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The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

4 STORY told at police headquarters n by Clarence Davis of Glenallen Va, recalled to older members of the force the day when confidence men had full sway here. The Virginian related that three men had inveigled him into matching twenty-five-cent pieces in a room at the Raleigh hotel, and that they had disappeared, one of them taking $458 belonging to him
 When Davis reached the city and he registered at a hotel near John Marshall place and Pennsylvania ave nue, he was seated on the coping at the northwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street when a strang- CT spoke to him. He did not hesitate to tell the stranger he was from near Richmond, and the latter said he was acquainted with people in Richmond
 The Virginian informed the strang- CT that he was thinking of going to New York, and that he was a brick layer by trade.
 50 am I bricklayer," the stranger said, land I'm out of work"
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
To Nervous Women.

Avoid haste and hurry; these are the things that confuse the brain and make clear judgment impossible The besetting temptation of the nervous woman is to hurry from one duty to another in breathless haste, attempt ing many tasks, yet achieving none of them with dignity or freedom. When such a temptation arises, call 8 halt. Remain quiet for a few min utes; summon back your self-posses- sion, and refuse to do in one hour work that should be spread over two.
 Habituate yourself to the control of the emotions. Nothing makes such havoc of the nervous system, nothing disorganizes the inner life like anger, fear, worry. These forces must be quelled if the soul is to maintain it's supremacy and nervous peace is to be enjoyed; and this is done, not, indeed, by fiat of the will, but by substitu- ting for these destructive emotions such constructive ones as love, aspira- tion after some ideal, faith in God. and reverence for the divine order of life. pr. s. s. McComb. in Harper's Ba gar.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

THE lone policeman who stands guard by the District building in Washington was making his rounds placidly when there dawned upon his mortified mind the fact that a hcrsa was standing with his fore feet u9oi; the District buildings own sidewalk.
 The horse was hitched to a two seated surrey Upon seat of the surrey sat gentleman with broad black hat
 Get that horse of the sidewalk" |" said the policeman / If you want this horse to get of that sidewalk you put him of your self, you" The remainder of the sentence was more in the way of ex- pletive than explanation
 You better shut up and get that horse where it belongs" the police man pursnad
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
NAB MANY CRANKs
GUARDS AT WHITE HOUSE ARE
 ALWAYS ALERT.
Prices of Tobacco Will Be Increased Because of New Internal Revenue Tax Which Falls on the
 Consumer.

Washington.-Not far from ten per cent of the 5000 souls confined in St. Elizabeth's, the government hospital for insane at Anacosta, D. C., were committed to that institution because of an insane desire to see the presi- dent All sorts and conditions of men, women and children-for some have been the merest boys-make their way to the White House. some of them to warn the president of impend- ing danger to himself or the country. some to reveal to him the will of heaven, some to implore his aid or protection. many to offer him ground floor business chances which ought to make him many times a million aire.
 John E. Wilkie. chief of the secret service, has two of his most trusted men stationed at the White House day and night to guard the president, and wherever the chief executive goes
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Hone.Ralsed Seed Potatoes.

A good many people think they must get their seed potatoes from a different locality every three or four years, or they will run out This Is a mistake; wrong idea. We have sold seed potatoes to those same men, yet we never changed seed. of the same variety, in our life.
 A few years ago dealer in pota- toes here brought in a carload of seed potatoes from Aroostook, Me, and sold them at very high price. Some of our neighbors bought this seed and planted, but were much disappointed at digging time. for their own seed gave the best crop.
 If farmers will take as much pains in selecting their potatoes as they do their corn for seed they will not run out.
 But the only thing the careless farmer, that has taken no pains to improve his potatoes, can do this spring is to plant the best he has, and next fall begin to improve and in- crease hls potato crop by a careful selection of seed.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
CLINCHED THE CASE
SAILOR PROVED POSSESSION OF
 ACCOMPLISHMENT
Disconnected Opposing Lawyer at the Very Moment He Thought He Was Assured of Complete
 Victory.

