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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

Improvement II will shine like satin, and II
will be smooth and clean and thick to a degree
passing belief. There is nothing like electrical
massage for a horses coat"
At the end Of the massage the horse as it was
being led away. frisked. arched its neck and
pranced about
do you see" said the operator. how the
electricity has invigorated it? Horses always
act like that after massage. The current is a
great strengthened and n great stimulant 1t is
fine for tired horse. 1t will put new life into
the oldest and sorriest nag"
While the operator talked an assistant pre-
pared to clean the teeth OF a bay mare He
ranged upon n table n number Of glittering
dental instruments. There were cutters where
with overgrown teeth brought down TO the
proper size. There were foats-fes with long
handes-wherewith the tecth's rough edges are
smOOthed off. There a speculum-an in
strument with an ebony handle and four bars of
nickel. working a ratchet, which crossed one
another so as to form a hollow square. There
forceps. curettes. treph!ues-a bright
ray Of very odd and very huge tools.
The assistant led the mare to her station and
placed the speculum in her mouth This spec
ulum. with its hollow square Of steel bars. fitted
on the mares back teeth and kept her mouth
wide open. Holding the ebony handle. the man
kept her head perfectly still
The operator examined the yellow and uneven
teeth carefully. lie took UP pair Of cutters
and here and there nipped off an abnormal
growth. Then. with file. he made smooth the
sharp edges he had left
so much for that" he said. The teeth are
now all right far length and shape so.
What they need next Is good cleaning"
He took up long-handled instrument that
had on its end a brush shaped like a chestnut
burr.
do you See" he said. how. when 1 press the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

ten lies couch smiling up into the face OF a
girl operator as she kneads his shrunken limbs
and tries to bring strength into muscles rem
dered useless by congenital palsy; another mas
seuse may be at work the ankle of girl
who has become paralyzed a result Of apo
plexy In the department for men, stalwart
patients who seem in the pink OF condition to all
outward appearances are barring great arms and
huge calves to the masseurs- Inquiry reveals
the fact that crutch palsy is the trouble with
one he having fractured his leg and caused the
resulting complication that needs the assistance
of 4 rnasseur through the unwonted exercise
with the wooden support; another man is suf-
fering from congestion of the brain. and is sit
ting in a chair while his head is pressed and
rubbed by one of the operators.
Occupation palsy is of the interesting
Ills treated One girl who applied recently for
treatment at hospital suffering from too
dfigent application to the typewriter; some
women who come to the hospital from the
sewing rooms, where too much exercise with the
foot I'm working sewing machine has caused
temporary paralysis that massage treatment can
cure: many who know not what ais them but
merely tell the doctor that they cannot work
as they used TO, are found to be suffering from
oYerstrained muscles and are sent to the mas
sage department.
Many patients who have been dismissed from
tfe medical departments or the surgical clinics
are sent to the massage room to have the final
touch put on their treatment Perhaps they
have been kept lying in bed in one position for
20 long that they almost entirely helpless
when cured OF their physical ailments. Such
patients find the treatment Of the massage room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

De found In broadway between the Battery and
the City Hall Near Wall-st- they are es-
pecially plentiful Here the motorman fire.
Quently encounters excited type of individual
who, when halfway across the street, suddenly
stops and exclaims: bid fver' or who pulls
out memorandum to jot down an appointment
almost forgotten, or turns around with his back
10 car and shouts Hello BILL" to a friend
he has just espied on the opposite curb.
II Is the mOtorman who travels back and forth
through the shopping districts or the residence
quarters whose nerve is tested most severely by
The hysterical woman. She sometimes stands on
the wrong corner and if the motorman makes
no attempt TO stop at the opposite crossing she
pursues the car. On the other hand. should the
car come TO . halt she casts cold and wither-
ing frown at the conductor. At other times she
waits until the car is only few feet away to
see If there is 4 vacant seat within. before she
condescends to hail the n,otcrman. As he pulls
Fainly on his brake. she waves her umbrella and
half dozen packages in the air. as desperately
as If signalling for help from a wreck in mid
sea: and all the tine there is empty only
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

