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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-02

have their comfort provided for In
many ways, In separate buildings, but
within the rooms where SO many mill
lion gallons Of milk are being either
bottled for shipment or conveyed to
the great vacuum pans for cOndensa-
tions or evaporation, absolute cleanli-
ness prevails. The Immaculate white
linen suits universally worn by the
bright faced, healthy, and intelligent
employees are donned before entrance
to the operating room.
Writing in New York City for a New
York illustrated weekly. 1t has been
natural enough to emphasize the inn
portance of the business in New York
and the east. Yet 1t must not be for
gotten that in the Chicago section and
other other sections of America ore
produced results precisely similar to
those brought about in this section of
the country. Elgin, as Is we'll known,
Is famous the world over for the but
ter she makes, and it may surprise
you to learn that the excellence of this
butter is due directly to our inventors
efforts Of nearly century ago.\ The
high standards referred to elsewhere
introduced by him among the farm
ers and dairymen of the two richest
American grazing spOts-New York
and Illinois-made possible the pro-
duction of the rich and pure fluid milk
required all these years for the max
ing of Elgin and New York state but
ter u
On the whole, speaking as an Amer
lean, one cannot but be thankful that
the enormous importance of pure milk
to 1.-THE health of millions was recog-
nized so early in the history of our
country and by man so we'll able to
grapple with the difficulties of the sit
uation. 1t seems we'll nigh certain
that not only could no other country
in the world afford SO ample and SO
excellent supply of the raw mater
fal, but in MO other country could that
supply be SO advantageously treated,
whether for shipment in the herme-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-02
WEDNESDAY, MAY ., 1906.

tictlly-sealed, Observation-Disclosures
glass Jars, or in the several canned
forms It is certain that nowhere
else in the world Is the business car
ried on upon 80 large scale, and this
fact has an important bearing upon
that topic Of health with which this
discussion began. The application OF
the present vastness Of the practical
operations in pure milk Is twO-fOld:
First, that the elaborate precautions
would be impossible, In a business
sense, for smaller concern. Toitake
one example, the interests previous
ly referred to. carry out the humans
tartan policy of refusing to use any
milk from an infected dairy or COM
munity. BY Infection Imean that
k owladge of an unhealthy COW, Of
an impure water supply, or illness Of
any character in the lairyman's. fam
lily prompts them at once to constantly
safeguard the health of millions of
people. Due to these unusual precau-
tons, believe no illness has ever
been tracable to this source of sup
ply.
Second, the great number-amount-
ing to hundreds of thousands in round
numbers-of the COWS which supply
the brands of milk is in itself an ad-
ditiOnal guarantee of quality; for
scientific experts are now pretty we'll
agreed that their family COW supplied
them with milk the year round is
based upon misinformation in the ply
stology Of mily. In short, so far Is
the dweller in cities for having cause
for such alarm as my friend expressed
that the city man, with an abundant
supply of pure milk of all kinds within
easy reach, is really, 1t seems, much
better of in respect to this chief arti-
Gle of diet than is his farmer cousin,
who depends more upon his own (per-
haps unenlightened). resources.
There is everything in the right
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-02

There is everything in the right
person making a request; you
wouldn't give your empty tin cans to
some people.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

1t is a physical impossibility for
man to kill himself by holding his
breath. individuals differ greatly in
the length of time they can hold their
breath, and what practice and deter
mined effort, combined with natural
great lung capacity, can do in this di-
rection is shown by the long periods
for which champion divers can remain
under water. If man succeeded in
continuing to hold his breath in spite
of the physical discomfort in which he
had placed himself the result would
simply be to induce a state Of coma.
When this state was reached nature
would reassert herself, and the breath
ing functions would again resume full
activity, preventing Il fatal issue in
spite of their owners desire.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
An Ancient traveller. outat.

