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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-09-20

For soreness Of the MUSCLES Ehether in-
dt-sd bv violent exercise or injury there is
sk1 ching better than Chamherlaiul Llniment
So liniment also relieve Rheumatic Iains
49, hy AN dealers.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-09-20

We wish TO state in as plain and
vigorous way as words can express
II that Hunts Cure win positively.
quickly and permanently cure amy
form of itching Skin disease known.
one box is guaranteed TO euro One
application affords relief h Drug
ais8 stand behind the guarantee.
ASH yours.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-09-20

One Of the finest Percheron stall
lions and black mammoth Jacks In
the West. We also have a nice herd
of Horses. Mares and year old mules.
This stock win be sold az a bargain.
j. A. SHOFER.
Vincent. Texas
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-09-20

suit in improved public highways,
more interurban lines, better rural
schools, more steam roads and bet
ter facilities for the transportation Of
products, opening of our mines and
development of our latent agricul-
tural resources.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Ancient Baths unearthed

Prof. Garstangs work of excavation
at Meroe, the ancient capital OF Etht-
opia. continues to give most interest
ing results. The most recent discov-
cries are more remarkable than any
that have yet been made.
Luxurious baths with arrangements
and decorations confirming the de-
scriptions contained in ancient Abys-
sinian records have been found. ThRe
baths were fed by water which -
passing through a series of aqueducts.
finally flowed down cascades between
numerous sculptured lions. oxen and
other animals.
The walls are ornamented with rows
of colored tiles with relief patterns
and medallions. all still remaining in
their original positions. while around
the large tank are statues OF must
clans and other fig-res, not to men
ton a number of broken statues lying
about. Twelve steps lead down TO
the tank.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Nature Student.

THE bat, when winter comes" said
a nature student, folds his long ears
against his sides, shuts off his heart
and, hanging head down from some
black corner of barn or smokehouse.
hibernates till spring. In March he
begins to wake up.
Lizards and snakes hibernate un.
derground. Frogs hibernate in the
frozen mud at the bottom of their
ponds. It's nothing to them that they
freeze stiff. A frog so stiff frozen
in February that you could break him
like a soda cracker VIII thaw out in n
warm March as clipper as you
please.
Rats and mice don't hibernate.
They come indoors. They leave their
cold fields and sewers and they take
up their quarters in our nice, warm,
steam-heated houses. There it's jolly
plenty to eat no snow, no sleet, no
piercing March winds. The winter
season makes no difference to the
rats and mice. save that, while always
marrying and giving in marriage, they
marry and give in marriage more than
ever in our comfortable houses, rear
ing, at our expense and on our food,
would content even rat Roosevelt" +"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20

possibly be avoided. Miss Blythe had
never thought OF hers. She went slid
ing and slipping and just as young
man was passing her down she came
like a ripe apple 1t was a kerchug OF
q drop. Ii was a drop on ice, and her
hat was bounced Off She also felt
hooks and eyes give way. But it was
graceful fall. She didn't claw the
air nor scramble nor turn hand
spring. IL was a nice graceful fall,
one that caused the young man who
helped her up to say:
Il don't believe that one woman in a
thousand can beat it,"
How dare you, sir" was hissed at
him.
But you didn't want to sit there all
the afternoon, did you?"
Yes, there was the light-haired, blue
eyed young man!
Yes, there was the girl with the
gold-filled teeth!
The astrologist had hit the mark
right in the center, and no precious
time had been wasted.
Mr.. Fred picked up Miss Blyth's hat
and handed IL to her. Had he known
how he would have pinned it on her
head.
"I don't thank you, sirl"
"Oh, there's no need"
And thus they met and thus they
parted The astrologist had said that
she would be dreadfully embarrassed.
Hadn't she been? The woman of the
stars had said that the girl would al
most hate the blue-eyed man at first
sight. Gee. but didn't she want to claw
his smiling face! To most young ladies'
Il is utterly impossible TO get up from
fall and walk away with proper dig
nifty, but Miss Blythe made very
good attempt.
Mr.. Ward was in the real estate
business. He passed on to attend 10
his bargain sales. but as he headed
for his office he said to himself:
"Yes. thought loved another, but
was wrong It's the girl with the
golden tooth love and yam going to
marry"
Mr. Ward did not lack cheek. No
real estate man does. II he hasn't got
IL he makes a fiat failure. Therefore.
he didn't let - hours elapse before
calling ON Miss Blythe. For the small
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Honest Pharmacist.

