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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
THE BIGGEST TRUST.

The biggest saloon-keeper and iquor-seller
in the world is the Gar of the Russias. He
is proprietor Of all the saloons in his vast
domain, and thus owns the biggest trust on
earth, with competition totally barred and
with profits increasing enormously every year.
The Great White Cars Government encourag-
ed drink to such degree last year that the
income derived from the sale of vodka exceed
ed $390,0OO,OOO. Every year the Russian
peasants and workmen are said to get drunken
and dirtier, more miserable and more brutal.
The imperial grogshops small and I'M
clean, with a counter at one end and rows of
bottles Of various sizes all around the walls
from floor to ceiling. The people are not
allowed to drink on the premises, so they go
to the doorstep, break off the neck of their
pottle and after swallowing it's contents fling
it into the street. The bottle holds about
wineglass of the imperial drug and coats five
cents. The daily wage Of workman in the
fields is from ten to fifteen cents Tehelyseff
is a member Of the third duma who declared
drink kills Russia, and that neither a con-
stitution nor a revolution is so much needed
as temperance. He says that the Government
budget is made up Of poison.-The Chicago
Tribune
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
OKLAHOMA HAS NOT ADOPTED THE
"SOUTH CAROLINA DISPEN-
SARY' SYSTEM
SARY" SYSTEM.

In discussing the features Of the new
enforcement law, Governor Haskell indig
nantly denied the statements widely made in
the daily press that Oklahoma was including
"dispensary system" in it's new enforce
ment law, which could bear the slightest re-
semblance to the corrupt and now defunct
South Carolina institution. On the contrary,
he pointed out that the only use of the agen-
cies which are proposed in certain towns
throughout the State, to be called dispensaries,
under the new law, will be for the distribu-
ton Of alcohol and liquors for purely scien-
tifc and medicinal purposes, as is the case
in Maine. There is in this plan absolutely no
likeness to the scheme under which South
Carolina suffered for more than a decade and
a half. The most careful restrictions have
been placed about these proposed dispen-
saries, and the governor himself will have
direct supervision of every dispensary in the
State.
Prohibition is already succeeding to re-
markable extent in Oklahoma, despite the
handicap Of interstate commerce violations
and the bands of outlaws which still infest
parts Of Indian Territory now that the
strong arm Of the federal government has
been withdrawn. In Oklahoma City, the
metropolis of the State, prohibition is work
ing splendidly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
TO BE INCREASED.

Freight rates will be increased all along the
line as a result of meeting of railroad presi-
dents Of all the Eastern trunk lines held yes
terday afternoon at the Offices of the Trunk
Line Association, No. 143 Liberty street.
George F. Baer, president of the Reading
Railroad Company, presided The conference
lasted several hours and every phase Of the
freight problem was discussed. It was not
decided when the increased rates shall go into
effect. The following statement was given
out:
"The present business situation, as it par
ticularly affects railroads, was discussed.
There was a strong feeling that, while the
rigid economies which have been introduced
should be continued and the expense Of oper-
alton should be curtailed, so far as it is con-
sistent with safety and proper maintenance,
still the roads must increase their revenues
if there is to be sufficient margin of profit
to make possible the obtaining of moneys
needed for extensions and improvements to
the service
"The traffic officials of the different rail
roads have been for some time engaged in
making a study Of freight rates, and are in
favor Of an increase varying with the different
classes and commodities. It is generally be-
lieved by those attending the meeting that
present conditions required that an increase
be made, and the meeting adjourned for each
road to gave further consideration"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14

