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The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
TRAGEDY ON A BANK NOTE
Bitter Words Found Written on Dol lar Bill by the Receiving
 Teller.

'Yes, I collect queer bank notes" said the receiving teller. I've been doing it for years. You know there are some very odd things written on bank notes sometimes" He pointed to a one-dollar bill hung in frame of black oak on the wall. Read that" he said. And I've got queer CT ones than that even in my col lection.''
 On the bank note in red ink was written in a feminine hand You have robbed me of all the rest, and of my soul also May this burn your hand when you touch it. May all you buy with it be accursed- You have the last Are you now satisfied? Murderer"
 The collector sighed sentimentally- Think of the tragedy" he said, that may lie hid behind those simple lit- tie phrases, eh?"
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

which he was down the bookings to do" Mad ison Portage and Milwaukee Wis, in a single day his way to Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minn
 Thence the program called for southern trip to Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., with a long jump Denver Col, which city little over a year ago wasn't big enough to hold all the Dem ocrats who wanted William Jennings Bryan for the job MT. Taft has
 Thence to Wolhurst, Pueblo. Glenwood Springs and Montrose Col From there the president vas routed to Salt Lake City, Utah, Pocatello Idaho, Butte and Helena. Monts Spokane, North Yakima and Seattle Wash
 The line of travel from Spokane extends south ward along the Pacific coast, the southern states being next to receive the president At Fl Paso, Texas one of the most notable events of the tour will occur when on the sixteenth day of October President Diaz of Mexico and President Taft of the United States, will shake hands in mutual harmony carnival.
 Along the northern line of travel "Oh, you Bill Taft" became slogan, and "Howdy Bill' was another favorite expression of the multitude dur
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
SENSATION IN SCHOOL.
Professor and Assistant Are Asked
 by Board to Resign.

Steele, Mo.-Quite an excitement was rceated at Steele by the resig- nation, at the request of the board of directors, of Prof. R. J. Hubbard, principal of the Steele public school, and his assistant, Miss Alma Mckay. Professor Hubbard and Miss Mckay hired livery rig late In the eyen- irg, ostensibly to go to Tarbro, Ark, some few miles southwest of Stee.e. They arrived at their respective boarding houses at daybreak, with conflicting stories as to where they had spent the night.
 Professor Hubbard has wife and grown children at Blytheville, Ark.
 Miss Mckay taught at Cooter last year, and her work seems satisfac- tory. The story of the caase of her resignation, coupled with the fact that she and the professor were both great church workers, comes as a | complete surprise to citizens of Steele.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
CUTICURA CURED HIM.
Eczema Came on Legs and AnKies-
 Could Not Wear Shoes Because.
Of Bad Scaling and Itching,

T have been successfully cured of dry eczema. I was inspecting the re- moval of noxious weeds from the edge of a river and was constantly in the dust from the weeds. At night | cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly sensation. I paid no attention to it for two years but I noticed a, scum. on my legs like fish scales. I did not attend to it until it came to be- too itchy and sore and began getting two running sores. My ankles were all sore and scabby and I could not wear shoes. l had to use carpet and felt slippers for weeks. I got a cake of. the Cuticura Soap and some Cutfcnra. Ointment. In less than ten days I. could put on my boots and in less than three weeks I was free from theec con- founded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss, Chief of Police. Morris, Manitoba, Mar. 20, 1907, and Sept. 24, 1908"
 foassr Dsng & Chem. Corp. Sole Propss- .Rostons4
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
FelIed by a Burglar.

MaNern.-The home of J. j. Ray was entered by burglar between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning and robbed of S30. Mrs. Ray, her sister and the young son of the former were the only occupants of the house at the time. Mrs. Ray was awakened by the noise in the room and, jump inG out of bed, was knocked down by the burglar, who then escaped through a window. The pocketbook was found near the window, but was empty.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
True Thrift.

