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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

women | see here who have let their
hair grow ar, widows, and that on this
account they have hair. The average
married woman shaves frequently and
the heads of the marriagea bic girls are
usually as clean as a billiard ball. A
widow to show her grief is not sup
posed to cut her hair until two months
after the death Of her husband aud If
she is overwhelmed with despair she
may let her hair grow for five or six
months I have already written of
how the widows Of kings alc supposed
to spend the rest of their lives watch-
ing in the tombs of their husbands,
and how scores OF women are now do
ing that for some OF the passed-away
kings of Uganda
As To the children, / see little black
babies everywhere. and there are num-
erous boys dressed in bark cloth and
little girls almost naked / am told.
however that this is a land of small
families. 'The average man and his
wife do not have as many children as
among the rich of Europe and the Unit
ed States. The woman who bears sev-
eral children is the exception rather
than the rule and many of the families
have none. Indeed. the birth of a sec
ond son Is always an occasion for pride
and rejoicing The fact is announced
with drums, and the drumming may be
kept up for month outside the hut.
This IS sign that there is joy within
and that the couples friends should
Gene in and drink some banana beer TO
the health OF the new arrival. The
mother who has a second son is entitled
10 a new dress for having brought this
honor to the family This dress is of
terra Gotta bark cloth, and it's ordinary
cost Is about. 30 cents.
i Ike the looks of these babies. They
are bright little brown things, good
natured and fun of smiles, The mothers
fasten them to their bare backs inside
their bark cloth gowns while working
I'm the fields and the little ones bob IN
and down AS mamma Yields tho hoe.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
speclal corresponding.

n AMPALA, Uganda April TO-
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

Indeed. the British are gradually
making a new nation of the Baganda.
Only a. few years ago these people were
warning with their neighbors and en-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
Common House Fly Mans Deadliest Enemy.
Report Submitted Governor Jackson Baeroa Of the Water Bureau
New York That ArCa
Ono Fly May is Descendants by July l.

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gorous Insect or animal for
that matter, in existence, would be
received with incredullty by the un-
initiated, but scientists and bacteriol-
ogists. the men who know" have
facts and figures TO prove that such
All assertion is true. While lions
tigers reptiles, etc. may Stay their
thousands annually. the little insect
that huns about ones ears ana APP
paren'ly never does more harm than
to fall into food OF drink and cause
a creepy feeling as it glides over the
skn. Stays IT'S tens of thousands For
instance, Daniel c. Jackson. bacteriol-
ogist of the water bureau, New York,
In a report submitted tu Gov Hughes.
states that 1850 deaths are caused
annually in that city by the house ny
Figuring that the population of Goth
am les one-twentylifth that Of tho ma
tion and surprising that the flies of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
BACrERIA GALORE

The sense OF smell possessed by
rs s something astounding aud fifth
is quickly located by the Insect ut long
distance soon the little pest is COW
cred mslde and out with disease
germs, in some instances AS hlsh az
100 900 dangerous bacteria having
been found in The mouth and legs Of
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-28
.orn seller of the circus

corn seller of the circus"
 "Heavensw exclaimed the listener raising her hands.
 There he stood, evidently enjoying my surprise, while I. who had extend ed my hand. drew back.
 "T haven't come,' he said, to sell you a cake of the celebrated popcorn from the sunny land of Brazil. I have come to call upon the friend of my cousin, Adele Perkins. But before asking to be treated as a guest I will explain that the company of perform CTS you saw today are all fellow stu dents of mine at college. They need what they make in this manner to en- able them to pursue their studies. I. a silver spoon in my mouth. But l am a practical chap, and my father, being of the same mind as myself. pre- fers that shall work my way through college as preparation for the duties that are expected to fall to me when I have finished my education. I have therefore joined my chums as pop corn seller and make bold to say that I keep up my end of the profits
 My dear you can imagine my as- tonishment at hearing this bowling swell tell how he came to be a mem- Der of a circus company. I invited him to dinner, but he declined be- cause if he accepted he would be too late for the evening performance. After dinner I returned to my room, feigning a headache, and, taking maid. slipped out back door and went to the circus. We had barely got seated when the popcorn seller strutted by. l was curious to hear where his popcorn would come from this time"
 "Where?'
 From the shining hills nestling about the south pole"
 And the denouement?"
 'I never could banish the popcorn sellers smile"
 And where did MT. Beach come in?"
 "Hs didn't come in at all; he went out" ADELAIDE RUTH HILL.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-28

