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The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY, IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. j.
Cheney. g. Co. doing business in the
CITY OF Toledo, County and State
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use OF
halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
In my presence. this 9Th day of Decem-
Sworn to before me and subscribed
ber. A. d., 1856.
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Pubic.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
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and mucous surfaces Of the system.
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The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23
MADISON CENTRE.

last Saturday.
H. e. Spear made trip to Madi-
son Centre one day last week, re-
turning to Deadwater last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrie Moore, who
have been spending few days at
their cottage, went to Madison last
Tuesday where they are to spend the
winter.
Mrs. Kerr has closed her cottage
for the winter and moved into the
Emery house on the road.
Charles Spear lost a horse one
night last week. He found 1t dead In
the stall.
The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23
A Complete Family Paper.

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The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23

When a man has not a good rea-
son for doing a thing. he has very
good reason for letting it alone.
Farmers. mechanics, railroaders,
laborers rely on Dr. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. Takes the sting out Of cuts. burns
or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay
where 1T is used.
The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23

Don't think that piles can't be cured
Thousands of obstinate cases nave
been cured by Deans Ointment. bo
cents at any drug store.
A single seed of fact will produce
in q season or two harvest OF cal
umnies, but sensible men will pay no
attention to them.
The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23

Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headache, lacked ambit ion,
was worn-out and all midtown. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters made me well
woman" Chas. Freitoy, Moosup,
Conn.
The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23
Yes, But What Was the Lady's Age

Yes, But What was the Lady's Agef
Toward the close of a recent law
suit in Massachusetts. the wife OF an
eminent Harvard professor arose and
with a flaming face timidly addressed
the court.
Your Honor" said she. "if I had
told you | had made an error in my
testimony, would 1t vitiate all | have
said?"
Instantly the lawyers for each side
stirred themselves in excitement,
while His Honor gravely regarded
her.
Well madam" said the court af-
ter a pause, that depends entirely on
the nature of your error. What was
it, please?'
why, you see." answered the lady,
more and more red and embarrassed.
81 told the clerk l was thirty-eight.
was so fustered, you know, that
when he asked my age | inadvertently
gave him my bust measurement
Everybody's Magazine.
The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23

All have seen teaches me to trust
the Creator for all l have not seen.
The independent-reporter., 1909-12-23

General Agent for Maine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
Fifty Years of Oil

Fifty years ago next month the hrst oil well in the world was drilled by Colonel Drake, near Titusville, Pa, and from that we'll has sprung an in-
 dlstry that yields a product valued at
 more than $100, 100000 a year. The
 production in this country is well
 maintained, and the outlook is promis- ing. No exhaustion of the national sup
 ply can be seen. China, Japan, Rus sja. Austria and Mexico have become oil-producing countries, and the United States is producing today but 55 per cent of the worlds annual output.
 It is not easy to estimate the ef- fects of the use of petroleum in the fifty years that have elapsed since that well was driven down at Titusville. The oil lamp has supplanted candles and hale oil; the gasoline engine is supplanting in many places steam; the automobile is driving out horses, and the first billionaire has arrived. That Millionaire sprang from the Titusville oil well. Aviation was rendered possi- ble by Colonel Drake when he drilled that well. No man exceeded Colonel Drake in drilling better than he knew. He is dead and gone, but before he left these earthly scenes he had laid the founadtion for more changes in mate rial things than he could enumerate on his fingers and his toes combined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
GERMAN COMIC ARTISTS.

From "The Comic Journals of Europe"
 In the July Bohemian
 The pay sheet of Simplicissmus is a very convincing argument that Germany wants good humor and brilliant drawings. Its yearly salaries make 1t not only pos- sible but essential that their artists do little else besides the work for them And they have the names of some of Germany's most talented men-men who have 1t in them to become great painters, but are too well paid by them to risk the madness of more dignied distinction In exchange for the comfortable assured life of making coarse, though brilliant drawings for Germany's greatest comic journal.
 Occasionally one comes upon a fine land scape or genre picture in the Munich art galleries bearing the name of some artist familiar to the public as a line man on Simplicissimus. and when questioned he merely smiles somewhat cynically and says: T must live. and this sort of thing does not pay while the other does, and pays we'll" So 1t is that many of Ger many's most talented men gradually come to forget their early dreams and passions for "art for arts sake" and go down beneath the modern Juggernaut of comic Journalism
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
Eieht Hundred Changes In Conference

