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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
When Mark Fell From Grace

Mark Twain was quite at his best as an afterdinner speaker at the dinner given in his honor few years ago by the members of the Authors Club, says the Boston Traveller. Incidentally. ne told the story of his first lapse from the paths of honesty. He was very young at the time. he explained, and the day was an exceedingly hot, one. As he walked down the street of the village in which he was living he saw a cart loaded with melons of most attractive appear ance.
 "It is with regret I mention.' Mark Twain went on, that I was tempted and fell I grabbed the most likely looking melon of the, lot and hur1ediy made my way to- the back of the wood shed. l gouged a huge slice out Of II and bit it. No sooner had l done so when. something within me convinced me that had done wrong. voice seemed tc say, Mark get up and take that melon right back, where you got 1t from. It was about the greenest mel on had ever tasted. went back to the cart and carefully replaced it and-tooi ripe one in it's place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
An Anti-Suicide Fence

From the New York Press
 One of the strangest fences on record is that which the common council Of Yonkers. N. r., has just ordered built. It will be a fence to keep suicides away.
 Several times in recent years despond- ent persons have shuffled off the mortal coil by leaping into the Fort Field reser- voir, one of the reservoirs supplying Yonkers with water Sometimes the bodies have been recovered quickly, bu. on few occasions the corpses were in the water for a day or so. The loss of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

water in draining tho reservoir is a big
 item and is especially to be guarded against since the city found 1t necessary to husband every drop of It's supply. So the council has appropriated 5000 to build wire netting fence around the reservoir. When it is completed anyone on suicide bent will find barrier nine rect high between him and enternity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
ziegelimeists. Honorary Master Brick p's'

The artist, Marie Carlo. segantini, son of the famous Italian painter. Giovanrn segantini, has been sentenced by the; Der lin provincial court to nine months 1m- prisonment for fraud.
 Segantini, who Is 26 years of age maue copies of several of his father pictureS' put his fathers signature upon tnem' and sold them as the orignaF works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
No Criterion

From Judge. t
 Tommy-"I don't think aunty will stay; she dien't bring her trunk.
 Johnny-"Huh, Look how long the baby has stayed, and he didn't bring anything."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

Attentions sDairymen Loose cotton seed hulls at $7 per ton while they last. The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. s,,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
On the Verge

From Judge.
 Vanity is on the borderland of sanity and is outbound. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

The trials of Count Guenther Von Koonigsmarck the two Barons Won Ar him, and the money-lenders Leonrardt ond Domarus for extensive land fraues, and of Baron Von Schenk gu Schweins- berg and a Hungarian officer named Th- Lolth. for cheating at cards and other
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31

is possible for it to be made, and !
know | have confidence in you suffi-
cient to believe that you are going to
cooperate with me in making 1t what
it should be. So let us get right down
to business, put our heads, hearts and
hands together and work for the bet
ter way. If there is better way, and
/ believe there is, let us find it and
establish it and maintain it in old
Brazos, so the burdens Of our people
everywhere may be made lighter, their
homes may be made better and their
families may be made happier. If any
are interested in the work ! will be
glad to receive card from you and |
will visit you as early as possible.
Respectfully,
A. w. BUCHANAN.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31
No WEDDING BELLS
FOR R|CHES0N

Boston, Oct. 31.-No wedding bells
will ring tonight at the First Baptist
church of Newton Centre, where the
Rev. Clarence Virgil Thompson Richie
son, pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist
church of Cambridge, was to have
taken as his bride Miss Violet Ed
mands, the heiress daughter of Moses
Grant Edmands of Brookline. The
marriage ceremony has been indefi-
nitely postponed, while the bride
groom that-wasto-b is awaiting trial
on the charge of having brought about
the death of pretty nineteen-year-old
Avis Linnell
Miss Linnell, it is alleged, had been
engaged to the handsome young cler-
gyman for some time prior to her
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31

