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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-28

The February reception OF the Adel-
phian Club Of Alameda will take place
on Saturday afternoon next in their
quarters In the Unitarian church. Mrs.
H l. Eastman will be chairman. Mrs
Charles Woodbury.. president OF EbeL
viii give the talk or the hour, while
the Etude Club OF Oakland viii present
the musical numbers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-28

Slsvonic and Russian composers viii
be the theme Of the Monday meeting Of
the Etude Club. Section 3 viii present
the programme OF song. This is one
OF the larger and more interesting Of
the musical clubs in Oakland, including
in its membership many clever must
clans. The Etude Club viii present
the programme before the Adelphian
Club at their union meeting on next
Saturday afternoon.
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
DEFINES AUTOS ROAD RIGHTS.
Iowa Supreme Court Requires Reason
 able Regard for Others.

Des Moines, la.-The law of the roads as 10 automobiles has been euuncated for the first time by tha supreme court of Iowa The owners O. automobiles have the same righ,s in the road and on streets as the drivers of horses or persons riding bI. cycles or travelling by some other vi. hicle. But they are 10 use this means of locumotion with due regard for the rights of others having occasion n travel on the highways.
 In the case before the court T M Cramer ran his ear up to a blacksmith shop before which was hitched 2 team belonging 10 Hugh House aDs stopped his machine, but did not ston the spaHkef The moment he stopped the machine the House horses reared up, broke away and ran. House sued Tor damages and recovered. The su. preme court says that no case was made for the jury and reversed the judgment of the lower court. It da cides that Cramer had a right to bs there, that he did not display negIi. gence, and that no fair recovery k possible
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
AROUND THE CIRCLE
HOW THE PRACTICE OF HOME TRADE HELPS EVERYBODY.
THE RESULT OF ADVERTISING
An increased Use of Printers Ink In the Local Paper Brought Pros
 perity to the Entire Com. munity.

"You1l have to stay over Sunday Mary, so l can have a chance for visit with you Can't possibly get the time through the week. Business too lively
 Things must be getting better with you, John. Last time l was here you seemed to have lots Of time to spare. Said business had gone to the dogs. or rather to the mail-order houses. What made the change
 Well. to tell the truth. Mary. 1 just wakened up one day and thought would give them fellows in the city little of their own medicine. got onto the fact that they were killing me by feeding the people around here on printers ink in the way of adyer- Using. and while knew most of what they said was lies the people didn't know it, and l started in to show them what could do. Not at
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07

Yes, sir, I figure I'm ahead a little more than the freight on that buggy. besides getting a better buggy than you got intended 10 send away for mine, too like you did, but saw Browns advertisement telling the kind of buggy he had and the price. and l concluded Td look at t first. Hes making better prices than the catalogue fellows, and hes paving the freight besides. figure that l saved just about enough on that buggy 10 pay the doctors bill for Mollys sick ness. and then. besides. Brown or, dered his hay Of me, and hes paving gosd price for il. tSe.
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
BUY ARMY MULES BY POUND
Figures Show Prices of Government
 Animals Are Rislna.

Hashineton.-Iucreased difficulty |, being experienced in obtaining bersas and mules for the army. Bids wbicb have just been opened show that prices generally have increased For lhe cavalry 725 horses are b he bought at an average price of sf75 each. The artillery corps is to buv nearly 350, for which s2l1 is the aver. age Ffiee. Army mules heavy enough to do draft work bring SIS each an3 Reaf.y 300 of these have been con. tfaeted for. Lead mules. somewhat lighter in weight. bring $16S. and pack mules still lighter. sI31. The ouar. ter9aster's department says that army mules are bought practically by tbe pound.
 An experiment is being made at Fort Riley, Kansas. in buying yearly small number of pedigreed colts ana putting them through q course of training Tor the cavalry service This experiment has proved benefetaf and &6 of theso D ooded horses bav. lust been purchased.
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
TEN GOOD REASONS.
Read Them and patronize the Mer.
 chants of This Town.

