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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-07

DR.. o. NJ. Ball, professor OF botany
in the State Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, calls attention TO
the probable great value OF the blue
bonnet TO the soil OF Texas. This
flower is more widely and popularity
known as buffalo clover. It belongs
to the class OF leguminous plants
which have the power of fixing the
nitrogen from the air, nitrogen being
the most important as fertilizer for
all forms OF crops. DR.. Ball thinks
that there Is no other native Texas
plant that will Fix larger quantity
OF NITROGEN by means OF its nodules
than the blue-bonnet. He proposes
by a series of experiments to deter
mine the exact amount fixed per
acre by an average growth of this
plant.
He suggests that tho farmers Sc
cure the seed OF the blue bonnet In
quantities, and that they SOW them
broadcast On land they are willing to
lie fallow for a year. DR.. Ball be-
lieves that such a course will result
in lasting benefit to land that has
been Over-cropped.
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BROKEN BY AUTO CRANK.
II. r. Hcffner Suffers Fracture From
Cross Explosion.

N'D'H NApiONibHs
r. F. Heftner OF Circlevllle, Ohio
who has been spending the winter
here, Is carrying his right arm in a
plaster cast as the result OF a blow
Saturday from the crank on his tour
ing car He had driven with ]. s.
Hackett to his place seven miles
south OF Amarillo and when the ac-
cident happened had started to crank
the machine for the return trip. A
cross explosion made the crank kick
back and strike his forearm between
the wrist and elbow with such force
that one OF the bones OF his fore
arm was broken and the ligaments
torn looose.
Mr.. Heffner was able to control
the car on the return trip with his
other hand while his companion did
the steering, and when they reached
here the injured limb was set as
soon as possible In a'cast. The ma
ture OF the fracture made the wound
extremely painful and also makes 1t
one that will be slow in healing,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-07

L. McI.ennan. OF the feed testing
staff from the A. and NJ college, is
stopping over here today after trip
over the Panhandle.
Miss Maggie MINIS, head Of the
department OF domestic science in
the College OF Industrial Arts at
Denton, is in Amarillo arranging for
the work she is to give in the sum.
mer school and Chautsuqua here.
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III, llla W. Are Heir To

There are three modes Of bearing tho
Ills Of life--namely. by Indifference,
which is the most common by philoS.
ophy, which is the most ostentatiouA
and by religion. which is the most ef.
fectual.-New York Press.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-07

DR.. Keel, OF Dallas, is here look
ing over the field with the view Of
putting in a manufacturing optical
business.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-07
AMARILLO VISITS
CLARENDON TODAY
lrrom Tuesday,s pailyl

tfTom lueSudy DaIlJ'I
Amarillo commandery knights
Templar IN full regalia gathered at
the union station this morning and
left on the special Denver train for
Clarendon to act as honorary escort
to the blue lodges OF Masons which
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-07
pruga-AIesander DING eompany,

