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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11

Near Paris Is a remarkable vii
Iage, the inhabl dnts Of which spend
their lives in lie treetops. Ii you
look fof this & lrious spot on the
map, you will find it spelled Sceaux,
though it is perhaps better known
among the Parisians as lie Vrai
Arbre de Robin on"
1t appears that some fifty years
ago M. Guescenia conceived theidea
of building a restaurant in the tree
tops. He owned land at Sceaux in
which stood a grand old tree. In.
the branches OF this forest patri-
arch he erected small dining rooms,
which were reached by rustic stair
cases. The view to be obtained from
these leafy heights is unique.
To celebrate the unconventional
delights Of feasts taken perched
among the branches M. Guescenin
called his tree ROBINSON drop
ping the Crusoe. The fame of the
tree and its dining rooms spread.
All social, literary, artistic Paris
made it point to breakfast or dine
among the rustling leaves.
Imitators soon appeared on the
scene, and today Sceaux is nothing
less than village built in treetops.
There are over score Of trees with
spacious dining rooms, many also
hoasting of sleeping and living
apartments, ingeniously constructed
on the stout branches Of the trees.
The tallest tree may be likened to
three story dwelling. 1t has three
distinct rooms, built one above the
other.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
The SPHINX Needs an Umbrella.


Venice has lost her famous campa-
nile, and now Egypt has good cause
to tremble for her sphinx-at least
so says a distinguished European
Psychologist who examined this an
cient monument recently.
Il It is slowly wasting away, he
says, and the sole cause is, because
too much rain has recently descend
ed on it. Each year, he points out,
there are terrible showers of rain in
Egypt, which are followed by fierce
teInpests, and as a result the sphinx,
which has stood for centuries, is.
now being slowly, but surely, de-
stroyed, the stone of which it is
fashioned being no longer able to
resist the periodical onslaughts Of
the weather.
AS the Only eficacious remedy he
suggests, that an immense umbrella
be placed over the monument, as
thns the rain could be Warded off,
and that some method be also de-
vised to protect it against the sand
which envelopes It during tempests.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
Old Walnut stumps Valuable.

II Old walnutsstump are on a.boom
throu ghout C ennessee. Stumps that
have remained unnoticed for years
end were regarded as worthless are
now eagerly sought after at prices
that seem almost fabulous. One
Indiana concern mas had men trav-
cling over the country buying every
old walnut stump that could be
found. At first the prices paid
were small, but as the eyes Of the
stick timber folks began to open the
prices went higher and higher until
now. they are out of sight, and the
funny part about it is that the ug-
her, knottier and more unsightly
the stump the more money it will
bring. The stump Of a walnut tree
that was cut down several years age
brought more than the whole of the
tree. It is stated that the stuIaps
are made into veneering material
and used in the manufacture Of
high grade furniture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
A Monument to General s,ocu,n.

A Monument to General SIocuIn.
A statue of General Slocum is to be
erected by the state Of New York on
the battlefield Of Gettysburg, and an
elaborate programme Of ceremonies
will mark the occasion on Sept. 80,
says the Philadelphia North American
This statue of General Slocum is an
equestrian figure Of colossal size. 1t
will be erected on Culps hill, where
his line was located during the battle.
The pedestal is of granite, and from
the base to the top of the monument it
measures thirty-one feet. The statue
is Is feet 6 inches high, and the length
over all is 16 feet 6 inches. 1t weighs
$500 pounds and was cast in bronze by
the celebrated foundry of a well
known company. The model was exc
cuted by Americas great equestrian
sculptor. Mr.. e. G. Potter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
A Big Foghorn.

A large foghorn is to be placed in
the gulf of St. Law renee, i feet in
diameter and IL feet long, the sound
being produced by sirens. Com
pressed air is supplied by valves ac-
tuated by clockwork. Every two
minutes the foghorn will emit a
deep roar, followed ten seconds lat
er by sharp shrek. There are
three air tanks, each 6 feet in diam
eter and IL feet long, and three gas
oline engines run compressors to fill
these tanks. The plant runs auto.
matically, and a constant pressure
is maintained in it, Even the clock
is wound by a compressed air motor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
The Comina Race.

