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The National tribune., 1908-04-23

A bill has been introduced into the
meanor to use the Indian figure, no
matter of what material, for a cigar or
tobacco sign. 1t is also a misdemeanor
to have such a figure in ones possession,
and violations of the law are to be pun
ished with fines from $25 upward and
from 20 days to six months imprson-
ment The bill was introduced by Sen
ator Landrum, a Cherokee Indian, who
made an eloquent picture of the revolt
of the Indian)at seeing himself depicted
in pulseless wood with bright paint and
holdir bunch Of cigars or leaf of
that this all depends. Some of these
wooden Indians are, highly artistic crea-
tions, and really 1attering to the noble
redman a.; he exists to-day 1t is quite
doubtful If the new State can show
among its copper -colored citizens many
who lise to the artistic grace and at
tractiveness of a really well-made cigar
sign. They represent the noble redman
of the forest quite as attractively as
many of the statues of white men erected
here In Washington, and are superior to
some which the States have contributed
of their favorite sons to Statuary Hall in
the National Capitol.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

A remarkable Improvement is noted
IN the ability of autos TO climb hills. A
test was made April in a special auto
mobile carnival at New York City on
Fort George Hill. in which over 1000
machines participated. The hill is l, 900
feet long, and has an average elevation
of IL per cent, with fairly sharp S.
turn about halfway up the hill The
pavement is of Belgian block. All the
starts were made from a standstill,
against the flying starts allowed last
year, and the hill was climbed by a
steam racer in 80 1-5 seconds, or at a
speed of 1923 miles an hour. A Bab-
cock electric made the climb in one
minute and "a seconds, or at the rate of
1891 miles an hour. Nearly all of the
newer machines show superior ability
to the records of last year.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

Barbed-wire fences, railroads and
other advance guards of civilization
have completely wiped out the pictur-
esque cowboy, who is no longer walk
ing arsenal with an uncomfortable tep-
dency to red liquor and shooting I'D
things that attract his fancy. He is now
getting from $50 TO $40 a month, but is
expected to earn it by as close and hard
work as is demanded from ordinary
farmhands. He is still a magnificent
horseman, is usually American-born is
reader of the magazines and news
papers, takes an active interest in poll
tics, but speaks everyday English, and
scrupulously avoids the dialects, swag-
ger and performances that are now only
found in the yellow publications for
juvenile consumption.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
wow ALAw.


The President has signed the widows
pension bill. and it is now law. The
date by which it will be known is April
10, 1908. Thfs was selected because it
is equidistant between dates of pension
payments, so as to avoid off amounts in
the pension checks. The date is one Of
notable interest in our history, as it is
that of the battle Of Lexington in 1775,
when, in the words Iof Emerson:
by the rude bridge that arched the
Hood, tiW rf
Their flag to ApriPs breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattfd farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the
world.S1
1t was also the date of the firing upon
the Massachusetts troops by the Balti-
more mob. The law will be executed
automatically by the Pension Bureau in
the great majority of the cases, with no
need of making applications. Those
widows who are already on the roll,
some 10000 in number, and receiving
less than $12 month, will at the next
payment receive $12 a month. Those
who have heretofore been denied pen
sions on account of the property quail
fication can now apply and receive the
allowance. These will be in the nature
of original claims, and benefit a consid-
cradle number who have been denied
pensions on account of misrepresenta
tions as to the amount of their incomes
Neighborhood jealousies Will no longer
have an opportunity to prevent these de-
serving women from getting what is
properly due them. 1t is estimated that
the expenditure under the new act will
approximate s13,OOO,OOO annually for a
year or two until the roll of widows be-
gins to show the same sad diminution
by death as the roll of veterans.
We congratulate the veterans and
their widows of the whole country upon
this great measure of justice, and we
thank most heartily the Congress of the
United States and the President for this
munifcent act of justice and gratitude
to the women who deserve so much at
the hands of the Nation.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

Some Dutch chemists have been care
fully studying the phenomena of hay
heating in the NOW. and it has been
determined that this is due to the pres
ence OF bacilli which have long Latin
names. If the hay is heated short OF
the point of burning an advantage is
gained in the destruction of these bacflli
since the sterffized hay is more whole
some fodder than that which contains
microbes. These microbes are supposed
to cause diseases of the alimentary
tract. The molds are found to be dis
tinctly poisonous to cattle.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
DEATH OF PAST COMMANDER COMP

