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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
PoLITENEss ALWAYS PAYS.
Isolated Merchant Gains Business
Through Being Gracious.

Isolated Merchant Gains Business
Through Being Gracious.
81 have often wondered" said a man
who rambles all over New York look
ing for bargains, how the small mer
chants In the streets or Broadway
and out Of the retail districts uptown
manage to make their living. l know
something about 1t now.
About a year ago l went into q 1t
tie store In Greenwich street to buy
an article that cost me II cents when
1 finally got 1t. The first time | made
my want known the merchant said
that he had never kept the article, al
though it was in his line. He thanked
me for calling his attention to it. He
supposed that would not do me any
good, but he would get 1t, for some
one else might ask for it.
81 did not call again for several days,
and when 1 did l went out Of my way
ten blocks. He knew me as soon as |
entered his store. He said he ordered
the article and expected 1t any day.
He asked me to leave my address. say
ing that he would send b article az
soon as he received It.
81 went into his place several days
after, still going out Of my way In do
ing so. The article wal ready.
what was the RESULT I have been
going out Of my way ever since for
anything in his line just because the
merchant had been 30 obligtng. We
became very wen acquainted and one
day 1 told him how I had become ons
of his customers.
Why he replied, that ID the way
/ get my trade. II I didn't try to ac-
commodats people who come In here
would have had to close up long ago
81 suppose that Is the key to the sue
Tess Of all the little merchants In and
off the streets. 1t pays to Be grsciouA'
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
Selected Short Story
The BridegrOOm'S Big Ears
BY R TIERNEY

each side, tapping when their owner
walked. his heart misgavs him. How
could he lnfict such a dsformity upon
his daughter7 His neighbors would
be forever laughing Ut him. In their
sleeves II not openly. Nevertheless q
Dutchman of those days newer gave
up a purpose. Gerrit had NO thought
Of recedlng from his plan. but a nat
ural tenderness for his only child In
duced him to comfort bar.
we will not hasten matters, my
dear" he said. Tomorrow will be
time enough for the wedding, or, II
you like, next week. Meanwhile you
will become accustomed"-
IF must marry him." said Annska.
"let 1t be at oncAAs
VERY well. my child, since you wish
IT"
1t was a strange wedding procession
that walked up what II now Broad
way to the church. The ears of the
groom tapped In the wind, and the
to~wnspeople crowded the wedding
party to get a view Of him. not scru-
ping to ven their mirth In loud guf-
flaws. In the church the dominic had
a hard time to keep the people from
unseemly behavior and hurried through
the service SO rapidly that few heard
the words, and II the couple had been
Hans and Mary instead OF Peter and
Anneka no one would have known the
difference. When the twain were pro-
nounced man and wife and they had
turned and faced the people to leave
the church the groom put his hands to
his ears and, to the surprise OF every
one. pulled them off.
For a time there was a silence. after
which came at intervals explosions OF
laughter as the phlegmatic Dutchmen
one after another got It into their
heads that the man had worn false
ears. Meanwhile the bridal couple
started down the aisle. the groom grin
ming from a to ear. the bride smiling
c~ontentedly on his arm.
At the door Gerrit Ten Brock came
running up to them to ask what IT all
meant, but was stopped by a stranger
who appeared ON the scene with ears
somewhat larger than the usual SIZE
though not especially noticeable. lie
announced himself as Peter Ten Eycke.
"And who are your" asked Gerrit OK
the groom.
"Midshipman Jack Somerset OF his
maJesty's ship Terrible. l have loved
your daughter since | came into port a
week ago and. hearing that you want
ed a son-in-law with donkey ears, con-
cluded to accommodate you"
Somerset took his bride with him. ana
she became in time one Of the promi-
nsnt social women In England.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
A discussion of Timely Farm Topics

range for insects, which is their nat
ural plan Of living. So 1t is apparent
hat the farmer can raise better poui-
try than the city man IL he will exer-
else the same ARE In selecting MS
foundation stock.
Every breeder Of standard preu
horses. cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry
usually has his preference for some one
breed that particularly strikes his fan
cy or that appeals to his n OF bust
ness Judgment as being best adapted
10 his own requirements and at the
same time having a utility value that
there is ready market for. There Is a
growing demand for standard bred
poultry, particularly Of the breeds COM
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

