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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

Certainly" said the professor.
I've seen pictures and read descrip-
tions, but" He waved the memory
Of them aside contemptuousIy. Jim.
never imagined anything like that
since | was small boy afraid of the
dark. Look here"
He held out his hand, and his fln-
gers danced like the prongs of a tun-
ing-fork.
"Um! You-all are scared" said
Boiling, appreciatively.
interested, Jim, Excited" cried
the professor. Il don't know whether
I'm afraid or not. It's immaterial.
A ray twenty feet across! l must get
that fish, dissect him, know every inch
Of his monstrous body before 1 do
anything else. Will you help me?"
Bolling's eyes suddenly glowed.
Sure I'll help you, You're game,
all right, professor. This shoal would
be heap nicer if we beached that old
devil somewheres.
The ray, apparently so open in its
movements, proved a difficult quarry.
1t seemed to have none of the activity.
the daring impetuosity of the game
fishes. Boiling and the professor.
quartering back and forth across the
shoal, with the engine down to the
quietest notch, saw nothing rise to
their mullet and glistening squares OF
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

"Give It to him!" said Boiling, in
a shrill whisper, and rose, harpoop In
hand
1t was impossible to miss so big q
mark. The lance struck the fieshy
back, and sank as IL into blue mud.
The professor, with his feet wide
apart, ratified out a couple OF shots
from the magazine rife.
The ray struck out with one great
wing and then with the other, lash
ing the water white and throwing
spray clear over the launch Before
the eddies had smoothed it was gone.
The next moment it shot up ahead.
broad as a sail. the harpoon-line
streaming behind lit. AS it hung for
a second. tapping. the professor fired
again
Look out for rushl" cried Boil
ing, and reversed the engine.
The ray fell back with a resound-
ing slap, and instantly the line leaped
over the bow. The professor hardly
had time to brace himself before the
shock came. The line snapped taut,
and the launch, in spite of her re-
'CASO0 Cb SAhCs StA lOl Wdlus LWO
sheets of water faring from her de-
pressed nose.
He'll tear the bow out Of her!"
bawled Boiling. "She won't stand it,
sir"
The professor, soaked with flying
brine. roared back at him:
I'll buy you a new one! Sit tight
there. Jim!"
1t was smooth in the shallow cove,
and fortunately the great ray did not
try to head toward the sea. In rough
water the launch must have filled or
capsized in that terrific rush.
The devil-fish drove straight for the
mangrove point, as if to hurl itself
upon the sedgy iat-a half-lnile in
thirty seconds. And then, as sudden
ly as it had bolted, the line fell slack.
The launch, half-full of water, stead
led to the kick of it's propeller. Boil
ing stopped the engine, and she lay
drifting and spent.
The professor shook himself and
peered cautiously about.
Il don't like this" he said. Where
is he?"
I'm glad we're near Shore" said
Boiling
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
Wake Up and BE Vaccinated.

Inspection still is in progress at the
boundary to prevent cases OF small
pox being brought into the country
from Minnesota. Owing to n protest
from Washington of rough usage Of
people coming from the south by the
Canadian medical inspectors, changes
have been made in the regulations
Under the new system sleeping car
conductors receive certificates and
one Is given to each passenger to fill
out. On that certificate they must
state when they were vaccinated, aQd
If 1t was successful. If not, the pas
senger must get up and undergo the
operation. These certificates j are
handed to the Canadian officials al
the border.-Winnipe Correspond
Ance st. Paul Einnaaa-r{AI .I
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

