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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
poor WHITE" A MISNOMER,
Today Poverty Has Made Way For an
Advanced South.

Today the term poor white Is a
misnomer. There are poor white farm
ers In the south today, Of course. and
many of them. but that vast under
class has developed into the very back
bone of the resurrected south's modern
democracy. The submerged tenth
really vastly more than one-tenth-has
beer elevated into a position of power.
The scientific, progressive white
farmer of the south. who takes a pride
in his success at the county and state
fairs. in the healthy rivalry OF neigh
bors and fellow citizens and In he
election of the most capable Of the men
of his class to the local offices, Is a
type of the southern leader Of today.
From n hut OF previous poverty and
saualor he mas moved into the spacious
and sanitary farmhouse. His farm
lands, dnring the last decade even.
have increased SIG per cent in value
and his twelve leading crops 924 per
cent.-Farrar Newberry in National
Magazine.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
The Height of the Ridiculous
Work-What 10 It7

At a dinner in Jacksonville Senator
Duncan L. Fletcher was condemning
an orang grower who had failed.
''The man failed" he said, through
ignorance. He lays the blame on other
things. but his ignorance alone Is at
fault. He is as ignorant OF orange
farming as the tramp vas of industry.
you've heard Of that tramp per
haps? He wore on his face a sneer Of
derision and scorn.
"'Work?' he said. Work? What Is
tia herb?' Los Angeles Times.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
1-Herrinabone methodo f tapping. 2-Rubber trees. 3-cookins rubber.
4-Makina rubber biscuits. Shuts of rubber eatherers

the fact that he had persistently VIC
lated the rule against telling a rubber
tree.
There are subcollectors who rank as
section bosses and who follow h men
about on their rounds and are armed
with scourge and machete. On one oc-
casion In the absolute knowledge of
IL spectator, a subcollector found a
man cutting more deeply than he
should into the rubber tree. He struck
him on the side Of the face with the
fiat of the machete and broke the
mans jaw. leaving him with the re-
mark:
Don't cut so deep next time"
The days tour of the natives who
cup the trees is not a pleasant me.
They start out In the morning with
forty or fifty tin cups slung over their
shoulders and are obliged to wade
sometimes waist or breast deep In
mud and ooze and slime. They must
be constantly alert for cobras and
venomous snakes. which infest the wa
tiers, to say nothing of several species
of saurians whose sharp teeth can per
form instantaneous amputation of legs
or arms.
On reaching the rubber trees they
make a V shaped cut in the rough
| outer bark. At the inverted apex OF
the angle thus made the tin cup is fas'
tened with n piece of gum, and the
operation is repeated from ten to forty
times on the same tree. A days work
consists in the care OF a hundred such
trees for each man.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
NATIVES r LAZY

The immediate causes of the cruelty
exercised by the boss collectors on the
natives are plain enough. The natives
are lazy. There is Il great amount OF
the sleeping sickness prevalent in these
regions. There is a certain amount OF
danger involved in a trip through the
rubber trees. For all these reasons II
a native has enough food on hand TO
last him through the day he is natural
ly averse to going cupping after the
rubber.
On the other hand. the boss collector
has to supply his contracted amount to
the mercantile company, for the ships
can make the extreme headwaters only
while the overflow season is on. n
that is during a very few months of the
year., and every day counts in the col
lection. Coercive measures. therefore,
are resorted to to keep the native on
his rounds. Machetes are very much
in evidence, as they are used for slash
ing the outer bark to make incjsions
for the milk to escape. The boss col
lector finds a machete handler than a
walking stick in coercing a native.
If a native is delinquent the boss
collector may strike him with a ma
chete as with a stick. In such a case
the loss of an ear or a limb may be
the result. In not a few instances per-
sistent refusal on the part of a native
to work has caused him to be killed
outright. The man is simply shot
down.
Gun and machete furnish two means
| of melting industry on the part of the
natives, but these do not comprise the
entire arsenal of energy producers. An
instrument similar to the Russian
knout and known as a scourge is the
badge of authority among overseers-
Few natives whose regular pursuit is
rubber gathering escape the scourge
and many of them can show backs
scanned and ridGed, the result of blows
that have broken the skin and eaten
into the flesh. These are the prac-
tices which the British and the Ameri-
can governments are demanding that
Peru shall order abated even If troops
have to be sent to the region where
they are common.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
ANTS AS REMEDIES.
,,..e.. and Their Eggs Still Used as
Cures In Europe.

