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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-15
CHAPTER XVIII.

Little less than an hours furious driv-
ing brought Montgomery and his com
panion into a suburban district They
pulled up before a handsome villa resi-
dence. A gentleman, who had evident
ly been watching for their coming. ap-
peared at the door.
How long you have beenr he said,
irritably.
"Come as fast as horsefesh could go.
sir" answered the man, respectfully.
Just look at the mare, sir; she's for
all the world as If you had chucked
buckets O water over herv'
''This way, Montgomery" said Mr..
John Rodwell-for it was he.
He led the way into back parlor.
"Read that" he said, handing Mont
gomery a telegram.
From Jonathan Rodwell, Morley's
Hotel, to John Rodwell:
"Can / have the use of your house in
Essex for a short time? Police have
Telegraph reply
Montgomery gave a low whistle as he
read these words. THAT'S awkwardr'
he calculated.
what a FOOLS remarkv exclaimed
Rodwell, irritably; its ruin, destruc-
toni What can be done? Can you de-
wise any scheme? have telegraphed
to say that 1 will be with him this even
ing"
"And then what do you mean to do ~
'9That is precisely what 1 want to talk
over with you. You see by that tele
gram that the police have discovered a
clue, and we know that the clue is In
the right direction. The hope of gaining
the reward will wonderfully sharpen
their scent. Perhaps, while we are sit
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-15
Advantage in Kansas.

"Sally's father said her beau should
never step foot in the house again."
said the Kansas girl.
''Then l suppose she had to give
him up?" Intercepted her chum.
mo, indeed. She entertains him in
the cyclone cellar"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-15
Scared Him.

"Did Harwood buy the cottage at
Swampy GlenT
mo"
"What caused him to change his
mind??'
"Why, he started to buy few qui-
nine pills in the drug store and they
said they sold them only by the
quart"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-15
Only the Truth.

Tell me, Mulligan, phwat hos be-
come of yez ould friend, Murphy?"
"Phoy, the lasht tonne OF sane him
he wor making tracks,"
"Yez don't sac. Wor some wan af-
ter him?'
mo, he wor wurkin' I'm a steel rail
mill"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-15

Start out in the morning with
strong, healthy resolution to be good,
ana you Will find it Is walking lame
by noon
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
REPORT OF REFEREE
IN PROSPERITY CASE
FACTS AS TO THE TOWN
HALL DEBT.
Report Has Been Submitted to Su-
preme Court by Referee H. G.
Holloway.

Referee Henry 6. Holloway has
submitted 20 the state supreme court
his findings of fact in the case from
Prosperity, wherein it is sought by
plaintiffs to permanently enjoin the
town from paying a certain note CIV
en- as security for debt incurred in
the erection of the town hall, market
and guard house. The case is now in
the supreme court, a temporary in
junction restraining the town from
paying the note having been issued.
Following is the full text of Referee
Holloway's report:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
K, L. Luther, J. B. Simpson, w. A.
Moseley, J. P. Bowers, T. A. Domi-
nick and J. D. Quattlebaum, Plain
tiffs, against J. S. Wheeler, as Inten-
dant, and S. S. Birge, A. H. Hawkins,
R. c. Counts, and D. w. Boland, as
Wardens, constituting the Town
Council of the Town of Prosperity;
and the Bank of Prosperity, De-
fendants-Report of Referee.
To the Honorable Chief Justice and
Associate Justices of said Court: All
issues Of fact in the above entitled
cause having been referred to me by
all order of the honorable chief JUS
tice on the 10th day of August, 1904,
to take the testimony and report the
same, together with my conclusions
thereon, ! beg to report the testi-
mony so taken before me and to
submit my conclusions.
I find that the plaintiffs are resi-
dent tax payers of the town of Pros
perity, in said state; that the defa1-
dants, Wheeler is intendant, Haw-
kins, Counts, Birge and Boland are
wardens, as such, constitute the town
council of said town of Prosperity.
I find from the cash book of the
town council that it's receipts and
expenditures for the fiscal year COM
menc;ng April 22d, 1902, and ending
April FL, 1908, as follows:
Receipts.
Cash on hand beginning fis-
cal year :. ....9 2l7 o.
Income from taxes e 1-2
mills levy) .. .. =. 313 90
Income from rents, fines,
etc. :. y. >. :. =. 49,. 1902 %
July II. borrowed P. B. &
Trust Co. =. :. =. =. o6o 90
Aug 23, borrowed Prosperity
Stock Co. .. :. .. 80. IS 90
Sept. 8, borrowed Prosperity
Stock CO. >. -. .. :. 10 90
Sept 8, borrowed Bank OF
Prosperity .... 51 AZ
Jan'y 10, 1903, borrowed
RanBk Of P. :. 1000 90
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31