"The master of a vessel in port lb
 the Gulf of Mexico being in need of money borrowed it and to secure its repayment executed what is called a ! bottomry bond,' writes a correspon dent of the National Magazine "By this bond 1t was agreed that if the money was not paid within so many days after the vessel arrived at New York proceedings might be taken to have the vessel sold and the debt paid out of the proceeds.
 ''The money was not paid and was retained to enforce the bond and be gan suit. Someone interested in the vessel appeared in the suit and denied that the bond had been executed by the master, as had been alleged.
 ''It became necessary to take the testimony on this point of a sailor whose name was subscribed to the bond as having witnessed it's execu. tion. In answer to my questions the sailor said that the captain called him into the vessels cabin and asked him to be a witness to the bond, and he signed his name to 1t as a witness, and he spoke of the paper as the bot tomry bond.
 ''The opposing counsel in a sharp cross-examination asked him how he knew it was bottomry bond, and the witness answered that he read enough of it to know what it was. Some oth CT skilful questions brought out the fact that when the sailor came into tha oahip bo 0r the other side of a table with the pa per before him and the sailor sat down at the side of the table facing the captain, so that the paper was be- tween them; that the paper was not read to him. that the captain turned over the first leaf of the paper and signed his name at the end of it and told the sailor where to sign his name, which he did, and then left the cabin.
 My heart sank, for I saw that it was open to the other side to say that the document lay on the table up side down to the sailor, and that his statement that he read enough of the document to know it was bottomry bond was false. because, of course, he could not read writing which was up side down, and. therefore, his whole evidence should be disbelieved.
 ''The lawyer opposed to me saw the point also. but instead of leaving the matter where it was he concluded to clinch it, and, taking the document, he laid it down on the table before the witness upside down and said to him, Let us see you read the paper now
 "To my great surprise and relief the witness read the writing. upside down as it was, with nearly as much iuency as if it had been right side up.
 That ended the contest over the execution of the bond This sailors ability to read writing when it was up side down was a curious instance of the many curious things which sailors do to occupy their time during idle watches on long voyages"
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

1 the east end. to wait, presumably, Tor the president. A cab was called from nearby stand, and the man persuad- ed to enter it. The driver had his or ders to drive to the first precinct DO lice station about half a mile away. Just as the cab started the Swede drew a heavy revolver and fired point blank at the officer who had him in charge. Fortunately his aim was as bad as his intention. The wound he inflicted was, of itself, slight. But sub- sequent developments led the doctors to believe that 1t was coated with poi son, and that had this particular crank gained access to the president, MT. Roosevelt might have shared the fate of his predecessor.
 An elderly woman once called at the White House to ask the president to drain the sea of Old Point Comfort for her. She told those who questioned her that she was of a prominent Vir- ginia family and had lost large sums of money through ill-advised land speculation. She was, however, en- titled to a share in an estate amount ing to $600,0O0, but conspirators were keeping the money from her. She had learned through a medium that 1t was buried In the sea off Old Point. And as the president owned the sea, would he kindly remove it while she secured her fortune?
 Of course the overwrought suf- fragist has not been lacking in the White House collection of cranks. It includes several choice specimens of her. Two of them, one from New Eng land and one from Pennsylvania. have made demands that the chief ex- ecutive surrender his job to them. Both of these were accompanied by young sons, and expected when they had got things running properly that their children and their children's children would succeed them in the position.
 The Pennsylvanian had her cabinet all selected, and was particularly viru- lent in her objection to Admiral Dewey. She was going to remove him first thing for she felt sure that with a woman in his place there would be no need of any Hague conference to keep the United States at least from war.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

4 TEAM of horses. stung by a couple
 n of bees, plunged madly into twen- ty hives, upsetting them, releasing an army of 80,00O angry bees, which stung the horses to death, few days ago, oyer on the Virginia side of the Potomac river.
 The negro driver, who ran at the first alarm, did not escape unwounded Thousands of bees pursued his flight, and he was terribly stung, but lives
 A dozen or more irresponsible bees. were flying about the grounds at the home of Dr. Reginald Munson, on the Columbia pike, near Arlington. where he has forty hives. The horses, at tached to a coal wagon. worried by their humming, slapped at the bees with their tails. The bees retaliated, stinging the horses.
 The horses, wild with alarm at the unusual attack, plunged madly about the yard, upsetting twenty hives and releasing some ten bushels of bees
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Fills uo Panama Excavation.