pork but an occasional dull sand
shark. Somewhere, basking placidly
upon the bottom, lay the devil-fish,
and doubtless. with more or less regu-
laTity. it moved about in the search
for food, but the occupants of the
launch failed to detect its presence
Day after day went by. The pro-
fessOr's face grew longer behind the
green veil. His time was limited. and
in this paradise for collectors there
was much that he was neglecting.
Every slow crane croaking over
head, every necklace of drops flung
up by leaping fish. every prolific
patch of sea vegetation reused i'm
pulses that he had to quen. The
devotees of science must be dogged.
There is so much, so much! 8"
sighed the professor. Jim, boy,
envy you all this What a field to
work in"
Boiling yawned He was lolling
in the stern. his fingers clutching a
cord, on the farther end of which a
mullet was fastened. 1t seemed such
fruitless business.
w S@4H NNA"S "huSH HO"s SlA'
he said, lazily. Il reckon that old
devils 9one up Moth; just keeping
his left fin close to shore, SOS he can
kind Of feel where he is. No trunk
to carry and no ticket to-to-geti
He broke of. every fiaccid line sud
denly stiffening, and eyed he water
close abeam. which had grown
opaque, as II struck by a slant OF
wind. But there was no wind and
the surface was CLASSY.
Very quietly Boiling leaned for
ward and stopped the engine. The
dusky patch darkened, grew sharp in
outline. and then the devil lay awash
upon the surface, staring at the
launch. Its huge. wing,like append
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

The bottom here was muddy and
the water Opaque. They could not
see below the surface. The line hung
over the bow limp and motionless. A
heron rose from the sedge and fapped
away, trailing its long legs. A drum
fish doomed solemnly; but the giant
ray gave no sign.
The professor moved uneasily.
There's plenty of horsepower left
in that brute yet. This waiting's un-
pleasant"
Look at the line" said Boiling.
softly.
1t was moving, almost as if caught
by some quiet current 1t ran out
very slowly from the bow, then swung
to starbOard and passed astern, length
ening foot by foot. 1t was so gentle,
so unlike the former evidences of the
huge fish's power, that it chilled the
nerves of the watchers. 1t seemed as
If the creature were meditating some
crafty plan and working it out with
human cunning.
The professor followed the moving
line with the muZZle of his rifle.
Il think l hit him that last time, 8"
he said. big as he is, l don't see
how he can digest three of these
long bullets. They'll rip their way
through a foot of solid oak"
Here he comes! Look" Boiling
pointed with a shaking finger.
The line had swung back abeam
and slackened. Bloody bubbles were
rising and cracking on the surface,
and the water itself seemed arching
upward with the quick rise of the
huge bulk.
But when the ray appeared. it
backed off and began to circle the
launch, rasping the tightenedl line
along the gunwale.
A"Cut away Jim." said .th1 pro-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
Wanted a Day on.

A certain scientist in the Govern
ment service is said to be a hard
taskmaster to both his official and his
domestic servants.
Being detailed once to accompany
a scientific expedition on an extendsa-
cruise. the scientist is said to have
unbent a trife in communicating the
news to his personal attendant.
Henry" said he, how would you
like to go with me around the
world?"
do we go from East to West. sir ~
asked the man.
Yes"
And we lose a day going that way,
do we not, sir2"
I'VE do -
ssrT,hor, 49, V~h~..fzA ~srp uIl.<{X| i
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
Effective Feb'y Gath. 1908.
CCHESAPEAKE LINE"


OCHEsAPEAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA.
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NOR.
FOLK, VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily Tex
cept Sunday at 80 F. NJ and leave
Old Point Comfort at 6 90 A. M. and
Norfolk at 90 K. NJ, where connection
is made with the Rail Lines for all points
South.
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER
"ATLANTA"
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND,
VA
Steamer leaves Baltimore Tuesday
Thursday and saturday "a z. NJ. and
arrive " est Point at as A NJ, and Rich
mond at 8 90 A. NJ
Steamers call at Gloucester Point Gle
ments, Clay Bank and Almonds
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE
FROM PIERS 18 AND 10 LIGHT
STREET WHARF.
Through Tickets to all points may DC
secured, baggage checked and state
rooms ieserved from the City Ticket Of
fees, 119 Z. Baltimore street, ARTHUR
w. ROBSON, Agent. 127 Z. Baltimore
street. or the General Offices, Light and
Lee streets, Baltimore, Md.
REUBEN FOSTER,
General Manager.
K. J. CHISM,
General Passenger Agent.
T. Ii. Fe1DANNEL,
ASST Gcnl Passenger A gent
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
8 STYLES u
~ MN

is that the styles in titled foreigners changing?
Al all events where formerly the
by our girls candidly bankrupt this
tons nave been especially quoted
their right.
But all the while 1t to be observed that
as II was yesterday the sole actuang motive And the
who whether he needs the
TO fall in love with but rich girl discovers breeding
1t the accumulated
superlative gentility.-Ramsey Benson
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
Took Bribe. Gets Four Years.

