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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10

do their fate is sealed. In five minutes
they are of the consistency Of Ice cream
soda They then form halos around the
sun, and when two halos cross SOUNDS
ike q problem in geometry the result
IS a sun Dog.
After considerable difficulty, Inc
Washington Times succeeded IN gellils
into communication with this FESTIVE
beast. He was quite sociable, and al
though he refused 20 give MS picture
10 the paper, he barked through the
wireless telephone with great force ana
v0lubiiity.
''W.rm?' he growled, in reply TO a
query as 10 the temperature. Great
shades OF Cerebrus. no. I've got on
two dog blankets and l have TO nSht
the Dog Stcr once every five minutes
To keep from freezing 80,
do l wear a muZZle2 Well. / should
saw YES. You see. the last Sun Dog
got wild or something-tried TO bite
the Sun. I thi~k-and ran all over sat
urn's rings. nat got them scared and
Jupiter Pluvius wrote a letter OF re-
buke 20 Mars, who Is the new pound
master. That fixed us
Say YOU ought to see Cerebrus. He
the funniest ever. He's got basket
over one mouth and one or Mars old
helmets over the other, and he looks
mad enough to chew Vulcan.
BY the way. Vulcan is making the
mUzzles now. rs bum work, too. He
ma kes them with spikes on the end
and when you try 10 eat. the spike
gets stuck in the ground and you can
move"
At this point the central operator
could be heard demanding thac the
Sun Dog drop in another nickel. and
the iucensed animal, after a bitter,
barking reOuke. rang on
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Discuss "BIack Hand. +"
COLONEL RETREATS
AFTER SINGING WAR

ALLENTOWN. Pa. July 10-CoI c.
T. OMEN. the Irish colonel OF the
Pennsylvania-German Fourth Regl-
ment, was ignominiousIy beaten and
compelled 10 beat a retreat for the frs,
time IN his life IL was all on account
OF hornets. and the coloneTs curiosity
The remains OF an Old tree were be
ing taken away. when suddenly the man
who had charge OF the Job was seen
70 90 up In the air and do the split.
the kangaroo, and the hoochee-coOchee
dance. all IN one, meanwhile punctuat-
ing his frantic gyrajiOns with yeus.
The colonel. passing along that wav.
and anxious 70 know what the work
man was throwing his fits for. ran M
10 investigate. He found out right
away. and Joined the dance.
Both Of them had discovered some
thing they had not been looking fora
hornets nest
The colo-el stood the battle for FMS,
about fifty eight seconds. aud then De
gave hug. imitation Of a man run
ming. chased by a lot OF irritated hor-
nets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10
CHANGES PLANNED
IN FOREST SERVICE

The organization Of the forest service
Will be subject 10 a sweeping cnange re-
ton OF the service to the actual scene
Of operation In the West. leaving only
a nucleus Of the service in washington
TO carry on the executive work OF the
bureau.
This change means the establishment
OF division offices IN six Of the large
cities OF the West. san Francisco. Den
Yer. Salr lake City. Portland, M.ssOUIa
Mont. and Albuquerque. y. NJ.
II is said that about Onc-thirl OF the
employees Of the service now stationed
in Washington viii be sent 20 the new
divisions. There are at present o.
members OF the service stationed lu
Washington. and. by October / the exc
dus viii be- well under way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10
BUNNY WATTS HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
Young Man Arrested On
Black Hand Charge
May Be BaiIed.

