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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-20
BIG FIRE sweeps.
LOUISIANA Il: / { |. 4 |. | Town.
fBY Associated PIess.l

fBYss Associa ted Press.) 81 s.
R NEW ORLEANS. June e19.----special dis
patches from Pollock, La, numbering
town, tell OF an all-night fight against
a FIRE, which yesterday did bout 10000
damage, destroying twelve million feet OF
lumber. part OF the Iron Mountain Rail-
roads trestle across Big Creek. eighteen
homes and one hotel and forty-ninaa
freight and fat cars. s {Si.'i
About one thousand men were thrown
out OF employment by the fire.
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"a Bad Recovery,

III Scene: Registry Offices degroom3s ia.
registrar 1T The first time / was married
was in a church. the second time in Is
chapel, but like this way best. rs so
plain and {simple and I should come here.
IL ever I got n1arried ain. atches
& sight Of his bride, and sees he has said
the wrong thing that Is. my dear, ie
ever 4 have the misfortune to xes
married again, OF course I! Punch. s3s
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..IlDNAP ] |: / /. IS NOM.
NaPEN.|'I /
yearsKand three months. The court had
the pow i 70; give 1imfa life sentence.
s. HaggaEd and an.
tconitnued from First Page Il

Haggard and Wan.
& When Kean was taken before Judge
ysulzberger he reque sted that he j be al
lowed ssto make a Statements H 9, said
there were 4 init eating circumstances In
connection with es xddnapping. but the
Judge told the risone /; & he sniist either
plead gull or. no I'll gull n Keans then
pleaded guil ty. Three witnesses. the two
special pol !cemen who made the arrest,
and the prophet OF the eating house
who had seen Kean and s the lad Y to-
sgether, then gave test mony before the
judge. No jury was chosen. S a,5 ~ sss nv
g Freddie Nfuth9 was brought to the court
room by his father He was IA different
boy from the child who was found dirty
and hung ry q In he unoccupie I house Ia e
4 ter weeks enforced absence from home.
I. He was att red Nm q neat blue flannel
sailor suit and a pink rose was pinned
to his lapel. Mr. Afuth said 1.-THE child
was none the worse for his experience.
In strong contrast was i the Ia ppearance
OF the abdnctor. After seepless night
sina he cell, he was haggard and wan.
i His eyes shifted nervously and his whole
frame trembledE vtsibly. He still seemed
to fear bodily injury. and eyed the spec
stators susplclously The police say he
paced the i cell all night, s1,blng and
moaning. his wife and children being
3lpperrrlOst in his mind. atl iigi
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would be as soon as the case is properly
made up. "a sgs Ell
The suit will II be for divorce. and
fallmony, and will no doubt be vigorously
contested on both sides. 4sis f 55 Y 2;
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Miss Virginia Holmes GreeverI( II o.
smyth county, a frequent and popular
visitor to Richmond, who sailed from
New York on the steamship .Grosser5
sIkurfnrst, W of the ) North German Lloyd
II Line, reached Bremen on Sunday. Miss
sGreever Is being chaperoned by Or. and.
4 Mrs. John g. Hemmeter.
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- 7i,.--..5.8,.
In Melting M God Then.

j. Wonder why there are so many more
engagements In summer than in winter"
We'll. suppose ~ you say, to q girl
wilt thou?' In the hot weather, she's
more apt to wilt Boston Transcript.
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DEATHS i

IcABELI.--Dr IA RTHrJR 3s GABELL,,
Surgeon, ". s. M, June 70, 1908.
hrot her, 019 East Franklin Street, ia,
DAY drlesda " AT $50 o'cloek.
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Boy Smiled at Him.

