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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-24

A number of vetrans will leave
from here tomorrow to attend
the reunion. Judge j. A. Orr and
DR.. Hampton Osborn have been
chosen to represent Isham Har-
rison Camp, of this city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17

Jack Kennedy Of North Adams.
who has umpired here during the past
two seasons, has finally induced Man
ager Higgins 10 give HIN his release.
Kennedy has desired for some time to
quit the job. He says that his oblig-
ed 10 work every day al his trade of
a machinist and that the umpiring
ties up all the time that a man should
have for recreation. Kennedy has
given satisfaction as an umpire, IN
fact no other official has performed
the thankless duties OF that difficult
position on the diamond so well.
Players. as they always will. with any
umpire, at times disagreed with his
decisions but back Of Il all there was
q deep-ro0led conviction that the man
made his announcements as he saw
the plays In all the games that he
has umpired Tor Bennington there
has never been the least suspicion Of
iavoritism toward the home team.
He has given everyone square
deal" and quits the game with the
honest respect Of players and patrons
of the sport.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17
AMERICAN TIN CAN IN MALAYSIA
Its Manifold Uses After Petroleum
Has Been Consumed

Washington. June 1.-THE useful
ness OF tin cans In Malaysia after
they have been emptied OF American
prepared products is described by
Consul General James T. Dubois OF
Singapore:
The Malay Peninsula produces
about sixty.five per cent OF the total
output OF tin In the world. which
amounts to nearly $1,000 tons, valued
az Sil 100000. Of this the United
States consumes about one fourth.
The amount OF this tin that comes
back to the Malay Peninsula In the
form Of tin cans Is interesting. or
the approximately 100000 worth OF
goods shipped from the United States
10 this region, about 100000 OF it
comes In tin cans OF all varieties. Il
requires 100000 one gallon tin cans
TO bring the petroleum and the pur.
poses for which these cans are used
after the oil has been consumed are
varied and peculiar.
Thousands OF the cans are used as
water buckets. The interior OF Ma.
lay, Tamil or Chinese home contains
American tin cans OF all sizes ana
shapes put to some useful purpose.
Sleeves are made by punoturing holes.
Thousands OF dust pans are made
from the cans by removing one side.
curving two sides and attaching n
large wooden handle. Baking and
cooking utensils Of all kinds are also
skillfully manufactured and may be
seen In thousands OF homes. For
storing articles OF food against any
onslaughts the tin can Is a blessing
Hundreds Of men are engaged IN
manufacturing from tin cans tunnels
pepper and salt casters. cocoanut and
nutmeg gratcrs, lamps. biscuit tins
tea and coffee pots. ladies'. mugs. oak,
pattios, Chinese pipes, oil pumps
money boxes and the framework fol
false teeth. So necessary has IN,
American tin can become to thos,
people that to be deprived Of It's man
ifold uses would cause real hardship
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

Invitations have been received for
the marriage at Ithaca, n. " Of
George r. Colyin and Miss Edna
Teeter The wedding will take place
at noon June q at the First Baptist
church OF Ithaca. Mr.. Colyin was
formerly of North Bennington, but
has lived at Ithaca since his gradua-
ton from Cornell. He was admitted
to the bar last year and is now prac-
ticing law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17

At the last minute Wednesday the
plan to put the Wednesday game IN
place Of the last Tudor park game,
which was postponed on account Of
rain, into the league schedule went
wrong 1t was the understanding
here that Wednesdays game was to
go into the league schedule but Man
ager Flagherty of North Adams OBJ
iected on the ground that his team
was not In shape The standing of
the team in the leagues therefore re-
mains as # was: Jeffersonians at
the head, North Adams and Benning-
ton tied for second place and Pitts
field at the foot.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17

Jim Dowd, the Holy Cross pitcher
who has been used at first base this
season, has signed with the Pittsburg
Pirates and he will report at once.
1t was expected that Manager Clark
intends to use Dowd IN the box, al
though the latter has been nursing
sore arm all the season and has not
worked ON the mound Two years
ago he was considered one of the
best college twirlers in the country.
Two years ago he pitched that mem
Crable IA 10 / game for Hoosick Falls,
which the fans in the moving ma
chine town have never been able to
forget.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17
sTUTEsMAN QUITS BOLIVIA