A small Travellers Guide" dated
1850, contains good deal Of advice as
to the luggage which should be carried.
'Take" says the book, two suits of
clothes, one coffee colored and one
blue; chest flannel, a pair Of leather
breeches, sleeping suit, three pairs Of
stockings, two pairs Of gloves. two wigs,
one hair bag (D, two caps, two hats, two
pairs of shoes, one pair of slippers, six
'undershirts,' four 'overshirts,' six neck
ties, six collars, six handkerchiefs, four
pairs Of cuffs, three cravats, two pairs
Of cotton hose, two pairs of socks"
But this is not ALL as Is shown by the
following items: "Take Bible. a
book of sermons, Travellers Guide
two albums, diary, qulre Of white
paper, quilts and ink, an almanac,
mirror, silver watch. a silver snuff
box, silver spoon, a pair of silver
shoe buckles, a silver tie pin, three sill
yer studs, gold seal ring, knife and
fork with silver handles. Il sewing
case, an opera glass, a compass. wax
light and tinder box, toothbrush,
silver toothplcS, q sword, silver
mounted cane, Il paddock with which to
fasten your door at night inside
clothes brush, box of mediclne."-
Pail Mall Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
A bridge of CrocodiI-s.

A traveller writes of port in north
Hestern India: "'rhe great sight Of
Karachi is the sacred crocodile pre-
serve at Magyar Pr. some Sc II miles
Off. There are hot springs bere which
iced shallow tank containing nearly
Il hundred crocodiles. The story, usu-
ally thought to be fictitious, of the Eng
llshman who for bet crossed the tank
by jumping successfully from the
backs of these crocodiles Is based on
fact. The hero of this foolhardy feat
was u certain Lieutenant Beresford, a
friend of Sir II. +. Burton. When Bur
ton and his companion were visiting
the crocodiles' tank they noticed that
these reptiles and certain islets of reeds
happened to make an almost continu-
ous bridge across the tank. This
prompted the daring subaltern to haz-
ard the feat of crossing by hopping
from one crocodile to another. To the
amazement of the spectators he sue
ceeded in this apparently mad attempt.
Sir Richard Burton had already sue
cessfully performed an equally daring
feat. He managed to muzzle Il croco-
dile by means of n lasso and then
jumped on the reptiles back and ell
ioyed somewhat zigzag ride"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
GunnOMder.

The explosive nature Of gunpowder,
which i2 made Of CHARCOAL sulphur and
saltpeter, is due to the fact that when
fired the charcoal and sulphur are
burned at the expense of the oxygen
in the saltpeter, much heat is devel-
Oped and lar%e quantities of gas are
produced. This gas exerts great pres
sure on the sides of the gun; hence
ITS disruptiye or propulsive effects.
When funpowder is fired in gun the
explosion is not instantaneous. The
expansive force of the gases produced
acts on We shot all the time it is mov-
ing along the barrel and gradually in
creases its velocity. If the explosion
were so sudden as to be practically in
srantancous the greater part of the
forces would be exerted mainly on the
sides Of the chamber containing the
powder and not, as is actually the case,
on the shot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
QUICKSILVER MINING.
An Occupation That Quickly Dooms
the workers.


The chiee quicksilver mines in Eu-
rope are p the Spanish town Almaden.
which Is IN Arabic word, meaning "the
mine OF quicksilver" These mines
were formerly worked by the Iberians
and after them by the ancient Romans.
Between 1915 and 1913 the Spanish
government employed galley slaves in
them, an occupation that soon ended in
death. The fumes of the mercury pro-
duce constant salvation, and the sys-
TEN becomes permeated with the
metal.
At first ne victim Is seized with
tremblings md then the teeth drop out;
pains in the bones follow and then
death. The annual yield of mercury is
100000 pc"nds, to produce which
1000 men are engaged in this unhealthy
employment
After Almnden, so far as yield of
quicksilver Is concerned, comes Idria,
an Austrian town, twenty-eight miles
from Tliest. These mines also We're
once worked by criminals, who, owing
to the terrible qualities Of the mineral,
expired after about two years service
There are now nearly 500 miners en-
gagged in the work at Idra. They are
Induced 10 enter the mines by high
pay. A pension is allowed when they
aredisabled, and provision is made for
their widows and children.-Pearson's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
The sainman der.