Frederick ]. Immel, member of the
Columbus (Ohio) Board of Public
Service. entered a formal plea of
guilty of accepting a bribe from H.
G. Lang, superintendent of the Cleve-
land Trinidad Paving Company. He
was sentenced to four years in the
Ohio Penitentiary and fined $1,000.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
ONLY A LITTLE WHILE.

Only little while travel lifes weary yvav
Only little while we look the light of dav.
Only little while and wish wait.
Only little while work at daily tasks
Only little while usual
Only little while trouble please
Only little while seek selGsh ends
Only little while struggle and strive and fail
Only little while we buffet against the gale
Only a little while and fuss and
Only little while grumble what we get.
Only little while join in the great worlds strife
Only little while share in the of life
Onlly little while we put daily bluff
Only a little while-but isn't il long enough?
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

Good nature is worth more than
knowledge, more than money, to the
persons who possess it, and certainly
to everybody who dwells with them,
in so far as mere happiness is con-
cerned.-Henry Ward Beecher.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

The clever thing about a girl who
thinks she's in love with a man is she
can make him believe he is, too.-
New York Press
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

Let us be OF good cheer, remember
ing. that the misfortunes hardest to
bear are those which never come. -
Lowell.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

Fine feathers do not always make
fine birds. Sometimes they make a
little gOOse.-DallaS News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

Double Tracks For Siberian Railway.
The Duma adopted the Russian
Government bill for the double track
ing of the Siberian Railway.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

The Romans were like brothers in
the brave days of old.-Macaulay
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

The only serious and formidable
thing in nature is will-Emerson
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Do the duty which lies nearest to
you.-Charles Kingsley.
Be there a will. and wisdom finds
the way.-George Crabbe
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-02

have used Shalon Paint constant'y y ever stree it
was first introduced in this city. it is my opinion
that it will give better results than any other rst
know Of
When use it, | do not hesitate to guarantee that
my work will look as we'll and last as long. as any
painting in this section.
Yours respectfully,
Geo. T. Rock, Norfolk Va
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03
New Farm Products.


Alfalfa was an unknown crop a few
years ago. Now it is one of the most
reliable and profitable of Texas crops.
1t has not been long since the onion
for family use. Now the onion crop is
one of Texas best advertisements. The
effort to raise for the market me-
dicinal plants began with one enter
prising citizen of Grayson County only
a few years ago. Now this line Is be-
ing taken up and will be carried on for
all 1t is worth. The list is growing
longer. and the prices of cotton and
other farm products are better than
they used to be, and the man with the
hoe is growing more independent. The
sugar beet is how being tested. Colo
RADIO holds first place in the production
of beet sugar in the United States,
with 422,732,530 pounds of sugar from
13S, ,366,366 acres, while Michigan and
California are closely matched for sec.
ond place, producing 1G50000OO and
164.O0O,OOO pounds. respectively. The
sugar beet crop in this country last
year brought S4,50O,00O
The present year will be an impor-
tant season for experiments with the
sugar beet in Texas. Let the tests be
made under as good conditions as pos
sible. There is really no doubt as to
the results in localities where the soil
Is of the right density and quality.
Lands that produce fine crops of beets
Of the ordinary variety or the biggest
turnips in the world" are quite sure to
break n few records in sugar beets If
given u fair test.-IGalveston News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03
ABOUT THE TAMALE HUSKS.
New Industry Developed by the De-
mand for the "HOt Things"

