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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
ADVERTISING UoIy Spots.

Rumor has it that the municipal
league of Los Angeles is offering
prizes for the ugliest spots in Los An.
geles as shown by the camera. The
photographs may be of biilboards,
tumbledown buildings, bad Or dirty
streets and alleys, rubbish embellished
vacant lots. neglected premises, weed
grown areas or anything that detracts
from the city beautiful. says the Los
Angeles Times. The aim is to show
how such eyesores affect the price OF
real estate in the neighborhood. and In
lighting the billboard nuisance proof
OF deterioration Of surrounding prop
erty has been the point most recog-
nized by the courts. The league offers
three prizes for the above noted pho
tographs Of $40, $40 and S..
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
Garibaldi and Ventura's.

In Fulton street, near Broadway,
New York, over the doorway of an old
time brick building occupied by what
is now an ordinary drinking saloon,
may still be seen signboard, weather
beaten by the storms Of more than
half century. bearing the name Of
Lorenzo Ventura. Within the place IS
a museum of antique prints, playbills
and other historical relics, and con-
spicuous among the latter is round
marble topped table at which, accord
ing to well authenticated tradition,
Garibaldi used to play dominos and
chat with his friends. Ventura's In
the middle Of the last century was a
favorite cosmopolitan rendezvous for
the actors Of the adjacent Park thea
ter and the journalists and "literatp
Of Printing House square. Here it was
that Garibaldi first met John Amber
son, the rich tobacconist, who became
prominently identified thereafter with
the Italian cause.-Henry Tyrrell tn
Century.
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A Fitting Question.

Jim, who is six and thinks he Is a
man, got into a crowded car with his
nurse. The nurse got the last seat,
and two ladies made little place be-
tween them for Jim and squeezed him
In. Presently a portly lady got in, and
Jim, the pink of courtesy, rose and
lifting his hat offered his place. 1t
was embarrassing. Afterward nurse
explained to Jim that he must be care
full in Offering seat, as a place that
was large enough for boy might not
accommodate lady. Next time he
was In a car and lady got in Iir3
leaned over to nurse and in a stage
whisper asked, Lizzie, do you 1hink
she'll fit?'-New York Press.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
Acorn Lawn Party.

This amusement is very enjoyable to
young children. Gay colored bags of
muslin are given to each child-red
and green for the girls, blue and vel
low for the boys. Inclose a large
enough portion of lawn or grounds
with long strips of cambria, the same
color as the bags, knotted together
and tied from tree to tree. Gilded
acorns. hidden from sight as far as
possible, are scattered over the ground
thus inclosed. At signal the chill
dren who have been placed outside the
ropes dive under the strips of cam
brio and begin the search for the gold
acorns. At the end of specified
time the children are called from the
hunt and an inexpensive prize
awarded to the one who has secured
the greatest number of acorns. Have
a consolation prize for the one who
brings in an empty bag. Cake and
lemonade served out of doors add
to the enjoyment Of the children
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Motion and Heat.

All visible motion when arrested be-
comes heat, even that of running wa
ter If we take two pieces of solid ice
and rub them together, they can be
heated by the friction until the melting
point is reached If we should pour
water into an ordinary rotary churn
and turn the crank, the mechanical
energy exerted against the water viii
be transformed into molecular energy
and the water will be warmed In pro
portion to the amount OF mechanical
energy expended
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.
The Forcefulness Of Native Customs
@@ In Morocco.

