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Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

were eating and drinking the boy
showed me a pack of hounds that are
kept for trailing criminals and negroes
who have looked sassy at white
women.
The trouble with negroes is that
they all look alike, and IL one COM
mits a crime they can prove an alibi,
cause every last negro will swear that
at the time the crime was committed
the suspected man was attending a
prayer meeting, so they have to have
hounds that can be taken to the place
where the crime was committed and
they find the negro's track and they
follow It till they tree him. The hounds
do not bite the negro. like we used
to hear about. but they just follow him
till he is treed and then they bark, as
much as to say:
"Ah, there, Mn. Niger you just stay
where you are till the sheriff comes to
fetch you" and Mr.. Negro just turns
pale and he stays on limb till the
sheriff comes with his lynching tools.
When the sheriff pulls a gun the negro
confesses right there, and the deputy
sheriff brings the rope.
Put Up Job
1 asked the boy If the hounds would
trail white man without hurting
him and he said If you put anise seed
on their shoes the hounds will trail
'em all right, so we put UP a job to
have some fun. The boy gave me some
anise seed and told me to put it on the
shoes of anybody 1 wanted trailed, and
after they got out i'm the woods he
would put the hounds on the trail and
the people would have to get up trees
or have their pants chewed, but the
dogs would not hurt anybody.
fn !, iV,l,
bout it. l went to pa and told him
his shoes were all covered with red
Virginia dust and l took my hand
kerchief and busted them off and
made him hold up his foot like horse
that is being shod. Then l put Al
handful of anise seed around the sole.
and in his shoes. He said it was
mighty kind in me to do it.
Then / went to the giant and brushed
the dust off his shoes and put two
handfuls of anise seed in them, and
he said | was a nice boy. / told the fat
woman about the dust on her telescope
valises and 1 rubbed it off and gave
her feet dose of anise seed that ought
to have paralyzed a pack of hounds.
She wanted to hug me and let me kiss
her, but | said l passed and she said
she would do as much for me some
time.
About this time the planter took the
lead and they all went across pas
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12
Odd Varieties.
of Insurance

conn ANY PERSONS have perforce
wv been compelled to read facts
about insurance companies
recently" said a general agent, "but
I'll venture to say that not more than
one person out of ten thousand real
ICES even family the astounding
spread of the principle of assurance
The ordinary citizen knows only the
life and fire lines which directly con-
cern him, while the ordinary business
man may be aware or the existence of
other lines, such as plate glass insur-
ance. etc.
Nov, If there's anything in the
sphere of human activities that is not
covered by insurance it is because that
object has been overlooked by the in
surance promoter. Very soon / expect
that insurance companies will write
airship and submarine insurance in the
interest of foolhardy aeronauts and in
ventors. Here is list of lines now
i'm existence that should prove a rev.
elation:
Fire life. safe, rents, patent. ma
rine tornado, theft, credit plate glass
transportation, tourists baggage. ac-
cident burglary, sprinkler, lightning,
bank and messenger robbery. tailors
and furniture floaters, postal, elevator,
casualty. hywheel. automobile, physl-
clans and druggists liability, travel
ers' samples. fidelity, official, guaran-
teed attorneys department contract,
judicial and court bonds teams, help,
leaseholds, contingent steam boiler,
landlords liability, use and occupancy,
employers liability, workmen's col
lectlve, liquor dealers license, general
liability, hold-up and bank account in
surance.
$50 you see" concluded the insurance
agent, IF you have money enough to
pay premiums you can practically
cheat the DEGREES of fate"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12
A GREAT deal of American history
"A is told by trophy guns in Wash

