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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-23

"She says she has mission in life
and will never marry"
Dear me! Is she so unattractive
as all that Chicago Post
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
A Primitive People.

The Papuans Of the Malay coast of New Guinea
still the primitive state They wholly
auanted with metals and make their of stone,
wood They do not know how to start fire. tho
is among them. When Russian asked them
they made fire, they regarded amusing
that when persons fire out he
neghbor if all the fires in the village should
the village. Their fathers grand
fathers told them that they remembered time
their ancestors that there time
was and everything eaten W.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
The Brooklyn Bridge.

The Brooklyn suspension bridge-595A lon-is still
the largest suspension bridge new East
river bridge has of 1000 is far
greater than that of the Brooklyn bridge
cables has safe strength pounds
Sion me washington bridge the Harlem
slsts OF two $40 feet in the Roebn
sion bridge at Niagara replaced by spandre
baced tWo-hnged steel arch of $50
dates the railway tracks the highway
below The second Niagara Clifton sus
pension bridge in $685. and its feet is the
largest arch of any type in the Pennsy
built stone bridge consisting
segmental arches of seventy
hanna river and cost about
$1,000 000 but the cost of maintaining very small
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
Pulling Teeth In Japan.

The Japanese dentist does frigh,en an
of steel instruments All operations
ing performed by the thumb forenger Of one hand
The skill necessary to do this after long
practice but when obtained operator is able
to extract half dozen teeth in thirty
removing his fingers patients mouth The
dentists education with pulling of pegs
which have been into wood; with the
drawing hard which driven into an oak
plank with a heavy malet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
Plucking Ostrich Piumes.

During the puc<ing of his feathers the ostrich
The is simple Over the head
placed long bag with breathing hole in
holds the bird while another cuts with shears the
only those of the being short
feathers being ripe, pulled without
would in the nature The
are remain in weeks ater. Sometimes
off, The feathers the the
valuable .a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
PETS OF THE "RosE OF DENMARK

The Queen of England Is Douby Subjects Be-.
cause of Her Love of Animals.
The love OF animals always indicates and gentle
character and doubtless Queen Aexandras
mas endeafed her doubly to her
queen has collection of Sandngham that contains
wide variety embracing chickens doves horses and
Many when visited Ireland a dove was
given to her emblem peace good will and on
her return to London she bought Their
pendants numerous and the has one
caly trained for her boudoi particular pet has it's
cage in the ROOM and will leave perch on her
finger nestle
These doves are all white with pink eyes small island
In pool is the home of number Of Among
them are some curious specimens oyster
They have black white pumage and long red
bills which they like the molusk
Three turtle doves recent additions on board
the steamer when majesty returned Denmark last
and She became fond they were sent
to Sandrngham The queens kennels
them collies Newfoundands,
rieties Her personal pets
she carries everywhere with her.
Each kennel has bedroom sittng-room and all
upon large central courtroom There hos
pita, and when dies it
and tombstone is placed ever poodle who
pet of Princess Victoria lies princess
to have the clippings from his
into for crocheting little
Queen Alexandra is well known every in ken
nel Horses in for geody majestys
lection She has been fine horsewoman from
and still rides nearly every day-Ghicago Herald
Millions
Tha EhineSa fho 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
SOAP.
: -