$447o s.
I find from the cash book Of the
town council that it's receipts and ex-
penditures for the fiscal year COM
mencing April II, 1903, and ending
April n, 1904, as follows:
Receipts.
Cash on hand beginning fis-
cal year :. -. ..$ 211 "a
Income from taxes e 1-2
mills levy .. :. >. -. 311 90
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31

$4434 8
Expenditures.
Sept. 8, paid Prosperity
Stock CO. (notes) =. .. IS IS 90
Dec. 8. paid Bank Of P.
Discount on note) :. :. >. 48 40
Jan'y 10, 1903, paid P. B. &
Trust Co. (note) =. :. .. 1000 90
Jan'y IA, 1903, paid Bank Of
P. {discount note) .. :. .. 81 II
Cash paid on town hall build
;no =. :. 214r OF
Paid on ordinary current ex-
perses of town =. :. >. >. 1144 IS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
Personal Notes.

Christian Scientists will raise a fund
OF 100000 for Mrs. Augusta Stetson,
founder Of the First Church Of Christ,
Scientist, in New York.
Stratton d. Brooks, assistant super
intendent of Schools in Boston, has
been unanimously elected superintend-
ent of education by the Cleveland, O..
School Board. Mr.. Brooks Is only 81
years old.
Albert FREDERICK, at one time a IA
nous operate baritone. now practi-
cally controls the roast chestnut trade
of New York city. having i'm his employ
AN average of 100 attendants on his
rOasters He lost his voice through
bronchial trouble years ago.
WOrkmen at Richmond, Va, who
We're renovating the old Capitol build
ing several years ago, found Thomas
Jefferson's name cut in the wooden rail-
ing. 1t mad been covered by repeated
coats Of paint and it is thought that
it must have been there some score OF
years.
Arson Phelps Stokes. Jr.. secretary
of Yale University. will leave this
country next Saturday for an ex-
tended European trip. not returning to
this country before July. AT both Ber-
lin and Oxford universities he will
attend lectures. studying the educa
tional systems.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
Turtles Sense Of Direction.

During the summer months from May
to August the big sea turtle lay their
eggs on the beach. They come possibly
hundreds of miles. and if undisturbed WIN
land within a few yards of the same
place year after year. They crawl up the tn.
beach in the night and make their nest
in the sand just above high water marx
l have watched them from behind sand
hill, but a few feet away.
They dig the holes with their hind mp
pers, and after covering it over, first NIL
ing it with eggs, they will go a few feet
and make another place: L always
thought as n blind, for one looks just like
the other. They lay each month uusally
during the high tides of that month, be-
ginning in May and ending in August,
from 80 to 1856 eggs.
During the summer found and brought
into camp 2,755 eggs. / put some ir TIE
sand near our camp and in twcnty-seven
DAYS the top eggs Matched, the rest in
three days more The little turtles would
dig out, raise their little heads and sniff
the air a moment. then start for the river.
100 yards away. 1t was always a mystery
to me how turtle could find the same
place on the shore. When a short dis
lance out at sea it all looks alke-just
sandy ridges, with scrub palmetto and
coarse grass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
Pointed Paragraphs.

Optimism is generated by good
liver.
Busy men and ennui are not on
speaking terms.
The poor we have always with us
in the guise of relations.
That love which other people bear
your coin is the root of much trouble.
A small man never fOrgets to boast
of his bravery after the danger is
past.
When you see man without enc
mics you see man who has but few
friends.
Some parrots are good takers. but
they are not in it with three women
in box at the opera.
Oh, no, Alphonse. trustworthy man
isn't necessarily one who makes a
speciality of trusting others.
A hero is a man who. after doing
his duty, doesn't stand around and
wait for people to pat him on the
back.
Many a man who is capable Of Civ
ing good advice isn't capable of using
it to an advantage in his own bus
mess.
A wise man doesn't know everything,
but he knows how to obtain informa-
ton about the things it's necessary
for him to know.
Scientists tell us that fish make ex-
cellent brain food, but there isn't much
consolation in the statement, for
natural born fools-Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13

New York gave the British fleet a
great welcome, as was an eminently
proper and courteous thing to do. This
fleet, together with the fleet of Amerl-
can battleships and cruisers in the mar
Dor, make up the largest aggregation OF
floating fortresses which an American
harbor has even seen and are an inn
pressive demonstration of what an
Anglo American alliance might mean
on the seas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
Books Written in Prisons.

