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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15
BIG PRIZES To FARM BOYS.
For Best Acre Grown by Lads in
Three States. $500 in Gold.
Four Classes in The Weekly Star
Plan, Including 5000 in
Each Division Schools
Invited to Join.

Every boy in this neighborllood will
he Interested In the $500 IN gold
Which will he given by Tie Weekly
Kansas City Star for the best acres Of
corn grown 10y boys in Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma this year. There
will be four classes with a big 500
purse In each class for the boy who
grows the best acre Of corn. Simple
rules will give boys a chance on all
kinds Of land to win. since practica.
bility OF methods and other provisions
will allow every boy credit for merit
all along the line. With corn grown
on the contest acre the boy can enter
many other contests for prizes offered
by the state agricultural college. Any
boy Is years Of age and under can en-.
ter the contest.
No boy Who grows a contest acre
can lose, for II he doesn't win a prize
lac has produced a valuable crop Of
corn. Many boys IN the South Who
have been growing corn In govern.
ment contests sell seed corn nj from
4. to ~ a bushel. seed corn grows
best In the locality where It l. bred.
Hoy corn breeders can make money
IN every neighborhood. Also they
have a chance to win the big Weekly
star pIihe, and ON top Of It All every
To, 5 contest plot will make for big.
ger yield Of corn IN the community.
All the boys are wanted In the con.
test. II u easy To enter and The
Weekly star charges nothing At any
stage of the game.
" L. big corn grow ing race for the
boys. with all the fun Of u contest
and lots more Ia II besides. III. pu.
pills Of entire schools are invited to
Join. Contestants must cf'ci nov.
The state agricultural colleges In
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma will
feature The Weekly star contest IN
connection with many prizes offered
tie boys and girls on the farm.
Write ~ once TO The Weekly star.
Kansas city, Mo-, and receive entry
blank aud learn all about the contest.
Tie Wrchl, Star l. the most com.
prrlrnsivc farm paper. An the news
iniclIigcnily told. Farm questions
answered 10y a practice farmer and
cNprrimcnicr Contains exactly " hat
you want IN market reports. One
year. - cents.
Address Tie Weekly Star. Kansas
l(i,,, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15
Funny Mr.. COmstOck.

Anthony Comstock, of New York,
the self-consiituted censor Of Ameri-
can morals and manners, has made
another blind and daring dash for
fame In raiding a group Of wax mod
els In a New York store window.
Versatile Anthony can he depended
upon to strike telling blow for home
and morals when there l. any chance
Of breaking into the first page of the
newspapers. In declaring war upon
wax models Anthony calls attention
toa long overlooked and insidious
peril. Who knows how many young
and promising men now serving time
IN prison date their downfall from
their first accidental glance at q wax
model for a hose or q corset exhibity
This awful peril to the innocence OF
our youth must and shall be shat
tered.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15

Note the announcement of The
Youths Companion elsewhere In
this issue.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15

The Oregon Canning Co., will can
Sweet Corn, this year. 2.0tf
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15

will be in your town the above named dates to buy
your fat horses and that In shape for market
100 lbs up and to 20 yrs old Mules TO yrs old
any size. biocky. thick made kind.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15

Ihave market for thin stuff Ieggy ones but will
buy all thu good you show size you have
good don't fail to bring II in. want the stuff
and will pay the price.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-15

The ne" MA, M>r S"'in give" each week with the Fridays issue
tie children
In atdili
rel
YOU globe pEM'N part cuay during
II Republican :
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s.ripiiun-, sample copies free
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
ANOTHER QUESTION OF VALUE
While Court Sets Price of $500 on Full
Grown Tree Nothing Is Said
About Man.

