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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-12-16
Explained ~ Anty Drudge.

Little Miss Pom2c5oat-"Just look, mamma tore my
froc,."
Mother-Gccd gracious and that frock just new! Only
washed tyyco!'
Anty Drudgc-HJust those two washnCs made the tear
possible. You boiled the frock, you do all your
you had used Fels-Naptha in cold lukewarm.
water, the fabric would not be half rotten and ready
to give away the frs tine it caught in anything
White clothes arc made of vegetable
fbres, cotton or flax Boiling affects them
the same way it does other vegetable mat
ter, as potatoes or cabbage. 1t softens
them and weakens the fibre. Boiling will
soften even hard wood.
By this you can easily see how your
clothes will wear out quicker and tear
more easily if you boil and hard-rub them.
Wool, which is an animal fibre, is softened
Just as the fibre of meat in boiling.
Fels-Naptha will cleanse your clothes in
cold or lukewarm water without any boil
ing or hard rubbing, and there isn't a
single thing in it that will harm the goods.
Your clothes will wear twice as long,
and they'll be whittier and cleaner all the
time Try cake of Fels-Naptha and see.
But use it the Fels-Naptha way, according
to the simple directions on the red and
green wrapper. They'll tell you how to
wash all kinds Of clothes with Fcls- Naptha;
was, dishes, clean floors and do many
other things with it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-12-16

rinsing out with boiling water, the corks
should be put in an dthe stopper sealed
with sealing wax or paraffin. 1t will
keep indefinitely, and may be put to a
great variety of uses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

noon and night. so took side trips as
far east as New York and as far west as
San Francisco. The months rolled along
and ! wanted 10 know OF my attorneys
why my case was not acted on. First
they told me had not been in Reno long
enough and later they said two new
judges had been appointed. and thes
gentlemen were very strict in their oues-
tioning before granting a divorce.
After hanging around Reno for a year
and learning some women had been wait
ing two years in which to establish resi-
dence, / packed up and quit
Reno to my mind is good for almost
anything except TO get a divorce. The
friends Of the women who go there for
the purpose Of getting rid Of their hus-
bands need not feel sorry for them. Reno
is no frontier town. it is not a wilderness,
and it is not necessary 10 have a lonely
moment there.
NO, there is nothing wrong about
Reno. II is a beautiful place in which to
live; a beautiful place where one may
die, but don't 60 there with any idea Of
getting a divorce, You may be disap-
pointed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Mrs, Virgins to Seek Divorce at Home

Mrs. Lillian Virgins of Philadelphia,
who iourneyed to Reno for the purpose
of getting a divorce, has returned home
utterly disguised with the Reno divorce
laws, according TO a story in the Public
Ledger She advises her divorce seeking
friends TO forget that there is such a
place as Reno divorce colony and 70 take
steps 10 have their matrimonial knots
severed in their home city rather than
enrich the exchequer Of Reno possibly
only to be disappointed in the end
One year ago Mrs Virgins, who had
been married four years and in that time
had spent but two weeks with her hus-
band, decided 10 get a divorce on the
grounds Of desertion and non-support. On
the advice OF friends she went 10 Reno
to avoid publicity. Since her return, very
much married sim she has told the story
Of her troubles, and incidentally has shed
little light on social Reno.
Il arrived in Reno on August 8. 1910"
she said and Immediately hired a bun
galow. for which I paid one years rent
in advance. That was the manner in
which I established my residence. Having
done that, OF course. ! didn't think a.
was necessary 10 live in Reno morning,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

