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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

few years ago I spent several weeks in Ashe
vile, North Carolina. AS I was one day ahead
of time, / could not obtain the apartment already
engaged for and obliged to content myself
for night in of the numerous boarding
houses which are a feature of that charming little
mountain resort.
My temporary abode pretty cottage of the
typical southern fashion; two Stories with veran-
das running all around both the upper and lower
stories.
When ready to retire my first care was to ex-
anime the fastenings to my windows-upon the
second foor-al three of them opening out upon
the yeranda. There not bar or bolt or a
fastening of any kind upon them, and no evidence
that there had ever been Not wishing to
disturb the family | expected to occupy the
room only one night, | set to work to entrench
myself as best | could and succeeded fairly we'll
by ramming my button hook down in one window
thus tightening the loose fitting sash-my scs-
sors down in another window, and before the
third, piled up all of the chairs in the ROOM
l then went to the door to secure it against all
possible intruders There aDdS no bolt on that and
no Key in the lock! This was too much! | aroused
my landlady, a sweet-faced, softvoiced southern
matTon who listened to my plant and smiling
sweetly, answered:
'Why-no one ever bolts their aOindoaoS or locks
their doors here!"
'Why not?" asked astonished
81 really don't know; but l will try to look you
up key tomorrow"
Discounted / started back to my room. En-
pdSSGnt I found there was neither lock or bolt
upon the back hall door-leading out upon this
same veranda-from which led the convenient back
stairs to the yard and out to the street Clearly
| was at the mercy of burglars, cut throats any
one who should choose to enter my apartment for
any purpose at the dead hour of night.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

the enactment of such stringent laws as would
minimize these grosser crimes, for which the law
affords redress, that does not punish the inno-
cent with the guilty.
"He who steals my purse steals trash, but he aUhO
steals my good name. steals that which doth not
enrich him, but maketh poor indeed"
During the year of our Lord 1907, in the criminal
annals of our country, the vindication of 1.-THE
UnWrttten Lac" may be said to have held the
center of the stage from the beginning to the
close.
This saturnolia of crime was not confined to
any particular locality climate race, but
seems to have swept the whole country re-
CARELESS of all social conditions and environments
United States Senator from the northwest
shot down by woman; millionaire New Yorker
was shot down by millionaire Pittsburger in
defence of woman; two prominent families F.
F. VS. of the old dominion invaded and the
invaders shot down; and prominent physician
of Mississippi shot down by the niece of
United States Senator. The indicators of the
Unwritten Law upheld by the courts of JUS
tice lin both of the Virginia cases; and in Wash
ngton City in the of the Senator from the
northwest In Mississippi, where light peniten-
tiary sentence imposed upon the who
killed the physician, the Governor granted her
an immediate pardon.
"a life for a life" the law demands.
Would it not be wiser to enact the so-called
'Un0ritten Laao," or "Higher Laao?" Exact life
penalty for such crimes, do the North Caro-
linians for burglary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

their demand for full equality of the sexes and for full freedom for all. They demand to be placed on the level of European women, which, in the matter of individual liberty, would be for them an immense advance, but they will find that before the full equality of the sexes Is reached they must join their European and Amer ican sisters in demanding that full po- liticaI equality which Australian wom- en already possess and without which social equality will never be realized.
 Among, perhaps, the most hopeful signs of progress at the present time is the fact that, while we are learn ing, and justly so, to place an ever. increasing value on the development of the individual. we are learning at the same time that in cooperation lies the secret of power and the basis
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To Render RifIe-FIre InaudIbIs.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Rifles that shoot noiselessly and guns that hurl shells through the air without audible discharge promise to be the next invention that will be adopted by the United States war department.
 Experiments recently made at Spring field, Mass, in the use of the new gun- siencing device invented by Hiram Percy Maxim. showed that the location of a firing party in ambush could not be located at distance of 25O yards.
 The tests, which were conducted before board appointed by the commanding officer of the Springfield armory, were made with the purpose of determining to what extent an attacking force could conceal It's location while firing. After the army officers had taken up their po- sition near bank of sand, the rifeman was taken to four different points of the compass, at a distance of 250 to 700 yards. from each of which he fired shots into the sandbank. In no case were the off cers agreed as to the point from which the shot was fired, nor did any approxi- mate to the truth.
 At short or moderate ranges It was found that the snap of the gun, the sound of which would travel these distances not much more slowly than the bullet. was rendered inaudible by the ping; but at distance of 1900 yards the snap was audi ble. The chief value of the invention. however, lies in its use for masking heavy ordnance. The inventor is arranging to ac,,i, O rnoderu 3-fnch field-Cun with a silencer. and 1t Is believed that if this proves satisfactory conditions of warfare will be entirely changed.
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LESSONS FROM CREATION, MO- I-By J.