Washington. Juno 17.-Iames r.
Statesman. United States Minister to
bolivia for the past two years uas Ten.
dercd HE resignation to the state de.
parimcnt Mr.. Statesman IS from IN.
diana.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17

The Pittsfeld baseball team is
likely to lose the service of Dick
Burns, one of its star twirlers. Burns
has received an offer from the Hayer-
hill club of the New England league
which Is considerably better than
what is drawing here and he has
practically decided to accept. Burns
would like to stay here but the club
did not feel it could afford to pay him
the money the league club offered
him considering the way things have
broken financially this season-Pit
tsfeld Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-17
BASE BALL BUNTs

Ray Fisher, who has pitched three
games for Bennington this season is
slated to report with the New York
Americans on the oath. 1t is report
ed that the HighIanders have arrang-
ed a deal whereby the former Hart
ford twirler will be transferred to
Montreal in the Eastern league but
Fisher himself states that he has not
been informed of his trade.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
Chlldren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
9 q 9 OF RIA
What the Liaht Revealed.

A story is told of a simple and de-
vout Methodist minister who was not
sufficiently eloquent or businesslike to
be approved by the presiding elder.
Through the influence of the elder he
felt sure he was appointed to small
and widely scattered settlement where
there was much hard work. and the
results were necessarily meager. One
day he was commenting sadly on the
narrowness of his opportunities to n
friend. who said gravely that he ought
to pray for light that he might see the
hand of the Lord in his appointment.
II have. brother" he answered,
"again and again. But so far" he
added. with a whimsical smile. I've
had only light enough to see the in
terfering hand of Elder Brown
Youths Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN
Learn The Cause of Daily Woes
And End Them.

When the back aches and throbsa
When housework is torture.
When night brings no rest nor sleep.
When rinary disorders set in
Womens lot is a weary one.
There is way to escape these woes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure such ills.
Have cured thousands.
Read this woman's testimony.
Mrs. A. Baur, 737 Mulberry St,
Owensboro, KY, says: 81 have used
Doan's Kidney Pills and have found
them to be unequalled for Kidney
trouble and lame back. This remedy
also corrected difficulty with the kid
ney secretions. l sleep much better
since using Doan's Kidney Pills and
that languid feeling has disappeared, f"
For sale by.all' dealers. Price 50 cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents FOR the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
HIS OWN COIN.
Knox Gave Root What Root Had
Passed Out to Depew.

Senator Depew told little story on
himself and Senator Root in Il speech
at dinner in Washington to Mr..
Root by the New York Republican
congressional delegation.
when Root was secretary OF state,
said Senator Depew, IL went over TO
see him and asked him if he couldn't
do something for me in the line of
consular appointments He said Sen
ator, I'm sorry. J would like to do
something for New York, but'-and
Mr. Root picked up paper from his
desk-I see that New York's quota is
now exceeded by IA per cent.
Well continued Senator Depew, IL
year. Every time went to see him
he would remind me that New York's
quota was exceeded by II per cent.
Finally | said, Mr.. Secretary, | think
you're Il great statesman, but your
mathematics are inclined to be auto.
matte.
after awhile Mr.. Knox became sec
rotary Of state" Senator Depew said
when the laughter had subsidized. Sen
ator Root went up TO see him about
consular appointments. I'm sorry
said Mr.. Knox, 'but'-and he turned to
a document file-I find that New York's
quota is now exceeded by II per
cent. New York sun.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
EYE DEFECTS.
Some Things That Are Said to Affect
the Sense of Vision.