When visiting certain town in the Midlands," says a medical man, T was told of an extraordinary incident wherein the main figure, an econom- ical housewife, exhibited, under trying circumstances, trait quite character istic of her. It seems that she had by. mistake taken a quantity of poison-- mercurial poison-the antidote for which. as all should know, comprises the whites of eggs. When this anti dote was being administered, the order for which the unfortunate lady had overheard, she managed to murmur, al- though almost unconscious. Mary, Mary! Save the yolks for the pud- dings,' s,''-Tit-Bits.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

Washington for the winter, on No vember 21.
 It is the longest journey through the length and breadth of the United States ever undertaken by an Amer ican executive while in office, and the trip is notable in presidential annals.
 While ex-President Theodore Roose- welt is smashing precedents and set ting new ones in Africa by riding on the cowcatchers of engines, etc, his successor is getting close to the soil in his own environment
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

o'clock by the Commercial club at the St Louas ho- tel At n a. m he will make an address aS the Coliseum which holds 15000 people
 At 2 D. m the president will be the guest oil Business Mems League at luncheon in the JeHer- son hotel He will not speak at this funcaEon. bat viii hurry to East St. Louis (i), to attend the ded icatfon of a government building there at D. 1n
 The president will return to St. Louis sn time to sail for New Orleans the steamboat Mississippi at } D. IT. Arriving at Cape Girardeau, Mo. at 5 a. m., October 26 the president will be routed out of bed to make an address from the upper deck of the steamboat the people gathered on the wharf. Leaving Cape Girardeau at ' a. n, there will be a fve-hour run to Cairo, H., where at noon MT. Taft will make a second address from the boat. Leaving Cairo at 1 o'clock the next stop is sched- ued at Hickman Ky, at p. m., where the third address from the deck of the Mississippi will be made Leaving Hickman at D. all-night run will bring the party to Memphis, Tenn, at o'clock the morning of Wednesday, October 27
 At Memphis the president will leave the steamer and entertained in the city for four hours ma king an address while there. Helena, Ark. will be reached at D. on the 27th, and an address from the boat is scheduled. On Thursday, October 2S, the only stop is scheduled at Vicksburg, where the presidents party arrives at p. m.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
They Should.

My honest conviction, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that Hunts Cure will cure a larger per cent of skin troubles, espe-- cially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those afflict-- ed with any form of itch should try it.'s'
 J. O Moore,
 50c per box. Aschison, Kas.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

RESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, backed up by 326 pounds of joy full smiles is to-day speed ing westward on a 13,000- mile tour of the United States.
 The trip is over two months in duration, start ing September Is from Boston and ending with the presidents arrival in
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

 Pacific northwest. Secretary of War Dickinson will join the party at Fl Paso Texas, and make the remaining trip back to Washington. Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor will be member of the party on the trip down the Mississip- pi river. During his stay in certain of the states the president probably will have as guests on his train the senators of those commonwealths He expected to meet Senator Cum mins who has been reported of late as being boomed for the presidency in 1912, at DeS MOineS. Senator Dol liver also was to be at Des Moines.
 San Antonio, Texas will add its wei come to President Diaz at Fl Paso in the meeting of the president of the Latin republic with President Taft, on October 16, through committee of 100 citizens and members of the IT, ternational club If President Diaz decides to return to Mexico City via San Antonio, special train will be placed at his disposal and he and his staff will be given possession of the International clubs home. A special committee of 25 conveyed this well come and invitation to President Diaz in Mexico City. President Taft was
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
For Headache Try, Hicks, capus,o,.

Whether from Colds Heat, Stomach or Nervous troubles. the aches are speedily relieved by Capudina. It's Liouid-pleas-- ant to take-Effects Immediately ia, 2s. and DC at Drug Stores.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

Many a woman nags her husband until she either brings him to her way of thinking or drives him to- drink.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
50c per box
Where Rice Excels.

