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Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14
Michigan Crop Report.
Lansing, Mich. March 8, 19l

Lansing, Mich. March 9, 1908.
The month Of February was very
stormy, frequent heavy snowfalls and
high winds greatly interrupted all
traffic. The Temperatures was below
the normal and precipitation consid-
eiably above the average.
In answer to the question. "HaS
wheat during February suffered injury
from any cause?" 81 correspondents
in the southern counties answer "yes"
and 253 mo-" in the central counties
20 answer yes" and I36 "no;" and in
the northern counties 32 answer Eyes"
and 119 mo" Snow protected wheat
in the southern counties $50 weeks,
in the central counties 37S, in the
northern counties 1854 and IN the
State 50 weeks.
The average depth of snow on Feb
ruary 10Th was, in the southern coun.-
ties 7.6l inches, In the central coun-.
ties Sol, in the northern counties TO-
AZ and IN the State S.49 inches. On
the Doth the average depth Of snow in
the southern counties was 8 "a inches,
in the central counties 1911, in the
northern counties ii 90 and in the
State 1897 inches.
" heat was well pro ct ID by snow
DUNG the month and at present is In
ID very promising condition.
The total number of bushels of
wheat marketed by farmers in Febru-
airy at ia Touring mills is 1l6,1 Ito and
at IA elevators and to grain dealers
63, 264 or total of 1884 bushels.
The estimated total number OF bush
els Of wheat marketed ia the seven
months, August February, is 5000 900,
The amount of wheat YET remaining
in possession of growers is estimated
at 100000 bushels. One hundred
and one mills, elevators and grain
dealers report no wheat purchased in
February.
The average condition Of live stock
in the State is reported as follows,
comparison being with stock in good
healthy conditions: horses and Sheep
"a; cattle and swine, 81.
GEORGE A. PRESCOTT,
Secretary of State.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14
The Village Election.

For the first time in several years
the Village Election last Monday
amounted To something more than a
mere ratification OF one set Of officers.
A heavy vote was polled and the elecr
tion quite spirited. The entire evil
lage" Ticket was elected as follows:
President.
Herman /. Mcmillan 245
William p. Porter 1877
Clerk,
Charles A. Hudson $50
Treasurer.
j. Harvey Milford 262
VIM. E. Painter 10
Trustees.
Harry Curkendall 273
Daniel E. Goodman 266
Moses A. LpmieuX 24S
Andrew NJ. Haight 1874
Clark Hare III
III. Jesse Carpenter 16l
Assessor
VIM. A. Pickard 275
YIN. A. Stune l56
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14

800 90 paid by DR.. Shoop for any re-
cent case OF Grippe or acut Cold that
% cent box of Preyentics will not
brock. How is this for an offer? The
Doctors supreme confidence In these
little Candy Cold Cure Tahlets-Pre-
ventics--is certainly complete It's
a 800 against 20 cents-pretty big
odds. And Preventios, remember,
contain no quinine, no laxative, nothy
ing hash nor sickening. Pneumonia
woald never appear II early colds were
always broken. Safe and for feverish
children. 4S Preyentics 25c. James
Gidley.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14

Tickling or Dry Coughs Will quick
ly loosen when using DR.. Shops
Cough Cure. And it is so thoroughly
harmless, that DR.. Shoop tells moth
ers to use nothing else, even for very
young babies. The wholesome green
leaves and tendon stems Of a lung
healing mountainous shrub give the
curative properties 10 DR.. Shops
Cough Cure. IL Gains the cough, and
heals the sensitive bronchial mem
branes. No opium, no chloroform,
nothing harsh used to iniure or sup
press. Demand DR.. Shops. Take
no other, james Gidley.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14
The Best Laxative for Children

arents should to IL that their children have one
natural, easy movement of the bowels each day
20 not dose the child with salts or gripping pills, %
.neir little insides to pieces, leaving the bowel,
geakenod ind leas abe to act naturally than before
laxative {rCn-oK Tablets tone and Strengthe'
10 bowels and stimulate all tho little organs I.
ealthy activity, Chocolate coated tablets. easy
AXE. never sripa or nause2te. 10o $50 and SI.CS,
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14
Crusoe's Good Friday.

"Now, boys" said a Sunday school
teacher, addressing the juvenile class,
"can either of you tell me anything
about Good Friday?"
Eyes, ma'am; | can," replied the boy
at the foot of the class. "He was the
fellow that done the Homework for
Robinson Crusoe."
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A Rising Diplomat.

