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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
Faa Party.

A fad party Affords a novel enter
tslnment ~ q recent gathering OF
this nature each guest was requested
20 wear an emblem OF his or her par
ucular Tad. and 70 leave. as a memen-
20 Of the occasion. his autograph and
a pen-and-ink sketch OF the chosen tad
IN a blank book designed FOR tbs our
pose. Among the novelties worn rep
resenung the various fads were a
miniature bicycle. tiny tennis rae
cuet. baseball bat. q golf stick a
srlAM canoe. foreign stamps. curious
poster. paint brush and palette. a
miniature guitar. and a small rake
noe and shovel Prizes were award
ed for the most effective sketch and
for the poorest one.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
Butchers lnference.

One day Emperor Francis Joseph
vas entering = village IL his domain
OF horseback and was met on the out
skirts By q butcher who had gone out
In hope ot catching al early glimpse
OF Ire Austrian kaiser. The emperor
asked the butcher the way 70 an inn.
and after directions had been given
TIE butcher in turn inquired. Have
you seen the kaiser" Very recent
y" answered Francis Joseph Are
you sure. DO ycu know him certain
Iy," asked the eager butcher Well
I ought 70. replied the monarch.
putting out hts chest i have shaved
him often enough" All. and you are
the court barber. said the abashed
butcher in swsstrDck tones. as he
do1ed his cap and backed 20 the road
side
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
Miu Tr 20 Refsrm.

some OF It's readers having criticised
Re LONDON LaE Notes FOR being too
Yankee ia tone the editor replied
Have chr candid friends any idea
row dun re English laE and lawyers
ave grown lately Rarely j. there
lny legal incident IN this country With
4 grain q fun q t. Hence We are
Iriven 70 = younger country. where
avvers. 10 common with the rest Of
he population. SIN retain some boy
sh instincts and are not too base
Kith life 20 enjoy q joke. However.
~ ALL Try 10 BE- less Yankee aud
more British aud stodgy tor as long IS
We and our other readers car stand
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
WKS slApv ron Mn.
Clerks Suggestion 20 Customer whe
Mas a Little Short"

John Brink prided himself on hsv-
inE the largest general store in the
county. II nan wishes n. and Il Is
made. have it. was the sign over his
advertisements In the newspapers.
William said Nr. Brink one morn
Ing. as he Was giving Instructions 20
q green clerk: no one must ever
leave this store without making a pur-
chase. II person doesn't know
what he wants. suggest something.
And. remember. we have everything
from carpet tacks 20 mausoieumS-
Williams first customer was leisure
" appearing chap. who ga1ed about
curiously. but had no definite object in
view. Just looking around" he ex-
planned "Wouldn'; you like 10 look
AZ our new line % postal cards" sug-
gested the eager clerk. No. not this
time" answered the strange. I'm
jSst little short this morning" "Ah.
urgec the new clerk. who vas not "a
uaiiar Nth the wonderful expansive
ness OF the language. then. perhaps
you'd ike TO look at our line Of new
aud handsome stretchers, Harper
Weekiy
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
4 stree, Car Adventure.

A LADY entered a Baltimore street
Ar ard. Just a. she vas about 20 sit
ioVn. the car gave a lurch. throwing
ler iuto q ge1tleman's lap. Quickly
covering herself. she sPologiEed and
aid. = would give = quarter u + were
nan. 30 7 could swear Damn.
lrOmptly came from a man sitting Two
eats away. and he never looked az
he LADY. she quietly took a quarter
rom Der purse. offered II 10 the man
sbo had spoken. and he. as quietly,
sat il IN his pocket No further con.
ersafiou. and al were apparently
.aflrHed
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
PUT TAX ON BACHELORS.
State GO Argentine Republic Vas
Harsh CT These UnWed.

Although much has been written in
modern times in earnest and in fun
on the taxation CT bachelors. there are
not many corners OF TIE earth where
such a system Of taxation IS intro
duced as VAS done in the state OF Cor
5oba. IN the Argentine republic. az the
beginning OF the twentieth century.
There every male Who has passed his
twentieth year Is considered ~ for
marriage. and the state en1oins upon
kin the duty o. hnding a companion
Tor lie. II he remains single I'll the
completion % his thirtieth birthday
~ must pay for his freedom a tax O.
ivs dollars a month Thez Ike tax in
crezses SO a month az the age Of 3,
and even 20 $50 = month from the age
= s. 20 50. From TIE age Of 60 the
AK gradually decreases Widowers
have only three years given 70 enjoy
,heir liberty. after which they have
got 70 ret another wife or pay The tax.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02

Claims % Lake Superior Are Borne
Out ~ Analysis.

