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Gets "Lifer"

From the New York Herald.
Milwaukee. Wis.-Scarred by 81 years In
the state penitentiary as life term pris-
oner for crime he declares he did not
commit, Edward Eckart will soon leave
the warden's office at Waupun free
man for the first time since he was ar
rested, June J., 1873, for the murder of
Charles Peterson at Fort Atkinson, Wis.
His release is due to the interest of a
Milwaukee newspaper man, John Pal
lange.
For 81 years Eckart who is 50 years
old, has protested that he is an innocent
man, and all that time he was perform
ing the duties of 'lifer' in the pen1-
tentary. The outside world turned deaf
ears to his pleas until the story of his
dramatic life as sailor, adventurer and
soldier of fortune was published in local
paper on November "a, 1911.
Eckart did not have friend in the
world as far as he knew until Mr.. Pal
lange on a trip to the state prison heard
his story was convinced the man was in
nocent of intentional murder and told the
graphic tale OF the mans career In fun
page article in a Milwaukee newspaper.
The newspaper mans interest did not end
there however, for he continued his ef-
forts to interest men of influence in the
case finally obtaining a hearing in the
beard of pardons, and with the governor,
who was convinced the man was entitled
to release. and signed the parole
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are brought by training to high state
of perfection.
Up TO this time" added Richardson.
Wnlle intensely interested in oogs | had
pred a few only for show purposes. but
l now began a systematic study of the
framing of dogs for use with our soldiers
ana pol1ce At the present time dogs
trained by me are with most of the large
brlt1sh regiments-such as the Scottish
RiHes, the Gordon Highlanders. the
Seafords and the GurShas, as well as at
certain points of the coast, and now. as
you have heard, the admiralty is about
10 make use of them at Gibraltar. | am
not at liberty to tell you how many dogs
nave been ordered for this purpose. but
may say that they are. crossbreed
ana probably would tear to pieces any
person attempting to pass them. They
are 10 be stationed at night with sentries
at the more vulnerable points at Glib.
ana as they can hear at least 400 wards
turther than men they will add consid-
eraoly TO the safety of our famous old
rock 1t is the case, too, of course that
while the senses of men become dull at
hlght, the senses of dogs grow more
alert.
These are only two respects In which
dogs are valuable auxiliaries to men for
night sentry duty" the major went on
Unlike men, there is no danger of their
going to sleep, no matter how exhausting
the previous day has been, nor do they
surfer from timidity. quality which, in
man, is increased by the consciousness of
being alone in the darkness. A human
sentry, too, is apt to be deceived by harm
less noises such as wind, which the dog
1nterprets at their true value and i'm
cases of attack in fog or In rain, the
dog is simply invaluable. Most of the at
tacks on Scutari, by the bye, have been
made under cover of fog
1T is as sentries and scouts that dogs
are especially useful in war;" the maio
added, though they also can be trained
e carry messages and convey ammuni-
tfon INTO the firing line as we'll as to as
sist the ambulance oorps-and never have
they given bette proof of their utility
in these first two respects than in the
recent war in Tripoli Early In the cam
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the dogs chained to the entanglements
and at ] 80 began an engagement at this
point which lasted the whole night. the
Turks finally being repulsed with heavy
losses.
Here is the fellow who first gave the
ALARM" added the major showing me a
lantern-slide picture of a cross-bred Ris-
tone, who, with the best of reasons,
looked exceedingly proud of himself
The dogs of mine which went with
the punitive expedition against the Abors
in November, 1911. did equally we'll" said
Richardson, and gave warning of at
least three unexpected attacks by the
savage tribesmen. The names of these
dogs, which the wife of a British officer
presented TO the expedition. were Bob
and Jumbo, by the way, though nearly
all my dogs, for the sake of brevity are
named Jack They we're late in getting
out to India, and were strange to climate
and men, besides having had most ter
rlbly trying voyage in the hottest sea-
son OF the year. On the evening of No
vember the Abors attempted to sur
prise our men, but Jumbo who was with
the advance guard, gave the alarm in
time to put the men on the alert, and
the, savages met with 81 gruelling , fire
which killed off lot of them. Later in
the march, too, when word had been
received that a stockade might be met
iwth, and the Gurkha scouts, who had
my dogs with them, were ordered to keep
sharp lookout, the dogs again proved
OF use, as they gave warning to the out
posts OF the presence of the enemyis
scouts before they We're seen by the Nago
coolies Here, too, is a private letter
written me by Major Wilson, under whose
supervision the dogs were, and who
says:
My dogs never once failed to give
hotlce OF an enemy on the path, with the
result that the advance guard and main
pody were never ambuscadej.'
