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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08

suckness in this black night. Be sldeS. xho eyer struck q match at night to see by: No: the match was in flat same tree speak Of. I was silent. T presune f didn't strike it- self" he continued
 Lower your vOico." I eujOined.
 Sheppard smiled. as I could perceive even in the darkness.
 .Oh. don't see why" he deciared There's no one there to strike match nox. to the hest of my belief"
 How is thzt:"
 Did you bear TO sgund:' h. asked
 I shook my head. and he patied hls shotgun
 T congratulate you ca your =ound nesz of heshh. fired about an hour ago. and fsnCy the shot did not al tozpther miss. There followed a still small noise and after that again pat te-inz feet receding- thin- some ons has indigestion today in Sercombe's amy
 Sheppard sh0uIder-d his gun and EaiE@1 tO 1hs northern verge Of the pzraDez stepping. be fBmbl@i in the dark-ess and the ne1t moment his To.ee s91nded from beiOv ny feet @FglIsz He. Ned he called Grgping sbgut -i-h feez ana bends I csr1e Up- oa an Op.n hoe in fbe SOo- and h. s1rri1g my legs cautiously hzpp@1e1 -u5a tfse nrst step I8 a stone stairway DiizezriT stepping siO<n this through shee- bIsek1esz cane cut upon shsp- pard-S heeEs into what hy esnrsTfso1 seemed dzyiizh1. The stars giiztened fn the ezz9pT of haven uss OG' u1an Ehs hzfrle1snts
 We ug- have kI19sn tbere vas sszEe esnEa zljEzfiS4 t--tz-z7 the kesF ] azd ttss bat1iezent sad Shepper1
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
Russians in London.

Tn investigating the death of a child. London lodging-house inspectors found a room at the east end. in which 1e Russians slept Their beds almost touched. There vas stove in the middle of the room and no ventilation, and water was running down the win dow panes in streams.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
Repartee.

Your appalling isnoranee interests me. For the sake of the experience. I'd give sl00 to be as big fool as you gre for five minutes
 Yes. and the rest of your life you could boast of having had one lucid interval. l.'-Cleveland Leader.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08

be worn in the daytime: and after noon reception and studio tea presents an appearance of midsummer; the light silks. the lingerie waists. the filmy white frocks reminiscent of veranda gayeties. Our houses are so hot fl is a style that is refreshing both to be- holder and beheld. And ge notice that the silk shirt waist suits have been worn all winter. the warm separate wrap of heavy cloth making them ideal for shopping and morning lecture
 ELLEN OsMoNDE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
None Too Soon.

Well. Kadley is dead. He vas . mighty tough character"
 Yes: killed out west by a pTematurt explosion of dynamite. wasn't hes
 'It was an explosion Of dynamite but wouldn't call 1t premature "- Philadelphia Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
Pn1.<s of China

A nepheu of the emperor of China sns the chief engineer 10 the Chinese gov ernmenf are TOW in England making ar rsnzenents for the construction of 2 srsat military rise factory in China
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
Fatal

What made Jones give up his dip Iomatic earesr7-
 An unfortunate physical ailnsHt- He zas .ttaeked with Iooss1ess of the jaS and couldn't stop talking at time when se should have kept his mouth shut = Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
What H. Meant

That Eid0r1I make a fool of him if be dossnt watch out
 No l have it on vsTy good s1thor- fty that she intends to marry him
 That's phzt nezr-"-HOEston Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
For Gay Winter Festivities

demi-train. As yet. we are rejoiced to say, the very long skirt has not affect- ed tailor-made gowns for street wear.
 The long cloak, now the mode. al- lows that light and summery apparel
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
Som. Silver.

Oz board the Pseifc Nal liner China uhich sailed from San Fran cisco recently for the orsent- are N tens Os Nex5csn silver dosIsrz. wo-tk s5ss.ssg gnld
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
Escaped

Sworn oH smokingT
 Yea
 "O1 account of a girl. suppose?- Yes. I found out that she intend ed t0 give me a box of cigars -"- Cleveland Leader.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08
CHAPTER X.

