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Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
OLD ANCHOR GIVES PROOF
OF NORSEMENS VISIT
SHOWS BEYOND A DOUBT THEIR
EARLY voYAeING
Found in Minnesota, Effort Will Be
Made to Connect 1t with Erickson,
Pioneer of Present Swedish
Population
Special to The Herald.

CROOKsTON, MINI. July 1s.-Photographs
have been taken of the ancient Morse anchor
found the state experimental farm and
copies of these will be sent to the Swedish and
Norwegian governments in the hope of obtain
ing the true historic value of the discovery
The anchor itself will be sent either to the
Smithsonian institution a similar institu-
ton and efforts will be made to connect it with
the supposed visit of the ,Norsemen to the con-
tinent of North America centuries before the
discovery by Columbus. According to tradition
Lief Erickson left party Of sixty when
he touched 90 the North American continent
and 1t is possible that this anchor is a relic
of that little band, of whom nothing ever was
heard afterward
The anchor is light. weighing not more than
thirty pounds 1t consists of rather heavy
cylindrical centerpece and from sockets on
either side prongs project. the prongs swinging
on iron pins through the center Of the cylinder
From the nature of the stratum Of clay in
which the anchor found it is certain that
the earth had not been disturbed for centuries.
as the clay was not mixed with the least par
tcle of black dirt. The depth at which the
anchor was found and the fact that 1t was i'm
bedded in solid clay probably accounts for its
good state OF preservation
Efforts are being made to discover other evil
dences of the Norsemen's presence in this
part of the country
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
HOUSE
is DISINTEGRATING

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 13.-The American Rail-
way clearing house, which for eight
months has been trying to perfect pool
of all freight Ears in the country, Is in
process of disintegration, according to
the Inter Ocean. The Chicago & Alton
railroad, which was one of the strongest
advocates of the car pooling scheme at
the outset, will withdraw from it july 1.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul has
already withdrawn, and many of the big
roads in the east and west have deter
mined to abandon the project.
The organization has failed in its prime
object, to insure each road having on its
own rails all the time a number of cars
owned by it. 1t has failed to do this be-
cause it has no power to penalize the
roads for disobeying its mandates beyond
the imposition of the established rate of
rental per diem.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
SHE DRESSES" A
NUDE MALE BA THEIR
HEREAFTER HE WILL DUCK
WHEN SHE COMES
Woman Horsewhips a Young Fellow
Who Did Not Dive When She
Approached and Covers His
Back with Welts

Special Cable to The Herald.
NEWARK, N. j., July BIT is a pity the
name of this determined woman should be
lost to fame; modestly, she refused to tell it.
Modest as she is she dressed" a man, and
dressed him we'll, when he most needed 1t yes
terday.
Since the warm weather set in young men
and boys have been bathing daily in the Nor
ris canal on the outskirts of Bloomfield, N. j.
They have worn the same summary costumes
chiefly Kiersted's bridge, fine place to dive
from. So, while they bathed women were
compelled to drive, or even to walk, to the
next bridge two miles away.
But yesterday the determined woman, who
must have a proper sense of the respect due
her sex, drove alone in a buggy up the hill
toward Kiersted's bridge. When the buggy
reached the top of the hill the bathers on the
bridge saw the woman and consequently dived
in the canal-all but one. a fellow about Is
years old This chap waited for the woman S
approach, and while he waited he danced
around like whiriing dervish or a chimpanzee
affected by the heat.
The woman, who was of middle age, drove
toward him slowly. Seemingly she saw him
landscape. But when her buggy reached him
she seized the whip and jumped out Then he
danced to this tune:
"Swish-Tr teach observation-disclosures ras-
cal-swish--to dress or get out of sight when
a woman approaches. You im-swish-pudent
scoundre you"
Twisting and writhing the fellow dropped
from the bridge; the other bathers, who had
been treading water. jeered him. The woman
calmly got in the buggy and drove to Bloom
field where she told the police what had hap
pened, but would not give her name.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
NEW WRINKLES IN WAR

