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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-02-14
JAPANESE COOLIES
LAND At FRISCO
inspectors Pass Over Two Hundred
of Them.
MEN HAD BEEN IN HAWAI-
Mayor Schmitz Wires the California
Exclusion League Denying That
He Has Deserted the Labor Unions
for the japanese, as Published in
Frisco Papers

San Francisco Especially The Pa
citic Coast liner Siberia brought 21S
Japanese contract coolies Sunday
from Honolulu, with 13 women and
five children. United States Immi-
grafton inspectors examined them.
Many admitted they were under con-
tract, but as they were going from
one part OF the United States to an
other they were allowed to land.
Only one was detained. because he
was suffering from trachoma.
Most of these men had been in
Hawaii only a few weeks. When
they reached here they were mar
shaled in gangs of 80 or 40 and
taken to lodging houses in the ia
panese quarters. The passports Of
these coolies were all issued by the
Japanese government.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-02-14
Come Out of Your shen.

Do you allow yourself to become
absentminded, wrapped UP In
brown study? Look about you.
Speak to those that you have been IN
the habit of ignoring. Make friends
with every one. Strive to touch life
everywhere you can. You VIII nc,
complish your tasks better by so<>n<
Ing than by going forward blindI}
sorbed in meditation or engroeee
internal musings.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-02-14

Woodburn, Ore. (SpeciaD. - Fol-
lowing the replacing by the Southern
Pacific of 10 white section men with
japanese laborers. so Americans
called at the section house Saturday
night and warned the Japanese to
leave town. There was no violence,
but the Japanese departed for Port
land. A. Schwabour, the section
foreman, refused to work with the
Japanese and resigned. Warrants
will be sworn out for the arrest of
the ringleaders of the crowd that
drove the Japanese away.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
SANDY BEND JUSTICE
Judge Hoke Tells What He Has
Done the Last Three Years.
HE HAD TO cRAwFIsH AGAIN.

Tells His Hearers That the State Is
Trailing In Mud and That Men Are
Looking Each Other In the Face In
Shame and Humiliation.
copyright. 1907. by c. H. sutcliffc.l
When a constable had kicked the
dogs out doors and given the China
men present warning that they
would be thrown through the window
II caught making any sort of disturb
ance, Judge Hoke arose and folded his
arms and said:
when the free born and patriotic
electors Of this county of Blue Hoss
elected the undersigned to the Office OF
jestice of the peace 1t was with every
confidence that every individual would
have all the law allowed him. / was
the proprietor of the Red Dog saloon
at that time and am yet. / didn't
claim to know all the fine p'ints of law.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

found him general traffic manager Of
the Great Northern. In 1895 he was
made third vice president of the Scnth-
ern and was second vice president Of
the same road when the death OF Mr..
Spencer occurred and he was chosen as
its head. Mr.. Finley was intimately
associated with James J. Hill while
traffic manager of the Great Northern
and lated second vice president and
was looked upon by Mr.. Hill as one
of the coming railway men of the coun-
try.
In the contest over the North Caro-
lima railway rate law Mr.. Finley was
arrested and was being taken before a
police Judge when released on a writ
of habeas corpus issued by Judge
Pritchard of the federal court.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

UfSU canuludte
for governor, and some of his oppo-
nents thought 10 beat him by recalling
the fact that his mother took in wash
ing The circumstance that he did not
allow her to do ii after he was four
teen years old, but took upon his young
shoulders the burden of supporting a
family of five, rallied so many voters to
his side that he was elected by large
majority, even though in the national
election the state gave Mr.. Roosevelt a
big majority. Governor Johnson was
chosen for second term last autumn
He has won high praise for the man.
ner In which he has conducted his Of
flee and handled questions arising out
OF the necessity of regulating the large
corporations.
Governor Johnson Is not an orator,
but is n fluent speaker. In an address
at Duluth some time ago he said:
Ten thousand a year is enough for
any man." and he betrayed what may
be, after all, his real ambition. "As a
life work." he went on, II would rath-
er be able to provide for the needs Of
a family, enjoy the fellowship Of good
books and good friends and write one
book that would be read 100 years
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
BOWSER FALLS down
An the World Seems to Go Wrong
With the Old Fellow.
HAD BEEN GOOD FOR A WEEK.