That honesty is the best policy" is
an axiom that has not been received
with entire favor in France may be
inferred from the following: Last No.
vember a Paris pharmacist who had
made blunder in a medicine that he
had prepared discovered soon after de-
livering it to an unknown woman that
he had put into it most dangerous
poison. He inserted in number of
daily papers a notice warning the un-
known customer not to use the medi-
cine. This conscientious publication
has had a disagreeable result for the
pharmacist. He was hunted out by
the police for having delivered a pois-
onous substance without n physician's s
prescription. He has just settled by
paying fine of leo francs.
But the customer had not remained
unknown or undiscovered The police
had found her. She had not seen any
Of the notices the pharmacist had put
In the papers. But lowered with an
excellent scent she had not used the
medicine because it did not seem
quite right"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Public Library
Should Contain
Good Novels
Ideal
Fiction
BY SAM WALTER FOSS

NE IDEAL attitude Of the public library toward fiction should
be of severity tempered by liberation. public library
should buy all the good novels and buy them large numbers.
The bad novels should not buy at ALL All public library,
then, has to do the NATTER reference any novel; discover
whether it is good or bad.
This very simple thing state a wel-nigh impossible thing
do There eaygong readers who think there good all
mpaabe fiction who sty
tain that present good novels written at ALL From
mee up the mpacab the eaygoers and intermediate types
public librarian should get varied estimates of all the novels
published varied estimates his
These conclusions will frequently be but he will have lived
to light probably good
parchment of literary output the librarian do his find
these good novels and then duplicate and reupate them times
1t undoubtedly misuse of ones time and perversion of his intel
ecua faculties to read felton, Of the best quality exclusively No
knows better than the librarian that there large number of
readers who do read anything but fiction They have lost the
we with books that deal with realities The fiction drunkard has
lost the intellectual stamina needed to clutch and grip the great thinkers
who write real booscence philosophy literature Much fiction has
made them mentally habbther mental muscles paraed by intel
ecua dissipation They literary drunkar and all good librarians
have interest in their reformation
Good fiction presupposes considerable degree Of intelligence its
If it deals with the verit of human
make its readers interested in and varied domains of thought
novel by thinker should stimulate its reader broad nyes
cations sometimes ongconnued research 1t is hard libra
with the cooperation of many helpers select the small per-
nage of good fiction from the large percentage of the bad His action
whatever be the matter will not be without vocous pro-
test on the part of the public But
pant IS' @ go good ,' nature pl 1' '''' III ' sow Nsa A
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20

Miss Blythe Halpin should have had
more sense than TO go to an astrolo
gist In the first place and hand out a
dollar In her hand and in the next
place she should have known better
than to believe what the woman told
her the stars were going to dish out
for her benefit.
you are going to be dreadfully EN-,
barrassed!"
You are going to meet light-hair-
ed man with blue eyes"
You won't like him at first, but
later on you will marry him"
You will be very happy"
THE blue-eyed man is almost in
love with another girl, but he will
turn to you"
The stars cannot lie. They always
tell the truth. Next"
Fred Ward handed out his dollar
half an hour later and was told:
You think you are in love with a
girl with turn-up nose, but 1t is only
passing fancy"
You will meet and love a girl with
gold-filled front teeth
"She will almost hate you at first
sight, but do not be discouraged"
You will live In vine-clad cottage
after marriage"
But what's the matter with a two
story and basement" asked Fred as
his hand was dropped.
DO not presume to dictate to the
stars In their courses." was the reply.
But aren't they going to have my
lottery ticket hit the capital prize?"
The stars have spoken, sir!"
Might little speaking for a dollar.
I'd talk half an hour for half the cash.
However, III go out and find the girl
I'm TO be almost hated by"
And he found her. 1t was an icy
winters day. Miss Blythe had come
out to do bib of shopping and call on
the astrologist Every shoe store car
ries stock of ladies rubbers, and
every lady buys a pair or two and lays
them away in camphor balls. AT least,
they never wear them when it can
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Oriental Metaphor.

