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The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
DO WOLVES EAT MEN?
Nest OF the Yarns to That Effect De.
clared to BE Fakes,

A sceptical person, calling himself
st. CroiX. has been trying to find out
whether wolves and bears are ma.
Iigned by the popular stories of their
man-eating ways.
First he tried running down the
stories told in newspaper dispatches
Foiled 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 one? N-no; but
Mingan was very crafty and very much
to be dreaded
Quite so, but once for all. had he
ever to their knowledge killed man !?
No. but they had heard So it went;
| always the same intangible, uncon-
| irmed rumor and the same absence OF
| proof.
Now for few facts as to the WOLF"
writes ST. Croix in Recreation. He
can go eight days without food and
.an then eat 40 pounds of meat at a
| sitting. so the Indians say. This Is
pretty fair for an animal weighing but
50 pounds. Yet we do not know the
| length OF the sitting.
The wolf will not venture on glare
ice, he never crosses lake until there
is enough snow to hide the ice. To
wetting his feet he is as averse as the
domestic cat. He will not kill his
game in the shelter of the forest. al
ways driving 1t into some open place
for the kill.
when chasing a deer he goes at
ei.urely lope. sitting down at intervals
% give the most dolorous and blood
curdling howls. This drives the poor
victim into a wild gallop and soon ex-
hausts 1t 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 1t plunges.
knowing that the wolf will not follow.
Too often the deer browns. but better
such a death than one by the fangs
In summer couple OF wolves will
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. speak
now of the Laurentian country-anI
on reaching the shore the deer plungea
unhesitatingly in, for its instinct tells
it the enemy will not dare to follow.
SO on 1t 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
fha warmed strand ThaO
the companion wolf. which has wcy-
laid its coming. springs at its throat
and when the first wolf joins him they
have "A gorge that makes them ind.
pendent OF fate for whole week"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07

journalist and lives with his father in
pretty tree-sheltered country house
from Edinburgh.
The young star-gazer first saw the
light of the moon in 1889. and from
the wonderful accomplishments since
credited to him. it may be safely as
sumed that he began at once to make
inquiries in his infantile mind regard
little in his abnormal interest in the
wonders of the armament. but before
the boys twelfth birthday his father
decided that Hector was n an astrono.
ing that golden orb of night shining
through the nursery windows.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Cancer Cured by Herbs.

Welsh papers have been teliine on
late tales of wonderful cures OF cancer
effected by two brothers named evan
Ly means of herbs at Cardigan. ".
Hugh Biddle was commissioned by tne
Daily Mail to investigate. He reports
"For more than twenty years tness
humble practitioners have been treat
ing all kinds OF external diseases Win
ointments and salves made entirety
from herbs. The brothers live YER!
uupretentiously on their farm. ABOUT
two miles from Cardigan. At present
there are about forty-fve persons ID
Cardigan under-treatment. Far from
being advertising quacks with desire
for notoriety. they are deeply rellgI
Gus men,"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
AWFUL NEURALGIA
Pain Turned This Woman's Hair
White but She Was Cured by
Or, Williams Pink Pills,

Do not seek relief from suffering
simply, but free your system from the
disease which is the cause Of your
suffering. That Is the message which
q former victim of neuralgia sends to
those who are still in its grasp. Hot
applications. powders that deaden the
senses and others tnat reduce the
heart action may cause temporary re-
lief but the pain is sure to return vita
greater intensity.
Mrs. Evelyn Creusere, who has
beautiful home at S11 Boulevard
West. Detroit. Mich. suffered for
years with neuralgia until she tried
this tonic treatment. She says:
my trouble began about six years
ago and I did not rest as l should
ha e. but kept up about my many
duties. After time l became SO
weak l could not do any work at all
l had severe backaches and such
dreadful headaches in the back part
aud top of my head. My eyes were
easily tired and at times l saw black
spots before them. l consulted sew
eral doctors but without the slightest
Leneflt. The pains were SO intense
that my hair turned white.
II lost continually in weight and
, strength and was almost in despair
when friend recommended DR.. vii.
Hams Pink Pills. I tried them &C.
cording to directions and soon began
TO feel relief. At the end OF three
months had gained ten pounds in
weight and had no more trouble VITA
my nerves. have been in perfect
health ever since and can heartily
commend DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid. on re-
ceipt Of price, so cents per box. six
boxes for $3.50. by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
FINE CHURCH ON PRAIRIE.
Iowa Farmers Have Built . Cathedral
Which Cost $e5,oCO.

