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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
CONDUCTOR A HARD WORKER.
His Duties Are Many, and They Call
for Ability Away Above the
Average.

As a conductor he win probably be-
gin In the freight service. His ca
boose will be q travelling ONCE and
more than that It will carry all the
gossip Of the division up and down
the line. II may be q homely little
car. but II IL Just as sure to be
homelike place. From its elevated
outlook he may command q good view
OF the train away head to the engine.
and he will be supposed to know all
the while that the brakemen are at
tending to their duties; that the train
Is In good order. particularly that
there are NO hot boxes smoking away
and In imminent danger Of setting
fire to the train and its valuable con-
tents. There II q deal Of bookkeep-
Ing to be accomplished In that travel.
ing office. says Edward Hungerford In
Outing. The conductor will receive
the way bills Of the cars Of his train
and their contents, and he il held re-
sponsible for their safe deliveries to
their destination or the Junction
points where they are to be delivered
to other lines.
When he comes to the passenger
service there will be still more book.
keeping to confront him, and he will
have to be man of good mental at.
tainments to handle all the many.
many varieties of local and through
tickets. mileage books, passes and
other forms OF transportation con-
tracts that ocme to him, to detect the
good from the bad. to throw out the
counterfeits that are constantly being
| offered to him. He will have to carry
quite money account for cash
fares, and he knows that mistakes
will have to be paid for out of his own
pocket.
All that is only phase of his bust
ness. He is responsible for the care
and safe conduct of his train, equally
| responsible in the last respect with
the engineer. He also receives and
| signs for the train orders, and he Il
| required to keep in mind every de
tail of the trains progress over the
line. He will have his own assert
ment of questions to answer at every
stage of the journey. and he will be
expected to maintain the discipline
of the railroad upon its trains. That
may mean in the one instance the
ejectment Of passenger who refuses
to pay his fare-and still he must moi
involve the road in any big damagt
suit-or in another, the subjugatior
of some gang of drunken loafers. The
real wonder of 1t is that so many con
ductors come as near as they do Il
the Chesterfieldian standards.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
INTOLERABLE ITCHING.
Fearful Eczema All Over eaby's Face
professional Treatment Failed.
A Perfect Cure BY cutieura.

"When my little girl was six months
old l noticed small red spots on her
right cheek. They grew SO large that
! sent for the doctor but, instead OF
helping the eruption, his ointment
seemed to make 1t worse. Then I
went to second doctor Who said It
was eczema. He also gave me an ONT.
ment which did not help either. The
disease spread all over the face and
the eyes began to swell. The itching
grew intolerable and 1t was a terrible
sight to see. I consulted doctors for
months, but they were unable to cure
the baby. l paid out from $40 to $50
without relief. One evening l began
to use the Cuticura Remedies. Tho
next morning the baby's face was all
white instead Of red. ! continued until
the eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs.
P. E. Gumbin. Sheldon. Ia. July 13. '0S."
Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Solo Props, Boston
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bound boy" tomorrow. Every
American boy would be free.
When he helped Mrs. Brison carry
out to the carry-all the basket filed
with the good things that boys like.
he had on no best Clothes" but his
! face was shining from an application
| OF soap and towel and the anticipa-
ton of almost heavenly pleasure. He
had just set the basket down when
Sam poked him in the ribs with his
thumb and said:
Huh, you amt goin'."
He thought Sam was only joking.
| The family were all seated in the
carry-ali and Bonnie was about to hop
In when Farmer Brison, taking up the
whip and the lines. looked back at
Bennie over his shoulder and said
Look after them cattle today. and
see that they git water and don't git
through that hole in the fence. You
better keep an eye on the house, too"
Mrs. Brison added, Il left you bite
In the Kitchen" and then with a
"G'lang. Bess," the carry-all drove
away.
Bonnie could hardly believe his ears.
Not go when it was a holiday for
everybody! Why. he had worked
harder than any one to get to go.
Bonnie sat down on the front door
steps and wondered what he should
do, and the sun found him there two
. hours later when it rose high and hot
In the heavens. Then he wandered
out on the road, then back into the
} yard and into the fields. The day
, was hot with dry. priekly heat from
| which there was no rest. The stub
r BILE In the fields bruised his bare feet
| With tagging steps at noon tide hi
| made his way to the house, where
e removing the red tablecloth that GOV
5 cred the "bite" prepared for him b.
the farmers wife. he set to work eat
4 ing his lonely dinner. The pie wa:
d good. and he ate as heartily OF 1t a
& IL he had never had a disappointment
z The meal satisfied him to some eX
o tent, and, thinking of the long lionel,
i afternoon, he wandered into the hay
d field and lay down for nap on tn
: shady side of a haystack. As he la,
l. there, looking with half-closed eye
e across the fields everything scenes
Il quaking with the heat, and overhea
/" a buzzard was slowly sailing. III
t slipped a little lower, his hat sinkin
farther over his face, so that all tina
S he could see under the brim was tn
O buzzard. How far it could go wit
i. but one flap of its wings. He VOL
II dered what 1t had espied nov. for
I was circling Immediately over hin
IS and coming closer and closer. Ho'
IS funny it's head and beak. and ho'
II much quicker it seemed to move tina
e at first Why. he had never seen tha
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
Ticket-Printing Machine.

