing
when warm, with beeswax.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
THE LyTELLIGENCEOF ANIMALS.
An English Naturalist Believes That
1t May be Far Greater
Than Imagined.

Sir John Lubbock has brought more
popular attention to the subject of the
mental capacity of animals than any
other writer. He has conducted many
careful Investigations on the senses, in
stincts and intelligence Of animals and
insects. An interesting query pro
pounded by the English scientist re-
lates to the existence Of other organs
Of sense than ours.
1--WE find" he says, Gin animals com
pick organs of sense, richly supplied
with nerves, but the function of which
we are as yet powerless to explain.
There may be fifty other senses as diff
ferent from ours as sound is from
sight, and even within the boundaries
Of our own senses there may be end
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
Celebrating Belgian Independence

Among the festivities organized for
the celebration of the seventy-fifth an
niversary of Belgium's independence
is the faithful reproduction of one of
the fitting tousts given by Philip the
Good of Burgundy In 1852, in which
Philips son broke the lances of six
teen opposing knights in the presence
OF Isabella Of Portugal, Duchess OF
Burgundy
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
Cheerful During Trouble.

Mamma had told Dorothy that she
could not 60 out again. The little
maiden made one more plea. "Please,
mamma 1T isn't very wet, and / won't
go on the grass"
mo, you cannot, Dorothy" SAID
sistency.
"Weil, anyway, mamma, It seems to
me that you're very cheerful about
IT."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
Close Collaboration.

Now, Harold. this is your fifth birth
day party. Whom do you love best,
your father or me?
Father, sure.
But, Harold, you said yesterday that
you loved me best.
Yes; but I've slept over it, and
realize that we men must stick to
gether.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
Wonder Work of The Ancients.

Modern quarry machinery can handle
single stones larger than any of the
monoliths of ancient Egypt. The really
surprising thing, however, is how did
the ancients handle their monoliths
with only their crude machines.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
The BarthOIdi Fountain.

Among art work displayed in
one of the public reservations in the
shadow of the Capitol, is
the Bartholdi Fountain, which plays
in the National Botanical Garden. Its
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01

designer and sculptor was the man who
made the Statue of Liberty. which
France presented to the United States
and which stands in New York harbor.
The Bartholdi Fountain performed its
first service in this country at the Phil
adelphia exposition, at the close of
which 1t was brought to Washington.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY.
an ACKNOWLEDGED TRAIT OF
JAPANESE MERCHANTS.
They Have No Regard For a Con-
tract - Striking Contrast With
Chinese TRADERS.

With the treaty of peace, japan has
seen the accomplishment of a task
that has been the ambition of the en-
pire-to hold front rank in the fam
| lily of nations. This has been brought
about through such military achieve
ments as have evoked the admiration
of the civilized powers, but now 1t
seems that Japan has still before her
problem which means harder work
and a greater task than that which
she had before the commencement OF
the Russian-Japanese war.
That task, is to redeem the CONNER
cial reputation of her traders, repu-
tation which is not enviable. Joseph
| Walton, a member of the English par
| lament, a man who has spent much
| time in travel and knows the people of
the East thoroughly, says in his book
on the Orient:
Japanese traders are not special
ly distinguished for honesty, particu-
larly in their business relations with
foreigners. We have in this a most
striking proof that the character of
the people is largely formed by the
nature of their surroundings. For hun
dreds of years the trading class in
Japan has occupied a very low place
in the social scale. In the last thirty
years, since the feudal system has
Deen abolished, the position Of the
traders has greatly changed, and now
some of those who were mobiles are en-
gagged in trade; and l am told there
is reason to hope that shortly bust
ness affairs in Japan will be conducted
on more honest lines"
Peculiar Business Dishonesty.
The progress which the Japanese
have made in the past fifty years
shows them to be people self
reliant and determined to keep on ad-
vancing towards the highest plane at
tainable, yet travellers in the East
have been surprised that the traders
Of the Occident are so VIGOROUSLY dis
honest, for while the Japanese are far
superior to the Chinese as regards
achievement of national strength and
perseverance, yet the reverse is true
in the matter of commercial honesty.
It appears that the Japanese mer-
chants have no regard for a contract.
1t Is said that the most prosperous
commercial houses of Japan are man.
dSGu UOl ny JAPANESE Jul Wy OhAhOSO'
The average Chinese merchant is high
w esteemed the world over for his hon
esty; in fact a president of one Of the
largest corporations of the United
States once said that he would not be
afraid to ship barrel of gold coin to
a Chinese merchant with instructions
to make use of it in trade, but at the
end of the year he would receive a de-
tail statement of where every coin
went, but If this were done to Jap
anese merchant, he would consider
himself lucky to get back the empty
barrel.
1t is believed that the hard task
accomplished by the Japanese in the
war just happily brought to an end
will be a beginning to bring out the
genius for which the Japanese have
been noted in war TO utilization of
peace and commercialism.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01
OLD DESERT JOURNEYS.
MODERN CIVILIZATION, THRIFT
AND ABUNDANCE IN SAGE
BRUSH COUNTRY.

