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Evening journal., 1910-12-09
WIFE'S RATS DRIVE
ONEHUSBAND AWAY
They Are Live Ones, Though,
That She Keeps as Pets

UNION TOWNSHIP. N. j.. Dec. g.
Many a woman's fondness for canary
birds, pet dogs. cats, or even gold fish.
has driven husband to seek peace
and quiet elsewhere than in his home.
But to Charles Everson. Of Union
Township belongs the distinction of
being, so far as the records show, the
first man to be driven from home by
a wife's fondness for rats.
The rats are not the kind that a
woman takes out Of her head and lays
on a dresser when she goes to bed.
but real live four-legged, sharp-tooth-
ed, long-tailed, sleek-looking rats that
Mrs. Everson has for pets
Everson is a man who will fight for
his rights and he has taken steps 10
have an injunction issued preventing
his wife from keeping her pets. Mrs.
Everson is % years old and good
looking. She is as fond Of rats as her
husband is unfond of them.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
SOUND WARNING
OF TIMBER FAMINE
Consumption Per Head in
U. 5. Six Times That
in Europe
NATIONAL CONTROL
OF FORES..S -RsED

Every person in the United States is
using, on the average. over six times
as much wood as he would Sc if he
were in Europe The country, as a
whole. consumes every year between
three and four times more wood than
all of the forests of the United States
grow in the meantime.
Since 1880 more than 100000, 100000
feet of timber have been cut for lum-
Der alone, including 10000, 100000 feet
of coniferous timber in excess of the
total coniferous stumpage estimate OF
the census in 1850.
These are some of the remarkable
statements made in a circular of the
forest service, which deals with the
timber supply of the United States. A
study az the circular must lead di-
rectly 70 the conclusion that the rate
at which forest products in the United
States have been and are being con-
sumed. Is far too lavish. and that only
one result can follow unless steps are
promptly taken to prevent unless steps
are promptly taken to prevent waste
I'm use, and to increase the growth
rate Of every acre Of forest in the
United States. This result is a timber
famine.
What Germany Has Done.
This country is today in the same
position with regard TO forest re-
sources as was Germany $50 years
ago. During this period of $50 years
such German states as SaxOny and
Prussia, particularly the latter, have
applied a policy Of government con-
troll and regulation which has inn
mensely increased the productivity Of
achieve even better results I'm the
United States.
Two areas supplying timber have al
ready reached and passed their maxi
mum production-the northeastern
states in 1870. and the lake states in
1890. Today the southern states,
which cut yellow pine amounting TO
one-third the total annual lumber cut
Of the country. are undoubtedly near
their maximum.
The Pacific states will soon take the
ascendency. The state Of Washington
within a few years has come to the
front. and now ranks first of all in
dividual states In volume cut.
0ne-fifth in Federal Control.
At present. but One-ffth of the total
forest area Of the United States Is
embraced In national forests The re-
naming four-ffths has already passed
or are most likely to pass, into pri-
vate hands,
The average age OF the trees felled
Cor lumber this year Is not less than
/ $50 years. In other words. If he Is tC
secure a second crop of trees Of tn,
| same size, the lumherman or private
dorest owner must wait. saw az less
1o0 years. for the second crop TO grow
Put the states and the nation can lool
mrch farther ahead.
The larger then the area OF ma
tional and state control over wood
iands the greater Is the likelihood
that the forests Of the country will b,
kept permanently productive.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
STREETS FULL OF
BUSY SHOPPERS
SIuSh and Snow Fails to Keep
Them in While Sun
Shines
LITTLE FOLKS ARE
OUT TO SEE SIGHTS