Bunny Watts, who was arrested in
his home, near Laurel, Nd, July 4, on
charge of sending Black Hand" let
tiers TO Edmund Pendleton. OF Mont
pelier Manor. and 20 z. L. Petit, OF
Laurel. was yesterday held for the &C
ton Of the grand jury by United States
Commissioner Rogers in Baltimore.
Watts was held in $500 bail. and his
lawyer. Bruner r. Anderson, says that
he expects to furnish this today.
Watts was not put on the stand yes
terday at the hearing. The postal in
spectors related the evidence woven
about him
Pill Box Evidence.
one Of the strongest points IN the Gaze
brought by Inspectors Keene and Rob
er,sOn IS in the letter 10 Mr.. Petit,
when in describing the plum tree In
the swamp behind Mr. Pettit's house,
the writer said that In this tree would
be found a pill box This pill box
was found and kept by Mr. Petit, and
the inspectors say that IL contained
pills put up by Laurel druggist for
Watts father.
Edmund Pendleton. the wealthy man
who left Montpelier Manor after he
had been threatened with death II he
Ga not place $500 under the black bridge
on the Annapolis road over the Pa
tuNcnt, is still at Hot Springs, Va,
with former Secretary Taft.
Discuss "BIack Hand"
The entire countryside about Laurel
is stili IN a state OF excitement, and
the only topic Of conversation is the
BLACK Hand Even the weather, as
a conversation opener, has been rele-
gated to the background
one strong point in Watts defense Is
at. alleged admission on the part of the
postal inspectors that they could not
q stinguish the faces of the man and
DJy. who. on dark night after the
stated hour. Crept 10 the plum tree on
Mr. Pettit's place and took away a de-
coy package containing SIS in COnfed-
crate money
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POSTAL RECEIPTS
INCREASED IN JUNE

The monthly report OF the postal bus
mess transacted at the fifty largest
postofnces in the United States for
June. made public today, shows a graf
hylng increase in receipts, whereas. the
report for the month previous shows
large falling of, which postal Off
GERS take 10 mean that business Is re-
viving oJer the country.
Ihlrty- hree out Of the fifty Offices
snow increases in receipts amounting
70 S-Ol'9 $50 while thirteen Offices
show decreases aggregatIna, $40 aoe -
The Washington CIV Postofic.ec -
ports receipts for June aggregatfng sf00
zzt-SO. as compared to So. 10 60 FOR me
corresponding month of the previous
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+Any biography of Carl Schurz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10
KILL ALL THE CATS,
SAYS ORNITHOLOGIST

BOSTON. July 10--If Edward Howe
Forbush, State ornithologist. has his
way. there will not be a cat left within
the State OF Massachusetts next year.
In his report TO the governor for the
fiscal year just ended after dilating on
the depredations OF felines in general.
he winds up with the startling request
that the Legislature empower him 10
XIII all the cats within the State He
says.
ITO get the most good out Of the
State we must kin the cats They de-
strov thousands Of birds each year.
working irreparabIe injury to crops. be-
sides. through infection. being mainly
responsible for the spread Of cholera.
diphtheria. tuberculosis, smallpox. and
sundry diseases
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REPORT ON HARBOR
PRINTED IN BOOK

The report Of the committee on tie
Improvement OF the hs-bor front. which
was submitted 20 the Commissioners re-
Gently. has been published m book FORM
The committee. which Consists Of John
+. Sutton. harbOrmaster. IS. J. Doug
las. engineer Of bridges. and ID. J..
Garges. chief clerk Of the engineer de-
Fartment. made a careful survey Of the
water front and has recommended a
number OF important improvements,
s-ch as the widening Of the channel,
the b7IildinE OF recreation piers. the in
stallation Of a Uniform system OF
Wharyes. etc. THE total cost Isl esti-
mated at S2SsS Ooe.
SIr. Garges has a limited number 81
copies OF the report Tor distribution
among those interested
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gasOlene car. viii run. or ride. or bicy-
Gle IN the wake Of the machine until
Cheered and inebriated. and one by one
they viii fan by the wayside.
And then the occupants Il will be
a simple matter for a cOnviviaI gentle
man. driving TO his club for dinner to
arrange some pipe from the rear
through which he may breathe his gas
Oleue cocktail
Truly II Is time for the saloon keeper
and the makers OF other than gasOlene
buggies 10 look 10 their business.
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San Dog Cold in Zero Weather
Despite MuS2Le and Blankets

With a melting smile, that lasted
while
The skies were filled with fog,
The Sun Dog logged the sun today,
And the sun ~doggoned" the dog.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
When Men Hurry.

singular" said a man waiting for a
train on an elevated railroad platform
and looking down a street to where a
hundred men and boys had gathered
around two wagons that had come to-
gether in collision, there are a hun
dred men standing around those two
wagons, just standing there, gawping,
apparently with nothing else to do
and not in bit of a hurry. but let any
one of those men come up the stairs
to this platform when there is a train
coming in and he'd rush and hurry and
tear himself apart to catch that train
and get glum if he missed it. though
he knew very well that thered be an
other train here in a minute. Let him
miss a train by a second and he
thinks the world is coming to an end;
let him see somebody hoisting a safe
up the outside of n building and he
will stop and waste half an hour.
How do you account for that?"-
New York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
Mno. do Struve,s Wit.

