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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
Streams Hot and Cold.

Innu1iierabIe streams, some almost
boiling hot and others icy cold, cross
the patch at frequent intervals. At
times the ascent is up precipitous
walls and again It is on all fours
over giant rocks, which tear the
clothes and scratch lie skin.
so the climber goes on until
through his eXertion in the heat he
IS ready to rest and take n0urish-
ment. He has now gone, say. to an
elevation of 1000 feet and below
him the whole island of Martinique
lies IN panorama, its hundreds of
peaks standing out clear and distinct
IN the blue atmosphere.
once more the climb begins. The
air grows rarefed and chill comes
over the climber. Snakes no longer
lnfest the path, which now even the
guide has difficulty in following. At
thousand feet from the top steam
occasionally rises from a crevice in
the rock Again cloud Of sulphur
Gus hydrogen makes breathing diff
cult, but otherwise the climbing IS
Just as before; there is no sound, no
motion, only the intense quiet where
no life of any kind exists.
Five hundred feet more and the
party is drenched by a mist that
chllls to the bone Rum is taken
to ward off pleurisy and to again
IlmDer the joints that the SUDDEN cold
mas made stiff. Courage which NAV
nave faltered an hour ago is now re-
Ylved, for the summit is in sight
NOW there is no path, and with each
step up there is shifting of fine
volcanic ashes, as when one walks
through the fine sand on the beach.
The ascent is so steep that walk
ing erect is impossible and for the
last few hundred feet of the trim
the travellers go on all fours. Once
the summit is reached the view is
ample reward for all the efforts of
the climb. Far below the red roofs
or the three new buildings of ST
Pierre give the only key of location.
1helr red has turned to a hazy pink.
and through the misty distance the
rest of the island lies shrouded in
deep blue, so profound that land and
sea seem to merge into one. To the
other side lies the volcanoes crater
dense with fog and mist. unaDprOacb-
able and fOrbidding.
Now and again as the strong wind
moves the cloud the bed of the crater
appears in fleeting visions. There is
no desire to go further, and the des-
olation produces a feeling of the
most utter detection So quiet is if
that the wind passing through hollow
ana over height in the crater seems
10 issue mighty sigh fine voioo %
the souls liberated by the demon of
the mountain, at the sound of which
the guide kneels in reverent PRAYER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22

mountain and, having won his point,
he soon returns with some sort of
conveyance to carry the party up the
gentle slope OF Morne Rouge, and
then around to Calabasse, where the
climb begins.
Ready for the start, the traveller
is armed with a stout staff, while the
guide buckles about his waist a sharp
cutlass, the reason for which is not
disclosed until after the ascent be-
gins. Other natives join the party
to carry the bread, fish and cake,
which they arrange on trays and
carry balanced on their heads. From
Calabasse the ascent is a sheer climb
of $500 feet.
Before half mile is traversed the
worst feature of it is encountered.
In every hollow and seemingly I'M
der every rock one comes upon the
deadly fer-de-lance, the scourge of
Martinique. Snakes from two to six
feet long curl up along the way,
ready to spring, and here the guide
makes use of his cutlass. To feel
the fangs of one of these creatures,
he tells you, would mean death with
in an hour.
On the slopes the heat of the sun
is intense; no vegetation has taken
root here, and what formerly existed
Is buried to a depth of hundreds of
feet in volcanic matter Climbing
for the northerner is nothing less
than a hardship; there is a narrow
footpath, distinguishable only to the
guide, sometimes running into deep
caverns where the fer-de-lance
abounds, and at other times skirting
the edge of a precipice of volcanic
rock, which momentarily seems about
to crumble and drop it's burden two
or three hundred feet below.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
SUFF0CATED IN
BIN Of SHORTS
John HUM Killed in Peculiar
Manner at New Uim.
Sad and Fatal Accident at Eagle
Roller Mills.
from Saturdays Daily

