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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

where else, and If l had not been so
desperate for money would not have
stolen these"
Mrs. Berry says she is As years old.
"ldy father and mother were artists"
she says, "and lived in the town OF
West Decorah, Ia, where was born.
From there we moved to Waveland,
Mich. Later my parents went to Ohio
and we lived in different parts of that
state. / took naturally to painting
and drawing, and before / was 18
years old l won a number of prizes at
the Ohio state fair, held at Columbus.
was graduated with honors at the
Delaware Female Academy of Paint
ing and l made a good deal of money
with my brush. l married William
Berry, who was also an artist, and we
lived together for a number of years
and were happy.
MY brother got into trouble over
some horses and cattle and was sent
to the penitentiary, and was out on
parole when Tony George arrested
him for horse stealing. 1t took about
all the money had to try to save him,
and with what / had left | bought a
little farm near Vistula, not far from
Goshen. 1 was in debt / had a lot
Of paintings ready for the market.
but could not get any money. Even
those who had ordered my work did
not pay for It, and simply got des-
perate."
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Old Map OF South America.

Claude Vautin, an English mining
engineer, who has been prospecting in
Peru, returned the other day on the
steamship Zacapa. Besides looking
after mining property, he has been
collecting interesting antiquities Of
the country.
One of the most interesting things
he brings back with him is a map Of
South America made by the Jesuits In
1892. 1t gives an outline of the land
as far north as Cuba and is apparent
ly accurate. Its purpose Is evidently
plain, for every missionary station in
the country at that time is indicated
on the map, and the line OF travel
necessary to reach them is marked
out This map was obtained by Mr..
Vautin az Puno, Peru.
A-nother interesting collection he
brought back Is the death masks of
the Incas. These were hammered out
of metal and placed over the faces Of
the dead. Three of these obtained by
Mr.. Vautin are of sheet gold.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
RUDE AWAKENING FOR ELIZA
Too Late She Discovered That Wis
tor Was Not the Object Of
Her Alteration.

The gentle Eliza was sitting drearily
In the darkened room, waiting miser-
ably for a visitor, whom she feared
would never come. To tell the truth,
Eliza and William had Quarreled bit
terly the night before. But what Is
that? A ring, a step, a masculine
voice. She waited not, but threw
herself into the visitors arms.
"Oh, my darling!" she sobbed, with
her head upon his bosom. II am SO
glad you have called. l did so long
to make up and do my best to pay
you for bringing light into my life.
Let US settle peacefully once more
with each other"
We'll, MISS" said strange voice,
I'm willin', I'm sure. But my in
structions is that If you don't I'm to
cut off the gas!"
And 1t was only then that Eliza
found out she had mistaken a COM
mon gas person for her William
London Tit-Bits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

will allow a leakage of gas. This is
a serious fault and may result from
any OF the following: 1-poor lubri-
eating oil. 2-Failure to turn on or
have a sufficient flow of lubricating
oil. 3-Overheating Of cylinder. Only
a good grade Of gas engine oil which
is intended to Withstand high heat
should be used. The writer has in
mind an instance of this kind In
which chauffeur upon finding his
cylinder oil exhausted borrowed some
steam cylinder oil from a threshiDg
crew. The deposit formed by the
combustion of this oil rendered u
large bill of repairs necessary. Neg
lect to turn on lubriacting oil would
be counted pure carelessness. The
amount fed should also be watched
and vary from 3 to 10 drops per min
ute according to the size Of the en-
gine. A better way to tell Is TO see
that the piston is oily and presents
polished appearance. All engines un-
der ordinary conditions of usage VIII
not overhead. Failure to supply cool
ing water or see that the fan is run
ming properly might cause serious re-
suits from overheating and conse-
quently burning the lubricating oil or
causing strain from undue expansion
of the parts from heat.
The valves will also require some
attention. When the engine is sent
from the factory they are adjusted to
nd oil Of 10 n in
the stroke, which should be quite
carefully done. Should the engine fail
to deliver it's full power the timing OF
the valves may be looked to as one
cause of failure. Information as to
the proper timing can be had by ref
erence to the company's book Of In
structions which accompanies the en-
gine or by consultation with the agent
or company direct. The valves may
also become worn or pitted with the
heat SO that in time they will not
seat properly. A valve properly seat
ed will show a bright surface entirely
around its circumference. In case
they are worn or pitted II will be nee
essary to have them reground to At.
Inc III Oh Iu6 COuueCIiuk TOu upon
the piston pin and crank pin also
should be noted occasionally. Loose
ness can be detected at either place
by shaking or moving the fly wheel
slightly and holding the finger at once
upon the connecting rod and piston or
crank. In taking up the wear at these
points be sure there is a sufficient
thickness Of liners" between the
parts to prevent clamping upon the
pins when the nuts are drawn tight.
Lock nuts or some other means
should be used to prevent these nuts
working loose.
The crank shaft bearings should al
so be kept closely adjusted, but not
so light as to prevent a film Of oil
forming around the shaft for lubrica-
ton. The same suggestions for ad-
justing would apply to these bearings
as to the connecting rod.
Keep other moving parts on the en-
CINE we'll fabricated and inspect the
entire machine occasionally to see
that there are no loose nuts or parts.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