Martha. Joe Reeves has been arrested
for forgery exclaimed the Best Chum
her ewes riveted on the first page OF the
morning paper.
The Maid Who Never Married caught
up the sheet and glanced hurriedly at the
headlines. "Arrester for forging the
name of his employer on a ten dollar
check" she read How horrible! Ana
he used to hand tens to the walters for
tips"
Poor old Joe-he was always such a
Jolly. generous chap" sighed the chum.
You know Martha you were pretty keen
about him at one time"
My dear. / don't deny the charge. I
was keen about Joe-in fact, I came
nearer 10 loving him than any man l
have ever known. and the finish Of cur
really serious friendship was not without
its heartaches, on my part, at least ~
Joe was awfully cut up, too; every one
knows about it," said the Chum.
He was wonderful to me Ny room re-
sembler a high class florists shop on ex-
hibition day. Orchids to me we're as the
flowers Of the field, and we always had
the most expensive seats az the theater.
Joe spent his money not wisely but too
well
a few days after an account OF one Of
his high priced dinners crept into print
came the senior Reeves bankruptcy like
a bolt from the blue. It was followed by
his self-imposed death. The world Of
society and business was shocked, for
Joe's father was considered q man OF IN
assailable wealth investigation showed
he hadn't a dollar in the world. Every
cent OF his immense fortune had bee dis
sipated. Men looked at Joe and in him
thought they recognized the cause. Joe,
all ignorant OF their condemnation
CROPPED helplessly about, cursing fate and
ranting at his fathers secrecy in the
matter Of his lost fortune.
Il tried to pull the utterly hopeless boy
together, 70 make him realize life for him
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

Men Who Made America

Henry Hudson. the English navigator
who discovered the noble river that bears
his name. was born in England. the date
being uncertain. The date OF his death
IL equally uncertain. as he was set adrift
in small boat on Hudson bay in 1911
by mutnous crew and was never seen
again.
II was his third voyage 70 America
while in search Of a northwest passage
TO India, that he discovered the Hudson
river. In his ship the Half Noon, he
was sailing in the service Of the Dutch
East India company
Brodhsad in describing the discovery.
said
After trying in vain 20 find an open
ing 70 the westward. he put about and
passing the southern headland, which
he now perceived was the one which
Gosland had discovered in 1902 and named
Cape Cod, he stood off to sea again
toward the southwest. In a fortnight
Hudson arrived off the mouth of Chesa-
peake bay which he recognized as the
entrance into Kings river in Virginia.
where our Englishmen are But the
temptation to meet his old friend Smith,
who. disguised with the distractions in
the colony at jamestown and manned by
accidental wounds, was preparing to re-
turn to England. did not divert Hudson
from the great object OF his voyage. Con-
tenting himself with a few soundings, he
stood again to sea and passing north
west along the coast OF Maryland. he
ran into a great bay with rivers'-after-
ward called South river, and Newport
HENRY HUDSON.
May by the Dutch, and Delaware by
the English-where the Half Moon an
chored.
Finding the navigation so difficult that
he that will thoroughly discover this
great bay must have a small pinnaee
that must draw but four or five feet of
water, TO sound before him, Hudson
stood out to sea again, and. running
northward several days along a low
sandy cost with broken islands. arrived
on the evening Of September 2 in sight OF
the high hills Of Navesinck, then. as
now. "a very good land TO fall in with and
a pleasant land to see The next morn
ing he sailed onward until he came to
three great rivers the most northerly
Of which he attempted to enter but was
prevented by the very shoal bar before
IT. So sending his boat before him e.
sound the way he went in past Sandy
Hook. and on the evening of September
3, 1909 anchored the Half Moon in the
bay, where the waters were alive with
fish.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
.YRn

For a week Hudson fingered in the
lower bay admiring the goodly oaks
which garnished the neighboring shores
and holding frequent intercourse with
the native savages Of Monmouth, in New
Jersey. The Half Noon was visited IN
return by the wondering Indians, who
flocked on board the strange vessel,
clothed with mantles Of feathers and
robes Of fur and adorned with rude cop
per necklaces. Meanwhile a boats crew
was sent to sound the river which opened
TO the northward. Passing through the
Narrows they found a noble harbor, with
very good riding for ships little fur
they on they came to the Kills. between
Staten Island and Bergen Neck mar
row river to the westward between two
islands. The lands on both sides were
as pleasant with grass and flowers and
goodly trees ase ever they had seen and
very sweet smells came from them
Six miles up this river they saw an
open sea, now known as Newark bay.
In the evening, as the boat was return
ing TO the ship, the exploring party was
set upon by two canoes full of savages,
and one Of the English sailors, John
Coleman. was killed by an arrow shot in
his throat The next day Hudson buried
upon the adjacent beach the comrade
who had shared the dangers Of his polar
adventures to become the first European
victim Of an Indian weapon in the placid
waters he had now reached. To com
memorate the event Sandy Hook was
named Coleman's Point The ship was
soon visited by canoes full of native war
riors. but Hudson. suspecting their good
faith. took two of the savages and put
red coats on them. while the rest we're
not suffered to approach"
Copyright 1911 by the n. Y Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Bleat Of the Innocent Bystander

