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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27
THE WATERS TIP

splitting a IS bill with a waiter
when you reach a hotel and promising
him the other piece when you leave IL
well served is a poor game, SAID a
veteran waiter in one of New York S
biggest hotels who read of it in the
Sun.
"A western man tried it on me once
and it made me sore. l took pains TO
serve him poorly, showing that l ala
NOT care for his money. 1 was so
careless that when he was leaving ne
refused me the other half. had MN
sized up for a cheap skate, so l pointed
out to him that the piece he mad was
no good to him as it was and offered 10
buy it from him for 81. He thought
deeply minute and declined. Then
offered to sell my half for $S Some
how or other this appealed to him. ana
he bought it and seemed happy. III
bet he hasn't stopped figuring out yet
whether he won or lost. One thing hes
sure of, he didn't tip the waiter"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

Small talk often makes big trouble.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
SALO0NKEEPER IS
!. ROBBED OF $4,000
Thief Gets Busy in Living Rooms
While Confederates Entertain
Family in Bar.

A pair of slick strangers called upon
Joseph Jarmbeck. saloonkeeper at No.
1926 Junction-ave., early Tuesday even
ing. and when they departed, they car
ried with them more than $4,000 Sc
creted In a trunk In the living rooms
In the rear OF the saloon. The money
was the savings OF 20 years.
The two men came into the place
early In the evening. They at once
proceeded to make good fellows Of
themselves, buying drinks for every
body In the place. They finally In
duced Mrs. Jarmbeck and her children
to come from the living rooms into the
barroom. They got considerable
amusement out of throwing pennies to
the children, who scrambled for them.
When the pair finally departed, the
saloonkeeper was sorry to see them
go. After the excitement OF their Wis
II was over MIRA Jarmbeck suddenly
discovered that the rooms in the rear
were In disorder and investigation
showed that the trunk was gone.
The police were notified and the
flying squadron responded. The Off
GERS found a man who had seen an
other man carry the trunk through the
alley. The trunk was found In the
railroad yards nearby. There are at
least three men implicated in the rob-
berry. the police believe. While the
two strangers were keeping everybody
busy In the saloon, the third man car
ried the trunk out the rear way and
riAad N
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19

Ohio. Mrs. Seidner was granted d.,
vorce In Judge Rohnerts court In
August. 1908, on the grounds OF cruel
ty and non-support. The son was
awarded to the mother. Last July,
Mrs. Seidner- died, and on her death
bed gave the boy to her mother, Mrs.
Emily Suker, of Detoit. There he
lived happily until two weeks ago
when the father started legal pro
ceedings to get possession Of his son.
The boy pleaded to be allowed to
remain with his grandmother, but
Judge Rohnert decided that he should
go for a month with his father, and
at the end of that time elect with
whom he wished to live. During the
two weeks he has been in Ohio he
pinned SO for his grandmother that the
father and Mrs. Suker made an ar
rangement for the boy to return to
her, with the understanding that at
stated intervals he should visit with
his father. Judge Rohnert agreed to
the arrangement and made an order
turning the boy over to Mrs. Suker.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
WHACKS DENNY AGAIN.
Doremus Insists Opponent 10 Tied Up
to AIdrich Crowd.

In his talks, Tuesday night, Frank
f. Doremus, Democratic candidate
for congress from the First district,
made vigorous reply to Congressman
Denby's keynote speech of Monday
evening and sought to enlighten his
Republican opponent as to the diner
ence between an insurgent and a
standpatter. In answer to DENLY 8
denia' OF the charge that he Is in
league with the Aldrich- Cannon fac
ton, Mr. Doremus produced copies
OK the Congressional Record showing
that DENLY had voted with the Aid
rich Cannon crowd repeatedly on the
tariff and other important questions.
He contrasted Denby's attitude with
that OF the insurgent Republicans on
the same question. He also showed
where Senator Burrows stood OH
the3e questions and then recalled
how actively DENLY had supported
Burrows in the primary campaign.
Doremus took exception to Denby's
charge that he has no policy---
II want to see an honest revision
of the tariff laws that will reduce the
higa cost Of living without Gripping
American industry" he said. We
have raic tribute too long to the spe-
ciai interests"
The candidate went on to show how
the tariff schedules are manipulated
by the interests TO suit themselves,
the people being forced to buy 5)ods
ut the prices fixed by the trusts with
tariff added.
Mr.. Doremus was we'll received at
all his meetings.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
ON FRED aUTH's TRAIL.
Mrs. Relnhardt Says She'll Prosecute
Him IL He's Released.