" WHEN I descended into the
 wv house I had hit upon one
 1v line of defense at least, and s-S ar once proceeded to real
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
PIPE ORIGINATOR.
He Was a Shoemaker and He Is Now
to Have a Monument.

kavol kowateS, a Pesth shoemaker,
invented the meerschaum pipe He
died in 1864, and there is talk among
Pesth smokers of erecting a statue to
his memory.
A large piece of meerschaum was
brought to Pesth by Count Andrassy
in 1926. 1t had been given to the
count in Turkey. He fetched it home
because, as a piece of white clay of
extraordinary light specific gravity,
it pleased him.
kavol koWates was noted in Pesth
for his skill in carving, and Count
Andrassy took his chunk of light
white clay to him and said:
Maize. fellow, something pretty out
of this"
The ingenious kavol, a great
smoker, thought that the porousness
of the white clay adapted it will for
pipes, and accordingly he made two
from it, one for himself and one for
Count Andrassy.
The pipes were charming, and they
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
CHEAPER LIQUID AIR.

Reduced cost of liQud.air produc-
ton is indicated by an article in ths
London Times. Recent experiments
in England of an invention by Mr..
Kuudseu, a Dane, furnished liquid air
at onc-sixth OF the present market
price, and give promise of an ultimate
low price OF a fraction over two cents
per gallon The result IL secured by
purely mechanical means, without an
atom of added chemicals. Atmosphere
ic air is first purified and then com
pressed by stages 10 $500 pounds to
the square inch. 1t is finally reduced
to 125 pounds to the square inch,
which then cools and liqueties the
high pressure air.
The oxygen gas produced by serar
ating the nitrogen from the liquid air
is claimed to be purer than by the old
method, and can be supplied in the
liquid as we'll as the gaseous form
One gallon of liquid air equals approx
imatcN 12S cubic feet of oxygen gas,
which rctails at six cents per cubic
foot. The new price is one cent.
Liquid air has been successfully used
in coal mines as an explosive, being
quite safe where fire damp and other
explosive gases exist. Liquid oxygen
is also used for Welding steel pipes
boiler shells, and plates for shipbUld
ing instead of rivctng.
That oxygen and nitrogen can be
L
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
SALTED WHALE.
Some Say 1t Is Better Than Poor
Sailed Beef.

The preservation and expectation OF
whale meat is becoming big indus
try in parts Of the Gulf of st, Law
renee, For some time past the fisher
men of Gaspe have been in the habit
of sailing down portions OF the meat
of the whale for their own use when
short of other food, but now 1t Is found
that the article is eagerly consumed
by some of the South American peo.
pies and consequently it is becoming
quite an article Of commerce.
One company has established large
plant on an island in the region known
as Seven Islands, in the north of the
Gulf of st. Lawrence, and maintains
regular whaling steamer TO Kill and
tow in the whales to the factory TWO
species of whales are taken the
bumped back and the sulphur bottom.
They are 50 plentiful that there is no
difficulty in killing and towing to the
factory one a day, which is all that
the present capacity of the factory can
accommodate Each whale is valued
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
CROPS IN COLD ALASKA.
Arctic Climate Does Not Prevent the
Growing of getabes-China
Seeking to CurtaiI Opium
Evil-Other Notes.

Many persons who have travelled
recently in Alaska have returned with
the impression that this distant
northern possession of the United
States is valuable only for fish. miner.
ais and woods. Suggestion that aari.
culture is possible in that land Of
snow and ice is generally ridiculed.
Nevertheless the latest publication OF
the department of agriculture is on
the wOrk of the Alaskan experiment
station, prepared by G. G. Gcorgeson,
IN charge of the Alaskan work.
The report covers the operations at
Sitka, Rampant, Cooper Center, kenai
and Fairbanks. and shows "A remark,
able amount of ingenuity in selecting
and coaNing along the crops best
suited to the short uncertain sum
mer Of the far north. The work has
met with many disCouragemcnts and
SctbaCks. But on the whole it has
been satisfactory enough and a good
many ot the mistakes made were the
sort that We're TO be expected in deal
ing with an almost unknown problem
They can be rcCtiicd in the future and
the writer makes the prediction that
large percentage Of the $500 600
worth Of produce imported in 1908
could be raised in the country.
Returns have not been available
from all of the land Offices. but it
seems that ten Offices report $50 home.
stcads taken up, and while number
of these probably were taken largely
for the timber on them there has
been enough done in the farming line
to show that Alaska will produce
many things besides minerals and
will be able largely To feed herself
The total farm imports into Alaska
last year were s3,3i0,S 800 OF this
amount many things were like tobac.
co, rice, sugar and nuts, which essen
tally belong to the tropics But OF
the products of the temperate zone
there were $l527,522 worth of animal
products and $l,577,G2S worth of
vegetable products, and Of these the
larger portion can and eventually will
be produced in the territory.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
GOLD DREDGING IN kLONDlkE.

