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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
The gn1trmaS aud Gnnrter

THE CARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE. 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09

NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

Jeff Slogan and old AattersOn sat at the kitchen
table long after the remains OF supper cleared
away. 1t was night of Renaissance with the old man.
and his crabapple cider he told OF the bears and
wolves he had slain in the days when Tennessee was
Young "AIy old granddad left me his rifle said he,
gancing toward corner of the room, land many
time I've been advised to have percussion-ock put
on it. but fintlock good enough for him and it's
got to be good enough for OF course you've seen
the gun, but III show it to you again"
cts beauty" said Jeff.
"Wcll yes, unless YOU can find better word And
let me tell you something, but you mustn't say any
thing about it. Granddad beginning to get pretty
old, and little things had begun to bother him. One
of his daughters married a no-aCCount stage-drVer,
and his hafwitted son cut fellow all to pieces at
saw1nill So he freted good deal. WE'LL one night
he was coming home from muster, and man named
Bridge Peters with him. All at granddad stops
in the road and says to Bridge: If L only knowed
which one of them stars up thar my unucky star,
I'd shoot it out Bridge asked if he thought his gun
would tote that far and the old hooted like an
owl. Don't you worry about that said he Just
pick out the you think is the cause OF my bad luck
and out she goes
"Brdge was sort of reckless fellow 50 he looks up
he does and says There she is, that star off there
about fifteen feet from the MOON The old man dldn
hesitate minute. He raised his gun = this here old
one right here = and she cracked like whip and
what do you think happened? Out went the star
like snufin' a taIlow candle Bridge, he took to his
heels and it enough to any man, but grand
dad didn't run He walked off slow to show the other
stars that he wasn't afraid but he begins to git sick
at his stomach and by the time he got home he could
hardly hold up his head And sir he lay for four weeks,
and then died"
left looked hard at the old man and said: 81 don't
believe a word of it."
Chow do YOU account for it ?"
II account for it by not believing it; that's how"
Jeff was in sorrowful mood that night, and was not
prepared to believe even the most apparent truth.
bipl in ab0 Teffp'
eliza Smith and her party.
"Sorter in the DUMPS because she didn't ask you?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
The Smith Girls Ji1t

The dog howled Jeff dropped the CUR and, over logs
and through bushes, tore home.
When Jeff reached home the world was dark save
the pale stars slowly weeping out their light He went
to his and sitting at the window
with himself But it of no to reason. He had
seen the fly pieces and fill the air with snakes.
Theres no use in talking, I've done it." he moaned.
tThe moon is gone. No use trying to reason ~ gone.
And here l am sick at the stomach and will keep on
getting sicker till die People CAM plant their potato
crops in the dark of the moon because there won't be
any. And when I die the moon will come back, and
all the people will be glad
He went to bed and tossed for long time he slept
finally but what sleep! Old women came and begged
him to give them back the They couldn' make
soap without it. MaidenS came and on their knees
implored him. There to be no more lovemaking.
Poets 1ocked from afar to revie him; and the ocean
stood dead. with tide. When he awoke the sun
was shining. And he smiled, believing that it all
dream, but just then he heard his father talking in
adjoining room. eyes, they were having a good time
Smiths but somebody shot out the moon, and"
Jeff fell back, sick almost unto death. They called
him to breakfast but he moaned that he SICK and
they let him lie there. He was gagging when his
father came into the room.
'What s the matter with you, Jef?''
81 don't know, sir"
"What time did you get home?"
I'll don't know sir"
"Seem to be sorter short on known,' don't you?
Were you at Smiths when the moon shot out?
What's the matter with you? Why, you've got the
ague Well, sir, it was funny thing You know
that Smith doesn't like for his company to stay late
so he told the boys that they might remain till the
moon went down. Well, an ingenious fellow hit upon
plan. He got hold of cheese box, put kerosene
lamp in it. pasted piece of creased paper over it
and Just as the moon was goin down behind the HILL
hung the box high up in a tree. The old man can't
see very well, and it fooled him completely till some
fellow along and shot = what's the matter with
you? What are you sayin'? Coin to git up, are you?
What makes you cut them capers? Folks say you
look like me- but 1 seed the day that had as
little sense as you've got"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

