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St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
THE NEW SUPER,
A CHEMICAL STORY
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
By E. F. sTEARNs.

This all happened about five years
ago-yes, it's just five years this
month that Otis died.
Say, he was the man to run an acid
works. He was super here in the acid
works for IL years running, and there
wasn't one fault found with him by
the boss or by the men, which is just
about as important, il not a little bit
more SO.
One day, about two weeks after the
death OF Otis, the boss turned up with
Rigby, mean little boy, maybe % or
%, narrow -chested, hatchet-faced,
green. from college and with an opin-
ion Of himself that would have bro
ken down an ordinary mans constitu-
tion to carry.
"Mr. Rigby," the boss announced to
the men, represents the younger gen
Grafton of chemists. He has all the
newest wrinkles in acid manufacture
at his command, and think he'll
make some improvements here"
Next Monday morning, Righy came
in for business the first time.
Say, it would have made your heart
ache to see that strut! First he'd
stride through the whole place with
his hands behind his back and q su-
perior smile on his wien little face,
looking this way and that way, like
bantam rooster out for fight. Then
he'd stamp upstairs to the office Otis
had had co long, and throw papers
around for q while. .. ff
Shortly after he saw boy coming
in with a cargo of beer, and down.
stairs he few to Brown, the shipping
clerk and general manager Of the Of
fee. N
Brown" he said, there's beer.
drinking going on here!"
"Can it be?" said Brown.
at Isl" announced the boy. "I'll
put q short stop to that. Tonight,
Brown, you will discharge any man
you know to be chronic beer-drink-
er."
what shall we do for men?" asked
Brown.
"oh, see here!" cried Rigby, very
sharp and impatient, ''how many men
out Of the 30 will you have to dis
charger"
Thirty" said Brown.
"Ah-hum," murmured Rigby.
''Then I'll take another course. Make
q sign, Brown: Beer drinking posi-
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

His fireman had to cart out ashes
and bring the coal from the pile In q
big sheetiron wheelbarrow, and the
way lay over the cobblestones under
the window Of little Rigby's Office.
Just before Otis died, he bought
Danny a fine new wheelbarrow fol
the purpose, for the old one was loose
in the joints. and pretty rickety gen
orally, and when man was pushing
her she sounded more than anything
else like carload Of tinware being
struck by lightning. sx.SS
But two or three days otter the
whistle stopped work, Danny-he's a
tender-hearted .feller-Danny got q
sentimental feeling for the old wreck
and dragged her out of the scrap heap
and set his fireman wheeling ashes,
back and forth, back and forth, back
and forth, till the din sent Rigby to
the speaking-tube once more.
Brown" he cried, what on earth
ails that wheelbarrow?"
ripe old age," answered Brown.
well, does it have to make that
noise?" W. &*
"The poor thing can't speak and
tell us" chuckled the old gentleman.
Il presume 1t does" a.
We'll. it's enough to drive q man
mad" said Rigby. "I'll have 1t stop
ped, except when I'm out of this Of
fee. Listen! You make another sign.
reading like this: 'Workmen are pos
itively prohibited from carting coal
and ashes without obtaining permis-
sion from the superintendent Nail it
up"
Another sign!" muttered Brown.
Rigby didn't come back that noon.
time, but he sent q boy to Brown
with note. saying that he had q
severe headache. and would the fac.
tory kindly try to run without him till
the following morning.
He took his time getting there the
following morning, too, and by the
time he finally did arrive the boss had
come in in fury. s-f
What under the sun is the matter?
Why is the factory shut down?" he
demanded of Brown.
TOO many signs," snickered Brown.
"The last of them being the most re-.
sponsible." .7
What do you mean?"
Well, to put it another way, want
Of coal is keeping US from running"
Goal! Great Scott!", shouted the
boss. You had 60 tons last week.
What's Rigby doing with it? Eating
it?'
Il haven't seen him at it." said
Brown, speaking slowly and distincts
ly and enjoying every word. But
he forbade any u man to- touch
the pile without his permission, and
he hasn't been Lere since yesterday
noon. The boilers were cold at six
o'clock"
Brown, Brown, Brown!" groaned
the old man. "Had you no more sense
than to follow fool orders like that?"
''Why. bless met" said Brown,
looking at him squarely with his in
nocent old eyes, isn't it one Of the
new notions? One of the latest wrin.
kles in acid manufacture? I'm doing
my best to cooperate"
"And what wretched idiocy is this?"
he said, pointing to the new sign. and
then to the others, with his cane
What are they doing here?''
"Mr. Rigby's orders"
"Well!-" said the boss. And there
he had to stop. for the situation was
too much for even his extended vo
cabulary.
When he got breath he said:
There's another sign in your hand,
Brown. What Is it?''
"Well-oh. that?" stammered Brown
going red.
Lets see it, said the boss. What
ever 1t is, heaven knows It can be no
worse than the others.
And with that he took 1t and read
this:
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