These said Richardson, "are, of
course, merely the doings of my own
dogs of war, and simply items in the
long list of uses to which ca mines have
been put in recent campaigns The Jap
anese, when fighting the Russians, often
USED dogs as scouts on long leads, and
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situation one of the Mexican dailies re-
marks as follows:
This government Is one which points
out the guilt of many and still Is un-
willing to see its own faults. Let 1t lis
ten to the words of Mencius, an ancient
Chinese politician, who while eonversing
with his emperor, questioned him thus
" What do you do with a friend who
administers your business badly?'
" I break with him. answered the en-
peror.
" And with the magistrate who does
not carry out your commands?
" He is deposed, said the emperor.
:" And If the provinces are badly gov
erned what is done thenT
1.-THE emperor became deaf and dumb
'The attitude of the Emperor. of China
is similar to that of the Mexican gov
ernment. 1t changes the subject
fuses to speak every time anyone insin-
yates that it IS responsible for the sit
uation."
American Newspaper Men in Jail
The above editorial and many others
which I see daily in the Mexican news
papers might lead one to think that the
press is free. I am told, however. that
there is rigid censorship of everything
sent out of the country, and that every
effort is made to keep the United States
In the dark as to the outrages now be-
ing perpetrated by the rebels and ban
dts.
I saw an instance of this ] came
into Mexico last fall. when I met at La
correspondents who had been sent out
of the country They were Messrs. Dunn
and Caracristi both of whom had been
expelled as pernicious foreigners.
Mr.. Dunn told me how he was arrested
one night on his way to the opera and
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BY HAYDEN CHURCH

pa1gn | went out there, and at once saw
the immense advantages to be gained
by having the trenches and outposts
guarded by dogs at night. / may men
tion that it was the habit of the Turks
to attack twice during single night
not single assault having, in fact, been
made by day--once at about II and again
about 3. and coming up cautiously over
the soft sand they nearly always had
succeeded in surprising the Italian troops
Returning to Rome | made representa-
tons to the war office, with the result
that in few weeks time between 500
and 600 dogs were serving with the troops
this great number being required be-
cause the area of attack was so long
They are used with the cavalry as scouts
for tracking out hidden Arabs in the
oasis, and as aids to the nocturnal
gnards, 800 to 600 metres beyond the
trenches and by the barbed wire entangle-
ments, and the infantry also found them
useful for discovering hidden ammuni-
tion The Italian army had no trained
dogs, but fortunately they were able to
obtain those belonging to the customs
house officers. which were kept to pre-
vent smuggling on the Austrian frontier
These dogs were of the RistCne or Sps-
some breed, with a good deal of cross in
them of black or brown color. and with
excellent noses, and they one and all
did good service
'At Derna, on the evening of February
II and II they undoubtedly saved large
force of Italians from extinction, Let me
read you the cold, official account of
what happened:
I'm the early part of the evening the
Turks. under cover of the darkness, adj
vanced against the italian position, one
column of about 500 men to the right
the other. consisting of about 1000 Be
douins with a stiffening of Turkish Off
GERS The whole of the country is diff
cult in the extreme, without roads, and
crossed by a series of tracks for the
most part known to the natives only,
running on the edges of precipices.
This force took every advantage of the
situation of the ground, and crawled prac-
tically undisturbed to the Italian posi-
ton. The alarm, however. was given by
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put into jail without trial He says that
the most of his money and valuables
were taken from him and while in prison
he had trouble getting enough to eat and
drink. He was charged dollar for a
glass of water, 30 cents for package of
cigarettes and other things In proper
ton. He says he had on deposit in one
of the leading banks of Mexico City $1,000
and that the Mexican government fined
MN THIS amount, and confiscated it,
After a few days he was taken by
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Debts Paid After 112 Years

From the London Chronicle.