The Oriental speaks naturally in
metaphor. Even the children continu-
ally use figures OF speech which are
often poetical and always suggestive
The Washington Star thus quotes
Bishop Oldham. a missionary bishop
of the Methodist church. He writes
from Singapore.
81 wish you could hear some OF the
expressive phrases of the native boys.
A lad the other day was describing to
me the abstemiousness of his father.
"'Oh. he is content with very little,
he said. Such a very little!' Here
he pointed to the ground--'No more
than the water in the holes made by
a chickens feet"
He smiled and resumed:
"'He eats nothing. A grain or two
Of rice contents him. You should see
him at his meals. He is like hound
munching flies.'"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
NEPTUNE NOT TO BE DENIED
Young Woman Long Had Defied Sea-
sickness, but Her Time Came
at Last.

When the steamer Tagus got In
from Bermuda, "a hours late. Captain
Laws reported that she had battled
the vigor OF West Indian hurri-
cane. With all the power Of her en-
gines, there had been times when she
could barely make two knots an hour
On the way up from Bermuda the
steamer hit the gulf stream cater-cor-
ner, and the waves were something
ridiculous. A ship not only gets a
fore and aft motion, and a motion
from port to starboard. but also does
little jerking wiggle that is most dis
tressing even to seasoned seagoers.
when we were in the middle OF that
blow" said one of-the Tagus' passen-
gers, Miss Helen Gray OF New York
was wrapped in her steamer rugs and
curled in her steamer chair, on the lee
ward side. Miss Gray felt impossibly
well. Now and then she would glance
pityingly at the rows Of persons feebly
sucking lemons, and watching weakly
their cups OF smoking tea. and nib
bling family at soda crackers. why
do such people go to sea-" asked Miss
Gray.
Just then the ship mounted on
hill OF water. She slithered down that
hill sidewise. When she got to the
bottom of the hill, a further valley
opened beneath her, and she swooped
down again. Miss Gray's mother, an
anxious lady, shook her daughter by
the arm. Helen said she: Helen. |
smell smoke! Maybe the ships afire.'
Miss Gray half rose from her chair.
And then she sank back, and turned
few new fall shades. and little drops OF
moisture appeared at the corner Of her
mouth. Let said Miss Gray, let her
burn. ma Herbert Corey in the
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Twenty-Five Days in Open Eost.


A terrible story of a shipwrecked
crews sufferings was told at Liver
pool (England) recently, when the
Booth liner Denis landed the captain
and six men of the schooner Hibern-
ian. which became derelict in mid
Atlantic some time ago and had drift
ed, waterlogged and dismasted, for 20
days. The provisions and water were
washed overheard, and for II days
before being sighted by the Denis the
men of the Hibernian were without
food. They had lived for some time
previously on timed salmon, and to
quench their thirst they chewed tea.
Their last meal before being picked
up by the Denis was a turnip boiled
in sea water, and, as the captain re.
marked "the only thing left was to
kill and eat the ships cat and then
die" Three steamers stood by on
one day. but so violent was the gale
that nothing could be done. Subse-
quently number of men OF the Denis
fought their way through mountainous
seas in a llfeboat. and the seven starv-
ing seamen were rescued.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
GOT EVEN WITH NEWLYWEDS
Friends Inserted Small "Ad" In News
paper, and Seekers After Bar
gains Did the Rest.

Bright dreams of welded bliss were
shattered by a tiny want ad.
Instead OF day all by themselves,
as they had planned, Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son Joleen, newlyweds, spent eight
strenuous hours receiving strangers,
who wanted to buy the brand-new fur
nishings of their cozy fat at No. 1851
West Van Buren, street.
Here is the ad that wrecked their
happiness:
FOR SALE-Furniture. entire furnish
inES OF siX-room fiat; everything new and
In first-class condition. including piano
player. Call Sunday. between a. m. and
8 p. m.. at 4S51 West Van Buren, street.
No reasonable offer refused
The Joleens knew nothing about It,
They were serenely happy. The groom
was showing his bride the cozy cor
ners of their nest
''How do you like it, my darling?"
he inquired anxiously.
"Oh, Nels, it's just too"
Mrs. Joleen's reply was interrupted
by hammering at the door.
'Hey! What'll you take fer the
pianer?" asked a man when the door
was opened.
Don't want to sell it. Good day."
said Joleen.
Again he turned to his bride Again
a knock on the door.
Il seen your ad in the paper" said
another prospective buyer.
''No, you didn't. ] didn't have any
ad. / don't want to sell anything. I'm
busy. Good day." replied Joleen.
All day long Joleen and his wife an
swered the bell and knocks at the door
and turned away the would-be buyers
OF furniture and piano-players.
About o'clock in the evening it
suddenly dawned upon them that the
friends whose rice and old shoes they
had lodged by leaving the church
where they were married through a
side entrance after the ceremony, had
persevered in their joking and had
won.
The groom grinned sheepishly, then
called taxicab. The only quiet mo-
ments the couple had during the day
We're spent at downtown hotel-Chi.
cago Record-Herald.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Short on Suuar