The male spider is dwarf; the.
female is giant. It is the female
which invites the fly to walk into
her parlor. A Chicago anthropolo-
gist has recently been prcphesying
that the human race will soon re-
semble the arachnida, for the wom-
en- are growing larger and the men
smaller. What will the poor men
do if his prophecy should come true?
Theyy find it hard enough even now
to get their rights, SO few are lief.
after the women have got what they
want. Y outh's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
Chemical Foods.

M. Berthelot expresses the opin-
ion in the Paris Temps that the
time will come when chemists will
be able to prepare more digestible
and nutritious foods than We now
derive from the animal ana vegeta-
bic world directly, but he does not
believe that it will be possible, as
some suppose. to concentrate nutri-
ment enough for meal into few
capsules.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

For years end years We have beet
hearing about the terrible taxation
levied upon the people by The Re
putlicans while in power ia this
state, but the following, taken from
the Missouri state Republican,
while il enlightens us, win also in
the knowledge OF our readers
as to another bugaho with which
Democratic politicians have been
wan. to scare the people. Read il
and remember ia
''When the Republicans assumed
charge OF the state government in
1866 they found the tax rate for
state purposes as follows; Revenue
tax, 40 cents on the 500 valuation
military tax, IS cents; ven poll
tax, 81; military poll tax, 81. At
ter four years Of Republican gov
eminent the tax rate for state pur-
poses was; Revenue tax, * cent?
interest tax, IS cents. In 1894 the
revenue tax was reduced to Is
cents, because the constitution Of
1875, adopted by Republicans and
Democrats alike, provided that it
should be 50 reduced when the total
taxable wealth Of the state reached
5000, 900, 600. which ii did in
1891"
From this it appears hat the Re.
pubIicans found a rate of taxation
IN vogue when they came into pow
CT and as the war was on and ex.
penses great, they just let the rate
remain as the loyal people hat
made it until the war was over.
Then, Republican like. they reduc
ed the taxes without being compell
cd to do so by a constitutional pro.
vision.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

For supreme Judges,
MOSES wHYBARK
~Boi.LINeER coukry.
HENRY LAMM,
rErrIs COUNTY.
EDWARD HIGBEE,
scHUYLERcOUNTy.
For state supt. OF Public Schools,
J.U. WHITE.
LINN COUNTY.
For Railroad and Warehouse Com.
Short Term
BARNEY FRAUENTHAL,
ST. LOUIS.
For Congress, sixth District,
JOSEPH b. LINDSEY,
DADE COUNTY.
For state Senator. sixteenth Dist,
GEORGE p. HUCKEBY,
RATES COUNTY.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

Our Democratic contemporaries
are publishing an item from the St.
Louis Mirror, in which il gives
some of its reasons why the Repab-
lieans viii not carry Missouri. This
is all right. But when they claim
they take the item frnm an indie
pendent Republican newspaper they
certainly know they mIsrepresent a
tact. The Mirror is Democratic,
its editor being a much talked Of
Democratic nominee for congress
10 Congressman Joys district down
in St. Louis, Any one who reads
The Mirror knowsitis a Democratic
free trade paper, pure aud simple.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

result from in
nutrition aud
lack Of exer-
else.
Or. Herce's
Golden Med
zeal Discovery
cures diseases
81 the sidmach
and other IS.
Fans Of diRes
ton and mgin
ton. and also
diseases Of 9th
orEanswhic
are caused BY
the diseased
condition ofthe
stomach. By
enabling the
perfect uHin-
ton Of the
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
OH POLITICIANS SAY.