My mamma says thaa rice is bets. ter food than wheat
 Why is it?"
 Because, of the fuod elephants it contains"
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

Riding with the en gineer, getting his picture taken leaning from the cab of the engine almost in the act of swabbing the grease from the num- bers on the side Of the vehicle, stretch ing over the observa- tion platform to shake hands with countrymen at towns " h ere two-minute stops are billed, shout ing a cheery "howdy" as the special train pulls out of the small town station, Big , Bill% Taft is racing from coast to coast and hack again
 He was scheduled to touch the extreme northern boundary Of the country and upon the occasion, October 16, when it was pre- arranged that he should shake hands with President Diaz of Mexico, and there by cement feldLlOHS between these nation al neighbors, he was slated to set foot on the south boundary.
 He started from Beverly, Mass, which is on the east coast of the United States and his program called for a visit of several days
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The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23
President Taft'S R7 13,OOO Mile Tour

ing the first days of the tour. That great big 326 pound Taft smile, which is the only one of it's kind in captivity, was the greet ing which met the saluta- tions from close to the soil.
 Secretary of the Interior Ballinger will accompany the president through the
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

 trains Besides the regular executive affairs, President Taft is preparing his message to con gress and a small part of each day Is spent ln either making memoranda or mental notes on noints nnon which he will elucidae in the regular communication due in December , Secretary Carpenter, the man who handles rnncb of the presidents business of national i'm -nortanee has packed away in his grips several hundred pounds of programs which are to be car ried ont at the various points at which the presi- dent is scheduled to stop and make few re marks
 There is scarcely state in the union through which the president does not pass. Every big city in the country with only few exceptions will be invaded in accordance with the presiden- tial program.
 Leaving Boston, after motoring into the city o1 highbrows MT. Taft and his two special trains de parted westward for Chicago, arriving ln the windy city the following day. Party chiefs there received him with the sort of glad hand that Cnl- cago knows how to extend. Tafts palm turned up ward in response to the cordial greeting, after
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

Great Britain has 0,0O0l horses available for the purpose of warfare.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23


 points on the Pacific coast which IS the west boundary of the union. Thus it was predestined that the executive should set foot on the four extreme lines which enclose the domain which selected him as it's head.
 The personnel of the presidents travelling party besides the president, consists of John Hays Hammond' president of the League of Republi- can Clubs; Capt. Archibald w. Butt, military aide: Wendell W. Mischler, assistant secretary; Dr. J. J. Richard son of Washington, D. C.; James Sloan, Jr., and L. c. Wheeler of the secret service and Maj. Arthur Brooks, the presidents confidential messenger Six newspaper men ac- company the president throughout the entire trip. The party travels in two private cars attached for the
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The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-23

FT WfLk A3@EE
 made honorary pre- s d 2 Il t and member for life of the club, as are President Di- az and former President Roose- welt, and a special committee will present engroSSed certificates o f election to him before his visit.
 Arriving at St. Louis from Texas, at 7:27 a. n-e,. Monday, October 25, President Taft will be enter- tained at break fast at &: 30
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25
THE SULTAN'S CIPHER.
Form Always Preserved-How Murad /.
Signed a Treaty

That old grasshopperlike combination
of flourishes, the Toughra or Sultan's
cjpher, which figures on Official docu-
ments and all public buildings in Turkey,
will have to be re-engraved with the
name of Mohammed V.
The inscription consists Of the name.
the purely Turkish title of Khan, and
the words ever victor" But the form
is always preserved. 1t dates from
Murad L. That redoubtable warrior
could WELD q battleaxe to good purpose,
but, like good many other monarchs of
his time, he had not mastered the Gun.
ming art of the pen, 50 when he bad to
sign a treaty with the merchants If
Ragusa he smeared his hands with ink
and pressed it on the parchment.
The conventional cipher does not bear
much resemblance to the imprint Of a
human hand. The three upright strokes
are said to be three middle fingers. But,
such as it IS, it stands for "Murad his
mark"
In the Greek Patriarchate at Jerusa-
lem is preserved d document with a
similar sign manual, the actual impress
sion of the hand Of one of the Khalifs.--
Pail Mall Gazette,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25