The Forcefulness OF Native Customs
M. In Morocco.
In Morocco, the Baled-el-Maghrab
(the land of the setting sun Of the
Arabs, the Lex Talionis Is as much an
integral part Of the social system as are
life and death. The Moors, it may be
said, are frankly brutal. They have
certain rude code Of honor to which
they adhere when convenient, but
among themselves they devise every
possible excuse for not fulfilling en-
gagements with the giaour
On the other hand. they are extreme
" punctilious in exacting full measure
from Europeans with whom they have
dealings, and many stories might be
told showing how Moorish judges mete
out justice to their own people to the
detriment Of the alien.
For instance, it Is not very long
since that q British subject riding
through the Soko Tor market place. at
Marakesh had the Ill fortune to push
against half blind old woman, who,
falling to the ground, broke off two of
her front teeth.
The Englishman promptly offered
compensation. 1t was refused, and the
injured woman before the local caid
demanded that her innocent aggressor
should have two teeth knocked out in
retribution for her injury.
Protest followed on protest against
this exaction until finally the matter
was carried to the sultan himself.
That potentate (and this instance is
given to show the forcefulness of ma
tive custom) begged the Englishman
to comply with the old woman's de-
mand and publicly sacrifice his Incl
sors, in return for which oblation he
granted him concessions which have
made that English merchant and his
family foremost among the wealthy
foreigners in MOrocco.-London Spec
tator.
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Young Folks
RIVER OF SALT WATER.
Curious Stream That Runs Inland In
Grecian Island.

Grecian Island.
One Of the most curious phenomena
of geography is found on the southern
coast of the island of Cephalonia, in.
Greece. 1t is stream of salt water
which for an unknown period has left
the almost tideless sea and flowed in
land with a. volume sufficient TO fur
nish water power to two mills. For
some generations the mills were oper-
ated by undershot wheels which took
their power from this little river of
ocean water. They supplied flour to
the people Of the island until recently,
but now they have been dismantled
owing to the competition Of larger and
better equipped mills.
The sea enters the land at four points
where the coast is practically on a lew
ell with the salt water surface. The
four initial streams unite to form the
little river that flows inland in a bro
ken rocky channel until it finally dis
appears in the limestone rock and
sinks into the earth.
This inland flow has continued al
most certainly for several centuries.
1t is far too great for removal by evap-
grafton, chemical combination or even
physical absorption by pores or cav
ems in the rocks. What becomes of
the water that is constantly flowing in
land and disappears finally in the ifs
sures that have opened in the lime
stone?
The question has been the subject of
much study, but no conclusive answer
has been given. 1t is probable that
there is an underground channel which
carries the water back into the sea al
no great depth below the surface. The
constant influx of salt water at Cepha
lonia is duplicated, as far as is known
at no other point Of the world.
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He Set a Date.

A merchant in a Wisconsin town who
had Swedish clerk sent him out to do
some collecting. When he returned
from an unsuccessful trip he reported:
t'Yim Yonson say he will pay ven he
sells his hogs. Vim Olesen, he will pay
ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack
Eay he will pay in january"
"Well," said the boss, sthat's the
first time Bill ever set date to pay.
Did he really say he would pay in
january"
"Vell, aye tank so" said the clerk.
"He say it ban cold day ven you get
that money I tank that ban in Yanu-
ary."-Harper's Weekly.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
MONEY CHANGERS.
They Must Keep Posted on European
Coins and Counterfeits.


II never realized until today" said 8
man who had just returned from Eu-
rope, "v hat an undertaking it is to be
money changer.
II came back with about $40 in for
eign money, principally French and
Italian. This took to money
changers to cash in.
'He looked over the coins rapidly,
throwing them into little piles and put
ting down notes ON a slip of paper.
When he had cleared up the lot he
said had $10.25 coming to me.
Sat first thought he was doing me,
but he was not. He showed me a
dozen or so italian coins that had been
demonetized and were worth about 40
little pile Of counterfeits that were not
worth a cent, and altogether only
about third Of the coins that
brought home were worth their full
value.
tsThe only consolation l had was thai
thanked my stars am in the insur.
ance business and not in the exchange
business, for my poor little brair
could not carry half the things that
those fellows have to remember"
The man with the coins did not ex.
aggerate. There are thousands Of diff.
ferent coins floating about that a
money changer has to know. He has
to keep in mind every demonetized
coin made within the last hundred
years.
In addition to that, there are counter.
feits. The immigrants bring over heaps
of bad coins. Many Of them buy up
counterfeits cheap, with the hope OF
exchanging them at Ellis island.
Then there are the coins of the South
! American countries. They are worse
than those of the European countries
Brazil, for instance, has scheme al
Its own. Certain notes are good for ter
! years. After that time for every yea1
they lose 10 per cent of their face
! value until the whole value Is used 1I
! and they are worth only the paper
they are printed on.
| AS one man expressed it, you have t.
know the history of the world to be 6
! money changer. A peculiar part of tho
business is the reshipment Of coins
back to the countries whence they
came Often during the rush season
one firm sends back a million coins
! while it is estimated that In the course
Of year 100000 in foreign money
is reshipped to Europe and million tt
the rest of the. world
Money changing is business JUS
like any other They do not exchange
money; they buy it, and when you &C
there with foreign coins they buy then
from you at a stated price. When yor
go there to get foreign coins you buy
them from them at certain price JUS
as you buy eggs and cigars.-New Yorl
Sun.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
wellington and Waterloo.