- NE thousand commercial bodies,
chambers Of commerce and
boards of trade were invited
to a convention In Washington
this week with the view of enecting an
organization of business men which
will bring them into touch with the
government for advice and counsel In
the administration Of laws, the enact
ment Of new statutes and the devel-
opment Of commerce The convention
Is the sequel to a message Of the pres
ident submitted to congress in Decem-
Der, In which 1t was suggested that Of
ficials of the department Of commerce
and labor and members OF certain
congressional committees might be
made members ex oficio. A state
ment issued by the president said:
such an organization would give to
the government the opportunity to CON
suit the business world on all prob
lens Of trade supremacy. 1t would af-
ford cooperation In the expansion of
commerce at home and abroad and
would provide a means by which gov
eminent officers charged with the en-
forcement Of laws could become ac
quainted with the complexities which
surround their administration In the
business world. Further than that,
congress in framing new statutes at
fectng trade and commerce would
have FIRST hand advice Of an ofadal
nature"
In some respects the plan would not
be unlike Germany's system Of coop
Grafton with boards Of trade through
out the German states.
The presidents idea 10 that the pro
posed national board Of trade be such
that it could be granted a federal char
ter.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
TN the good old days when New
a York was called New Amsterdam

York was called New Amsterdam
there lived near Bowling Green
a rich Dutchman, Gerrit Ten
Brock, whose daughter Anneka was
the apple of his eye. Anneka was sew
enteen, and her father thought il high
time that he should arrange a marriage
for her, for in those days girls were
married much younger than now and
had very little to say in the choice Of
a husband.
Ten Brock was engage in the fur
business with one Ten Eycke, Ten
Eycke buying furs In Albany which
Ten Brock sold in New York. The
two Tens were not only partners in
business. but bosom friends. One day
Ter Brock wrote his partner:
Anneka is now old enough to be mar
ried. What has become Of your son Peter?
/ remember him as a little boy, and he
promised to be a fine looking man, except
that his ears. which were very large, stuck
out singularly from his head. His mother
was trying TO alter their Position. trust
she succeeded. However, this has moth
ing to do with what l have In mind. AS l
bdid, <iilllthd 10 OiO cuOdHu u " flltTTlbQ.
What do you say to uniting our business
for another generation at least by marry
ing your son to my ~daughterf
After much coaxing Peter was won
over to the plan. A betrothal was
made by letter, for ships sailed infre-
quently between New Amsterdam and
Albany in those days, and the journey
was foo frouhiacoma RI ha toLan xuho,
it could be avoided. At least, this was
the reason given by the parents of the
contracting parties. The real reason
was 1t was feared IL Anneka after see
ing her betrothed should have time to
act before the wedding she would re-
fuse to be married. Anneka was bro
ken hearted over the matter, though
her father could not find out whether
1t was the deformity that troubled her
or that she had a lover of whom he
knew nothing.
However, he paid no attention to his
daughters repugnance to the match.
and 1t was arranged between him and
Ten Eycke that Peter should come
down to New Amsterdam on the sloop
Katrina, leaving Albany on the 9Th of
October, 1856. for the purpose of being
married. Every preparation was made
for the wedding-the parlor swept
clean. the dining room and kitchen
they were one) scrubbed and no end
OF cakes made. At II O'clock In the
morning OF Oct. 7 a young man APP
peared at the front door. gave a loud
rap and when admitted announced
himself as Peter Ten Eycke.
When Gerrit Ten Brock saw his
enormous ears. nearly the size of a
donkey's- and how they stuck out ON
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
A Wisconsin Boy Farmer.