A publisher was talking about Oscar
Wjldes strange book, DE Profundis, -
with its pathetic decoration of a bird
beating its wings against the bars of a
cell.
"Wildes is not the first good book to
have been written in JAIL" he said. Jail
in fact seems to be n good place to write
books in. Literary men surpass them
selves there.
John Bunyan wrote "Pilgrim's Prog
ress' in Jail.
.'Cervantes wrote Don Quixote" in
prison.
"Defoe laid the plans for Robinson
Crusoe' during term of confinement i'm
posed on him for the writing Of PAM
phlet called The Shortest Way With the
Dissenters.
Leigh Hunt wrote 'Rimini' in Jail
Sir Walter Raleigh, during his four
teen years Imprisonment in the Tower of
London. wrote his excellent History of
the World
"Silvio Pellico and Tasso both did their
best work in JAIL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
First Locomotive Steam Whistle.

Locomotives seventy-five years ago had
no whistles. The engineer kept by his
side tin horn, which he blew before
curves and dangerous crossings. But the
noise was feeble.
in 1893 an English farmers cart was
him down on the way to market, and 900
eggs, 100 pounds of butter, two horses and
Il man were Jumped in one great Omelet
on the rails. The railway had to pay the
damages. The president sent for George
Stevenson and said angrily:
Our engineers can't blow their horns
loud enough to clear the tracks ahead.
You have made your steam do so much,
why don't you make it blow a good loud
horn for uS''
Stevenson pondered. An idea came to
him. He visited n musical instrument
maker and had constructed horn that
gave a horrible screech when blown by
steam. From this horn the locomotive
whistle of today descended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13

The Springfield Republican hears
from Kentucky that the days of Sena-
tor Blackburn's political career are
numbered very short, now that the
election shows MIN to be without ade-
quate support in the legislature for re-
election to the Senate. Judge Paynter
his rival, claims 81 out of 10 Demo-
cratic votes. When the senator dis
covered that his reelection was to be
contested he flew into a rage and defied
all his enemies, particularly Governor
Beckham. But the Beckham-Payrter
combination seems to have won. TIL
governor is likely to enter the Senate
In few years as Senator McCreary's
successor. The final passing of Joe
Blackburn will have its picturesque
side, but it must be said that he has
become rather useless.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
America The Favorite Country.

Our country is the favorite an totai
emigrants fron, europe, for out OF art . in
Of $4,000 persons who LETT t =, M came to
the United States, the balance peins orid.
tributed all over the rest OF inc G. ,"rife
Among medicines there is also ; a In
namely Hostetter's Stomach Htt sas once
thousands of homes in winch x pa n expe-
been used it reigus supreme. asrth,Irr,.
rience has proven that It cures near Pc helch.
.bioating. vomiting, poor appetatst; veness.
ing, Indigestion. dyspepsia, nd Girls
chtils, colds or malaria. Women a not and
who need a tonic each month ca ann,aa nds
one to equal the Bitters and snr 4
are taking 1t with great satlsi acuo, 10 Inc.
fair trial will ,convince you OF us
For sale by all druggists. 500
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
A LITTLE o.
E V E R Y T H l N G
Geographical Nonsense.

geographical NonSeHse'
A lady who lived in Bath, Me.
Ate a pickle that gave her a Pc;
She isn't well yet,
And she says you can bet
She'll never eat pickles age!
A gentleman down in KY,
Was riding horse that was by;
He lit in a creek,
But he shut his mouth quick
And didn't drink anyhow ~!
A butcher who butchered in Des MONIES,
AS his customers passed him des comes
Said: What will you take!
In the way of a steak?
Here's a very nice piece of des loines.
newly wed wife in Vincennes
Shut some chickens up tight in some
pennies.
She thought they would lay,
But they crowed all the day
She took the blamed things for hennes!
Allison Jewell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13

fhe retirement of Denman Thompson
Is a distinct loss to the American stage
FOR many years he has been one of the
pest loved and most wholesome char
acters upon it. and though he and his
New Hampshire plays have had manv
'm'ators the originals have remained
"''hodt peer. While nobody would
nave ciassed Denman Thompson with
'he late Sir Henry Irving as an actor
nevertheless the creator of "Old Jobr
"mtcomb." fills niche in the hearts
Vi many thousands of theatreroars
IRON which he can never be dislodsed
May the years of his rest and retire.
'"eht be filled with happiness up ther,
amons the New Hampshire hills wb,c,
nc 'oVes so well with whose scenes am
peopie he has made the America,
'"sa'rical world so familiar.
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The Difference.

