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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
A LITTLE THING
Changes the Home Feeling.

Coffee blot3 out the sunshine from
many a home by making the mother,
or some other member of the house
hold, dyspeptic, nervous and irritable.
There are thousands of cases where
the proof is absolutely undeniable.
Here is one.
A Wis. mother writes:
II was taught to drink coffee at an
early age, and also at an early age be-
came a victim to headaches, and as |
grew to womanhood these headaches
became part of me, as | was scarcely
ever free from them.
About five years ago friend urged
me to try Postum. | made the trial
and the result was so satisfactory that
we have used it ever since.
my husband and little daughter
were subject to bilious attacks, but
they have both been entirely free from
them since we began using Postum in
stead of coffee. | no longer have
headaches and my health is perfect"
If some of these tired, nervous, IT.
ritable women would only leave off
coffee absolutely and try Postum they
would find wonderful change in their
life. 1t would then be filled with sun
shine and happiness rather than weari.
ness and discomfort. And think what
an effect 1t would have on the family,
for the mood of the mother is largely
responsible for the temper Of the chill.
dren.
Read 1.-The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true. and full of human
lnterest.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
GOOD FLOWING
REQUIRES SKILL
Soil Conditions Must be Studied
Before Right Kind or Depth
Can be Employed with
Success.
(By r. b. RUSHING.)

| was in conversation with 4 neigh
Dor just short time ago and he
asked me the question: What is
good blowing, and how should it be
done in the spring to give best re-
sults?"
replied: Good blowing consists
in turning and setting the soil into
nice, neat. even, clean. round, straight
burrows so that the upper soil will be
brought up as much as possible and
exposed to the sun and atmosphere.
What do | mean by clean burrows?
Having the weeds. stubble and grass
all turned under and cutting a clean
landslide. Even? Having the fur
rows all the same height.
Round? So that the burrows will
show little crease between them.
and unless you pillow straight your fur
rows will not be even.
Some may think that certain
depth and width are necessary in good
blowing 1t is. Regulate the width
by depth, but there are so many diff
ferent shaped mold boards which
throw the soil in different positions,
that some would cut wide burrows,
and others narrow. Not only this, but
some soils need shallow blowing I'm
order to produce the best results.
while others need deep blowing.
pillow a certain depth and width
and get good results, but this might
not apply to all farms. You might
try the same width and depth with
poor results.
have found that even on the same
farm there are sometimes different
fields that will give better results with
different depths of blowing, and,
therefore, it becomes necessary to
make it q study and know what Is
needed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
New Leg Every Three Years

If you were offered SIS or a new
leg every three years, provided you
had to wear an artificial leg, which
would you choose. Prof Franz H. Kir-
mayer, one of the teachers in the
Bridgewater (Mass.) normal school,
prefers to have new leg instead of
cash. He is a veteran of the civil
war, and the United States govern.
ment gives him the choice of either
having a new leg or SIS in cash.
In addition to this the government
gives him the right to secure his leg
anywhere he wants to, and the gov.
eminent pays all his expenses, includ,
ing car fare, sleeper and meals to and
from the place he selects. If he want.
ed to go TO Manila to select a new leg
he would have the opportunity to do
so.
Prof Kirmayer has recently re.
turned from Minneapolis, where he
had a new leg fitted, and he is de.
lighted with it. 1t is the best leg he
has ever had, he declares, or better
than any since he lost his real leg
down in Georgia in Shermans march
to the sea.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
ONE THIRD DEGREE METHOD
Electricity Said to Be Used by Police
to Secure Evidence from Their
Stubborn Prisoners.