Insects and Their Eggs Still useo ~
Cures In Europe.
Among the last of the remedies pro-
vocatiye of nausea Of the imagination
10 disappear from the lists OF omc'ai
remedies have been preparations maue
from ants. Such preparations, now
Srer have not obtained much recogni-
tion in this country even among the
wise old women in domestic pracuee'
though in parts Of Europe they are
vet in use, says the Milwaukee sen
tinel.
Ant baths. made by boiling I IN
wafer. are yet in use by
neasants for rheumatism and govt n
also I'm Hessen and in Hungary. IN
Bohemia. 1t is said. for paralysis OF
the lower limbs patients are placed III
an ant hill and allowed to remain I'M
I'll the whole body Is covered with the
insects. which are then shaken on
when the cure Is effected. In Bran
denburg an aching tooth Is rubbed
with blood by e OF a crust Oh
bread. and the crust is then placed IN
an ant hill. Impoverishment or biood
il cured by means of an egg buried IN
the hill of the large red ants.
The egg must have been laid by a
pure white or pure black hen ana
must have been found when still
warm. In Oberwalz the crushed eggs
and larvae of ants stirred up with
cream are used as a remedy for coic.
A salve made from wood ants. dog fat
and coal dust Is said to be used by
Hungarian gypsies against golfer
There is also in use In Montenegro the
..ant suture" in domestic surgery.
Those who have been bitten by ants
noticed hat the heads remained cling
ing to the skin when the body was
torn away, being held in place by the
powerful m%andibles. The idea was
thus suggested that the ants jaws
| could be used to close the edges oil
| wounds. The edges Of the cut are
| pressed together. an ant Is held SC
that its Jaws will grasp both sides and
it's body cut off. Several are applied
along the wound and serve instead o.
the usual catgut stitches.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
Hard to Settle.

Life is full of problems"
Yes, and II / could settle a certain
one of them l wouldn't bother about
the rest"
what problem is that?'
whether or not to drink water with
ones meals. For years I've been read
ing medical opinions on both sides,
and I'm no nearer a solution thar
was twenty years ago."-Kansas City
Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
The Voice Of Experience.

IL can't understand why married
couples ever have a disagreement
she said. 81 don't see why those mat
ters can't be so adjusted that there
will be no friction. Now. my hus-l
band and | understand each other
thoroughly"
"IndeedT' he replied "How long
have you been marriedr'
Nearly three dayA"-udge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

Larry Doyle. captain of the Giants,
Is between two fires. His friends In
Breese, Ill. want him to run for
mayor of that growing city, and OF
course his friends here Insist that he
must play second base for New York.
1t may be Mayor Doyle some day. but
for the present 1t will continue to be
Laughing Larry" Doyle. captain OF
the Giants.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
WORSE THAN THE KoNeo

Cir Roger reported that worse con-
dftions exist In South America than
those which caused horror throughout
the civilized world in the kongo. 9th
or statements bear out the Easement
report in its tale Of cruelty. manning
and actual murder Of natives that the
rubber yield may bring in golden re-
turns to the commercial companies OPP
Grating as concessionaires.
To get a fair estimate Of the condi-
lions under which rubber Is produced
II Ia necessary to have a clear Idea not
only of the region where the milk OF
the rubber trees Is collected. but also
of the climate, Of the natives and of
the freedom from restraint. legal or
moral, which living in so remote a re-
Rton e~ngenders.
Peru's situation in the matter Is Pc
culiar. The Putumayo district a be
reached from Lima only by weeks OF
travel around by Panama and up the
Amazon, while the district itself is I'M
der the slightest of government author
fly. There is practically no restraint
from the law. and a man may be dog
Red. MANNED. poisoned or shot with abb
solute impunity as regards government
officials.
II has been estimated that n ton OF
raw rubber represents the life of a
man. This is no entirely due to the
cruelty of the boss collector. as he Is
Thousands Of deaths occur an
nually from disease. snake bite. crush
By the immense reptiles that infest
the water and swamps Of the upper
some of these constructors be-
more than fifty feet long. and mol a
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