Heine, In speaking Of Wellington's
good luck at Waterloo, says: "This
man has the bad fortune to meet with
good fortune when the greatest man Of
the world is unfortunate. We see in
him the victory IF stupidity over genius
Arthur Wellington triumphant when
Napoleon Bonaparte was overwhelmed.
wellington and Napoleon! 1t is won
derful phenomenon that the human
mind can at the same time think of
both these Names"
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Leibnitz and the AIchemists.

Leibnitz, one Of the great men of lit
erature, who died in 1716, wished to
join a society Of alchemists who were
prosecuting a search for the philoso-
piers stone. He compiled a letter
from the writings Of the most cele-
brated alchemists and sent it to the So
ciety. The letter consisted Of the most
obscure terms he could find, and he
himself. he said, did not understand a
word of it. Afraid to be thought igno-
rant, the society invited him to its
meetings and made him secretary.-Ar-
gonaut.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
THE MEEK MULE.
Our Four Legged Songster That Wears
Wings on Its Head.

WHY'S Ott tto ElCdls
As Bill, the desert evangelist, once
said. the mule is the only bird that
has thing to kick with and wears its
wings on the side of its head Bill got
religion after he quit driving mules or
else he quit driving mules when he got
religion. Anyway, he knew what he
was talking about.
The theory Of evolution teaches us
that the jackass Is an unexpurgated
edition Of the jack rabbit, bound in
leather and complete in one volume.
Both have the same characteristic hind
leg motion, but with the difference
that the rabbit thereby propels itself,
whereas the mule propels others. The
latter end Of the mule is hinged and
has hair trigger arrangement and is
as prone to accidental discharge as a
powder mill is to fly upward. There
fore it comes in military matters be-
cause Of the omnipresence of the ar
my mule with it's peculiar way Of
making itself felt that the rear is the
place of danger.
A most notable accessory Of the beast
is the strident and raucous vocal at
tachment situated up front. No means
have as yet been discovered by which
this mechanism can be fabricated, and
the melody is sort Of cross between
our neighbours photograph and the
whistle Of the pancake factory across
the river. 1t is mostly nocturnal in
its manifestation. It Is curious fact
11c4 fv,o ;c
the rear, for to uncork the music the
beast has merely to extend Its caudal
appendage into a horizontal position.
1t Is said by certain rash individuals
who lean toward osteopathy that this
vocal exercise may be suspended by
hanging the monkey wrench to the
safety value. But do not consider
this a healthy amusement and am in
clined toward absent treatment.
Although the latter end Of the beast
Is loosely hung and the former adds
insult to injury, yet, interesting as
are both these phenomena the super
lative characteristic Of the creature Is
its expression of countenance. That
long ascetic physiognomy bounded by
those hopeless ears and quivering lips
seems infinitely sad and yearning,
with that meek, long suffering, quoth-
the-raven-never-mo more look in it's eye
You are conscious Of a feeling of sym
pathy for this fellow creature. You
reach for your bandanna and draw
nigh to sympathize with its grief and
soothe its plaintive mood, when, biff,
YOU are knocked into the middle of
next week, while the mule looks round
with that heartbroken expression as If
to say, "Such sad accident, wasn't
it?" ..=~
The moral of this dissertation is that
1t is time to put the cart before the
horse when the horse is mule-Earl
H. Cressy in Minneapolis Journal
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Worth Seeinu,

