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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

OF salt horse" potatoes and parsnIns,
and the pork jumps into the molasses
Because during heavy gales voter
washes over decks In a clean svean
the portfolios Of the berth deck and
cabins which are below decks are never
opened.
Sometimes the rolling of the shin IL
such as to render seasick even those
tried old lIghtship salts, many OF whom
nave spent years whaling and grown
accustomed to the crows nest" q
masthead lookout, where the pitching
ana rolling OF a ship is most notice
able. In fact, NAL de mer is very
common on board the lightshlp.
OF all the perlls that overbapg the
Nantucket Shoals llghtshlp's crew.
however, the direst is that of noting
as life savers in a case where a vessel
mas gone on the shoals or foundered
In the sea within sight. But it's n
peril which these brave seamen never
finch from.
The lives of these men aboard this
particular lightship are considered by
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
HIS LEGACY.
LIE Insurance. Brought Comfort a.
RaIIaA -

AAhe I~nSurance Brought Comfort an,
relief TO Young Widow.
Lite-insurance agents." says a wri
Ter In the American Magazine. ear
ministers teaching industry, sobrietv
economy, and love of wife and child
Ii Is a business, and yet through 1t tn,
Agent can obey the mandate, Visit tn,
tatherless and widows In their aflIo
ton,
Last year, before Christmas. 7 was
working In a little town In South Da.
Kota. A man In the neighborhood had.
uhuer great pressure, allowed me to
write him a policy for two thousand
dollars. His wife had protested Wig
orously at the time, saying that she
needed a sewing machine more than
Insurance.
One day l heard that a man had
been killed on the railroad. and 81.
though the accident made no particu.
lar Impression on me at the time. 7
discovered during the day that the
victim was the man l had Insured.
immediately 1 hurried about and Sc
cured the necessary proofs of death.
sent them In to the office. and request.
ed that a draft for the policy be sent
TO me without delay. less than a week
AIter the funeral l went t. the home
u the widow with a draft for two
thousand dollars.
she met me at the door with her
oaDy In her arms. All about there were
signs or deprivation, almost of want
Fl did not reveal the purpose Of INV
visit at once. and the woman talked
about her husband.
Il found these in his overcoat pock.
et'' she said, softly. She handel me $
rubber doll and a little packae.
Of nuts and candy.
He bought these she said. for the
1aby's Christmas Then she broke
In a torrent OF grief.
your husband sends you this for
our Christmas l said, handing over
draft l then explained it was her
insurance. money.
she thanked ne. 1 said 1 was not
to thanks.
"She thanked the company. I insist.
q that the company was not entitled
o thanks.
THANK your husband I said. for
Ills is his legacy of love to you and 10
lis child"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

Uncle Sam to be of such Importance
that the crew Is not obliged to leave
the vessel, ever In order to save life.
but 1t has never happened that these
men have allowed a ~shipwrecked sailor
or crew to go unaided.
Without the two great ~octagonal
copper framed lights, each weighing a
ton, which every night of the year dur
ing fair weather and storms cast their
b~eacon-like rays from the masts Of this
lightshlp for the benefit of the thous-
ands of vessels sailing outside Nan
tucket Island, this part Of the coast
would be avoided as were the Scylla
and C~harybdis Of old.
As 1t is 800 vessels have been
wrecked and lost around Nantucket,
and II Is only the courage and con-
stancy Of these men aboard the lonely
little midocean monitor that has kept
the total from mounting up far into
the thousands.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
NEW IDEA OF CONSUMPTION.
London Doctor Says the Disease Ia
Primarily Derived From Cattle.

