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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
OUR INSTINCT TO CHEW.
1t Manifests Itself In Numerous and
Curious Ways.

Seeing that the maxillary apparatus
Of man has for long ages past been put
to vigorous use, it is not surprising that
the need to exercise it should express
Itself as powerful instinct. This in
Stinct manifests itself in many and
surious ways. During the early months
Df life the natural function of feeding
ut the breast provides the infants
jaws, tongue and lips with all the need
full exercise. This bottle feeding fails
10 do, and we frequently find bottle fed
children seeking to satisfy the natural
instinct by sucking their thumbs. fin
gers Or any convenient object at hand.
The teeth are a provision for biting
hard foods, but even before they actu-
ally appear we find the child seeking
to exercise his tOOthlesS gums on any
hard substance he can lay hold of, and
there can be no doubt that exercise of
this kind tends to facilitate the erup-
ton Of the teeth, a truth indeed recog-
nized universally, whether by the prim-
tive mother who strings the tooth Of
some wild animal round the neck Of
her infant or the up to date parent
who provides her child with a bejewel-
ed ivory or coral bauble.
When the teeth have erupted, the
masticatOry instinct finds among primi-
tive peoples abundant satisfaction in
the chewing of the coarse hard foods
which constitute their dietary; but
among us mOderns, subsisting, as we
do, mainly on soft foods, affording but
| little exercise for the masticatOry APP
paratus, it does not find it's proper eX-
preston, and thus tends to die out.
Nevertheless it dies hard death and
long continues to assert itself. Witness
the tendency of children to bite their
pencils and penholders. have known
child to gnaw through bone pen
holder much in the same way as a
carnivOrous animal gnaws at bone.
This instinct to chew for chewings
sake manifests itself all over the world.
In our own country not only do chill
dren bite pencils and penholders, but
they will chew small pieces Of india
rubber for hours together. The prac-
tice Of gum chewing, so common among
our American cousins, evidently comes
down from faroff times, for the primi-
tive Australians chew several kinds Of
gum, attributing to them nutrient
qualities, and the Patagonians are said
to keep their teeth white and clean by
chewing matri, gum which eXudes
from the incense bush.-Lancet.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
MRS. ,,x
DANIELS -
WAL BY EpeS w.
Sargent
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY T. c. MCCLURE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Carlisle said something about trains
that could not possibly be construed as
praise for the l.. and G.. The baggage
master regarded him with sleepy
amusement.
You can't say anything that amt
been said before" he advised. '"The
train is five hours late and won't be in
till 8 o'clock. Yesterday it was 9:23,
and Monday it got in two hours after
the local noon train left. Better go to
sleep. I'll wake you when l hear the
whistle
Then the blue jumpered figure turned
over ON the counter and presently his
gentle shores were added to the monot-
onous ticking of the clock.
Carlisle was too nervous to heed the
advice and sleep. He had driven seven
miles across country to meet the over
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
An Accidental Ira station.

One day an American called on Georg
Brandes the Danish author, and in
formed him he had translated one of
his books. Brandes thanked him and
said that, as he himself spoke but in
different English, although he could
read it easily, he would prefer talking
Danish
Il don't unders and Danish" was the
unexpected reply.
"1ow strange when you read it so
WE'LL
Il can't read it either" the American
rejoincd.
Il thought You told me that you had
translated my book said the amazed
author.
80 | have, as you see" replied the
American and produced the volume.
THE fact is we were passing through
Copenhagen. and my wife broke her
leg. which necessitated our staying here
for Il couple of months; so | went to a
booksellers and, asking for the most
popular book in Danish. received yours
l took it home, and through the SINH
larity of the language to German and
English and with the help of a diction-
airy l translated it, but didn't know a
word of your language when began"
This book" Brandes added, ''has
gone through several editions in Ameri.
ca, although it has mistakes and mean
ings l never intended"
No wonder SO many authors prefer
not to be read at all to being read in
TRANSACTIONS
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10