Here are ten good reasons for trad. ing with your home business people, as given by an exchange
 Because: You examine y0ur Dur, chase and are assured of satisfaction before investing your money.
 Because. lonr home merchant is always ready and willing to make right any error or any defective arti. cie purchased of him
 Because: When you are sick or for any reason if is necessary for vou to ask for credit you can go To the local merchant. Could you ask il of a mall order house.
 Because. If merchant Is willing to extend you credit you should give him the benefit Of your cash trade.
 Because. Your home merchant pays local taxes and exerts every effort 10 build and better Eour market. thus in. ereasing both the Value of city and country property.
 Because The mail order merchant does not lghten your taxes or in any Way hold the yalue os yaur prapertv.
 Because. The ma} order merchant does nothing for the benefit of mar hets or real estate yalues.
 Because: If Haae town is good enoush to live in it Is eaaa eaaHeh to spend money in-tia1 Folk of Ms souvi
 Because. The best ctt se7s in vour community pa2oHze home industry Why not be one of tho Lest citizens
 Because. If you give you7 home merchant an opportunity to eomaete ny bringing yonr order to him in the quantities yoa buy eut ot town. he will demonstrate that quality considered he will save you money.
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
Search for Old -cannnn

A tradition still survives in Luzerne county. Pa. that when Gen 4oT, Sullivan marched through that region in l779 on his expedition against inc Indian oonfederacy of central New York, he buried some superfgous brass cannon along the Wilkes-I}ar-a mountain. To search for these reva,u. uonarY relies a number of the best known citizens of Ashley have formed themselves into an historical society One recent Sunday the members secured the mountain in the vicinity Of Laurel Run. but couia find no relfes except few Indian arrox polntS
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
HOW HE BROKE As.,
Took Last Jump from Fo,,.
 Der Home Plat. ss

Bil:y Powell, greates, bn., } west has produced. was ra,a r s. his college days on the as pas track oefkes
 There were five in tn. ,,. drew the extrems outside which gave me a bad fnlsb ;. aa But l got a peach of a st,,, e'a the curve like yacht on ha. s'es ends and came down the s.s 0ess taking the jumps in beauti,,, ,asa I felt l had varsity record 'Js at that clip. and threw an ss power into the final strides q Ing for the ninth hurdle mas flew through the air, and s,aSl l to the finish. broke the ian. worlds record for the low h,a a for the 220-dash. and for tba hing broad jump, the time t a 9 flat. and my last jump ova' hurdles at once. clearing 4s tas, .a V some inches.
 "Whew,' exclaimed Ole snes,,. why weren't the records eva, ' lowed 2"
 Well. continued Powell av,. they went to measure ina, l.. Col. Edwards started 10 shova Y. cane in. to indicate my foremost ,,ir' mark, and the stick jumped out as' a' hand They scraped the short away and found a solid rubber so.' plate imbedded where the varsity b1 tery used to practice. San Francis, Chronicle.
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07

Now. NY dear you may engage Mss Herman 10 give Princess music lessons for the wave Of prosperity in the community has struck the minis.
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07

lying, you know, but at selling good goods as cheap as the city fellows did, and lots of times little cheaper
 T went 10 the local paper and pret- ty near scared the editor to death by ordering half page of each issue for six months. Then set about seeing what l had to sell that the people would want. really didn't know what Was in that store until I started to look il over Some of the things had been there so long had forgot ten about them. l hauled them out and put bargain sale price on them told the people about them in the next weeks #ecord, and gave the prices, and say, just couldn't get them things wrapped up fast enough. Ever since then I've just been buying and selling. buying and selling. Seems like nothing stays in the store Have hired two more clerks, and they're eYerlastingly telling me were out of this that or the other thing. found that telling the people what you've got and what you are willing to sell them for pays. I've paid off that mortgage that's been hanging over us for the last ten years. and gave sl00 to the new church building besides. and it's advertising that did it
 @YoaH stay over Sunday won't you I've got 10 get to the store now"
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
BALLS mEThuselAH NOT so OLD
Prof. Starr Thinks He Lived No Long,
 CT Than Fernando Jones.