A New York court has declared that
full-grown tree is worth $500, and
that amount of damage for the wanton
destruction of the same in front of a
city residence has been collected. He
who plants a tree not only makes a
contribu&on to the comfort Of men
and the beauty of the world. but a
valuable contribution to the wealth Of
the community.
What about the destruction Of q
man, of a home, of the moral stamina
of a community or nation? No one
will deny that the well-born boy or
girl is a valuable contribution to the
race and to the world, or that the eco
nomic worth of a fullgrown manly
man, OF. womanly woman, Is at least
$500. What then OF the policy which
permits not merely the destruction OF
such, but the making of him, or of her,
an actual burden to the community
and menace to the social well-beingf
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25

Careful examination of the target showed that
out of the full magazine of fifty cartridges dis
charged by the gun operator, forty-fve shots had
hit the mark The other five shots the gunner
explained had been sent into q nearby fish-pond
In order that he might get by the splash of the
water instantaneous report of the accuracy
of his aim. The fact that this was the first time
the gun had been taken aloft, together with the
trueness Of the aim shown by the examina-
ton OF the target spoke emphatically then and
there OF the great possibilities of fleets of aero
planes loaded with these rapid-1re guns, soaring
over column of the enemy's troops
The potential result of swooping aircraft arm
ed to the teeth with death-dealing bullets is stag
gering to ordnance officers of the army and navy
who discuss 1t. Where will this lead?" thuy ask.
1t is possible that the air is to harbor the greatest
destructive forces in modern warfare? There
seems nothing to prevent It,
This remarkable aeroplane gun Is the invention
of Lieut.-Col. Isaac N Lewis of the United States
army coast artillery corps. Curiously entugh,
the gun designed primarily for infantry and
cavalry use. Later, however, Colonel Lewis was
impressed with its possibilities for use in AFRO
planes.
Heretofore the difficulties which have stood in
the way of serviceable guns for aeroplanes have
been difficulty in manipulation, too great weight,
terrific recoil which would knock the frail craft
out of gear, and flame from the rife which would
endanger the machine.
In the Lewis gun these difficulties are elimi-
mated There is no smoke no flame only the
sound Of the explosion tells that the gun has been
fred. There is no recoil and the gun is so bal
anced by the magazine that the aim is not even
interrupted while the gun is being fred. It can
be fred at as high rate as 750 shots minute.
but the rate may be reduced to $50 shots per
minute or to any number between these limits,
by simple adjustment of the gasport valve con-
trolling the admission Of the gas to the piston
cylinder When firing at full speed It takes ap-
proximately four seconds to discharge a maya
kline of fifty cartridges, and the empty magazine
may be replaced by full one within two seconds.
It might naturally be supposed that such rapid
ity of firing would soon overhead the barrel Of
the gun and render it temporarily useless One
OF the distinguishing features of the gun, how
ever. is device whereby the barrel is kept con-
tinually cool by automatically produced blasts Of
air. The barrel of the gun il surrounded by
close-ftting aluminium jacket cylindrical In form
and having some twenty deeply-cut longitudinal
grooves extending from breech to muzzle. Out
side OF this jacket is light steel tube three and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
COMPARISON OF TWO TOWNS
Fargo, NJ. D., With No License, Far
Outstrips Moorhead, Minnesota
City, With Many Saloons.

When North Dakota adopted consti-
tutional prohibition the prediction was
freely made by leading newspapers
that the towns in the state would de-
cline for lack of revenue from the sa-
looms, and that Minnesota towns just
across the Red river, which divides
the two states, would profit by North
Dakota's loss.
After ten years Of no saloons. Far
go had one miles of paved streets for
each 676 population, one mile water
mains for each 270 population, one
mile sewers for each 33S population,
city debt of $3.50 per capita, ratio
city debt to assessed valuation, 7.S per
cent, city tax ratio, 1898 miles. More
head, Minnesota, Just across the river,
with As licensed saloons, had one mile
of paved streets for each 1852 popula-
ton, one mile water mains for each
702 population. one mile sewers for
each 85S population, city debt $44.79
per capita, city debt to assessed valu-
alton. EOS per cent, city tax ratio
21S3mills.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
Where Able Men Fall Down.

