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The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
FIRST DOUBLE EAGLE.
1t was Struck in silver in fs4e and
Has just Reappeared.

II was Struck in Silver in fS4e and
Has just Reappeared.
A Philadelphia coin collector has
Just come into possession Of the first
double eagle struck from the dies
engraved by James B. Longacre at
the Philadelphia Mint in 1S49.
The recently discovered coin il
composed of silver and at one time
was in the collection Of Mr.. Long
acre. That it was the first piece
struck is indicated by the fact that
it bears no date, although both OBJ
verse and reverse designs are exact
lv like the unique gold piece of this
denomination and date that now lies
In the coin collections of the mint
at Philadelphia.
1t is supposed that the coin was
made as a test of the dies, and that
Mr.. Longacre placed it among other
experimental pieces of a similar ma
ture which at the time were not
thought 10 possess much Of a value.
Owing to the curious circumstances
that resulted in Only one piece being
struck in gold from the 1S49 dies
the first gold double eagle Of Long
acre now is regarded as the rarest
and most interesting of all the Amer
ican gold coins.
Another specimen, in copper, was
made from the 1S49 dies. These three
coins. represent the only known speci-
mems that were made from the first
dies.
At the time the new double easIe
made its appearance in 1850 it was
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
PRIZE FOOD
Palatable, Economical, Nourishing.


A Nebr woman has outlined the
prize food in few words. and that
from personal experience. She writes:
After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, l cannot say enough in
its favor. We have used this food al
most continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other adver-
tised breakfast foods, but we invaria-
bly, returned to Grape-Nuts as the
most palatable, economical and nour-
ishing of all.
When | quit tea and coffee and
began to use Postum and Grape-Nuts,
was a nervous wreck. | was so ir-
ritable I could not sleep nights. had
no interest in life.
After using Grape-Nuts a short
time began to improve and all these,
ailments have disappeared, and now i
am a well woman. Ny two children.
have been almost raised on Grape
Nuts. which they eat three times a.
day
They are pictures of health and,
have never had the least symptom of
stomach trouble. even through the
most severe siege of whooping cough
they could retain Grape-Nuts when
all else failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills. and has been, therefore, a most
economical food for us. -
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to
Wellville,' , in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above Ietfer2 A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are genuine, trnes and full OF hunlans
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

~There is something worse than a
crude avoidance of what is false, "
says woman writer in the Manches-
Ter Guardian, sand that is a crude i'm
itation of what is old" She makes a
sturdy onslaught on the "pictur-
esque" houses that have become pop
nIar in England, and in this country,
for that matter. Her indictment is
feminine and interesting. 1t is from
the point of view of the wife who
lives inside such a dwelling, rather
than of the husband whose days are
spent at his Office, or the observer
who notes and admires "quaintness
as he passes.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
Her Deduction.

The pushcart and the pushcart mar
ket on First avenue was piled high
with cut chrystanthemums, beautiful
but just a trifie wilted. They were all
colors-pink, purple, lavender.
Where do yoI get all these faded
iowers?" asked a woman who stopped
to buy a bunch anyway, since they
cost almost next to nothing.
"As soon as we hear of big party
up town." the yender explained, I'VE
go the next morning and buy the aow
ers for song.
Then no wonder" said the~woman,
ash she selected a great bunch Of
pink ones. that you can sell them
for a chorus. New York Press
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

suggested that it be called Wash
ington and that en- the diverse in
stead of a head of Liberty there
should be the head Of Washington
surrounded by thirteen stars, and on
the other side a handsome eagle
standing out as if it were not asham-
ed of itself and surrounded by as
many stars as the number of States
at the date of coinage" This Long
acre double eagle was used until re-
placed by that of Saint-Gaudens.
While many experimental double
eagles have been made at the mint
in gold, copper and aluminium, so far
as is known the recently discovered
specimen is the only one that has
even been struck in silver.-NeW
York. Sun.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
LEGAL Amenities.

Several decades ago there lived ii.
Charleston. West Va, judge noted
for his boorish manners. A very ini-
cal lawyer whom he especially dis
liked was once trying case before
him, and all the while the barrister
spoke the Judge sat with his feet ele-
waited on the railing in front of him
hiding his face.
Exasperated by this the lawyer
queried:
May I ask which end of your Hon
or I am to address?"
Whichever you choose. drawIed
the Judge
well" was the retort, 'T suppose
there is as much law in one end as
the other New York Times.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
rRoM HIS SIDE.