Uanle1S says she is very lovely girl,
amiable. cultured and all that sort Of
thing. She's a cousin Of Mrs. Daniels,
named Standardization Standish. Pref
ty name, and they say she's as pretty
as her name. It's not that I'm afraid
Of her, but fellow does hate to have
it all cut and dried. don't you know"
She nodded grave assent. Il am
very much in the same position" she
began. but just then whistle broke
in on the conversation, and the sleepy
baggage master rolled over. The train
whistle was the one thing that would
wake him.
81 forgot to tell you," he said to Car
isle. that there was a Denver train
through here about now. It's yester-
days train, but it will get in ahead Of
the other"
Twenty minutes later. Carlisle, lulled
by the easy motion of the train,
dropped off to sleep, his mind filled
with visions of a petite figure crowned
by pretty oval face wreathed in gold
Ell hair. He had forgotten to ask her
name, but he determined that her last
name should be Carlisle in spite of
Mrs. Daniels and Helen Standish.
The next morning his berth had been
made up long before she made her APP
pearance.
II want to ask you something" he
said as he dropped into the seat beside
her, in answer to the invitation in her
iUh 7 To
to Denver and be married, but now l
am not. l want you to help me save
myself from the fate that awaits me.
"There is a girl l love desperately"
he hurried On, and he noted with joy
that her face clouded. II am not per-
son of impulse, but love her devoted
ly and always shall. l want you to
then | can :ace Mrs. Daniels. My old
friend, Bishop Dayton. is on the train.
He car vounh for me and will perform
the service. Will you?"
But how will my marrying you help
you to win the girl you love?" she in
terposed
Because" he said impulsively, you
GTe tllc WOlbJdll lONe anu SIldll lONe llll
death, God helping me-" Then, some
how, he was holding her hand and look
ing very foolish, while in her eyes the
love light glowed through merry
twinkle.
The marriage was not difficult to ar
range. The bishop occupied the state
room, and there they were married
with the Pullman conductor and the
train conductor for witnesses. Then the
good old bishop got out his portfolio
and prepared to fill out the marriag &c
certificate.
"My child he said kindly, at is
strange, but l do not know your last
name. What name shall fill in here?
A tiny smile fitted over her face
| "Helen StanGish,'' she said simply, and
turned to her husband.
Carlisle looked aghast for d moment
then he broke into a hearty laugh. IL
told you" he said. that Maude Daniels
always had her own way. I'm glad OF
| it." And he kissed her.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10

DUCTOIS FOR WITNESSES.
land that was to pass the junction at 3
O'Clock in the morning. Now he was
told that he might have had five hours
more of the comfortable bed he had
been forced to leave ut midnight.
Presently there was the noise of
sleigh bells. and a cutter drew up
alongside of the platform. Carlisle
glanced with interest at the slight fig
ure that stepped out, and then, as the
driver showed no disposition to aid her
with a heavy satchel, he went out with
a courteous offer of assistance.
HAS the overland gone through
YETI she inquired eagerly.
Carlisle gave Il short laugh. "At last
reports he said easily, 1.-The overland
will pass through here about 8 O'clock
but my informant" with II nod in the
direction of the snoring baggage mas
ter, did not state whether it was last
nights or tonight's that was expected
by this time she had removed her
heavy wraps and Veil, and Carlisle
could see the look of disappointment
that c!oudcd her pretty face. The
junction train was showed in, and
cutter"
''The junction train" said Carlisle,
suffers from the same complaint as
those on the main line. Since we are
here until morning may | invite you to
sup with me?''
He drew from his satchel two sand
witches and solemnly offered her one. Il
can assure YOU he said, that one is
eminently satisfying. They are last
tribute from the hotel keeper"
She laughed as she accepted the huge
structure Of bread and meat. and they
were soon chatting like old friends.
She was going to Denver. she told
him. to spend some weeks. He looked
up with interest DO you know" he
said. that l am going to Denver-to
be mnrricd?"
She gave little laugh. do you
know" she retorted. that l may be
married before leave Denver?"
His face fell. She was singularly
pretty girl. Il hope not" he said saw
agely. "Unless"-
''Unless?' she repeated questioning
ly.
Never mind-now," he said Lets
talk of my troubles. l am to be mar
ried because l am told that l must.
have a friend who married and moved
to Denver. His wife insisted that l
should visit them, and assured me that
she would marry me off before came
away"
THAT does not necessarily indicate
that you must be married, does it?"
she asked.
Ne smiled family 1T is plain to be
seen," he answered, that you don {
know Maude Daniels"
She was blushng very curiously, but
her voice was even as she remarked
Possibly the fate may not appear to
be so appalling when you have met
your-shall l say tiancee? Do you
know anything about her?''
He shook his head. Every little. Mrs.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
Identity of lIeaS.