There II nothing particularly startling
In the statement that Floyd Cariente
Of Baraboo. Wis. has purchased q
farm Of s35 acres for $4,000 and pro-
poses to operate 1t as a business en-
~terpriss. Other men are buying farms
in Wisconsin every few days and lit
tie or nothing In said about them. The
enterprise Of Mr.. Carlents is interest
ing. however. for thu reason that he
is only fourteen years old and intends
that the farm shall be conducted un-
der his immediate personal manage
ment-Nsw YORK Mail
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

The results Of three years trials at
Urbana, ILL.,, show that a net gain OF
Cd bushels per acre more oats was
secured from drilled than from broad
cast seeding. Three years work at
Dekalb indicate q general average
yisld In favor of seeding oats with a
drill rather than sowing broadcast.
The general average OF two years
trials on the sibley field. regardless Of
the kind Of preparation Of the seed bed
before sowing. shows a net gain Of
sc bushels Of oats per acre where ths
pats were drilled ovsx those broadcast
Farm Journal
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
LYING BAD IN BUSINESS.
Merchant viii Find That Dsesptiea In
Trade 10 harmful.

Merchant Will Find That psesptiea N
Trade 10 harmful.
Among the steps of progress to be
recorded in our young national career
are the increased honesty and dimin-
ished dishonesty OF commercial ao-
vertising. The change Is perhaps most
noticeable in that hybrid and amphibi-
Gus trade Of dry goods" The public
Is now quite used to seeing the sale OF
such wares announced In fairly plain
terms, without spurious alluremepts OF
euphemism or eulogy, whereas TWEEN
ty or thirty years ago lying was
thought to be a matter Of common
sense by -shopkeepers who advertised.
OF course all advertising has a COM
mercial basis, whether 1t makes known
a railway time table or a school course,
a brand of whisky or a church service.
Meanwhile the pleasing improvement
in dry goods" advertising has reach
ed the remarkable degree Of at least
one merchant setting forth the rela-
live advantages and Disadvantages OF
two articles offered to the public. This
Brutus of business says concerning n
kind of raincoat that 1t Is mot abso-
luteIy water tight" though proof
against any ordinary shower" The
other kind, he tells you, us water
Tight but, since the body's heat and
moisture do not escape. this accumula-
ton or secretion "dampens the inside
of the coat besides making the wearer
intentionally hot" Is it not rather a
new thing for a trader to pay money
to a newspaper for telling the public
the defects Of things he wants to sell?
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
NJ ADVANTAGE IN
RAISING PURE BRED POULTRY
Can't Be Beaten by City Man " Ne Sets
His Mind to the Work-cho'es o.
Breed a Matter Of Individual Tssts

The interest In standard bred pour
try IL becoming so prevalent In farm
ing communities. where little or no at
tention had been given to that orancn
of the industry until recent years. tina
the city lot fancle- Ii waking up to
the fact that some OF his strongest
competItIon In the showroom " founa
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

Fred Thomas Dubois, Steering Clark
Boom In Washington.
was a delegate to the Fiftieth and FIJI
ty-frst congresses, being active in get
ting Idaho admitted to statehood He
was the first United States senator
from Idaho. Mr.. Dubois used to be a
Republican.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
CHILD WELFARE

Promoters of child welfare, which
has made noteworthy strides in the
United States, are interested in the ex-
hibit to be held in st. Louis April %
to May 10. The st. Louis exhibit will
show what st. Louis is doing for chill
dren compared with other large cities.
The best features of the work in Chi
cago, New York and Kansas City will
be shown. The co-exhibit will cost
about $4,000.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
CONGRESS ADJOURNMENT

Various reasons have been advanced
why there should be an early adjourn
ment of congress. Most Of these rea-
sons have to do with the political
aspects of the question. While some
Democrats have been contending that
tariff legislation Ii dangerous with a
national election not far off. others
have held that 1t will influence the
result in November. It nas been the
impression that the date Of adjourn
ment will be June Is, but the house
may be ready to quit on June 1. In
any event, adjournment viii precede
the two national conventions.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20