In the event that the relatives OF
Fred Guth, ex-city fireman, who Is In
the Asylum for the Criminal Insane In
Ionia, succeed In their effort to get
him released, Mrs. Mamie Reinhardt,
the young woman he stabbed almost
to death in her home in Bellevue-ave.,
will try to prosecute him FOR his at
tack upon her.
The young woman came to police
court, Tuesday morning, and had a
conference with Police Justice Stein
and Jeffries. She told them she would
seek to make fresh complaint
against Guth II he we're released.
The police justices referred her to
Prosecuting Attorney Van Zile.
I'm not sure that Guth will be re-
leased" said the prosecutor. IF he is,
then 1t will be time to take the matter
up with Mrs. Reinhardt."
Guth was a sutton for the young
woman's hand before her marriage TO
George Reinhardt and the stabblng
was done In At Of Jealous rage.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
SUPREME COURT.

LANSING, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE SUI
preme court yesterday heard the fol-
lowing cases: Hosking vs.. Cleveland
Iron Mining Co.; Risku Va. Iron Cliffs
Co.. Brucker VS.. Manistee & Grand
Rapids r. r. Co.; Cowley vs.. Nc
Gregor; Cummings vs.. Detroit United
Railway; Detroit Lumber Co. Va.
Cleft; Bown q Brown Coal Co. Va.
Antizak.
Orders TO show cause were denied
to Malow vs. Hosner and in Hargrave
vs.. Gage.
Call for Wednesday: 20, SO. 80. 81,
SO, "a, 95.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
Strobe is ACQUITTED.
Jury Quickly Frees Man Who Shot
Down Wife's Admirer.

The unwritten law defense won a
signal victory In Judge Phelan's
court. Tuesday afternoon, when Aid
er Strobbe, of Moline. ILL.,, was acquit-
ted on the charge of shooting Charles
lily harm.
Strobbe pursued his wife and De-
greve from Moline to Detroit. After
persistent search, he found the man
and the woman. He appealed to the
police 70 arrest them, but they paid
no heed to him. He then took the
law into his own hands, walked into
barroom across from the central
police station. where Degreve was
drinking and shot the fellow down.
The jury was out less than 10 min.
utes.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
GOES BACK TO GRANDMOTHER,
Herman Seidner's Father Agrees to
Give Boy Up.

The attachment Of ten-year-old
boy for his grandmother, won for him
the greatest desire of his heart, in
Judge Rohnert's court. Tuesday morn
ing, and he was awarded to the care
and custody of that grandmother, for
whom he professed the greatest love.
The boy, Herman Seidner, Is a son
of the Rev. William M. Seidner, an
Episcopal rector of Steubenville.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
CHALLENGES PEARY's CLAIM.
Famoue German Astronomer Says Elk.
pIorer Didn't Reach North Pole.

BERLIN, Oct. 19.-Prof. Andreas
|Calle, the famous German astronomer.
|of Potsdam, today issued sensation
|al statement in which he claimed that
commander Peary did not reach he
North Pole. Prof Gale declares rha.
none of Peary's methods of reckoning
|his position in the far north were re-
lliable and that even had Peary reach
ed the axis of the earth. he would not
have known It,
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
AT 20, HE GETS DIVORCE.

PONTIAC, Mich, Oct. 19.-William
Beatty, aged 20, a wealthy farmer, re-
siding near Milford, was yesterday
granted divorce from Mary Beatty,
whom he charged with cruelty and de-
sertion. Mrs. Beatty fled cross bill
in which she alleged cruelty and non
support and asked for separate main
tenance. The suit was ended by the
wife withdrawing the CONTEXT and &C
cepting s2,125 alimony.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19

Did You Know That
Oscar Hammerstein. New York's
operate impresario, was once cigar
maker?
The Detroit times., 1910-10-19

It's an Ill wind that blows out your
last match.
Most people who cast their bread
upon the water use II for bait.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04
NEW LEAGUE OF LARGE n
CITIES is NOW PROBABLE