$50 you cling to that childish SUI
perstition about 13 being unlucky!
said the traveller.
"Yes, /" answered the other. Cant
get away from it. !"
But sec how completely it is dis
proved. This glorious country start
ed with thirteen colonies.
"very true. But l am an English
man. Washington Star.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
Rut soon

Come. don't be foolish, saio the
pretty young wife, hes merely an
old flame of mine"
Indeed criec her aged but
wealthy husband. e1ll warrant you
dream of his tender advances yet.
mo-" she replied, with faraway
hook, mot yet Catholic STANDARD
and Times.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

In concluding a talk to students
recently President Eliot of Harvard
said: ''Is it not a great comfort, af-
ter all, that publicity is the great
remedy for public wrong, or private
wrong for that matter? Why is it?
Because the majority of people in this
world, despite all ancient theological
teachings, want to do what is right. "
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
Handanme Is As Handsome Docs.

Augustus Thomas. the playwright
told in recent speech cf a hunting
trip he had taken in the south. They
were after 'coons and 'possonas, but
the only trail the dogs struck was
one which made them put their tails
between their legs and turn for home.
Just what does pclecat look
like?" Mr.. Thomas asked one of his
negro guides.
"A polecat boss? Why. polecat's
somefn like a kitten, only prettier.
Yes, a polecat's heap prettier'n a
kitten, amt it. Sarn?" he said turn
ing to another negro for corrobora-
tions.
Sam did not seem SO sure. He hesi-
tated a moment.
Well" he replied. scratching his
wool. it's always been nah conten-
ton dat handsome is as handsome
does.''-I1vervbodv's Magazine.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

The high ratio of homicide to the
population in this country, which is
just now one of our national re
proaches, may lead some observers to
believe that there is something in our
civilization or our political or social
institutions which breeds an inclina-
ton to murder. That supposition
seems to do our country injustice,
argues Harper's Weekly. Our white
citizens, who have lived in this coun-
try long enough to have fairly i'm
bibed its influences and characters
tics, seem to be no more homicidaI
than other civilized white folks The
percentage of murder in Massachu-
sets, Vermont, Rhode Island and
Connecticut is less than it is in Eng
land. Where the figures are high it
seems to be due either to unsettled
conditions in the newer states, to
large negro populations, or to immi-
grafton.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Browns Bronchial Troches are sim
DIE and convenient remedy for Bron-
chiaI Affections and Coughs. In boxes
% cents. Samples mailed free. John |.
Brown & Son, Boston, Mass.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Imagine the rage of the late An
drew Jackson, suggests the Chicago
Tribune, if anybody had suggested to
him the propriety of putting the post
masters on the merit list.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
HIS sCRUPLEs.

The talesman was trying to evade
jury duty.
Conscientious scruples, 1 sup
pose?" said the Court, wearily.
"Yes, Your Honor"
Wouldn't you, if the law demand
ed, send a man to the gallows?"
I'D hate to at the rate of pay a
juror gets, replied the talesman.-
Philadelphia Ledger
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

The Diamond Fields Advertiser re-
ferring to the Iitigious nature of the
natives of South Africa, gives the fol-
lowing as an instance: "A native had
fought and lost an action in the mag
istrates court in one Of the small
towns in GriquaIand east, the articles
in dispute being slate and an alpha
betical primer of the total value of
sixpence. He, Immediately after the
judgment was given against him,
started on a journey on foot to the
chief town, about 80 miles distant, in
order to instruct an attorney there
to appeal from the judgment given.
The attorney laughed at the man and
told him he should desist, as he would
only be wasting his money over a
trivial matter, but he rendered the
costs of the appeal to the attorney
and insisted, otherwise he would con-
suit another lawyer. After long con-
sultation and endeavor to advise his
client to act as was thought best, the
attorney complied with the natives
wishes. The native won his appeal"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

