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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
MR., BOWSER'S VISION
lie Sees Millions of Profits In
HuckleberrieS.
PLANS A TRIP TO PkHIS.
Orange Effect OF Visit of French
Count With a New Recipe For the
Manufacture of Wine-Happy Dreams
In Black Bottle.

ICopyright, 1867, by Homer Sprague.1
There was a beaming. b2lmy smile
on Mr.. Bowsers face as he came home
from the Office the other evening, and
as Mrs. Bowser met him at the door
be put his arm around her and called
her ''old girl and said he had been
thinking OF her all the afternoon. Be
fore sitting down TO dinner ne insisted
on stroking her hair and holding her
hand, and all through the mea. he
spoke in her praise and plainly tod
her that he didn't hold her responsible
for the size Of the gas bills. Now and
then he would burst into laughter and
sap his leg and ask what she was go
ing to do when they reached Paris and
if she thought she would enjoy seeing
the room in the Tower Of London
where Louis XVI. was beheaded.
Mrs. Bowser could not make him out,
but she knew that he had news Of
some kind to communicate and that he
would get around to it after the meal.
She was right He kept it to himself
until he had his cigar alight, and then,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27


after a brief absence upstairs, he stood
before her with a benign look on his
face and said:
Mrs. BoWser, you are good WON
ana mighty good woman"
"Yes?"
"You deserve all you are going to
get. When l think Of how happy you
will be it makes ne rejoice
But what am | going to get?" she
asked.
And your mother-she is a good
woman, mighty good woman. She
is my mOther-in-laW, but l think just
as much of her as If she were my own
dear mother The goo;! Cd soul, hut
I'd like to hus her. MI make her
world. and she shall bless the day
married her daughter"
but what is all this mystery about?
What has happened during the day."
"Mystery-ha, Ia. Ia. 40 mystery
about it. dos.". We are simply about
to become mi!liOn%irGs ten times over.
We may not own The whole earth in q
couple Of years more, h;'t We shall
have the tie DEEDS to Il good share
Of it. Do you think S.@2C0O 4 wear
sufficient pin money for OF: If YOU
don't. just say so. l aIn not the man
to stint my wife cn pin money. Scuse
me a minute. will your
He passed into the library and was
gone q minute and half and then
reappeared licking his lips. Mrs. Bow
ser shifted the air and detected an
aroma, but couldn't exactly define it.
Mr.. Bowsers smile was now both pa
terna1 and benignant, and, sitting
down with a chuckle, he said:
you are dying to hear all about it,
and I won't keep you in suspense.
started life as a poor man, didn't 2"
Yes"
"When we got back from our bridal
tour 1 had only 75 cents left-only 75.
You began to worry as to how we
should get along, but I told you to
trust in me. I knew myself. 1 knew
that a man with brains who was a
natural financier could not be kept
down. We haven't had to go to the
poorhouse, have we?"
"No, indeed"
"Poorhouse-ha, ha, ha! Bowser, the
fnancier, in the poorhouse! Hasn't
every scheme I have taken hold Of
proved a glorious success? Hasn't
every plan worked out as expected 2"
Mrs. Bowser thought of the hundred
and one schemes he had originated
and made a failure of, but it was no
time to furnish a list of them. She
wanted to hear what his latest was
He again asked to be excused and
lodged out into the hall for a couple
of minutes. She thought she heard n
gurgling in his direction, but was not
sure. When he returned he said:
You know what the huckleberry is,
Of course:''
"Yes''
And you have heard of logwood?"
Certainly
and alcohol?'
"Of course
"Well. those are the three things
that are going to make Us rich. When
I left the house this morning had no
more idea of what was in store for me
than you have of flying across the At
lantic. When I reached the Office
found gentleman named Dubois
waiting for me. He was count be-
fore the French renublic. He was not
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
NO CHANGE IN STRIKE
Both Sides Continue to Express Sat
isfactiOn With the Situation.