y
~ is told by trophy guns in Wash
n ington. There are in the capital
many of these dumb reminders of
tragic stories. Some of the historic old
weapons are mounted i'm the grounds
of the navy yard and first among these
is the Long Tom" of the brig Cen
eral Armstrong.
This craft was the greatest of the
fighting privateers in the War of 1872.
She mounted eight long 9-pounders
and one long 42-pounder on pivot.
She had many captures of British mer-
chantmen to her credit and off the Sur
imam river, South America, she sighted
a supposed prize. The captain of the
Armstrong was Guy r. Champlin and
her crew mustered 30 men. What was
thought to be a British merchantmen
proved to be a British man-Of-war of
twenty-four guns, but as the General
Armstrong had sailed down too close
before discovering the mistake, Cham
plin gave the order: "ClOse quarters
and quick work" For more than an
hour the ships were engaged at dis
tance OF half a pistol shot With her
rigging riddled her captain wounded
and a majority of the crew killed or
wounded, the surviving men of the
General Armstrong got out the sweeps
and withdrew from the action, the
British ship being too much hurt TO
pursue,
Capt. Samuel c. Reid succeeded
Champln and on September 26, 1914,
the little brig put into the port ut
Fayal, Azores. soon after British
squadron. the Plantagenet, "A guns;
the Rota, 80; and the Carnation, is
guns; entered the harbor. Early i'm
the night four barges with forty men
in each put off from the British ships
TO "cut out" the American brig. They
were received with grape shot and re-
tired. AT midnight, fourteen barges
with five hundred men attacked the
Armstrong, but were beaten back with
heavy loss. At daylight the Carna-
tion took up a position and opened fire
but after long duel the Britisher
was SO often hulled that she withdrew,
Then the heavy Plantagenet came into
position and further resistance being
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

hopeless Capt. Reid pointed the Long
Tom down hatch and sent two shots
crashing through the bottom of the
brig. The torch was applied and soon
the General Armstrong went to the
bottom The squadron which attacked
the Armstrong was bound for the Gulf
of Mexico to cooperate with Packen-
ham against New Orleans, but the ships
spent ten days at Fayal repairing the
damage done them by the Armstrong
and arrived at New Orleans three or
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

four days after Jackson had beaten
Packenham.
Fayai was a neutral port and there
was long negotiation between the
United States and Portugal over Eng
lands violation OF neutrality. The Cen
eral Armstrong; Long Tom was dug
out of the mud Of the harbor and pre-
sented TO the United States. The old
gun Is inscribed as follows:
This gun was one of the main bat
terry of the French 74-gun ship 'Hoche',
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12
How John Hay Regarded Critics

John Hay was chatting about his
literary experience with AN Intimate
friend, when the latter asked:
John what feature or phase of this
most?"
We'll" was the reply. and tho
speakers eyes twlnkled misehieYously,
things that the critics fish out of
fellows printed stun that he never put
there But 1 suppose that critics. like
iivins."OErSomi S1i asuceess, s,'yM Masazine'a '''
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

She was captured by the English and
her battery sold TO the Americans. This
gun then served ON a Haytian priva-
teer and afterwards was returned 10
New York and lay in South street for
several years. 1t was then mounted or
the priVateer Gen. Armstrong and by
it's aid boat attack from an English
squadron on the night of Sept. 26-27.
1914. in Fayal, Azores, was repulsad
with a loss to the attacking party of
l20 killed. 1870 wounded and nearly all
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12
Copyright, 1905, by Joseps B. Bowles)


- EE. but pa is sore at me. He has
I been disgusted with me before,
but he never had it in for ME SO
serious as he has now. L guess the
whole show would breathe easier if l
should fall off the train some dark
night when it was stormy and we were
crossing a high bridge over stream
that was out of it's banks on account
of freShet.
1t was all on account of our taking
an afternoon off on Sunday at Rich.
mond. An old planter that used to be
in the circus business before the war
thought it would bring back old recol-
lections to him and give us a taste of
country life in the south if he invited
all of us, performers managers, freaks
and everything, to spend the day on
his plantation and go nutting for
chestnuts and hickory nuts, pick APP
pies and run them through cider
mill and drink self-made cider and
have a good time.
We all appreciated the invitation,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

The temperature has taken a drop"
"Well, that's quite natural In the fall,
isn't it?"-Baltimors American.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

FIRST OF FIRST aUYyYIvIDlG cktHPrER OF
"KESI1LWCeTxt = S1R Wal SCOTT
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12

' -ADDRE5S TO TIE QUEEN.
lORD TENIIYSON
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-12
China's National Tree.