Some men of the very highest tai
,ents and pre-eminently successful in
their chosen vocation seem to make
sad muddle of their matrimonial af-
fairs" said Judge w. M. Christopher
of Chicago recently.
'One of the ablest lawyers I ever
knew, man who had an absolute ge-
MUS for handling big cases. had two
nuptial. experiences, both of which
were failures. In both cases, how
ever, the blame was almost wholly on
him. To tell the truth, he was about
three-fourths drunk when the marriage
vows were uttered on each occasion.
The number OF men who fortify them.
selves with whisky to a degree of near
intoxication when about to get mar
ried is bigger than the public dreams
of. and this has direct bearing on
the vast number Of unhappy unions
and the consequent evil Of divorce"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
EIEAlZ c.
sSlE 49,
Conducted by the National Women'g
Christian Temperance Union.)
WHERE is THE BEER MONEY!
Characteristic Reply of Reformed
Painter When Questioned by
His Drinking Mates.

A contributor to The Century Maya.
zine tells the following incident: Il
was introduced a few months ago to
painter by trade, an ex-hghting
man, an ex-drunkard, an ex-miserable.
Religion has restored his soul, given
him new birth, and made him useful
citizen. He told me how his mates
"get at him" for being teetotaler,
and how they are continually asking
him, Don't your missus never give
you any beer money! To which l
answered Them, he said, grinning.
Hob, yuss; my old lady gives me
plenty of beer money-shillings and
shillings And where do you think
keep it? In my gardenl Amt that
artful of me? And some of my beer
money has got feathers and lays eggs,
and some has got fur and makes
lovely pie, and some has got flowers
and smells a bit of all right. Yuss, II
you'd like to see my beer money drop
in some Saturday afternoon and take
walk round my garden. I'll show
you last weeks beer money, the
weeks before-yuss, and last years
hopping and clucking and Growing and
smelling beautiful. BY the way, old
friend, where's your beer money?
Where is it? Can you show 1t me, or
is the publican keeping it for you til
Christmas"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
TELEPATHY AMONG ANIMALS

birds and beasts receive information through
the medium of earth vibrations, John d. Quack-
enbos M. D.. writes In the North American Re
view Certain game birds and animals are sensi-
tive to the faintest earth tremor, and are ap-
preached only by the hunter who steps slowly
and carefully, without jarring the surface Of the
ground. The nature of the vibrations aiso con-
veys a notion of the direction from which the
danger is coming, and wild galae defend as mitch
on their apprehension of this as upon detection
by the ear When it comes 20 cosrntc vibrations
the subtle movements communicated to the
earth's crust by the tides or the pull OF heavenly
bodies, animals are mysteriously affected as to
appetite, sleep nervous poise and possibly pro-
creation and migration.
Recent experiments have proved moths and
other insects to be capable of thought transfer
ence so far-reaching as to impress their fellows
miles away with a knowledge of their where
abouts.
1t is we'll known to whalers that cetacean
struck by harpoon has power instantly to con-
vey intelligence of the presence of enemy to
a spouting school a half mile distant so that the
individuals composing 1t Immediately disappear
below the surface Every angler is aware that
IL one trout in a pool has caught glimpse OF
him all instantly appraised Of his presence,
so that his most attractive lures are offered In
vain. What one knows all know at the same
moment through an interchange of subconscious
states. Aristotle noticed that the female par
fridge is affected by distant male bird through
what he described as a breeze from the males
direction.
Some twenty years ago the late Austin Corbfn
purchased 25 600 acres of farm and wood land In
New Hampshire and stocked the estate known
as Blue Mountain park with elk and deer. In
1897 is was predicted that the extinct carnivores,
whose natural food is venison would return to
the region. Not long afterward the presence of
pumas, mountain lions, was reported in the
park and vicinity, and the black bear lynx and
wildcat are conspicuously in evidence today.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
PAYING FOR THE SPOONS