~
A curious person espied the son Of a
new neighbor one morning in doc
tors ONCE.
"Good morning" he said. Little
boy, what is your nameT
"Same as dads" was the quick re-
ply.
"Of course, know, little boy, but
what Is your dads name, dearT
"Same as mine, sir"
81 mean what do they say when they
call you to breakfast
'They don't never call me. l allus
gets there first. ee?"--Ladies' Home
Journal.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14
Delinquent Taxes

Through courtesy Of County Treas.
urer PAXTON we herewith publish a
list OF State and County taxes charged
each township and the amount return
ed delinquent for the year 1907.
Amount Assessed Amt Ret
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-03-14
WANTED

A representative in this
county by a large real estate
corporation. Special induce
ments to those who wish to
become financially interested.
Real Estate Security Co.
Fort Dearborn Building
Chicago, Ill.
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Their Fears Realized.

A noted English statistician was dis
cussing in New York the statistics Of
marriage-marriage statistics are his
speciality.
The last statistics" be said. show
us one pleasant change, enc grand Ina.
prOvement Aged men Of wealth are
no longer marrying beautiful, mereen.
airy youAE women as frequently as
they used. In fact. these hideous mar
riagos are becoming In this coUntry SO
rare that the newspapers don't hest
tate to comment very fOrclbly upon
them. l approve Of these cruel com.
ments. They keep such meckeries OF
marriage down. In a little town in
Herts last month" be said, "a million
aire OF sevsnty-nine years married q
young aud pretty mtlliner Of twenty
two. The local paper printed the neat
day this editorial paragraph on the
matter.
"'Six months ago, when Mr.. Blanks
venerable wife died, his Children and
grandchildren feared that he would go
crazy over the sad bereavement Their
fears have new come true"
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THE SHIPS OF TYRE.
Types Of These Vessels Still In Use In
tho Far East.

Types Of These Vessels Still In Use In
tho Far East.
Away back, even when Solomon was
king in Israel, the ships OF Tyre
manned by brave Phoenician sailors
went through the prehistoric cana
where the Suez channel is now an0
navigated from China clear around t.
England.
Their ships were the models for
Greece and Rome and later for Venice,
the Spsniards and tho Portuguese.
Only the Englishman improved on
shipbundinE. and from him all mod
ern models have dated.
In the ED Trye models the waist OF
the ship was low, 80 TIL oars could
get COED play on the surface Of the
ocean. and the sterns were lofty, 30 as
TO give rsom for stowing cargoes and
to provide dry quarters for the upper
mariners.
AS wind power came into use the
waist grew higher and the poop deck
disappeared. Step by step from galley
TO caravel, from caravel to frigate, the
British shlpwrights Improved on the
ships Of Tyre.
But In the far east the models have
remained much the same, and the ship
makers Of Persia and India have stuck
to the old Tyrian models to the pres
ent day.
Today their high square sterns re
call the ships Of Columbus. The mar
liners still haes to- get out Of sight OF
land and steer By stars and the feel OF
the wind on cloudy nights, They sail
around Trinidad and carry pilgrims to
Mecca.
These vessels, on which the queen Of
sheba might have travelled to visit
Solomon, aEs used by native Hlndoos
Arabs and by the peoples Of Indo
China.
On board the captain, his men, the
eargoes, pilgrims and sheep, asses and
other live stock live In n proximity
that would stir an Americans stomach
to immediate rebellion. - Nashville
American,
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Samson and Louis XVI,

Three letters written by Samson, the
executloner Of the terror" are printed
In the Paris Gaulois. One Of the most
interesting Of them is short enough to
be quoted In full:
"Citizen-I have Just learnt that thu
Vumour is current that ! am selling or
causing to be sold locks Of the hair OF
Louis Capet If any have in fact been
sold, this abOminable trade can only
have been carried on by impOstors. The
truth is that have not allowed any
one In my house to carry away even
the smallest relic"
Samson. It appears, had In his private
capacity much sympathy with the
king whose head It was his duty in hia
professional capacity to cut or. II
another letter he attributes the courage
with which he met his death to the
flrmness OF his religious principles,
and when he himself died in 1906 he
bequeathed money to pay for masses
for his victims soul
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Rarest Of Trades.


