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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-12

Don't put sulphur and louise powuer
IN the dust box. 1t is throwing money
away.
Don't let that wooden floor get full
of holes and cracks. Feed will fall
through 10 the mice. and your hens
will be crippled.
Don't use dropping boards that are
warped and don't dit tightly together. !
Don't use small box for the dust
baths by A is about the proper size.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04
TAMMANy TIGER GLOOMY
EVERY IMPORTANT WINNER
BEIOW THE MAYOR Is AN
ANTI-TAMMANYlTE.
Barnard, Deieated Mayoralty Candi'
date, Looms Up As Possible
GubernatOrial Nominee
Next Election.

New York, Nov. 4.-Battie-scarred
Tammany which Tuesday elected a
MAYOR. but lost city took up yes
terday the gloomy work of setting
its house in order for four years OF
avowed anti-Tammany government
in Greater New York.
Analysis shows that the election
which resulted in the defeat OF the
fusion forces of every important
many-democratic candidate pc
low the mayor, was more OF a VIC
tory of the anti-Tammany democrats
who had lined up with the repunll-
leans under the fusion banner. than
for the straight-out republicans
Anti-Tammany democrats elected
SOL lo,f,oues var 40 ''iaiosat 'a6a!.dq
70. IalsIS .aun naIIlpu -ouM sIlRInlII,
have a clear majority In the board
Of estimate and apportionment, one
of the most powerful municipal BOD
dies in any city of the world aNd
therefore the right of spending
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04

He testified that the assistant SUI
perintendent of the prison did not
specify in his orders for whipping
the number of lashes that the con-
vet should be given, and that he had
to exercise his own discretion as to
how many strokes to apply. 1t was
his declaration that Ie always inves-
tigated the complaints made by the
guards before a convict was whip
ped, though Major Durham said that
when a complaint was made to him
and a guard said a convict needed
the strap, he gave the permit for the
strap without giving the man to be
punished an opportunity to speak in
self-defense. His reason for this was
that he knew the men he had under
him. as well as the character of the
convicts. and that when guard was
of the opinion that a man needed a
whipping he entertained no doubt
of it himself ad ordered the punish
ment without further delay.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04
WATSON WAVES RED FLAG
FOENER POrI LIST NOMINEE
FOR PRESIDENT SORE At
FEDERAL COURTS.
SAYS Socialists Are Banded Together,
ThirStiug for Chance to Come
in Collision With
the Army.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 4.--Assorting
that an armed clash between federal
and state courts has got to come
sooner or later" Thomas Watson,
several times the populist nominee
for president of the United States,
in a letter to State Attorney General
Hart advocates armed resistance on
the part of the state authorities in
resisting q writ of habeas corpus is
f,uad - ".1o.at court FOR q nrison-
er in the custody Of state court. II
the letter of Mr. Watson he says II
lpart;
"The people are considerably
wrought up against the fedora
iudges. There is much more pro
found hatred for the federal judicia
Iry especially for the lower courts
than any institutions in America.
Burlesqueing the idea that fedora
troops would be sent to enforce th'
orders of the federal court in a cast
OF that kind, the letter continues;
President Taft knows as wen n
do that socialism is sweeping TN
country like prairie fire and tina
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04
POSTAL DEFICIT IS ANNOUNCED
shortage in Receipts for Fiscal Year
l. $500. .iet over Last Year,
Says Auditor.

Washington. Nov. tn postal de
ficieucy Of $I7.479,770. an increase
.of $569,I91 over last year, was an
nouuced in the annual report OF
Merrito Chance, auditor of the post
office department. The revenues for
the fiscal year ended June 80 last
amounted to $203,562, 1888. an in
crease of 6.31 per cent over the pre-
Irediug year, and the expenditures in
creased cor per cent.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04

there Is an army of nearly 10000
banded together true to the organi-
zation with leaders and that those
men are thirsting for an opportuni-
ty to come into collision with the
federal army That is one reaeeu
why Taft and Roosevelt are so eager
to increase the number of federal
troops
"The trusts are running MP the
expense Of living 50 enormously that
| furious passions are raging in the
| hearts Of Millions
The letler Of Mr. - ~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04

| lney General Hart regarding an edi-
torial which appeared in the Jeffer-
sonian. Mr. Watson's paper, attack
ing the attitude of the attorney gem
eral in advising FIte Of the Dade
county superior court, to honor
writ of baheas corpus in the federal
court here in the Stegall case.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04