tragic death by cyanide of potassium
poisoning The inquest developed that
she was in a delicate condition, and
the theory of the prosecution is that
she took the poison in the belief that
it was a drug that would prevent her
from becoming mother. William
Hahn, a druggist of Newton Centre,
will testify that the Rev. Richeson
purchased from him a large quantity
of cyanide of potassium, declaring tina.
he wanted the poison to kill dog.
The accused minister is thirty-four
years of age and was born and reared
near Lynchburg, Va He was admitted
to the Baptist ministry at the Third
Baptist church in st. Louis in 1902.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31

law giving the commissioners courts
power to appropriate money for the
extension of the work. The federal
proposition is to meet
any county in the state half way in
appropriation for this purpose. ] for
one think that we should congratulate
ourselves upon the fact that we have
a commissioners court that is alive
to the situation and know good thing
when they see it, and did not hesitate
in meeting the government half way
and thereby enabling Us to put the
work on in Brazos county. SO you
have the work. You also have the man
at your disposal; whether or not you
have the right man is to be seen after
he has been tried out.
am here to do everything that is
possible for me to do, but as the work
is entirely cooperative can not ac-
complish anything without the united
assistance of the farmers all over the
county. Though, from the kindly
words and many promises OF support
that | have already had, dc not fear
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31

any trouble along that line, yet must
urge upon you the importance of get.
ting organized at the earliest possible
time. As BRACES county has never had
the work before, | am sure there are
many who do not know but would like
TO know how the work is carried on,
For their benefit | will state that the
agent is to visit the farmers of all
parts of the county and get men who
will be known as demonstrators to
agree to cultivate a certain plot OF
plots of his farm in cotton, corn or
anything he may elect. This cultiva-
ton is to be done according to the d.
rection of the agent and he has TO go
according to the direction Of the rules
of the department of agriculture. The
time for breaking the land and how to
break and cultivate it as well as the
selection Of seed.
Now, my friends, | believe that You
all know me we'll enough to believe
that | am going TO do my level best 10
make this work a success, and make
It worth just as much to all of you as
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31
Sell jamestown Grounds.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 31.-The special
commissioners named by Federal
Judge Waddill will sell the James
town exposition grounds today, pre-
paratory to winding up the affairs OF
the Inflated worlds fair.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31
DEM0NSTRAT|VE FARM WORK
Director to Enter Upon Duties NO
ven,ber Calls on Farmers for
Their Cooperation.
TO the Farmers of Brazos County;

To the Farmers of Brazos County;
presume that most of the farmers
of the county are aware OF the fact
that have been appointed by the
agricultural department as agent for
the cooperative demonstration farm
work for Brazos county and will begin
my duties Wednesday, the first day Of
November. This movement is entirely
new for Brazos county while 1t mas
been carried on to limited extent in
some other parts of the state for sew
eral seasons. 1t is work that mas
not only been recognized by the fed
eral government, but the Legislature OF
Texas has been impressed with its
good results and recently enacted a
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-31
FOR SALE.

Household goods, farming tools, for
age, three Jersey cows and one horse
and buggy. Apply to Fl. Gefke, Pitts
Bridge road, two miles west from
Bryan.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
ARTIFICIAL LACE IN FRANCE
Mechanism mi Chemistry Furnish
Product That Wears Better
Than Real Article.

Mechanism and chemistry combined
have furnished France with a new
pToiuce-aTunciaI lace. The general
public has heard little about it, but
the lace manufacturers of Lyons, Ca
lais and Caudry have for some time
past been much perturbed over this
unexpected competition to which they
will have to submit.
Artificial lace is in effect q manu-
facture Of a very simple nature. There
Is no weaving employed in Its produc-
tion.The machine consists In it's es-
sential parts, OF a receptacle contain
ing a cupro-ammoniacal solution Of
cellulose, a metallic cylinder upon
which is engraved the negative Of the
design and a coagulation vat.
A rotatory motion is given TO the
cylinder, yer which flows the solu-
ton which, entering the interstices Of
the engraved pattern, fixes itself i'm
mediately In the coagulatiYe liquid,
out OF which emarges the texture
ready to be dyed and dressed.
Artificial lace has a beautiful ap-
pearance. It is homogeneous and un-
alterable; will wear better and is less
combustible than ordinary lace. wa
ter does not AFFECT 1T. Any desired
pattern can be obtained by engraving
L new cylinder.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
THE SICK TO JUGGLE
Manual Dexterity Is Also Beneficial
to the Brain Worker Of
Sedentary Habits.