Drugs-AIexander Drug company,
q. c. ingram.
Dry Goods, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Miller a Co., u. c. Miller.
Dr. Goods, Retail--Kerr Dry
Goods company, w. $, Buckley.
Furniture. Manufacturers--oklal
homa Manufacturing company e. b.
Weislger
Furniture Dealers-'rhe Johnston
company, w, G. Johnston,
Grain Dealers--E, r. & D. C..
Kop, D. c. Kolp, Jr,
Grocors. Wholesale McCord-Col-
Inns Mercantile company. oscar II,
Ooiz: Rdonour-Baker Mercantile
company, Q. Il. Van Cleef
Hardware, Wholcsale--okllahoma
city Hardware company, A. w,
Boyd. Richards & Conover Hard
ware Co., ], r.. o'Neil
Hats--s, G. Davis Hat company,
Henry Martin,
lIotels-Loe-H uckins NJ. HuckIns
Insurance Agcnoies--Alexander g.
Alexander, Jack Upshur; Merrill &
Branlff, Frank j. Merrill; General
Agent y. c. White.
Loans and lnvestments-AtkInson
Warren q Henley, c. l., Henley;
Gum Bros Fred =. Gum; p, J. os-
kerday.
Milling Companies Oklahoma city
MIL 4 Elevator Co., II. A. House,
Il. l.. Burel.
Music Stores -Frederlckson-Kroh
Music company, j. l.. Constant; Jen-
kinh' Sons Music company, 8. II,
Beatty: May Music Festival, W. NJ
sturges
Newspapers Oklahoman, y.
X. Gaylord; oklahoma City Times,
Fred Rlseling Oklahoma Farm Jour
nal, John Field Merchants News
and Trade Bulletin, f. F.. Harkens.
Notions. Wholesale---Jno. Eisman,
g. Sons s, J. Elsman; The Miller
Mltscher company, o. A. Mltscher.
Paper. Western News
paper Union. c. Il. Verify; oklaho-
ma Paper company, Harry Herman;
Southwestern paper company. D. T.
McIver.
Produce, WHOLESALER. ID. Turner
e. Co., T. d. Turner.
Paints and Wall Paper-The A. M.
Hughes Paint company W. w,
Franks.
Railroad offielals--Atchlson, To-
peka a Santa Fe. II. X. Teasdale,
d. f. A.; Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific, Pat Portel. d. f. A., j. s.
McNally, ID. p. A., j. T. Marchant.
special representative: X. c. N. G.
o., o. G. Burrows, c. A.; NJ. X. & T.,
j. j, Hartnett, r. r. A.; st. Louis
& San Francisco, II. c. Conley, D..
+. A.; The Pullman company, w. H..
Llston
Real Estate Dealers--The Classen
company j. j, johnson; Fred r..
Marshall Real Estate company, Fred
+. Marshall; The Putnam company,
w. H. Phillips; Jno. r. Rose & Co.,
Jno. r. Rose Workman G. Co.. O..
r. Workman; The Harter company.
II. P. Harter.
Saddlory--E. NJ. Jones Saddlery
company, ]. NJ. Jones.
Seeds, Barteldes &
Co. ]. r, Hickey.
Shoes, Wholesale-Sldney L.
Brock Dry Goods company, whole
sale shoe department, Sidney L.
Brock.
Sash and Doors-Curtis & Cart
side, A, l.. Gartside. w. w. Whit
ten; Oklahoma Sash & Door Co.,
Nels Darling, C, p. Walker, r. j.
Mercer,
State Fair----oklahoma state Fair
Association, Elliott Alton.
Stoves, Wholesale - Excelsior
stove & Manufacturing Co., j. II.
Wilson.
Traffic Associstion-ok Oklahoma
Traffic Association, w, V. Hardle,
secretary.
Telephone Companles--Pioneer
Telephone & Telegraph Co., ]. w.
Wilson, c. s. Edwards.
Real Estate Transfers.
II. A. Mobiles to Ernest Fritz and
Il -. a.
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saloon people ,uey would still give
drink Tor franc, while the banks gave
only l2B cents The saloon people
gathered them and the rupees IN 40
old prices and sold 10 the banks foe
bullion and made n good thing
But fot few years we suffered bad'
ly for silver change. Even until 1850
gold dust circulated 10 considerable
eXtcut IN mining districts, but tbs
scales were always used.
There was no paper money uptil D.
o. Minis & Co issued their gold notes
about 1855. IN getting change for an
old octagou 500, gold, often ~ many
as four or five natjonalitics would bs
represented la the change, On all
drafts sent cas- 81 was charged by the
express companies until Adams Il Co.
ana Page Bacon a Co failed and lefu
the field 10 Wells Fargo then II was
raised 20 So
Grccnhlcks were never recognized ~
money. only as commodity They
were used for buying postage aud rev.
enuc stamps All mercantile bIllhoads
and notes had the special contract cn-
forccmcnt for gold California even
paid the claims Of the federal governs
ment in gold Aud IL came In mighty
handy to Uncle Sam in 1862 and 1868.
The old style Californian still has an
inclination for the yellow stun P, n.
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A rhrnr, had A North Wlnd.

Long had Gustavus Nasa sought N
rouse his fellow countrymcn, the
SwedeS. against the Infamous Danish
tyrant Christian, whose memory will
always be linked witk that " the
"blood bath OF Stockholm. But tho
brave Gustavus found his compotrlots
Cowardly aud slow. An outlaw him
self, no voice was raised IN the assem-
bly, IN his favor. lie called upon the
people to fight hut they sat sullen
around him. Suddenly a cold wind
rose from the north, and an old coun-
tryman cried. God approves Of tha
designs Of Nasa, for a north wind Il
always a happy presage." These sim
pie words acted like magic, The men
few 10 arms and prayed Gustavus IN
lead them against the Danes, In few
days he had collected an army large
and brave enough to give battle to tha
formidable troops OF the king Of Dem
marx. Victory was theirs from this
first, and the capture Of Stockholm in
1923 placed the crown Of Sweden upon
Nasas head Pcarson's Weekly,
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Went Millimgly
\ GW Death with
Mam HE Lowed
Boy Gbeerfully Yields Life Ratb-
er TbaD Be Separated from
GomPaDioD to Wbom He
Was Attached