The Cook Knew Something Was About
TO Happen, For She Could Tell the
.symptoms-He Walks the Streets
For Two Hours In DIsmsy.
copyright. 1907. by Homer sprague.I
Mr. Bowser had been very good for
q week. He had taken Mrs. Bowser
on a suburban car; they had gone out
in the evening for Ice cream; they had
sat on the front steps in the cleaning,
and he hadn't cussed the street ped
Oilers who were yelling at the gate.
The cook had burned her hand and was
behind time with the meals, but not
one single complaint from Mr.. Bowser
Xwater pipe In the kitchen had burst,
but he had got plumber and paid the
bill without q murmur. The cook
couldn't help but notice the change
and in an awed whisper she said to
Mrs. Bowser:
;. Don't think me impudent, ma'am,
but that's just the way my sisters hus
band was taken before he hung him
self. l don't like to see 1t. 1t isn't
natural"
"All husbands have their streaks."
replied Mrs. Bowser, with a smile.
Eyes. perhaps they do, but 1 call 1t
uncanny. l hope you don't come down
to breakfast some morning with your
throat cut from ear to ear"
Mrs. Bowser had been married long
enough to realize that there was no de-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
The Assessor Fooled.

Cunning Assessor Ito Kreesus' wife,
Wonder IL could get an idea from
you as to how much your husband is
worth?
Truthful Wife-I don't know. From
the way he stints me should say
that instead of being assessed for any.
thing at all the city ought to pay him
something. -Boston Transcript.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

pending on a south wind and was
ready for the change when it came.
Mr.. Bowser left the house one morning
after kissing her In a most loving man
ner and cautionlng her not to over
work during the day, and at $50 p. m,
as she and the cat sat on the front
steps watching for him, he got off the
car at the corner. In an instant she
knew that the change had come. His
shoulders were hunched up and his
feet dragging, and he looked around
as If hoping some one would step on
his coat tails. The gate was open, and
he scuffed In and assembled the steps.
No, there was no mistake. He had
fallen down. His goodness had de-
parted.
"Who In thunder left that gate
openW he demanded as he passed into
the house.
"Why, think the minister did. He
was here calling about an hour ago."
"Then he wants to learn what gates
are for, and I'll tell him so next time
see him"
Dinner is all ready" said Mrs. Bow
ser as she Joined him In the hall.
Scores the Minister.
"Humph! You mean that some old
frazzled steak and watery potatoes
ere to be set before me. We haven't
bad a decent meal In this house In
SIX months, though goodness knows
the running expenses are the same as
II we kept a boarding house. The
idea OF a minister Of the gospel going
out and leaving a mans gate open!
he probably hoped a lot Of cows and
hogs would get into the front yard.
Wanted to spite me because 1 don't
come to church oftener, but we'll see
bow II turns out Where is your old
dinner anyhow
why, In the basement dining room,
Of course"
"Oh, It's, chr didn't know but
we were to eat 1t on the front steps,"
1t was a good dinner and a well
cooked dinner that awaited him. but
he found fault with every dish In ro-
tation and finally broke out with:
Mrs. Bowser. why do you keep
such bow legged, knock kneed. club
footed woman In your kitchenf Here's
at least three dollars worth OF food
not at for rats to eat"
"And only yesterday, when l told
you that she might leave US, you told
me to raise her wages 81 a month.
You said she was the best cook that
ever
"Never said a word OF the kindr'
he interrupted. you can give her no
lice to skate. I'm a patient. long suf-
fering man. but there's a limit"
The dinner was finally finished, and
they went up stairs. They had hardly
reached the sitting room when Mr.
Bowser yanked or his coat and
growled out:
by the beard of my father, but
what In blazes ais this collar Of mine?
1t has been saving at my throat all
day. I've got more than four million
collars In tie house. and yet l must
be pcstered this way"
Mrs, Bowser stepped over and looked
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

dency or the road
when its former
president. Samuel
Spencer, was killed
In a wreck last
Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. Finley was
born at Pass Chris
tan, Miss. In 1853
and started his rail-
way career as a
stenographer to one
OF the vice presi-
dents OF the New
Orleans. Jackson
and Great Northern
and rose In ten
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

