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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07

The Englishman jerked the hand
away
COW! That burns!"
Blake shook the glass in their be-
wildered faces.
Look there!" he shouted. there's
fire; there's water; there's birds
eggs and beefsteaks! Here's where we
trek on the back trail. Well smoke
out that leopard in short order!"
you don't mean to say, Blake"
mo; I mean to do! Don't worry.
You can hide with Miss Jenny on the
point, while l engineer the deal. Fall
in"
The day was still fresh when they
found themselves back at the foot Of
the cliff Here arose a heated debate
between the men. Winthrope, stung
by Blakes jeering words, insisted
upon sharing the attack, though with
no great enthusiasm. Much to Blake S
surprise Miss Leslie came to the sup
port of the Englishman.
But, Mr.. Blake" she argued. you
say it will be perfectly safe for us
here. If so, it will be safe for myself
alone"
81 can play this game without him. "
"No doubt. Yet il, as you say, you
expect to keep off the leopard with a
torch, would it not be we'll to have
Mr.. WINTHROP at hand with other
torches, should yours burn out?"
Yes; if l thought he'd be at hand
after the first scare"
Winthrope started off almost on a
run. At that moment he might have
faced the leopard single-handed. Blake
chuckled as he swung away after his
victim. Within ten PAGES, however. he
paused to call back over his shoulder:
Get around the point, Miss Jenny.
and IL you want something to do, try
braiding the cocoanut fiber"
Miss Leslie made no response; but
she stood for some time gazing after
the two men. There was so much that
was characteristic even in this rear
view. For all his anger and his haste.
the E3glishman bore himself with an
al Gt well-bred nicely His trim,
erect figure needed only a fresh suit
to be irreproachable. On the other
hand, a careless observer, at first
glance, might have mistaken Blake,
wi.A his flannel shirt AID shouldered
clGs, f;r > hulking NAVY. But there
was nothing OF the navv1 II his swing
ing stride or in the rrsM.lr poise Of
his head as he came 40 with Win
thrope.
Though the girl was not given to re-
Election, the contrast between the two
could not but impress her How well
her countryman-coarse. uncultured,
but full OF brute strength and courage
fitted in with these primitive sur
roundings. Whereas Winthrope-and
herself
She fell into a kind OF disquieted
brown study. Her eyes had an odd
look, both startled and meditative-
such look as might be expected of
one who for the first time Is peering
beneath the surface of things, and
sees the naked Realities OF Life, the
real values, barred of masking conven-
lions. 1t may have been that she was
seeking to ponder the meaning of her
own existence-that she had caught a
GLIMPSE OF the vanity and wasteful-
ness. the utter futility of her life. At
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07
Work Horse Parades Popular.

The success of New York's and Bos
toms work horse parades has inspired
a demand for them in Baltimore an
Chicago
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07

Better than gold-Lile il in color
Hamlins Wizard Oil-the best of all rem
edies for rheumatism, neuralgia, and all
pain, soreness and inflammation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07
The Facts.

do poets ever really starve?"
We'll, maybe not But we seldom
ever get a chance to overeat"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07

II is right to look our life accounts
bravely in the face now and then, and
settle them Observation-Disclosures.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07
WELL DEFINED.

De Quiz-What's your idea of the
difference between optimism and pes
simism?
De Whiz-O! the optimist says it is
spring when it isn't and the pessimist
says it isn't when it is.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07

The good times we long for will not
come in the guise Of Ascent watches.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07
NJ. w,n,,ov.. sooth,ny sxr,

For children teething, softens the gums reduces IN
nammaton, allays pain, wind colo. 25c bottle
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07