MAY 2, 1881
By the shrouded CLEAN of the western
skies,
Brave Keenan, looked in Pleasanton's
eyes
For an instant-clear, and cool, and still :;
Then with smile he said 81 will"
Cavalry, charged Not a man of them
shrank.
Their sharp, full cheer, from rank on
rank
Rose Ike greeting hail to death.
Then forward they sprang, and spurred,
and clashed;
Shouted the officers, crimson-sashed:
Rode well the men, each brave as his
fellow,
In their faded coats of blue and yellow ;
And above in the air, with an instinct
true,
Like bird of war their pennon few.
With clank of scabbards and thunder Of
SteedS
And blades that shine like sunlit reeds,
And strong brown faces bravely pale
For fear their proud attempt shall fall,
Three hundred PennsylvaniRns close
On twice ten thousand gallant foes.
Line after line the troopers came
To the edge of the wood that was ring'd
with flame,
Rode In and sabered and shot-and fell ;
Nor came one back his wounds to tell,
And full in the midst rose Keenan,, tall
In the gloom, like martyr awaiting his
fall;
While the circle-stroke of his saber,
swung
Round his head, like halo there
luminous hung.
Line after line ay, whole platv)ns,
Struck dead In their saddles, Of brave
dragons
BY the maddened horses We're onward
And in the vortex flung, trampIod and
torn;
As Keenan, fought with his men, side by
side.
SO they rode till there were no more tC
ride
But over them, lying there, shattered ant
mute,
What deep echo rolls?-"ris a death So
lutte
From the cannon in place for heroes
you braved
Your fate not in vain; the army wal
saved
Over them now---year following year
Over their graves the pnercones fall,
And the whip-poor- chants his spec
tre-Call
But they stir not again they raise ne
cheer,
They have ceased. But their glory shall
never cease,
Nor their light be quenched In the light
of peace,
The rush of the charge il resounding
still
That saved the army at Charlottesville
--Lathrop.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25
CHAPTER VII. ;

Verona might well stare dismayed.
| The fog, like a vast curtain, stretched
from earth to sky; it advanced solid,
white, dense, deadly.
81 did not notice" she said bewildered-
| ly. 81 did not see it coming
"Nor l. But do not know the signs.
1t looks an absolutely solid mass. It
will be upon us directly, suppose? We
had better get back to the car"
| They hurried on. Both were nearly
breathless by the time they reached the
car and turned to look again. The vast
white wall was housekeeping slowly,
surely, steadily up to the very edge of
the morass. A few minutes and the last
of the fresh green fed by the deadly bog
it covered was hidden. A few more and
the viscount broke the silence
at seems to be stopping" he said.
| eyes" Verona answered
Her voice was faint; there. was an
| indefnable tone in it. Turning quickly
he saw that she was very pale.
"NWhat is it ?" he asked.
Don't you seer" She looked amazed
that he did not see. "It may last for
hours-all night; our fogs often do at
this season of the year. If this does.
|
you understand what / mean? Look!"
She pointed to the road. 1t vanished
where it met the fog as though it had
been cut sheer off. He drew a sharp
| breath.
81 see! AS long as the fog stays there
we can stay here. Is that it ?"
eve must. The road runs beside the
morass, and there is absolutely no pro-
| FILL Z
twenty feet And if the car left it that
would mean certain death. The bog
would suck us down like quicksand."
Then unless, or until it clears, we
must stay here?"
eyes. There is nothing else to be
done" There was a silence. Both stood
looking at the wall of fog
care you cold2 May l put a rug
round your" he said.
Thanks, am not cold!"
"Will you get into the car? 1t may
be more comfortable"
81 would rather stand"
"You will be long time foTgiving me
for this, Verona"
1T is not your fault"
II suppose ought to tell you that
am sorry, but it would be a lie. If /
had been asked an hour ago what
would choose it should have been mir
acle that shut US, you and me, even for
an hour or two, out of the world to-
gether. And there it is, you see"
"Oh. hush!" There was helplessness
as well as reproach and distress in the
look she gave him. you will-make
me angry" she said family, .if you talk
| like that"
Angry" She had moved a quick
! pace away; he followed her. why are
| you angry? Because love you! Or
/ because you love me-"
/ She did not answer. She turned with a
! gesture as though she would have Gov
cred her face, and, with her dropped
hands locked before her, stood trembling.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25

ly the motions spelled out the Ques.
lions, who are you? What's want
ed7" The order was signaled across,
the 20. K" came back, and / sent
over to headquarters at once to re-
port my success
1t was not long after this that the
pontoons were got under control again.
and fixed so that the army could
cross, as is related by General Double
day. After Hooker's order had been
signaled across l suppose the best dis.
positions possible were made to oppose
an attack that did not come. That no
attack was made was. | verify believe,
a terrible mistake in General Lee
Probably he did not know what caused
our delay in crossing; but might not
the difficulty have been suspected? AT
least, those who criticise Meade for
a similar hesitation on the Potomac
after Gettysburg, would do well to go
back two months to the situation here
descrfbod.-James Franklin Fits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25

