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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
COMMERCIAL EXCURSIONS.
Help to Engender Friendly Feol.
ing Among Nations in Com
petition.

Commercial excursions from one
country to another have become popu-
lar in Europe. Last year large party
of English merchants and manufac-
turerS maze a tour Of France to in
spect industrial establishments, trade
schools, etc. The visitors were cordial
ly received and entertained by the
French authorities and business men,
many of the latter of whom subse-
quently made a similar visit to Eng
land. About 200 British merchants
contemplate a similar excursion to Ger
many next May and June, and the visit
is viewed with lively satisfaction by
the German merchants, who are plan
ming to give these trade ambassadors"
cordial reception.
Meetings Of this sort" says Consul
General Guenther, at frankfort, in a
report on the subject, "do much good.
They help to engender friendly feel
ings among competing nations. remove
false conceptions or sectional preju-
dices, increase business relations and
afford much instruction to the excur-
sionists. 1t would be we'll II our Amer
lean manufacturers and exporters
would make excursions 10 European
countries. Trips of the kind would af-
ford them vast opportunities for in
forming themselves about foreign mar
kets, and how to increase commercial
relations Herewith"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
NEW MOUNTAIN SHEEP.
a Hitherto Unknown Creature OF
America Recently Added to
Museum Collection.

That there are strange and unknown
animals still undiscovered on our owr
continent would seem an extraordinary
statement, but the exploration Of An
drew ]. Stone has recently added many
new and hitherto unknown creatures tt
the collection Of the American museum
Of natural history. In Recreation Mr..
3. H. Brown gives a most graphic art
conscientious account Of successful
hunt for the Owls Stonei, the so-callaG
black sheep Of America. One can fee
the breath of the glacier, as the account
is read. and the lump comes in the throat
of the reader as he scans the brief but
touching paragraphs about the orphan
lamb. The story has the true ring o: &
man who modestly tells what he has
done and seen among unnamed noun
Gains in a country untrodden by white
men, What other animals new to SCI.
ence are still hiding in these lonely lands
will only be known when they are fulls
explored.
The legendary American Ibex may yet
prove to be a living reality.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
AS SHE SUMMED HIM UP.
The Model Husband as Complacently
Viewed by His Prospective
POssessor.

The young lady carefully selected
another chocolate.
ooh. yes" she said, ''of course have
my ideals as to my future husband. He
must be strong and handsome, but not at
all conceited; he must be shrewd and
practical, but poetical and artistic; he
must be able to make lots of money. and
be generous and unselfish, and sing
tenor and be a deep thinker, and per-
fectly straightforward and truthful; he
must be always thoughtful Of the rights
of others, and own racing motor car,
and he must never touch liquor, and be a
thorough sportsman. l want him to be-
long TO clubs AID societies, to be man
amongst men. but always be at home
in the evenings; and he must love ME for
myself alone, and never talk foolishly;
In fact, he must be my mental and spir-
itual affinity, and no dreamer"
And once again she carefully selected
another chocolate.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
NO HERO.

The fact that football with its bumps,
And mud and groars and strife,
And broken legs and collar bones,
Ne'er came into NY life
Has been lasting wild regret:
| never mussed my clothes
Or lay with nose pressed in the mud
Beneath eleven foes.
saw man the other day
Make what they cali goal
Though what they left of his poor shape
Could hardly hold his soul;
He spat out teeth the while the cheers
Near Geafened with their din,
Ard blood and mud were running down
And dripping from his chin!
One eye was shut one ear was torn,
One stocking was pulled down,
His shin was bleeding, he was bruised
From toe to shaggy crown;
His nose was broke, his cheek was swelled
Yet you should hear them cheer!
And next to me a dainty miss
Sighed isn't he dear!'
III never as hero pose.
They never played football
When l was young and full of sand;
Nay knew it not at all;
And SO l weep! l never knew
It's mud and groans ard strife,
md still that l have never played
Has doubtless saved my life.
j. NJ. Lewis, in Houston Pest.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
Profits of Monte Carlo.