New York. r. The plan 90
establish professional baseball
club in the b..au-l or the Borax
contemplated syndicate heade
by William G 1n presiden, OF tho
Fairmont Athlete club. may bring
about in time ae formation Of new
major leagu,
II Gibson aua his friends can show
that club apresenting the Bronx
I'm minor .lIue venture. it is be-
lieved tha .u due time another big
baseball circuit may be- organized
involving rh. best cities I'm the
American Association and the East
ern League With bali club estab-
lishel iu the Bronx with plenty OF
financial backing aud suitable
ground, and population of nearly
100000 from which To draw patron
age, j, > taought that he schemers
In favor OF building a new major
League will ultimately realize tha,
the euitory north OF The Harlem
river Is available
Invasion OF Greater New York D,
new baseball league would mean
strife. no doubt. for the organzoO
leagues would bitterly oppose the
plan. But if the American Associa
lion ever shows nerve enough to put
a club in Chicago ,herc is ever,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04

entire stream. Il would cost "A cool
thousand 10 tear down the masonry
again. but Gregson farm was worth
u times that would be worth forty
thousand when properly divided in
into settlers lots So. In due course
OF time, Gregson and his wife were
left high and dry upon the face of
tho desert
Grcssoh drew his last penny from
the bank. lie had 5000 LEFT i'm tho
world beside his worthless homestead.
It was too little TO take them east.
even
Wen fight him while VIC are
alive" said his wife. DO YOU ro.
member what that travelling surveyor
said two years ago. that there MINT
BE an underground stream? Sink
Hell dear"
by God, I wins" crcid Gregson.
II cost all that he had TO run down
10 rock level and board the sides
Ngainst the sand. And. when this
Has done. there was no water
"GreGfon. III give you seventy-five
for your house, 90 use for lumber"
caid BascOm. Come, I'll make 10
couple of hundred. so that you can
gel away. Cont DO a fool. man
Think Of your wife. You've got 10
60. q mouse couldn't earn living
herss OR I'll sell You FIVE lois i'm the
S3I5Umts land, fifty down and ave q
month"
And Oregon flung back his defiance
a. hin and still remained
Now they had only food for a wesl,
remaining They scooDcd mp water
for drinking ont OF the wet SAND with
difficulty And oven that biled them.
we've got 10 Ro." said Gregsor az
inst But Wen leave thcm nothing.
Let us nh iu tho well, at any rato.
before we leave"
For three days they worked inces-
sanity, shoveliug sand from he bed
Of tho stream and flling UP the well.
on the fourth day Gregson ripped fn
the excavation and sat up Win cry.
holding HIS foot He had g'ubbod Il
against a boulder His wife ram up 10
him She saw hts face freeze sud
denly; saw hi3 features distorted.
heard the laugh of mailman come
from his throat lie pointcd into me
sand Round him lay borldcrs. oaob
OF them voincd with Jagged stripes
OF dun yellow. sparkling In the sun
light
what ~ lt?'' eTfei tls wife. fear
fully
Cold answered Gregson solcmnIy,
'It means that we've found The lost
mino, my r"-Huo.I Carter.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04
THE TREASURE OF THE STREGH.

The two naon faced one anotSler out,
side the stone Offices Of the Land Co.;
the one stout, Oyordressed, hughed
with prosperity; the other, hat IN
hand, as one who pleads.
My good man, yoI're wasting my
Tine said the president OF lie com.
pany aff&bly. lie could anord 10 be
anable. Il cant help it. if you've nc
water on your farm Take my price
TWO hundred and nifty auu it, isn't
North the fifty alone OF stay here
aud rot"
The lands irrigated lands they
called them, with fine irony had been
hrat settled by miners, who had come
there attracted by marvellous stories
OF lost gold miuo They mad Labor
iOusiy scrsped the thin illurial from
;he banks Of The stream and then de-
parted. Afterward the settlers cnme
Homesteads sprang up beside be
stream which made aIl the land fer-
tile for seven miles Oh either side of
lt But they were oufWiltcd Dg cap
lialists from the cast John Bas-om
Gad seen with the ego OF an expert
VIC marvellous possibilities OF the dry
@otl Two miles eas sand. whore once
the river had been. before the oouwrx
Of the stream CHANGED lie had re-
CURED rights on Tie hillside aud Boz
gun To- build The great dam whioh
Was 20 divert the river into if4 auritfif
bed and irrigate thousands Of acr ~,
now nothing but candy desert.
Meanwhile the settlers finding heir
water supply gradually diminishing.
had one by one sold out 10 the Land
o. til only Grcsson and bis wife
remained.
lt was not Basooms intention To
divert the entire stream re calcu.
lated by leaving the end Of the dam
open, he could Divide The flow. and
thus acquire possession of two fracfs
of fertile soil. one along either tribu-
7ty But first he must firhten Greg.
son away Thus 30 was mat 3s the
dam drew 90 completion. tho river
shrank daily until % nds nothing but
\ iivulet
'.aF .tHf .NnA Ng ID nave TO
70, Grogson muferad, staring out
over his Darched acres. Ten year
a homestead built and pros Dcrity fac
lpG Us and now"
i. had been worth twelve thousand
The preceding year Sow TIE desert
haf crept In, and where the broad rive
or lad been man could wsde across.
Tie stream had been diverted and the
LAND Co was growing rich.
Well. Oregon are YOU ready %
moYe'' asked Bascom pleasantly ne
following week. as DE rode by.
Curse you no" Greg.ou cried 10
him. "Pll rot first You'l never got
'h.s place never.
Wait tli next month";" said Bss-
,oW pleasantly
We'll thcre was nothing but 70
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intend .p levy On the parents % p3y
FOR TO- She'll got uothin out " mc.
Ill tell her That right now"
"SuucEs" cried tho squire as DE-
handed Schmidt hi Ieituug "Ncithcr
Of you needn't worry She's too smar.
10 expect 20 get blood ont Of turnius"
.NeI aN / hsf To- say" was
Schmidts parting remark as be- wound
bis blue wooden mumer about bis neck
~ She keeps on INIT dose vooIshupss
dakc mciu Kari oudt OF school right
away aIrctty Dot yos better dot hc
work. ns 10 waste his time So"
Poor little Miss Afuorth." sighed
Mrs Hardy as she watched The two
men tramp off together "Tm power
fui glad she's boarding with us. The
whole ueiRhborhood is down ou her
ncwfanglcd ways I'm going rich. out
now and make something extra ric,
and hot for supper lts pretty near
sundown aud shcU come m sson an
worn out with her days work.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04

