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The Holt County sentinel., 1912-07-26
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice Is hereby given, that the
undersigned Administrator Of the es-
tate of Luhetta holland, deceased
will make final settlement OF his ac.
counts with said estate as such Ad-
minist rator at the next Term Of the
Probate Court of Holt County, Mis-
souri,, to be holden In Oregon, In said
County, on the 18th day Of August
\. d., 1912. j. :. holland,
Administrator.
First Publication, July ), 1912.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-07-26
Notice!

-. a. Davis. Photographer, will be
Al Fast Side Gallery all week OF Chau'
taulua. beginning
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-07-26
The Black Perrheron Stallion,
HERO,

weighs about l.1W pounds. with tine
points and perfect build. will m al.
lowed 10 serve limited number oi
mares.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-07-26

The oldest bank IN the county
Transacts a general banking business.
Interest paid on time deposits. Drafts
sold on all the principal cities OF the
country and Europe. Have made spe.
cial arrangements TO collect money
due from estates In foreign countries
The accounts OF farmers, merchants
and individuals respectfully solicited
Special care given to any business In.
trusted to us.
Telephone No. 10.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
The Better Authority.

After William Jennings Bryan had
courted the beautiful Mary Baird for
what he considered a sufficient length
of time the commoner, then strug.
Cling young lawyer, concluded to put
the vital question to the father of the
future Mrs. Bryan. William, after
finally downing the lump III his throat,
sought refuge in the Scriptures.
"Mr. Baird, have been reading
proverbs a good deal lately" said Mr..
Bryan, land | find that Solomon says,
Whose findeth wife flndeth a good
thing and obtaineth favor of the
Lordr"
Father Baird, being somewhat Of a
Bible scholar himself, replied, Eyes. !
believe Solomon did say that, but Paul
suggests that, while he that marrieth
doeth well. ne that marrieth not doeth
better"
Bryan, who never has been at loss
for an answer in his spectacular life,
quickly replied, Solomon would be the
better authority upon this point because
Paul was never married, while Solo
mon had a number Of wives"
Whereupon Father Baird capitulated
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
SWEET REVENGE.
Mark Twain Proved That His old Time
Chum Was Liar.

Mark Twain Proved That His Old Time
Chum Was Liar.
When the great man arrives" the
associates of his boyhood days who
used TO laugh at the idea OF his ever
Amounting to anything retire unob-
trusively to the background. But
| when the opportunity arises TO make
an example OF some such skeptical old
friend surely no one could rise to the
occasion more effectively than did
Mark Twain on the occasion describ-
ed by Albert Bigelow Paine In Har.
per's Magazine.
He came TO Keokuk to visit and was
offered So week and board TO remain.
He accepted. In the same building
| was book store In which q young
man named Edward Brownell clerked.
He and Sam Clemens became great
chums
Sam read at odd moments. at night.
In bed, volumlnously-un very late
sometimes. One night Ed Brownell.
passing upstairs to his room on the
fourth door, poked his head In at the
door.
what are you reading, Samf" he
asked.
"Oh, nothing much-a so called fun
ny book. One of these days I'll write
a funnier book than that myself"
Brownell laughed.
mo, you won't, Sam" he said. "You
are too lazy ever to write book"
A good many years later. when the
name Mark Twain had begun to stand
for american humor, the owner OF II
gave bis sandwich Islands" lecture
In Keokuk. Speaking OF the unrelia-
bility OF the islanders. he said:
THE king is. ! believe, the greatest
liar on the face OF the earth except
one, and ! am very sorry to locate that
one right here in the city OF Keokuk
In the person of Ed Brownell"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

George Cotton is passing the week
in Woodford.
Joseph B. Bingham passed Sunday
with relatives in Arlington.
George Townsend returned to
Pittsfield this morning, after visit OF
his home here.
Frank Sausville and family have
moved to Seattle, Wash, where they
will make their home.
Miss Anna Burke, who is teaching
school at Sandgate, passed the week
end at her home in Bennington.
Dean Quackenbush, of Leominster,
Mass, came here Friday to visit
friends. He is former resident
Don't forget the prayer meeting at
the Guide Board Chapel, Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Everybody ell
come.
Mrs. Augusta B. Crane, of Chelsea,
and Fred Wales, of Beverly, Mass,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Butler.
Miss Edna Walbridge, who has
charge of the village school at Ham
cock, Mass, passed the weekend at
her home here.
Miss Beatrice OBrien, of Adams
street, who has been passing a few
days in New York city, sailed for her
home in ireland Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
Road Building Experiments.