In certain preparatory school In
Washington. says contributor in
Harper's Magazine, an instructor one
day made the statement that "every
year a sheet of water fourteen feet
thick is raised to clouds from the sea-"
"At what time Of the year does that
occur, professor? asked a freshman.
"It must be sight worth going a long
way to see.'
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Tested 1t,

willie" said the boys mother, who
was preparing to go out, you mustn't
eat that cake in the pantry while I'm
gone. 1t will make you sick"
Three hours later when she returned
Willie said: "You didn't know what
you were talking about, mamma. That
cake didn't make me sick bit."-Chi-
cago News.
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A Financial Difference.

Small Boy Ito his artist father
Papa. what's the difference between an
artist and an artisan7 Father-An ar
tasan. nay son. Is the kind Of an artist
wslo earns So or 81 day and doesn't
have to wait for his money.-Circle.
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A Stronq Boy.

Some weeks ago in a village a few
miles from the City Of Mexico citizen
went to the alcalde and complained
that a boy ten years old had stolen and
carried away his donkey. He insisted
that the boy had carried the animal on
his shoulders. The police laughed at
the idea, but when the lad was arrest
ed it was shown that the statement
was true.
The boy had carried a good sized
donkey a quarter Of mile on bis
shoulders without stop. He did the
trick again for the benefit Of the po-
lice.
Various tests were made of his
strength, and it was found that he had
the muscles Of two ordinary men.
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Chuhb and His Tub.

To little John Adolphus Chubb
Your kind attention invite.
Oh, how he loves to battle and scrub
Each morn and exc at night!
Now, John Adolphus William Chubb,
A fine young elephant Is he,
And when he's in his little tub
Oh. tits pleasant sight to see.
His nurse, motherly old thing,
No need to coax the rogue has she.
Adolphus. when he sees her bring
The water, trumpets in his glee.
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Oh, how he loves the cold, cold stream
Descending on him In the tub!
He feels as If he'd like to scream;
He loves 1t so, does William Chubb.
And then, the evenings washing DER
Though he could wish it lasted stilD,
His nurse will say: Come, come, no more.
You've had enough now, Master Will"
So swift he's dried, his nightgown on,
A nightcap tied upon his head,
And to the rattle's music John
Adolphus William goes to bed.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
MAGNETIC TOYS.

Magnetic toys, such as swans, fish,
boats. etc. may be made of any light
material. such as cork or elder pith.
Much pleasant occupation for evenings
may be found in shaping these light
objects, and II small piece Of steel
or iron be placed In some prominent
part Of the object It will float about
in the water IN obedience to the move
ments OF a magnet held near It. Bro
ken pieces Of needles, Il carefully han
died, do very weii to fasten into tia
floating objects and serve 10 Deints 70
DO attrsstsA BY tho usaSRs&
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Poor Old Soil

An astronomer says that an ener-
nous dark planet Is rushing toward
the sun and that the impact, which 10
to take place in few thousand years,
will be frightful. Great Caesar! If
that's the case, Old Sol stands good
chance Of having the spots knocked
out Of him.--Morristown Times.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
Character.

According to an old French saying.
"a mans character is like his shadow.
which sometimes follows and some
times precedes him and which to oe-
easfoHally longer. occasionally shorter
shan he is.''
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Perfectly Charming.

~You seem to find your book very
Interesting, Miss Maidstone"
eyes, 1t is one of the most charming
stories / have ever read. And 30
true to life. Every maR IN It b VII
lain.--Chicago Record-Herald.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04
Sounded Bad.