oficers of the post, and the man, who
was then unidentified. was double
strapped to his bed for fear he would
escape.
The story of the murder and at
tempted suicide in all its details was
told by Amanu first to Lieut.. Frank
Grifis, hospital surgeon. and later to
the coroner's jury. He begged for q
knife that he might fulfill the suicide
compact.
II was up against It and sick and
discouraged and determined to end II
all. The boy would not leave me and
wanted to go with me. We wandered
two days in the woods and along the
beach and finally agreed to die TO-
gether." he said.
I'VE wandered and talked about the
people we saw. Men and women
seemed happy and walked to and fro
and we watched them. had talked
about leaving the world and told the
boy to go back to town, where he
would find friends.
"He said, I will go with you and
where you co. and tried to slip away
from him as he played in the sand. He
saw me and followed me.
1--WE watched the people going by in
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the next world. gave him some
laudanum. and he slept again. but 1t
was not enough to keep him asleep.
He woke again and thought was try
ing to leave him.
Then he opened his coat and shirt
and pulled them back with his hand.
showing me where to strike, and
opened my clothes 30 I could kill my
self, too. He showed me where his
heart was, and begged me not to miss
the place. Then he lay back on my
arm again and went to sleep.
II lay there and looked at him and
my head went all In whirl. 1t seemed
that my brain had turned to water and
was surging all around In my head.
picked up my big hunting knife. which
! had opened before. reached over
and felt for his heart beats and then
felt for my own. had located the
places. but stopped again. My nerve
was leaving me. N
Pushes Dagger to Heart.
TT seems that l went crazy. but I
placed the point Of the knife over his
heart and pushed 1t down. Then I
turned 1t and plunged 1t twice into my
own breast, which was harder than
the boys.
HE awoke and saw the blood squirt
ing from my wounds. He drew his
handkerchief and put 1t over my breast
to stop the blood. an that was all
knew until they found me-"
Amann was still holding this hand
kerchief to his breast when found by
the guard at the army post IL hours
after the time he givss for the stab.
bling. Oficers at the post think he
might have been deceived by the
clear moonlight and thought 1t was
day In his half-demented condition.
The confession was made as the
prisoner lay strapped to q bed in one
Of the hospital wards. Coroner ]. L.
Taylor and his deputy, Edward Conrad
of Lake county, and States Attorney
Hanna were present as Amann told
his story.
Jury Gets Whole Story.
A coroner's jury was formed, with
John Congdon as its foreman, and be-
gan the investigation into the boys
death. AS Amann grew stronger in
the hospital they agreed to wait until
he could give evidence, in the hope
that Lieut.. Griffis could obtain a con-
fession In the meantime.
Shortly after noon Amann offered
to give his name and tell the whole
story IL he could see the body of the
boy. It was brought into his room and
he asked that 1t be moved closer. He
touched the body and kissed the cold
and murmured Goodbye"
Then he started in and told the
story. incoherently and with many
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times Walter would burst iAto tears
and run away. q
Saturday night Edward Martin. .
barber living at els School street, 70
ceived an envelope that contained
three letters.
Tho envelope showed that II had
been posted at Lake Blur May 16 1t
eight a. m. II contained three letters.
one from the boy and one from
Amann, and third for Hermann Fled
Ter. saying farewell and telling of the
purpos- to commit suicide.
Amann said In his confession he also
mailed letters to his relatives In Ger
many. After the letters to Martin were
mailed the pair kept close to the woods
and remained in hiding for fear q
search would be made and they would
be arrested.
Boys Mother Fears BlackmaIl.
Mrs. Knobel thought when she first
heard of the letters that 1t was only
another attempt on the part Of Amann
to get money from her She did not
suspect that he had actually killed her
son.
Amann is said to have relatives in
Germany who are of the Weather
class. and frequently got money from
them during the earlier years Of his
career in Chicago. but for the past
six or seven months has lived tn alb
ject poverty.
In the hospital Amann said he had
been injured in being put on q street
car by conductor four years ago, and
brought suit against the Consolidated
Street Railway company for damages,
in which he was given Judgment
amounting to $500 The case was
appealed, and pending the appeal he
has had practically no means Of live
lihood except charity. His attorneys IN
the case were 0ormann and Ruben.
stein.
Federal Authorities May Act.
After the autopsy and when the In
quest was resumed States Attorney
Hanna announced that 1t was prob
able that the case was one for the
federal authorities rather than the
state because 1t had happened on .
military reservation. The inquest was
adjourned for two hours.
Investigation by the coroner and
post officers determined that 1t was
outside Of the post that the body was
found and the coroner's inquest was
continued.
Coroner Taylor took the body Of the
boy to Waukegan, where the inquest
will be continued. Amann was also
taken to Waukegan in an automobile
to await the verdict Of the coroner's
jury and subsequent action ON the part
Of the grand jury.
States Attorney Hanna said he was
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KNEW WHAT THE JOB MEANT.
Angry Citizen Put Ordeal Up TO strssA
Car Company.