When he was placed in the dock, Kean
nodded to Freddie Aluth. who sat beside
his father, and the boy smiled. Pointing
to Kean. the little fellow said: There
he Is. papa. See."" y
"a Kean appeared to exert strange In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-20

Of two evils some people are never
satisfied until they choose BOTH
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8s Mr.. John Bowers. Jr., and family
cleft terday5 for their country home, I III
{ King and Queen county. for the sum-
snler. q IA q f45t5 # as
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
MODERN SHOE DRESSINGS.
Their Making a Different Proposition
from That of Old Time Backing.
From tho New York s

From tho New York Sun.
Time was" said a manufacturer Of
shoe dressings, when everybody wore
black shoes, and the leather common
" worn was caIfskin. In those days
shoe backing was to most people just
h { backing, 4 paste backing put w
in a round flat tin box.
I'VE did import from France a paste
backing that came in oblong square
wooden boxes, and from England a
liquid polish that came in wide
n.y4uuf4 uotuca; Dat the great
majority of people when they wanted
shoe backing just bought n box OF
the backing OF the size they wanted
II that was all there was to 1t;
though evcn in those days there wa!
an art in the manufacture Of shoe
backing. and some manufacturers
turned out a product that came to De
we'll and widely known.
still. shoe backing was then tc
most people Just hoe backing, while
today there are plenty Of people VINO
never saw one Of those OnCG UNIVERSAL
~ familiar old-time fiat round tr
boxes, and hoe dressings are now
made in great variety and put UP II
many forms, and the manufacture o.
shoe dressings mas progressed from ar
art to a science, in which the chemls
plays his daily part.
These great changes in the bust
ness have been brought about mainly
by the modern Introduction into gen
eral use, for shoes, of many differcn>
kinds Of leather, and of feathers Of diff.
ferent color and shades of color, ant
by the widespread use of canvas Shoes
these including great numbers Of white
shoes, calling for white dressings.
so, while 0uce the manufacturer o!
shoe backing simply continued &c
make shoe backing, with such i'm
proVements in its composition as ex.
pGrienCe suggested, now the manufac-
turer of shoe dressings keeps track o.
the leather markets, of all the new
feathers and other materials put out
for use IN shoes, and he must know td
what extent these are likely to prove
popular, and be prepared with dress
ings suitable for them when the shoes
come on the market.
The chemist comes in here in the
compromising of a dressing that shall
not only be suitable but advantageous
ly adapted TO the leather upon which
it is to be used.
And so we now have dressings In
the form of powders and Of cakes, and
we lave cleaners and dyes, as well as
many liquid and paste dressings. And
while formerly the sale of the ~blaCkings
produced here was practically confined
to this country, American shoe dress
ings now follow American shot~ all
owe the world"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
Spelling Now and Sixty Years AGO.

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
J.. NJ. Greenwood in the Kansas City Star,
Not many weeks ago J. X. Riley. prin-
ctpal of a Springfield. Mass, school. ir
rummaging around in an old garnet, found
a musty volume, containing a list of twen-
" words that had been given as a spelling
test to n class of cighty-five pupils in the
springfield high school in 1916. The exam
nation papers Of sixty years ago had also
hc1n carefully graded and put away,
where they remained forgotten. NJ doubt
| gave the list of words to us of our
seventh grade pupils in the Franklin,
humboldt, Irving. jefferson, LathrOp, Lin
wood, Whittier and Woodland schools:
also to 19 sixth grade pupils in the Lin
coin, Whittier and Woodland schools and
% thlrty-nine seventh grade pupils in the
Lincoln school, with the results recorded
further on as compared with the results
Of 1876, and again with the Springfield
pupils spelling in 1906.
The first list shows the spelling of the
Springfield pupils sixty years ago. These
nigh school pupils had been in school. I
suppose, about ten years. while our pupils
nave been in school nearly seven years
and those of the sixth grade not quite six
years. The following table of the Spring.
held test Of 1916 shows how many pupils
spelled each word correctly ana how many
spehed each WH!Q incorrectly:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
A Promise Dodned.

From the New York Press.
A portiy man walked into a Gilded Ge-
henna. on Broadway the other night and
requested the barlSeeper to pour him out
= drink Of Scotch. The portiy man kept
his thumbs tightly thrust into the arm
holes of his waistcoat. The barkeeper
poured out the whisky and showed tho
Ilass across the bar.
Thanks" said the portly man. NOV
would you mind holding the glass up to
my mouth while l drink IT,"
VII, u wondering stare the barkceper
field III the glass and the rotund customer
drank the whisky with 4 sigh of satlsfac-
Gon.
A man who had watched the proceed
Egs with interest touched him Oh tho
Ihoulder, Pardon me, SIR he said, ~ I
seem to be unduly ipquisitive, but you
seem to be possessed Of two good hands
Would you mind telling mo why you could
tlot lift that glass yourself?"
20. that's all right" replied the gentle
..nan OF tho robust build with a mellow
rumble. You see | promised my wife that
,ttever again would / raise a glass OF
whisky to my lips! Promises to u wife
sacred. you know"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
The Chinese Must stav on7.