IL viii be pleasant surprise for ths
representatives of the creditors of a
printer who went bankrupt n years ago
to receive dividend from his estate
Even th1s record, however. was surpassed
in 1908 On Decemberh 10 of that year
the Dublin Gazette published a notifica-
tion that . considerable sum of money
belonging to the estate Of Robert Smith,
of smock Alley, Dublin, who was ad-
judged bankrupt in 1884, has been recov.
cred from the dormant funds of the court
of chancery.' Ultimately Smiths debts
We're paid in full-112 years after he had
filed his petition
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NTuLZIITS EHV I TVSS
great deal has been published in the
United States about the censorship of
news dispatches and of the Mexican press
Much of this is true, and 1t is safe to
say that our people have but a mild idea
of the situation over the border. At the
same time the daily journals of the cap
ital are not at all backward in making
criticisms. They denounced Madero and
they are handling Huerta and Diaz with
out gloves. They demanded that Madero
retire, and they compared him to Charles
First. Louis Philippe and other rulers Of
the past.
In a recent editorial as TO the existing
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Americans were kidnapped on United
States soil, carried across the boundary
and delivered into the hands of Gen. Juan
Nevarro at Juarez. The charge against
them was that they had been serving in
the rebel army The Americans say that
their health and lives were endangered
by the insanitary conditions of the jail
and understand they put their damages
at $4,000.
Twenty-three Americans who were
wounded or had relatives killed Or
wounded by shots across the Mexican
border in April and May, have been re-
ported by a commission of our army off,
GERS entitled to indemnites aggregating
$4,000. and this will probably be paid.
All of these claims were reduced by the
commission from the amount originally
asked
In addition to these there are a great
many ether demands on account of per-
sonal damages, and there will be a large
amount asked for on account of damages
TO property. One of the Mexican papers
here prints an interview with a promi-
rent American, whose name is not given.
States asks 60.0o0 900 pesos, or $50, 900 900,
as an indemnity for the damages caused
to American interests here. and sug-
gests that the Mexican government may
compromise the matter by giving lis Low
er California. This supposition s doubt
full, to say the least, although a large
part of the mines and lands of that pc
ninsula now belong to Americans.
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armed guards, put on the express train
and carried to Laredo, Tex, where he
was set down on American soil, with
notice that if he came back to Mexico
it would be at his peril. Mr.. Caracristi
was treated in the same manner, with
the exception of the fine. He luckily had
no money in bank.
| am told here that Mr.. Dunn had Sc
verely criticised the President in his tele-
grams to the American papers, and that
he had broken the law in sending code
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OF the famous Don In Cuba, who went
through the entire campaign lived for
more than month on scraps of bread
and bacon, and during day covered six
times as much ground as any man in his
column.
Compared with the continental armies,
said the major, in finishing his talk, ''our
British forces have hardly any war dogs
worth speaking of, and | am continually
trying to impress on our war office the
vital necessity of having an adequate
supply of these animals specially trained
For the striking fact In connection with
the use of dogs in war is that prelimi-
nary training is everything. Where dogs
have failed It has been where, as for
instance, in German Southwest Africa,
the mistake has been made of hurriedly
collecting large numbers of them at the
last moment and sending them with the
troops"
esting as his wide experience as a trainer
of dogs and what he has to tell about
them. His initials stand for the impress
sive names of Edwin Hautonville, and
he first opened his eyes upon this world
In Ireland in 1868. He studied at Sand
hurst the English West Point. and in 1882
Joined the Forty-fifth regiment, the Sher-
wood Foresters. Anxious to see some
real fighting. when the trouble broke out
in the Balkans. in 1855, Richardson threw
in his lot with the Bulgarians and fought
throughout the campaign emerging with
two decorations. When. In 1898 he first
took up the study of dogs for war pur-
poses he was a member of the West
York militia. being afterward attached.
with ambulance dogs, to the Royal Army
Military corps.
1t was Richardson's dogs which first
brought him to the notice of Abdul
Hamid the late Sultan of Turkey. The
latter decided. one day that couple OF
trained watch dogs would add to his
safety at Yildiz. so he ordered two from
Richardson, a bloodhound ard collie,
which the major delivered In person. It
ended In his being engaged By the Sultan
as instructor to his Albanian Guard, and
he remained at Yildiz for several months.