1t has been estimated that the Dread
naught's broadside develops force equal
to the lifting of an entire city block
composed exclusively of twenty-story
skyscrapers Little wonder that the I'M
couth monster skidded sideways under
road.
1t is little wonder that France has laid
down six Dreadnaughts to be completed
within the next two years, and Germany
quickly followed, with Japan and our
selves equally anxious. Our reply to the
Dreadnaught is a projected ship of 10000
or 25 900 tons with perhaps twelve twelve
inch guns mounted in double turrets;
The latest developments are turbine
torpedoes with a range of 1000 yards and
a speed of thirty-ive knots. They cost
about $4,000 each, and are actually con-
trolled by the boat they leave by means
of electric light rays received on a tiny
shaft projecting from the torpedo as 1t
tears through the water. Thus the au-
tomato missile is under control, and may
be brought back at any moment.-Apple-
tons Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
BIG ANT IN HIS THROAT
FLSHED OUT BY DOCTOR
CLEVER METHOD TAKEN TO
EXTRACT INTRUDER
Honey the Bait with Which Surgeon
Angles for Nippng WriggIer in
His Neck and Gets
the Brute
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
WORCESTER, Mass, July 10
Sounds funny, perhaps. to say an ant,
one lone ant, almost killed strapping
chap 2S years old, but that was the ex-
perience of Edgar Smith of Shrewsbury.
Smith is an expert with the gloves, and
his strength is such that in friendly
bout he is regarded as slugger. Inc
old admonition, GO to the ant, thou
sluggard," wasn't necessary in his case.
for the ant went to the slugger. 1t
went so heartily that it came near stay
ing with him and when at last Smith
got rid of his too Jealous attache ne
said he was the happiest man In seven
counties. For the ant, through agon-
izing hours was in his throat.
Smith took his usual Sunday stroll
after breakfast, and, that he might not
have to return for dinner, carried a
light luncheon. He sat in the shade OF
an old apple tree shortly after noon, and
whistIing wait Till the Sun Shines
Nellie" prepared to feast on fine as
sortment of sandwiches and cake. me
whistling must have been as melodlous
as the piping of Pan, for if it did not
charm the birds out of the air and the
beasts from the fields, it at least hyp-
Noticed lean, shiny black ant out of
the tree. Little Mr.. Ant fell plump on
the edge of the first sandwich as Smith
took his first bite That was the only
bite Smith took; the ant took the rest.
The ant wriggled So did Smith.
The ant. reaching out wildly with legs
and mandibles at last got a strangle-
hold halfway down Smiths gullet.
Smith coughed, sneezed, gagged. sput-
tered. spluttered, whistled, blew, sang
and shouted. All in vain. The ant
nipped the delicate membrane of the
mans throat with it's powerful jaws
and hung on for dear life. No Jonah
stunt for Little Mr.. Ant.
Smith, in despair, tried two Shrews-
bury physicians. Neither could dis
lodge the ant. The insect took fresh
hold every few minutes. Suffering the
torture of tickling as well as pain from
the bites. Smith made a rush trip to the
CITY and FASTENED to DR.. Richard j.
Shannahan, police surgeon. STAMINA
han smeared honey on the end of bit
of waxed thread and worked 1T down
Smiths throat to point where IL
touched the ant. Honey was more ap-
netizing even than membrane, IL
seemed, for the shiny wriggler loosed
his hold and fastened his jaws In the
string, whereupon the surgeon trium-
phantly pulled him out.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
SMALL FARMS

One of the three great plans" not
explicitly religious, announced by the
leader of the Salvation Army, is that OF
removing a lot of unfortunate and I'M
prosperous people from the cities and
setting them up as small farmers. This
scheme undoubtedly has its attractions;
it has already been tried in several
parts of this country and Europe, with
unquestionable advantage to those
whom it drew from the city slums and
made self supporting and self respect
ing. 1t also falls in nicely with the old
and still widely held theories as to the
peculiar value to a nation of a large
class of small land owners, living in
independence from the direct products
of their own labor on the land.
People of this sort are favorites with
poets and politicians, and they used to
be with economists, but the latter in re-
cent years have come to have their
doubts on the subject of "peasantry,
and it is at present their inclination
to believe that agriculture is a bust
ness like any other business, and that
it, too, should profit by differentiation
and by being done on a large scale.
The small farmer does too many things
to do any of them really well, and
most of them he does at an expense of
both work and money that is, econom-
ically speaking, fatal to him as COM
petitor of rivals who specialize and
cultivate hundreds or thousands OF
acres instead of dozens or scores.
Nor does the small farmer anywhere
shine with much brilliancy in other
ways. The health supposed to be inva-
riably his too often consists largely or
sunburn; isolation makes him uncouth,
his education is apt to be faulty. The
alternative to many small farms is not
few big ones with all the men who
used to be small farmers working on
them as hired men. The big farms pro-
duce much more than the old amount of
food, with much less than the old
amount of human labor. and thus they
release many for activities of kind
that are or might be higher than those
of wringing a scanty livelihood from
few starved acres.--New York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
REsTAuRATEuRs RESPONSIBLE