Electricity is becoming more and
more popular with the administrators
of the third degree" Hugo c. Vein
says in The World of To-Day. The ia
vorite method of its application is
called, in prison slang, the humming-
bird" The prisoner is stripped and
bound. Sometimes he is gagged, also.
for he is very apt to scream and
shrek. The electric current is turned
into a sponge soaked with water sc
that none of its strength will be lost.
A long handle is attached, and the
operator, with rubber gloves, ap'
proaches the victim, who generally is
deposited in a shallow tank or tub.
The sponge is applied gently to the
mans legs and then pressed slowly up
ward over his limbs. Perhaps the cur
rent is not particularly strong and he
only clenches his hands and bites his
Lips. The pressure is gradually in
creased as the sponge continues Its
way up and down the unprotected legs
and thighs. A low, buzZing, singing
noise emanates from it like the sound
of a humming- bird. This is the whir-
ring of the Juice" and is the reason
for the somewhat striking name which
has been applied to the apparatus.
The prisoners limbs are now doubled
up in great, frenzied knots, and his
veins are swollen to double their nor
NAL size as he tries in vain to tear
himself from his bonds. And still the
sponge continues it's path over his
body.
1t has now become a coal of fire.
You will observe that this method Of
the third degree" is somewhat I'M
wieldy. Perhaps this is why it is not
used more extensively through the
country You will find, on investiga-
ton, however, that it is fairly COM
mon.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Insulted.

The teacher of public school III a
New England town was having her
troubles with one pupil in the matter
of a lesson concerning certain
weights and measures.
How many pints does a gallon con.
tain?" she asked the boy.
Il forgit, num-" responded Tommy
gloomily.
"Try to think" suggested the teach.
er. Surely you know. Now, your
father" she added, taking what
seemed an appropriate, concrete,
practical example, lis a milkman He
sometimes sells a gallon of milk,
doesn't he? Perhaps you can tell us
how many pints of milk he puts In
that gallon cam"
ITS all milk, NUM-" was the indig.
nant response of Tommy.-Harper's
Magazine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
A Consolation.

A young woman who had been in
the habit of spending her summers In
a hill village of Connecticut recently
encountered rural neighbor in a city
store.
Flows your wife, Mr. Greene" in
CURED the young woman graciously.
why, don't you know said Mr..
Green, 81 lost her three months ago."
oh" said the shocked young wom-
an, II didn't know. | beg your par
don, Mr. Green, for being SO thought
less"
WELL" said the disconsolate wild
over soothingly, lit amt as bad as it
might have been. I've got good help"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
BEST METHODS
in POULTRY
American Farmer Has Much to
Learn to Make Chicken Raising
abIe-European
Ways Good.
OBy NJ. K. BOYER.)

An English journal says that when
they have look at the average Eng
lish h.f farmers nl , egg bias. basket and COY
seen and learned therefrom. ~
In the farmers basket will be found
eggs of all sizes, shapes, tints and
colors. There has been no attempt at
RIDING or uniformity. If a farmer
gets an even lot of eggs, all brown, he
can sell them at IA for 90 cents Ca
shilling) but he would have to sell
fifteen eggs of his jumbled-up lot for
the same price. The continental eggs
are all evenly and securely packed, az
OF one color, and Graded according to-
size
The condition of the English farm
er's egg basket is very much like the,
egg basket of the American farmer.
There is a reason for it. So long as.
the farmer will continue to harbor.
mongrel poultry he is sure to have all
colors and sizes of eggs. Nothing but
a well-selected and well-bred strain of
single breed will give the desired
uniformity.
In England there are two or three.
methods employed by poulterers for.
killing their stock. One by neck
stretching, by which the fowl is seized
by the hooks, the finger and thumb q
the free hand being placed on the
poll and the neck is stretched until
the spinal cord is ruptured. Death is
instantaneous. as well as painless, and
the blood flows down into the cavity
of the neck.
The other method is to secure the
fowl as above, stun 1t by means of
smart tap at the base of the skull,
then open its beak and thrust a sharp
knife down its throat and withdraw IL
rapidly by pressing the keen edge
against the back of the throat.
The beak is then rinsed and the
LEGS scrubbed with stiff brush and
soapy water, which makes them bright
aud clean for simple trusting tor
NAL ket
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Record for Stranqeness.