Capt. James Compton, Past Depart
ment Commander of Minnesota, c. A.
r.. died at the Minnesota. Soldiers
Home. of which he was Commandant
Jan. Is. He served during the war in
the 9th Pa. Reserves and then in the
SD ILL.,, being promoted to First Lieu
tenant and Captain for gallant conduct
at Shiloh. He came from Revolutionary
ancestry, and his only son was a soldier
in the 18th Mimi. in the Philippines He
was successful banker, served in the
State Senate, and was one of the COM
mittee which drew up the bill for the
Minnesota Soldiers Home. President
Harrison appointed him Surveyor-Gen-
eral of Public Lands, and he served for
30 years as Ruling Elder in the First
Presbyterian Church He was Com
mander of the Department of Minne-
sofa, G. A. r., in 1890.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
STILL MORE UNREST.

Is there nothing certain in this world /?
Are we never to be at peace about any
thing? The scientists are now telling
us that even the axis of the earth is
shifting. If there is anything that We
have been taught as fixed and perma-
nent it is the North Star, and so it has
been held since the earliest times in
history. julius Cesar says, illustrating
his own infiexible character:
Il could be well mov'd, if were as you:
If 1 could pray to move, prayers would
move me;
But I am as constant as the Northern
Star,
OF whose true, fx'd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the armament.
The skies are painted with unnumber'd
sparks;
They are all fire, and every one doth
shine;
But there's but one in all doth hold his
place
Astror omers are now saying that the
North Star, while near the pole of the
heavens, is not exactly there, and that
the North Pole is continually shifting,
describing path that looks very much
like the track of a drunken man in at
tempting to reach his home. They call
these movements of the pole "preces-
sion" and mutation" They are now
trying to reduce these motions to a law,
and believe that they have discovered
them to be governed by a cycle of seven
years. The United States has joined
with other Nations in observations, and
is spending considerable money-s14,-
900 annually on two stations-besides
the pay of an officer of the Coast Sur
vey. Japan has two stations for OBJ
servations, and there are two in this
country one at Ukiah, Cal, and the
other at Gaithersburg, Md The Rus
sian Government has, established sta
ton in Siberia, and astronomers have
another at Cincinnati, o., and two more
have been recently established, one in
Australia and the other in South Amer
lea. There are many scientific facts
connected with this, but the practical
one is the determination of the latitude
and longitude upon which all our land
surveys rest
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
EX-PRISONERS AT THE NATIONAL
ENCtMPMENT

Commander-in-Chie John L. Kissane
and Adj't-Gen. John d. Walker have
oners of War Association for the Ma
tional Encampment at the Boody House,
Toledo. o.. where they will be glad to
receive and register all ex-prisoners of
war. Anyone desiring further informa-
tion as to the meeting program, quar-
ters. etc, can address Capt. ]. Fred Hol-
Tiger. Toledo. o., an ex-prisoner and one
warmly Interested in the cause.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

Christopher Columbus passed his life
in turmoil and excitement, dying of a
broken heart. His remains seem to have
partaken of the unrest of his life. He
wished TO be buried on the island of
Haiti, which was one of the first that
he explored and for which he had a
particular affection. He was buried first
at Yailadolid in 1906. Three years later
his body was transferred to Seville and
in 1870 his wish was carried out by his
reinterment in Santo Domingo. Two
hundred and fifty-six years later this
island passed into the possession of the
French, when the Spaniards took his
remains to Havana in 1896, and KEPT
them there until after the Cuban war OF
1893. when they were removed to Sc.
vile. and an inscription put upon the
tomb reading, when ungrateful Amer.
lea separated from the mother country
Seville received his remains This in.
scription is deemed inaccurate and of.
fensive, and the Municipal Council OF
Seville has lately requested the Duke o,
Veragua, who represents the family oi
Columbus, to have the inscription
changed. Undoubtedly he will do so.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

The stories of the French war in Mo-
rocco have an old-time flavor. The re-
plain of Tamlet the French lost 27 men
and one officer and killed 125 Berbers.
As the French claim to have pursued
the enemy for some miles. it is probable
that they did manage to kill a great
many of them, as European troops give
no mercy in the pursuit of their bar
bareus and semi -barbarous enemies. but
kill all that they can come up with.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

