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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23
What Rulers Cost.

When it was proposed during the re-
ent session Of Congress to grant the
President an allowance Of $25, 900 yearly
to pay the cost of his special train and
other expenses when away from WASH
ington it was opposed by various
Democratic Statesmen" on the ground
that the presidential salary and White
House expenses are already large
enough and a serious drain upon the ma
tional treasury. From all parts Of the
country there came such protest
against their picayunish and cheese
pairing attitude that they skunk into
shamed silence and the appropriation
was unanimously granted. Plainly the
American people realize that this is a
great country. They also realize that
the salary Of our Chief Executive and
the expenses of maintaining his estab-
lishment are much smaller than pre-
vail in any other country Of Importance
on the globe.
The Buffalo Express makes some in
teresting comparisons between the cost
to America and to several European
countries of their rulers. By this table
1t will be seen that America has Sc
| cured a bargain-counter rate and
| everybody knows that it gets much
more for the money spent than any
other land. The presidential budget is
/ as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23

A week to August. and perhaps there
will be a little hay weather then.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23

For Representatives to Legislature.
FRED g. KINSMAN Of Augusta.
BENEDICT F. MAHER Of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23

For County Commissioners.
CHARLES F. KILBRETH of Winthrop
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23

This story has found its way TO wash
ington from the north: President Roose-
welt in a recent converse ton with Sena-
tor Knox of Pennsylvania, asked the
senator what he thought of the appoint
ment of Charles j. Bonaparte to place
in the cabinet.
"You have heard of the man McCln-
mis-" replied MIR. Knox, who kept a 81,
loon and lived with his family over the
saloon. One day his bartender shouted
up the stairs:
:" .MeGinnis shall thrust Tim O'Leary
for a drink"
HAS he had the drink called back
McGinniS. -
Ike has
"'1hin thrust him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19
CHAPTER VIII.
The Mansion of a Gentleman and a
Scholar.

The site of the Dove Cote was emf
nently picturesque. 1t was an area or
level ground, containing, perhaps, two
acres, on the summit of hill that, on
one side. overhung the Rockfish river
and on the other rose by a gentle sweep
from the champaign country below
This summit might have been as much
as two hundred feet above the bed or
the stream, and was faced on that side
by a bold, rocky precipice, not abso-
lutely perpendicular, but broken into
stages or platforms, where grassy
mould had accumulated, and where the
sweetbrier and the laurel, and clusters
of the azalea shot up in profuse luxu-
rance. The assures Of the crag had
also collected their handful or
soil and gave nourishment to strug-
Cling vines, and everywhere the
ash or pine and not unfrequently the
dogwood, took possession Of such spots
upon the rocky wall, as these adVen-
turous and cliff-loving trees had found
congenial to their nature. The OPP
posite or northern bank of the river had
an equal elevation, and jutted forward
so near to the other as to leave pe-
tween them a cleft, which suggested
the idea of some sudden abruption or
the earth in those early paroxysms
that biologists have deemed necessary
to account for some of the features Of
our continent. Below was heard the
ceaseless brattle of the waters as they
ran over and amongst the rocks which
probably constituted the debris form
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19
indestructible than adamant, by the
magic Of the letters.

magic of the letters.
I have trespassed on the patience Of
my reader to give him a somewhat
minute description Of the Dove Cote,
principally because l hope thereby to
open his mind to a more adequate con-
ception Of the character of Philip Lind
say BY looking at man in his own
dwelling, and observing his domestic
habits, will venture to affirm, 1t shall
scarcely in any instance fail to be true,
that II there be seen tasteful ar
rangement Of matters necessary to his
comfort; If his household be well or
dered, and his walks clean and well
rolled, and his grassplots neat; and II
there be no slovenly inattention to re-
pairs, but thrift against waste, and
plenty for all; and, If to these be added
habits Of early rising and comely at
tire-and, above all, II there be books,
many books, we'll turned and carefully
tended-that man is one to warm up
at the coming Of a gentleman; to open
his doors to him, to take him to his
heart, and to do him the kindnesses Of
life. He is a man to hate what is base,
ard to stand apart from the mass, as
one who will not have his virtue taint-
ed. He Is a man, moreover, whose
worldly craft may be so smothered and
suppressed in the predominance Of the
household affections, that the skilful
and designing, alas, may ever practise
with success their plans against him.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19
Through Nineteen Battles UnseathsG.