London Doctor Says the Disease I,
Derived From Cattle.
A London physician, DIR. w. Picket
Turner, who has made a flrst-hand
study OF the disease for many years.
advances the theory that the medical
world Is attacking the problem of con-
sumption by an utterly false route.
His view, briefly stated, is that tub
erculosls Is an animal disease prlmar-
lily derived, In all cases, from cattle
1t belongs, he says, to the mycotic
group Of diseases, diseases in which
the original source of Infection is a
plant. Bovine cattle derive tubercu-
losis from timothy and other allied
grasses by natural affinity.
Man acquires the disease bv Inoaa-
ton or incubation, never by Inbala-
ton. 1t is not hereditary; neither ia
there any predisposition to It in the
individual. The bacillus in a state of
nature is ~saprOphyte, feeding on decay
of the vegetable world. But the hacil-
lus becomes pathOgenic-capabIe of
causing disease-ln cattle when they
are deprived Of actinism or the prop
erty OF the chemical rays In sunlight
1t would, If all this be true, become
reasonable to that by restoring
actinlsm to cattle the bacillus would
again become a saprohpyte, in which
case consumption would be extlrpated.
Current Literature.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
Wonder Working Waters.

There are two little streams In the
United States which are believed nv
many people to have miraculous DOW
ers for healing. One Is known as Egg
Harbor creek and Is in New Jersey.
While the other is away up In Michi.
gan, II is called Boyne River. Win
ter and summer, people battle and wade
In the waters Of these streams, beliey.
ing that they will cure such diseases as
rheumatism n fevers. It is a COM
mon thing for people to 20 into the
water attlred in their ordinary clothes
as some Of them believe that they will.
be benefited more greatly by so doing.
Inc ulscoverer of the beneficial proper
ties Of Egg Harbor creek is an old man
called Father Smith. He. has been us
Ing Its water for several years. and
says that he is growing younge In con-
sequence. Father Smith has built a
little house on the banks Of the creek
and here he lives with a number az
people who are called his disciples
and women who have heard of the
creek and have come mere to see II II
will not cure them.
There is a story about Boyne river
that an old man crippled with rheuma-
tism accidentally fell into 1t one night.
Up to that time be had been compelled
to walk with crutches, but the next day
felt so much better that he threw away
the clutches and has not needed them
since. He told his neighbors Of his ex-
perience, but they did not believe it I'M
I'll several OF them went In bathing In
he river and claimed that It also cured
hem OF Rheumatism. Since that time
he people of Boyne village, which-is To-
on the banks Of the stream, have
a common practice of bathing in.
t frequently, and invalids have come
o the place from elsewhere to get. the
eneht Of It's waters. "-Technical World
Magazine.
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RECORDS OF ENLISTED MEN
Identification by Finger Prints i,
Dc . Now Reqnired.

AdentincatiO by Finger Prints 4,
DE- - Now ReqnIred.
On Sept. 1 the system Of persona
Identification prescribed on April I b,
the war department was placed II
operation and a record is to be mad,
or every man who may hereafter enlist
or In that service, SAYS thu
New York Tribune. Circular a. en-.
Joins commanding officers to take such
steps as may be necessary to insure
prompt and complete compliance with
the requirements Of the order, and in.
speeding officers are charged to make
special inquiry and report as to wheth.
er these requirements have been met.
On Sept 1 the outline figure cards nre
Viously In use were discontinued, and
hereafter the complete Identification
record, consisting OF finger prints. per.
sonal description OF the soldier. photo-
graphic negative and one print OF the
negative, will be forwarded to the mill
tary secretary OF the army.
One of the most important features
OF this Identification record is the i'm.
preston OF the fingers, as 1t is held
that the finger prints OF no two men
are Identical. 1t is absolutely neces-
sary, therefore, that the finger prints
be clear and the ridges distinct
ly outlined. There are two kinds Of
Impressions, plain" and rolled" The
former Is secured by pressing the bulb
the finger on the linked plate with
the plane Of the nail parallel to the
plane OF the plate, and then on the pa-
per In the SAM manner. A rolled i'm.
preston Is obtained by pressing the
'lde OF the finger on the plate and her
the finger from one side to the
other. After the impression OF zach
niger separately has been taken a
'lain Impression Of all the fingers of
he right hand Is taken at one time
the outline on the opposite side of the
prescribed form is then filed up and
personal description completed by
iotlng on the outline figure the princi-
al identification marks. Upon compile
Ion OF this routine the soldier ia re- I
.uired to sign his name In the placa !
rovlded for signature Of soldier {
nd after being photographed It Ia as :
umed that the means for his identih-
alton are as complete as It is possible a
Or human ingenuity to make them. I
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
Indian

indian names are nearly always CIV
N on account OF some act Of the child's.
II a boy, for Instance, sees a bear and
runs to the lodge. he is likely to be
called what, In their language, means
'Runs-from-a-bear," and he retains this
name until some other notable act of
his changes It. II. for example, he
should kill a bear. he would no longer
be called Transformations" but
"Kills-a-bear." These names, given on
account Of personal acts or personal
traits, seem very strange when trans
lated into English, but they are quite
natural In the original
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
A DoubtfuI ComDIIUG3