sons, even from the silence of Scripture. One of these is
 GODS ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY.
 In the Mosaic account God gives Us no explanation of His motive in creating the world. About as satisfactory an ex- planation as we can safely accept Is that He produced the universe because He ehsse to do it. The same thing in kind if not in degree, Is true of the work of grace in the regeneration of. a soul The man who thinks he can give a satlsfae- tory reason why he should be saved, independently of the free, sovereign grace of God, is in error, and he may well doubt whether he has any just apprehen- sion of the matter.
 In questions about the manner of creation we find ourselves mystified as soon as we attempt explanation. Did God begin with atoms or. as Poe's Eureka" has 1t, with a primodial particle?" We have here an illustra-
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sidered as a community and with the in fluence of daily life and heredity upon it.
 He recommended that classes should be smaller in number than they generally are in order that the personal influence of the teachers might be more felt and, above all, that the teachers should be chosen not for intellectual qualifications alone, but for the value of their personal character.
 In considering the remarkable influence of adult schools of the Workers Educa- tional association, the Peoples High school in Denmark and similar institu- tlons in forming character and inspiring young men and maidens with life they would be brought face to face with bio- logical questions of great moment such as the Influence of heredity and environ ment and the educational needs which arise in dealing with the physiological
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Start It at home and chase 1t in the
 dark
 Through Gaul through Greece. and into
 Noah's Ark"
 We have noticed locust trees springing up from soil which had just been exca- vated from the bowels of the earth in deep railroad "cut."ys Who can tell us whence came the seed? Have they been sleeping in the earth for untold ages2 If so, how have they been preserved?
 What host of mysterious and per picking thoughts start Up, in our minds when we think of the origin of evil We may well expect, then, to find inexpliea- ble mysteries awaiting us, when we en- ter upon the study of what is called the Mosaic account of creation" There will be many things which we should like to know, but which the Bible does not tell. still, we may learn some valuable les
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vent conflicts by combating ignorance, which is always mlsehlevous; rancour. which is so unwholesome; hatred which Is often blind, and ambitions, which are sometimes misguided.
 In acting thus you are performing an act of patrlotism-a patriotism which clears the air, removes obstacles, and so renders more smooth the march of hu- manity toward the common ideal of all ages and all peoples
 He quoted the famous words of Goethe, ''Nur der Weltsinn ist Gewlnn."
 Judged by Prince Von Bueow's words those eminent educationalists who held their moral education congress in London are surely true patriots. Their first pres- ident, Prof. M. E. Sadler, of the Uni versity of Manchester, in his exposition of the aims of the congress- dealt with the ethical influence of the school con-
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1 her way around the puddles until she reached the saloon at ths corner.
 Where's Ben schenk7'' she demanded sternly of the half dozen men around the bar.
 There was an omnibus silence, broken only by the embarrassed shuffling of feet and an occasional deprecatory laugh.
 Drawing herself up, Mrs. Beaver thumped the counter until tho glasses danced.
 "Where's he atT' she repeated. glarine at the smallest and most embarrassed of the lot.
 He don't know where he's at," said the man, looking around sheepshly. 1T rickon he celebrated little too much fer the weddin'"
 Can he stand up?" demanded Mrs. Beaver.
 Not without starchin'," said the man, and amid the litter that followed Mrs. Beaver made her exit.
 On the corner she paused to reconnoitre Across the street was her gayly lighted cottage. where all the guests were walt ing. She thought of the ignominy that
  thought of the refreshments that must be used tonight or never. and lastly she 1, thought of the little bride sitting forlorn on the kitchen table.
 With a sudden determination she deeid- ed to lead a forlorn hope Facing about she marched weightily around to the rear of the saloon and began laborously to climb the steps that lead to the hall. At the door she paused, and made a rapid survey of the room until she found what she was looking for.
 "Joe,' she called peremtorily
 Joe Ridder, haggard and listless. put down his billiard cue and came to the door.
 Five minutes later Joe breathlessly pre- sented himself at the Beaver kitchen. He had on a clean shirt and his Sunday clothes, and while he wore no collar, a clean handkerchief was neatly pinned about his neck.
 "Everybody but the bride and groom come into the parlor," commanded Mrs. Beaver, I'm going to make speech. and tell 'em that the bride has done changed her mind."
 Joe anu Mllllo, lolI HlOuep lOOheu dC each other in dazed rapture. She was the first to recover.
 "Joel" she cried. moving timidly toward him, "ain't you mad7 Do you still want mel"
 Joe, with both hands entangled in her veil and his feet in her train, looked looked down at her through swimming eyes.
 Want yer?" he repeated. and his lips trembled. Gee whizl I feel like done ribbeted hoop round the hull worldp'
 The signal was given for them to enter, and without further Interruption the cer- emony proceeded, if not in exact accord ance with the plans of Mrs. Beaver, at least in obedience to the mandate of a certain little autocrat who sometimes takes a hand in the affairs of man, even in Rear Ninth street.
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C. Hiden, D. D.

