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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-25

Now that the end Of BaIIinger is in
sight, Mr. Taft is reminded that one
Clifford Pinchot knows a whole lot
about Interior Department affairs
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-25

Even if Mr.. Roosevelt should not at
tend the New York State Republican
convention, he could easily find way,
In these days of airships. to drop a
bomb into it.-Springfield Republican.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
RED HEADED BOYS
NEVER CRIMINALS
SAYS DR.. MATTHIAS

. KANSAS CITY, Mo, April %
"A red headed kid never makes
criminal man"
This was the observation of DR..
e. L. Matthias of the juvenile court
in making over the adoption papers
for a small red headed boy to a
Clay county farmer.
Il want a boy who will make
good record-and will make good
man." Frank |. Williams asked a
week ago of the detention home Of
ficers. | have a large farm out
there in Clay county-but not a
child. My wife and myself both
want to adopt a boy
So Layman Hudson, II years old,
ward of the juvenile court, who,
for the past IS months has been
at the McCune farm, was selected
for the Clay county farmer.
"Now, | know this boy will make
good" said DR.. Matthias, turning
Layman into the keeping of the big
farmer. His hair is the right color.
Don't you know, the four years !
have been here we have never had
a red headed boy in the juvenile
court charged with crime"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
KEEN COMPETITION BETWEEN
RIVAL LAMP POST DESIGNERS
Architects K. K Cutter and J. M Goodwin Both Have
Electrolier and There May Be Trouble Before Spo-
kane Decides Definitely on One the Other.

Trouble is promised before Spo-
kane finally settles the street light
ing question and gets all the prop
erty holders lined up for the same
kind of electrolier. While the COM
mittee of the chamber of commerce
supposed to have the power to Sc
lect the kind of lamp post to be
used exclusively has decided on
what is known as the Cutter design,
the hackers of the Goodwin designs
have not laid down, and as the
Goodwin people have about so per
cent of the merchants and property
holders along Riverside avenue al
ready signed up on contracts for
that design, it looks as though there
is going to be two kinds of lamp
posts put up.
Keen rivalry between the design
ers of the two kinds of posts has
marked the street lighting move
ment from the first The Cutter
post, recommended by Architect X.
K. Cutter, is declared by j. M. Good
win, the designer of the other post,
to be copied from the catalog of the
j. l.. Mott Iron Works of New York
He says it is post No. 2005J in the
1909 catalog of that company, and
charges Cutter with filching the
idea bodily. On the other hand he
claims his own design is entirely
original and would make a dis
tinctively Spokane electrolier.
Another claim made by Goodwin
for his post is that it will be made
in Spokane, while the Cutter de-
sign will be made in Minneapolis
Goodwin says the throwing of the
plum by the chamber committee to
Cutter and the Minneapolis firm is
a frameup. The Cutter post will
cost $115 set up ready to light on
the sidewalk, according to the Min
neapolis firms bid, but Goodwin
took the wind out of the committee
the other day by offering to con-
struct the same post in Spokane
and set it up on the sidewalk for
STA.
The Goodwin bid was 1925 per
electrolier set up on the sidewalk,
but this bid included the obtaining
of the contracts from all the prop
erty holders, a considerable work
which must be paid for by some
one. And for that money Goodwin
says his post will be better, be-
cause he says he does not have to
figure in freight from Minneapolis.
Some of the rival posts can be
h seen already set up. The Goodwin
! post can be seen on the south side
Of Riverside avenue between Stew
ems and Howard, and the Cutter de.
sign in front of Davenport's cafe.
The chamber as body has not
acted on the last report of the light
! ing committee, which recommends
/ that action be urged on the city
! council at once to prevent the Good
win design from being put in. The
committee wants the council to de
! cree that the Cutter design shall
be the design Of the city. 1t has
| been ascertained that the council
has no power to create lighting
district and assess property for the
mprovement-the work must be
paid for by the individual property
holders, and the chamber can mere
ly recommend the kind of a lamp t.
! be put in.
1t is expected that the Goodwin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

