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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

hhA A - " AA]A QAA tOd III doAC0
Mary, as grandpa paused for
breath.
WELL" continued grandpa, ST went
to the house, lit lantern and went out
to the bushes which your father had
just left. 1 looked the ground over
closely and found several tracks whica
looked very much like wolf tracks.
Wolves were very scarce here, and I
had not seen one for years.
1.-THE next morning one of the neigh
bors missed some sheep. This reused
the people, so party of men, includ-
ing myself. started at daybreak the
next day to hunt. We started from
a farm just above here, where we
found some tracks. At night we came
] -ck with no wolf and for several
days we hunted, but the wolf was not
seen during the day. We became dis
couraged, so we did not go hunting
again.
How Gid you catch it, then?'' inter-
rupted Jessie.
We'll, we just waited and watched, =
said grandpa. 1.-THE wolf became worse
and worse, so we became very angry
and tried all sorts of schemes, but
every one failed.
one night about dusk your papa
came rushing into the house crying:
ooh, come quick! That black thing is
in the pasturei'
Il looked out and saw it crawling
through the bars. but when 1 reached
the place it had disappeared. / beat
about the bushes and soon came upon
a dark hole, where / heard a low
growl and had two glaring eyes turned
upon me. 1 shot and heard a loud
groan, then all was quiet. Your papa
brought the lantern and there in the
hole lay the dreaded wolf which had
been hunted so long. 1t was pretty
beast and we made the skin into a
big rug for your papa"
"Oh, how lovely" said Jessie, ''and
did you ever have any more wolves
come here?"
mo more after that" answered
grandpa.
What became of the rug?" inquired
Mary.
at is up in the attic, pretty well
worn out, too. Tomorrow we will go
look at it,
ooh, goody, grandpa, and thanks for
that nice story" said the two happy
girls as they went to answer mamma S
call. CARRIE BLAIN, Duarte.
Duarte school, grade 8, age IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
ROOSEVELT WANTS BIG NOISE
Favors krag for African Use, Despite
Protests of Oder Hunters

President Roosevelt will not use a
noiseless gun in Africa He says it is
no fun to shoot gun without a bang.
He favors a Krag Experienced At
rican shooters say the Krag with a
steel-nosed bullet is no good, because
it does not stop" a big animal
A small, sharp bullet will go through
a window pane with scarcely a crack.
A thrown stone will smash the pane.
That is the difference between a small
hard-noSed bullet and a Soft-nosed
bullet, which will spread and stop a
charging animal
The president favors the army rifles
and army bullet, but those who under
stand big game shooting say he will
come around to express rifles with big
bullets, which will stop elephants and
big animals. There is nothing doing
for the noiseless rifles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

asked his mother to go Up to the tank
and stand On the chair and watch the
tank. In about fifteen minutes the
Philosopher and his mother came down
stairs with the silver things and piece
of linen Irvine tied to them and having
a cork tied to the other end. If you
want to know how they managed to
see the silver when it was out OF sight
try the experiment.
Get a large flat-bottomed tumbler or
jar, copper cent, a small pitcher of
water and a piece of stiff paper. Sit at
a table and place the glass in front Of
You and put the cent on the bottom
next the side and opposite to your
chair. Then wrap the paper round the
glass so that you cannot see through
the sides. Now close one eye and lean
over the glass till you can just see the
coin on the bottom. Then draw the
head back slowly till the coin disap-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

and then Jenny would hold her
head SO that he could slip off the
halter. Jenny would go through
the bars and then he would work
till he had put them up again; he
would never come back till he
had done that"
That's just like papa nov" "
remarked Mary.
"And good idea it is, too"
said grandpa. "Well, one time it
was near night when | came
home, and your papa was gone
to the bars longer than usual, so
it was growing dark when | saw
him coming back.
What took you so long l
asked. Didn't Jenny hold her
head down good?
ooh, yes he said; but I saw
a black calf out there in the
bushes, and I thought I'd put the
halter on him and lead him home.
There's no calf in the pas
ture,' I said.
"'Yes, there was he persist
ed-'a funny-looking black calf!
| went up to him and tried to put
on the halter, but he wouldn't
hold his head down when | told
aim, and then he turned around
and went off into the woods, SO /
came home
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Finding the
Stolen Silver

