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Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
CUT RATE FOR AN AMERICAN
Judge Donneily's Amusing Experience
With tho Sharp Irish Cab
Driver In Dublin.

Chief Justice Joseph q. Donnelly Of
the civil court, in illustrating an Irish
mans idea Of wit, told q story Of an
adventure with an Irish hack driver In
Dublin, relates the Milwaukee Wiscon'
sin.
IT asked him how much he would
take to drive me to Hotel -" he
said. "The driver looked at me and
said: You are from the states. aren't
your / answered yes.
WELL he said. since you are from
the states, and I've driven nothing but
Englishmen all day. I'll drive you to
the hotel for three shillinss.'
CAS- I thought that was reasonable
I got into the hack. We drove on and
on for hours, over hills and across
streams. until we finally got to the
hotel. While driving, I wondered at
the difference between this hack
driver and those in America, and won
dered what an American hack driver
would say IL were to hand him three
shillings for such q long ride.
'T went to bed and slept sound that
night. When I woke up early In the
morning, ! went down and out on the
front steps. I almost tainted, for di'
rectly In front OF the hotel was the
self-same depot that I arrived at on
the train. / suppose the hack driver
thought he was having q pile of fun
while driving me around the city and
country"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
LIFE IS GROWING LONGER
Present Rate Of Increase Is Found to
Be Greater Than Ever
Before.

Life Is not growing shorter. but DR..
o. Fl. Howe. Massachusetts, physi-
clan, finds that the worlds statistics
indicate a steady lengthening for $50
years, with a present rate Of increase
greater than ever before. Records
for Geneva show an average increase
In the average age of all deaths from
21.2 years in the sixteenth century to
1877 years In the nineteenth. In Mas
sachusetts life Is now lengthening
about fourteen years In a century, the
average length, at the time being about
forty-five years; In Europe the in
crease per century Is about seventeen
years, and In Prussia, the land or
medical discovery and It's application.
about twenty-seven years. In India,
which has neglected medical science,
the life span has remained stationary
at only about twenty-five years. The
lengthening of life in Massachusetts,
has been promoted by the diminution
of infant mortality, by the almost CON-
plete disappearance of smallpox and
by the lessening of the mortality from
scarlet fever and especially from diph-
iberia to small fraction of what It
was few years ago. Continued study
OF disease germs, Of which the num-
ber has increased In twenty-five years
from only two to between twenty and
thirty now known, will further length
en- life, Modern conditions, however,
partially Offset the beneficent work Of
medicine. and Massachusetts, statistics
show five times as many deaths from
heart disease In 1895 as in 1850, with
Bright's dease and other kidney dis
orders and cancer more than doubled.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
TRAP OF HIS BoYHooD DAYS
One Of the Familiar Sort Set by Lads
Awakes "reminiscences of
City Man.

'T used to set traps like that" this
man said. referring to one which some
boys had set up in a city street to
catch sparrows.
1t was small wooden box turned
bottom side up and set at the outer
edge of the sidewalk with one end
lifted and supported on stick. One
end OF the stick was on the sidewalk
and the other end under the box edge.
The boys put some oats on the side
walk under the box, and to the sup
porting stick there was attached
string leading across the sidewalk to
the house area. the boys lair. When
the sparrows came under the box to
get the oats you pulled the string and
twitched the stick out and down came
the box to trap the sparrows under it.
Or that was the idea.
"Just like that" this man went on.
That's time-honored sort of trap.
We didn't have any sparrows then;
what we used to try to catch was
pigeons, doves, and We used a bigger
box, soapbox, and what We used to
put under it was bread crumbs.
"Time and again I've set up such a
trap in street where pigeons used
to come around and baited it and then
got off somewhere holding the string
and waited for the pigeons to walk
under the box so l could trap 'em.
"And the pigeons would come and
they'd walk around the box and pick
up things all around it and sometimes
they'd get so close that l was sure
they were going under and then I'd
crouch down, all keyed up, ready to
pull ard get 'em, but somehow they
generally stopped right at the edge, or
! If one got under and I pulled the
string the pigeon was always sure to
get away before the box came down.
81 don't know just how it was, but
l never caught a pigeon. / guess it
will be about the same here now with
these boys trying to catch sparrows,
but it's lot of fun to set the trap and
try"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
THE FINEST IN THE STATE

