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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

fresh outbreaks Of discomfort in the
provinces. the news Of which has not yet
become public. II is, however, more chari-
table to ascribe It to the concern Of the
authorities at the sufferings caused by the
sewers and prolonged winter In CONSTANT
nOple ana tine neighborng villages these
sufferings have been intensified by the eX-
traordinarily high prices OF meat and fuel
both Of which are now beyond the reach Of
the poorer classes. The scarcity Of meat Is
said to be the result Of a corner established
by a high palace oficiaL European muir
muring has been produced by this report
the truth Of which, however. It is impOs-
sibe to vouch for. In order to alleviate the
situation the government. in addition to
abolishing the above mentioned taxes, has
decided on a step which is almost unprece-
dented at this season Of the year-that Of
paying all officials their salaries for the
current month-and IS now endeavoring to
find the money required for this purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

on my conscience, l come to the pith and
marrow Of my message to you and to the
millions of Mussulmans for whom you
stand In a single sentence give you my
whole exhortation, Acquire knowledge
YOU hear me? Acquire knowledge. say
Ii a third time, acquire knowledge. on, my
brothers remain not ignorant, OF What IL
anee There are those who utter solemn
warnings in your ears, who urge that Mo
ern philosophy, who declaim against the
western sciences as evil. l am not among
them / am not among those who ask you
10 shut your ears and shut your eyes. On
The contrary / say. pursue knowledge
wherever Il is to be found. But this also
l declare to you with all the emphasis az
nv command science is the superstruc-
lure; don't mistake II for the foundation
The foundation Is and always must be re-
ligiOn,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

ing all about me, and for a moment I fan
ced that the shark and some Of his family
had come back to finish lunch. Spray was
dashed in a deluge into my face and for
moment the water descending in a cloud
blinded me. But then l saw 1t all. Several
boats were floating near me, ordinary
sJiffs / mean, and the men In them were
beating the water with the fats Of oars.
That's a good ruse to frlghten sharks you
know and It must have worked with my
hungry friend, or maybe he was contended
with the water shoe, thinking it piece OF
my leg, for he appeared nc more.
THE beating Of the water was all right
and no doubt saved my life, but the eX-
citable Spanlards kept up the practice with
such persstency. shouting loudly the while
that for a time I was in danger OF having
my brains knocked out. At last one OF
them saw me and, calling 10 his compan-
ions, babe them desist from their strenuous
effort. A boat was quickly pulled to where
1 fought to keep my head above water
and, more dead than alive l was drawn
over the gunwale, water shoe and all, and
carried to the yacht.
THE bite on my leg wasn't much, but
the nervous strain was so great that l lay
on that deck for a few minutes, surrounded
by excited, gesuculating spaniards and
hysterical. wildly weeping women hardly
able to speak. came around all right In
a little while and a surgeon in the party
examined my wound. l had lost much
blood and a large strip Of flesh was missing
from my limb. and to add 20 my pain and
misery the doctor insisted on burning the
wound out with solution Of nitric acid,
declaring that the sharks teeth might have
been infected from eating some dead car
cas- thrown into the sea. That burning
was the worst part of the whole business
and for the rest Of my stay in Havana !
went around on a crutch. The shark didn't
make a meal on me; no, but he gave me
scar that I will carry 10 my grave
New Orleans Picayune.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
TURKEY ABoLISHES TAXES
- officials VIII BE Paid In Effort
to Alleviate Present
Distress,

4. CoNsTANTINOPLE, April 2O.-(special)
The announcement by the Turkish news
papers that the sultan has decided to abol-
ish the tax on domestic animals and the
personal tax, which were only recently i'm
posed will be received with the greatest
satisfaction throughout the country. From
the beginning both taxes were thoroughly
unpopular, and the attempts to levy them
were met with such resistance as to show
the amateur financiers at the palace who
had suggested these ways of raising money
that they had over estimated the patience
OF the Turkish peasant. In several dis
tricts, notably in Albania. Erzerum and
Kastamuni, the Mussulman population not
only refused to pay the new taxes. but
clamored for their abolition. and insisted
on the dismissal OF the unpopular wallis and
other officials According to some accounts
the expense caused by these disorders ex-
ceeded the revenue which tn government
received from the two sources.
For some time past il has been known
that the government intended TO reduce the
tax on domestic animals, but the decision to
abolish both taxes comes as a surprise, and
has given rise 20 rumors that It is due to
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
LONDON MANS RAPID RISE
Teacher Destitute I'm Australia
Twenty-Five Years Ago Visits
Place of Birth.