Ut by the gnarled which windy
y days as if with rheumatism fire cracked and sput
tered at the big hanging
smoke cured and vanished something in the black
kettle sputered too, poked
heaped Grandmother making soap.
few days before she lad built hopper"
made of boards straw hopper big
having hollow in and little at side
leading to pail the ground Hardwood ashes packed
firmly hopper pals of water poured over them
at intervals It took long time the to reach
the bottom; but when it finally gathered in
thru the pail it wasn't plain water
any more, it He what was in the kette-a-
great deal of lard and little ye When it boiled
maps nall day grandmother threw in salt
the soap from the I've and water and there her
When Grandmother Would Smile
But wouldn't grandmother smile at her making
soap n she should go thru soap factory to-day? The
principle is practically the The soap
fat either animal fat oils chemist-no
matter now many books and funny tubes he had in his little
shepever found anything else soap lye
So the difference, methods employed and
the variety of materials =.
Toilet soap is wholly vegetable oils: cecoanut
olive and eotonseed Fully rs per cocoa
NUT Al oils are made solid by The cold IN h' condition
coeeanut oil is white looking the meat of the
nut itself, and appetzna to one
VINO IS coeoanut hungry The olive oil is Of peculiar
green color When the olives first extracting
the oil the product is lights in it, and this
IS inc k,na Of oil mother for her salads
enough for salads is much soap so heavier
pressure on the olives brings which contains
much of the eooring matter acdity the fruit The
second OIL could be refined to equal the process
Is an expensive the oil by
the undignied title Cottonseed oil is much the
se olive oil in usefulness, only pale butter com
pSSlon is not nearly SO pretty ~ ~
~ a$@3#s Very Oily Surroundings 1"5f=
Surrounded by barrels of fat oils lye is
the next thing of Importance soap boiler
which isn't anything like the kettle grandmother used First
there is round brick tower with sitting
compacenty inside is boiler with the
large end It is eight deep and half feet
across with capacity four pounds That is not
very large for factory, having boilers
with capacity of forty thousand
the lore OF soap makers contains
turer who sought to boil FIVE hundred
thousand pounds it is story, monster not
poileo over ana Hooded everything with Perhaps
Just as well that huge factory the things
Minneapolis has
Into the kettle the oilscocoanut cotton seed or
some other combination kind of soap to he
made Then I've IS put in in the form of a
hard White substance resembling and called
"causc Soda which dissolved in hot water and then
called ye Soda I've entirely hard soap soft SOAP
IS made IN the same that potash is used
The fact that I've is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
No Occasion to Say "No."

Ito Flossie, lunehing with a little
frend)-I very polite Flosse at the table,
said Yes, please and No. thank you"
F1ossieWe, didn't thank you,' because Won
see, I~took everythng-The Little Chronicle
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
MADE mMINNEApOI OILS

naturally injurious to the skin and fabrics; but
the chemical action of I've
I've changes the oily cleansing
terial the modies fiery lye making
change grease to- soap is called sapon,fca-
ton.' - -
While the Kettle Bols.
While the oils and boiling, soap stands
tre by applying tiny bit of it to the side
where the of taste is most This
the health of the tongue it is soap
mixture bites much the maker knows
longer or it will be too strong if it
knows has boiled too long and will not be strong
he adds liquid twice. for about
hour each time during process
perfume put just before it is done when it
reaches the curding point the soap
grandmother boiling the afternoon and
the haaid being quite tired with it's exertons rests till
morning Being heavier than fat the exhausted lye
the soap rises to
the top after the Of
Their Separate Ways.
The surplus I've into pipe, and the
troughs with sheet steel by
of another pipe 1t allowed about five
frame are spread out fat leay
ing soap is cut into cakes Of three ounces
each by drawing wire thru it. Finally the
press and one by one placed in a die or mol
the acts with the setting down heavily
and when the cakes they stamped with the
coorng matter is used the bulk soap being ivory
white of the oil pretty green
Daintily perfumed of high polish and best of
all of unmpeaehabe purity soap may the
most attractive part of the factory.
The Tale of the Yellow Soap
me yellow for ordinary household
made of animal fats invaluable to
the trade it cleansing properties yet
is less expensive than vegetable
laundering cotton linen cleaning other
delightful household pursuits, but it
WOODEN goods The resin necessarily possesses
pitch family The
in it hardens impairs the sprngy
quality.
So the making of particularly n wooden
mills by the least soap Industry Two
made for this The Securing
the WOOL removing all natural oil so the
dye will hold This leaves the wool dry be
carded until it has
second is used for removing the finished
fabric Both made of alew oils,
used in the last washing containing olive OIL
to produce which will CAPABLE Of
penetrating the thckest goods cleansing and
yet leaving it ustrous fluffy danger of
making the strong will colors but
judicious the tongue Last
soap run into barrels When ready to be the
knocked off the soap adding water
..s~s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
Schooling In Indiana.

