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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-08

FOR SALE Land scrip.-W. G..
Skillmal. Att
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-08

Ability such IS that possessed by
Councilman Cameron may be of s
in the upper house-but a sense of
humor like that of Mr. Hudspeth
seems about the best light for show
ing up the Righteousness of the stu
alton in the lower house. Mr.. Hud-
speth also possesses legal and other
qualifications superior to any other
member of the nouse-but what's
the use wasting heavy ammunition?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-08

Eyes tested free at L. B. Boellner.
Geweler and Optician. 8Stf
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Figure with B. T. Smith when you
want buggy painting. Phone I7S. TT
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
GREAT COMET DUE IN 1910.
HaIley's, Most Famous of Them All
VIII Show in the Yenr Named.

Halley's, Most Famous of Them All,
VIII Show in the Year Named.
The most famous of all comets,
liant, will again be visible in 1910. This
is Halley's comet, so called from its
Identification by the great astronomer
who was the friend Of Sir Isaac New
ton. Halley's Investigations of astro-
nomical records led him to assert that
the comet which he had observed In
1852 had appeared In 1881 and 1907
and to predict Its temperance in 1859.
The fulfillment of his prophecy ex-
cited the most intense scientific inter
est and established beyond doubt the
perlodicity of comets and their move
ments in orbits determined by the law
of gravitation. It's last appearance was
in 1886, Its period varying between sew
enty-five and seventy-six years on ac-
count of the perturbing attractions of
Jupiter and Saturn in certain parts of
its orbit. 1t was by that time possible
to calculate Its movements with SO
much greater accuracy than before that
it made It's perihellon passage within
four days of the predicted date.
1t was not then very grand object
to the naked eye, but the light Of Its
nucleus surpassed that of second-mag-
nitude stars and was comparable with
that of some reddish stars of the first
magnitude, such as Aldebaran and An.
tares. It's tail while the comet was
approaching the sun attained to O
length of 20 degrees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
Fooled the Holdup Men.

A west end man had an experience
recently that made his hair stand on
end and had 1t not been for his quick
wit in devlsing means of getting out
Of the difficulty 1t might have cost him
dearly. He is the treasurer of local
lodge and was returning home from a
meeting with a considerable amount of
money in his possession, fortunately
the greater part of which was In cur
rency.
He got off car quite distance out
in the west end and turned Off side
street toward his home, when he no.
ticed that he was being followed by
two suspicious looking men. Quick as
flash he pulled an envelope out of his
pocket, addressed 1t to himself, stamp
ed 1t, put the currency inside 1t and
dropped 1t In the mail box. Then he
started on brisk walk.
Suddenly there came a command
from behind him.
Hands up!'
Up went his hands and the robbers
went through his pockets. He smiled
grimly as the holdups secured only a
few dollars in silver and he thought
with pleasure of the money he had put
In the mail box In Uncle Sans care,
The robbers went away complaining of
the small amount they secured and the
treasurer went home. Next day the
letter containing the money was deliy.
cred safely to his ofiice.-Duluth News
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

the head of her bed. and, selling it,
ran outside and was Just In time to
take aim at the mans head, which was
above the top of the chimney.
shall never forget the expression of
his face when he saw me, n mere chit
of girl, pointing rife at him, cooked
and ready to fire. He knew enough Of
country girls to understand that most
Of them could shoot pretty straight and
that II chose l could put bullet
through his head.
"see here, little girl, you've caught
me fair. Now II you'll let me out of
this I'll 60 about my business"
didn't like the probability of hav-
Ing to watch him all day, and If 1
could have trusted him l would have
let him go. AS it was, told him to get
below the top of the chimney or 1
would shoot him. He offered to throw
down the money IL would let him
off, but refused to do SO. made
him believe that would carry out my
threat, and he disappeared down the
chimney. He called to me that he
would burn the money, but even this
didn't move me. n
Well, all this happened in the early
morning, and till, 10 o'clock i felt
obliged to keep on strain lest he out
wit me and get the upper hand again.
Then when all was quiet heard the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
windblown snow sifted back and forth
no drv 40 aand