1absley-l have always had an idea
that after a couple had b"en married
for some time even their thoughts be-
came to il great degree identical. Am
| right, Peck?
Mr.. n. Peck-Iou are. About this
time my wife is thinking over what
she'll say to me for coming home so
late, and SO am |.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
The First SkyScraper.

"1'he confusion of tongues in the
tower of Babel must have been dread
fully annoying"
YES, indeed. Think of not being able
to make the elevator boy understand
what floor you wanted to get off at
Kansas City Journal.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
Somewhat AmbiHnOua.

Parke-I wish you would drop in to
dinner on us any night.
Lane-But how do l know your wife
would like to have me?
! Parke-But she would feel exactly
the same about it if it was any one
Life.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
A New Arrival.

Newell say, old chap, you ought to
see the nine pound addition to our fam
lily that arrived last night. He's
peach.
Oldwed 0he father Of twins)-Well.
you ought to be thankful he isn't a
pair.-St. Louis Star.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10
Helping Him,

Intrepid Misunderstanding of conun-
drums, Mr.. Slocum. here's good one,
Why is the letter ID like a wedding
ring?
Procrastinating Bachelor-Oh. I'm no
good at conundrums
Intrepid Widow-YOu give it up?
Why. because 1--WE" can't be "wed"
without it.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-10

Money is bottom!css sea in which
honor. conscience and truth may be
drowned.-kOZlay. $685.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
TrachOmA Patients.

y cabinet officer of the mikadO
recently referred to the fact that
there are $4,000 hachoma pa
tents in Japan, and that in Toho
ku district it is impossible to OBJ.
tain the requisite number of re.
cruits for the army if some suffer.
ers from this disease are not ad.
mitted, adding: ''The japanese
army will physically collapse If
things are to go on in this man.
ner" TrachOma Is a chronic in
nammation Of the eyelids which
contracts them inward until the
lashes scratch the pupil, causing
in many cases, blindness.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
KEEP IN THE FRESH AIR.
Retain Your Health by Getting Out
Into the Sunshine.

rNelSlh AOur health by Getting Out |
Into the Sunshine.
Artificial heat will keep people
from freezing, but there is no life
i'll il. Warmth that comes from
the sun has life in it. vitality,
magnetism, electricity. Sprink-
ling the lawns will keep the grass
from dying. Indeed. the lawn can
be kept fairly green and vigorous
by repeated sprinklings. But one
shower Of rain is worth more to
the lawn than days and weeks of
sprinkling.
II is just Sc with the heat that
comes from the CRATE. 1t will keep
a person from freezing; indeed.
some people will thrive fairly we'll
without any other form OF heat.
but as rule sun heat is necessary
to health. The sun does more
than elevate the temperature. 1t
brings to the body yitalizing
agents thatcannOt be produced by
artificial means, says the Scots.
man.
When a person is well he gen.
orally gets, i'll the pressure Of
business, enough of the direct
rays of the sun to keep him well.
As soon as a person gets sick he
is shut mp and kept carefully away
from sunlight. This is very
wrong. The sicker person gets
the more he is in need of sunshine
IL sunshine and fresh air are
! necessary for the well, they are
dOubly necessary for the sick
Sanitariums and seaside resorts
get the credit of making great
many cures that are simply due to
sunshine. People going TO these
places spend more time thanusual
out of doors. They get well
They attribute the cure to the
place rather than to the sun. Had
they while at home spent the same
amount Of time outdoors they
would probably have gotten the
same result.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
His Life Saved by ChamberIain's Collc'
Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy.

~B. l.. Dyer, a we'll known coop
GER of this town, says he believes
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life
last summer He had been sick for
a month with what the doctors
called &, sentery, and could get
nothing to do him any good until he
tried this remedy. 1t gave him i'm
mediate relief, says B. T. Little,
merchant. Hancock, Md. For sale
oy c. K. 7Eyly, druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
Washing Away the World.

An interesting calculation has
recently been made public by the
French Academy of Sciences. 1T
is to the effect that, taking into
consideration the wear and tear
on the solid land by ocean lash
ing, river erosion, and wind and
weather, the world viii, by the end
of the year 100000, be complete.
ly washed away and the ocean
will roll over the present fOunda-
tiOns of our great continents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
NATURAL Gas I'M ENGLAND.
Country Bias Just Discovered She Has
-. -. Good Supply.