With Christmas only II days OFF and
coming closer every minute, those who
are bent on supplying presents for
their friends are starting in with zest
to make their purchases before the
final rush which always comes with
the week before" The shopping dis
tricts are crowded with shoppers
whose numbers increase each day.
Yesterday was no doubt one Of the
worst days of the present season for
walking, as the streets and crossings
were covered with slush. which be-
came more and more sloppy as hun
dreds of feet passed over It. But the
condition of the streets did not inter
fere with the holiday shoppers, for the
streets were mass of moving. hurry
ing and struggling humanity. all sour
rying along, stopping now and then to
look at the attractively decorated win
dows of the shops or to step inside 20
make a purchase.
The little folk are now in their
greatest glory. although wishing that
the time would pass quicker, so that
the Greatest Day in all the year. Will
be here as soon as possible, and the
parents. aunts. uncles and cousins are
beseiged with requests from the little
ones to be taken down town to see the
wonderful sights and possibly to get a
glimpse Of Dear Old Santa Claus. All
the arts of the decorator have been
pressed into use In the window dis
plays and presents of all kinds, from
big things for the big folk TO the small
toy for the child.
The Novelty Man on Hand.
And the toys, the wonderful display
Of articles Of all descriptions. fairly
carries the little ones away with ex-
citement when they feast their eyes on
them On all sides the children can be
seen drinking I'm the sights with eager
eyes.
The novelty toy man. with his allur-
ing display of all kinds Of mechanical
toys is also one of the sights of the
holiday season.
Scene i'm the Markets.
And the markets are receiving their
share OF the shoppers. AS one OF the
main points to be considered on
Christmas day is the dinner, the house
wives are busily engaged in making
their purchases Of good things to eat
One Of the main articles is the turkey,
and in many places one can see the
lord of the barnyard. stripped of his
feathers and hanging by the neck,
awaiting a purchaser Cranberries,
pumpkins. fruit and in fact all of the
articles that go to make up a big
Christmas dinner are being sold rap
idlv. which shows that the high cost OF
living is not going TO prevent the citi-
zens Of Wilmington from having their
Christmas dinner.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
A.O.U. W. ELECTS OFFICERS.
MeadVille, Pa, Man Selected for Su.
preme Recorder.

The Supreme Lodge Ancient order
Of United Workmen at it's annual
meeting in Louisville elected the fol-
lowing officers
Past supreme master workman
Joseph A. Eckstein. New Ulm, MINI.
Supreme master workman-William
M. Norris. Muscatine, Iowa.
Supreme foreman-E. j. Moore, Far
go, ". d.
Supreme recorder-M. W. Sackett,
Meadville, Pa
Supreme receiver-E. f. Danforth
Skowhegan, Maine.
Supreme guide-W. R. Welch, Guth
rie, Okla
Supreme watchman-C. G. Rhodes
Z Pawtucket II. /.
Supreme medical examiner-Dr.
A. Aschman. Wheeling, w. Va.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
.$3O,OOO,OO LEFT
TO GIRL, FOURTEEN

CHICAGO, Dec 9-Young Miss
Catherine Barker must be added to
the galaxy of American heiresses, if,
indeed. she is not the brightest gem
in that array of beauty and wealth.
Her father. John H. Baker, who
died on Saturday, bequeathed $780,
100000, his entire fortune, to Miss
Catherine. who is IA years old. She
is the richest girl or unmarried wo-
man in the country probably, and one
of the wealthiest in the world.
Thirty million dollars is at least
double the fortune of Miss Helen
Gould of New York, three times that
of Miss Jennie Crocker of San Fran
cisco and Is times that of Miss Dor
othy Whitney of New York.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
DEMAND FOR BRIGHT COINS.
Local Banks Make Effort TO Supply
Christmas Money.

Local banks are making extraordi-
nary efforts to get new coins for the
Christmas holidays. The demands on
them come from the merchants who
always want a supply of bright new
money at this period. II pleases the
patrons when given in change and has
a holiday look.
II has been the custom for years for
the banks to supply themselves with
this new coin for the accommodation
OF their depositors. The government
is trying to meet the demand. Every
effort is being made at the Philadel-
phia Mint to make up the shortage OF
small coins, and the force Of $50 is
working day and night.
The total coinage of gold, silver
nlckels and copper in November was
So'6fOOOO. This will quickly be alb
soroed by the demand which goes to
the sub-treasurers at this season for
all over the country.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
Taft on the Parcels Post.
~ U,.I- De-.