The tung-shu. or wood Oil, tree IS
worthily named the national tree or
China. 1t is stately in appearance
with smooth green bark and widc
spreading branches, affording a hne
shade. 1t belongs to the euphorbiacae,
or spurge, family, of which the castor
oil plant is a member. 1t bears fruit
resembling a shell bark hickory nut,
but as large as Il small orange. Each
nut contains three triangular seeds sim
liar to small Brazil nuts. The Oil is
pressed from these seeds, and the re-
use is used as fertilizer. The Oil Is
Used principally for polishing wood
work and dressing leather. ConSid-
able quantities are exported. The WOOL
of the tung-Shu is used for making NIL
steal Instruments, fine boxes and the
framework of small houses. 1t is free
from the ravages Of insects.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-12
An odd Wrestling Match.

The extraordinary custom of wrcs-
Ting for Il bottle prevails at Hallaton.
in Worcestershire, England, where the
villagers have to brace themselves for
action on Easter Monday in order t3
retain possession of Il plot of ground
left to them in the good old days. The
bottle is Il large wooden one. bound
round with iron rims. and contains
ale. 1t is thrown Oh the ground that
the MEN Of the neighbOring village of
Melbourne may try to wrest it from
the inhabitants Of Hallaton. When the
battle is over. the victors drink the
contents. Tho sane bottle has done
duty for nearly half Il century. AS Il
preliminary to the great struggle. two
meat pies and two dozen penny loaveS
are scrambled for.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-12
River Will Reach
Coal Boat Stage

The rivers are rising at the
the headwaters as a result Of the
heavy rains of Saturday and early
Sunday and rivermen are predict
ing full-fedged coal boat stage
by not later than Tuesday night.
The rains south Of Pittsburg,
which have been general on both
sides of the river, have already
caused the river to take a turn
and the stage at the Wheeling
wharf last evening kas 8 feet 2
inches and rising. The present
rise will be reinforced by the
waters from the upper rivers,
where there has been an average
of an inch and a half of rainfall.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-12
Lockiaw Prevented by San Cura

Ny wife stepped on a rusty nail
and ran it into her foot. The
foot swelled and panied her so
that she could not put it on the
floor. San-Cura Ointment drew
/ out the poisonous brown pus and
she is now perfectly well.
EUGENE MCKENZIE,
Druggists, 25 and SOC. Plum, Pa.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-12

Quite a number of the members
of the X. of P. order, of this city,
attended memorial services at Sar-
dis, O., Sunday evening. The Me-
mortal address was delivered by
Rev. T. G. Meredith, pastor of the
M. E. church, of this city.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-12
Subscribe for the Daily Review.
Lawn Fete.

The ladies of the Guild of ST..
Paul's church will give a lawn
fete on Monday evening June IL,
on the lawn of Mrs. Talbot, on
Wells street. Ice cream, straw
berries, cake and ices will be SER
we'd. All are cordially invited to
attend.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19
The Coming Revolt.

Some day there is going to be a
terrible revolt in this country against
the boiled shirt. We are not going to
wear boards on our bosoms sur
mounted by picket fences when the
laundryman feels cross and cuts a
saw-edge on our collars. American
manhood is going to arise In its
might some day and carefully drop the
starched shirt over into the next lot
where the tin cans are. Today we
haven't the nerve to do it. We are
under the domination Of social and
commercial propriety to such an ex-
tent that we do not dare to arise and
proclaim our freedom in the name Of
liberty Of person and freedom OF con-
science. Some day we will wear soft
shirts and flowing collars and the
man who wears a starched board on
his bosom and a sheet-iron ring around
his neck will be known for the con-
ceited and artificial ass that he real
~ is. Aux armes! Minneapolis
Journal
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19
STATE NEWS.