This years profit On the Casino at
Monte Carlo shares is 22000,00O francs
more than last years record of 80 0,000,-
600, and is equivalent to six per cent
interest on the present price cf the
shares. The directors will probably ash
authority to make new issue of shares,
as under their fresh agree ement with the
prince of Monaco the charges upon the
Casino are increasingly heavy, through
the increased subvention to the prince
to defray the cost of the new harhor
works and the contract to build the Gew
opera house.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12

81 am glad we live close by. The cross
seems to KEEP watch over US like senti-
mel. After awhile she will not come
any more. Then there will be another
cross.
Come, let us CO." The doves flew oEs
and perched comfortably under the shell
ter of the crumbling granite, which
still preserved the memory of Justin
Cameron's hope for the forgiveness OF
his many grievous SINS
Night fell and complete solitude set
tied over the majestic home of the dead.
N. 0. Times Democrat.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
PLANTS FEED ON INSECTS.
Specimen Of Carnivorous Plant Native
of Cochin-China Now in This
Country.

There is now in bloom at Shaw's
in it's form and color and queer in It's
habits. 1t is one of the carrion plants
and feeds on insects. The common
name of this strange plant is the ''dev-
IFS tongue" name given to it on ac-
count of it's oddly shaped flowers.
The amorphopallus riyieri, or devils
tongue, belongs to one of the most re-
markable groups in the vegetable king
dom. 1t is native of Cochin-China.
The flower has an extraordinary ap-
pearance. The srathe is Of a purplish-
brown color, and the spadix, which is
thick and leshy and about 15 inches
long, is of darker color than the
5pathe; it is broadly campanulated and
beautifully undulated at the margin.
Like other members Of the singular
tribe to which it belongs, it has a
strong disagreeable odor. 1t is one OF
the carrion plants which attract insects
in the manner of the goose plant and
other plants of that nature 1t is fer
tilized by insects 1t remains in flower
from three to four days.
The foliage is large and umbrella
like, the stem is snake-like The plant
grows from two to three feet high.
The root is tuberous, spherical and
weighs from six to eight pounds, and is
used as food, after careful cooking to
eliminate the poisonous properties.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
Soldiers Hair.

The private has quite as much right
to wear his hair as it pleases him as any
other man, and the fashion that pleases
him is no more effeminate thanthe fash
ions that please his officers. If the uni
form of the army is to be honored, let the
officers wear it when off duty.-London
Free Lance
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
Diamonds in Canada.

DIR. Ami. of the geological survey, says
an Ottawa dispatch, believes that dia-
monds are hidden in that part OF Can
ada between the great lakes and HUd.
son bay, and he warns surveying par
ties and explorers to be on the lookout
for anything that will show traces OF
diamonds in that territory.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
Three C,s for Chanffeurs.

After all, the most effective regula
ton of the use and speed of automo
biles is courtesy, caution and common
sense on the part Of the operator a.
the leveg.-EArh, ,rd Times
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
Those Dear Women.

eyes" declared Mrs Enpeck, my hus-
band and myself are full partners.
What's mine is his.
Especially, presume" murmured
Mrs. FIammerfest, when it comes to
opinions. ."-Chicago Sun.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-05-12
IN tha R;hla Glass.

Johnny said the Sunday school
teacher. what is a centurion?"
Hes a feller what rides hundred
miles on bike promptly answered the
hoY.-N. Y. Times
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
Decision Protects school Lands,
Great Falls Tribune.

