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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
Marine Register

The following vessels arrived in port
the past "a hours:
steamer City OF Fall River. Apploby.
New York
steamer St Croix. Bowerman, New
York
steamer Edgemont. Oweiler. New York.
steamer city OF Newport. Ricketson,
Newport
steamer City OF Haverhlll Lake. Fall
River.
Tug Hercules. Stevenson. New York.
Barge Long Island City, Mikil. 500 tons
OF steel and $50 tons OF scrap iron for the
railroad.
Barge Clinton Point. Brooklyn. zoo tons
OF chemicals for General Chemical COM
pany.
SAILED.
Tug Hercules and tow for New York.
Tug Elmer A. Keeler with barrcs White
Ban Libby. T. r. r. 72O and +. R. r.
7i7 New York
Tug Edgar r Quackenback. Norfolk.
with bargcs william III. Coleman ana
Coal King.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
IN THE FIELD
>OF LABOR

addressed
Labor News-D Democ
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
cobbIer Knows His Name.

Owensboro. Ky.-When Mrs. e. L.
Lyons of Yelvington called Bob" to
500 turkeys in pen at local pro-
duce house a big gobbler ran chort-
ling from the bunch and ate corn
from her hand.
With this as the principal evidence.
a warrant was taken out against Jesse
Mcintyre, and he is now under bond
to answer in circuit court on a charge
of larceny.
Lyons, who is a farmer, went TO
Miller Bros produce house and iaen-
tilted gobbler and three turkey hens.
which he said belonged to him. The
proprietors doubted his ability to iden-
tify his turkeys among SO many.
Well" said Lyons, my wife can
come here and call that gobbler. and
he will answer"
The test was tried and it worked.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14

hat and pugnacious fist caused excite
ment which nearly ended in a general
trough house in a downtown subway
Beatrice d'Orsay is nursing her
wounded pride and d. T. Miller, a Co
lumbia student is nursing his face.
The trouble began when Miller bit
an ostrich plume from Miss d'Orsay's
hat, and she, just to retaliate. slapped
his face.
Subway patrons were packed In the
train like sardines. Miss d'Orsay
stood directly in front of Miller. with
her back toward him. She had on a
huge picture hat. from which large
ostrich plumes protruded in all direc-
tions. Every time the car swayed
the plumes tickled Miller's nose With
every tickle he plunged for his kerr
chief pocket to head off a sneeze.
Il didn't mind IL at first" said
Miller. but it got annoying after
awhile. / determined to teach her a
lesson. so l bit one plume off after it
had brushed over my nose a dozen
times"
Miss d'Orsay turned on the Colum-
bia man when he nibbled of her
plume and deftly landed a ''wallop" ON
his cheek.
THAT for you." she snapped.
In an instant every man on the car
was on his feet. Women screamed.
During the general hubbub which fol-
lowed Miller beat a retreat to the next
car.
''The men of New York are rngen-
tlemanly brutes." was all Miss dor
say would say concerning the Incl
dent.
I'm not bit sorry" Miller said.
Women have no right to wear such
internal hats in the subway. When
the cars are so crowded man is in
danger of suffocatlng under such palm
trees"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
UNABLE TO MAKE HIS WAY TO
HOME, ONLY SEVEN BLOCKS
FROM OFFICE.
LOSES WAY IN OPEN STRETCH
Finally Finds Shelter for the Night
Forced to Give Up Struggle to
Reach Family When Near
End Of Struggle.