LONDON, April 9O-(special)-w NJ.
Hughes ex-minister Of external af-
fairs in the Australian commonwealth. Is
one Of the delegates 70 the colonial confer
ence. He is an Enghshman. born in Lon
don, who went TO New South Wales
twenty-five years ago TO seek his fortune.
His career from that day to this reads like
a romance.
In England he was a school teacher and
arriving at Queensland he applied for EN-
ployment in the education department He
was engaged at a remuneration which he
subsequently discovered would not keep HIM
much less allow Of saving. determined
man, he decided 70 striks-Out ION his luck. -
Here Is what happRned:
II was going from Marlborough, Queens
land. TO Gympe and got on the road" he
explained. For three days had no food
Whatsoever. and was without water foI
twenty-fOur hours. Then / struck sons
sheIlhsh and TOR nine days that was my
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
AMER TALKS AT LAHORE
Ruler of Afghanistan Tells MOsIem 40
Seek wisdom, but Remem-
her Religion.

CALCUTTA, April 2O.-(special)-On
the occasion OF his laying the foundation
stone OF the Islam college at Lahore the
ameer made the most notable speech
since his memorable visit to the Moham-
medan college OF Aligarh An address
having been presented to his majesty the
ameer, rising from his throne TO reply
10 the address, brought the whole null
titude respectfully to their feet He
waved the mass OF men back TO their
seats and then standing alone took hold
OF the vellum In the manner of singer
handling a song and broke into extern
porary Grafton. Indian audiences are not
accustomed TO perfect orderliness, but
in this instance perfect silence reigned,
and not a word Of the royal speech was
lost Not a word Of II could the Moham-
medans OF India AFFORD 70 lose. II was
an extraordinary flight OF improptu
eloauence, instinct with the forceful in
dviduality OF its enlightened author. Al
the beginning the ameer, who when calm
and cold could not avoid an occasional
slight stammer, halted now and then In
his speech. But presently as he warmed
to the spirit Of the occasion he broke
into almost torrential rhetoric and his
whole body swayed IN energetic emphasis.
My brothers, speak to you. the Moham-
present here today. You have read me
YOUR address. understand your
thoughts; this is my reply mark II, It
concerns your welfare closely. But be-
fore all else i want at the outset TO say
how deeply / appreciate the tolerance
and the benehcenoe Of the government OF
India In allowing my Mohammedan
brethren IN this great country perfect hD-
srty to perform their religious duties where
and when and how they HIST That eclnowl-
edgmsnt being paid, and 1t lies foremost
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
NATIVE LIFE HELD CHEAPLY
German in south Africa Gets Three Years
for Killing Man and Woman.
CASE OF WOMAN AN ATRoClOUS ONE
BeId as n sample Of native Treatment
I'm Portion Of Africa which is
Under the Rule of the
Germans.