Secretary Blaine had said OF Nine
de Struve that she was the brightest
woman he had ever met, and every
body who knew her agreed with this
verdict. Her knowledge of English
was remarkable. even for a Russian
and her salies were famous. For in
stance, the day when Secretary Bay
ard was made head of the American
diplomatic service his daughter. Miss
Kate Bayard. said laughingly to a
young secretary of legation. "Remem,
ber am now daughter Of your chiefr
to which came. quick as flash. tht
retort from Nine. de Strives lips,
"Oh, we all know that you are miss,
chlef"-Army and Navy Life.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
THE VO0DOO IN HAITI.
Human Sacrifices to the God of the
Serpent.

Human Sacrifices to the God of the
Serpent.
There Is ample proof that human be-
ings have been offered as sacrifices to
the god Of the serpent in Haiti. A
French archbishop Of the island de-
scribes visit made by one Of the
priests to voodoo assembly. The
man had disguised himself as negro,
and he was thus able to mingle unde-
tected with the crowd in the obscurity
outside the sacred circle. After the
white cock and white goat had been
slain and offered up and their blood
had been sprinkled on the company a
burly young negro came forward and
prostrated himself before the priestess.
Then, still kneeling. he made his
prayer:
20 maman, have a favor to ask of
thee"
What is it. my SOM" said the
negress encouragingly.
''Wilt thou not give us, to complete
the sacrifice. the goat without horns?'
The priestess gave a sign Of assent
The crowd roundabout separated, and
there was revealed n child sitting with
its feet bound. The French priest
rushed away in search of assistance in
preventing the unholy rite, but the
authorities on whom he called were
strangely slothful. When finally, on
the day following, they arrived at the
place of assembly, they found the
grewsome remains of sacrifice and a
feast, among them the boiled skull of
the child-Marvin Dana in Metropoli-
tan Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
His Terms Varied.

II give little reception next Thurs
day evening. and should like some
music, piano solos particularly, What
would be your terms?" Thus a lady
to a professional instrumentalist.
"Eef so zere simply as a musician"
was the reply. 'und blay my selections
und leave ! charge fife guineas, but
eef must 90 as a guest und spend 70
whole evenings talking to Won pack OF
fools | charge den guineas"-London
Graphic.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
SEA BATHING.
The Effects Of salt Air and Water Oh
the Human Body.


the Human Body.
There is q reason why parents have
In all times and in all ages endeavored
to give their children the benefit of sea
air and sea bathing. IN Italian physi'
clan, Gerosa, tells aboGt it
1t is agreed, he says. that all living
organisms began their first existence in
salt water and that as result the hu'
man body land indeed every animal
body is largely made up Of salt. Ii
you taste your blood or your tears,
which are the extract of blood, you
will find that both are quite salt In
flavor. More than this, however, every
living being possesses within his body
in the cellular stage, all those strange
marine organisms which we study so
curiously in museums. And, seeing,
SAYS Gerosa, that the amount of sea
water contained in every body is equal
to one-third of that body's weight, 1t Is
clear that in the infinitesimally rudi-
mentary form all known marine life
must be present in the blood. The re-
suit Is that when we battle in the sea
or breathe the sea air we replace the
amount of essential salt which is con-
stantly decreasing in the system and,
all unconsciously to ourselves, weak
ening it. Salt water says Gerosa, Is
really the main principle Of life. since
1t Is the first condition Of existence
which the living organisms knew. 1t
is therefore always good for the body
whether it be enjoyed at the seaside or
brought in bottles from the sea. In
particular is it very valuable In the
case of weakling children, and there is
no bodily stimulant so invigorating to
the very young as sea water.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02