Chicago. Prof Frederick Starr is of he opinion that Fernando Jones is old. sr than Methuselah
 Net that he believes the oldest local nhabitant 10 be more than 900 years od-oh. no, But he refuses to ac- cept the word of Holy Writ in regard .o the age of the additionally oldest man. and asserts that his life prob ably was shorter than the lives Of modern and up-to-dGte people. who rarely pass the century mark
 This shattering of another idol was sssayed by Prof. Starr while holding forth to his class in anthropology st the University of Chicago Wishing to test his students fund of general information, he suddenly propounieI the question::
 How old Was Methuselah?"
 \ great, blank silence prevailed among the GO embryo scholars. aad the professor gToated over their dis comfture.
 Then he condescende1 to inform them that Methuselah was 96a years old. and that they had better go hone and read their Bibles.
 @But,2 h. continued. "it A uot at al probable that MethuselaL .vpa tt .. to such an extreme old age. t Is also doubtful if Saul David and Solomon ever reigned 40 years each. q the Bible declares. Men lived nc longer in biblical times than they dc today In fact believe the average ot longevity is higher to-day than 1t osar las been iu the history of the human raea."
 AuI#taea. after ruinins poor oli Me 'z4sslal.s reputation, Prof starr turned to discussion of the idiosya cfasies of the Iroquois verb,
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07

ing they voted me a raise in salary for the coming year. In a talk made by Brother Jones he explained that this was possible because the people were Keeping their money al home rather than sending it 10 the catalogue houses of the cities Brother Frank tthe post master) explained that the money or der business of his office had dropped to almost nothing within the past six months. He said that less than year ago he was handling more than q 900 each month in the shape of money or ders. and that now the total is not one fourth of that. I understand that they will also increase the school teachers salary next term"
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
TO SEE EUROPE WITH SAVING s
Trolley Conductor and Wife VIII Ea
 Joy Results of Economy.

Kansas Gi-y. Mo--A six months. tour Of EHrofe is the purpose of Charles N. ke.fy II years d conductor aa the F!5a street division of the Metropolitan Street Railway com pany. and Mfe. Kelly.
 My wife and l have planned this trip since Nc were married six years ago, said MF Kelly. What I have saved as conductor will De enough 10 pay oug expenses"
 The kellys oWn their own home. ] pretty tWd-stofy frame cottage. They intend 10 spend s3060 on their trip.
 I have six months, leave of a5. sence from my work. Kelly said We intend to say the limit. too. Such 3 chance cones onIy once in a life. time for men like myselt. Glad . Why, my boT. Ihayen't slept well for months. I've lain awake nights plan. nins this trip. So has Mrs. Kelly"
 The Kellys will sail from New York on Hamhure-American liner. The first stop will be Naples. After Italy will come Switzerland then Germany. With a tsip down the Rhine to Cologne The Netherlands and Belgium are next oa the schedule Then comes Pa.fis and later London.
 What will you do when you re turn 2"
 Take up my old position as con duetor on the Fifth street line. I'll report for duty the second day | ar rive in the city,
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
"A f2 page paper this week. I see

"A 12page paper this week, I see. Anything special doing Q"
 Not al all. That's to be the regular size of the Record in the future. The increase iH business warrants it. The campaign of advertising being conduct ed by the merchants forced me to in crease the size or eneroach upon my reading matter columns. and SO I in- creased Then. too, my subscription list is growing People who never took the paper before say they want it now if for nothing more than 10 keep post cd on the prices the merchants are quoting Business in the Record office is booming all around. l have had 10 advertise for two more job printers. and have just ordered a new printing press By the way. is that horse you offered me some time ago still on the
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07

"Iones ordered new delivery wagon this morning. Jane Said sinee the folks around here had started 10 trade at home and quit sending so much money To tae mail order houses he simply had to have it. Aou can have what l make on that wagon to get that new dress NI,h that you've been wanting Wish you'd buy fl of Jones though fer he always trades with me
The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07

market? If so you can bring him around. want him for birthday present for my wife"
 WRIGHT 4. PATTERSON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
Will Teddy Go Up In the Air?
He Went Down In a SUBJ Brisadier General James Al
marine. n Army len, Who Is Planning a
Balloons May Fleet of Fighting Air
lure him AloU. ships For Uncle Sam.