II see that Chicago corset dealers say
that New York women are too fat" OBJ
served the Regular Fellow.
TOO fat for what?" demanded the In
noeent Bystander 1T all depends on
whether one is speakinE as landlord
or eannioal, Seems 70 me that the cruel
impeachment deserves a stout denial by
stout deniers.
The whole fault is environment-which
is TO blame for most everything. The
environment have in mind IS a modern
flat-er-apartment The average flat
would make any woman appear too fat,
even n she were thin as a lath. Some
apartments are so narrow that the land
lord can't put new wall paper on the
walls without first seraping off the old
paper.
I'm such frame any woman is likely
to appear Just a teeny bit round. That's
why SO many OF them prefer TO pass in
the rotundas Of fashionable hotels. But
II you saw the same woman out in the
middle Of the great American desert-not
saying that they don't spend their time
too frequently in various great American
deserts, which are extremely fattening-
you wouldn't think she was too bulky to
hide the landscape.
And as for her floating in the middle
of the Pacific ocean-or the south seas
especially the south seas-why any dis
eliminating cannibal would say that a
New York woman was the pink of per
lection when il came to figure.
This rage for thin women Is Just the
result Of economic conditions-the econ
omy being in the space OF apartments.
Some csptious critics-and what critic
isn't esptious. even fools cap-tious7-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Poor Finish of the Spendthrift

was Just beginning and that with his two
strong hands, his brilliant and his mag
netic personality nothing was impossible.
No use. He believed all chances of hap
piness for him had vanished with the for
tune of his parent and he conducted HIM
self accordingly.
There was no cessation OF his extrava-
gances His flowers came as always and
his new motor was the handsomest in
town
Finally his selfishness was so fragrant
I ceased 10 care for him, even as a friend.
In a little while his calls ceased alto
gether.
"a year later I think It was he mar
ried some girl Of reputed wealth For
time he seemed 10 take a new lease on
life, but in another year the wife's in
heritance having gone to pave his way
downward he began drifting into shabby
gentility and pulling her in with him
His clothes became suspiciously shiny,
and Mrs Reeves wore her last seasons
gowns without having done them over,
Joe began borrowing from his friends
with the intention of paying them back.
but afterward when paying was inpos-
sible. he borrowed with no intentions
whatever Several friends Of his fathers
took him in their offices for old times
sake, but he was such a laggard and so
full OF unrest that he demoraliSed tho
entire force When he came down to
business at noon every day for a month,
they let him go. All the household val
uables wsnt-the antique furniture, then
the silver, which was the pride OF the
Reeves family for generations. From
treating at the club Joe took 20 treating
az the corner cafe
Il saw him not long ago His eyes
had taken on a shifty expression and HE
manner was almost servile / could have
taken an oath he was hungry His wife.
he told me. was spending part of the
time with a friend downtown. I knew
the friend was a maker OF lingerie ana
that Mrs. Joe was bending over the pretty
things she used 20 wear day and. night
trying to keep body and soul together.
And now 10 think that Il ends in the
shadow Of prison cell
To men like Joe. money is as the air
they breathe. ana they'll have it. even II
the getting brands them a thief"
Cake and tea" called Polly from thu
sun porch
Life can't be cake and tea for al OF
US. can it. dear, especially II we take a
chance on bread and water? sighed the
maid as she strolled through the French
window.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Lorettas Looking CLASSIFIED Up to Wall from Widow

MY Dear Loretta: If you are like some
other unmarried women / know-Td like
to scratch their eyes out and extract
their scurrilous tongues at the roots!-
you may think that u husband is the only
thing a widow loses. But he is not. She
loses caste. She loses the free use OF
her facial muscles She loses the right
to wear becoming clothes in the eye range
OF a man She loses her freedom 10 come
and go as she will She is a shorn Of ner
rights and privileges.
It's not remarkable that some of us
grab them back by main force For
women rob us and it's from the women
we have forcefully to yank what they
want to take from US.
Every girl on my street nearly falls
in a fit II I happen 10 walk home from
downtown with a man Every married
woman rushes 10 the front window and
peeps from behind the curtains to see II
have the man she owns. And then. the
two sets OF them combine 20 freeze me
And ! will not be frozen II the girls
want me TO be cool 70 their beaus, they
must be cordial and companionable to-
ward me II the matrons want me &c
play hide-snd-seek, lodging behind trees
and fence corners all the way home 10
keep from catching up with OF being
caught up with by a valuable husband,
they have Just got to stop acting as if
were a ravening lion racing arobnd the
neighborhood TO see how many precious
men I can devour.
AN INDIGNANT WIDOW
Wives take notice! Girls beware! You
are stirring the widow to dire ana man
poaching rage
But, widow, listen You were both girl
ana wife once Maybe you will be a little
more patient under the suspicion Of these
wives and girls when you recall that you
once served mp like treatment 70 some
other widow. You happen to be on the
other side OF the fence now. You are a
rover in the social croquet game now.
And you ought 10 play fair.
But girls. wives, and widows. what is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