the Sense OF Vision.
Many eye defects, Of course, are due
to the bad habits Of their possessors
Tobacco, for instance, is generally held
to impair the vision, usually injuring
the color sense so that gold and silver
become indistlnguishable According
to some medical authorities, again, the
connection between eye and tooth trou
BILE is more than an old wife's fable. In
his book dealing with the subject Han
cock relates the story of a boy VIII,
woke up one morning to find himself
blind. On examination his teeth were
discovered to be crowded together. and
few of them were removed. with the
result that by evening he could distin-
guish between light and darkness
More teeth were removed, and in elev-
en- days his sight was fully restored
Other cases which tend to show the
connection between eye and tooth trOu-
BILE have also been noted. Very fire.
quently occupation has much to do
nystagmus is sometimes known as the
miners disease.
Nystagmus is an involuntary oscilla-
ton of the eyeball to and fro or round
In its orbit. In contradistinction to
glaucoma, it is a young defect, having
been noticed in infants. but sometimes
it attacks miners after forty. Miners
are inclined to attribute the failing to
the bad light, but it is more likely to
be caused by the continual upward
glance so often necessitated 10y their
occupation Strand Magazine.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
Notes From a Housekeeper's Diary.

Notes From a Housekeeper's Diary.
| had been bothered greatly by mice
getting into my buffet. says a house
wife In the Boston Cooking School
Magazine. now have had an ordi
nary piece of window screening neatly
tackled over the bottom and back Of
the buffet. This plan works like Il
charm, and have not been annoyed
by Mr.. Mouse and his family since.
| wonder how many know that they
can buy mica chimneys. They have
the advantage over glass of standing
the hearahd not breaking. They may
be bought for 20 cents.
A man who deals extensively In
brooms told me that those of the nat
ural color wear far better than those
of green straw. In order to give them
the green color they have to be dip
ped in preparation which. they say,
impairs the quality of the straw and
causes them to break very quickly
when in use.
Before hemming new napkins or In
blecloths 1t saves much time and trou
BILE to turn the hens by means of the
machine. Adjust the hemmer and sim
ply run them through without needle
or thread, thus creasing the hem more
evenly and quickly than could be done
by hand.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
Major Pond and Bill Nye.


More than one successful lecture star
had to thank Major Pond for his start
He had keen discrimination and not
infrequently sought out and dragged
upon the lecture platform an obscure
genius who never thought to see him
self before the footlights. Such u
genius was Bill Nye When the major
found him he was acting as postmas-
ter and editing the Laramie Boom
erang over livery stable. c'Walk
down the alley, twist the gray mules
tail, take the elevator immediately
Pond persuaded him to try lecturing,
and as there proved to be both money
and useful publicity in 1t Nye was
grateful and used for years to remem-
Der the major with characteristic
notes, one of which had the following
exhaustive signature:
Yours with a heart full OF gratitude and
a system fun of drugs, paints, oil, turpen-
tine, glass, putty and everything usually
kept in first class drug store.
p. S.-Open all night.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
LOCATING TRUFFLES.
The Hunter Works With Trained Pig
and a Pointed Staff.

ne VOikS WIN
and Pointed Staff.
The truffes looked exactly like white
potatoes that had been very thorough.
ly busted with powdered cinnamon.
They were the size Of white potatoes,
and they had the white potatoes irreg.
ular shape.
ION the way to the Riviera" said
the host, 81 stopped at Marseilles in
order to see a truiller, or truflle gath
erer, at work Truflles come only from
France. They cost, even over there,
about So a pound. The taste? Well
mushroomy, but much richer.
Our Marseilles trufiler carried a
pointed staff His indispensable col
laborator was a trained pig on leash.
The pig was like any other, only his
snout was longer and better devel-
oped.
1--WE spectators had hardly walked
100 yards over the fields when the pig
stopped and began to root near the
foot Of an oak The trufIler helped
him to dig with the pointed staff.
Some trufiles appeared Il foot under
ground, and the trufller pushed the pig
aside, threw it an acorn and put the
trufIies in his bag.
"He found, or, rather, his pig found
dozen truliles in the hour we watch
ed him. At every find the pig was re-
warded with I'm acorn. These pigs
cost $50 apiece The man made about
81 that morning. Exchange.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
Cloverport Ice Company has been duly
and legally Incorporated under the
laws of the State of Kentucky, and
that process in law may be had on
said company by service on John A.
Barry. President, and in the event of
his absence from Breckenridge county,
in which said company is located, with
its principal place Of business at Clo-
verport, Ky, then on Arad A. Simons,
Vice-President.
CLOVERPORT ICE co.
Cloverport, KY, April 81, 1910.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
CHINESE SAILORS.
The, Never Learn to Tie a Knot
Properly, Says a Skipper.

