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The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Leavitt comlna to Denver.

Paris.-The Societe de Beaux Arts
is arranging an elaborate collection to
be sent to America in 1909 for exhibi-
tion i'll the principal cities. w. H.
Leavitt, William J. Bryan's son-in-law,
has been asked to take charge as the
American representative of the soci-
ETY.. Mr.. Leavitt, who is engaged in
the completion of large painting,
"The Last Supper" has not yet ac-
cepted. Mr.. Leavitt intends to resume
lesidence with his wife at Denver as
soon as he finishes this painting.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Hayti Rebels Succeeding.

Port Au Prince.-Every hour brings
the Revolutionary army nearer Port
-:.u Prince, and a feeling of impending
disaster has taken possession of the
people. The advance guard of Gen
Antoine Simon's forces is now not
more than twenty-five or thirty miles
from this city and up to the present
the insurgents have swept all before
them. The government losses at
Anse-A-Veau Friday and the rout of
the loyal troops have caused conster-
nation among the officials of the gov
ernVent.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
A Dead Bird.

Samuel Butler, the witty but efrcen'
Lric author of "Erehwon"-which
means "Nowhere'-and of many other
remarkable and suggestive books, is
now more read than during his life'
time. He died in 1902. In one OF MS
notebooks he tells this incident, whlch
must have amused the great Charles
Darwin:
Frank Darwin told me his tather
was once standing near the hippopota-
mus cage when little boy and girl
aged four and five, came up. The nip
popotamus shut his eyes for a minute
"rhat birds dead" said the little
girl. Come along" Youths Com
panion.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Records for the Mile.

Electric locomotive, 81 seconds. 1908.
Automobile 2S1a seconds, 1906.
Motor paced cycle, / minute, G 1-5
seconds, 1904.
Bicycle, unpaced, 1 minute, 40 2-5
seconds, 1904.
Running horse. 1 minute, S5h Sec
onds, 1890.
Pacing horse, 1 minute, So seconds,
1906.
Trotting horse, / minute, 5S1a sec
onds, 1905.
Man skating, minutes, sc seconds.
1896.
Man running, 4 minutes, 12A Sec
onds, 1890.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Root Sure for Senate.

Albany, N. Y.-That Secretary of
State Elihu Root will be elected by the
Legislature January goth next. as
United States senator to succeed
Thomas C. Platt, was practically con-
ceded by politicians here Sunday, fol
lowing the announcement from Hot
Springs, Virginia, that Timothy l..
Woodruff, chairman of the Republi-
can state committee, had Withdrawn
from the race in favor Of Mr.. Root.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04

More than $4,000. 900 have been paid
out by the employees relief funds of the
Pennsylvania railroad system. both
east and west of Pittsburg, since the
organization of these departments.
According to the Railroad Gazette
the mileage of railroads in the United
States in 1907 was increased 5,212
miles. This does not include electric
lines. The increase was eight per
cent. lss than in 1906.
At banquet to be held in New York
City under the auspices of the Aero
Club of America early next year, gold
medals will be presented to the Wright
BROKERS, Orville and Wilbur. in recog-
nit:on of their achievements as avia-
tors.
On November cath Gov A. B. Cum
Minis was elected by the Iowa Legisla-
ture United States senator, to succeed
the late William B. Allison. The vote
stood: Cummins LOG, Porter Demo
crat 35. Three Republicans did not
vote.
At Philadelphia November 26th, AL
fred Shrubb OF England, champion
a relay of four men defeated a relay
of four men in an eight-mile race at
Central Park Shrubb covered the dis
tance in AL
At Andersonvi!le. Ga, November
goth, Governor Hanly of Indiana and
party unveiled the monument to the
Indiana soldiers Who died at Anderson
vile prison. 1t is the largest memorial
yet placed in the Andersonville ma
tional cemetery.
At the request of Mayor Harper, the
Los Angeles City Council unanimously
adopted and telegraphed to President
Roosevelt resolutions requesting him
to retain the United States battleship
fleet in Pacific waters. Similar reso-
lutions were adopted by the San Diego
City Council and wired to the Presi-
dent.
In notable speech in the House of
Lords, Field Marshal Lord Roberts de-
clared in favor of larger army for
England, pointing out that Germany
could invade the country with compar-
alive ease. He said that the lack of
a sufficient military force would tend
to the loss Of Great Britain's suprem-
acy at sea.
Advices from Edinburg, Scotland,
state that this has been an extraor-
dinarily mild autumn throughout the
British Isles. Strawberries were gath
cred in November, something the old
est inhabitant does not remember.
Many garden and wild flowers
bloomed in October and even in No
yember
John Wanamaker has placed So
000,00G mortgage on his Philadelphia
store property as security for a bond
issue with the proceeds of which the
fifteen-story building erected two
years ago will be extended over the
entire Wanamaker block When com
pleted it will contain forty-five acres
of floor space.
The terms of the American-Japanese
agreement regarding the integrity of
China are received with satisfaction
in governmental circles at Paris. The
last clause of the agreement, which
pledges the two governments to COM
municate with each other for the pur-
pose CT arriving at a mutual under
stan1tng before adopting any measures
in the event of the status quo being
is considered of immense
importance
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
1t Reminded Him,