The Isthmian Canal Commission
shows proper realization of the duties
of citizenship. II believes that the best
men should be drawn on the jury at all
times. and it is hardship for those
men to get no more for their services
than a legal fee of 50 per day. It is
not wise that employees should be fined
for doing their duty, and therefore while
serving on the jury they will continue
to receive their pay as employees.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
(gy Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D.,
L 6.I.s.,iai., -L,hiaf e, Il

(By Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. d.,
LII. D.. Chaplain-in Chief. G. A. RI
In answer to numerous questions
whi~' are being asked regarding the
diffei ence between Religious Therapeu-
tics and Christian Science this article
has been particularly prepared. 1 may
say that:
Religious Therapeutics is applied
Christianity. 1t is differentiated from
Christian Science in several particulars.
while it includes the law under which
the cures claimed to have been wrought
by Christian Science are affected.
First. 1t clearly recognizes the reality
of the mind and the body and the in
separable relation existing between them
while connected with the human organ
ism.
Second. 1t affirms most emphatically
The value of anatomy, physiology, bac-
teriology, histology and the like. in the
progress of the race. as we'll as that of
psychology. The practical bearing of
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
A Good Illustration.

Mrs. Henrietta Steele. Sisseton, S.
D., furnishes a good illustration of
the injustice of the limitation against
widows pensions. She married her hus-
band Dec. 80, 1890, so she was cut off
from the benefits of the act of that
year. She was then SO years old, mar
ried her husband for love. had no
thought of a pension, as he was hot
then receiving any, did her best to be
a faithful wife to him and has brought
his three children up, of a former mar
riage, as best she could. When ne
died he left nothing but home heavily
mortgaged, and she has been working
hard ever since to pay off this debt
She is now 54 years old and is in dread
lest she should become ill. unable to
work, and lose her home. A small
pension would help her to meet the
emergencies of life.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
TABLET TO coMRADE L.wLER.

The little city of Rockford, ILL.,, is
showing a proper appreciation of the
memory of one of its best citizens. A
fine bronze tablet will be placed in
Memorial Hall in memory of Comrade
Thomas G. Lawler, and its position will
be one where everybody who enters can
see and read its testimony to one of
Rockford's foremost citizens. The tab
let will be four feet six inches by 80
inches and have a fine medallion on the
top. On the tablet will be the inscrip-
ton:
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
The Providence snrinr.

N B. Graham, 9Th Ind Cav, Madi-
sonville, Tenn, says thet the. Providence
Spring was spontaneous; that cannot be
denied. That it was Godsend to the
starving, famishing prisoners is conced-
ed by all. God uses various means in
performing miracles, and that spring
was undoubtedly a manifestation of his
great mercy toward helpless human be-
ings. Capt. Wirz was fiend incarnate.
This was apparent both by his looks
and actions
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

The French army is having canned
beef scandal of its own, with charges of
enormous profits made by contractors
who furnish the meat Yet We have
always supposed that the French army
system was as nearly perfect as the
human intellect could go.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL %, 1908
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or newl
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address as well.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

Los Angeles seems to have thrown
up an entertainment for the sailor boys
that took the ribbon off any in their
1S,oo0-nile trip, The program had
about everything on it that would thrill
a jacky's heart
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

Probably a lot of young smarties
thruout the country are working the
'tBlack Hand" racket for their own
emolument. Sooner or later their mail
will have to be addressed to the peni-
Tertiary,
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
THOMAS G. LAWLER,

I1UI IT NJ IT IT, Ioff
Enlisted Sept. IT, 1861, Co. e, 18th
Ill. Inf. Stone River. Chickamauga. Mis-
sionary Ridge. Atlanta Campaign Mus
tered out as Sergeant Sept. 10, 1864
Commander of Neyius Post, No. l.
40 years. f.-..E
Department Commander of the State
of Illinois. 1881
Commander.n-Chi of the Grand
Army of the Republic, 1894.
Patriot, true friend. honored citizen,
faithful to every trust.
Died Feb. 3, 1908.
The best artists in the country were
brought into the work, and it will be
as fine as talent can produce. 1t will be
unvailed on next Memorial Day
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
Widows. Pension Blanks.