Excavation of the Panama canaI through the Culebra range of hills has set in motion mass of 100000 cu- bic yards of material, which is sliding into the excavation apparently on an inclined substratum of clay. The fact is said to illustrate one of the many advantages of the present high-level canal over one at sea level. The sea- level cut would have been carried 80 feet deeper and the slides would have been, in all probability, enormously greater. The material will have to be removC1; but outside of the additional expense no i'll effects are apprehended.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09

out the country. The smokers are go- ing to pay more for their tobacco, and so are the chewers.
 The prices of cigarettes are going up, in many they have already gone up in anticipation of the coming in crease in the tax The American To- bacco company and a number of the independents have already raised their prices. The American company took these steps more than a month ago. Packages of cigarettes which formerly sold for two for quarter will now sell for 15 cents straight. it Is said. The increase in the price of cigar cites thousand ranges from 10 to 25 cents.
 But the cigarette smokers are not the only consumers who will be af- fected by any manner of means. The wholesale price of plug and smoking tobacco will be increased two cents a pound; also the consumers of smoking tobacco will be compelled to pay the same price for packages of tobacco weighing one and a half ounces as they have paid in the past for pack ages of tobacco weighing one and two thirds ounces.
 The burden of the increased tax will fall, 1t Is said almost entirely upon the consumer.
 Commissioner of Internal Revenue Cabell said it was impossible for him to say how much the increased tax on tobacco would affect the consumer, If at all. It all depended. he said, upon the action taken by the manufacturers. He was inclined to believe that actual increase to the consumer in the price of his tobacco would be very small.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
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Fire Drill in the Big Printing Shop

Upon the receipt of the order from the front office the amateur f1remen got busy without delay, There was a dragging forth of hose and other ap- paratus for fighting "the red demon A tall man, who seemed to be in su- preme command of the f1remen, gave the orders in cool, confident tones.
 Innumerable hose lines were con. nected with fire plugs in the new building. Nozzles were aimed at the venerable structure across Jackson al ley. As the streams of water began to play and the spray was rising in clouds, like the mist from Niagara Falls, the printers, bookbinders, wo- man folders and other workers began to file out of the buildings.
 There is an order that the exit of the workmen and Workwomen must be through the side doors along the al ley and G street. Consequently, as the head of the line of workers reach ed the doors on the alley and wit messed the deluge of water crashing against the walls of the old building and flying back in foaming masses, they tried to force thier way back in- to the new structure.
 Hundreds of toilers behind, not aware of the conditions in front. pressed forward and forced the front rank out into the alley and into the torrents of flying water. The ensueC a scene of excitement
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
PASTURING PIGS ON CLOVER
Produces Cheapest Pork, When Used In Conjunction With Some
 Supplemental Feed.

Even at present prices it is essen
 tially to our interests to produce pork as cheaply as possible. Simply be- cause hogs are selling at record prices we cannot allow the cost of produc- tion to creep up alongside the increas- ed selling price. It should ever be the aim of the hogman to have the hogs and the methods which will en- able him to produce pound of pork with the smallest outlay consistent with good gains.
 It has always been our opinion that the cheapest pork can be produced on clover pasture, when it is used in con junction with some supplemental feed, writes Clyde A. Waugh, in Michigan Farmer. Clover furnishes cheap pro tein, allows the hog to exist in what approaches his natural condition, keeps him fairly healthy, manures labor.
 We have found that most of our profitable filters are those that are farrowed about the time the sows can be turned on pasture. It is an easy matter to take a roll of hog fencing. stick in post every seven or eight reds, and to stretch up your fence. It can be done in half a day. Several filters of pigs can be run in a few acres.
 After sucking a few weeks the sows can be reduced to a ration of few ears of corn day. Before this a few troughs can be placed so as to admit the pigs and keep out the sows, when the pigs can be given shorts and other feeds
 Handled in such a manner you have fair sized shoats when the new corn crop Is ready to be fed. Then, little green corn can be used to advantage. However, by the time the corn is ready. the shoats will stand quite heavy feeding while on the clover. By so doing, the spring pigs can often be turned of after running behind steers on a very short feed which begins early in the fall. Two years ago we turned bunch of shoats so raised. in a corn field with the older hogs. When the piece was hogged of part of the spring pigs went to market.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Army of Bees Sting Horses to Death