II it we're not for the souvenir thief no hotel
manager would be gray-headed or bald Their
lives would be one long dream of bliss broken
three times daily by spasm of happiness when
they sell 35 cents worth of food for Slips. But
the memento grabber ages him. I'VE tried to
make the waiter protect the silver said one the
other day. "And we found that after the waiter
worked for us month he owed us money, be-
cause of fines for stolen silver. That wouldn't
do. That same waiter would do his waiting else
where-hrst trying to break even with the estab-
lshment before leaving. And 1t is very unpleas-
ant to lock the doors of private dining room
until we audit the teaspoons"
So all hotel managers have adopted new
plan. The cost Of stealing silver is included in
the bin for the meal you take in the public din
Ing room. That is matter Of average When
you dine with merry little party-or several
merry little parties, as It sometimes happens-in
private room, it is also included in the bin. Not
long ago the man who entertans out-oftown buy.
ers in a certain wholesale line ordered private
dining room and special dinner for half dozen
guests. The hotel manager gave him figure.
Tell your cook to spread himself on this din
ner' said the prospective host. laaghingy. MY
guests are all from the west"
q Pardon me-" said the manager, hurriedly. "1
forgot an item. Your bin will be So more"
The host looked at the memorandum and found
an item marked spoons"
Much better to charge for the spoons I'm ad.
vance" said the hotel man. without blush THE
ladies from out or town all take 'em. So do the
ladies from in town. This way we're safe ana
they're saved sin"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25

upon unprotected person
mel of land defenses, with
out endangering the aero
plane or it's crew, it being
practically impossible to,
attack successfully the
rapidly-moving aeroplane
from below. The gun also
opens a new field Of at
tack and defense in that
it will be used as an eff
fective weapon against
other aeroplanes similarly
armed. 1t means that
hereafter unarmed aero
planes will no longer be-
used in war, even for
scouting purposes.
A new 75-millimetre
gun, designed for the de-
struction of aeroplanes,
has just been tested at
Toulon, France and proved
satisfactory.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
CIR z1AzN7Z1U ar EzE AJzzNuv
SOLID


fected by either direct or transmitted heat no
matter of rapid and long-continued firing.
The development tests of the gun, which have
been In progress for two years, show that the
barrel does not become overheated under con-
tinuous fire at full speed, and that it will not
therefore be necessary to carry along an extra
barrel when on the firing line. Since no cooling
water is necessary, and no special mount except
q small stake or cowboy" mount weighing about
eight pounds, the field equipment of the Lewis
gun Is reduced to a minimum. The gun may be
fired from any natural support found in the field
such as a rock log, stump tree mount of
earth. It is even possible to empty magazine
while holding the gun to the shoulder or from the
hip, as the recoil effect is scarcely noticeable
1t is a matter of note that one of the most
conspicuous things the battlefield in South
Africa was the Jet of steam from the boiling
water which was being used on the barrels of
the rapid fire guns for cooling purposes.
The gun is simplicity itself. 1t has only forty
seven parts, compared with twice that number
for other rapid fire guns. On the battlefield or
in the air where tools are necessarily scarce, and
where they are needed more than anywhere else
when they are wanted, the Lewis gun would GER
tainly cause no worry, should some piece Of the
mechanism be broken or otherwise get out of
working order, since the only tool required to
dissemble or assemble the gun is the point OF
bullet.
The sustained rapidity of fire of which the gun
is capable makes 1t far more dangerous and
effective weapon than any bomb-dropping device
as yet devised.
The accuracy of the firing OF the Lewis
plane gun on it's first test not only surpris-
ing in ITSELF but has aroused attention the part
Of our army and navy experts to the fact that
our battleships and the disappearing gun bat
terfes of our coast defenses completely un-
prepared for attack from the air. In the opinion
of many including Colonel Lewis, who is also
- -
finder now employed In the coast artillery serv-
ice, 1t marks the beginning of development
that is destined to produce radical changes In
our land defense and coast armaments both for
offense and defense
According to Colonel Lewis an aeroplane cost
ing not more than $4,000 viii easily be able to
carry the gum 1000 rounds of ammunition. the
gun operator and the pilot At height OF one
mile or greater, and while moving at speed of
fifty miles per hour It viii be possible with this
gun to pour in the most destructive fire upoK the
deck and fire control masts or battleships. and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
PRESIDENT FALLIEREs is CALLED sTINGY