A Niagara Falls man tells this
story:
"A Buffalo man brought relative
from Scotland here to see our grand
spectacle. The two gaZed at the fall
in silence long time. Then the Buff
falo man heaved a sigh and said:
"'Ah, Cousin Donald, did you ever
see anything so beautiful and stranger
THE Scotchman, after moments
thought, answered calmly:
"'Weel, for bonnie, yon's a RIGHT;
but for strange, no-fur / once saw
in the Town O. PEBBLES a peacock wit
a wooden leg"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

The convenience and necessity of hav-
ing quantity of portable fence on
the farm is generally recognized, but
really few farmers have as much as
they need. Absence of definite and
practical plan often prevents the more
general use of portable panel fencing
In circular No. 1872 issued at the agri-
cultural station. Urbana, ILL.,, Mr.. Will
liam Dietrich has given a very COM
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Determining Sex.

Mark Twain says that he has always
taken woman's part.
For instance" he relates, II once
strongly reprimanded woman out in
Hannibal, Mo. Here was the occasion:
$50 this is little girl, eh?' l said
to her as she displayed her children to
me. And this sturdy little urchin in
the bib belongs, suppose, to the con.
trary sex?'
"'Yassah,' the woman replied. Vas
sab, dat's a girl, too '-Everybody's
Magazine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Enjoy
Better
Health
Without
Using Meat
By JOHN WALSH

coer they keep up will find themselves much benefited by their
fasting that they will return their habit of eating
again
1t is habit and not matter of necessity just much taking
stmuants is a habit.
The acid and other toxic parts of meat like other posons
stimulate
1t admitted that there nourishmen
but that nourmen easily be obtained other protein
that do not contain such posons
Vegetarans called "ddists because they advance
of the times.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

For over so years chung to meat diet
as my only hope of salvation and thought
a meal or lunch without it a poor affair
At last, so broken in health that l was
obliged to stop work, the doctors gave up
my case and ordered me south.
There it so happened that l could not
find palatable meats and | discovered that
/ could live without them.
Now, aftcn ten years and more of veg
etarian living, at the age of y, l have
much better health and never before in my
life have foods tasted so good
1t is my firm belief that all these boy
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

Troubles
Getting Best
Results from
Office Girls
BY THURDE RAYLE BRUCE

INNING an with girls from years to
- definite easy task To get good results the force must
be controlled with the utmost and mparaty At the
:: !: :: !: 3 : :: ::
best the Office not popular for almost girl
rU be corrected during her in Office and after she has
I W reached the Office she is sensitive when called down and
uWkASE the office manager at branded Crouch
us few Of the things the Office manager has to
tend with coming late to work staying entirely for
the day account of slight such headache
late the before and do feel well talking about the
time they had the evening BEFORE gosspng the wasroom quit
ting about 80 minutes before closing time make their toilet for the
trip home.
Many girls clothes the Office that would be
heater house party peek-a boo waist in the office
much Of place dressing sack would be ball club The fancy
costume the office dstacs the girls mind from her work and attracts
would plain simple clothing something comfortable and becoming
they would make better clerks have better health and the office
manager to go home in a better frame of mind.
TOO girls do not realize that they employed work between
certain hours for which the company them certain salary and that
the time idle talk and prmpng like taking something that
does not belong to them
In Office of 25 girls each the average will exhaust As
utes each day something that does not interest the company which
girls time for IS 23 hours In other words the
paying every day for 2 girls time for which they get benefit
This is based eight hours for days work and where 25 employed
Girls easily take ofense little thing that would not be
noticed by boy If the boys have anything settle with fellow worker
fought out scientific lines and the next day the dis
puan the best of friends The girls will and u around about
it for two three weeks and then entirely forget it.
Girls rule do not consider the interest of the like
boy for they do advance with the business The
object working is and then retire mans
wife.
Girls will TO from
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
allow Sharper Than Serpent's TOOTH

"How Sharper Than Serpent's Tooth"
An irritable old farmer and his un.
calmly, slouching son were busy grub.
bling sprouts one hot, sultry day, when
the old man suddenly stumbled over
a small stump.
Gosh durn that everlasting stump"
he exclaimed. Il wish it was in hell"
The son slowly Strengthened up
from his work and gazed reproachfully
at his father.
why, you oughtn't to say that.
pap" he drawled. You might stumble
over that stump agin some day
Everybody's.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Desperate Remedy.