Experiments are being continued by
the Office of public roads of the depart
ment OF agriculture to determine the
best form of binder to use for road
surfacing, preserving the road and lay
ing the dust. Many OF these expert
ments were carried out last year in CO.
operation with Cornell university.
Tar, oil and oil asphalt preparations
have been used. and one road has been
surfaced with the new oil concrete
that has been developed by the depart
ment. The roads as a rule have stood
up well to average heavy traffic. but Il
Is still too soon to give a final verdict
on the several materials used.
The department says that IL the sew
eral states would improve even 20 per
cent Of their roads the saving in trans
pOrtatiOn charges and the enhance
ment Of reel estate values would
amount to frOEa half billion to a BILL
lion dollars annually.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07

Albert B. Stewart. foreman Of an
Ice house on the Kennebec River.
says: 4 have used Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound personally for a
number OF years, once for severe
cold I contracted while working on
the ice Two bottles completely
cured me. Coles Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07

DIRT ROAD WELL DRAINED AND GRADED
But NEEDING DRAGGING.
at certain times that 1t is desirable that
every interested citizen should know
something about the location, con-
struction, drainage and maintenance
of earth roads, and under the term
earth roads are included those with an
admixture of sand and clay.
Everything connected with the con-
struction, use and maintenance OF
roads was in times past before the
introduction of railways the subject
of exact observations and experiments,
many and varied in character On
this account old engineering works
that treat of roadmaking are excellent
reading today This is true not only
Of the construction, but Of the need OF
better legislation.
1t is held that many Of the evils as
TO bad common roads that we suffer
from at the present time are inherited
from the Anticipated legislation Of the
past
Now that we have the results of a
great number of years Of experience
IN older countries. 1t seems that there
is little to invent, but much to learn
in this branch of construction.
Yet there have been improvements
in roadmaking and especially in road
making machinery and tools, notably
the stone crusher and the steam roller.
1t must be acknowledged that con.
ditions in this country are in many re-
spects different from those that obtain
in the older and more thickly settled
countries Of the old world. Neverthe-
less the fundamental principles of
good road construction are the same
everywhere, and once they are under
stood can hardly be forgotten.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF DIRT ROADS
The Fundamentals Must Be Mastered
First, Says Major Thomas.

The desirability of good roads needs
in this day no extended advocacy, says
Major K. G. Thomas in Good Roads.
Their desirability, If not their neces-
sity, is generally acknowledged. The
agitation OF the subject during recent
years has called forth from various
sources full and convincing exposi-
lions of the advantages Of good roads
to the citizen, to the state and to the
nation.
shall therefore proceed at once to
my immediate subject, Earth Roads
Construction and Maintenance"
In regard to good roads, as to most
good things, there are obviously de-
grees of excellence.
While it is to be hoped that the
roads over which there is heavy traf-
fic in the vicinity of the cities and
lied, graveled or otherwise improved
in the not distant future, it is evident
that in the main the public roads Of
the state must of necessity be COM
posed of earth for many years to come.
Such being the case, 1t is fortunate
that under favorable conditions, when
well drained and free from ruts, the
earth road is the most satisfactory
for pleasure and for light traffic.
The statement that an earth road is
as good as any other kind OF road If
Kept well drained and free from ruts
reminds one writer of an old saying
that a certain bronze eagle in Salt
Lake City ''fiies down to get a drink
every time it hears the town clock
strike" The writer holds that the
statements are true in both cases, but
the conditions are equally impossible
of fulfillment No, the claim is not
made that under all conditions the
earth road is as good as any other type
of road. 1t is held that with proper
construction and maintenance the
earth road is a good road, and 1t may
serve community well until the I'm
crease of traffic makes more unyield-
ing surface imperatively necessary.
1t is to be remembered that when
the time comes to build macadam or
other pavement it will have to be built
upon an earth bed. so that much of the
work of making an earth road may be
utilized in the future when it becomes
necessary and practicable to have
paved surface to the road. The con
dltion of the common reads is so bad
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07

