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The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
WOODPECKERS KEEP
RAZORBACKS THIN

A commercial traveller. driving from
town to town through the pine woods
of Florida. says Everybody's Magazine,
saw a drove of emaciated razorback
hogs rushing wildly from tree to tree.
He halted at the palings of a crack
er's" home and asked a woman in a
sunbonnet what was the matter with
the swine.
well, you see" the woman ex-
planned, my old man is deaf and
dumb. and when he wanted to call the
hogs to their swill he learned them
to come when he tapped on one of the
trees. 1t worked all right when they
first got learned. but now them wood
peckers is maxim the poor things run
their legs off,
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
BEARDLESSROY
HOLDS ship At
PISTOL POINT
FIRE Alarm Brings Members of
Sleeping Crew to Deck to
Face RevOIvers
All Flee for Shelter When Ban
dts Attention Turns to
New Arrival
ContInued From Page l

~ - would receive attention in the
morning Wood became fnSI,1tjncy an6
MHen Plath turned toward him for the
puf pose. OF ordering him from the
nrloge he found himself looking into
me barrel Of sawed off shotgun
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
YOU CAN'T KEEP
A GOOD MAN DOWN
That's the Reason Jonah Sur
vived His Experience at Sea

Governor Marshall has story, says
the Indianapolis Star. about the pastor
of country church who preached upon
the theme You Can't Keep a Good
Man Down"
When the appointed Sunday arrived
the church was crowded not because
he was an especially good preacher,
but because he was preacher who al
ways took his text from 'the word. .
and the people were curious to know
where he would find such a text in the
bible. He arose with deliberation
while the congregation waited breath
lessly, opened his bible and read:
"And on the third day the whale
Spewed up Jonah"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23


marked out. The apple carrier then
drew an apple from the bag. and a
mark similar to that which it bore was
carved in the turf with a knife shaped
like a sickle, but with the cutting edge
outward
This method of procedure was con-
tinued until the whole of the common
land was allotted, and each proprietor
then took possession of the allotment
or aIlotments marked with his sign,
and held them at his disposal for the
following year.
CANDLE AUCTION
The party then proceeded to the resi-
dence of one of the overseers of the
common, where a certain number of
plots, called the outlet or putdrift.
were let by candle auction. These plots
were let for cash in order that expenses
might be. covered, and during the let
ting the whole party. with the eXcep-
tion of the actual bidders, had TO keep
silence under penalty of a shilling fine.
The overseer named the plot, and as
soon as a bid was made the bidder
placed on the table a deposit of one
shilling and piece of tallow candle
one inch in length was lighted. If an
other person desired to bid he named
a higher price. and deposited a shilling
in his turn, it being then incumbent
upon the first bidder to take back ms
shilling. Succeeding bids were made in
like manner, and the letting continued
until the candle burned out, the last
bidder being the tenant of the outlet
for one year.
The overseers, of the common were
two in number, and were elected annu-
ally. The election was succeeded by a
revel. for which a quantity of strong
ale and brown stout was provided, to-
gether with bread, butter. cheese and
tobacco. A curious point in connection
with the revel was that any person
who was not an inhabitant of the dis
trict might join in the amusement on
payment of a fine of one shilling, which
was given to the overseers to be added
to the fund for keeping up the bound
aries and divisions on the common. AS
may be ina gined, the revels sometimes
concluded boisterously, and many at
tempts were made to suppress the GUS
tom entirely. In 1879 unsuccessful
attempt was made to obtain parliamen-
tary sanction to allot the Dolemoors
in perpetuity. but Ii was not until 1911
that the land was finally inclosed and
the revel abolished.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
the same number as is provided fol
the accident insurance.
PENSIONS FOR INyALIDS

