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The Western news., 1903-07-22
EXPRESSION IN THE HAND.
That Membsr In Frequently Far More
Eloquent Than the
Tongue,

There is wealth of meaning in the
simple pressure of the hand. Not in
frequently woman's nature and
breeding may be distinguished by the
manner in which she shakes friends
hand. 1t may be due to the fact that
there are more nerves between the
brain and the hand than between any
other two portions of the body. but
true it is that the hand is often more
eloquent than the tongue, Washing
ton orator is quoted as saying. and
when woman once appreciates the
Importance of this she will Immediate
ly begin to study the expression of
the hand. One human touch Of SYM
pathy or grasp of the hand can and
frequently does mean more than a
volume of words, and to possess this
quality, particularly in, a woman, is no
light charm and thing, that lies with
in the reach of every woman. Should
she not have it naturally she should
speedily cultivate expression Of the
hand.
OF course there rearecert ain hall ma rks
OF a refined hand, beauty and texture
OF skin, whiteness of nails all essen
taai. but not half so important as ex-
preston. Graceful gestnpe. and touch
of quick sympathy. these never lose
their charm or power.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
ODD JAPANESE r1MEpHcE.


when In Japan not very long
since, l saw az remarkable a time
piece as I suppose the world con-
tains," said Mr.. William r. Crews, of
Newark, N. j., reports the Washing
ton Post.
1T was inolosed In a frame about
three feet wide and five feet long, re-
presenting MONDAY landscape of
rare beauty. In the foreground ap-
pear plum and cherry trees and gor-
gerous plants in full bloom; in the rear
there is sloping hill, from which a
cascade seems to flow, the crystal inn
itation being of wonderful likeness.
y thread-like brook me- nders from
this point, encircling rocks and
islands, and finally disappear ne in a
piece of woodland In miniature sky
golden sun, turning in silver wire,
strikes the hour on silver gongs as it
passes.
Each hour is marked in the frame
by a creeping tortoise which tai
the place of hand. A bird of exqui-
site plumage MARBLES at the close of
each hour, and as the song ceases a
mouse sallies forth from a neighbor-
ing grotto, and scampering over the
hill to the garden is soon lost to
vieW."
The Western news., 1903-07-22
BIG PETRIFIED STUMP.
One in Colorado That IL Tvvonty 1eoa
in Diameter and Ten Fest
High.

The petrified stump Of a gigantic
redwood tree, which 10 In an almost
perfect state of petrifaction, is at
Florissant. not far from Cripple
Creek, COL, says the Wide World
Magazine.
Although numberless people have
taken specimens from this stump ag-
gregating many tons, it is still estl-
mated to weigh fully 44o tons. To
give a better idea of it's size it may
be well to state that it is 20 feet in
diameter and ten feet high.
There have been many attempts to
dig it up and place it upon exhibition,
the last being scheme to exhibit It
at the great exposition at St. Louis
in 1904. Owing to it's great weight,
however, this had to be abandoned,
as there are no railway cars capable
of carrying anywhere near it's weight.
What, perhaps, makes it more of .
curiosity is the fact that this Rocky
mountain region Is a country OF
small trees. and that there are NO
giant redwoods within Thousand
miles of this which goes to
show that nature has changed the
entire vegetable growth Of this Sec
ton. as nothing requiring the semi
tropical heat of redwood tree would
grow at this altitude now.
The Western news., 1903-07-22

A traveller In Tartary tells the fol-
lowing story of corpulent Greek
servant who accompanied him: AT
the end of the third day the we'll
seasoned kavass in attendance, whose
whole life had been passed in the
saddle, came with smile to report
that Gurgis was unable to proceed
from abrison, as the doctors called it,
of the epidermis. He can't be left
behind, sir, in the DESERT added the
old beirakdar, so, with your leave,
we will give him the Tartar bath A
tub of the strongest brine was ac-
cordingly prepared, in which the un-
fortunate Gurgis was forthwith inn
mersed, uttering the most appalling
howls at the first plunge, but subsid-
ing shortly afterward and eventually,
after half an hours tanning coming
out 80 effectively case-hardened that
he rode a further thousand miles to
the Black sea in the course of the
next week without showing q svmp-
tom of Distress"
The Western news., 1903-07-22
UNDISMAYED BY PERIL.
An Impressive Instance of the 0ooD~
mess Of Paul du ChaAllu II
KAoe Of Danger.