4
Yesterday afternoon at half past
two o'clock John HUM, aged about
! fifty-fve years, lost his life at the
Eagle Roller Mill by falling into a bin
of shorts and being suffocated Mr.
HUM has been an old employee of the
mill company and has been engaged
in the work, which caused his death
for the last five or six years. A car
of shorts was being loaded, when the
signal was given that there was a
stoppage, and as is the usual custom,
John Herzog, the foreman, instructed
Mr.. HUM to descend into the bin to
release the shorts and to cause it to
run by poking stick through the
shorts in the bin. In the corner of the
aside from this rope is used by the
one descending as an extra precaution.
Mr.. HUM must have lost his footing
in some manner and dropped to the
bottom of the bin and was nearing
the sprout and in fact his legs had
partly passed through, but as he was
of large frame, was unable to squeeze
through. When the workmen in the
car saw the legs protruding they gave
the alarm and everything was done to
release Mr. HUM from his perilous
position. They chopped away the
spout, in order to release the body
and when they got him into the open
air he showed signs of life. DR..
Stricken was on the ground within
a few minutes. The dying man gave
his last few gasps. 1t was impossible
to restore respiration as he had prac-
tically suffocated. Shorts had entered
his throat and lungs in his. struggle
for life.
The last accident of this kind oc-
CURED about fifteen years ago, when
Charles Stoll, Jr., lost his life in the
same mill and under the same condi-
tions. 1t is Impossible to state exact
w how Mr.. HUM lost his footing as
there was no eye witness. While Mr..
HUM was engaged in this work, Mr..
Herzog was called to the telephone
and it was during this time that the
accident occurred.
The shorts in the bins at times
forms wall and must be released
by long sticks. Mr.. Herzog had
warned Mr. HUM not to descend too
far into the bin, so as to keep above
the cave-in, in case there should be
one. Whether he descended below or
whether he fell there is no one to
tell.
Mr.. HUM has four sons, Frank
William Otto and Hugo, who are all
employed in the same mill-New Ulm
Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
SoWlers at Cincinnati Make Some
High Scores.

Cincinnati, Feb. 19.-With the
breaking of the worlds record for in
diyidual bowling by A. Wingler of
Chicago, who bowled 500 points in his
singles, all American Bowling con-
gress and Canadian Bowlers' assOcia-
ton records have been broken at the
present meet.
The Tosetti's of Chicago, who made
2,SS6 points, broke all five-men team
records, and Chalmers and Kleine Of
Chicago, who bowled 1854 in the two
men events, also broke all records.
In the five shifts of two-men events,
A. X. Lequesne and Dick Morgan
bowled 1,247 and thereby obtained
the second place in the two team race
The Bonds of Columbus, O., took the
first position in the five-men team
race by bowling 1927 pins in the sec
ond shift of the five-men tsm events.
w. Pollack of Buffalo, bowling in
the same shift with Wingler, obtained
the third place in the individual
events, by bowling 66S points, Robert
Menninger, heretofore in first place,
having only one more pin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE
Minnesota Marine Died in Trying to
Save His Comrade.

Newport, R. l., Feb. 19.-That Pri-
marine corps, who with his comrade,
John M. Mcintosh, was drowned off a
tug. boat in Narragansett bay last
Sunday, did not commit suicide and
had not been drinking, was the report
of the naval board that has been in
vestigating the deaths of the two men,
1t had been suggested that the two
men had committed suicide or that
there had been foul play. The naval
board learned that Mcintosh had
fallen overheard and that the tug had
turned around and had been search
ing for him for about twenty minutes
when Stevenson, thinking he saw his
comrades body, reached for it and
losing his balance, fell overheard. He
cried for help and tried to reach the
life buoy which had been thrown out,
but the buoy drifted rapidly away and
Stevenson sank These facts, the
board declares, prove that Stevenson
did not commit suicide, and it has
been established, the report states,
that the young man had not been
drinking.
Congressman Stevenson of Mime
sofa, who came here from Washington
to investigate his sons death, zorro
borated the report of the board He
will remain here to direct the search
for his sons body
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
BUSY TIME Fer TAFT.
Mar Secretary Kept on the Go In
Connecticut.