E. A. Gerry. 80 Bellevue St. Lowell
Mass. Express messenger for Ameri-
can Express Co. says: The con-
slant jOlting on trains is very hard
on the kidneys, as all railroad men
know I suffered a kidney break
down which did not mend under the
most skillful treatment had a dull
pain over my hips and back so severe
at times could hardly work I
started using Foley Kidney Pills and
right here I say that there is nothing
equals them for prompt and lasting re
lief I am glad 10 say that now I am
a strong well man and recommend
Foley Kidney Pills" Coles Phare
macy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
olLING PARK ROADS.
Methods of Application Employed In
Kansas City.


The method of applying oil to the
park roads in Kansas City, Mo-, is
said by Superintendent Dunn to be ac-
complished by the use Of ordinary
water sprinkllng wagons in the follow
ing way. The wagons are adapted to
this service hy attaching tin trough
six inches wide and six inches deep
and long enough to inclose the dis
charge Wives, this trough being per-
forated With three-quarter inch holes
about or and half inches apart. The
oil is al we'd to flow into this through
the valves and - evenly distributed
over the road through the holes.
Previo;, to oiling, the macadam
streets ire swept and the oil is APP
piled rather lightly and is covered with
loose svaepings from the street to
prevent, as far as possible, the objec-
tionable features of oiling Applying
the oil liy this process is dirty work
and Inconvenience the public for a
short tire while the road is being
treated.
10 mlHimlIe lne ldlter the uepuIl-
ment barbados the section to be treat
ed, combining this to one side of the
street at time. placing the sign
Fresh Or on the barricade. Super
intendent Dunn gives the following as
the cost of this treatment: Total area
oiled, 7S0,066 square yards; total num-
Der Of gallons used, 2134S5; cost of oil
per gallon at distributing tank,
$0O2171 total cost Of oil used, $4,635.-
SO; total cost of applying the same
labor, teams and DUST, $7,372.51;
annual cost of oil per square yard,
$0.O0592; the annual cost of applying
the same per square yard. $000942;
total cost of oiling pavement per square
yard, $0.01J34.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
hinh PricAd ConN.

During the siege OF Kimberley the
editor OF the only daily paper there
was often hard put to End enough
news. One day in a clubroom he found
Cecil Rhodes reading a fairly new pa
per from Cape Town he borrowed Il
and rushed TO his own office. where It
soon reappeared as a special edition.
selling like hot cakes That same even
ing he met Rhodes. who inquired.
Where's my Cape Town paperT -oh.
I cut It up for the printers" was the
reply. please don't do that again"
said Rhodes mildly. THAT paper came
through by native runners and cost
me $1,000"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
RoMANcES OF PORCELAIN.
The Climax TO PaIissy's Sixteen Years
Of Misery.

The Climax 20 Palissy's Sixteen Years
Of Misery.
The maker of porcelain and pottery
has decidedly the most exciting and
romantic trade in the world.
The great factories of Sevres and
Dresden were founded by Bernard Pal
lssy This man invented white enamel,
but Il took him sixteen years to make
the invention-sixteen years Of hun
ger. misery and persecution. which cul-
minated In the episode. used In ii. A
Jones play OF THE Middleman.T
wherein Palsy maintained his furnace
Gre by burning all the furniture in his
house and finally opened the furnace
door to find within the glaze which he
had sought throughout the best years
Of his life.
Bottgher invented hard porcelain.
lie was an alchemist, and one day.
CHANGING TO discover that his powdered
wig was unusually heavy. he inquired
the cause and found that the weight
was due TO the kaolln With which the
wig was powdered. This kaolln was
the substance for lack OF which Bot
gher's investigations had for years
failed.
When Elers opened a porcelain fac
tory at Burslem, England, be employed
the most stupid and illiterate work
men. so that his secret processes might
not become known. But Samuel Asst
bury resolved to learn the Elers meth.
cd. and. affecting ignorance and stu.
pidity. he got place in the factory.
mastered all OF Elers' secrets and even
tually opened a plant Of his own,
wherein he duplicated In every detail
the work OF Elers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
FOR THE NURSERY.
Life Motifs or Studies From Nature
Popular Decorations.