apolis.-Ralph w. Wheelock,
editor of paper in one of the smaller
North Dakota towns, had an expert
ence with blizzard recently that he
would not care to repeat. The follow
ing is his story of the occurrence:
The forenoon had been mild, almost
muggy. for January, and while there
were signs of snowstorm in the air
th.re was nothing to indicate, to a
tende-foot at least, that a real dis
aster was at hand. AS | passed up
stairs a moment later and entered the
front office a glance through the win
dow. which looked to the north,
showed a whlrling mass of fine snow
coming up from the open prairie
northwest of town. and l found the
storm was in full blast, with no more
warning than has been suggested.
1t was impossible to see across the
street; the mercury that few sec
onds before had stood above freezing
had dropped close to zero and the
wind was blowing. apparently, from
all points at once.
Darkness fell early. but brought no
letup In the violence of the storm. In
fact, the wind grew fiercer. while the
mercury went lower.
/ lived seven blocks from the office
in northeasterly direction and after
putting the paper to press about 4:S0
o'clock in the afternoon | started for
home. For five blocks due east
struggled and floundered along
through the swlrling, deepening drifts
of fine snow that cut the face like
sharp sand. binding the sight and
freezing about the nose and mouth
until breathing became difficult.
AZ l felt my way along from fence
to renee | could imagine what show
for life there would be for either man
or beast out on the open prairie Near
the end of the trip it was necessary to
cut diagonally across some vacant
lots to reach the house. a distance of
about a block and half. and although
could not see an inch ahead and was
almost exhausted from the twisting
grip of the shifting snowdrifts about
my feet and legs and my breath was
almost sucked from my lungs by the
peculiar effect of the whirling wind
l determined to take the chance OF
crossing shat open stretch.
But / had not struggled ahead ten
feet before I lost all sense of direc-
tion. In turning to get my back
against the wind | had let go of my
objective point with my mind or in
stinct or whatever 1t was that was
working and | could not regain 1t. To
the north short distance were the
bluffs of Firesteel creek and to the
east the Jim river bottoms. and / had
no desire to explore either. Dark
ness was fast descending. the cold
was getting more and more bitter and
there began to come over me that
sense of drowslness and Indifference
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
'MAIL-ORDER WAYS
A BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later II Teaches Every Mail
Order Patron the Error Of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods OF the mail-order
houses are their worst advertisement.
Sooner or later there will come a time
In the experience OF every purchaser
of their goods when he will wish ''he
hadn't done it," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
own community by the nefarious prac-
tice of sending the money of the COM
munity to the city. but also because of
the practices of the mail order con-
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sounds
well. 1t sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
a much lower price than you had i'm
agined It could be bought for. and you
order it. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some mis-
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods. 1t Is
not what you ordered.
All. but 1t is, The difference is be-
tween the way 1t actually looks and
the way 1t sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you re-
ceived is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting. and are told
that 1t is you that is in error. that
you got just what you ordered, and
then If you are wise you buy of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14

VOLCANO USES TELEPHONE.
The Crater of kilauea Connects with
Hotel.

Honolulu.-Song writer's have talked
of telephoning to heaven and fiction
writer's have sought to make use of
the telephone in other plots, but none
thus far has been so bold as to sug-
gest telephoning to the Internal fires
of the worlds most gigantic active
volcano. But this is the daring plot
which has been undertaken by George
Lycurgus, the manager of the Volcano
house. on the island of Hawaii He is
having a telephone line strung from
the Kilauea Volcano house down into
the mighty crater of Kilauea, across
the floor of this wonderful place to
the very brink of the Halemaumau
the Pit of Fire, where the flames and
smoke and steam and fiery lava of
Nine. Pele's dwelling place are con-
stantly in activity. The idea is to
have the telephone strung from the
Volcano house to the edge of the Pit
of Fire. distance of between two
and three miles, so that constant COM
munication between the outside world
and the dwelling place of Nine. Pele,
the Hawaiian goddess of fire, can be
maintained.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
A Turkish Health Report.

