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At One Fell swoop.

"Haye you got any of those prepara-
TONS for removing supertuous hair"
asks the man who enters the drug store
with firm tread and a set counte-
nance.
Eyes, sir" answers the druggist.
Give me pint. l want to use it on
my head"
But, man. you haven't got amy su-
perhuous hair on your head. You're
nearly bald now"
Il know it. And I've got so agra
waited and tired watching the confound-
ed hair leaking off day by day that
want to remove the rest of it at one
sweep and have the agony over"
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THE PLAY ITSELF WAS GOOD
That Much, at Least, the Actor Critic
Had to Admit,


John Hare, the English actor, once
went to see one of Beerbohm Trees
infrequent performances of Hamlet.
He would willingly have avoided Tree
for some little time afterward for rea-
sons obvious to others who, like him,
had seen this least impressive of this
actors roles.
Hare chivalrously remained in his
box to the end of the play. AS the
curtain descended Oh each act he had
dreaded the invitation of his fellow
player to his dressing room, where the
usual courtesies would have been ex-
pected.
Act by act slipped by without any
word from the stage, and Hare grew
proportionately relieved AS the last
curtain fell, however, and Hare retired
from the box he found messenger at
the door with mfr. Trees compliments,
and wouldn't he come home for bite
of supper with some friends?"
At table Hare parted opening after
opening, yet not once did Tree refer
directly to his Hamlet. Hare on his
part dreaded every break in the con-
versation would bring the dreaded top
ic. After decent time he drew away
from table to go home. Tree accom-
panied him to the hall to put on his
coat. "Now's my hour" thought Hare
Not one word from Tree. They shook
hands on the threshold, and Hare start
ed down the steps in happy relief
Tree followed him to his carriage
Hare heard him in dread Still the
topic was avoided. Tree, with cordial
courtesy, opened the door. Hare Slip
ped into the cushions of the carriage
joyfully heard the door slam and drew
Il deep sigh.
But before the horses started Trees
head was in at the window, and he
said, with blighting suavity:
AT least, John, you'll admit it's q
good play
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THE STOOL PIGEON.
Its Part In Capturing the Wild Birds
In Former Times.

Its Part In Capturing the Wild Birds
In Former Times.
There are occasional reports of small
focks of wild pigeons having been
seen in different parts of the United
States and Canada. Possibly these
are the harbingers of their return from
South America. whence they migrated
for some unknown reason fifty wears
ago.
1t may not be generally known that
the somewhat odious term "stool pi-
geon" as used today arose from the
stool pigeon that used to be employed
in catching wild pigeons in former
times. They used to be so plenty that
they We're taken in great numbers by
the use of spring nets. These nets
varied in size, but were from two to
ten yards long and We're half as wide
They were concealed as much as pos
sible, being partly covered with hay or
straw or whatever was most suitable
At each end was a strong spring, to
which ropes were attached something
like $50 feet long, to where the watch
er was concealed. Close to the net was
stool, or stand. where the stool pi-
geon," usually tame or captured one
was placed. The pigeon was tied by
the feet to the stool. and from this
stool a rope extended to the person in
concealment. Wheat or some other
grain was scattered about the net. and
| when the flock was passing the rope
attached to the stool was pulled. caus-
ing the pigeon to rise and fiutter its
wings in trying to escape This at
| tracted the attention of the passing
| flock and induced them to light where
the grain had been scattered. Then a
slight pull on the ropes would release
the spring to the net, which would be
thrown over them SO quickly that they
| had no time to escape Sometimes
many hundreds We're captured in this
way at single haul.-Amateur Sports
| man.
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N|GH1 RIDERS o.
Why Kentucky and Tennessee Ware.
houses Are Burned and Their
Plantations Ruined.
"HE so called tobacco war" in
Kentucky and Tennessee is the
latest Industrial ruction to at