windblown snow sifted back and forth
as dry as sand.
Hootch making was rife throughout
the country. Illicit stills, scarce hid
from view, made moonshlne for those
who had the price. 1t was fiery stuff,
throat burning, with strength of al
cohol that bit into the blood. The In
dians of Alaska quickly found 1t out
and under Its influence sold the furs
that they had trapped with utter dis
regard of real value. Distilled from
anything that would ferment, 1t finally
became menace to the whites, and
many brawl and murder was trace
able to 1t.
To put an end to this condition of
affairs was the intention Of Collector
Croker when he appointed Cameron,
and to-day, throughout the length and
breadth of all Alaska, while one hears
whlsperings Of stills close hid and drip
ping hootch, there is no open breaking
of the law. When he had QUILTED,
Cameron set out Mt once upon his trav-
els, and mysteriously, MS word flies in
the wild, news went the length and
breadth Of Alaska that the government
must have its own. Men made returns
and paid taxes that had slumbered
lightly upon their conscience for years.
and hootch makers hid their stills un-
derneath the SHOWS. The government,
personlfied by Cameron, went far afield.
Men who had forgot that law can pene-
tratc behind the bind of ice grew to
remember 1t and obey.
Fifty-mile journeys across wastes of
snow are only little trips for Cameron,
and sometimes his days travel covers
n hundred miles, from one tiny group
of winter-prisoned houses to the next.
His is life of hardship and bitter
work. Camping at night, sometimes In
solitude of snow that reaches endlessly,
he cooks his food, cares for his dogs
| and then seeks rest In his small tent,
a man alone in an eternity of snow.
Often when the time comes for him to
travel on again-there is no morning
there-he finds that wind-blown snow
piles high above his tent and to his
call sees his dogs plunge out from
banks Of snow, where they have slept
away their rest time in snow caverns
followed by the warmth of their bod
les. Once, when the drop of mercury
hall caught him unprepared. frost mas
tered him out and a browse crept upor
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
lend you two of her caps. and give

lend you two of her caps, and give
you some clean pinafores."
Bess ranged the cots neatly against
the wall and when Jess came back
Aunt Edna pinned little red cross
on each right arm. Then the hospi-
tai staff was ready to make rounds.
In the first bed was Floradora, the
French dolly who walked and talked
and did all sorts of wonderful things.
but who, alas! was losing her beauti-
full blonde wig. The surgeon glued
| it on neatly, and bound it with q
tight bandage.
That can come of in the morning."
she said. Give her drink of wat
er, and she will soon be we'll again.
In the next cot o Mimosa San, the
Japanese doll, was dying, patiently
waiting for her right arm to be sewed
on. She was very brave during the
operation, never blinking her black an
mondy eyes at all, and the doctor
passed on to poor Punchinello and
Columbine, the worsted dolls, whose
sawdust was leaking out, and whose
arms and legs were off, too. for Fid-
lget, the black-and-tan, had played with
them the day before, and almost shak-
en- them into rags. The surgeon look.
ed very grave as she sewed up their
wounds, particularly when Punch's
left leg could not be found.
1t was surprising how much there
was to be done; stitches taken here
and there, paper dolls to be glued to-
gether. To tell the truth, every cot
in the hospital was crowded, and the
nurses had their hands full for over
an hour.
AS Aunt Bdna rose to leave the
room, she said, Now I'm going to be
a really, traiy nurse, and go to see
how poor mothers head is" She
nodded, and closed the door.
II do believe it's going to rain to-
morrow said Bess, very cheerfully
this time.
ooh, hope sol" answered Jess,
Just as gaily.- Alice Van Leer Car.
Trick, in the Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
afgMHEqE tt14

writer's set to work to save their
money. All the old methods for rails
Ing vessels were employed, and failed.
At last the underwriters gave 1t up.
The big liner lay on the rocks
throughout the whole of the winter,
and when spring came, and 1t was seen
that the vessel had not suffered from
the winter storms, hopes began to re-
vlve that perhaps she might yet be
saved. Captain Leslie visited the
wreck and after careful examination
gave 1t as his opinion that the big ves-
sci could be successfully hoated. He
proposed to employ compressed air to
do the work. Such thing had never
been done before. but Captain Leslie
succeeded in interesting Canadian and
United States capitalists and engineers
IL the enterprise.
All the ships compartments were
made as nearly mir tight as possible.
Hatch after hatch was closed by plat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
STRANDED OCEAN LINER BY PUMPING HER FULL OF AIR