The ticket-printing machine adopt
ed by the German government is de-
signed To simplify the work Of rail-
road offices, and makes unnecessary
the usual large stock of many kinds
of tickets at each station. The APP
paratus at Cologne-made for 1900
stations-is three feet long, four feet
high and twenty inches wide. 1t car.
ries printing plate for each kind Of
ticket required. and an alphabetical
indeX-scale shows at a. glance the
names of the stations to which tick.
cts are issued. The only stock need
ed is supply of pieces of cardboard
of the right size. When a ticket Is
called for, blank card is slid into
place opposite the required station.
a handle is depressed and the ticket
drops out, printed with the names oil
the departure and destined stations
consecutive number. fare, route, class
of carriage. and other facts. At the
same operation duplicate is printed
on a continuous sheet to serve as q
record. Actual gain in time Is claimed
a clerk having issued as many as 50t
tickets In an hour: there Is no delay
from the giving out of the supply o.
certain tickets. and at the end of the
day the continuous sheet gives an &C
curate record of the business done
With this system in use. there can b
no ticket roberies. no issue OF un
accounted-for tickets.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
MouRNERs WERE HER VICTIMS.
In Garb Of Wee She Attended Funer.
ais and Robbed the Sorrowinq.


Originally arrested on a charge Of
drunkenness. woman who says she
is Annie Allen, sometimes of Camden,
Gloucester and Philadelphia, was ar
raigned before Magistrate Gallagher
in the Twentieth district police sta
ton on suspicion of being a funeral
thief" who has been much sought by
the authorities. says the Philadelphia
Record. When taken into custody at
the Broad street station the woman
carried small hand bag. which on
being searched was found to contain
more than seventy pawn tickets, to-
gether with black wells and other
mourning apparel, which the police
say she used in attending funerals as
a professional "mourner."
The pawn tickets found in her pos.
session bore the names Of twenty
four different pawnbrokers with
places of business in all sections of
the city. Many complaints have been
received from houses of mourning
where petty robberies have been
committed while the services were in
progress. and the police say the
woman now in custody admits that
she has put on her black veil and
mourning raiment and attended funer
ais for the purpose of robbery. Pend
ing further investigation of her career
and to give the police time to find ou'
the owners of some of the articles
called for on the pawn tickets found
In her possession. the accused wa:
held in $500 bail for further hearing
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