In recommending a limited and un-
satisfactory trial of the Parcels Post.
on rural free delivery routes only. the
President remarks: The Post Office
Department has a great plant and a
eat organization, reaching into the
most remote hamlet of the United
States, and with this machinery Il is
able to do a great many things eco
nomically that, if a new organization
were necessary. Il would be impos-
sible to do without extravagant ex-
penditure"
Then Mr.. Taft suggests that a gem
eral Parcels Post would involve a
great outlay. He does not. surely.
mean to convey the idea by this
| phrase that a general P.ycels Post
would increase the deficit of the Post
Office Department at the present rate.
Certainly he cannot mean that if the
rate were half what the express com
panies cha -ge, the Government would
lose money by giving the service.
| For. If the President has examined
the subject he must be aware that a
gene al Parcels Post would yield the
Government a handsome revenue and
wipe out the postal deficit if the peo-
pie of the United States gained the
same privilege that those of foreign
countries having the Parcels Post en-
joy, even If the Post Office carried
packages at half the rate charged by
{ the express monopoly
A trial of the Parcels Post on a
purely local scale wilhnot demon
state the wisdom and proftableness
of the scheme when applied to the en-
tire country. But It is easy to prove
to the President and Congress that a
general Parcels Post will confer O
great boon on the millions of victims
IOf express extortion and at the same
time afford the Government a sub
stantial revenue
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
WANT CLUB LIMIT $500.
Harrisburg Authorizes Colonel Tuuis
TO Vote for Same at Meeting.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. Sat a
meeting of the Harrisburg Athletic
Club directors Wednesday It was de-
cided to stand by club limit Of $500
for next season and do away with the
S175 individual limit, and Colonel w.
S. Tunis. the Tri-State representative,
was authorized to vote accordingly at
the next meeting of the league. Notice
of the action of the II. A. c. directors
viii also be sent TO President Car
pente-.
No action was taken regarding the
election of a manager. That question
will come up next week. when several
other important questions will be
taken up.
Harrisburg has had two offers from
outside parties TO sell their franchise.
the team 10 remain here. This and
other propositions for next season will
also be taken up next week.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
Mrs. Eddy as an Author.

Mrs. Eddy's literature efforts were
almost wholly in prose. but her
poems have been set to music as
hymns and are sung at all Christian
Science meetings. The most note
worthy of these hymns begins as fol-
lows:
Shepherd, show me how to go
Der the hillside steep;
How TO gather, how to SOW,
How to feed Thy sheep.
New York Times.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
Why NOT A Miller ~chsrge" Account

Many Of the best Wilmington Families have one Extremely
convenient and without any unpesaness
furnish house cloth your family buy
Come Mers select you wish charged
You pay what when you buy
iently, later Worth while investigating you think9
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
nations to-day.

nations To-Day.
Among the many costly and beauti-
ful monuments in the matchless city
Of fine structures and broad boule-
wards the Won Steuben memorials will
attract the attention of visitors from
this country and abroad. The monu-
ment In conception and execution is
ilne. II will remain as a pledge of the
amplitude Of interest between two
great peoples. The German-American
citizens who participated in the un-
yelling of the monument are among
the country's best citizens and the
entire American nation pays homage
to the virility of German influence In
American affairs from the earliest 20
the present moment. Maryland has
particular reason to have pride in the
German soldier who led her forces
in the heat of strife to deeds of valor.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
AT the Garrlck Theatre.

An excellent program is entertain
ing Garrick audiences this week
Music, comedy and novelty furnish
ample variety and plenty Of the quality
which vaudeville play-goers enjoy.
Evening journal., 1910-12-09

Ihe more worldly son on the other hank
vas OBVIOUSLY skeptical about such advice
under the circumstances. for he screamed
OUT Nevah you min lookin' 20 de Lawd
You mol right on to date mules tail. -
Philadelphia Record
Evening journal., 1910-12-09
OnIy One aRROMO OUTNTyFs

That is LAXATIVE BROMO oUIN-
me Look for the signature Of e. w
GROVE. Used the World over to Cure
a Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07

We will pay $5
r"sh to any per-
son whOwillg get
Fifteen yearly
subscribers for
The JOURNAL,
with the cash.
You can work
in any part of
the county or
city, or outside
OF the clCV. Ihe
price is 81 per
year in county,
and $l.l5 out.
side the county,
For further in
formation, sam
pies, etc., write
or call at this
Office.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
MAKING A BALLOON.
Precautions Taken to Keep the Gas
Bag From Destruction.