"The fight with the fly win be a
stiff one" said Sir James Crichton-
Browne in an address to the sanitary
inspectors congress in Liverpool re-
Gently. 'One fly, it has been calcu-
lated, will lay 1000 eggs, and must,
on the SNOWFALL principle, leave 25,,-
100000 descendants in a season. 1t is
only by systematic attacks on the
breeding places that we can hope to
rout this multitudinous disease car
rier. Tubercular diseases are stead
lily diminishing through Great Britain
and we have good reason to hope they
will be altogether abolished in another
80 years.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Jack rabbits are said to be so num-
erous in the Antelope valley of Cali
fornia that the ranchmen are in de-
spair The animals are becoming so
fierce that they are actually breaking
down the fences around the adjacent
fields and eating crops down to the
roots. Not content with this, they are
swarming into the desert towns and
invading the front yards of the dwell,
ers. The citizens of Lancaster turned
out recently and made a roundup
They put a fence across the road be-
tween fences surrounding fields on
either side, and in short time drove
in and killed with clubs over 500 jack
rabbits The people of the valley are
considering the advisability of ingit-
ing Los Angeles to join in general
slaughter. They think several hun
dred men and boys, on horseback,
might be able to kill 10000 of the
pesky cottontails.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25
H. H. CRIsIER.

The automobile wants the right OF
way and wants it right away, notes
the Philadelphia Record.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

FOR rEEADACHE-Hfck CAPUDENE
Whether from Colds. Heat Stomach or
Nervous Troubles Capudine will relieve You.
It's liquid-pleasant to take-acts lmmed1~
ately. Try it. l0c., CSC. and SOC. at drug
stores
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

The more money a man has, the
more he is abused-and the less he
cares.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Pleads the Troy Times: There is
no room for doubt as to the benefits
of waterways, and the more we have
of them the greater is likely to be the
commercial prosperity of the regions
to which they give cheap and conven,
lent access, for low freights are es-
ssential to the healthful growth of any
business community.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Some one started rumor to the
effect that Jack London has been eat
en- by cannobals," says the Des Moines
Evening Tribune. The rumor was pat
emily false, insists the Richmond
Times-Despatch. If any contingency of
this kind arose. Jack London would
eat the cannibals.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Of course the Alabama prohibition
law has got to 60 through the usua.
process Of Injunction, lameEts the
Atlantic Journal.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

If that lawyer who asked Mr..
Rockefeller if he believed in govern
ment ownership kept his face straight
he would make good actor, contends
the Providence Tribune.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

Notes the Philadelphia Ledger:
Only % deer hunters were killed in
Wisconsin last season against 81 the
previous year. The sport seems to be
losing its tang.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-02-25

It is more blessed to give than to
receives, but, the Atlanta Constitution
thinks, a receivers job is not to be
despised.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
VAN buren, MAN
MEETS SAD DEATH
JOHN DoNAHuE OF MT. STERLING
INSTANTLY KILLED BY AccI-
DENTAL SHOOTING

Keosauqua, Nov. -(speciaD =
John Donahue, aged 81 years, a promi-
nent and highly respected farmer of
Van Buren county, was instantly killed
this morning by the accidental dis
charge of his rifle, near his home at
Mt. Sterling The unfortunate man
was driving his cows to pasture and
was carrying his rifle along. In pass
ing through a barb wire fence the gun
was discharged, and Donahue received
the shot In his forehead. Death was
instantaneous. The accident occurred
within fifty yards of his home. Philip
Ware of Pennington, coroner of Van
Buren county was called and Is holding
an inquest today. The deceased man
was the father of William Donahue,
county auditor of Van Buren county
Besides his son he leaves widow and
one daughter The time of the funeral
has not been announced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
GRAIN ruling
is POSTPONED
Until APRIL |
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION CHANGES EFFECTIVE
DATE OF ORDER PROHIBITING
PAYMENTS FOR ELEVATION.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 26.-Eyery
bushel of wheat, practically every in
terstate railroad and every grain ship
per in the middle west is affected by
an order of the interstate commerce
commission today postponing the eff
fective date of the commissions order
in the Peavey elevator cases until
April next in order that the United
States circuit court of the eighth cir
cult might have an opportunity to hear
the cases. The suit was instituted to
vacate the order of the commission
prohibiting payments for the elevation
of wheat under heavy contract with
certain railroads.
The commission joined the grain
shippers in desire to obtain, judi
cial determination of the question I'M
derlying the commission's original or
der. The effect of the order was to
prevent the railroads from paying 14
cents per hundred pounds for the ele-
walton of wheat to any person, firm or
corporation engaged, directly or indi-
rectly in buying, selling or in the ship
ment of grain. This order interfered
seriously with the contracts of the
Peavey company with the western rail
roads at Minneapolis, st. Paul, Omaha,
Council Bluffs, st. Louis and other
cities in the middle west.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
.ROBBER SHOT
BY POSSE; Dies
AFTER BuRGLARIZING BANK MEN
ENGAGE IN REVOLVER DUEL
WITH OFFICERS.