For the convenience of those who
wish blank form of application under
the act of April 10, 1908 (Widows' Pen
sion Law, The National Tribune has
printed such blanks. We can furnish
these blanks at the following prices:
Single blank 05
Three blanks .................. 10
One dozen blanks. s............... 80
One hundred blanks. zoo
Address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Washington, d. c..
The National tribune., 1908-04-23
widows Pension Blanks.

For the convenience of those who
wish blank form of application under
the act of April 10, 1908 CWidows' Pen
sion Law, The National Tribune has
printed such blanks. We can furnish
these blanks at the following prices:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
The Priu and His Cane.

In the number of the Taller for Oct.
6, 1903, it is observed that "a cane Is
part of the dress Of a prig'' (this, by
the way, shows the notion
prevalent that ''priggishness'' is a
modern world land always worn upon
a button, for fear he should be thought
to lave an occasion for it or be esteem
ed really and not genteelly a cripple"
In the number Of Nov. IS q rural
squire in town is sketched who is the
prototype Of one of the pavement nui-
sances: Ellis arms naturally swung at
an unreasonable distance from his
sides, which, with the advantage of a
cane that he brandished in a great va
riety Of irregular motions, made it un-
safe for any II to walk within sew
eral yards of him."
And under date Of Dec. 5 there is an
amusing sketch of "a lively. fresh col
ored young man. who was among the
applicants to Isaac Bickerstatt's court
of censorship for license to use "canes,
perspective glasses, SnuffboXes, orange
flower waters and the like ornaments
of life" This young maj had his cane
hanging ON his fifth button and was
IAN Oxford scholar who was just en-
tered at the temple"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
A Wedding Superstition.

1t has been considered unlucky to be
married in May ever since the days of
Ovid, and those people who have spent
their time In looking up roots and
reasons have given what they consider
to be the origin of the superstition as
follows:
In ancient Rome there was held in
May a festival called the Lemuria, or
feast Of the Lemures, which was a
ceremony In honor of the speeches of
departed souls. 1t became with the
Romans what we should call "bad
form" to have matrimonial feasts at
the season of a solemn ritual, being no
doubt thought to be an insult to the
dead to marry at such Il time. From
this Il number of stories grew Of the
revenge made by the outraged ghosts
upon those who dared to disregard
them. and if anything unfortunate hap.
pcned to a couple who had been mar.
ried In May it would. Of course, have
been put down to retribution. So the
tradition of III luck arose. and its in.
fluence has lasted ever since, even I'd
our time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
lowed by a Halibut,

About the mouths of the streams or
which salmon camps are situated the
Indian dogs and children amuse them.
selves catching the fish. Some of the
youngsters are SO small that after they
have succeeded in cornering a fish
the combined efforts of the party are
often required to dispatch 1t and carry
1t to camp. I have watched dogs run.
ming about IN Il rift swapping at the
salmon and apparently having the time
Of their lives.
One OF the most amusing sights that
l saw during my stay in Alaska was
two Indian boys being lowed about
Tie harbor at Kadiak by a huge hall.
but they had just hooked. Utterly un.
able to land the fish. they had fastened
the line to the stern Of the boat. and
while they pulled with all their might,
each n at an oar. they rallied each
other for not eSerting more strength
and shouted loudly for help. Finally
an Indian put out in a boat, and the
fish was landed.-Forest and Stream.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
H STUDENT,

Speak OF woeth dasonaan dat sweep d
St~.et.
He ees too Gu,Ab. sigilor.
Al! sense he 81 eea zen bees hans al
feet;
Jus dat an nothev"5 more.
You laugh for hear Eeern talk an mai
meestak';
But. com, eef you would see
How smart som dago ees sect down al
max
Som leetla talk wecth me.
Com. let us ak of visa theengs V
know.
So, now l weell baygeen:
Ees eet not strange. my frand, how aard
varks grow
An keep from gattin' theen?
Eet mus be tough for eatin' ants ar
So like desc aard-varks do.
You bat my life. l would no like ee
mooch.
No more, I s'pose, would you.
wa? "Aard-vark?" Sure? Eth. wa
ees dat you say?
Som'theeng you nevva heard?
Oh, yes, "a-a-r-d-v-a-r-k;"
OATS how ees spal da word.
Eet ees cen book. da visa book 1 read,
Dat tai all tlleengs you want.
Ees call "da 'Mericana Cyclopaed."
. l buy me wan las mont.
An lasta week l learn da firsta page:
Mex week l learna two.
You bat my life. Wen I am good ole age
l gon' know more dan you.
I am surprise how mooch you don'ta
know.
You are not smart. signor.
All. wal. goodby! Com back cen week
or so.
l learn you som-theeng more.
II. A. Daily in Catholic Standard and
Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