LITTLE more than a year ago
President Roosevelt created
"a something of a sensation by
taking Il trip in Il naval sub
marine vessel beneath the waters Of
Long Island sound. There vas nat
nrally some anxiety as to what might
befall the chief magistrate Of he ma
ton down in the waters depths, but it
was slight as compared with what
would be felt should the strenuous
head Of the government take n trip In
the clouds to test the value of air navi-
cation for military and naval purposes.
There has been talk in Washington
that the president might favor the ar
my a%eronauts as he did the naval sub
marine men If congress decides on the
creation of a war feet for the air.
Premier Clemenceau Of France and
the minister Of war recently made an
ascension in n government balloon. En-
perts who have visited Europe and oh
served what Great Britain, France and
Germany are doing in this direction
say that the United States is far be-
hind other countries in the matter Of
applying air navigation to warfare.
The Importance Of the United States
keeping up with the procession in the
matter Of aerial science as connected
with warfare was emphasized at the
international a~eronautical congress-,
which met in New York ut the conclu-
sion Of the aerial carnival at st. Louis.
Prominent among the speakers ut
this congress were members OF the
United States army who have given
special study to aeronautics. One of
these, Major George o. Squlres, who
has had charge Of the government bal
loon experiments at Fort Leavenworth.
Kan, said: The success of aerial nav
igation has bcen established. and the
success of aerial navigation means the
Introduction Of new and radical meth
DDS in warfare, extended possibilities
Of producing decisive results by strate-
gfc movements against untenable pc
sitions rather than by loss Of human
life. 1t means the ultimate passing
away Of warfare in the present sense
and the eventual dawn of the era Of
peace"
The big government balloon United
States, piloted by Major Henry B.
Hersey, who went to Spitzbergen with
Wellman. expecting to sail from there
for the pole by the air route. was
among the balloons which sailed In
the contest for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup. 1t landed In Canada. Cap.
tain Charles DeForest Chandler was
another army aeronaut who competed
for the cup. and 1t was he who sailed
the balloon America from st. Louis
to West Virginia in the race for the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
ELECTRIC BLINDNESS.
Brilliant Rays Have Serious Effects on
Gray and Blue Eyes.

1t has recently been stated that sail
ors suffer much in their eyesight from
the brilliant electric lights used on
shipboard. Gray and blue eyes are
the most subject to injury, not being
heavily charged with pigments. The
men who work the searchlights wear
dark blue glasses, but 1t is found that
these only mitigate the intensity of
the light and do not absorb the source
of the trouble-the ultra violet rays
These rays, however, can be intercept
ed by goggles or screens of uranium
on yellow glass, and with these the
sailors Of the French and German
navy are soon to be provided.
German experience In this matter
goes further. 1t seems that two stokers
on a warship, having a little spare
time. became engrossed in the opera
tton of an electric drill which was
burning out holes in a hardened steel
plate. Both men declared that they
only watched the arc about three min
utes and Mt the time felt no Ill effects,
except that all objects appeared to be
a deep gold color. At night, however.
both men were aroused by intense
pain and partial blindness for the time
being, but both recovered quickly after
treatment.
The electric drill acts by fusing a
hole through the steel, and the in
tensity OF the light is increased by the
rays of light thrown off by the molten
metal. The fact, too, that the work is
carried on chiefly in the daytime is
apt to deceive the casual onlooker as
to the degree Of brilliancy Of light, and
1t is not until the after effects begin
to assert themselves that he is aware
OF anything out of the common. Dark
glasses are now used by all men on
the electric drilling shifts. \ singu-
lar feature Of this affection is that it
is analogous to now or desert blind
ness, and. as in them, the pernicious
effects Of the electric light are proba-
bly, due to the ultra violet rays Of the
spectrum.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11