According to Consul Ravndal, the
rich. early discovered creeks in the
Klondil,e have by crude and waste.
fnl methods been worked over They
now are being subjected to more scien.
fife treatment under the new system.
# hos nrnynd omInantiv successful
/, rho K,nndil,o in spite Of such draw.
hoc,,s os diricuItias of tronsnortotion
hi.h c,st og iustaII,tin, ana onera..
49,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22

Well
is the clerks who squndqr all their earnings and heavily
drink life and have used tobacco
pleasure spending all earnings living AS
several thousand dollars decided retrieve losses
o |
e
that healhe
and o
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
From Nations Capital
Figures Regarding Visitors the Washington MonumentWar De-
partment Clerk Saves Nearly All His Saarynsanty the
Increase.
WA SHINGTON-

WASHINGTON.-The Washington monu-
ment is visited by almost every sghtseer VINO
rambes over the beauty spots of the national
capital. 1t is the highest place, erected by
human hands, to be visited anywhere in the coun
try. An official report just made by the superln'
tendent of the monument tells some interesting
facts about the tall pile of stone and the persons
who visit it.
1t appears that the whole number VINO Went
to the great monument during the last year was
about the average for the last II years Inc
usual 90 per cent. of the visitors We're inoculated
with the lazy bug, while the remaining ten per
cent. climbed the long stairway TO the top OF tne
monument. So far good
But when it comes to the classification o!
months officials balk at the figures. For IN the
balmy sDrinp month of April, which had more
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22
LIVES ON TWELVE CENTS A DAY.

Augustus Riley, clerk in tho war depart
ment, "A Years old declares that he spends less
than - cents day for his living.
My average expense every day Tor nVe
years past has been less than Il cents said MI
Riley, and | have had plenty to eat The system
requires only so much. | sleep like baby and
at leisure | go for several miles stroll through
the parks.
Il never get hungry; most people feel that
way when their imagination runs away with
them. l live on SAIL month and | have an
itemized statement to prove it. My favorte
dishes are apples, eggs and rice. | avoid meats
and indigestible foods. They tear the vital or
gans up and put them out of use
Riley saves 95 per cent. of his salary He
is a of strong personality and is an excel
lent Speciment of manhood. He is not a miser
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22

Statistics gathered by the census bureau tend
to show that insanity is increasing in this coun'
try at tremendous rate but there may be ex-
plantations The statistics just made public have.
at first glance, alarming aspect which seems
to indicate that insanity in this country has in
creased rapidly in the last quarter of century.
Whether this is remains subject to further
corroboraton, for what the figures really show
are the number of insane restrained of their lib,
erty and cared for either by the state or by their
own relatives in established institutions. In.
crease in the number of inmates at these places
may therefore be interpreted from one point OF
view as proof that such unfortunates now
being given more humane attention than hereto
fore. The population of the country has in.
creased by leaps and bounds until it has passed
the so 600 000 mark. As the number of capable
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22

avaed
stairway in sticky month of August when
the 100 mark
this fact Several
information is wanted IN the n % %
compile statistics the coming year
explaining month of the when od o was
humanity than au easy run
nine electr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-22

large quantities OF cheap hypodermic
syringes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17

The fact that one of the firms
of pseudo-bankers infesting lower
Broadway has been taking the fools
money for five years is an indication
of its success, says the New York
Sun.
Now half a dozen mushroom
banking" houses, with deliberately
furnished quarters in New York, and
branch offices in all the larger towns
in this country and Canada, and
even abroad, are using this ingenious
scheme to sell spurious mining, oil
and manufacturing stocks.
A writer in Success declares that
the house most successful at the
game has forty branch offices here
and abroad, besides agents in many
smaller towns 1t brings out new
company every little while and sells
the stock usually by the mail order
and agency system.
Years of experience have given
these parasite promoters an invalua-
BILE Sucker list''-little investors
all over the country whose financial
credulity has not been shaken by re-
peated losses. These investors -
wage earners, country merchants,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17
OLD STORY OF THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY
Schemes of Wildcat for Parting the Two
invaluable List of Suckers.