There was once a woman who lived
in a country house and who had
son about IL years old This boy was
a great reader of books about real
things. He wanted to learn how things
act under certain conditions, and was
continually trying experiments. His
mother was wise woman and let him
use all sorts of things in his expert
ments, and when he made what some
folks would call trouble she never
scolded or complained, but cheerfully
helped him to clean up the kitchen
when he spilled water on the floor.
''The boy is learning" she said, land
I want to help him." But the other
boys in school only laughed at him and
called him the philosopher" but the
Philosopher did not seem to care much
whether they laughed or not.
One night the boy woke suddenly
and heard stealthy footsteps creeping
over the attic floor. There is a bur-
glar!" he thought. and he quietly got
out Of bed and ran to the attic stairs
He had opened the door at the foot
of the stairs and was just about to go
up when a gust Of wind caught it
from him and slammed it with so great
a noise that the burglar hid the things
he was carrying in the first place he
could think of, intending to get them
at the first opportunity, and escaped
by the attic window and the big over
hanging apple tree by means of which
he had entered.
The next morning every one in the
house, including the Philosopher
searched the house from top to bottom
The silver could not be found Then
some one suggested looking in the gar
ret. 1T can't be there" said the maid
There's nothing up there but the wa
ter tank, and l looked into that and I
could not see the silver" The woman
was not quite satisfied with this, and
climbed up to the garnet, and, standing
or a chair, looked into the water tank
Tt was empty, for it was washing day,
and she could not see anything in the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Beginning of Story Completed by Juniors
tell us a story,
grandpa said Mary. "a

0nLEASE tell us a story,
grandpa" said Mary. "a
n story about papa when
he was boy" added Jessie.
Grandpa smiled. ''Do you see
the big rock over in the pasture,
near the bars, that has bushes
growing about it?" he asked.
Eyes, I see it." said both girls.
well, I'll tell you what your
papa did, right there, when he
was only 4 years old"
"Oniy 4'' cried Mary. That's
awful littlel I'm 10 and Jessie's
II; we're lots over a."
''But neither of you has ever
done what he did-and l don't
wish you to either" grandpa
added.
The girls pricked up their ears
for the story at that
''We had a very gentle old
horse that we called Jenny.
When I came home from any
place and was going to turn her
into the pasture, your papa al
ways wanted to do it himself, SO
| would give him the end of the
halter and let him lead her
through the lane to the bars. He
could drop down the ends of the
bars, for they were only poles,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

tank. She reported this to the Philoso-
pher, and the boy said, ''Let me look in
the tank"
You can't see any more than I can
unless you can see through the side of
the TANK said the maid.
Perhaps I cam said the Philoso-
pher, and he, too, stood on chair and
tried to look over the edge. All he
could see was little strip along the
bottom of the tank on the opposite
side.
What's that? Seems to me 1 see a
piece of string tied to a cork. I wish
were tall enough to look over the
edge. Oh, guess 1 can see through a
board if L want to-
He went down to the kitchen and
finding a boy in the yard said he would
give him 10 cents if he would pump
the tank full of water. and the boy
took the job Then the Philosopher
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

pears behind the paper. Not too far,
but just enough to hide it. Now, with
out moving the head, slowly fill the
glass with water. Watch the glass
carefully, and as the water rises in the
glass the copper cent will as by magic
slowly come into view till when the
glass is full you can see it all dis
tinctly.
The ray of reflected light from the
cent when passing through the air
moves in a perfectly straight line. We
cannot see it in the empty glass, as it
is out of sight behind the paper. When
ray of light passes through the water
tt also moves in a straight line, but
when it passes from the water into the
air it is bent.
The silver in the empty tank was out
of sight. AS the tank filed with water
the rays Of light from the silver were
bent over the edge Of the tank and the
Philosopher and his mother saw it
plainly. The cork f1oated on the water
and the Philosopher caught it and
pulled on the string, and the silver
came out of the water.
So when the burglar returned a few
nights later all he found was an empty
tank.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Honorable Mention)

XIII linking it rather queer that a
calf should be in the pasture, 1
II lit the lantern and went out TO
look it up. When 1 arrived at the bars
l noticed the earth was considerably
torn up, but saw nothing of the calf,
but 1 did see a great many feathers
This led me to the hen house. There 1
found the door broke open, and step
ping in found four chickens dead on the
floor and blood everywhere. Then L
thought of your fathers funny black
calf and made up my mind to look for
the animal.
81 took my gun. and with Prince, our
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