Ihfou9n Nfnereen 6aISIeS OhScdtneC.
Robert Young, a veteran Of the Cn-
mea and the Indian Mutiny, died at his
residence in Red Lion Close, Montrose,
on Saturday evening. He was II years
Of age, and his career as a soldier was
full Of desperate fighting. One Of the
most fortunate men on the field, he
came through nineteen battles scath-
less.
He was a native Of Edinburgh and
Joined the Black Watch in 1S46. Un-
til 1853 he served in Canada in which
year his regiment returned home and.
war breaking out with Russia he vol
unteered for the Crimea. His offer
was accepted, and he was transferred
to the Ninety-third Highlanders, who
were ordered East. Under Sir Colin
Campbell he was engaged in many bat
ties. He fought at the Alma and at
Balaclava, where his regiment formed
"The Thin Red Line" He was at the
capture Of Redan and the Malakon,
and spent the severe winter OF 1S54-66
in the trenches before Sebastopol, be-
ing also in the forefront Of the fighting
when that famous fortress fell. When
the Highlanders returned to Britain
they were inspected by the Queen at
Aldershot, and Mr.. Young, along with
three others, had the honor Of being
presented to her majesty.
During the mutiny Mr.. Young fought
in all the principal battles. He was at
the relief Of Lucknow, took part In
the forced march to Cawnpore, and
was at the storming and sacking Of the
palace Of the Queen of Dude. In De-
cember, 1867, he retired on pension
Of 1Od. per day, having served his
queen and country for almost twenty
two years-Dundee Advertiser.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19
CARPENTERS STEELE SQUARES
Inventor a Vermont Blacksmith Who
Became a Millionaire.

Inventor a Vermont Blacksmith Who
Became a Millionaire.
The large steel squares used by car
penters are such a common tool that
perhaps few know when and where
they were first made, and how they
came to be used, or even give the
matter a thought. The making Of
them is a great industry now, but
when the last century came in there
was not one In use.
The inventor was a poor Vermont
blacksmith, Silas Howes, who lived in
South SALISBURY.
One dull, rainy day peddler Of tin
ware called at his shop to have shoe
fastened on his horse. These peddlers
travelled up and down the country
calling at every farmhouse buying
everything in the way Of barter.
This one had a number Of worn out
steel saws that he had picked up in
various places. Howeo bargained for
them shoeing the peddler's horse and
received the saws in payment, and
each thought he had an excellent
trade.
His idea was to polish and weld
two saws together, at right angles,
and thus make a rule or measure
superior to anything then in use.
After a few attempts he succeeded
in making a square, marked it off
into inches and fractions Of inches
and found that 1t answered every
purpose that he intended 1t for.
In the course Of a few weeks he
made quite a number during his spare
hours. These he sent out by the
peddlers, who found every carpenter
eager to buy one. Soon he found or
ders coming in faster than he could
supply the demand. One Of his steel
squares" would sell for IS or So. which
was five times as much as 1t cost him.
He applied for and obtained a patent
on his invention so that no one else
could deprive him Of the profit 1t gave
him. 1t was just after the war Of 1872,
and money was scarce and difficult to
get. But he worked early and late,
and rs he earned money he bought
iron, and hired men to help him. In
few years he was able to erect a
large factory and put in machinery for
the making of squares. which by this
time had found their way all over the
country and had made their inventor
famous.
Such was the small beginning Of a
large and important industry. Peo-
ole came miles to see. the wonderful
forges, the showers Of sparks flying
from beneath the heavy hammers, and
listen to the din Of the thousand work.
men.
Silas Howes lived to be millionaire,
and he did a great deal Of good with
his money. Squares are still made on
the spot where the first one was made
more than ninety-fi five years ago.-Con-
sregationalist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19
WIRE WOUND CANNON.
How Uncle Sans Most Powerful Guns
Are Made.