tion of the doctrine of two inconeeiv- able "contradictories," as set forth by Sir William Hamilton. The value Of this profound Gnd beautiful doctrine is based upon faith. We cannot con- celve of absolute creation, l. e., Of creation without materials. As great a thinker as Manuel in his Limits of Religious Thought" expresses his convictions that man Is unable to con ceive of an absolute, self-existant, un- limited being. Whether we accept his view or not. here the universe is, monument to the creating powers of God. Mere reason is appalled,. Her realm Is here without form and void and darkness Is upon the face of her deep. til the idea of Gods absolute sovereignty arises and says. Let there be light" and there Is light.
 How could there be light without sun, moon, or stars? We reply that God did not choose to work in tho
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to say. he Is almost as good a pedestrian at birth as at maturity. and at the ten der age of two minutes he is so expert at hiding as to be fairly worthy of the title of the "Artful Dodger." Now, how comes such a form of existence to leap forth from q shell of three-fourths of an inch in diameter? There is mystery here-a creation in embryo-whieh may well cause the wisest to wonder.
 What Is more obscure than the origin of language7 Was 1t human or divine, or both? The profoundest scholars are stag gered by the question of the origin of the alphabet. Some say that 1t was created by God on the evening of the sixth day. Some hold that God revealed it to Adam Some attribute it's inven- ton to Noah; others to Abraham; others again to the Phoenicians, and others still to the Egyptians. Tn short, we
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some of the most mysterious questions that ever occupied the human mind. The egg of the common quail shows no signs of life. The germ of it's future existence of joy and of suffering Is entirely latent.
 But soon lively bird leaps forth from this curious hiding-place, and at once runs off to begin the world. There is no tedious course of educating in walking and running. What sort of institution of learning was established in that tiny shell2 And yet this little bird runs nim- bly, as soon as the shell breaks True,
 he cannot yet fly; but then he never be- comes fond of this form of locomoton.
 During the term of his natural life he IS averse to the exercise of his wings, and does nearly all his voluntary travelling afoot. He is, by nature and by prefer ence, a pedestrian, and even when pur- sued by men, or by dogs, will fly only when he can no longer hide. Strange
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
AFFAIRS IN TURKEY-By Lady Henry Somerset