WELL don't like it"
''Why don I you kill her dog?"
"What good would that do?"
''Whv don t YOU know that the best way to git even
with a highheaded woman is to kill her dog? 1t
is there's sort of a charm about it. and if you kill
woman's dog and she don't find out who does It,
she II fall in love with you. It's fact; she'll drap
right down into pure love Say that Smith girl has
dog that she thinks the world Of Why don't you
kill him as you 60 by there tonight on your way
home?"
Pm half mind to- Got pistoI?"
''No but you take granddad's gun"
''Is she loaded?
'With double charge of powder and slug an inch
long"
''I'm half inclined to do it,
'Ill bet the gal draps down into the purest sort of
love jest to see it; there amt nothn pulitzer to
me than fust-rate article of love"
Only when he was out in the road did Jeff realize
that he carried the old gun upon his shoulder. He
halted and bare of head upon rock to let the cool
air fan him. From the hilltop came the bark Of
the Smith girls dog Jeff got up and strobe along until
he came within sight of Smiths house He could hear
the merrymaking of the Smith girl and her guests.
Through window he saw the company dancing;
and the Smith girl danced with fellow named Alb
Squat Jeff hated Squat. He was cross-eyed and low
of brow He thought that he saw her smileat Squat
and he gripped his gun. But there no murder in
his heart He aspired only assassinae dog effsaw
him coming down the hill.
The dog came at galop cut a caper of delight, and
before Jeff could fire. had licked his hand Then there
came gulp of remorse He put down his gun, stroked
the dog and Rugged him in his loneliness. Il wouldn't
hurt YOU old fellow" he said. "They thrust you into
the darkness and they don't invite out of it, and
so we are brothers. Hello! there is the moon brim
full, just above the trees" The dog Whned Just
as we'll shoot at it as to bark at it. old fellow he said
He took sight and touched the trigger Off went the
gun And then Ief's heart flew to his mouth. The
moon exploded, and the sky was full of fiery snakes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

ana 1t is headed directly for ST. Louis, where it will
arrive if its westward march is not interrupted, about
1850.
This center of population has been determined by the
department every ten years since $780, when the
first census taken AT that time this mythical CEN
ter was ascertained to be twenythree miles east OF
Baltimore 1t was then not far from the geographical
center the population of the South overbalancing
that of New England. In 1900 it was found that the
center had moved fortyone miles to the west and
fixed point eighteen miles west of Baltimore. Dur
ing the decade it moved thrty-six miles and was
described as being forty miles northwest by west of
Washington. In 1920 it was located sixteen miles
north of Woodstock, Virginia = this jump of just
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

fifty miles. The next decade it was found to have
moved thirty mine miles and went into camp near Moor
field 1t next moved fifty one miles and stopped sixteen
miles south Of Clarksburg in West Virginia. The
next move was ifty-hve miles In 1860 it moved into
Ohio and took up claim twenty miles south of Chilli
Gothic having broken its record and moved eighy-one
miles In 1870 it stopped at point eight miles north
of Cincinnati
1t seemed to be favorably impressed with the Ohio
metropolis, for it next settled down eight miles to the
southwest In 1890 was found to be at point twenty
miles east of Columbus Ind From this point it took
sharp TO the SOUTH and is now was in 1900 six
miles southeast of that place.
During the no years has travelled west $40 miles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

center would have been more marked, but it must be
remembered that the influx of foreign immigration re-
mains largelyn the East, swelling the population OF the
cities and thus overhalancng the rural increase OF the
West Again it must be noted that the manufacturing
or industrial growth of the East has had tendency to
even up the population scales by creating centers OF
more than ordinary density
The sharp trend to the south noted in 1890 and also
in 1000 shows the effect of the development OF the old
South and the Southwest.
The next resting point will doubtless be still farther
to the Southwest probably not far from the banks OF the
Wabash, fo1 we must bear in mind the increase
of population to come with the reclamation OF the
arid west.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

ippines, is at Centropolis,
Kansas "a mythical city
that was laid out 18th the idea
that it should become the
National Capital. That was
a number of years ago =
Centropolis is not yet the
Federal Capital, but it still
remains the geographical CEN
ter. Nothing but the annex
alton of Canada or Mexico
can take that away from it.
w lille the geographical
center is a fixed point, the
center of population never
remains longer than ten
years in one place. At pres
ent, or at least when last
heard from, in 1900, it was
keeping house six miles
southeast of Columbus, Indi-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
7 he Trend Of Popu q t i O N