To turn 12.0O0-ton steamship into
huge steel bubble by pumping her full
OF compressed air, and float her Off
rocks on which she had been impaled
for more than year. is feat which
has been accomplished In the wrecked
Allan liner Bavarlan, at the suggestion
Of Captain Leslie, the well-known
wrecking expert of Kingston, Ont.
With full passenger list and valua-
bic cargo, the Bayarian ran on Wye
Rock, thirty eight miles below Quebec,
on the night of Nov. 3, 1905. Many of
the Bavarian's compartments filled
with water, and the ship settled down
on the rocks. The ships bottom plates
were badly torn, and when the wreck
ers made an examination 1t was declar-
cd that the floating of the vessel would
be most difficult job.
After the Allans had worked for sew
eral weeks to get the vessel off she was
turned over to Lloyds, and the under
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

ing, which was simply laid under the
hatch combing, so that when the air
pressure was applied the covers would
be held In place. Air locks were placed
OIL the compartments which had filed
with water, and the sand hogs" as the
tunnel workers are called, felt as much
Mt home as If they were in their New
York tunnels. AS the air was forced
in, the water rapidly receded and the
workmen were able to stop the leaks
with temporary plating.
AS the tide rose the air compressors
were set to work and the full power of
the plant used in forcing air into the
hold of the ship. Suddenly there was
movement Of the great hulk and as
she lifted herself from her rocky bed
cheer went up from those on board
Five minutes later the Bavarian was
in possession of her own again and
fioated clear Of Wye Rock in sixty feet
of water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
A LABRADOR MAIL-CARRIER.

The mail carrier of the Labrador
coast is a man of endurance who does
not fear the worst of weather There
Is no road at all. There are no bridges
and no ferries. In some parts of the
country the houses are rs much as
twenty miles apart. There are noun
tains to climb and rivers to cross, boys
TO pass, impenetrable barren uplands
and large lakes. In "Off the Rocks"
DIR. Grenfell tells of one mail-carrier
whose route is about 100 miles long,
and who receives as compensation $40
a trip.
We were plying ourselves one night
as we turned into our comfortable
sleeplng-bags on the floor of our hosts
tilt-pitying ourselves because 1t had
been heavy day on our dogs, and it
was nearly 10 o'clock before we reach
ed shelter. When awoke in the morn
Ing, as the gray dawn was stealing in
through the little window, thought
heard movement by the stove. There
seemed something almost uncanny
hUOQI ~ Will Aluoe out W huL ~ was
and could distinguish tiny erect fig
ure. sitting bolt upright where none
had been overnight.
1t proved to be Peter Wright. He
had arrived about 2 In the morning,
noiselessly stationed himself by the
stove, and gone straight off to sleep,
sitting OH the settle, without word to
any one, MS satisfied MS If lie were in a
feather bed.
Now this place was where three car
riers meet Tue one from the west
ward was late, and Pete did not get
his mails handed over until 8 in the
evening. He had thirty miles to his
next station. and the temperature was
20 below zero. At 10 he rose to go.
"What, Pete, never going to leave at
this time of night, are your"
"Wby, sure" he replied. "With a
moon like this It's better in the woods
than when skeeters are about. So
long. doctor!" and with that he went
out absolutely alone.
Pete is always ready to oblige, and
never happier than when the space or
bis back, ordinarily monopollzed by his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
How FIeas Are DESTROYER.

