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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-04-04
STRANGE FEATs OF RATS
burglary Committed on Rra,
supposed to Be Secure '0"

A man who was graduated sno
Yale in 1884 is now a bachalor -'g n
hves IN very old house an NJ
broadway, says the New York S Sun
Inc lew attentions his house receives
come from charwoman of great oao
and little activity. Hence there s as0
rats on the premises. 'i0
They are remarkable POTS
when you are told of their achieve
ments by their landlord you are in.
cllned to be incredulous. Yet Won
can't deny the evidences of thei, in
telligence.
In the kitchen is a large cupboard
On its broad shelf rests rather
heavy tin breadbox Generally if CON.
tainS bread
For long time the tin cover kent
rats out. Then the rats held a conn.
Gil OF war, appointed committee on
ways and means and lived on potato
peenngs until the report came in.
The committee did it's work well
1t decided that as rats were poorlv
equipped to cope with tin breadboxes
In an upright position it behooved
them to proceed against the box,
push it off the cupboard and allow
the well known laws of gravitation to
do the rest.
Inc plan was a success. Morning
after morning when the owner of the
breadbox came into his kitchen he
found the box ON the floor in confu.
sion. The bread was gone to the last
crumb.
Successive falls denied the poor
Old box out of shape, and while the
owner is a mild hammered person he
can't afford new bread boxes every
week. So he drove two large staples
into his cupboard, fastening them
against the box. Since then the rats
have had no bread
Another feat the rodents accomp-
lish handily is even more remarkable
The owner of the house keeps his
flour in large cylindrical can. The
top fastens on snugly.
The Industrious rats have succeed
ed in removing the top from the can
on a dozen different occasions. Inc
opened can is tipped over and the
flour is consumed, presumably with
great rejoicing.
1t requires quite a bit OF strengtn
to remove this cover with the fingers
and how the rats succeed, using their
tough little noses and paws, is beyonu
any explaining. But the evidences
were there and the Yale bachelor Is
an honest man
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-04-04
HAD PLAYED GAME BEFORE,
Little Clarence land cwendoIine As.
tonished Whist Club.


ne FRIDAY afternoon whist. club
nao assembled at the home of one Of
us ieadlng spirits when it was discov-
ered that two members were absent
ana therefore there were two hands
snort. The ladies were in a ouandary
III the hostess announced that her
IVY oniluren-Cl Clarence, aged IL, and
oWendoline, aged 13-had picked nm
little knowledge of the game from
"atchlng their elders.
She suggested that as il wouldp,+
uo 10 call the game off after so manv
mad taken the trouble to come. and as
she could think Of no other wav to
get TWO substitute hands, the two chill
uren would at least help to fill ont
Inc taDles-that is, if everyone was
perfectly agreeable.
Just the thing!' declared all the
ladies in chorus The hostess was
urged to bring them in at once everv-
one would be just delighted.
clarence and Gwendoline were duly
summoned and introduced. They
LOOK thelr seats modestly, the ladies
promised to assist them on knotry
points, and the game commenced.
mere were two prizes offered and
ooth were of considerable value.
Every woman present made IN her
mind TO have one Of those prizes at
any COST. The game was entered into
VIII abandon and no quarter was
shown to anyone.
CO 20,
% Lar from needing any assistance
clarence and Gwendoline seemed to
mold their own pretty we'll In fact
they seemed so perfectly at home
that when in the stress of excitement
member failed to adhere strictly to
the rules Clarence would call atten-
tlon TO the error gravely and Gwendo-
Inc with ladylike dignity. The upshot
VI the game was that when the after
noon was over and the final count
was made Gwendoline and Clarence |
were In the possession of both prizes.
Inc ladies took leave of their host |
ess IN body with profuse thanks for
lne peasant afternoon, all declaring
lhey mad had just the loveliest time
ana she had been so sweet to them
all, they really must thank her again.
But as the door closed after the
last smile and goodby, there was an
omlnous silence in the ranks of the
friday afternoon whist club.
How nice to have children who
can play whist so WELL" said one
lady sweetly, with a small CLEAN in
her eye
Isn't it?" agreed another. TT must
must be so nice to be able to buv
lovely prizes and then keep them in
the family
And there was scarcely anv sar.
casm in her voice at all.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-04-04

worked hard in my
time and have been
exposed again and
again to changes of
weather. 1t is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and l went
all to pieces at last.
For five years [ was
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-04-04
A Safe Shot.

mat was narrow escape Miss
Prettyface had"
What do you mean?"
from that old bean. "-Baltimor.
American.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-04-04
FADED TO A SHADOW.
Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer-
ing from Kidney Complaint.