HT0 mdQCs
Losing an international rifle shooting
match a few years ago resulted In the
invention by Mr.. John Hamilton Brown
Of one Of the most formidable, efficient
and terrible high power cannon ever
produced The cannon will throw
projectile weighing 100 pounds a dis
tance Of thirty miles and is now being
tested at the Sandy Hook proving
The Worlds Work explains the gum
making process:
The most efficient heavy guns made
in England are wire wound. But,
where as the inner tube Of the English
gun is a solid forging, the tube Of the
American gun consists Of number OF
steel sheets, each one-seventh OF an
inch thick Around these is wound
of an inch in diameter.
The tension Of this wire is so great
that the inner tube Is compressed to
the point where 1t cannot be overcome
by the explosion Of gunpowder. The
gun is so strong therefore that 1t can
not be burst by any charge that can be
placed in it, although it's powder cham
ber Is much larger than that of any
other gun of similar caliber in exist
ence.
The six inch Brown wire gun will
throw a shot weighing 100 pounds for
a distance of thirty miles. A projectile
fired from this gun will penetrate a
greater thickness Of armor plate at
1000 yards than a projectile fired from
any other gun at a distance Of twenty
feet. After flying thirty miles the pro-
jectile will have enough power left to
penetrate six inches Of steel.
A ten inch gun Of the same type has
been designed A great many weird
feats are predicted for this ten inch
gun-however, 1t is not yet built If
the wire guns of large caliber fulfill the
promise given by the six inch guns
already built the costly and cumber-
some armor plate of the modern bat
tleship will, no longer afford protec-
ton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19

If YoU-Find fault with others, 1t
will make them faultier.
Worry about your work, 1t will make
you less capable.
Anticipate evils, you will be sure to
bring them upon you.
Imagine you are disliked, 1t will
make you less likable.
Talk about your Ill health, 1t will
make you less healthy.
Sit bemoaning the past, you will new
er get on in the future.
Talk much of what you are going to
do you will never do 1t.
Complain Of lack Of opportunities,
you'll miss what you have.
Wall bitterly that 1t Is an unjust
world and life not worth living. you'll
find It come true for sure, In your own
case at least-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19

eT A newspaper correspondent re-
Gently found near Kimberly, South
Africa, a diamond Of 149a karats that
he sold for $13,455.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-23

ness owning horses. He owned
small string of racers for some years,
nevertheless, but it was his undotng,
for his horses were ruled of the track
two or three years before his death,
and he was requested to be careful
about his bets. There was reversal Of
the ruling against him, but it came too
late. and he never re-established HIM
self as race horse owner.
There is no doubt that "Pittsburg
Phil" had foxy ways of his own. Soon
after his first appearance in the east
the bookmakers at Monmouth Park,
N. j.. then in its early decadence, be-
came so suspicious of his bets, which
he almost always won. that he had to
send twenty husky farmers. who look
ed as If they had never seen race
track before. into the betting ring.
They put down the money in $40 bets.
1t was a 40-to-1 shot he had hired the
farmers to play, and each bet ment
$500. SO that the day was one of great
profit tor Smith. He managed this
scheme with such unusual cleverness
that nobody on the track suspected its
nature while it was being worked, and
no one would have learned about it
had not Smith himself told it years
afterward in burst of unusual con-
fidence.
Once at Sheepshead Bay he handed
$500 to well-known bookmaker to
bet on a five-to-one shot. AS the
bookie took the money and called out
$4,000 to $500" Smith took off his hat
and mopped his brow with his hand
kerchief. 1t was learned afterward
that this was the signal for young
army of commissioners" to bet all
over the ring. The horse won. and
Smith raked in big pot of money,
though nobody ever knew how much.
In their palmy days "Pittsburg Phil"
backed the Dryers horses. but later
that wasn't profitable and he changed
his course. He bought King Cadmus
and backed him persistently, losing
so steadily that the public thought the
horse was Counterfeit"
Then came a day that old time
bookmakers refer to with sigh. They
laid 20 to 1 against King Cadmus. and
King Cadmus won. So did Smith. to
the tune of 100000. On August 8,
1908, he won $4,000 on the winner of
the Saratoga Special and $4,000 on
other races-$70,000 all told. On that
day and on the days of King Cadmus's
big winnings-the latter once won
$4,000 for him at Morris Park-when
asked about his big hauls Smith mere
ly answered.:
"Well; had a bet down and I won,"
only that and nothing more. The
margin by which King Cadmus' won
his race was very close. being only
''by nose" on the day he earned his
owner 100000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-23

