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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06
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THE AGE OF THE EARTH
indianapolis News.)

To impatient and hurried people 1t
may be soothing to devote little time
to thoughts about the age of the earth.
Ones own life span must seem insig-
nificant as against that yastness, yet
there is something comforting in sink
ing into the sense of eternity that It
suggests. "Geologists speak of mil
lions OF years, hardly ever less than
seventy-five millions, as the age of the
globe, says Charles Schuchert, in The
Yale Review, and yet since radium
has been discovered the physicians
te us we must multiply these figures
at least by 10, while before this dis
covery uhey could not allow US more
than twenty-five millions of years
since the earth began to have water
laid rocks. Even So as mortals We
appear to be dealing with eternity, and
yet in our imagination We think Of
the endless similar cycles proceeding
the one through which the sun and
the earth have passed"
Climates of the Past" is the title OF
the article which is piece of wealth
er talk on a stupendous scale. We
know something about weather chang,
es in a small way. The earths elm
ate has been somewhat tickle, too, but
certain seasons of it have been COM
paratively stab e. We may say that
the earth's climate through millions
OF years is warm and equable,' says
the article in its conclusion, "appar-
emily completely devoid of winter. AT
these times CRYSTAL alterations are but
slight. At irregular intervals, how
ever. great ranges of mountains are
thrown up. air currents are DETECTED,
cooled and dried, continents are united
by narrow land bridges, and the flow
of warm water toward the polar reg
ions is either altered or completely
barred, with the consequence that
great changes in climate take place
These are the critical Periods of the
organic life of the world. Old and
established stocks that have become
specialized, bizarre or huge in body, or
dominant over their smaller associ-
ates. vanish at such times of change
and stress.
Small and obscure races rise to
Iascendancy, become the rulers of their
environment for long time, but IN
the end history repeats itse and
the favored ones give way to those II
still greater adaptability. individuals
and families run their course, and
vanish into the air and earth from
which they come Our mundane
sphere will eventually cease to receive
the vitalizing influence of the sun )
rays and the earth will be dead. Fin
ally, even the sun itself seems des-
/ tined to cease as such, for in some
| luIulc tlti uILg II may dISO ptCOilt|
cold, collide with another similar
body, and by this impact give rise to
a spiral nebula. Nature is never
who ly at rest; change, caseless
change, is the law of the universe.
The mind like a fash leaps
through the millions of miles of space
and reveals to us the existence of
countless suns, negulae, and dark
orbs. But when this same mind, born
of two ancestral eel s and by their
union started on its complex develop
ment of comprehension and magma
ton, cease to be-what then? We are
awe-stricken, for here we stand help
less before the Great Unknown"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06
An OBJECT LESSON FOR SUMTER
COUNTY

An object lesson for Sumter county
is to be found in the example set b.
Brooks county farmers, and others, in
the way of diversifying crops so that
they WI bring rich returns. Recent
stories from Brooks, and Tiff counties
tell of the success of the truck grow
ers there. The truck farms near AM
CIRCUS are all too few, in fact, there
are hardly any real truck farms at
all worthy of the name. The growth
of the truck-farming idea is thus
/ treated by the Atlanta Journal:
1t is remarkable how frequent y
and in what numbers Georgia planters
ere attesting the value at diversified
crops in general and of truck farming
il particular. From Brooks county
comes the story Of an especially in
reresting example A farmer near
Ouitman devoted twenty-five acres to
Icucumbers and ten to Irish potatoes,
! largely as an experiment Thus fa,,
it is said, he has shipped twenty-eighJ
hundred crates from his cucumbec
fields. receiving two do lars crate;
and this week he will market an addi-
tional eighteen hundred crates at the
same figure The price was less thai
that realized on the earlier Florida
crops but even at that the investment
has yielded a return of more than
nine thousand dollars and at thu
same time has let the soil free to b
returned to further use.
This is but one among scores of IL
stances that testify to the possibilities
of truck farming in Georgia and that
are persuading larger and larger
number of progressive planters t0j
avail themselves of these fertile o.,
portunities. On this basis, perhaps,
we may explain the fact that tae
states cotton acreage is appreciably
less this season than in years gone By
Alert farmers are realizing that there
is a surer and a larger profit in PLAN
ing a variety of crops, so that if one
fails, others will make up the loss,
than in stalking all their money an
labor on sing uncertain venture.
1t is not necessary, however that
there should be less cotton in order
that there may be more food products.
1t is only essential that really bust
nesslike methods be applied to agri-
culture. The fact that farsightel
farmers in every part of the state are
turning to the production of food
supplies ande are proving the practical
value of such a policy is one of the
most wholesome and cheering signs
of the day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06
MERELY MILLIONAIRE
POOR GAME FOR HIN
Nan Who Has Been Missing For Long
Time Won't Give Up $780,
A-Year job.