United States Consul General Mi
chael, OF Calcutta, reports that the
Agricultural Research Institute of Ben
gal, has Just concluded series Of
scientific experiments to determine
the method of destroying feas.
A leafet issued by the Imperial En-
tomolgist says that the best manner
of destroying fieas, with special ref
erence to checking the ravages Of
plague is free use of crude-oil emul-
sion, which consists of so per cent. Of
crude petroleum mixed with 20 per
cent. of whale-oil soap. This COM
bination makes jelly which mixes,
freely with water. and is generally
used at per cent. solution. At 10
per cent. it destroys fieas with per
feet certainty. 1t is applied to the
floors and walls of houses by any
garden sprayer. An animal washed
with the emulsion will be entirely
relieved of the pests.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

The popular idea that all government
employees lead life of ease is justi-
fable to some extent but now and then
one rises up and lives tile strenuous
way, and one of these is John A. Cam
eron, deputy collector of internal rev.
enue at Nome. Alaska.
MIR. Cameron is deputy of the dis
trict of Washington and serves under
b. D. Croker of Tacoma, the collector
OF the district He is "sour dough-
that is, he has seen the Ice Jam up and
freeze Alaska off from any intercourse
by water with the outside world, seen
1t rot beneath the climb of the sun and
wash out from the harbors long locked
BY Jack Frost And more; he is an old
time dog musher," familiar with the
winter ways and trails of all Alaska
His duty demands that he travel far
and wide. There are taxes that must
be collected. and until lie was detailed
to his present place there was much
OF "hootch making" as Illicit distilling
of ardent spirits IL designated in that
land of snow.
The drift of men Into Alaska in
search of gold brought bits of human
fotsam Of all types and from all quar-
tiers of the world. At first each man
| was law unto himself, and all the
Justice that existed lay in the right of
might. The strong prevailed all over
Alaska, and until John A. Cameron out
fitted and started to collect the taxes
due the government he serves, there
was no one to see that all the laws
were honored and the tithes paid in.
| Collector Croker knew his man and
Cameron knew the country. Their con-
ference was brief, for both are of the
West that was-few-worded, quick to
act and slow to speak-and when they
separated Cameron was a deputy col.
lector Of internal revenue, with all
Alaska, from the bleak north shore
washed by the Arctic Ocean to the
pleasant waters of Chatham Sound
from where Siberia lifts across the
Behring Sea to Rampant House in En-
glands northwest territory. The land
was his to travel over and control
There was no way to go except by dogs
and Klondike sled; no way from town
to town save half-seen trails where
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

Did you ever notice that the dummy
clocks in front of jewelry shops are
always set at 8:1S?"
"Yes, have noticed that"
And do you know why these clocks
are always set at that hourY
"No. Why is 1t"
We'll, some people hold that George
Washington was born at 1913, and that
the clocks commemorate that auspi.
cious moment. Others hold that at
S:1S the writing of the Declaration of
Independence was completed. But there
is no truth In such ideas. We don't
need to go so far back In order to find
out why all dummy clocks mark Y:1s.
'.These clocks are all set at that hour
for the reason that such an arrange
ment of the hands gives the most room
on the dial for the jewelers. name and
address,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

sound Of horses hoofs and gentle
man in red coat came riding up to
the house.
did you see hunting party 60 by
here?" lie asked.
Haven't had time to notice. I've
got hunting party of my own"
He looked surprised and then for
the first time noticed my gun. told
him my story, and when he learned
that had man cornered in the chin
ney he burst into laugh. l, relieved
from the terrible strain had been en-
during, burst into tears.
Then the gentleman took my rife
and stood guard, while took his horse
and rode away for assistance. The
game had bagged alive was kept at
ter that in the penltentiary.-Field and
Farm
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

