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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24

perdcial happenings in the universe
cannot Affect him. The San Francisco
earthquake was a mere incident to a
few people who were weeping by the
bodies OF their dead that April night
Beneath all the pleasant chatter and
polite exterior ! could see that this
man was like war horse tugging at
the bit which holds him back. The
train was due at the Montana station
about eight o'clock In the morning;
the man was awake and dressed At
four, and IN the smoking room COM
pairing time with the conductor. All
pretense was gone now: the eager,
anxious father-heart was bare.
The Unexpected Blow.
After four slow hours the train
stopped at one of those little stations
in the open Montana country. Conduc-
tor. porter and passengers crowded to
the door with our fellow passenger,
eager to hear the news: for there is
a deal of sympathy in all kinds of
people. To everybody's surprise.
there was the son himself. waiting
for his father. Before the mans ex-
preston of delight had fairly escaped
him. he saw that the boy bore news.
In quiet voice. which we could not
hear, the son let out the worst. like .
pistol shot that had been preceded by
no angry talk. The old man stag
gered sidewise. sort OF ON the axis
OF the arm which the boy held, and
cried aloud: MY God! You don't
mean to tell me that my daughter is
dead!" Then he staggered away, all
in heap, the visible incarnation of
a broken heart.
He had told us about that girl,
about the honors she had won at
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
Made a Difference.

Long after midnight the suburban
man sat on his front step listening to
the dismal howls of restless canine.
Awful racket commented the big
policeman as he sauntered up the ave-
nue.
Terrible agreed the man on the
steps.
Those howls are enough to raise
the dead"
We'll. should say So"
Make the cold shivers creep up and
down your spine"
"They are fierce
Wonder you wouldn't make COM
plaint?"
We'll, am just waiting"
May l ask what you are waiting
for?"
Sure! / am waiting to find out If
that is my dog or my neighbors dog.
If 1t is my dog-well, you know we
all have to put up with unseemly
noises these hot nights. but if It is my
neighbor's dog-blamed If don't
shoot him myself"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
Tho Whale Sucked Down Ten Of the
Wooden Decoys.

move to haul in the anchor and try to
row away, as he thought If the whale
saw him move it would be more likely
to take after him; so he sat low in
the bottom of the skiff, with his hair
standing on end, expecting that every
minute would be the last, as the
whale seemed to take more notice OF
him than it did of the decoys.
After the whale had made three
turns around the outfit it backed off
and made a dash for the bunch of
woods with its mouth open. The whale
sucked down ten of the pine woods.
lines and all. After 1t apparently
tried to swallow one that had got
stuck in its throat, the whale seemed
to get angry and lay on the water and
thrashed its tail until the water was
like a boiling vat.
Mr.. Hallet was Kept busy bailing,
as the spray from the tail and flukes
flew all over him. About the time
that Hailet thought he would have to
give up, as his boat was low in the
water. and one or two more sweeps of
the mighty tail would send him to
tne DOtuoHl, tne WHale turned around
until 1t headed off toward Province
town Then It went as straight as a
string and as fast as a steamboat out
of sight.
Mr.. Hallet said that he did not stop
to pick up any of the woods that were
left-he just pulled in the anchor and
rowed for the beach. He said he had
read stories about shipwrecked sail
ors being happy to reach land, but
none could compare with the way he
felt when he jumped out on the beach
and looked off to the north and saw
that great body rushing through the
water toward the open sea, and know
ing there were ten wooden decoys as
freight taking up the space that few
minutes before, the chances were,
that he would be selected to fill.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
FACES BIG WHALE
ALONE IN A BOAT
MONSTER LEviATHAN COMES
ALONG AND SWALLOWS DEcoYs
OF MASSACHUSETTS HUNTER.
CRAFT IS NEARLY swAMPED
Badly Scared Sportsman Expected to
Duplicate First Part of Jonah's
Performance, But Lives
to Tell Tale.

