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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
A aIumhie Bird"

In the West Indies is found bird
called the sunset bird. because half an
hour before sunset and half an hour
before sunrise it utters its peculiar cry
Of "Soleil coucher" The natives call
It a "Jumbie bird" Ia bird possessed OF
the deviD and say that to kill 1t would
bring death 20 its slayer Another bird
found IN the same region is the "Sou-
friere Bird which makes its home
near the volcano Of SOufriere, and
among the natives there is strong be-
lief that the first individual to see this
bird will die. while the most horrible
torture by evil spirits awaits the man
who kills it.-Minneapolis Journal
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
QuieiilY Supplied.

There have been many strange things
In English history. One of the most
curious was recently mentioned by o
little schoolgirl.
"The hydra" said this much in Horned
young ersOn was married to Henry
the Eighth. When he cut her head %,
another enc splang right up" F.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
She coL.d c. FOR Herself.

Mrs. Citily-Bri-.et who was that al
the door just now Bridget-A Teddy
vantin' t k.ow If we had fuITnishe
rooms. Mrs. Cltlly-What cid you tel
her? Bridget-Sure. an towld hel
that cll our rooms were Furnished
She's lOo'in at the lib'ry now.-Puck
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
That isn't my coat" said the guest.
The Human Brain.

The human brain has not steadily
increased since paleolith.c times, and
as Professor Lankester tells us, by
way of concrete illustration, the brain
of Isaac Newton was not much larger
than that of an Australian black
London outlook,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
Wonderful Effect.

Mrs. Money Bags-I hear you have
spent q great deal of your time in
ItaIy9 Mrs. Parvenu-oh, yes, my
dear; we're quits italicized,--Priuce,
ton Tiger.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05

50 sweet, and so speedily effective for
preserving. purifying, and beautifying
the skin, scalp, hair, and hands, as well
as for all the purposes Of the toilet, bath,
and nursery. Guaranteed absolutely pure
and may be used from the hour of birth.
Complete External and internal Treatment iot
consists Of Cuticura Soap (25c) TO Cleanse the Skin
CuticurS Ointment (50c.) 10 Heal the Skin. and
Clticura Resoyent (50c) Tin the form OF Chocolate
Coated Pills, 25c. per vial Of COZ 10 Purity the Blood
Sold throughout The world Potter Drug d Chem.
Corp. Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
ez- Mailed Free. How 10 Cure Skin Humors.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fiji
Ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
Of order, they fail TO do
their work.
Pains, achesandrbeu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
Not Inherited.

Fond Papa--My baby says sucn
bright things! Dyspeptic Uncle-And
vet YOU want me to believe In this rot
about heredity.-Baltimore American.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
Call EARLY For Good Ones.

At the end Of big bali one Of the
guests went into the cloakroom ata3
In the morning to put on his things,
and the attendant came forward with
q coat.
'That isn't my coat" said the guest
mine is a perfectly new one"
"a new one2 Oh, haven't any new
coats left after half-past i2."-sourire.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
aek of Confidence,

Visitor DO they treat YOU well here?
Prisoner - Generally they does, only
they hurts Inc feelln's by their lack of
confidence. They won't let me have, a
lafchkey.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05

Garrick tried to abolish prologues
and epilogues, but the audiences OF his
day would not consent
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05

The tears OF the night equal the
smiles Of the day.--Rousseau.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
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THE PANSY INDUSTRY.
Il ls Profitable For Market Plants and
For Seeds.

II 10 Profitable For Market Plants and
For Seeds.
In an ounce of pansy seed there are
about 10000 seeds. They sell in this
country from 50 to $40 an ounce. With
an ounce Of seed one should raise at
least 1000 plants. They are used for
cut flowers in winter, for vases in the
spring, also for bedding. In the Gene
teries of Greater New York they are
planted by the millions, and almost
every house where there Is a garden
shows some also. The pansy industry
is not only profitable for market plants,
but also for the seeds. There are import
ed to this country at least 500 pounds
every year. Uncle Sam buys at least
fifty pounds. Instead of buying these
seeds abroad they could be raised In
this country in places where the climate
is moderate and the ground fertile.
Time of Seed Sowing.
Pansies for business are sown around
New York from July 10 to Aug ID.
They can be sOwn later but here they
want the quantity, not the quality. A
plant in full growth with from six to
ten flowers is what the people like;
so long as they show flowers they sell.
After the plants are big enough to
transplant from September to October
they are planted in rows in frames or
outdoors. Those planted In frames are
protected In the cold weather with hot
bed sash by 6. The plants commence
to sell at Easter, and sales last till Me-
mortal day, but the bulk Of the bust
ness Is from the LIST Of April to May
Is. The plants are sold In boxes, call
ed fats, about five inches deep. There
are fifty plants In a fiat. The plants
are also sold in baskets, about dozen
in each. The fats are sold to florists,
the baskets to retail customers. The
boxes from which flats are made are
bought in summer and packed up In
the yard, and in winter, when the
work is slack, then the pansy man
makes his fats.
A Successful Grower.
A successful pansy grower-John
Lappe of Long Island-cOmmenced ten
years ago with few sashes in rented
ground. Three years ago he bought
the place, and now he has 5000 sashes,
a large greenhouse and fat bank ac-
count. He employs as many as ten
men in summer. They get from $40
month and their board. Last summer
he gathered at least thirty pounds Of
pansy seeds. That shows pansy seeds
can be raised in this country. II you
have a good crop you can raise twenty
pounds Of pansy seeds on an acre. At
50 per ounce it wouldn't be so bad
Henri Beauieu in Rural New Yorker.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
Over-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05