The confidential clerk approached his
boss and said:
I'D like to marry SIR"
What" exclaimed the employer. ~
am surprised at your lack of Judgment.
Bjones. You are too young to marry,
and besides your salary is not sufficlent
to support a wife. You understand, OF
course. that / am talking for your own
good. | hate to see an enterprising and
ambitious young man like you throw him
self away"
But the girl says she will economize
and
Nonsense! Don't believe her. Her
father has probably given her extrava-
CANT IDEAS which she can't keep up If she
marries you. wouldn't advise any
young man to marry. By the way who
is the young LADY,"
Your daughter
Take her!" exclaimed the boss, and as
the clerk closed the door the old man
muttered, Gracious, that was narrow
escape
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
At the Critical Moment,

They stood with glazing eyes.
Their fists were clinched and drawn;
IN thrash you so,'' said Johnny Wise,
You'll not know paste from punkin pies
or where your teeth have gone"
"And while you're dom that"
Said Eddie Burlingame
I'll fiatten you so good and fiat
bet you'll not know where you're ut,
Nor even what's your name"
Thus was their boasting done,
Yet each at heart was sick
And Johnny longed to cut and run,
While Eddie thought: 81 wish some one
Would come and part us quick"
S F.. KiSar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13

That was a curious miXup in the Vlr-
ginian city of Middleton, last week
when it was discovered that the newly
elected mayor was not an American
citizen at all. He is an Episcopal rec
tor, and a native of England, who had
never thought to be naturalized. TIC
remedy the defect a judge promptly
held a special session of his court and
naturalized the mayor-elect on the
SPOT, so that an hour or two later he
took the oath of office as an American
citizen. The case was perhaps with
out a parallel in the history of Ameri-
can politics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
, An ajnterestina Experiment.

About 10000 of the Lithuanians of
Chicago have joined in a unique move
ment which will be followed with in
terest. These people. who are Of q
thrifty and industrious race from the
shores of the Baltic sea, have COM
bined in a society to establish wha,
would practically be whole county ir
the Columbia river valley in the state
Of Washington. Each person out OF
The 10000 who Join the society will put
in 800. and the $1,000. 600 thus obtained
will be used in starting industries ana
LAYING out farms and towns In the
chosen area. which is presumably an
irrigated one.
The principle of combination IN coi-
onies. on a large scale, has not oeeii
generally applied heretofore In TINS
country because 1t has not been heces-
saw people have preferred to go 1t
,,one q" and that is the best way when
II is practicable. Men combine to sup
MY the individuals want of sufficient
capital to accomplish an object. They
combine TO overcome an obstacle which
one man cannot overcome alone. But
seldom otherwise. except in the case OF
n few religious communities which can
hardly be regarded , as social or
economic experiments such as this is.
At last the limit of practicable I'M
aided Individual settlement on the
lands. of the West has been reached.
Properly to exploit a forty-acre irri-
gated plot requires a capital of $500.
But through combination of NUMBER
of persons ii may be done for less. IT.
rigati0n Of great tracts in the West
will not, by itself, relieve the increas-
ing congestion in our cities. because
the man who can raise, say, but $lo''
cannot make the start OH irrigated
land. The occasion arises for snch Or
carnations as that of the Chicago
Lithuanians.
Doubtless their entiTe suceeas
ponds on the quality of the business
management of the enterprise by its
leaders. but management in such case
is not difficult. 1t follows more or
less beaten path, in which all the
pioneering has already been done.
Such corporation settlement and agri-
cultural and Industrial exploitation OF
the arid West is directly favored by
the present irrigation laws. Irrigation
is. indeed, thing of cooperation
There is no reason why countless as
sociations should not be formed in the
more crowded East for the purpose.
and large populations successfully
transferred to the newly watered lands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
Managing a Husband.