mine Is the rarest OF all trades"
said an Engllshman. IL am q maker
of instruments OF torture. suppose
that at this moment in Siam and China
yellow men are bleeding and bowling
in the clutch OF machines Of my make"
He lighted his pipe. Pleasant
thought, chr But we must make our
living somehow. In Birmingham mines
made. There for seventeen years 1
have been turning out racks hair and
nail drawers, thumbscrews, SINNERS,
needle beds, soaring irons, bone break
ers and what not.
"Siam and China have bought thsif
instruments OF torture from Birming.
ham for generations. Some Of these
contrivances are very costly and in
genious. There's water dropper
which works by clockwork that costs
$500. There's a But that's too terri
BILE to talk about The Chinese instru.
ments, by the way, are a million umes
crueler than the Siamese."-New York
Press
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oUEER BOUNDARIES.
Tho 10 o'clock Line Was Suggested by
the Indians.

Tho 10 o'clock Line Was Suggested by
tho Indians.
The most original and primitive way
Of marking a boundary was probably
that Of Queen Dido and her colony
when they stipulated, before the found
Ing Of Carthage, for ~ much land as
could he inclosed by bulls hide, An
tribes belonging 10 the infancy or
civilization have Ike peculiar nodes
OF reckoning
From o point near the mouth OF the
Miami river extends northwest through
Indiana q boundary known as the
10 o'clock line" This Is one limit Of
an Indian grant. When the tribe had
agreed 10 cede q portion Of their terri
tory TO the whites a meeting Was held
for the purpose OF marking out the
ground. A surveyor was present aud
had mounted his compass and tele-
scope on a tripod, The head maR Of
the tribe went up to the instruments,
stared steadily at them for awhile,
gTunted and returned to the ,clrcle
about the council Gre. Not word
was spoken by any one. Soon another
Indian arose, walked sedately 10 the
Instruments sravely examined them.
Grunted and returned TO his place by
the Are. This example was followed
by half a dozen others. after which u
short consultation was held
The chief then approached the white
men. THAT what Indian know" he
said. drawing a small circle en- the
ground with stick. That what
white man know" drawing u larger
circle round the FIRST, This what no.
body know" he added, pointing to
what lay without the last circle,
white man know that" indicating
the instrument. Indian not know IL.
Indian know the sun. lie never cheat.
Him always same. Him throw shad-
ow. Indian give white man land one
side"
After long consultation II was de-
cided that a line drawn IN the dlrec-
ton In which the sun would cast n
shadow from an agreed point at 10
o'clock should be made the boundary,
the white man taking the land on one
side and the Indians keeping that on
the other. The other boundaries OF
the concession were those OF the orIgi-
nal territory OF the tribe, supplemented
by water courses and other objects.
Such lines have been frequently used
in concluding bargains with the In
dams and have become known as 10
o'clock lines" -Mlnneapolis Journal.
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PecuIiarities Of Bats.

In one respect at least bats are the
most remarkable Of all the creatures
possessing the power of true flight.
Bats, as most people know, are NAM
mals-they belong to the great class or
'higher animals which comprises
man himself. Moreover, It is not a lit
tie remarkable that among the host OF
extinct animals with which, thanks to
the labors Of biologists, we are now ac-
quainted not one has been discovered
in any way connecting bats with other
mammals. Thus bats stand alone,
while how and why they became vest
ed with the power Of night are ques-
tons shrouded In mystery. The frame
work of the bats wing Is furnished by
the fore limb. Indeed. the bones cor
responding to those of our own hand
constitute its most important parts;
hence bats are known as chlroptera, or
hand winged animals. The thumb OF
the bat is free and terminates in
hooked claw, but the fingers" are
enormously Heightened, while between
them stretches skin or memhrana- tn
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Passed College exams" ~ seOn.

Few people in Connecticut realize
mat there once lived boy in Water
Jury who possessed the remarkable
precociousness which enabled him to
pass the Yale examination at the age
pf seven years. He didn't enter Yale
until his thirteenth year. yet the record
remains and ought not to be lost sight
Of. The boys name was John Trum-
bull, born in 1850, and he died full OF
honor, scholastic and political, at the
ripe age of eighty-one years in 1881.
He was frail and tender as young
ster, and his remarkable intellect over
balanced his physical makeup. Nobody
thought he would grow up, and his
mental achievement at an age when
most boys nowadays are entering the
district school attracted the attention
Of scholars and distinguished men In
his day.-Hartford Courant.
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The oussn's Lesson.