Although Mr.. Hobbs was taken at hi,
face value by his son and heir, there
were times when the youthful Will
liam's admiring tributes embarrassed
his parent in the family group.
Il had quite an encounter as I came
home tonight" the valorous Mr.. Hobbs
announced at the tea. table. 1.-TWO men.
slightly intoxicated, were having a quar-
rel on the corner. As usual, there was
no policeman In sight, and they were
in a fair way to knock each others
brains out when l stepped between and
separated them"
Weren't you afraid, father?" asked
Mrs. Hobbs In a quavering voice.
mo, Indeed! Why should l be7" In
CURED Mr.. Hobbs, Initiating his chest
II guess there isn't anybody couh
knock any brains out OF my father 20
said Willy proudly.-Youth's Compan-
lon.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
Too Much for the Ri.bop.

A bishop once asked a class Of BOYS
some questions In mental arithmetic,
says Answers.
Now, my little man-you there" he
said, IF l were to shoot at a tree with
five birds In 1t, and kill three, how
many would be left?"
'Three. SIR"
NO, no, my boy there would be only
two left"
please, sir, you said you shot three /;
only they would be left, tn other two
would be flied away"
Yes" replied the bishop: you are
quite right you may sit down."
And he passed on to another class
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
The ola Maid Auntr.

II you want to be interested, visit q
family where there Is but one baby
and two or three old maid aunts. Sis.
ters always love each other In a way
to attract admiration, and an old maid
loves her sisters baby almost as much
as the mother. And away down deep
In her heart an old maid thinks the
baby loves her as much as It loves its
mother. II We could have our wish we
would wish to be a baby In a family
where there are two or three old maid
aunts then we would receive attention.
-Atchison Globe.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

auu'days the bell which was used
rI"~,l the old ship there was kept
hss az. two-Hinnte intervals, with
srL utt ina when the fog had lifted
'ne noise ceased, the men were
.a"e 70 sleep for tho first night on
OF the unaccustomed silence.
ia pu' .nere Is still another danger be-
~ tnat Of being run down. When
,or." u.er storms Of the Atlantic sweep
pEo 'ne shoals, tossing the llghtship
,,bm . shuttlececk and burying her
Inn 'osnlps' these men aboard. cling
,tens Iheir hunks between decks or
how watch through the bitter cold
Sot oI the night In the lee of the
fror Ou,"arks, i~ndifrerently sheltered
nor 'ue icy sleet and spray, know
eb.,S "nat moment the great anchor
tbo may part under the lunges OF
~ rolling vessel and set them od-,st
M. "e inky darkness In a battle for
Byb,.slV,Iour times the Nantucket
/, 7" has parted her chains usroI1v
Raloa neart OF the bitterest winter
yea onu been swept to sea. ODlv n
from ~ vessel and crew thus adrift
Ono noOrtngs were given nm for lost
hi, uuring the period of the old ssiI.
was lship's maintenance the vessel
bach ur'een days In picking her wav
fsr port after having been drIvaD
are and kettles in the cooks room
wsIls ways lashed to the stove and :
about prevent them from fyipg
salp the stress of the rolling
be sIt. member Of the crew when
DOWN to the little mess table
tn plst. has his coffee cup and his
securely held IN place By a
~ pegs set In the table. Some
ho the hen the coffee goes flying
Rtumdur Or the couse made
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
BISHOP MISSES A CONVERT
tern Pioneer Satisfied H.. WIN
Not BE Left Out In IN. GO