the same number as is provided for by
the accident insurance.
PENSIONS FOR INyALIDS
Since 1907 the number Of invalid
pensions has risen from about 305,000
to S6S,0S6, but owing to the efficacy of
strain on the old age pension fund has
gradually diminished, the number of
old age pensions having decreased from
203,966 in 1896 to 10S,63f IN 1909. The
same effect is to be noted IN the sick
pensions, the number of applicants
having begun to drop in 1907. Further
more, the amount of the pensions has
steadily increaSed-ab bout il per cent
in seven years. There is still, how
ever considera BILE difference between
pensions in the agricultural and in the
industrial districts. since the popula- :
tion of the latter is among the better
paid classes of workmen, insuring the
higher pensions by higher premiums.
Thus, the average invalid pension in
East Prussia in 1907 amounted to
$3.50; in Berlin $42.24, and in the in
dustrial district of Bechum S64.49.
The causes of invalidity have proved
to be chiefly enervation. anaemia. sen
ility (men 10 per cent and women 22.1
per cent? diseases of the lungs other
than consumption (men f6.7 per cent
and women SO per cent?, consumption
(men Is per cent and women 9.5 per
cent?. rheuma tiSm. gout, diseases of
the limbs, and nervous troubles (men
15 per cent and women 1876 per cent?.
Up to the age of 80 more than half the
recipients of invalid pensions in in
dustrial occupations suffer from tuber :
culosis Of the lungs, in the Younger
classes almost two-thlrds. The sick
insurance office is making great en-
deavors to stamp out this plague by
special. treatment, by the isolation of
incurables as in the conSumptiVe sta
tions at Berlin, etc.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
AFTER As YEARS IN JAIL
PRISONER is RELEASED
Many Surprises Await Pardoned
Political Offender

The king of Italy has pardoned Ia
rantin. who has been in confinement
since 1865. Forty five years shut away
from the world is a terrible punishment
even for political offender.
Up to the time of his capture and
sentence Tarantini knew only his ma
tive mountains. What surprises there
must have been for him when he was
free! First he was taken to Basilicate
where he proposes to settle, by train.
He knew nothing of the telegraph, the
telephone, photography, the cinemato-
graph the photograph, the trans-At-
lantic liners, which he would see in the
bay of Biscay, or submarines, to say
nothing of the aeroplane.
His position must have been more
bewildering, if such be possible than
that of MolyneuX' man blind from birth.
who the philosopher imagined might
suddenly receive his sight.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
CANNON'S SECRETARY
LOYAL TO EMPLOYER

l. White Busbey is Speaker Cannon
private secretary, and he loves the
speaker in whole hearted manner.
Every time a newspaper correspondent
writes anything harsh about Cannon
Busbey becomes indignant.
A writer in the Popular Magazine
tells how on one such occasion, he sent
a friend of his to ask a correspondent
why he insisted on roasting" the
speaker.
paper man. Il like to stick Cannon to
see Busbey bleed"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
RULE ONE: MUSTN'T LOOK;
RULE TWO: MUST LOOK
Postal Employees Wonder How
They Will Obey Both.

The rules issued by the French postal
authorities would serve for questions in
a logic paper if a Paris contemporary,
which cites two of the regulations, has
not been misinformed. Here they are:
Firstly, postal employees are forbidden
TO take notice of correspondence in for
warding. Secondly, postmasters are to
stop in transit all correspondence
cards of an indecent or. harmful nature
The problem is to reconcile the two
rules.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
NOT AN ALUMNUS, BUT
HE BELIEVED IN 1T

BY mistake a farmer had got aboard
q ca, reserved for party of college
graduates who were returning to their
alma mater for some special event.
There was a large quantity of re-
freshments on the car, and the farmer
vas invited to join the others. Finally
SOME one asked him:
Are you an alumnus?
Mo- said the farmer earnestly; but
/ believe in it,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
(By the Associated Press

New York, Jan. est has been
q narrower and at the same time an
irregular market. The liquidation OF
Liverpool ~straddles by purchases here
and side buying by large spot inter-
ests has caused Il somewhat stronger
tone on the whole as regards the near
deliveries like March and May. They
have also been sustained more or less
by covering of shorts and some buy-
ing for at least a temporary rally by
various commission buses. Besides
there has been some purchasing of
spot cotton here for shipment to the
South. Futures had fallen to a point
far below ''spOts." Also The receipts
at the ports and interior towns have
been light. In some OF the Atlantic
States a better demand for the actual
cotton is reported and there would
have been more business, but for the
tirmueSs of holders.
L~lverpools daily spot sales have
been as high as $4,000 bales. Man
chester's trade is said to be better
SpinDerS AVE again been buying flu
lures here to some extent. Bulls
maintai that after the recent drastic
liquidation the market is in much bet
ter shape from a technical viewpoint.
and with the yield, as they think. not
over 10,250,000 bales, and a prospec-
tive consumption Of 1~3.25G.000 bales.
the intrinsic merits of cotton are as
great as ever and must in the end
assert themselves. Everybody believes
that an enormous acreage will be
planted for the next crop and unless
tie plant gets a serious setback that
the mex yield will exceed anything
in the history of cotton culture. The
spot markets at the South have, as a
rule, been reported quiet. Spinners
may buy futures but they appear to
stick to the policy of buying the actual
cotton very sparingly. If large spot
interests have bought the near months
they have sold the distant ones.
Liquidation by Wall Street and the
South has still been noticeable. The
recent decline in stocks, grain and
cotton has greatly lessened the pres
tige OF bull speculation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
in the United States, 1,4e5,O0 against
1,743,000. last year.
Movement of Cotton.