Hunt out the weak places in the
management OF the farm. II may
be waste land. inferior stock or lack
of interest In the welfare OF the
wife's work. All parts of the farm
must be active and working In har-
mony to the best advantage.
II the hired man has a suggestion
to offer give him a hearing. He
may have worked for some good
farmers and may know a few
things that you do not.
1t is a mistake to plant the same
types Of vegetables In the same
spot year after year. Keep them
moving to prevent insects and dis
eases from getting a foothold. And
It Is a mistake to forget that a gar
den needs plant food In order to
nourish vegetables properly.
Get a spray calendar OF your ex-
pertinent station. Guesswork In all
right when II hits. but when you
miss It's hard on your pocketbook
and courage, and the latter Is need
ed sometimes worse than money.
II has been estimated that the
apple crop OF Kansas. without con-
sidering the rest of the Missouri
valley. could be increased S1.500.o0
annually II the 100000 trees within
its borders were sprayed and other
wise properly cared for. and that
estimate is based or a price OF only
60 cents a bushel.-Country Gentle
man.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
Survey Of the Worlds News

tense for a man to carry a flask OF
liquor across the state line, as serious
an ofense as introducing or selling It.
The federal circuit court Of appeals
at st. Louis has held that the portion
of Oklahoma known as Indian Terri
tory is Indian country" and that the
prohibition regulations apply the same
as before statehood despite any state
laws. Oklahoma has a state wide hq-
uor prohibition law.
y y
IcAHo's FIRST SENATOR
Fred Thomas Dubois. who took hold
Of Speaker Champ Clark's Washington
headquarters, went to Idaho from ILL
nois, where he was born, In 1880. and
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

monty known as the utility breeds
or those breeds coming within the
American class namely. Plymouth
Rocks. Wyandottes. Javas. Rhode Is
land Reds and Buckeyes.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY

The saving of money for industrial
employers and the conservation Of the
health and happiness of their employ
ees are the aims of the American So
eiety For Promoting Efficiency, which
now is carrying out plans which were
discussed at an important meeting
last month Experts In scientific man.
agement and government officials took
part In this meeting, and 1t was an
nounced that the United States Steel
corporation would make a test of the
methods recommended. When the ini-
tial plans Of the society have been
thoroughly tried out the scope Of the
undertaking will be enlarged SO as to
include all the establishments COM
posing a single industry-such, for In
stance, as the cloak and suit making
industry, which In New York alone
comprises 1000 shops.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
THE WIRELESS TREATY

The international wireless treaty re-
sulting from the Berlin convention Of
1906 has been heard from again in
Washington. At the Berlin convention
the American delegates took full part
In the proceedings, but because Of
their construction of their authority
under the instructions they did not
sign the agreement made, and further
delay resulted from the senate leaders
The opposition to the treaty has
came from interests engaged In the
business of selling apparatus for wire
less systems, mainly to private con-
Germs and amateurs.
The American delegates to Berlin
materially assisted in carrying to a
successful issue the following princi-
pies:
~"Eirst.-The principle that calls Of
ships In distress should have priority
of transmission over all other wireless
messages.
"Second.-That coast stations and
seagoing ships installed with wireless
apparatus should be compelled to ac-
CcpL Huu pIdCtlC0 tuc pAAhSiplc VI IL
| accommodation with shore stations
and seagoing ships provided with ap-
| paratus of a different system.
-Third-That it was well within the
province of the international agree
ment to regulate the toll or fare of tx
| change Of radio-telegrams.
"Fourth.-That government business
should have priority of call under GER
tain contingencies. 1t was along hu-
manitarian lines that our delegates
commended that at certain periods Of
each day the commercial exchange Of
radio-telegrams should cease for brief
intervals In order that shipping on the
high seas might be furnished with
information regarding approaching
storms, position OF floating derelicts,
impairments to important coast lights
and the exact noon time at Washing
ton"
The next convention win be held in
London next June.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

From Bad to Verse.
Little drops of nonsense,
Little grains of verse,
Keep the pessimistic world
From growing any worse.
Judge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