yes" said the musician in remi-
niscent mood, my wife fell in love
with me and married me when / was
learning to play the cornet.'
Are you sure" asked his friend,
that she married you because she
loved you, or to make you stop prac-
ticing on the cornet?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

Now that the white slave traffic is up
permost in the public mind would it not
be of the greatest benefit to have the clergy
and others engaged in the warfare hold
regular meetings for women only?
strenuous and unwavering campaign
of determination is called for. "NIen love
darkness rather than light, because their
deeds are evil"
The most effective corrective of vice is
the fullest possible publicity which can be
given to it.
Many a vicious man or woman is de-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

boy would laugh at About The time girl becomes
valuable to concern she becomes more valuable as
mans wife, unless she has passed the manageable
age and new girl must be taught the work all over
again. l recall of young woman who
granted the usual two weeks vacation last summer,
and on the Monday morning she expected to
port for work the office manager received a letter
stating she intended to be married in a few weeks and
would not be back to work. This was known by the
young woman before going the vacation and the
company should have been so notified. If she had
reported for work usual after her vacation and the
company had notified her that her services were no
longer required it would have been terrible thing"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Not a Progressive.

Wouldn't a railway increase the
population of this village?" asked the
enterprising person.
''Dunno's it would" replied the ma.
tive. 1T 'ud be a constant tempta.
ton to lot of us inhabitants to get
away"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
A Pertinent Question.

Mr.. Hunter-Id like to meet that
Miss Richie. She has $4,000 and no
incumbrance.
Miss Keen-Do you think she's
looking for one7
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Stopping
White
Slave
Traffic
By JOHN P. BENNETT, M. d.
OF Chicago

discovery The fullest light which be thrown upon the vnous
trade bodies and souls desirable Women have the
their bringing up and training
The mothers of the community should be informed of the
which menace the young lives.
Ignorance Of the truth not innocence and ignorance of the strength
of the and of the position the enemy holds yet
moral o. physical.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
Charcoal for Fowls.

Charcoal in graduated form
should always bs kept before fowls
Of all ages.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

plete description for building, easily
and cheaply, the style of portable
panels shown in the accompanying IL
lustration. This was designed primar-
lily to be used for swine, but may be
used with great advantage for sheep
and calves. The circular sets forth
complete working plans and drawings
for making these panels. To those in.
terested it will be mailed free upon
request.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16
PROTECTING FIG TREE
DURING COLD WEATHER

Method Bending Bush Ground Pinning Them Fast
and Then PiIng Earth Over Them in Mound Form
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-04-16

Girls will allow little things to keep them from
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-23
BRIST0W SPEAKS
ON RAILWAY LAW
Says Over Capitalization a Mort
gage on Commerce of
Country
IAssociated Press1