Bag From Destruction.
1t may interest the reader to hear
something about the construction of
big modern balloon ard its equipments.
1t is made of what is known as bal
loon cloth, which sometimes is of silk
and is sewed in small sections of about
yard square, so that if one of the sec
tions should burst the Whole balloon
would not collapse and destroy the
aeronaut.
At the top of the bag is the valve to
let the gas out when one wishes to de
scend. A rope for opening it runs from
this valve through the center of the
balloon to the operator in the basket.
The balloon is filed through the neck,
and this is left always open, so that
when the gas expands from the heat OF
the sun or the lesser pressure of high
attitudes the gas may escape and not
burst the envelope.
As soon as the balloon is Sewed to-
gether it is blown full of air and given
three coats of varniSh. Each coat must
be allowed to dry thoroughly before
the next is applied, or else they would
never become perfectly dry, and the
balloon would be likely to be destroyed
at any minute from spontaneous COM
bustiOn. This spontaneous combustion
is not bursting into flame, but kind
of exceedingly quick dry rot. | myself
have lost three balloons through it.
Once in my factory we were looking at
a beauty when some one shifted the
air and remarked, Thomas balloon is
gone" And so it proved to be. Five
minutes saw it destroyed-rotten SO
that you could poke your finger through
it.
Sometimes the balloon is so affected
in only few sections, and a man may
make an ascension thinking his bal
loon is all right Protected by the fine
netting which envelops the balloon it.
self, he may even get up to some height
before discovering his danger. In for
mer times there were many fatal acci.
dents from this cause
When balloon is packed, talcum or
some other powder is sprinkled over
the folds to keep them from adhering
to each other. If this is neglected the
balloon will be ruined, especially In hot
weather.
AS l said, fine netting covers the
balloon proper both to strengthen it
and to carry the weight Of the basket
and its contents. All the strands Of
the netting come together in the "con-
centrating ring" just above the basket
in which the aeronaut stands. The an
chor and guide ropes as well as the
basket are fastened to this concentrat-
ing ring.
All modern balloons, besides the
valve, have rip cord fastened to
long patch sewed in the envelope, by
means Of which the balloon can be cut
in two and brought to earth instantly.
This is never used except in case Of ex-
treme emergency and where the basket
Is within ten or fifteen feet of the
ground.-Dr. J. P. Thomas in Apple
toms.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

We all need things we can plug along
without
If you are right, don't let a clever
man persuade you out Of it.
The thoughts you can't express with
out profanity are not very important.
Apologies are like family skeletons
They should not be taken out before
company.
Half our bad temper comes through
our inability to see the justice of the
other side.
When you think you have done your
best the chances are that you have on
ly started.
This would be a more comfortable
world if people would listen to reason
as readily as to gossip.
Some people have an absurd notion
that unless they are always Cabling
they will be considered dull.-Atchison
Globe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
The Cnst nEIi,,inn

A whiskered old party named Frye
Raised howl cause his bills were SO hive.
To barber he went,
TO this speech giving vent:
1t costs more to live than to dye?
Spokane Spokesman-Rev
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07

The average man could laugh at
himself every day if he only would
SteubenVille Star-Herald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07

There once was a fellow from Butte
Who went on terrible lutte.
When he tried to drink down
All the beer in the town
The citizens cried, "Et tu. BruteW
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
What Chance Had He?

A physician tells of two young
friends in his city who entered stimuli
taneously upon their respective careers
of physician and lawyer. Late one
afternoon the newly made medico
dashed into the room of his legal
friend, exclaiming:
Great luck, old man! Congratulate
me! Got a patient at last! On my
way to see him noww
Whereupon the legal light to be clap
ped his friend on the back saying, de
lighted, old chapw Then, after slight
pua@e, he added, with sly grin:
Say, let me go with you. Perhaps
he hasn't made his will"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
Kimball's Dairy Farm er
Waterloo, Iowa.
To Our Farmer Readers

We can highly recommend this
handsome dairy magazine to our far
mer friends. Every man who owns
cows will find it worth many dollars to
him Here is our offer to farmers:
Kimball's Dairy Farmer years. so
Greenville Journal l year ........S1 90
Regular price of both. ,.........Sl.5O
For limited time we will send both
one year to our farmer friends for
only $1.15.
Journal, Greenville. O.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
The Old BedIan.