Il love you lasts longer when II
grows from IL like you"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
DISTURBED OVER
ANTHRACNOSE IN COTTON.
Department of Agriculture Says Re-
ports of Damage by the Dis
ease Are Exaggerated.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Unnecessa-
ry alarm, in the judgment of the
cotton experts of the department of
agriculture, is manifested by cotton
planters over the ravages of anthrac-
nose. Recently it has been reported
that the disease is costing the cotton
growers of two states in the cotton
belt about $19,OO0,OO0 a year.
This statement" said Prof. w. A.
Orion, pathologist of the bureau of
plant industry of the department of
agriculture, 'manifestly is impossi-
BILE. No such loss as that could oc-
cur in any one state, or in any two
states, from anthracnose. In a sense
it is a sporadic disease, which is like
ly to affect seriously limited terri
tory, but it is quite unlikely that it
could affect any particular state to
such an extent.
1.-The disease is prevalent in all
cotton districts every season, but
rarely causes serious injury. In wet
seasons it does cause losses here and
there, amounting sometimes to one
fourth or even one-half of the cotton
crop. The aggregate loss, while
large when the whole country is con-
sidered does not make in any one
year a serious inroad on the total
crop.
I'm Alabama, for instance, the loss
in particular fields may be one-half
of the crop; yet a few miles away
there usually is little if any evidence
of it. The sections that suffer from
the losses usually are limited.
"Anthracnose appears on the bolls
as dark spots, which enlarge and be-
come somewhat sunken in the CEN
ters, which are pink or redish
brown"
w. A. Gilbert of the bureau of
plant industry is now in the south
making a study of anthracnose, and
it is expected that he will make
comprehensive report on the subject
within a few weeks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
SAYS ALARM UNNECESSARY FIRST CENSUS WORK BEGUN
EXAMINATIONS ARE HELD IN A
NUMBER OF CITIES.
Interesting Information About the
First Census a Hundred and
Twenty Years Ago.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The first
important step in the gigantic task
of taking the thirteenth decennial
United States census was taken to-
day, when civil service examinations
We're held in New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, Gin
cinnati, st. Paul, San Francisco, Den
Iver and several other large cities for
the selection of the first batch of the
three thousand temporary clerks who
are to be appointed in the census
bureau. Very few appointments
from tOday's examinations will be
made before the first of the year, and
not many will be made until next
April, The maximum force will be
drawn about next August.
Those 5000 appointees will be
given salaries of about $500 per an
mum at the beginning, but promo
lions to $500 per annum, at least,
will be reasonably rapid for those
who render satisfactory service. All
appointments will be on probation,
subject to termination at one month
or any later period if the appointee
does not come up to the require
ments
During the period of greatest &C
tivity about $500 clerks will be en-
ployed in the Office and $1,000 in
the field. This force represents a
larger body than the combined pop
ulation of New York and Boston 12O
years ago, when the first census was
taken.
The enumeration of 1890 cost $44,-
600, and at that time the money ran
out and the names were never print
ed. Next years census has behind it
an appropriation of $40, 100000, and
an emergency fund of 100000 ad-
ditional. In other words, the design
is to proceed regardless of cost, eff
cheney being of more importance than
economy. The aim is to make the
census OF 1910 the most efficient
ever taken in the United States.
The first census numbered the in
habitants of the 10 original states.
On the whole it was vastly more
difficult to take the first census than
1t will be to take the forthcoming
enumeration of 1910. Conditions
were much more difficult. All work
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
Yours % P 4a" Davis Davidson C0r17Dar7v
of the word The idea of spirit rap

OF the word Inc luea OF spirit rap
pings is entirely unreasonable.
If we go to some of the stars
to Sirius, to the North star or to the
sun-we shall be reinvested with
physical bodies. The joys of exist
ence attendant upon the use of the
five senses must not be sacrificed.
And what more reasonable thought
than that we shall be invested with
new senses as enjoyable, if not more
so, than the five we have in this ex-
istence.
My idea is that when our souls
leave this earth we do not scatter to
different planets. This would be a
terrible separation. Suppose we are
sent to Mars and our dearest friends
have gone to Sirius. The very
thought is distressing.
Surely in the great beyond we
shall rejoin our friends. We shall
not scatter. We shall know each
other here and shall have friends
among those we meet in this life and
among the countless millions who
have preceded us to the necropolises
of the past ages.
l love to think that in the next
world life will be a little easier than
it is here. After the cares of this
life are over we shall need rest. The
most prevalent hope is that of lit
tie rest before entering upon new
labors. The new life will be a little
easier. A little rest is what we long
for. But when we reason upon the
subject we must believe that the life
to come is one of activity, a life of
work, a life of service.
Senator Chandler does not believe
in the transmigration of the soul on
this planet. Nor does he believe that
the soul has had any previous exist
ence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
MANS HOME IN LIFE BEYOND
EX-SENATOR CHANDLER THINKS
IT'S IN ONE OF THE STARS.
Prominent Massachusetts, Man in the
Limelight as Advocate of New
Religious Doctrine.