Popular Decorations.
Decorations for the nursery are
now the fad of the modern mother,
who often prefers to execute her own
designs in order to express her indi-
vidual taste upon her little ones. What
are called life motifs or studies from
nature are at present popular designs
for decoration and can easily be
achieved.
Take a single large sheet OF water
color paper and on this paste a va
riety OF cut-out white paper animals
which are to serve as frieze. At
regular intervals of twelve inches paste
one of these animals, dog, cat.
squirrel, kangaroo or any kind of bird.
All these must be cut out of white
paper, though little variety is af-
forded by giving yellow bills and red
feet TO the chickens.
The walls above and below this
frieze Of white animals may be paint
ed in tan color and so serve as a rest
full background to the decorations.
Trees for the motifs are also excel
lent and should be conventional In
shape, modelled something on the lines
Of the Noah's ark type. Both large
and small are cut out OF white paper
and colored respectively dark green
and yellow and crimson. Two green
trees, arranged side by side. may be
alternated by red and yellow and thus
give a charming effect
The bird" motif IN the brilliant col
ors Of every gay hued parrot. robin
redbreast. bird Of paradise. etc. Is also
highly effective on a background OF
gray cartridge paper and invariably
pleases a nursery Of children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07

around the hat from right to left, down
over the left shoulder, around the neck
and falls off the right shoulder.
A rosette Of white satin ribbon with
long ends adds a dainty finish to this
simple novelty. 1t is an arrangement
that any girl can make for herself II
she only selects a becoming shape to
start the good work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
A Eorcsd Eliaht.

$50 you flew 400 miles without a
stop. didn't think one could make so
long a flight with an aeroplane."
81 had 10 do it. | didn't have the
money to ship the machine by freight"
Kansas City Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07
Execution to the Rule.
always NAYS"

"Pollteness always pays"
"Not if you're trying to get the wo-
man on the other half of your party
line phone TO stop talking. Detroit
Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-07

A man should never be ashamed 10
own he has been In the wrong. Il IL
but saying IN other words that be Il
wiser today than yesterday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-30
KING GEORGE HEARS
AMERICANS IN OPERA
Oscar Hammerstein and Mem.
bers of Company Presented
to the Monarch.

By International News Service.
LONDON. April 29.-At gala perform
ance for the benefit OF the League OF
Mercy at the London opera house this
afternoon. Oscar Hammerstein. whose
company gave the performance. was pre-
sented to the king. in receiving Mr..
Hammerstein, King George said:
'I am delighted with your efforts and
am pleased to be in your house"
To this the impressarjo replied:
'T feel greatly honored 10 have the
privilege OF shaking hands with the
king OF England
Mr.. Hammersten was later presented
10 the Princess Alexandria of Pless and
many members Of the aristocratic as
semblage which, crowded the house. All
the legations and embassies were rep
resented The American ambassador
and Mrs. Whitclaw Reid occupied their
boxes. The king was greatly pleased
with the garden scene from Faust. y
in which four Americans. Mlss Fclice
Lyme, Orvillc Harold. Miss Locke and
Henry Weldon Hughes. assumed the
principal roles.
At the conclusion cf the performance.
Miss Lyme was summoned TO the royal
box BY the queen. who said to her:
'I am delighted With your singing and
hope TO hear YOU again. l understand
YOU are half American"
To this Miss Lyno replied:
THANK you very much your majesty.
but | ALL American"
Mr.. Hammerstcin hopes that the pres
encs of royalty today aud the bringing
Of so many society people xith them viii
give an Impetus 10 his season and crown
his work here with success, out nc was
as caustic es ever on the subject OF how
he is being pa,rpnized up to date.
You cannot say today, Why don I
they Gomez" was one remark put TO
the imprcssarlo.
'I still say. Why don't they pay "
was his quick retort.
Among the numbers on the program
was the Fall OF Wolsey scene from Hen
~ VII. enacted by Sir Herbert Tree
and Arthur BouTchIer. aud miuuet
danced by Viscountess Maitland. Count
ess Maitland. Countess CarrIck. Lady
Muriel Gore Brown and other pecresscs.
All the program girls were members OF
society.
The king and queen. who had arranged
to be present for. only part of the per-
formance. remained until the end and
showed great admiration for the ap-
pointments OF the house
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-30
ASTOR ESTATE SAID TO
BE WORTH St5O,OOO,OOO
ny 1nterna,lonaI Ncws servIey.