Barnstable, Mass.-Probably there
is no man who has more respect for a
whale, even II 1t did dine on ten of his
wood decoys, than William F. Hallett.
who has a camp on Sandy Neck. He
gray hairs on his head and made 10
minutes seem like four hours one
morning while coot shooting on the
back of Cape Cod.
Mr'Hallett said he went out Just be-
fore daylight in the morning and put
out about thirty decoys, all wood. He
thought he was about mile or mile
and a half from the beach. in about
twenty feet of water. The wind was
light. with no sea. Just as the sun
came up he saw black whale follow
ing the shore down from Plymouth
point, about the same distance from
the shore as he was. He thought
nothing about it, as the birds had COM
menced to fly and the cunning was
good. The next thing he knew the
whale came up and was blowing about
100 yards off. The great creature lay
a few minutes on the water, looking
around, first at him and then at the
bunch of woods. Mr.. Hallett said 1t
was no doubt thinking which would
make the best starter for breakfast.
Mr.. Hallett said to his best judg-
ment the whale was about eighty feet
long and fifteen feet across the back.
and had large hump on its head
about half way from the blow-hole to
the nose that was light gray color.
During the time the whale was siz-
ing up Mr.. Hallett and his outfit he
was circling around the boat slowly.
Hallett said he did not dare to make a
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
FE < DING ALLEY
------- Jo-<E p ---- :
Ground Plan of the Barn.

Of the essentials to be considered in
constructing a place for keeping
calves.
l. A calf should always be kept dry
In order to do this a good floor should
be put In the barn and thickly COW
cred with fresh, dry bedding. 1t is i'm
possible to raise a strong. healthy calf
unless it is kept dry and clean.
Q. warm, pure atmosphere is re-
quired for growing calves. A warm sta
BILE is made by constructing wall of
at least one dead air space. Sheet on
the outside Of :he 2x4's with drop sid.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowies)
There were only few men In the
club smoker between Washington and
Baltimore. and l gave my attention,
unobserved, to one man with tele-
gram in his hands. 1t was a two
page telegram. possibly hundred
words long. Yet / went through the
evening paper while that man was
reading the telegram. The reason is
plain; the newspaper contained only
the days news for me, but that single
telegram held Fate for the man.
How do l know? Men do not pom
der for an hour, chewing an unlighted
cigar to shreds the while, over a tele-
gram from the house telling them to
call up the boss on long distance at
the next city. That man studied the
telegram as If its every word were
cryptogram. He stared at it, blinked
at it, and looked at 1t without seeing
anything. He was hard hit, but he
was no squealer. The muscles at the
hinges of his jaw tied themselves into
knots, and then united. Yet never
drop of juice came into his eyes. Still,
it was plain to everybody that he was
having the fight of his life, right there
in that swiftly-moving train, and not
caring whether he was on foot or in
a rowboat-utterly dead to all his sur
roundings
When Everybody Is Crusoe.
There are times like that, and
everybody has had or will have them,
times when you don't care a last
hui -
around you, because you are up
against the truth good and hard, that
the world inside is the only one that
counts. In the big hours of mans
life he is alone with himself, Rob-
inson Crusoe without a parrot or a
man Friday. Not everybody comes
through such an experience as nervily
as my fellow passenger. He was a
man; whatever the precise nature of
that crisis with which that telegram
brought him face to face. he was play
ing the man. II one has the sort of
grit that showed in his perplexed face,
Fate cannot really hurt him
AS / watched the mani cannot de-
scribe his looks or his clothes. for
seemed to be looking into his battling
SOui Il IcCdllcu sOule uueS Dy d man
named Henley which / once clipped
out OF a newspaper:
Tn the fell clutch of circumstance,
I have not WINGED nor cried aloud:
Beneath the bludgeonings of Chance.
My head is bloody, but unbowed."
When Express Trains Seem Slow.
The old saying has it that life is
what you make it," but / rather
think it is as you take it. Attitude
determines everything. Put up the
right front to life, and life will
straightway follow at your heels like a
well-trained dog. Did you never see
a second-rate boss start in to give
call-down to a frst-class man, and
before you knew how it had happened
1t seemed almost as if the man were
giving crack to the boss? Some men
have the manner, the poise, and
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
CUTS TEETH AT AGE OF 80.
Seattle Woman Is Nursing Set Of
Grand New Molars.