William E. Chandler, former Unit
Cd States senator from New Hamp-
Shlre and former secretary of the
navy, has come into the limelight
again as the advocate of new re-
liglous doctrine. He believes that
after We lay down our physical be-
lngS upon this earth our souls will
90 to some of the stars, there to be
islnVeSted with physical bodies and
10 have the same consciousness of
eAlStence as here, only to greater per-
fiction.
MT Chandler, who talked with a
reporter of the New York World at
MS summer home at Waterloo, N.
II, before his departure for Wash
lgton, where he will spend the win
ter said:
NY faith in future life is strong
oNu ever present with me. 1t is only
dith' We have no knowledge, and
Is intended that we shall have no
knowledge. We do not live as dis
'~Oodled spirits. We go to one of
nc stars, where we inhabit new phys
''0I bodies, which embrace our pres
mt souls, We see and hear and have
1e senses, taste, smell and touch,
@no perhaps other new and more
Joyous senses.
We must start with the vast,
val ilhS overwhelming thought that
47'e exists power than can Gre
~'e an immortal soul, capable of liv-
as forever. Once created. the soul
1uSV 80 on and on throughout the
oHS OF eternity. The great object
existence could not be satisfied
y "unlhilation. 1t can be satisfied
0Diy by immortality.
admitting the future existence of
soul, what more logical thought
=" we have than that our souls go
y sumo other part of the universe
'aKe up their abode there? They
~ not exist here on earth What
au De the object of such an exist
D'e There is no communication
y /, the souls of the departed and
\ = souls of those who remain.
1'u spirit would be a very un-
lappy one. I do not believe in
p'''oalism in the common meaning
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03

west of the Alleghenies was practi.
.cally abandoned, in spite of the fact
that there was an important interest
in the northwest, but Detroit was not
reported, neither was Vincennes.
Philadelphia was then the capital
of the nation, and Washington was
still paper plan without a name,
but popularity called the Federal
City" Only one wall of the white
house had been built, and the site
for the national capitol building had
been scarcely surveyed.
The enumerators employed to take
the first census were not even pro-
vided with blanks, and they used
such odds and ends as they CHANGED
to have, or could beg or borrow, such
as butchers brown paper, bits of
parchment, the back of wallpaper, or
slips pasted in long ribbons. One of
the greatest difficulties in taking the
was religious supersti-
ton. Many of the preachers were
opposed to a census, because
in Biblical times a curse fell over the
land when the children of Israel were
The first census showed a popula-
tion of 100000 whites and 70O,-
600 slaves, or every fifth person in
the country was a slave.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
PROHIBITION SPLITS CHURCH.
Complications Spring Up Among
Presbyterians in Alabama.

computations spring Up among
Presbyterians in Alabama.
An Admission dispatch says the ac-
ton of the North Alabama Presby-
terry in adopting a resolution at their
annual session, held there, declaring
in favor of the proposed prohibition
amendment to Alabama's constitu-
ton is to be made the subject of
charges preferred against the Pres
bytery before the Alabama Presby-
terry Synod and the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church.
This was announced by Rev. w. I.
Sinnott, stated clerk of the Presby-
terry, who asserts that the action of
the Presbytery violates the consti-
tuition, is of political nature and is
prohibited.
The resolution declares the subject
of the proposed prohibition amend
ment to be a moral rather than a
political issue and non-partisan.
DR.. Sinnott delivered strong ad-
dress against the adoption of the res
olution. He was himself criticised
for giving out newspaper interviews,
which it was charged placed the de-
nomination in false light.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
HOMICIDE ABOUT A HOG.

Last Saturday night at what is
known as the Webb quarters a ne
gro settlement on the place of MIR.
Gene Sheppard, near Edison, win
Hayes. colored, shot and killed John
Gibbons as the result of a dispute
about a hog. Hayes made his es-
cape at the time, but was later can
tured at Shellman and turned over
to Sheriff Davis.-Arlington Courier
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
GRAFTERS WORK FOR U. S.
MEN WERE GIVEN JOBS AFTER
THEY HAD 'FESSED UP.
Collector of Customs Loeb EMPLOYS
Them ON Theory That 1t Takes a
CRATER to Catch a CRATER.