and psychological conditions of adoles- cence.
 It is significant to find that such an authority as Professor Sadler enumer- ates among the things on which the moral tone of a school depends open win dows, cold water, sunlight, plenty of sleep, wise diet, well organized games, easy clothing, and. lastly, constructive, practical work.
 Dr. Wilhelm Munch, on behalf of the German government, in expressing thanks for the welcome given to delegates at the foreign office. said that in the work of the congress all the nations assembled were considering not the things that sep arated them, but the things that united them. Nations would always have cer- tain differences, but the best means of uniting the peoples of various countries was that they should all breath the same air of high ideals"
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of this cooperation is becoming world wide.
 We are no longer content nor is 1t possible to be so with the advance of our nation.
 The international ideal is fast becoming realized. There have been held during the past weeks no less than three inter- national congresses; at Berlin, that of the Interparliamentary union; in London, the first Moral Education International con- gress, and at Oxford the International Congress of Religions.
 The frst-named union is concerned prin- cipally with the furtherance of the prin- ciple of arbitration and the advancement of the cause of peace Over 300 delegates attended, and Prince Won Buelow's speech was received with tremendous applause, in the course of which he said: Dove of peace cannot signify lack of patriotism"
 Those are patriots who strive to pre-
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Indeed. in all the speeches the same broad thought and intense feeling Of "actualite" was in evidence, 50 that to turn from the reports Of these meetings to those of the Congress of Religions at Oxford makes one feel that one has stepped aside from busy. sunny market place. where the daily wants of man are being catered for, into some small mu- scum of antiquities.
 Side by side with these students who are discussing the origin and the evoiu- ton of mans beliefs are those who ara facing the problems of the daily needs Of our future citizens.
 We must leave these antiquities to anti- quarians. They may trace the degrees by which man has made his gods" but the revelation is forced upon us that God has been and is still making man and working slowly, but surely, toward the federation of the world.
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dark and hence called light into ex- istence.
 What were the nature and the length of the evenings and the mornings Of the ..days" previous to the fourth day" when the sun was created? Tn all these questions. as in many oth- CTS of similar character, our req son is at fault and we find nothing but mystery and perplexity unless we accept the sovereignty of God as starting point for reason. as we are bound to accept it as a starting point for right.
 The creation is a grand anthem to the absolute sovereignty of God The heavens declare the glory of God and the Armament showeth his handiwork. No speech, no language; their voice Is not heard" but the anthem need not be audible in order to be effective, as a wonderful witness to the sov- ereIgnty of God.
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r DON, October 17.-The tele-
 gram sent by King Edward to Aueongratulate the Sultan on the ann {sary of his ascension marks deeely that the constitution Is an es- tabked fact and by the women or TnBy no less than the men is the netegime being cordially welcomed.
 erre Lofts novel, "The Disen- ct1ted," gave vivid descriptions of the Jcontent prevailing in the harems 1t scarcely any one could have be- eyed, when that was written, that 8 hange was so near.
 / Already we read of public meet ings being held by women and fetes attended by them-500 women at a time. without their veils.
 At their principal meeting the pres ident, Labinch-11annum, the wife of the physician, Rifaat-Pasha, voiced
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ZZTy1rr e Nile" was for
 I'm for obscurlty.
 < ficular. however, this ri,,ou cans singular, for there ,s D5bseurity about the origin oe and the origin of many .l,,. funded with impene- trable mystery You may hal % .,'i9 pie'1ie N',,ie1 sfrtl,i,a this painting there Is the .oa. Jung and athletic man, whose l, feet are resting in the wata.. jn. This is a device of tbe .nt.s. lcate the mystery which snrro,s5 gin and the end of mans T. no. id of every created being tbat :. Jnderfully made" The en- tranaa fe on the past of the lowest of +ha Il creation causes the re- aeotia~ lent to think deeply upon
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-09-25
one.Man Pig-Butcherine Outfit.