The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces,
to be answered to the Provincial gov
ernors. The replies received from
the Pasha of Damascus are worth
quoting:
Question. What is the death rate
In your province?
Answer. In Damascus it is the will
of Allah that all should die. Some die
young and some die old.
@. What is the annual number of
births?
A. God alone can say-I do not
know. and hesitate to inquire.
Q. Are the supplies of water suf-
ficient and of good quality?
A. From the remotest period no
one has died in Damascus of thirst
General remarks as to the local san.
itation: Man should not bother him
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14

to further effort that is said to pre-
cede freezing to death
slight rift in the clouds OF snow,
however, gave me a glimpse of the
fence corner | had just left and |
realized that | had turned almost en-
tirely around and was headed down
town again. / took the hint, made a
desperate plunge or two for the fence
and imagined that 1t would be easy to
get back to the hotel for the night
But 1t wasn't, and as the storm
lifted again for a moment / saw that
/ had unwittingly turned corner and
was headed due south toward TIE rail
road tracks instead OF being on my
way west to the hotel. No further
warning was needed and / fought my
way to the nearest house to ask shell
ter for the night. struggled up the
steps TO the front door and pounded
OH it Justify.
The door was opened cautiously and
an ola German baker who lived there
with no family but his wife. stuck his
face a little ways out into the storm
and grunted:
''Vat you want here?"
II would like to come In and rest
until this storm let's up a little" | al
most gasped. thinking, - course.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
America to Make Display at Bordeaux
Maritime Exposition.

Washington.-There is every indica-
ton. in the opinion of the state de-
partment, that congress will answer
the appeal made by the department
to the president and by him
TO the senate and the house and ap-
propriate s25.000 for the governments
representation at the international
maritime exposition at Bordeaux this
summer. The display will be opened
on May 1.
The exposition is the centennial of
the invention of steam navigation by
Robert Fulton and his name will be
given great honor. The family of
Fulton will furnish some of the great
inventors models and some of the
relics of his workshop. 1t is expected
that at least one American warship
will be sent to Bordeaux during the
exposition.
Many of the great nations. includ-
ing Russia. Great Britain. Japan. Italy.
Belgium and Mexico. will send exhib-
its and in some cases men-of-war.
This government has in mind the
construction of pavilion. 1t will be
very simple and not cost more than
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
MAY BE LOST MINE.

he spent more than $4,000 in this for
tune hunting expedition. but in vain.
In the early sos Jose Flores, Mex
lean of Monclova, obtained a copy of
the musty record concerning the mine
and, coming to San Antonio, outfitted
an expedition to search for it. At that
time the Comanche Indians were raid
ing the country west of San Antonio
and Senior Flores was warned that he
would be risling the lives of himself
and his men If he entered the region
where the mine was said to be located
He laughed at these warnings and,
accompanied by six men and two
teams and wagons, left for the Frio
river country. The party had reached
a point near the present town of
Utopia when they were fired upon by
Indians and all were killed The In
dians took the horses and burned the
wagons.
San Saba Sam Henning has been
searching for the lost San Saba mine
for 20 years. He works on ranch a
few months each year and makes
enough money to support him while
he wanders over the hills and noun
tains the other nine months. So far
as known he has not heard of Cham
bers' discovery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14

better TO cali upon our local dealer
and look over his stock where we can
see the goods before buying. There
are then no errors in change or re-
funds to be haggled over across a 300
mile stretch.
Yes. II is better to trade at home.
Our nome merchants guarantee upon
an article means something, as he
wants our good will. Keeping the
money at home benefits home indus
tries and thus, Indirectly. us. We can
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading in
Chicago. 1t is all one-sided and some
time we would have no local merchant
to do our buying.
Catalogue houses, have found from
bitter experiences. are tricky II those
who are dealing with them will watch
their purchases. they will find It so
sooner or later. Our last deal, had II
occurred here at home, would have
been straightened out in five minutes
and without feeling, but with you 1t
takes me all winter to get my money
back when the goods are not satisfac-
tory, and even then get only credit
card which is lost through studied
carelessness upon the part of someone
in your concern so that l have moth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home II
conditions admit of purchasing a good
article at reasonable prices. If not,
then he had better trade at the next
town or city that his money may go
to build up the country around him.
He sends it to Chicago that 1t may go
into profits of some big mail-order
house until there is enough sucker
money to build and endow some great
charitable institution as a monument
to the greatness of the mail-order man
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lie.
have already asked that you adjust
the matter of our last deal. l want
my money returned without further
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
A SqueIchcr.