Seattle, Wash.-Mrs. Helen Barber,
SO years old, is cutting a new set of
teeth. Mrs. Barber lives on the west
side with her son-inlaw, having been
a resident Of this city when it was not
yet postofiice.
1t has been 80 years since Mrs. Bar
ber has consulted doctor. Up to a
year ago, when her husband died, she
did her own housework.
In 1859 she crossed the plains and
Rocky mountains with her husband to
Sacramento. coming from there to
Washington. She was born near
Troy, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24

show a rather short head, full jowl
and neck, a strong rather arched back
without any depression back of the
shoulders or at the loin, deep body
of good length and a deep. well
rounded ham. From front and rear
the side lines of the body should be
straight and parallel, and this will be
true II the development of shoulder,
spring of rib and ham are uniform.
Good quality Is indicated by fine
hair, medium bone. absence OF wrin-
kles and general coarseness. Hogs
coarse in type mature slowly and fat
ten indifferently. Those possessing
harsh hair and skin and showing wrin-
kles will produce inferior pork
Breeding hogs should have short,
strong legs and strong, upright pas
terms.
Lack Of sufficient bone, as shown
by weak, broken down pasterns. is a
common defect noticeable in brood
sows, especially those that have been
fed largely on corn. In fact. feed has
much to do with development and
strength of bone. A low, weak back
indicates weakness, and no young SOW
showing such defect should be saved
for breeding. These two defects
weak pasterns and backs--may be
readily noticed when the pig is moved
and often when standing Other COM
mon faults are coarse shoulders open
on top. poorly sprung. short ribs and
narrow loin.
None but pure bred boars OF good
form should be used, and only those
possessing early maturing qualities.
BY selecting vigorous, well formed
sows of prolific families and pure
bred, early maturing boars of good
quality. the best combination is se-
cured. This combination OF good
qualities may be secured in one breed,
but more often hog raIsers attempt to
secure them by selecting sows OF one
breed and boars of another. There is
nothing radically wrong with this plan
II market stock Is the object, still
equally good or better results can be
obtained by sticking to one breed and
making a careful selection OF all
breeding stock.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
Farmer Works with Broken Neck

Granville. Mass.-Hubbard Hollis
ter, an elderly farmer, has been per
forming routine duties about his place
since July 81 with broken neck. At
that time neighbor struck him. To
day he decided to consult a physician
relative to his 'stiff neck" DR.. A. T.
Schoonmaker and DR.. H. w. Van Al
len applied X-rays and found that two
vertebrae were fractured. Hollister
may live indefinitely, 1t is stated.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24

the feeder has no trouble with them.
Each one is held in his place. The
wide alley makes 1t easy to give each
calf Its milk and other feeds.
5. The calf pen should be made so
that 1t can be divided into several
apartments. A calf when but two or
three weeks old, when turned into a
pen with others two or three months
old. is more or less handicapped. espe-
cially II the younger calf is not strong
and rugged. A pen with several divi-
sions permits the grouping OF calves
according to size and strength.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
skunks Raid Bee HIxes.

Cbardon, O.-Skunks have been
giving bee owners In Chardon consid
cradle trouble by developing liking
for the little honey producers. 1t is
claimed they make a peculiar noise
snticing the bees from the hives. and
then eat them. Charles Hall has lost
several valuable swarms this fall in
this manner. He trapped five. Farm.
srs have been losing many chickens,
killed by skurks
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
TerribIc.

"T could haf kilt you vonse,"
snapped Hans.
"vot about2" asked Fritz in meek
tones.
"vot about? Wy about dem
blunders you make. votl I introduce
you to der captain uf der great bal
loon. Der captain uf der balloon dot
drops down bombs und blows up
forts. l say, Fritz. dis vas Herr
Baumgarten, der sky terror Und
vot do you say?"
Il forget, yes. Vot did l say?"
''Vot did you say? Wy, you block.
head. you look around und say: I
am pleased to meet you, Mr. Skye
Terrier Sooch an insult Und he
an officer in der kaisers army!"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
BUILD A CALF BARN
AND BUILD 1T RIGHT
Some Points n Construction-By
d.

Ing. paper on the inside. and cover
with matched flooring. Pure air Is
provided by the King system OF
ventilation. This will remove the air.
which the animals have breathed; ,but
to keep the stable sweet. IL must bo
cleaned often and kept we'll supplied
with bedding.
3. The calf barn should nave plenty
of windows. There is nothing more
beneficial to the calf and more In
furious to disease producing bacteria
than an abundance of light There Is
nothing any cheaper than light; why
not use It?
4. The calf barn should be made
handy.
As is Indicated In the plan on this
page. a feeding alley four feet wide
extends on three sides of the calf pen.
When the calves are fed with milk
they are fastened in stanchions and
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
Pro.f Positive.