Country has Just Discovered She Has
-. Good Supply.
Although England has been
working her coal deposits for cen
turtles, she has only recently
awakened to the fact that she has
a supply of natural gas. What
seems to have been the first dis
coyery Of the latter product was
made in East Sussex in 1878, and
the second occurred 20 years lat,
er. On the first occasion a hole
had been sunk for temperature
experiments, and the appearance
of gas was looked upon only as a
trivial incident. The second oh.
seryatiOn was made by work.
man employed in sinking an ar.
tesian we'll; but he probably did
not report the fact to his employ
ers for some time. The third dis
cOyery, in 1896, by railway hands
engaged in seeking a water supply
for locomotives, led to practical
results. No water was obtained.
but a cap was put on the pipe al
ready in the hole, and the railway
station has since been lighted
with the gas. subsequently a gas
engine, developing one and a half
horse power, and used for pump.
ing, was installed near by.
The operations just recorded a
Heathfeld led to the formation
of Il company to explore the ad-
iacent region. Within the last
five or six years several holes
have been bored. Some of the ex
Derts who have watched the work /
predict greater development
here than has occurred in the
United States. The pressure at
,Ome wells is enough to carry the
gas to distant cities, and the light
btained is 20 per cent. better
han that of artificial coal gas.
me of the effects of the revOlu-
ion will probably be to draw new
Industries to the vicinity of
Ieathfeld. Iron mills and glass
actories may be established
here if the supply holds out.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25

ms a nlte a man will feel wei
satisfied < he can hobble around or
,-rutches two or three weeks after
,prRintng his ankle, and it Is
usually two or three months beio~'
he has fully recovered, This IS an
unnecessary loss of time, for in
many cases in which Chamberlain ;
Pain Balm has been promptly and
freely applied, complete cure has
been effected in less than one week ,
time aud in some cases within
three days For sale by Z. X
WHY, druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
HUTCHENS' VICTIMS NAY DIE
Condition of Men Shot at Evans
vilie Unchanged at rIidnight.

Eyaasville, Ind. Sept. 19.-At
nnidnight the condition of Chief OF
Police Fred Heuke and Capt. Fred
Brenaecke, who were shot last
might by Detective Thomas Hut.
schens, AFTERWARDS suicided, is un-
changed, and the chances for their
recovery are still against them. Joe
Lutz, the bystander, who was shot,
has not improved.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
JAPANESE POETRY.
Verse Writers of the Mikado's King
dom Labor Under Difficulties.


Japanese is polysyllabic, and
each syllable ends always in a
vowel sound. Thus but five
rhymes are possible in Japanese;
while in Chinese they are infinite
IN varied and are enriched, we are
told, by a complicated system of
intonation. AS rhyme is the first
essential of Chinese poetry, the
japanese poet with his five
rhymes, who would follow it's
rules, is sadly hampered. The
second essential intonation,
writes Elizabeth Balch, in Poet.
Lore, is also impossible in Japan
ese, where each syllable has the
same value and bears the same
stress. except when elided in the
carelcssness of daily speech. We
have seen that in Japanese poetry
there is. as Mr.. Chamberlain tells
us, neither rhyme, tone, accent,
quantity nor ALTERATION, nor
does it's rather frequent parallel
ism follow any regular method
1t differs from prose in literally
nothing but the alienation of
lines of five and seven syllables,
with often an extra line of seven
syllables at the end. 1t was the
special genius of the japanese
for Perfccting details, for making
the most of slight means, which
made it possible for anything
either vital or beautiful to devel.
Op within such narrow limita
tons. Their poetry, like so much
else in their art. is reduced to the
simplest expression When the
phrase Japanese poetry" is used
ii ordinarily, we are told, includes
only this little 31-syllable form,
which is known as the 'Tanka. .
and which has been the favorite
poetical form since the early days
Of Japanese literary history.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
A SPANISH GAME.
Jai Alai May Become Popular IN
This Country.