Van Buren,, Ark July ). - Utter
WEAKNESS Of being merely a million
aire is the reason John O'Brien, o;
New York, who had been missing three
years today gave as an explanation OF
his long absence from the immediate
ken Of his friends. Mr.. O'Brien is a
former soccer football star of Colum-
bia university. He mySteriously van
ished at the close of the college year,
in 1910. He was found yesterday in
this town, where he was working as
an assistant engineer.
Why should I worry about being an
heir to $1,20O,OOO," said Mr.. OBrien to-
day. Il have a goob job. When I con-
vince myself I have made good in the
world I will return home. I became
plumb tired of being a rich man with
nothing to do but play society, and
study ways to kill time Just now.
wouldn't trade my $500 year for the
biggest fortune in the world-and be
a loafer again.
Mr. O'Brien has added that his aged
mother has known of his whereabouts
though a wide search has been made
for him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

= y y
- THE ROAD TO LAUGHTER y
TOWN =
y y y y + y y y
Katherine D. Blake)
On, show me the way to Laughte:-
town,
For l have forgotten the way!
] wandered out of the path one day
When my heart was broke and my
hair turned gray,
And / can't remember how to play;
I've quite forgotten how to be gay.
Its all through signing and weeping,
they say,
Oh, show me the way to Laughter
town,
For ! have forgotten the way!
] used to belong to Laughtown
Before l lost the way,
For / danced and laughed the livelong
day
Ere my heart was broke and my hair
turned gray;
so it ought to be easy to find the way
But crying has made me blind, they
say,
and still toward Teartown my sa
feet stray
On, show me the way to Laughter
town,
For have forgotten the way!
Would ye learn the road to Laughter
o We who have lost the way?
Would ye have young hearts thougs
your hair be gray?
Go. learn from a little child each day
Go. serve his wants and play his PLAY
tnd catch the tilt of his laughter way
And follow his dancing feet as they
For he knows the road to Laughter
town,
O We who have lost the way!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

Judge, how about putting this man
on the jury?''
What about him?'
He has been indicted for various
minor crimes, but has always managed
to wriggle out"
In that case he deserves to be
locked up. Let him serve. PITTS
burg Post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

The decree of Fashion that women :
skirts be tighter than ever must sure
ly be based upon the bringing out OF
either a rubber or some other very e.
astic material from which to make
them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

"Home-Run" Bakers drives in the
memorable world series are beginnin :
IN come back to earth. Miles City,
MON reuorts storm of "hailstoncs'
as big as baseballs"New York Even
jag Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

The most natural thing about that
f,etfvsburg reunion is the scrap that
a few of the vets got mixed up in.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

The United States seems to have es-
sablished a claim of being worthy OF
existence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

The mere name OF Kiujiro Okaza6,
visiting Japanese baseball enthusiast.
ought to be good for a three agge~.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

If Jap as reported, cannot swear
how can he express his feelings when
he hits his finger viii driving a nail ?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