The detection from a west
ward course has been sur
prisingly slight, the first loca-
ton and the last being almost
on the same parallel of lati-
tude.
The decadeal movements
have been wonderf lily regu-
lar, the highest beng eighty
one miles and the lowest, the
last, a distance : about
eighteen miles. These are
the extreme variations, the
average being about nifty
miles, to which number most
Of the movements conform.
The accompanying map
Exaggerated shows the gen
eral progress of this center
and its variat ms from north
to south.
One would think with. the
phenomenal development of
the West during the last five
decades the progress of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
By OPIE READ

Well, l don't like it. "
why don't you kill her dog?"
"What good would that dO?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

geographical cen
a ter of the United
= States, exclusive of
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
Tn. cnr,.s...,... Lesson.

The Christmastide celebrates the
birth festival OF our Lord. The In.
carnation Of Christ is the central
thought la the history OF the world.
His birth las exalted the poetry. the
music and the art OF the centuries. II
has changed all social customs and re.
ligious rituals. II has given new
glory 20 human life aud new trend
90 eternity. This Is the time when all
bitterness should be forgotten. all fam.
iiy feuds reconclled and all IFS glori-
ced. God grant that the day may
speedily come when the song of the
angels celebrating the birth OF the
Christ may find Its fulhllment through.
out the whole world.
GLORY to God In the highest and on
earth peace. good will toward men,
Dr. Robert Stuart Macarthur. Paste
Calvary Baptist G. n. New york
City.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
c..sn, santa q. the street.

A Santa Claus from the Salvation
Army was ringing his bell beside HIS
iron pot In Fourteenth street, says the
New York Mali and Express. when
suddenly little girl broke away from
her mother In the passing thrcng and.
rushing up TO the pseudo Santa, grab
bed him by his gown and began rapid.
iy 20 tell her wants. First she gave
him her full name and address, with
many lnjunctlons not TO forget Then
she ratiled OF list OF things she
wanted. regardless OF the attempts OF
her mother 10 induce her 10 come
away and not bother Santa. The lit
tie girl was persistent. the crowd gath
cred around 10 hear her little invoca.
ticn, aad for awhile she blocked traffic
ON that side of the street
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
in 4 GERMAN HOSPITAL.
where shs chsi.ssss Aasei VISITS
ssnertsg Chtfdren.

ssnevisg chfidres.
In one OF the German hospitals Of our
country In observed custom quite In
accordance with the beautiful senti.
ment the Germans weave about Christ
mas.
Christmas belongs TO the children
everybody knows that--but II belongs
10 them In deeper. more beautiful
sense than everybody" knows. One
Is reminded OF II. however. IL he wit
nesses such a scene as IL portrayed Ia
this hospital on Christmas eve. One OF
the nurses dresses In u long. soft flow.
ing robe OF white. bearing In her hand
a fir bongh covered with snow. The
snow Is cotton sprinked with diamond
dust. This Is the Christmas angel.
The children ore told OF the gentle
visitor and wa., In their little cots.
When darkness IL outside they hear the
strains OF sweet music la the distance.
The nurses are slng!se Christmas car.
OILS. aud the sounds come through open
doors. Then the Christmas angei
cones She goes TO each little cot.
bending over each little form 10 listen
10 the whispered secrets. Each one
tells her what he wants ON Christmas
day. Then. with tender word. she
passes out. aud 90 the sound OF the car
OILS they all fall asleep p-those who can
slip away from pain.
when the day dawns all the children
are taken Into the kindergarten. Some
are carried. some are rolled. and some
can walk. Sure enough. each iinds
there what he asks for-drums and
dolls and trumpc,s and books. ON a
long. low table IN plate for each one.
filled with candles and queer little Ger
;sss;: cakes. On one wall ls tableau OF
the Nativity made OF sssall wax figures.
and painting on the wall completes
the perspective OF hills and shepherds
and tho guiding star. Hanging from
the wall In the center OF the ward Is Q
large hoop covered with laurel. At In
tervals around II are set lighted can.
dies. II Is suspended from the ceiling
by four wide ribbons
la the fever ward. where the con.
taglous diseases are cared for. the little
patients OF course cannot leave. but
they have their Christmas too. Two
large. fine spruce tre.s stand In each
end ~ the ward. brilliantly illuminat.
ed by tiny. many colored electric lights.
-Ph,.AJelnhi" North American.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22

