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Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
The Canal Bids.

Chairman Shonts announces that at
conference between the president,
Secretary Root, Secretary Taft and
himself with respect to the pending
contract for constructing the Panama
canal, it was decided. first, that the
lowest bid-that of 6.75 per cent-was
a percentage at which the government
would be justified in placing the con-
tract.
1t remains to be determined II
Messrs. Oliver and Bangs can qualify
financially under the requirements
that is, control $5,000,O0O above liabil-
tiles, including the 100000 which
will be required to make the bond.
The commission recommends that, II
their personal record and business
standing, are found to be all right,
they be given the contract.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Tip for the Minister.

Tammie Tomson was the "ne'er-do-
weel" of Scottish village. He had
been frequently convicted of poaching
and other offenses, and had paid the
penalty in prison. Unwilling to work,
he persistently tried all sorts of plans
and please for extracting money from
his townspeople. One day he met the
parish minister.
Mr.. b." Tam began, insinuatingly,
I've some information to gle ye the
day that might turn out very usefu'
tae ye. But l maun hae half crown
for what I'm gaun tae tell ye-its
worth it "a. | assure ye; it might
come in rael handy to we some day"
Tam, I'm hurrying to a funeral. 1
have no time to stop and listen to
your story"
"Oh, but, sir, yell be sorry If we
dinna get this hint frae mel"
Tam. 1 must go on, and keep my
appointment, but there's a shilling for
you; let me proceed"
Minister, I'll tell We for the shilling
this time," said Tam, in excess Of
gratitude. It'll no TAX We a minute to
hear it. It's this: If ye're pit in the
Jail, try and get the second cell on the
left han. It's by far the maist COM
Portable ane o them a."
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Frenchmen BaIk at Checks.

Frenchmen have never cared for
checks. They do not understand them.
A few days ago a French journalist
who had received a check on a we'll
known London bank showed 1t to me
and asked me what he ought to do
with it.
HAS it any value?" he asked.
why, certainly" said. "You SIM
ply indorse it on the back, take it to
your banker and he will give you the
amount written on it,"
But he seemed somewhat skeptical
and l could see that he would much
have preferred postal order. But at
last serious attempt is to be made
by parliament to teach the Frenchman
how to make use Of the check. 1t will,
however, require the sanction of a spe-
cial law before the masses will believe
that there is any real good in the sys-
tenn. 1t is proposed to introduce the
check with the assistance of the post
office AMI to issue checkboards for a
sum not inferior to $20.-N. Y. Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Eaton Rapids Fire Damage.

A fire which started at 1890 o'clock
Sunday morning in William Whitman S
bowling alley at the north end Of
Main street while hurricane was
blowing consumed the Whitman build
ing and structures on either side. The
loss, including the stock. is variously
estimated at $4,000 to 100000.
The saloon building of Miller &c
Johnson and the structure belonging
to Orlando Meacham, as we'll as the
Whitman building, were burned to the
ground. The First National bank
structure, which is next door, was saw
ed through the heroic work of fire.
men, who kept six streams in play. At
an early hour Sunday morning the
fire was under control.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
The Shah Crowned.

The coronation of Mohammed Ali
Mira as shah Of Persia took place
at Teheran Saturday afternoon with
impressive ceremonies and a brilliant
display of Oriental grandeur The
scene within the throne room as the
shah ascended the famous peacock
throne Of gold, set with jewels. sur
rounded by princes, mobiles and null
lahs, was one of rare magnificence.
The ceremony began shortly after
noon, at which hour the high court
dignitaries and the foreign diplomatic
representatives assembled in an ante
room of the palace. From this room
they were conducted to the throne
room, which is popularity called the
museum" owing to the Persian treas.
ures it contains.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
Has Added Enormously to Wealth OF
Farmers.