Them ON Theory That 1t Takes a
CRATER to Catch a CRATER.
NEW YORK.-"It takes a CRATER
to catch a CRATER in the United
States customs service" says William
Loeb, Jr., collector of the port of
New York in an official statement is
sued today and Federal Judge Hollis
opinions to the contrary notwith-
standing, the four weighers who con-
fessed and testified in the trial of
Phillip Musica and his elderly father
Antonio, cheese importers, which
was concluded today are to hold their
jobs along with honest men.
Judge Holt of the United States
circuit court before disposing of the
case today, which resulted in the ell
der mans acquittal and the sons
incarceration in the Tombs for SEN
tence, denounced the retention of the
four weighers as a discredit to the
SV'SA hAAChb anu luJuSLlCG 10 the nom
est men in the service.
Mr. Loeb quickly said in reply.
1T was not a question of choice
between having all honest men in the
government service and keeping four
men admittedly dishonest in the SER
vice, but the choice was between
keeping four dishonest men in the
service where they could be easily
watched, or allowing a great many
dishonest men to remain in the SER
vice and have them and all the cor
rupt merchants who had bribed them
escape punishment at the hands of
the criminal law. The administra-
ton decided on the former course.
and its decision was based upon the
highest motives
1T is deemed only just to the adj
ministration that the public should
have this statement when it reads
Judge Hollis opinion"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
w. B. and American
Beauty Corsets

These Corsets are scientifically de-
signed, and are correct in every par
ticular They give the graceful
slender lines of fashion, with abso-
Lutte ease to the wearer. We have
styles exactly suited to the require
ments of every figure
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
LEMON-CUKE Is SWEET.
Washington Man Has Something New
in Vegetable Line.

HI NeScbdDlo AiHCs
George E. Brown, expert orchard
list, of Spokane, Wash, has given
much attention to experiments of the
Burbank class. He has finally sue
ceeded, it is said, in growing what he
calls a lemon cucumber" This
product, neither wholly fruit nor veg
etable, but a combination of both,
is the result of a series of expert
ments covering the last six years.
The lemon cucumber is almost spher-
ical, and larger than a lemon. 1t
has thick skin, usually sweet meat,
and is entirely free from the quail
ties that make the cucumber a more
or less dangerous article of food.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-03
NEGRO STATE FAIR.

The Colored State Fair Associa-
ton will open at Central Park in
Macon on November 10th. An inter-
esting programme has been ar
ranged and every day will be
special day
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
SUMMER RoARDER
 FRIGHTENED BY ACCIDENT.
Breaking of a Wheel of Wagon Drove
 New Yorker Homeward.

Through too heavily loaded wagon and a wheel that collapsed in' west Thames street near Fairclough's store, Jewish woman from the country around Montville or Oakdale lost <ner summer boarder. Thursday afternocrt the frightened visitor from the city baking at going any further in the rig. While the woman from the. farm was gone to look up another wheel, the city visitor jumped on trolley car, came back to Norwich, and gave those around to understand that she was going back to New York.
 The accident happened when the wheel got caught in the car track, rip ping every spoke out and effectually laying up the team which had a heavy load of feed in bags, as we'll as the Wo- man driving and her summer aboarder, whom she had been to the train to meet When the wheel collapsed, an- other was secured after some time, but was found too big. Then the wo- man from the farm took the horse and went to look for another team to continue the journey. This was too much for the city boarder, who could talk little English, and was left sit ting on her baggage among strangers. She found out that the trolleys would get her back to the train, and board ing the first that came along, gave up the idea of an outing in the country, and decided she would get back to New York, and not risk the perils of a summer in Oakdale.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
FIRST OF MACHINERY
 FOR NEW MILL. Arrived Here Thursday and Was Tak- en to Franklin Street Factory.