Speaking of conjuring, the allied art
of juggling Is one of the most anus
ing and valuable of diversions, es-
pecially to the s~edentary. Many
physicians become expert in juggling,
but 1t is to their patients that 1t is
most useful.
The %bedridden, If they retain the
use of their hands, may beguile many
a weary hour In learning to keep
three or four tennis balls In the air
at once and in balancing sticks and
other simple objects on the forefinger
or on the chin.
For the brainworker who does not
care for walking there Is no better
recreation. 1t has often occurred to
us hat in cases where there is any
ease to fear some form of paraly-
sis the educating of disused cerebral,
AMI spinal enter by the
rapid juggling might serve to act az
an efficient preventive.
We do not wish to claim too much
for manual education Of this kind, but
we may point out that it tends to
perfect nervous poise and that no Jug
Cling trick can be properly done II the
performer INDUCES In dissipation even
SO mild as beer and cigarettes.-Amsr-
lean Medicine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
SHOPPING ORDEAL IN BURMA
Requires a Great Effort to Get the
Shop Women to Show
Their Goods.

You may walk through the muddy
old markets of Rangoon for hours at
a time or through the brand new bazaar
at Mandalay without any OF the sales
people taking the slightest notice Of
you as a possible purchaser of their
wares, The dear little ladies sit cross
legged upon long tables in front of the
high cupboards containing their goods.
They are placidly smoking IT chatting
or painting their faces or braiding
their hair. They are not attending to
business in the least.
If the European Is conspicuously
dressed or presents a figure which the
Burman, with his finely trained ense
OF humor, considers at all ridiculous
then a gay ripple Of laughter passes
along the stalls, and then indeed the
would-be customer Is noticed; but
otherwise the tourist is an object OF
NO interest whatever.
1t requires a great effort to get q
Burmese shop woman (they are near
ly all women) to show you her silks.
and when at last she has spread her
merchandise broadcast upon the table
and you are revealing In the illusion
that you are living in the middle OF a
rainbow, with a chance Of holding fast
to some of its colors, she will ask he
price (Which is seldom more than one
rupee too much) and will stick to it
like glue.
She is an indolent lady In many
ways who loves a quiet life, and she
has determined that her most COM
Portable course Is not to haggle in the
market place. So you may make up
your mind that bargaining and persua-
sion are useless arts to practice In
Burma, however valuable they may
be Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
Gnstealy Nerves.
camping purposes.

Often the direct result Of indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, constipation,
bilious attacks or impure blood,
for all Of which Merltol Tonic Di-
gestive is a standard remedy that
ss;il I.s
medicinal properties, Gall ofthem
we'll known Py the undersigned
druggist has made il a world ia
nous medicine for unsteady ner-
yes, sick heddache. gas on the
stomach, pains around the heart
and all ailmdnts due toa bad
Wa are authorized BY
tho directors s,of the American
Drug q Press Association 20 guar
antee Mesitol Digestive Tonic az a
good tonic and system builder.
Brnhn 3 Htonebraker exclusive
agents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
A Reason for Being Proud.

The eight-year-old son Of q Balti-
more physician was playing In his IA
theirs Office with a friend during the
absence OF the docas:, when suddenly
the first lad threw open q closet door
and disclosed to the terrified gaze ct
his little friend an ~articulated skele-
ton
1T.VT.aen The visitor had sufficiently Te-
covered from his shock to stand the
announcement, the doctors son ex-
plained that his father was extremely
proud OF that skeleton.
'Is her" asked the. other. Why r.
Il don't know was the answer:
maybe 1t was his first patient
Harperis Magazine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
SCOTLAND, S. D., June 80, 1911.
LOCAL NEWS.