Mrs Remethe Myers, of $50 South
Tenth St, Ironton, O., says: 81 have
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19
DEFENSE FOR RAE SUICIDE


CHICAGO, March 16.-Small FAM
lies have a new champions in the per
son OF Prof. Edward A. Ross, the un'
'versity of Wisconsin sociologist, who
combats President Roosevelt s theory
and lays down a novel argument for
the distribution of the human race.
tie takes a stand against the popular
views OF what he calls hobby riders
and maintains that the cause in thu
s~hrinkage of population "lies in the
human will as Influenced by certain
factors which have their roots deem in
the civilizat on of our times, These
factors, he declares. are democracy
the emancipation of women and the
decay of religious beliefs.
Restriction of the birth rate. he al
leges, will have one result that dwarf
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19
AUTO RACE FROM
ELY TO GOLDrIELD

RENO, New, March 1S.-Tex Rick
ard and Ole Elliott, of the Northern
hotel, are developing plans for a more
exciting sport than prize fighting, just
as soon as the weather settles and the
roads dry up. An automobile race
between Ely and Goldfield is the big
attraction they are figuring on.
The promoters expect to secure en-
tries of big machines on the coast, and
the purses offered will be commensu-
rate with the number of autos entered.
All cars will start five hours apart, ard
must traverse the regularly traversed
roads.
1.-THE terms of the race are that the
road must be left as it is said Ole
Elliott in an interview. "There is 70
be no polishing off for the occasion
1t is to be a test of endurance, ard
every rock must be left where it lies.
'The distance is 1875 miles, and last
summer ] made the trip in fifteen
hours. OF course that is no fast time,
but ] did not try for any record. A
conte I of this kind will have all the
local color that goes with our every
day life on the DESERT
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19

all oIhers-that it will cneck popula-
on pressure, which, he asserts, is
the principal cause Of war, mass pow
erty, wolfish competition and class
-o-t.ct. with restriction he as
serts, "society will for the first timc
become master of it's Destiny
The conclusion of his reasons. which
are presented under the title of
Western Civilization and the Birth
Rate in the current number Of the
American Journal of Sociology, is as
follows:
Restriction is a movement at bot
tom salutary and the ~undoubted evils
OF its tram appear to be minor, or
transient, or self -limiting, or curable.D
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19
WILL PROSECUTE THE
COAL RAILROADS

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 49,
An important conference, which il
likely to have f~ar-reaching results
vas held late this afternoon between
members of the Interstate Commerce
commission and representatives of the
coal operators and coal miners organ
ization in southern Indiana and
southern Illinois. In addition to a
complaint which, as a result of the
conference, is to be filed formally with
a. Dam son, it is probable that the
attorney general will be urged to insti-
tute prosecutions against officials of
he ccal carrying railroads in Ind ana
md Illinois for alleged violations of
the Sherman antitrust law.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19
DIAMoNDFIELD JACKS NERVE
He Rides up and Down Street Armed
Inviting a Demonstration

CARSON CITY, March ia man
who was in Goldfeld last Tuesday
gives the following account of how
"Diamondfield' Jack Davis who has
been ordered out of town by the i.
w. W., cared for their threats:
About shutdown nj the afternoon
Davis mounted a wiry broncho and
rode up and down the main streets.
He was heavily encountered with
firearms. Across the pommel of his
saddle was a sawed off shotgun loaded
with buckshot. Besides this he car
ried four automatic revolvers. A re-
port was current, and Davis never
confirmed or denied il, that the ma
who has been 80 %outspoken in his op
position to the i. w. w. had been mott
fed that he must leave town by sur
down.
81 made the trails into this %countr 7
and I'm not going to make any out
of it, Davis is quoted as saying.
The solitary horseman made an i'm
pressive figure as he rode up and
down the streets, streets that were
lined with gr,m-faced men, men who
are avowed supporters of the /. w.
w. and had sworn to help that organ
ization to maintain absolute suprem
acy in the labor field in this territory.
Their WAS many "A -throated
X wiiag threat against Davis, but
not a hand was ra sed against him.
And if there had been any determin.
ed desire on the part of the /. w. w.
people to take HIN off, the task
would have been easy to accomplish,
for a fairer mark ror the rife of a
hidden assassin wa never presented.
II a shot had been fired the streets
OF Goldfield would have run red with
IN an hour, for nine men out of ter
are carrying a pistol. and the majority
carry more than one. and that the dav
passed without I~loodshed is one of the
marvels Of the situation.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-19
WY
WINNEMUCCA ASSAY OTFTCE
CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS :.