BERLIN, April 2O.-(special. 1.-The latest
issues ITO hand Of the German paper pub
nshed at Swakopmund contain reports Of a
trial in that town, which sheds a certain
amount Of light on the conditions Prevailing
in the southwest African protectorate.
The defendant Wiehager by name, comes
Of an old and affiuent Rhenish family, has
served in the cuirassers Of the guard and is
reserve Offices OF an cavalry regiment He
went to the colony two years ago at the
age OF p and purchased a farm, which he
appears to have conducted in manner
that was profitable but not quite con-
sonant with current ideas on humanity. 1t
was generally alleged against him that he
worked his employees with such severity
and treated them with such monstrous
cruelty and brutality that it was only by
fear that he could compel them TO stay
with him. The specific charges against
him were thaht he shot dead n Herero
woman. who had run away from his
service and been captured, that he had
another woman and her daughter, who
were in the act OF escaping from his
tyranny, bound to a tree and left there
without attention till the mother died, and
as the girl still showed signs OF life while
the cords were being united he had her
hanged He was further accused Of having
bribed officers Of the protectorate troops
with a view OF inducing them to keep
silence as 10 the atrocities on his farm,
which had come to their knowledge.
Prosecuting counsel said that the accused
had driven all OF the natives away from his
farm by III treatment, and had helped him
self out Of the difficulty he was in through
lack Of labor in a manner, which recalled
the palmest days Of the Arab slave raids
On three separate counts he demanded that
the prisoner should be sentenced to total
of nine years and six months penal servi-
tude.
In the first case wiehager was found
guilty with the mitigation that he had not
acted deliberately. but in passion. He was
also convicted Of having caused the death
OF the mother and the daughter, but not
OF having the latter hanged. Both crimes
were ranked as bodily injury with fatal
results The bribery was also considered
proved. Taking into consideration Wieha-
gers youth, the fact that this was his
first conviction and the condition of unrest
prevailing I'm the protectorate, the court
sentenced him to three years Imprisonment
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

We are sole agents for Haywood Bros. and
Wakefield Go-Carts, Quincy Retrigerators Eiw ven
surance Gasoline Stoves, also agents Tor the
Fulton and the Rapid Folding Go-Carts.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
Funston for san Francisco.

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Brigadier Gem
eral Frederick Funston has been relieved
from the command Of the Southwestern
division. to take effect upon the expiration
of his present leave Of absence, and will
then proceed to San Francisco and assume
command of the Department of California.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15

Are sick?
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La Joe and Johnson whose successful Spokane
them a statewide reputation.
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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
THE HUMAN MACHINE
AAAN's BODY AND ITS WONDERS OF
MECHANICAL DEVICES.

Many of the Inventions of the Day
Are heterogeneous ON the Clever
and Ingenious Devices Registered
In Natures Patent once.
b fearfully and wonderfully Is the
human body made that scientists are
Beginning to realize that many of the
anventions Of the day are infringe
snents on natures patent Office. A
mood deal of trouble and worry in the
nAst could have been avoided had In
ventors made a careful study Of the
Aavices employed In making these hui
nan bodies Of ours the useful things
hey are. The principles Of the block
and pulley or the tackle could have
heen discovered ages before had the
nlss Of natures patent office been ran.
sacked, for there are several complete
mnlleys In the body, notably the one
which moves the eyeball inward to-
ward the nose,
Engineers made exhaustive tests and
experiments before they discovered
nat a hollow shaft or rod of iron or
gsael is about twice as strong as
solid one. Yet nature had patented
mis- device In our bones since the birth
oe Adam and Eve, and every impor-
tant bone Ii practically constructed on
$his principle. The ball and socket Of
ne hip bones were the forerunners Of
ne modern ball bearings, and 1t was
&ho first automatic olling machine used
Ia the world. The value Of air pres
sure and a vacuum was unknown to
man until the last century, but every
enc OF us carried the secret In the air
tight hip joint which nature had as
wigned to lessen the muscular effort TO
hold our legs upright in position.
Engineers have made wonderful
progress In developing compound sue
klon and circular pumps, but all OF the
nrinciples contained In them are found
N the heart. and this little pumping
machine is still without a rival In the
mechanical world.
The principles of the safety valve
Cor steam engines are not so new as
ehoy seem. Our human bodies carry
with them the first automatic safety
valves ever designed. There are up
ward OF 100000 Of them. We call
them by the common name Of sweat
glands. Each such little gland has
safety valve which let's OF heat from
ehe body when II gets beyond q safe
temperature. We cannot stand a rise
Of more than 8 to 10 degrees Of tenn.
perature and live. II therefore the
100000 safety valves were closed for
twsnty-four hours, death would super.
Vene
Adams apple was the FIRST storage
elstern ever built. and 1t works with
automatic regularity through health
and sickness. II il most Important
organ of the body, although for cen
turtles 1t was considered superhuouS
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Drs. La JOie and Johnson Use
Purely Original Methods

Spot Washington during the three s La oe and Johnson
lin
he work suchm mary resus.
Because treating
been
dugess practitioners benefited almost
renewed health ambition Jie
Johnson lin
them addresses and telephone
for the thousand dollars Many these testimonials will
La in
and walked w carrying
The blind
bodies distorted through the rheumatism absolutely
ability talk of
in its
6rst been cured Kidney troubles ofOns standing
of
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
An Ertrnordinary Mlrrhtion.