A lawsuit just decided by the appellate
the legal fact that restaurant keepers in
that state are responsible for the safety
reading mot Responsible for Hats or
Overcoats'' to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. The law of the state will prevail
walls by the restaurant keepers. While
the ruling applies only in Illinois. where
the court so deciding has Jurisdiction. it
is an important precedent, and 1t neces-
all other states who find Themselves
forced by circumstances 20 take their
daily food at restaurants Hsreafter.
then the Illinois restaurateur who tacks
up the sign, mot Responsible for Hats
or Overcoats,' loses time, ink, paper,
tacks and wall space. 1t doesn't go!-
Louisville COURIER ournal. ~
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
MAINE MANS NEW STUNT
BROODING HIS HENS
SAYS 1T WILL WORK IN HOTTEST
WEATHER
Farmer Sits Them on Cucumbers In
Order to Keep Out the Cold, and
Keeps Hens Busy While
Getting Fine Crop

Special to The Herald. 81
PORTLAND, Me-, July 13.-The poor
sitting hen, whom the late lamented Bill
Nve once derided in a charming little
essay for frittering away her time nov
ering over porcelain door knobs and other
things that more or less resemble eggs,
will soon be no longer a deSp1Sed D1rd
A KeZar Falls man has discovered thP Z
she Is really useful when nobody Wahts
chickens because it is too late in the
season, and when the public becomes
aware of what a benefactor she may
prove at this season she will be spared
the humiliation of running about her
owners premises with a long strip or
red flannel tied to her tail in order to
"break her up"
A few DAYS ago some neighbors of this
up-country genius discovered that his Gu
cumbers were fourisAing after theirs had
succumbed to the cold O. nights, and as
they could not account for this one man
7 ant to him and asked how he managed
{, save the plants. His explanation Will
pi obably be the dawning of new era
for the sitting hen. He said that having
a number of biddies that were "broody'
and being unable to change their minds
he was finally seized with a happy
thought Why should not they protect
the young and tender cucumber plants
and at the same time crafty their desire
to "set?" Accordingly, one evening when
it began to grow cold, he took an armful
of the clucking birds and carried them
to the garden, dipositing one on each
hill. Returning I'd the pen he carried out
more of them until the supply was ex-
hausted, and not only were the hens
supremely happy. but the plants were
well protected This process was repeat
ed several nights, and as it is not pat
ented anybody may benefit by the. ex-
pertinent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
TURTLES VS.. RATS
IN SALOON CELLAR
Special to The Herald.


ST. LOUIS, July 13.-A new use for
the turtle has been discovered by the
proprietor of saloon and restaurant
on Sixth street. The building was over
run with rats, and the proprietor has
tried cats, dogs traps and poison with
out avail in his efforts to get rid of the
rodents. The other day a man who
looked like the Ancient Mariner floated
in and suggested something entirely
new.
cit turkles.' said the man with a
long beard. cit turkles," he repeated.
"Turkles air the finest rat catchers
ever was"
After some questioning the proprietor
thought there might be something in
the theory of his nautical friend. He
sent out and bought twelve hardshell
turtles, or terrapins, and turned them
loose in the basement, where the cook
ing is done and the rats most do con-
gregate. They are a fine lot of terra
pins, and as the restaurant man gazes
at them as they creep about the
cement floor he soliloquizes; II amt
sure they will catch many rats, but
they certainly will be good for soup"
Meanwhile the cooks and kitchen
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
GIRLS STEAL 50-MILE
RIDE ON FAST FREIGHT
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SUNBURY, Pa, July 13.-On dare,
Sadie Mullen and Maggie MARI, two
Marysville young women, jumped
passing freight train, expecting to ride
but a short distance, but were soon hor-
rified to discover it was fast special
en- route to this city, fifty miles away.
Night was fast approaching and 1t
was impossible for them to notify any
of the crew. Every moment they fear
ed death as they chung to the brake
wheel, both standing on the sill. The
adjoining car had no end sill, and their
sole support was the narrow sill and
the straps on the box car.
The train stopped here in the yard
at midnight, when the yard men ac-
companied them to the hotel, and early
this morning they took passenger
train for home.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
HAVING WED, LOVERS
TRAIN" IS TAKEN OFF

