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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-26

There was likely more people
who took their "nog" without
the egg, than there was that
took the egg without the "nog",
yesterday.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-26
Christmas Week.

There is Just one week yet in
which to muster up courage to
swear off.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
REV. DIR. CHREITzBERG Is I'LL
Venerable Preacher of the South
Carolina Conference Sustained
Fall and Fracture.

Thousands OF friends in South
Carolina will b. panied to learn Of
HE serious illness Of the venerable a.
NJ. Chreitzbcrg, the Oldest member Of
the South Carolina conference, and
perhaps the oldest preacher in the
state.
DR.. ChrcitZbcrg stepped from the
bottom step of the stairs at his home
ON Hampton avenue Thursday night
and received serious injuries on his
right hip and left shoulder. 4 care
full examination by consulting phvsi-
clans yesterday resulted in the an
nouncemcnt that there had been a
fracture of the hip bone.
This will be very serious matter
for DR.. Chrcitzbcrg. as ne is very
much advanced in ycar.: and it will
mean lingering illness. even Shonld
he survive the shock Of setting the
broken member.
On thc l7th Of this month DR..
Chrcitzbcrg will be 81 years of are.
aad all but 10 of the years of that
long career have been given to the
ministry of the Methodist church
and to the Vi "orous. forccful. and
successful prcachin" Of The Word.
For 50 years he had an active con-
ncction with the conference. having
been placed on the Supcrannuated
relation in 1899. IIc has twice rep
resented the South Carolina confer
rncc i'm the General conferences Of
1873 and 1856 and has written Il
number Of pamphlets which are re-
"ardrd as part Of the best ltcra-
turr Of the South Carolina confer
cncc. Anon" other publications
from his pen is a history Of the con-
ference.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
THE NEWS OF POMARJA.
The Old Hen Dies Peacefully After
% Years-Pleasant Enter
tainment.

Pomaria, Deccmber 9.--,An enter
tainment was given Friday night in
the Bethel school house by some Of
the boys Of Prosperity. a fairly
good crowd was present, and tho
show is spoken of as having been
very crclitable
MIR. John Sullivan. Of Honea
Path, spent several days very pleas
antly here this last week. 1t is re-
ported that some Of the young men
of Pnmaria are not so anxious for
him to return.
a large congregation was present
at Bethlehem church yesterday to
near an excellent sermon by the pas
tor. Rev. j. j. Long.
The frequent rains recently have
intcrfcred seriously with the sowing
Of oats. Some of the farmers in this
community had just begun to SOW
when the rainy weather commenced,
and if the rains continue, further
sowing will have to be postponed un-
I'll spring.
Pomaria can no longer boast Of the
oldest hen i'll the state. Mr.. w. O.
llipp. Of this place. had hen 10 die
on Thanks"ivin" day, that was in her
2Sth year. White il seems inrrcdi-
bic that ncn should live to this
a"r. yet there can he no question Of
the Fact in this case. for il is vouch-
rd for by Mr., Ilipp himself in whose
possession the hen has been all the
tmr. An even more remarkable fact
Is that she continued 10 lay up to
he very last year Of her lifa. hav-
ing laid five or six cwus last spring.
II may not he out of place to state
that in spite OF the suspicious day
of her demise---cspccially suspicious
! when We recall how scarce thanks.
giving turkeys were--she did not
meet violent death, but laid herself
down peacefully to rest, having sue
eessfully escaped all the ,parilous
vicissitudes of quarterly conferences,
summer picnics, and the like, to
which hr;' tribe il heir
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
G., N. & l.. ROAD.
Annual Medting-r rompany's $780,
600 Stock is Held by 1913
Persons.
Columbia Record.