Discreet silence wins many . de- sirable husband.
 At IS a girl begs her chum to listen to her love notes; at 20 she won't even admit that she receives any.
 Tt Is not what she wearS; it's bow she wears It." This expression Is often used by unmarried mAn. " unayrisd man. neyok
 Do not talk Of your private. person al and family matters.
 Do not always commence a conver- cation by allusion to the weather.
 Do not, when narrating an incident, continually say you see" you know"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
|65FEAIRlGXL)l

of Captain Amos Barton, about
whom is bound the plot of the
story. Jack Amory, does excep-
tionally we'll, as matter of
course, is all there is to the roll of
a fisherman and old crony of the
captain. His part carries the COM
edy of the play. The old crony is
continually proposing to the cap
tain's housekeeper, an alleged wild
ow, and just after his thirty-fifth
proposal he makes the discovery
that she is none other than an old
maid. These little bits of mirth
are dropped into the story here and
there as each crisis of emotion is
made to be felt. 1t fits Jack like his
street clothes. 1t is a pretty story
of a lighthouse tenders daughter
who is brought to the mainland
and Immediately wins the admira-
ton of several of the visitors at
the clubhouse, particularly that of
a young business man. Mr.. Gum
takes this part and Miss Shirley
that of the captains daughter, the
roles serving for some handsome
light character acting. 1t does
beat "The Devil"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
WASHINGTON

DR.. Carl Herman and his cleo
tricity are the big funmakers at
the Washington this week. When
the doctor passes electricity
through his body into about six
subjects some of their antics are
startling exhibitions of acrobatic
turns. The exhibition has scien-
tific value as well as fun. The next
big attraction are the Luckens
Bears, that are well trained. They
go on a drinking bout with bottles
in their mouths finally and pro-
woke side-splitting laughter. Dou-
gald A. Flint and company have a
sketch depicting the troubles of a
married man who is seen in an au-
tomobile hugging girls. Johnny
Fields jr.. in monologue has all
new material. Also very funny.
Brown & Hoges, said to be Indians,
do some clever chalk drawing
while singing. Their exhibition
wasn't long enough and the audi
ence howled for more and refused
to be appeased even when DR.. Her
man started his electrical enter
tainment. The Alder Trio of club
swingers are remarkably perfect in
their work. One of them keeps
FIVE clubs going at once and is said
to be the only boy in the world
who has accomplished the feat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
FINE PROSPECT
FOR BANQUET

Applications for tickets have
come in so fast for tickets for the
annual banquet of the railway mail
clerks of Spokane, to be held this
evening at the Hall of the Doges,
that fully Is Of Uncle Sans trusted
are expected to thrust their tired
limbs under the banquet board on
that occasion. Thomas Gordon, OF
Spokane, has been appointed toast
master, and has prepared the fol-
lowing program of responses:
Benefits to be Derived from the
Social Gatherings of the Railway
Postal Clerks" A. H. Stephens of
San Francisco, chief of the Pacific
division of the railway mail SER
vice: What Efficient Mail Service
Means to Community" L. Monroe
of the Chamber of Commerce, Spo-
kane; "The Red Corpuscle,"
Charles B. KLAUS of Seattle;
classification and Records E. l..
Brunton, postmaster of Walla
Walla; "The Railway Postal Clerk
and the Public" Peter J. Schardt of
Milwaukee, vice president of the
National Association of Railway
Mail Clerks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
sPokANE

A large audience literally ap-
plauded the stirring climaxes of
that interesting drama of Ameri-
can municipal politics, 1.-THE Man
of the Hour" which opened at the
Spokane theater last night for a
three nights run. The baneful eff
fects of boss rule in municipal af-
fairs is portrayed with startling
realism, and the final triumph of
right and justice is so different
from the old way as to be refresh
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
AS TO SILK UNDERWEAR.