-HE report Of conditions In the
Peruvian rubber districts.
made after a two years care
full investigation by the Brit
ish commissioner, Sir Roger Easement,
has attracted the attention Of two gov
ernments, that Of Great Britain and
that Of the United States OF America.
Both have made representations TO
Peru. demanding that the atrocities
cease.
Peru has sent DR.. Romulo Paroles
to the Putumayo district with instruc-
lions to make a second Investigation
into conditions and report with recon-
mendations before Jan !, 1918.
DIR. Paroles Is well equipped for this
task. having spent several months In
the Putumayo district last year. he
ordered the arrest Of many agents OF
the rubber company accused OF COM
hitting atrocities against the Indians,
but It il said that the changing OF
Judges at a critical moment prevented
many convictions. The American
agent, Stewart Fuller, has preceded
DIR. Paroles into the Putumayo by
many weeks, and his report will reach
the Washington authorities before
that Of DR.. Paroles Is communicated
to the Lima government. DIR. Paroles
In his previous re. ort confirmed the
charges Of Sir Roger Easement. the
British consul general.
The British government has appoint
ed a select parliamentary committee
to inquire whether any of the respon-
ability of the atrocities rested upon
the British directors Of the Peruvian
Amazon company.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
Always Wrona.

Mrs. Bacon-My husband is always
ON the wrong side of the question.
Mrs. Egbert-How do you know that?
Because he never agrees with me-"
Yonkers Statesman.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
Soma speakar.

us he much of an after dinner
speaker
Much? I should say he is. He's
good for an hour and a half any time"
Detroit Free Press.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
A Thorough Cleanup.

"Old man. we want you In our clean
up campaign"
"A1l right"
well. name your preference, com
mittee on dumps. alleys or back yards.
What would you like to clean upr
I'D like to clean up about $1,000
~0o0."-Washington Herald
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
The Demand Of Fashion.

Wow There went Smithkins In his
new six. When l knew him a few
years ago he had a junk shop"
He still has. Only he moved 1t to a
fashionable street, kept the same stock
and labeled 1t Antiques Judge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

The recent release of James Della
hanty from Detroit ended the major
league connections Of one Of base
balls greatest families. For eighteen
years the Delahantys have been prom
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
Grist From the Sport Mill
BY STADIUM

inent in the game. Ed was the great.
est of the family. and his name win
remain engraved on the scrolls of thu
pastime while the game survives. Ed.
ward. Thomas. Joseph and Frank
however. all played big league ball.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
Before the f~ootlights.
A Rush Order.

n Rusn Order.
Hungry Girl Zone of a party of tour
lists who have arrived late at a country
inn)-No fresh eggs7 But you've got
hens, haven't your
Innkeeper's wife-Yes. but they're
all asleep.
Hungry Girl-Well, but can't you
wake them?-Fliegende Batter.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
Had plenty.

Servant-Please. sir. there's a man
Mt the door with a bill.
Mr.. Owens-Tell him we are well
supplied.-Boston Transcript
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
A psyino Ficht

A Paying Fight
He Is always fighting othsr mems
battles"
There's no money In that"
~There is for him He u Q lawyer
Houston Post
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

The Harvard outlook for success on
the gridiron this season Is much
brighter than in former years. Coach
Houghton has succeeded In whipping
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
A Mystery.

"Your little boy seems to be getting
along finely in school,"
Eyes; can't understand il, either.
Everybody thinks he takes after his
father Chicago Record Herald.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
An Innovation

Mrs. Yeast-r just love to shut my
eyes and think.
Mr.. Yeast-Why don't you try that
with your mouth some time, dearH
st. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

Arthur Devlin, once with the Giants
and now with the Boston Braves, Is
planning to take a picked team to Gu
ba next winter.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