The water IN Lake Superior Il the
purest In the great lakes. according
20 tests oY the government Lake
Erie contains the largest percentage
OF incrustSRts. The analysis show
that the waters hold IN solution vary
ing quantities OF calcium aud mag
neSium compounds. which from their
tendency &c form scale OF incrustR-
tons on boilers are called incrust-
ants Named in the order Of the total
ircrustsats. beginning with the low
est. the lakes rang rs follows. SUPERB
or. Huron. Michigan. Ontario. Erie.
The waters OF Lake Michigan and
Lake Huron are nearly Identical in
quality and the same nay be said OF
those OF Lakes Ontario and Erie. Lake
Superior. however. carries Just about
half the amount OF incrus,ants borne
BY the other lakes. The reason for
this variation Is found In the geologi-
cal formation that surrounds the
lakes. The streams flowing into
Lake Superior drain areas com
posed chiefly % crystalline rocks,
which yisld scant quantities OF miner
Al water flowing through them. Lake
Erie Is highest in fncrrstsnts because
Il receives not only the waters 81
lakes Michigan aud Huron. but the
drainage from immense areas OF sedi
nentsry rocks IN Indiana and Ohio
and the province % Ontario.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
81. 3. or.aon Me,aui,os,.

The late Col L l. Hawkins VAS
Dad o. telling 8 mosquito story q his
1Eu. when MaEEnEs. gathered round
heir evening campfire. had 20 nSht OF
he singing pest. AZ the foot Of snow
mountains. where the hot footed
si-ds a-e often trOublesous- You
-an tax about Your biz mosquitoes,
aid he. after the tale telling orifiec
irto fairy topics but We meaning
Rodney Glissn and HIMSELF can tel
so-ethinE about mosquitoes ourselves
We climbed SINNERS Butte. a. Eu-
-sne 70 s4s the sulEst After vs had
rstchSd The SUI awhile & Vas OBJ
cured BY q dense cloud o. tremendous
mosquitoes They were the hugest
yer saw Here somebody usually
asked. How big we're they, colonel
They we're - big" ~ss The response.
hat many OF them Weighed
1ouns Strange 20 say. Col Hawk
Is never suffered bodily Injury Tor
euag this s;0ry.-Pertand Oregon
An
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02

All the great humorists are sad
Cervantes. Moliere. Swift. Sterne.
Heine. Richter Balzac. Dickens--for
sadness f. the penalty which nature
has annexed 10 that deep searching
knowledge Of life Ne cali humor.
Hence Is the tragedy OF literature.
II the man did not weep sometimes,
We would cease 10 laugh at his jes;s
In the end be weeps TOO much. and
then We talk OF the failure Of art
Michael Afcnahan In Papyrus.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
Angels Linoeris.

Charlie had just returned from Sun
day school. when he asked his dOting
parent an astonishing question.
Mamma. What klnd OF nndcrelothes
do angels weaTz" ke inquired soberly.
underclothes' What in the
aoFlc do sos meanz~ Even Charles
mother. Injured 80 startling queries,
AS stunned We'll nrrmEred the
Htsie chap. evidently puzzled. teacher
said that Abraham entertained The
sngei4 underwear
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
Utss Plon On shlnhoara.

A common. everyday farm pillow was
used Il unloading the cargo Of the
Auuon az san Francisco. The entire
hold vas filed with 1900 tons OF inter.
which had frozen into one solid mass
and very hard Explosives could not
be used and picks and shoveis were
too slow. AS a Joke a bystander sug-
Sesced they better use a pillow. The
captain. however. decided 20 try the
plan. and bought q Cood-sized plow
a1c 81 means % a block and tackle
and steam winch pulled IL back and
forth the length % TIE hold The
plow lsossued the niter as fast As q
big gang could shovel II into the steel
buckets This IS probably the only "a
stance or record where a ships cargo
vas discharged IN this wsy.-Popuiar
Mechanics
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
Mare Reaaino Matter.

Martha Smith. the village pOstmis-
fess. Is 10 a fine hUDOT." conhded the
sfai mali carrier. Going 20 get a
aise 81 GALAXY asked the city board
r. Nope, That wouldn't please her
sif as much IS the neS postal
yards New postal cards. ~Yeou
.etf Since people are allowed 90
rrlte oE both sides q them Martha
~ had twscs az mach 20 read every
asil
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
TEARS OF The CROCODILE.
Belief said 70 Have Origin in an
Ancient Fable.