Prompt and careful attention given
to all samples sent by mail and ex-
press. Regular prices charged for III
work. Address all samples: Winnemoc-
ca Assay Office, P. o. Box SO, Winna-
mucca, Nevada.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
Arthur King Painfully Hurt.

Last Thursday night as Arthur
King, of the Rodney section, was
driving along the public road going
down Baker school house hill his
horse took fright at a broken down
wagon loaded with coal standing in
the road, ana became unmanageable.
He undertook to lead him around the
obstruction, but the horse ierked
loose from him and knocked him
down and run over him and trampled
him under foot, besides dragging
him several yards and running the
buggy over him.
He received several deep cuts on
the head and was other wise uniDjur-
ed and bruised. When found he
was unconscious and did net regain
consciousness for several hours.
The horse ran mile or more and
completely demolished the buggy,
parts of which were found at differ
ent points along the road, only the
shafts and harness remaining with
the horse.
Mr.. King, who Is a son of ID. II.
King, one Of the county's best men,
is getting along tolerably well and
may recover, should no complications
arise.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
AGED MINISTER DIES
Rev. Cundlfi Passed Peacefully Away
al His Residence In GOrydOn,
After a Brief Illness.

Rev. b. A. Cundiff, venerable
minister, died at his home in Cory
don Sunday at noon, after short
illness with stomach trouble. He
bad been very low for two days.
Mr. CundiH was one of the best.
known Methodist minister in the
Louisville conferences and was 1S
years of age. He was born in Har-
din county and lived there to man
hood. He was converted aud Joined
the Methodist church IN the county
when in his teens under the preach
ing of Rev. j. w. Emerson, and was
licensed to exhort under the ministry
of DR.. George II Hays. who now
lives in this city. A few years after
his conversion Rev. Cundltf joined
the Louisville conference IN 1884,
and has preached at many points in
his life in this conference. While
quite young man he married
Miss Rosseau, of Wayne county.
The union was blessed with several
children, two of whom, Mrs. f. w.
Medcalf, of Smithland, and Chas.
Cundifi, of Hardin county, with their
mother, survive the deceased. Also
three grandchildren, who made their
home with him, survive.
Mr.. Cundiff was an earnest worker
and has delivered more sermons than
any man in the Louisville conference.
He had no peers as revivalist in
the Louisville conference and proba-
bly, none IN the state. He had more
conversions under his preaching and
licensed more young men to preach
than any other preacher in the Louis
vile conference. He was great
advocate of the second blessing or
sanctitication, aud preached many
powerful sermons on that subject.
He had a splendid voice; in fact. it
was marvel Gus, and he had the rep.
utation of being heard at greater
distance than any other preacher IN
the conference.
He had great religious faith,
which kept him from despair during
some great trials that befell him.
One OF his sons was drowned at
Hartford, little daughter burned
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
GIRL Child ACCUSES Man
Fourteen ear.0Id Caroline Watts
Accuses Percy hOWertOn.

