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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-09
Sealed Proposals.

BONDS FOR SALE. SEALED BIDS
TUESDAY, July 16, 1907 for $4,000
6 l-2 per cent, 1925 year bonds OF
the school district Of South Boston,
In Halifax county, Va, authorized
June. 1907 for erecting and equip
ping now public school building.
Address n. ]. WATKINS, Clerk,
South Boston, Va.
PROPOSALS FOR 5BUILpINc L..
D ed proposals will be received until
4 O'clock p. M. TUESDAY, July 1B,
1907. for3erecting brick public school
building for the school district of
fright reserved to reject any or nh
bids. For full information address
| HI. WATKINS, Clerk, South Boston
va 81
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BY Tho Virginia Auction Co..
COG i. Broad. Phone 3S51.i
BANKRUPT SALE

AN EXCELLENT STOCK or FRESH
GR2,oG,ERiESa MEAT /, TOOLS. ICE
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BY virtue OF ~ decree entered in tho
District Court of the United Staten
for the Eastern District of Virginia on
ter of John II. Tillery, a bankrupt, 1
Will proceed to sell for the undersigned
receiver, at Clio East Marshall, at 103yt
A. NJ,
TUESDAY, JULY Q, 1907,
canned and bottled goods OF every de-
scription, Soaps. soapines. Cakes
Crackers, Cigars, Tobacco and Cigar
Meat Block, ETC.. everything to bei
found In an up-to date grocery store.
HAMILTON ROGERS, Receiver.
VIRGINIA AUCTION Co.
Auctioneers,
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Club Standings.
Riot Nippcd in Bud.

BROOKLYN. N. Y, July S.-Chicago
won easily from, the Brooklyn team to-
day. Ill-feeling on the part Of some
of the spectators came near bringing
about a riot during the closing mo-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
FARMERS
TAKE CUE
AND FORM A COMBINE TO FIX
PRICES or ALL FARM
PRODUCE.

CINCINNATI. O., Aug. 13.-The En-
quirer's Alliance, O.. special says:
Taking their cue from the local butch
ers and grocers trust, the farmers and
hucksters in a territory of 10 square
miles from this city have organized a
trust for the control OF farm produce
and poultry, butter and eggs. Prices
today on everything they control
jumped 80 per cent. From one cen
trail point all members of the new
trust are notified by telephone each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday even
ing at what prices they are to sell
their goods on the days following
which are regular market days. The
result has been to make this the most
expensive small sity in Ohio to live in.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
A RIVER OF
SALT WATER
New York SUM


One of the most curious phenome-
ma of geography is found on the south
ern coast of the island of Cepholonia,
in Greece. 1t is a stream of salt wa
ter which for an unknown period has
left the almost tideless sea and flowed
inland with a volume sufficient to fur
nish water power to two mills. For
come generations the mills were oper-
ated by undershot wheels which took
their power from this little river OF
ocean water. They supplied -four to
the people of the island until recent
ly. but now they have been dis
mantled owing to the competition OF
larger and better equipped mills. The
sea enters the land at four points
where the coast is practically on
level with the salt water surface. The
four initial streams unite to form
the little river that flows inland in
a broken rocky channel until 1T finally
disappears in the limestone rock and
sinks into the earth. This inland flow
has continued almost certainly for
several centuries. 1t is far too great
for removal by evaporation, chemical
combination, or even physical absorb
ton by pores of caverns in the rocks.
What becomes of the water that Is
constantly flowing inland and disap-
pears finally in the assures that have
opened in the limestone? The ques-
ton has been the subject of much
study, but no conclusive answer has
been given. 1t is probable that there
Is an underground channel which
carries the water back into the sea
at no great depth below the surface.
The constant influx of salt water at
Cephalonio is duplicated, as far as Is
known, at no other point of the world.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
KITTENS HAVE
GREEN HAIR
Detroit Free Press.)


