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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
HER MISTAKEN OPINION
Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowles.l

Russell Maynard sat In his ONCE
chair. his elbows on his desk. his
curly head supported by both hands
and his eyes fixed on dainty per-
fumed note spread out before him.
He was reading II over and over.
scarcely taking in the meaning OF the
words, which he already knew by
heart. 1t had been brought to him
with the early morning mail. and was
in answer to one which he had slipped
into Miriam Grants hand the night
before. when he helped her into her
carriage after Mrs. Lees party, and
II was now nearly noon; yet that let
ter was the only one he had opened.
you can never know. dear friend what
pain II gives me to write this" the words
seemed TO be traced I'm delicate lines of
fire which were burning themselves into
his brain, FOR until read your note ask
ing me to be your wife. l did not real
ize how selfish have been I'm striving to
hold the friendship which has become
so dear TO me. / know that l have a
deeper regard for you than for any other
man OF my acquaintance. but ! do not
love you. For hours I have tried TO per-
suade myself that do. but / cannot. 1
should be false TO my womanhood were
to say anything else. and should do you
a cruel wrong were i to marry you. for
am not one who could make man happy
unless I could look up to him as being
greater than myself
Russell. I wish we might still be
friends: life will be very dull without
your friendship q know just how selfish
/ must appear). but II you cannot come
as you have always come. without foster
ing the hope that we may be more nearly
related, II will be better for US TO see very
little OF each other / am quite sure, dear
friend, that / have read my heart cor
rectly. Your sincere friend.
MIRIAM GRANT"
"She means just what she says. "
thought poor Russell. Miriam is not
the sort of girl to play with a fellows
heart She has thought this all out,
and she cried-there are traces OF
tears on the paper Oh, Miriam. Mir
lam! why couldn't you have loved
mel" The strong man laid his fore
head on the letter and his frame shook
convulsively. A little hand was laid
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
WITH THE yAckAss sArrEav.
Men and Mules Required fer Wsvh N
the Mountains.

One of the most interesting srgant
cations which took part IN the man
euvers at Camp Tacoma. Washington.
OF western troops UNDER Gen. Freder-
ick Funston was the 18th battalion,
field artillery. Maj. G. A. Bennett con
manding.
The battalion consisted OF the seven
teepth and eighteenth batteries, some
times referred TO as "jackass' batter
les says Leslie's Weekly, because Of
the use OF mules. The battery pieces
are transported In sections on the
backs OF mules, the guns and carriages
being divided into four parts, making
four packs for the same number Of
animals.
This enables the batteries to be
transported through the most dificuf
regions accessible to troops. and the
guns can be brought into action In
mountainous country. In the United
States army these batteries are com
paratively new. but they received
their baptism in the Philippines and
have proved their practical value In
many skirmishes upon the cottas and
forts OF the Moros.
1t Is surprising how rapidly the
mules are unloaded. the parts Of the
gun thrown together and the gun
loaded, sighted and ready to be fired.
At test OF the eighteenth battery
the men ran the mules back fifty
PAGES. unloaded and assembled the
gun and fred In IS seconds. This wa
a worlds record.
The work requires not only intellL
gent but powerful men. The gun
itself weighs 80 pounds and the trail
the same, but the men handle the
pieces with ease.
The mules, too. are familiar with
the drill and perform their parts in
very intelligent manner. They know
their respective positions, and whes
the load is lifted they Immediately
jump forward, 30 the piece can b.
placed directly on the ground.
The gun used In these batteries has
range OF from $500 to 1000 feet. II
fires large shell, but has q loves
muzzle velocity than the larger field
pieces. In design the piece is some
what similar to the screw" gun of the
British army.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
The AppreeIatIve Word.

This old world would be a happier
place II we made it a habit to tell
our friends of the nice things we hear
about them. We all know how pleas
ant It is to hear things OF that sort
The employer who appreciates and
occasionally praises the work OF his
employee gets far better results than
the one who never takes the trouble
to recognize the well-meant efforts of
those whom he employs. 1t is so in
every kind OF work.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
Mechanically Affection

They met on the suburban car.
They were next door neighbors. but
Mrs. Snaggsley and her family we're
spending the summer in the country.
Mrs. Snaggsley-Have you had
pleasant summer. Mrs. Sassem?
Mrs. Sassem-Oh, yes. But when
are you coming back?-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
Sudden CHANCES.