New York. Jan. 2S.-The following
statistics on the movement Of cotton
for the week ending Friday, January
20, were compiled by the New York
Cotton Exchange:
Weekly Movement
Port receipts, this year, 113,0o2;
last year, 278.641.
Overland to mills and Canada, this
year, 25,282; last yea 52,627.
Southern mill takings (estimated),
this year, $4,000: last year, SO. 900.
Less Of stock at interior towns, this
year, 1889; last year. 1884.
Brought into sight for the week,
this year, $685.; last year, S6O.574.
Total Crop Movement-
Port receipts, this year, ~5.632.430;
last year. 7,436,5$3.
Overland to mills and Canada, this
year. 541,554: last year, 81I,979.
Southern mill takings (estimated),
this year 1,510,000; last year, 1910
900.
Stock at interior towns in excess of
September 1st, this year, 5S6.618; last
year. 657,111.
Brought into sight thus far for sea-
son, this year, S,290,602; last year.
1O,551,59S.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
BRADSTKEET'S REVIEW.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow Will say:
Wholesale and JObbing trade in
spring goods tends to expand, travel
ers on the roa are sending in better
orders and the outlook for the future
in those lines is optimistic. Retail
trade is quieter, pending the further
advance of the winter eason Filling
in orders from retailers to jobbers are
moderate. Manufacturing industry is
very busily employed with large or
derS ahead.
There are some evidences hat a
spirit Of conservatism is being engen-
dered by the breaks in securities and
cotton, the talks Of government pros
ecutions OF alleged unlawful combi-
nations, and the widespread revolt
against high food prices. Evidences
of this are found in the hesitation re-
ported in. some branches Of the iron
trade, and in a very general resump
ton of prices of live stock, meats,
eggs. butter and kindred products.
Business failures in the United
States for the-week ending with Janu-
airy 27 were 285 against 275 last week,
and 81 in the like week Of 1909.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans, Jan. 28.-Secretary
Hester's statement Of the worlds Wis
ible supply of cotton issued today,
shows the total visible to be 4,S96,608
against 4,968,62 last week and S.
6G9,3O8 last year. OF this, the total
of American cotton is 3,683.6OS against
3,752,e25 last week and 4.533,308 last
yea and Of all other kinds, including
Egypt, Brazil, India, etc. ~1,213,000
against 1.216,0OO last week. n L.
OS5.OOO last year OF the worlds
visible supply of cotton there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe, 2,610,O00 against
1921, 900 last year: In Egypt, 225,0O0
against 100000 last year; in India
$4,000 against 391 900 last year and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
Comparative Cotton Statement.

New York, Jan. 28.-The following
Is h comparative statement for the
weeking nding Jan. %:
Net receipts at all q. s. ports dur
ing week, 1920 bales: net receipts
at all Z. S. ports same week last
var, 283,311; total receipts since Sep
TENDER 1st, 5,654,588; total receipts to
same date last year, 7,4O1, POI; exports
for the week, 126,451; exports for
same week last year, 196.703: total
exports since September LIST, 4~,098.9 $50;
total exports same date last year, g.
6~23,348; stock at all United States
ports, 794,956: stock at all United
States ports same time last year, 955,-
17s; stock at all interior towns, .2!.-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
Liverpool Weekly Cotton.

Liverpool, Jan. 28.-The following
are the weekly cotton statistics:
Imports, all kinds, $4,000 bales:
imports American, $4,000; stock all
kinds, ~1,012,000 bales; stock Ameri-
can, $4,000 bales; American forward
ed. $4,000; total sales. all kinds. 49,
600; total sales American. 41,0OO;
English %spinners' takings, $4,000; to-
tai exports, 5000; quantity afloat. all
kinds, 10000; quantity afloat Ameri-
can, 11S, 900; total sales on specu1a-
ton, 1900: total sales to exporters,
400.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
HAND Book
FREE

and you will receive FREE our beautiful
book of letters and pictures from those
who have used Peruvian and full infor-
nation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
ORGANIZE LOCAL UNION.
OF the Farmers Educational and CO.
OnnratiYe Union.