Eldora. la.-At Petersburg. on a
prominent point of the fertile prairies
of Bremen township. Delaware coun-
ty, about eight miles northwest of
Dyersville stands just completed one
of the most beautiful Catholic
churches of modern times. 1t was
erected at a cost of $4,000 The
church is of beautiful Gothic de-
sign. built of massive rock and cut
stone and its dimensions are 81 feet
wide and $50 feet long. and at the
transepts the church is "A feet wide
Three beautiful spires adorn the
front of the church. and under each
OF these there are massive arches and
also at the transepts supported by
strong buttresses giving to the struc-
ture five large portals. All the walls
are supported by well designed but
tresses and the ridges of the roof are
decorated with model cresting
The height of the outside wall Is 33
feet and the grand arch inside is As
feet high and the side arches 40 feet
The basement contains large chapel
well furnished. The building Is heat.
ed by steam. Tho windows of the
church are of grandly decorated glass.
and the center OF each represents
some figure or event spoken of in
holy writ. The high altar is one of
the best ever manufactured. and
everything that Gothic designs could
furnish to enhance beauty and devo-
ton seem to have come together here
| in remarkable manner. The altar
| table and tabernacle are made of
highly polished Italian marble inlaid
with mosaic work and the finals and
baldachins are richly decorated in all
| that art can produce. The funds to
build this church were furnished by
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Value Of the Newspaper.

Some Republican congressman were
discussing the presidents suggestion
to shut out from the malls such news.
papers as have been printing indecent
details OF the TlAaw trial In New
York. Mr.. LittlcHcld of Maine In.
dulScd In general review Of the
press. its powers. functions and priv.
ileges. III It were not for the vigiiant
press OF this country. with Its trained
corps Of representatives In Washing.
ton." he said. Il don't know whether
/ would care to serve in congress. My
experience here has taught me that
the newspapers perform a service OF
inestimable value to the country.
sometimes think that congress would
drift into many e1cesses II the press
gallery were Eot here to keep US In
bounds"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Remarkable nrecoclty.

The annals of precocity present no
more remarkable instance than the
brief career of Christian Heinecker,
born at Lubbock. February 6, 1921, who
died June 27, 1925. At the age OF ten
months he could speak and repeat ey.
cry word said to him; at IL months
old he knew by heart the principal
events narrated In the five books OF
Moses: in his second year he learned
the greater part of the history OF the
Old and New Testaments; In his third
year he could answer most questions
on history and geography and learned
to speak Latin and French; in his
fourth year he learned the history ol
the church and also learned to write
His death was caus"d by his unusual
brain activity.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07

Independence. Iowa. lie now has a
studio in Rome, where he has lived
for a year, and previously had been a
pupil of Julien at Paris. Mr. Cook i
first salon picture. exhibited in 1904.
was a lifesiZe portrait of the sculptor.
Pope, of Boston, and the following
year he exhibited another life-sizc por.
trait He also has done some mural
painting and received honorable men.
ton at the Lazarus competition at
New York in 1898. Mr.. Cooks father
Is J. f. Cook of Independence. The
artist studied at the Chicago Art In.
stitutc and the New York Academy OF
Design.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
A YOUNG ASTRONOMER.