Promptly at midnight Wednesday night the Norwich and Westerly rail- way backed two big fiat cars on the Pawcatuck Valley line and stopped them in front of the Westerly silk mill on Main street, Westerly. A big gang of workmen was present and hastened to fill the cars with the machinery from the mill. The work was contin- ued until shortly before o'clock Thursday morning, when the cars were loaded and brought to this city, where they were unloaded- on. the East Side and carted to the new mill on Franklin street.
 The light was provided by the head lights from the roads, the last cars on the Pawcatuck Valley road leaving their lights when they started for the carbarn to put up for the night. The lower two floors of the mill were cleared of the heavy machinery. There are still other floors to be cleaned up. It is thought that two more nights will see the entire mill moved out of town.
 Upon their arrival here the freight cars are placed on the siding at the Preston woolen mill, where they are unloaded and the machinery taken to the factory on Franklin street. There are, it is understood, about eight car- loads in alL
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
Semi-Annuaf Meeting of Father Ma
 thew T. A. Society-officers Elected -Mrs. Charles Raynes Injured Wrist

With a large attendance of members present, the usual semi annual meet ihg of the Father Mathew total ab- stinence society was held Thursday evening. The meeting was called to order by President Joseph A. Doanel- ly and the reports of the officers and committees for the past six months were read and accepted. The society is in a flourishing condition. having a membership of 10S
 The following officers were elected to take charge of the society for the ensuing six months: Rev. James J. Smith, chaplain; president, Joseph A. Bellefleur; vice president, Joseph O.. Sullivan; recording secretary, l.. Gla- due; fnanciad secretary, Louis Guer- tin; treasurer, Daniel Cummings; ser geant at arms. Philias Gladue; direc- tors, c. J. Downes, chairman, Simon Fah&y, John J. Shea, Michael J. Car ro1, D. T. Campion.
 The officers will be installed next Thursday evening by County Director Maurice P. Fitzgerald of New London. Michael J. Carroll and Charles D. Yer rington were elected delegates to the state convention to be held in Putnam September ' and 8.
 Delegate to State Convention.
 John H. Mussell has been chosen delegate by engine company No. 3 to the state firemen's association conven- tion to be held in New London in August.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
WASH GOODS

At 41le-Almeria .Batiste. value Sc. At 5Ho-Dress Ginghams and Rlain
 Chambray. value So. At 1oe-Best quality Dress GinghenS
 in a splendid assortment. At 5e-AIl our Best Dress Prints -
 value 7c. At 6zxo-Florodora Batiste in side-
 band patterns, value 12lSo- At Ss4e-Mercerized voile. very special
 value, worth 25c. At 1sc--Ail our fine Wash Goods. fn-
 cluding Scotch Ginghama. Etc,
 value 25c.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
Pastor as Lawyer.

The Rev. Farrell Martin, D. D., mem- ber of the New York bar and pastor of St. Cecilia's Catholic church, Water bury, appeared as attorney in the pro- bate court there in the interests of Doris Fenn, aged five, who at present is living as the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Floto. Abner F. Hayes is the guardian of the girl and it is on the application of Mrs. Minnie Earle Stancliff of Meriden that he be re- moved that caused the litigation.
 The child was born of American par ents at Cayite in the Philippine Isl- ands. Her mother died at childbirth and her father, who was member of constabulary force in the island. passed her over to Mir. and Mrs. Floto and Hayes was made her guardian. Later she was baptized at St. Cecilia's church. In her fight to have the guardian removed Mrs. Stancliff is rep resented by. Attorney Robert s. Walker, while Dr. Martin is being assisted as counsel for the appellees by MT. Hayes. Judge F. W. Etheridge reserved his de- ciSiOu.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
POLICEMAN FOR MOhEGAN PARK
Decide that One Necessary Holidays,
 Saturdays and Sundays-Estimates Being Asked for New Road sss str IF 1A

this road will be finished this season and it will form a part of the Wasn- .-. ington street entrance when that 's completed.
 At the present time, workmeIi in tne park. are building footpaths near tne lake, which is now a most attractvs spot, the arbor erected at the soutn end coming in. for much fayorapie comment. A number. of swings nave been placed in the park and they are being thoroughly enjoyed. The rose bushes which Superintendent Dun planted in the arbor along the dafl are in blossom, making a handsome sight. .
 The park is being used more and more every season and it is a ralny or threatening day when there IS po' picnic party enjoying the pleasures of the attractive woods.
 Every day finds a small army oi boys enjoying a cool swim in the pond in the vicinity of the bath houses There are two flatbottom rowboats on the lake this year.