TWO NEW PICTURES OF GENERAL BOOTH
labOred zealously to Christianize the
multitude, to purify the public mind
and to improve the material welfare of
the poor. The militant idea struck
him forcibly just thirty years ago,
when his IIalleluiah band. then spread
all over the British isles, became the
Salvation Army and he its general.
In his seventy-eighth year he is more
widely known and revered than any
other figure In the religious world ex-
cept the pope of Rome There are
many others conducting evangelical
and spiritually uplifting work in
smaller fields, but there is none his
equal In the public vision.
Since he received his honorary de-
gree at the University OF Oxford Gen.
eral Booth has been making n tour of
Great Britain in q motor car In ev-
cry humble hamlet there Is a branch
Of the Salvation Army. He has been
received everywhere with veneration
by great throngs. No emperor ever
called forth a greater manifestation
Of his power over the people. He has
lately appointed his own successor, a
privilege denied to the crowned kings.
William w. Finley. president Of the
Southern railway. has come into I'M
usual prominence on account OF the
controversy between his railroad and
the state OF North Carolina which has
occasioned a conflict between the state
and federal courts and rejuvenated the
doctrine Of state rights as political
issue. Mr.. Finley succeeded to the presi-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

All "Over."
Marie Is In the mountains,
The precious little dove,
And she u $50 Jane writes mel
Over her head
In
love.
And Daisy's at the seashore;
She's getting awful tanned;
Upon the beach she's iounginR
Over her limbs
In
sand.
And Myrtie's on the prairies
"a tall, romantic lass).
Outdoors she's Idly rambling
Over her knees
In
And ffther's In the city.
He's hustling hard, you bet.
Poor mani They say that he 10
Over his ears
IN
debt.
IF. p. Pitzer In Bohemian
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

from now than to
be able to amass all
the money In the
world"
The wife Of the
governor Is a gra-
cious and hand
some woman, barely
thirty years OF age
and tall, brown
haired and with the
rudy glow Of health
In her cheeks. She
is a native of Wis
consln and met the
governor while on a
visit IN ST pptar
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

Boys and girls the
world over will.
be interested in a
relic that recently
came into the pos.
session of an Amer
lean woman. Mrs.
Huldah Il. White of
Philadelphia. 1t Is
the old time firelock
used on the island
of Juan Fernandez
by Alexander Sci
kirk. whose expert
ences formed the
basis for Daniel De-
foes story entitled
Robinson Crusoe."
The firelock has an
authentic pedigree
and was for a long
time in the posses
sion Of Selkirk's rel
atives near bis birth
place, Largo. Fife
shire. 1t was pur-
chased by Mrs.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
Always at II.

Teacher-There is a difference in the
meaning Of the words vocation" and
"avocation." Vocation" is what one
does all the time. His Invocation Is
something aside from ones regular &C.
cupation. Now to show that you I'M
derstand the difference tell me what is
your fathers vocation?
Pupil = Smoking pipe. - Boston
Transcript
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

Governor j o D a
sons presidential
chances, the occa-
sion for calling out
the troops did not
arise. He is the
man favored for
the Dem ocratic
presidential nomi-
nation by Colonel
Henry Watterson
of the Louisville
COurier-J journal. IL
is three years since
he became a ma
tional figure. 1t
was in the fall Of
1904 that he was
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
Examples.

"The country air develops an enor-
nous appetite, doesn't ltT commented
one summer boarder.
yes" answered the other. Judging
tr fb' Tpsouitoes. Washington Star
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