Is the big modern plant recently pur' hased
from TIE Booth Fisheries Co. by a II. Wasn-
burne and located at foo of Midway" on the
bay shore, as permanent home for the con-
siantly increasing business in the manufact-
ure OF Sanitary Rugs from od Carpets" trade
mark establishe 1889 in which liIe trade
has been successfully establisi cd all over the
United States on the excellence OF products.
This also gives much needed room to the Car
pet Cleaning and refitting department, which
includes n large sterilizing abbator for purify
ing rugs and carpets. The cleaning depart
ment is fully equippep with all modern and
time saving machinery devices run by elec
tricity. Two of the largest rotary renovating
machines for general cleaning and a powerful
Vacuum machine 100 per cent times more
powerful and efficient than the portable ones
this latter Is for fine rugs and orieptals. The
plant is also equipped with three machines for
the sewing of carpets OF all kinds I'm the most
approved manner with fiat elastic seams. Thus
with larg, st facilities most up-to-date equip
ment highest grade OF workmanship lowest
possible prices. and promot service, bespeaks
a busy future for the Petoskey Rug Co. of
which A. T. washburne is proprietor and Co
which address all orders and correspondence
should be addressed-NO AGENTS. -Petos-
key Evening News. April 10, 1911. Mako your
Shipments as early as possible.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
WAGES IN UNITED STATES
Large Proportion Of American Work.
men Unable to Maintain Eff
cient Standard of Living.

An estimate was made some time
ago that New York family consist
ing of a man, wife and three children
under fourteen could maintain a nor
NAL standard Of living on an annual
income of 5000. Then the question
arose as to the number Of families
whose income equaled that sum.
Scott Nearing, the economic writer
of the University of Pennsylvania,
studied the question for many months
and in a book, "Wages in the United
States" which was published recent
ly, he states the conclusion that a
large proportion Of American work
men are unable to maintain an eff
cient standard of living. Three
fourths of the adult men and nineteen
twentieths of the adult women, he
says, actually earn less than $500 a
year. or to give his conclusions more
in detail, one-half of the men are
earning less than $500 a year, three
fourths less than $500, nine-tenths
less than $500, while less than ten
per cent. receive more than that fig-
ure. OF the women, one-fifth earn
less than 5000 annually, and three
fifths less than 1925, while only one.
twentieth earn more than $500.
To arrive at these figures Doctor
Nearing takes up various state wage
statistics. Massachusetts,, New Jer-
sey, Kansas, Michigan, New Hamp-
shire. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania
are considered, while special wage
reports from Wisconsin and Illinois
are included.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
CONVALESCENTS
Those Recovering from Amy Sc
we're Illness

After a long wasting illness, con-
valescents require nourishing food
that will not overtax the digestive
functions-and in the way of a
strength-restoring and vitality-making
tonic, we know of nothing that equals
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron
tonic (without oil).
Vinol creates an appetite. re-estab-
fishes good digestion and helps the
daily food to make rich blood, form
flesh, strong muscles and impart new
life and vitality to every organ in the
body. We ask those who need a
strength and flesh-building tonic res
torative to call at our store and get a
bottle of Vinol, with the understand
ing that II it does not help them we
will refund their money without ques-
w. c SPRING DRUG co.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18

House cleaning time is here and
just the time to have those Switches
pub in on your lights. Ste MILES s.
MURRAY.
d. w. Hitler, Sol f. Court ST., Flint
had severe attack or kidney trouble
and says: There was constant feel
ing OF distress with painful kidney
action. Foley X idney Pills cured me
completely. dispelling all kidney and
b adder trouble, nervousness disap
peared ana l slept sOundIy again. l
heartily endorse Foley Kidney Pills. u
tlite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18

There are people In this town who
nntbinkingIy neglect a "mere cold
though they would not otherwise ex-
pose their children or themselves "a
danger. Yet cold neglected may
develop into contagious diptheria,
bronchitis, or pneumonia, Use Foley s
Honey and Tar Compound promptly
for 1t stops coughs quickly and cures
colds. IL contains no opiates and Is
safe for children. Hlte's Drug Store.
Want your parlor papered9 Let
Mover do L.. Satisfaction guarantee
Phone l53-b.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
POOR OLD HUMAN NATURE
Old-Fashloned Man Declares When
Motorists Are Masked No One
Can Recognize Them.