Where Sunshine and Fertile Soil
Await the coming of Canal-Borne
Water to Laugh Abundant Har-
vests.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-11-01

canals. Mexico, Texas and New Mex
leo were arrayed against Colorado
which robbed them of their priceless
heritage and threatened to transform
thousands of acres of fruitage and
bloom into it's original state-that OF
the desert. AS the water grew scarce
there sprang up hostilities between the
citizens of the whole Rio Grande Val
ley. Neighbor began to be arrayed
against neighbor; there were even fam
lily rows over the water For years
these conditions prevailed. Mexico
made respectful protest against the use
of the waters of the Rio Grande in
Colorado which deprived the ancient
canals of the Republic of their rights
long established. The Comfy of Ma
tons was threatened.
To Build a Huge Dam.
1t was the passage of the National
irrigation act which wrought a Won
drous change in the conditions and
knit together in one brotherhood all the
citizens of the lower valley, imbuing
them with a spirit OF cooperation and
enthusiasm. The Reclamation Service
took hold of the project and worked
out plan to store the vast Rio Grande
floods which were annually a source
of much loss to the valley and which
were wholly untitled. This plan the
people have accepted as a salvation.
One hundred miles above Ell Paso the
Rio Grande flows through a deep mar
row canyon. A dam 255 feet high
across its lower end will create the
largest artificial reservoir in this coun-
try. 1t will make lake 40 miles long,
~ miles wide and from 100 to 175
feet deep. 1t will contain water enough
to cover 100000 acres foot deep.
Into this vast reservoir the greatest
flood the Rio Grande has ever known
will quickly disappear and later when
needed by 100000 thirsty acres in the
valley below will be released and led
a net work of canals and
bitches through New Mexico into Tex
as, clear down into Old Mexico.
The Settlers Pay the Cost.
1t will cost millions to do this work,
81 100000 is the figure, but what of
that? The settlers will gladly pay for
Il. Under the magic of irrigation Me-
silla, La Palomas and Ell Paso val
Ieys, now only dotted here and there
with green verdure, will spring into
hull fruitage, producing harvests unri-
vailed in quality and quantity. Ten
thousand new homes will cover the
desert plain, and FL Paso, the central
point for transportation and the great
est market in the valley, will wax into
1 city of 100 900 souls. Twenty thou
sand acres of irrigated land support a
splendid city now. What shall 1t be
when 200 1000 acres are added to the
'rop producing area of Ell Paso terri
DRY?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29
IN HEYL'S FAVOR.
Judge Paul D. Carpenter Admits Con-
tested Schandein Will to
Probate.

! MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Nov. 25.-[ Spe-
cial. Jacob Heyl has won the first
battle in the fight for the Schandein
millions.
Judge Carpenter handed down a de.
cision covering ffty-two typewriter
pages, to the effect that the last will
and testament of Mrs. Lisette Schandein
be admitted to probate.
The court declines to believe the testi-
mony of witnesses who gave evidence
tending to prove immoral relations be-
tween Heyl and Mrs. Schandein.
An appeal will be taken to the circuit
court and from the decision of that court
to the highest court in the land before
the case is finally decided.
Raps at Expert Testimony.
In his decision. Judge Carpenter scored
the expert testimony, and expressed a
soon pass Law which would authorize
a judge to call in unbiased experts, that
such testimony might not be shaded in
favor of either side
Will Not Delay Appeal.
No notice of appeal was given at the
conclusion Of the reading of the decision
although it had been announced by both
sides that the matter will be taken tc
the higher courts without delay.
The attorneys for the contestants, be
fore the reading of the decision was con
cluded. had foreseen what the judgment
of the court would be, and they mani
tested no surprise. When the decision
was finished and Judge Carpenter hat
left the bench, they filed silently out Of
the courtroom. followed, just as silently
but perhaps more jubilantly, by the at
torneys for tha proponent.
None of the parties to the celebrated
contest was present during the readins
Of the decision. although Col G.. G
Pabst was in tho courtroom with L. J
Petit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29
Eminent Doctors Praise lis Ingredients.

{ We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known as DR.. Pierce's
Fayorite Prescription.
DR.. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff
of The ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
of Unicorn root {HeIo1o6as DiOicd) which
is one of the chief ingredients of the ia
vorite Prescription :"
IA remedy which invariably acts as utter
inc invigOratOr makes for normal &C
tivity Of the entire reproductive system"
he continues sin Helonias we have a medica-
ment which more fully answers the above
purposes than any other drug auth aoh6ch am
acquainted. In the trcatmenSbOf diseases Pc
cuIiar to women 1t is seldom that a case is
seen which does not present some indication
for this remedial agent" DR.. Fyfe further
says: "The following are among the leading
indications for Helonias unicorn root Pain
or aching in the back. with leucorrhpa;
atomic (wealO conditions of the reproductive
organs Of women mental depression and ir-
ritability. associated with chronic diseases Of
the reproductive organs Of women. constant
sensation of heat in the region Of the kid
neys; menOrrhagia (hooding), due to weak
ened condition of the reproductive system:
amenorrhOea suppressed or absent monthly
periods arising from or accompanying an
and anamic thin bloody habit; dragging
sensations in the extreme lower part Of the
abdomen"
are present, no invalid woman can do
better than take DR.. PierceS Favorite
Prescription, one of the leading ingredi-
ents of which is Unicorn root, or Helonias,
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
ingredient of vFavorite Prescription"
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
alt is an important remedy in disorders Of
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfeeblcment, it is useful"
Prof. John NJ. Scudder, M. D., late Of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
I'm relation to its general effects ON the
system, there is no medicine in use about aoic
there is S1tch general uIldlinl5ty of opinion 1t
is universally regarded as the tonic useful in
all debilitated states"
Prof. BarthOlow, M. d., of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal:
"Yaluable in uterine hemorrhage. menor-
rhagia (hooding) and cOngeStive dysmenor-
rhoea painful menstruatiOnl"
Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named in
gradients and cures tho diseases for which
they are recommended.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29