Not long ago there entered the once
of the superintendent Of trolley line
In Detroit an angry citizen. demand
ing Justice" In no uncertain terms.
In response to the ofiiciaPs gentle
inquiry touching the cause Of the de-
mand, the angry citizen explaine1
that on the day previous as his wifs
was boarding one Of the companys
cars, the conductor thereof had
stepped on his spouse's dress, tearing
from 1t more than a yard OF material.
II can't see that we are to blame
for that" protested the superintendent.
what do you expect US to do, get her
q new dress?"
mo, sir, do not" rejoined the
angry citizen, brandishing piece OF
cloth. What I propose Is that you
people shall match this material
Harper's Weekly.
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Ruler In Splendid Health.

Prince Luitpold, regent Of Bavaria,
celebrated the eighty-seventh amir
versary of his birth recently amid q
brilliant gathering Of the Bavarian no
bility. The effects of his many years
are almost unnoticeable. The veneer
able regent looks much younger than
he is. He is In splendid PHYSICAL con-
dition. His limbs have retained their
elasticity, his muscles are still hard.
and nearly every day he defes wind
and weather and undergoes the hard
ships Of the chase, wearing always the
old-fashioned greenish-gray shooting
costume peculiar to Bavaria. The Ba-
varian people seem to have forgotten
King Otto, the mad ruler Of their
country, who has been interned in =
suburb Of Munich since 1885. rhS
Bavarian parliament would have
made Luitpold king in succession tn
Otto had he not refused to accept the
post
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There 10 more Catarrh in this section Of the country
than other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to with local treatment pronounced incurable
Science has proven Catsrrh 70 be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires treatment
Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured BY F. j. Cheney
Co., Toledo, Ohio 10 the only cure on
the market IL 10 taken internally in doses from 10
drops to tesspoonful. II acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They oner one
hundred dollars for any case II fails 70 cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address. r.. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. ohio.
Take Hairs Family pills for constipation.
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In the Same Boat.

I'VE get some sad cases." said the
attendant at the Lumpton lunatic
asylum to the interested visitor. and
opened the door of the first cell.
Inside was man sitting on three
legged stool, gazing vacantly At the,
wall.
His is an unhappy story" said the,
attendant. HE was in love with .
girl, but she married another man..
and he lost his reason from grief"
They stole out softly, closing tho
door behind them, and proceeded to
the next inmate.
This cell was thickly padded, ana
the man within was stark, staring
mad.
who Is this?" inquired the visitor.
"This?" repeated the attendant
'This Is the other man!"-Tatler.
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"Some two months ago had hui
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak. all red. and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were SO swollen that could not get
my shoes on for week or more. /
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf-
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at time.
Then one morning I tried a bit of
Cuticura. From the moment 1t touched
me the itching was gone and I have
not felt a bit of 1t since. The swelling
went down and in two days l had my
shoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley, so South State St,
Concord. N. H.. May IA. 1907"
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Given Double. Meaning.