One Of the ladies In waiting 10 the
late Queen Victoria had very bright
little daughter about four years old
and OF whom the queen was very fond
The queen invited the child TO have
lunch with her, OF coarse the mother
was highly pleased ana charged the III.
lie girl 10 be very careful about her
table manners and to bo very polite to
the queen.
The little girl cane home in high
glee, aud the mother asked her all
about the luncheon. Were ySu a very
polite little glrli AEd did you remem,
Der 10 do all told you at the table"
asked the proud mamma,
"oh, yes; was polite" said the little
girl, but the queen wasn't"
The queen wGsB'tr said the mother.
why. what did she DOR
"She took her chicken bone up In her
fingers and Just shook my finger at
her, like you did at me, and said. Pig
~, piggy, piggyr "-Phlladslphia North
American.
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Over tho Esqs and Bacon.

he scraped with bis knife a bit Of
butter or the sporting page.
"The writer Of that poem on flying Is
accused OF plagiarism now" he said
ITS awful" she exclaimed. tho
way these men so about the country
marrying inEoeOnt women! Wipe your
mustache, dear"
He wiped his mustache and. with a
frown, inspected the result upon his
napkin.
"PlaElarism," no said, "neaRs a lit
erary theft"
"Sioe some books, did he7"
mo. no; he stole Ideas. They say
woman wrote the poem years ago"
And now they bring It up against
her, ehl oh, these newspapers! But
look at the mess you've made there
with your coffee. do wish you'd try
to be little more careful."-New Or
leans Times Democrat
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In the days when the higher educa.
ton of women provoked more discus
sion than 1t does at the present time
number of Cambridge university men
among them Arthur Clement Hilton.
who was born a wit and died a clergy
man, we're discussing the establish
ment Of women's colleges. Hilton, says
his blographer, Sir Robert Edgecumbe.
expressed himself in favor of the move
msnt
"Of course" he said, when women
get their degrees they will not be bach
elors, but spinsters Of art and theB
after awhile they win proceed to the
degree of NJ. Ana"
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confsrrino n Knlohthood.

Sir James Knowles, the editor OF the
Nineteenth Century used TO describe
with enjoyment the fashion In which
he was knighted He WAS at San
dringham one Sunday evening, aud the
king said 70 him; knowles, want
you to be a knight. Win that please
your wifer "Tm sure sue win be
charmed by your thought Of her, sir"
"Well, then, send word TO her In
town" Sir James was discovered a
little later by bis majesty writing n
letter, mo, no." said the king, I've
given 1t to the court newsman, and she
will very likely see II in the papers
before she gets the letter. Write out a
telegram, and will see that she has IL
tonight" And she had. 1T was not
the honor" added Sir James In telling
the story, that valued 80 much as
the way In which II was conferred"
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Too SidniEeAnt.

"These Spanish names in California
puzzle me, but some of them have very
interesting meanings" commented a
guest OF enc Of the hotels.
''Yes?" said the manager.
'They do, for a fact; they really do.
/ am keeping track Of list in my
notebook. But the funny thing was In
Santa Barbara. Listen to this: 'Indio
MuertO street, meaning dead Indian
All. here It is, the one was after, a
street named SalsipuedeS.' Well, this
streets the one that runs 10 the hospital
up on the sloping hillside above the
town. When they built the hospital.
they were at loss for a name. Some
oHe 1t after this
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Cura For pinaomaniA.

Flesh food Is the chief cause OF dip
ScmanIa. When men are properly nour-
ished upon nonlnnammatory diet that
is rich in proteid and nerve and Np
sue building substa nce-such as nuts
OF all kinds aud their products, cereal
foods wheat meal, oatmeal. macaroni.
rice. etc.L legpmes, (harIeots. leBtils
and peas, fruits Of every sort and
dairy produce Cheese, milk and eggs)-
they do not crave fer strong drink. nor
are they n danger Of taking alcohol to
excess Loudon Health Record.
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story Of Feet Race.