EiOPSiiyg 0dJS q ONiPPci'
II don't know why it is" said the
captain of the tramp steamer. but
you can't teach any of those Chinese
sailors there to tie a real knot.
'"There isn't much need aboard a
steamer for the rope knowledge that
used to be so much the part of a
fo'c's'le training, but we do need spices
and knots now and again just the
same.
"Those Chinese there, who were
signed on as A. BIS. can do anything
needed in the way of spices that would
make an old tar green with envy, and
they'll fix up deadeyes better than
most of the men I've shipped.
But you can't get one of 'em to tie
a right knot. Teach 'em again and
again. and they remember the lesson
for half an hour Next time there's a
straight everyday knot to be tied the
Chinese fo'c's'le hand makes up the
same old granny.
"Every child that tries to tie knot
makes a granny. This kind Of a knot
is made up by passing the ends around
each other in the reverse direction.
making the ends stand out at right an
giles. The ends should be wound
around each other In the same direc-
ton. When they come out of the knot
they, should lie alongside the line on
either side of the knot Such knot
WON'T slip. But a Chinaman can't
laorp ~ FOR Laanc-not no
"The Lascar and Malay aud Kanaka
learn the right knot easily enough. In
storm that's one of the things we
have to guard against If we have Chi
nese sailors" New York Sun.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
A Regular Tom Boy

jumping bitches. whiting, always get
ting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruises.
bumps, burns or scalds. But lawsl Her
mother just applied Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and cured her quick. Heals every
thing healable-Boils, Ulcers, Eczema,
Old S res, Corn or piles. Try it, Csc.
at Sewers Drug Co.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
A Man Wants To Die

only when lazy liver and sluggish
bowels cause .frightful dependency.
but DIR. Kings New Life Pills expel
poisons from the system; bring hope and
courage; cures all Liver Stomach and
Kidney troubles; impart health and
vigor to the weak, nervous and ailug.
2jc. at Sewers Drug Co.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11

Stops itching instantly. Cures piles
eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch, hives
herpes, scabies. -Dosn's Ointment. At
any drug est or
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11

Now is the time to use
a Want Ad.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
Profit In Three Cent Bread.

Jacob Slupsky, capitalist philanthro.
pist. viii erect 100000 bakery In
North IT. Louis and will sell bread at
0 cents loaf. There will be a profit
Of III cents on each loaf. he says.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11
Notice..

All election officers having keys and
stencils for November election 1000
will please bring or send them in at
once. The six months time is up.
Respectfully, H. NJ. Beard, Clerk.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-05-11

For a mild, easy, action of the bowels
single dose of Doan's Regulets is en-
ough' Treatment cures habitual con-
stipation. rs cents box. Ask your
druggist'to tor them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
ENFORCING THE LAW.
County Attorney Schenck Getting
After Property Owners.

County Attorney John ]. Schenck
has renewed his efforts to obtain the
full enforcement of the state law rel
alive to fire protection in public build
ings in Topeka with the result that
in the court of Topeka in the last two
days.
Notification has been sent to the
property owners to appear and show
why they are not liable to fine for neg
lect to comply with the law. In al
most every case the delinquent owners
or agents have agreed to install the
fire escapes, fire extinguishers or pla-
cards telling how to leave the building
in the event of fire. without further
delay.
L. M. Crawford has given bond of
500 and notified the county that he
will fight the present complaint upon
the ground that the Majestic theatre,
the building in question already is am
ply provided with fire protection
The names on the warrants issued
are as follows:
Dan McVicar. owner of building at
sos Kansas avenue.
w. C. Stephenson. owner of the
Crawford flats at 212-226 East Fifth
street
E. E Roudebush, owner of building
at 413-415 jackson street.
J. P. Griswold and J. K. Blair,
agents of building occupied by Shaw
nee mills.
B. M. Payne, owner of building at
Alb Kansas avenue.
Margaret Virgins, owner of flats at
S27 Tyler street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07

