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The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06

my ears off to serve on toast, I gave him the limit, and he curled up like German dachshund and laid down on the mat, making motions with his mouth as though he was repeating poetry, and ne said: .kape away from me, ye hoodoo,2 and he crawled out so quick it almost broke the door.
 The captain and mate laughed every time l shook haads with any of the crew and when I had paralyzed them all, and got them so scared they would come to me if 1 whistled. and eat out of my hand, the captain said l was worth more toward maintaining disci- pline on the boat than whole police force, and he wanted me to do some thing every day to keep the crew from being lonely, so that night at supper time I charged all of the steel knives and forks with electricity and got two nigger chaserS ready for business.
 It was to be the last night before We landed in France, and I was prepared to make it meal long to be remem. bered. l sat next to the captain, and that brought me right close to the crews table, and when the crew filed in and took their places, they all looked at me as though was the devil instead of an angel child"
 had match all ready and when the supper was put on and the crew grabbed their knives and forks they were shocked real hard. and they dropped them and yelled something like the swear words of each nation. ality, and then I put my niggor chas. CTS down on the floor, headed for the crews table and lit the fuse.
 Well, you know how pigger chasers will chase. Gee, but they went under | tie crews table. smoking and hissing, | the sparks flew, and the brave crew got up and run out on deck yelling fire" and murder and damn that boy and the man in charge of the fire hose turned it into the cabin and 1 drowned everything out and the crew run away and hid, and when things cleared off the captain said: Roy. , like joke as we'll as anybody. but you have oyerdone this thing. and I am mighty glad We land tomorrow and you can go to your ra and his eonfouhded airships, and may the | Lord have mercy on him"
 Then We went to bed, and ex- peeted some of the crew would stab me before morning, but I guess they were too much rattled.
 Gee, but am dying to see Pa. and help him spend government money for eatings. seems as though I haven't had a square meal since my chum and | struck that community near St. Louis, as escaped balloonaticks.
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Shoot.

special favor to allow me to shake ais hand before 1 died, as I knew my earthly career was about done for. and by that time the battery was buzzing, and reached out my hand to shake his. He gave me his hand, and when l beean to squeeze his hand the elec- tricity went up his arm so he turned pale, and 1 hung on and he yelled to the officers to take me off, as l was killing him, and the sweat stood out on his face
 The mate grabbed hold of me and I gave him my other hand he began 10 dance, and the three of Us were as full Of electricity as a trolley wire l hung on and made them get down on their knees and swear they would not lick me, and then let go of them and be. gan to weep again, and they were sor- " for me.
 Then they made me tell them who | was, and that l was going to France -a meet Pa. and monkey with air ships Sad when they were sure was Pecks Bad Boy they said could have the free run of the ship and that had the right to play all the tricks on any. body that I wanted to.
 They made me show them how l worked my little pocket battery and then they wanted me to shake hands with all the crew so they got the whole bunch in the cabin, and the caDtain said they had haar enta,+s;,, ing an angel unawares. and that was the original Bad Boy. who had trav, eled all over Europe and met the crowned heads, and he wanted to in troduce me 10 each member of the crew personally, as . disting guished guest who honored the ship by being on board. Then he began to pass them up to be shook by the great and only.
 The first fellow to put out his hand was a Greek. who drew a knife on me
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
GOLDEN RULE PAYS
EXPERIMENT WITH CLEVELAND
 POLICEMEN SUCCESSFUL.
Decrease of 65 Per Cent. in Arrests Under Plan Tried by Chief kohler Based on Com
 mon Sense.