BY International News Service.
NEW YORK, April 29.-At meet
ing Of the Astor family at which the
will of the late Colonel John Jacob
Astor will be formally read is being
arranged for late in this week OF early
in next. 1t has been learned that the
last will of Colonel Astor WAS made
subsequent to his recent marriage to
Miss Force, and that il contains pro.
vision for her and for any contingen'
cies consequent upon his second mar
riage.
Following the custom of the Astors,
also it Is understood that Mrs. Made.
line Force Astor, Colonel Astor 5 wild
ow. will have the use for life of tho
Astor mapsiou in Fifth avenue and am'
pie provision. aside from any settle
mcnt that was made on her at the time
of her marriage, for her support as the
widow of tho last preceding head of
the house. lt is declared also that
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, divorced wife
of Colonel Astor. has had some pro-
vision made for her. The estate, 1T
was declared today, will be found TO
amount to about $l59.0o0.000. !,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-30
MEN AND WOMEN ARE
BEATEN WITH CLUBS
Workingmen at Zion City, ILL.,,
Resent Prayers Put Up by
the DOWieiteS.

ZION CITY. H.. April 29.-Riotlng
started here late this afternoon when en-
ployees of independent manufacturing
concerns attacked group Of GOO Zion
men and women at a prayer meeting.
Both men and women were beaten with
clubs and backjackcd and 2 number were
seriously injured.
The fight came as climax Of week
of trouble between employees OF the In
dependent concerns. which recently have
begun operations here, and the church
people. formerly followers OF John Alex
andcr Dowic.
AS a protest against the use Of tobacco
by employees Of the mauufa cturius com
pany, tho Voliva people have been hav-
ing prayer meetings in the plants twice
a day Elder Royal had Just called the
second meeting when a score OF men ran
out OF the plant, tore down or leapcd
over the bars which had been erected
around the prayer meeting and drove the
Zionists from that part OF town.
Immediately after the !iGht at the
prayer meeting Wilbur Glen Noliya or
dercd the large alarm bell rung and moro
than 1000 men gathered at the auditorium
to discuss plans for resisting further at
lacss by employees OF independent COM
panies who tiled the streets. tonight and
| threatened TO 'clean out the town.. \
second clash between the church people
| aud tho Independents was predicted. No-
| iiya urged his followers to protect their
women aud children from tho tobacco
smoking curse.
Elder f. NJ. Royal and Joseph Bishor
were the most seriously injured at th'
: PRAYER meeting light Both were beatcr
until they were nearly unconscious and II
| IL thought Bishops skull was fractured
More han a third Of the $50 Zion WON
| en- In attendance At tho meeting were
beaten bruised or tramplcd during Tho
rush by the employees Of the lndcpend
cnts. Although Elder ROYAL and a mum
Der OF his men resisted. they were out
numbered and finally swept from the plat
form,
| At the close Of the meeting tonight
| Oyrrsecr Voliva ordered his followers Il
| reassrmble at $50 o'clock in the morn
ing TO resume services In the front yarc
OF factory. whose employees offend b,
using tobacco.
"T would rather loose hundred rncI
than be defeated in this fight" said Fo
liva. 'It Is a battle 10 the finish and
am determined 10 win.
Two Ziouitea. Isaac Mill and JohI
Thorpe. were arrested after tonight's riot
ing and later We're released on bond.
The declaration OF Soliva that Inc woul'
; resume his meeting caused n new body O
special deputies 10 he sworn in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-30
WATER NEAR DANGER
MARK AT ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Flood conditions
at this point became alarming again to-
night when the gauge registered 2o-o
feet. "A rise OF IL feet since morning and
81 feet in twenty -four hours. The pres
ent stage is within half foot from the
danger mark.
Heavy rains have swelled the rivers In
this vicinity and every creek In st, Louis
county was reported out OF It's banks TO-
night.
The Meramcc river has risen fifteen
feet since Saturday morning. Hundreds
OF acres Of farm land. clubhousc9 ana
dwellings, arc under water