In Andrews Anecdotes Ancient and
Modern Q7S9J one reads, "Should a
glass house fire be kept up without ex-
tinction for longer term than seven
years there is no doubt but that a
salamander would be generated in the
cinders." This probably accounts for
lives IN the fire, fallacy so far remov-
ed from the truth that the curious
lizard-like beast so called cannot en-
dure eyen the heat of the sun, but
skulks away under stones to avoid it.
1t will never lose its reputation for
fire eating, though, which fingers still
in the heating utensil that is named
after it,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
A Finger PilIOry.

The finger pillory is still preserved
carefully in the parish church of st.
Helen shbyde-la-Zouch and is thus
described: AN ancient and rather sim
gular curiosity is finger pillory. This
instrument seems to have been used
for the punishment of dlsorderly per-
sons during divine service. 1t consists
Of two upright posts about three feet
high, which support beam of nearly
the same length, in which are bored
holes of various dimensions, cut first
horizontally, then perpendicularly, in
order that the first joint of the finger
may be inserted and the finger retained
in an angular form. The culprit is then
secured by bringing down over the
holes another beam which is attached
by a hinge at the end to one of the
posts and fastened at the other by a
lock- "-London Academy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
NEW Works. RECORDER.
The City's Most Ancient OHiciaI Next
to the Mayor.

Next to the mayor the recorder Is the
most ancient public official in the city.
His office dates back to the Dongon
charter, given with the authority of
King james IL. to the city of New
York in April, 1886. The governing
body of the city were the mayor, the
recorder and the aldermen.
From the recorder sprang, in 1921,
the old court of common pleas, which
later became the supreme court. Orig
inally the mayor and the recorder held
all the court in New York, both civil
and criminal, the aldermen sitting also
to aid in disposing of petty cases. The
recorder was member of the board
of aldermen. One of his important du-
ties was to pass on competency for citi-
Zenship.
The first recorder was James Gra-
ham, appointed by charter. His duties
included those of the present recorder
and many more. Gradually as the
court business increased the recorder
ceased to act as an alderman, and in
the subdivision of court work the
criminal cases, which, as affecting the
life and liberty of citizens, were then
regarded as of the graver Importance,
were retained by him, and the civil
cases were transferred to newer courts.
Thus the office of the recorder is
traditionally the primary safeguard
over the principles of the old common
law on which New York's modern
criminal jurisprudence is founded
New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

People usually imagine that their
bones are of solid mineral cOnstruc-
ton without any feeling in them. AS
n matter of fact, there are blood YES
sells and nerves inside the bones just
as there are outside. During amputa-
tion of limb much more pain is felt
when the bone Is attacked than when
the flesh is being cut through. Through
the marrow which Is inside the bones
run the nerves and blood vessels, en-
tering the bones from the flesh without
by little holes. Nature adapts the bony
structure of various animals to their
habits in very interesting manner.
Sluggish creatures, like the sloth, have
solid bones. whereas the bones of the
deer and the antelope are comparative
ly light, so that they may run fast, and
the leg bones of the ostrich are hollow.
You will find in the bones of any skel-
eton the application of mechanical
principles which have only become
known to man through the processes
of laborious and long considered in
yention.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
QUEER EASTER CUSTOM.
Thd Way Filipino Penitents Tor
ture Themselves.


he of the many curious customs
practiced by some persons in the Phil
ippipe Islands Is the way in which they
observe the week before Easter. For
the Thursday, Friday and Saturday
before Easter the streets or roads on
the outskirts of some villages and
sometimes the principal streets of the
town itself are filed with crowds, who
have come to see the natives intiict
self torture.
The willing victims are stripped to
the waist, their faces are covered with
a thick cloth and around one hand Is
heavy hemp rope, with cluster of
from fifteen to twenty smaller hempen
cords. TO each of these Is fastened
small piece of hard wood. The whole
thing Is Just long enough so that when
flung over the shoulder it will not quite
reach 10 the waist.
When the penitents are ready to start
out Filipino, who has been appointed
as sort of overseer, takes the flesh of
the back between his thumb and first
finger and cuts the skin with long
bolo This Is done all over the back.
He then cries, "Alla, sigle" GEO
ahead'O Then the penitent begins to
beat his back by lashing his cluster of
little pieces of wood and cords first
over one shoulder, then over the other,
until the back is so lacerated that it
somewhat resembles raw beef. All the
while the onlookers and victims also
are singing, or, rather, chanting, most
dismal, unearthly funereal chant.-New
York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
Filth IN KOREA.
the Streets of the City Reek with
Sewage and Odors.