New York, Aug. 22.-Committees of
the striking telegraphers today began
to visit business houses in this city
soliciting contributions to the unions
treasury.
The business meme wer asked either
to give money or an order for adver-
tising space in newspaper which the
strikers expect to issue soon. The So
licitors reported that they were gen.
eraly successful.
Representatives of the telegraph com
panies and the telegrahers union as
serted today that they were satisfied
with the situation in the telegraphers
strike.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
JEALOUSY CAUSED MURDER
Mrs. Nallett Shot and Killed to Pre-.
vent Her Marrying Another Man.

Trumbull, Cnn. August 22-In a fit
OF jealousy because he thought she
was going to marry another man, Lu-
cas- Koplinsky, at Tashua, shot and
killed Miss Lillian Mallett today, a:i
to hide his crime set fire to the shed
in which he had slain the woman
Miss Mallet was 55 years of age and
wealthy. Koplinsky worked on the
Mallet place for seven years. A neigh
Dor who heard the shooting raised an
alarm and KOplinsky was capture,l
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
Second Primary.

Memphis, Tenn, August 22.-The
second primary election for the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination was
held in Mississippi today, the candi-
dates being E. F. Noel and E. Brewer
Weather conditions were good and
early returns indicate that the vote
was nearly as large as that cast August
1. Returns from/24 towns give Noel
a lead of 20S.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
THE {. w. POLVOG1 co.
1.-The Store THAT'S Always busy
We Have
Opened a
Wall Paper
Department

1t is our aim to make this just as good
department as any we have under our roof
We have in stock full assortment of cheap
medium and Fine Wall Paper, suitable for
Hall, ParIor, Dining Room, Bed Room and
Bath, prices from I0C. to Soc. per roll, Let
us figure with you for your Fall Wall Paper
Ing. See window display, center round window
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27

Birmingham, Ala, Aug 23.-One pas
senger dead and II Severely injured
as the result of a wreck of the Bloc
ton accommodation train on the Bir-
mingham Mineral railroad, a branch
of the ouisville and Nashville railroad
at Johns station today.
The wreck was caused by spreading
rails.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27

Most d1sfguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc, are due
to impure blood. Burdock Blood Bit
ters is a cleansing blood tonic Makes
you clear-eyed, clear-brained, clear
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27

only a count, but he was worth his
millions. When the nobility had 20 20
he found himself a poor man Some
counts would have committed suicide,
but he was not that sort Of count
He cast around for way 10 rebuild
his fortunes. After many failures and
disappointments he has finally struck
il. That's what brought him over 70
see me-"
But he didn't come over from France
especially TO see you, did heF asked
Mrs. Bowser.
Certainly. he came straight 10 the
office from the steamer. He came 10
zee Bowser first Of all. He would have
waited all day for me to come in. Mrs.
Bowser, / want you TO know that your
husband is just as we'll known in Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa as in America.
The count had scheme to lay before
me, and, being a business man, he
didn't waste any time. Do you know
the value of the French wines made
every year,
az have no idea"
"Over $500. coo 900, my dear. Two
thirds of them are made Of grapes, but
the other one-third OF something else.
AAe punt oh 'neA1 - CIV
is no earthly reason why French wines
can't be made right here in our own
city. All you have to do is to mix up
the stuff and put French label on the
bottIe' Inc count CAME over ~ fio
pose business partnership anu AZ
~, i'm q
gong ID WIN nlm. ocuse ne in4i1
ate, dear
He stepped out INTO the naii' anu lils
tune there was no "lstahe apoul nc
gurgie' 1here was d slau ilsnt IL MS
eyes as ne returheu, out lie n"u -
scratch MS heau ana LOOK up "' 'he
ce.i-ng before be could remember where
he lelt OF, ana continued:
-" t.s""H s'o--'S, 'ii9
rat..---. ,'.' '.s-@ iis!S ol tne =
iyt-. -- .---". >,~..-ef Win one
! cal-al u 49,, III. -" loGhus oI ~
| Noc4 -. ,~-- ,.,.t,.o OF water init
| $5O,UuO worth O. TIE lest I FehSn Wills
| clear profit Si-.vov. Any eolu H'.'e
| TO beat that: Fat ycur husband on '-e
| back and call him a DGHy bo!' az
tend TO the h0c.!eJerry part ana 'Le
| count to tie rest | aCIeFISe III 'At
morning paper foc 4oV0o Dushe!S VI
| huck-huch
There was no Longer room 10 uodpt
| Mr.. Bowsers condition. lie was SILL
| ing feebly and looking up at the cell
| ing, and be seemed to have come 70
the end Of his story. Mrs. boWser
| passed around behind MN ana TOOK
| pint bottle OF some DARK Hqulu lloln
his breast pocket, 1here were ou'
| few sips lett IN the pottle' Lie soA
| Cling noise was explained.
"What do you call thls!' she asked
| "Zhat: Zhats our huch-nuchIeperry
wine. Count lad botue OF 1t al
ready mace 1cT ne Mlsh' no"sneA
Zhe prohts are enormous
| do you know that you are lhIoAi-
cated:
| "Me 'toXlcated! Ha, ma, ma! Ooou
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY
Champion Kills Brother in Law and
is Himself Mortally Wounded