Evelyn hear that Reggy Windy
called his new motor boat the Lobster.
George-Yes; but It isn't lobster
now.
Evelyn-Why not?
George-Because II turned turtle
Harper's Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09

Some people" growled Grouchey.
make me sick"
II should think nearly everybody
would make you SICK" replied Pep
prey.
why so?"
We'll, turn about is fair play you
know."-The Catholic Standard and
Tines.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-09
Grand Jury Kent au..

The grand jury OF New York coun.
ty returns on an average sixty-four In
dictments each day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15
Put the Habitual
FelOn to Death.
By Attorney General BoNAPARTE.

By Attorney General
~ LII SOCIAL ORDER OBEDIENCE
= INDUCED OR COMPELLED TO DO
Ii / d THEY TOLD BY LAWFUL
q -& AUTHORITY NOT TO DO, AS THE CASE MAY
BAL COMBINED EFFORT, ORGANIZATION; EFFECTIVE La
UNDERTAKINGS. EDUCATION SECURITY FOR
PERSON PRoPERTYiN SHORT, CIVILIZED socIETYcANNoT
EXIST. g.4> ..... @s8s
The primary of punishment obedience to the
law When nficng punishment the looks NOT TO THE
PAST BUT TO THE FUTURE, the individual who has
dobeyed and suffers all individuals with
him who hereafter fear sobe by his suffering
Nevertheless it is that punishment FAILS if the criminal
remains dangerous society after he has suffered he
fore While the chasement of each particular looks
least the diminished hamfulness possible
DIRECTLY AFFECTED by the penalty its effect upon him
have due weight in considering its merits Il form Of
renders those who have suffered less willing less able again
the law A GOOD FORM OF PUNISHMENT. If it
makes less neither their readiness their capacity do
like wrong when offers them them,
is a failure . ..s%@
The habitua criminal it be remembered product Of
modern civilization. OUR ANCESTORS WOULD HAVE
HANGED HIM FOR HIS FIRST FELONY, or if by any
escaped this he would have almost surely died
maades then endemic PRISONS while awaiting
second a+ 5z%
. HANGED
PRISONS HoTREDs
DISEASE, MODERN SOCIETY
AND SHELTER PROVED NveTERATE ENEMIES
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15


should take pains disseminate knowledge needu for clear under
standing Of the Of blindness s8
THE TINE FOR LIMITING UNPLEASANT TRUTHS is PAST
Let INSIST STATES PRACTICE EVERY
KNOWN AND APPROVED METHOD PREVENTION THAT
PHYSICIANS TEACHERS KNOWLEDGE
WIDE FOR THE PEOPLE TO ENTER
The facts agreeable reading Often they REVOLT
But il better that sensbes should be shocked than
that should be ignorant upon which SIGHT, HEAR
ING, INTELLIGENCE, MORALS AND THE LEE OF THE
CHILDREN OF MEN.
do best the thick which society
hiding its eyes from UNPLEASANT BUT NEEDFUL TRUTH
We read that year Indiana has appropriated OVER ALI
MILLION DOLLARS aid and increase institutions for the blind
deaf, the nsane the feeble minded the epepc Surely the
time has for ASK PLAIN QUESTIONS AND TO
RECEIVE PLAIN ANSWERS While do to alleviate
disease press scientific study which shall
reveal our bodies SACRED TEMPLES OF THE SOUL
WHEN THE PROMISES THE FUTURE FULFILLED AND
WE RIGHTLY UNDERSTAND BODIES AND OUR RESPONSE
BiLlTiEs GENERATIONS, THE INSTITUTIONS
FOR DETECTIVES NOW OUR BECOME
TERRIBLE MONUMENTS TO OUR IGNORANCE AND THE NEED
LESS MISERY THAT WE ONCE ENDURED
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15
PRISONER HIS OWN jAlLER.
Amusing Story of a Murderer Who
.,...- Refused to Be Released.