about 80,000 in all.
 These bees immediately attacked the horses, stinging them so badly that both animals died within an hour
 Dr. Munson has long been an en. thusiastic apiarist His hives are To- cated in the yard at one side of bis house.
 The coal wagon, driven by George Low, drew up in front of the place about o'clock in the afternoon Low was little dubious about venturing inside. He could plainly hear an oc- lcasional buzzing that was not alto gether music to his ears.
 black swarm of buzzing bees i'm mediately flew toward the horses and Low. The latter went scampering down the road with his hands up tc his face, brushing away a thousand oi more of the insects which had gath cred about him.
 The frightened horses were almost instantly covered with the insects. They started to turn toward the road, but sank Imply in the traces, whin- neying wildly with pain.
 The entire neighborhood was in- stantly aroused. A crowd collected at safe distance to watch the un- usual event. No one dared at first 10 go to the rescue of the horses.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
PRICES OF TOBACCO GOING UP

The new internal revenue tax on smoking and chewing tobacco went into effect at midnight, June 30, the tax being increased from six to eight cents per pound. Cigars, with the ex' ception of the small cigars weighing not more than three pounds per thou sand, are not subject to the increased tax The tax on the small cigars is increased from 54 to 75 cents per thou sand.
 The tax on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand in packages containing 5, 8, 10, IS, 20, 50 and 100 little cigarettes will be increased from 54 cents to 75 cents per 1000. The tax on large cigar cites weighing not more than pounds per 1000, will be increased from 54 cents and $1.08 to one rate of s125 per 1000. Cigarettes weighing more than pounds per 1000 must pay a tax of $3.60 instead of s3.
 At the same time the statutory sizes of the packages of smoking tobacco are changed. A quarter of an ounce becomes the unit of weight for these packages and each package must con- tain a multiple of this unit
 These changes, say dealers here, are going to affect the smokers through
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Wild Goose Farmer.

Capt. Joshua D. Wheaton of Chinco- league, Va, claims the distinction of being the only wild goose farmer in the world He has 250 acres of land skirting the coast of Chincoteague sound and has at the present time over 1,500 wild geese on the place. He ships alive to the northern mar kets and gets an average price of $5 per pair. He got start by capturing young birds and clipping their wings.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Corn EnsiIaqe for Sheen.

Corn ensilage can be fed to sheep, but be very careful if 1t is at all sour. Nothing gives better results than clover or alfalfa hay and turnips, with a small quantity of a mixture of wheat bran, oats and oil meal
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
hIs SuqoestIon,

The Narrator-And from my tee shot the ball caught the dog. lifted him over a bush and landed him in a pond; and I've never been able to in- duce the dog to come on to the links with me since.
 The Listener-Perhaps he objects to be seen out with Ananias.
The Holbrook news., 1910-09-09
Affar tha RacA

The Hare-But of course you'll give me another chance?
 The Tortoise-Oh, suppose musti But understand right now my end of the purse1l be 75 per cent win or lOge-Puck
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-12-09
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
Drinkers Poor Risks