Percy Howerton, a young railroad
man, is now in the Henderson coun
ty jail awaiting the arrival of an
officer TO take him back to Marion,
KY, to answer a charge of one of
the most revolving offences ever men
toned in the annals of crime The
Kentucky Children's Home Society,
guardian of fourteen-year-old Caro-
line Watts, pretty child whose
misfortune in losing her parents
threw her on the mercies of the
world and the good agencies that
look after such homeless children, is
urging the prosecution of this young
man because the child told the
authorities that he committed an
awful crime against her person.
According to the story of the
child Percy Howerton compelled her
by means Of threats to take her life
10 withhold the secret from her as
sociates. The little girl was placed
IN the home of p. A. Howerton,
father of the accused, near Marion,
some time ago, and Percy Howerton
returned home about seven months
ago, having been employed on rail-
road in the Indian Territory. The
prosecution will try to prove that the
young man took advantage of the
child and kept her under threats for
three months. \ few days ago she
whispered the story to one of her
schoolmates.
The story of the affair leaked out
in the community and it was report
ed that Howerton was advised to
leave if he eXpectei to escape prose-
cutlOn. lie lett Marion ana was
supposed to have gone to Harrisburg,
Ill. In the meantime somebody liv-
ing in that neighborhood wrote an
anonymous letter to the Children
Society in Louisville. Superintend-
ent George l.. Sehon sent John W.
Hutchen to Crttenden county to
look after the welfare Of the girl aud
aid in the prosecution Of the charge
against Howerton.
After Howerton' departure the
authorities kept close watch for him
and looked for some clue to his
whereabouts in some other city. He
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14

Lilly Clark, wife of Thos. NJ.
Lynn, of Crittenden Springs, died
Wednesday, Nov. 9th, of tuberculo-
sis. She was the daughter of Pres
ley and Mahala Clark, of this city.
Her aged parents who survive her
being eighty-one and seventy-four
years of age respectively.
She was born Aug. ~, 1873 and
was married to T. NJ. Lynn Jan. /,
1890. Three children who blessed
this union are left motherless, Leila,
aged nine, Hobart, aged seven and
Eliza aged five. One brother Elan
agan Clark, of this city, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Willis Lynn, also survive.
The interment took place Thurs
day at the Love graveyard, Rev +.
Il. Black burn officiating.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14

to death at Marion, and another
daughter suffered with stomach
troub.cat Leitch6eld, so that she
could not eat anything. Her helpless
parents had to watch her dwindle
away with no chance of relieving her
suffering. Through all these trials
Mr.. Cundiff never lost faith but con-
tinued in his work as minister.
Rev. j. T. Rushing, of this city,
Joined the church at Marion while
Mr.. Cundiff was the pastor there
The funeral was conducted from
the Methodist church in Corydon at
= o. clock tins afternoon. H anderson
Cleaner.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
Infant Found In Branch.

The body of newborn colorcd
infant was found in the branch near
Giles Hamilton residence aud was
brought in to Or. W. 7. Daughtery :
office where a post mortem examIna-
ton was made, which revealed the
fact that the child was born alive
and was healthy perfect baby.
The mother, woman named Birdie
Armstrong, was arrested and placed
in jail to await the action of the
grand jury, after having had her ex-
aiming trial before Judge Blackburn
She claims the child died and that
she buried 1t ina box in the sand
and the heavy rains washed it down
the creek, which, if true, would make
her liable for a short term only for
concealing the birth.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
Fire Wednesday.

The house occupied by Mary Hen
ry Sutcliffe on South Main street was
burned Wednesday morning of last
week about ten o'clock. 1t caught
fire while she was absent at a neigh
bors aud was beyond control before
it was discovered. Nothing was
saved, except one chair. The house
belonged to Betty Head, colored,
who lives in Paducah, and was not
insured. 1t took heroic work to
save the house of Anna Smith, color
ed, on an adjoining lot.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
Made by Government Expert In Rid.
ding Tobacco Of Worms.

Hopkinsyille, ny, Nov. ll.-Ohe
OF The most interesting features Of
the last meeting of the Christian
county executive committee Of the
Dark Tobacco Planters Protective
Association in this city was an ad
Grcs, made by \. &. Morgan, a gov.
eminent expert, who has been in the
Ozark tobacco district since July, for
the purpose OF studying and expert
mcutng with the tobacco worm, 50
o.. Co ind If possible, a good way m
which to cxterminatc this great pest,
which annually costs the farmers Of
the tobacco producing sections thous-
and- Of dollars by eating up their
crop. IN the field
Mr. Morgan has had hi, headquar.
ter, at Clarksville, Tenn, during the
time he has been engaged in this
work. He was sent there by the
government. and his report will be
made to the Department of Agricul-
tire. During the months he has
been in this section he has visited
nearly every county in the dark
tobacco district. and he says that he
has found out much that is valuable.
Mr.. Morgan urges the farmers to
destroy the suckers after,their tobac-
GO has been cut. He studied a field
IN which the suckers were allowed to
lrow and he found that these afford
cd an excellent breeding and feeding
lace for the worms, and that at the
spproach of frost they went into the
ground. Later on when this ground
was spaded up the pupae was found
IL great numbers, which, of course,
! reshadowed the crop of worms for
ine next season. The expert claims
t1at if these suckers are not allowed
- grow in this manner that the
lantity of worms will be greatly
.sened.
The plan of keeping the worms
J He'd out by spraying the tobacco
ants with Paris green was also
oroughly Investigated. Mr. Nor
IN said that this afforded a tempo
D Try relief, but that he thought the
! rmers should try to get at the root
e. the trouble, and by breaking up
tie breeding of the worms perma-
nently rid their farms Of them
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14