Out last night? Headache ana
nervous this morning? Hicks Cap
udine Just the thing to fit you for
business. Gears the head-braces
the nerves Try It. AT drug stores
ait
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the ~ u0z
Signature Of &KZNIzS1
THE FIRST STEAMSHIPS.
Screw Propellers Did Not Come Into
lice IIn+;I fQE0

Screw PropeIlers Did Not Come Into
Use Until 1850.
1--WE are prone to smile at the
archaic prototypes of our modern
steamships" writes Gustav H. Schwab
in Harper's Weekly, "at their diminu-
tive size, their clumsy build. their
huge paddle boxes and their single
slender smoke pipe, but we do not stop
to think Of the few brave men of
those days who, undaunted by the OPP
position and ridicule of most of their
fellows, persisted in their efforts to
supplant sail by steam and who finally
by sheer pluck and perseverance sue
ceeded In these efforts"
The Savannah, which crossed the
Atlantic In 1919, was a full rugged
packet ship to which had been added
a small one cylinder steam engine
turning two paddle wheels, which were
set in motion In smooth water when
the wind failed. For two-thirds Of the
way across the Savannah depended
solely upon her sails. In 1888 the
Royal William made the passage In
twenty-five days, under steam the
whole way. In 1881 the Great West
ern was constructed, but her unusual
length Of 230 feet gave rise to many
apprehensions as to her safety. The
first screw steamship was built In
1850, and eight years later the Bremen
made the passage In fifteen days. In
1862 the Scotia cut down the time
from Queenstown to less than nine
days. From that time on the record
has been gradually reduced
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
SAM HoUSToN'S MOTHER.
For the ChiIdrsn's Sake She Faced the
PeriIs of the Wilderness.

For the ChiIdrsn's Sake She Faced the
PsriIs of the Wilderness.
The mother Of Sam Houston was
another woman who for the sake of
her children hazarded the dangers OF
the wilderness journey without the
protection of a mans strong arm.
Houston's friend and biographer, @.
Edwards Lester, portrayed her as IAN
extraordinary woman, distinguished by
an impressive and dignifed counte-
nance and gifted with intellectual and
moral qualities which elevated her In
a still more striking manner abov.
most of her sex"
The death of her husband left Mrs.
Houston in poor circumstances and
with a growing family Of six sons and
three daughters. Knowing that many
of her neighbors who had gone west
had prospered, she determined to fol
low their example in order that her
children might get good start in life,
sold her Virginia farm and Journeyed
TO Tennessee, ending her migration
only when within eight miles Of the
boundary between the settlements OF
the whites and the wigwams OF the
Cherokees,
There she erected a rude cabin with
the help Of her Oldest boys, and there
she labored diligently to bring up hef
children to be useful men and women
II was for them that she toiled and
pra we'd and denied herself, personify'
ing In her devotion another trait OF
the mothers Of the early west.-Smith'a
Ma0o rfna
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
cLAYs FIRST SPEECH.
Il Began In Confusion, but Ended IA o.
Triumph.

Triumph.
Henry Clay as young man was ex-
tremely bashful, although he possessed
uncommon brightness of intellect and
fascinating address, without EFFORT
making the little he knew pass for
much more. In the early part OF his
career he settled In Lexington, Va,
where he found the society most con-
genial though the clients seemed
somewhat recalcitrant to the young
lawyer. He Joined debating society
at length, but for several meetings ne
remained a silent listener.
One evening after lengthy debate
the subject was being put to a vota
when Clay was heard to observe sort
IL to a friend that the matter In ques-
tion was by no means exhausted. DE
was at once asked to speak and aftei
some hesitation rose to his feet Find
ing himself thus Unexpectedly con
fronted by an audience, he was COW
cred with confusion and began, as M
had frequently done, in imaginary ap
peals to the court, Gentlemen OF the
jury"
A litter that ran through the au
dience only served to heighten his en-
barrassment, and the obnoxious phrase
fell from his lips again. Then he gath.
cred himself together and launched
into a peroration so brilliantly lucid
and impassioned that 1t carried the
house by storm and laid the corner
stone to his future greatness, his first
case coming to him as result OF this
speech, which some consider the hness
he ever made.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
EUGENlE'S WEDDING DAY.
The Gift of VIoiets From the Market
Wonoen of Paris,