II found the late Sultan a delightful
employer" said Richardson to me,
though, of course. | saw nis best side.
I found him one of the keenest lovers of
dogs that ever / met. and intensely in
terested in every detail of their training,
so we had this common interest.
Whatever Abdul Hamid's failings
were" Richardson went on. "he inspired
loyalty, which the new regime in Turkey
weakness of the Turkish empire today.
Things have changed lot In CONSTANT
nople,f he added, musingly. "In my day
there the stranger who attempted to en-
ter the royal palace would have been shot
on sight: now anybody can set In for
shilling"
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The Mexicans Dislike Us

Americans are not popular in Mexico
This is especially so among the middle
and higher classes. They are jealous
of our success as a nation, and also of
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kilograms in the guise of market reports
out of the country. Mr.. Caracristi had
also been reporting on Mexican conditions
to Senator Falls, and the administration
thought his leaving the country would
be for the country's good.
American Claims for Outrages
l understand that claim will be made
against the government on the part of
Dunn and Caracristi as will also claims
for other Americans who have been out
rageously treated. In last November two
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our success In making money our of
Mexican investments. They rea1ize that
some of the best properties in Mexico he
long to our people, and while thew want
American capital, they feel sore because
we make money out of investing that
capital here.
In q suit at law the American has
but little chance with the Mexican
without the evidence is altogether In his
favor, and IL he gets into trouble he is
liable to find himself in jail when the
right is all on his side. Indeed, the red
tape surrounding the law here is such
that most foreigners here submit to
petty thefts rather than be involved in
law suits. 1 know of an American who
had an umbrella and some hats recently
stolen from his front hall He announced
the fact to the authorities, and police
men came and arrested all the servants
in the house. The American was called
before the court again and again. He
went half dozen times and lost many
days from his business and at the end
could not see that he was any nearer
finding his property than at the begin
ming. He finally sent word to the judge
that it was all a mistake. He had not
lost any hats, coats or umbrellas. and he
hoped that no further account would be
taken of the matter. He had to write
the fact on the court book and the case
thereupOn was ulSmlSSeu.
One of the troubles connected with JUS
tice is the graft which Is universal on
the part of the police and other officials,
and sometimes even the judges. Some
Americans claim that judges are COM
PEELED to give decisions as to important
cases by higher officials, and one man
who has big mining claim which is to
come before The Hague intimated to me
that President Portfirfo Diaz had forced
l.. s.,11 al,- nd do
eide against him.
Graft and the Jury
One species OF graft worked by tho po-
lice is blackmailing the foreigners through
service upon the jury. The foreigners
know that If called they are liable to two
or three months of daily slttings in a
court room listening to language they
cannot understand. They have also found
that they cannot beg off on the plea
of not knowing Spanish, for the court will
say that 1t will furnish interpreters. The
result is that a man Is willing to give
all the way from $40 to 800 to have him
self and his clerks left off the jury list.
The policemen know this and they take
the names of responsible foreigners liv-
ing in the city and blackmail them In
this way.
l was told of one queer biackmailing
attempt last night. In this instance one
OF the grafters saw the sign SCOTS
Emulsion" printed on the window OF a
drug store and thought that this must
be the name of the American owner. He
thereupon went to the court and had
Senior Scott's Emulsion put on the jury
list. He served his papers, and. finding
his mistake. came back to the court and
said the man was not present. The sub
poena was sent out again and again,
and the court had at last to be told that
Capor Ccnttfs En11Iictons real mama was
Mr.. Cod Liver OIL. and that the said
senior would not pay to be released from
jury duty.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-29

furnished on application to the Blu
reau of Animal Industry, at Wash
ington, or the local offices OF the bu-
reau at the following places:
Bureau Of Animal Industry, Okla
homa City, Okla.
Bureau of Animal Industry, Little
Rock, Ark.
Bureau of Animal Industry, Baton
Rouge, La.
Bereau of Animal Industry, Nash
Vile, Tenn.
State Veterinarian Agricultural
College (P. o., Jackson, Mich.