Columbus, O.-Her artistic effort to
conceal the identity of a horse she
had stolen In Dayton, caused the ar
rest Of Mrs. Rosa Berry, alleged lead
er OF gang OF horse thieves. She
declares the allegation Is nonsense for
she stole the horse simply because
she needed an animal on her farm and
lacked the cash to purchase one. In
her cell in the jail in Marion she de-
clares she is willing to pay the pen
atty OF her crime but feels bad to
think she ever stopped to SO low a
crime.
Mrs. Berry went to Marion and
hired $400 horse and buggy from
Jim Squires. She drove that outfit to
Muncie and to Richmond, where she
sold 1t for SIS. She took an interur-
ban car TO Dayton, and in that city
hired another $500 horse and buggy.
The horse she got at Dayton had one
white foot and Mrs. Berry painted out
the white foot and made the horse a
dark bay. That bit of painting was
her undoing, for when she changed
the color of the Dayton horse she
caused 1t to be an exact likeness of
the Marion horse, which was adver-
tised all over the country and for
which the horse-thief detective asso-
Citations were looking. She was ar
rested because she had horse OF the
description Of the horse stolen from
Jim Squires, and then it was learned
that the horse she had was stolen at
Dayton.
Il know they have had a great deal
to say about me-" said Mrs. Berry,
but this Is the first crime l ever
committed. have not been mixed up
with any horse-stealing gang I took
the horse at Marion and sold 1t be-
cause / needed the money to pay
debts, and l took the Dayton horse
because I needed an animal to work
on my farm and did not have the
money to buy one. That Ia all there
is to It. / never stole any horse any.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Some Gasoline Engine
Suggestions
BY II. II. MUsS1MAN.
Hxysucr Farm Mechanic, Michigan Farm SsbeoL

