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Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
Sense of Smell.

1t is said that the sense Of smell is
better developed in men than in wom-
en-. In human beings, however, it is
but slightly developed as compared
with the lower animals. The reason
for this becomes apparent when the
structure of the skull of a dog or a
cat is examined. Observing the nasal
passages of either of these creatures,
1t is found that the so called turbinated
bones are twisted and folded in a COM
plicated fashion, so as to make a great
extent of surface in a small space. The
interior of the labyrinth thus formed
Is lined with the mucous membrane
that contains the extremities of the
nerves Of smell. A section through
the turbinated bones Of bear, which
has particularly keen sense of smell,
resembles honeycomb. In human
being the turbinated bones are poorly
developed, so that the surface Of mu-
cous membrane is comparatively small.
The sense of smell is particularly
acute in some fishes, as the sharks.
The olfactory membrane Of big
shark, If spread out, would cover a
dozen square feet.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
CORN LIKE CENTURIES AGO.
Ear Similar to That of Ancients Grown
by Freak of Nature.

Nature forgot its centuries of educa-
tion near Adel, Ia, last fall and by
some strange freak produced corn as
it was originally found in its wild
state, says Des Moines Qa.) special
dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The ear of corn Is the most remark
able ever shown in the corn belt. At
about the middle of one side of the
ear little sprig came out, extending
about four inches long.
At first glance it looks like por-
ton of the tassel bearing corn. But
1t is not a tassel. 1t is head like that
of any small grain, having little cups.
In some of which perfect grains of
corn have formed.
1t is claimed this was the original
form of corn by agronomists who have
seen it and that with centuries of cul-
tivation was brought to the present
form of corn.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
HIS FIRST THOUGHT.
President MekinIey's Devotion to His
Invalid Wife

In the early days Of the Spanish war
Mr.. Mckinley and Mark Hanna were
Engaged In a close and serious evening
conference In the presidents room.
The time ran along to the hour of 8.
Suddenly those busy in the outer room
hw President Mckinley rise and leave
the apartment, saying, "Wait few mo-
ments, Mark" He was gone about
twenty minutes. In the meantime Sen
htor Hanna walked restlessly between
The two rooms, speaking a word or two
to the secretaries and showing plainly
that he shared with the president
feeling Of deep anxiety as to the out
come of the military proceedings. He
remarked on the fact of great shortage
OF supplies and from his words and
bearing revealed, to the assembled few
In that outer room that the president
and his closest advisers were lying
awake nights and working to make up
for the deficiencies of the military stu
alton.
When the president returned he and
Senator Hanna resumed their anxious
consultation. Then the presidents Sec
retary remarked to one who was near
him:
Il suppose you wonder why Presi-
dent Mckinley got up so suddenly and
left without word to any one. You
saw how anxious he was about the
| military situation. Even that would
not cause him to break away from
| what has come to be the custom of his
early evening.
| "About the same time every night
| when he hears a signal from the other
side, he knows that Mrs. Mckinley Is
ready to retire and wishes to see him
No matter how busy he may be moi
how deeply engaged in any subject, be
Invariably drops everything on the in.
stant and goes to their own apart
ments. There he sits by the bedside
and reads chapter in the Bible tc
Mrs. Mckinley. Then he waits few
moments until she is quiet, tiptoes back
to the door, comes over here to the of
flee and without a word takes up the
thread of his work and keeps it up Tn
til toward midnight ht"-Chicago Trib
une
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
FLEET ANIMALS.
The Wonderful Speed Developed by tho
Greyhound.
une,