Drinkers !
A Health bulletin issued to policy holders by
By reason of it's poisonous effects alcohol is enemy Of
life insurance companies Directly and indirectly it
responsible for small portion Of the mortality
Notwithstanding the successful movements various
tons OF the country to restrict it's sale the fact
two thousand million gallons of beverages which contain
alcohol consumed annually in the United States indicates
that this dangerous drug still powerful influence
for evil Even the E'hgh of living to
diminish the national thirst.
In view of the widespread socaed temperate of
coho have endeavored to consider this subject in
partisan spirit but solely from the scientific and
practical viewpoint would any other contribut-
ing to increase the cost of Insurance.
Alcohol Fuel
Alcohol is useful science and in the arts It is good
fuel and be burned in certain kind of stove without
the formation of cnkers and without injury the
Ii the stove had BRAIN system, kidneys and liver
the results would be different.
Alcohol be burned in the human body and will
porary produce energy also cnkers but exacts heavy
toll for this service.
The man who thinks he compete with stove in burn
ing alcohol makes very great mstake-he outclassed
Laboratory Experiments
It has been concsivey shown by laboratory experiments
that alcohol taken in so-caled moderate quantities 1.-TWO
glasses da1y mental and physical efficiency
Those who disposed to question this statement would do
well to have themselves subjected in expert
mental laboratory where the degree Impairment of mental
and physical functions caused by alcohol be measured
quite accurately yard of cloth The full degree of
injury to the body, and the possible shortening of life
through moderate drinking be measured in such
laboratories Only years of observation covering large
groups of individuals, could determine such facts
Alcohol an Anesthetc
Scientific experiments show that alcohol has been mis-
named smulant It's total effect anesthetic therein lies
it's danger and for it's charm The of assocang
ideas is impaired after slight alcoholic indulgence and
with increased indulgence after another of the higher
brain centers is put temporarily out of commission The
who twakes up' under alcoholic influence is really
going sleep, far his higher reasoning faculties
concerned The fanced stimulation merely release of
the lower activities by suppression of the higher
causing a narrowing of the field of consciousness.
Alcohol in Medicine
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-12-09
Milwaukee and Detroit

For fifty years Milwaukee and Detroit rivals in
population.
Now Detroit has oudistanced Milwaukee decidedly that
the Wisconsin metropolis u.s. speak, completely out of
the running
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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-12-09

he Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
in convaescense dangerous and it is now seldom thus
prescribed
Testimony of the Business World
But aside from the evidence furnished by the laboratories
of experimental psychology there other laboratories
whose testimony be readily accepted by the
age man. Our great railroad systems and manufacturing
industries where skilled labor depending
tai processes, is employed discriminate against The
socaed moderate drnker-not grounds but be-
practical business experience has demonstrated the
higher efficiency both for mental and physical work Of the
abaner Business instinct has discerned what scientific
has proven viz that the anestheized employee
is improbable.
Testimony of Life Insurance
Another practical laboratory of experience is that
OF the life insurance companies Guided by medical judg
ment and lay sense life companies have
always disseminated against the steady tpper and
periodical free drnker Published statistics relating to the
mortality among mmoderate drinkers meagre but the
effect of alcohol has broad way been measured by the
experience OF the United Kingdom Temperance and General
Provdent Institution covering period from 1866 to 1905
This company aimed to take but abstaners and
temperate drinkers
On Analysing the experience these two groups it was
found that for 100 deaths among the total absaner
there 131 deaths among the temperate drinkers
ing difference OF 81 per cent in favor of the abstainers
Taxing the experience of the company for sxtyone
years to 1901 and considering the mortality at the
different periods find that age IS to &c. the
mortality in the general group 83 per excess
that among the total abstaners hese statistics relate to
ordinary whole life policies.)
The experience of the Scepter Life 1884 1905 is of
similar nature. In that company for every 100 deaths
the total absainers there 146 deaths among
the temperate drinkers showing difference of 46 per cent
in favor of the abstainers.
Mi1wavnkao and na<r0;<
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-12-09
2 is the record

During the past decade Milwaukee under the rule Of
wide open mayor who alleged quitting her on
the map The census does not verify the claim
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-12-09

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