H& H'uihlul.
WH Squire Hardy WAY incsthsi
sitting room talking TO his
wife. TO think Of his kickiu' Just Le--
cause the little sclDolmaSa IN *. iSuiid 1
To celebrate the day and wants leave
20 use the schoolhousew
Tiles We'll meaning. ,peaceabh
nsfghhor. Hiram" said the squires
wife pIacidly
SOS horses and cows. Gimme folks
that's got some public spirit in Gem r
why. there amt been mite OF public
Improvement done this ten year back,
-9h. now. Hiram. we've cot The
postortice"
Eyes: much thanks to the rest or
'em! II was me worked and kicked
and hadgered til / got them O tri
weekly mail and much use, they make
Of H." 80 no i,4
Il don't recIect much public Inn
provementS ever being I'm lIardyvine."
said Mrs. Hardy dryly Ha....
There would "a BEEN said her
husband testify there would - bees,
II the Americans had stayed here and
the Germans had kept away" " %"
"Sho. Hiram, You can't say but
what the German folks keep the
church and schoolhouse going" H. -u
"Goin'-yes. goin to rack aud ruin
all the same. SchOolhouse leakin like
sixty. and catch 'em taxin' themselves
Tor new roof. | wonder Miss At
worth can stay in the place. her and
the children mirin' shoe mouth deep in
mud To get to school I'm the winter
Hello. Here comes Jack with tho
mail bag"
a little while later Squire Hardy
WAS I'm the act Of distributing the
bags small contents when two farm
J ers walked in without even stopping to
stamp the mud of their cowhide boots.
Mrs. Hardy kept ON placidly knitting
beyond the fireplace. She was used 20
such iuvasions OF the sitting room
from which she had removed the car
pet soon after the postonice was
granted TO the sleepy settlement
+ Draw M 10 the fire, Mr. Gates"
she said Hospitality. Take that rock
er, Mr. schmidt"
Mr.. Gates kicked his feet against
the andirons to rid them OF clay and
snow.
Cold day" he remarked. settling
/ his coon>kin cap more firmly ON his
head. WHATS this | hear about the
new tcachcr?"
'""Wcll, whatE' snapped the squire
looking around
"Sone say she's dead sot on gettin'
up them doin's ON Washlugton's birth.
day"
"Wcr. ,'posc she isl" said the
rfYt ..f
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04
a Pedestrian

What Is = pedestrian. papa" ask.
I'd 2 juvenile whose parent had JUS
begun TO run hia motor
a pedestrian. my som said the
irritable papa So person who gets
IN the way OF motor cars 70 ANNOY ~
nnor ohau IauFa"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04
AWashington's
Birthday X
Experiment g.
BY EDGAR K. WEBB

