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afternoon the President is ready to receive 'hei-
Usually however, they have already been re-
ceived by Mrs. Roosevelt There Is no loriii
of etiquette Observed. and if visitor arrives De
fore the President has finished his IaborS Ine
Chief Executive looking through his study VIII
dow on the sound of arriving carriage 10
very likely to rush out on the pOrch ana greet
his visitor in the most Informal ana therefore
all the more cordial fashion
Nor is he too busy man to be above caring
for the details of kis establishment, which costs
something like S1J.0OG yearly to maintain tie
is oyer ready To adiudicate on any trOublOus
matter that may have perplexed the minds or
his half dozen farnhands, or his three STABLE
men who have the care of his fourteen or nj
teen horses or the long headed coachman' or
the six house servants who look after the M
.een rooms of Sycamore Hill--Charles Somer-
VILE in The Broadway Magazine.
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ding an affirmative here or a negative there;
making mental note of this that letter or.
LCCoutred for ride probably. and slappins his
stick against his khaki trousers leg. he dictates
rapidly loudly and with some show of teeth. an
essay the Irish sagas. the description of a
wildcat hunt appreciation of some his
torical character.
Why. the very day he arrives in Oyster Bay
to begin his summer vacation our admired
apostle Of strenuosity engages in a session Of
tremendous activity. It happens the instant he
alights from the train. 1t happens by right Of
custom that is now more than six years old
The villagers are all at the terra Gotta brick
railroad station to meet him. They are not
different from the merry villagers OF the stage
They do not sing, but they shout Here she
comes!" they chorus. Here she cOmes"' They
mean the train. Here he is, Here he is.'
they cry. and they mean the President Town
clerk. town constable. town butcher. baker.
druggist, hotelleeper. editor. barber, bootblaCk.
are all there. So are their sons and daughters
and their wives.
Half OF the crowd. at least. he call by
their first names. Half he does. He is no
iconoclast, either. in the matter OF the good old
custom of kissing the babies. He kisses so hard
that some of them squawk- Some OF the small
boys set up shout: 'Hooray for TeddyI'
Their parents frown. The President smiles
As a matter Of fact the parents call him
Teddy" too; but not to his face. The Presi-
dent probably knows this. He probably knows,
anyway, that a statesman owning a nickname
familiar the earth has a very wide and
firm basis Of popularity.
Used to Washington throngs he makes short
work of the little crowd at the station. But
there are no police to prevent the crowd from
circlng and thus repeating. But no police are
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SPENDING MILLIONS
Continued from fifth page.