Special to The Herald.
BINGHAMToN, July 13.-The 'lover
schedule on the Syracuse division of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad went
out of operation yesterday, for Harry P. Cln-
ton, a wealthy young manufacturer of this city,
and Miss Elizabeth Tyler Newcomb have been
married
Miss Newcomb, a lovely girl, lived at Whit
ney Point. twenty-one miles north of Bling
hamton. While counting her Mr.. Clinton
daily rode north each evening, on con-
venent local train, which stopped at Whitney
Point about 1:sO p.
But 20 return here Mr.. Whitney had to
take a train about p. m, which cut short
his counting. a train that arrives here about
/ 6. m.
There another train which passed Whit
ney Point. on ordinary schedule, at 11:30 p. M,
not stopping there. Mr.. Clinton wrote to w,
H. Shepard, superintendent of the division:
IT am plunged III love and 'siness. Let me
attend to both. Stop the 11:3. at the Point"
Superintendent Shepard answered sympa-
thetcally. Thereafter certain lights were dis
played at Whitney Point station. The II 80
stopped there briefly and went with Mr..
Clinton on board
The wedding took place and the counting
schedule is abolished.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
CHAUFFEUR GETS HER i.
AS SHE TOOK A HEADER
.necial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, July 49,
When her big touring car struck an arti-
fetal thank-you-mum this afternoon on
the Connecticut turnpike, near this place,
Mrs. James Hudson Brown, a wealthy
woman of Stamford, who weighs 200
pounds, was sent over the head of the
chauffeur and struck on the hood of the
car. Her life was saved by the chauffeur,
Arson Smith, who reached over and held
her as she was sliding down in front of
the speeding automobile.
Smith thus lost control of the car, which
crashed into telegraph pole at the side
of the road. The pole was broken, off at
top and bottom. and the wires { lmbled
down about the ears of the autoists. The
car kept on into a stone wall
In spite of hurdling the mound in the
road, which was made by officers of Da-
rien to prevent speeding, none of the five
persons in the car was seriously hurt.
The car was wrecked.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
REJECTS MAN AT ALTAR
FOR SPELLING WRONG
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SHREVEPORT, La, July 13.-Harry
Williams and Miss Marie Teureau, win
some brunette, were standing before
clergyman for the purpose of being mar
ried, when it was found that Williams
had made mistake in the spelling of
Miss Teureau's name in the marriage
license
Williams took the certificate to the clerk
of the court for correction. Miss Teureau
was chagrined at the interruption of the
wedding, and, believing 1t to be an omen
of i'll luck, exercised womans privilege
and changed her mind. When Williams
returned she told him she had decided
not to become his wife, but the wife of
James Strothers, who had been his rival.
Strothers made no mistake in his license,
and tonight is happy bridegroom
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
ON MATRIMONIAL SEA :.
UNDER SEALED ORDERS

Special to The Herald.
BOSTON, July 13.-Starting on we'd
ding trip, and not knowing where they
were going, is novel experience that is
being enjoyed by Mr.. and Mrs. Lester j.
Charnock of Bridgewater, who were
married yesterday.
Mr.. Charnocks brother asked to be
allowed to make the arrangements for
the wedding trip of the pair and was
granted permission.
Last evening, at the close of the re-
ception at the home of the bride, In
West Bridgewater, the groom was
handed an envelope by his brother, who
told him to go to Fall river and then
open it, The envelope contained tickets
for somewhere and the necessary money
to pay all expenses.
No one knows where the couple are
spending their honeymoon except Mr..
Charnock's brother, and he won't tell.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
DRAWING ROOM

Another curious and regrettable revival
of the word draw" in the sense of with
draw" occurs in drawing room. Here
the original meaning of the word is lost
because of its lamentable pronunciation by
the uneducated. Nobody, hearing 1t mem
toned as ''droying room at its best, or
as "droring room" at its worst, would sus-
pect it of being a room to which to with
draw for relaxation Most words of the
kind. though, have no better claim to our
admiration, and many have a worse one
to our sense of language. 'Parlour'' is an
ugly growth from the old monasteriat
''parloir," or room where speaking was
allowed, and ''boudoir," that early Vic
being a room to sulk in. Sitting room
is a strange instance of the confusion
Of cause and effect, and so is living
room" We come back to drawing room
as to honest word, at least.-London
Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
SETTLE QUARREL
OF STOCKHOLDERS
BY Associated Press.

