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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-25

The man who tells others how 10
make fortune in short time is sci
dom able to show bank balance OF
more than three figures.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-25

The man who flirts with trouble is
apt to get it where Uncle Bill got the
carbuncle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-25

The average man displays lot Of
enthusiasm when he gets a chance
to talk about himself.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-25
SALEM
SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER

Union of Fraternal, Religious, Civic,
Industrial and Other Organizations
and Citizens of Salem for Mutual Aid.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-25

Eve invented temptation, but forgot
to patent it,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-11-03

sion; and the said commissioners
shall furnish the same to. the mana
gers. of election for the use of the
voters at said election. The form Of
the ticket shall be as follows:
FORM OF BALLOT.
Special election upon the ques-
tion of the formation of new coun-
ty out of parts of Abbeville, Edge
field and Greenwood Counties, held
December 18th, 1915.
Shall the new county be formed?
Yes.
No.
What shall be its name?
Where shall the county seat be To-
Gated?
II. That at said election the
question of name and county
seat for said proposed new county
shall also be submitted to the said
qualified electors.
II. That said election shall be
held and conducted under the same
rules and regulations as provided
for by law for regular and general
elections. That the commissioners
of election shall appoint managers
OF election as provided for by law,
who shall be sworn before entering
upon the discharge of their duties
as provided for by law, and they
shall open and close the polls as pro-
vided for by law. In case no voting
place now established by law shall
exist in any part of the territory by
reason of the voting place of the
voters residing in this territory be
ing on the outside of the lines OF
the proposed new county, the
commissioners Of election shall
in that event open the
regular and usual voting place
for these voters on the outside
of the territory of the proposed new
county and the election shall be 9TH
erwise conducted there just the same
as if the said voting place were To-
Gated on the inside of the territory
of the proposed new county; pro-
vided, however, the managers of
election shall be careful not to al
low any one to vote at said voting
place unless he resides and lives
within the territory of the proposed
new county, and be otherwise quail
fed to vote at such election accord
ing to law.
The managers of election when
the polls shall have been closed shall
proceed without interruption to
count and tabulate the same; they
shall make a written return of the
number of votes cast for and
against the formation of the new
county, as well as upon the name
thereof, and the location of the
county seat therein; they shall sign,
seal and certify to the managers
the result of said election; the same
together with the ballot box, bal
lots and poll lists and everything
else appertaining to said election
shall be by them forthwith turned
over to the commissioners of cleo
ton as required by law; that the
commissioners of election for each
of said old counties shall as pro-
vided by law tabuls!te the vote and
declare the result of the election
and make due and proper return
thereof as required by law to the
Clerk of the Court of their respec-
tive counties, to the Governor of
the State and to the Secretary of
State, in all of which careful and
detailed compliance with the law is.
enjoined and ordered.
Is. That the commissioners of
election of each of the old counties
do forthwith inform j. E. Bradley,
Secretary and Treasurer of the peti-
TONERS seeking to form said new
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-11-03
HELLO WINTER!

Greet the cold weather with a
snappy Wool Suit or warm Over
coat. Prepare for jack frost's ar
rival now and give US your order
before it's too late. We are max
ing some classy Winter Overcoats
with Convertible Collars. Also
other styles. See our line of Hart
Schaffner & Marx Ready-Ma
Suits. They are handsome-sl5.oo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-11-03