From this appears that the only local funds for which
increased expenditures have been provided for the
year the expense fund and the hospital fund the
first named the extent of $444 and the latter to the tune
of 1884 One for this boosting of expense
fund is that costly criminal trials pending 1t
be thought the abovenamed represents the total
swallowed up the current expenses of Amador county
Not by long way The moneys raised from sale of county
licenses from the fees collected by the several county officials
and other items of income all go into the capacous of
this fund 1t is safe say that the total receipts of this fund
alone will approximate if exceed $4,000 per yeaabout
thousand dollars per week for the payment of official
salaries and the incidental expenses This is average of
nearly ten per week per capita of the entire population
of the county for this fund leaving of the calculation
roads, schools and the support of ndgents Truly
going The of local government have been png
up alarming of late years. without any correspond
ing increase in the earning capacity of the taxpayers Such
a condition continue indefinitely. That the people
are getting tired of this onesded business manifest from
the in which they rebel any proposition however
worthy in ITSELF that involves any increase of taxation.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
A Sure Thinn.

She-Did father say anything about
you being too young? He-Well, yes;
but he said I'd age pretty rapidly after
we were married and | found l had to
pay your bllls.-Illustrated Bits.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02

A happiness that Is quite undis-
turbed becomes tiresome; we must
LNye ups and downs Moliere.
Amador ledger., 1908-10-02
THE TAX RATE.

The statement by the state authorities that low tax rate
for state purposes is usually followed by higher rate for
county purposes, is appcaby to Amador this year. The
reduction of for the fund has been added to
local funds that there real reduction in the
the taxpayers will be called upon contribute for the main
of the machinery the total tax rate
being $2 on the $780, the last year. There is
falling off, however, of nearly $1,000 in the total de-
rived from the property account of the snkage of
the roll will be from the following figures
taken from the official records
19O7-Total returned by county board of
Railroad I760SO
Total value of all property So 800 1893
19OS-Assesmen county board Of equalization 379o
Raj aiIroadas 71.539
Total value oalIp property
with 1907 s1 $50
At the 500 the raised each year, assuming
that the full amount is collecabe would stand follows:
1907, total revenue from property tax $117,815
1905 3" " 1Io,o88
Reduced amount for 1908 $6827
Reduction in state 4o16
Net loss for county purposes compared with 1907 $28
We have taken of the exemption of the city Of
Jackson from road and bridge that figure for
the purposes of this article the being represented by
the city tax instead of the county tax
For purposes of comparison present the following fig
ures showing the eves for the various funds for the
ST tWOv
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-12
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE,

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by Adam
Eberhardt. Jr., MortgaRor. to Nathan n.
uary. 1905, and filed for record in the office of
the Register Of Deeds of the County of Rich.
land and State of North Dakota on the end
day OF February, 1905. and recorded in Book
- OF Mortgages a. page s:s. which was giveL
to secure note of even date herewith, will
be foreclosed by sale OF the premises de-
ser!sed IN such mortgage and hereinafter de-
in the County Of Ricband and State Of North
Dakota. at the hour of Two O'Clock P. NJ. on
the 4th Cay OF April. 1915 to satisfy the
amount a1n dye upon such mortgaxe at the day
N orlgage and which viii be sold to satisfy
the same are described as follows: The
North East Quarter IN. E. 4 OF Section Sew.
enteen % township One Hundred Thirty.
~ of Richland and State of North Dakota
1t is provided by the terms of said mort.
gage and the note which it secures. that pay.
nents are TO be mace by lnstallmeuts. and
such instaliments. then all Of the principal
sums in said note and mortgage specified to-
gether with the interest accrued thereon
shall. at the election of the holder thereof
become at onte Que and payable. such eiec-
ton TO be made at any time after default and
without notice. Default has occurred in max
ing the payments Of January lst. 1870. ana
January LIST 1905, aad the Mortgage hereby
the amounts secured by said note and mort.
gage. together with the interest due thereon
to the date OF sale. amounting IN all to the
eum of thirty dollars and seventy cents
salt.
Dated this slst day Of February, 1905.
Mortgage.
PURCELL 4 D1vEr.
Attorneys for Aort8agee.
First Pub. Feb 2, 1908.
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WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their Unceaslng Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy.