Many horses that have been fed on
humps of sugar will miss their ac-
customed tidbits for a little while.
THAT is because the horse poison
ers are abroad said a woman. Every
time ! went for walk / used 10 take
a bag of lump sugar along to feed TO
the horses, but now | am afraid TO.
My intentions would be perfectly inno-
cent, but there is no telling how soon
some one less guileless might come
along with poisoned sugar.
Then if anything happened to the
horse | might be blamed for It. Horse
dealers and drivers everywhere are
advising animal lovers TO stop giving
sugar to horses for their own good un-
I'll the epidemic OF poisoning is over"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
aHorrnr Tea, La the Latest.

The latest novelty in "at home" is
a horror tea" please bring your
pet horror" is the Invitation sent out
to friends II you have been invited
to a horror tea" here are some ide.le
as TO what you might take with yoV
A man would cause great amusemeGi
by wearing an arrangement OF unpaid
bills, stitched on HIS coat Ladies
could bring toy insects. imitation
mice. or any animal which they par
ticularly dislike.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
chaplain,s Reliaious Chats.

At a recent meeting of the guard
ians of Keynsham workhouse, near
Bristol, England, the chaplain of that
institution stated that for some time
past he had been having chats with
the tramp inmates, each Sunday, In
stead of conducting regular services.
He said he had given the talks re-
ligious turn, and the venture had met
with varying success. for some OF his
hearers had expressed their apprecia-
tion by concealing themselves in
straw. while others had tried to escape
into the bathroom. (Laughter). The
rest. however, had welcomed his Wis
its. The chaplain was recommended
TO continue his course.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20

The school should furnish the training
formerly furnished by the farm and the
home, or the education Of the child will be
defective in the most important respects.
1t can no longer be merely or chiefly
an institution of learning, as it could con.
tent itself to be century ago. 1t must
furnish training in skill and ingenuity, in
planning and doing, as well as in learning
and abstract thought. 1t must educate foI
efficiency and power.
We have fine buildings, good equip.
ment, but the system under which our
teachers are working is antiquated. II
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Plan
to
Compel
Criminals
to Work
BY SARAH BLUtMtNIHlL

Again. there many instances where the family of the murdered
become the charges of the public large because the only bread
winner has been taken from them.
Where the convicted executed society forever placed beyond
the possibility of drawing upon the wongos for the support of those
who have suffered most keenly
The public double expense, the expense the prosecution
and the support of the sufferers.
There should be indefinite Imprisonment, for the
purpose of making good to society, high degree possible for
the harm DONE
The work done by the prisoners should be at living that
very prvaton should have opporu-
nifty to make restitution.
the principle decided upon the method easily be dis
covered.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20

Who comforts the wife murderer? Ev.
cry day we read Of some brutal murder and
the next day we read of the notes of SYM
pathy and the flowers sent to the murderer
by tender-hearted women.
His trial drags on and on until he has
been pitied by women from one end OF
America to the other and finally he is either
an acquitted or convicted hero.
Women's influence should be exercised
to make a country-wide law that would
execute woman murderer as nearly in.
stanter as would be compatible with Justice
and with no sympathy whatever shown him
lotions would have more effect than dozens
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
sow MaG Eo.