Monaco has no guillotine and no
sexecutioner and, indeed, no arrange
ments for dealing with criminals.
1t is the place to recall the amusing
story told by Maupassant about muir 4
derer who was tried, convicted and
sentenced to death in Monte Carlo. !
The authorities asked France to loan !:
them NJ Deibler and his little instru.
ment, the fred widow" The French
government consented to oblige for the
consideration of, FL 900. The prince
thought this too dear and so applied
to his brother Of Italy. Italy offered
To do the thing, all included, for 1850
This again was found too dear "Tbe
man is not worth it, said the None
Igasque3 auth
So the sentence of death was com
nlnted to one of life imprisonment
But there was no prison in Monaco
and a gaol had to be erected for the
express purpose of combining this muir
derer, and jaiIer had to be appointed.
This state of things lasted for some
months, and then the jailer died
The authorities at Monte Carlo, when
considering the appointment of HE
successor, came to the conclusion that
the man, the one prisoner, was costing
the state a great deal of money. So a
commission visited him and told him
I that in future he4would be required to
act as his own iailer. He grumbled
bit at this increase 81 sentence, but
complied. Els meals used to be sent
down to him from one of the hotels in
the town, but one day the scullion who
brought him his dinner did not turn up
to time, and SO the prisoner walked up
to the hotel and took his meal there.
After that he got into the habit of go
ing up to the hotel for his meals. Then,
after a stroll on the front, he used to
return to his prison and shut himself
in, carefully boiling, the door inside. r.
But again the authorities found that
he was costing them too much, and so
!! one day they called him up and told
| him that they were sick Of seeing him
about the place and that he must clear
out lie emphatically refused to do
| anything of the kind. t'You sentenced
me to penal servitude for life," he ar
gued, .''and I expect to work out my
sentence. / have no means Of earning
| a livelihood since you created ak the
bother, and it is to you that look for
my sustenance'' rs b '~$fs
To cut a long story short, the prin-
cipality of Monaco was obliged to
settle an annuity of f24 year upon
| the convict before he would consent
to accept his freedom and leave the
country. AS soon as this was ar
ranged he took up his abode In a little
cottage just over the Monaco border.
This Is a true story, and the docu-
ment fixing the mans pension, to-
gether with details about the pay
ments, may be seen In the Monaco ar.
chives. u 4. hi ! A23
The late Prince de Monaco was fond
OF telling this story In Partisan draw
ing rooms, and, IL I remember Alright,
3 I heard 1t ON the same occasion as did
the late Guy de Maupassant London
Mali. 5
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15

their lives what is HONORABLE AND BRAVE and who
ask nothing but chance and square deal the pursuit
their respective abor profession There thing shoud
always remember We think APART
FROM OTHER MEN other classes The
regard the who works the factory his brother and the
as the state Of all.
IMPORTANT SHOULD GROW
HERE SOMETHING CORN, APPLES WHAT
WE NEED MOST URGENTLY GROW GOOD
AND, THANK GOD, GOOD MEN
NEW YORK STATE IS BIGGER
AL HISTORY.
Perhaps have had much any look
the forms corruption that have
ca life and the opportunities offers
the AWFUL Of manhood, the splendid
opportunity for noble attment BY whom GO
down before the awful temptations Of that prosperity.
RuT CANNOT EoR0ET MINUTE rms
COUNTRY WE HAVE UNTOLD nuNRERs wtLLuNa 70
DEAL lUsTLy WITH THEIR FELLOW MIN NOTHING
MORE FROM THE STATE THAN EouAL
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15

Reading Tribune ads is an education
which you can turn into immediate
cash, in this way it serves a double
purpose, it not only benefits you but
helps the merchant IN
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15
Mysteries Of Scent.