Our large cities grow larger at .
tremendous rate. The rural and semi
1uSal communities are steadily
drained Of their population to feed
The towns. Census bureau figures
show that during the past five years
~ out of los counties in Kansas show
u loss In population. In Iowa all but
- OF the 80 counties Of the state
have now fewer Inhabitants than they
contained In 1900. Some of this de-
crease in both states is, however, due
10 emigration to Canada. In Pennsyl-,
vania the growth Of cities has been
mnch more rapid than that Of the
rural portion Of the state.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
lnebriety and Eating of Fruit.


There is but one sure cure for the
drinking disease or habit, and that Is
the simplest of all. The cure consists
In eating fruits. That will cure the
worst case OF inebriety that ever az.
fiicted persons It will entirely de-
stroy the taste for intoxicants and
will make the sdrunkard return to the
thoughts and tastes Of his childhood.
No person ever saw q man or woman
who liked fruit and who had an an
petite for drink. No person ever saw
q man or woman with an appetite for
drink who liked fruit. The two tastes
are p. deadly enmity with each other.
and there Is no room for both of them
IN the same human constitution. One
Will surely destroy the other.-What
to Eat.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
Disused Houses Cheap.

y Many tourists In Switzerland were
astonished this summer to see vii
lagos in the Rhone valley, near
Brigue, which looked as If they had
been bombarded. On inquiry they
found that the demolished houses
were mostly temporary boarding
places for the Italian laborers who
made the Simplon tunnel. After
their departure these houses were of.
tered for sale at $50 each-not, OF
course, including the ground on which
they stood. gs
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
SERMONETTE. 'ff's
This twelfth chapter Of Num-