Concord, y. H., Feb. 19.-Secretary
of War Taft had few spare moments
from the time of his arrival in New
Hampshire until late at night. He de-
livered two addresses, one at Concord,
the other at Manchester, and attended
several receptions, luncheon and
dinner given in his honor. Mr.. Taft
was met at Boston by committee OF
the Taft club of Concord, headed by
Former Governor Frank w. Rollins
and Winston Churchill. The secretary
was driven to the state house, where
he was received by Governor Floyd.
A reception at the Eagle hotel fol-
lowed. This lasted an hour and the
secretary was entertained at luncheon
by the Taft association of New Hamp-
shire, at which 100 members were
present Afteryard he addressed a
mass meeting in Phoenix hall.
The hall seats thousand persons
and was filled.
Three cheers for our next presi-
dent were given in response to a
call from the gallery.
Following the mass meeting, the
secretary, accompanied by Chairman
John c.. Bickford of the Republican
city committee of Manchester and
delegation from that city, went to
Manchester, where he was the guest
of honor at a reception given by the
Derryfield club and shortly afterward
was entertained at dinner. Follow
ing this function the secretary and
his party were driven to the Calumet
club, where a reception was held.
The secretary then went to the
state armory, where he was received
with honor by the national guard and
Spanish war veterans. The secretary
made a brief address to the soldiers
and then left the armory for Mechan
les hall, where a public meeting was
held. Here Mr.. Taft delivered his
second extended address of the day.
At the close of the meeting he be-
came the guest of Governor Floyd
who took him to his residence for the
night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
TeIegraphing Made Easy
A 500 Line Operator Invents . Machine that
Makes the Dots Sold All Over the Word

F. T. Vail, formerly chief operator
of the $500 Line" at Minneapolis, now
the chief electrician of the Internation-
al Vailograph Co. with an aggressive
and pushing organization at his back, is
heralded as the latest great inventor In
the telegraphic field.
AS is generally known, telegraph
operator 1'talks by dots and dashes'
made with a key that opens and closes
the electric circuit. To make dots and
dashes is nerveracking work. In rapid
sending it is estimated that an operator
makes 80, 900 nerve movements an hour.
Mr.. Vail has invented machine that
makes this mere child's play, as the
Vailograph makes the dots. A large
number of telegraph operators and other
people with money to invest are buying
Stock in the company, which has recently
installed factory at Minneapolis and
will sell its product all over the world:
Parties seeking safe investment will
find it to their interest to write the
INTERNATIONAL vAIlOGRAPH CO.. ,tIncorporased,
Guaranty Bldg, Minneapolis. Minn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
Promote Butter
Making
Program of the National
Meeting.

. =
Below is given the program for the
coming convention of the National
Creamery Buttermaker's association
which will be held in st. Paul, March
IL, II and Is and it will be seen that
every subject on it is a live one.
March II, 10 a. m.-lnvocation, Rev.
+. A. Cone; music; address of wei.
come, Governor John A. johnson of
Minnesota; response, H. J. Netert.
Walker, Ia + a. m.-President's ad-
dress, j. j. Farrell, Carver, MINI: re-
port of secretary and treasurer, s. b.
Shilling, Chicago H., appointing com
mittees, auditing, legislative, resoln-
ton; visiting machinery hall. II M
Adjournment. 2 p. inflow can the
Buttermaker Hold His Patronage
Against 'Unwholesome' Competition and
Yet Get Good Quality of Cream"
T. Corneliuson, Eau Claire, Wis; dis
cussion. 3 p. NJ" Starters and Cream
Ripening," NJ. p. Mortenson, Cokato,
Mimi; discussion. 4 p. m.-"Should
the Pasteurization of Milk or Cream
to Be Manufactured Into Food Pro-
duct Be Made Compulsory by law;
Ralph C. II. Fowler, Moravia, n. Y,
discussion.
March II, 0 a. Inflow to Secure
Uniformity in Overrun and Quality of
Butter" A Jensen, Eureka, Cal,
team scoring contest. 10 a. m.-''Do
Buttermakers Need Accident Iusur-
ance," L. S. Edwards, Arlington, La.
IL a. m-Election of officers. IL M
Adjournment. p. m.--Music, Jules
Lombard; Creamery Records" B. d.
White, Washington, d. c., discussion.
g D. m.-"The Work of the Creamery
Buttermaker," Professor Ed. Webster,
Washington, d. c., dicussion, music.
4p m. Market Quotation" Frank Ur
ner. New York; discussion. 4:30 p. m.
.-"Can Butter BE Paid for Accord
ing Quality Under Present Condition"
w. S. Moore, Chicago, discussion. p.
m.-Adiournment.
March l3, 9 a. m.-Visiting butter
room. 10 a. m.-"Creamery Santita
tion,o Helmer Rabild, Alma, Mich;
discussion. II a. m.-Question box,
discussion of unfinished subjects. II
Adjournment. 2 p. m.-Music, re-
port of committees, reading of scores,
presentation of cups, new business, ad-
iournment
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
MORE WORK, LESS LAND
n. n. Shepard Thinks That Many
Farmers Have Too Much Land.