President Fallieres is again being
subjected to criticism on the score of
parsimony When, few years ago,
the king and queen of Norway were
guests of the republic, an accident
happened at Versailles which might
easily have had fatal consequences
for the queen and Nine. Fallieres.
The postillion who was riding one
of the horses drawing the state lam
dau, In which they sat, took too
sharp a turn in crossing bridge
spanning the ornamental lake near
Trianon, and fell with his mount into
the water. Happily the carriage re-
NAMED on the bank
1t was stated at the time that since
NJ Fallieres' installation the Elysee
stable was farmed out, and that
horses and servants were supplied by
a contractor. Thus the accident was
explained on the ground of the pos
itiIlion's inexperience. M. Fallieres
was then accused of farming out his
stables in order to reduce the ex-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
RAJ RAMA OF JHALAWAR A REFORMER

The Raj Rama Of Jhalawar, whose
portrait is herewith presented, Is the
representative Of most illustrious
branch of the Solar race, the ruler OF
an important state, and reformer
who is endeavoring to introduce mod
ern conditions without giving UNI
bragg to the uphoIders of past tradi-
tons, than which, al we know, there
is. no more difficult task. The his
torian of India shows how the Brit
ISL conquered the peninsula from q
number of races by converting the
enemies of one period into the allies
of the next; but 1t has never been
made sufficiently clear that there was
one race with which England never
warred, the Rajputs OF Rajasthan,
'sthe Land of Princes" It was due
to the wisdom of an ancestor of the
Rama of Jhalawar, that the Rajputs
sought and obtained an alliance and
protection in the critical period OF
the eighteenth century, when the
Marathas seemed for a moment likely
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
WINS NOMINATION AFTER SIX DEFEATS

William SSulzer, representative In
congress from New York city, was
nominated for governor of New York
state the other day by the Demo
cratic state convention. 1t was the
seventh time he had been a candidate
for this nomination.
Mr.. Sulzer was born in Elizabeth,
N. j., March IS, 1863. His father,
Thomas Sulzer. was German patriot
Of the school of Sigel and Schurz.
and after the revolution of 1848 was
imprisoned. Escaping, he went to
Switzerland, and came to America In
1851, settling In New Jersey. When
William was a baby his parents
moved to New York city, and his
residence has never been changed
since.
William Sulzer was graduated
from Columbia college, where he
studied law. He acquired a reputa-
ton as a speaker and debater in the
Cooper Union Debating society. Aft
er graduation he took up the prac-
? into politics, his first public appear.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25

strapped queerlooking object resembling some
what large inverted telescope with a disk-like
attachment at the end.
When the aeroplane had reached a. height of 900
feet and skimmng along at a speed of fifty
miles an hour, suddenly above the of the
ping sound. AT the instant a score of little
dust clouds spurted up from the ground few hun
dred feet away. This was repeated twice. Then
as the aeroplane gded to earth. at the spot where
the dust had arisen, the officers forward to
meet it..
On the ground lay piece of cheese cloth, three
yards by fifteen, punctured with numerous small
holes And then the secret out The curious
looking object carried by the passenger an
aeropane gun and the piece of cheese cloth the
target at which he had aimed while flying above
ut almost mile minute.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25
BEARS MExICANS' PLEA TO PRESIDENT

Senior Zeferino Dominguez, a
wealthy Mexican planter. as repre-
sentative of land owners, agriculture
lists and other citizens of the twenty
seven states Of Mexico, recently sub
mitted to President Taft a plan
which, he hopes, viii bring peace.
and insure, permanent freedom from
unrest In his country.
Regarding his plans, Senior Dom
inguez said:
THE plan l have in view Is thai
the Land owners of Mexico join with
the government In giving the poor
people access to the land. At pres
ent 1000 families own all the land
In Mexico. There are 100000 per-
sons who own nothing and have no
interest whatever in the land.
THE way to pacify the poor peo-
pie is to give them an interest in
something. AS the situation stands,
they can earn more In two hours
looting than in one years work.
THE plan offer includes also the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25

the
militia and that
employed
aside nducement and an in the
his
the govern
the principal
noun and mar
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25

his
nounced his efforts
Grand Nicholas Ncholaiev his
with vehicles shabby
Nlfting old hveres.