Nick Altrock, one Of the real funny
actors on the ball field, boarded at
the same hotel with "Jiggs" Donohue
last winter and one morning at the
breakfast table in conversation with
"Jiggs," said:
THE buckwheat cakes at this hotel
reminl me of baseball game"
"How's that?' asked Donohue.
"The batter doesn't always make a
hit ashington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
BREAKS A COLD PROMPTLY

The following formula is a never
falling remedy for colds:
One ounce of Compound Syrup OF
Sarsaparilla, one ounce Torls. Com
pound and one-half pint Of good
whiskey, mix and shake thoroughly
each time and use in doses Of table,
spoonful every four hours.
This If followed up will cure an
acute cold in "a hours. The ingre-
dents can be gotten at any drug store.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
The extraordinary popularity of fine

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice Of Starch a matter Of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result Of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new,
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
kansas-Colorado Rails Laid.

Pueblo, Colo.-The first rails in Colo
RADIO for the new Kansas Colorado rail
way were laid Saturday just west of
the state insane asylum. Several hun
dred feet were laid despite the fact
that the snow caused considerable trou-
BILE. The laying of the rails will be
completed in about three weeks to the
Turkey Creek stone quarries and at
that time a big celebration will be held
in Pueblo.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Merely Curiosity.

Firs1 Tramp-I've been looking for
work.
Second Tramp-You don't mean it!
What for?
"Oh, just out of idle curiosity
Smart Set.
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hiqh Diplomacy,

Mrs. Gramercy-You look all tired
out.
Mrs. Park-It's no wonder. It's so
trying to find out from your friends
what they'd like to have for Christ
mas without conveying the impression
that they may expect it from you.-
Smart Set.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
A New Ailment.

A South side four-year-old was not
so full of mischievousness as usual.
"What is the matter, Ethel?" asked
her mother Aren't you feeling well?"
NOM" replied the little miss. Il
fink there mus be somefing wrong
wifi my liver and bacon.
City Times.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Exclaimed.

whats the difference between
valor and discretion"
"Well, to go through Europe without
tipping would be valor."
Il see."
"And to come back by different
route would be discretion. kansas
City Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
A Changed Man.

FIieu1-Halloa, Pat! scarcely
knew you with your whiskers off,"
Pat-The same wild me, me bhoy;
| didn't know meself when l looked
into the glass, except by me voice.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04

A female statistician has figured
that there are exactly 1,294,5OO bache-
lors in the United States-or, at least
there were at the time the figures
were compiled. 1t is only during leap
year that such sad and melancholy
facts come to light.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Prefer Cash to Checks.

The bank check has taken small
hold as yet upon the citizens Of Mexi-
co, especially when amounts of less
than $1,000 are concerned. They con-
slider it much easier to pay spot cash
than to give a check for amounts OF
$50 and 500 and maintain with some
amount of reason that business deal
can be put through with better advan-
tage when the cash is in sight.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
lin Plate Combine.