to the "peerless LEADER requesting definite
statement from him on this all-important
question: and that in no reply received by
any one did he intimate that he himself, nor
the party so far as he was concerned would
consider the prohibition question as sub
ject for consideration by the next national
Democratic council at Denver. In fact, it is
stated, on good authority, that Mr. Bryan has
even gone farther than this and declared that
he will have nothing to do with the prohibl
ton question as a national issue, nor would
he favor such plan if presented at the Den
yer convention.
This news is, Of course, of considerable
interest to prohibitionists, irrespective Of
party lines.
In view of these facts, it is Of special
interest to note that in an extensive interview,
covering nearly two columns Of space in the
leading Southern papers of March %, Mr..
Bryan outlines "his ideas for the party plat
FORM" which covers nearly every one Of his
already well-known views, but entirely ignores
the one great issue Of the liquor traffic
Chairman Jones returns to headquarters
much encouraged over the outlook for the pro-
hibition party's national campaign in the
great Southwest
There is no question that prohibition is
the one absorbing issue Of the hour in all
this section, even such an exciting local ques-
ton as the Bailey issue in Texas being over
Swallowed by the great topic of the proposed
State constitutional amendment in the clone
Starr commonwealth.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
A FINANCIAL PLAN WORTHY OF CARE
Full CONSIDERATION

Full CONSIDERATION.
Mr. Isidor Gelders, of Fitzgerald, Ca, has
thought out plan to get government money
into circulation. It is the best plan that has
yet been suggested. 1t is as follows:
A Bill to Provide Scientific Money System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled That the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury be, and he is hereby au-
thorized to issue currency IN such denomina-
tions as desired by the applicant, State, coun-
ty, or municipality, authorized in this Act to
deposit their bonds with the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Sec. 2. That any State of the United
States desiring to make such public improve
ments as erecting public buildings, building
public roads, and for the improvement Of it's
waterways within the State, shall be author
lied to issue bonds not to exceed seven per
centum Of the taxable value of the property
within the State, and which the Secretary Of
the Treasury shall exchange for currency as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. That counties in any State desiring
to erect public buildings, schoolhouses, or to
improve public roads are authorized to de-
post bonds not to exceed seven per centum
of the taxable property in said county and to
receive currency for same as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec 4. That municipalities desiring to erect
public buildings schoohouses, improve streets,
or build sewerage systems are authorized to
issue bonds for same, not to exceed seven
per centum Of the taxable property Of said
municipality, and to exchange them for cur
rency as hereinafter provided.
Sec 5. That in no instance shall cur
rency be issued on such bonds when said
municipality has been organized less than ten
years or has less than five thousand popula-
ton, or when the interest on their present
bonded Indebtedness has been defaulted with
in five years preceding such application.
Sec 6. That the interest on such bonds
shall be four per centum and is payable IN
gold or silver coins semi-annually.
Sec 7. That the Treasurer Of the United
States shall keep a separate account Of such
transactions, and when the interest accrued
is equal to the par value of the bonds plus two
per centum he shall cancel said bonds and re-
turn them to the authorities who issued them.
Sec. s. That all Acts or parts of Acts not
consistent with the provisions Of this Act are
herahv ranna1od
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
TEXAS PROHIBITIONISTS PUT ISSUE
UP TO DEMOCRATS
BRYAN's ATTITUDE ON PROHIBITION.

In regard to Bryan's attitude toward pro-
hibition, Chairman Jones was informed that
a large number of prohibition Democrats in
Texas and elsewhere throughout the South
had recently been writing personal inquiries
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14

Mr.. Isidor Gelders, of Fitzgerald, Ca, has
thought out plan to get government money
into circulation. It is the best plan that has
yet been suggested. 1t is as follows:
A Bill to Provide Scientific Money System.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
ESKIMO FIGHTS POLAR
BEAR BARE-HANDED
SHOT MISSES FIRE AND MAN Is
SAVED BY COMRADE
AFTER BATTLE.

Dawson, Alaska.-The story of a ter.
rifle fight between an Eskimo and a
polar bear is brought from the arctic
slope by Jujiro Wada, the japanese
musher.
In the middle of December a native
named Nigakuse was in his snow.
house, when, on looking out through
the peculiar little place of exit, he
saw polar bear. The man seized his
rifle and went out to give battle to
the great white animal. Thinking II
best to let the bear get within close
range and then to plug him, the Els.
kimo let the bear advance to within a
few PAGES.
Nigakuse raised his rife, took steady
aim, and fired.
The next moment he was Mortified
to realize that the rife had failed in
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
Jsed the Knife to Good Advantage.