Bethlehem pronounced Bedlam) is
the London lunatic asylum. 1t was
originally founded in 1247 as q priory,
but is spoken Of as a hospital for lu-
natics in 1472, and when the church
was despoiled it was granted to the
city of London as such an asylum. At
one time the wretched inmates were
exhibited to the public like so many
wild beasts, as Pepys notes in his dia-
ry and Hogarth shows in one of his
sketches Patients that were harmless
or half cured We're given badges and
released to beg in the streets. Edgar
In "King Lear impersonates one of
these wandering Tom-o'- -Bedlams.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
OUR CLUBBING LIST.

The following special offers are made
to both old and new subscribers to this
paper.
We cannot mail sample copies of
any paper except the Journal. Re-
quests for samples of others must be
sent direct to the office of the paper
wanted, if we cannot supply you in
person at this office.
The figures show the price at which
the publication named and the Jour-
nal will both be sent for one year:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
"First Catch Your Rabbit"

Governor Harmon must go to the
White House, according to Atlee
Pomerene in his Democratic keynote
speech. But of vastly more import.
ance just now to Uncle Jud is the
problem of how to get back to Colum.
bus for another two years.-Salem
News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
a Scienfief

Father said the small boy, what
is a scientist?"
"a scientist, my son, is a man who
calls ordinary things by such long
names that you can't recognize them"
Washington Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07

Abou Ben Adhem explained.
Il have the snow promptly shoveled
from the sidewalk in front of my va
cant property" he boasted.
Herewith the angel fell over himself
to write the name first.-New York
Sun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
A Rad Rnuys Bait

why is Jimmie Jinks so willing to
let his mother cut his hair?"
ut leads the other boys on to make
fun of him, and when he whips them
he can say they started it, Washing
ton Star
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
Thorns and Roses,

How true it is that there is no rose
without q thorn. Even the rocking
chair is not an unmixed blessing, as
anybody who has run his ankle against
one Of its rockers Is amply able to tes-
tify.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-07
If You Own Cows

it will not only be interesting but it
will be profitable for you to read that
little national dairy magazine. Kim
balls Dairy Farmer. 1t is published
semi-monthly at Waterloo, Iowa, the
hub of the great dairy region of the
central west. 1t is ably edited, well
printed on good book paper and hand
somely illustrated by actual photo
graphs taken exclusively for it. Its
purpose is educational and to the man
who would make his cows yield larger
profits, this little magazine is indis-
pensable. Regardless of how many
other papers the farmer may take, this
one is worth many times its price to
him. The subscription price is only
30 cents a year, and the paper will
positively be discontinued at expira
ton. Send for sample copy.
Kimball's Dairy Farm er
Waterloo, Iowa.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-06-02
1arLr and Price FIuetua.Ions.

Experience shows that IL is very
difficult 20 find any unyarying rule so
working as % create a uniform level
Of rising or receding prices, So the
preteuse Of laying the fluctuations 20
tho tariff becomes very absurd. Evi-
IDENTITY "a tarin that forced up the price
uf articles would not serve contrary
purpose and bring prices down. Yet
We have the phenomena Of prices go-
ing up and down and varying In the
degree % which they rise and fall.
while the tariff remains the same.
That bueahoo has been oyerworked.
EFeu III free trade England prices of
commodities bounce back and forth iu
extraordinary manner How can the
tatin be held accountable for such oc-
CurryuCesF
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-06-02
RooseVelt's Future.

From information that has just
been obtained these facts are now
made absolutely certain:
Colonel Roosevelt will not be a
candidate for reelection to the presi-
dency in 1912 under any circumstance.
He will not be a candidate for con-
gress.
He will not be a candidate to sue
ceed Chamcey NJ. Depew in the SEN
ate.
He will not be a candidate for the
governorshiD of New York but will
indicate his preference for William
Loeb, Jr.
He will make one or two speeches
in the west, advocating the return OF
Republicans to the SiXty-second con
gress.
He will remain in private life, and
will devote his efforts to his literary
work and deliver many lectures.