Tom-Skinner is an old hypocrite.
Jack-Why do you think so?
Tom-The other day he told me that
young man should never pass up an
opportunity to embrace good thing.
Jack-Well?
Tom-When he caught me embriac-
Ing his daughter last night he kicked
me down the front steps
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24

We have recently received several
inquiries asking for the plan of tho
calf stable on Hoard's Dairyman farm.
We herewith present floor plan of
our calf barn. and state briefly some
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
BUILDING q New Lighthouse.

The foundation for the recently com
pleted harbor of refuge lighthouse, Del
aware bay. is solid block of concrete,
18 feet deep. 40 feet in diameter at the
base and SO feet at the top.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24

Feed for Eggs.-At noon give some
cut-up vegetables. and twice a week
give some cut green bone. The grain
food at night should be an equal part
each of wheat and corn (cracked corn
is preferred).
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24

Are They Laying7 = The early
Matched pullets should have settled in
for steady laying.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-24
Make Sectional Floor for Hog Pen

A large pen with space for both
sleeping and feeding can be arranged
with floor on one half to insure
dry bed. The size of the whole pen is
8 feet by 16 feet. SO that the finored
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-16
The Lesson That W.S.C. Teaches.

One of the things which impressed representatives
the OAC at the recent interstate oratocal
was the fact that WSC has fence her athletic field
Now this appear insignificant enoogh but nevertheless it
speaks well for the high standard students They
don have to have fence shut they don't to
pay 10 get into game under such will
not be mucker and attempt intercollegiate event
from neighboring house. barn or hill
Give credit for being he hates to deceive or
to be drusted We think splendid indication that the
man the average intends to
what is right
Al the recent triangular meet in Pullman people
Witnessed the performance and but very failed pay
'noe VINO did not we told, people. The WSC
has several walks leading the athletic field and here several
men are stationed who collect money sell tickets No attempt
made to watch and that everybody pays they every per-
son snow what ne is, gentleman sneak. sc.
student body OF which be proud their example may
wei De patterned by other schools of country 1t shame
10 'nnk tna college must have around its athletic field
ana that the college relied upon as exmpfyng
gentleman III every particular. When OAC uilds her new
annette held let there be fence around it. W. S teaches
splendid lesson to the world congratulate them-The
c. Barometer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-16

I go to Seattle, and their records just
made, are:
Wooster, of Spokane, who took Sec
ond in the so yard dash, time, :05 3-5
second in the 22O yard dash, time. % ::
2-5; fourth in the broad jump, dis
lance 20 feet; Englehorn, of Spokane,
who won first in the discus throw, at
104.5 it.. second in the 220 yard hur-
dies, :26 2-5 sec; second in the shot,
tossing a little better than 40 feet :;
Fancher, Spokane. who won third in
the mile, q :55; first in the half mile.
2;1O;. Slough, Spokane, who practi-
cally won the relay for Spokane, the
time of which was l :38 3-5. Slough
also won the 44O yard dash in SIS sec
onds.
Other than the Spokane athletes,
those who will go to Seattle are !:
Knapp, of Oakesdale, who won the
highest number of points of any ath-
lete in the meet: first in the 80 yard
dash, :O5 AS; first in the 100 yard,
10 3-5; first in the 220, 20 3-5: Sec
ond in. the broad jump, POT feet; Eek
ert, of Lewiston. fourth in the so yard
dash; second in the hundred. 10 As;
first in the 120 hurdles, II. The
former Northwest interscholastic rec
ord in this event as held by Coyle, of
Seattle, at II 2-5.
Other than the athletes who will go
from Spokane, Oakesdale and Lewis
ton, there are:
Canover, Waitsburg, won the ham
mer throw, distance AL 5 feet; Chiles,
Ellensburg, second in the hammer, 1879
feet, and fourth in the shot, 40 feet ::
Cagel, Davenport, won third in the
hammer, 1913 feet. and second in the
discus. distance 1898 feet; johnson,
Wenatchee, won the mile in 4 "a !;
Severyns, ProsseT, second in the mile,
SO; l.. Means, Pendleton, first in
the shot, AZ feet; Gartin, Wenat-
chez. won second in the half mile. 9:
II; McCOwn, Prosser, won frs in the
broad jump, 81 feet; McVVhorter.
North Yakima, won second in the 440
dash, :55 2-5; Jay, Pendleton, won
third i'll the 12O hurdles. first in the
pole vault. 10 fit. in. Hill of Colfax,
won second in the high jump, height,
5 fit, 3 in. Miller, Walla Walla, won
second in the pole vault, ten feet.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-16
Fatally Hurt by Barkeeper.

