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Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
He Shot His Bedroom Full of Holes

faster and faster the more it would ex-
ert itself in an effort to escape
Without making a light, Harold
Stout rolled into bed and soon he was
slumbering peacefully.
Then enter Mr.. Mouse. The odor OF
the bait attracted him to the table and
he was trapped
"Zing" went the little wheel as Mr.
Mouse landed on the tread-mill. II
made whirring noise which gradu-
ally broke in on the sleeping ears of
Harold Stout. Still half asleep he lis
tened with a vague sense that some.
thing was wrong. The movement of
the wheel and the frantic effort of the
mouse to escape caused the trap to
slide over the smooth top of the
table.
1t bumped into Harold Stout's glass
tobacco jar, which slipped over the
edge of the table and fell to the floor
with great clatter.
Harold was now wide-awake. He
was sure there was a burglar in the
room. With feverish haste he pulled
his revolver from under his pillow
and fired. The bullet went through
the foot of his bed.
He fired again, directly at the table
He emptied the remaining four
shells at random, in the hope that II
he scattered his fire he would sure hit
the burglar.
Flanders, aroused by the shots, re.
mained in the hall until he was sure
Stout's weapon was empty. Then he
ran in and grappled with his panic
stricken boarder, overpowered him
and put him back in bed.
When the gas was lighted Harold
Stout saw the cause of his alarm
the little prisoner mouse, which was
still busy trying to establish a new
wire trap Marathon record.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
Insane Mans Wild Run.

San Jose. Cal.-Attired in nothing
but pair of socks. Fred Miller, lun.
herman from New Orleans, ran Mar.
athon race here the other day that all
hands conceded lowered all California
records.
Miller disrobed in the heart OF the
city early in the morning, and was
captured by officers at Eden Vale,
seven miles south of here, less than
half hour later. He was returned to
the county Jail and will be examined
by lunacy commission.
The prisoner came here few days
ago. He says he was awakened I'm his
apartment by an unknown power,
which tcld him to fly to the noun.
tai1s.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
Combining Dairyinu, Poultry, Fruit


and Pias.-Dairying may be profisably
combined with poultry keeping, with
fruit raising, or with pig growing.
With any of these combinations, one
is able to have two substantial in
comes. utilize the waste products, and
give profitable employment the entire
year to hired help. If whole milk is
sold to village or city trade, fruit
growing and dairying are the best
combination, the manure being used TO
fertilize the orchard and land for
growing forage crops. When cream
or butter only is sold, dairying and
pig or poultry raising are a good com
bination. the skim milk and butter
milk being fed to the pigs or chickens
Pigs, poultry, fruit and dairy may all
be profitably combined under certain
conditions. The success of nearly all
of the great industries has resulted
from good management and the full
utilization of all the by-products.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
The Flood Of Laws.
G. A. LISK, Publisher.


Press dispatches carried out OF
Washington the other day state
ment from Col. w. M. Palmer, In
charge of the enrolled bills of the SEN
ate. regarding the marked increase in
the number of acts passed by congress
during the past few years. The Fifty
sixth congress, he declares, passed
1862 measures; the Fifty-seventh, g.
B71; the Fifty-eighth, 4,041; the Fifty
ninth, 6,940, and the Sixtieth, Sill.
In ten years, it will be seen, the num-
ber Of bills enacted increased more
than 400 per cent, whereas prior to
that time, according TO the same au-
thority, the number of measures en-
acted into law varied little from con-
gress to congress. There is no data
at hand by which the merits and de-
merits of this deluge of new legisla-
ton can be Justly measured. Many
of the bills, without doubt, were
classed as private legislation" which
has increased enormously Of late
years-bills to pension claimants incl
lgible under the general laws, and the
like. But it is fairly plain that no
such mass of legislation could have
been thoroughly studied or digested
by the members of either house prior
to its enactment, and that much of 1t,
for that reason, was probably mere
tricious and good deal positively
harmful.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