'ltht FANS lTlouHt.
BY a decision given yesterday by the
secretary of the interior, many thous-
ands of acres of school lands of the
state of Montana, including those that
are the most valuable, are to be pre-.
served to the state. The decision is
by far the most important given in a
land matter in many years and prob
ably the most important that was G
given in a matter in which the state
was a party, with the exception of the
Northern Pacific land cases.
The secretary holds that, though
lands claimed by the state for school
lands are more valuable for minerals
than for agriculture. and though such
lands were known to contain minerals
prior to the date of admission of the
state into the union, the lands may be
held by the state as school lands, not
withstanding their mineral character,
unless they had been located, de.
veloped or claimed as mineral land
prior to November s, 1889: and that
development Of mines subsequent to
the admission of the state, though the
deposits of mineral were known prior
thereto, cannot affect the title OF the
state to lands donated by act of con-
gress to the state for the benefit OF the
public schools.
Thousands of acres of the school
lands Of the state, from which are de-
rived one third of the for the
maintenance Of the public schools, are
affected by the decision. Under many
rulings, lands containing only build
ing stone might have been lost to the
state if the decision had been adverse
to the state.
The states contention, in its effort.
to save the lands, was presented be
fore the secretary Of the interior Feb
ruary II, last, by Attorney George H
Stanton of this city, who had been re
quested by Governor Toole and Other
members of the state board of lane
commissioners to argue the matter OF
behalf of the state, and yesterday Mr.
Stanton received a telegram announc
ing that the secretary had sustained
his contention and had decided tn,
controversy ia favor of the state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
CASE No. 6lS.

An illustration of the necessity for
some impartial tribunal that shall
have power to regulate railroad trans.
portation charges, is presented in
what Is known as Case No. 6lS in the
proceedings Of the Interstate Com.
merce commission. This case refers to
the complaint of the livestock ship.
pers that the rate upon their products
sent to the Chicago market from Mis-.
souri, river points was higher than the
rate charged upon dressed beef that
was given similar transportation.
From the testimony submitted TO
the commission, it appeared that the
rate upon livestock from the Missouri
river to Chicago was 25t cents per
lN pounds, while packing house
products shipped over the same roads
for the same distance had a rate of
ISL cents. The interstate commerce
commission decided that livestock on
the hoof being less valuable than
dressed meat it should not be charged
q higher rate than the latter. This
decision was rendered by the commits.
sion in June, 1902, but the railroads
declined to reduce the livestock rate
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
The Immigration Problem.

CHICAGO, May 26.--In a Washing.
ton dispatch 70 he RecUrd-Herald,
w alter Wellnan says President
Roosevelt has taken up the inmigra-
ton question aud is preparing to call
it to the attention of congress aud the
country. The president believe that
one Of the most serious problems now
confronting the American people is
how TO deal with the hordes Of unde-
sirabie immigrants Europe is pouring
upon u shores.
During the fiscal year which ends
June 80 next, all i%mmigran. records
will be broken la these twelve months
we'll on toward nearly a million steer
age passengers will have arrived in
the United States looking for homes
and work. The greatest number ar
irving 10 any previous year was s57,.
DAG, during the twelve months ended
with June, 1902. For 1904 to to.al was
$3.50, and for 1905 it vii! be between
900, 600 AID 1000, 0OO.
These are appalling figures. They
are more appalling when they are an.
alyzed and their Significance more
fully understood. They mean that in
q single year there pours into the
country q multitude uf nutnb l. peo-
pie equal or greater to the pie.en,
population Of eighteen states, of the
union. 1t means that If all these
newcomers. poor OF purse and most oil
them poorer yet in qualifications for
citizenship, were tn assemble IN one
place they would alone make a city
exceeded in population by only New
York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
Baron ROthSchild Is Dead.

PARIS, May 2H.-Baron Alphonse
Eothschild. head Of the great banking
house, died at & o'clock this morning.
For the past week Baron Rothschild's
condition has been a source OF great
alarm, although it was not considered
by his physicians that he was in dan.
ger of immediate death.
His death caused a temporary panic
on the Bourse, but stocks quickly raj.
lied on expressions of assurance post.
ed in bulletins by the house. All the
great International loans-thosc is.
sued on behalf of particular govern.
ment in several countries simultane.
ously-negotiatcd during the past ri
years, have been invariably submitted
first to him. These loans embrace
every nation in Europe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
LOVE DIES.