big African boarhound, set out to locate
the chicken thief From the hen house
Prince quickly took up the trail, with
me following him, until we reached the
milldam Here Prince stopped, shifted
The ground, all the time going around
in circle. Then into the water he
plunged and swan to the other side.
had to run fast to get to the rustic
bridge and catch up with him on the
other side, and as quickly as he saw
me he was off on a run, growing all
the while.
when nearing the pigsty heard an
awful Squtling, and the next moment
Prince was off. The moon, just slipping
from behind a cloud, made 1t as light
as day. Just then Prince reached the
pigsty. and at that moment out of the
sly jumped a black bear, holding a
young squealing pig in his mouth.
Prince took hold of one of bruins
hind legs, which made Mr.. Bear drop
the pig, and just as the bear opened
his massive mouth to bite Prince 1
showed the barrel of the gun into the
bears mouth and fired, killing him in
stantly.
"The reason your father was not
killed by the bear he took for a calf
is that Prince was tied close to the
bars and the chickens just then at
tracted his bearship's attention.
II have always believed that a
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Honorable Mention)
so" HAT did it look like?" 1 said.
wv Looked just like a calf"
SAID YOUR father.

WV Looked just ike call,
said your father.
'sWhy, it must have been a bear"
I said. ST will get some hunters to
hunt for it."
I did not like the idea of having a
bear in the pasture.
The next morning early 1 got up and
ate breakfast, then 1 got the hunters
to search the woods. There were twelve
men in all.
First, six men were to go in the
woods a good way. When they were
gone fifteen minutes the rest of us
went.
Two men who could trail animals
went out following the trail. The other
four of us went in different directions,
each one beating in the shrubs and
bushes.
I came to an open space and heard
some one beating the brush a little
distance away and called to him. We
started toward each other. AS 1 was
going along 1 saw something in hol-
low tree and went toward it.
What did I see but a big bear facing
me? / put my gun to my shoulder
and fired, killing the bear. Soon all the
hunters came to the spot. They car
ried the carcass to the house, where
we had feast of bear meat. That is
the skin of it at your feet.
RURIC BEAUCHAMP,
1857 lockwood street. Union avenue
school, BIG. Eleven years old.
"As soon as I heard that 1 went and
got couple of men and started in
search of the bear. All night did their
faithful horses carry them. But they
could not find him. The next day more
men came, but this time they were
careful to bring along the hounds. They
started as soon as the dogs got the
scent. Do you remember what told
you about the coyote roundup last
year?
Yes, yes cried the girls
well, that is what the hounds are
for said grandpa.
1.-THE dogs went on till all Of a sud
den they all set up a howl. After a
little time they went back as hard as
they could go. We followed, and soo1l
saw the bear coming toward us. He
had been following us instead of our
following him. So we Iassoed him and
took him home. Luckily there hap
pened to be a circus in town. rode
over to the circus and told the manager
about it. The man said that their bear
had recently died. So he bought our
bear. The next day the men sent out
men to go and bring the cattle in.
MANY young calves were missing.
cit was a wonder that the bear didn't
eat papa" said Jessie.
Eyes, it was a hairbreadth escape"
said grandpa.
HoLLIsTER TARNE, San Pedro.
Fifth grade, Fifth street school.
Age IL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
ToMMY's WISH

I'D like to have a CRATES neck
Said Tommy Tucker Brown
SO when I'd swallow taffy
'Twould be long in going down"
The Housekeeper.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

guardian angel was watching over your
father that night. Now, good night,
children and mind you don't ever try to
put a halter on a funny looking black
calf" MAUDE EDWARDS.
Hobart school, grade 5. Age II years.
1927 West Tenth street.
you should have seen his face when
I said "a black calf
"Some time passed. I would never
come home after dark for his sake, but
in November / had to come home for
a week after dark. He took my horse
to the bars one night and when he
came he said the same black calf was
in the same place.
1.-THE next night he said it moved
again and went to the forest.
81 went to his pet bears cage and
found he had pushed the screen off the
front of his cage with his paw and
run to the pasture. He was lying down
near the stone. 1 fixed the cage and
showed your papa that his black calf
was only his pet bear.
THAT is all, dears. Be sure and hang
your stockings upc.''
I'VE will. Good night" said the girls.
"Good night" said grandpa.
DOROTHY BAAS,
1905 New Hampshire street. Wash
ington street school. Grade 5B.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Mary and Jessie Hear Story of Queer Black Cat
First Prize)

Eka H, WHAT did you do?" asked
Mary, as grandpa paused for
breath
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-01
Must
Have Perished'