In childhood he had more affection
for the Big and Little Bears of the
heavens than for the woolly ones
stuffed with sawdust from the to,
shop, and he watched the shooting
stars with more interest than he tool
in his bouncing rubber ball. He learn
ed the signs of the zodiac as easily as
the alphabet and listened more atten
lively to the myths of Diana and ADol
10 than to the Forty Thieves" o.
Jack, the Giant Killer"
His parents encouraged the child bu
mer born. Accordingly the youth was
given few astronomical primers az a
birthday present instead of the "A ra
bian Nights" or "Gulliver's Travels
Before another birthday the eager
student had worn the covers off these
books and had more knowledge of the
planets. satellites. comets. meteors ant
other features of the heavens canop!
than the average person acquires in 4
lifetime.
1t was no puzzle to the father to de
eide what sort of gifts would please
his son, and bit by bit the young as
tronomer accumulated telescopes, or
reries. star maps and other parapher
MALTA and as became private observ
er. he fitted up a corner of the coun
try home as an observatory. Here he
had ample leisure to cultivate his ia
vorite science.
Finding it impossible to get good
translations of foreign works on as
tronomy and astronomers. the Lad
learned three languages-French, Ger
man and Italian-and at the age OF
Is he published book on "Astroao
mers of To-Day" In reviewing tnis
work a London journalist said: We
do not know the author of this book
but it is clear to us that he has given
years of serious thought to the subject
and is also fully and accurately nc
quainted with the works and methods
of the worlds greatest astronomers"
Recently this boy-now only IS
years of age-published a second boo K
"A Centurys Progress in Astronomy.
The volume is one of 24O pages and
tells In an easy vein ihe marvellous
progress that has been made in this
deep but fascinating science during the
last hundred years.
Young Macpherson Is member OF
the Societe Astronomique de France
and member of the Societe Belgc
d dAstronomie. If there be lad OF sim
liar accomplishments and honors in
the land of marvels across the sea the
young Scotch expert would undoubted
ly like to hear of him lest he rest on
honors that be not his
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
A FRIENDS TIP.
7o.Year-oId Man Not too Old to Accept
q Food Pointer.

For tho last 20 years." writes Q
Maine man. I've been troubled with
Dyspepsia and liver complaint. and
have tried about every known remedy
without much in the way Of results
until took up the food question.
"A friend recommended Grape. Nuts
food. after I had taken all sorts Of
medicines with only occasional, tenn
porary relief.
This was about nine months ago.
and began the Grape.Nuts for break.
fast with cream and q little sugar.
Since then have had the food for at
least one meal day. usually for
breakfast.
Words fail to express the bcnefit
received from the use OF Grape.Nuts.
My stomach is almost entirely free
from pain and my liver complaint ia
about cured. I have gained flesh, sleep
we'll can eat nearly any kind Of food
except greasy. starchy things and am
strong and healthy at the age OF 70
years.
III can be the means Of helping
any poor mortal WHO has been trou.
bled with dyspepsia as have been.
am Wiling to answer any letter enclos
ing stamp" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Greek. Mich. Read the lit
tie book. "1'he Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's Reason"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Use for Hot Potatoes.

Dr.. Herbert Claiborne Of New
York. something Of an inventive
genius and noted for good looks as
we'll a for medical skill. suffers from
cold hands In winter. And nothing
will warm his fingers except hot
water. . hot fre or a hot potato. He
can be seen almost any frosty morn.
ing marching along at Ave miles an
hour with 4 hot potato in each over.
coat pocket and his hands grasping
the tubers. He has two big potatoes
piping hot wrapped In silk handker.
chiefs for this purpose. They will
keep your hands warm for hours un.
less you happen to sit on en- be
says. They are great for . football
match or when you 60 sleigh riding"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Great English Coliseum.

The athletic stand that Will %
erected In England for the Olympic
games next year will seat 3G7 900 peo-
pie. At Athens the Stadium seated
sc. 900. The English stands will be the
greatest building OF the kind ever
erected. 1t will seat four times ~
many as the ancient Coliseum at Rome.
AT the English derby. the greatest
sporting event OF the world. they some
times have 100000 spectators. but only
q few OF these are seated. At least
half the number are scattered over
the Kills within the race track and Tor
mile up and down the course. THIS
gigantic preparation for the Olympic
games OF 1908 shows how amateur
athletic sports have grown In popular
ity during the past few years.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
U. S. DISPENSATORY
Describes the Principal Ingredients
Contained in Pe-ru.na.