London.-The Iron and Steel Trades
Journal states that English and Amer
lean tin plate manufacturers in Lon
don have formed combine which
practically will control the industry
throughout the world.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
Work Does It.

"Contentment is not good thing
said Mrs. Wilkins Freeman at a dinner
in New York. Not contentment, but
dissatisfaction, is what causes prog
ress in the world"
She smiled.
eff we look for the contented man.
she said, I'VE usually find him asleep
when he ought to be at work
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
A Scheme?

"a certain girl agreed to marry a
man in case Taft was nominated.
Now, of course. she has to make good.
What do you think of that?"
81 think that girl was playing very
safe"
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04

ED GEERS, "The grand old man. he
is called for he is SO honest handling
horses in races. He says: Il have used
SPOHN'S DISTEAIPER CURE for u
years, always with best success. 1t is the
only remedy l know to cure all forms of
distemper and prevent horses in same sta
BILE having the disease" SOC and 81 a bot
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers. Spohn
Medical Co., Chemists. Goshen, Ind.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
A Scientific Theory,

"Now they claim that the human
body contains sulphur"
'In what amount?"
"Oh, in varying quantities"
"Well,s that may account for some
girls making better matches than 9TH
ers"
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04

You'll never catch on if you don't
try; and after catching on, don't be
afraid to let go, If necessary.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
A Hunter in Luck.
( hunting

"Did Tom have any luck hunting
tigers in India?"
"Yes-great luck"
"How?"
"He didn't meet any tigers. News
book.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-04
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY Pt-RU-NA.
Catarrh Twenty Years..
Had a Bad COUCH.

Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston, ILL.,,
writes:
81 have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help.
'Then my brother advised me to try
Peruna. and did.
my health was very poor at the time
began taking Peruna. My throat was
very sore and 1 had a bad cough.
"Peruna has cured me. The chronic
catarrh Is gone and my health Is very
much improved.
81 recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as l was"
PERUNA TABLETS:-S people pre-
fer tablets, rather than medicine in a
fluid form. Such people can obtain Peru
ma tablets, which represent the medici-
nal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet
I equals one average dose of Peruna.
Man.a.lin the Ideal Laxative.
Ask your Druggist for Free Peruns
Almanac for 1909.
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A MOCKINGBIRD WATCHDOG.
'Wot's les majesty" asked the house
detective