VIM. j. Bryan in Success Magazine.
II every American could visit China the
question OF Chinese immigration would
coon be settled upon a permanent basis.
for no one can become acquainted with the
Chinese coolie without recognizing the i'm
possibility Of opening the doors of our
country to him without injustice TO our
own laborlng men, Generalization 10 our
social ideas. injury to China's reputation
among US, and danger to our diplomatic
relations with that country.
/ made 1t a point to inquire among the
Chinese whom / met, In order TO asccr-
cain the real sentiment back Of the boy
colt. I had heard of students being sub
3ected to harsh regulations at ports Of
entry. of travellers Inundated by c%oUlne-
mcnt in uncomfortable sheds, and of mer-
chants treated rudely, ard | supposed mat
these things had aroused the resentment.
I found, however, that tho things COM
planned OF were more difficult to deal with
and the concessions demanded impossible
60 grant. In order to understand the boy
cote one must know something Of Chinese
history. AS China has never had repre-
sentative government tho people have boon
compelled to bring their complaints before
officials by petition; and, where the petit
flnn has been ignored, they hIve been
accustomed to bring such pressure t. bear
as was within their power, and the boy
colt has often been ]rcsorted to as a means
OF compelling action upon the part OF Off
ciaia. They, therefore, conceived the idea
OF n boycott against American goods for
the double purpose Of urging their own
government to favorable action and or
calling tho attention Of the American gov
to their complaint. our officials
are doing what they ear to convince the
Chinese government Of the injustice and
folly OF the boycott, and tho Chinese OFF,
ctals with whom l convcrscd seemed anX-
ious = cooperate With out minister and
%consuls. Immediate action upon the part
of our congress, whether favorable or un-
favorable to the Chinese, will remove the
excuse for a boycott; and our government
should not be Influenced In It's action by
any threats affecting trade. for the subject
is too grave to be determined by CONNER
cial considerations.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
When the Car Proposed.

ErVM INC I3oNat Magazinr.
At Waiton-on-Thames the car had
met the lady whom he wished 10 mar,
his Wife, and he had obtained ber ~
ther's consent to the match, but it sill,
remained for hin to make his proposai
to the girl herself.
But the sacred words had to be ~
tered in the old formula which Russian
casions. y
Seating himself beside the girl y,
took her hand in his. So ny
The emperor, my father" bn said
mas commanded me to make YOU th...
offer of my hand and heart. AZ
Ny grandmother, the ,quccn.- sha
replied. her eyes twinkiing with mis-.
chief, has commanded me n annns,
the offer of your hand" p1
Then she broke into a merry laugh
Your heart" she added. II taxi ni
my W accord"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
pEcAYED STARCH.
A Food Problem.

n EoVN
An Asheyille man tells how right
food did that which medicines had fail.
ed to accomplish:
For more than Is years" he says.
sI was afflicted with stomach trouble
and Intestinal Indigestion, gas forming
In stomach md bowels and giving mo
great distress. These conditions We're
undoubtedly due to the starchy food
ate, white bread, potatoes, etc.> and
didn't digest. I grew worse with time,
Till . years ago, ! had an attack which
tile doctor diagnosed as appendicitis.
When the surgeon operated on me,
however. 1t was found that my trouble
was ulcer of the pancreas, instead OF
appendicitis.
Since that time l have had sew
eral such attacks, suffering death, al
most. The last attack was about 3
mouths ago,a and l endured untold agon
fes.
.'The doctor then said that would
have to ent less starchy stuff, so I be.
gan the use OF Grape-Nuts food, for |
knew 1t to be pre-digested. and have
100
continued same with most gratifying
results. It has built me up wonder.
fully. | gained 10 pounds in the first 8
weeks that I used Grape-Nuts, my gen
era. health is hotter, than ever before,
my brain is clearer and my nerves
stronger.
..For breakfast and dinner. cach, I
fake 4 t~easpoonfuls Of Grape-Nnts with
cream. a small slice of dry toast, an
egg soft boiled and n cup Of Postum;
and | make the evening meal on Crane
Nuts and cream :alone-this gives me n
good nights rest and ! nm well again.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's a reason, Read the LITTLE
BOOK, ..The Road to Weliyille.' IN pigs
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
Foruivinu,