SERMONEHE
This twelfth chapter Of Mum.
bers is one for the Christian to
i study with prayerful heart.
searching, for among tho Lords
servants to-day there 10 much
Of Jealousy; much of spiritual
pride; much oS liinholy celti-
cism. Strange that such i dark
chapter could be written con-
cerning Miriam, and Aaron, and
; strange that-4to-days there 9. are
similar dark chapters in the
lives Of Christian workers. How
often 10 the coming Of christ's
kingdom hindered by the jeaI.
ousies among those into whose
hands the work has been COM
mitted. jealousy Of another's
, position, or. authority, or abiI-
ties, or success, or methods, 10
allowed to find lodgment in the
heart. Then does the jealous
heart look with critical eye, and
u isnot long ere the tongue 10
busy with the unhoiy, unkind,
unjust criticism. Oh, the harm
which one Christian can do the
cause Of Christ. The swift
Judgment Of God may not de-
scend upon such 40 It did upon
Miriam, but Il 10 not because
the sin 10 less heinous or mex
eusabIe In his sight. But soms
day when we see face to face,
and all things are revealed, then
shall we know what our jeal.
ousy, what our spiritual pride,
what our unhoiy criticism Of
another have cost.
But there 10 q bright and pre-
cious side to this dark chapter. !
Il we see Miriam and Aaron at
their worst, we see Moses at
his best. sit is here that God :
testifies Of Moses that lie was
"very meek, above all the men
which were upon the face of .
the EARTH" Not the meekness
Of weakness, but that holy, God
like, God-fearing meekness that ;.
could refrain from fighting
back" that could trust God for
yindication; that could forgive
with that forgiveness which led
to prayer for those who had
despitefuiiy used him. If we
need to learn the wickedness Of
jealousy Of spiritual pride, OF
unhoiy criticism, we need also
= learn the blessedness Of
meekness, Of patient waiting for
the triumph Of the right, Of God
like forgiveness.
There is a difference between
Jealousy of the Lords work, ,@-
and Jealousy 7..ofs.ths Lord's,z ,z,
worker.
When jealousy comes IN, zeal ]
for the Lord goes out. s.5 -
slander and beckbiting tread
close on the heels of Jealousy. !
To be "meek 40 Moses" one
must have fellowship with God,
faithfulness for God, faith In
God and forgiveness like God.
There need never be any con. e
fict among the Lords serv-
ants as to preferment, or work
to be done. Read the twelfth
chapter Of First Corinthians, 60
peeiaiiy verses IS, 2s. .t.s
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
Russian Epieurean coffee.

This coffee is made of quantity of
coffee, fruit and cognac In an open
bowl. The coffee is first laid in the
bowl and a quantity Of finely chopped.
apples and pears make q second layer.
The whole is then covered with cog.
nae. which is lighted, and there re-
mains a highly aromatic and delicious
syrup which is the epicure's idea of
Russian coffee. At first this appears
a strange drink. bat it soon becomes
very popular. The idea of using fruit
with coffee seems to be confined to
the Russians, but it suggests interest
ing possibilities for experiment.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
Has Had Many Meanino..

Originally the word ''impertinent.
signified merely mot belonging to-
When Wycliffe said that there were
many men in this world who were
''inpe-tinent to earthly lords" he did
NOT mean that they were cheeky" !"
but merely that they had no masters.
Then, as used by Shakespeare. "im,
pertinent" came to mean irrelevant" !"
Just 200 years ago It was defined as
signifying absurd. silly, idle"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
Combination Works We'll.

Formerly milk producers in Eng.
land were at the mercy OF whole
sale dealers or middlemen. By judi
cfous combination in various places
they have been able to secure uni.
form and equitable prices. securing to
individual members extra profits up
to 5000 a year.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

A Cincinnati woman complained Of
he. husband that he compelled her to
ext all kinds of breakfast foods and
denied her beefsteak, caramels and
every other proper food. After having
consumed tons Of Bale-a-hay, Shaker
oats, Rusted wheat, and Scalloped
peas she concluded to return to civil
1xation by way Of the divorce court.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
He Fills the aIll.

Ihe man who wins my admira.
tion,' said the serious girl. "must be
one who can stand firm In his con.
v1ctions IN the face Of ridicule, oppo.
sitions and personal danger"
see, said Miss Cayenne. .Your
iaeaI is 9 baseball umpire. Wash
tngton Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

DR.. T. Clifford Albutt, the professor
q physics at Cambridge, England, has
declared that there ought to be a law
against any man playing golf before
he reaches the age of IS. Perhaps Ms
Idea is that up to the time when q
man IL IS his chief aim In life ought
to be to earn his living.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

The cost of living In Japan has ad-
vanced from 40 to so per cent. in ten
years, but the spirit of the new Japan
would be reluctant to exchange its
Place in history for that of any pre-
y10us decade.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

A Boston maiden advocates a law
prohibiting men who have never been
married from marrying widows. She
declares the unmarried men fall easy
Victims to the wiles of. widows and
That 1t is discouraging to maidens to
b forced to take widowers who have
children. The lady ought to know
that no legislature on earth will ever
be able to cope with the widow Ques-
t1on. No, and there Is no law strin-
gent enough to restrain the erratic
cupid In playing his game of hearts.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