Columbia Record.
There is in progress today at the
general offices in the Bank Of Co.
lumbia, the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Columbia. New
berry and l.aurtnS railroad. At the
meeting for 1906, held on October
10th, the number Of the stockhold-
ers was only l23. and this is about
the number represented, in person
or by proxy, today. The capitaliza-
ton is $500. 0.00O-SO.O0O shares of
the par value of $25 each.
1t is believed that thc present
board Of directors will be reelected,
with the exception that vacancy
caused by death will leave to be
filled. and that the directors will
then rcrlcct the present officers.
The directors are:
w. G. ChildS, w. \. Clark. w. II.
l.ylcS, James Woodrow (dicd this
year,; II. c. Moseley Prospcrity),
NJ. a. Carlisle (Ncwbcrry), +. st.
''utl. " oItSIllpulIj, -. -. w llllultlS,
(Richmond). II. Walter, (New York; J,
j. r. Henley, (Wilmington). w. G.
Elliott, (Wilmingtom.
The officers:
w. &. ChildS. president. chairman
of the board and general manager;
II. {. Mosclcy. Prosperity. vice pres
idrnt: L. II. GibbcS. secretary and
treasurer: w. II. Lylrs. general
counsel: s. w. Paraham. auditor;
Alexander Rowland. auditor Of dis
burscmertS: r. \. Brand, traffic
manager: w. J. Craig, general pas
SrnTrr agent.
The total east Of the board. equip
mcnts and permanent improvements
has been fl .GO0,2O6 The road is
very prosperous. though hurdened
with bond mortgage Of $4,000 per
miles. The length Of the line is rs
miles.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
q. Turkey Shoemaker.

"WrlI.' remarked Archie. rs he
came in from thc farm yard, "you
folks WON'T have TO eat barefoot tur-
keys this vcar.'
"What do vou mcan?' asked his
mother.
The budding humorist grinned gen
crously
"I just shoo'd tncm.' he replied
Judge.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10

On the campus at Stanford univer-
sily the score Of fraternity houses
are cleaning mp and preparing for
the social rccrpiinnS and lunrncols
to be given to visitors ON the dav Of
TIE big football game. \ man got
the contract TO paint thc Dckr house
white with the understanding that
the job must be done and dried long
before Nov. 9.
After making rush start, ,bc
painter asked permission to hang ont
his sign. His request was granted.
and he put up conspicuous an
nounrcm"nt over the front porch:
"ThrSc premises being painted by
Hl"nk Hlank.'
Then the work dragged lie came
ON" day and stayed away two. SO
the impatient collcgiaas added to the
sign neat lettering until the pcrman-
cnt announcement read: "Thcsc pre-
misses being painted by Blank Blank.
Now and thcn.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10

menr in sending. out the agents to
instruct the farmers is to give them
the benefit of the compilations Of all
the experiments made upon givea
crop by the experiment stations and
to put these experiments to the test
! on the land of the farmers In the
state.
Preparation of Soil.
Before the experiments are actual
ly put into force the soil has to be
prepared under direction of the de-
partmcnt agents. For this The
farmer is instructed by the agents
Of The department also. The prepara-
tion Of the soil is to take place in the
fall SO That the land will be ready
for the work III the spring. The
plcwiag done in the early fall and
; inter cultivation is for
the purpose of doing for the soil
what the colder climate Of the north
does for its land--opers it sutlici emit
" to admit the air.
The bulletin of DR.. Knapp gives
the following advice alolw this line
and this will be read with interest
}5y the farmers throughout the state {:
"ln the richest soils there is but lit
tie food ready prepared for the
plant, and natures plan is tnat this
food shall be prepared more or less
daily by the action Of the air, the
moisture in The soils and by the sun.
These three active forces make ready
the food SO the plant can be properly
nourishcd. This can not be done
! without piowing and cultivating to
admit the air, and the earlier this
, work is commenced in the fall the
greater The effect ii will have upon
the crop Of the following season.
"The effect Of using good seed is
not sufficiently appreciated, nor per-
haps is it understood just what
makes good seed. 1t must be the
Lcst variety, carefully selected, ear.
ly in the fall and stored in dry
place. In passing through the STA
tes we find very little Of the corn fit
for seed, because the rain has water
soaked the cob and injured the
germs. In many cases it has even
caused decay in a portion of the
kernel. This could nave been pre-
vented had the seed corn been gath
cred in August or September. Our
REASONS for very frequent cultiva-
tion has been explained above, to
| wit: The admission of air, the con-
scrvation of moisture in the soil and
| the prevention of surface crust. The
| Farmer may say that this frequent
cultivation is so mucn work for moth
Ing, but lie will find, in case of cot
ton, in the fall, that his plants have
fruirrd closer TO the ground and
have put on good many more ear
| ly bolls than they would have done
had he pursued the ordinary meth
DDS; and corn will sci more ears.'
The bulletin gives other valuable
advice 10 the farmers along the line
of the applying Of fertilizers and
| what should be done under boil wee
vii conditions. The department. and
its agents arc very much pleased with
the result Of the work thus far. Mr.
Jenkins stated yesterday that he had
| met with words of encouragement
from every farmer he had visited AID
all were ready to cooperate with him.
He believes that The work of the
Farmers Cooperative demonstration
will accomplish much for the far
mers in this state and it will be
| largely through their own efforts al
so.
Oscar II, king of Sweden, died on
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
Big Price for Bull Dog.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