county of the amount of money
necessary to cover the costs of the:
expenses of. said election, and the
said j. E. Bradley, as treasurer
shall forthwith deposit with the
Clerks of Court of each of the re-
spective old counties said amount
so designated by said commissioners
and any other and further amount
which may be necessary under the
law to meet and defray the expenses
of said election as provided for by
law.
IA. That the board of registra-
ton for Greenwood county, for
the purposes of said special election
and in view of the fact that the
Legislature has established two new
polling places in Greenwood county
within the territory proposed to be
cut off from said county, wherein
heretofore no voting places have
existed, to-wit: at B. C. Talbert's
store in Troy township and at T. B.
Bells in Callison township, do af-
ford an opportunity to all the quail
fled electors in said area where here
tofore as aforesaid no polling places
have existed, to register or transfer
to said two polling places provided
no transfer or registration shall be,
made by said board within thirty
days of the date upon which. said
election is ordered to be held; and
provided further, that the law gov
erning transfers and registration be
carefully observed in this matter.
The said commi ssioners shall pro-
vide the usual books of registration
for said two new polling places and
furnish the same to the managers Of
election for said voting places on
the day of the election as provided
for by law.
IN TESTIMONY THEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and caus-
ed the Great Seal of the State to
be affixed at Columbia, this 29thi
day of October, in the year OF our
Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Fifteen, of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of
America the one hundred and
fortieth.
RICHARD 1. MANNING,
Gov. of the State of South Carolina.
By the Governor:
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
>oo-o~~~~~SoNse-o-e-
Let every member be present for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-11-03

Let every, member be present for
last communion service of my pas
torate which is to- be next Sunday
morning. Sermon also. Everybody
Invited.
J. R. Walker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
True Spirit of Courtesy.

If you want to give me real pleas.
ure," said a genial man, "just set me
down among group of amateur chick.
en- raisers. Their conversation is a
study in brotherly love. More than
any other set of people they are will
ing, even anxious, to help each other.
Professional men and men engaged in
the trades do not, when talking to-
gether, sound the note of mutual help
fitness. Each man keeps his secrets
of success to himself. Amateur chick
en- raisers, on the other hand, are
an inspiring example of altruism.
When one discovers a new cure for
the pip he hastens to spread the in
formation among his friends and
neighbors who are also wrestling with
the pip proposition. If another man
hits upon a new idea in feeding or
Matching, he never rests till he gives
his brother chicken Taisers a chance
to profit by his discovery. Chicken
raisers cultivate spirit of kindly
courtesy unknown to persons engaged
in other pursuits"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
CONCRETE SHUTS OUT FIRE
Used to Conquer Flames Which 1t Is.
Feared May Still Be Raging in
Arizona Mine.

AS protection against a fire which
faged several years ago, and which
still may be smoldering, concrete bulk
heads have been constructed in some
nG the old drifts and raises of an Art
gona copper mine. This was done
wherever the engineers considered
that there was a possibility of danger
from a fresh outbreak of fire. Heavy
tTon doors were built in some of these
concrete walls, to allow the passage
of the gases and provide access into
the drifts. Concrete also is used to
support the sides and roofs of drift
and its raise which it was desired to
Keep open as an outlet for gases that
might form somewhere In the interior
of the mine. This work shuts off
the old fire area completely from the
new workings SO that, in case there
were an unexpected tanning of the
Goals, the new flames could not reach
the other drifts, nor interrupt work
dn them.--Popular Mechanics.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
Russian Forests,

We are disposed to think of Russia
as land of limitless forests, but even
Russia has a serious forestry prob
lem. For decades, according to a
writer In the Petrograd Novoe Vrem-
va, Russia took no notice of the de-
struction Of her forests. The ruling
class, the nobility, sold large parts Of
their wooded properties rather than
sell farm land. They disposed Of their
forests usually for sums so small that
the brokers made from three hundred
to one thousand per cent on their CAPT.
tai. In the end, the deforestation of
the country assumed such threatening
proportions that the government intro
duced forest conservation law. but
the destruction of the forests
even now goes on at full speed. The
forests, which guard the very POSSIBLE
ity of mans existence in the North,
are rapidly disappearing Firewood
is as necessary to Russia as the sea Is
to the English or the mountains to
Switzerland. One may regret the dis
appearance of timber, but in q large
degree timber can be replaced by
brick, iron or other building materials:
but in the North, fuel, in the form Of
frewood, cannot be replaced"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
On the Captajn'a Deck.