It may sound like fairy tale or an
echo of the nature faker discussions,
but the fact that Mrs. Rachael Carter,
Of 1884 McHenry street, Southwest
Baltimore, is the proud possessor of
five eight-day- green kittens, not
yellow. nor brown, nor tortoise shell
these kittens are really green, of such
a shade as the inside of half ripe
cantaloupe or the plumage of many
canary birds when, instead of yellow,
their coats take on a tint of green.
That the cats are purely a freak OF
nature seems certain, as the mother
of the litter of five kittens is black,
and there is nothing apparently in the
environment to account scientifically
for the variation from type. The kit
tens have black hair on their backs,
extending down the sides, while under
meath the green hair begins to extend
over the whole under surface, exactly
as many animals possess white hair,
shading from coat of black.
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BACK TO MAURY.

wonder ~ I'd knob now. the pike
wonder u is an whut its ookin' like
spring. the smokehouse nigh TO hlt
the ole folks usetsr sit;
the creek the ole 1risri
The hossbIoek frontsas the sopn bluegrass hill,
wonder e they a Is Iss' like they usster be-
wonder sf I'd see the bOys-mos like, sroSed
whar have
be'enf
wonder Of the pretty gals dance huskins out
As quick to quiltn lead eampmeetin' shout
An II Fus Mondy-eod love, let ase'n!
arands gherin globe Of jacks an mules an men,
an chickens Of politics an Pile
me see ole fust an lay me down an die!
! wonder n old Tom Haas pacn' like steer
courthouse that had front
prince Of quires still in his little den
est an with quaint remarks
M al He'd Ned has fast fur fame
AS country fixed with pudd'n in the tame
I'd like to speak full fight an fun
I'm fu President-Im fur I'm barrin' none
Iwanter Billy Whit-he's fit two mo-
Pd good agn the Little commodorei)
stop Woodbridge sto an the Herads toll
Horsley tell trout in Sucker Islam hoe
Wanter hear the gospel preach ,d-saVaton the los
BY Parson Rennee-then swappn hossI)
go from eend to eend-oie Maury low an high
eat billed dinners by route Of chcken-pie!
Pm gettin' ole, my years few, may
Maury with the shadows the glen;
yeasVe drunk Of sorrows cup
q deaths the wakin' up)
knows-an' while live o let me, God of Truth
Clasp the hills Of youth
i've wondered ef / know I'M aII-bM now-bu now-I see
come:-WI they remember met
JOHN TRoTWooD MOORE.
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dishonorable

To find ourselves dishonorable
graves
81 know many of my friends insist on
my continuing to pass all this scandal
unnoticed, as being wholly unworthy
of my attention, and as not being to
the slightest extent to my prejudice.
| have received even from distant
friends advice to the same effect. But,
on the contrary, l know there are
those away from here who do not
know me SO well, and desire to have
my answer, besides / must not over
look the fact that within the last ten
years Memphis has added 100000 to
her population, few Of whom know me
we'll enough not to be misled by this
constant reiteration. In fact, many
have been impatient at the delay in
my proof, forgetting the old adage, a
lie goes a mile while truth is putting
on his boots
Il have been gratified beyond all ex-
preston the last few days at the
scores of letters received of congratu-
lations over the report of the commit
tee of Confederate veterans.
"And now, in conclusion, | wish to
extend my sincere thanks to three
classes of people. First, to the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, who have so
Loyalty stood by me with their faith
and friendship; second, the Confed-
crate veterans, to whom | am en-
debted for this triumphant vindication
God bless them for their generous
aid; and, third, | desire to thank the
numerous friends outside of these or
CARNATIONS who have not allowed
their confidence in me to be shaken
by this unmerited attack. 1t has
been, I admit, an ordeal through which
| and my good husband have passed,
but we feel more than compensated
on the development of the many dear
loyal friends which that ordeal has
brought to our support, and to whom
we are attached with hooks of steel
MRS. T. ]. LATHAM.
Il endorse and am responsible for
the above letter. IT. ]. LATHAM"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
MIKE MCDONALD
GAMBLER, DEAD
ONCE HELD cHIcAeo's PoLITI-
CAL DEsTINIEs IN HOLLOW
or HIS HAND.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Michael Cassius
Mcdonald is dead, Like a tired child
going to sleep, the man who had once
held the political destinies OF Chi
cago in the hollow of his hand, who
had been king of the gamblers and
despotic ruler of the under world that
bowed in homage, passed to his final
reward in the hospital of St. Anthony
de Padua today.
And SO gradually did he sink to
death that it was impossible for the
watchers at the bedside to distinguish
when the last fitful breath was drawn.
1t was at 1875 p. m, when DR. Leon
ard St. John, the attending physician,
said quietly: Mr. Mcdonald is
dead"
Standing close to the bedside, her
eyes streaming tears, was Mrs. Mary
Noonan Mcdonald, the second wife
of the man whose still form lay before
her. Without warning she had come
to the hospital early in the morning
and joined the others who had stood
for days by the dying man. At the
eleventh hour this woman, the second
wife of Mcdonald, who had deserted
him and a luxurious home twelve
years ago to elope with a priest, came
to beg forgiveness.
DR.. st. John at 1920 administered
stimulant and soon after the eyes OF
the dying man slowly opened. His
gaze wondered about the room. His
second wife stood nearest him, but
he did not see her at first. His gaze
wandered past her to his brother Ed
ward and then to the Rev. Father
Dorney, pastor of St. Gabriels church,
his lifelong friend, who on Thursday
had heard McDonald's renunciation OF
the Jewish faith which he had adopt
ed and received him back into the
Catholic church. The father had ad-
ministered the last rites of the church
on Thursday. Then his gaze shifted
to his two sons, Cassius and Guy, and
his adopted son, Harold. He had rec
ognized each of them in turn, and
/ then it seemed as if he babe farewell,
though he spoke no word. Mrs. Dora
Mcdonald, the third wife, was not
present, and it seemed as if he looked
for her, for his eyes travelled about
the room as if in search.
Finally they turned to his sons, and
then for the first time they rested up
on the agonized face of his second
wife. The rigid lines of the dying
mans face softened. 1t relaxed into
smile. He was too weak to move
his head, but in that smile Mrs. Mary
Noonan Mcdonald read pardon for the
wrong she had done her husband and
children.
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CARMACK AND
VICE PRESIDENCY