The mysteries OF scent VIII probably
never be solved, and 1t Is a matter OF
everyday observation that, while the
trained shooting dog win pass q sit
ting partridge, terrier or q fox viii.
find the nest london Times,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15
Wolnderfu.l Head,'

Sercy-Yes, it's rather a neat de.
Who gave you the idea? Cholly No
body. got it out Of my own head.
percyo Oh. Blocked II ont yourself,
did you Chicago Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15


9Th,
still Annapolis 1869
expedition
of the front in
the municipal authorities the aid he
fur 3?s7 4 l. (
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15

Annual Before Thanksgiving Sale
on Linens is now going on at Webb
Bros. See cut .s ~ 5j#
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15

Condolences are sometimes binding
eyen when they are sincere Eliot.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15
States Dllt to
Fight Causes Of
Blindness.
BY HELEN KELLER. Talented Blind Deaf r1ut

BY HELEN KILLER. Talented Blind Deaf Mute
Kindness must always remain an evil, whatever we
do to make it bearable We must strike at the ROOT
Of blindness and labor to diminish and prevent it.
The problem Of prevention should be dealt with
A FRANKLY
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-15
No Shortage In 80.
Crop of Good Men.
By Governor HUGHES of New York

t is GREAT MISTAKE to think that this country is
of who pursue only dshonor and chcanery 1t
This country is full of men who are anxious to attai,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
LIQUID Fuel Test.


One of the best demonstrations Of
the practicability Of using liquid fuel
(petroleum) to afford motive power
to steamships was the recent trip of
the British steamship Goldmouth,
which arrived at Thameshaven after a
passage from Balik Pappan, Borneo, a
distance of over 1900 miles, without
stop. The average speed through
out the passage was something over
nine knots.
This, says a writer in Harper's
Weekly, was the third nonstop run
made by this vessel while burning
liquid fuel, the first being from Singa-
pore to Rotterdam, in 1906, and the
second from Singapore to Thame-
shaver, during the same year, these
runs establishing a record for nonstop
runs while using LIQUID fuel That the
British Government has considerable
faith in the future of the oil-burning
marine engine is evinced by the fact
that a number of cruisers and torpedo
craft are being arranged for liquid
fuel consumption.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
what Not to Ask the Captain.

what NOA 10 FNoN kHC Cok~~ffts
"The annual rush Of tourists back
and forth over the Atlantic mas be-
gun" said a liners captain, and
am hardening myself to stand the US
ual ten tourist questions.
There are ten questions that every
tourist who can get near enough puts
to re. You'll put them to me il you
ever cross on my ship. have been
asked these ten questions 3,764,952
times. They are;
Were you ever shipwrecked"
Any whales in this latitude?'
How deep is the water here%
What tips are usually given, and
to whom?
How many times have you cross
ed the Atlantic?
What is the best remedy for sea-
sickness?
"'Why are you always painting this
ship?
Will you let me come up on the
bridge some time?
DO you remember my cousin who
crossed with you in the spring of '95?'
I suppose the passengers ask you
a great many stupid questions, don't
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
FEET OUT.
stander
She Had Curious Habits.

When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is time
that coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left off,
There is no end to the nervous con-
ditions that coffee will produce. 1t
shows in one way in one person and
In another way in another. In this
case the lady lived in S. Oak. She
says
'I have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out of
the bed on the coolest nights, and felt
afraid to sleep for fear of catching
cold. l had been troubled for years
with twitching and jerking of the
lower limbs, and for most of the time
I have been unable to go to church
or to lectures because of that awful
feeling that I must keep on the move.
When it was brought to my atten-
ton that coffee caused so many nerv-
Gus diseases, 1 concluded to drop cof-
fee and take Postum Food Coffee to
see if my trouble was caused by cof-
fee drinking.
Il only drank one cup of coffee for
breakfast, but that was enough to do
the business for me. When I quit it
my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way. Now l have no
more of the jerking and twitching
and can sleep with any amount of
bedding over me and sleep all night
in sound, peaceful rest.
Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
worth its weight in gold to me-"
There's a Reason" Read the little
health classic, The Road to Well
Vile, in pkgs.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Swan = Miles in Hair an Hour.