Make him comfortable.
Don't be critical at any time.
Above all don't criticize MN In pubic
Cultivate a sense of humor.
Make light work of worries.
II Won must tell him the mischances or
the day show them to him as a Joke.
Encourage him to feel that nome IS Il
refuge. not a clearing house for your per-
plexities.
with him. .
a while expresses a desire to go out with
them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13

appearance. Your duties will consist OF
learning the cases, setting reprint, clean
superiors, Dragging on the paper, whist
ling between acts. whipping all VINO cuss
the editor and obeying all rules ana regu-
lations hereinafter promulgated. 1ou are
exnected TO drink nothing stronger than
henzine and to chew nothing but copy.
He was then conducted to the I've POT
and anointed, after which he was put 10
work as a full fiedged printers devil
Kansas City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
ESTABLISHED, 1874
Monday, November 10, 1905
Kansas Census Figures.

Kansas Census Figures.
Kansas is another Of the states which
indulge in the luxury of a state cen
sus in the year halfway between tn
periods of the national census, and a
the results in Massachusetts, New
York and Iowa have been widely pub
Iished and commented upon those o
Kansas deserve similar treatment
There is no state in the West in whose
affairs the East takes more interes
than Kansas. This was true in the
exciting days when it was the bloody
battle-ground between the forces OF
slavery and freedom and it is true al
the present time.
While the state census returns III
Iowa and Massachusetts were disap-
pointing because they failed to sho"
the expected gain in population. those
of Kansas show that the state IL
growing even as its corn does ui'ue'
the blazing sun of August. Inc re-
,,,rns show that The state now has
population of l,543sls. about twice 'hat
of Maine. This is an Increase over
tho state census of 1895 of 1875 per
cont The federal census of l9oo
credits Kansas with population OF
1,47O,495. The population has IN
creased 70, 1928 in five years. The IN
crease has been by no means uniform.
OF the 1O5 counties AZ. nearly half, re-
mort small losses. The proportion OF
retrogressive or stationary county
Jurisdictions is so large that the secre-
tary of the state board Of agriculture,
under whose auspices the count was
made, is moved to say that the report
cd decrease of population is incredible
and preposterous and indicates great
carelessness on the part of officials
responsible for the disconraging fig
urcs.
Many of the Kansas towns are Of the
mushroom order and have had their
booming days. The state contains ll9
municipalities with population oil
] 600 or more, and these communities
contain 81 per cent. of the states in
habitants. Sixty-onn of these towns
have gained in population. but nearly
as many, So. have lost. Kansas has
10 city Of great size: the largest is
Kansas City, with a present population
of 1872
In 1860 Kansas had a population of
only 1926. In 45 years it has grown
TO be a great state, with more than
/ 500. 900 inha bitants. 1t is still sparse
iy settled According to the federal
census of 1900. Kansas has only is in
habitants to the square mile. Maine
has about 90 persons to the square
mile. The figures are small when COM
urban population is very great. Little
Rhode Island is the most densely
populated state. having 407 inhabitants
for every square mile of her territory,
If the population were distributed in
that manner. The density of popula-
ton figures are: For Massachusetts.
3is: New Jersey. $50; Pennsylvania,
14O. Measured by these exhibits Kan
sas is far from being a crowded state.
The land surface of Kansas is so times
more extensive than that of Rhode
Island. If Kansas were as densely
populated as Rhode Island. it would
contain about 100000 Inhabitants.
ton, but the imposing exhibit suggests
possibilities that may be realized in the
remote future
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
ENJOYED the Lecture.

A Kansas City man came up to a lee
turer in a hotel there, saying with en-
thlsiaSm:
We'll, sir / enjoyed your lecture very
much last night"
Il didn't see you there"
"Oh, | wasn't there"
"Well, what do you mean by telling me
you enjoyed my lecture, and you were not
presept?"
oh l bought tickets for my girls
father and mother, and they both went"
The lecturer felt that he had not talked
in vain.
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A Kansas Initiation.

new printers devil was initiated
into the mysteries of type lice and
italic quads in the Wamego CKan) Times
office last week. This obligation was adj
ministered to him:-"By decree, you are
about to quit mortality. to enter new
MEDIA realm noted for having harbored
worse boys than you, and made famous
by sage and sinner. You must cease to be
cleanly. wear printers ink as though it
We're robe of spotless purity. You are to
harbor in your breast a total. complete
and constant distaste for decent personal