CaliforniaSs first railroad was opened
from Sacramento 70 Folsom. February p,
1855 II was twenty-five and one-half
miles long
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

seem TO think that small apartments
ought 70 develop a race Of women re-
hecting their surroundings. like the
daschund who got his shape from being
raised under a bed.
But fortunately such is not the case.
American women are large, Juno-esque,
generous, and the admiration of all men
who come from lands populated by small
women. There is no scientific manage
ment when it comes TO the great Amer
lean waist The American girl causes all
her admirers to bend the knee"
"Huh?' gurgled the Regular Fellow
Unless the knees happen TO be strong
enough to support her. amended the in
nocent Bystander
Copyright. 1911. by the N. Y Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

this insanity of yours that prompts you
TO want to slip the lariat over the head Of
the creature to whom freedom is the
breadth Of life? Why do wives try to rope
and throw husbands? What makes girls
clasp the handouts on the men to whom
they become engaged? Observation
teaches me that you widows get the least
encouragement from the men who have
the largest freedom. Wives who recognize
that they are not being deserted because
a man happens 10 betray an intelligent
consciousness that the female population
has not decreased 10 one since he married
have the smallest widow problem.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

The Black Sea was frozen over for
twenty days in 4Ol. On January . 1853, ice |
was seven feet thick on that vast sheet
Of water
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Nubs of knowledge

Raised printing for the blind was intro
dueed in 1880.
Cuban settlers started generally to raise
tobacco in 1880
Mills for manufacturing linen paper
were first established in 1890
Peru in 1900 had admirable public roads.
one extending 800 miles
Mexican history, according 40 Brasseur
de BouTbourg. French archaeologist, be-
gan in s55 3. c.
on May J. 1858, a patent was granted in
England 10 Robert Fitzgerald for a pro-
cess for making salt water fresh.
diving bell was utilized in l6Ss on the
coast OF Null Scotland. in searching for
the wreck OF a part OF the Spanish Ar
NADIA.
Francois Blanchard at Fh'ls delphia. Pa,
January O. 1913. made the first balloon as
esnsion in America. II was witnessed by
Washington.
Remarkable earthquake commenced in
Canada, February 8, l6sS. continuing for
six months Mountains and rivers disap-
peared and new lakes were formed.
veneering is not a modern invention,
but was introduced IN the time Of Pliny
about 50 A D. 20 reduce the cost OF the
enormously expensive tables OF rare
woods that were much sought after by
wealthy Romans.
The Black Sea was frozen over for
twenty days in 4ol. On January .. 1853, ice
was seven feet thick on that vast sheet
Of water.
In lbs the Christians OF Egypt were
compelled 70 wear blue turbans, while
Jews had 70 don yellow ones Both we're
forbidden 70 ride on horEes or mules or
70 receive any government employment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18

man likes being appropriated as long
as he is in the. appropriative mood him
self But the most bored of men capable
to the widows fascination are the girl
manacled engaged men. So wives, don I
set up fences about your husband-when
the widow is on the other side. Open the
gate! Invite her in! Rob stolen kisses of
the essence of their sweetness; and
widow, just remember that you were a
wife yourself and probably will be again
If your mourning is becoming. But do
try to find a man who is not already the
magnet OF girls heart Can't you be
generous?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Tired watching.