Swan 20 Miles in Half an Hour.
A tramp has beaten all known
records by swimming twenty-seven
miles in thirty minutes. He did not
mean to do it. He merely tried to
steal ride from St Louis to Chi
cago ON the rear of q locomotive ten
der. When the train started he fell
over backward, through the open
manhole, into the water tank. The
noise of the train drowned his cries
for help and he was obliged to swim
until the first stop was reached, at
Alton When taken out he was near
IL dead, but the engineer was so an
feeling as to call his attention to the
fact that the water was only four
feet deep and he might have stood
up. The conductor, also unfeelingn
asked for his ticket but the tramp
said he did not come by rail, but by
water. Kansas City Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06

removed by cutting the tips of the
twigs off. BY this method the heads
were left most as they were when
they come from the nursery.
Lot 5, as shown in the illustration,
was left unpruned,
The result of the test as reported
by Prof. Warren shows that the Sc
we're pruning proved to be the most
successful. 1t was found that of the
twenty trees pruned to whips eight
cen were found to make good growth
on June l. while two were making
a fair growth.
Lot 2, which were pruned to one
inch tops, had seventeen making
good growth on June 1, and three
making fair growth.
In Lot 3, which were pruned to
three-inch stubs, on June /, it was
found that eighteen were making
good growth with two reported fair.
In the lot where one-third of the
top was left it was found that on
June 1 only eleven were making good
growth, six were making fair growth,
two were reported making very poor
growth and one was found to be
dead
1t is concluded from this experience
that pretty severe pruning is neces-
sary to the trees before being set
out in order to insure good growth.
1t is not found that the trees were
injured by being healed after prun-
ing, waiting suitable time for plant
ing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores From Ecze-
ma-Boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cuticura.

"Last year, after having my little girl
treated by very prominent physician for
an obstinate case of eczema. | resorted to
the Cuticura Remedies, and was so we'll
pleased with the almost instantaneous re-
lief afforded that we discarded the physi-
clans prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with
the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs
were covered with running sores. In about
six weeks we had her completely well, and
there has been no recurrence Of the
trouble.
'Tn July of this year little boy in our
family poisoned his hands and arms with
poison oak, and in twenty four hours his
hands and arms were a mass of tortlring
sores. We used only the Cuticura Rene
dies, and in about three weeks his hands
and arms healed up. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent
Thomas, Paramount, Walden's Ridge,
Tenn, Oct 10, 1905"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06

manly styles, broad shoulders and
that, and you know the reason of it?
1t is because the men nowadays are
not manly. They are becoming eff
Terminate. In the days of George
Washington, look at the styles for
men, Knickerbockers, velvet trous-
ers, silk stockings, buckled shoes,
feathers in their hats, rufies on their
shirt fronts.
The men of those days were SO
manly that they required no atten-
ton brought to it in their manner
of dress. They could afford, if they
pleased, to dress effeminately. -
New York Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06

The old protected cruisers have
beeen for some time regarded as OBJ
solete while the armored cruisers
were too costly. A new type of
cruiser has therefore been developed
known as the scout. This type Of
ship, notes the New Orleans Picayine,
has little armament, very high speed
and sufficient displacement to carry
large supplies of coal and furnish com
Portable quarters for a liberal crew.
Such ships, it is believed, will be able
to keep the sea for long periods in
any weather, and be speedy enough
to approach the enemy for observa-
ton and get away with safety.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
PRUNING THE PEACH.

The Massachusetts Experiment
Station recommends the following IS
the best method of pruning the peach
tree:
1. Prune peach trees moderately,
removing not more than one-third to
one-half the previous years annual
growth, when the wood has been in
jured by freezing.
2. When only the fruit buds are
killed, the wood being uninjured and
the trees in good condition, prune
severely, cutting back the annual
growth to two or three buds. 1t may
be expedient to cut some branches
back even into two or three-year-old
wood
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
THE EXPLANATION.

An automobile passed. 1t wa1 a
large car, and the curtains were down
but one could easily discover the car
to be filed with adults and children.
"Strange!" exclaimed Dabbs why
should they want the curtains down
like that?"
Easy enough" Dibbs answered.
"The owner is giving all his poor re-
lations their annual ride."-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Not Diminutives.

Some of the Eastern editors have
hesitated about calling the new presi-
dent Of Williams College Harry. Yet
that's what he was christened. 1t
took the same editors a long time to
find out that the Christian name
of Cleveland's Mayor was Tom
Cleveland Plain Dealer.