Jai Alai May Become Popular II
This Country.
"Jai alai holds ones interest
as no other sport could do de
clared Gen. Leonard Wood, after
he had played it for months in
Havana. ut is wonderful to
watch, and still more wonderful
to play" Gen. Wood is, it is said,
the only American who ever be-
came an expert at the game. In
deed, until late years it was prac-
tically unknown outside the
Basque provinces of Spain, but il
is today "the passion of the Latin
peoples" and the World says
fronton, or playing court is now
being built in New York city.
The court is 200 feet long, 36
feet wide, paved with asphalt of
cement, and inclosed at both ends
and the further side with cement
walls rs feet high. The specta-
tors face the three walled playing
ground. Between them and the
court is a strip % feet wide, the
foul ground.
The right end wall of the court
is the fronts against which the
ball is served. A space on the
front is 36 feet square, beginning
three feet from the ground, is
marked off, and the ball must be
served against this strip.
Sixty feet from the fronts
line is pointed across the court,
and at a distance of 100 feet there
is another line. The player who
wins the toss and starts the game
stands at the second line, throws
the ball lightly to the floor, and
on its rebound catches il in his
"cesta" and sends it flying
against the 3G-foot square on the
fronts.
He strives to put the ball at a !
point whence it will rebound be- |
tween the 6O-foot and 1O6-foot
lines on fair ground, and at the
same time drop where the oppOs.
ing player cannot catch it. Then |
the game is on, and the ball is
kept flying in the air until one
side or the other drops it and |
loses a point.
Jai alai is played by from two
to eight men. The ball is frac-
ton smaller than the regulation
baseball, and has Il rubber core to
make it better bouncer. The |
'esta, with which it is struck. is
a kind of wicker basket 1S inches
ong, six inches broad, six inches |
ieep in the middle, and curying
gradually to the ends.
1t takes a powerful arm to send
the ball against the fronts so
hard that it will travel 200 feet
back to the other wall and re
jound, yet this is a frequent fea-
ture of the game. For such rca.
sons Gen. Wood declares thatl
'jai alai requires more skill. more |
strength and more agility than
any other game, and exercises
very muscle in the body"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-25
WOOD ON ALASKAN ISLAND.
Possibility Of Creating Forests in the
Aleutian Chain.

! AVoolStAAAy VI NAChlAnB 1VAc5lS ia luc
Aleutian Chain.
UnaIaska is, says the New YorR
Tribune, one of the islands which
reach out southwestwardly in a
\ long line from Alaska. They are
practically uninhabited, and
scarcely a tree can be found on
any of them. Such wood as is
used there, aside from the drift
wood picked up by the natives.
comes from San Francisco, and
the freight charges make it ex-
pensive. Sod is used for building
huts and sea lion skmsto cover
boats. All possible makeshifts
are res0rted to in order TO pro-
vide substitutes for that useful
material.
On lTnalaska, in a sheltered
cove near Dutch Harbor, there is
a clump of small Sitka spruces,
probably planted by Russian
missionary since the island was
made trading port in 1905.
These few trees, six or eight in
number, do not look thrifty, and
it is impossible to tell how many
others have persisted and disap
peared from the number original
~ transplanted thither. On the
other hand, no one can know how
much more vigorous the growth J
would have been if the trees had |
been well cared for.
A plentiful supply of native
wood would be of value in ease
these islands became stopping
places for transatlantic steam
'hips. With that and other pos
in view, well known ex-
,erts have been discussing The OK
,ediency of tree planting. not only
n 'nalaska, but also ON neigh
'0ring islands. Henry Gannett,
eOgrapher of the geological sur
ey, can see no good reason why
rees should not thrive there.
he climate is scarcely more So.
ere than at Sitka. and there is
lenty of rain. Sunshine is
rarce, but the Sitka spruce does
OF require much of that. The
'inds are often high, but the
me conditions prevail on other
)astS where forests abound. 7
An encouraging fact is that !
Their vegetation on the Aleutian i
stands is rank Says a writer in G
orcstry and Irrigation: "Grass. q
5 and wild grains grow with i
lbulOus luXuriance to remark. v
bic heights. and some vegetables O
Jay be raised. Even on the Priby.
# islands. some 200 miles to the '
orth. the ground is matted with I
he creeping arctic willow and
loriouS with yellow pOppies and
lue lupine; turnips and quick ma
uring vegetables can be grown. C
nd from the presence Of white
nen there. almost from their dis
ovcry. il would seem that some
ttempt might have been made 70. 4
ward having "A tree or two for the p
axe of mere company" h