The phrase crocodile tears owes
It's origin TO the imagination OF some
OF the old travellers. who invented the
fable that the crocodile Seers over its
Prey. one OF the earliest English
Elobe-trotters % mention this fiction
vas Sir John Vaudeville. who In his
Travels G4ss). speaking q "AetAi-
op." "Ynde" and an "Yle clFTt Siila. "
says: That LOnd Is full OF Serpents
and Of Cokadrilles- THESE Cokadrilles
ben manner OF Long Serpents. IA
lowe and rayed aboven. and had
Feete and schorte Thyes. and CRETE
Nayies as>Clees or Tallonns: AID
there ben sumo that had Fadme In
length. and sumo OF six and halfen-
day. And IN the night thei dwellen in
ne Water. and on the Day won upon
the Lond- THESE Serpentes slue men
and thei eten hem wepynEe; and when
thel eten tkei uoven the over Jowe
and noughte the neither Jowe. and the
hsye no Tonge. Montreal Standard
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02

The other night little Enid. sred out
. a DAY r0lupsng. Was about % re-
Ire Scr the uighf Nhen her mother
oid her % say her prayers. which she
slden;iy ~as about % forget This IL
ma. she said. oh. Lord. n yoa know
sTeryihing you know ara very
sieepy, So ccOd-by tii to-nor9os
nigat.~
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-11-02
DISTRIBUTING DEPOT FoR
Pittsburgh Perfect" Fences

been investigating New Idea IN VIE
heed
found the best field fence manufactured tr oas1
of all galvanized wires 1t the only enca
electricity Every rod guaranteed perfeet All large
the being the size line wires 1t has
hold moisture and
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

LEL
Cleveland, Oct. John d. Rookie
Teller, in a remarkable interview, de-
clares he believes trusts will eventually
take the place OF savings banks as the
repository for the savings OF the work.
ingman.
He came out fiat-footed in favor of
publicity in the conduct of corpora
tions and declared he believed II new
laws were needed they should be based
on the things actual experience have
taught us to be needed. and that pubs
licity be specifically required.
mo honest corporation has any Sc
crets regarding its management to con-
ceaI from the public" said he. ITO
the ~workingman ] would say that his
best interests lie in accepting the con-
ditions which have come about through
a natural economic evolution.
so firmly am / convinced of this
that I look to see the day when the
workingmen generally, as Standard Oil
employees have done, and grown rich
thereby, will invest their savings In the
Industrial combinations, as they now
deposit them in the savings banks.
Reorganization of Standard OIL ?"
he asked, why that has been going on
for years. Only -four Of the sixty who
participated in its organization remain.
Their places have been taken by their
sons and their grandsons. The sub
stitution has gone on gradually"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
HUSBAND COOKS AS
WIFE FIGHTS RUM

Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE Women's
Christian Temperance Union asserts
that Robert X. Hill is the model nus
band of Chicago. 1t was Miss Mary
III. Kennedy, vice president of the w.
G. T. u, who proposed for canoniza-
ton the name Of Nj. Hill, giving as the
reason for his elevation the fact that
many and many a time Mr.. Hill has
had the teapot boiling and the table
set for dinner when Mrs. Hill had been
detained lighting the demon rum, who
is running thousands in our midst"
In other words, while she Is at the
club he is in the kitchen. .
II have often been engaged in after
noon temperance work with Mrs. HILL"
says Miss Kennedy, when We were out
late and dinner time was not far off.
There we have found Mr.. Hill In the,
kitchen with the dinner In preparation
The potatoes were boiling on the stove
and the corn was all nicely husked andl
also boiling. The dinner was soon I'M
readiness, and II was q good one, too
So you see, ladies', we must give Mr..
Hill some of the credit for the great
work Mrs. Hill has been able to do and
Is doing In h cause Of temperance"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
SAYS 2-CENT FARES
Do NOT MEAN LOSS