From Fr1dayS DallN,
Good farmers are now planning for
next years work. Too many of them
are planning to do bigger things. They
are land hungry and jealous of their
ineighbors who own bigger farms than
they do.
Too many little farmers get this
land grabbing fever and the result is
generally disastrous. 1t takes big
man to run a big farm. 1t takes a
pretty big man to run a small farm,
too, but the man who has spent years
in intensive culture is not well trained
to branch out into stock farming or
grain farming. The methods are en-
tirely different.
Land is good investment, provided
the owner is a man of sufficient cali
Der to employ the necessary help, plan
the work and dispose of his crops to
advantage. If he owns enough land
to give farms to considerable num-
Der of tenants he must be man of
very much more than average business
ability or he will fail.
Thousands of men are land poor.
They own big tracts of productive
land, but have not the ability to make
money out of it. They have bitten
off more than they can chew.
The land poor man struggles through
life trying to pay interest on his
debts or to keep his land out of the
hands of \the money loaners, and his
energies are employed in this unpro-
iductive work instead of raising crops
and cattle and hogs and sheep.
1t is a great mistake for any farmer
who owns forty acres or more to GO
into debt for more land unless he has
sons who are born farmers who are
willing to stay on the farm and share
with him the work and the profits
The scarcity of farm labor makes
large areas of land difficult problem
to handle and the wise farmer is the
one who will stick to his little farm
which has given him living and add
ed to his bank account without break
ing him down.
| Nearly all of the great ranches OF
the west are being cut up into small
farms because they cannot be worked
lprofitably in ~these times of high
priced labor But just as the concen-
| tration fever has struck the west ii
! is the expansion feved which is be.
! Uinnino TO show i'm the east Farmers
| in New York, Pennsylvania and al
through New England, farmers are
suddenly becoming land hungry. They
are reaching out to add to their acres
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
CAN'T BE SEPARATED
Some Mankato People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.

Some MankatO People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.
Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the back
ache until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong,
the rest of the system is pretty sure
to be in vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys -
Anthony Guehe, living on Main
street, st. James, Mimi, says: Il
have suffered for several years from
pains in my back and loins. At times
these were so severe as to be almost
unbearable. 1t was impossible for me
to sleep as the trouble always seemed
to be more severe when lying down.
Ny kidneys were so weak that | was
compelled to arise many times during
the night, and the loss of sleep greatly
interferred with my general health. |
tried many different remedies but did
not get any permanent relief until L saw
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised, and
procured box. l used them as di-
rected and noticed a great change for
the better in my condition, continued
taking them and the results have
been satisfactory in every way. L am
not compelled to rise once during the
night now and my back gives me but
little trouble l am going to continue
Doan's Kidney Pills, and am glad to
recommend them to other sufferers Of
kidney trouble"
Plenty more proof like this from
Mankato people. Call at j. c. Thro's
drug store and ask what customers re-
port.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21