In last Sundays Globe Democrat
"Old Politician talks about Gov.
Dockery's speech at Lone Jack, in
the words and figures following,
to-wit.
"As for me, ! have never voted
without feelin' that l was the same
as under oath, but when | look
around an see what my works
come TO, ! think / must have been
guilty Of an awful lot o. perjury.
because | can see now there was
lots o. prejudice in it, an they play
ed on that prejudice until they've
got the power out O. the hands of
the party an into the hands OF a
machine. Maybe they think, be-
cause John Walkers dead, that his
official reports are dead ashes with
no live Goals in them. Let en-
it. When you find your ene'
my maxim a fool Of hisself don't
try TO stop him. But when be was
tumin' over tie ashes Of the past at
Holt and Lone Jack, and wherever
slse he has made that speech, the
governor also got to ralkin' about
what he calls our sacred school fund,
an he called off the names of some
other states that he says have also
got certificates of Indebtedness.
But that amt the point - all, for,
unless he = shcH some state where
the public debt has been increased
in PLAN violation Of the constitution,
he isn't gettin' a parallel case to
Missouri. He don't 60 into de-
tails at all, an don't rake very far
down in the ash pile, either, for
fear of burnin' his fingers. But
he's already burnt 'em, an the red
hot coal he's done it with was left
by the fire be started himself.
First an foremost, the governor
has not found any state which sold
out a school fund Of 81, 6so,o 900 in
United States government bonds
which il aiterward replaced with
certificates. There's The root Of AL
this trouble. There's the one act
which, in itself. would condemn
the Democratic administration OF
Missouri Of not dealing honestly
with the schools. or with the people.
They said, for awhile, that il was
done because the government had
the bonds in and they couldn't
run much longer. But / run the
down, an showed that tor
long time after they were solo
they were held by national banks as
security for circulation, or by bank
ing and financial institutions as in
sestmenL. / called OF the names
Of banks, an insurance companies
and other corporations hal held
Them for years, an since then you
don't hear nothin' more about the
necessity OF an immediate sale Of
The bonds. l figured Il out
once that there's less than half a
million dollars difference that we've
by taxio' ourselves in the last
Iwenty-eight years to get the money
we'd a got on them bonds for
nothin', an what we'd got ii we
kept the bonds an not commenced
ourselves at al. In other
words, we traded over q million
and a quarter that We got free for
less than hall a million that we tax
ed ourselves 10 get IN twenty eight
years time, sothat we put ourselves
out Of . good thing 10 give the
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

According to census reports Mis-
souri, has aS4.SS6 farms within her
borders, valued at $I,o33,I2I,S97.
and producing farm products to the
value of $sIo,a96,o7o. Texas is
the only state that leads her in the
number Of farms, but several other
states ouhank her as to the value Of
farms and farm products.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

body Il increases the vital power and
promotes a vigorous old age.
~ Was suasFur from ctEonie diarrhsa &c ave
years. writes Mr. Mary A. Anron. ~ Haiia.
lielps Co. Mo - tired dincrsut remedies.
which would give me relief ff q shou time
only. Ny tronbir would return AZ bad a. ever
! consulted you 10 tuly, fyo. and - yuuf advice
commenced using Dr. fiefcr'a rrmodirs ftuak
Two bottles o. ne Golden Medical Discovery
thfce walls Of the 'reiictE' and come ~ TIE
fNtfagt % Sman-Wecd. a. yes ADVISED 3
haFr not had any return Of nay tfnabie slnce
usins your medlgiucs Am now seFcnfyone
year od and neVr had anything a. relieve
me 80 quick Think ~ ficrCfs mcdicinrs the
greatest on earth. should { ever harc anv rr.
hirn oi my tfouhls shall use your msdldse
BY thauks 20 Ypu for your Advice and thanks
20 Almighty Cod for restoring me % hcalfh
through your hands.H
Accept no substitute for Golden Med.
ical Discovery There Is soothing E just
As good for diseases u the stomach,
blood and lungs.
Or, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. the best
laxative for old people. They cure con-
Etipaii0n aud biliousness
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
mome vIsItors Eseur.Ions.

Via the Missouri Pacific railway
Cheap round nip tickets 70 Ohio.
aud Indiana, one fare plus So for
the round rip. On sale Sept. ,, 9,
70, and -. Return limit 80 days,
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

Thank the Lord there was one
court martial that was not moved
Wy the clamor Of civilian military
granny cnes against military officers
an the Philippines. Capt. Jas. A.
Ryan, Of the 18th cavalry, was
Tried 0 a charge Of administering
ihe water cure. lie didn't deny il,
bat claimed It was Unsuitable under
the circumstances. The court martial
thought 50 TOO aud have acquitted
him. You can't have war without
hurting some one, aad the more you
hurs she sooner lhe war viii cease.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