The late Paul du Chaillu was q man
OF indomitabls bravery. Nothing
Perturbed him. In the most desper-
ate crises his air was calm and some
what humorous, says the New York
Tribune.
One Of the veteran conductors of
the Pennsylvania railroad said of him
on the announcement of his death:
MIR. du Chaillu was a man whom Won
couldn't frighten. Danger seemed to
enliven him. I'll never forget ride
he once took with me- He sat in tho
last car of the train. a parlor car.
and we came near having a rear end
collision.
"Mr. du Chaillu, from his seat.
could see the other train approach
ing us-could see that a collision was
pretty near inevitable. He said to
me as l took my stand beside him:
Conductor, have you got 4 piece
of chalk?'
What on earth, sir I asked, do
you want with a piece of chalk now?'
why, it looks he answered, 'as
if our legs and arms would be flyinr
about in little while. and l think it
would be good thing to mark them.
so that we may identify them later"
The Western news., 1903-07-22
INDIANS KNOW A COWARD.
Red Skin Has u Way of TollinR
Whsther u white Man wan
Fight or Not,

An Oklahoma man once told an
Indian that a desperate white man was
after his scalp. He smiled and shook
his head, relates the Kansas CITY
journal. A few days later we were
talking to the white man, when the
Indian came up to join the group.
He had spotted the stranger and
knew him by sight. Without saying
a word to him he walked up within
arms reach and struck the white
man in the face with rough, heavy
glove. He paused for few seconda
and hit him again. UGH" he ex-
claimed n he wheeled around and
walked away. The white man looked
at the Indian in amazement, but
made no show of resentment. Later
in the day, when we asked the Indian
why he didn't follow up the insult
with blows, he told us the white man
was a coward. In explaining how he
knew 1t he said the mans law drop
ped" when he struck him in the face
the second time with the glove, and
that this. with the Indian. was IN un-
failing sign of ecwardies.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
VIRTUES OF IVORY.
Prescribed ~ q Medicine and Made
Into . Jelly I'm Eighteenth
Century.

Ivory was formerly used as a medi-
cine, but this was discontinued d about
the end of the eighteenth or the be-
ginning of tn niuet,e en- h century.
1t was certainly prescribe in 1916
the date of tt e last edition of Castel-
los "Medicae Comp pendium," says
Stray Stories.
In Srhrode:'s Zoolog 1859, trans
lated into English by T. Bateson. it
is thus described under the heading
"Ele has,"
"His teeth are only used in medi-
cine. vulgarly called ivory. The vir-
tues: 1t cools and drys, moderately
binds cuts, strengthens the inward
parts. 1t is good for the jaundice, it
chaseth away wormes, it is good for
inveterate obstructions; it takeA
away the pains and weakness of the
stomach; it heals the epilepsie, drives
away melancholy, resists rottenness
and poysons. 1t is used in infusions,
and the powder is given in substance.
The dose is half a dram. Preparations:
i. Burnt ivory, called Spodium, and
to distinguish it from the mineral
Spoduim, Spodium of Ivory, ii.
Troches of S1odium."
Ivory ground fine, and made into a
sort of jelly, has been used as a
strenthening food in more recent
times, by medical advice.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
LARGEST CIRCULAR SAW.
one In Psnnsylvanfa Intended TO Cut
Pine Stunps Into shlngls
Bolts,

The largest circular saw in the
world has just been turned out of a
factory in Williamsport, Pa, for use
in the lumber section of Elk county.
The saw is seven feet four inches in
diameter and wears teeth each one
OF which is four inches long. The
saw weighs 3O5 pounds.
The purpose for which the man,
moth saw was made is of interest,
says the Philadelphia North Amer
lean. 1t will be used to cut pine
stumps into shingle bolts, thus open
Ing to the market vast quantity of
material which until recently was
considered useless. In Elk county.
where 30 years ago the forests of
white pine were hewn down and turn
ed into lumber, there are thousands
of acres of great pine stumps as solid
as they were the day that the trees
were cut, any of these stumps stand
from five to eight feet above the
ground. so that in the swampy re-
gions of the Elk county plateaus
there are millions of feet of choice
shingle wood. The big saw will be
installed in mill near Straits. and
its particular business will be to eat
into blocks of the ponderous pine
stumps that are to be fed to it, and
1t is expected to make one bite of the
biggest morsel offered.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
ILLITERACY OF IMMIGRANTS
Portuguese snd Southern Nalians
Rank Lower Than People Of
Other Nations.

