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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

One week more will see the end of the presidential election, and we shall soon know whether Taft or Bryan will be our next president. Whatever may be the differences of individual opinion, it appears to be generally agreed that the country will be safe with either one of these two eminent gentlemen ID the executive chair. and that the one who goes down to defeat as either the one or the other. inev- itably must-will retire from the arena with the almost universal good will and respect of his fellow citi- zens.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

Mr. Roossvelt Is to be come an as- sociate editor of tho Outlook. An other staid and heretofore widely considered conservative publication about to take on the yellow!
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31
Not Deliberate.

Wife-I claim that the story you told me last night when you came home was deliberate lie! st''
 Hub-And say it W asn't! never thought up one: more quickly in my life!
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31
WomanIike.

"ln my opinion" said Jones. "a wo- mans club to.be successful should aim at something far .removeds from fe- male suffrage, sasss.. -r' e. ..s''. '..
 T do not agree with you.,,', retorted Miss Strong. with set lip "That alone should be Its object"
 Exactly. but if 1t aims at something else 1t Is more likely to hit that."-Phn- adelphia Press.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

The New York World has compil ed figures on which it bases prediction that Bryan will lose New York by 15, 600 votes and Chanler will carry it by approximately 15O,000 In other words it predicts that Hughes will run l65, 900 votes behind Taft. To the distant observer this prediction will appear preposterous. It will be inter- esting to bear it in mind, and check up the Worlds accuracy by the elec- tiOn returns.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31
Looking Backward.

Some people have queer ideas of sentiment" a,is3 "Tor exampleT
 "I know man who treasures the slipper his mother. used to spank him with. h."-Birmingham Age-H erald.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

Japan has done the thing very nice- ly. The reception accorded the United States battleship fleet seems to have been characterized with infirite dig nifty and grace. The war clouds which some few months ago luomed over the Orient seems to have been completely dispersed. All who in the smallest way realize what terrible thing war is will rejoice at the happy turn of events.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

The absence of news in referance to Candidate Bryan in our columns is not our fault We are at the mercy of correspondents for news. So far as can be Yleaned from exchanges, it is safe to say that Candidate Bryan is holding his own in the campaign. It looks like a close race, but the New York betting is in favor of Taft.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

The New York Worlds forecast of the result in the Empire state would carry more comfort to the followers of Taft, were it not that four years ago the same paper prior to election gave the state to Parker by POO, 900 major ity. whereas Roosevelt carried it by ITS, 900. Now it puts it down at 15, 900 for Taft, as compared with nearly POO, 900 for the Democratic candidate for governor. When the smoke of battle clears away the world may be able to see with clearer vision.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-31

News.
 The Eskimo colony taken to Seattle for exhibition, proposes at the A. Y. P. fair next summer, hus heen in creased by the addition of a new baby.
 The people of Cordova must be a queer lot; they build Guggenheim railroads, have Guggenheim elections, and now they are drinking what they call Guggenheim whisky. The last is said to be very good.
 The city council of V aldez has ap pointed meat inspector, whose power it is to condemn any meat which is over-ripe.
 An old hunter of the Tanana gives 1t as his opinion that the car abou of the interior are not decreasing in numbers. These animals are some times seen in droves that are estimat- ed as high as 20, GOO.
 Fairbanks has modern threeo story school building, with an assem- bly room and library, and all the grades from the primary to the big b school. One hudnred and fifty pupils were enrolled in 1907. =
 The Hindus who went to Dawson last spring and stuck around all sum uer, finally bad tue satisfaction this
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-10-06