1t is announced that the package
freight steamers running in the lake
trade in connection with railroad lines
will start two weeks earlier than they
did last season. This is evidence that
business in general is picking up rap
idly, as the liners would not start
were not freight conditions pressing.
In a short time iron movement will
begin anew, and then there will be no
Idle tonnage during the months In
which vessel property is usually ac-
tive.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

The strike of 1000 Canadian coal
miners, reported from Winnipeg, is a
more serious development than that
of the 400 anthracite miners at Pitts
ton, who have laid down their picks
and retired to the surface; but it is Of
no more importance to coal consum-
ers in the United States than the lit
tie Pennsylvania blunder, because
western Canada coal is not burned on
this side of the boundary line, to any
large extent.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
Goats Need Much Exercise.-Goats

Goats Need Much Exercise.-Goats
need great amount of exercise, much
more than sheep. The one is by ma.
ture a browser and the other a grazer
and the browsing habit naturally re.
quires more activity on the part of the
goats. They are sensitive to restraint
and do better If not herded, but of
course herding is often a necessity
and therefore should be done under as
favorable circumstances as possible.
They should not be allowed to feel
their restraint. If constant attendance
is necessary, the herder should be of
quiet disposition. The next best thing
to the freedom of range is large
pasture, where the goats may have
oversight, but not constant atten-
dance. Such pastures are considered
the cheapest method Of keeping these
goats. They can easily be trained to
come home by feeding little and
sailing regularly at home.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

incubation is now suggested as a
cure for typhoid, and some expert
ments to that end have answered sat
isfactorily. But the proposition for a
wholesale inoculation of school chill
dren if typhoid threatens a community
seems rather premature, especially as
the ordinary vaccination system has
been attended with some terrible mis-
takes in the way of dangerous virus.
There is not the outcry these days
that there used to be over new meth.
DDS investigated by medical science,
but there is even greater need of care
and prudence in applying apparently
successful experimentation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

Social efficiency has reference primarily
to education. The child is turned over to
the school in his younger years, given So
cial education and then turned back on the
community.
\ fundamental weakness of our curric-
ulum is that it is patchwork of studies
thrown together with no principles of rela-
ton.
Waste in the school work is due to a
maladjustment of the contents of the cur
diculum on one hand and the needs of the
pupils and the public on the other. In the
nature of the curriculum is to be found the
ool life. The arrangement of isolated expe-
ch;ld,e n,ntirn dnsirns rns1llts I'm n CON nnstian
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
SLEEPER THOUGHT THAT
MOUSE WAS A BURGLAR
NOISE MADE BY ITS REVOLVING
CAGE WHEELS DRAWS A FU.
SlLLADE OF SHOTS.

st. Louis.-Mistaking a mouse for a
burglar, Harold Stout of East st.
Louis, shot his bedroom SO full of
holes that he will have difficulty in
avoiding draughts for the remainder
Of the chilly season.
Stout boards with the family of Ed
ward Flanders on North Thirty-sev-
enth street.
When he went to his room to retire
he failed to notice a set and baited
mouse trap which Mrs. Flanders had
placed on a table near his bed.
1t was a small trap, modelled after a
squirrel cage. The mouse, when
caught, would find himself in a re-
volving wheel which would go around
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
Ruler of
Destiny
Man Makes
Luck Good
or Bad
BY DIR. MADISON c. PETERS.
Noted New York Divine.