One of the greatest mysteries to sci
entists, one for which there seems to
be no reasonable explanation, Is that
concerning the migration of the lem
ming, or Norway rat. Instead of TAX
ing place once year, these migrations
occur only once in eleven years. When
the time romes for the exodus the lit
tie animals journey westward from
Scandinavia, allowing nothing to stop
their movements, which virtually
amount to a headlong fight. They
swim the lakes and rivers and climb
the highest mountains in incalculable
numbers. devastating the whole coun-
try through which they travel. Natu-
ralists attribute the movement to some
inherited memory of a flight to escape
an expected cataclysm, but this seems
somewhat far fetched.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
A SENSE OF DIRECTION.
The Prime Requisite For Making a
True WOOdsman.

The Prime Requisite For Making a
True WOOdsman.
A sense of direction l should name
as the prime requisite for him who
would become true woodsman, de-
pending on. himself rather than on
guides. The faculty is largely devel-
oped Of course by much practice, but
it must be inhofn. Some men possess
1t; others do not just as some men
have a mathematical bent while to
others figures are always a despair. 1t
Is a sort Of extra, having nothing to
do with crite.ions of intelligence or
mental development, like the repeater
movement in watch. A highly edu-
Gated, cultured man may lack it; the
toughest posseas 1t. Some who have
never been in the woods or mountains
acquire in the space of vacation
fair facility at picking a way, and
have met a few who have spent their
lives on the prospect trail and who
were still and always would be as
helpless as the newest city dweller.
1t is a gift, a talent, If you have its
dniest germ you can become a >trav-
eler Of the wide and lonely places.
If you have it not you may as well
resign yourself to guides Stewart Ed.
ward White in Outing Magazine.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
PHYSICAL EXERCISE.
Eject of Boxing On the Mental and
Moral Faculties,

Effect of Boxing On the Mental ana
Moral Faculties.
Boxing y an exercise which Is not
only Of the most marked benefit In a
purely physical way, but 1t is of the
utmost value as means of training
the mental and moral faculties. One
OF the most unfortunate whimsicaiities
of our very whimsical day is the preju-
dice against boxing as a sport and
exercise. There is no sport in which
there Is provided such splendid exer-
else for body and mind and spirit as
In boxing
The physical influence Of boxing is
superb. Every muscle and organ is
brought into active use. So far as
mentality IL concerned, the perception,
imagination. judgment, discretion, self
confidence. aggressiveness and will are
all brought into active and rapid use
The boxer who fails in perceiving his
opponents intention, who misses In
Judging the power or reach Of his blow,
who Is lacking in self confidence, will
power or Rggressivenesa, who fails for
one moment to remember all the weak
points Of tina man against whom he Is
woriKing-that boxer Is likely to fail. to
lose what we all value-that is, repu-
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
We Come to Bring You Health
WHY WE ADVERTISE

We violate the ethics of physicians by advertising We
are not physicians We far higher percentage
cases than do any drugdspensng physicians We write
no prescriptions, for drugs
We're we to open branch office in Occur d Alene
and not advertise it might be months before our location
here would be drawn to your attention and them
less you were personally acquainted with of our pa
ens you might have adequate idea of what we were
accomplishing in curing the sick
We advertise for the sole purpose of obtaining oppor
tunity to meet you personally, and explain to you our
methods show what we have repeatedly accomplished
and demonstrate concusivey that have cured Others
afflicted are if your within the scope of
our practice.
Our methods OF treatment entirely Unless you
have lived in Spokane have visited that CITY, during the
past few years. have had opportunity to secure the
services that offered you.
So long find it necessary to use publicity we
shall do whether violate nonsenscal ethics or not
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-02-15
A SOURCE OF DISEASE.
Beware the Man who Blows smoke
Through His NostriIs.