The county organizer Of the Farm
ers' Educational and Cooperative
Union will be in the library of the
A. and NJ. College at 1890 o'clock
this morning for the purpose Of or
ganizing a local union. All inter
ested in the work are cordially IN
yited to attend.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
Peruvian Cuano Corporation,
CHARLESTON, S. {.

1856: stock at all interior towns, anne
time last year. S17,S66: stock at
Liverpool, 1~,O72,000: stool at Liver
pool same time last year, 1,198,00o;
took of American af1oat for Great
Britain same time last year., $4,000.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
A Difference.
(Iife)

(LlTe.1
isn't stiffness the same as sileHce?"
asks the little girl next door.
"No, indeed explains the little
girl next door to her. "Silence is when
there Isn't anybody at all in the par
lor. and stiffness is what you don't
hear when you big sister and her
beau are there.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
NARROWER AND AN
IRREGULAR MARKET
Somewhat Stronger Tone
as to Near Deliveries
SPOT HOLDERS ARE FIRM

Spinners Have Again Been Buying Flu
tureS-RullS Maintain That After
the Recent Drastic Liquidation the
Market is in Much Better Shape
The Bel ef That an Enormous Acre
Influencing the Market.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01

New York, Jan. 28.-The following
are total net receipts Of cotton at all
ports since September LIST:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
IF YOU have never
used PERUVIAN
A you have
never realized the great
est possible yield from
YOUR soil.

G, Peruvian Guano is the natural excre-
ment of the millions upon millions of
fish eating birds that inhabit the r~ainless
cliffs on the coast of Peru and adjacent
islands.
q, 1t is really digested tish-the richest of
all fertilizers.
q. Chemists lave never been able to put
the elements into commercial fertilizer
in the forms in which they exist in this
product of nature.
G, We have an army of vorkmen dig
ging out this fertilizer. It is then loaded
upon vessels and shipped to the United
States.
q, Peruvian Guano has been used As far
back rs the fourteenth century.
q, Those who try it become enthusiastic
about it, and the demand has always been
greater than the supply.
q, This is YOUR opportunity to secure
some of the genuine from far Peru.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-12-09
Coal Lands.

"The next subject, and one most i'm
portant for your consideration, is the
disposition of tNe coal lands in the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-12-09

"rhe commissioner OF labor has been
actively engaged in composing the diff
ferences between employers and en-
ployees engaged in interstate trans
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
Public Sale.

AS l have rented my farm and
am going to move to town, will
offer for sale at public auction at
my farm, five miles south and
one mile west of Baxter, two
miles east and half a mile north
of Qlapaw, on Thursday, Sept.
Is, Legini ing at 10 o'clock, 3
horses. 10 cattle, being 9 good
cows, 3-year-old Red Poll bull,
z fine hogs, fine lot of chickens,
lot of farm implements and many
other articles too numerous to
mention, on ten months credit.
H. L. Wilbur, salesman, Nor i
Doty, clerk. Lunch will be serv-
ed OH the grounds.
MRS. E. H. TousEY.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
&.3Io.e66.oO

Ore prices were strong all weel
at Sal to SAB per ton for 90 pc
cent zinc.
Lead ore advanced to $S6 pc
ton during the week.
The advance in ore prices j,
stimulating the opening up o
many of the properties which
have been down since January
last.
J. C. Bryner & Sons are sink
ing shaft No. ? deeper, on the
Joanna lease, at the same tint
taking out fine lead from shaft
No. 1.
The Good Luck renewed oper-
atoms Monday, after a weeks
idleness, during which time
natural gas connections were
made to its place.
This week will see many mills
started up that have been idle
during the year. The Heap
O'Brien has its new gas engine
installed and started its pumps
Monday last.
Last week was given over to
attending the big reunion and al
the mines took advantage of il
to shut down and do what re-
pairing was necessary. However
. good amount of ore was loaded
out.
Work on the new Petersburg
plant is progressing nicely. Part
of the frame work is in place and
il is taking on the looks of a
huge skeleton. Mr.. Dills, who
has the contract for the erection
of the big hopper, has all the
frame work up on it and is nov
placing the planking.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
LOsssS IN essl aeeraVO.