The tariff bill has been sent to con- ference. This means that SAT Senate amendments, constituting one-ffth of the bill, have been referred to com mittee of sixteen, eight from each house. Each house appoints five re- publicans and three democrats. The six democrats are Clark, Underwood and Griggs of the House and Daniel, Money and Bailey of the Senate. The six will be compelled to conduct them selves in a strictly academic manner. Their action will not make or unmake rates, however we'll equipped they are for tariff work. All six are good dem- ocrats, and the speaker had the good sense to put none of tho democratic bolters on the final committee.
 The men who will arbitrate the tarl;r disagreement are Aldrich, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom. of the Senate Payne, Dalzell, Mccall, Boutell, Calder. head and Fordney, of the House. They are either hardshell standpatters or direct representatives of special inter ests, or both, and it is difficult to see how the President or any one else can get from this collection any conces sions from the worst monument to bad faith that was ever erected. Speaker Cannon worked hand in hand with Senator Aldrich to secure . committed that coald bs truStsA b staud for au that the interests demand. Including
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
COLLECTORS ODD HOBBY.
om the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Enthusiastic collectors of antiques, coins, paintings. stamps and other valu- able articles can get no more enjoyment out of their hobbies than Eugene M vasey, real estate operator who lives in Wyncote, manages to find in the sim pie fad of collecting clover with more than three leaves. Ever since he was a boy he has been collecting them, and now he has over l4A perfect specimens of four. five and six-1eafed clovers. Mir. vasey began to collect them when he was IA years old While rambling through tho woods he found a six-leaf clover. He had heard of four-leaf specimens. but tho six leaves surprised him, and ie iri- vestisated further, with the result that he became confirmed clover hunter. Tn. old superstition of the good luck that comes to the finder of four-leaf clover has held out Tn MT. Vaseys case. He says he las frequently made money in real estate simply because he >ound four leae clover on tine grounds. MT. Vasey 6 anxious 10 hear from other collectors ot clover. as he believes his collection is the largest Ill the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
LIFE IN CINCINNATI.

From the St. Louis Post -Disnatcb
 eomehow, Cincinnati is not like the rest Of us. They are content mereIy +o k. born, look around a bit, and die in csr. clnnatl They are something mora +he, the money stamps in New York tha traders of Chicago, and the beersls,ns o, Milwaukee In Cincinnati they desire to i've life in It's fullness, as those who h.,,s round pleasant place and may not r.ss this way again. ''
 The Cincinnati council has noss.
 the mayor has signed an ordinance hv "hlch the clock will be set forward ,. hour May of next year and continued mus unul october 1. In those months Gin cinnati is going to work earl, .ns ..,. eaiy' ana have a little daylight for piay' Nor Is that all-Cincinnati bas +h. nrst electrically lighted baseball narL ,, 'he history of the national game Tba, are not going to sit around bon,. ,u .t evening and listen to one another's canned music' nor are they going ont to +h. summer gardens to see the plays of tbs,, ioreoears exhumed.> They are ro,ns to the ball game. The Cinoinnat,
 schedules: '''eF
 from a. m. to D. m, work
 from D. m. to dinner, golf.
 from fO p. m. to 9:3O D. m.. basebau
 AL lo D. m Cincinnati will hit the bav u sieep sweetly and resume at dawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
MED BRACE TALKS ABOUT SOME THINGS
 THAT MIGHT BE OF GENERAL. INTEREST