sold a team of mules for one hundred
and sixty dollars before leaving
home.
Miss Hattie Majors, pretty
young school teacher, who is a sweet
heart of Howerton, drove to Marion
yesterday and Mr.. Hutchen saw her
enter bank and draw a sum of
money. She had six hundred dollars
on deposit and the bank would only
give her ten per cent. of 1t. She
made ready to depart on north
bound train, saying that she was
going to Henderson to visit
friends.
Agent Hutchen purchased a ticket
for Henderson also. On arriving in
Henderson he noted that Miss Majors
did not leave the train, but paid a
cash fare to Evansville. He went to
Evansville also. When the train
stopped in the Louisville d Nashville
station Howerton met the young
woman at the gate. Mr.. Hutchen
followed them out into the street and
placed the warrant of arrest 10 the
hands of a policeman who took How
erton into custody.
Hutchen aud his prisoner LETT
Evansville yesterday afternoon. When
they arrived at the station in the In
diana city Miss Majors was waiting
for them. On the journey to this
city Howerton and his sweetheart sat
together, he being manacled with
handouts Notwithstanding.
When they arrived here late in
the afternoon Howerton was remand.
ed to Jail, and Miss Majors was d.
rected to the home of some of her
friends IN the city.
Percy Howerton denied the ac-
cusation, saying that he was not
guilty of taking unlawful advantage
of the girl. After the arrest he ex-
pressed Willingness to marry Caro-
line Watts, but that is not probable
outcome of the affair. The little
girl against whom he is accused of
the crime is too young
to be held responsible for any wrong,
even if she had not been threatened
with death as is charged against
Howerton and nobody will hold her
responsible morally.
The agent of the Children Home
Society took the child to Marion and
a wealthy Jewish merchant asked
that he might be permitted to take
her into ms home and bring her up
in good moral atmosphere, saying at
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14

The work in this section has now
been prosecuted about as far as can
for this season. Mr.. Morgan urged
the farmers here to bring all the
pressure possible to bear upon their
Congressman to have another appro-
priation made by Congress to con.
tinue the experiments next summer.
The appropriation referred to was
secured by an amendment offered in
Congress by Hon. .. VI. James, of
this city, our Representative who is
Away found on the side of the peo-
pie whether in the halls Of Congress
or elsewhere. aud in the future he
will be heard on all important legis-
lation for the benefit of the tobacco
growers, advocating those things
which are known to be beneficial TO
the farmer
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14

Continued to eighth page.)
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-08-08

the way IL the most compani0nable
fellow In the world your spirits rise
as you near him as though you were
about 70 greet q human friend, and
they keep almos. consistently on this
high level till his brother mile dis
sant advances 70 meet you.
Aud when you overlook oneoi this
friendly company because Of an en-
crcaching bank or screening boughs,
says the Travel Magazine, his neigh
Dor further on comes 70 you doubly
welcome. AT the latter end Of this
passage In the journey your spirits
flag trife as though oppressed by q
sense Of desertion. You may even
scowIal theoverhangina bank which
is more than party 70 this conceal
ment.
Those worthy persons who attend
10 tho roads should see & 1t that ev-
cry milestone within their province
standsout fairly from is leaiy back
ground. Observance Of this, how
ever, would rob the waytarer Of that
Teapot the heart which ID his when the
stone tells the story Of two miles done
rather than one. For however much
| the landscape and the minute world
at his feet may claim the iootiarer's
admiration he 10 still keenly alive %
| the VIRTUES Of decent distances COW
cred 10 his day 5 journey.