The Wonderful Speed Developed by the
Greyhound.
Representations Of the greyhound ap-
pear upon sculptures over 5000 years
old. There is no doubt that it is one
of the very oldest fixed types of dog
and the most universal in its distribu-
ton. India, Arabia, Persia, are among
the countries that for ages past had
the greyhound. Lately there was ex-
hibited in England a greyhound from
Afghanistan-a shaggy form suited to
that mountain land. Of course these
dogs are not all exactly greyhounds in
the western sense, but they are essen
TALLY the same in type; they are "gaze-
hounds" long legged, light built dogs,
bred to run their game by sight and
not by scent and to overtake it not by
wearing it down, but by sheer speed
and skill of running. How this type
was evolved affords much interesting
speculation.
"a greyhound is probably the fastest
creature that moves upon the EARTH"
says a breeder of those animals. "It
is on record that a greyhound beat the
famous race horse Flying Childers. An
absolute trial between horse and grey
hound is difficult to bring off, because,
while the horse can be ridden at top
speed, it is impossible to insure that
the greyhound will run all he cam
But dog. that can start, say, fifty
yards behind hare and overtake 1t
within another fifty, and this is about
what a greyhound does, must surely
be faster than anything else that lives
or has his parallel only among the
birds"
The same writer says of greyhound
coursing: Zone used to hear that it
was 'pothouse,' not a 'gentleman's'
sport But have heard men who fol-
low both declare that they prefer
coursing to racing, and l can quite un-
derstand it. In coursing there Is the
absolute certainty that all is above
suspicion of anything shady Every
time dog is run he is honestly run
to win or divide the stakes. You can
not pull a greyhound" - Chicago
News
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23

surprise a bored household when at
the eleventh hour the authors relented
and let her have a song of her own.
The encores that Miss Fulton got
should be the best indication that the
piece must be overhauled. Costumes
and stage setting were in accord with
the best Casino traditions.
Donald Brian, who played Prince
Danilo to Miss Ethel Jackson's Sonia
in Henry W. Savage's New York
"The Merry Widow company, made
his first hit as Pierre in "The Two
Orphans" which was written by Miss
Jackson's father.
For his fifteenth year as profess
sional lecturer on travel Burton
Holmes has chosen what should prove
the most popular series of subjects he
has ever offered to his American au-
diences. This season he is devoting
himself to the works of men rather
than to the beauties or wonders of
nature. He is to bring before his fel-
low travellers on these easy chair
journeys" the portrayal of city life in
five of the most interesting cities in
the world, each noted in it's peculiar
way and all offering delightful con-
trast, one to another-Berlin, Vienna,
Paris, London and Fez, the Moorish
capital. Aided by its magnificent still
pictures in color and a profusion Of
motion pictures, also taken by him
and his assistant, Oscar Bennett De-
pue, he will bring the scenes of these
cities. the daily life, the notable per-
sonages, the busy streets, the festivals,
parades and social functions, before
the eyes of the stay at homes as If
they were personally on the spot and
looking out of a window.
ROBERT BUTLER.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23

the Cliff where the sides were more
precipitous than elsewhere. and for
TWO days the men from the steamer la
Dored TO clear away the underbrush.
we Shall have to dig Deep" remind
ed Laura. ''There must have been a
heavy deposit of earth during the 300
years that have elapsed"
wen dig through to China If nec-
essary," declared Dan as he watched
the men work. In anticipation of the
digging some laborers had been
brought along, and for ten hours day
they took out the sandy loan. At the
end OF three weeks they had huge
hole In the ground, but there was no
trace of treasure chests, and Dan and
the captain began to lose faith, even
though Laura grew more confident as
the days progressed.
"We'll get it yet" she insisted. "Just
keep digging and the honeymoon for
tune hunters will sail back to New
York with millions"
"rI dig one more day." promised
Dan, "and then we must be getting
back. The provisions are getting low,
and we are only losing time"
Laura pleaded, but Dan was firm,
and that night she sobbed softly in
the tent while as though in sympathy
the heavens opened their foodgates
and the rain poured down. 1t was the
first rain of the season, and had it not
been for Captain Glass precaution in
ditching the tents they must have been
swept away by the flood that poured
across the little strip of land
1t was melancholy scene that greet
ed their eyes as the sun rose the next
morning. The underbrush was wash
ed away, and as they made path to
the excavation cry burst from their
lips. The water had undermined the
banks, and in place of the hole was a
sea of mud.
'That's the answer" said Dan grim
ly, as he pointed to the spot. There's
the work of six weeks gone for moth
Ing"
"But look across" said Laura, point
ing to the cliff, where now a narrow
hole, uncovered by the landslide, made
itself apparent. perhaps that is it."
Carefully skirting the excavation,
Dan and the captain gingerly made
their way across to the cavity and with
a wave of their hands disappeared. 1t
was two hours before they returned,
and then Dan came running out with
cry of triumph.
"It was gold mine, not buried treas
ure, that the old pirate was talking
about, he explained breathlessly. "It
is one Of the richest mines in the coun-
try"
Laura smiled into the eager face. II
knew it would come out all right" she
said. at just had to be the end of the
honeymoon"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
Tho New Cooks WaY.