It Is hard to imagine the skipper
of British man-of-war sleeping on
the deck of his ship between couple
Of his stokers, but this has happened
in the American navy.
That teetotal navy is the most free
and easy of any in the world, but
this incident surprised even the Amer
lean stokers.
1t happened off Santiago during the
blockade on Commodore Schley's flag
ship, Brooklyn. No lights were al
lowed to be shown from the ships at
night. and, as this meant all portfolios
shut, the temperature below decks
gwas unbearable. Every man who
could slept or deck, the skipper among
them.
This officer laid himself down one
night on his quarterback to snatch
a few hours rest. He was awak-
ened in the dawn, says the Mirror, by
hearing sleepy voice next to him
murmur to companion. "Darned IL
1t amt the cap'ni" And, opening his
eyes, he saw two of his stokers rise
up suddenly from his side and disap-
pear swiftly for'ard -Tit-Bits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
TACT KEYSTONE OF SUCCESS
Well Called Magic Gift That "MakeS
the Wheels Of the World
Go Round"

Tact is the sense of touch, declares
a writer in the London Globe. Climb
ing plants, women and churchmen
possess it. Ivy, the Miss Berrys and
Cardinal Mazarin live for all time as
models of tact and wariness. 1t Is a
delusion that strong man needs no
tact. To break through the panels
of the door of room one wishes to
enter rather than turn the handle, is
no mark of strength. Queen Elizabeth
had little political wisdom, but her
political tact was matchless. Her love
letters to the duke of Anjou and to
her other SWANS are models Of the
answers a virgin queen should give
to pushfuf lovers. Mr.. Gladstone's
acute and flexible logic could support,
with equal and tactful force, opposite
sides of every possible question. Hulk
ley, one of the greatest men Of the
nineteenth century, was a marvel OF
perception, quick and sure. Not his
intellect but his Astounding kindness
made him a man of infinite capacity.
The absence of tact is indicated by
bad manners, by lounging, by inatten-
ton, by hesitation, by shyness and
by coming down late to breakfast. I'm
punctuality and colossal selfishness
in the young man Of the present day
do not necessarily imply that the sin
ner against society cannot exercise
tact when he wishes to do so. He
is merely out of practice. Tact, like
love, makes the wheels Of the world
go round. Anyone who has been in
touch with embassies, with governors
of colonies, with viceroyalties, or with
courts is struck with the supreme i'm
portance attaching to the virtues OF
tactfulness and address. The latter
quality is more physical than mental.
1t denotes skill practically applied to
meet a certain end. Only tactful
man can successfully deal with diff
f1cult question sprung upon him at
short notice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
FOURTEEN WASTED NO TIME
But the Other One of the Fifteen Who
Wanted to Telephone Was
Not Married.

Fifteen men were waiting in line to
use the cigar store telephone, and five
of them had to catch trains The re-
ceiver was firmly fastened to the ear
of young man in peg top trousers
and rah-rah hat This is a portion
of what they heard:
Hello, is that you Myrtilla? This is
me-Oh yes, you do-have you got a
date for tonight? / want you to 60
oh, why not?-They don't care-I
think you are going with somebody
else-So, you're going to turn me
down, what?-Oh, yes, you are-Oh,
yes, you are-I know better-You've
been stuck on him for a long time
Yes, you have-Yes, you have-Yes,
you have. heard all about 1T seen
you to the theater with him-Yes, I
did-Yes, l did-Yes, / did"
What the -" roared a large
rotund travelling salesman at the end
of the line as he gave a mighty heave
and pushed the Is men along so sud
denly that the young man, who was
standing with his feet crossed, was
precipitated suddenly through a door
and into a back room on his elbows
and shoulder blades. The first man in
line grabbed the phone, got his num-
Der and yelled:
"Hlo, Mag; I'm goin' to Cleveland
and l won't be back for five weeks.
Slong."
The other IL men used even less
time than the first one. They were all
married and seven of them wanted to
tell their wives that they wouldn't be
home to dinner-Buffalo News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
UP AGAINST 1T BOTH WAYS
Discharged Hospital Patient Surely a
Victim of Hard Luck, as He
Explained 1t.