Some one has said that the differ
gasoline engine is that the Ills of the
former take minutes to detect and
hours to correct while those of the
latter take hours to detect and min
utes TO correct. This is largely true
In that the gas engine ills are made
up of minor difficulties which are cas-
lily corrected, but which are also cas-
lily overlooked. Stubbornness, a pro-
pensity sometimes attributed to the
gas engine, is an indication that 1t is
one Of the most human of machines.
II might be added that this stubborn
ness is not due to any innate per-
verNness on the part OF the engine,
but rather a lack OF acquaintance and
consideration on the part of the oper-
ator. No machine will respond more
readily to careful treatment snd a
thoughtful consideration of its pc
culiarities.
The steam engine IN the hands Of
q careless engineer will continue to
run and pound until 1t is damaged
past repair. The gas engine on the
other hand will, in general. meet such
treatment by persistent refusal to
start or run. This very characteris-
tic is one Of the safeguards against
the abuse of the engine, but one
should not wait for trouble to mani
fest itself IN this form. There are
some things about the engine that
should have careful and regular at
tention.
comprise about 80 per cent OF gas
engine troubles. Broken connections.
dirty spark plugs, weak batteries are
Ills with which even the novice is
becoming familiar. Exasperating as
these difficulties may be they can
usually result In little harm to the
engine itself since Il will not run un-
Ill tNey are corrected. Neither would
tt be necessary for me to state that
black smoke coming from the exhaust
Indicates a mixture containing too
much gasoline vapor or that white
smoke from the same source indi-
Gates an excess Of cylinder lubricating
oil. II Is the features Of the engine
which give no immediate trouble, but
which through neglect will disable the
machine in a comparatively short
time that we wish to discuss.
Certain parts of the gasoline engine
are subject to rapid and sudden
changes OF motion and direction. They
are also subject to the enormous ex-
plosive forces in the cylinder 1t fol-
lows then that they should be care
fully fitted and kept in adjustment to
prevent pounding and excessive wear.
Take the cylinder and piston for ex.
ample. In the better class of engines
the inner surface Of the cylinder is
ground to give smooth surface
against which the rings which are
fitted In grooves around the piston ex.
pand and wear TO a perfect At to
prevent loss Of compression in the
combustion chamber. II is easily seen
that these surfaces should be kept
properly fabricated and to that end a
film of heat resisting oil should be
kept between them to prevent exces-
sive wear. Lack OF fabrication may
cause the cylinder TO "score" or have
grooves cut In II by the rings which
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Paid Up After e5 Years.

Long Beach, Cal.-Col. Jacob ]. Hill
did some surveying, 65 years ago in
Randolph county, w. Va, and has
just received a check for s125 in pay
ment for his services. The work was
done on the See estate and the heirs
took the settlement of the estate into
court, where 1t has been for many
years.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Prudential Reasons.

$50 you are going to send your
cook off. But isn't her name Ara.
bella Gunn?'
whats that got to do with our
getting rid OF herr"
But, my dear boy, isn't there an
ordinance against discharging A.
Gum within the city limits?"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

best remedy for such
troubles. In copfine-
ment when 1t Is SO
necessary to have
the kidneys Ia good
condition, Do a ms
Kidney Pills are In a
class alone. They
are splendid also for
backache, dizziness,
blOating. retention
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Cat supplants BuIldoo.

North Yakima, Wash.-James Zim-
erer, farmer on the Yakaima river,
Is the owner Of a remarkable cat In
addition to keeping the house free
from rats, he Is a terror to hobos who
come into the village and annoy the
farmers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Pandemonium.

Mature knew what she was doing
when she deprived fishes of voice"
How do you make that out?"
What If a fish had to cackle over
every egg IL laid?"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Salt for Stock.

Don't forget that both tho COW and
the horse need salt. Give II TO them
In the ration or else keep II before
thsm IN the rock form.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
CARING for injured Trees.

Trees that are SCARED or bruised In
cultivating should have the round
bark cut away with a sharp knife and
the wound painted over imm ediately.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing syrup for Childrers
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma,
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

and other kidney and bladder
troubles"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
TRAINED NURSE SPEAKS.
Has Found Doan's Kidney Pills In
valuable.

Mrs. Emeline Green, nurse. Usage,
Iowa, says: 81 have nursed many
cases of terrible kidney disorders and
have found Doan's Kidney Pills the
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

The man who thinks he knows 1t all
never gets much Of chance to tell It.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

It's the united exports of little things
that make big troubles.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
Mammals ANGEL Gets Busy.

Fond Mother-And has mammals an
gel been a peacemaker today? Nam.
mas Angel-Yes, ma. Tommy Turf
was a-lickin' William Whimpers, an
when / told i'm to stop he wouldn't,
an / jumped in an licked the stuffin'
out o both of 'em.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12
HERSELF
BY PAINTING HO0F
MRS. BERRYs RUsE TO ESCAPE
OFFICERS BY DECORATING
FOOT HAsTENs ARREST.
WOMAN ADMITS TWO THEFTS

Makes Stolen Horse Resemble Ono
Sought by Sleuths-Tells Sheriff
She Needed Money to Pay Mort
gage on Her Farm.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-12

A woman has about as much use
for man who doesn't admire her as
a fatted calf has for a prodigal son.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
j. s. SUIT HITS
At LUMBER TRUST
tttoTney General Charges It
With Conspiracy.
He DEMANDS AN INJUNCTION
Action Begun in New York Is Said to
Be First Gun in Campaign Against
Combines Of Dealers in
Staples.