governing Pny refer their
ability but it is all fate Cicero spokeo SUCK
connection with the Roman empire and generals settled thing
crossing stream, told the pilot "You Caesar
his good fortune Alexander depended upon his uc Napoleon
always talking his ar Cromwell had similar notions about
destiny"
What is there "chance" do combine
give opportunities gaspng precious prizes
Shakespeare tide affairs men, which,
flood But who controlled this tide?
Chance and like all other opportunities life but the man
who makes the of gets the greater benefit and circumstances
being hndanc constitute the quarry out of which get
the paving stones for the road to
successful he who idly stands with akmbo
tells him what do but rather is he who rolls his
sleeves strikes when the iron hot and keeps hot by striking M
stars Brutu but ourselves, that underngs
That fortune tickle jade that sit by hit than good wit
is the bugbear of the idle and languid.
Away blind goddess and with
blind hand blind bows her gifts Robert Burns had the
tegence enlightenment twentieth century when he wrote
"To catch Dame Fortunes golden smie
Assduous upon her."
doing thing the right time in the right
way Sir Walter Raleigh flung his lace jacket mud puddle and
proud queens the successful man he
"Who breaks his births nvidious bar
,u.. And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance
And grappes with his evil star"
soaed "ucky fellows" usually keen sighted who
the world with scutnng and who ideas OF
ought unite the skill their practical plans
"Our remedies in ourselves do lie,
Which ascribe o heaven; the fated sky
Gives free scope; and only backward pulls
Our designs when ourselves dull
Sir Thomas Buxton said longer live the certain am
between between the great and the ngn-
invincble determination honest purpose fxed
victory This quality will do anything in the world
and talents circumstances will make wo-egged creature man
without it."
An old Latin proverb Opportunity has hair in 'front.' but is
bald behind Seize him by the forelock."
luck that gives the lawyer his clients the physician his patients
the merchant his business the mechanic his la
the his harvest? Read the story of "Who Who in America
per great born in the backwood and graduated
Hard Knocks Men like Edison for their
lack Of schooling by grit and ambition and making the most of their
moments
Stephen Grard the second richest in his day in America who
here immigrant boy said 81 began life with sxpence and
best capital his industry John Jacob Asor began
life peddler the streets of New York John d. Rockefeller worked
porter machine shop and Andrew Carnegie began life
senger boy.
their luck by letting their energies out through bad habits
and unwise projects Nothing will for which have
strven Luck blossoms the tree of pluck Whatever be
tive powers ultimate will be attained without the most
well directed life lasting labor for sfmovemen The prize
belongs him who with faith undng and with hope through thick and
thin, keeps a-trying
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

/ fall into temptations incident to my
profession. l commit only the crimes that
are required in my profession but COM
NIT them. l think that the clergy
would be doing a big service should they
take their congregations and know them
and the temptations of the men, and the
professions that are represented there; and
when they find banker does this thing,
know enough about banking to know wheth-
er it is real banking or whether it is "finan-
cing," and then when they know that find
out how this thing compares with what 9TH
er men do. Let the man 90 on
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

DR.. Ferrero, the Italian historian
now lecturing at Lowell institute in
Boston, says the odes of Horace were
not written as striving for literary
merit or to express thoughts that de-
manded utterance, but to promote the
wine industry in which he was inter-
ested. In other words, he was wine
agent, a sort of predecessor of Harry
Lehr. Did you ever?
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

because these soils are extremely rich
in deposits of lime; that the reason
why certain portions of Ohio, for in
stance, succeed as well as they do,
is that the soil there is also heavily
charged with lime. This fact is borne
out by many things that we would
like to enumerate but we will men,
ton one. In our own county alfalfa
is growing wild for many miles along
the railroad tracks. Section men
complain bitterly of it, saying that it
seems impossible to kill it. When we
stop to think of the unfavorable con-
ditions under which these plants
started, merely dropped from a leak
ing bag being transported on this rail-
road, falling among gravel and Gin
ders, with lack of moisture, no seed
bed whatever, with the birds to prey
upon it, and soil, where there is any,,
that is more than likely of sub-surface
origin and decidedly lacking in fertil-
ity; when we consider these things,
it seems to us that the only possible
reason for its splendid success under
these difficulties has been in three
things: First, the railroad embank-
ments are composed of limestone
gravel; second, they are thoroughly
drained, and third, owing to the pres
ence of sweet clover growing along
the railroad tracks, the probabilities
are that the alfalfa very frequently
finds it's inoculation quickly. Humus
is certainly deficient as well as soil
preparation We know of other in
stances where the alfalfa grows we'll
along the railroad tracks, when the
soil adjacent to these roads refuses
to grow alfalfa satisfactorily. We be-
lieve that this confirms our theory
of the lime, drainage and possibly
incubation which the alfalfa finds on
the railroad track but which are
probably lacking to a certain extent
when this ground is left. Our theory
on this matter is confirmed from a
great many other sources. Farmers
who have had their alfalfa germinate'
properly in the first place, but gradu-l
ally "go back" and in year or so
have it all gone, have probably I'M
nearly every instance been unsuccess-
full owing to lack of lime. Farmers
living in sections troubled by crab
grass or by sorrel have actually
found that liberal applications of lime
would do serious injury to these
weeds, while the alfalfa throve splen-
didly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