Describes the Principal Ingredients
Contained in Pe.ru-na.
Are we claiming too much for Peruna
when we claim 1t to be an effective
remedy for chronic catarrh7 Have we
abundant proof that Peruna 10 in real
ity suea 4 catarrh remedy7 Let US see
what the United States Dispen satory
says of the principal ingredients Of
Peruna.
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensi or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
Of this herbal remedy, that it Is largely
employed in the treatment of depraved
mucous membranes, chronic rhinitis
(nasal catarrh), atomic dyspepsia lea
tarrh of the shomachl, chronic intesti-
aal catarrh, catarrhal jaundice, (ca-
tarrh Of the liver and in diseased
mucous membranes of the pelvic organs.
It Is also recommended for the treat
nert Of various forms of diseases pc
euliar to women.
Another ingredient Of Peruna, cory
dalis formosa, is classed in the United
States Dispen satory as tonic. So also
10 cubebs classed as a stomaehic and a.
q tonic for the mucous membranes.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient Of
Peruna, an excellent drug that has
been very largely overlooked by the
medical profession for the past fifty
years. The seeds are to be found in
very few drug stores. The United
States Dispensatory says Of the action
Of cedron that it is used as a bitter
tonic and in the treatment of dysentery,
and in intermittent diseases as q sub
stitute for quinine.
Oil Of eopaiba, another ingredient Of
Peruna, is classed by the United States
Dispen satory as 4 mild stimulant and
diuretic. 1t acts on the stomach and
intestinal tract. It acts as a stimu-
liant on the genito-urinary membranes.
Useful in chronic cystitis, chronic dys-
entery and diarrhea, and some chronic
diseases of the liver and kidneys.
Send to us for free book Of testimo-
uials Of what the people think of Pc
suna as a catarrh remedy. The best
evidence is the testimony Of those who
have tried it.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
New Works Early Name.

Manhattan island was once named
New Orange for Is months. When
the English took It from the Dutch the
name New Amsterdam was changed to
New York. and then when the Dutch
recaptured It in July 1878. they called
It New Orange. 1t held that name un.
I'll the English retook 1t in November.
1874. when the name New York was
restored and has been retained ever
since
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
HECTOR MACPHERSON, A SCOTCH
BOY, ONLY 1s YEARS OLD.
A Star Gazer From Birth-Has Writ
ten Two Notable Scientific Works
Speaks Four Languages
RULES Private Observatory.

Edinburgh, Scotland.-Unless there
be an exception on the other side of
tie Atlantic-for America is steadfast-
ly regarded by the old world as land
OF prodigies and possibilities
land thinks it can boast Of the young
est astronomer in the world.
He is Hector Macpherson, jr.. and
although only is years old. is the auth
or of two notable astronomical books
Ne is the son of prominent Scottish
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
PROVING His Claim.

Manaser-Pass you as member OF
the profession? May | ask you In
what way you are connected with the
profession?
Applicant-You know the society
belle who Is elevating the stage in
your theater just now?
Manager umpntiently)-W of
her?
Applicant tmeekly)-Well. SIP. l an
that bellies clapper.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
simpIon Tunnel successsuI.

The result of the first six months
working Of the Sim ION tunnel has
been tabulated and show that an Nv.
erage of 5000 passengers were cxssssd
a day.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Oats-heads 2 Foot Iona.

The John A. Sslzer Seed Co.. Ia Crosse.
Wiz, are bringing out new oats this
year with heads . foot long! That's .
wonder. Their catalog tells,
Spctz- the greatest cereal hay food
America ever saw! Catalog tells!
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
French vinovards.

The vineyard area OF France In 1905
was 4.195.500 acres yielding . wine
production Of 1.375.774.921 gallons.
Production has steadily increased
since 1900. when 1t was 1.779.2G7. .56s
gallona.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
TO PAINT PoPE's PORTRAIT.
Young American Artist Achieve Grea:
Distinction.