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 23.-Near Spring
Hope, in Nash county, yesterday Henry
brother-in-law, named Champion
At the time Champion was mortally
wounded. The fight was the result of
drinking. Both are white.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27

Cures baby's Group, Wi1lIe's daily
cuts and bruises, mama's sore throata.
grandma's lameness-Dr Thomas Ec-
lectrfc OiI-The great household rem
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
What Next?

She (sighingl-Oh, for the wings OF
the lark.
He-These women are never content.
Now her motor doesn't satisfy her
FliegenGe PLATTER.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Waste OF Scientific Thought.

Word comes from Paris that a scien-
list over there has an invention that
will make a detailed record of mans
thoughts. This is interesting, but it
will never be popular, declares Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. Few men think
thoughts that they would care to pre-
serve, more especially if taken una
wares by a prowler with a snapshot
think recorder. OF course, it might
be possible to train the mind to sit
for a mental picture, as it were, but
there are few men who could look
pleasant while doing it. No man
would feel safe as long as he thought
II was in the neighborhood. No, the
Frenchman would do humanity a
much greater and far more satisfying
service by perfecting a new can open.
er or an original cough cure.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Manufacturers on Record.

The National Association of Manu-
facturers went on record in New York
in favor of revision of the tariff at
the earliest opportunity and the nego-
tiation of more reciprocity treaties. A
lively debate preceded the vote which
was upon the acceptance of the report
of the committee on tariff and reci-
procity.
A great number of resolutions were
passed, including Endorsement of the
open shop, industrial education, i'm
provement of the consular service,
commentator of the river and har-
Dor congress, and a request that the
president withhold his approval of the
new German agreement until the prob
able effects on domestic labor and in
dustry can be learned
Opposition was voted to all illegal
combinations Of either capital or of
labor and it was decided to raise ST.
100000 in the next three years to carry
on campaign of education concerning
dictatorial combinations.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Mourn Death of Mai. Conqer.

The news of the death of Maj. Ed
win H. Conger, former United States
minister to China, was received with
much sorrow in this state, where he
was we'll known. Maj. Conger leaves
three brothers and two sisters. The
brothers are Rev. E. l.. Conger, of
Pasadena; Frank d. Conger, of Ben
ton Harbor, and John w. Conger, of
Mexico; Mrs. A. c. Baldwin and Mrs.
Edwards, wife Of Maj Edwards, q. S.
A, were sisters. Maj. Conger often
visited his brother at Benton Harbor
and was known ard loved by large
number OF the people of the county.
Ambrose II. Rowe, a former mayor of
Benton Harbor, served in the One
Hundred and Second Illinois regiment
in company X, while Mr.. Conger was
captain of company / of the same reg
iment and the two men became well
acquainted and their friendship has
ever been quite intimate. Maj. Con
gers last visit to the city was on
September 8, 1905.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Good Huntinq."