Cleveland-After more than eight months trial of the new Golden Rule policy of making arrests in Cleveland. Chief of Police kohler has pronounced 1t unqualifledly a success, and accord ingly has given the policemen still greater power of discretion. The num- Der of arrests in Cleveland in eight months of this year has shown a de- crease of more than 65 per cent. over the same period last year, while. at the same time, no greater number of serious crimes than usual have been reported, despite the large number of first offenders allowed to go who un- der the old regime, would have been arrested. However, Chief Kohler says that there are still too many arrests, and he is urging that further care be exercised in keeping the number down. Other cities are preparing to follow the same course.
 The Golden Rule policy, which Chief Kohler put into effect last January, provided that policemen should use judgment and common sense in deal ing with offenses which are merely a violation of city ordinances and pun ishable by a small fine. They were told to take into consideration the in- tent to violate law or an ordinance, and also the question of maliciousness on the part of the offender They were instructed to warn a drunken man and send him home, rather than drag him to jail on his first offense, and that two men fighting, if for the first time, should be separated, req soned with. and not arrested. Old of lenders, those Intentionally violating the law, or those committing felonies should be as severely dealt with as ever. A record is kept of the cases of all persons released or even warned
 The object of the new plan was to dispose of trivial misGemeanors with cut arrest and prevent the humiliation and disgrace of persons who through thoughtlessness. passion or temper or in a spirit of frolic or mischieyousnesa violated the law. Likewise. it is in
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HE ELECTROCU7ES
 THE WHOLE CREW

going to shoot, when the crew drew revolyers and told him that if he pulled a trigger they would annihi- late every officer on the boat. and take charge of it themselves, and run 1t into the first port. He said the crew could stand anything except eating dis eased cattle, and that they drew the line at steers that had died of rinder- pest
 The captain was stunned. and said the beef flying through the air was good and he got it from cold storage in Baltimore, and asked that com mittee go with him down in the hold and see the evidence, and a commit tee was appointed to go down and see about it.
 When they cane back they were satisfied, and the captain asked them how they got the idea the meat was bad. and when it came to that 1 felt as though some one would squeal on me, and as l started 10 make a get away and hide somewhere until the storm blew over, one of the crew took me  by the neck and said to the captain: This young man told us about the meat"
 The captain told the fellow that had me eollared to take me to his cabin, and he came in pretty mad, and called in a few officers. and they were get ting ready to kill me, when I thought of the little electric battery in my pistol pocket.
 It is one I got in St Louis to scare people with. I can turn a button, and the battery will send electricity into my arm and through my body, and turned the dingus. and felt the cleo tTicity going through me like ginger ale up your nose. and when they had got ready to maui me 1 began to weep and told the captain l was no saint, but l wanted a quiet life, and all the fun l could have, and I asked him as
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06

The captain gave me a swat across the jaw for making noise enough to scare the crew into mutiny. the mate gave me a kick when I started for the cooks galley. and several Of the under officers hit he and by the time ] got my apron on to help cook din ner l was bruised and mad, and decid- ed 10 get even with the captain am a peaceful citizen until somebody walks on my frame, then I become terror to the foe
 When We began to fry the beef for dinner l told one of the crew that it was a shame 10 feed men on steer meat. when the steer had died in its stall of Texas fever or rinderpest, and before We got the meat cooked ready for the dinner of the officers and crew. every man but the officers had talked over the dead steer, and re- solved that they would not eat il, and when they sat down to the table. and l began to bring in the meat. they all looked like mob of anarchists ready 10 murder somebody. and I helped a, l could by saving in whisper: This is perfectly good meat. but this is a good day 10 fast, and you VIII live longer" The officers at the other end of the cabin were eating the steer all right, but the crew never toucaed 1t. confining themselves to the bread and coffee. and pretty soon one of the crew proposed that they show their displeasure by taking the meat and throwing it at the officers.
 Well, if live a million years I will never have so much tun again. About so men got up and grabbed the meat had put on their plates. and began to throw 1t at the captain and mate. aud all the officers, and of all the greasy mess l ever saw, that was the worst The captain got up on a chair and pulled a revolver. and asked what was the cause of the assault, and was
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06