An enterprising newspaper repre-
sentative has hunted up ex-senator
Carmack and interviewed him con-
corning the increasing use OF his name
in connection with the vice-presiden-
tial nomination on the democratic
ticket. OF course, the ex-senator de-
clared very positively that he is not
a candidate. and does not want it. He
went even further, and stated that
he would rather be justice OF the
peace than chucked away out OF slgnt
in such political pigeon-hole as the
yice-presidency, or words to that Ell
feet.
We would suffer many things TO
happen to us before we would ques-
ton the sincerity of Mr.. Carmacks
emphatic protestation, but who be-
lieves he would rather be a magis-
trate in, for instance, Sullivan county,
and ride from ten to twenty miles 10
Blountville over an impossible road on
cold winters day, for just ilttle
more than the honor there is III IL,
than sit up in the United States SEN
ate and look wise at salary OF $lO,-
900 a year? Who believes that ne
would not rather be the presiding OF
ficer of the "Millionaire's Club" than
90 to the county seat four times a
year and engage in a strenuous gao-
fest with the members of the county
court concerning the location OF
bridge over Booty creek, or forty
dollar appropriation to the poor
house? Who believes that he would
rather be trying to explain to his con-
stituents at Swat's Corner his position
on the good roads question than call
ing Hon. Robert Love Taylor and Fire
Alarm Foraker to order? We don't.
That is, if the alternative should De
placed before him, we believe ne
would reconsider.
If the newspaper man who inter-
viewed Mr.. Carmack expected that
gentleman to declare himself can
didate for vice-president, he was dis
appointed. We could have told him
he would be. So would Mr. Car
mack's friends have been disappointed
If he had announced his candidacy.
The ex-senator is, of course, not
candidate for the honor. Very few
real statesmen ever aspire to that Of
fee, but it has to be filled, and a good
man has to be selected, not only to
fill it, but to strengthen the national
ticket. That Mr.. Carmack is democ-
racy's strongest man for the second
place in the next campaign is begin
ming to be pretty generally conceded;
and while he is not candidate, yet
if his party call upon him to render
this distinguished service, we have
sufficient confidence in his loyalty to
believe he will consent.
The old idea that the vice-presi-
dency is a trap door through which
men disappear from the field of politl-
cal activity is not held sacred any
more. President Roosevelt fought
against the nomination in 1900 be-
cause he feared It would be the end
of his political career, when 1t proved
to be just the beginning of his greater
prominence, popularity and useful
ness.
A man like Carmack could not be
lost in any office, unless he SO willed
it.-Bristol Courier.
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Why He Approved Of It.

"My doctor says must take sew
eral successive deep breaths three or
four times a day"
That's a good thing"
What makes you think so?"
Because it will give somebody else
a chance to break into the conversa'
ton. '-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16

Constipation causes headache, nau-
sea, dizziness, languor, heart palpita-
ton. Drastic physics grippe, slcken,
weaken the bowels and don't cure.
Doan's Regulets act gently and cure
constipation. rs cents. Ask your
druggist.
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The Other Standpoint.