Secretary Shaw is playing hsvoC
with the poker players ia the treas
ury department at Washington, and
the men who play the horse races
have been notified that their services
will be dispensed with il they don't
stop betting and get down to work
Shaw is right. No gambler should
be allowed to hold Official position
anywhere, much less IN the treasury
department Of the United States.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28


we went down IN vi own pockets
10 give tito them. The bonds were.
gone, an"so was Bill Fauis cow,
bot somebody got a bal. 1t beef o..
the expense Of The children ia both
cases. an who was M That's The
question,
ITO find the amount q the
bonds, look az Walker. page a4o.
lie Gays; The Uni.ed States
bonds purchased 10 1907, 1865,
1869 aud 1870, aggregated $r,65o,
Ioo,' That's what you've
got to start from. Now 20 find
what them bonds were sold for.
| will refer you to a Iivel,er coal
than Walker, for the machine ain't
goin' to answer Walker, and now
propose TO see il il will answer the
men il hired last year to fgger out
a case for it. Turn to page Al OF
the statistical exhibit by the Dock
cry experts. That's the tenth
page from the very last one in the
book, and it don't take up half the
page to show all of the transactions
70 be found in the books, with
Kohn, Pepper & Co., the New
York house which handled mill
lions or dollars Of our bonds, and
bought these s. ,65o,ooo Of y. s.
government bonds from us. /
knew they got them away below
the market price, and that we
threw 10 the interest that was then
due. amounting to nearly $4,000.
But from the figures the experts
could find in the books, them
bonds went for less than even ]
have suspected. Look at the ig'
ures in the expert report II you
want to. and you'll find them to be
itemized, just as ] Sc. them out
here, and I give them in their or
der.
Proceeds OF sales Of United
/ States bonds. turned over by Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce 10 New
York;
S~I,37I.ooo oc
Premium $50. IIS u
Interest collected 1880 oC
'sThe total Of that is abou.
SI,65o,ooo. So it appears from
the books in the auditors Office
that we didn't get any premium a
all for the bonds when we solo
them, unless some of them haC
been sold out Of the treasury, snC
when there vas q change of partie.
in 1873 every one Of the bonds wa.
counted an receipted for. Why
then, did the face of the bond.
call for only SI,37I,ooo when they
were sold to Kohn, Pepper & Co.
in 1852 am not settled IN mi
mind or | wouldn't ask the ques
tion, for categorical argument i
nos MY s'yie. But it's a piair
open and shut, my boy, either tina
there has been a doctorIn' Of thi
books 70 cover up a fraud at th,
time them bonds was sold or tina
thieves did break through an stea
between the Ist Of January, 1873
aud along about the end Of 1873
II the figures on the books are cor
rect as they stand, then we let lht
bonds 20 for only $4,000 more thar
their face, on = day when, sceor
din TO the bond and stock marka
reports Of both the Globe-D Demo
erat aud Republic, corrected b,
p. F. Kelleher q Co., they wer,
bringin' " per cent premium in
the St. LOUIS market.
"lVho got the rake-ofl III
time 10 ask the question"
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
DIR. f. G. zEY.

Missouri's magnificent county
school fund is the result of Repub.
Iican legislation which the Democ-
racy, by some providential over
sight, failed to repeal.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

The results of wal and keeping
prepared for it costs the United
States government over three hum
bred millions Of dollars per year, or
over one-third of all the OF
the government.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
PAVING ron rnE WHISTLE

81. Louis taxpayers are pay ing
dearly Tor their indifference to the
laws and lawmakers eneeling their
interests. In addition to a police
law that costs them 5000, 600 a
year more than the old law, a JUS
,lce Of the peace act, passed at the
time, has en,ailed an additional
useless expense Of $4,000 since
i,s operation. Hit EN- again, MIR.
Lawmaker, for the "ringr' Any
citizen who pays nc attention eth
CO 10 the character Of his repre-.
sensitive al Jefferson city, or to
the laws he helps 10 make, de-
serves 10 pay for bis direlic,ion Of
duty And be will pay Tor H. IS
sure % the sun rises and sets.-
No State Republican.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