Undertaken J. A. OFT and John Wal
ter, while returning from Traverse
City to Sutton's Bay, were attacked
by a pack of seven wild dogs that
have inhabited the swamp mile and
a half south of town for more than a
year. These dogs arc Jet black in color,
of a spaniel species and have returned
completely to the savage state. They
did not attack the horses, but In try
ing to reach the occupants q the bug
gy they grabbed the spokes and were
thrown into the air BY the wheels.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Two Hundred Killed.

A dispatch from Sydney, N. S. w.,
says a report has reached there that
a hurricane and tidal wave swept
over the Caroline islands on April 30.
Immense damage was done to property
and 200 persons are reported killed.
The Caroline archipelago is German
possession composed of about 525
islands, with total area of about $50
square miles and an estimated popu-
lation of about $4,000, including about
1000 Europeans. They are mostly very
fertile and produce all kinds of trop-
ical fruits and produce. The natives
are well developed and intelligent,
and a very extensive commerce is
carried on, mostly in the hands of
the German Jaluit Co., which has sta
tons on all the more important
islands. The group is on the equator,
directly north of, the easterly coast
of Australia and little south of the
route from Hawaii to the Philippines.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
To Die in the Chair.

Revenge renews our happy love in
heaven" chiseled by him on the tomb
stone of his wife, caused the conviction
of John Bell for the murder Of DR..
Charles Wilmot Townsend, a Staten
Island physician. Bells motion for a
new trial was denied and Judge Abbott
sentenced him to be electrocuted July
1.
Bell, who, during his trial, had dis
charged one attorney for allowing his
half brother to testify that Bell had
confessed killing DR.. Townsend for
revenge, hired another attorney, but
delivered the closing address to the
jury himself. His speech was an i'm
passioned one. He closed with:
81 am not Harry X. Thaw-but plain
John Bell. l have no wealth-but if
had l could produce witnesses whose
testimony would acquit me-
The jury was out three hours, re-
turning a verdict Of murder in the
frs. degree. Bell remained cool, but
his sister and stepmother tainted.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Pay Fares to High School.

The futile bill to allow school dis
tricts which have no high school to
vote eligible pupils transportation to
the nearest high school aroused ora
tory and applause in the house. Rep
resentative Campbell urged that Amer
lean success has not been won by
easy education, but by the uphill path.
Representative Greusel said it was the
duty of the state to do all she could.
Representative Newkirk urged that
Representative Campbell's argument
would prevent state aid to the Grand
Rapids fair, which could thereby do
better if it had to struggle uphill. Rep
resentative j. j. Mccarthy. of Arenac,
pleaded vigorously and with emotion
with interruptions of much applause
for the boys who have to struggle
for an education. A few members
voted with Campbell, but the bill had
a triumphant passage.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Primary Bill in Senate.

The senate committee on elections
reported the Dickinson primary bill
and it was speedily taken up, with
Senator o. B. Fuller in the chair. The
first vote on the bill was vote in
committee, when the bill was reported.
Senators Fyfe, Bland, Ely and Seeley
voted to report. Senator Kane op'
posed it. The bill as reported elm
mates the newspaper advertising
clause and the clause restricting state
employees from acting in campaigns.
The opposition won in the first clash
in the senate by refusing TO concur in
the committees two amendments
RUSSELL of Kent, voted with the oppo-
sition, making the vote II to 10. The
executive committee of the Michigan
State Grange met and decided to rec
ommend to the people and the legisla
ture the Dickinson bill as passed by
the house, without the 40 per cent
restriction.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01

Wealthy women, including, II is
said, some members of New YorR's
400, have established fad for black
walnut furniture and are poking about
through secondhand shops looking for
good pieces. 1t is only a few years
since this furniture went out of fash
ion, and even at that time black wal
nut wood was growing scarce and
costly so that anyone with foresight
might have known that the bedsteads,
bureaus and tables that were discard
ed so gladly and for so little money
would in time increase in value. How
ever, those who practically gave this
furniture away in their anxiety to get
rid of it, says the Indianapolis Star,
need not mourn for, fashionable or
not, the fact remains that its effect
is gloomy and unless especial care is
taken 10 Offset its dark and somber
look it is depressing to the spirits OF
those who must live with it.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Romance in Business.
G. A. LIsK, Publisher.