WuTpeu 0lln VI
stunted his growth as q citizen, a man
Of affairs and as a specimen of phys
lcal manhood. He belongs to half a
dozen clubs and is active and popular
In them, takes a keen interest in pro-
gressive movements both as n maya
zine publisher and as an individual
citizen, keeps up the acquaintance
ships of his college days, and in spite
of the many demands of his business
finds time for outdoor sports and eX-
ercise, especially for golf, and is often
seen on the links of two golf clubs in
Montclair, \. j., where he makes his
home. He is one of the leading Spir-
it's in the Commonwealth club.
unique organization for men and boys,
which is u power for good in Upper
Montclair. Mr.. Ridgway was born in
Muskingum county, o., and studied
at Northwestern university for two
years, afterward going to Yale. where
he took the degree of bachelor of arts
with honors. lie was for some years
associated with Frank \. Munsey in
magazine and newspaper work and
became publisher of EYerybudy's
Magazine about four years ago. In
recent address at Chautauqua, n. v,
Mr.. Ridgway spoke in praise of the
much abused yellow journal" He
said in part: "The yellow journalist,
when lie literally yells the 5,0O0OO0
poor families of this country out Of
their mental apathy and compels them
TO take an interest in life and affairs,
is a public benefactor. God speed the
mission of the yellow pressv'
In his last years General William
Booth of the Salvation Army is receiv-
ing honOrs from most unexpected quar-
tiers. Who would have dreamed TWEEN
ty-tve years ago that he would receive
from such a conservative institution
as oxford university an honorary de-
gree? Yet ut the same time that OK
ford complimented the great Ameri-
can humorist and man of letters, Mark
Twain, by the bestowal of a degree it
also hOnored the venerable Salvation
list. making him a doctor of civil law.
With his long white beard and bris-
thing hair he makes an impressive fig
ure in his academic robes.
Since his formation Of his IIallelu-
lab band in the early sixties he has
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
One at Least.

One at Least.
She-You are just like all the men
you would not admit that you ever
made a mistake to save your life.
He-As II hadn't told you time and
time again that the mistake Of my life
was in marrying you!-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

Vice President Fairbanks likes young
people. With five children in the
family. four sons and Il daughter,
the Fairbanks household has always
been Il lively one, and it has long been
known for its open hearted and old
fashioned hospitality. Mrs. Fairbanks
is prominent in patriotic movements,
and her husband encourages her in her
special work in woman's sphere.
The strike among the miners III the
ron regions of Minnesota threatened
to put Governor John a. Johnson in
difficult situation by requiring him to
decide whether or not to call out the
state troops to enforce order in the
districts affected by the strike. For n
presidential candidate this is risky
thing to do on account of the liability
of his motives being misconstrued By
opponents. Fortunately perhaps far
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02
~ &>-I
! Short Stories
| About People.

THE publis h err
II of Everybody's
Magazine, En-
man j. Ridgway.
who has recently
taken to the lecture
platform, is an IL
lustration of a man
who is developed
In an all around
way. AS a maya
zine editor aud
publisher he has
won conspicuous
success, but his de-
votion to the liter
airy life has not
W nrna6 him ar
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

gears to be assistant general freight
? .eat OF the road. Ten years later
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

his home towr. They were married
four years ago.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

White at sale in ROBINSON CRUsoE's
Edinburgh for Sl60 GUN.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-02

Disadvantage Of the Present Mode Of
Millinery. ~ atua B.
The Columbus commercial., 1907-07-02
THE ESKIMO BABY.
How the Little One Is Carried and
Cared For by the Mother.

How the Little One Is Carried and
Cared For by the Mother.
The arrival In the world of the
youthful Eskimo is not greeted by
the orthodox cradle and swaddling
clothes. Practically till he can shift
for himself he lives absolutely naked
inside his mothers sealskin blouse.
skin to skin keeping him warm.
This arrangement allows the mother
to go about her work almost imme-
diately, and she can also travel and
hunt without a perambulator and
without having to leave any one at
home to mind" the baby. The moth
er's dress is almost exactly like the
fathers, except that it has long sort
of tail reaching nearly to the ground,
embryo, no doubt, of the modern
train
Spared the miseries Of soap and
water and early weaned to the readily
swallowed diet of blubber and raw
seal meat, the infant rapidly develops
that invaluable layer of subcutaneous
fat which. while it enhances the 'joI-
ly'' appearance of the lads and the
shapeliness of the maidens, assists ma
terially in economy in clothing.
Thus in their frigid cline, once in
their skin tent, the whole family will
divest themselves of every stitch of
clothing, unembarrassed by the fact
that so many families share the tent
with them. Sociability is early devel,
oped when ones next door neighbor
on each side is only separated by an
ina Cinarv line bpfwapn fbp dperSli0
you sleep on and the one he uses. The
winter deerskin serves as bed and
bedding at night and as parlor furni-
ture during the day. Community Of
goods is almost imperative under this
arrangement Thus when one kills a
seal all are fed, and likewise when
he doesn't all go hungry together
American Missionary.
The Columbus commercial., 1907-07-02
A Fish Story.