81 gave that odious Mrs Dough-
purse something to think of this after
noon" says Mrs Bankfull to her hus-
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $50 gold pieces into the artif-
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure of hearing the gold pieces
plunk as they sunk
"Whajja say to herr" asked Mr..
Bankfull. rolling himself a cigarette
in hundred-dollar bill.
she was boasting about the solid
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house. and | told her we
thought steam heat was so old-fash-
ioned that we were going to heat our
house with radlum Observation-Disclosures.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
Anticipating a Need.

Il saw strange thing the other
night" said the bachelor girl. Il was
with friend at a cafe when another
friend, tall, handsome, bearded chap,
came over and asked me If he might
have his dinner brought to our table
and sit with us. We said of course.
and it was done. When he had near
ly finished his dinner he took the last
chop, folded it up in his napkin-in
the presence of the waiter. too, and
put it in his pocket.
81 always wake at about three in
the morning. he explained. nearly
starved to death. SO every night of
wrap up what is left of my dinner to
eat at that hour"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
EDITOR LOST in
DAKOTA BLIZZARD.

would be welcomed under the cir
cumstances.
You no come In here" growled the
old baker as he slammed the door in
my face and without breath enough
left to do justice to my feelings or
strength enough to force my way IN.
Across the street was another house
where | was sure | would be admitted.
but 1t looked miles and miles away
After further strenuous effort / man
aged to reach 1t and was Hospitality
put up for the night, but the sensation
OF being within a few blocks from
home and naturally anxious to know
that the family was safe and comfort
able and yet absolutely barred from
getting to them or hearing from them
was decidedly peculiar. not to say
painful.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
TEXAS STORY OF A SHAFT PILED
WITH SKELETONS.
Prospector Reported to Have Found
San Saba Property, Once Worked
by Spanish and Described as Be-
ing of Fabulous Richness.

Kerrville, Text is reported that
in the Frio mountains. about 25 miles
south of here. an ancient Spanish
mine has been discovered by w. w.
Chambers which is supposed to be the
long lost San Saba gold and silver
mine described by tradition as of fab
ulous richness.
Many expeditions have gone in
search of this mine. Tradition says
that more than 100 men were employ
ed in it and that they were all mas
sacred by Indians. who covered the
shaft and effaced all evidence of its ex-
istence.
The story of Chambers discovery is
that he explored the mine in company
with several other men. They dis
covered that the shaft opened into a
large chamber at a depth of only 20
feet from the surface. In this cham
Der was a pile of skeletons, number
ing so human beings. These were sup
posed to be the remains of the miners
killed by the Indians. In the same
compartment were found many an
cient tools. More than so guns of an
cient make were also found.
AccOTulnS TO IraulJlOn INere were
several hundred thousand dollars of
gold and silver stored at the mine at
the time the attack was made by In
dians. Chambers and his companions
did not find this bullion.
In canyon near the shaft the ruins
of the ancient smelling furnaces oper.
ated in connection with the mine were
found. The ruins of the old ore
crusher were also standing.
The rediscovery of this mine has
produced excitement throughout this
part of the state. Mr.. Chambers has
staked several claims adjacent to the
property and other mining prospectors
have gone to the locality and all of
the land for several miles surrounding
the mine is being prospected for min
erals.
According to the old records the
Spaniards took more than 50 600, 900
of ore out of the mine during the
years that they worked it. Charles l..
Diguowity of Boston. Mass, made sew
eral efforts to locate the San Saba
mine several years ago. 1t is said that
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
Will Honor Robert Fulton.