The streets of Korea are used for
every conceivable and inconceivable
thing. Down the middle of them or
on either side the city's Sewage reeks
along a sluggish course, carrying with
it every possible thing but its own hor-
rible odor. The houses on the main
streets, or what might for want of Il
more descriptive name be called the
business streets, are all built with one
side open, as houses are built in Japan.
There is little or nothing displayed for
sale in any shops, and there is seldom
anything to detain a loiterer along the
way. The Korean woman knows abso-
lutely nothing about the joys and sor-
rows of shopping. She lives her life in
virtuous seclusion, or at least in seclu-
sion, and the tradesmen must needs go
fully through II small opening in the
door of her apartments. What she
doesn't want she thrusts out again
and then haggles with him over the
price of what she has selected, with
the thin but not transparent partition
between them. So there is little need
for attractive shop windows. Since the
women make all the mems clothes,
they, of course, buy the materials for
them also, and | have really never
seen anything purchased in shop.
But still they are built with the use
lessly open side, and one can buy if
one is so inclined, as foreigners so Of
ten are. The houses that are not Of
this description are not to be seen at
all, being hidden behind eXpressionless
stone walls capped with tiles and
pierced with the tiniest possible gate
ways.-Leslies Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

In Mexico are found ruins of an
cient Aztec teocallis, or god houses"
some of which are thousands of years
old. One of these, near Cholula, is in
the form of truncated pyramid.
Each side of the base of this pyramid
is 1,423 feet, which is twice the length
of the great pyramid Of Egypt. The
height of this Mexican wonder is 1T
feet, and its base covers an area of
forty-four acres.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

Hasheesh, Or the Indian hemp, is a
resinous substance produced from the
tops of the plant in India. Some au-
thorities state that it is gathered by
men, who dress themselves in leather
clothing and run to and fro in the
hemp fields, afterward scraping off the
resin from their garments, while other
authorities say that it is gathered by
rubbing the tops in the hands and aft
erward scraping the hands. Its mar
cot1c properties are well known.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

"Ihe Girl | Left Behind Me- is an
Irish tune, known to have been in ex-
istence in 1770. The author Of the
words is unknown, though claims have
been made for several Irish and Eng
lish poets. For over 100 years it has
been the parting tune of the British
army and navy and is played when
ever regiment is leaving town
where It has been stationed or man
of-war is weighing anchor to sail from
q port.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
Study YnurAelf.

In order to judge of the inside Of 9th
ers study your own, for men in gem
eral are very much alike, and though
one has one prevailing passion and an
other has another yet their operations
are much the same, and whatever en-
cages or disgusts, pleases or offends
you in others will engage, disgust,
please or offend others in you.-Ches-
terfield.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

Nine. Scarron, afterward the famous
Nine. de Maintenon, the wife Of Louis
XIV, was in her girlhood remarkably
beautiful. She was dark, with piercing
black eyes and wavy hair. In middle
life her gravity of countenance and of
department was considered quite ex-
traordinary in that age of gayety. One
of her contemporaries said that she did
not smile once year, and yet she was
not gloomy, but only Of a sedate habit
of mind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

More than one species of fish is met
with which cannot swim, the most sim
,gular of which perhaps is the maltha.
a Brazilian fish, whose organs of loco
motion only enable it to crawl or walk
or hop after the manner of n toad, to
which animal this fish to some extent
bears resemblance, and it is provided
with long upturned snout. The ante
rior pectoraD fins of the maltha, which
are quite small, are not capable of act
ing on the water, but can only move
backward and forward, having truly
the form of thin paws. Both these and
the ventral and anal fins are very diff
ferent from the similar fins in other
fishes and could not serve for swim
ming at all Other examples of non
swimming fishes include the sea horse,
another most peculiarly shaped inhab
liant of the sea, which resembles the
knight in set of chessmen, and the
starfish. of which there are many spec
imens which mostly walk and crawl
on the shore or rocks, both being pn-
ablo to swim.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23