Jefferson City, Sept. 30.-Replying to
the claim of the railroad companies
that they have lost $500, 900 from
compliance with the 2-cent fare law In
this state, Attorney General Hadley now
being doomed as republican candidate
for governor. says he does not believe
the railroad companies know whether
the operation OF the law will result in
IAN increase OF decrease Of net earnings.
: He quotes from figures supplied by
the railroads during the trial of the
maximum freight rate case.to show the
passenger business IN the state las
been on a paying basis and holds up
the passenger earnings of $1,078, 793, in
1905, sworn by the Wabash in opposi-
Ition to Vice President Miller's state
lment hat the Wabash never made
money on passengers even at the g.
cent rate.
: zone OF the difficulties with which
the railroad companies will have to
contend with in the passenger rate
controversy IL 1t is renewed" says
lHadley, 'is that in trying to win the
freight rate cases they have assigned
such a large portion of their expenses
Ito the freight traffic and such a small
portion to the passenger traffic that
they have demonstrated the reason
ableness OF the 2-cent fare bill by
own testimony"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
PASTOR FINDS WOMEN
DRINKING; is GLAD HIS
CLAIMS ARE PROVED

:. Chicago, Sept. 30.-A Congregational
Clergyman, disguised as a man OF the
world, has gathered what probably Is
the most singular set of statistics ever
collected In Chicago on h subject Of
woman and booze"
, Rev. Frederick z. Hopkins, pastor Of
Pilgrim church, gives this deduction:
! Fifty-eight per cent. OF the women
are patronizing f1rst-class Chicago res
taurants and drink intoxicants. no
matter whether they are accompanied
by men or alone.
: All n afternoon and evening Hop
kins led a party On a tour through
many If the leading downtown res
taurants, obtaining these statistics:
. Women seen in restaurants, 463.
, Number Of women drinking liquor,
269.
! Number not drinking, 1914.
IT am sorry to find the conditions far
worse than I estimated" said the pas
tor as he said goodnight. "At the
same time 1t is, in a way, no displeas-
ing to know the facts prove 1 was right
in my claims"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
TRIAL MARRIAGE
PLAN; FORCED TO WE'D

Portland, Ore, Sept. 9O.-Living with a
young Portland man named Herbert
Stewart IN which appears to v been a
bona fde trial marriage state, a young
woman of st. Paul, Mimi, ound herself
and her probation husband in pohce court,
where they pleaded not guilty to a mis-
demeanor charge. Then, convinced OF the
sincerity Of their intentions. Judge George
]. Cameron told them II they would get
a license and be married in the regular
way they might go free. They concluded.
after a whispered c%olloquy, that the trial
state warranted going ahead.
The young woman came from st. Paul
six months ago to experiment with Stew
art as a husband. The trial was to last
a year. So far 1t had been a successful
venture. The two lived in a cosy east
side fiat. They had taken each other in
what they declared was a formal marri-
age, though not sanctioned by license. To
an inner circle of friends they conflded the
secret Of their experiment.
Someone told n a detective called.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
ROCKEFELLER TO
HELP SAVE THAW

Pittsburg, Oct. 2.--Roger o'Mara
who has charge OF the obtaining evil
dence for Harry Thaw, who killed
Stanford White. has intimated that
John d. Rockefeller has placed his
wealth at the disposal OF Mrs. william
X. ThGw to keep her son from the in
same asylum or the electric chair.
O'Mara said that during a recent
visit to Cleveland he called on Rookie
Teller. The latter asked him for details
OF the Thaw-White tragedy. Rookie
teller was surprised to learn thai Mrs.
Mary Thaw had mortgaged her prop
erty, Lyndhurst, in Pittsburg, to pay
O'Mara would not admit 1t point blank,
yet he intimated that the Thaws We're
invited to draw on the Rockefeller
purse for financial assistance.
Rockefeller and William Thaw,
father Of Harry, were business friends.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
SECRETARY OF NAVY.
GETS HER BIG Doe

Washington, Sept. 30.-A few weeks
ago, the Oneida. with a party Of naval
militiamen on board, went on a cruise
up the Patuxent. The visit resulted In
the loss Of little Miss Clementine Grad
docks dog, Rover.
Straightway she wrote this letter to
Secretary Metcalf: MY Dear Sir:
About a month ago the men Of the
Oneida took my good old dog Rover
away with them, and he is now on the
boat in Washington. He is a dark
red dog, right big and has hardly any
teeth. T have no brothers or sisters.
no one to play with me, now Rover has
been taken. l am 8 years old, and
you don't know how lonesome I am.
I could drive him to my wagon, dress
him up or anything. When he got
stubborn and would not come with me
I would get a stick and make believe
1t was a gun and he would follow me.
Wont you please take the time to,
find out about my dog? I am so lone
some I have cried and cried about.
Rover.
IT know you are a great big man,
but please let me know about Rover"
When this letter reached the secre-
tary of the navy things began to hap
pen. Rover is now en- route to Miss
Clementine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
CONGRESSMAN SULZER
RESCUED BY ESKIMO