One day in a moment of mis- guided
kindness the proprietor put pants out
on the window sill. He did not leave him
there long.
opposite side of the street. Pants" emit
ted q whoop of JOY. Standing up as high
as his short legs would permit he started
To trill and shrill and shrek without
pausing moment for breath.
The horse evidently under the impress
sion that he inadvertently ST apped on
a locomotive or had been blown up
snorted quivering snort of Mortified sur
prise and FASTENED away. His irritated
master discovered him about fifteen
blocks from home shortly afterward
After that it was deemed advisable to
keep Pants" in retirement. But unfor-
tunately Pants is not blessed with
temperament that will tolerate retire
ment, When lie got inside the store
again, he started TO initiate the pet ca
nary in his steam whistle voice until
the poor creature nearly died of hurt
family was about 10 impose capital pun
ISL lent, Pants" real sphere in life
WAS discovered
man was entering the store one day
and IN as quiet manner as possible. He
was evidently determined not to disturb
anybody by his visit and. indeed. seemed
even willing 10 go the length of waiting
upon himself. Hardly had he entered the
store before Pants" opened up his
mouth and walled like a lost spirit.
The man turned and looked about. Not
a person was in sight and yet the shrill
noise continued He became nervous and
was about TO make a hasty and unosten-
tatious exit when the proprietor came in
ard blandly inquired his wants.
1t cost that colored man the price of
cigar TO get out of the store Pants got
good dinner that night.
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n II OCkING birds have been known
MI 10 co many things rhey have
49, been known To attempt 10 mi
tate noises for which their voices were
rlanitestly never intended; they have
been known to even develop creditabie
counterfeit OF the human voice. Bun II is
seldom that a young and promising mock
ing bird essays the duties OF q watchdog.
Such however. il the ambition Of
Pants" the domes;icated knocking bird
now residing at a retail tobacco store
en- 9th street little below Florida ave
nue..
Pants" is a creature given TO fancy.
As jim the erTand boy says lie IS
bugs From morning until night, from
early dawn untl dark, Pants" sits upon
his perch discreetiy hidden behind the
counter and lIIts up his voice in a shriE,
plaintive wall whenever a customer APP
pears.
During the lapses occurring between tine
entrance and EXODUS OF persons desiring
10 purchase wares Pants sits Ill
a corner OF his cage. the perfect picture
OF hopeless nelanchoha His head Is
sunk dejectedly into his touseied plum
age his attitude is that Of irreconcilabie
despair But Iet man, woman or beast
put in an appearance and life becomes
once more endurahle.
Pants" rises in his joy. flaps his wings
slightly and lets out a shrek that con-
rinues with all OF the musical pensive
ness of calliope until the proprietor
sprints hastily into his place of business.
He IS an unloveiy bird is Pants" IL
came 10 the household more by accident
than design.
One DAY woman. red faced and per-
turbed. tiuttered into the store bearing
in her hand large cage in which
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slouched what looked to be an utterly
dependent hen. The woman looked dis
Sustcd, the bird more so.
I've simply got to get rid of this
thing" declared the woman.
The proprietress expressed her surprise
at this desire 10 get ria of rightful prop
crty and the bird Clucked feebly and
looked brokcnhearted.
Il simply can't live Ill the house with
the drafted thing" announced the
woman
Why said the other Indignantly be
cause he barks at dogs and spits at cats
AZ 4 wants Ia sing at midnight, that's
WHY
What is it" inquired the proprictress,
"a young hen"
pants appearance is calculated TO
lead 10 mistakes
Now. my dear" said the woman, not
needing the question, Il simply can't
keep the bird around and he'd look per-
sectly lovely III your store. You take
HIM
Before she thought the proprieiress
creature.
The former owner turned to leave.
But what is ii p
a drafted knocking bird" replied the
woman. and she made quick escape.
Pants was Immediately brought into
the back room and put through d minute
physical examination. His lower limbs
feathers. resembling trousers and par
italy like pajamas, and when he walked
he strutted. His trouser-like limbs won
for him the name Of Pants
Al first it appeared that his only scope
of usefulness was in a pie He was
plainly and unafectedly noisy He seem
ed 10 love row better than all things
else on earth.
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skin Of the animal which has been killed
on the spot where II is sold. The butcher
chops and saws off little chunks of meat
according to order. and he cuts up the
entraiis as his customers want them The
demand for the latter IS as great as that
for the meat itself.
Inder a tree III the market court men
and women are selling fish. fresh and
dried. The latter are arranged in little
piles of five each file size of A sardine
and they bring about | cent pile. Near
by -four is sold 1t is made of millet and
is brought to the market in closely woven
baskets. Other merchants are selling the
millet unground.
One of the most popular places IS the
beer hall This is in the large market
house and IS crowded with customers
The barkeepers are women who 81 hat
OF the floor beside great roun! stone
Jars That are apparently filled With
soapsuds, but really with banana beer.
which has a foam somewhat like live
lager The beer is ladled on, i.to
gourdS. and the customers take it & way
sucking at 1t through StrawS as they
go. The liquor is strong. and we ire
quently pass drunken men and wcmer
The natives here are known the
Basukumas. They are ugly blacks. and
they look savage enough. They are still
more 50 out III the country. where the
majority dress in cowskins with the
hair on. The women wear skirts of
oyer their shoulders so that they CON
ceal little more than the upper parts
of the body. Here in Mwanza most of
the men have only a cloth about the
waist, leaving the upper part OF the
body bare. Babies are carried on the
bare backs of their mothers. being fast
ened there by goatskin sings. Some
times they are tied on with cores.
The Basukumas.
Of In IL, IF "a.
strong negro type. They are tall and
well formed. but their skins are black
very dark brown, and they .iave
thick lips and fiat noses. Their HAIR is
woolly or kinky. and they have original
ways of dressing it. Some of the women
shave sections of the scalp. and a man
viii often have a place as big aroand
as the bottom of a tin cup scraped off
at the crown. Sometimes this bare spot
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Anything WE CAN <9y0A1 VIZ CAN I1I(HE ST.