In all the fashionable gafta. The electrical mas
sage has the same effect the coat of horse
the scalp of a man II is said to make the
hair thick and fine and glossy, and where tho
skin has been rubbed bare II brings on a new
growth. Electrical massage for horses ts popu-
lar just now, because in the winter a local bald
ness is apt to manifest itself a horses legB,
and nothing will abolish this badness so quickly
and wen, it is said. the application of cleo
tricity.
white horse came to the beauty parlor the
other day to be massaged. In its forelegs. down
near the hoOfs. the hair was very thin
This thinning Of the hair is due to the salt IN
the Streets" the chief operator said
The salt In the streets?"
Yes The streets in the winter are always
full Of salt-it is sprinkled on them to melt the
snow. Horses take up this salt, and nothing II
worse for their coats 1t causes them to become
quite bald in patches"
He attached to electric battery two long
wires each with a sponge at its end He
touched tiny button and the battery began to
hum Then his assistant took the two sponges
and moved them slowly over the horses coat
He pressed them against the hide firmly, and he
paid particular attention to the spots ON the
forelegs where the hair was thin.
The white horse seemed to like this massage
It wrinkled its flesh as the sponges passed over
it, and it stood still. now and then taking q
long. deep breath. heaving a sigh of comfort and
contentment
After four five treatments" said the chief
operator. "a vigorous growth OF fine new hair
viii appear on those bare patches on the fore
Leg, and the whole coat will show a rem arkabls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

a block behind Next to the woman who is too
timid the motorman breads the woman who is
too bold
THE typewriters and shop girls would scare
ordinary man TO death" said one veteran
motorman the other day. Many of them cross
the street just in front of a car, matter how
loud you ring your gong. And IL there is
bunch of them, and one of them across the
track in front of you without being over. she
always turns around and says, Come on, girls.
quickr And then all the rest go scampering
after Why In going down Broadway about
o'clock 1 know 1 am sure to meet four girls at
Bleecker-st. who try to hold me up. They call
it teasing. I wouldn't say what L call it
don't know why they do it, because I'm married
and have a family of children"
The model mOtorman is indeed model citizen
He is typical of the progressive spirit Of the
times and many of his characteristics are
worthy Of admiration. if not Of imitation There
are reckless motormen, just there are reckless
capitalists for even mOtormen are human
Nevertheless. the motorman who does his duty
and does it well is worthy Of respect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

works miracles with their weakened muscles.
Victims Of accident who have been operated on
in the surgical clinics are sent to the massage
room after their wounds heal in order that the
strong fingers of the masseUr may knead new
life into limbs atrophied by the severe treatment
necessary TO restore broken bones to their orig
inal shape.
1t is a common mistake to regard this method
of treatment as new. AS a matter of fact, Hip
pocrates, the father OF medicine" who was
born AGO B. c., advocated massage At the
period when he fourished slaves were trained to
the art.
A beauty parlor for horses has been estab-
lished in Philadelphia where horses have their
coats electrically massaged, their hoofs mani
cured and their teeth filled and whitehead and
here they learn to stand properly and to move
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
FAT IND LEAN IN JAPAN.
Methods 4dopted to Get Rid Of or
to Gain Flesh.

Should the lean American want - become fat,
as the lean japanese does he Is likely to fad
il difficult in such a city New-Iork. one II
the chief features of the Japanese method II
putting flesh is To sleep outdoors with IS
little clothing possible The advocates Of this
doctrine believe that the less covering the body
has the more it will seek to protect Itself by
the growth OF fat
In Japan there is saying that any TAT man
can become lean. and any lean man fat if he
really wants such change of figure.
BESIDES sleeping lightly Garmcnted pos
stble. the Japanese searcher for flesh sleeps a
great deal Ten. twelve and even fourteen
hours are none too much for him In his waking
hours he is to be kept amused. Anxieties and
thoughts OF a serious nature are to be banished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