tho stream This piece of engineering work Gus,
heavily. and it was. moreover. only the begin
ming of the preliminary work
The next step preparatory TO the building a,
tho Olive Bridge dam was the construction f
a. series of Golfer dams across EsOpus Creek ro,
river control during the construction OF the main
or Olive Bridge DAM large force Of engneer,
and men i'm the employ of the Board Of Water
Supply was sent to Ulster County. and founaa.
tions for the Golfer dams were soon in the water
The temporary dams are built of concrete ana
while not considered expensive. the cost OF each
will amount TO many thousands of dollars
Weekly reports of the progress Of this wors
were made TO the Commissioners OF Water SIM
ply. who were anxious that il be hurried Ae
companying the written report each week we-a
photographs of the work itself BY cOmparnr
the pictures of any week with those Of the fol
lowing it could be seen at a glance Just ho,v
rapidly the work was proceeding.
After building the Golfer dams what might be
called the third stage OF the preparatory work
vas started-bUilding a set of concrete piers in
the middle of the creek. which two immense
iron pipes are to rest. and which will be used
for carrying the water of the creek while the
Olive Bridge dam is being built This line Of,
resting piers extends from Immediately below
the Golfer dams, about no yards downstream. 10
the point where the Olive Bridge dam viii be
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HOUSE IN II TREE.
Nr. and Wrs. FELTON,, of Orange
Uoss.. Lie an UillO7c Castle.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank p. FELTON,. of Orange.
Mass now live in II tree. Both are firm be
levers in fresh air as curative and preventive
If most bodily ills and when Mr.. FELTON,, who
had strung his hammock up in a big strong
willow tree near their home. saw the wide
spreading branches would permit of the con-
Struction IF a small house in the tree he imme
diately to work, and in his spare time built
q model little bungalow of three rooms.
The structure is about thirty feet above the
ground and is reached by a thirty foot gang
plank Mr. and Mrs. FeftOn live there all
the time and have closed their large home. which
adjoins
In the tree house there are kitchen, a sitting
room and a bedroom. The roof and walls are
of duck and the F'eltOns declare their tree home
10 he the coolest spot in town, day or night
The sight has drawn hundreds 10 the spot. and
in = registery book which she keeps Mrs Fell
TON has the names Of more than thousand
=. r<ons who. according their addresses have
come from all parts of the state and many from
beyond it
The tree in which the house is built was given
TO Mrs FELTON, by her father. Abner Goddard,
.twenty-three years ago. 1t was then straight
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built The piers are made OF concrete. are
hardly over ten yards apart and are about
twenty yards long and eight feet wide. They
rise about five feet out of the water.
The pipes they support are slightly over -
feet in circumference and are each 402 feet long
They are shipped to Ulster County in sections
on special trains Their great weight made
placing them difficult.
With the completion Of this work everything
viii be in readiness for the building ot the Olive
Bridge dam itself. one Of the largest Of III
series of the Ashokan dams But the preIimi-
nary work has proved expensive. Not only has
work on ESopus Creek had to he done. but also
there was ii vast amount of preliminary work
all through the country that is % be converted
into the Ashokan reservoir basin
Although exact figures are unatt-.ina5e al
present. ii has been estimated that the prepara-
tory work on Esopus Creek viii cost nearly
S1.000.000 But that amount seems small when
compared with the estimated cost OF the reser-
voir and aqueducts. which reaches the total o.
S161 100000
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ROOSETELT AT REST.
Most Other People WouH Cal 1t
Uorhing Hard.

have visited Oyster Bay. 1 have seen the
President at work-restng. In the RooSe'ei'
lexicon there is no such thing as rest. Witch
he honestly tries to rest he richochets-
There he goes flashing past on canterihs Dieh
holm for the mere matter of a ten-mlle rioe' or
tbare he is on the hillside in front OF MS mouse
with his coat off his throat barred his arms
barred his brow wet bending and rising IN the
glaring sun-pitching hay. Or he is out back OF
the house. experimenting the painting OF the
barn Or on hands and knees examining the
progress of his asparagus beds. or moving
slowly with i knowing eye through the rows OF
corn or he is scampering, running and pat
Ting in the tennis court Or out IN a heaFy
boat manning the oars, with a smiling farnAy
and two big picnic hampers for cargo. on
four-me pull to Loyd's Neck Or the nam
tner and cracllle of his axe is heard as ne
feIls trees Or in the twilight the sweet scent
of the woodlands is penetrated by the savory
smell of bacon and eggs that over camp nre
the President is Topping under the cleaning
eyes of hungry boys whose names are Theodor&
Kermit Archie and Quentin. Or he is IN MS
study giving ear to secretary Loeb, Whlle MS
eve runs through a big bundle of letters; nod
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needed President Roosevelt knows the faces
| too we'll
on the ride to Sycamore Hill one has passed
through a wide avenue Of modern country
homes with scrupulously trimmed hedges ana
mathematicaly accurate flower beds and lawns
Entering the Roosevelt estate. the love OF the
master of Sycamore Hill for nature unadorned
is apparent The roads are of the old-fashioneo
dirt variety, the branches of the oak and maple
trees interock and the underground runs Wild
On the last turn of the upward winding high
way the woods have been for a long time
cleared and instead there is hill slope of
meadows
The usual daily programme at oyster Bay
finds him bounding out of bed (and that is really
his characteristic method of beginning the day)
and Fastening for the shower bath. The hour Is
never later than seven. He takes the shower
cold-as cold as he get it. There is a
prodigious splashing of water. and it is man
with color surgng in his cheeks who seeks the
breakfast table. He is invariably attired. then.
for a ride-breeches. soft shirt and crash coat.
with his big Panama lying on convenient
chair in the hallway. The President isn't
dainty in the matter of appetite Eggs. fried
chicken semi occasionally. and wafes al
Presidential pieces de resistance at the break
fast table.
on the way from the breakfast room to his
mount he makes stop IF from ten to twenty
minutes in his study. There the most il -
tant telegrams or letters that have ned
Secretary Loeb since the conference Of the day
preceding are on the desk. Whatever problems
they present he takes with him on his morning
| ride.
Back from this morning constitutional, at
10: so he dictates his private correspondence,
and sharply the stroke of II Secretary
Loeb makes his appearance. The hurrying
secretary comes to the house in the big white
Secret Service automobile-the only automobile
with any right Of way a all on the private
/ road From one three assistants with
him The official mail is carried in big leather
pouches TWO hours of the fastest sort Of
work goes on then. and Secretary Loeb and his
assistants 90 not look any too fresh when they
resume their seats ir the white automobile and
are taken back TO the executive offices in the
village
During his daily morning visit Secretary Loeb
acouaints the President with the names OF his
visitor or visitors for the day AT l in the
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shoot eight feet tall without branch or a lea,
on il. but it has grown 10 be a sturdy wiIo,v
and now. as Mrs. FELTON, laushingly says. "sun
ports their home." which is called Willow CASH.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-25