An Ohio farmer had n hired man. a
steady. p~hlegmatic worker, who was al
ways on time and had not missed a day in
more than a year. One morning he APP
/, aeared In his Sunday clothes and an
aounced that he had ito go bel his wife's
funeral" The following day he appeared
,hs usual and went about his work in his
careful, m~ethodical manner. Less than n
fortnight later he again came before his
employer In his black suit and asked for a
.aay off.
lake, I hate to refuse you. hut you
thfaow we are pretty busy now Wouldn't
&c do Just as we'll next week."
"Abcr l denke NIGHT" said Jake: may
no ] better be dere. 1t been my wedding
%,ttlll.''
what! Your wedding7 Why, you bur
6sd your wife only week before last
ia" returned Jake calmly, but l don't
'hold srite long
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
InCor-
49,

nc CLASS average In spelling In 1875 was
4o.6 per cont. Principal Riley gave the
same list of words to 245 pupils of the ninth
grade in the Springfield schools recently
and the result averaged d. per cent
The result of the test made by 4IY sew
@Ath grade pupils III the Kansas CITY
schools showed an average of 5S.S4 Dor
cent, which is is per cont. higher than the
grade made by the high school pupils in
1916 ana I6 ,cr Gent. higher than the
grade made by the ninth grade pupils in
springfield since the discovery of the list.
The result Of the test made by 10 sixth
grade pupils in the Kansas Citv schools
averaged 5O.S per cent, or only .our-
lehths less than the grade made by the
ninth grade pupils i'll the Springfield
schools.
INC test made by the seventh grade
pupils in the Lincoln school averaged 81
per cent.
Bringing there results togcthcr under
dates and localities, VIC have:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
meantime I may make one or two in
Quiries myself"


I
meantlme may make one or Two IN
qNlfleS myself.
Next morning we had a note from
/ Miss Smith, ~rec0unting shortly and ac-
curately the very incidents which I had
seen, but the pith of the letter Law in
the postscriDt:
ar
-, S"tg M YOU VII esp my
tl,n ,''' ~ I1otttts'' WITH l st5! YOU
d. ~ - : ! "a" us[oIi'e ulliCutt,
W. ~ - ma ny c'I'Ht0yei
W., naGl l""; - ~ li!e. | an
~ 80 80. 80 iLTs'"S9 "ic IIo9t
H. - NO. itDl''!Io's' ~ lle SahIe
, ~, - t'olt.2I - ~ lNul1e $500 u
10 'VYn ny "9"t VIZ ~slIvI9l p4t
t.n,,o,,('| aIh!tt ~ -" "'I"VI LHLtIt'
.,,af,a5' '1'>t -" s''44~o" - " 1'I|e
our young friand seems tn be get
tlng INTO deep waters" said Holmes,
lhoughtfully, as he finished the letter.
The case certainly presents more
features of interest and more possibil-
ity OF development than I had original
~ thought. l should be none the worse
for a quiet. peaceful day in the Couu-
Try, u [ ana inclined to run down this
afternoon n test one or two theories
which l have formed"
Holmes' quiet dav in the country had
q SlnSuI&r termination, for he arrived
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
Fve never ate de applc.