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-10-06

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-25

love of notoriety as we'll as love for
violence, and care less about the lake
than they do about the excuse to run
around at night with gun, with a
swelling feeling inside their chests that
they have the power Of life and death in
the crook of the trigger finger. 1t gives
C4em a sense of importance that they
lire too lazy and shiftless to work for
and get in any other way There is no
essential difference between them and
the loud-mouthed tough kid" of the
cities, who joins gang
The remedy is law. And if that fails;
more law, and drastically applied. To
sum up my own personal feelings-I
have sympathy for the Reelfoot fish
ermen, in spite of all their faults, and
in spite of the fact that it would be good
for the state Of their souls in the end if
they went out and got some regular
jobs and hustled little for living.
can see why they think the lake should
be free, and | can see why they don't
want to give up their present mode Of
life, for | would like nothing better
myself than to forget had a soul and
just lie around in the woods and
fish and hunt little, and not work at
anything else; but the toughs and po-
tential murders must still be separated
from the bulk of the fisherment
Law is the remedy. It is the lesson.
the whole country needs, North, West
and South. Whether the grievance is
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-25
ALL WRONG.
PIKE is Made by Many Union
40 City Citizens.

Da a Ejstake the cause Of backache.
To bfrred you must know the
cause sch9
1t is Wong to imagine relief is cure.
Backache is kidney ache.
You must cure.the kidneys,
A Union City resident tells you hew..
Mrs. E. E. Owens, III Fourth street,
Union City, Tenn says: II suffered
almost constantly some years ago FROM
a dull aching across my back and kid
neys. / also had frequent headaches,
and feeling OF languor and weakness.
Mr.. Giyens advised me to try DoaS =
Kidney Pills and did so, with the fs
suit that was cured. / have often en-
dorsed Doan's Kidney Pills and will
continue to Do so.
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. ,Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agau for the United
States
tsl as q sssss. = 21l y !
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-25
MACE or THE MASK
CD rom the fifth page.)
LIE 1vlnFbhnson had sued he

I'D frora the fifth page.)
LIE Nlplbhns0n had sued hsr
Ayr divorce The Nightrid-
tohnson's side of the case, and
==z=speyii i. Is We nioht in order TO
j appel her to live with him. They also
,Ehipped her father because he had taken
!, her side Of the case against her husband.
George H. Wynn, an aged
a..d well-to-do citizen OF Lake County,
, and justice OF the peace, was whipped
!, well nigh to death in the early part OF
the summer Wynn s offense was de-
nunciation of the formation of Night
rider bands, and his criticism of that
part of the constitution which for
babe the employment OF negroes. He
had said that,he thought niger was
aheap better than Nightrider any day. 2
John Shaw was whipped, and with
thorns, soon after the burning OF the
docks belonging to the Reelfoot Fish
Company at Samburg; the whipping
was to intimidate him so that he would
not tell what he knew to the grand jury.
And there are other victims, with
some Of whom have talked who are
at loss to give any very logical reason
for their punishment. The case Of H.
B. Young, better known as Conf"
Young, is a fair sample, Young ran a
kind Of hotel, q spoftsmen's resort on
starve Island, an eypt Of some fifty
acres near the middle Of the lake.
Young was taken from his house on the
night Of September %, given ten ticks
with rope, and ordered to abandon his
business and leave the lake on pain OF
oheath. / asked him why he wa $
whipped.
ITO make me sell my business, he
said. II was in partnership with Mrs.
Es~ Page, and wished to buy her out.
SHRtdid not want to sell her interest,
alt proAosed to buy me out. The
3qksnis isAheard Of the difference be-
they Ae Ind said that she was right
gas wrong, and that | should sell
gher. / guess / must have been
Rg some taking, and that in itself
yenough to get me a whipping. /"
lis that all? Wasn't there some
other reason or excuse alleged"
That is the only reason they gave
me when they whipped me, and the
only one can think of, unless it was
because / was doing well in the bust
ness and they do not like to see any
one do well. When you find out more
about the Nightriders you will know
that that is enough to get you whip
ping"
1t is interesting to note the progress
i've seriousness of the offenses against
the law. In the spring they were warn
ing various people and also destroying
property. There seems to have been a
certain element of frolicsomeness in the
business at the start.
a. 10 ~ ~
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-25