A new cook was In the kitchen, and
the mistress was trying to be pleased
with the way she served dinner. The
salad was especially unappetizing,
with large, coarse green lettuce leaves
instead of the crisp, white little hearts
the family was accustomed to.
What did you do to the lettucer'
mildly inquired the lady Of the house
after dinner.
"Sure, l washed 1t all good" replied
the new cook.
But the small white part?" persist
ed the mistress.
"Oh, the core, ye mean. I threw 1t
away, Of course."-New York Press.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
IN EQUALITY STREET"
Maude Adams Revives Well
Known ]. M. Barrie Play.
"FUNABASHl" IS PRODUCED.
A New Musical Comedy That Deals
With Secretary of War Taft, by Cobb
and Waters-AIiee Fisher and Maude
Fulton.

and Waters-AIice Fisher and Maude
Fulton.
[From Our New York Dramatic Corre-
spondent.1
Maude Adams has reappeared in j.
M. Barrie's Quality Street. at the
Empire theater. The play is too ia
miliar to need more than passing no
tice, and it is enough to say that the
revival is no less enjoyable than the
previous representations. The agree
able sentimental comedy, even though
1t now and then taxes the credulity
OF the audience, taps the sources of
both tears and laughter.
The various characters are again
competently presented, with Frederick
Eric as DR.. Valentine Brown, Miss
Hammer as Miss Susan Throssell and
Miss Adams as the heroine, Phoebe
ThrosseI. The personal charm of
Miss Adams, which contributes so
much to the effect of her acting, once
more captivated her audience.
"Funabashi," at the Casino, is a
musical comedy DaSed on the flying
trip Of Secretary Of War Taft to Eu-
| rope. Irving Cobb and Stafford Wa
ters are the authors of it.
The play has some pleasing quail
ties, but as whole is not a success.
= The real trouble lay, however, not
SO much in Mr.. Waters score, which
| was too reminiscent, nor in Mr.. Cobb's
book, which was neither more nor less
tiresome than the average musical
comedy for chorus and show girls in
New York, but in the failure of the
| management to make use of two gen.
timely clever performers, Miss Alice
| Fisher and Miss Maude Fulton.
Miss Fisher, whose capability for
getting humor out of many samples of
grudging lines has been tested often
and has rarely been found wanting,
was relegated to part that made her
| best efforts seem pathetic.
And little Miss Fulton, a soubrette
| with undoubted skill in ditties and
| dancing, was dragged through two
acts as so much dead weight only to
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
Gave a Mule to a College.

Charles Tanner of Salina, Kan. has
given to the Kansas Wesleyan univer-
sity, located in Salina, the best mule in
his barn, valued at probably $500, says
Salina correspondent of the Kansas
City Journal. The animal will be sold
at public auction on the street in Sa-
lima ON Jan. %, and as the bidding Will
be spirited among friends Of the uni
versity the mule is expected to bring
close to $1,000.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
Happy Tears.

A good cry is a solace to many wo-
men. 1t steadies the nerves and, add
ed to cup of tea and an interesting
story, forms their idea of supreme hap
piness. Arising from the perusal >of
their books with red eyes, swelled fea-
lures and sopping pocket handker-
chief, they feel their time has not been
wasted.-Lady Violet Greville in Lon
don Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
Lee Talbot a WrsstIer.