The Gift Of VIoiets From the Market
Women of Paris.
Even on her wedding day the EN-
press Eugene received a sign Of Ill
omen. The market women of Paris
presented her with a mountain of VIC
let's on the day of her marriage to
Louis Napoleon.
And those market women-they boil
ed over They yelled and pushed and
crowded into the palace gardens. They
screeched and screamed for the en-
press until at last window opened,
and Eugene stepped out on the bal
cony, and, ever eager to please, she
held In her hands great mass Of the
violets the market women had sent
her.
Then suddenly one old fish wife
shrieked out at those of the commit
tee: "Pigs! Idiotsl It is the flower of
sorrow you have sent to her" While
quick another raved out: 'It is the col
or Of mourning that you send the
bride Of the EMPEROR Violets-purple
violets to a bridel Pigsl Idiotsl Dew
ifs! It is an omen-a sign Of evil"
And then the fight began! Oh, mon
Dieu! They are terriblel They tear
one another like wild beastsi The gem
darmes try hard to make order, when
a voice up above us says out clear and
gentle, ooh, soldiers, don't hurt themp
And the idea that any soldier on earth
could hurt dame des Halles was so
funny that everybody stopped fighting
to laugh And they laugh and laugh
and wipe off the blood and slap the
gendarmes and say, Don't hurt us,
messieurs- don'tr' And they dance and
shout, and the beautiful empress
stands now by the emperor and bows
and throws vioIets to the crowd, and
all below cry, 'fVive rImperatricew
And she smiles and smiles and so re-
tires But that old witch was right
Yes, madame, though the violet was
the flower of the Bonaparte, 1t is the
flower of sorrow, not At to send
bride! 1t was an omen and given at
the Tuileries 1t pointed to Chiselhurst.
Clara Morris in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08

contain -four. Come orr The mob
came like a hurricane.
Look at Captain Grant" they shout
ed gleefully-"four all over his dress
ing gown and on his face and hairl
Looks like ghostv'
"WelI. I'll be eternally jiggeredE
fumed the captain. He kicked at the
screa ming Zenobia and, missing, near
" fell upon his back. Particles OF
dust adhered to the -four, giving him
a glorious checkerboard appearance.
He turned and ran from the madding
crowd. a white, gorgeous specter OF
the night.
AS he scaled the picket fence some
one called to him, but he paid no heed
He bounded down the little lane with
Berserker vim and fury. The person
who had called ran through a gate
and stood in the road to check him.
The captain, wild. chagrined, unsee-
ing, waved his arms, put on more
steam and growled deadly menace.
civilian, William called a soft
sweet voice.
The captain, checking, tapped at the
-four In his eyes.
"Oh. you are brave and true, but
Won do look like a frightw said Miss
Inola, and she broke down and sob
bed before the captain, taking alarm
again, could bound away.
.There, there, don't cry!' he admon-
ished. THAT spitf1re Zenobia's all
right and will live to be ten thou
sand"
Then he took her in his arms until
she became white with the dazzle OF
the -four.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
AN UNCERTAIN RIVER.
The Indus Has q Bad Habit Of Chang
Ing Its Channel.