Representative.
D. b. swEzY.
County Clerk,
A. L. FOX.
Circuit Clerk,
CHAs. A. LANE.
Recorder.
CLARK wIX.
sheriff.
LEE JOHNSON.
Probate Judge,
W. S. STEELE.
Prosecuting Attorney,
J. X. HALEs.
Treasurer,
E. S. CHAPLIN.
Presiding Judge,
JAS. NJ. McKIBBEN.
Judge North District,
JOHN DEERwESTER.
Judge South Distsiet,
C. J. REoUA.
Coroner,
DIR. f. G. ZEY.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

THR tribune will guarantee you
satisfaction on job printing.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

ACT the question Of health
f" VAU HuL becomes mainly q
question 81 nutrition. II the stomach
and other organs Of digestion and nutri-
ton are kept In a healthful condition
there will be a weil-nOurished BODY. and
little liability TO disorders OF The liver.
bowels o. such other disorders as may
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28

The following table Of compari.
son Of the distribution OF school
moneys for stated periods under
Democratic aud Republican rule
should be OF great interest to all
taxpayers, 10 Wow Of the charges
made BY Republicans that the Dem
ocrais had looted the school fusds.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19
PLANS FOR JURY DRAWING.

In speaking of the decision OF Judg
Robinson to have his jury drawn b,
the High Sheriff, Judge Gear is quoted
as follows by the Star:
1 think the old system is worse thar
the new, and shall continue to proceed
under the bailiff act. The High Sheriff
represents the prosecution, and is in
terested in every case. 1t Is certainly
better to have a bailiff who is not in
terested. select the jurors. than to have
the prosecution do so. My bailin sim
ply takes the. venfre. which Is addressed
to any bailiff of the court or to the
High Shsriff. and goes out and gets the
Jurors, and know nothing about whom
he summons until he makes q return.
Both systems are bad. The only fair
way to select a jury is by lot, and We
do not see why 1t is not as easy under
the law TO summon talesmen in that
manner as it is jurors by personal
choice. II the matter is left to the
sheriff or a bailiff. what is to prevent
his taking a hundred names from the
assessment roll. shaking them up in a
hat and drawing from the mass the
venire he will thereupon summon?
Judge Gear says: 1T is certainly
terested. select the Jurors. than to have
the prosecution do So" But how Is the
public TO know that the bailiff is not
Interested, especially where his preju-
dices as a friend and empIoye OF the
court are aroused by causes on the
calendar that are likely to run counter
to the known views OF feelings OF the
trial Judge? Furthermore how is the
public to be convinced that the bailiff
- not prompted by the judge. as must
have been the case when the legislative
bribery matters were up for grand jury
investigation Judges owe it to them
selves and to the names they wish to
bear. to keep their acts on the bench
absve suspicion. and> they cannot do IL
50 long as their personal attendants
choose the juries whom they are to
charge. Judge Gear is right in saying
that the personal choice OF the sheriff.
a subordinate Of the attorney generals
department, is no more to be desired.
That the present sheriff would do his
duty In the fairest possible way under
the system OF private selection, we are
quite assured; but that system itself is
bad. If it can be sup
planted, as we believe ii can, by a |
ohoice OF names from a hat or a wheel |
drawn in open court. the sheriff or the |
bailiff officiating and thereupon sum- |
a venire, the demands of jus
lice are that the change be made.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Those who believe with Francis Muir
ply in the substitute for the saloon
should not overlook the effect OF beau
tifuI furnishings and equipments upon
even the humblest wsyfarer on the
gutter route. II was with keen busi-
ness sense that a liquor man lately
spent from $4,000 TO $4,000 on the in
terror fittings OF corner saloon. max
ing IL the most ornate drinking place
in this city He knows how many men
there are who conceal. under the
toughest exteriors, a natural human
love for luxury. and that. by providing
for IL I'm a saloon. he attracts their Gus
tom. They can enter no other kind OF
place where splendor OF furnishing and
decoration abounds. but the saloon
with all its glitter and plush is theirs
for the price OF a drink So they go
TO IL in droves. To divert such men to
the temperance bar. the same desire to
enjoy surroundings like rich men are
supposed to- have. must be gratified. In
brief. the substitute" must also be
palace.