Va
ty-four drills. each working indepcnd-
emily and run by its separate pipe of
air. These chisel out their own borcs
in the rock, giving a sharp, glancing
chip 600 times Il minute. The whole
head rotates once n minute, exerting Il
terrific pressure on the drills. scoopin.
up the Clipped material and throwing
1t back into Il "%conveyor belt" that
takes it to Il car in the rear.
The head itself has the ]ppearan
OF four large scoops spreading around
the network of drills.
The power for turning this head and
eXerting the pressure is an engine Of
800 horsepower. The cog wheel I'M
uerneath the machine, capable Of
speeding at 5000 revolutions a min
ute, but held down to 1000, is the force
behind the head.
If II drill is disabled the others 90
on working just as before, and the
broken or blunted one can be replaced
immediately.
II the face of the rock is variable in
quality the boring is made through the
soft and hard stone at precisely the
same time. This smooth chipping is
insured by an air cushion regulating
the severity Of the pressure.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
A Process For Staining Wood,

Hitherto wood has been stained hv
impreSnatinG it while still fresh with Il
solution of some coloring matter. The
solution was squeezed into the wood
under Il high pressure. According to a
new Swiss process. the wood is imprcg-
mated with n solution of a colorinw mat
ter in hydrocarbons such as petroleum.
For this purpose the wood is placed in
Il caSk filled with the colorcd solution
50 rs IL be completely covered. There
it remains until it is thoroughly I'M
~preSnatcd by the solution. The STAIN
ing In the caSk may he effected with or
without pressure, cold or warm. In
this ann it is possible to stain any
wood, either fresh or dry
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Rewilderinu France,

There are in France two Bordeaux,
the n in the Gironde and a tiny place
In the Loiret. There are two Tou.
louses, the old town in the Haute.
Garonne and Toulouse du Jura, a vii.
lagc with GOO inhabitants, near Lons-le.
Saunier. There is Tours in Touraine,
Balzac's Tours in the Indre-et-Loire
and Tours. a village in Savoy, neal
Albertville. There are seven st. Cyrs,
simple st. Cyrs, that is, and twenty.
four with something tackled on to
them; seven st. Denises and forty.
with some addition. fourteen st.
Germans and ia with something
tackled on.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
vARNISH FOR SHOES.
Preparation Gives Good Results In Re.
storing Old Footwear,

a waterproof shoe varnish rcscm.
bling patent leather in luster is com
pounded of shellac, one ounce; alcohol,
three ounces; Il pinch of lampblack ia
color, says Scientific American. OWNS
to the u~nfavorable action of alcohol on
leather this shoe varnish is not to be
recommended for brand new shoes, but
to rchabllitAtc old shoes to a pristine
shine it is unsurpassed.
The tendency OF shoes being cracked
by it may very largely be avertcd by
first treating the leather to several
coats OF fish oil or vascline well rubbed
in, over which Il very thin coat of par
aiine is applied hot and the excess i'm
mediatcly wiped off. The shoes should
then be FURNISHED with cotton flannel
until the surface is smooth and appar.
emily dry and free from oil or paraflin.
The shoe varnish Is then thinly ap-
Piled with a small sponge fastened to q
Wire. Several thin coats put on several
hours apart may be necessary to get
full luster. After that usually one thin
application is sufficient. Patent leath-
or paste polish rubbed over 1t and bur.
nished with flannel softens the glitter
and leaves Il very handsome bright sur.
face. The chief other advantage to be
derived from its use comes from its
resistance to water. 1t is, therefore, in.
valuable when applied to preserve the
good looks of the sides Of the solos and
heels of shoes to be worn in bad wealth.
or ana even to waterproof their bot.
toms