One Of the greatest turf "pfungers"
that ever placed at odds" was the late
"Pttsburg Phil" as he was called.
The most enthusiastic even of Michael
+. Dryers admirers will concede that
as plunging bettor. "Pittsburg Phil"
George F. Smth-took the palm,
for he was worth more than $3,OOO,O 900
when he died last year. He won by
following a policy exactly the opposite
to Dryers.
"Pittsburg Phil" was better known
throughout the whole country, prob
ably than Dwyer. The latter un-
doubtedly handled large sums than
the former. In his whole racing career
Dwyer never was figure on the west
ern tracks. but "Pittsburg Phil" spent
eight years in the west before his
eastern career Of fifteen years began.
The Dryers were we'll to do when
they started Rhadamanthus. and even
when they made their first bets:
"Pittsburg Phil" was cutting corks at
a cent cork when. at Is. he made his
hrst bet and it was years after that
before he owned his first race horse.
The Dryers began their racgoing for
pleasure. only taking up racing as a
business. no doubt. because there was
more fun in it than there was in the
butcher business. "Pittsburg .Phil's"
sole motive in going into racing, ap-
parently, was the making of money.
He never seemed to take any pleasure
in it and he never seemed to get away
from it for moment.
Ia
as neat and careful in his dress as
man we'll can be. He spent all his
hours in the study of horses and horse
racing, and though he often lost he.
never went broke. 1t was repeatedly
said in his lifetime that he knew more
about horses than any other living
man. and he certainly had the best
memory for previous performances"
that has ever been shown on the
American turf.
"Pittsburg Phil never took "short
Odds, no matter how promising, his
method being exactly the opposite of
Dryers. Consequently in the long
run his results were exactly the re-
verse of Dryers. When the latter
won his winnings were much smaller
than his risk ha dbeen; when he lost,
his losings were much larger than the
sums he stood to win: Smiths win
nings were always much larger than
his risks and his losses much smaller
than the sums he stood to win.
Dwyer had to win much oftener
than he lost. Or "go broke; "Pitts-
burg Phil" could lose several times
to winning and still be ahead of the
game. Dryer took great pleasure in
owning race horses; "Pittsburg Phil"
declared that man who proposed to
make fortune betting had no bust
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-23
ASSESSED VALUATIONS AS
LEFT By STATE EQUALlZERS