William Edwards Cook. who will 81
the first American artist TO paint a
portrait Of Pope Plus Y, is a native OF
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07

Money doesn't always make the maro
go-not II it's bet on the mare. for IN
tina; case the man IL likely TO make
the money go.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07

E4HA
YitEn

Our mammoth l&s.pagc Seed and Tool
Catalog il mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive
free samples Of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big ca,alog free.
John A.. Salzer Seed Co., Box ". La
Crosse. Wis.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
January Festival Of japan.

or the many Japanese festivals none
equals in Importance the bright. three
day celebration OF Sho-gatsu. at the
opening of the year. says the Crafts
man. Before the last night OF the old
season comes all business debts must
be paid. all family differences settled.
and the houses themselves secured
and swept to the tiniest corner where
dust-or n lingering imp of bad luck
might be hiding. The New Year sun
Is supposed to rise upon an immacu-
late community. The ume. being AZ it
were a part OF this happy festival. is
a symbol OF congratulation and good
will.
But aside from Sho.gatsu the ume
Is, to the people. essentially classic
flower. sprung from the golden age Of
China's past. We have something of
The same feeling toward the narcissus.
the Grecian myrtle and the pomegran.
ate. For old China Is to Japan. Greece
and Rome in one.
The date of the actual bringing over
of the ume is not known. In the
earliest collection of japanese poems
the Manyoshu. published in the eighth
century Of our era. many alluAions to
them as to plant already lovcd and
known are found. One charming
stanza. done into English by Mr. As.
ton. says.
"On the plum blossoms
Thick fell the snow.
! wished to gather some to show thee
But It melted In my hands
The dainty conception OF the snow
on plum flowers. SO intermingled In
fragile beauty and In faint chill fra
grance that one is mistaken for the
other is favorite among the Japa
uese. and is often met with In later
verse.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Feminine Amenities.

isn't that the poetess over there
IN the corner who came to see us after
dinner the other night" asked the
girl land wept all over the place. tell
ing US her tale of woe: wept SO that
went out and got some things for
her dinner and cooked them for her
and you brought out bottle Of your
Gery best wine and gave 1t to herr"
Yes" returned the woman, she
doesn't seem to see us now. does
she?"
THE next time she comes to us
with her tale Of woe" affirmed the
girl severely, she won't see us. IL We
catch a glimpse Of her first"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
In His Fathers Footsteps.

All1n Sankey, son OF the famous sing
ing revivalist, is following his father 8
footsteps as a composer, and some
Of his hymns are popular In New
England revival meetings.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07

the farmers OF the region ard the
building was dedicated and conse.
Grated free OF all debt by Bishop
Schinner OF Superior. Wis. assisted
by Most Rev. Archbishop Kenne Of
Dubuque.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07

"On the plum blossoms
Thick fell the snow.
! wished to gather some to show thee
But It melted In my hands.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

leaving all else IN somber hues. Look
ing to the setting sun which lighted her
face and hair, she gazed with thought
full eyes and in a voice that brought
to memory the awe Of fairy tales, said: :
Look at the sky over there; isn't II
beautiful? I like the bright and the
beautiful, not this deadened color over
there oh, the bright and the beauti-
full, the colors of a sunset-those are
what I like best!"
And all through that long day, which
yet seemed short, not one word did
this young woman utter OF her tri-
umphs in foreign lands, and not one
hint Of the audiences held spellbound In
this and the old countries, nor of the
concert which she is to give here in
Los Angeles-in Los Angeles which
proudly claims her as a daughter. But
Notwithstanding this sweet difiidence,
on the night of April she will appear
in Simpson auditorium, and will there
show her friends that the years of alb
sence have not been in vain-and al
though taller, she is yet the same girl
that first whistled in her nursery here
in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

which she has bestowed on us, we are
greeted at the door by Mrs. McComas
Here proud father and mother, equally
well known and brilliant, extend greet
ings, while Carroll McComas, the
great whistler" whose name has been
a headline in black type from London
to South Africa, hovers about, chirp-
ing like a little bird.
Carroll McComas in her own home
is just the sweetest, most unaffected
and most natural girl in the world.
Her Home Life
Clad in a pretty light blue Peter Pan
waist, with a loose tie knotted at her
shapely throat, a plain walking skirt
of gray and a bunch of beautiful roses
carelessly thrust into her belt, gave no
hint of the beautiful imported gowns
which this young woman dons for her
on the stage. Nor does she
"talk shop" and allude to her extended
travels. But the color of the roses thar
you like best. which she is scratching
her white fingers to pick, and the num-
Der of golden hued oranges which she
can prevail upon you to accept is her
greatest anxiety for the present.
Carroll McComas is regular coun-
try girl and is interested in all that
tends to make country life pleasant.
Hammer and saw have felt her firm