Our grandmothers would have
thought that silk underwear was a
wicked extravaganza. Indeed, there
are many. women today who still
believe that a dollar put into the
exquisite Italian silk underwear
that is being sold everywhere in
the. shops Is more or less a luxury
pure and simple. 1t is luxury, of
course, but one of those sensible
ones that pay. 1t is generally a
surprise to a woman to find that
the Italian silk underwear washes
like cotton and outwears other fab
RIGS. So it is not so much of a
luxury after all. Women are more
and more finding out that their dol
lar is best spent when spent for the
best things.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
IWcn11n 5sL:tt!ees6 cononlie7
JHY JESST PARTLON'

One of the most difficult virtues
for woman to acquire is modera-
ton In any line. The task becomes
gigantic when woman seeks the
golden mean between singiness and
extravaganza.
Every married man has puzzled
his brain over his wife's peculiar
ideas of economy. 1t is irrational,
illogical, quite without sense, and
for the life of him he can't figure
It out.
He sees her do her own washing
to save paying a laundress rs cents
n week and then turn right around
and spend so cents to have her
hands done" and give 81 to the
family physician for tonic to re-
store her nervous system to its nor
NAL condition.
He gives her $50 to buy new
fall suit. She spends day ripping
the old one apart, another day dye
ing and pressing it, $3.50 for new
trimming, skirt binding, etc, and
then pays an amateur dressmaker
$1.25 a day Qor two days. while
she comes to the house and puts it
together again.
OF course she isn't satisfied with
the result. Neither is he. But, by
the time the experiment works out
the original $40 has dwindled to
$3.50, and the worst of it is nobody
knows where it has gone-there is
nothing to show for 1t!
If she does not follow time hon
ored precedent and do this, she
blows the $40 on matinees, soda
waters and face creams, and goes
in debt for the new suit. 1t seems
impossible. absolutely, for any
woman to take the money given her
for q certain thing and go and buy
that thing and no other.
n you'd ask her she would tell
you 1t was economy" to pay $21,5O
for the suit and spend the other
$3.50 for madras to make curtains
for the best bedroom.
The economy bug is hard one
to beat. The woman smitten with
a desire to save will deny starv-
Ing tramp a crust of bread or hoard
her husbands old clothes for years
on a chance of selling them to n
ragman for 25 cents, rather than
give them to some poor devil who
is freezing to death.
For fear there will be something
left over to go to waste before 1t
can be ground up into croquettes or
chopped up In hash she skimps the
marketing and kicks the family's
shins under the dinner table to
warn them to check their appetites
until the guest has been satisfied
They can eat what's left over--ii
there is anything left.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26

ing and give a good moral fnspira-
ton. 1.-The Man of the Hour" is
certainly a strong argument in IA
vor of the Des Moines commission
plan of city government, which
contemplates taking the issuance
of public service franchises out OF
the hands of city councils and
placing it direct with the people.
Horrigan, the corrupt boss in the
play, who is ably impersonated in
physical appearance, voice and ac-
ton by Louis Hendricks, very near
ly succeeds in getting through the
city council a perpetual street rail
way and electric light franchise
worth millions to those behind the
project. The stumbling block in
his designs is Alwyn Bennett, a
reform mayor of the new type of
citizenship, a character which is
effectively presented by William
Lamp. The various designs to
lead the young mayor from his
path of duty, powerful as they are,
finally fail and the people win the
victory. THE Man of the Hour"
is presented by strong cast, with
scarcely weak member. The
play has created much talk over
the country and numerous demands
are received for its repetition in
cities that have witnessed 1t. 1t is
here tonight and tomorrow night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
OUTLAW BAND NEAR NATIONAL CAPITAL