A CURIOUS CRAFT, THE TYPHONOIDE
The curious boat illustrated above is called BY
its French inventor, NJ. Andre Gambin, the
"TyphonoIde." IL IS propelled by blades ar
ranged spirally around a shaft which revoives
inside cylinder. modification of Archimedes's
screw, running the length of the keel. The in
Ventor claims that his craft has attained a
speed of more than forty miles an hour. and
hour.
The Grauhlc-
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RAMESES u: "FAkER" KING.
Munmified head of the Great" King of Egypt.
Professor NaviIIe, of the scientists in
charge Of the explorations for antiquities in
Egypt. says Rameses had the habit of inscrib :
inc his "every temple statue and
monument that he imagined would stand the
test of time. He wished to dazzle posterity,
and he did so. But beginning 70
find him out Some of the antiquities on
1000 years before he was born. Occasionally
he even went the length of erasing the
name formerly borne by a statue and substi-
tuting his OWN"
The Sketch.
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IN THE STRTRBS

Raising anything on your place this year,"
Pond lilies in my ceIIar'-I-ife-
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The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
CANNON FOR RIVER I'M
PROVEMENT.

In his address in St. Louis two
days ago Mr.. Cannon said he fa-
vored Mississippi river improve
ment, but he declared that he
wanted to see thorough survey
made Of the first, the cost estimat-
ed, and plans for Improvement
deliberately and intelligently laid
out. This idea suits all the friends
of the deep water project.
Democrat.
No true friend of river naviga-
ton improvement can except to
this thorough preliminary sur
vey," ETC., is the right quali6ca-
ton of the more liberal scale of i'm
prove,nent thst the valley people
seek. 1t is gratifying, and signi
ficent of growing popular favor,
that Speaker Cannon interposes no
other objection to the movement
for better navigation in the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries which will
be signalized next week by the
Presidents trip down the river
Vicksb burg Herald.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
FIR ON THE NESTER OF THE
PRESS.

1t is the business of newspaper
man to boom the city for all its
worth mouth after month and then
see 500 worth of printing go out
of the city because ten cents can
be saved by so doing. It is the
business Of the newspaper to give
every local enterprise enthusiastic
and frequent send-offs," and then
catch sheol because he fai1d to re-
cord the fact that some prominent
citizen has had his livery wagon
painted. To subscribe literally to
every public, charitable and church
enterprise, advertise them for moth
ing, pay his own way to every
thing and then be called prejudic-
ed and mean spirited because a
column is not devoted to that par
ticular affair. Do you wonder that
there are SO many cranks in the
newspaper business? 1t is bound
TO make either a crank or phil
osopher out of man. Democrat
Star.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
HON, CHARLES SCOTT HON
ORED.