lNHH.
Miss Tancs Elizabeth Srhaeffcr. of
Germantown, who already owns three
bulldogs valued al $4,000, added to
her collection yesterday Champion
Mahomct, imported last year by r.
Lobban. The price paid Mr.. Lobban
by Miss Schaefrer was said to be
$4,000.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10

menr III sending. out the agents to
instruct the. farmers is to give them
the benefit of the compilations Of all
the experiments made upon given
crop by the experiment stations and
to put these experiments to the test
on the land of the farmers in the
state.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
0DELL OBEYED HIS FATHER.
Emphatic Message That Broke Ur
Conference Of Politicians.

-Four years ago, when ex-Gov. Odell,
Of New York, was coming up for a re-
nomination at the convention in Sara
toga, there was plan to put a man on
the ticket with him for lieutenant gov
ernor to whom Odell objected strongly.
The governors father, SO years old,
a deacon in the church and very strict
in religious matters, was in Saratoga.
There was a conference at one Of
the hotel cottages that lasted until
late in the morning. The other lead
ers were trying to force Odell to take
the obnoxious man.
About two o'clock Odell's father.
who had heard what was going on,
stalked angrily over to the cottage and
raped ON the door. Frank Plat, son
of Senator Plat, came to the door.
'Well?" said Platt sharply.
II want to see my son." demanded
Odell.
The governor came to the door.
What is it, father?" he asked.
"Ben," said the old deacon. tell
them to go to -"
Eyes, father" replied the governor
obediently, and he went back and did
just that.-Saturday Evening Post d
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
A REVOLVING BOOKCASE.
Piece Of Furniture for Library Which
Boy Can Build.

One of the prettiest ways to Keep
books is in revolving bookcase
These can be had at furniture stores,
but the cost is usually somewhat high,
and then, there is much more pleas
ure in making thing than in buying
it, especially when the article is 50
easily made as is a book case of this
style.
To begin at the foundation, one
needs first the base and standard.
Two pieces similar to that shown In
Fig. 1 are needed for the base. These
are "halved" together and a stout
standard inserted, as shown in Fig. II.
The base pieces should each be about
two feet long and the standard, hard
wood, one and half inches in dame
ter, should be three feet in, height
above the base. The top of this stand
ard should be, very smoothly rounded,
as the weight of the. whole case is to
rest upon this top and revolve about
upon it.
The making Of the, shelves comes
next, explains the Orange Judge Farm
err The lowest of all is shown in
Fig. III. The four side boards should
be six or seven inches wide, according
to the size of the books to be accom-
modated. The lower shelf can be sew
en- inches wide and the others six
and five an one-half, respectively, if
that will suit the varied sizes of books.
The corner Joints of these shelves are
put together by "halving" one piece
upon another, but one half peed not
come quite to the front edge of the
other. Across from one side to the
other is nailed thin strip with open
ing in the center for the standard to
pass through. This will hold the low.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
Prominent on Lecture Platform.