handling the animals after killing.
rugged up a simple arrangement so
that / am able to handle Eeavy hogs
without assistance. / built a fire
box with a aue, b, Of three joints of
old stove pipe The vat was made
of heavy galvanized iron four feet long
by two feet wide and Is inches deep.
Over this | erected a frame of two
by-four-inch strips, upon which placed
an old traveller from a heavy hay car
rier. With the windlass arrangement,
a, and the tackle, e. 10 which were at
tached the four feet of the hog, | can
convey it from the vat to the bench
A rope, c, passing over the pulley at
g, serves to pull the carrier, d, over
the bench from the vat. | have seen
arrangements that were more simple
than this but never used one that was
easier to work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-09-25
THE COLTS FEET.
See That the Hoof Develops Sym
metricaIly.

Colts feet during the winter and
spring often grow out long and
something's to one side It is not un-
frequent TO see q colts hoof grow
very much faster on one side than
the other and cause what might al
most be called a crooked foot. Even
If they grow straight and their toes
are allowed TO grow out long. it
brings an unnatural strain on the
tendons which results in lameness.
Ordinarily they will break off of
their own accord, but not as you
would like TO see them. Before
colts are turned to pasture their feet
should be trimmed and leveled up.
This precaution Will frequently save
a permanent blemish. In trimming
do not rub them off too short, but
leave a natural shaped foot; neither
in leveling the soles should the bars
of The hoof be cut away.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-09-25
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Don't forget to sponge the horse un
der his tail. 1t helps to cool and rest
him.
Shake the bedding, eli er straw OF
shavings, every morning, and remove
the litter.
Take the chill off the water before
letting your horse drink it after a long
firing drive.
Curry lightly over the ribs and belly
of a horse for they are tender and
ticklish places.
Don't give a warm horse more than
two or three swallows of water until
he has cooled off
Begin now TO look out for fall feed
ers. Cattle feeding is likely to prove
profitable business next year for the
man of foresight.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-09-25
CORN FOR PIGS ON PASTURE.
Keep the Animals Fed Up, II You
Would Realize a Profit.

With the high price of corn a great
many farmers will be tempted to run
their pigs through on clover pastures,
or on rape or other artificial pasture,
and finish them off after the new corn
is ready says Wallaces Farmer. We
do not say that this is not a wise plan
under many conditions. 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that if farm
ers generally in the corn belt adopt
this method this year there will be a
great scarcity of hogs in the early part
OF the season. and a glut when the
hogs come in that have been fattened
solely on new corn. 1t is quite pos
sible to carry pigs through in this way
at the minimum Of expense.
Where farmers have alfalfa or good
clover they can make a fair growth
on pigs without any grain, but they
cannot make rapid growth, nor,
indeed, as rapid as desirable, for the
reason that the feed is so bulky and
so watery that the pig cannot possibly
hold enough to make the food of in
crease in addition 10 the food of sup.
port In short, it takes nearly all that
it can eat Of this kind Of feed simply
to run the machine. Hence farmers
who have plenty OF alfalfa pastures
find it profitable to feed their pigs a
half ration Of corn.
The same is true of clover pastures,
ma ling the food of support from the
cheap grass and adding enough grain
to make rapid increase. Good clover
and Germ are in themselves a fairly
well balanced ration; but its value
can be increased by adding about a
pound of ell meal to every five or six
pounds of corn. This viii bring he's
UP to marketable size a good while
before those that are stocked through
can be put in condition for market.
On large farms where much steer
feeding is done this stocking through
of pigs on grass is a favorite method
and a profitable one, because in this
way they grow frames large enough
to carry 800 to $50 pounds and put
them on tho market as heavy packing
or fa' backs The farmer who grows
pigs to market his corn, and who
feeds largely on corn, cannot afford
to make these weights. lie finds ii
more =. oGtabla 10 turn them on the
market at frcn Is to 20 'nds, at
which we.snt, If they have b IN fed
corn, they will be in fine condition for
the market, many of them making
prime bacon, for which the packer can
afford to pay more, whether he does
It or not, than for ordinary packing
grades of heavy weights.