In a we'll conceived analysis of the
present conditions of national pros
perity, Richard Fl. Edmonds, editor of
the Manufacturers Record, of Balti-
more, in the Review of Reviews, sets
forth some astounding figures. 1t is
true, as the writer says, that to grasp
these figures we must accustom our
selves to think in billions. For exam
pie, the number of people engaged in
agriculture has increased from 6,000,.
900 in 1870 to IL 500, 900 in 1905, while
in the same 35 years the value of
farm property in the United States
has advanced from $4,000, 100000 to
$26, $50, 100000. In 1870 the value of
our farm products was less than ST.
900 100000; in 1906 this value has
reached the tremendous total of ST.
000, 100000. Says Mr. Edmonds:
Contrast this striking exhibit of
the prosperity which has come to the
farmers of the country with the pow
erty of 10 or Is years ago, and in do
ing so bear in mind that this Is only
the beginning of what we may eX-
pect in farm life. In passing through
the pioneering period of skimming the
cream of our most fertile soil we car
ried our farm production beyond what
could be profitably consumed by this
country or for which a profitable mar
ket could be found in Europe. Now,
enormous industrial growth, with it's
millions of consumers, added to Euro
pean requirements, has reversed the
conditions"
The chief cause of agricultural pros
perity in the United States is stated
in three words: Enormous industrial
growth" Ten years ago, when our
industrial growth was suffering from
the blight of tariff revision downward,
the value of farm products was not
above $500, 100000, or one-half of the
value in 1906. Ten years ago Ameri-
can farm property represented value
of but little more than $4,000, 900, 900;
to-day the value stands at fully $27,.
100000. The foreign demand for
our farm products has had relatively
little to do with producing these as.
founding advances in value alike Of
products and of properties. Far moro
potent has been the home market.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
IN THE MATTER OF CHECKS.
Take Them to the Bank at Once anc
Save Trouble.

In these days when so much busi1
ness is done by means of checks and
when these little slips of paper dis-|
charge most of the obligations bel
tween debtor and creditor it would
seem almost unnecessary to suggest inI
general way the advisability of CASH.
ing them as quickly as possible, says|
the Utica Press. That Is what busi-|
ness men do every day of their lives.
1t often happens, however, that losses|
coma to people because they postponed
this important process. A compare.
lively recent occurrence furnished ex-
amples of this sort. Men of limited
means held checks, which were good
when given, so long that when pre-
sented for payment they were worth
less. The holder, looking at them,
said: Il know that such and such a
bank is perfectly good. My money is
as safe there as it would be in my own
pocket" That Is true if the money
were deposited in your name and the
only way to have it in that good bank
in your name is to send in the check
man may give a check that is
good to-day and tomorrow, but which
may not be worth the paper on which
1t is written next week. Whoever
keeps a check more than "a hours, if
he can possibly get to a bank, is TAX
ing more or less risk, according to the
reliability of the maker. The busi-
ness of the country is done in checks
and millions of money changes hands
every day through them as a medium;
but the good business man, no matter
who sends it, puts the check in the
bank within "a hours of it's receipt
and then the process of actual collec-
tion commences. People unfamiliar
with the business sometimes look on q
check for $40 with just as much re-
spect as they would on $40 bill. One
is good when it is proven so and the
other is good anywhere and any time.
Checks are unlike wine, in that they
do not improve with age. When you
get check, even if it be E. H. Harri-
mans or John ID. Rockefeller's, take it
right to a bank, have it cashed and
put to your credit.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Food Law Pinches.

The fact that probably nearly all
the sugar cane syrup and molasses
output of Louisiana Of last fall is
unmarketable under a strict interpre-
tation Of the pure food law is brought
out in correspondence made public in
Washington today between Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson and Louisiana
sugar dealers.
For SO years sulphur has been used
in that state In treating cane juice for
Qualification, and because Of a widely
published but erroneous staement last
fall that the department of agriculture
would permit this use of sulphur to
continue, the product which is to be
marketed during 1907 was made in the
old way.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Proposed French Piano Tax.

The monster which French lawgiv-
ers intend to attack is ubiquitous. It's
name is piano" and the minister of
finance seriously thinks of proposing
tax on those instruments not used
in a professional capacity-and they,
OF course. from the majority. There
are in France about 100000 pianos.
and tax of. say, los, would bring in
the respectable sum of 9250,O00. 1t
Is very tempting to a minister who
struggles with an annual deficit
London Bystander.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Money to Burn.