Captain Wendell, Who is Drilling
Harvard Football Recruits
a lively squad together, and he and
Captain Wendell are pushing the men
In an effort to perfect them in team
play and the finer points Of the game.
They have some splendid material to
work with and should develop q win
ming team.
Hugh Duffy has renewed his con-
tract as manager Of the Milwaukee
club Of the American association for
next year.
"Jiggs" Donohue, not 30 long ago
FIRST baseman OF the White Sox, IL In a
sanitarium In Chicago, broken In
health.
Bobby Wallace OF the st. Louis
Browns will probably be sent to the
minors after completing this season,
his seventeenth In big time" Man
ager Stovall has limited to Wallace
that the veteran Is collecting ~altogeth-
err too much money for the game be
puts up. and as the player is unwilling
to take a reduction In pay he will
probably. have to step down and out.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

few from the ignorance of the natives.
who neglect the commonest hygienic
regulations of civilization.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

Atrocities In the Amazon Region
Are Worse Than Those OF the
K~ongo-Natives Are Forced to
Work at the Point of the Ma
chete = Cruelty of Boss COL
lector Adds to Death List
Caused by Snake Bites and
Disease.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21
eympsthstle Kyss.

THAT was a queer looking map N
the front row. He had such a CLASSY
staret'
yes. He had been gazing at your
diamonds all the evening"
Needed Change.
Intending Passenger-Can | go T"
Scollay square without change on tn's
car?
Fresh Conductor = No. mum. 10"
need a nickel.-Boston Transcript
A Union of Halves.
Biggs-My half brother Is engageu
my wife's half sister.
Diggs-When will they be maze ons'
Boston Transcript,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21

ALE report Of conditions In the
Peruvian rubber districts,
made after q two years care
- ..~~rotfon nv fha Rrit-
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09
How You May Vote on May % B.
Affidavit.

If you were entitled to vote at the
general election but didn't vote at last
Novem|ber's general election you are
barred out from voting at the presi-
Dental primaries Tuesday, May 18th,
from / to 8 p. M, unless you file an
affidavit 10 days prior to May 2S with
the municipal clerk of the municipall-
ty in which you reside.
These affidavits may be filed any
time before May 18.
The affidavit must be signed by
some legal voter.
Here is the form in which the docu-
ment may be prepared:
Richard Doe, being duly sworn, on
his oath saith that he is legal voter
in the twentieth district of the Twelf-
tn Ward of the City Of, county
of , that he lis well acquainted
with John Doe, who resides at l23
Beaver Street in the City of
aforesaid, and that he, the said John
Doe, has resided in the State of New
Jersey for one year last past; that he
is a citizen of the United States, and
is a legal voter in said election dis
trict, and presents the name of John
Doe to be registered for the primary
election
At last November's election thou
sands of registered citizens didn't take
the trouble to vote because it was
what is known as an "off year in
politics.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09

state, and therefore must be register
ed here the same as before the new
law was passed
sssss
Governor Wilson, as Commander-in-
Chief of the National Guard, yester-
day signed an order for the summer
military maneuvers, with the result
that there will be NO state camp at
the First Brigade, comprising the
First, Fourth and Fifth Regiments; !;
the First and Second Troops. Bat
teries A and B and the Signal Corps
to the United States Army maneuvers
near New York City. The rendez-
yous will be in Connecticut and the
problem will be an attack upon and
the defense of the City of New York.
The State Troops will take an active
part with the Regulars The order
sends the Second Brigade, compris-
ing the Second and Third Regiments,
to Mt. Gretna, Pa A large detach-
ment of Regular Troops will also be
at Mt. Gretna and regular war ma
neuyers will be worked out.
The exhibit of the fruit of New Jer-
sey farms and orchards to be shown
in New York next November at the
Exposition of the Land and Irrigation
Congress, will also be placed on ex-
hibition in the Second Regiment
Armory, this city, next January, in
connection with the annual meeting
of the State Board of Agriculture.
The collection of products, lit is ex-
pected, will be the best ever collect
ed in this State.
Plans for the first State examina
tion in the eighth grade of the pub
lie schools under the new State law,
as amended by the last Legislature
after bitter controversary, have
been completed by Dr. Calvin N.
Kendall, State Commissioner of Edu-
cation Three schedules have been
arranged in order to accommodate
those schools that close early as well
as those that close later. The first
tests will be held May 13-15. The
other two schedules are set down for
June 10-14. w. w. ST. JOHN
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09
NEW LAWS.