technic display uneaualled in the history of political action and amusement.
 But look you for the political sticks to fall after this show which terminates when the extra session of the legislature shall end.
 But seriously, what care the real people of Alabama for the hurrah political ele- ment who would promote itself at the expense of the men who work?
 Every section of Alabama and the south is going ahead. The things we produce are enhancing in value every day. The farmer will get the best prices for his cotton. his corn. his wheat and his pork this year. The manufacturer is getting better prices and more orders at present than at any time in three years past Intelligent labor is in demand every where More schools are building and teachers are in demand. New churches are being builded in all sections and good preachers are being. sought and bid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
DRINKING WINE.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 An investigation by the London Finan- cial Times reveals that the worlds out put of wine is diminishing. Ten years ago it was estimated that the total prod uct was above 4oo0, 900 gallons, since when the crop Has steadily decreased, until in 1908 the quantity was reduced to 9,s66. .0O0,0 900 gallons. Even in France, the greatest of the wine-producing countries. the falling off was notable. In the United States the crop is less than 40, 100000 gall Ions. \
 On the other hand. the production and consumption of malt liquors increase in more than corresponding degree, while the production and consumption of spirit uous liquors show no diminution. It is generally accepted that the consumption of alcoholic liquors, vinous, malt. or spirituous, is a sign of physical and men tai yirility. But the world has never yet produced more splendid soldiery than the Moslem hosts that followed the early Turkish sultans to battle, to victory and to conquest.
 "The crescent warriors slipped their sher-
 bet spiced."
 There was nothing intoxicating in the cup saladn quaffed to- refresh himseir after arduous battle with the crusaoers under Richard of the Lion Heart; put General Sheridan used to tell story that after the surrender at Sedan, he rode with Bismarck to the great chanceilor tent and the only drink they found there was a single bottle of French brandy, containing above quart. and that the mighty man preached it, held 1t to his Iins. and drank and drank and drank, and drained it to its last drop. The arn- b,tion of a lifetime had been attained. There was a united Germany at last, that neither Hapsburg nor Hobenzollern had accomplished. By the way, Sheri-. dan did not consider 'the man of blood and iron' a perfect gentleman.
 The Japs, who drink no wine, triumphed over the Russians, who consume im- mense quantities of alcohol. But the na- lions that have drank wine and other intoxicating liquors for centuries have done more to advance civilization than all other peoples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
David K. PearSon'S Last Million

While Andrew Carnegie and John F. act, although both seem to think tbat 1t would be disg'loeful to die rich. yet roth relatively are outrun on the home stretch by Mrs Russell Sage md certainly by the Sage of Hinsdale, H. The latter has already given away mroe thon s4,oOo,ooO, chiefly to small colleges, and as he will he 30 years old next April he desires 10 complete his task by giving away his last mil lion before that time. He wants peace in his nineties, for he will reserve enough to insure him against want ln his remaining years. But in April next he will hang up sign, No applicants need apply"
 There is a vast difference between throwing money at birds and the plac- ing of 1t where it will do the most good. MT. Pearson, aided by his sec retaries, is endeavoring to distribute the money he earned in the rise in the value of Chicago real estate and United States timbered lands in a dis crimianting manner. He wants 1t to serve his fellow men long after he is dead and gone And it must be ad- mitted that htS gifts arc. as rule be- yond orticisnn The small colleges that oths1 milnonaires disregard he favors, and his money is used in them to good advantage. All things considered. the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Bulls Reap Harvest.


 Cotton is King again." said J. A. Cald-
 well last night "All the markets of the world closed today at the highest prices of the season in a blaze of glory for the bulls, the salient features being the high temperatures in Texas and Okla homa, improved trade with China and buying by both the English and American spinners
 'The old bull crowd in New York prac- tcally liquidated once or twice during the week. and some of them have been roofing for a reaction; but the foreign demand by eager spinners set the pace and the market has passed out of the hands of the professionals into the hands of the spinners and, as my distinguished friend MT. Price used to say, the unedu- cated public. The market closed this evening with a runaway appearance. The conditions in Texas and Oklahoma are bordering on the sensational and another week of high temperatures and a few re- ports of hot winds will cause an advance that will put the staple through the 1S- cent level In jiffy.
 Exporters say Europe is now bidding more generally for cotton and Liver pool cable said their market was higher and stronger on covering by large short interest Twenty-four points in Texas showed temperature of 100 to 106, and eight points In Oklahoma report tenn peratures from 100 to 10S.
 The Financial Chronicles Galveston re- port says cotton needs rain in Texas; plant stopped growing on account of lack of moisture. MT. Taylor, a well known cotton man of Texas, says rains will not do much good now; that hot winds will surely develop in few days which will cover the entire state. Sold-out bulls In New York and elsewhere are strong financially; they have made one grand killing Hot winds in Texas at this period of the game Is like a red flag to an in furiated bull. They will come marching back to the bull side at any old price. Sentiment has a great deal to do with market movements At the moment senu- ment is universally bullish, perhaps too much so to make the situation healthy for the average small trader. But with a critical situation ahead of us in Texas and Oklahoma a lot of sold out bulls-fushed with success and ready to enter the mar ket again-it is reasonably safe to expect a higher range of values in the immediate future. Good, soaking rains, where most needed, would cause some recessions, how ever, and it will be well to subscribe for the weather bulletins for the next week or consult Professor Hicks.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
Ratification of the Income Amendment