l never slept wink that night aft CT the phosphorus episode. when l painted the wild steer so it looked like a four-legged ghost, and scared the crew so they nearly deserted the ship, because the captain ordered. as l supposed, that l be cast overheard the next morning, 10 give the sharks meat sandwich. and all night l tried to prepare myself for death. though l could not help thinking that in some way 1 would escape.
 The next morning I got up and col lected all the shoes Of the officers. and got backing brush and began black ing them Soon there was trouble. because every man missed his shoes, and they began to hunt for them, and they found me working at the shoes and singing Pull for the shore, brother" and such pious hymns.
 was dressed up in my Sunday clothes. and when the captain got his shoes he wanted 10 know what was the meaning of my sudden industry, and the funeral aspect all around. and l told him I had heard him tell the crew to chuck me overheard and was preparing myself for death. and l gave him a letter to mail to Pa, after I was gene, and told the cap tain I was ready Why, you dumb fool" said the captain. it was not you I mean to throw overheard. but that phosphorus steer that we killed last night. They are hauling 1t up out of the hold now with the tackle We will save you for a worse fate"
 Well. I never felt so happy in my life as l did when that dead steer came up through the hatchway, and was launched over the side. and when l saw the flock of sharks jump on the steer and begin to hunt for the tender loin, let out yell of joy that sound cd like the cry of a timber wolf.
 Then l got what was coming to me.
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
A Queer Harvest.

It was little Ethel's first visit ,o church, and the sermon had for iu text, As ye sow, so shall ye reap" But on her return home she could not remember it, and in consequence wal chided by her mother for being stupid
 4 fortnight later a seamstress came to the house to do days work. After watching her for awhile fashion old style garments into those that ven tn eyogue, Ethel suddenly exclaimed:
 70 mamma, know now what ths preacher said It was: What you sew in the winter you shall rip in the sum. mer'"
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
Normal ColIeue for China

The new Chinese board of education proposes to establish shih.fau hsueeh-tang, or civil normal college. In Picking. for training teachers for service in the various civil schools ana colleges throughout the empire. lG addition to Chinese classics. says harper's Weekly, English, French. German, Russian and Japanese will be taught in the proposed college. un der the instruction of experienced teachers. The college will be estab. hshed in the Chinese city in the course ot the present year. and the annual expenditure is estimated to be about 100000 taels (about s70,O00).
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
colombia's One Iron Foundry.

The only iron foundry in Colombia, South America. is at Bogota It is known as La Paradera and is operated on small scale. native ores being smelted. the iron being subsequently remelted for casting purposes There are several commercial iron deposits in the interior of the country. and one ore body situated near the coast of the Caribbean sea is now being drilled by American engineers.
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
CHEf %RUZIGE XOKlzg

tended to prevent the humiliation and disgrace of near relatives of such of. lenders. It was thought, too. that it would lessen the work of the police department and the attaches of the police courts
 How well the plan has succeeded in reducing the number of arrests is shown in the following table. which covers the period from the time it was put into effect to September 1:
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Various "schools" of Painters.

The Munich Jugend has discovered five signs by which to detect the school 10 which painter belongs: f1) If he paints the sky gray and the grass black. ha belongs to the good old classical school. (2) If he paints the sky blue and the grass green. he is a realist. (3) If he paints the sky green and the grass blue. he is an i'm. pressionist t41 If he paints the sky yellow and the grass purple, he is colorist t5) If he paints the sky black and the grass red. he shows pos session of great decorative talent.
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
A Cure.

The sinner walked along the rocky road, his bare feet torn and bleeding from bruises and wounds He met | stranger.
 Friend" he exclaimed, T have sinned and done wrong. must pa tiently suffer the most extreme agony to save myself from eternal damns ton. Can you tell me some supreme test of repentanee2"
 Certainly" answered the other with an air of experience Go to | boarding house and live there for [ year"
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
NEW DISTRICTS AND
 NEW RAIL WAYS
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS BET. TER CONDITIONS THAN EVER
 FOR SETTLEMENT.