guard the commonwealth in the pay
ment of bills by requiring the archi-
tect and the superintendent of grounds
and buildings to certify TO them and
the contractor 10 make oath to their
correctness.
The former governor admitted un-
der cross-eXamination that he did not
know that $1,069,0 had been paid
by Snyder aud Mathues TO Sanderson
without the approval of the board or
that on Jan. 10, 1905, the date of the
adoption of the resolution by the
board requiring the architects certifi-
cate on bills, that $2000,000 had been
paid TO Sanderson in excess of HuS-
tons estimate on the cost of the fur
nishings.
Mr.. Pennypacker said he had no rea-
son for thinking that Huston did not
do as fully as he could the work he
was called upon to do.
"If you are asking me for a judg-
ment," he said, 81 think it is a great
achievement"
Asked how long his reliance upon
the architect continued, the answer
was: 1T continues down to the pres
ent time, unless l am shown reason to
the contrary"
Evidence was introduced by the de-
tense to show that in spite of the zap
Proclamation" system OF billing the
Sanderson furnishings, the senate was
the gamer to the extent of .$34S, 22715
on Sanderson's bills for furniture and
that Sanderson could have collected
1924, 1886 instead of $S76,066.40 for
the furniture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
PENNYPA CKER TALKS
Testifies in Pennsylvania Cap
itoI Conspiracy Case.
FAITH IN ARCHITECT HUSTON
Former Governor Still Believes That
Huston Did His Work to the Best
Of His AbiIity-Extraordin Pre-
cautions Against Fraud.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 19.-Former
Governor Pennypacker was an inn
portant witness at the state capitol
conspiracy trial here. Mr.. Penny
packer, by virtue of his Office as gov
ernor, was president of the board of
grounds and buildings during the
equipment of the capitol. His col
leagues on the board were Former
Auditor General Snyder and Former
State Treasurer Mathues. Its execu-
tive officer was Former Superintend-
ent Shumaker. The former governor
Was called as a witness for these
three former state officers.
Mr.. Pennypacker iold of the selec-
ton of Joseph NJ. Huston by the
board TO prepare the plans and speci-
fications for the capitol furnishings
and of the award of the contract to
SanderSon. He said extraordinary
precautions had been taken to safe
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
AMERICAN CAR LEADING.
Has Practically Passed Through the
State of Ohio.

Cleveland, Feb. 19.-The American
car in the New York to Paris race,
driven by Montague Roberts, has rrac.
tically passed through Ohio The car
entered the state just east of Con.
neautand went through to Toledo.
The French car, driven by st. Chat
fray. was but few hours behind the
American car all day. At Ripley, n.
Y, the car had to stop for repairs, but
proceeded shortly. At Ashtabu a
some time was lost in taking the
wrong road. The road was retraced
and the car arrived safely at Cley O.
land and passed through without a
stop. The French car stopped at
Fairmont for the night.
The Italian car, driven by Sortori,
arrived here and proceeded for To-
ledo. The German car, driven by
Mas, remained at Erie, Pa, over
night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
GALE AT milwaukee.
Threatens to Be the Most Disastrous
Storm of the Winter.

Milwaukee, Feb. ia fOrty-mile
gale, a swirling, binding, drifting
mass of snow and temperature
steadily falling toward the zero mark,
snveloped Milwaukee in another biz
card which threatens to be even more
disastrous than the previous storms of
the winter.
Traffic is again demoralized, the
streets are again piled with snow and
business is practically at a standstill.
Trains, both incoming and outgoing,
are late.
The interurban lines suffered con-
siderably, schedules being abandoned,
although all cars were able to make
through trips.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21

and it is now no uncommon thing
for farmer to own from 500 to
1000 acres in one body, something
rarely known in former years.
1t is all mistake, particularly in
the east. The western grain farmer
has a better excuse for large acre
age, but the eastern farmer who knows
his business will concentrate his efforts
on fewer acres and improve his meth
DDS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
HEAVY SNOW STORM RACED
Omaha Passenger Train Nc. z, From
South, Is Delayed.

\ heavy snow storm RACED south
and west of Mankato yesterday and
last night, and from Sioux City to
Omaha large amount fell and drifted
badly. Omaha passenger train No. 2.
from the south. did not arrive this
morning until eight o'clock, and train
No 50l on the Northwestern until
10 O'Clock. The Snow extended as
far east as st. James, where there
WAS light fall. The further west
and south of that point the worse
the storm was. Mankato was for.
tunate to escape the storm.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-21
Clyde Cant Convicted.

Eelleville, ILL.,, Feb. 14.-Clyde Cant,
who has been on trial in the circuit
court here for the killing of Henry
Dickerman, was found guilty and SEN
fenced to fourteen years imprison-
ment. Cant based his defense on the
"unWritten law" but his supposed
wife took the stand and denied that
she had ever been married to Cant,
although she admitted having lived
with him for almost two years Cant
followed one night and saw her meet
Dickerman. In the fight that followed
Dickerman was stabbed to death