Rom. Dee 31-'rhc Vita states thai
a wireless message from the Strait Of
Messina reports that Lipari Island a
grcur of volcanic islands in the Mcdi-
tcrranean near the coast Of Sicily hay"
Disappeared The total population Of
the group numbers 5000 and must
have inevitably persisted. The minis
ter Of marine has rushed torpedo
boat to ascertain the facts.
The I.iparlan islands lay to the north
Of tn, southeastern section OF the Is
land uf Sicily. The group consists OF
numerous islands. the seven principal
ones Icing Strnmboli. Panarla. sauna,
IiraIi Nuncano Filicudi and Ahcudl.
The group is part of the province OF
Mtssind.
The climate is highly saiuhriouS ana
ne land is Wei cultivated and yields
grapes. cotton and olives, The islands
also arc known as the Acolian islands
ana here according to fables Aeo!lus
held the winds imprisoned in the cav
erns and released them at MS pleas
urc. Here also Vulcan forged the hoitH
Of ,IoVr.
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from the British warships at Messina
indicate that the Kings presence there
has aided somewhat in bringing about
4 better condition. The dispatches
say:
Although tbs panic has not subsidized
the bulk of the people are behaving
We'll Martial law was proclaimed on
Tuesday at the express desire OF KING
Victor Emmanuel.
Tonight it is pitch dark. al lights
being extinguished The dead sill lie
in the streets. horrible ana disiiguretl.
The weather is very colo with frequent
rainfall and hail. Food is hardly OBJ
tainablr and There is ho wafer. +'~.
"The British military &ttachr ha :
returned from Rome and IS now pro-
cceding to intercept the Ophir and the
Bremen in passing the straits to give
assistance.
The wireless dispatches give long
list oi British subjects. alive or dead
The only American mentioned IS
Stuart Lupton. the new vice consul at
MeEsina and he is safe.
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BODIES NOT RECOVERED.
Remains of Consul and Mrs. Cheney
Still In the Ruins at Messina.

Malta. Dec. 31.-A wireless dispatch
received here from Messina. says that
the bodies of Arthur s. Cheney, Amer
lean consul at Messina, and Mrs.
Cheney. have not yet been recovered
from the ruins of the consulate.
The British cruiser Phifomei left for
Messina today, carrying all the avail
able doctors and medicines and -ur-
sical appliances of when the dis
pepsaries were stripped. British SUI
ferers from the earthquake will be
brought here.7
The wireless dispatches received
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4. W. WAKEFIELD.
Tel 14711 STREET, GARDINER, MAINE

two-weeks Wedding trip to Boston.
New York ana Providence. As they
passed through this town several
friends were at the station but were
unable to make any demonstration. as
Mr. and AIRS Berry We're safety 10
Gated in the parlor car. The groom ~
the son OF Harrison Berry or Mont
VILE. He is q graduate of NJ. g. l. and
was also graduated ut L. OF NJ. f'or
the last two and Il half years he has
been the proprietor of the Libby pilar-
macy. and for. three years previous to
traf time he was registered clerk at
the sd me store Nt .'-'iI' =
Tie bride is the only daughter pr
Mrs Lizzie Smith of this place. She
has been the leading soprano at the
I1ilivcrsalist church for some time IN
local dramatic entertainments she mas
taken Al active part and has been
prominent III social functions.
An interesting meeting of the Tues
dav Club was held Wednesday after
noon at their headquarters A miscel-
Il: ncous English program was PIE
eented as follows: Sketch and ancc-'
lntes Of Englands King and Queen,
Mrs. Mary Spear: paper, Some Peo-
pie of the Modern English Stage" Miss
;lacc Rogers; short study Of Marie
Corell Mrs. Nellie Burse; seventh
chapter of Mighty Atom" by Marie
Coreln Miss Fife Lord; 1.-THE Ameri
can Woman i'll English Society,"" Mrs,
Nellie Maefarlane; critic. Mrs. Blanche.
Pushor.
Henry Judkins died Thursday even
| ing ut the home of Mrs. William Cook,
aged IS. The cause Of death was pncu
| mcnia, with which he has been sick
fer over two weeks. Mr.. Judkins was
born in Athens. He came here in 1879
and has since made this town HIS
home lii 1853 he married Miss Deborah
Johnson Of Bangor. whose death oc
| cured in Pittsfield II years ago. Mr..
Judkins was a member Of Stephen Da-
Wis Post. having served the full term
of enlistment in the Civil War being
a member of the 10Th Maine Regiment
-Four brothers, all of whom served in
| the Civil War. William Judkins Of
Sun Prairie, Wis. Sylvanus Judliins
of Spiro, Okla. and Martin V. Il. Jud-
lins Of OronO. survive. His brother
Martin was with him at the time Of
| his death. Besides the brothers. four
sisters Mrs. Arsbella Jones of Texas.
| Mrs. Isabel Williams of Skowheeah.
Mrs. Hannah Barker of Athens and
| Mrs. Abbie A. Russell of Carroll. Ia.
survive. The funeral services will he
| held Saturday morning
n. G. Corey Of this place received
the sad news Wednesday night of the
death Of his younger brother, James T..
Corey. which occurred Wednesday n
his late home in Canaan, ". B.. where
he was born and had always lived. His
age was "a years, The widow and chill
dren survive. The funeral services w,,
sbe held today.
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WINTHROP.