Bismarck Tribune: Some of the
newspapers in the state, disposed to be
unfriendly to the administration and
seeking every possible opportunity to
circulate false and misleading reports
with respect to the official acts of the
members of the administration, have
commented upon the work of the state
board of equalization with the evil
dent intention of deceiving the people
of the state as to the extent and
amount of the increase in the farming
lands of the state. Some papers have
generally described the action of the
board as raising the farm lands from
to 200 per cent" the impression being
conveyed that values were doubled in
many cases. Inasmuch as the facts
with reference to this matter are east
ly obtainable from the official figures.
1t is difficult to discover why a news
paper should make use of such cheap
and gauzy Misrepresentation to base
an attack upon the administration.
The records of the board show that
there was only one increase of 200 per
cent in the assessed valuation of farm
ing land. This was in Hettinger coun-
ty. where lands were returned at so
cents an acre. Hettinger county has
been the scene of remarkable activity
in lands the past year. Much of the
land is in the hands of large COM
panies owning large tracts and maxi
ing sales at prices ranging from So to
$12 and SIS per acre, possibly more
at the latter figure than the former.
Fortunes have been made off these
lands in the past few years and vet
they are returned for assessment at
SO cents an acre. The board raised
them to $3.50 per acre, putting them
nearly on a par with lands in Logan.
Kidder, Emmons and other like coun-
ties. There is hardly any particular
injustice in that.
The increase of 100 per cent in lands
were made in the unorganized counties
of Bowman, Dunn AMI Williams. These
lands were returned at so cents an
acre. The board raised them to ST.
putting them little more than lands
In Billings county, where there is a
large area of land that is purely graz
ing land and unfit for agricultural pur-
poses. No especial injustice in that.
OF the unorganized counties in the
state, seven were increased per cent
over the values returned; eight were
increased 10 per cent; one was increas-
ed Is per cent; two were increased 20
per cent; one was increased rs per
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-23
THE AVERAGE
Percentages of Northern Cop
per League Pitchers Made
Public.

Brenna, the Winnipeg pitcher. led
the twirlers of the league in the per-
centage of games won up to Aug. 5,
according to the official averages as
given out by Secretary Glass of the
Northern and Copper Country league.
Dunn, who was with Winnipeg for
just two weeks. had higher percent
age of victories than Brenna. but as
he only pitched four games it is hard
ly fair to rank him above those who
have been working regularly. Barry
led the Houghton pitchers with twelve
victories ana six defeats. and Morri-
son led the Calumet twirlers with four
teen victories and nine defeats.
krck has been the most successful
of the Duluth twirlers. with eleven VIC
tories and eight defeats. although Hop
kins. who pitched just two games for
Duluth, coming from the defunct Han
cock team, had twelve victories and
six defeats.
The following table shows the num-
Der of victories and defeats. and the
percentage of every regular pitcher in
tho loac
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-23
CHECKS DO NOT GO.
Continental Hotelkeepers Prefer the
Gold Of the Americans.

A.seciated Press Cable to The Evenins
:rlmes.
Paris, Aug. 23.-The Americans
check is no longer regarded on the
continent and here in Paris as the
equivalent of gold. The natives pre-
fer the gold.
Time was when the American tray
eler who was supposed to be worth
100000 at the very lowest rating
had no difficulty in paying his ac-
counts at the various hotels, or even
the large shops, with checks on differ
ent banks. All is altered now. The
experience of hotelkeepers recently
has not been such as to encourage
confidence.
In years gone by hotel proprietors
found that the checks of travelling
Americans were always honored, and
consequently rarely refused them.
Since this has become known foreign
swindlers have appeared on the scene
and used the regulations of Ameri-
cans for their own ends. Well dressed
men of various nationallties have paid
their bills by checks. which were SUBJ
sequently discovered to be valueless.
Sometimes. indeed, substantial change
was given. Only last year one par
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-23
HORSES OVERCOME.
Hot Weather Of This Week Caused
Death Of Many Animals.

A week of excessively warm weather
has ripaned all the grain and harvest
work has been rushed Around Shell
odn and Owego almost all the wheat is
in shock and only the oats left to cut,
according to the Progress Of that place
which says: cat Anselm and Buttz-
vile the grain will all be down early
next week. John Danish started
threshing barley on Wednesday with
Jake Kaspari's Buffalo Pitts separator.
There has been no rain or wind and
the great heat has been the only hind
rance. Several farmers have lost
horses from this cause. Hugh Camp
bell and !. f. and A. NJ. Arntson each
had horse die on Wednesday and It
is reported that several more belong
ing to farmers west of town died. The
hot spell has broken the record of
several years and the only really
happy folks in sight are several COL
ored gentlemen who recently came in
on tie passes. Robert Anderson is
down from Alice this morning and re-
ports that no less than ten horses
dropped dead in his neighborhood on
Wednesday,"