Lee Talbot, the Kansas City weight
thrower. who is now at Cornell uni
versity, won the wrestling champion
ship of the university. Talbot is get
ting into great shape for the hammer
event next season.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
Trotter HiehbaIps New Owner.

e. S. Burke, Jr., the new owner Of
Highball (2:06A). is one of the most
prominent members of the Cleveland
Driving club and is son-in-law Of
General Chisholm. He is also the own
er of Morning Star (2:04sD and De Witt
(2:13D and has half interest in Black
lock (2:041@. Several of these horses
grand circuit the coming season.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
A Little Ambiguous,

She-So sorry to hear Of your motor
accident! Enthusiastic Motorist-Oh,
thanksl It's nothing. Expect to live
through many more. She-Oh, but
trust not.-London Opinion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
THE ROUNDUP COLUMN.
West Says Old Timers Are Jealous eiE

West Says Old Timers Are Jealous ezEs
Tommy Burns-Other Topics
1t is rather amusing to observe tflxs
antics of the former heavyweighE
stars in view of the remarkable Sue
cess of Tommy Burns. Jim JeffrIes
Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey, none or
whom held as many titles as has Tom
my, moodily and sulkily refused t@
give him credit for his performances
Corbett from his dressing room sees
himself outshone as pugilistic star of
the drama; Jeffries and Sharkey from
behind the bars Of their booze eu1rso-
RUINS decry his victories Bob FTtz--
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23
The Good lime COMING.

When airships come into common
use. says the Chicago Record-Herald,
people who tell us how far 1t is as the
crow files will be of real service.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-23

A person is always startled when he
hears himself seriously called old for
the first time-O. w. Holmes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
NO TARIFF REVISION
CANNON AND PAYNE MAKE CLEAR
 POSITION.
neIepatiOu of Influential Manufacturers Told Frankly That Nothing " VIII Be Done In Matter for
 Year.

Washington, Feb. 4-The present Congress will not appoint tariff com rnIssion. Revision of the tarin Yill be undertaken next winter in thT short term. were made today by Chairman Payne. of the House Committee on Ways and Means. in the presence and with the tacit approval of Speaker Cannon. the occasion being a call upon those lead srs bv a tariff revision degelation from various parts of the country, compris- ing representatives of many of the lar- eest manufacturing and Industrial con- cerns in the United States and headed hv James W, Van Cleave. of St. Louis. nrasident of the National Association of Manufacturers.
 The delegation arrived in Washing ton yesterday and last night organized af the New Willard Hotel. Today they called at the White House. Later they went to the Capitol and were received in the Ways and Means room by Speak CT Cannon and Chairman Payne. There they spent more than an hour, present ing their case and listening to replies by the two foremost Republican lead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
M'DoNALD TRIAL.
'l'ss.s TsssIas. . .Ass ssssIs was