New Industry Developed by the De-
mand for the "HOt Things"
DO you KNOW" said the tamale fiend
to Kansas City Times man, "that a
good part Of the profit in the tamale
trade goes to the farmers of Johnson
County, Kansas"
"Oh, shucks !" returned the other
Eyes, that's just it: The farmers out
there supply the Kansas City market
with the corn husks the tamales are
wrapped in, and it would surprise you
to learn the extent of the business. Any
old corn husk won't do for the business,
either. If you'll look at these you'll
see the texture is very close, the sur
face smooth and that the lengths are
uniform. Only the inner husk Is used,
the fine white covering that grows next
to the ear. The proper length is about
nine inches, to allow for the ends be-
Ing folded over the tamale when 1t is
steamed, as you see them now"
why, who'd go to all that bother
for dinky little business like this?"
asked the listener incredulously.
Bother? Dinky? Say, do you know
these corn husks are shipped in here In
5OO-pound bales? That's quite a re-
spectacle sized industry, take It, At
any rate, the Kansas, farmers have
found 1t profitable enough to go to the
expense of buying presses to bale the
product and large agricultural supply
house in Kansas City finds it worth
while to carry it in stock and cater to
the trade Of the tamale men,"
What is the particular advantage
of using corn husks for this purpose?"
asked the listener. isn't there any.
thing else that would do?"
Nothing that would answer as many
purposes. The corn husk holds the
tamale while it is cooked and at the
same time imparts a flavor to it. It
! also holds the heat as. nothing else
would"
well, it beats met" said the other
man, as they went on. 81 never gave
1t much thought, but always supposed
the tamale men bought up all the old
mattresses to get their corn husks"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03

equipped with a sIxteen-hor power
three cylinder motor. The new boat
however, has not entered into compe-
tition with the speed records, although
she is said TO run nearly mile an
hour faster than the Skip.
A remarkable feature of motor boat.
ing on the Mississippi is the speed at
tanned by boats with little horse pow
er. While the crafts on the Atlantic
coast and the lakes require from fifty
to seventy-fye horse power before a
speed of twenty miles an hour can be
attained, none of the fastest boats on
the river has more than sixteen horse
power and few of them have over
ten Many of the engines used In the
river craft are of light design, and
while the horse power is small they
attain speed of from 800 to 1000 rev.
olutions per minute.
Motor boating on the Mississippi
has taken a remarkable advance In
popularity In the last season. Motor
boat clubs have been organized at all
of the smaller towns along the river
as well as at the cities, and there is
now a movement on between the clubs
looking toward the organization of a
Mississippi River motor-boat associa-
ton. to include all of the smaller or
ganizations.
Where a couple Of years ago there
were dozen launches in Lacrosse
waters there are now more than $50,
ranging from the sixteen-foot hunting
scowto the magnificent fifty-foot cruis.
ers OF the more wealthy boatmen.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03

Eggs are preserved in many other
ways besides cold storage. Often the
preservative is effected by excluding
the air by coating, covering or immers-
Ing the eggs, some material or solu-
tion being used which may or may not
be germicide. An old domestic meth
cd Is to pack the eggs in oats, bran or
salt; another consists in covering the
eggs with lime water, which may or
may not contain salt. In Germany
sterilization Is effected by placing in
boiling water from twelve to fifteen sec
onds. Sometimes they are treated to a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03
- Science
. .szsesssInyeTntion Tin n
NOOOOOOOOO~

Gas poisoning from gas engines has
become so common that German au-
thorities urge that cylinders If oxygen
be kept near and that engineers be
taught to apply inhalations to resusci-
tate victims
Experiment has shown that an cleo
tric are can be employed under water
for fusing metal. The intense heat
turns the water surrounding the arc
into steam, thus forming an insulating
cushion of vapOr. 1t has been suggest
ed that with proper apparatus the elcc-
trio arc could be employed by divers
for quickly cutting through large cha in
cables or iron plates under water.
The "axle-light'' system is In use on
the trains Of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad on an extensive
scale Each car has its own storage
batteries supplied with electricity gen
Grated by the aXles Of the wheels, and
the locomotive headlights derive their
illumination from the same source. 1t
is estimated that each full train, ex-
elusive Of the locomotive. develops near
ly 800 candle-power light.
Within the past few years The euca-
lyptus has been introduced in Florida
and its kindly growth there Is believed
to Indicate that it might be extensively
cultivated in the southern parts of that
State. The eucalyptus is of very rapid
growth. but 1t cannot withstand frosts
1t was planted in California from Aus
tralla many years ago, and now hcur-
ishes so abundantly on the PHciic
coast that its wood Is extensively EN-
ployed for fuel, posts and lumber.
The production Of oxygen and hydro
gen on an industrial scale by the de-
composition of water with electrolytic
apparatus in Germany has led to the
suggestion that hydrogen thus produc-
ed may find wide field of employment
as a lighting agent. 1t is now used
for initiating military balloons. For light
ing purposes 1t Is compressed in steel
cylinders. With a proper burner 1t Is
said to be cheaper illuminant than
acetylene. the relative cost for equal
Illuminating power being % for hydro
gen to 80 for acetylene.
Everybody who has used a micro
scope has no doubt regretted the diff
Guilty Of seeing small insects, and other
living objects not Of mere microscopic
dimensions, magniied while alive and
moving freely in the field of view. A
recently invented English instrument
called the vitascope, is said to supply a
desderatl tlim In this respect. 1t Is
shaped like a telescope. foot long
when closed and an inch and a half
In diameter. The lenses are 80 COM
bined that an object 20 inches away
may be magnifed II dameters. At a
distance Of inches the magniilcation
Is 60 diameters.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03
Farm Hints,