tHAH
Jos. ". Janda Of Wagner was in
Scotland Monday.
James Kroh spent Sunday at
the home Of his parents in Yank-
ton.
Mrs. d. w. Chamberlain return
cd last Friday from her visit in
Minnesota.
Mrs. Archie Waddams has
moved TO Sioux City where she
has a daughter living
Mrs. Clark 81 Ethan arrived last
saturday to visit her mother, Mrs.
Walter Nellis living west of town.
Rev. r. NJ. Hardman Of Spring
field conducted services in the
Episcopal church here last Sunday
and went to Armour Monday.
The city board of equalization
met last Monday to equalize the
assessment Of city property. Only
afew changes We're made from the
valuation given by the assessor.
Jos. and Aaolph S~ternhaaen
went to Ravinia last Saturday
where they spent a couple Of days.
with their brother John, and in-
dulged in q little angling ii Andes
Lake.
Mrs. ,. ID. Welshman of Spring
field was here Monday on her way
to visit friends in Redfeld. She
was accompanied as far as this
place By her father-in-law.
Ass Mrs. Carrie Wilson returned to
her home il Audubon, Iowa, last
Sunday. She was accompanied
az far as Manila, Ia, by Miss.
Elsie Jasmann who left for q visit
in the East and will The.
summer onthe Atlantic coast.
Dr. p. q. BOND, the we'll known
specialist viii BE- at Edwards Hotel
Scotland, FRIDAY, JULY
until 8 r. MI to examine eyes,
and Fl glasses that make head
aches, crossed-eyes, and nervous.
Consult.
alton free.
Philip Scllmierer returned from
Montana Monday. He says crops
"a Montana ne looking Gne. From
Aberdeanw west NJ ohriage they
we very spotted: From Mobridge
west 70 Bowman there ii almost
S. from that place.
west they grew better AZ far al hel
went North u Lennon they
haye bud PLENTY Of rain but aoushI
there Inn been scarcely any this
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29

A little daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Eliason Mon
day.
Arlie Barber who has been living
on his claim in Pennington county
came to Scotland Sunday.
Miss Ethel Shaw returned from
Parkston Saturday and spent Sun
day at the F. Il. Wheeler home.
Miss Emma Sneider returned
last evening from the hospital at
Yankton where she underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
John Mas, living nine miles
east of town, had a horse killed by
lightning during the storm Sunday
night. 1t was insured in the Ger
man Farmers Mutual company.
Jacob Hoffer went to Yankton
Saturday and returned that even
ing with his son who had been at
the hospital in that city where he
had an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Alfred Hoch left last Fri
day for Storm Lake, Iowa, where
she will spend the summer with
her parents. The all-night service
by the electric light company has
been suspended until September
making the services of a second
man at the plant unnecessary so
MIR. IIoch has stored his furniture
and will take a lay-off for a few
weeks.
Mat Klinkner, who came from
Pennington county last week on
account Of the sickness of his
father who lives at Geddes, was
here Sunday and left for his home
in Pennington county. He was
accompanied by Jas. Baker and wife
and Miss Kate Baker who will visit
there for a short time and look
over the country. Mr.. Klinkner
says it has been very dry out there
this spring but they have recently
haa r good rains ana Things nTv
now looking more hopeful.
The rain last Sunday night when
M inch and an eighth Of water fell
was q blessing to the farmers
which was received none to soon.
For three weeks no rain had fallen;
and with the intenselv hot weather.
the temperature at times going
above 100, things were beginning
to look desperate. The hay and
oats crops were considerably dam
aged. Some fields Of wheat were
injured, but the corn had not
been affected and is looking better
than usual at this season Of the
II is hoped that The drouth
ii nov broken and that we shall
have plenty Of moisture during the
balance of thesseason, and # 80 we
shall have no reason to complain
il this portion If The state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29