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says there
comes a time in the curse of married love
when "the thrill goes out of the hand
clasp and the kiss at times, and it is then
that husband and wife may be susceptible
to other magnetic personalities" The rea-
son for this condition Of affairs is often the
fault Of the husband, but how often is it
not due 10 the wife's nervousness and irri.
liability due to some trouble with the or
gans peculiarly fe~minine-the. wife under
such circumstances feels languid aud spir.
itless-she suffers perhaps from headache
and sleeplessness.
Backed up by over a third of a century
of remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors Of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription now feel fuzzy war.
ranted in offering to pay $500 in legal
money Of the United States, for any case
of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolap.
sus, or Falling Of Womb, which they car
not cure. All they ask is a fair n rea-
sonable trial of their means Of cure.
great deal of sickness may be saved BY
keeping on hand a copy of DR.. Pierce's
thousand-page illustrated book, "The Com.
MOI Sense Medical Adviser" Sent free,
paper bound. for twenty-one one cent
stamps, to pay cost of mailing only; or cloth.
bound for Thirty one stamps. Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical ASSOCIATION,
IS, Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Constipation aud a bilious attack 60 hand
finland. d.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
. sure and speedy cure for both. Tiny,
s~ugar.coated grauules. One little sPellet
Is a gentle laxative and two a mild cathar'
&c. They never grippe. Nothing else IL
sjust as good"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
Put Iron In Life prcScrycrs,

TRENTON, n. j., May 26.-The case
OF the government against J. c. Stone,
$. c. Quintard and Charles and Jas.
Russ, officers of the Nonpareil Cork
Works Of Camden, charged with in.
creasing the weight Of cork blocks for
life presersers, by inserting iron bars,
to retain the required standard weight,
has been concluded in the United
States district court.
The government placed several of
the company's employees on the stand
and they testified to seeing the iron
bars inserted in the cork blocks. A
motion to uon.suit was made on the
ground that there was sufficient cork
in the blocks, and even with the iron
the buoyancy OF the pr~eservers
would reach the governments stand.
ard. The motion was denied.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
that was declared to be unjust and

that was declared to be unjust and
excessive.
The matter was subsequently, taken
into court, where it was decided that
the disparity between rates upon
livestock shipments and those upon
packing house products was not justi.
fed. But neither the court nor the
interstate commerce commission had
power to change the rate by SO much
as a fraction of a cent. The railroads
defed the decision of tribunals that
were powerless to take further action
in the premises. They continued the
rate Of 251 cents upon livestock and
Is: cents upon dressed meat shipped
to and from Chicago and Missouri
river points.
D%uring!the past few weeks, however,
these defiant railroad autocrats real
lied that sthe American people have
become aroused over the rate.making
evil, and are determined to exercise
jurisdiction over it. They have had
under thoughtful consideration the au-
nouncement recently made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, to the effect that rail.
roads areIpublic highways and should
be open to all on equal terms. Real
izing the force and justice of this
proposition. the officials of railroads
interested in Case No. 6lS have de.
cided to protect themselves against
charges Of discrimination and at the
same time add to their profits. They
announce that, in the near future,
rates upon packing house products
will be advanced to the figure now
paid upon livestock shipments.
That solution of the problem, of
course, does uOt bring relief to the
livestock shipper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
NEW LAMP.
Promises to Decrease Cost of Light.
Ing by so Per Cent.

Promises to Decrease Cost of Light
Ing by so Per Cent.
A new electric lamp has been put on
the market i'll Germany, samples OF
which have already reached this coun-
try. which promises to decrease the
cost of electric lighting by so per cent.
The source Of light in the new lamp.
instead of being an inch or two Of car
bon thread. as in the ordinary incan-
descent bulb, is a twenty-five inch piece
Of very fine tantalum wire two one
thousandths of an inch in diameter. In
order to pack this length Of wire in an
ordinary bulb it Is wound back and
forth on a series OF arms, as shown in
the accompanying illustration. The rea-
son for such a long piece of wire is to
obtain the necessary resistance to the
electric current, tantalum being a far
better conductor than carbon.
Tantalum is one Of the rare metals
for which there has hitherto been no
practical use found. In fact, it is very
probable that no n ever saw the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
Ships Keel All Propeller.