May Euchre the United States.
plea for greater trade activity with
South America. OF several proposals
that have been made concerning Pan
anna one is that the United States
charge tolls ON the canal. but refund
to American ships the tolls charged to
them.
b D
ALL OKLAHOMA DRY
The department Of justice ordered
Grant Victor, United States marshal
IN eastern Oklahoma, to have enforced
the federal prohibition law in the old
ladian Territory, as was done prior to
statehood. Victor appointed 200 depu-
t. marshals to maintain the prohibi-
tion embargo.
Under the law it is a penitentiary Of
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
TAT DELEGATES

Several states this week select del
egates to the Republican national con-
vention. Illinois Republicans meet for
this purpose on April 10 at Spring
field, Iowans on April "a at Cedar
Rapids and M~issourians on April % at
st. Louis.
President Taft's campaign in Penn
sylvania will receive added impetus
when the executive visits Philadel-
phia ON April p as the guest of honor
of the Union League of that city.
which will dedicate its new assembly
room on that date, which IL Grants
birthday anniversary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
THE CANAL AND SUBSIDY

Is Uncle Sam going to open the Pan
m canal in order to make other ma
tons a commercial gift Of boundless
valuef The question raj raised by
Lewis Nixon. the shipbuilder. who de-
clared that, lacking a commercial
awakening In America. Great Britain
and Germany will reap a far greater
boon from the big ditch than the ma
ton which Is building 1t. A yelled
plea for ship subsidy 10 indicated in
Mr.. Nixon's statement In addition to a
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20
FIRST IN SURGERY

In the opinion of Sir Bertrand Daw-
son. physician extraordinary to King
George, who has come to the United
States to study American hospital
methods, the latter excel those of any
other nation; hence the practice Of
American physicians and surgeons Of
going to Europe to improve their sci
entiic knowledge Is quite unnecessary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

PRACTICAL AND THEoRETI.
CAL POINTS FOR FARMERS.

He who knows what sweets
and virtues are in the ground,
the waters. the plants. the heav-
ems, and how to come at these
enchantments. Is the rich and
royal man.-Ralph Waldo Emer-
son.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-20

there lived near Bowling Green
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-10
BONDS ON PAR
With OTHERS

In an effort to o. ain an oven lower
cost Of nOtation than was procured
last year by Treasurer COnfling Gov.
Crnor Frear Is said to be negotiating
with the Secretary Of the Treasury Of
the Federal Government to have LA.
wall loan fund bonds of the 1871 issue
placed on uar with those Of Porto
Rico ana the Philippines. Bonds o.
those dependencies are accepted as So.
curly at their face value, while those
Of the Territory of Hawaii are accept.
cd AT only 30 per cent.
While the Governor declines to dis
cuss his plans in detail, 1t is under
stood he intends taking up This mat
ter personally with the Federal au
thorities at Washington during his ap
preaching visit in the East, when he
goes primarily AS delegate to the Re
publican National Convention at Chi
| cargo. He saws he will determine al
that time whether It will be advisable
to make the hOtatiOn immediately Ol
to postpone II for time.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-10
ENPVOR
(let the Buyer BcWare)
uET LIE BUYER eEWAREl


People on the way to drug stores for
any of the old-timc kidney medicines
should take this old principle Of RO.
man law to heart, for medical writer's
declare chronic kidney disease incur.
able. If your case Is chronic (snmo
writer's fix this period at the sixth
month"; this means that recovery IN.
der the kidney medicine you were go.
ing to buy Is impossible.
Since FultOn's Renal Compound was
worked out rcCOvCrics are being an.
nOunced in these chronic and so.Callcd
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question AZ to just what It's percent.
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tiers are to he believed, there Is no
question whatever about the futility of
all the rest.
We do not invite letters except in
cases of chronic and supposed incur.
able kidney disease. Hence our book,
let is of profound moment to kidney
patients.
Due to the strain and worry of the
American life, the deaths from kidney
disease have increased until they are
row approaching 10000 annually. No
one having kidney disease can afford
to treat it lightly.
Honolulu Dug Company Is local
agent. Ask for pamphlet.