The Devils Lake Free Pree says
that three people will come to a.
town over two roads where but one
will come over one road and suggests
that the Milwaukee extended from
Fargo, the Northwestern extend
from Cakes. or the Rock Island from
Watertown.
This man won't sing God Save
the King" One Allen, a farmer of
North Dakota, on his way to settle
at Wood Mountain, N w. T., was
fined $50 and had his outfit Of sixteen
cattle, five horses and wagons forfeit
ed to the crown, and was also given
one months Imprisonment. All this
was because he attempted to cross
into Canada without paying fees.
The citizens of Sanborn held a mass
meeting and have forwarded a petit
ton to Washington to have the name
of the town changed to Mcleod.
Sanborn wants graded school and
school house to cost $4,000.
Leeds News: A deal has been con-
summated whereby J. w. Scott of
Drayton becomes the principal stock
holder in the Benson County ,Tele-
phone Co. This is the line running
from OPeron to Esmond and from
Minnewaukan to Maddox, in all
about sixty miles of line, with several
toll stations and three local exchang-
es, viz: Maddox, Minnewaukan and
Esmond.
= Carl Hahn, living near Drake, left
his coat and vest in the house, went
to the barn, hid his cap in the manger.
and jumped into twelve feet of water
IN an eighteen foot well. '.r
Miss Julia Espeset, aged so, was
found dead in her claim shanty two
miles east of Landa Cause of death
unknown. rs.
Mr.. Pennington, general manager of
the 500, in answer to letter of in.
quiry states that the Bismarck Line
VIII be extended 20 miles out from
Underwood this year. As to what
direction it will be extended he
doesn't say, but from information from
Underwood we are sure it will be ex.
tended in this direction. Although
twenty miles extention will not bring
y closer than about twenty-five miles
TO Ryder. 1t will be much better than
hauling our grain to Minot this fall,
and We can be quite certain that 1t
Will be extended farther next year.
This extension will encourage the
farmers in the Missouri Slope to put
IA much more grain than they had In
tended to. Ryder (Ward Coz News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19
LARGEST IRRIGATION
PUMPING PLANT
In THE WORLD

Williston Herald: There are many
things of interest regarding the irri-
cation of the county. which people are
not acquainted with. One Of these is
that the scheme of this county is the
largest irrigation pumping plant in the
world and that the most powerful ma
chinery ever used for that purpose will
be put in.
The government irrigation plan en-
braces from $4,000 to 100000. acres,
which viii be considered one scheme
and will lie among the largest.
The surveyors are working on the
Williston project and will be able to
furnish fair estimate of the cost at
the meeting on the fifteenth.
The people of Nesson want meet
ing there April %, but as Mr.. Storrs
will be here before then, Mr. Churchill
will try and have the meeting on the
18th so that both he and Mr.. Storrs
will be present.
At the Williston meeting on the fif-
teenth of this month it behooves
everyone interested to be present not
only to this one meeting but to all
subsequent meetings, so as not to
miss a link in the chain. Lay aside
all other business and be here Satur.
day. E.
One hundred thousand acres of irri-
gated land will produce more crop,
one year with the other, than all the
rest of the county.
Two drill engineers arrived here
Tuesday to prospect for coal and
ascertain how cheap it \can be fur
n1shed the pumping stations.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19

Chickens come home to roost."
Two years ago the appointment of
the committees was taken out of the
hands of the mayor because the coun-
Gil was not in harmony with the
mayor and wanted to emphasize the
fact by that act of discourtesy. Now
the precedent of two years ago is
followed-the rule providing for this
system not having been, repealed
and it is noticed that some who
voted for the system then see no
good in it now Thus it is that
emergency" is the only excuse for
this and many other foolish proceed
ents inaugurated during the last
four years of Bismarck's administra,
ton: 1t is hoped the experiences OF
the past many not continue in the
future.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19
Secretary of State.

The great floating steel drydock
now approaching completion at Spar
rows Point, Md, will be the largest
structure of its kind in the world and
when it is lowed to the Philippines
it will fill the urgent need of docking
facilities for our warships on the
Asiatic Station. This dock is five
hundred feet long over all, one hun
dred and thirty -four feet wide, forty
two feet high ON the walls clear OF
The pontoons, and has a lifting capaci-
ty of twenty thousand tons. 1t con-
.ains eleven Thousand tons of steel,
the side walls are sixty-fouF feet high
from the bottom, and the pontoons
are eighteen feet deep. When float
ing at light draught the dock will draw
six and a half feet Of water and when
submerged it will require sixty-three
feet of water to give draught of
thirty feet above the blocks. Quar-
sers will be provided on this struc-
ture for nine officers and twelve men.
The equipment of the dock will in
clude an electric plant, distilling ap-
paratus and complete machine shop
capable of making all ordinary re-
pairs to warships of every type. The
dock will cost $124,O00. The next
largest dock in the world is that, at
New Orleans, which has a lifting ca
pacity of seventeen thousand five
hundred tons. The British dock at
Bermuda, built in England, has a lift
ing power of sixteen thousand five
hundred tons the German dock at
Stettin has a. capacity of eleven tho'ls-
and tons and the Austrian dock at
Fola has a capacity Of srfi cen tacuattad
tons, whilerthe United States dock at
Pensacola, which was brought from
Spain and towed to Florida from
Havana, has a capacity of ten thous-
and tons. To tow the big dock from
SDarroWs Point to the Philippines. a
distance of fourteen III usand miles,
will be one of the most .liGica'S tow.
ing undertakings eyer attempted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19