Pittsburg s%hipbuilders have received
a contract for the construction Of Il
novel boat for Thomas Berston Of the
American Steel and Wire company.
Berston has patented a propeller which,
instead Of projecting from the rear of
entire length. He has given his patent
a test near Washington and hopes to
be able to construct a ship that will
travel rs fast as Il railroad train. The
boat will be four feet wide. thirty feet
long and sixty horsepower. According
to calculations. it will make forty-iive
miles an hour. He believes that larger
vessels a attain Il higher rate of
speed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
MUSHROOM RAISING ANTS.



Professor ]. r. Ainsworth Davis
gives the latest proofs Of the axis
right to our applause. He says:
"In tropical America the traveller in
their native region often sees thou
sands of ants marching in column Of
route, each holding in it's powerful
Jaws a piece Of green leaf about the
size Of a sixpence. These they take to
their nests.
"The material Is used as an elaborate
sort Of mushroom culture, recurring
much more skill and intelligence than
that in which human beings engage.
The mushroom grower sets spawn in
the beds he prepares, but the ant does
not need to do this. The desired spawn
Don makes its appearance in the chew
ed leaf. But in its natural state it is
inedible and must undergo careful
treatment before it yields the musl-
room which the ant desires. The nee
essary work is done by a special caste
Of gardener ants.
'These weed out obnoxious germs,
ETC., and pruning off the tips Of the
threads prevent them from growing
into the air and producing useless toad
stools. AS a result Of this the threads
swell into ~innumerablc little rounded
white chickering's, each of which is
about one-fiftieth of an inch across. 1t
Is these which are the mushrooms.
These curious bodies constitute the sole
food Of the ant, or, at any rate, the
chief food."-Science Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
THE LAMP.

pure metal until three years age, when
1t was obtained in the laboratory Of
Siemens & Halske in Berlin.
The metal Is Of a grayish color, some
what darker than platinum, about us
hard as mild steel, but Is per cent
stronger than the latter. 1t is mallea-
BILE, can be drawn into a very fine wire,
resists all acids except h%ydrotluoric.
and, what is of most Importance. does
not melt until a temperature of more
than 1000 degrees +. Is reached. The
temperature Of the incandescent cleo
trio lamp Is about 1900 degrees.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
No Garbage In Paris.

The great city OF Paris has no gar
bage to dispose Of. The most expensive
and luxurious tables In hotels. restau-
rants and private houses systematical.
ly supply viands to dining rooms and
kitchens of Il grade lower than their
own, and those Of the second grade to
a third, and so one. until the nourlsh-
ment Of the city is tapped. Slapped,
boiled and broiled out Of everything
that has a fiber OF amorphous paste in
Its composition. This Is IN ILLUSTRATION,
Of the possible economics Of a great
city.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
ANOTHER RUSSIAN DISASTER.
Her Baltic Squadron Meets japanese
Fleet and Suffers Severe Loss,

WASHINGTON, May pa dispatch
was received here today al the state
department from Toxic saying that
the japanese government had made
the announcement that it's fleet had en-
gagged the Russians in the straits of
Tsushima on Saturday. Later in the
day a dispatch vas received from the
United States consul at Nagasaki re.
porting the sinking of the Russian
battleship Borodino and five other
ships. Following Is the text of the
Nagasaki dispatch to the state depart.
ment:
"NAGAsAKI, May q. Japanese
sunk the Russian b~attleship Borodino
and four more war>hips and a repair
ship"
From further information which has
been received in Washington today, it
is believed that two Of the Russian
ships reported to have been sunk in
the Korean straits by the Japanese
are the Orel and her sister ship, the
Borodino. They are battle ships of
$1,000 tons. Three other vessels re.
ported sunk are believed to have been
cruisers, the remaining one being u
repair ship.
LONDON, May 29.-The Toxic cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail says that
the Russian fleet has been dispersed,
that several Russian ships have been
disabled. and that the remainder are
in flight with Japs pursuing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
Barrels Made Of Paper.

A recent and novel use to which pa
per is being put is in the manufacture
OF barrels. The wine growers Of
Greece, being badly of for wood with
which to construct their casks and the
cost Of its import being excessive, late
" resolved to employ paper in the man.
ufacture Of their barrels. which will. It
Il said. be soon in universal use
throughout the country.