fraction of a degree. when 1t is
switched back on. Thus the proper
temperature is maintained pdH-
stantly. The eggs, of course, have
to be turned by hand; but there
is no watching to see that they
become too cold, or overheated.
When the eggs are Matched, II
another setting is not placed UNI
der the electric hen, she" or 1T"
is used as brooder for the chicks.
Into the soft and downy covering
of the hen the little things scam
per at the first touch of cold, or
upon the first sign of danger. ''
The hen weighs less than a
pound and is SO light that the
weight is not sufficient to crush
the eggs during the incubating
period.
At the first trial with his EIDE
trio hen" Shrek Matched AZ and
with the second experiment A out
of as eggs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
SOCIETY MAN WORKS.

TOLEDO, o., April 23.-Rather
than lose contract with the larg-
est hotel here, II. ]. Haywood, man.
ager of coal company, who is also
prominent in society here, and a
club member, drove a wagon loaded
ed with coal to the lake this morn
ing and shoveled the contents into
the nearly empty poke bins.
One of the companies which has
been holding out granted. the de-
mands of their men today.
There are about $50 teamsters
still out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
FOUND AFTER 10 YEARS.

PITTSBURG, April 23.-Miss
Annie Maui, large stakeholder in
local bank, has been found in
Austin, Texas, after ten years
search. A few days ago Miss Maui
drew several hundred dollars from
her account, informing the bank
that, although she was a stock
holder, she had drawn no dividends
for 10 years.
The draft gave her Pittsburg
relatives clue to her where
abOuts. Her brothers and sisters
are reported to have found her
living the life of a recluse in
Austin,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

much larger than full grown
turkey, and is constructed of a
network of fine wires. Over these
is a covering of fluffy material,
downy and feathery. This hen is
sufficiently large to cover four
dozen eggs, while the ordinary
barnyard hen can handle only
about dozen.
The electrical hen" is connect
ed by a single large wire to the
Shrek home. Just outside the hen
is a thermostat that regulates the
heat, holding it to SO degrees.
The instant the temperature
rises above this point, the Their
mostat switches it off, holding it
there until there is q drOn of a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
FEATHERED MACHINE Of WIRES
FINE HEN UNDERSTUDY...N NEXT! !!

YORK, Neb., April 23.-Charles
Shrek of this place has solved the
problem of Matching chickens and
mothering them without calling up
on the real hen or the incubator.
Shrek has made electricity do
this bidding and has forced an
electric hen" to do the work.
He even goes so far as to con-
tend that it is not beyond the
range of possibility to mechani
cally produce an egg from which
chicken may be Matched.
Shreck's electric hen" takes the
place of the real hen, the incu
bator and the brooder in Matching
and caring for young chicks. 1t is
an immense thing, having a body
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
RUSE OF WOMAN
ALLOWED HUSBAND
TO MAKE ESCAPE

BRAZIL, Ind, April 23.-John Po-
land and his wife, charged with
horse stealing, were cornered in
lumber yard here by citizens. The
woman, turning repeating rifle
over to her husband, came forward
and surrendered. Under cover of
her ruse her husband escaped.
The Polands, who lived on a farm
near Greencastle, had been pursued
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

TOR six years years one of the
h most familiar figures on the
= streets of Spokane, known to
thousands as the pencil man." A.
l.. Wilson is an example of pluck
and self reliance under misfortune
and affliction which it would be
hard to equal anywhere. Though
deprived of the use of his legs for
II years and forced to live in a
wheeled chair or in his bunk-he is
always in one or the other-Wilson
keeps his own house, gets his own
meals and makes his own living
asking no charity or assistance of
anyone.
His cabin. where he patches, 1924
Riverside avenue. near the Masonic
temple. is a wonder of ingenuity-it
must be. for Wilson cannot leave
his chair while getting his meals
and keeping his house. The man
makes his living selling pencils,
shoe strings and collar buttons on
the street and breeding dogs, which
is also his hobby.
Cheerful and smiling TO all and
possessed of a homely philosophy
of life and things all his own, Will
son may be seen any day near the
northwest corner of Stevens and
Riverside, his favorite location, or
propelling himself by hand power
along the streets in his chair. as
sisted by his faithful companion,
Spokane Belle. thoroughbred
Boston terrier. who has learned to
tug on the rope and who does many
other little things for her master
with cheerful Willingness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
VETERAN WANTS DIVORCE,