Special Correspondence to The Press
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 26.-Out-
lawry, such as is credited with
great exaggeration to the far west,
is reality in staid old Virginia.
The people of Buckingham county,
only a few hours ride from the
national capital, are being terror
lied by as bold and cold-blooded
gang as ever defied the law.
Murder, robbery, arson and bru.
tai assaults have been committed
by the desperadoes, an organized
gang, openly and without fear of
punishment. They have deffed not
only the local authorities, but the
power of the state.
Now they have even sent out a
threat that they will burn and
sack the town of Arvonia and kill
the inhabitants.
Women and children are being
sent to places of safety. Men have
armed and organized to defend
their property and the region is in
a state of war.
The disturbers are the thinner.
man-Thomas gang of outlaws and
their haunts are in the morasses
between the James and Slate
rivers.
The Zimmerman-Thom clans
have ruled the county of Bucking-
ham with an iron hand for three
long years. The leaders, Benjamin
and Arthur Zimmerman and Will
liam and Charles Thomas, stand
accused of every conceivable
crime, from criminal assault to
petit larceny.
The trouble between the outlaws
and the people had it's incipiency
in the illegal manufacture and sale
OF whisky after such traffic had
been forced out of the county by
popular vote. The desperate char
acter of the men protected them
from interference until they finally
became so bold that they distrib-
uted their contraband goods under
the very eyes of the county au-
thorities. They even went to the
extent of levying tribute upon the
country people. They gathered
about them men of their own ilk
until they were nearly a hundred
strong. Then they defled the au-
thority of the state itself.
The people were driven to retail
iation against the outlaws a week
ago, following the attempted assas-
sination of Matt Gregory, well
known merchant and farmer, who
was shot and desperately wounded
as he was returning to his home
In the night. Two women whom
he met in the woods gave the sig
nal which resulted in the attack.
A few nights later Charles New
ton. who had married a sister of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
PANTAGES

With the exception of the Koun-
try Kids the new bill at Pantages
offers nothing of distinctively new
character. The nine kids" and
Pap Sawyer take you back once
more to the good old days on the
farm and they do some neat turns
and have several good songs. Han.
Ion & Clifton, acrobats, execute
many new feats of strength, some
of which have not been shown be-
fore. AS for the other features on
the bill they are not such as would
crowd a house. The Hold Up
by Dunn & Francis, is little play
let of the fretting wife at home
and the hayward husband at the
club. Bernier & Stella appear in
song. Bernier has a passable voice
and they make a good appearance.
Wheeler & Curtis have one song
sung by Wheeler that justifies their
existence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
ORPHEU

The strongest number on the
Orpheum bill this week is Hall
McAllister's sketch, which is ex-
tremely funny. A newspaper girl
out after a sensation finds Mr..
Squares keys in the snow. His
address is on the ring, so she en-
tiers his apartments at midnight
and is caught lifting silverware by
the nervous and excited Square,
who calls the police. They do
some clever talking while waiting
for the cops to come. The police
finally come and the girl turns Mr..
Square over to them as the bur-
glar, then before matters are ex-
planned and the cops return the
girl gets away safely. The O'Kura
Japs aren't Irish, as the name
might imply. Ones Jap and the
other his Caucasian and blonde
wife. They do clever balancing
turn. Ernie Potts is a revelation
in bag punching, though neither he
nor Mildred Potts sing worth men
tioning. Raymond & Caverly talk
English in Dutch and are the most
comical on the bill. Meta Vesta,
a singer, has a particularly strong
and sweet voice. The Italian Trio
three men from sunny Italy, sing
in their native tongue and har.
monize pleasingly:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
8 BEWARE PNEUMONIA )

According to mortality statistics,
pneumonia is one of the most
frequent and fatal disease to
which humanity is subject. It's ac-
|;tion is SO rapid that it's victim is
often in precarious condition be-
fore realizing that anything more
serious is the matter than a severe
cold
This is one of the dangers that
may follow neglect of a cough or
cold, and is therefore the best of
reasons why one should check a
cold at the start. A simple, mex
spensive and effective remedy, that
will usually break a cold over
night, is the mixture of one half
ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure, with two ounces of
glycerine and q half pint Of good
whisky. Take teaspoonful every
four hours. 1t is claimed this mix
ture will cure any cough that is
durable, and provides sufficient
quantity to last the average fam
lily an entire year. Get the in
gradients separately and blk them
yourself
In preparing this formula it is
essential to use only the best quail
ity of glycerine and whisky with
the genuine Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure. The latter preparation
is a combination of the active
principles of the pine and santal-
wood trees, carefully compounded
to retain the healing, health-giving
properties for which these trees
are justly famous. In order to in
sure its purity and freshness it is
securely sealed in a round wooden
case. The genuine Virgin Oil of
Pine compound pure is prepared
only in the laboratories of the
Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati,
Ohio. ***
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
A TRADE SECRET