Rev. c. e. Scott has figured that
there are a thousand million heather
"a the world, and the chances are
That he didn't include Wall street in
the count.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

After all, the automobilists are not
unreasonable. All a Bartholomew
county girl had to do was to point a
big revolver at chauffeur to per-
suAde him to stop his machine while
1he navigated her skittish colt by it.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

1t,s q little disturbing to learn that
m Englishman has invented motor
horse that can be attached I'd any
vahtcle, but. thank goodness, the ma.
ehi.es cost $500 each.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

"A man who had won millions of dol.
1ars playing the races died In poverty
= few days ago. There are only few
men on record who have won millions
playing the races, but there are many
millions who have lost many dollars
each and finished in comparative poy-
erty as far as the race horse betting
gnme is concerned.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

Kansas has q wheat crop of 100, ,000.-
900 bushels. Kansas has on deposit
~ Its banks nearly 500 for every in
habitant. Kansas has nothing the
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
Bedstead siIeneer.

If bedstead creaks at each move
OF the sleeper, remove the Stats and
wrap the ends of each in old newspa-
pers. This will prove a complete
silencer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

Japan had 10000 suicides in 1905.
CONTRARY to a popular impression, only
nve grew out of disappointment at
not being able to 60 to war,
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

= The proposed establishment Of
natcheries for mosquito-eating fishes
may prove not the least efficient aid
"a the continuous war upon yellow
fever. y..zlg -
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
= Texas paper notes that basket
- green peaches also look extremely
We'll through pink peek-a-boo.

II Is pretty hard in these days of
0asastrous earthquakes and volcanic
efuptions to agree with Browning that
AIS right with the world"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

william Cullen Bryant once wrote
m ode to q mosquito, beginning Fair
insect" He must have known that
only the lady mosquito lights upon
man.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

Guests Have Only One Chance.
The Swiss hotels serve table d'hote
with military precision. When q
course once passes It is gone for.
ever 94 8s
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13

In this way she had nursed her al-
legged wrongs and they had grown
under this encouragement until at last
she became convinced that she must
assert her rights. She found Aaron
quite in sympathy with her feelings,
and ready to aid her IN any plans she
might wish to adopt to oounteractM Moses
influence and authority with the peo-
pie. They realized that they could
not openly attack the new plan Of
administration under the elders, and
dis they searched Moses record they
found there was nothing they could
point to in his leadership which had
been unwise or lAdiscreet.
Everything was all right until the
coming Of this man Jethro," exclaimed
Miriam, more than ever annoyed be-
cause of the failure to discover q
flaw In Moses career
What right has this uncircumcised
foreigner among us anyway. and why
should he have voice in the affairs
Of Israeli" responded Aaron.
Has not God SAID that the children
Of Israel shall not marry into the
heather nations about them?" asked
Miriam, a sudden inspiration coming
to her. "Was it not wrong that our
brother should have taken a wifs from
among these foreigners? A fine ex-
ample he Is for the rest & Of Israel
Here. surely, Ii where we may have
lust cause against hin."
An approving nod from Aaron, and
Miriam continued 8
"Should not Gods laws be cbeyed!
10 It not our d1ty to force Moses to
put away this abomination from
smopg us!''
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-13
. .7HEtsToRx.