From these bureaus information
can be gained regarding the expense
and cost Of the vat. though the fol-
lowing for ascertaining the capacity
Of The dipping vat may be OF assist
ance:
Measure IN inches the length at
the top ana also at the bottom. add
those two numbers together and di-
vide by two. That gives YOU the az
eTage length. IN the same way meas
ure in inches the top width and the
width at the bottom and divide by
two to get the average width. Now
measure the depth OF the tank in
/ inches. Now multiply the first num-
Der (the average length) by the sec
ond number (the average width)
and then multiply the result by the
third number (the depth. Then
divide the last result by 231 and the
answer will be the number of gal
Ions your tank will hold when full
In conclusion, this fact should be
thoroughly appreciated, that if all
the cattle on the farm are dipped
once every two weeks for a few
months in the above solution, all of
the ticks will be eradicated.
One tick is capable of laying 1000
eggs. The eggs hatch in about three
| weeks and each egg is capable of
furnishing one seed tick.
1t is UP to YOU to open the gate Of
your quarantine line and by co-ope-
| ration and little persistence it will
be only a question of a brief time be-
fore you will be able to send your
cattle through to any market with
out inspection.
This is one case where the inter
est Of the stock-raiser and the rail
roads are mutual. More cattle. bet
ter cattle and better prices means
more prosperity for the stockmen
and more tonnage to haul for the
railroads.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-29
ERADICATION OF
THE TICK EVIL
Methods that Should be Promptly
and Thoroughly Carried Out
by Our Stock Men

Perhaps some of the results of the
cattle tick upon cattle, in connection
with the statement that every year
the loss of cattle occasioned by the
tick would more than pay for the
eradication OF the tick, will lead cat
tlemen to lose no time in adopting
measures which will eliminate the
pest in the infested districts.
1t is hardly necessary to state that
the cattle tick is q parasite peculiar
to cattle, transmitting a disease
known as splenetic or Texas fever,
some times called bloody murrain.
The tick infested mich COW gives
at least ten per cent. less milk.
Hides sell for one-half cent per
pound less, and by reason Of the
quarantine regulations against tick
infested countries, an open market
lis curtailed. Neither can you readily
fatten cattle which are infested by
ticks.
This much of the evil effects of
cattle having this parasite upon
them, and it is believed that these
facts are sufficient to convince the
most skeptical Of the necessity of
prompt action in killing off the evil.
An additional, and very important
fact, which might be added, is that
the milk from tick-infested COWS is
unwholesome and unsanitary and
very dangerous to be fed to children.
The most effective and best way to
destroy the tick is the government
formula of a solution in which the
cattle must be dipped and is as fol-
lows:
Sodium carbonate (sal soda) "a TBS.
White arsenic ....... lbs
Pine tar. gal.
Water 800 gals.
Mix the soda and arsenic in a kst-
RE containing so gallons OF water;
boil it 80 minutes; let this solution
cool to 14O degrees. then slowly add
the pine tar. Pour the solution into
! the dipping vat and add enough ad-
ditional water to make 500 gallons
| Of dipping solution.
This is poisonous and should be
| handled with care.
Water Cattle PlentifulIy Before
| Dipping
! Handle cattle carefully before and
after.
| The expense OF the dipping vat
/ and pens has IN many instances pre-
Guided the farmer from this remedy.
| and it is suggested that if several
farmers were 10 join in the cost Of
the pens and dipping watts, 10 be used
| Jointly, the outlay would be small
and the benefit would be great
| The details of the pen, and the
manner in which it is constructed.
! are rather too technical for this ar
ticle, but bulletins on tick eradica-
| ton and other information will be
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-29
A CONSUMPTIVE COUGH

a cough that bothers you contin-
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which warns you of consumption.
DR.. Kings New Discovery stops the
cough, loosens the chest, banishes
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The first dose checks the symptoms
and gives prompt relief. Mrs. A. F.
Mertz. Of Glen Ellyn, Iowa, writes:
DIR. Kings New Discovery cured a
stubborn cough after six weeks doc
tering failed to help" Try it, as it
will do the same for you. Best
medicine for coughs and colds,
throat and lung troubles. Money
back if it fails. Price 80 cents and
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