The Illinois tests d Pm. 8. ". Ban
and Mr.. WE. WheolsF seem to have
SSoMR that the chief lcsSe. IN tho
storage of iarEs Quantities Of oeal ara
due to breaking np lnte tnst and 70
ares from spontaneous eomhnstion.
Ths nSximum loss nom Weatherlns
was not more fhSp aN per cent In MI
nols coal STORED yeRF. 0ther expert
mentors have differed, cpd have 70
poStai . loss IN caloriAc power nom
MasthsFlng - hlgh % - Per cent
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
For Sale Cheap.

A whole block OF lots; pretti-
est building place in Baxter
Springs, Kas. ; part cash and part
time. For particulars inquire OF
Mrs. f. H. Tousey, Baxter
Springs, Kas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
Oriental courtSsy.

A stBHag ipStaneo Of oriental
oOurtssy e FeppEte4 fFgm shspAord'I
Bush. London. A number Of Japanest
connected with the sxhlhltiOa present
h bslng held IN The city. who had had
70 - q i0t ~ hamReFing IN the baeA
garden Of tie houao - WAleh tRey
USrs staying. called - Ell ne neigA
hoss, end, apologiEing iSr the noiso
pFasoBted ~ la1Y g tAo house via
g sssuisitS hOuS1l, 8 nEil9sisl agF'
W.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
Elm Tree, District 81.
Goo Late for Last Week. J

A good rain would be accept
lble IN this community. Later
It rained.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Keyler and
small son have been visiting her
lister, Mrs. Auman, and family
Miss Ethel Hefley was home
over Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. Charley and Grover
Taylor have been on the sick list
the past week.
The watermelon party at the
Hefiey home Saturday evening
was we'll attended and everyone
reported having q good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. TurIey had
relatives visiting them last week.
Mrs. Auman and family and
Ter sister, Mrs. Keyler, and fam
Wy visited with their sister, Mrs.
Tom Devoe and family Sunday.
Miss EAiR Miller has been on
che ';ck list.
Mrs. Nav Eddy visited with
her sister and bro heT in Lincoln
vile the past week.
J. H. HeAey, wife and daugh-
terS made a trip to LincolnVille
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Sharp and
Wr. and Mrs. Bert Lowe drove
down to the reunion ground Sum
lay afternoon.
Miss Ethel Sharp and Ray
WINNER were down Saturday
right from Capron district to at
tend the watermelon slice.
The road is lined with people
going to attend the Baxter reu-
MON.
Ed Sharp went to Columbus
Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08

Comparative statement of ores
marketed from eighteen leading
camps since January LIST to date.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08

Must sell at once. $50 shares
.Sunburst stock for cash, Make
highest cash offer. P. L. Koran,
500 Toole ave, Missoula, Mont.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08

The piano is on display at
Reddy's drug Gt0Te, and an invi-
tation is extended 70 90 in and
try it. It is a fine one, as We
said it would be, and we'll worth
striving for. Besides the piano.
there will be other prizes award
I'd. a list Of which appears in the
big adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
z Bargains z.

A good 4-roOm houseI : lots
with a frontage of 90 feet; )
blocks from postOfRceI city water
in: $500: Small payment down.
time on balance.
Good 3-room house, small out
buildings, 2 l-2 acres Of ground,
Just the sort of place to raise gar
den truck and chickens. Plenty
of water and shade, $780, small
payment down and terms on bal'
ance.
Call at this Office for fprtheE
particulars.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08

Remember the date Ofthe clos
ing of the contest, and gather in
every vote possible. If you do
not turn your votes in that is all
right, but turn in the names Of
those who pay you and the
money, too. so proper credit can
Se given. You can turn the votes
in at any time before 4 o'clock p.
N. Saturday, Sept. "a.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
SI7,55O.
Seo.35o

Ores marketed for week end
ing September 3, 1910, from the
Baxter Miami district.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08

For Sale-one Of the pFettiest
residence lots in Baxter Springs,
Located on Military street, three
blocks from the postothce, on 3
corner, has find shade, 80 feet
'front.'. Will take q huudred dol
lars for it. Call here.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08

Remember when the clock
strikes four the eoHtESt is over.