The horse Is mans best friend, there
fore he Is deserving of friends treat.
ment.
Don't forget that the barnyard ma
Aure is the best all-round fertilizer Won
can obtain.
Pasture makes the cheapest hog feed
on the farm and clover makes the best
hog pasture.
Don't let money act as paddock on
your heart and shut in all the kindness
and happiness.
The animal that has a full, bright
eye Is apt to be healthy. And a moist
nose Is another indication of health.
Talk over with the good housewife
all the undertakings of the farm. She
will hav0 some good advice to offer.
The burning of straw and stalks. ex.
cept in special cases, is wasteful nroc.
tice and has no place IN judicious farm.
Ing
Every farm should have a pair Of
scales. 1t is the only way for the
farmer to know exactly where ba
stands in his buying and selling.
Farm machinery put in repair before
the busy season opens means money in
the pocket. When 1t is put away in
the fall Is better time for repairing
The man who keeps his troubles 70
himself is better thought of than ba
who burdens his neighbors with them
The neighbors have their own trouble,
to think about.
Little things on the farm amount IN
as much In the end as they do in anv
other business, yet the farmer as n ruls
does not pay as much attention to de.
tails as does Tho city business man.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-03
BOAT HAS EXPRESS SPEED.
Western Designers Expect Their
New Craft to Beat All Records.

Western Designers Expect Their
New Craft to Beat All Records.
A craft with the speed Of an express
train has long been the dream of sew
eral mOtOr-boat enthusiasts along the
upper Mississippi River and several de-
signers have been working together
with the result that they have produced
1t boat with which they expect to shat
ter all the present records, says the
New York World.
Frank Titus of Fountain City, Wis,
formerly owned the fastest boat on the
river in the famous Bat, the small
craft which attained speed of nearly
twenty miles an hour with nine-horse
power engine and for three seasons held
the speed record on the upper river.
The Bat has been sold to physician
at Cassville, Wis, and her engines will
he used in another craft.
Until the advent of the Chief of Rec
ord, formerly owned by A. Gardner OF
Wlnona, the Bat outclassed all boats
on the Dver, large and small and could
leave the fastest steamboats, In The
stern waves
Gardeners boat, % feet long. with
nine-horse-pOwer- engine and 4-foot
beam, was, until the middle of the
season, the fastest boat In that terri
tory At Wabasha on July 4, In the
motor-boat races, the Chief of Record
outran the Bat and other boats en-
tered and finished nearly half-mile
In the lead In a six-mile course. The
Chief Of Record attained speed of
twenty miles an hour and for the
horse-pow installed was considered
the fastest boat between St Louis and
st. Paul.
Late In July the Skip. owned by
Eugene =. Gleason, OF Lacrosse, was
launched at Red Wing and clearly out
classed other water racers. The Skin
Is 80 feet long, with 4-foot beam and
is equipped with welve-horse-po power
motor in three cylinders. The Skip
has attained as high as twenty-five
and a half miles an hour, but through
failure to provide a sufficient cooling
apparatus for the engine Is unable to
maintain this pace indefinitely
The Skip now holds the speed rec
ord on that part Of the river with the
exception Of a boat Of the same de-
sign. which Is 85 feet long and is