All the blood in the body
passes through the kidneys
once every three minutes. The
kidneys filter the blood. They
work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500
grains of impure matter daily,
when unhealthy some part of
this impure matter is left in
tie blood. This brings on
many diseases and symptoms
pain in the back, headache.
nervousness. hot, dry skin.
rheumatism, govt. gravel, dis
orders OF the eyesight and hear
ing. dizziness, irregular heart.
debility, drowsiness dropsy. de-
posts in the urine. etc. But if
you keep the filters right you
will have no trouble with your
kidneys.
Albert Schneider. Wahpeton'
=. D., says: II suffered from
lumbago. a weakness across
the small Of my back and dis
ordered condition of my kid
neys for years without finding
relief. frequently had a catch
in my back which would come
on suddenly and for hours
would be doubled up. unable
to strsighten or turn my body
in any direction, without suf.
fering the most terrible pains.
The secretions from my kid
neys passed too freely and the
passages were attended with a
scalding sensation. Some time
ago l learned of Doan's Kidney
Pills and procured box at
keen's drug store. They help.
ed me at once and a few boxes
completely cured me of this
distressing complaint"
For sale by all dealers.
Price 80 cents. Foster-Nilburn
Co.. Buffalo. New York, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-12
BIDS FOR SIDEWALKS,

Notice is hereby given that the City Council.
OF the City OF Wanpeton, North Dakota vii!
receive bids for the construction of side
walks within said city for the ensuing year
said sidewalks are to be constructed accord.
ing to the ordinances Of the city. >a;d bids
snail he opened by the City Council on the
ON Gay Of April. lars. at eight O'Clock y. N.
Each o.d must be accompanied by certified
cheek OF $50 and endorsed or payable TO the
Mayor as guarantee that the bidder viii! en-,
ter into contract for the performance o.
such work in case such CONTRACT is awarded
TO him. Zach bid shall also be accom- panied
oy bond running TO the city for the sum of
hve hundred dollars executed by such bidder
aud surety company as surety or by two
free boder> of the state who shall in the az.
Rregate justify in sum eQua! to the amount
o. the bond ana SAID bond shall be condition
al that in case such bid is accepted snu such
contract award ed he will wei; al, d faithfully
perform the work bid FOR in accordance With
the terms of and within the time provided for
IN such contract and perSuaur to the plans
and >pecifica tion> for such work on Gle in
the Auditors office and pay for all labor and
materials used in'such work. ard that in case
Q; default on the part of such bidder 10 per.
form such work as provided N his contract
the sum uamed i'll said bond shall be taken
and held to be fixed as liquidated damages in
favor OF said city
The City Council reserves the right TO re.
ject any aud ali ODDS.
Dated at Wahpeton. n. D.. this 18th day of
March, 1908.
wv. Il. PURDON.
u City Auditor.
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have been prepared especially
for the production by Messrs.

have been prepared especially
for the production by Messrs.
The City Council and Mayor
after year of hard work and
considerable expense is fur
nishing the citizens of the city
with pure artesian water at
practically the same expense
that it cost year ago to fur
nish river water In the past
year they have constructed one
deep artesian we'll and put in
large air compressor which
does away with botherson1e
cylinders and pumps and cost
much less to bring the water
to the surface, they have thor
oughly over hauled the pit
pump and are now elevatiug
the water to the big tank which
gives US about Is pounds more
pressure on the maius at less
cost than a direct pressure.
which gives US large volume
of water and n ore pressure in
case of FIRE.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-12
AUCTION SALE.

The undersigned will sell at
public auction on Monday,
March 16. commencing at 10
o'clock. a. NJ. e miles north of
Hankinson, n. d.. near Worner
elevator, the folio wing personal
property: II horses, 2 colts. 4
ruilch cows. 10 head of Young
stock, 135 chickens, 20 pigs. 2
7ft Mccormick binders, 7-ft
Deering binder. l Monitor dbl
disc drill, 2 Emerson gang
piows, l s-horse steel harrow,
/ Deering mower, l 81 Id scale,
1 Is # wheel wind mill, 4 lu,n-
Der wagons. 1 165-ft Sin. 6-ply
rubber drive belt, 6 sets work
harness. l Minneapolis engine
80 horse power blowing geer.
Minneapolis, l separator 1902
blacksmith tools, steel range,
household goods and other ar
ticles too numerous to men
ton. Free lunch will be served
at noon. Terms, all sums un-
der $40 cash; for larger amounts
bankable paper will be accept
ed. Theo. Sedier, owner; Chas
Helm. auctioaeer; J. W. Har-
grave, clerk.