The enactment Of the income and in
heritance taxes would increase the
surplus of 1855, ,O00 900, and might
make the sum larger than that What
would we do with that deluge of cash?
President Arthur's troubles were light
Compared with the torments which
President Roosevelt would precipitate
upon himself il congress should take
him at his word and open these
streams of revenue which he asks.
Providing we adopted and stuck to
those proposed taxes, what would we
be compelled to do with the tariff and
the internal imposts? We might, as a
preliminary, be called upon to burn
down all the custom houses or sell out
all the collectors Offices. Frederick
ID. Grant said a few years ago that 1t
was easier to manage surplus than
deficit. But he did not dream of the
surplus which President Roosevelt
would one day propose to precipitate
upon the country. No clairvoyance is
needed to foretell that neither the in
come nor the inheritance tax will be
enacted this winter or next winter, or
h6bably any other winter.-St Louis
GloSe Democrat.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
What Germany Covets.

Germany seems to have taken note
of the silence on the tariff in the
presidents message, and it has ex-
pressed some dissatisfaction over the
omission of the question it has re.
garded as very important. But the
German papers may not have taken
note of the fact that during the last
month our exports exceeded those
of the same month last year by some
S22,000,000 The United tates is doing
about all the foreign business that
she could hope to do under the most
favorable conditions. What Germany
is trying to do is to keep down her
own imports and at the same time ex.
tend her exports. Germany covets the
position in trade held by this country
and thinks in some way or other to
reach it through the tariff. But Ger.
many needs American agricultural
products. the hogs and the cattle of
our farms. Without them the German
industrial classes can not have meat
enough to satisfy their wants, and
without it meat prices in Germany
will be out of all range as far as the
masses are concerned. The United
States now has commissioners in Ger.
many studying the tariff question and
when they return and make their re.
ports we shall, of course, know a great
deal more about this subject. In the
meantime President Roosevelt re-
served all mention of the tariff.-Ceda,
Rapids Republican.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
NEW YORK
DRAMATIC LETTER
BY VALERIE BELL.

New York Especial Correspond
ence) In New York theatricals it is
the unexpected that always happens.
In theatricals generally one may take
this as an axiom; but in New York,
so often has the verdict of other
towns and critics been reversed, it
has come to be accepted Realistically.
And this season the truth of the
saying has impressed itself upon the
mind of the disinterested observer as
never before.
In the effort to Offset whatever in
huence this may have on things the
atrical most of the managers in this
year of grace hesitate to give a piece
a metropolitan opening, preferring to
try it out elsewhere, discover the
weak spots, if any, and strengthen
both the play and the cast ere tempt
ing the verdict of a New York audi
Cnce.
So it is that of real novelties, as
compared with the rest of the coun-
try, New York gets but few. Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia, even San Fran
cisco and Kansas City, oftentimes see
a good piece long ere it reaches New
York; and the metropolitan verdict is
then a piece of stale news, If not al
most ancient history, to the playgoers
Of those towns when it is featured in
the New York news or correspond
ence of their favorite journals.
But of all the real Simon-pure nov
in his dainty theater-erstwhile it
was but a music hall-on Christmas
week must stand alone. Not only did
he present new and untried piece
in fact, for that matter, two of them
but he had the courage to do. what
has often been suggested and dis
cussed, but never before attempted,
he gave trial performance with none
but the accredited dramatic critics
for an audience Talk of trying it
on the dog!" Weber tried it on the
critics, and reaped deserved harvest
of applause and appreciation! The
theater was lighted full, the critics,
sole audience, seated in the boxes,
and-mirabile dictu!-the critics ap-
plauded heartily, and even once so far
forgot themselves as to demand an
encore! Surely record-breaking
performance that.
The first piece, "The Dream City,"
is an amusing skit upon real estate
operations in boom cities. Joe
Weber, Dutchman as ever, is Dingle-
bender retired butcher with a
country place and daughter, this
latter personated by Cecilia-no
longer Cissie-Loftus. Otis Harlan,
long and favorably known as a Hoyt
& Mckee star, is the villain" of the
piece, otherwise the speculator who
devises the boom and intends to reap
the profits. Miss LOTUS introduces
her inimitable mimicries, somewhat
Interrupting the action, 1t must be
confessed, but so cleverly are they
done that one forgives the sin for the
sake of the sinner. The old familiar
limitations are still given; but the one
that really won the audience was
that of Rose Stahl, in THE Chorus
Lady" which simply convulsed the
entire house. No better piece of
seen IN Weber's boards; and some of
The cleverest work known to the
stage--that is, to the burlesque stage
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
STARVING Lads Plea.