has been made a martyr to principle.
He has contended for the right Of the
Illinois Central stockholders to have
that road managed in its own interests
rather than in the interests of other
lines. and he is credited with the be.
lief that the railroads of the country
should be run for the benefit Of the
people rather than to build up great
individual fortunes. He once said.
speaking of the Illinois Central:
Il have eve run this railroad from
Wall street, and shall never do so, no
matter what happens. With all the
strength and power that is in me |
shall fight to keep this property from
the clutches of the money octopus
which is represented by Edward II.
Hartman"
MIR. Fish is a six footer and we'll pre-
served at tifty-six, so that he makes a
contrast physically to Mr.. Hartman,
whose outward appearance and slight
figure give little indication of the
brains he possesses. Mr.. Fish is not
the kind Of man most persons like to
so up against in any kind of a fight.
Mr.. Harahan is not a large man. and
1t Is said that when Mr.. Fish took
hold Of him in the encounter at the
recent directors meeting it was like a
terrier shaking a rat.
e. II. Hartman was recently quoted
as saying it was about time to divorce
h railroads from Newport. That was
q slap at Mr.. Fish on account Of his
wife's prominence in the -Four Hun
dred. Mr.. Fish himself is not over
fond Of society, but he does not inter-
fere with the social programme Of Mrs.
Fish, and she is generally reputed to
aspire to the place in society long held
by Mrs. Aston. Mrs. Fish has been in
the limelight recently by reason Of
the position she has taken against the
so called international marriage-that
is, the exchange Of American wealth
for European title. OF course Mrs.
Fish in speaking Of the unwisdom Of
international marriages in general did
not mean her remarks to apply to the
a S Of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and
Count Szechenyi specifically. IL am
only giving my general opinion on the
subject" said Mrs. Fish. II make no
reference to the vanderbilts. who are
my friends"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11

In London. Signora Tosclli might have
been a queen now had her domestic
relations ut the Saxon court been to
her taste. But she and the crown
prince, now King Frederick, did not
agree, and Il little less than five years
ago she fed from the palace under the
escort Of her brother. the .Archduke
Leopold Ferdinand. At Geneva, Swift
zerland, she joined the young French
tutor, Giron. who had been taken into
her husbands service the previous
summer. The crown prince got Il
divorce, and shortly after the decree
had been issued a girl was born to the
crown princess, the Princess Anne
Monica Pia. The affair with Giron
did not last. He went to Brussels.
where he Is now bank clerk.
About a year ago the former crown
princess was presented to Signor To-
selli at the Villa Montanto, In Florence.
and their acquaintance Don developed
into more than simple friendship
Last July. after surmounting many
obstacles, the couple left Florence
quietly In an automobile one day. took
4 train at a small station and were
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
Charcoal a Poison Antjdote.

japanese physicians declare it is i'm
possible for internal poisoning to oc-
II if powdered charcoal be swallowed
as soon rs the castro intestinal dis
turbance is felt. French physicians
have tested the power Of charcoal and
proved that 1t is the most active Of all
known antidotes. The charcoal must
be aiken as soon as the poison taken
begins to show its effects, and the
doses must be large. Charcoal is in no
way injurious. and as much as a soup
spoonful may he taken In divided doses
mixed with water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11

nent in society as her husband is in the
business world. Their daughter Ma
rian contributed to the family fame by
furnishing the occasion for one Of the
biggest and SWEETEST weddings Of the
season when last summer she became
Mrs. Albert Zabriskie Gray.
S~tuyvesant Fish's quarrel with E. II.
Hartman dates back to the period of
the insurance inquiry. He was then
president Of the Illinois Central and in
various matters of policy found him
self at variance with the COLOSSUS Of
roads," This disagreement with the
great railway financier and transpor.
tation expansionist led to Mr.. Fish
being defeated in his campaign for re.
election as president Of the road. At a
directors meeting not long ago Mr..
Fish and his successor, James T. Har.
ahan. had a clash, and it was reported
that there was a ''mixup'' in which
President Harahan got the worst of
the encounter. The fight now on 70,
control of the road between Mr.. Har-
riman and his allies and Mr.. Fish and
his followers is a bitter one. and the
public awaits with interest the out
come of the meeting of stockholders on
Dec. 1S.
Mr.. Fish and his friends claim that
they are making a fight for a principle.
and rightly or wrongly an impression
prevails In the railroad world that he