On the steamer in mid-ocean-First
Old Chappie-Going across?
Second o. C.-Yes. You?-The Jes-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

Summer visitors are as thick as
bees on the blossoms.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

Sugar and wool have done great
deal toward effacing sectional lines.
washington Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06

If you sober up even by Monday, Il
will be all right.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-06
OFFICIAL ORGAN

Americas, Ga July 6, 1913
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
BABY IN MISERY WITH RASH

Monroe, Wis.-"When my baby was
six weeks old there came a rash on
his face which finally spread until it
got nearly all over his body. 1t form
ed a crust on his head, hair fell out
and the itch was terrible. When he
would scratch the crust, the water
would ooze out in big drops. On face
and body 1t was in a dry form and
would scale off. He was in great mis-
cry and at nights ! would lie awake
holding his hands so that he could not
scratch and disfigure himself. I tried
simple remedies at first, then got
medicine, but it did no good.
Finally a friend suggested Cuticura
Remedies, so / sent for a sample to
see what they would do, when to my
surprise after a few applications ]
could see an improvement, and he
would rest better. / bought a box OF
Cuticura Ointment and a cake of Cuti
cura Soap and before I had them half
used my baby was cured. His head ia
now covered with a luxuriant growth
Of hair and his complexion Ia ad'
mired by everybody and has no dis.
figurements." (Signed) Mrs. Annie
Saunders, Sept. 20, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
IN WARFARE OF FACTIONS
Snapshot OF Quiet Domestic Scene
When Rivals Fought for the
Control Of Mexico.
There was a dramatic silence.

There was a dramatic silence.
I'VE need butter for supper" said
the wife and mother firmly. 81 don't
see how we can get along without it.
I'll send Johnnie to the grocer's. It's
just across the street. you know. He's
little and can run fast"
No" said the husband and father
firmly, Il will GO"
But the wife flung herself on his
breast as he took down his hat.
NO, no, john" she cried; you
can't be spared. | will go"
He caught her by the arms.
NO" he quickly said. What would
I do without you? Hark!"
They all listened.
II can open a tumbler of jelly" said
the wife and mother.
Gimme jelly" cried the child.
So they sat down and ate their but
terless supper.
And all this happened because they
lived in the City of Mexico, and the
rival factions were using the streets
for gun practice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
FLY TO PIECES.
The Effect of Coffee on Highly Organ
lied People.

81 have been a coffee user for
years, and about two years ago got
Into a very serious condition OF dys'
pepsia and indigestion. 1t seemed to
me l would fly to pieces. was so
nervous that at the least noise was
distressed, and many times could not
straighten myself up because OF the
pain"
Tea is just as injurious, because II
contains caffeine, the same drug found
In coffee.
my physician told me I must not
eat any heavy or strong food, and or.
dered a diet, giving me some medi-
cine. l followed directions carefully,
but kept on using coffee and did not
get any better.
Last winter my husband, who was
away on business, had Postum served
TO him in the family where he board.
ed. He liked it SO well that when he
came home he brought some with him.
We began using it and l found II
most excellent.
while / ( drank 1t my stomach never
bothered me In the least, and l got
over my nsrvous troubles. When the
Postum was gone we returned to cor
fee. then my stomach began to hurt
me as before, and the nervous con
ditions came on again.
THAT showed me exactly what wal
the cause of the whole trouble, so J
quit drinking coffee altogether anc
kept on using Postum. The old trou
bles left again and have never TO
turned"
There's a reason" and 1t Is explain
I'D in the little book, "The Road te
MELVILLE, in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A nev
>-e .uuenr. from time to time. The!
are genuine, true, and full OF h0ma'
interest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
Personality.

Personality is just ones centralized
experience OF the world, and there is
no way of making it greater except by
making that experience greater and
more centralized; in other words, be-
Ing a bigger, broader, better man or
woman Every intellectual achieve.
ment, every moral victory, every bit
of solid work, will leave personality
richer, profounder, more delicate. In
fact. to cultivate 1t, the plan is don't
cultivate It. Let 1t alone and do your
duty and 1t will Grove. b. Andrews,
in the International Journal of Ethics.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
Race Prejudice.