the nearest settlement, wrapped him
self up as best he could. told the dogs
YEARLY to start up and went to sleep.
When he woke up the fires of thou
sand white-hot needles prickled In his
veins, and he found that his team, true
to the trust that he had placed In 1t,
had followed the guidance Of the wolf
ish leader and brought him to where
rough-handed rescue waited him.
Some of Mr.. Cameron's trips circling
from Nome up along the bleak north
shore and back down the Yukon figure
up $500 miles, and among the expert
ences that have been Ills is 1000
mile chase after the worst hootchmaker
who ever distilled Illicit spirits for
the sodden Indians or the reckless
whites. Charles Williams, the mans
name was, and his photograph Is one
Of the ornaments of the rogues' gal.
lery of the Northwest mounted police
at Dawson.
Cameron had heard of him, and
found some of the hootch distilled by
him. With patient carefulness, he
traced 1t to its source, found and de-
stroyed tfe still. then set to work to
| track the man down. Williams fed
toward the British possessions In the
Northwest. The mounted police, warn
ed by Cameron, were watching for
him and captured him at once. On his
release from Imprisonment last year
Williams decided to- stay away from
Alaska, for there was the old charge
of Illicit distilling against him, and a
man who never forgot awaiting him
with eagerness.
Cameron sees to It that all the laws
and all the regulations promulgated by
the Treasury Department that he serves
are observed to the letter, and In the
farthest mining camps the United
States dog team is we'll known. The
winters zero weather does not hinder
him. Snow, blown before cold winds,
that piles in drifts and changes all the
face Of nature in night, delays per
haps, but through the hardshfps that
are part and parcel of winter travel in
Alaska he mushes on, sleeps out In
wastes of snow where there is not the
slightest trace of life.
His journeyings are ceaseless. The
end of one trip sees but the beginning
Of the next, and, while the winter
binds the land with ice and zero TEN
perature is pleasant warmth, he travels
east and west and north and south
beating the path before LIS dogs where
SHOWS are light and travel hinderlng
thinking perhaps of his cozy house al
Nome. but bound by his oath CT Office
and duty driven across unending sea.
of snow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

In inclosed waters. For many years
there was cpen-mouthed wonder over
the perch, Dream and craytish found In
the newly cut dams near the Markuarle
river In New South Wales. In some
cases the water had scarcely settled af-
ter the rain had filled the dam when
the fish were observed and the Austria.
Han farmers started a theory of spon-
taneous production. This obtained and
gained wide credence until a Sydney
professor CHANGED to pick up a wild
duck and found its breast feathers and
webbed feet well dotted with fertile
and almost Matched fish ova, on which
the Spontaneous production" theory
was promptly withdrawn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
sussLg-sLow,Ne MACHINE.
Ingenious Machine to Amuse Children
Of All Aqss.

The poet Wordsworth declared the
child to be the father of the man,
and longing to revert to childish
pleasure seems to be inherent In the
majority of men. Under different
names, and with slightly varied forms,
they manage to pursue many of their
'boyish sports until their heads are
gray; but no fully-matured man has
ever had the courage to blew bub.
bles in public. But science and in
vention, workisg together in the IN.
terest of children of all ages, now
display an apparatus which blows
bubbles at rate to satisfy the most
exacting child in the world.
This is an ingenious machine fol
blowing bubbles by the thousand and
is intenaled to take the place of the
ordinary fountain in ornamental
grounds. The bubbles contain hydro
gen gas instead of air and rise in q
lelistening torrent to considerable
b sight before they burst. The effect on
still, sunny day is said to be very
beautiful. The bubbles are blown by
the pressure of the gas from a bat
terry of nozzles arranged in rows OF
two dozen or more. the rows being
four inches apart. By the action Of
the machine the rows of MOBILES are
alternately dipped in a soapy solu.
ton and then the gas is gradually
turned on until the bubbles are form.
ed and fly upward. In the large ma
chimes the gas is drawn from the
mains, but .dn'stheo smaller ones 1t Is
provided by hesaction of hydrochloric
acid upon zinc. The small machines,
producing and aliberating only few
bubbles each minute, provide attrac'
tive and inexpensive targets for air.
gun practice. And thus the youthful
OF the elderly child can indulge in
two of his favorite forms of recrea.
ton at one and the same time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

official bundle, permits him to carry a
ten-pound tub of butterlne or a couple
of jars of molasses, just to obllge. 1t
isn't for the money alone that Pete
works.
1t is lucky he does not have to pay
hotel bills as lie Journeys from place
to place. There would be little left Of
the salary beyond enough for "skin
boots" If he were charged for meals
But there are no hotel bills on the
coast, and we are incapable of an idea
SO original as to ask Pete to pay for
ANYTHING.