The latest fish story concerns the
herring and sea gull, and it comes
from Nanaimo A boat load of herring,
containing about fifteen tons, was left
at Johnstons wharf, Nanaimo, during
the noon hour while the fishermen
went to dinner. During their absence
several thousand sea gulls-the chron-
icler says 10.000-ate all the fish on one
side of the boat with such good results
that they emptied it, sgd when the last
herring had been removed from that
side it was like the last straw that
broke the camers back, for the boat,
with all the weight on the other side,
upset, spilling all the remaining fish
into the water-Shanghai Mercury.
The Columbus commercial., 1907-07-02
THE CRAFTY WOLF.
Stories of His Man Eating Feats said
to Be Untrue.


A skeptical person calling himself
st. Croix has been trying to find out
whether wolves and bears are maIlgn-
ed by the popular stories of their man
eating ways and writes his eonclu-
sions for Recreation.
First be tried running down the sto-
ries told in newspaper dispatches.
Fooled In this effort, he turned to the
Indians. They knew the gray wolf,
having wintered and summered with
him Had they ever known of an In
dian being killed by one2 N-no, but
Iingan was very crafty and very
much to De dreaded
Quite so. But, once for all, had he
ever to their knowledge killed man?
No, but they had heard So 1t went
always tie same intangible uncon-
frmed rumor and the same absence of
proof
"Now for a few facts as to the wolf, ,"
writes ST. Croix. "He can go eight
days without food and can then eat
forty pounds of meat at sitting. so
the Indians say. This is pretty fair
for an animal Weighing but eighty
pounds. Yet we do not know the
length Of the sitting.
'The wolf VIII not venture on glare
ice; he never crosses n lake until there
is enough snow to hide the ice. To
wetting his feet he is as averse as the
domestic cat He win not kill his
game in the shelter of the forest, al
ways driving it into some open place
for the kill.
''yEhcn chasing a deer, he goes at a
leisurely lope, sitting down at inter
walls to give the most dolorous and
bloodcurdling bowls. This drives the
poor victim into wild gallop and soon
exhausts it, and as the wolf never tires
he is sure sooner or later to catch up
with the quarry.
''In winter the deer often makes for
some wild rapid, into which it plunges,
knowing that the wolf will not follow.
Too often the deer browns, but better
such death than one by the fangs.
I'm summer a couple of wolves viii
secure all the deer they need by very
simple tactics. Having put up the
quarry, one wolf drives it by easy
stages to some little lake-I speak now
Of the Iaurentian country-and on
reaching the shore the deer plunges
unhesitatiugly in, for its instinct tells
1t the enemy viii not dare to follow.
$50 on it swims, while the pursuer
sits ON his launches and howls dis
mally, no doubt because he sees his
dinner escaping. At length the tired
deer drags itself wearily from the
water and shakes the drops from its
coat on the sun warmed strand Then
the companion wolf. which has way
laid its coming, springs at its throat
and when the first wolf joins him they
have a gorge that makes them inde-
pendent of fate for whole week"
The Columbus commercial., 1907-07-02
Strinped at the Law.

Dickens describes in his novel
"Bleak House the woes Of those who
were involved in suits in the chancery
court and the delays to which they
were subjected before the English ju-
dicial procedure was reformed. Tradi-
ton says that an artist once represent
ed the same idea in much less space.
Two suitors in ehancery, being recon-
ciled to each other after a very tedious
and expensive suit, applied TO him to
paint a device in commemoration Of
their return to peace and amity. He
gave them entire satisfaction by paint
ing them in the act of shaking hands
one clad in his shirt, the other without
even that