This is an actual conversation
which was overheard in Oregon in
the presidential campaign. 1t was re,
ported to President Wilson himself,
then a mere governor and candidate.
He enjoyed it, but refused to allow
1t to be published at that time.
Mike-Who are ye goin' to vote for
this fall?
Pat-Wilson Woodrow.
Mike-Faith. an vice versa yo
mean, don't we?
Pat-The divil 1t is! Dye think I'm
goin' to vote for wan O thin dom
Eye-talians?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
His Deceased Relative.

Mrs. Boynton noticed that her col
pred gardener was wearing mourning
clothes.
Il see you have met with a loss,
Henry" she said, glancing at the band
of Grape OF his hat.
Yes, ma'am," was the reply.
WAS it a near or a distant rela-
tive?" inquired the lady.
We'll. kind O. distant" said Henry,
bout twenty-five mile, ma'am."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
Old Love and the New Rug.

Here's the overheard conversation
that made the day seem more spring.
like: Those people next door to us
have been married a long time,
haven't they?" Perhaps they have,
But their honeymoon isn't over yet"
How do you figure that out?" well
1t was awfully sloppy last night. But
when he came home she made him
step inside and kiss her before she
told him to go back on he porch and
wipe his feet" Well, honey, wouldn't
you" mo. l wouldn't! We've got
a new rug!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
Profound Criticism.

Kin Hubbard, the Indiana humorist
-one of them, that is to say-opce
was assigned to cover a performance
of Uncle Toms Cabin" Hubbard
had his brain-child, ABE Martin"
report the play. This was the critique:
"Uncle Toms Goblin played down {
Melodeon hall las night. IN dogs
was good, but they had poor support"
-~Everybody's Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03

Full Value Assessment.
Pierre.-While storm conditions pre-
vented the attendance OF some of the
county auditors in the northwestern
part Of the state, there was a good
attendance at the last meeting of these
officials with the state assessment
board. Gov. Byrne made a short talk
welcoming the auditors to the city
and outlining his views In regard to
assessment work. In which he took
a decided stand for assessment under
the provisions or the constitution and
the law, which declares for full cash
value. In his estimation the refusal of
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03

sEEDS-Alfalfa SO; timothy, blue grass q
cane 81 sweet clover$ 90. Farms for sale Il rent
on crop paym'ts. j. Mulhall, 500 City, la.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
uon,allays pain cures wind colo. Csc a bottleLs
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03

The home Of Charles Holloway at
Eagle Butte. one OF the finest homes
in the town, was destroyed by fire SC
Gently.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03

But 1t isn't every high flyer who
reaches the top.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03

Some men would do anything for
woman-except go to work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
,ffcials to comply with this has result

officials to comply with this has result
ed in an assessment in this state with
out a basis. the whole system being
hit and miss, with nc definite stand
ard anywhere.
III. C. Preston. of the state tax com
mission, gave the views of the COM
mission as being in favor of assess
ment work at full cash value instead
cf such value.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
Dwellings and Families.

The total number of dwellings in
South Dakota is 127,739, and the total
number of families 131,060, indicating
that in comparatively few cases does
more than one family occupy a dwell
ing. The average number of persons
per dwelling is 4.6 and the average
number per family, As.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-04-03
Full Value Assessment.

or the total population, 1876 pei
The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
SOCIAL WORKERS
 REPORT FINDINGS