M1LW AUkEE, Wis. Nov. 27.-[ Spe-
cial. career of Judge Charles E.
Dyer, general counsel of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance com
Sunday morning, was a long, busy
and most honorable one
He was born in Ciscero, Onon-
dago county, n. Y, October 5,
1884. His father, Dr. Edward G. Dyer,
moved with his family to Ohio when
Charles was l year old, and in 1886
ne continued his journey westward to
Wisconsin, settling near Burlington, in
Raclne county, where he was the pioneer
physician of that section of the state.
In the absence of any other method
OF transportation, DR.. Dyer rode on
horseback from Ohio to Chicago, and
continued his journey on foot to Burling-
ton, following the Indian trail. In 1889
he was Joined by his family in the Wis
consin wilderness. DR.. Dyer died in
1883.
Judge Dyer, on the paternal side Of his
family, is a descendant of Roger Will
liams, the founder of Rhode Island One
OF his ancestors, Mary Dyer, was hanged
for heresy on Boston Common, June /,
1860.
In a rude log cabin on the present
site of the village Of Burlington, Charles
Il. Dyer was taught to read and write,
by his mother. With the huge fireplace
piled high with blazing logs, which light
ed up the family room during the long
winter evenings, the pioneer mother gave
her son the rudlments of an education
Later he attended the district school in
the neighborhood and at the age of 10
years he went to Chicago, to learn the
printers trade. He entered the office
Of the Western Citizen, an anti-slavery
paper published by Ze.lna Eastman, and
for nearly two years served as errand
boy, cornpositor, paper carrier and news
writer.
He did not like the business, and al
though he was indentured for a four
year term, he ''broke the contract" as he
used blunt1y to state it, and quit the
case for the bar. With the proceeds Of
Carriers address, he purchased a new
suit of clothes, returned home and be-
gan the study of photography This was
the beginning Of his professional career.
He went to sandusky, O., and entered
the Office Of the clerk of the court of
Erie county, presided over by Rice Har-
per, friend of the family. While en-
ployed as a stenographer and court re-
porter, he filed in his spare time reading
law, attracted the attention of Judge
Ebenezer Lane, formerly judge of the
Ohio supreme court, who encouraged him
with advice, gave him access to his ex-
tensiYe library, and placed him under
the special tutorship of his son, William
@. Lane.
After studying in this manner for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29
CONVINCING EVIDENCE
That Or. Williams Pink Pills VIII Cure
RheumatiSm.

"People can cure themselves Of q good
many common ailments at very small
cost if they go about it the right way"
said Mr.. Hoar, recently. ''For instance,
] have just cured myself of very pain
full disease. might have begun to treat
it sooner, that's all the mistake [ made
in the matter But I found the root of
the difficulty and picked out the right
remedy without the aid of doctor.
:" 1t was really all i'll my blood first
felt tWinge III my left foot and ankle
III the middle Of last January, following
exposure to cold. / realized / had rheu-
matism and [ knew that really comes
from bad blood. Cold simply develops
it. Then my hands and feet were cold
and clammy even i'll hot weather, and
numb a great part of the time. I con-
oluded that my blood was thin and Door
and the circulation sluggish.
after time my feet and ankles
sWelled so badly that [ could only tie
my shoes half way up. My legs swelIed
terribly and [ could walk only q short
distance before giving out completely
"When [ read of the cures of all kinds
of blood diseases, that had been effected
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, [ was con-
WINGED that they were just the remedy
for my case, and SO it proved I could
see that they were beneiting me before
| had quite used up the first box The
Improvement was decidedly marked af-
ter had taken two boxes. Three more
boxes restored my hands and feet and
legs TO natural size and feeling and
then stopped taking medicine and have
since been perfectly WE'LL
Mr.. T. LIE Roy Hoar lives at No. 1872
Constitution street, Bristol r. I. ANY
one can get convincing evidence that
DIR Williams Pink Pills have cured
an@lnia, rheumatism, erysipelas and
other serious diseases of the blood by
simply writing to the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady. NY
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29
Old Friends Die Together.