A middle-aged Polish man appeared
one morning recently at one Of De-
troit's social settlement houses. To
the young woman on duty in the of
fee he told a story of illness and of
failure to find satisfactory work since
his dismissal from the hospital few
weeks before-ending the recital by
saying that he wished to be sent to
the poor house.
"But won't you let me help you
find work." asked the girl. What
did you do before you were ill?"
why, lady, 1 worked for a tailor
an I ran de goose. But such a job
is too hard for me now"
well, wouldn't it be better to earn
even part of your living and let some
one help you a little than to give
up entirely? Why, I'd rather pull bast-
ing threads than to do nothing!"
But, We see, lady, youse don't under
stand. It's just like this, We see. I'm
too weak for de strong work an I'm
too strong for de weak work-an'
there We are"
Now what would your answer be to
such a conclusive argument as that?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
ANCIENT GOLD MINING
HOW THE TlBARENI COLLECTED
THE PRECIOUS METAL.
From Their Method Originated the
Legend of the Golden Fleece-Coun-
try Still is Rich in Most Val
liable Ores.

In the legend of the Golden Fleece
lies hidden the record Of an ancient
method Of the Tibareni, the sons of
Tubal, for the collection of gold. The
north coast of Asia Minor produced
large quantities of the precious met
ais, as well as copper and iron. Gold
was found in the gravel, as often hap
pens still in streams draining from
copper regions. The gold in copper
ores, originally containing insignia
cant amounts Of the precious metals,
accumulates in the course of ages, and
sometimes forms p1acers of astonish-
ing richness. The ancient Tibareni
washed the gold-bearing gravel, first
gold into relatively small amounts of
sand. This was then collected and
washed through sluices having the
bottoms lined with sheepskins. The
gold would sink into the wool, while
the sand would be washed away in
the swift current, writes Courtenay
de Kalk in the Mining Age. The skins
were removed from the sluices, the
coarser gold shaken out, and the
feeces, still glittering with the yellow
metal, were hung upon boughs to dry
so that the rest of the gold might
be beaten from them and saved. The
process, carried home tales of the
wonderful riches of land where
warlike race of miners hung golden
fieeceS upon the trees in the grove of
Ares. After so many millenniums the
metalliferous country of Tubal-Cain
is once more coming into prominence.
The natives still Gull the high-grade
copper ore, and break 1t into smalls,
which they cover with wood and roast
to matte; they still work the matte
In forge-like furnaces to black cop
per, which they ship to Alexandretta
and to Euxine ports. They still make
the famous carbonized iron that was
celebrated as Damascus steel because
it was distributed through this mart
to the rest of the world after receiv-
ing finish by local Damascene work
men. These decadent methods, that
give q hint of the approved practice
of the father of metallurgy, will soon
became wholly extinct, for the modern
miner is studying the disseminated
copper ores of the Black sea coast,
and threatening to rekindle on mag
niflcent scale the smoldering fires of
Tubai-Cain
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
LIKE BOMB FROM AERoPLANE
Pods Containing BraziI Nuts Drop
From Trees Sometimes One Hun
dred Feet High.

In this country Brazil nuts are al
most as we'll known as walnuts, yet
few know the manner of their growth
and the steps taken in their collection
and marketing The tree itself Is the
most majestic in the valley of the
Amazon, where it attains a height
ranging from fifty to one hundred feet.
Generally several hundred trees are
found in group. The control of the
best producing districts long ago
passed to private individuals, hence
the natives are not free to pick and
sell the nuts at will The Brazil-nut.
tree does not begin to bear fruit until
1t attains the age of so years or there
abouts, and continues to produce crops
internationally almost forever; at least,
trees known to be hundreds of years
old have produced crops. The pods in
which the nuts are contained drop in
November and December. These pods
are very hard and weigh several
pounds, consequently the trees are
studiously avoided during the period
in which the pods are dropping, since
it would be extremely hazardous for
the gatherers to expose themselves to
the danger of having the pods fall on
them from such great height. Each
pod is at least seven inches in diane
ter, and is full of nuts. The pod is
usually opened with machete.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
He OUGHT to Know.