Did you ever hear the story of Fizz-
Bang park?
Well, II you haven't heard 1t, pray
lend your ears and bark.
Now once there was city. but never
mind where,
And the mayor he was old enough to
have gray hair,
He had q little bald spot in the mid
die of his pate.
His brow was somewhat furrowed
with grave affairs Of state
Bue he had heart as happy as when
he was a boy.
And the thought of independence day
aroused his youthful joy.
He rubbed his hands and chuckled,
and stroked his trim goatee:
We'll have celebration that will
take the cake" quoth he;
There shall be heaps of powder
burned, and every bell shall
ring,
And there shall be grand parade,
and all that sort of thing.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
THE USEFUL SWALLOWS.
Light Cavalry of the Avian Army and
the Friends OF the Farmer.

tHe eFienOS VI NHe FdT"SVs
From the standpoiUt of the farmer
and the orchardist perhaps no birds
more useful than the swallows exist.
They have been described as the
light cavalry of the avian army.
Specially adapted for flight and IN.
excelled in aerial evolutions, they
have few rivals in the art of capturing
insects in midair. They eat nothing
of value to man except a few pre-
daceous wasps and bugs. and In re-
turn for their services In destroying
vast numbers of noxious insects ask
only for harborage and protection.
II is to the fact that they capture
their prey on the wing that their pc,
culiar value to the cotton grower is
due. Orioles do royal service in
catching weeyils on the the bolls, and
blackbirds. wrens. fiycatchers and 9th
ers contribute to the good work, but
when swallows are migrating over
the cotton fields they find the weeyils
FIXING in the open and wage active
war against them. AS many as forty
seven adult weeyils have been found
i'm the stomach of a single cliff swal
low.-Bulletin of the Department OF
Agriculture.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

Annie Brown. a fiye-year-old Irish
girl. has just reached Calgary after a
Journey of more than 5000 miles made
absolutely alone from start to finish.
During the trip she was we'll cared for
by passengers on boats and trains
who became interested In her artless
story of how she was going to Can.
ada to meet her daddy. who preceded
her eighteen months.
Annie's father. James Brown. Is
living on homestead FIVE miles south
of Calgary and could not spare the
time to cross the ocean to act as
escort for his little girl. Consequently
he decided to have her make the long
Journey alone.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

woman, and I shall recommend Il a.
long Is / hve.s-MRS. MAY Fry,
Lindley, Ind !.
One Of the greatest triumphs Of
Lydia e Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound IL the conquering Of woman's
dread enemy -tumor. II you have
mysterious pains, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton or displacement. don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and 90
through the horrorsofa hospital opera
ton. but try Lydia E PlAkham'sV eee-
table Compound Ut once.
For thirty years Lydia 2. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND. made from roots
andhefbs, has beenthestandard remedy
Tor female illa and such unquestion-
aba testimony - the above proves tho
value at this famous remedy, and
shouA etve eonAdenoe and hope 70
every dok woman.
Hyo0 Wo014 6hOopec1Al advice
o2o91 ~ ooooWxafe . OonAAeop
til lGe4R - Nm. P1nkhAm, &C
1y1nk Mo-. 4ee a1ytoo = fIoA
a6A alwAys AolDf1l
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

"a great address, a big balloon, and
fireworks galore;
at shall be such jolly time as ne'er
was known before"
But while he gayly planned 1t dele
cation came,
And said they thought that 1t would
be very wicked shame
To let the town be given up to such
outrageous noise.
And make sick people suffer for lot
of selfish boys.
Year after year the glorious Fourth
had been a time of dread.
They thought that he should institute
great reform, they said.
Besides" said they, ''our young foll
are growing rude and wild;
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

# Is seldom nowadays, one finds a
well-conducted child.
They don't say please or thank you
or sir or 'ma'am' at all,
They seem to think politeness is only
fol.de-rol.
We'd better spend the money we
waste in senseless noise
On a School of Good Behavior for all
our girls and boys"
CUT FIVE
The poor young-hearted mayor was
very sad indeed.
"'Tis true" he said. that sick folk
have rights which all should
heed,
IND, also. that good manners are not
the rule is clear:
And yet think these worthy folk are
just a bit severe.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
Chicks That Never Returned.