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April %
Fifty-two years after marriage,
Micajah c. Lane, a veteran of the
civil war at present residing in the
soldiers home, has brought suit for
divorce from his wife, Mary e.
Lane, supposed to be living in or
near Minneapolis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

two days and nights by the sheriff's
posse. They escaped after an ex-
change of shots between Mrs. Po-
land and deputy sheriff and con-
tinued their flight to this city, the
posse close behind them.
The woman fought fiercely as she
was taken to the jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
THE PENCIL MANS PHILOSOPHY.

There is feeling Of satisfaction that only the
man who is independent and who when the
realize that he has earned his right to live"
Drink Of enemies 1t steals his mind
and without that nothngnorse than the beasts"
Dogs the best of mans friends dog it's
master is crippled and they learn to help afflicted
with a readiness which is astonishing"
"No matter what your business,
successful unless of all
that will know where when
and whether not making the
investment"
81 better off than spo-
kane ! am able to living"
" always going live in Spokane It's the best city
in"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

LIMA, o., April 23.-Because
Bert Farnum used language over a
telephone which shocked hello
girl" Mayor Dyer fined him 81 and
costs and gave him 60 day work
house sentence
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

A. l.. Wilson, Though He
Never Leaves His Wheel
ed Chair, Cooks His Own
Meals and Keeps His Own
House-His Cabin Is a
Marvel of Ingenuity-Has
Quaint Philosophy All His
Own.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
CABIN is WONDER.

In his 9 by u Riverside avenue
cabin, built especially for him from
his own plans and specifications,
Wilson is able to perform all the
tasks incident to keeping house
with as much ease as house
keeper in the most modern and con-
venient of kitchens-and he never
leaves his chair except at night,
when he wheels it alongside his bed
and with his arms lifts himself out
into the bunk.
One of Wilson's mechanical con-
trivances is attached to the door of
his cabin. BY four ropes running
through pulleys he is able from his
bed TO open and close his door, lock
and unlock it. All his pots and
pans, books and other things are
ranged along the walls on shelves
within his reach while in the chair.
He is also able to keep fuel in his
stove and cook his simple meals as
well as though he could walk about.
The cabin, built on another's land
with permission and the right to
keep it there till the property is
needed for other purposes, is
lighted by electricity. A dexterous
turn or two of his chair brings him
to any part of the cabin.
OF his affliction Wilson seldom
speaks.
HIS STORY.
1T is locomotor ataxia," he says
when pressed to tell about it. Il
was electrical worker and the af-
Fiction came on gradually. II has
been II years since / have been I'M
able to stand. When it first begun
to come on I was able to walk, but
gradually ii became worse and soon
was unable to keep on my feet,
except in the daytime, when ! could
see my feet. but at night / was
helpless. The disease was peculiar
in this respect. Ordinarily people
can tell where their feet or arms
are without looking at them, by
their subconscious mind, but loco
motor ataxia deprives one of that
sense in the parts afflicted. While
my legs had feeling ! could not tell
where they were-in what position
and so at first was able to walk
only when l could watch my feet.
But soon could not even do that
and took to my chair for life"
Wilson's pencil business nets him
but a bare living, but he hopes to
make more money on breeding Bos-
ton terriers. He keeps a set OF
accurate books on his business and
can readily tell what his receipts
and expenses have been ever since
he started to earn his living in that
way.
Though Wilson has had misfor-
tune which would entitle him to
charity for the rest of his life and
has been put in position where
no one could blame him for accept
ing 1t. he has preferred to be indie
pendent and through his pluck and
resourcefuIness has been able to
do 30. How many men finding
themselves In the prime OF life IL
years ago, crippled as Wilson was,
would not have given up in despair
and how many today would have
been as cheerful and reeonciled un-
der misfortune as 10 he?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

forces will carry the fight before
the city council If the chamber de-
cides for the Cutter electrolier.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
A Delicate Compliment.