The American flag has been hauled
down in Cuba. And never was 1t low
cred with more credit to itself or in a
better cause. 1t is going away as a
friend from a new nation over which
Il might have still waved as a con-
suered province.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

1t is well, wise and commendable to
seek to spread intelligence in savage
lands, but there are still men and
women in the crowded centers of civ
llization who look for gas leaks with
a match. IT. is not at all pertinent to
the deterrent philosophy of the case
that the seekers generally find the
leaks.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

der General r. Fl. Pratt, stationed
in Oklahoma in the COS, wrote lately
to an acquaintance this story OF how
he got coyotes pelts to make a robe.
Coyotes and wolves were plentiful
about the camp and | decided to get
lot of skins and have an Indian
woman tan them, leaving the tails
on and making carriage robe for
sister. A Comanche named Essatoyet
and his wife agreed to get the skins
and tan them for a consideration, if
| would give them a beef and some
poison. The beef contractor sold me
a beef for 81. We were then paying
$3.50 hundred for the best of beef
for army use. l got the poison and
went with Essatoyed and his wife tc
see them set the bait. They drove
the beef to a glade mile from camp
killed it, took off the hide and re
served all the best meat for their own
use, and sprinkled the poison over
the carcass. Essatoyet had cut thirty
sticks foot and half long and
sharpened them at both ends. These
he stuck in the ground in a large cir
Gle enclosing the carcass, and on each
put a chunk of liver or heart, saying
as he did so, Sugan wolf heap like
him. The next morning | went With
them to see the result of our venture
and we found twenty-seven coyotes
and two large gray wolves dead about
the carcass and vicinity So got
my robe and had wolf skins to spare
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

The American Indian is dying at the
rate OF 1000 year. Civilization is
held responsible for 1t, and civilizinS
the American Indian is about as hsTtl
q iSo ss tanning a wild hyena
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15

Give Pigs saIt.-Do not wait till the
pig is dead before you give him salt.
He snould have salt every day in his
life and then some rubbed in aftev he
Is dead.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
All
Are ON
Equality
of Sin
By LINCOLN STEFFENs.

committing his take his burden of it, but help him that
doing together system that it
things prepare his for the time when
will change and then tell him to be ready
sacrifice with the rest of
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
PatCh-
Work
EduCa-
ton
By Prof.. Junius L. Merriam,
University Of Missouri.

the school e The of isolated expe-
motive desires results congestion
of curriculum.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-15
SUCCESSFUL GROWING OF
ALFALFA in UNITED STATES

Farmers West, Realize Impor.
Value and Turn to Its Cultivation
Charles b. WAa8.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-19
WELLS FARGO Co. s
BIG DIVIDEND

New York, Nov 1s.-Wells. Fargo
4 Co. today announced an increase in
the capital stock of the company from
$4,000. 900 to 100000. The new issue
of sts9e0,000 is to be offered to stock
holders, to whom a stock dividend Of
$500 a share is to be declared. This
action was taken at u special meeting
of the directors today and is subject
to tine approval of the stockholders at
a meeting tn be held on December ~.
The dividend of $500 is To be paid
out of the accumulated earnings of the
company. The new stock will be- Of
fered to holders of the old stock at
par. in the proportion of two shares Of
new stock for one of old.
The division of the surplus viii take
its place among the richest distribu-
tions of profits by large corporation
in the history of American financial
operations. Worked out, the dividend
plan gives each stockholder funds for
the purchase Of two shares Of the new
stock at par and $500 in cash.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-19
EIGHT INDICTED FOR
EMBEzzL|NC
FUNDS
INDIANA BANKERS CHARGEO ,
WITH MAKING FALSE
ENTRIES.