ment, the great
Skin Cure, speedily
cure. in themajority
Of cases, torturing,
disfguring facial
and other humors
of infants, children,
and adults when
seemingly incurable
by all other rene
dies. No other
treatment so pure,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05
FACIAL HUMORS
Acne, Eczema, RingwOrm
Speedily Cured by
Cuticura.

Warm baths with Cuticura Soap, and
gentle applications of Cuticura ONT
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-05

We are best of all led to mems prin-
ciples by what they do.-Butler.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15
Captain John MOony
Accuses Dinan of
lncOmpetency
Declares He VIII Prefer
Charges Against the
Chief of Police

John Mooney, captain of po-
lice, will prefer charges of incom-
potency against Chief of Police
J. F. Dinan. AS the result OF a
published interview. in which
Mooney accused his chief of Grim
inal negligence in the matter of
closing up certain resorts that
are alleged to have paid for i'm
munity, Dinan is said to have
threatened to cite Mooney before
the Police Commission for neg
lect of duty in not making COM
plants against the saloons in
question. The officers on the beat
are also included in Oman S
threat.
Dinan's action is said to be an
effort on his part not only to
clear his own skirts, but also to
force Mooney to prove the state
ments which he is quoted as
making.
Whether or not Dinan makes
good his threat, Mooney will file
the charges of incompetency.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15

have all been practically the same. and
have nearly all been traced back to
one of the other of the corporations
whose boodling deals are now under
investigation.
The corporations have deliberately
pooled their interests and Joined hands
In furthering this unrighteous cam
paign of education. through which they
hope to divert attention from them
selves. The methods employed are
both simple and to certain degree ef-
fective. All the corporation oficers
many employees and their families and
friends have been enlisted in the active
work. Their duty is to discuss the
grating from a new side wherever they
have the opportunity. Their position
assures them a certain amount of at
tention. and the result is that the SEN
timent favoring harsh methods toward
Ruef and leniency toward the bribe
givers is growing in many quarters
The argument advanced is that Ruef
is alone greatly to blame for all the
that the dishonesty of the corpora tions
was the outgrowth OF necessity rather
than of any desire to engage In under
handed methods. Ruef. they argue.
stood between the corporations and
things which it was absolutely neces-
sary for them to possess. Had It been
possible, the corporations would have
secured these things honestly. and 1t
was only after being defeated at every
turn that they finally adopted criminal
methods In dealing with the boss. He
demanded brihes in return for what the
corporation officers believed they had a
right to receive, and consequently they
paid to secure the rights. They might
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15

of morality is due alone to desire to
regain his lost control and at the same
time surround himself with men who
could possibly assist him in the de-
fense he must make to the charges
which have been brought against him.
McGushin and F-urey. two of the
Supervisors who are now pledged heart
and soul to 'be good and who have
openly repudiated the Mayor, are sa-
loon owners. Should the Mayors sug-
gestion be acted upon by the Police
Commission Schmitz will point to them
as confessed boodlers and the ak will
fall. At least there would be some
satisfaction to Schmitz in this revenge.
but in reality he hopes that his threat
may be productive of a compromise.
The compromise he wishes is the resig-
nations of Furey and McGushin. This
to be. filled by. friendly members, and
consequently a partial attainment of an
end much desired by Schmitz.
Schmitz has adopted several other
nefnoQS OF ndEdcSihS tit k,uPefN1Sor8
who have turned against him, and has
sent ENJOYS to a number of them
urging them to resign. This is a fact
well known to the graft prosecutors
So far the Mayors frantic endeavors
have proved unavailing. The prose
cutors are confident. also. that no steps
which Schmitz can take will be pro-
ductive OF the results he desires. The
Supervisors are in the lime light,
where public approval means. every
thing to them and where their every
action must be guarded to prevent the
possibility of the prosecution which
they fear. To resign might be fatal
to them. while to remain in Office and
openly defy the attempts of the Mayor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15
MACEDONIA AND ASIA
MINOR SWEPT BY FLOODS
Many Villages Are Submerged and
Loss of Life and Property
Is Great