Begging to be sent to the Lansing
reformatory where he might have a
chance to break away from his evil
life, 14-year-old Bennie Cross told JUS
tice Oosterbaan, of Muskegon, that he
stole to keep from starving. He took
bed quilt and saddle, pawned them
for few cents and bought provisions.
In spite of the criminal life he has
led for several years the boys manly
bearing impressed the Judge. He was
taken to Lansing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Progressing Finely.

Lovett-I suppose fellow ought to
have a good deal Of money saved up
before he thinks of marrying?
Marryat-Nonsense! l didn't have
a cent when married and I'm getting
along fine now.
Lovett-That so? Installment plan?
Marryat-Yes, and we've only been
married and keeping house for year
and I've got the engagement ring all
paid for now.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
AMUSEMENTS IN DETROIT.
Week Ending January 28, 1907.

TEMPLE THEATER AND WONDERLAND
Afternoons 2:l5, 10c to 2oc; Evenings 8:l5,
l0c to oOc. Mrs. Langtry & Co.
LYCEUM-Prices always i5c, 25c, 5Oc, 75c. 25c
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Hap.
Ward, in Not Yet, But Soon.
WHITNEY-Evenings 10c, 20c, 80c: Matin ees,
lOc, l6c, 25c. Jos. Santley I'm Billy the KID.
LAFAYETTE THEATER - Bargain Matinees,
sun, Mon, Wen and Sat, Best Seats 25c;
Night Prices, 10c, 25c, S5c. High Class
Vaudeville.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
THE MARKETS.

heifers, $5@5 so; steers and heifers,
1000 to 1,20O, 81 50@4 IS; steers and
50 25@3 So; choice fat cows, SO 500
10; good fat cows, SO 25QS so; com
mon cows, 50 2599; Gamers s1@1 So;
good bolognas, bulls. s2@S so; stock
bulls, So 5O@3 IS; choice feeding steers,
500 to 1000, So 1904: fair. feeding
stockers, 500 to 700, 81 75@s 25; fair
stockers, 500 to 700, 81 50@3 stock
heifers, So 50@3; mixers, large, young.
medium age, $1,000; common mixers,
s1s@25.
Veal calves-Receipts. 337; market
csc higher; best. 81 5s@s; others, $40
so; milch cows and springers steady.
sheep and lambs-Reseipts, 2,o4s;
best lambs, 81 25@7 30; fair to good
lambs. IS 1901: light to common lambs,
So 1905 fair to good butchers sheep,
Hogs-Receipts. 3.61s; market steady
to sc higher. Range of pgices: Light
TO good butchers. So 5000 So pigs
Sc so; light yerkers, s6 5000 55; roughs
s5 25Qs; stays, 1-3 off.
Chicago-Market steady; beeves, 81 15
@7 10; cows and heifers, 81 60@5 25;
ans, 50 1904 50; calves, iSXt ssXas. w. IGN
Hogs--Market sc to 16c lower; mixed
and butchers, Sc 25@6 57h; good heavy.
Sc 5000 57h; rough heavy. Sc ESQ
80; light, ss s5@S 52h;- pigs. SO $50
80; bulk of sales, So 50@6 55.
Sheep-Market strong; sheep, SO $50
10; lambs, 81 60@7 80.
Grain, Etc.
Detroit-Wheat-Cash No. 2 red, 76 a C
asked; May. 5000 bu at 79bc, 5000 bu
at soc, 10000 bu at S0Bc. 10000 bu at
soc, 5000 bu at S0h C; July, $4,000 bu at
7S1ac 1900 bu at 7SXc 20 600 bu at
7SBc, 10000 blu at 7shc; No. , red.
74kc; No. / white, 75%c
Corn-Cash No. 8, 1 car at 44c: No. 3
yellow, 2 cars at 45c; No yellow, 1
car at 43hc; no grade, l car at 41c; re-
jected, l car at 42Hc, l at 42c.
Oats-Cash No. 3 white, 39hc bid !;
No. white, l car at 3Shc.
Rye-Cash No 2, 69c nominal.
Beans-Cash, 81 20 bid: February,
81 81 bid.
Cloverseed-Prime spot, 40 bags at
sample. is bags at IS %, IL at 3S, 90 at
" 75 at 81 so; prime aisike, ~ 65:
sample alsike, bags at 81 25, at
Sc SO.
Timothy seed-Prime spot, so bags
at 81.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
The Candid Ghost.