Chancellor Kirkland of vanderbilt
university. like others of similar Of
fee, is known to his students by the
briefer name of Chance"
Besides being the university's chief
executive, he Is also Its head profess
sor of Latin, and-the boys say
prize long-talker at chapel exercises
One day. after protracted discourse
while conducting class in Horace, he
called on a certain student to read,
who did 30 in utter innocence and ab-
solute accuracy as follows: TT IL
hard for. US to endure the blows Of
chance"
The class burst out In roar O
laughter. and as the Chance" joined
in, the dumfounded student perceived
the modern significance Of ansisa1
words
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pauses because Of emotion and partly
because Of weakness.
He said he was born in Germany
and came to America 81 years ago.
He is 43 years old. He was tanner
by trade and later flute player, and
lived In st. Louis for eight years.
When his wife died he came to Chi
cago.
Plays Flute In Saloons.
He used to play in saloons and
about the streets to earn money. He
went to board at the house of Mrs.
Mary Knobel. 755 Racine avenue, IL
years ago. Mrs Knobel had come
from the town of his birth. Kirchhofen.
in the province of Baden. The two
were friends from childhood. Mrs.
Knobel had three children-George,
who is now II years old; Amanda, 16.
and Walter. who was nearing his
twelfth year.
After Mrs. Knobel's husband died
Amann continued to live at her home
and urged her to marry him. The chill
dren had learned to wait on him and
liked to be with him after he had
been stricken with paralysis.
AS the two eldest grew they revert
ed their affections to their mother, but
Walter chung to his Uncle Henry"
Two years ago Amann ran away with
the boy, taking him to San Francisco.
From there he wrote he would return
II Mrs. Knobel would send him 5000.
Mother Refuses Her Hand.
Fearing she would never see the boy
again she sent the money. and Amann
returned and again asked her to marry
him. She refused, and he left her
home and went to live in the base
ment Of house owned by Herman
Fielder, 1912 Otto street. The boy
went with him. and they kept bachelor
quarters In the one room.
Since they moved there in January
the boy went to the Hawthorne school,
and has not been seen by his mother
in that time. His brother frequently
urged HIM to come home, but At such
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labor-SavInq Device.

Eyes. Stree" said the freckled lad
proudly, my dads genius, he Is"
That so?" responded the weary
coffee-mill agent.
wall, should say so. Dad noticed
that every time the old hound came
around Sunday mornings he began
wagging his stumpy tail"
Anything unusual in that, sonny?'
mo, not for the hound, mister, but
dad got up the idea Of attaching a
shoe brush and whisk broom to
Bowser's tail. Now when dad is ready
to go to meetin' his shoes are shined
and the legs Of his trousers are dust.
ed without his moving a finger. BY
gosh! Dads got as much brains as q
furrin diplomat"
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automobiles We were hungry and
turned away from there to go into the
woods. was tired Of life and discour
aged and could have gone into one Of
the lighthouses and killed myself.
Pluck Flowers In Woods.
I'm the woods and away from the
people we gathered flowers and ! told
him the Latin names for the flowers.
Il found a specimen of Trillium
Grandifiorum, and explained how rare
1t is, and compared it with the other
and more common trillium, which
grows IN abundance.
I'VE had had nothing to eat since
Tuesday and pulled roots and shrubs
to stay our hunger. It came night and
we slept in the woods until 1t began
to rain. Then we went down to the
beach and curled up under wide
cornice of one of the houses.
I'VE lay on my coat for pillow, but
the boy woke up and was cold. We
walked until morning and went to
Lake Bluff, where we wrote and mailed
three letters telling our friends we
would end all.
Friday we walked to Lake Forest,
and then back to the beach by Fort
Sheridan. We saw people and they
were well dressed and happy. They
rode in automobiles. We were hungry
and went from the beach into the
woods again. Walter wanted to go
down to the lake and Jump in, but the
water was too cold.
Talk Over Good Times.
I'VE talked It all over again and
talked about all the good times we had
had together in our travels. We talked
about Pennsylvania and Colorado, and
Salt Lake City and its big lake, and
California.
"Then we went up to the rife range
where the soldiers were practicing.
We hid in the bushes and talked about
dying. I told him II he would lead we
would run from the bushes out in
front of the targets when the soldiers
fired and die there, but he would not.
II don't know Just how long we
wandered after that, but 1t was night,
and we kept hid. 1t came daylight
again, and we heard voices of men and
women near us. and thought they
were hunting US.
1T was warm and we were tired and
lay down to sleep. We talked 1t all
over again, and urged him to leave
me and go to his friends. He threw
his arms around my neck and cried,
and said he would never leave me.
Bares Breast; Asks Death.
He said he would go to his grand
%, and that could 90 TO my father In