II a young man does not find ro-
nance in his business, it is not the
fault of the business, but the fault OF
the young man, declares Andrew Car
negie, in System. Consider the won
5ers, the mysteries, connected with
spiritual of all agents-electricity
with its unknown, and, perhaps, even
unguessed powers He must indeed
be duh and prosaic young man who,
being connected with electricity in
any Of its forms, is not lifted from
hum.drum business tc the region OF
the mysterious. Business is not all
dollars. These are but the shell-the
kernel lies within, and is to be en-
joyed later, as the higher faculties OF
the business man, so constantly called
into play, develop and mature. The
root of business must always be serv-
ice to the community. The real bust
ness man is one who furnishes some
commodity that the community needs.
Dollar-making is not necessarily bust
ness. The man who stands in brok-
er's Office, for instance, and watches
the tape, is not a business man, but a
gambler. What is speculation, any
way, but parasite fastened upon the
labor of all real business men? 1t
creates nothing. 1t is the counterfeit
of true business. Some people make
a great mistake when they decry the
acquisition of wealth. A man must
get money before he can give it
isn't that self-evident? He must be
egotistic before he is altruistic
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Appraises American Colleges.

Theodore Parker once said that DE-
nocracy meant not L am as good as
you are but You are as good as I
am"
That definition of democracy, in the
larger or general sense, is recalled by
the handsome compliment paid our
American universities by Prof. Brandt,
Of Berlin university, who has been CIV
ing his American impressions in a
German periodical. OF the colleges OF
the new world the distinguished Ger
man scholar says: THE students be-
have themselves with self-respect as
well as respect for others as If con-
scious of being members of a great
and proud democracy. A remarkable
measure of independence distinguishes
these youths whose instructors, in
deed, Fem more anxious to educate
them as good citizens than as fine
gentlemen" If that be true, as we be-
lieve it is as rule, remarks the Mil
waukee Seminal, our growing multi
tude of college boys are collectively
imbued with the right spirit of democ-
racy, as defined by Parker, and their
teachers are recognizing in practice
that tie teaching function must con-
Germ itself mainly with molding char
acter in conformity with the theory
and ideals of this republic of manhood
valuation and civic equality.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Held Up STANDARD Bill.

The house passed the Simpson juve
nile court bill, the general measure
supported by the county agents Of the
81 We board of corrections and chart
ties. The STANDARD bill for Detroit
which is opposed by County Agent
Sam Lawrence, of Worthwhile. has
been held up since Representative
Cass Benton, Of Worthwhile, objected
to an amendment exempting Detroit
from the provisions of the county
agents bill. TIE STANDARD bill will be
taken up again this week.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Would They Run?

In an interview in New York Gen.
Kuroki praised the United States, and
declared that he never expects trouble
between Japan and the United States.
In reply to a question as to a possible
war over the Philippines, Kuroki is
quoted as having laughingly replied:
When you make war on us we will
run away from you. Wherever have
been / have found a genuine welcom-
ing of friendliness among Americans
for Japan, and l can assure that in
Japan there is the same genuine feel
ing of respect and admiration for
America. We know what great coun-
try America is and her friendship is
something we prize very much"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-01
Students Drink Some.

The Sociology club Of the university
has gathered statistics to show that
from so to 75Nper cent of the univer-
sity students indulge in intoxicating
liquors to some extent. Investigations
of the Ann Arbor saloon situation have
been going on for several weeks, in
charge of L. c. Brown, '07 law. 1t has
been found that the saloons In that
city are not typical Of the dram shop
with all it's evils. They are social CEN
ters. Saloons are held to be better than
soda fountains, for they are more lux
urious, having leather cushions and all
the comforts of home. The saloons
which cater to the campus trade" do
SO exclusively, permit no excuses, are
well furnished and generally sanitary.
AS to the legal regulation of the sa-
loon in the city the Sociology COM
mittee thinks that If present laws were
enforced by the local authorities proper
bounds would be maintained 1t Is
pointed out, rather ironically, in the
committee report that "the city now
has a police force large enough to en-
force all the city ordinances"