its service, and that with the clogged
barrel he was at the mercy of the
monster. With angry snarl the beast
fell on the fleeing man and Rugged
him ferociously. The willy Eskimo did
not sumbit supinely, but writhed and
ducked and used the knife which he
had drawn to good advantage.
The bear seized his arm, but the
Eskimo succeeded in pulling it out
of the animals jaws badly mutilated.
The native then lodged and stepped
away from the bear. Another native,
attracted by the noise OF battle,
emerged from the snowhouse and shot
the animal. Nigakuse was repaired
with the crude process of surgery avail
able and lived to sink his teeth in
the forearm of the bear and to devour
his heart his brains, and underloin,
and to sleep in peace on the hide Of
the brute which had dared to walk
and to fight like a man.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
Sleepy Man Drops or Train.

Trenton, N. George Barlow, pro.
prietor of hotel in this city, was re-
turning home on the Pennsylvania rail-
road the other night and fell asleep
soon after the train left Broad street
station.
The grinding Of the brakes as the
train drew into the Torresdale sta
ton partly aroused him. and, think
ing he had reached Trenton, he
walked to the platform of the car and
stepped of. He landed heavily on
the stone ballasting and the train
sped on.
A few minutes later men at the sta.
tion heard Barlow's cries for help and
went to his assistance and carried him
to the station. II was found that
his injuries were quite painful, but not
serious.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
CARE OF soFT-WooD FLOOR.
Method Advocated by Writer in su-
burban Life.

A soft-wood floor can be made just
as attractive and as easily kept clean
as a hardwood floor. according to SUI
burban Life. l have used the follow
ing method with success on my floors.
First, the floor must be thoroughly
cleaned. then planed smooth and the
cracks filled. An excellent preparation
FOR filling cracks is made as follows!
Put some sawdust in dish, and pour
enough boiling water over II to cover
1t, and let 1t stand until It is almost
pulpy, stirring occasionally. When
the sawdust has reached this stage,
put 1t over a fire and boil until II is
about the same consistency as good
paste. Strain off all moisture, and add
enough thin glue-water TO soften a lit
tie. Press this into the cracks be-
tween boards and let II harden. The
next step is to go over the surface of
the floor with a good, ready prepared
wood-filler, which may be bought OF
any dealer in varnishes. When the
filler has dried, apply several coats
Of floor varnish. To keep such floors
clean, all that is needed is a daily
brushing over with a broom, over
which there has been slipped cheese
cloth bag, and an occasional wiping
over with linseed oil. applied sparing-
ly, and rubbed in with the grain Of
the wood.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
ONE ON THE DOCTOR.
St. Peters Query Decided Reflection
on Medical Attendant.

DR.. Arthur T. Holbrook told a story
on his profession.
"A man by the name Of Evans died."
he said, and went to heaven, Of
course. When he arrived at the pearly
gates he said to st. Peter:
"'Well, I'm here
"St. Peter looked at him and asked
his name. John Evans was the reply.
"St. Peter looked through his book,
and shook his head.
You don't belong here he said,
pointing to the exit.
But l am sure belong here said
the man.
"'Wait a minute said st. Peter.
"He looked again and in the back
of the book found his name.
Sure, said the guardian of the
gate, you belong here. But you was
MT expected Tor 20 years. Who's your
doctor? Milwaukee Free Press.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
Chops in Paper.

Select nice loin mutton chops, as
many as needed. Trim off outside
skin, grind or roll cracker crumbs
quite fine, and season them with salt
and pepper. Take one sheet OF com
mon writing paper for every chop
large enough to wrap chop in; dip
chop in cracker crumbs on both sides
and then fold il carefully in the writ
ing paper so the crumbs will remain
on the chop and not fall out of the pa
per.
When chops are prepared in this
manner lay them in a dripping pan and
bake light brown on both sides
about 20 minutes in moderate oven.
Remove the papers from the chops
and then serve on warm platter. The
paper draws out the grease and strong
taste from the mutton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
cHoKEs MAD DOG IN CHURCH.
Merry Sexton Prevents Panic Among
Hundreds of Worshipers.