NEW YORK, June 22=The com mittee of the National Association of social Workers gave most re narkable report to the newspapers today regarding the conditions which they have found ill their nyestiga tons all over the country. They cain that weakness of will, love of luxury, idleness, evil associates and ulwillingness to accept available ,m- pioyment causes more girls 10 go wrong than any other thing. They $ ate that low wages cause less than 1 per cent of these cases
 Many prominent clergymen today took up the report of the committee for their sermon, and several of them criticized the Social Workers most severely.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
M NAB CAUSES
 B|C SENSATION

i WASHINGTON. June %. The resignation of District Attorney Me. Nab. of San Francisco. has caused q sensation throughout official cir. cles here. and it is expected that there will be congressional investi. gation of the charges made by Me. Nab, that the department of justice yields to influence
 The particular ease which caused MT. MCNab 10 resign was that Of Camnetti. who is charged with be ing white shaver The father of the young man is commissioner of immi- grafton, and Mir. McNab states that it was through his influ ice that the case was postponed. C amisson- er Caminetti refuses absolutely to have anything 10 say regarding the charge
 It is whispered about the capital that the incident will be the cause of break between President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds. as they have been somewhat at logger heads since differences over the liar. riman dissolution.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
Valdez Still Fighting
 Over Political Places

Later on while he was in Valdez a man asked him for work He sent the laborer to a creek ten miles away to a place where no one was or had been working for months The man returned to town and gave the scoundrel the trouncing of his life. All the balance of that summer he employed Jimmy Stevens as body guard When the beating was administered he cried like child being spanked.
 The majority of the people here prefer Niger Lover Exum to Ker, man.
 The appointment of Fred Brown to the judgship meets with the gen. eral approval of the whole district, as he has the entire confidence and respect of the community The Don- ahue-Ostrander ring and machine is all shot to pieces as they have not as yet landed man whom they have endorsed.
 John L. Steel, the latest applicant support of the Mining Congress, and is well and favorably known all along the coast. He formerly operated a mine near Ellamar
The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23

VALDEZ. June 22 The greatest excitement prevails here regarding the marsha!ship appointment to be made for this district when the name of Exum is withdrawn, as it is sure 10 be Many candidates are in the field for the place. and no one even dares to make a guess as to who will win out.
 Frank Herman. the NiZina operator has the support of National commit teeman Cheney and is working hard for the place, and spending a good part of his fortune. which is estt mated to be upwards of $100o00 in furthering his candidacy In 1904 Herman wrote to Valdez for one hundred men, promising them em- Ployment. The laborers mushed for two hundred miles over the worst kind of trail, suffering untold hardships from mosquitoes in the swamps though which they were compelled to wade. Upon arriving Herman coolly informed them he only wanted few. These he hired for almost nothing, while the balance of the number, with scarcely enough food to last them were compelled to mush back again to town.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
FIRE WIPES OUT
 WHOLE 0|L TOWN

BAKERSFIELD. June %. The small oil town of Mckittrick was entirely wiped out by fire al an early hour this morning. The blaze started in one of the boiler houses and when discovered had made such headway that the small apparatus at hand could not curb the spread
 As there was a good stiff breeze blowing the residents saw the impos. sibility of quenching the flames and at once started 10 remove 10 a safe place all their personal belongings
 Assistance has been sent 10 them in generous quantities from this city. and already through the burnt district the work of cleaning away the debris with view to rebuilding has been begun.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
Caucus Ratifies Report
 of Finance Committee

WASHINGTON. June 22. - The Democrats are in entire harmony on the tariff question, so says Senator Kern. one of the leaders of the upper house During the past week the party has held num- erous caucuses and accepted al most unanimously the amendments made by the finance committee. The principal changes made were on chemicals, oil. paint. earthenware, glassware and almost all metals.
 The finance committee will hold several sessions the early part of the week to redraft the income tax bill, and will reduce the excepted incomes from four to three thou. sand dollars.
 The auto schedule received consid- erable attention at the caucus and was sent back to the finance commit tee with suggestions that teh duty be reduced from 35 to 10 per cent. on all cars valued at less than $l.000. Many of the committee thought that these cars should be considered necessity, and there fore reduced.
 Senator Kern stated that all of the members of the party would be