AN estimate has been made bv the
immigration bureau of the illiteracy
of our immigrants according to their
various nationalities, says Gunton's
Magazine. So much is heard of the
strictness and efficiency of German
schools that most persons would
think the German immigrant would
rank first; that newcomers from the
fatherland would have the smallest
percentage of adults who can neither
read nor write. In fact, the German
immigrants rank neither first, second
nor third. The Scotch and the Scan
dlnavians come out far ahead of all
Others in educational qualifications
for intelligent citizenship, only one
per cent. of their number being in
the illiterate class The English.
Flnns and Moravians come next with
TWO per cent. of their number litter
ate; the Irish and Welsh three per
cent; Germans, Swiss and French.
-FOUR per cent; Japanese five per
cent; Dutch six per cent. Then the
percentage of poorly educated immi-
grants takes a sudden leap upward.
The Italians from the north part of
their country and the Magyars have
IL per cent. of illiterates; the He
orews IS per cent: Russians 21 per
cent; Greeks 23 percent. Slovaks
20 per cent; Roumanians 90 per
cent; Polish 32 per cent; Dalmatian,
Bosnian and Servian 81 per cent:
Croatian and Slavonian 81 per cent;
Lithuanian 40 per cent; Syrian A
per cent: Ruthenian 4s per cent;
Portuguese and Italians from south
Italy 40 per cent. It may be re-
marked that number of our states
could not make any better showing
than is made by immigrants from
several nationalities mentioned.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Speed Greater Than That ~ .,,sh

speed Greater Than That OF Llrht.
Two years ago a new star blazed out
in the constellation Perseus. Such
new stars are by no means rare. but
this was SO great and varied in bril-
hancy so rapidly that it was specially
noteworthy. Soon after the outburst
that made the star so bright it was
found to be surrounded by a nebula.
and this nebula spread outward
around the nucleus gradually, as seen
by the naked eye, because Of the stars
great distance, but really with i'm
mense speed. In fact, it has been cal
culated that this speed was so great
that it seems impossible that the
spread of the nebula could have, been
due to the motion of ordinary matter
at all. It has been suggested that the
apparent motion was really only a
progressive illuminat ton of the nebu-
lous matter by light from the exploded
star. But Prof. Simon Newcomb cal
,ulates that even this will not account
:or the motion. for it was at least ten
times that of light. We have thus ac-
tually observed a motion in the heav-
ems that vastly exceeds any other that
we have ever heard of, whether it be
of projected matter or of ether waves.
What 1t 10. we cannot at present even
conjecture.-6uccsss.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
A Communication.

EDITOR WESTERN NEWS
Will you be SO kind as to give us
space in your valuable paper for the
following report:
Rev. Ben. F. Wilson delivered four
lectures in Ravalli county last week
under the auspices of the Hamilton
local of the socialist party. The
meetings here were fairly well at
tended, what was lacking in numbers
being made up for in rapt attention
and enthusiasm. Comrade Wilson is
a fluent speaker, and, as we socialists
believe, having the truth for the
times, he is doing a great work in op-
ening the eyes of the toilers, who
produce all the wealth of the world,
to their economic condition, to-w:t:
While producing all of the worlds
wealth they receive put miserable
pittance, while we believe that to the
toiler belongs the full product of his
toll.
He also delivered lectures at Darby
and Victor, at each of which places
he organized local club of the social
ist party.
Worklngmen, the socialists are plead
ing your cause. We are pledged to
your interests. Come with us and
help to usher in the day of our eman-
cipation from wage slavery. If the
toilars would be free, we must strike
the blow that will free them. Go to
the ballot box and ask what you will,
and it shall be yours,
Hamilton Local of the Socialist Party.
E.. G. WHEELER,
Secretary
The Western news., 1903-07-22
LARdEY's SWIFT AUTO TRIP.