"HE so called tobacco war" In
Kentucky and Tennessee is the
latest industrial ruction to at
tract national attention. 1t was
back in the days Immediately succeed
ing the Revolution that there was
what was called in those times q
whisky rebellion" The enforcement
of the laws respecting the fragrant
weed and the products of the distill-
cries have more than once in the his
tory of the nation threatened disturb
ance of the peace. The events of the
past three years in the so called dark
tobacco district" of Kentucky and Ten
nessee recall the days of the famous
kukluX Khan. The new band of
masked marauders Is known as the
might riders" Its operations have
left burned warehouses and ruined to-
bacco plantations in their train. Dam
age to the amount of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars has been done by the
members of this mysterious oathbound
conspiracy, and the subject of suppress
sion Of the raids has taxed the execu-
tives of the two commonwealths to the
utmost Both Governor Augustus E.
Wilson of Kentucky and Governor
Malcolm r. Patterson of Tennessee
have declared in the most positive
manner their determination to main
tain the law and suppress the raiders
and their organization.
1t is in the dark tobacco district that
the government tobacco monopolies OF
Spain, France and Italy and the I'm
perial Tobacco company of Great Brit
ain obtain a large portion of their
supplies of the weed. Formerly the
grower sold his crop to the buyer who
offered the best price. Then it was
only in years when crops were larger
than the extent of the demand that
prices were low. The scale was fixed,
generally speaking, by the operation
Of the law of supply and demand. The
foreign companies kept buyers in the
district. and the competition between
them kept up prices, but after a
time the spirit of combination resulted
in the elimination of this competition.
The foreign buyers got together. To
| what extent the American Tobacco
company, commonly known as the to-
bacco trust, was involved in the COM
bination has been matter of dispute.
This company recently issued state
ment saying that it was not affected
by the night riders operations. 1t
asserted that in the districts where its
purchases have been chiefly made
there has been no disorder.
Whatever the facts in this regard
when the growers found that prices
had dropped to point which made the
production of tobacco minus profits
they on their part tried combination
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a SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE.
Universal Distrust of Strangers In the
Russian Empire

"'rhe usefulness of the cars chief
of police depends on his amount OF
suspicion and his alertness in putting
1t into active use,' says Thomas Ste
vens in book entitled Through Russia
on a Mustang" cit is suspicion every
where.
For several weeks" says the au-
thor, 81 was thrown in daily intimate
contact with Sascha, my travelling
companion. He was transparent,
warm hearted young fellow, but from
first to last he never ceased to regard
me with suspicion.
"At one village he lost his passport
Den hours later after l had bribed an
official to let him proceed he confessed
in burst of confidence that he had
believed i had destroyed the passport
in order to get rid OF him. All day he
had nursed his suspicion, unsupported
by me, until had unwittingly cleared
myself by my bride to the police.
Among the peasants suspicion takes
curious forms. In general way was
always under the ban of distrust. By
the men l was regarded as secret
agent of the government, by the WON.
en- as a wizard The host of an inn
always watched me closely to see that
did not clear out and leave him I'm.
paid. He would even give SLY peeps
into my room at night.
81 was always being suspected OF
trying to pass counterfeit money.
"'What makes them SO long wSeh the
changer asked Sascha once.
"'They are afraid the money bad
"'Well, the change is only 80 ko
pecks. We will not wait any longer
"'That would never do. Then they
will be sure it is bad
"The length of time was kept wait
ing for change for a receipt depended
on the denomination Of the bill. For 8
two ruble note the host would be salts
fed with the verdict of two or three
other capable financiers. A five ruble
note meant extraordinary precautions
and consultations with half the experts
of the village"
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THE JEWISH BADGE.
Distinguishing Mark That Was Re.
quired by European Countries.

quired by European Countries.
To the Jews of today it is fairly well
known that their ancestors in Europe
We're forced to put up With a great
deal of humiliation. One of the most
insulting methods was to require the
wearing of badge which would
stamp the wearer as an "infidel Jew
The wearing of a badge was made a
general order throughout Christendom
in the year 1915. but it must have been
required in isolated places before that
date.
The most usual form of badge was
that of u ring of distinctive color at
tached to the upper garment. Any one
of French-Jewish ancestry will know
that his forbears wore ring of this
sort, varying in size and in color-now
red, now yellow and white. according
to the whims of municipalities and
monarchs. 1t was generally worn upon
the breast, and at one time it was Or
dered to be Worn likewise upon the
back, SO that Jew might be known
fore and aft When Jew was
found without the badge, he was fined.
Evidence of the wearing of this badge
is found as late as 1892 in France. The
forefathers of the Spanish Jews car
ried a yellow and red badge-the men
on their breasts, the women on their
foreheads. The wearing of the badge
was not so prevalent in Italy, but the
municipalities almost all required
1t. The badge was known as the
20" from its shape. resembling prob
ably the ring in France. English Jews
should feel the distinction of having
had a peculiar sort of badge forced
upon their ancestors. 1t was first in
the form of band first white and
then yellow, and later Jews We're re-
CURED to wear badge with the shape
of the tables Of the law In Germany
yellow badges We're worn, but here the
hat was the chief means of Identified
ton. In Austria and in Poland there
are few traces of the badge, but in
Hungary Jews wore badge ON their
left breast 1t is interesting to know
that in Crete at the present day some
of the houses of Jews are marked with
the o."-American Hebrew.
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SIR OLIVER LODGE.
His Ideas on Immortality and His Sci
entific Achievements.