Governor Wilson has signed the
James pump gun" bill, which makes
it unlawful to hunt fowl or animals
with any shot gun or rifle holding
more than two cartridges at one time,
or that may be fired more than twice
without reloading. Also,
Permits presidents of playground
boards to make appointments and rat
ifies those already made.
Amends the act authorizing cities to
purchase cemeteries for park purposes
by providing method for obtaining
title to the plots therein.
Provides for the registration by affi-
davit of any legal voter of the State
who is in the employ of the govern
ment, and because thereof may reside
out of the State.
Authorizes the Governor to appoint
three persons to be known as the Uni
ted Spanish War Veterans Encamp-
ment Commission, to represent the
State at the ninth annual encampment
at Atlantic City in September, and ap-
propriates $4,000 for militia and 9th
er displays.
Provides that the term Commercial
feeding stuffs" shall be held to in
clude all feeding stuffs used for feed
ing live stock and poultry.
Provides for the establishment OF
board of public works, to consist of
six citizens holding office for three
years in any borough maintaining
water works, sewers and drainage
systems, disposal or electric light
plants.
Authorizes towns to issue bonds not
exceeding $4,000 for the purchase OF
fire engines and other necessary fire
apparatus.
Makes it misdemeanor to carry
concealed weapons.
| Amends Inheritance tax law by ex-
empting property passing to adopted
children.
iAppropriates $500 to the State
House Commission for the purpose Of
distributing copies of all bills, joint
resolutions etc.; also a copy of the
Legislative Manual
Amends the act relative to settle
ment and collection of arrearages OF
unpaid taxes by providing the notice
which may be served upon corpora
tions that are being dissolved.
| The new practice act, providing for
simplified procedure as recommended
! by the State Bar Association.
| Authorizes married women to sue IN
any cause or be sued without joining
her husband, and provides that hus-
band and wife may sue each other in
| law as they now may in equity
Permits. the transfer of an equity
case from the law court to the equity
court and vice versa.
Amends the act relative to the
spread of tuberculosis among cattle
| by providing that three-fourths of the
valuation of each animal destroyed
shall be paid by the State.
| Authorizes the Governor to confer
| the breyet rank of second lieutenant
| upon any citizen who shall have sery-
ed in the National Guard continuously
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09

If half that Mr.. Taft alleges
against the Roosevelt administration
and half that Roosevelt alleges again
st the Taft administration be true,
both have practieed the grossest de-
ception and been recreant to the con-
fidence reposed in them by the peo-
pie, and neither are longer worthy of
public confidence.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09
Wilson Sure. Says Hudspeth.


when the break comes at the
Baltimore convention Gov. Wilson
will get a great number of votes that
may on the first ballot go to fayorite
sons. l never felt more confident
than l do to-day that after the pre-
aiminary skirmishes at Baltimore
Wilson will loom up larger than ever
and carry off the Presidential nomin-
alton prize.
This was the comment of National
Committeeman Robert S. Hudspeth
when asked for his views regarding
the triumph of Clark at the AIassa
chusetts primaries and Underwood at
the primaries in Florida and Georgia.
Mr.. Hudspeth continued: In Mas
sachusetts, Gov. Foss is a candidate
for the Democratic Viee-Presidential
nomination, and of course it is to
his interests to have a western man
named for the Presidency. That is
why Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston and
other hackers of Gov. Foss fought so
hard to have Clark get the preferen-
tial vote in the Bay State.
When the convention meets and it
becomes apparent that Clark cannot
land the Massachusetts delegates, as
they favor Wilson as second choice,
will probably go over to Wilon in
body.
in Florida and Georgia the old
line Democrats feel that the time has
arrived when the Democracy will be
restored to power in the nation, and
they naturally believe that they ought
to stand by the southern candidate,
CONGRESSMAN Underwood.
when the break comes and Under
woods chances are seen to be hope
less, the Florida and Georgia dele
gates will go over to Wilson and help
swell the great majority for the Gov
ernor of New Jersey.
1t will be an exciting convention
from start to finish with Wilson as
a sure winner.
New Jersey will give a smashing
majority for Wilson at the primaries
on May %, and put to shame those
enemies who imagine they are able
to stem the Wilson tide"