"Yes," said the suburbanite as he
welded a hoe. "fm fond Of poultry
dinners"
Then it's a wonder you don't raise
chickens instead of flowers" remark
ed the mutual friend.
"Oh. what's the use? My neighbors
raise the chickens"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
A Tall Bear Story.

why. once. do you know. l found a
bear inside a hollow log. Well. Of
course, couldn't get at him to shoot
him, and the log was too heavy to
move. / didn't know what to do. So at
last l thought of cutting four holes
In the log. about where the bears
feet must be. and l got his paws
through slick. Then l tied rope
about the log and made him walk with
1t into camp. And-would you be-
lieve it?-swe had all our food and all
our fuel for the winter out Of that one
deal."-Outing.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
Pat on Baptism.

Pat. who was noted for q quick
tongue. was digging potatoes when
the parish priest came by. By way Of
a pleasant salutation the priest said:
Good morning to ye. Pat. and
what kind Of p'rtatoes are We diggin'?''
Raw ones. your riv'rince..
Och. ye're SO smart. I'll just give
We q question on the catechism. What
Is baptism9'
1T used to be four shillin's aSore "
came, but now its twenty shillin'A.s
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

dizzy spells and terrible condition OF
the kidney secretions. I got SO mis-.
cradle / went to bed, but the doctor
did not do anything for me and no
one expected me to recover. Doan's
Kidney Pills first relieved. then cured
me, and I have had no kidney trouble
Tor seven years since"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q boz
Foster-Milburu Co., Buffalo. N. =.
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tn0 kl0neyB AS SiCA
and cannot keep up
their never-ending
task Of nltering the
blood. Lame back.
backac e, dizzy
spells and urinary
disorders are warn
ings that must not
be overlooked. A.
@. Smith, 405 E.
Mills st.. Liberty.
No.. says: II was
racked with pain.
stir and lame. had
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

There would have been no Fourth at
all. for either men or boys
II our forefathers had not been the
kind that made a noise.'
So then, outside the city, the mayor
bought some land.
And there the most delightful park
you ever heard of planned.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
The Cause Of War.

The fair young debutante was sur
rounded by an admiring crowd Of on
hers at the colonefs ball. Mamma
was standing near by. smiling COM
placently at her daughters social sue
cess. The discussion was over the
quarrel of the day before between
two brother ohcers.
What was the casus-belli!" asked
the fair debutante.
Maud" exclaimed mamma In Q
shocked voice. how joftAn have I told
you to say stOmsch?"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
services on = Church Tower.

The Rev. ]. Enraght. vicar Of RAN
wor4h (Norfolkl. and the church
choir mounted to the top OF the
church tower and there offered pray
ara and sang hymns and psalms. in
yokiux the Almighty's blessing upon
the growing crops
nssuits the altitude of the tower
ana { good breeze. every word was
audible to the congregation assembled
8 H. church yard below and on the
-
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

o cyst tum0r OF
four years. growth.
which three of the
best physicians de-
clared / had. They
said that only an
operation could
help me. lam very
gladthat1folowed
. friends advice
and took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
for It has made me
AkN4~~ A~A ~.a11
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
Why He Led the Glass.

The angel was compiling the ID
rectory.
Il don't want any more tariff pro-
lection than any other section cried
Abou Ben Adhem.
And 10. his name led all the rest.
Judge.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
They Go Together.

use headwork.- urged the man
ager of the department store.
Yes. sir" said the salesman.
For instance. If lady buys lawn
il ought to be easy to sell her some
hose"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES
Il 70 q Warning That the Kidneys Are
Siek and Ne ID Help.

A bad back makes every day . duh
round Of pain and misery. It's sign
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
uaaueIx understeod L.