Marshheld, Or, May 10.-Mrs.
Bertha Eta Gordon, notorious in
Portland and San Francisco, and
with police records in both cities,
was shot here last night by II. An
derson, bartender. A bullet from
44-caliber revolver penetrated her
kidneys. She was taken to the hos
pital here, where an operation was
performed, but the physicians have
40 hopes for her recovery.
The tragedy occurred at an early
hour this morning on the gasoline
launch North Bend, while the boat
was tied at the Marshfield docks.
Mrs. Gordon has enjoyed The ca
reer of an adventures on the Pacific
Coast since 1905. In February, 1906,
she was arrested by the Portland po-
lice on suspicion Of being connected
with a gang of counterfeiters. Some
months later she gained consider
able notoriety by claiming to be the
legitimate wife of Edward Sam Cor
don, a wealthy Coos Bay lumber
man, whom she afterwards mar
ried.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-16
ADMIRAL EVANS BIDS
FLEET FAREWELL
REAR-ADMIRAL THOMAS Sue
CEEDS bob" EVANS IN
COMMAND.
Farewell of Retiring Officer Brings
Tears to the Eyes of His
Sea Companions.

San Francisco, May 9.--Rear-
miral Charles M. Thomas today sue
ceeded Rear-Admiral Evans in COM
mand of the Atlantic feet. The old
pilot has stepped down, his work is
done, his nation grateful and the
whole world attuned in admiration.
He did not see his blue star
studded pennant flutter to the deck
of his flagship out in the bay, but
from his open window at the Hotel
ST. Francis he listened to the low
rumble of the guns that babe him
the fleets farewell. What the sub
dued roar of that salute meant to
him and the emotion 1t stirred up
within him no man nay know. He
had struck his flag for the first and
last time in his life on the sea.
Once more the eyes of the broken
he was on his way across the bay.
The course of the boat carried him
past the head of the fleet he had
brought safely through a voyage
that made the whole world applaud.
Crossing the bow of the Connecticut
he could see with a sailors eye the
flag that had taken the place Of his.
He rose and with barred head sa
luted his great fleet, looking visit
fully up and down the far-fung lines
and murmuring goodbye, goodbye.
In that moment all the brave heart
of the man seemed to go out to his
beloved feet.
And that was the end, that was
his last fHrewell. A few minutes
more and the ferry had carried him
to the other side of the bay and he
had started on his way to Washing
ton an l the rest he had earned.
Not ,or three months will Admiral
Evans celebrate his G2d birthday an
niversary, which the powers that
control the navy have set as the re-
tirement age. Between now and
then Admiral Evans, by order Of the
government, will be free to do as he
chooses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-05-16
MAUI MESSENGER;
LIFT HIS COIN BOX
e. j. PERRINE BEATEN OVER
THE HEAD WITH HIS
OWN GUN.
Bandits I'm Great Northern Express
Car at Seattle Get
Over $1,000.

Seattle, Wash, May 12.-E. J.
Perrine, a Great Northern express
messenger on the train which left
Seattle at $40 this morning for
Vancouver, B. c., was beaten over the
head with his own gun and tied hand
and foot by two men who entered
the train just as it was leaving Sc
attic and who, after overpowering
him, looted the strong box of a sum
of money estimated at from $1,000
to $4,000. The robbers escaped.
Just as the train was pulling out
from the King-street station, In Sc
attic, two men dressed in brakemen's
uniform entered the express car,
Perrine paid little attention to them,
supposing they were train hands.
AS he was STOPPING over his strong
box, which was unlocked, one of the
men snatched Perrine's revolver and
struck him over the head. He did not
lose consciousness, but was beaten
until he was powerless; although
still able to know what was going
on. Perrine is unable to say how
much money they got, but 1t is es-
timated at from $1,000 to 100000.
Perrine was not discovered until
the train was some two miles out of
Ballard Brakeman Latham entered
the car and found the messenger
bound and with towel wrapped
around his head. He notified the
conductor and the train was backed
to Ballard.
The brakeman's cap worn by one
of the robbers was found in the car.
The name of Anderson j. written In
ink in the inside.