8NH1H6tK aud Wf&e5fua&4aFs
 Chicago. Feb, --Hvmer smith. partner of Webster s. 0uerin. testlned today in the murder trial Of Mrs. Dora Mcdonald. that Guerin was a gambler and blackmailer.
 He declared that upon one occasion he had acted as intermediary between Mrs. McDonald and Guerin by obtain ing SITS from Mrs. Mcdonald, with which to send Guerin to New York. Mrs. Mcdonald declared. according to the witness. that she. wanted to get Guerln out of town. Guerin went away but returned. and Mrs. Mcdonald again furnished the funds for him to leave. This time he went to Sandusky and Cleveland. He also testified that Mra. McDonald had given s700 to Guerin which he was to invest in the business but that he did not do so. He told Mrs Mcdonald that Guerin had gam bled 1t away. On another occasion. h0 said Guerin tried to extort St0s000 from Mrs. Mcdonald in return for let- ters from her which he claimed to have. The money was not paid.
 Smith said that Mrs. McDonald had told him that Guerin was troubling her all the time and that they went to the Holy Name Cathedral together once. and there Guerin made a vow AAAAN-Nf+
 On January 27. 1906. Smith declared that he came to Chicago at the re- quest of friends of Mrs. Mcdonald t0 make an effort to have Gueriu ceaEe his persecution of the woman. He was unable to make any definite an- swer. he said. and his trip proved fruit- les.
 Louis J. Blum. an attorney. testi- fled that Mrs. Mcdonald, before tho shooting of Guerin, had told him that she was being blackmailed.
 pr. N L Harris, an expert on guns shot wounds, testified that the wound that caused the death of Guerin had the appearance of having been self-in- ficted While the witness was exa1a- ming the blood stained garments worn by Guerln at the time he was shot Mrs. McDonald tainted. and the pro- ceedings were delayed for consider~ able time until she was revived.
 Physicians attending Mrs. McDonaio later reported to the court that she was not able to resume her place in the court room and Judge Brentano adjourned court ratil tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
BIG OFFICE BUILDING
 BURNS IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Feb. 4.--Fire, supposed to have been caused by an explosion, broke out today on the seventh floor of the Wolff building. 91 Dearborn street. In few minutes after the discovery of the flames. the fire was general on the seventh and eighth floors.
 For a time 1t was feared that some of the people working on the eighth floor had been trapped by the flames and within half hour after the fire started, 1t was impossible to say whether or not all of them had es- caped. The building is owned by the Woin manufacturing Company, which uses the first floors for offices and shop rooms. The remaining five floors are used by officers.
 Carl Szoatrom and V. A. G. MurreIl, who occupied offices on the eighth floor, were caught by the flames and were unable to reach the elevators or the stairways. They tied number of ladders used by the janitors of the building together and threw them across a thirty foot alley to the build. ing east of the Wolff building. They then, with another man. whose name has not been learned, crossed the lad ders to the roof of the other build ing and escaped. The third man was heavy and caused the ladder to bend, and for a time it was thought he would break them and fall to the alley eight stories below. Once he slipped and would have fallen but fot the assistance given by his two com panions,
 Mrs. Mary Bachmann, employed in the ofiics, on the. seventh floor. was over come by smoke and carried out. The fiaipes attacked the Chemical National Bank building which adjoins the WOln buildin, but were extinguished after a shaED fight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
SEN. BAlEY'S BILL
PROVIDING FOR DEPOSITS OF PUB-
 LIC MONEYS.
It Is Intr0dueed In The Upper HOnse Of Congress ATalnIy To Supply
 The Demands For ,,, COwEeS.

Washington. Feb. 4.-senator Bailey today introduced his. bill providing for the deposit of public moneys as a means of relieving financial stringen- cy and the acceptance of promiscuous bonds as security for such deposits.
 The bill has been considered by the minority as the measure behind which they may possibly gather in the com ing debate on the Aldrich bill. Save for the addition of a provision requir- ing all banking associations except those located in central reserve cities to keep at least two-thirds of their reserves. now required by law, in their own vaults. the bill is the same which for the Aldrich bill in the Committee on Finance before the latter meaure was reported to the Senate. 4r
 The main section of the measure is as follows:
 That whenever. in his Judgment, business conditions may require it, the Secretary of the Treasury shall de- posit in banks which have already been, or which may be for that pur- pose. designated as depositaries of public moneys. five hundred million dollars, or so much thereof as he may deem necessary and proper. The de- posits herein authorized shall be se- cured as provided in Section of this act, and fshall be apportionedN among the several States in accordance with their population as -ascertained by the preceding census of the United States; and the deposits for each State shall be made among the several depositaries in that State as nearly as possible in proportion to their capital and surplus The term "business conditions" as used in this section of this act, shall be understood to mean business condi- tions in all of the United States or in one or more of the several States, but whether the emergency contem- plated In this act shall exist in all of the States or only in one or more of them, the Secretary of the Treasury shall not deposit in the depositaries of any State a greater sum than the depositaries of that State would be entitled to receive If the business con ditions of all the United States re- quired/ the deposit of the total sum of i've hundred million dollars.
 Then. as in the Aldrich bill follow, provisions giving the Secretary of the Treasury power to. accept bonds other than bonds of the United States as security for deposits. and prescribing the interest that shall be paid on de- posIts The rate proposed in the Ball. ey bill is one-half of one per cent per month for the first six months and three -fourths of one per cent per month thereafter.
 Senator Bailey said that he intro duced the measure st this time mainly to supply demands for copies which have been pouring in on him from all over the country. He said he would otherwise have waited for suggestions by his colleagues for additions to the bill,