Sunday School Teacher-Clarence.
do Won know the meaning Of the word
samen?"
Little ciarencs-Yesm. means
ring Oh"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

Fame and the Filthy.
Boggs-rd like TO have my face On
ali the SO bills
Coggs-rd prefer 70 have my hands
ON them.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
'TUMOR OF
FOURYEARS
GROWTH
Removed by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Lindley, Ind. -" Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound removed
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02

Must Work Both Ways.
He-I could waltz on to heaven with
you!
She-Can you reverse?-Yale Rec
ord.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-07-02
REVENGE.

The Professor-I've been q vege-
tartan all my life: from now on I'll eat
nothing but beef!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-26
Sim ger Ia ILL., >
The Difference Between Poor and Good Cabinet Work

The Difference Between Poor and Good Cabinet w
q 1t is a fact not generally known that very
few sewing machine manufacturers pro-
duce their own cabinet work. This is
distinct industry in itself.
q The Singer Company owns and operates
the largest and best equipped factory in
the world, exclusively devoted to the
production of the highest grade sewing
machine cabinet work.
g Only the finest woods procurable are used.
To insure the proper selection of these
woods, corps of expert wood rangers is
employed, whose duty it is to purchase
individual trees, the grain and growth of
which entitle them to use in Singer cabinet
work.
g This is why Singer cabinet work, besides
being the most durable, is also the most
beautiful,-the Singer process brings out all
the richness and natural beauty Of the wood.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-26

Wilmington Star

Wilmington Star
While the erection OF new cotton
mills is progressing in both New
England and the South, it is graft
fying to note that among the man.
ufacturing States. North Carolina
has built more mills during the first
six months of 1909 than any other
State. In those six months North
Carolina has built % mills OF which
there were % cotton factories, one
wooden mill and one knitting mill.
Massachusetts comes next with ~
mills, nine wool, eleven cotton and
two miscellaneous. South Carolina
built nine cotton mills, Georgia
twelve and Ala ba ma six.
Many other States constructed
both cotton aud wooden mills. alto
pether the new cotton factories num-
Der 100. WOODEN mills A.. and mis-
cellaneous 16.
Here's hoping that North Carolina
will soon take the lead of all the
manufacturing States in the Union.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-26

The News and Observer are warmly
approved. Keep it up," was the ad-
monition OF the best farmers in the
county.
One prominent farmer said: 81 was
glad to see that Ware, Kramer & Co.
have brought suit against the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. They say
in their complaint what everybody
knows to be true-that the trust
crushes out all competition. / hope
they will win. So do all tobacco
farmers, for We believe their success
will help tobacco farmers. We have
about lost hope Of getting any relief
from Federal administration or State
government, and we are looking to
see Independent concerns go into the
courts and make it SO hot for the
trust that it will see that it may not
be safe to continue to rob the farm
ers and crush the independents at the
same time. Urge the papers all to
turn their guns on the trust"
These expressions fairly represent
the sentiment OF the tobacco growers
and most handlers of the weed In a
sense the tobacco warehouse men
and buyers are in the power OF the
trust and they are not talking for
publication, though like other honest
men they are outraged that the trust
should have put the price down at
the present starvation figures. There
are, OF course, some warehouse men,
some buyers, some farmers who have
a "tip' from the trust, who ''stand
in" with the trust in one way or an
other. They feel no Indignation or
outrage, and they are trying to make
the people forget how they are rob-
bed by telling the farmers that no
good will come from denouncing the
methods of the trust. The average
farmers are "onto" these secret
agents of the trust, and know that
they would not be extenuating the
wrongs of the trust ii they were not
getting some graft or were not igno-
rant of the real methods of the
trust.
The people are all right. They are
enlisted for legalized warfare against
the tobacco trust. They are going
to follow brave, courageous, and
able leadership in the coming great
struggle against the tobacco trust.