She has such wonderfully
clear complexion. l wish l had the
recipe for it,
"Oh, she uses nothing on her
face. In fact, she has confded to
me that it is the result solely OF
good food, healthful recreation and
freedom from care"
but only the wealthy are able
to have those things"
True, but her husband is able
to supply her with plenty of
money. You see, he is a manu-
facturer of cosmetics"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26

In this woman's home the chill
dren go upstairs three steps at a
time to save the stair carpet. The
furnaces summer vacation contin-
ues late into the winter. And the
family physician collects fat fees
for the numerous pneumonia cases,
wondering inwardly at the unwis-
dom of women.
She uses three eggs, with eggs at
81 cents dozen, a pint of milk and
a cup of sugar to save" two slices
of stale bread. The result is a
bread pudding that every one rec
ognizes as an 'economizer,' and
stubbornly refuses to touch.
She calls books and newspapers
and magazines rank eXtrava-
] gance," and spends more than a
years subscription to any good
periodical on Jim cracks and art
centerpieces for the living room
| Wholesome amusement-if 1t costs
anything--is another form of fool
ishness. But she drives husband
and children to seek their fun with
low companions. That doesn't cost
money and II they so wrong, she is
the first to howl.
| When woman saves dollar on
q purchase she goes straigtaway
and spends that same dollar over
10 times because she feels so good.
She eats pickles and cheese for
lunch--or goes hungry-and with
the money saved she buys one lace
jabot, couple of gold washed baby
pins and five yards of Valenciennes
| edging.
| When she Is overworked and run
down physically she doesn't take n
rest. Oh. no. She sits up till mid
night every blessed night for a
week to finish new dress. Then
she goes to a dance.
Can you beat 1t
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
SEARCHERS FIND BODY

TACOMA, Oct. 26.-Showing
signs of having met his death as
the result of heart disease, the
body of julius Kumle, who with
Fred Kleber has been lost in the
heavy woods around Hot Springs,
was discovered yesterday by the
searching party. Kleber has not
yet been found. 1t is thought that
after taking the body of Kumle
into the open he departed in search
of the trail out of the woods. 1t is
feared he also is dead.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
OLD CARRIER CROOKED

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Oct. 90
Charged with robbing the mails,
A. w. Hadley, age so, mail car
rier who has been with the post
Office for three years, was arrested
last night and placed in jail. He
admitted his guilt but could give
no reason for his actions. After
being under suspicion for the past
three months he was caught after
opening a decoy letter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26

would not again be taken alive,
gathered their friends about them,
and issued their challenge to the
world.
A posse of citizens secured the
woods and hills for two days and
nights without coming upon the
outlaws, whose superior knowl-
edge of the roads and paths en-
abled them to slip away in the
darkness. 1t was believed that
they had been driven beyond the
borders of the county and the gang
dispersed, but in less than a week
they reappeared in their old
haunts and resumed their old
tricks of harassing the people.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26

Benjamin Zimmerman's wife, was
shot and killed at his home at
Paynes station. Newton a year
ago had caused a warrant to be
issued for the arrest of thinner
man upon a charge of attempted
criminal assault upon his wife.
The warrant was never served, but
Zimmerman promised to kill New
ton upon sight. He kept his word.
The feud against Gregory was
engendered by the activity of the
latter in the arrest and conviction
of the four leaders upon minor
larceny charge, They broke Jail
after a week of Imprisonment, left
a note for the sheriff saying they
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26

piloted by John Dunville, won the
race. 1t landed in Denmark, about
300 miles from Berlin.
For the number of mishaps,
thrilling escapes and extraordin-
AIRY interest the race was the most
remarkable in history. Two bal
looms exploded thousands of feet
In the air and four of them fell
into the sea, Their pilots were
rescued, One of the balloons was
not heard from and the men in
charge of it were undoubtedly
drowned.