Human nature, at least as she Is
depleted in humans, is being sadly
relegated to the background" remark
ed an old-fashioned man who has kept
his eyes opened for the last twenty
years.
"How so?" asked his young friend.
"Look at yourself and ask that ques-
sion-if you can. You're a sight with
that cap. those goggles, that coat!
You and all other motorists, and all
these up-to-date persons who have ia
ken to the flying machines, are no
more like human beings when you get
on your sporting raiment than If you
belonged to some queer species of ami
NAL. In the good old days of the
horse you drove out in your hats and
coats and your friends could recog-
nize you. Now you are masked worse
than burglars and no one knows one
OF you from another. Why-look at
the women on the streets even! They
don't look like the women God made.
They are painted and puffed and dis
torted by dress and those weird look
ing scroll-like wells until the human
face and form are as unlike what ma
ture intended them to be as If she
had had no hand in the matter at all.
I am not peevish, but | can't help
standing up for the good old nature
that love-" Whereupon the younger
man adjusted his goggles, drew down
the visor OF his cap. cranked up his
machine and prepared to leave.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy.
REv. cHAs. sAGER SAYS
August II, 1905.
Mr.. c. A. ABBOTT,

Ma c. A. ABBOTT, August ~, 1908.
% Ann ST., New York City.
Dear Sir: have known for over 20 years of the
effects of Wilson's Remedy Wilson's Preparation
OF Hypoohcsphites and Blodgettll in cases OF pull
InonaIy troubles. At this point will say to you
what you have not before known of; that ~ years
since, willis was a resident of Ny. City, ! was
severely i'll with lung trouble. Physicians said was
3 rulsumptive snd my family physician told my wife
vas dfrsetcd 70 the Wilson Remedy, which used
E.th splendid effect. have been on my feet and at
yog& ever since ,sy ears, Yours truly,
REV. CEAS. SAGER,
Pastor NJ. +. Church, Hunter, tGreene Co.,) N. Y.
On. Dec. T, rqrr, Mr.. Sager wrote Mr.. Abbott;
my health Is veyy good.'
If you will write Mr.. Abbott he
will gladly furnish you any further
information you desire,
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18

/ have Fruit Lands. Lake Shore
Farms, Improved Farms aud City
property in all parts of Charlevoix
County to sell or trade. Also farms
and business chances anywhere in
United States. JOEL 10 HNSTON
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
A woman's idea of wasting time;
Sewing buttons on winter underwear.

Mrs. Ida Decker, IA Carlyle ST..
Battle Greek, had all the painful
symptoms OF severe kidney trouble.
Her kidneys were congested, eyesight
blurred, slept poorly, was nervous,
tired out, and all run down. After
taking Foley Kidney Pills she says:
"The sick headaches came no more.
slept soundly, was free.from dizziness,
and my kidneys. and bladder stopped
bothering me. Foley Kidney Pills
cured me, and freed me OF much
misery" Hite's Drugstore.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
Field Yields 7c,oco Gallons of Syrup.

Seventy thousand gallons of syrup
is the estimated yield Of cane field
in Grady county, Georgia. The crop
is now made and grinding will begin
as soon as the weather turns cold.
The average height of the stalks is
seven feet, and the estimated yield is
roo gallons per acre.-Cclumbus cor
respondence Atlanta Constitution.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18

Do you realize it is better to be
safe than sorry, that it is the best
policy to lock the stable door before
fhe horse is stolen2
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-05-18
Few Chances In China.