tolls, the people Of Obion and Lake
counties do not care to do too much
talking
Inside the military camp at Sanburg
canvassed the situation with some
fishermen and farmers not under arrest,
and even then with the troops about
them tney uaIvu soy t bssvs iitt.e -.7,
Tt Amt healthy to say what you
think about those fellows, one Of them
told me. These things are significant
Of the state Of terror in which the coun-
try districts were kept, and many fish
ermen and farmers joined the bands
rather than be whipped or killed; they
were bullied into it, and the country
was bullied into silence.
From Hickman, KY, north of the
lake, through Dyer County on the
south, and from Union City on the east
to the Mississippi River on the west
say stretch of country, roughly speak
ing, about fifty miles square-it has
been a veritahle.reign Of terror for eight
months.
Immediately after the death Of Cap
tain Rankin, five companies Of the Ten
1nessee State troops, under the command
8of Colonel Nv. 9. Taton,, d Nashville,
were hurried into the Reelfoot district;
the sheriffs Of Obion, lake and Dyer
counties formed strong pQSSsz aRd a
sisted them; and Judge Joseph B. ones
Of the Fourteenth Tennessee circuit,
convened the grand jury in special sesz
sion. Governor Malcoln}R Patterson,
at the time engaged ind campaign for
reelection, Cancelled ally IS speaking
engagements and went AXE personal
charge Of the situation. He offered a
reward Of $40, 900 the largest the law
allowed for the capturt 1.-THE murder
ers. Martial law was lecIaxed, but
it was put into effect ira-week a
hundred prisoners " toe'mp estab-
lished at samburg. m
The trials will be with I'M
Unusual interest. he for
The Freedom ofX eiase sure.
find the sympathy with Vie fisher
men pretty general throughout the lake
country, as regards the old question of
the drainage of the lake and its sus-
ceptibility to exclusive ownership. The
sentiment is that it should be free lake;
but, of course, nowhere is there any
palliation of the Night Riding offenses.
The people with whom have talked
are always careful to make i clear that
while the Night Riding begA with the
use of the lake grievance as its pretext,
the regulators" would have made use
of some other pretext had there been
no lake there.
Take them all together, there are sew
eral hundred fishermen. 1t is hard to
arrive at the exact number, for & py
of them-the larger part of theb ly
fish little occasionally Pa a
hundred men are enfployedf,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1908-11-20
9sslk ssds.asGs az arGmsEisa.

81 the past ioue or i'Yc
years complaints ot the SICK
ness and death Of stock has
becl received from certain
arts 81 the territory; parncu
larly the recos valley ID and
around Carlsbad and accom-
panymp these complaints have
co0lc specimens OF a plant
which was supposed to be the
cause Of the loss. ! he los
ses were not confined TO one
kiak Of stock. but cattle We're
most frequently alf' cted.
The plant accused Of causing
the trouble Che ravles
q qoldenroi- Isocoma het 70
phylla) had never before been
accused Of being poisonors,
but the complaints against II
we're SO uniform and continu
ous that they we're believed to
be well founded. The dis
ease was believed by some to
be due to "a kali poisoning
AMI was called by this name
or referred to as "renbles
slows or tires depending
somewhat upon the symptoms
Of the Individual animal.
The financial loss arising
from this cause was consider.
able; but, what IS Of much
more consequence, there's a
disease Of man whic b occurs
associated with that OF the
cattle and number Of cases
Of severe illness and a few
deaths have been reported
from the seat Of the cattle dl-
sease. Doctors prescribing
for the human patients dag
nosed the disease as milk
tsiic:tshst.s., M NJ: ss6'dif;ce 81 thi
trouble evidently being the
milk of affected COWS. This
disease is one which prevailed
more or less extensively III the
central states during the early
settlement of that part Of the
country, and is reported oc-
casionally from the less thick
" populated parts Of that re-
gion even today. The true
cause Of the disease has nevei
been ascertained until quite
recently.
Through the efforts Of va
rious individuals more or less
concerned, special inves,iga
tors, Drs. Edward O. Jordan
and N. M. Harris, professor
and assistant professor OF bac
teriology, University Of Chi
cago, were interested in th'
matter, went to the seat OF th'
disturbance, and made an ex
tended investigation of th'
disease. Autopsies of cattle
in various stages OF the diseas'
we're made and detailed cx
aminations were made OF al
the organs of the affected ami
mails and records kept of til
conditions found in each
Two human patients suherin
from tile disease were seer
The result of their .nyestigg
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1908-11-20
son that the disease IS caused