OAKLAND, July 13,-Parties interested
in the Owens river Water and Power COM
pany, represented by Edison F. Adams
have settled the stockholders quarrel in
that corporation by purchasing for more
than 100000 the stock shares by those
who contested a recent assessment of 2
cents share. An injunction suit brought
in the superior court to prevent the sale
Of delinquent stock was dismissed today
by Attorney Abe P. Leach, representing
the opposition. Leach said that the
Adams people had been his clients hold
ings.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
TantaIizinq Man

az see by the paper said Mrs, Blinks
at the breakfast table, that a delegation
of women suffragists is coming TO this
Mr. Biinks said nothing.
',And they are going to invade WASH
ington and make a speech to the presi-
dent, and ALL"
Blinks still silent.
II declare" snapped the lady. You're
the most tantalizing man In existence.
There YOU sit like a statue. never saying
a word to show that you don't know
what you're talking about ATLANTA
Constitution.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14

help are stepping softly and wearing
thick shoes. THE rats were bad
enough" said one of the help, but I'd
just as soon risk them as these crawl
ing critters I understand a turtle
never turns loose till it thunders, pro-
vided he once gets a hold"
So far as is known the turtles have
caught no rats, but they are quite at
home in the basement, and unless there
is a sudden demand for genuine ter
rapin soup, Maryland style, there they
will remain for some time.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
HORSES TAILS STOLEN
BY, MIDNIGHT THIEVES
snecial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
READING, Pa, July 13.-The stable Of
Christopher Schearer at Muhenberg was en-
tel ed last night and his beautiful sorrel mare
was robbed of its tail. When Mr.. Schearer en-
tered his stable this morning he was surprised
to find that only the stump remained. The
hair had been clipped Use to the skin.
Henry Glass stable was also visited and a
black driving horse stripped of its caudal ap-
prndage. The stable of oliver Schearer at
Hyde park was also visited and his horse re-
ceived similar treatment
Residents believe that men engaged in gath
erlng horse hair for brushes are responsible
for the outrages Breeders declare that when
horses tail is cut close to the stump It
never grows to its former size.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14

"Well," said the proprietor, II see
you have at last sold that ugly hat we
expected to have on our hands"
YES" replied the saleslady 81 got
a middle-aged woman to try 1t on yes
terday and then told her that 1t would
not. of course, do for her because it
was intended for very young woman"
Chicago Record Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14

George Washington has decided to
retire.
"Of course, he said, 'that will bring
UP the old conundrum, What shall we
do with our presidents" l wish L
could give the newspapers something
else to talk about
Then a happy inspiration struck him
and he sat down and wrote his justly
celebrated farewell address to his
countrymen.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14

"Why do so many Americans shave
off their mustaches?" asked the inter-
ested European.
: Because" answered the staunch ad-
ministration man, they are probably
afraid of being mistaken for Henry
Watterson's presidential candidate, =
washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14

MAY we have the pleasure of your
company this evening, colonel?" she
asked.
The colonel drew himself up haughtily
and replied, with every evidence of OF
Tended dignity:
Madam. I command regiment."--
kansas City Independent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-06-13
No More Than Twenty in This
City.
New Law Passed by the Le-
gislature. Governor
Signs it.

According to new law just
passed by the Legislature no
mote than one saloon license can
be issued for every 250 inhabi-
tants. This will mean that the
city council in this city cannot
Issue more than 20 licenses.
The law becomes effective June
30th. of this year.
La addition to describing resi-
denee districts and providing
that licenses cannot be issued
ther1n against the protest of the
resident electors, the act also
provides that after June 80, 1907
the number of licenses which
mag 0e issued in any town. vii
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-06-13
Mortgage for $6,OOO,OOO Filed With
Register Of Deeds.
Largest Mortgage that has
Ever Been Filed in Bay
field County.

Register of Deeds Nels
Myhre received for fling this
week a mortgage for Sc, ,OO0,-
900 given by the Superior
Iron and Chemical company
of Michigan and Wisconsin to
the Union Trust company of
Detroit, Mich. The mort
gage is by far the largest that
has ever been filed in the
county of Bayfield, and covers
steel plants, blast furnaces
and chemical plants, farm,
timber and mineral lands, etc.
The mortgage is given for the
purpose of getting security
on bonds which the Superior
Iron ard Chemical company
propose to issue.