Missoula, Mont, July 21.-M. S.
Largey arrived in the city last even
ing with his racing automobile, hav-
ing made the trip of 125 miles from
Butte in nine hours, leaving Butte
yesterday morning. He reports the
roads to be very hard for automobilirg 6
in many places, but was able to make
or breakdown. He will keep his ma
chine here during the summer and
take excursions to the various fishing,
picnic and camping grounds in this
section of the state
The Western news., 1903-07-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The equator of Mars is inclined to
the plane of it's orbit about 25 degrees.
That of the earth il inclined 20 degrees
~ minutes.
1t was a japanese scientist, Prof.
KitastO, famous as q microscopst,
who discovered that the long, narrow
lockjaw germ lives in the earth and
can only work at its dangerous trade
when buried deep in . wound where no
air can reach it,
Capt. Scott, with the Discovery, has
penetrated 100 miles nearer the south
pole than any previous explorer, and
discovered an extensive mountainous
region hitherto absolutely unknown.
He thinks this indicates that land
stretches to the pole in series Of very
lofty mountains.
DIR. Demploff, the head OF the Ger
man antimalaria expedition to New
Guinea. announces that he has discov-
cred an aquatic insect which destroys
the anopheles mosquito. and that he
proposes to cultivate the creature ar
tificially in the hope OF exterminating
the mosquito, thereby exterminating
malaria.
70 eye strain, usually unsuspected,
DR.. George M. Gould attributes much of
human misery. He finds evidence that
it was indirectly responsible for the
opium habit Of DE Quincy. caused the
morbid condition and breakdowns of
Carlyle, and gave Browning his head
aches and vertigo. Printing books in
white ink on black paper is a suggested
means for lessening eye strain.
Rurge and Precht. Revue Scienti-
fique. have classified radium by the
spectroscope. The most intense lenses
OF the spark-spectrum of radium are
Vigorously analogous to the strongest
lines of barinm and it's congcners mag
neslum, calcium ana strontium. They
place the atomic weight of radium at
257s. This high atomic weight fur
nishes in part the explanation of the
ease with which it's elements split into
eIectrons to produce radioactivity.
Ozonizlng apparatus for vitalizinp
the atmosphere of the sick chamber
may become necessary part Of the
physicians outfit. DIR. j. f. s. Barnes
an English medical man, reports hav-
ing used the ozoni1er in a severe case
or pneumonia complicated with pleu-
r'sy. and the result was an immediate
and important change in the air of the
room, which was followed by rapid i'm
orovement Of the patients condition,
ozon1zers are being used also for bet.
ering the air Of factories,
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Great Britain Leads,

Up to now Britain retains from 30
to 25 per cent. of the total trade OF
the universe. No other nation has
yet come within half of this remark
able percentage. Nearest is Ger.
many, with nearly II per cent;
France claims about nine per cent;
the United States secures rather
more than nine per cent. If we add
the output of the colonies the Brit
ish empire shows a record of about
one-third of the trade of the whole
world.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
THREE SALOON LICENSE Or ANTED
Stevensvll1e's Council Ends Contest
Against Booze-VOte 3 to I.

Stevensvllle's Council Ends Contest
Against Booze-V0te 3 toI.
Stev.nsvil!e, July 19-Li; ns es yer:
granted last night by the town coun-
Gil for three saloons to be conducted
in Stevensville. This action followed
close upon the recent refusal of the
council to grant a license to the
Stevensville hotel, which for several
years conducted the only barroom in
the city.
The meeting was called by Alder
man Buck, who is acting mayor in
the absence of the mayor, who is in
Arizona. Its purpose was the con-
;sideration of applications for licenses
and the council chamber was packed
with citizens of all opinions. There
were ministers and there were friends
of the applicants.
The first petition read was that of
Calvin Cook, former proprietor OF the
hotel. Alderman Godfried asked for
permission to make motion before
the petition was acted upon. This be-
ing granted, he moved the repeal of
the ordinance prohibiting saloons on
Main street between Second and Fourth
streets. This motion prevailed. 1t
was impossible, however, to get action
upon Cooks petition, and a second pc
tition was read, this one from James
Wasson and Floyd Moore, for license
for saloon in Slocum building. The
aldermen still refused to act, and a
petition was read from w. H. Mace
proprietor of the hotel, for a license
for the Bustard building.
Then Alderman Godfried moved
that the three licenses be granted. A
long pause followed and there was no
second to the motion. The acting
mayor then called Alderman Dowl;ng
to the chair and, taking the floor,
seconded the motion, which was car
ried by vote of to 1, the acting
mayor not voting. Alderman Bowling
voted against the motion.
Among the citizens who signed the
petitions for the licenses were many
of the prominent business men of the
town. Most of these were present at
the meeting. Although the aldermen
were not all in accord, the meeting
was courteous throug hout. During
the discussion, however, several spec
tators who were called upon for infor
nation made disparaging remarks,
directed to two of the aldermen, who
replied rather forcibly. This was the
only disturbance.
To-day the ministers of the Baptist
and Methodist South churches preach
ed sermons upon the local situation.
At the close of services each of these
churches appointed two delegates to
the local option convention, which
soon meets in Hamilton.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
BARBER'S TOOL KIT.
"~sASea Ne0esSARy IL SAAlle,
Than That in Any Other OF
the Skilled Trade~.