they have called Bacillvs lac
timcrb a large amount Of
N .teral was obtained for e1-
peiimentation and taken back
IL the laboratories u Chicago
! where an extended series Of
cultures was made and NUN
bei of innoculalion experl
mente were carried on with
animals OF different kinds.
rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs and
calves being used
The wo k SO far done IS, III
the words OF the authors.
bui the prelude to a i-iore
comp enensive study The
purpose OF this bulletin IS to
| p int ont the possibility Of the
| occurrence Of the disease in
our territory, to call attention
o the work that has already
been done, and to ask that
stockmen in New Mexico will
communicate With this de
partment or with DR.. ordan
whenever they have reason TO
believe that their cattle are af
tected with this disease. In
fornrtion as to the extent Of
this di5ease among cattle or
other stock in New Mexico is
very desirable and more ex-
tendedinvestigatlon of the sub
iect will occur. So far moth
ing has been done in the way
Of remedial measures and the
way in which the bacterium
enters the animal is not Ger
tainly 'snown though it is pro
badly obtained in the food.
\ Whether any particular kind
Of food is more liable to con-
tain it than others isnot known
and the Investigators are par
'ticu1aify ahxiohs' for more
data which may reveal some
method Of preventing t e en-
trance Of the bacteria. Doc
tors who may meet with cases
of this disease in their practice
are requested to notify either
Of the above mentioned par
ties of such cases. A pre-
liminaY statement of the work
which has alrady been done
BY these eminent bacteriolo-
gists was published in the
ournal Of the a tnerical Medi-
cal Association, May %. 1908,
which should be consulted,
especially by the medical pro-
fession, for further information
on the subject.
The symptoms Of the dis
ease in cattle are as follows:
At first there is a desire
tolie down, accompanied by
loss Of appetite. II forced to
run the animal is usually sel-
zed with fit Of trembling, and
if urged too far will fall. Gen
! orally there is marked consti-
: patton, and there IS greatweak
, ness. The animal usually dies
, quietly, the breathing becom-
ing htful and weaker until
death occurs. Some ranch
men report that treatment
which keeps the bowels open
E (such as doses Of linseed oil or
feeding Kafhr corn or similar
loosening feed) has proved
beneficial E 81 sNooton il
Pres Bulletin No.I37, NJ M.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-12-20

Moral 'suasion. is a process of rea
soning by which the conscience i
reached through the avenues Of the in
teliect-l should have said suppose<
TO be reached. But my idea Is that tn
shortest and most expeditions route 4
through the epideFmis- .
Did yoH ever receive corporal pun
1shment at school, grand-pa2
I'm both glad and sorry to say
yes"
did she hurt much when she lieke,
you?'
My teacher was not she. I nevel
saw or heard of female teacher n
my schorol days, but you should no
use the term licked-there is a more
elegant word-chastiSe-"
did all of your teachers lc-chas
tise you. grandpa"
"Yes, all. and one teacher that wa;
not my teacher"
How funny it is to hear that your
teachers GckedI mean chastised-
YOU Tell me all about it and / vii
earn a good report for a month.
OF the Old School.
Well, there were in aute-beilum days
three teachers in the south whose
names were held in terrOrem over al
obstinate and vicious youths. Bing
ham, of North Carolina, Beeman, OF
Georgia, and Morris, of Alabama. The
last named taught school in Salem an0
other places in east Alabama. Wher
ever he located l followed, and con
tinued under the tutelage of this ad'
mirables teacher until / had mastered
a sufficiency of latin and greek to be
admitted TO the freshman class at col
lege. 1t was In the SOS of the last
century when l returned from the
boarding school to enjoy a short va
cation before my departure for COT
lege. l was passing through that
critical period when puberty is chang
ed TO rnanhood and which was then
6acetiously called "the gosling age.
That age when the down. begins TO
appear ON the uper lip. and silly CON
ceited ideas in the brain.
l found on my return that a young
graduate from Emory college had been
engaged to teach the village school
His name was john Wesley Rush.
and while teaching he was also pre-
pairing himself for admission to the
Alabama conference. AS a bigoted,
conceited youth, i began to incite in.
subordination In his pupils I would
entice the boys TO Hnger on their way
to school, and in many ways began
to interfere with his authority and dis
cipline. While his school was in ses
sion, I would satinter within fifty
yards of the academy and fire on both
barrels of my nrI1zzle-loader. One
morning / was playing marbles before
the law office OF my uncle, Judge Al
fred Reed, when Mr.. Rush passed by
ON his way to the academy. / detain-
ed the bows T5r1fDosely and INV uncle
The Pensacola journal., 1908-12-20
BY PROF. ]. M. TATE