- -
j. Because there is no indication in
the bible that Eve did eat it.
,. No apples have ever been known
to grow in that region.
3. If she did it was probably a ounce.
Mrs. Lille DevereuX Blake thus neat
ly dispOseS of the earliest scandal. And
Mrs. Blake, being d daughter many
times removed of the famous lady in
question, has doubtless as intimate a
knowledge of the fact as any authority
eXtant. She made the assertion in all
confidence yesterday at. the meeting
Of the legislative league in New York.
and created a tlutter i'll the dovecote
which no argument for woman's rights
has caused.
Mrs Blake was combating the state.
ment made by Mrs. Johnson, the speak,
er of the day, who in proof of woman's
Importance. said:
There is one fact often quoted
which still remains undisputed. Eve
ate the apple"
Whereupon Mrs. Blake straightway
threw the ounce at her. Every wom-
an in the room was very much shocked,
greatly relieved and a triie disap-
Eve did not EFT the apple what the
SERPENT had to 60 with the case.
Mrs. Blake has r~ouChsafed no infor-
nation on that head.
The most popular acceptance of the
location of the Garden of Eden places
1t in western Asia, neat the source Of
the TiGris and E~uphrates.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
SAYS EVE ATE NO APPLE.
Mrs. Blake Finds Scripture and Hio-
tory at Variancc-Was a Ounce.

Apple-The fruit Of II rosaceous tree,
Pyrus malus, Il native probably of Cen
trail An.
~Quince-Fruit of the tree Pyrus cydo-
mai. 1t is pear-shaped. or in one va
riety apple-shaped; large. sometimes
weighing a pound: Of a golden yellow
color when ripe, and very fragrant. The
ounce was known to the ~anCients. and
1t has been argued that the golden ap-
pies of the Hesperides We're ounces.
The origin of the ounce is not clearly
known, but it occurs simultaneously
from northwestern India, westward
through the mediterranean basin.-Cen-
fury Dictionary.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
My Endorsement OF Pe-ru-na Is
Based On It's Merits"
Ed. Crugnbn,


I'D. CRUMBO, Ex-AIayor of New
LAlbany, Ind, writes from OIL Z.
Oak street:
"My endorsement Of Peruna is
based on it's merits.
IF q man is sick he looks anx-
iously for something which will
cure him, and Peruna will do the
work.
Il know that it will cur catarrh
of the head or stomach, indigestion,
headache and any weary or sick
feeling,
"It is bound to help anyone, if
used according to directions.
II also know dozens Of men who speak
in the highest terms of Peruna and have
yet to hear Of anyone being disappointed
in it."
Mr.. Crumbo, in a later letter. dated
Aug. %, 1904, says:
My health is good, at present, but il
I should have to take any more medi-
cine l will fall back on Peruna."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12

The pouch of a pelican Is large
enough to contain from seven to eight
quarts of water.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12

IL VIII be seen that the list of words ia
a oiftlcu!t ore to smell. 1t is such a one
as VIII test the ability of persons some
what widely read.
Ono thing the results show e. that r.bi..
children of younger years and less ,,ot,,rs
minds as a class spell better now than LiI
this special class of cighty-fre pupils in
the Springfield high school sixty wears ae,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
SURVIVORS OF WRECK SAVED
Two seamen on Wreck on Virginia
Coast Have Terrible Expe-
rfence I'm storm.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept 22-From Monday
morning at o'clock until Thursday even
ing following, as darkness was drawing
near thirsting and starving, but for three
small fish which were cast up by the sea
upon a bit of wreckage on which they rode,
and which were divided and devoured raw.
John Koerber and Karsten Bernstein, sea-
men aboard the late three-masted schooner
Nelson e. Newbury of New York, Captain
Bernard. rode on raft on the sea of this
coast alternating between faint hope and
deep despair until the steamer Egda came
along and saved them.
Last Monday morning when of Charles
ton hurricane struck them. which, within
fifteen minutes. stripped every sail from
the vessel Next the deckload on the lee
side was washed and blown overheard.
Then the schooner dipped its stern and
the cabin deck was washed away. Within
few seconds the vessel was turned over
and all hands tried to climb over the
weather side. A big came then and
swept four of the six men on the wreck
and the survivors, who never saw them
again, are confident they were drowned.
Koerber and Bernstein swan about for
two hours and finally both men, good
swimmers, got atop OF the cabin roof and
although the waves rolled over this for
many hours, they hung TO It until they
were rescued.
The cabin tablecloth, which they found
hanging on a hook, an oilskin coat and a
pair of overalls were placed on the wreck
and were waved by the men, who also
shouted and screamed when passing ships
were sighted. Fifteen steamers passed
them, some OF them so close that they
could see their rigging before the Egda
came.