To the Editor - Sir:-Doubtless many of your readers will be pleased to have some word from the grain fields Of Western Canada. where such large number of Americans have made their home during the past few years. IL is pleasing to be able to re- port that generally the wheat yield has been good: 1t will average about 20 bushels 10 the acre There will be many cases where the yield will go B bushels to the acre. and others where 50 bushels 10 the acre has been recorded. The oat and barley crop has been splendid The prices of all grains will bring to the farmers magnificent return for their labors An instance has been brought to my notice of a farmer In the Pincher Creek tSouthern Alber;a1 district where winter wheat is grown-who made net profit of sf9.55 per acre. or little less than the selling price of his land. 90. 10. and 50 bushel yields are recorded there. The beauty about the lands in Western Canada Is that they are so we'll adapted to grain-raising while the luxnriant grasses that grow everywhere in abundance make tho best possible feed for fattening cattle or for those used for dairying pur- poses.
 The new homestead regulations which went into force September, 1908, attracted thousands of new settlers. It is now possible 10 secure leo acres in addition to the 160 acres as a free grant, by paying s300 an acre for it. Particulars as to how to do this and
 g to the railway rates can be se- cured from the Canadian Government Agents.
 The development throughout West srn Canada during the next ten years will probably exceed that of any other country in the worlds history" is not the statement of an optimistic Cana dian from the banks of the Saskatche- wan. but of MT. Leslie NJ Shaw of New York. ex-Secretary of the United States Treasury under the late Presi- dent Mckinley and President Roose- welt. and considered one of the ablest financiers of the United States. Our railway companies sold good deal of their land at from three 10 five dol lars an acre. and now the owners are selling the same land at from fifty to seFenty-five dollars, and buying more up in Canada at from ten 10 fifteen"
 The editor of the Monticello Gowa) Express made trip through Western Canada last August. and was greatly impressed He says: One cannot cross Western Canada to the noun. tains without being impressed with it's immens.ty of territory and it's future prospects. Where l expected to find frontier villages there were subs an fially built cities and towns with every modern convenience. It was former ly supposed that the climate was too severe for it to be thought of as an agricultural country, but its wheat raising possibilities have been amply tested We drew from Ontario many of our best farmers and most progres. sive citizens. Now the Americans are emigrating in greater numbers to Western Canada Seventy-fve per cent. of the settlers in that good coun. try located southeast of Moose Jaw and Regina are Americans Canada is well pleased with them and is ready to welcome thousands more.'
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
Revelations of the Breakfast Table

To girls about to marry one would tender the advice that they study their intended victim at breakfast. Il he Is feeding like forty, reject him al the direct descendant of Circe's herd Of swine. If he is melancholy, be ware of the abrupt curves of his tem perament. If he be boisterous and facetious. remember that an empty drum gives the greatest reyerbration and a chatterbox at s a n Is as tire some as Chanticleer at o'clock in tho morning. By their breakfasts you shall know wthem.-Saturday Review.
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A Matter of Temper.

Pretty and talented as she is, Nils, Quickly does not seem to be the ia, yorite thought she would become Why is it she hasn't turned out pet?
 T guess 1t is because she is alwayI Q one."-Baltimore American.
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Biu South African Industry.

Next 10 mining. the greatest indus try of South Africa is sugar growing. The amount of money invested in this is s7,300,0 The production of the present year is estimated al iOoou tons, with a valuation of about s0S . ton
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Not Exactly Proner

him-How do you like my duck suit?
 Her-lt looks like nisnomer to me.
 Him-A misnomer?
 Her-Yes; 1t makes you lsok mo, Ike soose.-Chicago Daily News.
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
SChaap's S Laxative
 Chill Cure

for chills and Fevers. sw.,, Fever, Dumb Ague, in fact all ,p as ments due to Malaria. Ii ;s .a a. best Remedy made. Price 50 csr,s ss
The Forrest City times., 1908-11-06
Our Advica

To you would be if you w.,. to avoid all this Suffering "ss ~, annoyance to discard the a,1 ~, noStrums and take o'a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-27
THE HERALD AND NEWS.
cred with white lead.

