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HAD CHARMED LIFE.
Mexican Veteran Fought Against
His Father and Brothers.
esnnsyivanIan Now Ninety Years Old
Helped Storm Vera Cruz Away
Back In COS, and Faced Nu-
merous Civil War Perils.

Bloomsbury. Pa.-One OF the few
survivors in Pennsylvania Of the Mex
lean war OF 1S46-4S. a veteran Of the
civil war, a man who has fought in ~
battles. was thrice wounded. holds
four honorable discharges, and who.
when but q lad, saw much Of the CIV
iiized world. is John Sylvester Myer
Of Lime Ridge. Columbia county. now
30 years Of age, but who looks easily
20 years younger.
Few men have hac such an expert
ence a. this old man. who fought with
the union army because he believed
its cause to be right. while his father.
who disowned him because Of his 10y
atty. fought. with seven other sons, for
the lost cause Of the rebellion. And
from that day. Myers. whose father
owned 1900 slaves, has see nneither
father nor brother.
A rover from boyhood, he left home,
near St. Louis. when but IL years Of
age. and going down the Mississippi
on a small boat to the Gulf Of Mex.
leo. shipped as a cabin boy on an
English bound vessel. Three trips
he made. and in 1884 left the vessel
and struck out through Germany.
Switzerland. Russia. Italy and France.
In the last named country he was ar
rested and 1t was charged that he
was there In the service of another
country. His fathers money and In
fluence purchased his release.
At the outbreak OF the Mexican war
ae enlisted as a marine and was one
Of those who scaled the walls OF Vera
Cruz. From there the vessel upon
which he was taken to the scene of
war was sent to China. and Myers
went along.
He attempted to settle down to
everyday life and located at Dapyille.
but the wander-lust soon gripped him
and II was only month or two until
no had enlisted with the government
to do teaming from Omaha to Cali
fornia. In that service three years.
he made six trips through the Indian
frontier and figured In many a fight
with them.
He was one of the first to respond
when President Lincoln issued a call
for men, and he was captured In the
Shenandoah valley in 1862. but the
confederates left SO small a guard
over their prisoners that the latter
set upon them, and. killing them. ef-
fected their escape.
He participated in nearly all the
most important battles Of the war. At
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Build Steel War Balloons

partments to enable the craft 10 keep
afioat In case any one compa tment
10 injured. This feature Is in line
with the decision reached By the
French aeronautic engineer In build
Ing the new army airships.
The car II to accommodate - pas
sengers as well az extra ballast in
the form OF two aeroplanes OF the Far.
man type. All arrangements viii be
made to provide cooked food FOR pas
sengers and crew. which will Le pre-.
pared on board. There will 40 be
miniature salons and sleeping tunks.
1t II proposed to carry aeroplanes
to use them in case OF war H.. tor.
pedo craft. The great airshin itself
Ia regarded by the inventor as large
ironclad. II will naturally be abie to
resist attack that would destroy rub.
Der or aluminium craft. and vii. be SO
constructed that 1t can ram aerial
opponents.
Being made Of steel. II can hid gas
far better than any other ycss /. Il
IL not SO affected by changes I'm the
atmosphere. which cause contraction
and expansion. and will lose only a
small percentage Of its buoyancy In 4
year.
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Episcopalian Rector Finds Effec-
tive Cure in Old BucksaW.
Veteran Decides to Sever Gastronom
ieal Relations with canvasbacks,
Terrapin and Wines and Turn
to Tree Chopping.

New York.-The Rev. ]. Prescott.
Of st. AIMS P. e. church. Sayville.
L. l.. has added q bucksaw to the
weapons with which he fights the
world. the flesh and the devil and the
other day he appeared on the streets
OF the village with the bucksaw over
his shoulder to show his parish how
effective he Is.
DR.. Prescott uf he isn't doctor
already he will be soon. having dis
covered something) has been the rec
tor Of st. AIMS for 81 years and for
the last two or three years has SUI
fered great agony OF mind and body
because he was popular and had SO
many millionaires among his summer
parishioners. He never gets q chance
to eat a wholesome meal of crumbs
with Lazarus. but day In and day out
has to sit up at the table with Dives
and the result IL he has developed
Just as fine case of govt as II he
were millionaire himself.
But In a very short time DIR. Pres
colt won't have any govt. thanks to
the bucksaw. which beats goats milk.
and which. let It be said with no ir-
reverence. seems to have been In this
case more effective than prayer. Fast
ing might have helped some. but. as
already explained. the rector never
got an opportunity to fast.
There probably never was q coun-
try parson who knew more about can
vasbacks and terrapin and the merits
OF rare yintages than DR.. Prescott.
He gave up the vintage some time
ago. but It was too late to cast devils
out Of that foot by such simple sac
rifice. They got worse and rheuma,
tism came to help them In the torture
Of the good dominic.
He ned the millionaires of his par
ish that he might live the simple life
for spell In the Mohawk valley.
There he had a special goat to pro-
duce his milk supply and for the sake
OF variety he added buttermilk. But
In spite Of that DIR. Prescott's govt
got no better and he returned to Say
vile the other day convinced that n
long AZ he had to have the troubles
Of his passionate he might a. well
have the social Joys.
1t was. three days ago that he dis
covered the bucksaw By accident. He
wanted pine tree removed from the
rectory yard. 20 that more sunlight
could reach his aching foot when he
put Il up on the arm chair On the
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-24