Wilmington, Del.-The several hun
dred persons who filled st. Pauls
Catholic church at the six o'clock mass
did not know that a dog supposed 10
be mad was running at large through
the edifice, and it was due TO the
bravery of Sexton Bartlett Crogan
that a panic was avoided. He caught
the dog, choked it and threw it from
a window.
The dog was noticed when II be-
gan to make a peculiar noise as Rev
Edward Higgins assembled the altar
to celebrate mass. No one paid any
attention to the animal, as 1t was
in the rear of the church, but when
ii began to run up and down the
aisles, frothing at the mouth, snap
ping at the benches and continuing its
strange sounds the worshipers were
much frightened.
Crogan started after the animal
and chased II through the gallery and
organ loft, finally capturing 1t in the
vestibule. The dog tried to bite him,
but he had it by the throat with
both hands and did not release 1t until
life was almost extinct. He then
threw the dog, which was a big shep-
herd, through a window, and the fall
broke its neck. 1t is believed to have
been suffering with the rabies.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
He Could Stand II No Longer and
Fled

hands, managing to keep many of
them away from him. AS he stopped
to unfasten the harness of one of the
horses that had fallen down, however,
the foe took advantage OF his posture
and in a second fastened upon his
face, arms and person in such num-
bers that he looked like a cluster of
bees in swarming time.
After few moments of this agony
he could stand 1t no longer and fed.
Once outside of the field where they
had made their home most OF the
bees left him and returned to the ami
mails, still entangled in their harness
A few still stuck to him, buzzing an
grily about his ears.
This, the man says, he did not no
tice. In fact, Stafford says he can't
remember much after going back to
save his team. His face was bloated
out of all semblance to that of a hui
man being; nothing could be seen of
mouth, eyes or even nose. II was all
one pulpy mass. out of which
hundreds Of tiny stings left by the
bees in their assault could be seen
sticking, their black points in vivid
contrast to the fast purpllng visage
Even the ears were sunk in level to
the sides of swollen cheeks.
His nerve completely gone, the man
ran through the fields to the ranch
house. Here he was met by Mrs.
Blame, the wife of the owner. who was
Mortified at the loathsome sight. Stat
ford was almost insane with the pain.
Help was summoned and the man
taken into the kitchen of the round
house. Here, according to DR.. Long,
of Fresno, who was summoned as
soon as possible after the discovery
of what had happened, handfuls of
singers were scraped out of Stafford's
face and body. The man had been
wearing a thin shirt, which afforded
no protection against his tormentors,
and his body was as bloated and mis-
shapen as his face. His arms and
legs we're enlarged to three times
their natural size, and every portion
of his body was filed with the stings
Of the angry creatures.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED PE-RU-NA.

MIR. SYLVESTER f. SMITH, Room
1Vl 2ls, Granite Block, st. Louis, Mo-,
writes: "Peruna is the best friend q
sick man can have.
"a few months ago came here In o
wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my once robust
health. had catarrhal affections OF
the bronchial tubes, and for time there
was a doubt as to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which did and in
a short time my health began to i'm
prove very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble gradually disappeared, and in
three months my health was fully re-
stored.
"Accept a grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
Pe-ru-na for His Patients.
A. w. Perrin, M. d. s., $50 Halsey
st., Brooklyn, N. Y, says:
"I am using your Peruna myself, and
am recommending 1t to my patients in
all cases Of catarrh, and find 1t to be
more than you represent. Peruna can
be had now of all druggists in this sec.
ton. At the time began using 1t, IL
was unknown"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
coxerlet as Curtains.

This is the day when the proposition
of old lamps for new is not such an
unreasonable one. The passion for
things antique is growing all the time
and those who started collecting rare
old bits ten years ago now find that
their property has increased twice in
value. With this passion, too, there
occurs a wonderful ingenuity in find
ing new uses for rare old bits Of
needlework that used to be hidden in
some unfrequented corner. One evi.
dence of such talent for modern APP
plication is the role which has been
assigned one woman to beautiful old
blue coverlet which was made by her
great This coverlet,
which is fringed, has been hung as a
portiere and so we'll does it harmonic
with the old mahogany pieces around
It that those who see 1t all wonder
why cedar chests all over the country
have not been ransacked for such
pieces.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
MAD BEES ATTACK
MAN AND HORSES
THEIR HOMES UPSET BY RUN.
AWAY TEAM, INSECTS STING
ANIMALS TO DEATH.
DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED
Farmer May Pay with His Life for At.
tempt to Rescue Tortured Beasts
Victim Nearly Insane
with Pain.