Square-jawed Woman Cat spiritual.
lists seance)-Is that you, pa?
Spirit can't deny It,
Woman-This is your wife and
daughter Ariadne. How do you like
the spirit world?
Spirit-I'd like Ii durn sight better
IL could get away from your claquei
here.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26

The majority of men have no hesi.
tation in assuming their ideas in poll
tics to be absolutely correct.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26

has been done in this dainty littl
music hall.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-05
OXFORD STUDENTS.

The annual census of the University
of Oxford was taken some little time
back and afArds some interesting fig
ures. There are in all 2,S63 men in
residence at Oxford, an increase of only
five upon the total number last year.
Considering the fact, how ever that
the number in 1904 was 2.724, and 1852
in 1905, a steady increase is shown.
Number one as regards the greatest
number of resident members comes
New college, with 223, next to which
is Christchurch, with 206. and third
comes Ballot, with only $50 members.
Next on the list are Keble, 173; ST.
Johns, 167; with Brasenose in the
ruck with 1O4 residents
The total number of men in residence
at the University on the Cam far ex-
-ceeds that of oxford men. for st the
commencement of last term there were
1899 residents at Cambridge.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-05
Before an Earthquake.

>. Can an, earthquake be felt approach
ing, as a shower Of rain can be felt
and n fall Of snow? On the Riviera
in 1887 the horses laid their ears back
and gave every sign of uneasiness. In
Chile the birds have been observed to
iy inland just before a CONFUSION. In
Talcahuano in 1885 all the. dogs fed
from the city. These actions, of course,
as a scientist who has collected a val
liable list suggests, may be mere coin
cidences. for birds will fly inland and
kitten become nervous when no earth
quake IS nigh. On the other hand, as
the lower animals are singularly sensi-
tive to any changes of weather and TO
pressure of the air they may even be
conscious of Subterranean movements
which do not come within human ken
or are even not detachable by the most
delicate instruments - Westminster
Gazette.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-05

Mrs, Charlie Cotton, of Bombay. Fla.
are visiting DR.. E. Porter Webb OF
this place.
Misses Tudie and Mamie Bell Daw
son, who have been visiting their
grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. F
Martin, left for their home in Anda.
lusia today on the 10 O'Clock train.
Mrs. Bud Wardo, of Andalusia, who
has been visiting her brother, H. NJ
Stokes, left for her home today.
DR.. Webb was in DeFuniak Springs
yesterday on business
Mr.. j. H. Owens, general manager
of the Falco mill. was in town Sun,
day.
Quite-a crowd attended services al
the Laurel Hill Baptist church on Sun
day
Mr. Robert Jennings, of Policy, Ala.
has moved his family TO this place and
Will make this their future home
Prof Pendry HARRISON. who has
charge of the school near Liberty
Hill, Ala, attended church here Sun
day last.
Mr.. Chestnut, who has been quite
low for several weeks, is now improy-
ing.
Capt N. R. Stewart, his brother,
John Stewart. and Rev. John Patton,
of Gulfport, Miss, are visiting friends
and relatives near Bethel
VIM. Steel, of Bethel, was in town
this week
j. NJ. Martin, who has been in
Cocoa, Fla, for several days, relieving
the railroad agent at that place for a
short time, reports being well pleased
with that section and probably will
take charge of an office near Jack
sonville at Smyrna. He has an I'm
terest in a good farm in Laurel Hill.
Laurel Hill can boast of fine pros
poets of a great harvest, as the farms
up to date are very fine
DR.. M. Baggett left few days ago
for Gulfport, Miss, on professional
call.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-05

tack the vital organs, causing catarTh OF
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up MANY times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swa1np-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
oue-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Bingharnton, n. y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Ki1mer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghanlton, n. Y, on every
bottle.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-05
UtiIitarianfsm.

"Some people," said a professor of
the University of New York, ''carry
utilitarianism so far that the value of
beauty is forgotten and nothing ap-
peals to them but usefulness. They
are like the barber who was cutting a
young mans hair when his shears
made an unfortunate snip
His victim leaped from the chair.
OH he cried, in pain and dismay,
you've cut piece of my ear OFF,
'Shor returned the barber sooth-
ingly. Don't carry on SO, boss. 'Tain't
huff to affec' yo' hearin'.' "-Woman's
Home Companion.