The compulsory education law nominal
cost having beneficial effect 1902
brought into the schools poor provided with
books and clothing at a total cost of 81 ST
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11

Millions ceiestiais.
The Chinese gave the population OF the
empire 426,0000O0.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11

naturally it would injurious and fabrics but
the chemical action of I've
I've changes the fat from oily condition cleansing
tera the fat modies the fiery making it
tion' ;
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
VARDAMAN's MAJORITY IN
MISSISSIPPI NEARLY 10000.
Primary show. the sentine.t Of the
State Upon the Negro
Question.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 2s.-In view Of the
confident claims made by the Critz faction
and the smallness of the majority claimed
by the Vardaman faction prior to Thurs
days primary, Major VarCnman's splendid
victory in the :overnorship contest assumes
almost the proportions Of a landslide
His majority will be between 5000 and
1000 when the complete reports from re-
mote interior counties are received, and
this is 5000 more than his campaign man
ayers hoped or expected. The Vardaman
supporters are jubiiant over the result, and
special train arranged to leave the Capt.
tol City for Greenwood. the home Of Major
Vardaman, will be filed to overdowing with
ised 1t is probable that the victorious can
di1ate will be brought back to Jackson and
a big rally held here.
The defeat of Judge Critz and the over
whelmtng victory of Vardaman Is due to
several causes, chief Of which was de
to show their resentment Of President
Roosevelt's attitude on the negro question.
The negro question was the predominant
note OF the campaign. not strictly In the
sense Of State issue, although Major Var
daman advocated the division Of the school
fund between the races, but In its national
aspect
The assurance is given that the new Cow
ernor, In his first message to the legt9la-
ture, will make recommendation for q
division Of the school fund between the
races, giving the negro only such schools
warm fight is expected on the measure. :
r. l. Bradley Is elected Railroad Com
missioner over Mc1nnfs by a small major
ity. 8 D. McNair was elected Commissioner
Of the Southern District by q majority Of
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
Fifteen KILLED IN WRECK.
Accident on Italian Road Stops
Royal Festivities.

Rome. Aug. IA disastrous railroad ac-
cident has cut short the festivities and DEM
onstrations in honor Of the King and Queen
at Udine, the chief town on the eastern
frontier, sixty miles from Venice, where the
sovereigns had gone to view the grand army
maneuvers.
At 10 o'clock last night, near Udine, a
train overnowins collided with a freight
train. The force Of the collision was ter
rifle.
Those on board were thrown In all direc-
lions and the coaches were broken up. FIJI
teen soldiers and one Captain were killed
and more than sixty injured. twelve dam
serousiy 80. The Colonel in command Of
the soldiers was among the injured.
Darkness rendered the confusion about
the scene Of the wreck extreme. while ter
TOR among those who escaped injury was
trcreased when the trains took fre q few
minutes after the collision. fortunately the
flames were Immediately extinguished.
Special .trains were hurriedly sent to the
scene Of the disaster, carrying the author
tiles from the nearst town, who organised
q corps Of physicians and edministered to
the wounded. King Victor Emmanuel vis-
tied the hospital in person later, to see the
victims OF the accident.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
WOMAN DIES OF HUNGER
IN KL0NDIKE COUNTRY.
Diary Of Edith white Indicates That
She Perished In Copper River
Region.

Chicago. Aug IA dispatch to the In
ter Ocean from Minneapolis, MIMI. says:
Edith White. former wife Of John A.
White. general agent of the Deering divi-
sion Of the International Harvester COM
pany, died Of starvation In the Klondike
country and her body probably has been
devoured by Wild beasts.
Such = the Information contained in 4
dispatch from Seattle. which gives the de-
tails Of the finding Of the unfortunate
woman.s diary. containing history Of her
life from the time she left her former
home in Mankato until she died Of exposure
and lack Of food In the trackless Copper
River country.
Mrs. White was q graduate Of the dem
tai school Of the State University and was
practicing dentistry in Dawson City two
years ago. She wrote her relatives here,
eaying she was going into the interior and
probably would not be heard from for
some time.
IN q letter, written from Central Alaska
July ., 1908. William Shaffner, petty Of
hcer In the employ Of the Government Sig
nal Service, tells Of finding letters and Z
diary, tending to show that Mrs. White
perished from cold and hunger, while trying
to make her way unaccompanied to an In
terror camp in the Copper River Country.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
4 MASS OF SORES,
Awful Scattering Of . Boy from sn
Itching humof.
Mot ope SQUARE Inch Of Skin on Ills
Whole Body Unaffected.
CURED eYcUTIcURA