anti-immigration movement on an or
they decided that immigration was a
PAD thing for q country that was al
ready SO crowded a traveller butted into
a separate tribe every two or three
hundred miles. So steps were taken by
King Philip and Powhatan and Monte
yuma and the other old families to curb
the rush To these shores of hcrdy adj
yenturerS wearing coal-scuttle boots
and wash boiler waistcoats. But the
newcomer had the advantage in repair
tee. Larry. i gun with a muzZle on il
like slide trombone that could only
be fired IN clear weather with aid of a
skillit fun Of live Goals was a purity
bum affair measured by the standard
of weapons that they turn out nova
days up in Christian New England, but
even SO, it was highly effective as OPP
posed to the activities of an Indian
Hitting about among the sumac, dressed
up in nothing al all but a bow and ar
row. like a roan-colored cupid. You know
what happened. Larry. That anti-immi-
grafton movement failed and as re-
suit the original habitant has retired
conSidera BILE distance from the eastern
seaboard. except when working for the
Bill Show or the Shagwah Medicine
troupe
But suppose they'd won olno Just
stop TO think where YOU and me would
he at this moment Instead of sitting
here OF a divan III this large uncom-
Portable caravansary enjoying ourselves
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is covered With scars, made by cutting
and gashing it to cure the neal1che.
Others of the men are perfectly bald.
made so by the razor. They grease
their heads. and they shine like patent
leather dress shoes.
Many of the women divide the HAIR
into small braids. and evidently shave
clean the partings between them. 9th
ers twist the wool out into curl. which
stand forth like little worms all over
the head They are like angle -orins.
only black. Imagine thick -lipie'i hru-
nette Medusa who wears fish bait IN
stead of snakes. and YOU nave the
typical Basukuma beauty. some OF
the more giddy of the bellies tie shells
and beads at the ends of these curla. so
that they almost Jingle as they ran.
eyebrows. The Basukumas pull them
out with tweeZers. The men also pull
out their boards by the roots IN The
same way.
Lake Victoria beautify themselves by
filing their teeth. We have men from
different parts of the lake now working
al loading and unloading the steamer,
and at my request the captain brought
them up on deck and allowed me to ex-
anime their Jaws He took each native
and held his mouth open while | looked
over his teeth. Some men had them
filed sharp so that they looked just like
the teeth of a saw: others had certain
teeth missing and / was told that they
had been knocked out. on the belief that
their absence would bring good luck or
ward off the ba. spirits. This is so
among the kavirondo. who live on the
northeast side of the lake. They believe
that If man retains all his lower teeth
he will be killed in battle. and that If his
wife does not pull out the two middle
front ones of the lower jaw he surely Will
die. For the same reason the woman
makes scars in her forehead, and also
castles out a pattern over the front of
her abdomen. The Nasal knock out the
two lower front teeth, and on the upper
side of Uganda. along the Nile, there are
tribes that pull out two or more of the
lower incisors. This is the case with the
Banyoro who live west of Uganda. They
extract the four lower front teeth. This
allows the upper ones to grow long. so
! that they become shovel teeth in old
age. FRANK g. CARPENTER.
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or not enough wives. or parties who owed
debts and wanted 10 give the creditors
neat surprise. I'll bet the day after the
Mayfower sailed the dock was fairly
cluttered up with sheriff's officers and
bailiffs that hadn't been able 10 run any
better than place and show.
New blood don't do live stock any real
harm and / guess maybe It's not SO pad
for a country When the pallid, pale
green son OF millionaire marries the
Irish housemaid who nursed him through
his first attack of the d. It's. or a lead
ing society girl elopes with a stalwart
Swede coachman, it may cause pangs IN
the present generation of the family. but
there's apt to be rejoicing in the next,
And besides, Larry, we've still got
lot OF country that's not yet as thickiy