I wonder why he pauses SO often be-
tween the words of the song. and why
he injects undue emphasis upon notes
not authorized by the original We
discover by his zig-zag movements
that he is kicking his foot ball.
Come on, Billie,r cries his grand
mother. 1T is time to study your
lessons"
He neither hears nor heeds her ad
monition, but redoubles both his voice
and hermetic energy to force the pig
skin to the gate.
Come in, I say" cries his grand
mother.
Sing on Billie" said I. "kick on
Bfllie-kick while it is called today,
for the night cometh when, like me
you canont kick" and catching the in.
lection of the hour, / sing: Back
ward, turn backward, . time in your
fight, make me boy again just for
tonight
Enaboldened by my permission as he
nears the gate he gives one final kick
and in response the ball rose clear O.
the gate and threatened my position.
Look out, BilIieI You will
strike your grandfather,
No, she is mistaken, il strikes the
top step and rebounding settles into
tempting position midway between
porch and gate.
Fires Of Youth KindIed.
As look at it the fires of youth are
Hndled anew. jump from my chair;
my legs begin to oscillate like pendu
lums; my wife raises her hands in
protest at my actions Billie seems
to understand me, and with mocking
voice cries: School days." as he
fumhle< at the erafa latch
/ can no longer stand the challenge
forget my three score years and ten
With a Comanche yell, I shout:
Skinny on your own side!" I lear
over flight Of four steps. with run
ming kick 1 send the bali over the
gate, over Billie's head, and fully fifty
feet down the broad walk. Billie, with
haunting cry, rushes after the fleeing
ball while I, finding that Ghe is toe
fleet for me. return painting to my
chair. Have you gone crazy?" asks
my wife in establishment mo, but |
should have been had i resisted the
temptation to kick that ball
Some Pointed Questions.
It is now dark. Billie is admon-
iShed to study his lessons for the
morrow. But as he halts ON his way
he asks suddenly:
What is moral 'suasion', grandpa?"
"Why-mor-what makes you ask
such strange question:"
Because our teacher said today
that II the new school board did not
restore corporal punishment that It
would require deal OF moral 'sua
sion to save some of the boys from
the reformatory. Now what is moral
'suasfon,' anyhows"
n
The Pensacola journal., 1908-12-20

Home.s sMassa in 1.-THE Cold. Cold
Groun"
Scenes Of AntebelIum Days.
In better frame of mind we recount
the scenes of antebellum days. 1 see
myself a barefoot boy again. Yonder
is the modest school house. On its
right the cleared space for games OF
town ball, bull pen, and shinny. On
the left, a smaller space for the girls.
allotted for jumping the rope, and hop
scotch. In the rear is an Indigenous
growth of scr-ubby blackjack runners,
and scions of hickory trees. the form
er furnishing with their crooked roots
the best shinny sticks In the world
wlhile the latter furnished the teach
ers with the worst implement OF cor
rectfon ever devised. Midway be-
tween the grounds is a line of denmark.
alton, which Is called the dead line
for in those days there was no com
munication between the sexes. bring
my better half to q state of equanimity
by recounting the humorous incl
dents of the old-time playground.
The sun has disappeared; twilight
still fingers with its glow of fnumina-
ton, and l ask: "Is 1t not time for
Billie to return?"
I am answered by boyish voice
singing the popular ballad of the day
school days, scheol days, dear old
golden rule days" We listen, and