as to the value of editorial expires.
sions of opinion in a newspaper, and
the controversy had been heartily en-
joyed by good many of the other
papers that were not implicated. Now
the Mandan Pioneer comes forward
with, the resolution Of the whole ques-
ton, which is. in it's opinion, substan.
TALLY, that if a paper has any opin-
ions it may do very well to express
them, and if not, it may get along
very we'll without them. It seems
that on the whole. the thing to be
avoided is the attempt to express
opinions when one hasn't any.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19

The Mclean County Gazette, Vol.
1, No. L, has made its appearance
and it is a creditable looking paper.
The publisher is an ex-preacher-Wm.
M. Potter-and he makes the sensi-
bic announcement that he proposes to
run a newspaper-with news in it
and when it comes to politics he will
support "the powers that be-" which
SHOWS degree of diplomacy that
makes Mr.. Potter a welcome mem
Der of the newspaper "profesh" of
Mclean county at once.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-19
STATE IRRIGATION
engineers MEET
IMPORTANT GATHERING At
I SHEYENNE ATTENDED BY
s.. REPRESENTATIVES, FROM
# - MANY STATES.
MR.. FELLOWS FROM THIS STATE
RETURNS TO BISMARCK
PLEASED WITH THE
MEETING.
BISMARCK PROJECT TO BE
MOVED UNLESS THE BIS
MARCk PEOPLE GET
BUSY At ONCE.

turned after an absence of week
for the purpose of attending meet
ing of the association Of state en-.
gineers, held at Sheyenne, April 18th
to 18th. ALI of the state engineers of
the irrigating states were present
with the exception of the state en-.
gineer of Nebraska. The subjects of
the transfer of water, appurtenance,
water rights to land, waste and seep.
age waters, reasonable diligence in
construction, and other subjects re.
lating to administration of irrigation
laws were fully discussed. Mr.. Eel.
lows, who, before coming here, was
for six years a deputy state engineer
OF Colorado and for two years the
Colorado district engineer of the U.
S. Reclamation Service, read a paper
upon applications for water rights"
The association was addressed by
Gov. Brooks of Wyoming, Hon. F. w.
Mondell, chairman of the COMPRESSION.
al house committee upon irrigation,
and DR.. Elwood Mead, chief of the
irrigation investigations of the de.
partment of agriculture.
DR.. Mead promised Mr.. Fellows
that he would spend some time with
him in looking over the northern part
of the state, more especially the
Mouse River district, little later
in the season. He also stated that
the study of the drainage problems
OF the Red River Valley would be
prosecuted with all possible diligence.
Plans are now under consideration by
which the state engineers Office may
cooperate with the bureau of irriga.
ton investigation in this important
work.
Officials OF the United States Re.
clamation Service were seen also and
plans for this seasons work were dis.
cussed. Surveys in Williams county
are now we'll under way and it seems
certain that the people of that locality
will vote for construction and that
this will be undertaken at once. In.
vestigations in Burleigh county will
probably be discontinued, for the pres
ent at least, and transferred to the
other side of the river. This will GER
tainly be done unless greater interest
is displayed by the parties interested
than has been shown up to the pres
ent time. Mr.. Storrs, engineer in
charge of this work, will be in Bis.
marck within day or two to decide
definitely what is to be done. The
chief engineer Of the Reclamation
Service and Mr.. Storrs are extremely
anxious to find feasible projects in
North Dakota and they will leave no
stone unturned to discover them.
Mr.. J. A. French with his party will
be here ready to commence further
surveys within week.
The reclamation work in general
is being pushed as rapidly as is con-
sistent with good business manage
ment. In Montana, Wyoming and
North Dakota as well as in most of
the other western states where the
people have desired it instruction
work on great scale is being un-
dertaken. All that is needed in this
state is the discovery of projects that
are desired by its citizens under the
conditions imposed by the reclama-
ton act.