Henry Adams of Damariscotta i:
visiting his mother, Mrs. Myra Adams
Annie Holmes of Strong is visiting
Eer brother, II. S. Holmes.
Word is received here of the hirti
of daughter TO M and Mrs Melrose
Davies of Dorchester, Mass The young
lady starts in life with record 81
eight pounds. Winthrop friends Offer
congratulations
The Blue Ribbon Club met with Mr.
and .drs. Everett LonSfe How Wednes-
day evening. where in spite of the
storm and the absence of some OF the
members, a most enjoyable evening
vas passed in playing old-fashioncd
games. A club paper made up of jokes
and timely hits upon members of the
club written by Mrs. Longfellow and
Mrs. Nellie futile was a feature of the
evening
Refreshments were served, after
which the company dispersed, with q
Vote of thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. Long
fellow for an enjoyable evening. Cut-
of-towr guests We're Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Moore and Miss Winifred
Eaarce of Augusta and William
Eearcc of Hebron.
Miss Catherine Clark of Medford.
Mass, is visiting her sister, MIS-. 4. c.
McIlroy.
Mrs. L. A. Davis who has been Wis
iting her daughter Mrs. Winfield Kim
bail, has gone for a trip to Boston and
New York. Christmas day Mr. and Mrs.
J.. imball entertained Mrs. Nellie Max
well and family at Il dinner and Christ
mas tree.
Mrs ESSie BuZZell of Worcester
Mass. is visiting Fred BuZzell.
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Ladies' Aid Officers.

The Ladies' Aid of the Free Baptist
church met with Mrs. Cora Hayden at
uie parsonage Thursday afternoon.
Inns was the annual meeting and the
4oiiowing officers and committees We're
eected for the ensuing year.
rtesident-Mrs. Annie Smith.
Vice president Mrs. Nesta A. Jordan.
eecretary-Mrs Cora r. Hayden.
collector and treasurer-Mrs. Helen
Dudley.
sewing committee--Mrs. Helen Dud-
Wy. Mrs. George Dill.
membership committee-Mrs. Mary
NJ, huker. Mrs. Jean NJ. Ramsdeil, Mrs
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Daniel Flynn.

Daniel Flynn died in the E"srltai
h,.,,. Wednesday night of chronic inter-
stit'al ncphdtis Mr.. Flynn was borh
in I, land Sc years ago and was
shur.s,4k,r He enlisted in GO. +. LIST
\ y INF. at New York city, May "A,
1SeI and WAS discharged at the same
nlacn H. June 1863. He again enlisted
IN Cr. *. 18th ~ Y. Inf. at Kingston,
y. y, Jan. g. 1868. and was iinally Gus
chars ed at Raleigh \. c. sept l.
1861. He was admitted to this Home
from New York City. Jan -. 1885. y
daughter. Mrs Mary Y. Ti"rney. VINO
res ict.s in New York City. survives.
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Al , o'clock Il wooden building occu-
,ljed by the Morrison Oriental Rug
Works had burned and the Milburn
block adjoining. a fouI story structure
nf biri< and wood. vas On fire. This
biloxi contained four stores, occupied
ley Walter +. Robbins. ieWeler. George
WeN mouth. harness maker, II. II. Lam
bert. ronfectIoner ard the City Drug
store.
F-c tenement houses have been de-
Stroyetl by lire in adCition to the two
clown up by dynamite.
The brick\block of the First Nation
"a Rank is next to the Nilburn block
and in danger. These buildings are
close to the Gould block but on the
GDnositn from the direction first taken
by the flames. 4 hose company and an
engine arrived from Waterville about
> o'clock but as the blaze seemed to
BE- assuming very alarming proportions
even this help was fell to be inadequate
and additional aid was Summoned from
the village of Fairfield.