handle. spring causes the burr-shaped brush
to revolver Well. that is equine tooth
brush. and 1t is a fine thing. Watch it work.
lie dipped the brush in white powder and
applied it TO the horses teeth. pressing the
handle so as to keep the bristles revolving with
great velocity. The effect swift and
markable. The yellow teeth. the whizzins
brush passed over them, grew clean and bright.
At the end of ten minutes the horses mouth
looked we'll kept as girls.
Every few months horses teeth should be
attended to-" the operator said. Sometimes
they need cutting. sometimes they need filling.
sometimes they only need To- he cleaned. If thy
are not looked after regularly the horse gets 4
sore mouth and stops eating for a horse. unlike
4 man, won't eat il it hurts him to chew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31

Introduced Into Some Hospitals Regular CuraHe ppHed
10 lfnina 1flsO.
TO 1fnimals flsO.

Belief in the advantages to be derived from
massage scientifically applied is daily growing
In America Massage as a curative agent is now
part Of the treatment given free at some hos
pitfalls. Operators are engaged for the express
purpose Of administering the treatment, and II
is no longer necessary for a hospital doctor to
advise the patient to seek the services Of
masseUr; the Tasseur is on the premises wait
ing for the patient 10 apply for treatment. In
room set apart for the purpose patients Of either
Sex for whom massage treatment is prescribed
wait their turR~fOr the skilled manipulation Of
the muscles that does what drugs viii fail to do.
The typical massage room of hospital is
usually filed with the halt and the lame and
those sick of the palsy. Children suffering
through causes over which they had no control
are the most pathetic cases Perhaps boy of
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Deep
Seated Cases. Aching Back, Mucous
Discharged, Etc.

For old, obstinate, deep-seated, Kid
ney, Bladder and Urinary diseases
take bottle of Botanic Kidney Speci-
fc If you have agonizing pains in
back swollen legs or abdomen dis
charges from the uretha, neuralgia of
the bladder, burning sensation or diff
Guilty in passing water, also frequent
desire or even involuntary discharges
of the urine, Catarrh of the bladder
stone, Bright's disease, disagreeable
odor of the urine, scanty and high
colored, your kidneys and bladder are
diseased. Take Botanic Kidney Speci-
fc. Soon all the syptoms disappear,
discharges cease, aches in the back dis
appear The burning sensation stops
and perfect cure is guaranteed.
Botanic Kidney Specific gives
strength, power and health to the kid
neys. Acts directly on the uric acid
and dissolves and destroys it.
Plea at to the taste. Especially
advised for chronic cases that resis
all other treatment. 81 per large bottle
at my store or by express, Call or
write A. r. Fisher, Cloverort. Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
TOBACCO IN
THE YEAR 1904.

The general opinion is that the dark
tobacco crop of 1904 will be one of the
smallest grown in years in Kentucky.
This seasons experience with late
season, poor tobacco and low prices
has taught the farmers valuable
lesson and many express their deter
mination to profit by it, In the
counties where tobacco is the princi-
pal crop, as In Breckenridge. the small
profits this season are not only dis
heartening and a big financial loss
to the farmer, but are tending to
cripple the trade done by the mer-
chants, especially in the small towns
and to be detrment to all kinds Of
business. The poor crop is much to
blame this season, put all classes
know, though some may not admit It,
tnat the buyers combines have had
a large hand in causing the wholesale
financial suffering connected with the
tobacco crop. Many expedients are
being adopted by the tobacco growers
to fight the combines, two of which
are given in subsequent paragraphs.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Petition for Army Post.

Frankfort, Ky. Jan. 20.-A com
mittee from Hardin county was in
Frankfort to-day to wait upon Repre-
sentative Tabb and hand him a petit
tion signed by /, 1913 persons residing at
Vine Grove, Stitnton, Tip Top and
West Point, urging the Legislature to
ask the Kentucky delegation in Con-
gress to work for the West Point army
post site, and also recommending the
passage of the Allen Bill, providing
that no whisky shall be sold at an
army site, and also the passage of an
act relinquishing the jurisdiction OF
this State over the land at West Point
to be used for army site purposes. Mr..
Tabb says that some of his constitu-
tents aIe opposed to the army post be-
ing located at West Point, and he
Will hear from both sides before de-
Gliding upon what course he shall
pursue.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Good Roads Convention.