Several years ago the American con.
suls in China cautioned young men
and women in the United States
against going there with the hope Of
securing clerical or stenographic en-
ployment. Inquiries are again being
received as to such openings and 1t is
well to repeat the caution.
The custom of foreign firms here
is to fill all important and we'll paid
positions with persons whom they
bring out under contract, so that a
person arriving without such docu-
ment stands little chance of securing
positions that pay living wages. Minor
situations are filled by clerks. stenog-
raphers and typists who live in Shang-
hal at salaries ranging from $25 to
SIS United States currency month.
The cost of living here Is not less than
I'm the United States and the cli-
mate is not uniformly suitable to
foreigners.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26
PING PONG NOW
LAYS over IN PARIS

The ping pong now lays at Paris
over night, the change in the sched>
vie being made last Monday. What
objectzhe officials had in making
this change we are unable to say, as
the present schedule makes the train
of absolutely no use to Montpelier
people who have to go to Paris on
business. There surely cannot be
much of saving in wages to the
railroad company, as it is necessary
to employ night watchman for the
train at Paris, which, with the loss
In revenue from passenger traffic,
will no doubt offset the difference in
wages paid to the train crew under
the former schedule.
Under the present schedule per-
son from Montpelier, who has busi-
ness at the court house, would have
to go to Paris in the evening, stay
all night, all the following day and
night and return to Montpelier on
the morning of the second day. The
result will be, instead of going by
train, people will 60 by teams or
automobiles.
The present schedule is simply
abomniable, except TO those from
the west side of the valley who wish
to go to Salt Lake or come to Mont
peller to spend the day.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26

and being educated for the ministry
or any other chosen profession. Mr.
Bee chose professional work. For
some time he acted as private secre-
tary to the President of the govern
ment custom house, was also ap-
pointed keeper of the government
vaults in Edinburgh and later Ger
man correspondent to Hamburg. In
the fall of 1850, there was an in.
terruption to his prospects and that
was the hearing of new religion.
In due time Mr.. Bee accepted the
gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. At the close of the year 1850
Mr.. Bee, with his mother and two
sisters, came TO America. Soon after
arriving he got position as proof
reader in a printing Office in Kanes.
vile, Iowa.
In 1852 he came to Salt Lake
City. Since that time he has held
great many positions of trust, both
church and secular.
Mr.. Bee assisted in getting out
the first newspaper published in
Paris, this county.
At the time of his death he was
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26
POINTS FOR VOTERS
TO REMEMBER

There are several points which
voters should bear in mind when
they go to the polls next Tuesday
to express their choice of candidates
for state and county offices. One is
that it is not necessary this year to
express your second choice for any
candidate. Take for instance the
gubernatorial candidates on the
republican ticket. If your first
choice ls Haines, place a cross in
the first square to right of Haines'
name. If you should desire to vote
for Morrison for second choice You
can place cross in The second square
to right of his name Be very care
| full not to vote for the same person
for first and second choice. If you
do your vote will be thrown out for
that particular candidate. But don't
express your second choice for any
capdidate unless you particularly
desire to do so.
Another thing TO bear in mind is
that you cannot vote for some demo-
Gratis and some republicans. To
illustrate, if democrat should de-
sire to see one or two republicans
nominated, he cannot write the
names of those republicans in on
his democratic ballot. In order TO
vote for any of the republican can
didates, democrat will have to lay
aside his democracy for the time
being, take republican ballot and
place crosses after the names of the
republican candidates he wishes to
have nominated. The same rule
will apply to republicans, who may
desire to help nominate any demo
cratic candidate.
The best way will be for republi-
cans to vote their ticket, and, let
the democrats attend to the nomina-
tions on the democratic ticket.
{ Voters should also bear in mind
that this year there are two candi.
dates to be nominated for congress
There are five candidates on the re-
/ publican ticket for this Office. While
you can vote for any two you want
to, ii Is intended that one man from
the north and one from the south
should be nominated. If You vote
for French then you should vote fol
one of the three men from the south,
Smith, Shawhan or McCracken.
Beale, the other candidate is alst
from the north, so don't vote fol
Beale and French, but select one oil
those two and then vote for one oil
the other three named above.
Remember the polls for the pri'
mary election open at 10 a. m, and
close at 8 p. M, next Tuesday, and
that you cannot vote unless you are
registered. The registration book.
close Saturday night, July 81 at G
o'clock.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26
R. M. ]. Bee
Laid TO REST