Seattle. Sept. 30.-Congressman VIII
lam Sulzer, OF New York, last night
told his experiences in cruising three
days In a gasoline boat among the ice
foes off the coast of Siberia, in danger
OF being crushed almost any moment.
He says he and three companions owe
their lives to the sagacity Of an Eskimo
guide. y
We crossed Behring strait in a gas
oline boat owned by two fur traders"
said Sulzer. and visited q number OF
Eskimo villages above East CAPE Aside
from the two traders, a friend of mine,
and the Eskimo guide named Segussa,
were in the boat.
I'VE had Easy sailing, stopping at in
tervals 10 see the tribe villages until
we reached Cape Serdesse. We anch-
ored of Windward shore September l.,
and prepared to spend the night, lying
ten miles seward. That night the ice
came in n for three days we had to
fight u way through the fioes."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
PRESIDENT STARTS
ON WESTERN TRIP

Roosevelt left washington sunday
night for his southern and western trip.
which his friends declare will bring
home to him forcibly the strength of
h sentiment in favor OF his re-elec-
ton. Politicians the country I'VE are
closely watching to see whether in the.
face of this sentiment he will reiterate
his election night declaration that UNI
der no circumstances will he take an
other term. The president has planned
no such reiteration for reasons already
set forth In these dispatches, but he Is
a man who deal with conditions a. hel
finds them and seldom let's a psyche!
logical moment pass. The trip Is sure;
to be marked with illusions by prom
inent men to the desire Of the people
as q whole that he should accept an
other nomination.
The question of President R~oosevelt'si
future is the livest political wire in the
country today. The New York Herald
recently editorially recognized the
strength Of the third term or second
elective term" sentiment and suggested
that 1t would tend less to Caesarism or
bossism If Mr.. Roosevelt should be re-
elected in 1908 than II he should dictate
his successor, be the boss Of that sue
cessor and appear as a candi-
date In 1912 with all the political
AASAA Las WV Va PAOSA
dent maker.
The president will pass through Ohio,
which is still a factional state so far
as Secretary Taft Is concerned: In
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ten
nessee and Mississippi. Within the last
two months the country's pulse has
been felt by dozens Of newspaper can,
vases to determine the relative
strength of candidates. Every name
except RooseVelt's has proved a seconds
choice. He is easily first, whether he
wants a denomination Of not.
Accompanying the president were
Secretary Loeb. who goes as far as
Keokuk, Ia: Assistant Secretary Latta,
T. H. Netherland, Surgeon General
RiXey, u. 8. N; Secretaries Wilson and
Garfield, who go as far as Canton, o.;
representatives Of the three press as
sociations and a photographer. DR..
Alexander Lambert, the presidents:
family physician; John NJ. Parker and
John A. McIlhenny, civil service COM
missioner, whose guest the president
will be on the hunting trip In Louisiana,
will join the party in the south.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
BEARS, WOLVES, CATS
AWAIT mo PRESIDENT

Washington, Oct. 2.-"I never have
told the president that he was sure of
bagging a bear in Louisiana, but 1 have
said to him that I consider the pros
poets excellent, and so / say to you,"
said Civil Service Commissioner Nc
Ihenny, who is with the president en-
route to Iowa and will be his host On
his forthcoming hunting expedition
among the canebrakes of the lower
Mississippi valley. McIlhenny said:
"The presidents camp will be pitched
in lenses parish, but just at what
point I cannot now say; that will de-
pend upon the presence of the game.
It Is a famous bear country, and If
the presidents party does not secure
one or more specimens 1t will be out
Of luck. / recently have q the region
explored by Hoke Collier, who located
n fewer than six bear trails. There
is also an abundance OF timber wolves,
bobcats and Virginia deer, to say moth
ing OF cougar"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
WEDDING Of LAKE
CITY COUPLE WAS
REAL ELOPEMEN1

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. develop
ments of today reveal that the wedding
of Pearl Moulds and Albert Trotter,
both prominent young people of Lake
City, which was denied by both preach
er and participants as an elopement,
was really a runaway affair.
Miss Moulds. pretty and q social IA
vorite, was sent by her parents to
Drake university for the express pur-
pose of separating her from her lover.
But Trotter was equal TO the occasion.
He went to Des Moines after his sweet
heart, bringing the Rev. MI. McCord,
who was in sympathy with the young
people, with HIM.