The National Good Roads conven-
ton is in session at Washington this
week Mr.. J. e. Van Pelt Is repre-
senting Kentucky at the convention
and will make a report of the work
done in this State for the betterment
of roads during the year. If the
Brownlow bill, which provides for the
creation of Department Of Good
Roads. at the national capitol passes,
it will call for an annual appropria-
ton of So, 600, 900. Each State appro-
pratt IN will be fixed according to
area and population. IN the size of
the amounts Kentucky is about sixth.
the figure being $500, 00O
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a
cold In one day. No cure. No pay. Price, 20c.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Praise For Mr.. Haight.

We are not in the habit of saying
much about conductors in our railroad
travels, for we find them almost
universally gentlemen, but we cannot
pass over Mr.. ). F. Corbit, of the
Louisville & Nashville from St
Louis, to Evansville, Ind. and Mr..
NJ. 9. Haight of the Louisville,
Henderson 81 st. Louis Route. These
conductors are especially attentive to
their duties and the comfort of their
passengers. Such men make travel on
their trains pleasant and their roads
popular-The Tribune, Rich Hill,
Mo.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
st Prize OOO End Prize So, 500 Sd Prize ST 900
Seven Special Prizes of $4,000 Each for Early Estimates

Every subscriber THE News will have opportunity
Worlds
prizes given
Total Paid Admissions
month the Louis Worlds Fair Without doubt the Worlds Ff
held world
and child should be interested in this enterprise
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
A Very Close Call.

" | stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerve was
racked with pain" writes. G. W..
Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of
Burlington, Iowa. 81 was weak and
pale, without any appetite and all run
down. AS | was about to give up
got bottle of Electric Bitters, and
after taking it, l felt as well as 1 ever
did in my life" Weak, sickly, run
down people always gain new life,
strength and vigor from their use.
Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed
by Short * Haynes. Price 80 cents.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27

For the tobacco growers of Brecken-
ridge and adjoining counties to adopt
the last one given would not be un-
wise, we believe.
Hold for Better Prices.
A company composed of the far
mers of Pooletown, near Madisonville,
have organized a company for the
purpose of putting up tobacco and
holding it until good prices can be
secured. This company has secured
two warehouses and the crops of the
county is being stored IN these Good
prices are being paid for the crop and
it is being put away for future sale.
Abandon Tobacco Growing.
AT meeting of the tobacco growers
recently held in Webster county, fully
so per cent. of the represented acreage
decided to abandon the productlol of
the crop in 1904. An article to this
effect was drawn up and signed to be
binding when 70 per cent OF the acre
age in the dark district had been
pledged by the growers.
The following is hrief summary
of the article adopted, and it is re-
quested that growers in other locali-
ties in the strip district communicate
with each other and with the lie aders
in this movement, tending toward a
rapid extension and decl ded express
ion of the idea:
"We, the undersigned tobacco grow
ers, do hereby agree to abandon the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27

The incest and pleasantest medI-
cine 1 have ever used for indigestion
and constipation is Chamberlai n s
Stomach and Liver Tablets, " say s
Melard M. Craig, of Middlegrove, N
Y. "They WORK like a charm and do
not grippe or have any unpleasant
effect. " For sale by Short q Haynes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Hanna Not a Candidate.

In an interview last week Senator
Thomas q. Plat, of New York, said
after a conversation with Senator
Hanna.
"Mr. Hanna will not be a candi-
date nor will he permit the use of his
name in connection with the nomina-
ton
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27

production of this crop, either person
ally or by troopers and renters dur
ing the year 1904; provided, that
IS per cent of tine growers in the
export type of tobacco sign this or
some other similar agreement before
March I, 1904. "
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Asst o7I "A.
Bears the N ITO N''u lUu ..o.u M"eIS O''s''
Signature .1 &xH2z1Zu
First Patent Next Month.