SeF satisfied He WI
No' Ne Left Out In the Cold.
nlSnop Talbot, for years the cow
10y olshop' Of Wyoming and Idaho
Oul now bishop Of central PennsvIvo
MA often found himself faced nv mn
usual problems in his life in the pionaa,
vest Here is n Of the host Of anus
Jug ones described by him in his re-
Gently published book Of "Reminiscences
at tAe close Of one of his meeting,
4 mar who was known as the Colo.
nel said to him quietly:
should like to ask you a few ines.
lions If you do not object"
l shalI be only too glad to answer
'nem II l can, colonel. Please pro.
We'll, bishop, do you think NV w,,.
Is a good woman?"
one or the best I have ever known 4"
10 you think she is a Christian"
II she Is not should doubt whether
any Oh US could be so considered"
Well, now, do you think she will
make it?" VIII
IiO" Is that, c~olonel?"
DO you think my wife will get In ~
sun determined not to appear to d.
vine his meaning, the bishop said .,rY.
cuse me, colonel, but please explain"
1 simply mean this, blshop. Do Won
mink that st. Peter will let the old
lady pass through the pearly gates? %
= have not a doubt Of it, colonel"
Then you think that you can guar
antee that she will get imp.
SO far as my opinion is worth any
tnlns can not for a moment question
it,"
Well, then, If that is so I do NOT
think 1 Will be confirmed. In fact
l DO not see that 1 need to be. You
see bishop, 1t is just this way: II the
old lady gets in and they lock the door
against the old man she will simply
raise Cain until she gets me let in. AudI
She's sure to succeed"
1t was In vain that the bishop tried
% convince him Of the futility of such
IN argument His faith In his wife's
influence was too strong to be shaken
y anything the clergyman could aI-
eye.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE KAISER
nc e an EARLY Riser and HI. Nal.
Are Simple.

"S q an Early Riser and HI. Nal,
Are Simple.
The everyday life Of the Carms,
peror Is rather severely systenatized
says Wolf o Schierbrand in TJnn,n'
COTS He plunges into his davis work
win cheerful and vigorous aIacritv
ne Is an early rlser-in the summor
oiten at o and in the winter rarely aft.
CT l. During the hunting season ba
gets up even before those bours He
regularly braces himself with q sbowa,
DaIh ana then he slips into his undrass
UNIFORM (for, as William I. usad 10
say dressing gowns are not worn NV
the Hohenzollerns') and goes straight
to breakfast,
ms meals as a rule, are simple rath-
er than otherwise. His breakfast "a Of
the English kind" consisting ~ coepoo
or tea toast, eggs, beefsteak or a emf.
ieC Luncheon is served at 2. and he
partakes Of soup, one meat dish with
green's one roast and several antra
ments. Dinner at 6 is a more elaborata
meal. Kaiser and the kaiserIn both IN
sist on carefully and w~holesomely pre-
pared food, and, although she never
COOKS dishes for her husband or family
as has been enormously stated so Oft
does frequently supervise the
preparing Of this or the other EpeciaI
course. The kaiser is fond of baked
ne"ts ana pot roasts and likewise Of
lsh' oysters, macaronI, rice, force-meat
'alls and of what is commonly called
lamDurger steak. Usually, unless pres
'ure OF business prevents, he plans
With his wife at breakfast the menu Of
he day.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
LEAD LONELY LIVES.
MOST DANGEROUS LIeHTsHIP
STATION IN THE WORLD.
That Maintained BY Uncle Sam on
Nantucket, Mass, Is Noted
Hardy saiIOrmen Who Constantly
Face PeriIs in Many Forms.