cred with white lead.
The cost Of making barrel of Lime
Sulphur Wash is about 90 cents. One
barrel Will spray twenty full grown
apple trees twenty years old and in
practice may be depended on to COW
er sixty trees four years old. The
price Of labor varies in different sec
tons of the State and each orchardist
Is best able to compute that portion
OF the expense. An active man should
DC depended upon to spray thirty
trees an hour and do it we'll. Not
considering the labor, in practice we
consider the average cost of material
for spraying Of four year old peach
orchard about cents per tree and
a twenty years old apple orchard
about > cents per tree. provided that
the spraycr uses judgment in getting
the spray on the tree and that there
arc no leaks in the hose connections.
There are other sprays in the en-
pcrlmcntal stage but which do not rs
lyct give such uniform results aS lime
sulphur wash. Some Of these sprays
give promSic and are much more cas-
l!y prepared. Should any Of or read
crS feel Inclined Ia help IL in this IN
vcsii"ation we will be pleased ,r send
"nl small samples sufficient rnr one
or tw" trees. with full directions.
Such co"pcralinn would hasten our
I.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-27
San Jose Scale III.

This is the last Of the series of ar
. ticles on San Jose Scale. This article
wit hthe Two that preceded it is a com
pletc treatise on San Jose Scale Con-
troll. If you have mislaid The papers
. in which they appeared ask your cdi-
I tor for copies Of those papers, or
write to this Office for articles on San
( Jose Scale Control. The next article
will consider the control Of the corn
wccvils.
When the Lime Sulphur Wash is
I transferred to the spray machine
tank ii should be strained, in order -
remove all coarse particles liable to
D clog the nozzle. Straincrs for this
a purpose may be bought on the market
3}but a serviccablc homemade one con-
SEsists Of piece Of wirc-cloth placed on
ka water bucket that has piece of
Agas pipe inserted in the bottom.
When to Spray-Limc Sulphur
ash must not be applied 10 trees
pforc they have shed the leaves and
4 vc become fully dormant in fall.
he rethe infestation is light, one
kaying will keep the scale in check
il another winter; but in heavy
)hl4s 4stations, where some Of the trees
have crust Of scales on them, two
sprayings are necessary in order to
prevent serious injury to the trees
during the following growing seasons.
When the trees are to be sprayed
ktwice, the first application should be
aade as soon as possible after the
Beaves have fallen and The sap has
ceased to flow. The second spraying
6&ould be given in spring, as late as
ksiblc before the buds start. 1t
lld be remembered that Lime Sui
3 Wash is penetrating and cor
J., and if applied after the buds
begun to swell, it will kill the
nd consequently cause the loss
o. eAsrop. Lime Sulphur Wash cam
FbeAused on citrus or evergreen
Bes without injuring them. 1t is
ended for such fruit trees as arc
&cciduous that is, trees that shed their
caves in the fall. Where two spray
ings have brought the scale under con-
troll, it can generally be kept under
subicction with one spray each year,
while often. where the work was done
carefully, an orchard will be safe FOR
two years before another application
is necessary.
How to jSpray-lt rs important that
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peach orchards be pruncd before
spraying, as it makes the tree more
accessible and requires less spray ma
tcrial. 1t furthermore reduces the
danger of improper spraying Of ter
minals, especially where it is neces-
sary to employ careless labor. Every
part of the tree should be thoroughly
covered, beginning with the terminal
portions of the branches at the top
of the tree, thence moving the nozzle
inward and downward, slowly and
carefully, until every bud, twig, limb
and the trunk is thoroughly covered.
After some practice, the operator
learns to spray tree in less than two
minutes. while no satisfactory spray
ing is possible during a strong wind,
an intelligent operator can do good
work during a light breeze. BY begin
mng on the windward side of the tree
and holding the nozzle at an angle
that The mist is carried on the tree
by the wind. lie can move around
and cover the entire tree without GET
ting in front Of the spray on the
coward side. The operator is caution
ed to guard his hands and face against
direct contact with the mixture when
spraying. Hands or face continually
wet from the spray will become sore.
\ broad-brimmcd hat and a pair Of
cheap leather gloves will afford the
necessary protection. The spray
should be applied as hot rs possible.
using Il Vermorel or MistT nozzle in
all cases. When the spray has dried
on the trees. they are white, rs if coy