entlnC achievements.
The fact that a man of the high
scientific attachments of Sir Oliver
Lodge should announce his belief in
the possibility of intercourse between
this world and the next has attracted
much attention. Sir Oliver and Sir
William Crookes stand at the very
front among English scientists, and
both have recently declared their belief
in the genuineness of some spiritualist-
lie manifestations. Sir divers ideas
on Immortality and his SO called cate
chism" have also come in for much dis
cussion. The catechism is statement
of belief as to the existence of God and
the duties of men in reference to this
life and that to come from the stand
point of an evolutioniSt.
Sir Oliver thinks belief in the sur
vfval of the consciousness and the will
in other words. the Immortality of
the soul-perfectly reasonable from the
point of view of science and even goes
SO far as to hold that science is per-
haps on the point of being able to dem
onstrate the existence of another world
than the material one in which we now
exist. He is the head of Birmingham
university. an institution which is
spending millions of dollars for the de-
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BRYAN.

only succeeded IN
wounding him in the arm. His full
name is Manuel Maria Philippe Carlos
Amalia Luis Miguel Gonzaqua Xavier
francisco d'Assisi Eugenio, and be-
fore his accession to the throne he held
the title of Due de Beja. He is
handsome young fellow and devoted to
his mother, Queen Amelie, by whose
counsel he has been guided in the re-
cent crisis. He was born in Lisbon
on Nov. Is, 1889, educated under pri-
vate instructors, entered the navy at
fifteen as midshipman and rose to be
lieutenant. He has fair hair and com
plexion and has always been in much
favor with the Portuguese people.
The first diplomat to offer coincidence
to the bereaved royal family of Portu-
gal was the American minister, Charles
Page Bryan. Mr.. Bryan succeeded
Francis B. Loomis in his present post
about five years ago and previous to
that time had made good record as
our minister to Brazil. 1t was while
he was in South America that he ac-
CURED collection of cockatoos which
learned to surprise the natives by cry
ing in chorus, "Hurrah for the United
States!" Minister Bryan was born in
Chicago in 1856 and graduated from
the University of Virginia and Column
bia Law school. Previous to his dip
lomatic service he was a member of
the legislatures of Colorado and Illi-
nois.
The city of Lisbon, the capital of
Portugal, sits grandly on seven hills
like Rome. 1t is one of the most beau
tiful cities of Europe. The sides of
the steep hills are terraced with white
blocks of stone, capped With tasteful
balustrades, and at varying elevations
gardens may be seen luAuriant with
flowers. The city is full of small
parks and beautified squares, or plazas,
oftentimes Astounding in statuary. The
finest street In the city is the Avenida
da Lfberdade. In the center is a
broad driveway, flanked by granolithic
walks twenty-five feet in width Then
on each side come twenty five feet of
grass and flowers and twenty-five feet
of walk again. Roadways with car
tracks and sidewalks again reaching
to the houses complete the space be-
tween the rows Of splendid residences.
There are eight rows of trees, and out
Of jars in the hands of two huge river
gods spring two rivulets which wend
their way along the avenue, crossed
here and there by bridges, and disap
pear at length into tunnels in cross
streets.
1t was as his carriage was approach
ing one of the handsome squares of thu
city, the Praco do Commerce., thai
King Carlos was assassinated an(
with him the Crown Prince Luis. This
square is surrounded on three sides by
the naval arsenal, to which the mon
arch and his son We're taken as they
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les of members of the royal family.
and sometimes in this way q favored
traveller is permitted to gaze upon the
face of dead monarch. One writer
describes seeing the features of Ferdi-
nand of SaXe.Coburg. the king consort.
who was grandfather of the late sover-
eign. The visitor looked upon him
through pane of glass, and the long
deceased monarch seemed merely
asleep. Although the enbalming Gus
tom is not of very ancient date, it has
for centuries been the habit to place
the collins containing royal remains in
the pantheon of the old monastery of
st. Vincent on one of the hills of the
city and the place of intermcnt OF
Carlos and Luis. Most of the mon
archs CT Portugal for nearly 800 years
lie here in boxes ranged along the
walls, and a tourist once said the sight
reminded him of old fashioned trunks
set in rows and all in readiness for q
hasty journey should one become nee
essary.
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Ancient Posters.

1t is probably the general impression
that posters and handbills are modern
Inventions, but 1t has been discovered
that the ancient Romans practiced this
method Of advertising. In digging at
Herculaneum there was brought to
light pillar covered with bills, one on
top of another. The paste used to stick
them was made of gum arabic. The
bills, when separated and examined,
were found to be programmes and an.
nouncements of public meetings and
even election proclamations.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-04-22
TIE IOBACCO WAR
Competition Destroyed by CombI-
nation Of Buyers lndepend.
ent Growers Attacked.