Copyright. 1905. by,c. n. Lurie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-23

man, without guile, who sought to serve
his country
James A. Garfield was the fourth chair
man of appropriations, perhaps the most
efficient man who ever held that COM
handing place. He was gifted with an
exquisite mind. and his acquired knowl-
edge was boundless. AS a debater and
an orator he had few equals, and had his
character been commensurate with his
ability. he would have attained a place
in our parliamentary history on plane
with the highest. But he was weak
man morally, or rather his will was fee
ble and thus he was wax fashioned by
Blaine-clay in the hands of that potter.
What pity it is that Garfield and Ran
dali could not be fused in one tremendous
personality! What pity 1t was that
Garfield was elected PRESIDENT AS a SEN
ator in Congress he would have rivaled
Webster though Clay. Calhoun and Ben
ton were beyond his reach for they were
made of sterner stuff. But had Garfield
been senator. had Carpenter survived,
had Conkling not been the victim of the
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that turbulant body, the American House
of Representatives. I do not believe VIII
liam C. P. Breckenridge ever had his
match, not even in Garfield himself. He
was as courteous as a nobleman and as
rigorous as rufflan. He gave all urbane
consideration to the other side and never
yielded an inch to his ground. His man.
ner disarrned the opposition and his we'll
bred air captivated them.
Had Breckenridge been less of an orator
he would have had more weight in Con-
gress. Men forgot the fruit of his logic
in the maize of the flower of his tongue
It Is a great pity that he did not take a
seat in the national councils 16 years
earlier. He could have been the head Of
the American bar but his place was the
leader of the majority or the minority of
the American Congress. And why? Be-
cause there never was mind baliasted
with more mental integrity than his. He
saw through Adam Smith at a glance,
accepted his preachments and proclaimed
them with an eloquence none Of his gem
GRAFTON surpassed. He knew instinctively
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was an isolated neighborhood In
the swampy section of Virginia
and. as that lively genius Sydney
smith once said Of his parish. Foster
le-Clay. at was IL miles from lemon"
The nearest railroad station was q
distance of IL miles or more, and 1t
was a longer ride through swamps and
sand to reach a steamboat on an estu-
airy of James river.
This isolation may have been the
primary cause of the peoples almost
universal dislike of leaving their own
neighborhood. IA any rate. they were
veritable stay at homes" Probably
the majority of the old people had
never been outside of their immediate
neighborhood AS their forefathers had
lived and died there on the Blackwa-
ter. so would they They were ex-
ceedingly primitive in manners. taste
and ways of living. But they were
honest, moderately thrifty, and very
hospitahle. They were not stupid. en-
Joyed life and were kindly disposed.
They attended their churches regular
ly. were easily touched, and respond
ed literally to any call for sympathy
and help.
The old deacons Of the churches en-
tertained superstitions, thought livery
wrong ito play the fiddle" and be-
lieved "the devil was always in the
fiddle, anyhow" and that dancing was
an objectionable sin.
As a rule, the children of the neigh :
borhood attended school and their par
ents were willing to pay for their tut
ton, rather than to send them to a
free school, for they '.didn't like free
school nohow, and the schoolmaster in
these days Is an educated man. none
better" So the gisis and boys at
tended school until they were about
grown, then the boys became farmers
and titled ground with their own
hands, as their fathers and grandfath-
ers had done before them.
When the girls left school they went
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home to assist their mothers In the
culinary art and in making quilts. In
the former they often became adopts;
of the latter accomplishment am not
qualified to judge.
A few of the neighborhood people
were going through a metamorpho sis,
becoming more progressive, ana awak-
ening to the Importance Of sending
their children off to college.
About this time, In 1881, we were new
corners in the neighborhood. A long city
pastorate had worn me down consid-
erably in health and I longed for the
country; SO 1 resigned my church and
determined to become a sort Of mission
airy among these people for while.
One of the first things I was called on
to do was to perform marriage cere-
mony; a wedding would follow, and an
Invitation came for my wife to come with
me. 1 limited at the cold weather be-
ing too severe for one unaccustomed to
exposure; but she declared she would not
miss it for anything. that she wished to
see life in all Of its phases, and felt nat
tered at getting the invitation on the eve
of her arrival. and especially when she
was unacquainted with the contracting
parties. There stood the fine horse and
nice top buggy placed at our disposal.
We were told that a ride of eight miles
would take us to the residence of the
bride, where the ceremony would take
place. and that we were expected to go
with the bridal couple to the home Of
the grooms father distance of eight
miles. where there would be large
wedding
1t was cold afternoon in December.
and there was cutting, searching north
east wind blowing in our faces; but who
feels the cold or the wind when there
is wedding on hand? We rather think
the difficulties augment the enjoyment.
We know that we have seen some Of the
fair, delicate sex who shrink and shiver
at tho idea of going out In bad weather
nnAa necessary errand. become animated
and delighted. and hravely face the wild