Senator Tillman probably earns
more money every year on the lecture
platform than any other American
who talks to the public for pay. From
an authoritative source the statement
comes that the South Carolinian's net
proceeds thus far this year from his
lecture tour are $4,000. Senator Till
man is paid from $3.50 to $500 a lee
ture and he is constantly in demand.
His season is not confined to the sum-
merry Chautauqua course and he fills
nearly as many dates in the winter
as at any other time of the year. In
the last four years it is said that he
has laid aside over 100000 from his
lecture receipts. Henry Watterson
perhaps comes next in the matter Of
earnings on the platform. Champ
Clark, Of Missouri, ranks high as a
popular favorite and makes about
twice as much as lecturer as his con-
gressional salary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
MONKS FIRST PLAYED DoMlNoEs
Origin Of Game That Is Popular the
World Over.

With regard to the game of DOM
inoes there is very interesting
story connected with it's origin. It
runs thus: There were two monks
who had been committed to the pen
atty of a long seclusion and were con-
demned to keep absolute silence. To
relieve the monotopy they played a
game by showing each other small
flat stones marked with black dots.
By MISUNDERSTOOD arrangement,
the monk whose hand was used at
first Informed the other player by
repeating in an undertone the first
line of the vesper hymn, ""Cantate
Domino" (Sing unto the Lord). In
time the monks completed the set of
stones and formulated the rules of
the game, so that by the time they
were free to come out from their pun
ishment they had found the game so
interesting that on teaching it to the
other members Of the monastery it
became q favorite and lawful pastime.
It soon became popular all through
Italy and from there extended to the
whole world. The first line of the ves-
per hymn which the monks had used
as signal was reduced to the word
domino, and the name has stuck to the
game ever since.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
The Completed Case.

place. The second shelf need not have
this cross piece, but the next one
above should have it.
At the back edge of each shelf a
thin strip across in both directions,
thin strip is nailed, projecting two
inches above the shelf, to hold the
books from slipping back The maya
zine shelf, next to the top, should
have a strip across in both directions
as these strips are to rest upon the.
top OF the standard, and should be ex
ira strong, as the weight of the whole
case and the books will come upon
them. A little plate of iron should be
screwed to the under side of the under
cross piece for the top of the stand
ard to rest against. This will Insure
as little friction as possible The rim
at the back edge of this magazine
shelf should extend up and touch the
top OF the book case, that this top may
bear it's part in supporting the weight
of the books
The fiat strips of wood that are
screwed with round-head screws) to
the corners, should be stout enough
to hold the weight that will be upon
the shelves. A good size for the case
is IL or 20 inches square. 1t can be
made of pine or wildwood, then stain.
ed, If desired. The top is not of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
Keep Your Blood Pure,

No one can be happy, light-hearted
and healthy with a body full of blood
that cannot do it's duty to every part
because Of it's impurity; therefore, the
first and most important work in hand
is to purify the blood so that every
organ will get the full benefit of a
healthy circulation. There is no rem.
edy so good as that old family rem
edy, Brandreth's Pills. Each pill con-
tains one grain of the solid extract of
sarsaparilla blended with two grains
Of a combination of pure and mild
vegetable products, making it a blood
purifier unexcelled in character. One
or two taken every night for awhile
will produce surprising results.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century, and are for sale
everywhere. plain or sugar-coated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT.
How an Egg Can Be Kept in Center Of
81. Liquid Mass. .sc

To keep an egg continually relating
in the, midst of a liquid mass, without
ever~allowing it to come up to the sur
face or to fall down to the bottom, is
a feat which does not seem easy to
perform. Owing to a popularity Of
the composition of the shell the ex-
pertinent is easily made, and will af-
ford entertainment as well as impart
some knowledge.
The eggshell contains a consider
able amount of calcium carbonate, and
will evolve carbon dioxide gas when
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
CRIED EASILY,
Nervous Woman Stopped Coffee and
Quit Other Things.