At a meeting of the Mississippi
delegates, held at their headquar-
ters, Juhge> Thomas Reber, OF
Matches, wss called upon to pre-
side. Iu . short address he paid
compliments to the citizens of
Memphis for their lavish and beau
tiful hospitslity, Congressman
Bowers introduced the following
resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, by the Mississippi
delegation to the Waterways con-
vention. That they gratefully ac-
knowledge the hospitality with
which they have been received by
the people of Memphis, the elabor-
ate preparations made for their ac-
commodation and the complete
and perfect arrangement for the
important meeting now about to
convene.
These resolutions we passed by
reclamation, and it was resolved
that the daily papers of the city be
requsted to publish the same. That
Mississippi might be represented
as a unit on the floor of the con-
vention. Judge Houston, OF Aber-
deem, in a stirring address recon-
mended that the Hon. Chas. Scott,
of Rosedale, be selected as the
unanimous choice of the assembled
Mississippians as eminently fitted
to represent them on the floor OF
the convention, and on motion
this resolution was unanimously
adopted.-News-Scilnitar.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
THE COST OF LIVING.

Do you know how much more
on the average it costs you to live
than it did in 1896? Bradstreets
Commercial Agency, which keeps
account of the ups and downs in
the price of commodities has an
swered the question in the last is
sue of Bradstreets" which says"
Compared with the low level set
on July 1, 1896, the gain is 54.S
per cent" So if it cost you 500
to live than, it now costs you over
$154. The protected trusts are the
chief cause of high prices and there
seems to be determination by the
dominant political party to refuse
to revise the tariff which protects
the tariff which protects the trusts
and prevents competition. IF the
republican party wins in the COM
ing national election, the leaders
will declare that it is all endorse
ment of the tariff policy of protect
ing the trusts and there can be
little relief from trust high
prices as the tariff protects them.
As large profits have induced the
trusts to manufacture more than
the people can consume, the sur
plus is sold abroad at bargain
prices. Why should not the
people participate in
these bargains the trusts sell to
foreigners?-Ex.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
SUPERVISOR lWRAy EXPLAINS
Says No Member of Board
Would Take a Nickel
To Which They
Were Not
Entitled.
EDITOR ENrERI sIsE:

EDITOR ENrERI sIsE:
l have Just returned from two
weeks visit to my children at Wal
thall, Mas, and my attention has
been called to your remarks in the
past two issues of the Enterprise
regarding the issuing of warrants
to the members of the board of
supervisors for the services render
ed in connection with the roads,
etc., which sums were allowed at
the last me eting of the board. In
reply thereto and in order TO ex-
plain my part of the transaction,
beg to say l was present when
these sums were allowed, and /
explained to the board at the time
that I did not think that this al
lowance was legal, but several as
sured me that it was right and
proper, whereupon l accepted the
voucher issued to me for $3.50.
However, as soon as I found that
we were not legally entitled to the
money and that there was some er-
ror about the matter, l immediate
ly withdrew my warrant from the
bank, and gave my check to cover
the same, and now hold the war
rant issued to me. For my part,
and l feel that the other members
of the board are in accord with
me, l do not want, nor would
accept one dime of the county S
money unless 1 was legally and
Justly entitled to it, and l know
that the board did not realize that
it was doing anything wrong III
connection with the matter when
it voted the allowance, and l am
frank to admit that the alloWence
should have not been made without
the advice and sanction of the
boards attorney. However, the
board is composed of men who
want to do the right thing and l
am sure there is not a one compos-
ing that body who would accept a
nickle unless they were justly en-
titled thereto.
Yours truly,
Il. H. WRAY.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
HON .CHAS. SCOTT ON CROPS
ours truly,
Il. H. WRAY.

Hon. Chas. Scott of Rosedale,
who has not been at the Capital
for some weeks, passed through
the city today, and stopped over
on his way home from Meridian,
where he addressed the Confede-
rate veterans last evening. Mr..
Scott states that he is very busy
now looking after a number OF
matters in connection with the
the marketing of his crops, and III
catching up with things generally
after his period of dissipation as a
candidate before the people for the
Office of governor. He was in his
usual genial and enteItaing mood
and manner and looks favored to
good crop year, considering all
drawbacks which the farmers have
met with. His own crop consists
largely of long staple varieties, and
as there will be a good market for
this grade he expects to dc'well
this year. :
Mr.. Scott is an enthusiast on the
subject of Waterways Convention
and expects to be with the men
and join in the chorus of "Forteen
Feet Though the Valley with
which he has always been IN
thorough accord and has strong
hopes of the fulfilment of the
dreams of wears. Mr.. Scott is
looking we'll physically, and jocu-
larly remarked that he never felt
better or had less. Jackson dis
patch to Meridian News.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
THE BOIL WEEVIL.