Indianapolis. Nov. 1S.-The federal
grand jury today returned indict-,
ments against eight n.en charged with
embezzlement. or completely in en-
bezzlements. of the funds of national
banks. William II. Marker and Noah
Marker. brothers. formerly cashier and
assistant cashier of the First National
bank of Tipton. Ind. are charged with
cmbezzling 100000 of that banks
funds and with having covered their
distractions for many months by max
ing false entries and false reports
, Ebert w. Shick, a capitalist of Chi
cago and northern Indiana president
of the Upton bank, arrested in Chi
cago soon after the arrest of the
Marker brothers and charged with
misapplication of cash of the bank,
cicnt evidence.
Max p. Emmerich. bookkeeper of
the Capital National bank of Indian
apolis. was indicted on a charge of EN-
bezzling S40.a0n and Paul e. Gall and
Harry c. PrinZler, depositors in the
bank. are charged with completely with
Emmerich in making false entries. In
dictments on charges of embezzling
amounts ranging from $1,000 to $4,000
were returned against Howard Phil
lips, assistant cashier of the Terre
Haute National bank of Terre Haute;
Frank II. Nicolai. assistant cashier of
the First National bank Of Auburn.
and T. ~ Detscr, teller of the First
National bank of Fort Wayne.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-19
Two AMERICANS REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN SUMMARILY Ex-
EcUTED IN NICARAGUA.
WAR VESSELS ARE MOVING
Minister Hazera Indefinitely Post
poned on Account of Strained Rela-
tions Between Two Countries-In-
surgents Are Recognized.

Washington. Nov. is-Announce-
ment that this government is tired of
the high handed action of small Cen
tral American republics practically was
contained in a dispatch sent late today
to the Bluefields Steamship company,
which sought the protection OF the
state department from interference by
insurgents now operating against Pres
ident Zelaya. An hour later a. per-
einptory note. couched in diplomatic
language, but none the less direct, was
delivered to Senor Felipe Rodriguez
charge daffaires of the Nicaraguan
legation, demanding full and COM
plete explanation of the execution Of
two Americans. Leonard Grace and Le-
roy Cannon, killed by order of Zelaya
when they were found in the insurgent
army.
Pending a satisfactory explanation
of the occurrence, President Taft has
refused to recognize Isdore Hazera,
the new Nicaraguan minister. Mr.
Taft is thoroughly aroused by the
actions of the Zelayan government and
apparently is determined to make the
lives of American citizens much safer
and much more respected In Central
American than they have been hith-
ertO.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-19
HOOKER ADDRESSES
LAND CONGRESS

Chicago, Nov. ls.-The Importance
of the work of the department Of a-ri-
culture in the growth of tile nation
was emphasized here today hy w II.
Hayes. assistant secretary of asricuI-
iures in an address before the Ma
tional Farm Land congress. Speaking
on What the Department Of Agricul-
tire Is Doing" Mr.. Hayes declared
that since the institution of the state
experiment stations and agricultural
schools the viewpoint Of the people
had changed and the value Of scientific
research and agricultural education
had been demonstrated
The development of agricultural sci
ence." he said, can easily be made 50
productive as to add sufficient To the
revenues of our farms to be equal 10
the national expenditure already more
than a billion dollars annually"
Others who addressed the congress
were \ NJ. kitchin af Georgia. who
told of beauties OF the southern states.
and Arthur Hooker of Spokane sccre-
tary of the National Irrigation con-
gress. who spoke on Farm Building
in the Northwest"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-19
A BETA THETA Pl MAN.

Butte, Nov. ls.-tSpecial. Sim
Harrington. one of the men on trial
for buneoings Forsyth man out of
a few hundred dollars a few months
ago, today made the statement that
he was a Beta Theta Pi man and
that he came from the Syracuse uni
versity. where he made the crew and
pulled oar No. I. An earnest effort
is being made 10 give him a good rep
utation. The money. about $500. Was
lost in pool game and the effort
Of the attorneys for the defense is TO
show that this was lost on the
square" The case has been on for
the past three days and arguments
and Il verdict are expected tomorrow.