State Senator Teasley desires to identify the democratic party with in- come tax ratification-to put the party, in other words, behind the movement to secure the indorsement of 35 states and to antagonize at every point schemes of the selfish and of repub- lican machine leaders.
 This is good politics, but in point or fact every democrat stands pledged by his last national platform to all that MT. Teasley proposes. Says the Denver national democratic platform of last July: we favor an income tax as part of our revenue system, and we urge the submission of constitutional amendment specifically authorizing Congress to levy and collect tax upon individual and corporate incomes to the end that wealth may bear It's proportionate share of the burdens of the federal government
 The proposed Sixteenth Amendment meets this plain, unqualified demo- cratic demand very squarely, as fol- lows.
 Article 1s The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived without ap- portionment among the several states and without regard to any census or enumer- alton.
 Every democrat and patriot stands, therefore, committed to ratification, but as the selfish and the schemers in the machine-controlled states will work against the ratification of the proposed amendment, it might be we'll to hold national convention of the demo- cratic party in order to take steps that would throw the responsibility of any negative action on the republican states and the controlling influences of the republican party-on its mog- mates and bosses, in othc: words, in states that refuse to adopt tee prin ary system. The @ is no ilarn, at any rate, in Senator Teasley'5 suggestion, for 1t would simply line up democrats | publiclv who are now lined m indj- l yidually
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11

the Senate's duty on crude petroleum.
 Burdensome as the committees product certainly will be, the President will not veto it. He will swallow his campaign promises and then hurry away to Beverly, where he will stay until he begins a big swing across the country and back again. He doubtless hopes the people will forget his cam paign promises, and so they would if 1t were not for the fact that suits or clothing and hundreds of other articles of everyday use will be marked up from day to day after the Aldrich-Can- non tariff becomes law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
FOR THE DROWNING SEASON.

From the Rochester Chronicle.
 Don't enter an overloaded boat.
 Don't accept an invitation to go boat ing with a man who cannot swim.
 Don't stand up in the skiff
 Don't change places in a small boat Don't become the party of the second part in a canoe.
 Don't go out in a small boat when a high wind Is blowing off shore.
 Don't imagine that you won't need oars in a gasoline launch to get back home, especially on the big lakes.
 Don't let children grow up without learning to swim.
 Don't dive without knowing that the water is deep enough for diving.
 Don't invite any one. a man or a woman, who cannot swim, to sail with you in a canoe. Take your own risks. but don't become the party to the drowning of a friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
LAST BoULEvARDIER.

From the New York Times.
 Paris-The race of boulevardiers has probably become extinct through the death of Marquis Armand de Flers Dele motte Ango at the age of 80. For 50 years the marquis. who owned large es- tates in Normandy and Tourane, lived in an apartment at 25 Boulevard des Ital- lens, where he entertained many eminent visitors
 He clung to his residence in the midst of the boulevard life, although he had seen its glory fade Until few months ago he went for daily stroll In his beloved haunts.
 Curiously enough, he did not die here, as he would have hoped. few days ago he left Paris to visit his chateau at Bretteville; there yesterday, while sit- ting smoking cigar he quietly fell into a sleep from which he never awakened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
ALIENISM.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 You are an alenist? ?"
 Yes, sir"
 That Is to say. you know a crazy man when you see him?'
 That's about it.
 "Is the prisoner sane?'
 "He is."
 What particular thing determines your decision?"
 The size and source of the fec. of course. You must be a novice" NO extraneous comment please. Do, alienists ever lie under oath?" Those of the other side. yes, always" But supposing you had been retained by the other side?"
 Tn that case this side would have be- come the other slde.'
 And you say this prisoner is sane?" "No, tnsane crazy as a hare, an irn- beetle from the cradle"
 Haven't you changed your mind in the last few mnutes?''
 Entirely so. For an instant I had for gotten that was retained for the pris- oner and not the state" Soon after the case went to the jury,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
pexeIonment of Typewrlter.

"The evolution of the typewriter is one of the most inSeresting of all the me- chanical devices for business use," said a business man.
 To-day there are in service many diff ferent makes with all sorts of attach ments, such as tabulating, stenciling and manifolding.
 "The first typewriters were made with two keyboards and two arrangements- one circular, the other doubledecked. The popular style now is the single keyboard with shifting key
 Another very important change is from the blind style to the visible. For a long while one of the leading makers of typewriters held out against this style but it had to adopt 1t to meet popular demand for an otherwise excellent ma chine. There is room yet for the addi- ton of an automatic ruling attachment