my little son, Q boy Of five, broke
out with an itching rash. Three doctors
prescribed for Nm, but he kept getting
worse, uutilwe could Aot dress him any
mare. They finally advised me to try Q
ce~tain medical college but It's treatment
diA not do any good. Al the time was
induced 70 try Cuticurs Remedies he
WAS % bad that I had 70 cut his hair OF
and put the Cutlcura Ointment on him
on bandages - It was impossible to
touch him with the bare hand. There
was mot one square inch Of skin on his
whole body that was not affected. He
vas ono mass Of sores. Tho bandages
used to stick to his skin and In remov.
apg. them e used to take the skin OF
With them, and the screams from the
moor child were heart-breaking. I
began 20 think that he would never get
wen, but after the second application
OF Cuticura Ointment ! began to see
.sieno Of Improvement, and, with the
third and fourth applications the sores
comnenced 70 dry up. His skin peeled
q tVenty times. bat ft Ana1ly yielded
% eho treatment. used the Cuticura
IeoOavent for his blood and now can
oay tAat 10 b entirely cured, and .
otruaeR and healthier boy yoa never
NV fbaa ~ 10 to-day. You can use
1his eme3nouial In whatevef way you
please, and Il any proof outside Of my
word = needed I win refer to any Of
our nolghbofD.s RoDERT WATTAlG,
ls91 Center Ave-, Chicago. III.
Dec. -. 1897.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29

Standing in the locomotive cab with his
hand on the engineers shoulder. Ferdinand
Mercer. a brakeman. was instantly killed,
while the engineer. w. W. Christine and
the fireman, Frank Sanders, were seriously
injured, as the result Of a collision between
two Missouri Pacific freight trains several
miles east Of Valley Park. Mo-. early yes
terday morning.
The cause Of the collision was said to
have been the overlooking of orders by the
engineer and conductor of the eastbound
local freight. The brakeman who was
killed and engineer and fireman who were
injured belonged to the crew Of this train.
They had orders to meet an extra freight
at Valley Park. The train pulled into the
switch. 1t IS said. and waited for some
time, and as the extra train had not yet
arrived they decided to make dash for
Keyes Summit.
A short distance out Of Valley Park and
while rounding sharp curve the two
trains collided. The crew of the extra
jumped to safety, but the eastbound crew
did not see the other train.
Mercer was a new brakeman and was
Just completing his third trip. He was a
brother-in-law of Conductor Reno Lowmil-
ler of the Missouri Pacific. He lived with
his father and mother at Chamois, Mo.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29

Engineer Christine was badly burned about
the face. hands and body by escaping steam.
besides receiving numerous bruises. He lives
with his family at No. 2az3 st. Vincent ave-
nue..
Fireman Sanders was also seriously burned
about the face and body and sustained In
ternal injuries. His head was badly cut.
and. 1t is said. he will lose the sight Of one
eye. He resides at No. 1901 Caroline street
Both Of the injured men were taken Inn
mediately after the wreck to the Missouri
Pacific Hospital In this city. It was stated
there that both would recover.
Engineer Christine told his wife yesterday
at the hospital that the brakeman. fireman
and himself were all together in the cab,
and that when the collision came he thought
that the engine had blown up. He told her
that on account Of the sharp curve he did
not see the other train.
Both the engineer and fireman say they
had been working for twenty-five hours be-
fore the wreck occurred and were very
tired.
Engineer Christine said that he had orders
to meet the extra freight at Valley Park,
but did not have orders to stop.
Both Of the engines were badly damaged,
as were many Of the freight cars
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
MILEs'S SUGGESTIONS
AWAKEN INTEREST.
Disposition Of HIS Reconmenaations
to Root Causes C0mment in
Army Circles.