Fresno, Cal.-Stung to death by
bees. That may be the fate of Robert
Stafford, teamster employed on the
j. G. Blame ranch, near Herman.
Thrown from a wagon upset by a run
away team of four horses, the driver
was at the mercy of the Infatuated in
sects. Three Of his horses are already
dead from the effects of the stings and
the remaining horse will die. Stafford
would have escaped practically I'M
harmed had he not stayed to free his
team from the harness. This may cost
his life.
This unusual occurrence took pla e
while Stafford was driving home with
a loaded wagon of hay. No far from
the ranch house there is a small field
used as an apiary by Blame. Some 80
or 40 beehives are scattered about
inside the Enclosure.
AS the team drew near the fence
something frightened them and the
horses, breaking from the drivers con-
troll, turned sharply across the road.
The hub of one of the wheels caught
the fence and tore down the entire
side. The shock turned the team into
the field and the horses, panic strick-
en- by this time. raced across the
ground, knocking the hives right and
left. Some 80 were strewn about the
field before the driver realized what
had happened.
Long before the entire number was
down, the occupants of the hives first
overthrow were buzzing angrily
about the head of the driver. Stafford
fought desperately with them, but the
stings increased, and yelling, the man
ran from the field, followed by the
insects.
He had beaten most of his pursuers,
when he heard the frantic scream of a
horse in agony. Then he remembered
his team, and Drawing the bees, start
ed back
While battling to save his horses,
Stafford fought the bees with hat and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
BEST FORM OF WHITEWASH.
German Preparation Is Declared to
Be Waterproof.

A formula for whitewash which
can be applied to lime walls and which
afterward becomes waterproof, so as
to bear washing, is given by German
paper. Researcher of Munich, mixes
together the powder from three parts
of silicious rock Quartz, three parts
of broken marble and sandstone, also
two parts of burned porcelain clay,
with two parts of freshly slaked lime,
still warm. In this way a wash is made
which forms a silicate IL often wetted,
becoming after a time almost like
stone. The four constituents mixed
together give the ground color, to
which any pigment that can be used
with lime is added. 1t is applied quite
thickly to the wall or other surface,
let dry one day and the next day fire.
quently covered with water, which
makes it waterproof This wash can
be cleansed with water. without losing
any of its color; on the contrary, each
time it gets harder, so that it can even
be brushed, while its porosity makes it
look soft. The wash, or calcimine, can
be used for ordinary purposes, as well
as for the finest painting. A so-called
fresco surface can be prepared with 1t
in dry way.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
whoIe.wheat Bread Without Yeast

Three eggs. pinch of salt, two cups
whole-wheat -four and enough cream
to make a very stiff batter that can
Just be stirred with spoon. Beat eggs
well, add salt and cream, sift in the
-four and beat all well together for
several minutes. Put in hot gem pans
and bake in quick oven until brown on
top and bottom. Milk can be used in
place of cream with the addition Of a
cupful of ground almonds or walnuts
or pignolas.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
Where the UrchIn Scored.

The busy man stopped before an
Office building and leaped from his
carriage. At the same moment an
piped: Hey, mister, kin l hold yer
horse?" mo, you can't" snapped
the busy man. Wont charge y
much" insisted the urchin. II don't
care about the charge" impaiently
responded the man, throwing a blan-
ket over his bony steed MY horse
will not run away" Gee, mister, I
didn't think he'd run away" MOI"
mo, thought he might fall down."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
LYMAN Salads.

Select long. green peppers, cut In
halves lengthwise. remove the seeds,
and fill with grape fruit pulp, celery,
and apple finely cut, pecan meats
broken in pieces. using half as much
each of celery and apple as of grape
fruit. Allow three nut meats to each
case. Arrange on lettuce leaves. and
garnish with mayonnaise dressing.