Jos. 6terniiagen returned to
Lennon Tuesday evening.
Frank Wanek returned Monday
evening from Sioux Falls with a
new E. M. T. automobile.
Take advantage of the reduction
sales in spring and summer mil
linery which | am offering.
Miss Burgetto.
Moses Hackett is putting a Sec
ond story on his house purchased
a short time ago of Mr.. Huit-
macher.
Mrs. Moline and little daughters
of Sioux City are visiting at the
home of her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. j. l.. Hutchinson.
DR.. Koobs reports a little son at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. JAS.
Lang, ten miles southwest of town,
last Thursday.
Mr.. Frank Novak of Kaylor and
Miss Mary Varilek OF Tyndall were
married by Judge Chamberlain at
his residence Tuesday morning.
Milton Shoemaker and his wife
and daughter of alexandria were
here over Sunday to visit his Sis
ter, Mrs. G.. P. Harden, who is
here from Arkansas.
The pupils Of the third fourth
fifth and sixth grades in the Scot
land public school are requested to
call at the school house next Sat-
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at
which time they will receive their
certificates of attendance.
VIM. Eicamp put down a we'll
for Arthur Hart, on the Knox &
Greenawalt farm north west of
town, this week. An artesian flow
was struck at a depth of only 81
feet. The water fills a pipe an
inch and a quarter in diameter
and rises to an elevation of ten
feet above the ground.
Chas. Treiber left last Monday
afternoon with his new automobile
for a trip inspecting lumber yards
for the Fullerton Lumber Co. He
will go thru the country west of
the Missouri to the Black Hills,
north to North Dakota and west to
Montana. He will be gone about
six weeks.
Thos. Watchorn has a field of
winter wheat which he estimates
will yield over thirty bushels to the
acre. Many other fields around
Scotland give promise Of more
than an average yield. While the
straw is shorter than usual the
stand is good and heads are filling
nicely. The oats also are much
better than it seemed possible they
could be during the hot weather
last week. The cool weather since
the rain Sunday has done wonders
for the small grain.
The boat house that some of the
boys have built at the river bids
fair to become quite a Mecca for
camping parties. Over the boat
house is a comfortable bunk house,
and completely surrounding this
and projecting out over the water
is a porch enclosed with wire
screen, making a delightful place
to sit or to swing a hammock on a
hot summer day. Some Of the
boys are now camping there, and
they have plenty of visitors in the
evening who run down in their
autos to spend q little time boat
ing or sitting by the water where
they can be free from the ravages
of mosquitoes. The boat house is
at the edge of q little grove which
will be cleaned our and fitted for
camping purposes.
C~nsteasay Nerves.
Often the direct result Of indi-
h4-Z - s@
The evening times., 1911-07-20
TY COBB NOT THE
ONLY ONE TO DO IT

Speaking of Ty Cobb scoring from
first on single recalls the fact that
John J. McGraw. manager Of the
Giants. once did the same thing in
Baltimore, when the Orioles were
winning pennants. Washington was
the opposing club, way back in
1895, and McGraw's daring base run
ming was almost lost sight of in the
fact that on the same play Willie
Keeler stretched a single into home
run, and without an error, unless per-
haps of judgment. McGraw was on
first and we'll on his way to stealing
second, when Keeler singled. After
stealing second McGraw kept right
on for third base and Keeler for
second. when the left fielder, decid-
ing not, to take a chance on a wild
throw, tossed the ball to the short
stop, thinking that McGraw would
be satisfied with holding third and
Keeler second. Not so, however. Both
men kept on, and such was Keeler's
speed that he slid across the plate
almost on the heels of McGraw, in
time to beat the shortstops throw.
The evening times., 1911-07-20
Volunteer POLICE
FORCES NOW
IN ORDER
Non Employed M en- Coming
Into City Mean Extra

Now is the time to organize a
volunteer police department in which
every resident in the city should be a
member. Such is the gist Of what
Chief of Police ]. w. Lowe had to
say this morning.
Every householder in the city
should take extra precautions at the
present time to see that his house is
locked up securely every time it is
left vacant, even for a short time.
The reason for this is the same an
nual inflow of non-employed men.
Harvest hands coming to the Bread
Basket of the World" before their
help is needed; crooks and followers
of the circuses and fairs, and others
who have no money but who still
must eat.
Chief Lowe stated that there are
more coming into the city and vicinity
every day and that the police depart
ment has it's hands full, rounding
them up and pushing them along to
the next stop. Because of the many
transcients who have little or no
money and no work for more than
one-tenth of them at the present
time, Chief Lowe advises extreme care
until after the fair time.