cIergymen, teachers and other pro-
fessional men-are reached through
circulars and letters.
The first stock sold by this house
paid cash dividends for a while, and
the investors who were doubling and
tripping their savings bank incomes
spread the glad tidings among their
friends The cash dividends were
followed by scrip dividends-in some
cases by no dividends at all. The
stockholders who complained too
loudly were offered in exchange for
their unsatisfactory stocks other
stocks in new companies brought out
by the house.
A trust fund" established ''fOr
the protection of investors" is made
up, supposedly, of sound mining
stocks, and when an investor gets
tired of one spurious stock he can
send it in and exchange it for some
thing else. This, of course, is just
as spurious, but it keeps the victim
quiet for a while.
He is advised to hold the stock
until the mine strikes the expected
bonanza ore, when the stock will
rapidly increase in value. In this
manner the house manages to keep
it's dupes quiet for many months and
to sell them more stock besides.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17
LETTER TO j. w. GLASS,
Dawson, Ga.

Dear Sir: Our agent ought to sell
nine-tenths Of the paint of his town
and region; no use to try for the
other tenth. The proportion of men,
who won't take good advice, and use
the least-gallons paint, is about one
in ten among even owners of houses
and stores and shops and barns and
fences.
One man in ten will buy gold
brick or green goods, if he has the
money and gets good chance.
Devoe at $1.75 a gallon is better
than gold; adulterated and short
measure paints are green goods and
gold bricks.
Devoe saves half, more or less, of
the labor and wages of painting; 1t
is all paint; full strength and full
measure. There is no other such
paint within ten per cent. Ten per
cent of labor and paint is worth saw
ing; and ten is the least. There are
scores of paints that thrOw-away half
of both gallons and labor on whiting,
china-clay, ground stone, barytes,
benzine, waterfall they are good for
is to make gallons of nothing and
look like paint in the can; more gal
Ions to buy and more gallons to pay
for putting-on-gold bricks and
green goods Here's how they work.
Judge / D Fairchild owns two
houses exactly alike in Lufkin, Tex
as. ] H Terrence painted both
houses; one Devoe, Is y gallons; the
other with another paint sold at
same price; % gallons. That %
gallons paint is weak and Is per cent
whiting; that's why it took II gal
Ions more Yours truly
F w DEVOE & co, New York
P. S. Peoples Drug Store and
Dawson Drug Co. sell our paint.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17

cred a great delicacy, and sometimes
right in the midst of a performance
off they come and are devoured
The costumer and the animal mil
liner have serious times making
styles. Now, this season the camel
will wear brown chapeau, with gold
braid and yellow ribbons with chic
bow beneath the chin. Can you
imagine anything more jaunty, or be-
witching?
With this circus we have just en-
ioyed there are tons of costumes
for the animals, each garment
packed in the owners trunk. One
elephant has fifteen trunks. Some
of you will say that you didn't see
that freak, and for your benefit
call the trunks boxes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17
ELEPHANT ROBE COST $1,000
ABOUT THE cos
TUNES IN THE BIG SHOWS.
Mantle Worn by One of the Ele-
plants Seen in RObinsOn's Pro-
cesSiOn Cost a Big Sum.