The Oldest medical prescription in ex-
istesce bears date of 1000 B. c. 1t was
discovered in an Egyptian tomb, writ
ten on papyrus. and has been deci-
phered by an English professor. 1t
bears evidence that it was intended for
SOM baldheadcd Egyptian and reads
as follows:
Parts.
Dogs raw (calloused parD.".............1
la -.'.s,''..'......'s.s ....................
Donhey hoofs .........................
Boil the whole in oil and rub the
scalp aci"ely with til r,ixt;r2.
Egyptian history does not say wheth-
er or not. the patient regained his lost
hair
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
Old ships In Norway.

Norwegians have a primitive way of
breaking up old, wornout wooden
ships. They take them to exposed
rocky parts of the coast and, after an
choring them, leave the breakers of
the next storm to smash them to pieces.
After the storm the floating fragments
are picked up and sold for firewood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
THE DESERT MIRAGE.
An Explanation of This Peculiar
Freak of Nature.

Frenk OF nature.
One of natures true wonders-one
upon which much has been written,
but which Is yet not understood when
its varied phenomena are considered
Is the desert mirage. Travellers In the
arid regions of the western and south
western United States tell wondrous
tales concerning the spectral pictures
which the desert mirage has presented
for their inspection Cool sheets of wa
ter and waving trees and grassy
swards appear where all Is known to
be parched earth and burning sands.
Occasionally mountain range will ap-
pear on what Is known to be u bound
less stretch of level plain, or herd Of
deer, cattle or other animals will be
seen apparently contenteuly grazing
on the CLASSY surface of the atmos-
phere. Cities are occasionally seen
hundreds of miles from civilization,
ANA phantom ships have been known
to loom up against the Sky and appear
as real vessels to persons who lived
so far away from the waters that they
had never taken the trouble to visit the
seacoast and who had never seen
real ship.
The explanation of the mirage, as
usually given, is as follows:
The sand, being intensely hot causes
the layers of air which rest upon it to
become greatly rareled, and under GER
tain circumstances this layer is quite
distinct from the denser stratum a few
inches or feet above it-just as If it
were Il sheet Of water upon which oil
rested Ii is this rareiicd stratum of
air which acts us IL reflector and pic
lures to the eye those curious inverted
iunppS
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
RExALL "sa" HAIR TONIC

The famous Rexall "9S" Hair
Tonic is composed in chief of
Resorcin, Beta Naphthol and
Pilocarpin.
Resorcin is one of the latest
and most effective germ-killers
discovered by a science, and in
connection with Beta Naphthol,
which is both germicidal and
antiseptic, a combination is
formed which not only destroys
the germs which rob the hair of
its nutriment, but creates a
clean and healthy condition of
the scalp, which prevents the
lodgment and development Of
new germs.
Pilocarpin is a well-known
agent for restoring the hair to
its natural color, where the loss
of color has been due to a dis
ease of the scalp. 1t is not a
coloring matter or dye-it pro-
duces its effect by stimulating
the scalp and hair follicles to
health and active life.
This c o m bin alto n of cur
atives mixed with alcohol as a
stimulant, perfects the most eff
fective remedy for hair and
scalp troubles known to-day.
Per Bottle, SOC.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
Not There.

Judge" said Mrs. Starvem to the
magistrate who had recently come to
board with her, 'I'm particularly anx-
lous to have you try this chicken SOUP"
81 have tried it," replied the magis-
trate, "and my decision is that the
chicken has proved an alibi."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
Different Medicine.

Mr.. Courtney dlnttern- -iJll had the
blues when | cane here tonight, Miss
Fisher, but they are all gone now.
You are as good rs medicine, Miss
Fishers Little BrOthar-Yes father
himself says she'll be drug in the
market If she doesn't catch on to some
fellow soon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-23
A Disputed Question.

On one occasion Scotch minister
knocked at the door of a house where
husband and wife were quarreling.
When admitted he inquired, "Wha's
the head of this house?" The man
quietly replied: "Sit yersep doom, mon;
sit yerseP doom. We're just trying to
settle that the noo."