ne tnouS mas LAO 0dpH OF SndH9
Ing Its Channel.
The river Indus in width during the
year may vary by miles. Traffic for
long distances cannot be guaranteed
because the ever shifting channel
throws up mud fats and sand banks
here and overwhelms good land there
in a manner which defeats the wis
dom of the ancient boatmen.
With the Indus, too, it is not merely
q question of land or water. There is
always a gamble as to the kind Of
land which the river will recede from.
In one place it will leave magnificent
soil ready at once to take a splendid
crop of wheat even If the winter rains,
as is too often the case, amount to
nothing. In another the greater mois-
ture will only allow leguminous plants
of country peas and pulses. In the
dampest ooze Of depressions a plant
caller shamuka is produced, Of little
value save as fodder, but beautiful
with its bright green color and excel
lent to the sportsman as an attraction
to hocks of gray and bar headed
geese. Other lands again viii grow
nothing but long reeds and low tama-
risk scrub. These, If properly placed in
the neighborhood Of fields, have their
value as preserves for black par
tridges and hare, but for unitarian
purposes can only provide materials
for hunting or at best give employ
ment to the makers of fan handles;
but alas, there is the possibility that
In the place Of soil-good, bad or indif-
ferent-sand only may be thrown up,
and the Indus has bad reputation for
the amount of sand it carries. Native
lore gives the river the title of "fille
de ."-Allahabad Pioneer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
Inherited.

II entertained some friends at din
ner the other night at a well known
hotel In Boston," said New Yorker,
just returned from the Hub. "and
was served by an ebony giant on
whom lampblack would make white
mark. 1t is the custom at that par
ticular hostelry for the walters to
write their own orders. Upon receiv-
ing my bill could scarcely check the
items The spelling bore no similarity
to any other under the sun.
"'Sam,' said, this is the worst
spelling ever saw and added face
tiously, where did you learn to spellT
without moving muscle Sam re-
piled courteously, I reckon, boss, I
must have inherited it from my ances-
tors
'sThe laugh being on me, Sam got an
extra tip.'ZNew York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08

A small boy was fishing on Sunday
morning. He had a basket Of fish
alongside of him. A clergyman hap
pened to see him and, going over to
where he was busily watching the bob,
said:
you naughty, cruel boyl Don't you
know that it is a sin to fish on the
Sabbath? Besides the sin, think Of
the cruelty of it taking the poor little
worm out of the ground and sticking
that nasty sharp hook through its
body"
'SThat amt no worm. That's an ar
tificial flyy' answered the boy.
"Ah, was mistaken" said the
preacher"
$50 were these fish," said the boy,
picking up the basket and showing
them to the clergyman.-New York
Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
Their Fortunate Escape.

They had walked halfway through
the park at smart pace. and she now
sank on a shaded bench He seated
himself beside her. They we're entirely
alone save for an old man at one end
Of their seat immersed in book. Their
agitated conversation continued.
"Oh, it is too dreadful" she shud-
dered, covering her face with her
hands as If to shut out some unbear-
able sight
'Fearfulp' he agreed, deeply moved
and hopping the profuse Precipitation
from his brow.
'Horribleg' she added u cannot
bear to think of it. The loss of hope.
happiness, perhaps even life ITSELF
'Hushr' he interrupted. LET us
strive to think Of it no more or it may
grow to prey upon our minds"
pardon me-" said the old man on
the end of the bench, his watery eyes
distended in lively apprehension. HAS
there been some awful disasterf Have
you been forced to look upon some aw-
full tragedy"
The young couple regarded each 9TH
err In some confusion Hesitatingly the
youth answered:
mo, sir. You see, we have just be-
come engaged, and we were talking Of
what calamity it would have been
had we never met"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
Iyns and Downs.

'rUps and downs" said an etymolo-
rtst. .ls a phrase of curious aptness.
"Take ups. Aviators tell us, balloon
lists tell US, alpinists tell us, that the
higher one ascends, the more exhila-
rating grows the air, SO that it is quite
common, at a height of a mile or so,
for men to sing and shout in pure hilar-
ity and joy. So much for ups.
'"Take downs. Submarine boatmen
and divers and miners tell us that the
deeper one descends below the earth's
surface, the sadder one becomes. Those
depths resound with oaths, groans,
sobs. So much for downs.
ups and downs-an apt phrase,
truly New Orleans Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08


Tragedies innumerable eliminate In
the emergency hospital.
.'What has happened to mer asked
the patient when he had recovered
from the effects of the ether.
you were In trolley car accident,
said the nurse, land it has been found
necessary to amputate your right
hand" He sank back on the pillow,
sobbing aloud. Cheer up" said the
nurse, patting him on the head; you'll
soon learn to get along all right with
your left hand"
"Oh, it wasn't the loss Of the hand
itself that l was thinking Of" sighed
the victim. But on the forednger was
a string that my wife tied around 1t to
remind me to get something for her
this morning, and now I'll never be
able to remember what It was."-Ar-
Gonaut
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
General washinaton on LootIna.