Bemidji, Mimi, Nov. 26.-One rob-
Der whose name was said to be Jim
Smith, was instantly killed and Dep
uty Sheriff Andrew Johnson was fatal
1y shot today in gun fight with two
robbers who had blown safe in Pup
asky, seventeen miles northwest of
here The authorities here were noti-
fed of the robbery and seeing the men
cross the bridge near Bemidji, John
son ordered them to halt, but received
rife bullet in the left lung for an
answer The other robber shot at
Sheriff Hazen, who accompanied John
son, but missed. Officer Benner, also
of the posse, began to shoot, killing
Smith The other robber escaped.
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 26.-( Especially -
Burglars robbed the Peoples Theatre
today, taking the entire wardrobe of
the Trousdale stock company, wal,ad
at 5000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
.DES MONIES BOY
COMMITS SUICIDE:
HAROLD PERKINS, HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT, HANGS SELF WHEN
DENIED REQUEST.

Des Moines, Nov 26.-Within an
hour after he had been refused permis-
sion to attend the Drake-Ames foot
ball game at the stadium yesterday
afternoon, Harold Perkins, 16 years
old, Junior in West High school, and
the son of Seth A. Perkins, represen-
tatiye of Langan Bros, committed sui.
eide at o'clock by hanging himself
from a door in his bedroom at 1859
West Tenth street
His lifeless body was discovered an
hour later by his grandmother, Mra.
Esther Campbell. DR.. George Cullen
was summoned, but discovered that
life had been extinct for some time.
The boys neck had been broken and
death evidently was instantaneous.
Parents in MarshaIItoWn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins were In Mar.
shalltown at the time Of the boys
death. Mrs. Perkins had gone there on
Wednesday night to meet her husband
and accompany him home from his
trip, which he was just then complet.
ing in the interests of his firm.
According to information secured by
|neighbors, Harold had planned on at
tending the football game at the Drake
stadium in the afternoon, but was re
fused permission to go.
His aunt, who was at the home, says
Harold showed no traces of disap
pointment but went to the piano and
practiced for more than half an hour
which was his usual custom. Later he
retired to his room, where his body
was discovered an hour later.
1t is believed that he went directly
to his room and after driving nal
over the door secured rope which
L had been used to tie a trunk, and fas
tening 1t over the nail looped the 9th
er end around his neck and leapet
from chair which he had moved into
convenient position.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
COST $l3,OOO,OOO
TO take CENSUS
NEXT YEARS TASK OF COUNTING
NOSES WILL BE AN Ex-
PENslvE ONE.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 26.-Old
Doctor United States census will make
MS thirteenth diagnosis of the condi-
tlon or Uncle Sam and his family next
april Id. He began 1t in 1890 and has
been repeating it ever ten years since.
Uncle Sam has footed the bills to date
amounting to about SAT 900 900. Our
venerable Dad has calculated that the
thirteenth investigation will cost about
| l3,OO0,000. So that when Old Doctor
United States Census finishes his cur
rent work there will have been spent
about $60,000,00O for this purpose
since 1890.
The twelfth census cost about s13,-
100000, and as Uncle Sans landed
, possessions have increased since then
and his family gained about $4,000, 900
more members than belonged to it In
1900, 1t would be considered no more
than fair II the present diagnosis were
ITO call for the spending Of about s19,-
0O0,0 900, which would be the sum Ii
the rate of increase Of expense at each
census up to the twelfth were to be
maintained for the thirteenth.
| A census expert has estimated that
Of the thirteen millions, the headquar
ters office force will earn $4,000 900:
the enumerators $4,5OO,0Oo; the super,
visors 100000 and the special agents
$700,000. The administrative cost will
be 100000; the stationery 5000, 900;
rent s125,000; tabulating machines
| S250,000; cards for tabulation pro
cesses, 100000; printing, 100000;
Alaska, $4,000; Porto Rico, $3.50, 900;
Total, s12.s3o, 900.
| If that is all the expense it is cheap
The late Gen. Francis A Walker, who
was q census authority greater than
any other, living or dead. once wrote
that "the people of the United States
can well afford to pay for the very best
census they can get" He penned this
remark in connection with a franl,
confession on his own shortsighted
ness in Understanding the cost OF
the tenth census
It's the old story: When you are Il
get the best doctor you can afford.
The comparative cheapness with
which the thirteenth census will be
| taken will be large due to Director E
Dana Durand's economical methods
to the introduction of semi-automatit
electric card-punching, tabulating ant
sorting chimes, and to the inheri
tanceC Isdom from the experience
gained the permanent census bl
reau. Before the term of the latter
which now is in a sort of state of sus
pended animation pending the taking
of the decennial census, the method,
Eof inquiry, tabulation and compilation
have been greatly improved both ii
accuracy and in economy. Million!
will be saved.
i Mr.. Durand is responsible for man
of the new methods to increase sta
/ tistical accuracy at every step of th,
census taking and to decrease the pc
capita cost of the enumeration. Th,
card-punching, tabulating and sortin,
machinery is the invention of a censu
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
ADMITS LOOTINC
BANK; SENTENCED
PHIL ALLEN, JR., GETS 10 YEARS
FOR PART IN MINERAL
POINT FAILURE.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 26.-Phil Allen,
Jr., former vice president of the First
National bank of Mineral Point, Wis,
appeared today before Judge Sanborn
in the United States district court,
pleaded guilty to four out of twenty
six counts in the Indictment against
him and was sentenced to ten years
in the federal prison at .Ft. Leaven-
worth, Kansas, the maximum under
the law on any one count.
The charges were first, embezzle-
ment of the moneys of the bank; sec
ond, abstraction of moneys from the
bank; third, unlawful issuance of GER
tifcates of deposits; fourth, false en-
tries on the books of the bank
Allen will be taken to La Crosse this
afternoon to appear before the grand
jury and tell all he knows about the
bank crash. 1t is said he will impli-
tcate others.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
JURY HAS THE CASE
just What Amount, If Any, Is Due
A. Seamon, Is Now Up to
the Jurors.