$4,000 or $4,000, which is regarded
sufficient for the purpose. AS soon
as congress has made the desired ap-
preparation commission will proba-
bly, be appointed to gather from mu-
seums and other places relics worth
sending to the exposition.
The exposition is being promoted by
the French Maritime league under the
guidance of the ministers of marine
and commerce of the French govern
ment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14

dickering and unless I get It I shall
certainly get its equivalent in adver-
tising you and your methods among
the people of Lake county.
Awaiting your reply, am,
Yours truly,
CARL SCHULTZ.
Wolf Lake, Michigan. p. o. Baldwin.
Mich.
Can you. Mr.. Purchaser. not profit
by the experience of others and turn
your money into home channels by
tfading with home merchants where
you will get a dollars worth for a dol
lar. or must you follow the mail-order
mans lead to trouble for yourself and
destruction for your community? Do
not wait for that evil day when you
have learned wisdom in the expensive
school of personal experience. but
profit by that purchased by others.
You will find it far cheaper and more
satisfactory in the end
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14

home merchant next time, and know
what you get when you pass over the
money for it. He may not be able to
sell you what you thought you were
buying from the mail-order house at
the catalogue price, but he can sell
you. if he has it, the same goods you
get from the mail-order houses at an
equal or less price than they ask for
1t, and what is more, he can sell you
what you really want at as reasonable
price as you can get 1t for else
where.
The following letter. written by a
Michigan farmer. explains in a clear
and unmistakable way the danger of
buying of mail-order concerns. 1t was
addressed to one of the largest of this
class of institution in this country:
Baldwin, Mich, Jan. IL, 1907
Gentlemen:
have your favor of recent date,
and also your catalogues and accom-
panying circulars offering premiums
for distribution of the same among my
friends. l have no doubt that. as you
say, l will thereby confer a great IA
vor upon you, but l am compelled to
take issue with you on the statement
that / will also confer favor upon
my friends.
In my dealings with you, extending
over some time past, l have received
no favors from you'll paid for all
got, and the length of time l traded
with you, instead of establishing
a
ditional favor as 1t would in a home
store, gave you the opinion that, un-
like new customer, to whom you
give your very best, so they will come
again, l was a steady conner and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
convinced me of your policy. Your
catalogues offer some apparently great
bargains. But let us draw up our
things very essential to the rural citi-
zen that are not mentioned within its
voluminous bulk.
For instance. there is no reference
to paying cash or exchanging goods
for wheat, oats, corn, beans, butter,
eggs and hay.
How much will you pay for cattle,
sheep and hogs. I. o. b.. at Baldwin?
How much will you pay to support
the Lake county schools and educate
our children? How much for improv-
ing our roads and bridges? For sup
porting the poor? For the general
public expense?
On what page do you offer to con-
tribute money to the support of our
churches?
What line of credit will you extend
to me when my money is low because
of sickness. or poor crops? What do
you provide in the way of entertain
ment for the public and in the way
of providing those things that make a
town desirable and thus keep up the
value of my property?
AS a matter of fact. do you do any
thing to help locally, or do you merely
take The money out of a community
returning nothing whatever, beyond
the value OF the goods bought? Think
Ing II over carefully. | believe 1t is
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
White Hair Turns Black.

Rushville, Ind.-John b. Lyon. OF
New Salem. one of the survivors OF
the Mexican war. and one of the old
est and best preserved men in Rush
county. whose hair has been white
with age for years. is undergoing re-
markable change. In the last year.
both his hair and beard began to turn
dark and now II lmost the coles u
his youth-blac'
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
Minister piscovers Comet.

Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel II. Metcalf. of Taunton,
Mass. from pursuing astronomical in.
vestigations. His study of the stars
has resulted IN the discovery OF new
comet. which is now being closely OBJ
served by astronomers throughout the
world. 1t has been named Metcs'cs
comet
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-14
HAT PLUME TICKLES
NOSE; BITES IT OFF
LAW STUDENT GETS WAuLoP FOR
SUMMARY REMOVAL OF
GIRLS FEATHER.

New York.-An ostrich feather.
disgruntled young man with pair
of sharp teeth and an athletic and ex-
plosive young woman with a picture