Aside from all ethical reasons why
capital punishment should be forever abol.
ished | beg to mention more potent one
l make my appeal now in the name OF
economy
We all know that in most cases the ex-
pense in the prosecution is in direct ratio
to the financial rating of the accused. but
even where four men are sentenced to be
hanged within two months of the date of
their crime there is a certain amount of
money spent by the state. 1t seems hardly
fair that the public should be taxed for
this purpose needlessly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Only Guide Posts.

A well-known Fourth avenue bank
er was sitting in a downtown restau-
rant eating mush and milk
What's the matter?" inquired n
friend.
"Got dyspepsia"
Don't you enjoy your mealsY
Enjoy my meals?" snorted the In
dignant dyspeptic. MY meals are
merely guide-posts to take medicine
before or ter."-Pittsburg Post.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Diptomatic-

How did you get your wife 10 fore.
go her desire for that expensive even.
ing gown?"
Told her 1t was just the thing a
plain woman needed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Thrifty Uncle.

Uncle Dullhoover left me all his
pension money"
well. you haven't much on me. at
that. His life insurance policy was
mads' out In my favor
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
snlittlnn the Blame

I'm glad there is such an institu-
tian as the ID. Il. r. she said
You are?"
Yes. indeed. My husband has been
blaming the ID. T. v. lately for some
of the things that used to be my
fault"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Too
Much
Emphasis
on Mere
Learning
BY Prof. John NJ. Tyler.
Amherst Collede

must shift its emphasis from increase of eanngor
increase of physical mental and moral power and efficiency
Such change will force its here but slowly against the pe-
des parents public who would have the baby himself
to learning something useful"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-04-20
Comforts
for Men
Charged
With
Murder
By Aines Hall

mighty few such convictions would have effect
under the present SYSTEM where the murderer
to by dozens of
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14
Goes to New York.

w. E. Collins, manager of the
Golden Rule Stores of Ely and Nc
Gill, departed for New York City
Friday morning on his regular semi
annual purchasing trip. He will
stop a day or two in Salt Lake City,
where he will be Joined by a number
of managers of other Golden Rule
stores in the western states, and to-
gether they will journey to the me-
tropolis. Before his departure Mr..
Collins stated hat eleven new stores
will be started as soon as the buyers
return from their purchasing expe-
dition,, which will make more than
forty stores of this chain, and that
the growth of the organization had
necessitated the establishment of a
Wholesale department which will
have its headquarters in Salt Lake
City.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14
Whiteley Is Remembered.

Not unmindful of the valuable
services that he had rendered to the
Ely football team last season In h
capacity of coach, the members of
the squad last Thursday presented
George A. whitley. assistant prin-
clpal of the county high school, with
a solid gold watch charm. on which
is engraved Whiteley's monogram.
and the inscription Ely Football,
1911"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14
Auditing Bank Books.

The firm of Warwick, Mitchell &
Peate, chartered accountants, began
the task last week of auditing the
books of the First National bank. j.
p. Waite and r. b. Abbey arrived in
Ely Sunday night to enter upon their
new assignment. They were joined
Tuesday by Harry b. Ruhl, bank
auditor for that concern. j. +.
Secor, head accountant. is here on a
similar mission. Mr.. Waite assisted
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14
Sennett Is Sued.

Suit was instituted against
Thomas Sennett in the justice court
last Friday by Joe vienna to en-
force the collection of $500 alleged
to represent a balance due for work
performed on the storm sewer.
Sennett asserts that he has paid
plaintiff all he is entitled to as
wages, with the exception of $3.50
The dispute over the amount due led
to the filing of the action.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14
Purchases Jim's Place.

Thomas Chambers, who until re-
Gently has been manager of the
Crescent saloon in this city, con-
summated arrangements Thursday
by which he acquired complete con-
troll of Jim's place, having purchased
the interest of Joseph V. Murphy in
Chambers is we'll known both in Ely
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Flammer,
who have made their home in East
Ely for the last three years. were
passengers Monday morning for San
Francisco, where they will remain
for several weeks before proceeding
to Oregon, where they expect to re-
main permanently. Mr.. Flammer
has been in charge of the warehouse
of the Campton Commercial COM
pany.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-14
Wyoming and Utah, which will pass
through Ely.

We have Just received our spring
line of A. F. c.. ginghams. All the
latest patterns for house dresses and
o Get ready for your spring
sewing early. Murdoek's Notion
Store.