Whether A. seamon of Eidon is en-
titled to the amount of 1888 from the
j. f. HUT Construction Co., is now
being determined by the jury The
closing arguments were made immedi-
ately following the convening Of court
this afternoon. and the judges in
structions came at their conclusion of
the arguments. The court sustained
the defendants motion that the claims
assigned to Seamon. amounting to over
$3.50 be set aside, and the suit was on
Seamon's lone claim.
The jury in the case is composed of
Ira Saylor E. B. Davis, Edwin Padden,
Samuel Kitterman, ]. H. Thompson. H.
o. Taylor, Lewis Ragen, H. B. Arnold,
]. B. Skinner, T. w. Broich, w. III. Hill
lery and ]. W. Teller.
Bertha Howard has sued her hus-
band, Samuel Howard for a divorce on
the grounds Of cruel and inhuman
treatment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27
WATER DOES NOT
REACH THE FIRE
MAIN AND AIR SHAFTS OF CHER.
ny MINE WILL REMAIN
SEALED INDEFINITELY.

Cherry, H., Nov. 26.-The details
Of meeting yesterday between
the entire state mining board,
Battalion Chief Mcdonald of the Chi
cago fire department and Superintend-
ent Taylor of the st. Paul railroads 8
mines, have been made known. Nc
Donald, after an inspection of the work
accomplished by throwing water in the
east bottom Of the mine for more than
a week, advised the state mine inspec-
tors and representatives of the com.
pany that the water was not reaching
the fire and he saw no use throwing
in more water, as it was merely filling
the third vein. The bodies of the
known dead In that vein are al
ready inaccessible owing to the quap-
tity Of water poured in.
Williams, of the Urbana rescue sta,
ton, reported that the fire had extend.
ed to the coal pillar and was forming
dangerous gases, making it dangerous
for rescuers to continue the work. Aft.
er considerable discussion 1t was
unanimously agreed that the only
thing that would make 1t possible to
ultimately recover the bodies was to
seal both the main and air shafts.