No better practical proof that coffee
Is drug can be required than to note
how the nerves become unstrung in
women who habitually drink it.
The stomach, too, rebels at being
continually drugged with coffee and
tea-they both contain the drug
cateine. Ask your doctor.
An Ia. woman tells the old story
thus:
Il had used coffee for six years and
was troubled with headaches. nervous.
ness and dizziness. In the morning
upon rising used to belch up a sour
fluid regularly.
Often l got so nervous and miser-
able would cry without the least rea.
son, and I noticed my eyesight was
getting poor.
AFTER using Postum a while, I OBJ
served the headaches left me and soon
the helching of sour fluid stopped (wa-
ter brash from dyspepsia). I feel de-
cidedly different now, and I am con-
WINGED that it is because stoned
co1ee and began to use Postum. can
see better now, my eyes are stronger.
"A friend of mine did not like
Postum Tut when I told her to make It
like It SAID on the package, she liked
1t all right" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek, cc1ich. Always boil
Postum well and it will surprise you.
Read the little book. ''The Road to
WenV1lle' In pkgs. There's q res
son" !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
No Advance In Wisdom,

Mark Twain tells how four years
ago he was invited by the University
Of Missouri to 60 out there and receive
the degree of IL. D. At the same time
he visited Hannibal. his boyhood
home. Just as he was about to leave,
being accompanied to the station by a
crowd Of citizens, Tom Nash, school
fellow, came nl,-zwhite< headed, but
still boy. He shook hands with his
friend of many year and *nodding
toward the crowd said: People OF
this town are the same blamed fools
they always were, amt they, sam?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
The PROGRESS OF TpsR CANA.
DIAN WEST. ...
Nearly 200, 900 ofsan Increase Ii Cana.
da's immigration In 1906.

The progress Of q new country can.
not be better ascertained than by not.
ing the increase Of railroad mileage in
its transportation system, and, judged
BY this standard, the Canadian West
leads all the countries in the world
during the current year. Thirty years
ago there was not one hundred miles
Of railroad west Of the Great Lakes,
and very little prospect Of a trans
continental route for many years to
come, but by the end Of 1886. the
Canadian Pacific Railway was within
measurable distance of completion,
and last year-twenty years later
over 5000 miles Of railroad traversed
the provinces Of Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta. y 49,.
In the past year the work of rail-
road construction has been vigorously
prosecuted, and by the end of 1906,
some 5000 miles Of completed railroad
has been added, making a total Of
fully 1000 miles In the three great
grain producing provinces of Canada.
Such an increase in the transportation
facilities of the country is bound to
make good times not only in the dis
tricts where the railroads are being
built, but throughout the entire west.
Allowing $4,000 mile for construc-
ton, the sum of 100000, 900 will be
put in circulation, and this in itself
should cause good times to prevail in
a land where work is plentiful, wages
are high, and the cost of living is mod
crate.
But the building of new railroads
through Western Canada means a
greater benefit to the country than
merely the money put in circulation
by the cost of construction. Addition
al railway building means the opening
of new agricultural districts and an
additional area under crops; a largely
increased output of grain to foreign
markets with consequent financial re-
turns: the erection of elevators and
the growth of villages, towns and cit
les; and everything else that makes
for the progress of national life, and
the opening up of additional thousands
of free homesteads, so extensively ad-
vertised by the Canadian government
agent, whose address appears else
where.
It was stated on the floor of the
Canadian Parliament recently by a
prominent representative that ten
years from now would see the bulk Of
the population of Canada residing
west Of the Great Lakes, and If the
work of railway building during the
present year is any criterion, the
prophecy made by the Canadian states
man may be easily fulfilled inside ;ot
the time stated. During tho present
year no less than 189, 064 persons have
found homes in the Canadian west,
of whom 57,796 were Americans who
have seen the great possibilities OF
this new West, and have decided to
cast in their lot with it. Certainly,
our neighbor north of the 10th parallel
is making great record, and deserves
the success that appears to be coming
its Way