YER since the appointment of the
20 elders over the children of
Israel, there had been trouble brew
ing in the camp Of Israel, for Mir
lam did not propose to be thus
''set aside," as she put 1t, without pro-
test. Secretly she cherished the hope
that Moses plan would not work, and
sought every opportunity Of discred-
iting the men chosen by Moses. She
was indignant that Moses had ig-
nored both herself and Aaron In the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19
GRAHAM 6 hORTONL LINE
HOLLAND TO CHICAGO

Steel Steamers Puritan and Holland.
Leave Holland a. III. and GAS p. III.
daily.
Leave Macatawa Park and Ottawa Beach
10 a. III. and II p. IN, on arrival of In
terurban car and p. NJ. train.
Leave Chicago p. III. daily.
Leave Chicago 9 a. H. daily, Saturdays
excepted.
Fare, day trips, Holland $500, Grand
Rapids, SIS so. Fare, night trips, Hol-
land, 81. so, Grand Rapids, $500.
Close connections and the most direct route
between Grand Rapids Central Michigan and
Chicago Ask your railway agent for through
tickets.
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HOW utCldItS lHdl ut
also favors this plan. National interest
attaches to the controversy between
Representative Burton and his sympa-
thizers and Senators Foraker and Dick
and their followers because Mr.. Burton
is credited with being in favor Of Sec
rotary William III. Taft of Ohio for the
presidential nomination in 1908, while
the two Buckeye senators are gener-
ally represented to be opposed to the
Taft boom. Indeed, Senator Foraker is
generally supposed to have presidential
aspirations himself.
Wilbur j. Carr OF the state depart
ment had occasion to call at the house
of a neighbor late at night. He rang
the doorbell. After long walt head
was poked out Of a second floor win
dow.
who's thereY' asked a voice.
"Mr. Carr" was the reply.
WELL" said the voice as the window
banged shut, what do I care II you
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

publicans for congress. Though he was
defeated, he cut down the usually large
Democratic majority, and in 1900 be-
came deputy attorney general. In 1904
the Republican convention nominated
him for attorney general without an
other name being mentioned for the
place, and he was elected by 10000
plurality.
AS head of the legal department Of
the state Mr.. Brown made an excep-
tional record. His first big victory was
a railroad suit, In which he recovered
S75OO00 for the people Of Nebraska.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

Ia, and In that
stream learned TO
swim and paddle his
own canoe.
After graduation
from the Iowa State
university he prac-
tlced law at Perry
and in 1888 removed
TO Kearney, Neb. He
was elected county
attorney and almost
before he got through
with that Office was
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

candidate. Thus the
first time the law he
was instrumental in
placing on the stat
ute books was put in
operation for a gu
bernatorial canvass
the result was con-
trary to the prefer
ences of its principal
author and supporter.
Both Governor Da-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

student at Brown
university he was
prominent in ath-
letics and as n pro
fessor at Cornell he
took an active in
terest i'm the support
of the honor of the
university on the
field and on the wa
ter. At middle age
he is a splendid
specimen of phys
ical manhood. In
1897 he was n pro
fessor in the Ameri-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

missed car Why don't you walk
and not wake up the people 90 tell
them about itY"
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler Of
the California State university. who
opposes nude models for art classes I'm
that institution, used to be professor
of Greek at Cornell. Comedians were
wont to say that he taught Greek and
athletics" He was an enthusiast both
as Greek scholar and as an athlete
and an upholder of athletics among the
students. When he was himself n
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

method of election he
favors the plan which
has been tried in ILL
nois and some other
states of voting at
the primaries for a
party candidate, the
party majority in the
Legislature being
bound TO respect the
will of the rank and
file when so express
ed. Senator Foraker
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

and fancies, and TO
get on well with him
the representative of
the United States has
TO keep his wits with
him all the time. In
the Stensland case it
was proposed that
the sultan be asked
to give up the de-
faulting bank presi-
dent on the ground
that il would be an
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19
stimulation without Irritation

In case of stomach and liver the proper
treatment is to stimulate these organs
without irritating them. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup aids digestion and stimulates
the liver and bowels without irritating
these organs like pills or ordinary cath
artics. 1t does not nauseate or gripe and
is mild and pleasant to take. Geo. T..
Sharrar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-09-19

Active lad who is not afraid to
work and wants to learn trade can
get good place at The Record office
if he applies quickly.