According to a Hawesville paper,
the Kentucky Plow Fender company,
of that place, will have it's machinery
in place and be ready to turn out
their patent by February /.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
The Best Prescription for Malaria

uChills and Fever is d OusIle VI Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. 1t is simply Iron and Qui-
nine in tasteess form. No Cure, No Pay
Price soc.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-01-27
Conditions of this Great Contest.

Every remits st;ip
ton %
prize
send in
first of
and mai
will be allowed The official record the Secretary the Worlds Fair showing the
and be
frs
lhavean Those who NOW
with
OOas the who gueSe
to
andes
rrec.p prizes wilb equally
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

nesting. who know a primrose from, a
buttercup and rabbit from, n hare.
Still worse. the cty-bred child In the
poorer quarters OF the towns is regarded,
'covertly at least, as a nuisance. Ile plays
In the streets to the disturbances Of the
traffic and the Irritation OF the police.
He breaks windows and trips UP pedes-
trains who are In a hurry---arld who is
not nowadays7 Landlords object to him,
strongly. mo children" Is the FREQUENT
termination Of a lodglngs-to-let advertise
ment.
The crush Of population has produced
the nat whether for the rich IN the
southwest districts or the workingmef IN
the east. The ma iority Of flats are care
fully constructed for the unmarried or
the couple without family. The b.. build !, !,
ers evidently had such folk N nlnd
when they went to work. without a
strip of garden for playground. without NO
even chance Of walk without descend e ~
ing half dozen flights Of stairs. now
can child hope to thrive or to be any any
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

chests and congratulatng Themselves
that they were not as other n,er, are.
But now that similar charges are be
Ing proved against British husbands and
wives II Is a different matter; one, IN I
deed that arouses serious alarm, among
all thinking men.
Y The evil is not confined to one class lass
That fact is proved by statistics The
arstocracy are In the same boat With
the agricultural laborers; the professional
classes and the skilled artisans are both 9th
equally at fault. Why7
In the first place, there seems to have
arisen the conviction that the supply OF
human beings was exceeding the demand.
Parents In poor circumstances did not APP
preciate tho expense of raising families
to populate America and the colonies.
Trade did not improve, competition was
growing keener every year In the co,in-
try and inhabitants were moving to the
towns under the curse OF agricultural
depression. The outlook for the head OF
a large family was not encouraging.
But. perhaps more important still Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

move-hut wait for the land campaigns
And every one waited.
The news OF the Yalu battle broke the
failing interest Of a rigorous censorship
Yet the military critics were even then
not CONVINCED. The German papers told
their readers that It was part OF the
game. The Russians had gone fishing
and Japan had swallowed the bait. It
was merely sklrmish, It was strate-
gic retreat to draw on the enemy. IT
may have struck the writer's that 1t was
not usual for strategic movements. des-
cribed as successful, to result In the loss
Of several batteries Of artillery. But this
point was not enlarged upon.
--on Sunday and Monday came the news
of the Russian retreat. There could be
no more doubt left even In the minds
oe German military critics.
From Berlin, Paris and Vienna came
the story of "stupor' which fell upon
the naval and military folk. The condl-
ton Of the civilian Inhabitants came not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

dissImilar. The formidable Russia. the
Power that could place over three MIL
lions of men In the field, to be beaten
by tho plgmies OF thea East The shock
of the kilograms was all the greater be-
cause the minds of the readers had not
been prepared to receive It by accurate
Intelligence of the preceding events. IL
came like the sudden lifting OF n curtain
which disclosed surprising things.
The old cry OF the yellow Peril is be-
ing raised-a cry reminiscent or inc
speeches OF the German Emperor, 50 we
were told yesterday in kilograms from
Vienna. Berlin is shaking a warning
finger. Beaten In the East. Will not Rus
sia attempt expansion in tho WestY ~
is a. serious matter one to be graVely
considered by the Teuton peoples
The talk of intervention has arisen
No ore seems to know who is to inner
yene, or why; nor Is it evident that Rus,
sia or Japan has shown itSsH ths lsaSl