Mp. Dashaway-Yes. while we were
IN Egypt we visited the pyramids.
They wero literally covered with
hler0efyphics. Mrs. Newrich- Ugh!
Wdsnt you afraid some of 'em would
&c On ysaf-Phisa4efpAta Record.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04

Learn 30 see In another one's salaM-
~ the ilis which ron should asoaa-
Rsntfus EHyua.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04

PSw men have been admired hy
Skesg ewn Observation-Disclosures.
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Drinking Excuses.
Excuses for drinking are always at
hand. Here are the five familiar ones:

Good wine. a friend. or being dry.
Or lest we should be by and by m~
Or any other reason why.
If they don't suffice one can always
fall back upon DR.. Sam Johnson's,
'.He who makes beast Of himself
gets rid Of the pain Of being a man."
On the other hand, here are three rea-
sons, one Of them cogent, that Bos-
tonian gave for not drinking:
"First.--L can't drink, for I've Just
lost near relative Second lwhen
much pressed). - No. I really can't
The fault is always as great as he
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-04

The fault is always as great as he
that commits it.-French ProVerb.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-02
SCRUBS DIRTY PUPIL
Daint, Illinois Teacher Gives Btg Boy
Needed Bath Before the Others.

Dainty Illinois Teacher Gives Btg Boy
Needed Bath Before the Others.
CHICAGO. December 1.--NIiss Alber-
tina lehman, a pretty young school
teacher of West Hammond, rolled up
her sleeves and by a vigorous applica-
ton of muscle and n scrubbing brush
succeeds in maintaining cleanliness in
Albert sran,, fourteen years old,
and as strong as the teacher. was the
victiml Fifty-six pupils enjoyed an ex-
citing half hour. at the end Of which
the teacher was futigued. and Brant
was several shades whittier
Several days ago Miss Lehmann be-
gan crusade against dirty visage
hut Brant said he was going to wear
his face the way he pleased.
When the boy reached the school in
the morning he saw standing upon the
teachers desk a great pail OF soapy
water and at its. side brush. Miss
Lehman called him to the front OF the
room and the combat started. The
teacher soon gained the advantage.
She then unbuttoned the callar of his
shirt and rolled back his sleeves, after
which she applied the scrub brush.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-02
HOLY WAR PROCLAIMED
,rribesncn Again 4tttnck tile French
Near AdlerOmsl.

= sytf4sit RE- sSeWbt .aOlcTOuUs
1,AL1,A AI4AGHNrlA ALGERIA, pe-
.cembors l.--atarabou Boutllich has pro-
claimed q holy war, and his emlssaries
are busy stirring up. the frontier
tribes, telling them that. the French
are lielpless. AZ all the soldiers liave
In an attack on tho French near Ad-
jeroud Friday night 1000 tribes,nen
hurled Themselves with reckless BRAY
cry against II French force OF 400. but
Inc well-posted guns of thc French
poured ina rnurderons she'll fire, NOV
ing down the ranks Of the trlbeshlen,
Who finally retired leaving tho ground
strewn With coipses. The French loss
was twp killed and six wounded.
An oHicial report OF the engagement
Friday at Adjeroud between lsrencl,
troops and the Benis Nassen tribesmen
declares that the latter were decisively
wounded on the field. There were no
French casualties. Reinforcements are
arriving at AdJeroud, and the Arabs
are concentrating at Aghbal.
The little town OF AdJeroud is at the
mouth OF the Oued Kiss River. about
twenty-clght miles west from Ncinours.
The Oued Kiss marks the frontier ba-
I ~een Algeria and Morocco. T'ls town
Is hardly moro than a village. THE
II olses are stretched along tho beach.
Cattle and fodd>r markets are held
there. the French traders doing busi-
ness on the right side OF the river and
the MOroccans on 1.-The left.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-02
RELIGIOUS RIOT

Crowd or :S,OOO Greet Greek priest,
and Panic Ensucs.
4 TlTTsBURG, PA. December LIN n
crowd estimated at $4,000 persons at
Union Station late to-day, women and
children were carried off their feet by
q struggling mass of humanity. and
their shrieks and cries threw others
into panic, resulting In a riot call
to the police. The sion was the
arrival of Right Rev. S S. ortynski.
new head OF that branch of the Greek
Catholic Church III America. which
recognized the Pope of Rome. Greeks
from surrounding ,iterritory within Il
radius Of j 90 niilesscnnIe to greet him
accompanied by scores of Uniformed
societies and brass bands. The police
organized the crowd into orderly lines.
and the monster parade marched
through the city to tile Southsidc.
Church. whera the bishop conducted
irtS