Not long ago. In an important coun.
~ In Ohio. the women and others
prayed that It would go dry" and II
did. A few days later. the people Ia
Nassau and Suffolk counties. Long Is
land. prayed that these counties would
become desiccated and count OF
the votes showed that there was moth
Ing doing. In both cases only those
people prayed who were accustomed
to that form Of weapon. Accordingly
there Is strong suggestion that
prayer. like the tariff. Is local issue.
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North Ann river, whore he helped
build pontoon bridge, the Union
forces were surrounded. and the or
der was given to destroy the bridge.
Eighty-five men were detailed to do
the work. A death toll of SO was
claimed. and Myers was one OF the
two who escaped.
While the forces were lying before
Petersburg there occurred an incident
which he will never forget. One Of
the guards doing duty at the home Of
DIR. Samuel Withers. a supposedly
northern adherent. but q confederate
at heart. complained Of feeling Ill, and
Myers was ordered to provost duty.
The night before two guards had been
found with their throats cut, and Ny
ers was more than ordinarily eau.
tious that night
II was almost midnight when he
saw something moving outside the
house that resembled a Newfoundland
dog. Challenging the object three
times and receiving no answer. he
fred. and then running over. struck
the object terrific blow on the head.
II was DR.. Withers. large razor In
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will enable mine owners and miners
to obtain this safeguard against tho
deadly gases and the smoke OF mine
fires that kill thousands Of men each
year. Further. It ID stated, the device
may be readily manufactured and sold
1t price not above 80 cents.
Tho manner In which the inventor
hit upon the idea Of supplying oxygen
to the entombed miner was common.
place In the extreme.
Mr.. Hall was lighting the lamp Of
an automobile when the thought occur.
red to him OF generating oxygen a.
the gases Of the lamp were generated,
and supplying that oxygen to miners
to breathe when the air OF the mine
had become contaminated with poison
Gus gases and smoke a. to mean i'm.
mediate death.
He made q device. which consists OF
q water chamber and below II q com.
partment filled with sodium peroxide.
In an emergency st0pcock IL touch.
ed and the water comes in contact
with the chemical. The oxygen II
generat1. This IL passed through the
water which cools II and then II goes
to the mouth and nose by means Of Q
hood. such - IL fitted to the face
when gas II administered. Thus may
oxygen be supplied that win keep .
man going for half an hour while he
fights his way out Of . mine that has
been filled with gas or smoke by rea.
son Of an explosion or otherwise.
Mr.. Hall. A representative Of the
government, has visited many Of the
great disasters In mines that have 90
CURED in recent years. At Aononga,
where moro than 800 men lost their
lives in December. 1907. he found that
the vast majority Of the men had died
by slow sufIocation long after the e.
plosion. Many Of these had cravled
for great distances on their hands
and knees, for the miner knows thai
the best air 10 near the ground.
II these men. and Il 70 fair to q.
sumo the same IN the case. Of The
Cherry horror, had some means a rot.
tiug air to breathe they would have
lived. The figures show that a IN
men Who die IN mines % Per eeak
msst Death threusAt sunocaklan,
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Metal Aircraft 20 Garry Twenty Pas.
ssngsrs. sleeping eunks and Two
Aeroplanes.

Vienna.-At the Daimler Motor
works here . dirigible balloon Of soft
steel Il being built. Instead OF using
rubber and silk. like Capt. Thomas
8. Baldwin. the American Airship
builder. or aluminium. like Count Won
Zeppelin. Herr Won Walach. the Aus.
TRAN inventor. makes his entire gas
balloon Of steel.
Though the craft Is well advanced
In construction. details are carefully
guarded. Its sire cannot be learned.
but 1t Is known that the steel walls
Of the balloon will be little over q
half inch thick and consist Of many
39x39 plates. All the plates are
welded in annular form by an cleo
trical process.
The balloon IL OF the familiar cigar
shape. painted with a specially In
vented mixture to make II alright
and Il covered with a silk paper. In.
stead Of silk cloth to reduce fric-
ton.
The estimated weight Of the balloon
10 over $1,000 kilos and Of the gasoline
engine fuel about $500 kilos. This
fuel Win enable the ship to sail q
hours.
Following the Zeppelin principle,
Tie gAs reservoir b to have three com.
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Public Sentiment Arou,ed,