Headquarters, Sept. 8, 1776.-The
Genl is Resolved to put a stop to Plum
dering or converting Publick or Private
Property to their own Use when taken
off or found by any Soldier, he there
fore calls upon all the Men to exert
themselves against 1t, and If the Coll.
or other Officers of Regis see or know
of any Horses, furniture, Merchandise
and such other Property in the hands
Of any Officer or Soldier and does not
Immediately take hold of II, giving
immediate notice Of it to their Briga-
deer Gen1, such officers viii be deem
ed a Party, brought to Court Martial
& broke with Infamy. For let 1t ever
be Remembered that no Plundering
Army was ever a Successful one. =
From General Washington's Personal
Order Book in Journal Of American
History
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
CIRCUS PERFORMERS.
The Real Dangers With Which They
Ara Honrarnad

The Real Dangers With Which They
Are Concerned.
The individual point of view of the
circus performer toward his work is
full of surprises. Rarely If ever is he
worried over the things that the audi
ence imagines make him uneasy and
never about his own equipment of
nerve, muscle and judgment.
The bareback rider worries about
his horse, for the slightest deviation
from the animals customary course
and gait ruins a harmony between
horse and rider, upon which depends
the success and even the life of the
performer. The man on the trapeze
is not at all disturbed at being SO high
up In the air. The higher up he is the
more security he feels that In case of
accident he will have time enough in
stinctively to twist his body into the
right position for falling into the net
What worries him most is the fear of
some unsupported weakness In his ap-
paratus.
The animal trainer is more afraid of
an accidental scratch from good ma
tured but blood poisoning claw than OF
any actual conflict with an angry ami
NAL. More than that, he has real af-
lection for his animals and dislfkes the
stern necessity of Furnishing them. TIL
very clown is not so much pleased by
the laughter of his audience as dis
turbed by the thought that 1t quite
fails to appreciate the time and care
he has expended in working out the
details Of his humorous contribution
Ralph Bergengren In Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
THE HIPPoPoTAMUS.
How the Animal is Captured Alive In
the Sudan.

How the Animal Is Captured Alive In
the Sudan.
There is a vast difference between
the hunter who kills for pleasure and
the hunter whose business it is to cap
ture his quarry alive. How live hip
popotamuses are secured is particularly
interesting. Two methods are resort
ed to.
The so called hawaii, or water hunt
ers, of the Sudan, all of whom are ex-
cellent and daring swimmers, harpoon
their victims at the noon hour, when
they are sunk In deep slumber. Then
they pull them to the bank by means
of a cord attached to the harpoon and
there make them fast. The hunters
use for this a special kind Of harpoon,
made in such a way that it does not
make a deep wound. Fully three
quarters of the Appropriateness ex-
hibited In Europe have been captured
in this way.
Hippopotamus hunts are also con-
Quoted on land There advantage Is
taken of the fact that the female hip
popotamus makes her young walk in
front Of her. The reason for this Is
that the beast, being well protected In
the rear by its abnormally thick skin,
prefers to have its offspring In front,
where 1t can guard them better against
danger But in spite Of its affection
for its children the mother hippo has
no particular desire to meet danger
when it comes. So the hunters dig
large pits in the forest, cover them
over until they are fully concealed and
then lie in wait near by. Presently
female hippopotamus comes along
with her child trotting before her.
Suddenly, without warning, the young
one disappears before its mothers
eyes. This is too much for the old ami
NAL. She dashes away, leaving the
little one at the mercy of its enemies.
Wide World Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08

Nasal catarfh, an Inflammation of the
delicate membrane lining the air-passages,
is not cured by any mixtures taken into
the stomach. Don't waste time on them.
Take Ely's Cream Balm through the nos
trils, so that the fevered, swollen tissues
are reached at once. Never mind how
long you have suffered nor how often you
have been disappointed, we know Ely's
Cream Balm is the remedy you should
use. All druggists, SOC. Mailed by Ely
Bros, 56 Warren Street, New York.