New York.-The first suit in a
series Of si1 actions intended to
break up the organizations of retailers
throughout the United States which
keep up the price of commodities to
| the consumers was begun here, when
sweeping charges were brought
against the so-called lumber trust in
an action filed by Attorney General
/ Wickersham, under the Sherman anti,
trust law. The allegations include
conspiracy to maintain high prices; to
force all ultimate consumers to buy
from retailers, and to blacklist whole
| salers who sell to others than mem
bers Of the retail organizations in the
various states and cities.
One of the organizations with which
retailers and wholesalers are in touch
to prevent selling direct to the con
sumner, according to the bill, is the
National Lumber Manufacturers as
sociation. The president of this as
ISOLATION is Edward Hines, the Chi
cagO lumberman who, according to the
testimony of Clarence D. Funk, gener-
al manager of the International Har-
Vester company, made the famous dec
laration: Well, we put Lorimer over
down at Springfield, but it cost about
100000 to do it,
Mr.. Hines also is president of the
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers
association, which is said to be the
real connecting link between the com
bines in various sections of the coun-
try.
Ten trade organizations and more
than $50 individuals are named as de-
PENDANTS. They are alleged to have
conspired among themselves and with
the assistance of the National Whole
sale Lumber Dealers association to
prevent wholesalers from selling d.
rectly or indirectly to consumers. The
defendant corporations are:
The Eastern States Retail Lumber
Dealers association of New York,
with Offices at IS Broadway.
The New York Lumber Trade asso-
citation of this city
The Building Material Mems asocia-
ton of Westchester county, N. Y.
The Lumber Dealers association of
Connecticut.
The Massachusetts Retail Lumber
Dealers association.
The Lumber Dealers association of
Rhode Island.
The Retail Lum bermen's association
of Baltimore
The officers and directors, trustees
and members of the foregoing are
named as individual defendants, as
well as the officers and directors and
members of the following voluntary
organizations: The New Jersey Lum-
bermen's Protective association, the
Retail Lumbermen's association of
Philadelphia and the Lumber Ex-
change of the District of Columbia.
The government takes the position
that any agreement or act which pre-
vents a consumer from buying where
he chooses, or to his best advantage, is
In unreasonable" restraint Of trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
PASSING OF THE BIG GAME
The United States Has Been Wantonly
Extravagant in Its Waste
fu Destruction.

The story of the game hog" is too
familiar to dwell upon We all remem-
Der with disgust photographs publish
ed in sporting journals and newspa-
pers Of long rows of deer hung UP
after a days slaughter. These were
not generally sportsmen, and they
took no steps to interfere with or pre-
vent the wanton destruction until
sportsmen's clubs organized and
forced the issue, but this was very
late in our histOry-almost too late to
save the animals
Almighty God gave us country
Astounding in vast natural resources,
and we have not only given ourselves
over to extravaganza, but wasteful-
ness. We have not confined our ex-
penditures to our income, but have
been 2&vishly drawing upon the prin-
clpSi Of our inheritance, never halt
ing in our wild career 70 think that
the end of it must at some time be
reached
For example, one of the noblest Of
ol. big game animals, the wapiti, or
American elk, which formerly ranged
throughout our northern states and
Canada, is now practically extinct east
Of the Mississippi, saving perhaps a
sew stragglers which still inhabit
northern Michigan Our eastern
mountain regions such, for instance,
as the Adirondacks, the Green noun
tains, and the ranges of Pennsylvania,
should form ample cover for them and
would support them today had proper
means been taken in time for their
protection. Some sixty years ago the
last of the waptti in tne east was
killed in PennsylVania-Dil Wal
lace, in Outing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
A God Burner.