coNsTANTINoPLE, April 14.-con-
tinuous heavy rains have caused the
rivers to overflow. seriously flooding
Macedonia and Asia Minor
The plains of Brusa. Adabazar, Ku-
tuahia, Adm and almost all the vii
lagos are submerged and there has
been heavy loss of life and destruction
of cattle and property.
Coming after the severe winter and
the ruination of crops. the floods have
entailed acute suffering and complete
disorganization of the communities af-
fected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15
BRIBE GIvERs DESERT RUEF
Try to Create Sentiment That He
Alone Should Be Punished

kAlOHC OHOulO De fu11SneQ
Punish Ruef, He was the chief
wrong doer; he was the man whose
methods forced others to become graft
ers and boodlers; make him pay the
penalty and let the others on
That is the wall that is going up
from the corporations which have been
implicated in the vast bribery expos
ures. The wealthy corporation off,
cials. finding themselves under indict-
ment or about to be made defendants
In criminal actions. and fearful of the
result when their cases are tried have
adopted a method teenning with plying
cowardice in the hope of turning the
prosecution from themselves. To this
end. they are exerting every means in
their power to create a general senti-
ment against Ruef and in favor of
themselves sentiment so strong that
the men intrusted with the prosecution
will be forced to consider it in carry
ing out their future work.
For several days past those in
charge of the prosecution have been
besieged daily by men urging them TO
drop the cases against the rich bribe-
givers and devote their energies ex-
clusiveIy to the br1be- takers. and par
ticuiariy TO Ruef. There have been
scores of such callers, and among them
have been numbered many men promi-
nent in the city's business and social
life. The requests they have made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15

BERKELEY, April 14.-Dis-
may and chagrin have come to the
friends of Professor E. J. Wick
son, dean of the College of Agri-
culture, with the news that Presi-
dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler has
definitely and finally rejected
Wickson as a candidate for the
dictatorship of the experiment
station and head of the agricul-
tural college. He has held that
post for nearly two years, sue
ceeding Professor E. w Hilgard.
He was appointed by President
Wheeler. Supposedly he was high in
wheeler's confidence and regard. His
promotion was regarded as proper
and deserved. for he had served the
department with conspicuous success
for nearly score of years.
II was understood that when Pro-
1essor Hilgard became professor emeri-
tus. formally retiring for all time from
the college. Professor Wickson's title
Of acting director would be changed
70 "directc T." Hilgard has retired and
is emeritus. but wickson is not TO have
his place or title.
President Wheeler has shattered all
friends, whose name is legion. and ap-
parently plans TO humiliate Wickson by
superseding him with an Eastern man.
There is commotion in consequences
on the campus and also throughout the
State.
Wheeler first asked Professor Liberty
Hyde Bailey Of Cornell to come TO Cali
fornia and take the place. When Bailey
declined Wheeler recently offered the
cnslr to Professor ". A Waters OF
Missouri. nead OF the agricultural col
Iece IN the -'show-rne" State. Waters
refused the proffered plum. and thus
was Professor Wickson's tenure of Of
nee again extended.
WICKsoN EMBARRASSED
Professor wickson now occupies the
unenviable position OF man who holds
a high ONCE merely until such time as
some Eastern savant favored by Presi-
dent Wheeler shall make up his mind
that il is worth while to come TO Cali
fornia- Then wickson will step down.
resume his place as plain professor of
agriculture and relinquish the reins of
power TO a newcomer.
Intense interest is felt in this situs-
ton throughout the State. in nearly
every part of which wickson's activi-
ties have carried him and where his
supporters are strong and influential
Commercial bodies have considered the
matter, and opinions have been ex-
pressed indicating dissatisfaction.
The state Board of Trade took up
the subject some time ago. and at
farmers institutes and elsewhere. in
the midst OF gatherings Of commercial
men and agriculturists, wickson's
plight has been a live topic for dis
cussion. On the campus. where univer-
sity politics is ever rolled as a sweet
rnorsel under the tongue. abounds spec
ulstson about the causes for wheeler's
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There is pressing need OF money for more
schoolhouses P.e. 9
Treasurer Bantel must return money Illegally
psld 70 MS attorney Page 6
The skill of Japanese counterfeiters may com
pei readjustment of the banking system. Page 6
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15
Schmiz Scbemiing to Drive Supervisors
Furey and McGushin Into Retirement