A young New York artist says tina
be was In Vermont on sketchlng trip
one summer. One day while stroi!ing
along n pretty lane he overlook n par.
ticularly picturesque little fellow who
was sauntcring along with a fishing
pole on his shoulder and string Of
small fish In his hand. He looked 40
much the part OF the small country boy
Of poetry and fiction that the artist de.
rided he would like 10 make sketch
Of him. and after considerable negotia-
ton this was arranged for. the lad. In
accordance with directions. perching
himself on n rail fence. As the artist
worked away at his sketch an old coun-
tryman came down the lane and stood
looking over his shoulder.
by gum. Thct certainly beats an
hemlockw the old fellow presently OK.
claimed admlringly.
"Llke the picture. do your the artist
asked. with pleased f,ush.
"0h. faint thet. though II Amt so
bad. What meant was the way you
manage 20 keep thet boy quiet 10
long."-New York Herald.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22

''Corrts Of love" were established In
the middle ages. when chlvalry was at
It's hoight and love the serious occupa.
ton OF life among the higher class OF
society. The first court OK love" VISA
established in the south OF France in
the twelfth century and was composed
OF knights. poets and ladies. and their
decisions ON slbtle questions connected
with Affairs OF the heart were given
with great fonnalIty.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
To Tel, . Fashionable Rs.,.aran,.

"when I was young" said an old
bachelor, "at all the fashionable res.
taurants you wrote your order. That
was the way to distinguish the really
fashionable restaurant. You wrote your
order there. whereas Ia the common
one you gave IL 10 the walter orally.
Ordering Is o difficult matter. IL is n
thing. especially when one has guests.
that one Is likely 10 get fiustered over;
hence I always liked 20 write my or.
der. II kept me cool But a walter.
standing over me. suggesting dishes I
didn't want hurrying me. had the
power TO rattle me completely. Dut
fashionable restaurants no longer are
20 be distinguished by this writing
business. Writing has disappeared
from them. They are TO be distin-
gulshed now by their French menus
bofhersome things thnt call sweet.
bread ris de vcau. a potple vol au
vent and leg OF mutton n gigot-"--
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
4. the E,xh,e.n,h censary.

Women needed 10 be admonlshcd re-
garfing certain details OF good man.
ners In the eighteenth century quite as
much as today. At the Handel festival
at Westminster abbey In 100 notice
was posted reading. "No ladies will be
admitted with hats. and they are par
ticularly requested 20 come without
feathers and very small hoops. n
any"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
Spoiled rleasare.

Mrs. Meyer-what's the trouble. Mrs
Schultz You are In bad humor this
morning. Mrs. schulz-You see. my
husband stayed at the club every night
last week until after midnight last
night sat up. determined to give him
= curtain lecture when he got In late.
aud what do you thinki The fool
came home at o o'clockl-FlIegende
Rlattcr.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
The schsoI.

'Bow do you get those clingins
waysr' asked the country cousin.
Hanging from street car straps"
answered the city girl--washington
Herald
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-22
uau They Gss.In.

Knlcser Are children allowed In
your fatf Bocker-No. We brought
surs Ia under the lead OF musical In
struments-New York Sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-03
FUTURE
PREDICTED FOR
MOTORCYCLES
Manufacturer Discusses the
Probabilities of Ma
chine.