plants Seen in RObinson's Pro-
cession Cost a Big Sum.
John Robinson's circus exhibited
in Dawson Saturday. 1t was at Bris-
toll, Tenn, recently, and Mrs. Duen-
ner, of the Daily Herald, took an en-
tirely new departure and wrote thus
of Costumes that Animals Wear in
the Big Shows:
John Robinsons circus has gone,
and many a dime went with it, but
think of the fun you and the chill
dren and some of our country cous-
ms had. But did you think of the
costuming of the animals, especially
the elephant? Elephants gorgeously
clothed in scarlet plush with wonder
| full designs in gold, camels with
strange oriental and plush stripes
and edged with heavy gold fringe?
! Horses those beautiful, sleek, al
most human horses that dance and
prance and bow and pirouette to the
| thrilling circus unsolicited out
| in the most dainty shades of pink
and blue and lavender. AS we watch
them we take it for granted they
should wear all these handsome
trappings- whoever heard of cir
Gus that didn't have the animals
splendidly arrayed, even down to
| those funny little monkeys? But
little thought did we give to all the
work that it means and the enor-
nous cost of these things, nor the
place where they are made.
Just back of Madison Square Gar
den, in New York City, is the place
that stands as high undoubtedly as
the Worth" the 'Paquin," of ami
nal costumers, and a visit to this
shop would be most interesting. Just
imagine ten women sewing seven
days on one mantel for the largest
elephant, and the material, the
handsomest plush, % yards of the
widest at SO per yard, wholesale!
The gilt fringe foot wide and the
gold embroidery and the imitation
Jewels make the whole garment,
including labor, cost a little over
$1,000.
We have all heard of the ele-
plants wardrobe, but right beside
this big animal we find the wardrobe
in a big box painted the circus col
or, red, and on it the owners name
Monkeys are most difficult to fit
because they are easily frightened
but once they find you are friendly
and mean to treat them kindly, nc
vain woman ever more enjoyed be-
ing arrayed in red and gold. They
the monkeys of course, dislike all
colors save red and gold, and become
sullen and cross if an attempt is
made to put them in anything else
They are very destructive little crea-
lures, consequently their wardrobe
consists of more apparel than that
of any other animal in the circus
The material from which their jack
cts are made is a special weave, and
is waterproof. Strong brass catch
hooks are used to secure the gar.
ments.
The elephants valet, that is, one
valet, though the elephant boasts Of
not less than FIVE, says the mantle Of
the big animal had 200 buttOnholes
and they are every one done by hand
with oil-boiled silk twist!
Then the clown elephant, with hi:
gay pantaloons of denim, a special
ly heavy quality, and think of th'
yards of ruffling for such a trOuseI
leg.
The hats, if of straw, are consid
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17
Petition for Charter.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To the Superior
Court of said County: The petition of f. A.
Facer of Fulton county and 6. w. Dozler Of Ter
rel county. all of said state respectfully shows
1st That they desire for themselves their as
sociates. successors ana assigns to become in
corporated under the name and style of The Ma
tional Single Leaf Hotel Register and Cabinet
COMPANY of Dawson Ga The period for which
petitioners ask to be incorporated is twenty
years. with the privilege of renewal at the end of
that time.
end The capital stock Of said corporation is
to be two thousand dollars, to be divided into
twenty shares Of the par value of one hundred
dollars each Petitioners ask the privilege Of
increasing same to the sum OF one hundred
thousand dollars from time to time, as the stock
holders may see fit. without the further order of
the court; limiting the liability of each stock
holder to the amount of stock owned. All of
said capital stock of two thousand dollars has
been paid in.
3rd. The object Of the proposed corporation is
pecuniary gain and profit to its stockholders
4th. Petitioners propose to manufacture, lease,
sell or operate device known a Single Leaf
Hotel Register and cabinet as an advertising
medium. Also TO do such acts and have such
powers as are appurtenant and belonging TO said
line of business, and which may pertain to or be
connected with the advertising business in any
capacity whatever: to buy, lease or contract for
spaces in BOOKS, periodicals. newspapers. street
or railway cars, steamboats, or any other space or
spaces that can be used for advertising.
9Th. The home Office and place of business of
said corporation is to be Dawson. Ga. But petit
TONERS desire to locate branch offices and carry
on its business in any state in the United States
/ of America.
| Wherefore petitioners pray to be made body
corporate under the name and style aforesaid.
entitled to the rights. privileges and immunities
and subject to the liabilities fixed by the general
| laws Of this state. This 18th day OF September,
/ 1906 NJ. G. EDWARDS.
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office Sept. -. 1905.
| 5. DOZIER Clerk.
Georgia, Terrell County.-Clerk' s Office. Terrell
Superior Court I hereby certify that the fore
/ going is a true copy Of the application filed in
my office for charter OF The National Single Leaf
/ Hotel Register and Cabinet Company. Witness
ms hand and official signature this 18th day OF
September, 1906 w. S DOZlER, Clerk