Every state west Of the Mississippi
Except Idaho. Wyoming. Utah. Ne
vada and New Mexico has now Joined
the fight against tuberculosis. State
sanitoria for the treatment OF tubercu-
losis patients have been now estab-
lished In Minnesota. Idaho. Missouri.
Arkansas. North Dakota, South Da-
kota and Oregon. State Ant-Tuber~
culosis associations have been organ
lied and are at work In Washington.
Oregon. California, Arizona. Montana.
North Dakota. Colorado. Nebraska.
Kansas. Oklahoma. Texas. Minnesota.
iowa. Missouri. Arkansas and Louis.
lana. In all these states. strenuous ef.
forts to wipe out tuberculosis are be-
Ing taken.
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City Items In Terse Form
Metropolitan News Of Interest
to All Readers
Her High Heel Gave Burglar Liberty

failing. dragged Mrs. Patterson into
the hall. She had an abundance Of
pluck and held fast as she was carried
downstairs like q trunk on an ex'
pressman's shoulders.
She screamed at every other step
On the alternate steps the thief laugh.
ed aloud, a ruse which proved effective
as shown when women tenants In the
house opened their hall doors, heard
the mingled screams and laughter, and
withdrew with threats to complain to
the superintendent II any more such
frolics took place.
The first chance Mrs. Patterson got
to get her feet ON the floor was In
the lower hall after she had been
bumped down three flights. There is q
hole in the hall carpet, and as Mrs.
Patterson alighted her heel caught in
the hole. The thief gave a lunge and
"r-r-r-ip!" on went the high heel.
Mrs. Patterson took one step and
then almost burst into tears. With
her heel gone, she hobbled ridiculously.
She just wouldn't appear in the street
that way. The thief, therefore. got a
good start, and when several men. at
tracted by Mrs. Patterson's cries, con
fronted him, he said:
please don't stop me! My wife
is ON a rampage. Just look how she's
torn my coat"
So they let him depart, not knowing
he had a gold watch, a diamond ring.
other jewelry Of less value and about
$50 In cash.
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CLIP THIS OUT.

Valuable Recipe when AFFLICTED with
Rheumatism or 0acl<acho.
This 10 . renowned doctors very
best prescription for rheumatism.
"One ounce compound syrup Sarsa-
parilla: one ounce Toyis compound;
half pint high grade whiskey. Mix
them and take q tablespoonful before
each meal and at bed time The bot
tie must be well shaken each time"
Any druggist has these ingredients
or he win get them from his whole
sale house,
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HICAGO. The latest product Of
~ Packingtown Is to be tried
out on the dog-literally. It will
be tried on Eskimo dogs at that.
A corps Of experts now is scour-
In Greenland from coast to coast to
md the hundred strongest dogs In
that ice-loeked region. and 1t Is the APP
petites Of these dogs that Chicago's
food specialists are to cater to.
Capt. Ronald Amundsen IL to take
these 100 powerful CANNES on ship
board In his seven years cruise for
the far recesses Of the Arctic ocean.
and when the explorer left Chicago
yesterday. after conferences covering
many dAys with the food chemists
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OIsapproval,

what makes those two women turn
ap their noses ut each other SO super.
ciliouslyf" @
Possibly" replied Miss Cayenne.
each got glimpse OF the current
novel the other was reading"
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Valuable elra.

London.-Bred at MARKHAM, Norfolk
maggie pigeon has been sold foi
$500. record price for the breed. and
In gold. heavier than the bird itsels
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On. J. n. RiNDlAuD (opeelallseH
9ve. lar. Moss and Threat
eafoA n. q
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OF course Il was an old bachelos
Sho said that love was Matched In IN
Incubator and raised In an insane asy.
lum.
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Money may not make the man. but
take some mems money away from
them and there would be nothing lett.
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more life 70 that flavor than any
gum have ever tasted"
WRI0LEY'0 GPEARMINT,
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It's easy for q woman TO paint .
pretty face-lf she has one.
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4 rare Good Thlno.