JUNCTION CITY. Kas.. July %
Railroad legislation was the theme on
which Senator Joseph L. Bristow dwelt
in his speech here this evening.
"The railroads of the United States" >"
he said. "have issued capitalization in
debtedness of millions in recent years,
for which not Il dollar has been in
vested in the properties. Yet this
enormous Indebtedness is a mortgage
on the commerce of the country, which
ultimately must be paid.
zone of the most important ques-
tions before the public today is the
limiting of capitalization of these pub
lie service corporations to their actual
value. The progressive Republicans,
aided by a few Democrats, sought TO
amend the railroad bill, to require that
every dollar received for the sale OF
stocks and bonds be actually invested
in the construction and Improvement
of the corporation property. Thls
amendment offered by Senator Dolliver
was defeated by a combination of the
Aldrich Republicans and state rights
Democrats But in the end the super
vision of the capitalization must come.
We came within two votes of passing
an amendment in favor of empowering
the interstate commerce commission
to ascertain the value of roads, such
values to be used in determining the
rates such roads would be entitled TO
charge and the amount of capltallza-
ton they would be justified in issuing
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-23
PULL At LANYARD
|. CAUSES EXPLOSION
Army Ordinance Chief Shows
How Fort Monroe Accident
May Have Occurred
WILL CHANGE THE DEVICE
Coast Defense Gun Was Report
ed Safe lust Before Tar
get Practice Begun
WILL CHANGE THE DEVICE
Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, July 22.-To the
failure of a safety mechanism to oper-
ate when a sudden and powerful pull
was given by an artilleryman in at
taching the lanyard is now laid the
responsibility for the accident which
cost the lives of eleven men at Fortress
Monroe, Va, in the battle practice
yesterday such is the conclusion Of
General Crozier. chief of ordnance, L.
s. A, who attended the practice and
who has been in touch with the in
quiry made by the investigating board.
Never before in the history Of the
army had the device failed to work.
The possibility of its occurrence was
demonstrated, however, by General
Crozier himself shortly after the aCCi-
dent by a test made of all guns which
participated in the practice. On an
other gun in the Inflated De Russy
battery the device was found defective
when General Crozter applied unusual
force, such as was never deemed neces-
sary in tests and examinations. Just
before the accident the gun was pro-
nounced by the officers in proper con-
dition, and in April a coast artillery
officer on inspection duty reported that
it's premature explosion was beyond
the range of possibility. Steps will be
taken at once to improve the device.
"Of course it is entirely possible so
to change the mechanism as to prevent
another accident such as that of Thurs
day." said General Crozier.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-23
DEATH FAILS To HALT
FIRING ON TARGET FLEET
Batteries at Fort Monroe Roar
Until Enemy Is Sent
to Bottom

FORT MONROE, Va, July 22.-Al-
though death had silenced one gun,
and eleven men were killed or fatally
injured by the terrible explosion in
the De Russy shore battery here yes
terday during the target firing on the
imaginary hostile fleet, which was
passing up Hampton Roads to attack
Washington, the battle continued until
the enemy was sunk The practice,
which was the most extensive ever at
tempted, was completed with flattering
success to the coast artillery corps.
Within three minutes after the first
gun had been fired the two cheese
cloth targets, thirty by sixty feet, rep
resenting the vitals of the battleship
and towed 5000 yards away, were
sorry sight. One was not worth shoot
ing at, while the other was badly rid
died. Firing was then at an end.
The fatal result of the first attempt
to discharge No. l gun of the De Russy
battery of 12-inch guns was not. known
to the other batteries, scattered for
nearly>ca mile along the shore, until
after the conclusion of the firing. The
men at the other two guns of the De
Russy battery did not know that an
accident occurred, but they kept on
firing at the imaginary enemy in the
channel three or four miles away just
as If it were a hostile fleet endeaYor-
ing to pass through to attack Wash
ington or BaltOmore.
Officers who witnessed the test say
the practice demonstrated that fleet
attempting to pass the fort could not
have lived five minutes in such fire
as was poured into the towed targets.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-23
VICTIMS BURIED WITH
MILITARY H0N0RS
Seven Privates Buried at Fort
reSS Monroe

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. July o.
Impressive military services were con-
Quoted this evening over the bodies OF
seven of the eleven victims of yester-
days accident at Fortress Monroe by
Can't. ]. X. II. Scott, post chaplain
Col. Clarence =. ToWnsley, com
mandant Of the fort, rode at the head
of his command, directly behind the
caissOns and hearses in the funeral
procession. Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray
chief of artillery, and Mrs. Murray
we're present. The seven for whom
services were held We're Priyates Give
w. jung John w. Chadwick, J. p.
Turner Roy Duffy, Andy j. Sullivan
/ n. Aedy and Judson Hogan.
The post band led the funeral pro-
cession and "A choir Of fifty voices sang
selections The bodies rested upon an
improyised altar covered with Amerl-
can flags and surrounded by flowers.
The bodies Of Sergeant Harry G. Hess
and Corporal Charles G. Atkins We're
removed from the fort 10 their homes
in Phoebus, Va, less than a mile from
the fort, today, and will be buried to-
morrow.
Services will be conducted at the fort
Tomorrow over the bodies of Corporal
Albert Bradford and Private Alfred w.
Smith. and they will be buried IN the
national cemetery, near the fort.
The post is awaiting with intense IN
terest the report Of the board of IN
vestigation.