Beware the Man Who Blows Smoke
Through His NostrIIs.
A popular practice of many smokers
consists in discharging the smoke in
hailed, especially from cigarettes,
through the nostrils. This is even
considered by some to be essential to
the full enjoyment of the flavor Of the
tobacco.
The London Lancet, while acknowl-
edging that perhaps under ordinary
circumstances no harm is done to the
smoker save to his sense of smell, has
sounded a note of warning against the
habit as a possible dissemination of dis
ease. Hay fever and other annoying
complaints have been spread through
unsuspecting households by the I'M
thinking visitor who habitually blew
smoke through his nose.
The surface traversed by the tobacco
smoke before issuing from the nose, 1t
Is remarked by the Lancet Is mois-
tened with the natural secretion of the
mucous membrane lining 1t, and this
secretion Is mingled with the fluid dis
charged from the conjunctival sac pro
tecting the eyes 1t therefore contains
numerous micro organisms, which,
floating in the air, have become attach
ed to the moist and stick surface of
the conjunctiva, as well as those which
pass over the surface of the nasal
membrane. AS Tyndall long ago show
ed, germs are completely filtered off
from the air inhaled by the extensive
and irregular surfaces presented by
the turbinaI bones. These germs are
carried into the air by the man who
blows smoke through his nostrils.
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attachment II regulates the flow Of
blood between the heart and the brain
When II ceases to operate. somebody
dies of apOplexy or rush Of blood to
the brain. When the heart sends up
too much blood to the head. the Adams
apple steps in to check the flow and
store It up for future emergencies. II
the heart Is temporarily weakened or
put out of good running order. the
blood stored In this cistern is given up
and sent to the brain. The perfect
working Of this little device is appar
ent when we consider how compare
lively few die of rush of blood to the
brain or from a deficiency Of supply.
The eye has a score Of small inven-
tons worthy of recording. the ear
nearly as many more and the vital
organs an equal number There is the
liver with Its quarantine station. Let
any poisons enter our systems with
food and they are Immediately neld up
at this quarantine station and destroy
ed by secret process. 1t u only
when polsons enter In large quantities
that the station cannot handle them.
But the stomach co-operates with the
liver and intercepts some Of the pol
sons. There are small machines there
which manufacture minute quantities
of hydrochloric acid from the salts
eaten. This acid Is made In exact pro-
portion to the amount of food consum-
ed and sufflces to destroy the microbes
which we swallow. But there is even
a third quarantine station located In
the mouth. Millions Of microbes are
destroyed In the mouth daily by the
juices elaborated there for this very
purpose. II 1t was not for these three
quarantine stations working continu-
ously night and day, we should be kill
ed on by microbes within an hour aft
or eating a meal.
In the ear there is a little device
which might have been the original Of
our modern compressed air inventions
The delicate drum Of the ear must have
an equal pressure from the outside and
inside to receive and transmit the
sound vibrations. To make this pos
sibIe the eustachian tube was devised.
Its function ls to regulate the air pres
sure inside the ear. Let 1t fail to work,
and one becomes stone deaf.
In the bones of the head there are
many little channels followed out
which are called the semicircular ca
mails. These canals are filed with fluid
lymph. For centuries no one could I'M
derstand their meaning. Some ply
slcians considered them of no use.
This tendency to belittle organs In the
human body whose functions could not
be explained has characterized more
than one generation Of savants. Now
these peculiar semieircular canals are
known to be wonderful little devices to
assist us in keeping our balance. They
act a good deal as the ballast does on
q ship, or, more properly speaking. like
the duid in a spirit level The brain
keeps an eye ON this spirit level and iS
made conscious Of the body's relative
position. The duld flows back and
forth In the canals, and when we get
Il at q dangerous angle the brain
&nOws lt.-New York Tribune.
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An Ola Roman Mint.

A completely equipped Roman mint
was discovered in a cave in the neigh
borhood of Kayosovar, Hungary. Be
sides cruclbles, which still contained
bronze, there were three dies for the
production Of gold coins, dies Of silver,
bronze and iron ore and 300 coins. The
Investigation made showed that the
workshop dated from the first century
of the Christian era. number of
neatly worked earrings, bracelets and
other objects of bronze, as well as
tools, such as hammers and tongs, were
also found.