Considering his earning capacity
the barber perhaps invests fewer dol
lars in the tools Of his trade than does
the craftsman in any other line OF
skilled work. II he be proprie tor and
nave to furnish his shop, the situation
is different, but as journeyman he is
not burdened with an iota of the
weight of tools that belong to the car
penter. plumber, stonecutter, cabinet
maker, and kindred trades. Half a
oozen razors. two pairs of shears. a
none, strop and mug and brush
equip him for a position anywhere,
says the Chicago Tribune.
AS for the razors, six Of them at 81. so
apiece, providing that each be good.
will last him for his lifetime, and, per-
haps for the lifetime of his son. who
may take up the same trade. A razor
with blade only one-fourth of an
inch wide has not nearly served the
limit OF its usefulness. Sometimes It
may shave only ten faces and need a
honing; at another time it NAV shave
40 faces and still be in good shape.
AS for the shears, the two pairs at
a cost of $3.50 may be counted on to
last 30 years in metropolitan barber
shop having good trade. Cutting the
hair from an average of IS heads day,
pair of shears needs to be ground
about once4 month. The work of the
grinder finally wears out the shears bv
shortening the blades rather than
wearing the blades too thin to close.
A hone is bought for a lifetime, and
a strop may last for 20 years. A brush
may last a dozen years, and the mug
for 100 If It is not broken. Altogether
barber with the salary of one week
might easily equip himself for the oc-
cupation of lifetime.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Dissolution of Partnership,

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between
Thos. Gregory and James Stevens,
who conducted general blacksmithing
business. has been this day dissolved
by mutual consent, Mr.. Stevens re-
firing from the firm. Mr.. Gregory as
sumes all liabilities and will collect all
accounts owing to the firm.
THos. GREGORY.
JAMES STEVENS.
Victor. Mont. May T., 1908.
The Western news., 1903-07-22

Shooting is by far the most popular
method of ending life, with poison and
drowning in the order named The
percentage of suicides is highest
among those whose mothers were born
in France, with Germany and Russia
Poland second and third. The dean
rate from suicide of those whose moth
ers were born in the United States was
much lower.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Cheap for Cash.

Eight acres of ground mostly in
high state of cultivation, we'll
watered; 800 fruit trees; comfortable
four-room cottage; goes cheap for
cash. Apply at The Western News
office. Soft
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Good With Rss a~a.

The sultan 10 said to be q wonder
with > revolver and 10 one Of the IN
est shots in the world. He always
has few In his clothes ahd 10 usual
ly looking for an assassin. Recently
he dropped . gardener In the palace
gardens who came from behind Q
tree suddenly. The sultan 10 quGeA
man. and. ~ they say In the vest
"somo sudden With his artillery
The Western news., 1903-07-22
The Point ol View.

TIC Point q VI0Ws
Doesn't svsryody admire her beau
tiful hAirf f''
swell. everybody seems to notice IT,"
ut makes an impression, then7"
"Of one kind or another, it does. Her
lover calls her Goldy-Locks and her
brother ealls her sorrsl-Top."-Chica-
60 Pos4.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Rejected for s>amm.,a..

Al stammering il . cause of reiec-
tion for military service. its frequen-
cy is shown by the statistics of the
examination of recruits in different
nations. The number rejected as
stammerers 10 $50 per thousand ex-
amined in France. 3.23 in Switzer-
land. 2.s7 in England. az in Austria,
SO in Italy ant. but 10 in Russia.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Fairy Talos In Danger.

II that long-distance wireless elec-
trio photography proves q success.
says the Chicago Record-Hsrald.m many
q choice stock of fairy tales will be
put out Of business.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Pharoah's Chariot Discovered.

OH"cOVOrVUs
Pharaoh's chariot, in which he rode
at Thebes, has been discovered in a
perfect condition in the Valley Of
the Tombs of the kings at Thebss.
along with the tomb of Thothmes
~. which IL nearly 1000 years old.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Notice..

Garret Ubbink, carpenter, has been
declared unfair by Hamilton Federal
Union No. 100. 29-tf
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Enslash workmen oamble.

Gambling among American work
men 10 almost unknown ~ compared
with the same evil in Great Britain,
says the Aossly commissioners.
The Western news., 1903-07-22
he Money Remaans.

The Money Remalns.
During the last three years ~ MIL
nonaires have died In England. Their
average age was rs yssrA
The Western news., 1903-07-22
Trans Mississippi Com. Congress Ma
ti0nal Irrigation Assn. Seattle
Aug. 1871.

To Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Vic
toria or Vancouver, B. c., and return
fare, one and one-third. Date of sales
Aug IA, Is and 10th. Transit limit
10 days i'll any direction; final limit
80 days from date of sale.
S. r. WILSON, Agent.