First Mosquito-Don't you think
these human beings are too numer-
GUS?
Second Mosquito Altogether so!
Some effort ought to be made to ex-
terminate them.-Life.
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the manner mentioned In the leCCef OF
Mrs. Waterfeld My mother and lit
tie sister had come to visit me, but
ended their visit on the Paine out
break. and went with me as far as
Cairo on their way to Memphis l
went with the Woolfolks from Cairo,
via Chicago, to Detroit and Windsor
Canada That night at Windsor We
we're at the same hotel: were greeted
by many Confederate refugees-some
oeing Morgan's men. We sang Dix
ie,' and other Southern songs until a
late hour that night. left the re-
mainder of the party the next day.
every word of the foregoing is I'M
assailable, and no statement by any
one to the contrary is true. The col
upmns of contradictory nonsense de-
voted to it are simply introduced, as
the reader must see, in the hope OF
covering the disgraceful exposure OF
their false charges respecting my 10y
atty. They are irrelevant, having no
bearing on the charges of idisloyalty;
still | have effectually disposed OF
them, and l ask the reader not to al
low the enemy, under cover OF this
negative issue, to escape exposure on
their Affirmative slanderous charges OF
disloyalty. But, was SO much sense
less discussion ever heard over moth
ing? Who feels the slightest interest
whether | was banished by regular
order or left from threats by Paine?
Oh. but they say that thirty-five years
after that event | referred to 1t as
Punishment, and that if they can show
that out of thirty-five or forty people
in that car, there are two who do not
remember me on that trip, tnat
proves conclusively was disloyal, an
alder and abettor; and a spy, and
guilty of faIsehood Were ever in
telligent ears vexed with such drivel?
II | was not in that car, the voolfolk
sisters and | are guilty of falsehood,
and Mrs Waterfield inferentially SO.
If | was, said two witnesses are mis-
taken in their memory of stranger
forty-three years.
For months Tyler has given vent to
his venom in the coarsest and most
scurrillous terms of abuse, charging
me with untruthfulness and the most
offensive disloyalty; and in his mallg-
nancy invaded the privacy of my nus
bands life, who in no way gave him
the slightest cause, and in foulest
terms attributed to him the most
odious political sentiments and activi-
ties which every man, at all familiar
with his life, knows to be basely false,
which Mr.. Latham has not condescend-
ed to notice. In my paper before the
veterans committee, distinctly stated
| stood on my merits; not on the de-
merits of any one, and should make
no attack on any one further than was
involved in the exposure in self-de-
tense of the falsehoods charged
against me. ! have simply been, from
first to last, on the defensive. And
yet last week he gave notice that II
these SANDERS were not acquiesced in
he was in this fight to the finish. and
would not be 'throttled. Says this
modern Bombastese Furioso:
az am Sir Oracle.
And men / ope my lips, let no dog
bark
Again he says he would meet and
fight the depll Well, let him pro-
coed. No outsider will interfere in
the family fight.
Why man, he doth bestride the mar
row world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
(and women)
Walk under his huge legs and peep
about
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16

Don't let the baby suffer from &C.
zema, sores or any itching Of the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chill
dren. All druggists sell it.
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TO SALT PEcANs.

Sailed pecans are as nice as sailed
almonds. To extract them whole
from the shells, pour boiling water
over them and let them stand until
cold. Crack the nut at the small end,
take out the meats, and salt as you
would almonds.--The Delineator for
August
The independent., 1907-03-28
IN A MODERN SEA FIGHT.