"Am using Aliens Foot.Ease. and can
huly say would not have been withouo
u 20 long. had known tho relief Il would
give my aching feet. think Il q rare gooA
thing for anyone having sore or tired feet.
Mrs. Matilda Holtwcrt, Providence. Il.
L" Sold b. all Oruggists, Sc Ask to-day.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-18

When Mr.. Willard. Vice-presi-
dent of the Burlington System
visited this country last spring,
in the course Of a short conyera-
zion with the writer be remark
ed. u am agreeably surprised.
You have a country that is nat
orally much greater than ! had
expected 90 see. Naturally the
Plains should be one of the
greatest farming countries in
the world. Only the short sight
cd policy of land owners and the
indifference of the people can
prevent or retard this. Railroads
do not calculate so much on
what they viii haul into a
country as they do what they
will be- able 90 haul out of d. 4
community that only receives
freight viii soon exhaust It's
substances. bat a country that
ships out stuff viii always have
money with which 10 ship On
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-18

vantage of his offer, and he pro-
fitted by it. A chump or worth
less fellow is a bad bargain no
matter in what capacity and the
trouble with too many land own
ers is the fact that they merely
want a tenant or a buyer and
are not at all sensible or careful
in their selection, if such slip
shod business can be called sell
ection.
The writer has personally in
terested two extensive land own
ers 10 adopt this mans policy
and knows "A third man who has
voluntarily decided 20 do like
wise. There is but one thing
necessary 10 success with this
plan and that is 10 pick out the
right man.
The big land owner had better
read the signs of the times.
Society's economic necessities
viii not permit the land TO lay
idle. for idle land is burden
and a barrier 10 the progress of
the community. If the land
owner doesn't act wise and solve
the problem himself and to his
individual benefit he will have
solution forced on him. and it
may be a bitter solution.
We hear a great deal Of talk
about the high price Of land.
That is foolishness. 1t is the
idle land that is working the
trouble. The high price of land
is the only solution Of the az
ricuIturaI problem in this coun-
try as conditions exist When
land was one dollar per acre
people didn't want 10. When DO
got 90 four or five they bought
great tracts of it for speculation.
As prices advanced the amount
of land bought was less, and at
present prices "a man is not
going % buy any more than be
can prohtab.y USE This land is
still cheap. Quality considered
the cheapest land boz the world.
IL Is the policy some land owners
are persueing that is expensive
10 them and a drawback 10 the
country. There are Just two
kinds Of advertising we need
now. the first is scientific meth
DDS 10 show what can be done.
the second, practical business
management on the part of those
who have lands for sale.
We are coming 10 this, as we
absolutely must But the quick
er the better. We must develop
the land to give il value. To
make the country prosperous
we must ship out trainloads
where we ship in carloads. Just
now the proposition is the re-
verse of this. and the country
nor the seasons are not 10 blame. .
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-18

Chas. L. Pickett and wife re-
turned Thursday evening from
their bridal tour, and will make
their home in Lubbock.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-18

o. NJ. Nichols, Oklahoma,
came in Friday evening and will
in all likelihood make this his fu-
ture home.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-18

! bonus they receive for their con-
struction. With a sufficient pro-
duction there will be no more
I bonuses 20 pay The roads will
come for the tonnage That is
the best and only sensible way
Co give a bonus.
These gentlemen were not in
dulging iu hattery or foolish
ness. They were seriously in
earnest Certainly there was
self interest back of their earn
. estness, and that only makes
their expressions the more i'm
portant
! was recently talking with
an extensive land owner along
.hese lines. and urged upon him
the common justice and self
interest On the matter Of put
ting his land IN cultivation. Idle
land is dead weight, producing
land a profit and benefit, and If
the land isn't for sale il should
be ir use. The man said he had
tried a renter and the fellow had
done no good. wouldn't half
work. On the same principle it
is fair % suppose that If a bus
mess man hired a worthless 20
clerk be- would close his store
he certainly would if be- tried
t1 conduct bis business with
worthless help but the sensible
business man would very quick
.y fire tae bunch and hire more
and be- would continue Co fire
and hire ulI he get the right
people. Observation has con-
WINGED me that the trouble with
the tenant proposition is more
traceab.e 90 the land owner than
10 the tenant In the first place
the principle is wrong, and in
the second place the land owner
viii pick up any individual and
expect great results. The right
kind Of cenant treated right
will produce the right kind of re-
suits.
| know one man that worked
the proposition scientifically and
practically. He had considera-
bic land and it was idle. That
didn't appeal to him. He went (
into Missouri and Illinois, and .
would spend a week or two in
each community where he stop I
ped. he would get pretty well
and when he found a
man that suited his purpose he
would make him a proposition.
He would rent him land with
the option Of buying at a speci-
fed time at a fixed price, or he
would sell him the land outright
if the purchaser would put one
thousand dollars worth of i'm
10 100 acres. The
purchaser paying one dollar per
acre down with good time at
eight per cei 80 -~. the
balance. register. The g
prices Tor thyou'Il need plent
puzzle.
yotiable. IT.
ago. Witho
tenants have
md s ,as.f .ss,s.a1H1GSa
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