HEPUBLlC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug. Adjudication Of the
last letter that Lieutenant General Nelson
A. Miles sent to Secretary Root before he
retired. in which he recommended the re-
duction OF the cavalry arm OF the service
and the establishment of an automobile
corps, aroused great interest and much
comment in army circles here to-day. The
questions asked by all army officers who
read the letter was: what did Secretary
Root do with the letter.
Inquiry on this point to-day disclosed tho
fact that he merely acknowledged its re-
ceipt. saying nothing about the recon-
mendations. OF course, no one expected It
would be otherwise. The treatment Of
previous recommendations by General Miles
" an indication that this recommended
l. =, which is not altogether unlike one he
made two years ago for the building Of
portable shields on wheels for Philippine
service, would hardly be well received
That Recommendation was given little
concern by Secretary Root. When General
Miles returned from the Philippines he
made certain recommendations that beef
on the hoof be taken into the islands to
feed the army instead Of refriserating ships.
and that work on public roads by enlisted
men should be abolished ~ an unnecessary
hardship Secretary Root split up this re-
port, and sent the several parts Of It to the
bureau chiefs In the War Department who
have charge OF tho subjects with which 1t
dealt. They merely questioned the wisdom
of the recommendations
There are many officers In the service
who are great believers In the automobile,
ya sSs nSns g IE nsvs %ss s
recommendation for the reduction OF the
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
STORM PREVENTS
TEST OF AlRsHIP.


Whitewater. Va, Aug A-Professor Lang.
ley's airship houseboat had smother disas.
trous experience in q Potomac gale this
evening. Soon after the experts gavo -
hopes Of launching the aerodrome today
and returned to Clifton Beach. . Storm
broke furiously. The houseboat slipped hoe
moorings and travelled rapidly down STREAM
for two miles. where her anchors canght
in the mud bottom.
A few men were aboard. but they wsze
powerless. and the storm was too severe foe
any assistance to be afforded by tuGA xhe
small steam launch tender. the noa4 an6.
three rowboats were lost. They were
sought by the tugs unsuccessfnlly and tho
search viii be resumed.
Before the storm Professor Langley STA
a test would Be made Saturday Il tho
weather permitted.
The flying machine was % shaken uD
that. the launching may be postponed foe
repairs.
The machine was ready to ny this aftee.
noon when the breeze stinened to ten mIleD
an hour and the experiment was abando0o6s
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
CHAIRMAN AKIhS
NOT A CANDIDATE,
1
Saws He Has Served Missouri Re-
publicans in Double Capacity
Long Enough.
RETURNS FROM THE EAST.
Defends System Of Federal Pat
.onage "a Practiced in This
State and Talks of Guber-
material Situation.

Chairman Thomas J. Atkins Of the Re
publican STATE Central Committee was at
headquarters In the LAnder Hotel yester-
day after an absence Of two weeks. spent
in New York and Washington. He will
not be q candidate for reelection as State
chairman or National Committeeman.
II am willing to let some one else have
an opportunity to carry the State" he
said yesterday. Il have done my best. I
have had earnest support and have had
three terms in the Office. That is enough
for me.
. II have absolutely no choice as to my
successor. That will be for the convention
to decide. Delegates VIII be sent there
who will do Just az they please without IN
terferencs from any one. They will choose
good men to serve the party in the organ
ization and for nominees on the State
ticket"
And Mr.. Akins sat back with satisfied
air. He was talking with Chairman VIII
Ham H. Blake Of the Republican City Com
mittee of st. Louis. Mr.. Blake Is the
ukd.an Supply Warehouse Agent at this
pcant, and has worked In harmony with the
faction bearing the chairman's cognomen.
Nr, Atkins was asked what he thought
would be the outcome Of the investigation
In the Indian Territory.
Undoubtedly several men will be dis
missed" he said. Secretary Hitchcock Is
a man who is not worried by the develop
ments, but Il going right along doing his
duty. His integrity Is above suspicion. He
win mot hesitate to dismiss any man whose
relations or actions are not what they
should be. Everybody who knows Secre-
tary Hitchcock knows that to be the case.
something has been said about Mr
Hitchcock.s reticence concerning dismissals
I can very easily understand that. A broth.
er-in-law OF one OF his assistant secretaries
was let out. Mr.. Hitchcock took the action
because It was his duty, yet he did .no'
think It would help matters bit to give
out for publication the reasons for the dis.