Two lifelong friends had one of their
girlish wishes come true at life's end.
Mrs. NJ Underhill of Osseo, Mich, had
been visiting her former schoolmate and
'ichum," Mrs. J. Hunt, at Calumet Park,
near Hammond, Ind. Shortly after her
arrival ait Mrs. Hunts Mrs. Underhi1l
became I'LL, and physicians decided to OPP
crate on her. The operation, which took
place last week, proved fatal, and the
woman rallied only long enough to bid
her friend goodbye. The shock of the
death of her old school friend was too
much for Mrs. Hunt, and she was
stricken with heart failure shortly aft
erward, dying a few hours later: The
two bodies were shipped to Osseo, Mich,
for burial. When the two Wom-
en- were schoolgirls together they are
said to have expressed the wish to die
together, neither caring to live after the
others death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29

| three years, young Dyer was, in 1857,
admitted to the bar. He became assoc
clated as partner with Walter T.
Stone, who later became on of the
judges of the Ohio supreme court. He
practiced his profession in Sandusky I'M
til January, 1859. He then decided that
the promising field for a young lawyer
was farther west. He came to Wiscon-
SIN, and began the practice Of law in
Racine. Here he earned a reputation.
both as a lawyer and as man of gener-
al information.
In 1864, he formed a partnership with
Henry L. Fuller, having up to this time
Deen alone, and the two remained to-
gether until 1879, when on October 10
of that year, President Grant appointed
Mr.. Dyer judge of the United States
district court for the eastern district of
Wisconsin, position which he held until
May, 1888. when he resigned to accept
the position OF general counsel for the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company, position which he held at the
time Of his death.
AS judge he was admired for his abb
solute fairness, his courteous firmness
and the ability and breadth of his de-
clslons. lie was a hard worker, patient,
persistent and methOdcal. During two
years OF the time he was upon the bench
Judge Dyer was engaged upon the trial
Of the famous whisky cases." which
DSCdllle uOlOIIOuS throughout the oQOro
country. His term Of office Immediately
preceded the creation of the present
court of appeals, and as a consequence,
except in cases where the interests in
volved would warrant an appeal to the
supreme court, Judge Dyer's decisions
were final. The volumes of the federal
reports contain many Of Judge Dyer's
decisions in important cases covering the
fields Of bankruptcy, marine, equity, cor
poration and commercial law, and are
recognized as authorities upon the ques-
tons involved.
Judge Dyer served the city of Racine
as city attorney in 1S59-6O and was a
member Of the lower house of the
Legislature in 1868, at the latter
session being chairman of the commit
tee on judiciary. In political utilization
Judge Dyer was a lifelong Republican.
His first vote was cast for Salmon 2.
Chase for governor of Ohio in 1855, and
in 1856 he cast his first vote in a pres
idential election for John c.. Fremont.
Judge Dyer was married April 6, 1859,
to Sarah E. Root of Sandusky, O. Her
father was a member of Congress during
the Mexican war, serving three terms.
Judge Dyer is survived by a widow
and three children, William Buckingham
Dyer of Chicago; Joseph Root Dyer as
sistant counsel of the Northwestern Mu-
tuaI Life Insurance company of this
city, and Mrs. Thomas L. Parker of Chi
cagO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-29
PUBLIC EXECUTIoNER DEAD.
Hanged Many Noted Criminals-Has Pc
culiar Experience on Train.

William Ellington, the public execu-
toner, is dead in Lancashire, England,
in his thirtieth year. He was a barber
by trade, and succeeded his father in
the office of hangman rather more than
two years ago. Ellington had ofteI
said that he liked his grewsome work,
and could hang a man without the
slightest fear. Dropsy was the cause of
death.
During his career he hanged many
notorious criminals. After the execution
of Edwards, who murdered the Darby
family, Ellington had curious adj
venture. He caught a train from st.
Pancras for Bolton. and at Luton he
was found In a dazed condition on the
line. He explained that he was attacked
in the train by men, who threw him
against the door, which flew open, and
he either fell or was thrown out The
galway officials, however, discredited the
story. and believed that Ellington woke
up in a dazed condition, and, thinking
the train was entering a station, opened
the door incautiously, and fell on the
line