Traveller from country)-"Is this here
tn inquiry office?
Railway CleTk-It is
TTaveler-Well. about six hours ago a
Teller took my watch around tn corner
70 get my name engraved on II. SO Il
wouldn't git lost an l WanteT know if
the engravers OF this town are AZ
out on strlke.-Tid-B its
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Forgot to Taste It

Poor Carrie Nation" said a Leaven.
worth editor had many a story TO back
up her claim that men drink, not for the
taste, but for the effect alone-that they
all drink like the Chinaman who said Me
no drinkee for drinkee; me drihkee for
drunkee.'
"one Of Mrs Nations stories was about
a negro hackmsn. An angler, as he rode
in a Kansas hack, unscrewed the glass
from the bottom Of his flask, filled il
and give it 10 the haekman. who tossed
off the drink and returned the empty
glass.
That's good whisky. Wash. isn't il?
SAID the angler.
Wall, sab, the hackman chuckled as
he wiped his lips with the sleeve Of his
ragged coat, too tell you the truth. sab
An clean fo'got ter taste itr"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-01
TAX LIST.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County OF Mclean.
Onice Of County Auditor.-ss.

Office Of County Auditor.-ss.
washburn, N. d.. Nov. Z, 1911.
T. T.. E. thompson, county auditor OF Mclean
county, North Dakota. do hereby certify that the
annexed list Of real property has become me delinquent
1910 and win be sold as provided by statute, TO-
accruing, said sale commencing at 10 o'clock a.. m;
Tuesday. December 18th, 1911. and closing at !
o'clock p. m. Of said date and continuing further
from day to day until all lands or parcels Of lands
have been offered for sale, said sale to be made
at my office in the court house In the City Of
Washburn, county Of Mclean and state of North
Township 14s, Range %.
or Real
Lot. Acres. Tax, Int. Cost. Toll.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-11-22
TAX NOTICE

Office of County Treasurer, Lexington
County, Lexington, S c., September
20, 1911,
For the convenience Of taxpayers, I
will attend the following places for
the purpose of collecting taxes for the
present year. Books will open at s
O'Clock in the morning and close at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. +
White Rock, Wed. morn, Nov. %.
Hilton, Wednesday, eve. Nov. %.
Chspin, Thurs. aud Friday, Nov. %, "a
Peak, Saturday morn. Nov. 25.
Ed Addy's, Wednesday Now 20.
Keisler's Store, Wed. eve. Nov. 20.
Brookland, Saturday, Dec. q.
lew.
For Ordinary County Purposes ...4 Mills
FOR Past Indebtedness M!Hs
For or Constitutional School Tax. 3 Mills
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-11-22

SpcC1A1 10 1u0 DlepatOu.
Winthrop College, Nov. 2o.-kiss
Marie Cromer, Of Aiken, state agent
for the United States Department OF
Agriculture for the girls canning
clubs Of South Carolina, will make her
headquarters at Winthrop. Winthrop
College and the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture are to cooperate
with Miss Cromer, not only in the
girls canning club work, but in other
work bearing upon the making of bet
ter homes for the people of the state.I
Hon. Mendel L. Smith of Camden,
accepted the invitation of the
three literary societies to address them
at their JOINT celebration on Saturday
evening, November IS.
work has been begun on the new
sciene building. This building will
be completed for the session beginning
in September, 1912.
Ernest Thompson Seton, the orlgl-
nator ana promoter of the Scout
movement of America, gave series
of illustrated lectures at The college
last week. He emphasized the impor-
tance of keeping the boys and girls in
touch with nature; and urged the stu
dent-teachers to bring more of the
beauties OF the woods and wild animal
life to the school children.
Estelle Rawl.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-11-22
MIR. Matthias Fine
Plymouth Rocks.

At the recent State Fair in Colum.
bia Mr.. S. A. Matthias of Irmo, the
"White Plymouth Rock King car
ried away many premiums on bis
birds, which are said to be the finest
in the Carolinas. Following is list
of Mr.. Matthias winnings:
In the South Carolina class, 1st
cock, 2nd cock, LIST cockerel, 1sJ hen,
3rd hen, 1st pullet, End pullet, lst pen
and End pen.
. In the open to the world class: 1st
cock, 1st cockerel, 1st hen, 1st pullet,
1st pen and the Silver Loving Cup for
best pen of White Plymouth Rocks
and the cash special for the best pen
Of birds in the Am erican class.
Mr.. Matthias will exhibit his birds at
Morganton, NC, at Spartanburg,
Ashevi!le, Atlanta and Charlotte.