TO be able to compliment without
seeming to fatter is a rare gift. and
probably no race Of men is endowed
with that gift more extensively than
the French.
An example of the Frenchman's rare
tact in matters of this sort is shown
in that sweet little story Of man who
had ventured to compliment a white
haired old lady upon her beauty.
"Ah." said she. II fear you fatter
me. You call me pretty! Why. am
an old woman. my hair is white. and.
see, here Is a wrinkle"
"A wrinkle?" he replied. Never.
madame. That Is not wrinkle. 1t ID
but a smile that has drifted from its
moorings."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
John Hibel's Commission Business
and Dwelling at Highland
for Sale.

A great opportunity is offered to any
person who wishes to engage in the grain bust
ness. Highland is rapidly growing town, with
a present population of 1900, and John Hibel's
business there is for sale. The property in
cludes:
A two story frame dwellings, modern home;
lot 75x250 feet; cellar under all the house.
A two-story grain elevator; dynamo installed
and power taken from the Kennedy mill.
A one story machine shed 24x7O feet.
A salt house, 16x5O feet.
A lime house; coal shed and cement house.
The business includes all of the buying and
shipping of live stock at Highland. During last
November Mr.. Hibel shipped twenty car loads
of stock on one train.
The stock will be sold at cost after invoicing.
For full particulars inquire Of John Delaney,
Highland, Wis, or the Mineral Point Real Es-
tate Agency, Mineral Point, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
.ALDR|CH AND RUBBER
Only One Example of a Thorough
Iy Corrupt System
THE INTERESTS SERVED

Men Who Hand Out Favors Are Apt
to Have Itching PaIms-Their Re-
ward Comes at the Expense of the
Insignificant Outsiders.
Senator Aldrich has made a sort OF
weak denial of the serious charge made
against him by Senator Bristow-viz,
that he raised the duty on rubber to
enrich himself. 1t may be as well
here to print what Senator Bristow
actually said in his speech at Winfield,
Kan, a few weeks ago. The New
York World gives it as follows:
'"That under the Dingley law there
was a 80 per cent duty on manu-
features Of rubber and crude rubber
was free: that the present tariff law
passed the house without any change
in the duty on either crude or manu-
featured rubber; that Mr.. Aldrich's
senate committee increased the duty
on manufactured rubber from 30 to 35
per cent; that during the session or inn
mediately after adjournment he, in
connection with the Guggenheims and
Ryan, organized rubber trust, known
as the Inter Continental Rubber COM
pany, with $4O,OOO0OO capital stock:
that Mr. Aldrich's son became vice
president and general manager Of the
company; that Immediately there were
large advances in the price Of rubber
and that during the first three months
Of the existence Of this trust it paid
dividends aggregating 1872 per cent on
the preferred stock.
Whether Mr.. Aldrich's explanation be
accepted or not is. after all, Of second
airy Importance. A legislative assembly
that deems 1t part Of its duty to confer
valuable privileges on certain wealthy
interests must have many Aldriches in
ats ranks, even IL Mr.. Aldrich did what
he is alleged to have done. One good
turn deserves another, and when Mr..
Aldrich or Mr. Dalzell does a good turn
to the rubber interest or the wooden
interest. even II it be at the expense
OF Insignificant outsiders like our
selves, Is their fidelity to 60 unreward-
edf Not while human nature is what
we know 1t to be. No legislator that
has valuable privileges to give away
need be a poor man. whether or not
he avows himself as a stockholder in
the business that he favors. And we
do know that men who distinguish
themselves by legislative services to
the interests" are never short OF mon
ey. Representative Sibley. for instance.
can afford to pay $41. 900 for the priv
ilege Of getting nominated. not to
speak Of the cost Of getting elected.
The papers say that he footed the bill
himself As he has no visible way Of
recouping himself out Of his congress-
mans salary. the inevitable conclusion
Is that there must be an invisible
way. And so In many other cases.
Giving Of governmental favors is a
corrupt business to begin with, and It
Is corrupt all the way through. 1t cor
rupteth him that gives and him that
takes. If the people want honest rep
resentatives they must remove from
them the temptations to be dishonest.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
The Aftarmath.