The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Richard ]. M. Bee
were held in the Georgetown meet
ing house Sunday July 81 at / o'clock
p. m. The services were conducted
by Bishop Alma Hayes. The choir
sang prayer is the Souls Sincere
Desire" Prayer was offered by
Junius Freeman and the choir sang,
Through Deepening Trials" The
speakers were ]. U Stueki of Paris,
II. H. Hoff of Montpelier, VIM
Painter of Bloomington, G. r.
Clark and Bishop Alma Hayes of
Georgetown, all of whom paid very
high tributes to Mr.. Bees life. The
choir sang 81 Need Thee Every
Hour" Benediction was pronounced
by Able Smart.
Richard J. M. Bee was born the
9th day of February, 1895, in Edln-
burgh, Scotland.
He entered the public school at
the age of years. AT the age of 8
years Mr.. Bee was admitted to
George Herriot's Hospital, a high
grade Academy for boys.
At the age of IA he passed the
final examination with high honors
and the choice of entering college
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26

The primary contest for the nom.
nations of state and county offices
will practically close tomorrow
night. While the interest on the
state ticket has centered largely
around the gubernatorial candidates,
the contest has been no where near
as exciting as that of two years ago,
when Barney O'Neill attempted to
wrest the nomination from Cover
nor Brady.
The campaign this year has been
conducted along cleaner lines than
that of two years ago. Ii is general
ly conceded that the race for COVER
nor is between John M. Haines and
John T. Morrison, both Of BOISE,
but those who are in closest touch
with the situation, admit that it is
impossible to predict which of these
two will win.
In some sections of the state,
Haines appears to be well in the
lead, while in other sections Morri-
son is the favorite.
Paul Clagstone, who was in the
race two years ago, is again can
didate, but 1t is not believed that he
will poll much larger vote than he
did then.
Benz. Tweedy, eA-mayor of Lewis
ton, is on the ticket, but he is not
going to cut much figure.
In this county it looks as though
Haines and Morrison have about an
equal number of followers.
There are two candidates for lieu
tenant goyeruor-Chars. w Demp-
ster of Soda Springs and Herman
H. Taylor of Standpoint. Both are
young men, both have had experience
in the legislature, and those who are
personally acquainted with both,
say that they are evenly matched as
far as qualifications for the lieuten-
ant governorship is concerned. Mr..
Taylor will have little the advan-
tage of the contest, if the people
takeNinto consideration the division
Of the Offices, as they will feel that
the north is entitled to the lieuten-
ant governor, inasmuch as the gov
ernor is TO come from the south.
However, Mr.. Dempster has been
conducting lively campaign in his
behalf and will no doubt carry the
southeastern counties by good ma.
jorities.
For the first time in the history
of the state, two candidates for con-
gress are TO be nominated, and from
the five who are in the race the Ex-
aminer picks Burton l.. French and
Addison 4. Smith as the winners,
although Charlie Beale is making q
hard fight and some of his friends
are claiming that he will defeat
French. OF course it is possible for
both French and Beale to he nomi-
mated, but the voters should be par
ticular to vote for only one of these
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26


the latter has been a resident of the
county but short time, we rather
suspect that Jim Nowland will come
under the wire next Tuesday several
laps in the lead.
On the democratic ticket, VIM.
Painter of Bloomington, has no
opposition for coroner.
1t Is up to voters of the county
to say who shall be the standard
bearers in the coming political con-
test, and they should exercise the
duty which is theirs under the pri-
mary law by going to the polls and
expressing their choice of candi-
dates.
Two years ago something like
1850 republicans in this county at
tended the primary election,, but
less than 400 democrats went to the
polls. There ought to be more
representative vote than this cas-,
next Tuesday, and the voters should
lay aside their labors long enough
to participate in the selection OF
candidates. 1t is just as much your
duty to participate in the primary
election as it is in general election
in November.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-07-26
CADETS WILL HIKE
TO BEAR LAKE

7 The st. Andrews cadets will leave
Montpelier, July 20 for two weeks
trip to Glencoe, linking" both ways.
The boys will be under military dis
cipline while on the trip and Major
F. M. Johnson will have full charge
of them, They will camp at st.
Charles the first night, going on to
Glencoe the next day, staying there
ten days and returning via the hot
springs. Thor Nielsen has kindly
loaned his grounds at Glencoe to the
boys for their camping spot. Wig
\wag. recue and first-aid drills will
be in the scouts program. -