A volube negro who was discovered
pacing a fast heat RcrssS the Tenth
street viaduct the other night explain
ed his haste to the policeman who ar
rested him.
He explained that he had been TO
swell dance and had paid the sum OF
$3.50 for the rent of the startllngly
correct attire In which he was clad
During the progress OF the dance n
short yellow man had repeatedly bump
ed against him in a most offensive
manner He related the story with
dignity and unctlon.
"Thish yere yellow niger, he KEEP
a-bumpln' Inter me TIL | sSS to him, !
SEES, I'll see you after this dance cut.
side ses to him.
"He SEES, Very well, sob; I'll see you
after this dance
IL didn't like the looks OF him no
how, and when we gifts outside he
pulls big razzer, and he Ses. I'll cave
you,' he ses, jes' that er-way.
81 thinks OF that suit | pays $500
fer and | gethers up all the rabbit they
is in me, and starts to runnin', and |
runs fast runs like a jack rabbit
ontell | gifts 10 the vi'duc', and a big
police he hollers 10 me:
Hey. there be boilers. 'whsr
you-all gwine 80 fasr
"Ts jis' a-ruunin' TO ketch a eyAr,'
hollers back. But he grabs me. aRd
he SEES:
"'Ketch a car, niger! why, youse
passed four cars a'readyr-0mGha
World Herald.
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Perjury Pen altisa.

Perjury. besides being one OF the
oldest Of oRsnses in the catalogue OF
crime, has always been very severely
punished. With the advance Of civili-
zation. however. 6endish punlshmsnts
have been replaced by more humane II
still severe penalties In the days Of
the Roman elRpire any enc who CON.
mitted perjury was thrown from a
precipice, while the Greeks branded
their false swearers. II Is interesting
to note that when the latter embraced
the Christian religion the punishment
was altered to that Of having the
tongue cut out sort of. pvnishment
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HER TWO PRAYERS.
po4h Were Answered, but the Results
Wore Diseourasing.

Both Were Answered, but the RssuHts
Wore Disoourasing.
During and for many years after tho
civil war there lived IN Franklin coun-
~, Mo-, where the cid state road, built
before the days Of railroads. crossed
Besuf river, Mrs. Samuel Hutton,
who met with the misfortune Of bav-
Ing two OF her prayers answered, and
thereafter, her Aelghb0rs used to say.
she never prayed again. And this hap
pened during the civil war.
''Sam being away In the Confederate
army" was the way. she used to tell It,
IL got lonesome among SO many brag-
sing stay at home northerners that one
day got down on my knees and pray
ed for the southern boys 10 come and
clean out the. neighbOrhood, and It
wasn't a week before alonR came Gen
eral Pap Prices army, and, II being
near dark, the whSle OUTFIT camped
along the river, cOnAsoated all my
stock feed, robbed my chicken Toost
and burned half the fence rails on the
place without asking my permission.
As didn't know where Sam was 10
tell him what the scanps had done. l
prayed again. asking the Lord to send
the Federas to chase Pap Price to the
jumping or place. 1t was about sun
down that day when locked up the
road and saw my answer coming, and
the northern boys stopped at the river
for the night. ate what food the Con-
federstes had left me and destroyed
the balance of the fence rails."-R,uf'
:al0 Times.
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NAV, 81 th. prs,nmaksr.

A curious dressmakiAg custom was
revealed In a case tried In London,
and 1t would be Interesting to know n
similar practices prevail elsewhere. A
woman ordered a dress from a dress
maker and then refused 10 pay the bill
on the ground that the dress did not
,at-a very common excuse among
those whe have changed their minds.
The bill was for $50 for material and
making, aud the dressmaker in de-
Tending her charges explained that
she had two establishments, one at
Putney and the other on Manchester
street. The dress In question had been
made NJ Putnsy. but II 1t bad been
made at the Manchester street estab.
hshment she would have charged about
SIS, although there would have been
no difference whatever In material or
Workmanship. Prices she said, were
regulated by locality, and, although
PutDey is socially irreproa enable, It
is not quite equal to Manchester street.
The price Of dress is therefore In.
dlcative Of geographical lOOatioH rather
than q quality, and for this side light
on feminine manners and customs we
may be duly grateful.-Argonaut
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which was considered TO At the crime
In the early centuries In the middle
ages some countries adopted the sys.
TEN OF giving the psrjurer the punish
nent for the crime he falsely AccrSsd
another OF. Thus II he swOre a neigh
Dor had committed murder and tho
charge was disprOVed the perJursr
would be sentenced to death, aud the
other penalties Of the penal code we're
sIsetsd for the particular crime al.
legged