Capt Vladimir Semenoff Of the Rus
sian navy, one of the survivors Of the
great naval battle of Tsushima in the
war with Japan, writes of his exper-
fences in a recently published volume.
He was on board the Suvoroff, the
Russian flagship. Capt. Semenoff tells
of 1.-The stupor which seems to come
over men who have never been in ac-
tion before when the first shells begin
to fall. A stupor which turns easily
and instantaneously at the most insig-
nificant external shot into either un-
comfortable panic or into unusually
high spirits, depending on the mans
character" After the Suvoroff was
fairly alight and completely riddled
Capt. Semenoff found himself enveloped
in an impenetrable smoke. Burning
air parched my face and hands, while
caustic smell of burning almost
blinded me. Breathing was impossible.
How did / get out of this hell? Per-
haps some of the crew who had seen
me on the bridge dragged me out. How
/ arrived on the upper battery on q
well-known spot near the ships image
! can't remember and l can't
imagine" Finding a few signal men.
Capt. Semenoff set TO work with an
undamaged piece of hose on the fire.
Then Lieut.. DanchicH came up.
Haven't we any stretchsrs?" he said
For whom2' asked Senenoff. "Why,
for you. You are bleeding" Looking
down he saw that his right leg was
standing ina pool OF blood
Dsnchlch sesmed TO be making am
unnecessary fuss" III, wanted some
one to go with Semenon. "Who wants
TO be accompaniment r. said Sencnoff
angrily. and started TO go down the
ladder. not realizing what had hap
pencd. When "a sraali splinter had
wounded him In the waist at the be-
ginning Of the fight II had hurt him.
hut az this time I felt nothing" he
writes. 'TAter, In the hospital. when
The independent., 1907-03-28
ROYAL GHOST STORIES.

Tales of uncanny happenings cling to
Old Hampton court, the English royal
palace on the Thames, built by Cardinal
Woisey. Not long ago policeman as
serted that he saw a ghostly funeral pro
cession there. The London Chronicle re-
marks: THE most definite of these old
stories concerns Mistress Sibell Penn
who was Edward Wis nurse and died
at the palace in 1862 She was buried
IN Hampton church and a monument was
erected which was irreverently destroyed
when the old church was pulled down in
1929 Soon after this strange noises were
heard through the wall of one Of the
rooms in the southwest wing of the
palace. When search was made by the
oirlce or works. an ancient chamber was
discovered in which an antique spin
ming wheel was found, the old oak planks
being worn away where the treadle
ghost is said to have appeared to many
occupants of the palace, but according
to Law. the historian of Hampton court
she has not been seen since 1886. when
her tall, gaunt form, dressed In a long
gray robe, nearly frightened young
soldier to death.
Another well-aecredited story relates
how a certain lady OF title, who lived
ON the west side of the Fountain court
In 1870, was frequently conscious OF the
presence In her room of two invisible be-
ings and she was greatly disturbed by
the mysterious sounds that emanated
from various quarters Of her apartments
She addressed formal complaint 10 the
lord chamberlain. This gentlemen re-
ferrcd her 10 the office OF works, which
however. declined To interfere on the
ground that there were no funds at their
disposal for any such purpose. and that
the jurisdiction Of the tlrst commissioner
did not extend To the spirit world
AT last however on November 9 iSTi.
some wurkmen, while excAyating IN the
clolster OF the Fountain court. came upon
two perfect skeletons of fullgrown men
opposite 10 Lady ---'s door. They were
given Christian burtel IN Hampton church
and the myHtcrioug noises Immediately
ceased. Now the only ghost that is seem
The independent., 1907-03-28

carried there on stretcher ! UNDER
stood why it is that during a fight one
hears neither groans nor shouts. All
that comes afterward. Apparently our
feelings have strict limits for receiving
external impressions, being even deeply
thing can be SO painful that you feel
impressed by an absurd sentence A
nothing, so terrible that you fear moth
ing"
Rojestvensky behaved we'll Capt.
Semenoff says that, although wounded
in the head, back and right leg, be-
sides several small splinter wounds,
the Russian admiral bore himself most
cheerfully, going off to look for a place
from which he could watch the fight
Proceeding to the starboard turret, he
received another wound, which caused
him much pain. A splinter struck his
left leg, severlng the main nerve and
paralyzing the ball of the foot. He was
carried into the turret and seated on a
box, but still had sufficient strength at
once to ask why the turret was not
firing. ..,.. .i.,,,
The independent., 1907-03-28
FROM THE EDITORS DESK.

: Recently a city editor in Ottumwa,
Ia. was Informed by phone at late
hour that prominent citizen had died
suddenly. Calling one Of the reporter
ial staff, the city editor instructed him
hurriedly, and the young man shot out
of the office on double quick. Some
twenty minutes later he returned, and
as he fastened to the corner where his
typewriter stood, the city editor asked
him:
"Well, what about it?"
ooh, nothing" said the young man,
as he began making the keys rattle,
only as Mr.. Blank was walking along
the street, he says. Tn going to die
and he leaned up against the fence
and made good"