young people enjoyed the swings and
teeter boards and they romped and
tumbled on the lawns, watched the
tsh. swans and ducks. A small brood
OF young ducks seemed to give a con-
tinuous performance by running over
patches Of water lily pads, catching
insects on the run and picking flies
out of the gorgeous blossoms of the
nymphaeas, which were in bloom by
the hundreds on Spring Lake.
1t was disappointment not to find
any victorias on the little pond where
they have been growing every year.
seeds of them were planted, but failed
to grow, the seeds being immature.
Everything seemed to be adequate for
the great gathering. except the play
features for the children, who needed
more swings. teeter boards and other
playground features, some of which
will probably be installed before an
other picnic this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
IT'S LOSING BUSINESS.
Pullman Service VIII Bankrupt Rail-
roads in Time.

Chicago, July IA second attempt to
obtain an order restraining the interstate
commerce commission from putting into
effect its order reducing sleeping car rates
was made by the Pullman company ct al
in the United States court here today. At
torney Fernald of the Pullman company
produced affidavits to show that if the
commissions rate were made mandatory
the rate of earnings on the Northern Pa
cific would be less than per cent. Be
tween st. Paul and Fargo it was alleged
the rate would be less than , per cent
1t was stated that the Santa Fe road
lost $50, 900 a year on its California limited
running between Chicago and the Pacific
coast. According to Gardiner Lathrop of
that road the loss per Pullman passenger
on this trip is S7.5S. The Santa Fe and the
Pullman company share the EXPENSES and
the earnings. F. c. Lindley of the Great
Northern declared that it costs 20 cents
a mile to haul a Pullman car.
William Ellis of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul which operated its own
sleeping cars. declared that the road loses
$500, 600 a year them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
UNCLE joe IN AUTO.
Will Campaign His District When He
Returns From Kansas.

washington July Joseph G.
| cannon speaker of the house. is
hack in Washington. after cruise and
| outing along the Atlantic coast lasting
from Thursday of last week. He ar
rived in Washington quietly, accom-
named by S. w. Stratton. director of
the bureau of standards, who had been
with him on the trip. which was most
lv on the lighthouse tender Maple:
"If I were to accept the invitations
for speeches that have come and are
coming to me every day." said MI
cannon. ''I would be doing nothing
but speak from now until the election
NV first speech will be in Representa-
tive Phil CamDbell's district at Win
field. Kansas July 16. 1 will leave
for Danville in two or three days, ana
after the Kansas trip will return
there
ABOUT the middle of August I in
tend to make a tour of my district in
nv automobile to find out the situation
and just what may be necessary to be
and this the best method of travers-
ing the district In the last campaign
7 found l could go farther by auto,
meet more people and hold more
meetings in a day than in any other
way. why, we had as high as ten
meetings in one day; some of them
were brief, to be sure. with one a lit
tle gathering of people. but we usually
wound up with big meeting at night.
'I can't tell anything about the pro-
gram when the campaign opens you
see our primaries in Illinois are not
till September Is, and the campaign
will not be under way until about that
time l will go out and make rev
speeches in other states, but we nave
to wait and see which way the cat
Jumps before making up an itinerary
or a speaking program, and to take
advantage of situations as they de-
yelop from time to time, by going
where effort seems to be most needed.
Speaker Cannon repeated what he
said at the White House a week ago
when asked relative to his probable
candidacy for reelection as speaker
of the next house. On that occasion
he said that the recipe for rabbit pie
was first catch your rabbit. This by
inference meant that he would wait
until he was reelected to the house
before announcing for speaker.
The pilgrimage of insurgents to
Oyster Bay has little significance to
the speaker. 1t may be added that
he does not believe that Colonel
Roosevelt will consent to head third
party, but that the former president
will be found supporting the Taft ad-
ministration in the approaching cam
paign. He did not believe the report
sent out from Oyster Bay that Col
onel Roosevelt had Endorsed Repre-
sentative Poindexter's candidacy for
the United States senate, and con-
firmation of his belief came half an
hour later, when the evening papers.
published a denial from Colonel
The ridiculous feature of
the Oyster Bay story was that it
stated that Poindexter was to be a
candidate against Senator Piles of
Washington. Senator Piles more than
a year ago announced that he will not
be candidate to succeed himself.