Probably upon no reef guard station
IN -. world have the lives OF brave
auG bold men been so often hazarded
A. I'D on the Nantucket Shoals light
ship, which is located forty miles south
from Nantucket, Mass. More than half
century has elapsed since the govern
ment first stationed a lightship at this
dangerous and lonesome spot. Until
recently the llghtship was a sa!,
equipped vessel, but now 1t Is steam
propelled; yet whether operated by
steam or sail the dangers and hard
ships Of the men confined on it are
one and the same.
Forty miles out at sea, cooped in
the little shell that, day after day and
month after month, swings and tugs
at It's 7,OOONpound anchor lying In IS
fathoms Of water, the life of the Nan
tucket lightshlp sailorman is one of
almost complete isolation from the
first Of November until the opening of
the spring months. During the bit
terest six months of the year there are
no reprleves or shore leave.
Sometimes for two months or mora
during the severest periods of the win
ter, these dozen men are without COM
munlcatlOn with the shore save tbe
messages sent TO them by wireless
telegTaphy. Often for days their only
visible companion Is the great red
brown buoy swinging in the sea half
a mile from the ship.
Even this object, which Is endear-
ed to the heart of every man aboard
the lightship, In particularly bad
weather breaks adrIft from its moor-
ings or Is frequently shut out from
sight for weeks by the dense fogs which
drift In over the ocean like a pail from
the southwark, and then the melan-
choly Of the loneliness which peryades
these men Is not lifted until n cIose
passing vessel or the ~infreouent nd.
vent Of the winter sunlight m to
chase away the monotony Of their
existence.
But loneliness is only one OF tbe
hardships of the men on the Nantucket
Shoales lightshlp, though It Is the ono
dreaded. There are the days wbep
the fog settles down over the isolated
vessel In a thick, damp cloak, com
pletely ~enshrouding the hulk from stem
10 stern-days when only the far off
SOUND of a passing steamers gbostIv
whistle or a sailing vessels horn. or
tne systematic roar of the steam fog |
horn aboard the lig~htship, is all their f
world.
once for twelve consecutive nights =
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
one Year Old at Birth.

A Chinese child is considered a year
old at Its birth. and it's age is reck-
oned not frem It's birth birthday, but
from It's New Years day. II 1t hap
pens to be born on February l, the dsy
before the Chinese New Years Day, 1t
is said to be two years old when II IL
two days old Il is one rear old when
born, and another Sear Is added on
It's first New Years Day.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

They're both thinking of a divorce
now"
why, I didn't ever know they were
married"
'Oh! yes, they were married under
the rose, you know"
"Ah! that accounts for the thornS"-
Philadelphia Press.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
- Gentle noel

Gracious" exclaimed Mrs. Locutte's
quiet husband, that decoilete gown Is
rather ultra"
But don't l look well In ltT~ she
demanded.
Doubtless; but to my mind you're
loo far out Of it"-PhIladeIphIa Press
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

There once was a soldier quite thin,
Whose tongue hung away from his chin
When asked what was wrong
He gulped loud and long
And said be was just mustard In
Harvard Lampoon.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

81 have promised my friends to break
silence" said the smoked-out gangster.
Go slow" commented a shrewd ad.
wiser. "If you're bound to break some
thing, better break that promise"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

How people love to gossip and how
they do hate to be pinned down when
questionedI
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26
ATauna Loa 1860 Feet High.

Mauna Loa, In the Sandwich islands
1850 feet high, Is the highest noun
tain which rises directly fran tia go
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

You can usually tell a man and his
wife at a dance by the devotion they
don't show for each other.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-26

Many q deaf person has sound opin.
Ions
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room.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

Now's the time to get what o
want for the farm. Prices have al
ready advanced on every thing and are
still going up. Come in and let us
save you money. ADAMS & NEUBERT
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

Mr.. Hartman says he would be
perfectly willing to cit beside the
president and give him advice" Mr..
Hartman wonlk probablp get more
than he gave. Ask congresa.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

The latest thing for ease Of running
either in buggies or wagons-Tho
with ball bearings, let us show y on
one. Nothing like them!
ADAMS & NEUBERT
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

It's. surprising what Q lot Of noise
there is masquading as music.
Many young man worships q girl
on his knees-if she's sitting there.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

Mr.. George Gould has sold his polo
ponies because, as he says, he cannot
afford to keep them. Perhaps there
is some truth in James ]. Hills pre-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17
beginning March 25th and continuing 80 days, '
Ne DAYS PURCHASE RETURNED 10 THEM IN Cash.

hh
ArHea
ande
adkrHe uHtohn
INC eaauvyo
prices
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

dictionS of hard times. But We can
stand them il they don't strike any
body but those who have polo ponies.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17

A0-MentiOn this paper when yOu write.-Ea
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-04-17
TO THE BUYING PUBLIC {:

If friends and customers an opportunity to have