In discussing the reported appear
ance of the boil weevil this side OF
Mississippi river the Vicksburg
American says:
Prof. Bamberge is at able to
announce that the boil weevil is in
Mississippi. The weevil landed at
Natchez, but it is not stated how
he crossed the river. Sufficient
unto the day it is that 1t crossed
and is now settled in Claiborne
county. It is too late for the wee
vii to get in any work this fall'
but he will be ready to commence
operations early in the spring ac-
cording to Mr.. Bamberg's report
The boil weevil, has been more
dreadid than any other pest that
has ever appeared in the cotton
fields. The apprehension with
which is advance is regarded may
be justified, but the experience OF
that portiess Of Texas which has
been ravaged by the varmint IS
not by any means calculated to
produce despair. If there has been
any falling of in the Texas crop
since the boil weevil made his ap-
p.arance it is not apparent.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
SYNOPSIS OF MISSIPPI GAME
LAW.

Illegal at any time to kill or
catch any birds except the follow
ing: Swans, geese, brant, wood
chuck, river and sea ducks, quails,
(marsh hens) coots, gallinules,
(blue rails and mud hens), snipe,
wood-cock, sand-pipers, tatlers,
curlews, plovers, grosbec, (night-
herons), wild turkeys, quail doves,
cedar birds, and robins.
The seasons III which these birds
may be killed are as follows:
Wild Turkey-January to May
(illegal at any time to kill hen).
Ouail-Novembor / to March 1.
. Doves. geese, rails, coots, che
rocks, tatlers, plovers, grosbecks,
cedar.birds, and robins Septem-
Der 1 to March l.
Bear and Deer-November IS to
March l (illegal at any time to
kill doe or spotted fawn).
Illegal to havein possession game
birds during close season; illegal
to have other birds in possession
at any season, or to have parts of
such birds in possession for sale.
No nests nor eggs of birds other
than game birds shall be taken or
needlessly destroyed.
The taking of birds and their
nests and eggs for strictly scien-
tific purposes shall be permitted to
those securing the proper GER
tificate from the Secretary of State.
Illegal to sell game.
Illegal to ship game out OF the
State.
Illegal to kill more than twenty
of any kind of game birds. except
doves, in one day, or to kill more
than one deer in a day or five i'll
a season.
Illegal to trap birds except by
persons under 16, when trapping
on the premises of parents or those
next of kin.
A nonresident must pay hunt
ing license of $1,000 to the state,
and $1,000 to the county.
The following birds are not SUBJ
iect to the provisions OF the pres
ent law, and may be killed or any
time; English sparrow, duck-hawk'
Gooper's hawk (blne darter )sharp-
Skinned hawk, owl (kinds not
specified, and blue jay.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-05
MIND MEANDERINGS.

1t is safe to say that street cars
do not think, or the one that goes
past where l live would never let
my laudlady board it.
You can warm girls heart
quicker with a diamond necklace
than With a ton Of coal.
Many a man gets loaded and
then complains because he is fired.
When the landlady has to cover
the table with a sheet, it is sign
that some of the boarders should
pay enough OIL their board to help
the poor woman buy a tablecloth.
The rich are peculiar. They ride
in private cars, have private hotels
suits, private yatchs and private
everything, except private lives.
The newspapers look out for that.
The bunco man who spends his
summer with the summer resort
farmers, or summers near, can
learn things to his advantage pro-
fessionally.
If woman respect not her hus-
band, she loves him not. Respect
is the foundation of love.
When I die, on the whole, I
believe should prefer to die of
dyspepsia than to starve to death.
Be bigger than your job. Then
you can hold it.
Fame is like wine-it makes
some men foolish.
People who think they have
made the mistake OF their lives,
should beware. There are inst as
big fish in the sea as ever been
been caught.
1t is the expense we did not
have figured in the expense ac-
count that makes the balance on
the wrong side of the ledger Of
life.
Suggestion for correspondence
school adv" How to catch suck