I'VE have been too modest regarding
the virtues OF our machines" said a
prominent Eastern manufacturer Of mo-
torcycles recently, in discussing the
qualities and good features OF these al
ready highly popular vehicles.
we have allowed ourselves TO be
classed with bicycles on the one hand.
and with automobiles on the other-to
our own detriment in both cases
The fact IS, the motorcycle Of today
is good enough in every way to do its
own talking, and does not need u be
regarded as an adjunct or outgrow-h Of
either the cycle or motor car. Il has
taken such an amazing hold both in the
world of sport and the business field,
that it requires no apologies for its eX-
istence- on the other hand, too much
can hardly be said for it.
There Is a whole sermon in the fat
that every man who takes up the mo-
torcycle. straightaway becomes an en-
thusiast. If he has pumped a bicycle
in days gone BY, he viii make a COM
parison that is highly favorable to his
new mount when he tackles and easily
climbs his first long hill When he real
ICES, too. that he can run without re-
ductiOn Of speed squarely into a head
wind that would give him a heart
breaking struggle il he were on a bi-
cycle, he will appreciate the advantages
of a motorcycle more thoroughly than
ever before. It's a case OF an ounce
of performance being q lot more con-
vincing than tons of promise.
once a motorcycles, always a motor
cycIist The man who learns for him
self how sure, speedy, and independent.
he can be on one of these machines. is a
for life and an ardent mission
airy among the as yet uncOnverted. And
that's why J say the manufacturers
have been too modest, so far, in boosting
their own game. The motorcycle is here
for keeps, and it can be used to so good
an advantage in so many ways that one
can hardly prophesy the extent TO which
It viii be utilized by the end of the pres
ent decade. At a recent motorcycle
meet the winner of the economy test
covered with one pint of gasOlene TWEEN
ty-five miles, $3.50 feet. Who can esti-
mate the possibilities Of machines that
can be operated so cheaply as that2'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-03
Close Relation
Between Racing
And Touring Car
Maxwell Talks on Similarity
of Two Types of
Machines.

NEW YORK. oct. 25.-"At the pres
ent time there is a strong feeling against
racing automobiles on tracks, and per
heps this Is justified, in view CT recent
fatalities. but there is another side TO
the story.
THE big road races which re held
abroad. ard contests Ike the Wander
bilt Cup of last year, have always been
great factors in developing the indus
try, anu I do not believe It IS putting
Il too strong 70 say that were il not
for these contests the touring car would
be far from its present state of perfec-
ITO the layman racing and touring
are totally divorced, vet as a matter OF
fact they are closely allied. The prob
lens OF building a successful racing car
and successful touring car are prac-
tically the same. There mas never been
2 case where the designer who con-
suUcted successful racing car has not
neen able tc turn out a thoroEghly re-
liable touring car
speed is powerful factor for de-
sTuction; and how many cars 90 we
see winch give fairly good satisfaction
under ordinary conditions and vet fall
Town When called upon for all that Is
~ LheIn- Every ore who has cham
Ploheu racing has at some time or other
eol4le across a man who never wanted
90 90 more than twenty miles an borY-
VINO does not want to race orc And
WINE all that may be true. neverthe-
less he car built by a manufact1Irsr
VINO has made good in the racing rarna
-, MI, wanted even under tie TDoSt
ADVERSE touring conditions.
II is interesting to look bacl~ TO-
ne past Two or three years al some - %
me successful racing cars. Thev 60 =.
almost without exception shaft 5,.it-or,0
Inc effect of this on the trade is - ~.
evident by the fact that the rnaidIi..-
or cars are adopting the shaft 49,
Tor lSl1- Some of the problems zSbic6
We're worked out on several of the h-a-c-
Ing cars, as far back as 1904 ara -
hected IN the latest 1908 models.
1 do not wish to put mvself on# "a,
ORD as standing up for racing as ifs 1,o1,,
exists, but / do believe that tho 49,
OF the automobile business -
by the holding of some ofet-,e
races Of international Importance iiO
The Motor Car Parkway of Tk,o
Island, if ever completed. will solvss
this racing problem BY making Il r,{ns-
sible to police the course. and thus maj
speeding as safe as it is possible ] 70
make it. OF course, there are alws I-s
dangers in travelling at such tremendt5ye
speeds, but / do not think the fatalities
viii be as great as those which we have
every year from football, swimmis,s~
horseback riding, and kindred sports.