Mrs. DuPuy-I was so surprised to
hear that Edith and Mr.. Sissingham
were married. You know they always
used to claim their attachment was
merely platonic. Mrs. Kolkremes-
Yes, l remember. But now, fear.
they wouldn't claim it was even that.
-Lippincott's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
A Brilliant Idea.

Here's letter from a woman" said
the household inquiry editor. who
wants to know what to use in clean
ing carpets"
IF she's a married woman" sug-
gested the joke editor. tell her to use
her husband. "-Exchange
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
DIVIDENDS AND WAGES.
For Whose Benefit Do You Vote For q
Tariff?

Tariff?
The tariff has made cotton a profita-
BILE business for somebody. 1t is well
that we should know who that some
body is. The laborer votes for the
tariff under the impression that it
keeps up wages. But the fact is that
it only keeps up dividends. Seven to
IS week are the wages paid. on an
average to cotton workers in New Eng
land mills. Contrast these princely
wages with the following published
figures. showing what the principal
cotton mills paid as dividends to stock
holders in the first six months of 1910:
Per cent
Amoskeag Manufacturing company II
American Thread company. Is
Pepperell Mills company. Biddeford, Me.12
MASSACHUSETTS Cotton Mills company. 8
Boston Duck company. ..................I 10
New England Cotton Yarn company. s
Wampanoag mills. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
American Linen company. 6
Cords mills. Id
Warwick mills. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Marlborough Cotton mills ............... 8
The Butler Mills company Of New
Bedford on capitalization of $780,
600 paid a dividend Of $305, 900. or
more than 20 per cent. in the same half
yearly period. The Kilburn mills Of
New Bedford have done nearly as we'll.
So that any voter that knows how to
add up figures cannot be mistaken as
to where the money goes that comes
out Of the consumers pockets as a re-
suit Of the tariff.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
Spoiled His Romance.

George-I see nothing for us but to
elope. Do you think your father
would forgive US!
Ethel-I'm sure he would.
George-How can you be so sure?
Ethel felt little nervous on that
score, and-l asked him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
Foresight.

"Mr. Grimes" said q minister to ono
Of his deacons, I'VE had better make
the collection before the sermon this
morning"
"Indeedr
Eyes. I'm going to preach on the
subject Of economy"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
Exercise.

Walking. we are told. is good exer-
cise-better than riding in an automo-
bile. The trouble is that a great many
of us are not looking for exercise
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
How 1t Came Out,

He So you finished the novel I
brought you. How did it come out?
I can't see any other way.-Boston
Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
LOGICAL.

Mother" asked little Ethel, NOW
that you're In mourning for Cousin
Adelaide. will you wear black night
dresses too?'
what an absurd question, childw
"Oh, l only thought you might be as
sorry at night as you were during the
day." ventured Ethel.-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
A Forecast.

Jones-What do you think will be
the end of the woman question?
Brown-There won't be any end.
They'll always be asking 'em.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08
Strong Eyes.

The Peruvian Indians are credited
with having the greatest range Of
vision of all races.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08

Praise undeserved is satire In dis
Observation-Disclosures.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-08

Be true to yourself and you do not
need to worry about what the neigh
bors think.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-03
Spoiled the story.

Tattered Terry-I'm a newspaper
man, but | can't get a job.
Lady Of the House-1ndeed! Why
not?
Tattered Terry-You see, | saved a
train from a terrible accident once,
and all de editors have been sore on
me ever since!--Puck.