AYOR SCHITZ the Board Police Commissioners
1vl to revoke the licenses McGuhen
ground finding
O mfromo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15
Depends the Board of Police Commissioners to Aid
Him in Carrying Out His Plan of Revenge
/" You re Next

o superi
bodGng revoked
This ban on the all directly SUPERVISE Nc
dFur burst
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-15

to oust them will assist them as much
as any other thing to regain the con-
fidence they have lost.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-08
A Woman's New Title.

g8 A widow Morgan, who flourished
in Richmond, and who did little
banking business on her own account,
cashing bills for me in distress, made
her appearance at Old Point in the
height Of the season. Is T. g..
,"She must. be lady Of quality"
said one. 5".'...#.., ~. ~. '>'
"a marchioness, said another.
ga Duchess" said third. ...
t"The powers! YOU'RE all wrong"
said an army officer. 81 know this
lady we'll; she's not even, a counties" "
"What then 2" was the simulta-
neous question.
"'Why, gentlemen, the fact is she
is discountess.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-08
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION.

In pursuance to All order OF the
County Democratic Executive commit
tee, an election is hereby ordered to
be held for the office Of Probate Judge
on the 10th day of February, l907.
Said election to be conducted in ac-
cordance with the rules Of the Demo-
cratic party The Managers, of the
said election will be appointed by tho
respective Executive Committeeman
Of the several clubs and one of them
so appointed will call at The. Office OF
the County Chairman, on Law Range,
Newberry, S. c., on and after the
fifteenth day Of February, ,",l9O7, for
the purpose Of receiving boxes, tick
cts aud instructions.
The managers Of election shall open
the polls at o'clock a. M, and shall
close them at o'clock, p. m. After
tabulating the result, the managers
shall certify the same and forward
the ballot box, poll list and all other
papers relating to such election, by
one of their number or Executive
Committeeman to the Chairman OF the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee within forty eight hours after
the close of the polls.
Fred. H. Dpminick,
2t. 2tw. County Chairman.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-08
.R EAI u S Il "A ID q

Everybody
success beginning
Whether likely that what
doing with
Real
things by business depression
Therefore wise land
Newberry grow
for there combining
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city
"a Livery Stable Almost the regular business portion of the
lot for three cottages and plenty Of land left for
e. $50 of land Whimre 6 miles from Nwbey Plenty of
timber and meadow land.
4 10 Sd land two and half miles from Mountvie cabins barn.
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-08

/ A man calls it training his child
when he gets mad with its mother
because it cries.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-09

case, he may have been 1mprovident,
and, unthinking of days of adversi-
ty which few in this world escape
entirely, he made a good fellow of
himself" at the expense of savings
bank account which he now lacks
and needs.
Whatever the cause, that hundreds
OF men with families dependent upon
them are today out of work in this
section and many of them. practically
penniless, is undoubtedly a fact.
Men, women and children must
eat or starve; must have roofs to
cover them and clothing and fuel to
keep them warm or they will perish
from cold and disease. The landlord
who at monthly rental furnishes
the roof may carry the rent bill for
time, because if he turns his ten
ant out his house will remain vacant;
clothing they may have enough of
to last a while and fuel, Fortunate
ly, is easily gotten here; but what
about the food? Where are to be
found the butchers and grocers who
are willing or financially able to ex-
tend credit to and carry for an in
definite time the accounts of all of
these families whose money supply
has been so suddenly made uncertain
or entirely removed? The grocer,
the baker and the butcher who can
not collect within a reasonable time,
and certainly, for what he sells, will
soon be out of business; and who
can expect him to risk bankruptcy,
and jeopardize the food supply of his
own family, by allowing his stock to
go out on credit to men, no matter
how needy, and no matter how hon
est, from whom there is no certainty
as to when the pay will come?
Yet, nature has SO arranged
things that we must eat or die, and
the periods between eating cannot be
too far separated.
1t takes money to buy food, and
the man without money cannot feed
his family very long (unless he is so
fortunate as to be farmer) without
being given an opportunity to earn
the money, or accepting charity.
Few men will accept charity for
themselves, and only as an alterna-
tive to starvation will they accept it
for their families, and charity should
not be offered to any man who is able
to work.
There is enough money in the
world for all; every man who is
able-bodied and needs it should be
given an opportunity to earn enough
of the supply to support his family;
any condition under which he is not
given that opportunity is abnormal,
in this country at least, and can be
and should be promptly remedied.
We might as we'll admit that
condition of just that kind exists
here at the present moment, and If
any reader doubts the truth of this
assertion as applied to this and our
neighboring towns, he may easily