A Georgia woman who moved to the
city found she could not be contented
without the colored nanny who had
been her servant for many years. She
sent for old nanny and the servant
arrived in due season. Ii so happened
that the Georgia woman had to leave
town the very day nanny arrived.
Before departing she had just time to
explain to nanny the modern con-
~Veniences with which her apartment
was furnished. The gas stove was the
contrivance which interested the col
ored woman most. After the mistress
of the household had lighted the oven,
tie broiler and the other burners and
FELT certain her old servant understood
its operations the mistress hurried for
her train
She was absent two weeks and one
Of her first questions to nanny was
how she had worried along.
DE fines ever" was the reply. And
dat air gas stOve-oh, my. Why, 90
you know, Miss Flo'ence, dat fire amt
gone out yit."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
Early Home of Dickens.

Johnston street, Somers Town, where
The London county council have de
cided to erect a memorial tablet to
Charles Dickens, was associated with
what was practically the first ray of
sunshine that broke through the cloud
ed sky Of the novelist's childhood. 1t
was in 1926, when Dickens was thir
teen, that a sudden improvement in
his fathers finances enabled the fam
lily to leave the Marshalsea prison and
take house in Johnston street.
For Charles, who had boarded out
during his fathers detention in the
debtors prison, this meant the re-
sumption OF home life. 1t meant also
relief from the slavery in the black,
ing factory, for his father was now
able to send him to fairly good
school in the neighborhood of their
new abode. The Dickenses remained
in Johnston street for four years and
descriptions of the locality occur, il
will be remembered, in Nicholas
Nickleby" and Bleak House Lon
don Pail Mall Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
SAY LORlMER SEAT BOUGHT.
Committee Reports Election coul

Committee Reports Election Could
Not Have Been Without Bribery.
Springfield, Il-The report of the
Helm committee on the election of
William Lorimer to the United States
senate was sent into the senate by
the chairman.
The document recited the facts Of
the investigation and said it was evil
dent from the evidence taken that the
election of Lorimer could not have
been procured without bribery and
corruption.
No recommendation we're made in
the report for taking the matter to
the United States senate and outside
Of the recital of the facts set forth
there was no comment
The report alludes to the inability
of the committee to compel the at
tendance of witnesses from otner
states, Of whom there are said to have
been several whose presence was de-
sired and whose names never have
been made public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
Poverty Wood" Utilized.

Ladysmith.-An experiment made
by the Menasha Pulp and Paper com
pany, which recently developed a
water power on the Flambeau river,
nine miles from here, is demonstrate
ing in a practical way that wood from
cutover land has a commercial value
other than for fuel. This has passed
beyond any experimental stage and
what is known as poverty wood" Is
being converted into pulp and
shipped to the paper making centers.
The wood Of all kinds cut on the
farms can be sold for $40 a cord
at this mill. Previous to the loca-
ton of the mill the site was an I'M
broken wilderness, but settlers are
now coming in in great numbers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-25
HEAT WAVE
STRIKES CITY.
NUMBER OF DEAD IN MIL Walls
kEE LARGE OWING
TO THE HEAT.
People Suffered Generally and a
Large Number Sought the Diff
erent Parks Throughout the CITY
Seeking Relief,

Five dead, three overcome and
three bitten by maddened dogs, as
direct or indirect results of the heat
wave, was the recent record in this
city.
The dead included an unidentified
man, about 81 years old; Kate
christensen, 6S years old. 1918 Wal
nut street, who died while sitting
IN chair in front of a window:
William Rain, 20 years old, 2617
bismarck avenue; Max Lonnitzky. 50
years, 1924 Buffum street; Joseph
Sullivan, "a years old, GAS Eight
zenith street.
The following were bitten by mad
dogs: Katherine Schenk, IA wears
old, SIC Greenfield avenue; Joseph
Cohen, 10 years old, 514 Tenth
street; Edward Byrne, 5 years old.
457 Hanover street.
Those overcome were: Daniel
Phelps, SO years old, SIS First
street; Louisa Weidmann, aged IS
years, employed as domestic at Mil
Waukee hospital; Miss Viola Koskey,
Il years, S23 Warren Avenue.
The hot wave is quite general
throughout the country.