LADY, should like to look at q fat
which see is for rent in this building,
but no one has answered my bell.
Man-Ill show it to you. Right this
way, mum.
Well, this is something like 1t. The
rooms will suit, I'm sure. What sort
of ianitor have they here?"
1.-THE very best in the city, mum"
"Obliging?"
THE kindest-hearted gentleman to
be found anywhere, num-"
Honest?"
AS the day is long, mum"
Is he attentive to his duties?"
He's just working himself to death,
mum, Always thinkin' up some new
thing to make folks comfortable"
Well, declare! I wouldn't lose
this fiat for the world. Where is the
cantor now?"
I'm him, mum"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
AROUSED IN NICK or TIME.
Explorers Intuition Saved Him From
Death at Hands Of Polynesian
Warrior.

When MIR. e. J. Brady was making
lis wagon journey across Australia
he had many interesting experiences
with the Bughmen, and on one occa-
sion was fortunate to escape without
3 Polynesian arrow in his back His
wagon had come to lonely camping
place, and the driver had led off the
horses in search of water Mr. Brady
was alone. He relates the incident in
"The Kings Caravan"
I might have lain In the shade for
a quarter Of an hour when that intui-
tive sense of the presence Of some
one that all animals and most Bush
men and some women possess, caused
me to turn over.
A barefooted islander, walk-about
Kanaka, stood about twenty feet
away. In his sable ugliness he was
surveying me curiously from behind a
tree. In one hand he held long
island bow, to the string of which he
was just fitting an arrow. saw he
had more arrows in reserve, probably
poisoned.
Now / had done nothing to arouse
the animosity Of savage in that lone
ly spot But if l had ever read "mur-
der" written on human face, Poly
nesia at that moment confronted me
with that word.
The wagon stood to my left ten
PAGES. / concealed my convictions
while / slowly drew up on my left
heel and said with great friendliness
to my black friend:
'Hullo! What fella your"
The dogs, which had not been dis
turbed by the Kanaka's stealthy ap-
proach, started up barking. The other
fellows answer, if he made any, was
and remains immaterial. For | fol-
lowed the friendly query by digging
my boot heel well to earth, and flying
In two birdlike leaps to the wagon
TO seize the shotgun, throw myself
behind the wheel, and lay two lovely
significant barrels across it, so that
Polynesia confronted Europe to Eu-
ropes greater advantage, was the
work of a second.
Then / babe the islander begone. ]
banned him from my presence in the
loudest and worst Language j have
ever used and uttered it so that all
northern Queensland might hear.
Polynesia left in great hurry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
PLEASURE FOR THE LOBSTER
Assertion Is Made That He Really En-
Joys the Sensation of Being
Boiled Alive.

Do you think that slowly boiling to
death would be happy way of cross
ing the great divide?" Well, probably
il you were lobster you would think
so.
Experiments at the Jersey marine
biological station have shown that the
old-time method of dropping Mr.. Lob
ster in cold water, then letting him
heat up gradually until his lobster soul
has departed from his body is really a
pleasure to him, even if it is the last
fun he'll ever have.
Holsters, you see, are extremely diff
ficult to kill. Piercing the brain
about the size Of hemp seed-does
no good, because it causes the lobster
no more than temporary annoyance.
1t is therefore necessary to kill the
crustacean all over.
To throw him into boiling water
causes him to struggle violently, show
ing he suffers pain, but when you drop
him into the cold water and it gradual
ly rises in temperature Mr. Lobster
simply gets warm, then drowsy, and
finally tucks one claw under his head
and passes away into the sleep of the
just.
At 20 degrees Fahrenheit Mr.. Lob
ster is in comatose condition but
has suffered no pain. At 80 he is as
dead as stone wall.