A recent story reminds CORE
spondent OF the Second Vermont Vol
unteers OF the following: Our officers
had given US strict orders against for
aging. Colonel Randall and Captain
Whiting. of Company II, were espe-
cially severe. In spite Of orders the
boys used to pick up young pigs, album
dant in that vicinity. and work them
up into "possum stews." The captain
CHANGED to discover that the boys
game OF which their stews we're made
was contraband and he at once CON
fiscated a fine stew and had the own
ers arrested
Now the captain was great lover
OF poker, and he and his set RECALLED
themselves with poker and the sol
diers stew The boys resolved to get
even. In the natural order this event
happened twice The second time It
was essentially varied, az follows:
Four puppies had been procured.
Three OF them were killed. their boa.
les buried and heads left outside, Just
back of the tent. After the officers
set had got the well-seasoned stew dis
posed Of the little puppy remaining
alive was left at the officers tent and
began to whine They investigated
the whining at once, and found the
little fellow with a card to his neck
upon which was inscribed. You
have eaten by three brothers; now eat
me (Slgnedl JEFF DAVIS"
In the expressive language OF the
colored gentleman, there was commo.
ton in that camp. Investigation fol
lowed, the puppies heads were discov.
ered-and-we draw a veil over the
scene that followed
A puppy's whine, bark, or even a
howl was altogether too suggestive
for a long time after The boys stews
were not confscated any more.
The dlsagreeable results Of the af-
fair were entirely the effects OF the
Imagination, as the stew which the
officers confscated was entirely com.
posed Of good chickens and pigs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25
Fate Of the Old Mississinni.

Writing to the Philadelphia Ledger,
William Simmons, secretary of the Far
ragut Association of Naval Veterans,
says that sin the published accounts of
the presentation of a silver service to the
new battleship Mississippi the public is
deceived by the statement that the old
vessel Of that name was DESTROYED dur
ing the Civil war by a Confederate bat
terry commanded by a lieutenant named
Miller" Mr.. Simmons adds: 1.-The old
Mississippi was run aground on a sand
bar by careless, ignorant or incompe-
tent pilot above New Orleans on the
night Of March ID, 1863, and the cap
tain. Melancthon Smith, finding he could
not get the vessel ahoat, set her on fire
TO prevent her from falling into the
hands Of the enemy. These are the cir
cumstanees under which the famous old
war vessel was lost"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-25

The Census Bureau statistics OF cleo
trio lighting, electric traction and tele-
phone companies shows gross incosae
for the three industries In the United
States of $4,000, 900 in 1907.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-23
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

n the Comfy Auditor of Bear County the Fiscal
Year Ending April 1909
ASSESSED VALUATION PROPERTY AFTER EQUALIZATION
ORIGINAL assessment roll, 1905 So l8g22O9
Salsanron assessment roll. 1908 263510O
Grand total Observation-Disclosures. $2l45273O9
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-23
DESCRIPTION OF BOND ISSUES

November 22 1892 for $8P00O0, consisting Of
6000 with interest at the rate of cent
day of July of each Run to 1911.
jan h 1901 for $12O0OO consisting of 20 Re-
funding Reundng 10000 each
the of five and fourth payable semi
January the of July of each
annually thereafter until all of said Re-
funding Bonds have been paid
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-07-28
DRAMATIC CLUB.

On Saturday night last, the
first meeting of the new ORA
matte Club which is composed
of the old Intermont Club and
the players who took part in
the Private Secretary was held.
And to start the season il was
decided TO put on Anthony f.
Wills three act farcical
comedy, "A Regiment of Two. -
This viii be followed by play
every month throughout the
winter.
On Wednesday, July 2Sth,
at 0 p. m, a meeting is called
at the office of South & " est
Coal & Coke Co., when the
parts will be given out for this
play, decision will be arrived al
for the second play. It i:
earnestly hoped that all mem
bers Will be present.