They formed the Dark Tobacco Dis
trict Planters association, their object
being to pool their tobacco in the ware
houses and hold it for their own prices.
Not all the growers Joined. the asso--
citation. however. The independent.
farmers and the tobacco companies.
have been made the victims of mid
night raids which have resulted in
such widespread damage. The Dark
Tobacco District Planters association
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PRODUCTION end of the job and could no.
get Guilds name right to save him. he
introduced him as General Gill and as
Colonel ellis and as Major Gid and
finally capped the climax by calling
him General Miles. Guild went into
President Roosevelt's car and expoa.
ed
IF have profound contempt for
anybody. it is for an idiot who cannot
get name right If this lunatic goes
on mispronouncing my name Pr.
why. who has been mispronounc-
Ing your name. Curtis?" asked Roose-
welt.
"Why. this man from North Dakota, /"
replied Guild heatedly-"this man nam
ed-named-what is the fellows name?
oh, Cucumber"
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The lnf.Ilible Man.

The most dull and wishy washy man
made mistake. But he is double
dyed when he will make no mistake
himself and lose sleep over the mis-
takes of his neighbor : Manchester
Linton
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A GOULD ON THE STAGE.
Mistress of Georgian Court and Her
Acting at dramatic Tea"

The appearance of Mrs. George
Gould in play before an audience of
society people at the Plaza hotel in
New York recently recalled the days
when as Edith Kingdom she was a
favorite Of the professional stage She
then belonged to the once famous DAILY
stock company, and it was her charm
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-04-22
MEMS MAYS.

We often hear women criticised for
their queer ways of doing things, but
we rise to call attention TO the queer
ways many good men have of not do
ing things.-Hallock Enterprise.
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Senator Porter j. McCumber of North
Dakota is the most serious minded
statesman in the world and has Il bad
memory for names. When he was Il
member of the all star aggregation
headed by 'Theodore Roosevelt that
toured the west in the campaign of
1900 another member of the cast was
Governor Curtis Guild, Jr.. of Massa-
chusetts. Governor Guild is extremely
sensitive about the pronunciation of
his name, which has the So long. as in
mild He also insists on his full
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hopeIessly lnsolxent,

$50 Meier has gone to smash, ]
hear"
Yes; even If he had been a giraffe
Que could have said with truth that he
was up to his ears in debt "-Meggen.
dorfer Batter.
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name, with the "Jr."
included.
AS long as Senator
Hansbrough intro
duced him Guild
was h n p Ply. FOR
Hansbrorsh pro :
nounced his name
correctly and always
described him as
Curtis Guild. Jr."
Finally Senator Nc
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NAooA NAO64kso ksA3O'
has disclaimed responsibility for the
raids. 1t has even charged that per-
sons outside it had ruined their own
plants and tobacco crops in order to-
discredit the Planters association and
turn public sentiment against it. The
raiders wear white badge in the shape
of q triangle on the right breast. They
are usually mounted, and both rider
and horse are disguised. Their vista
tions prove that when once raid is
decided upon the riders are ready to-
carry their work to bloody end
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velopment of scientific and technical
schools on scale unprecedented in
Great Britain. He is sometimes called
the father of wireless telegraphy. as he
was experimenting in that direction be-
fore Marconi was heard of ard as far
back as 1887 was flirting with the e'u-
sive electro magnetic waves. He and
Hertz, working independently. found
them about the same time. For his re-
searches in this field he received the
Rumford medal of the Royal society.
Sir Oliver is fifty-seven Years old
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-04-22

ANDRE" ). PETERS. trict and Mr.. Peters
the Eleventh. Both are Democrats,
both were born in Boston in the same
year, 1872, both are bachelors, both
graduated from the Harvard Law
school. and both practice law Con-
gresham Peters received both the de-
gree Of bachelor Of arts and that Of
bachelor of laws from Harvard. He
served three years in the Massachu-
setts legislature, two years of that
time In the senate He has also served
10 the militia Of the state of Massa-
chusetts.
So much attention did little Lucille
Hughes, the pretty six-yearold daugh-
ter Of Representative Hughes of Pat
erson, N. j., attract when she visited
the house of representatives recently
that 1t was difficult for Leader Will
liams to summon the full Democratic
strength whenever tellers were demand
cd. That evening she was asked by a
friend what she had learned at school
during the day.
II didn't go to school today" she re-.
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Every great crisis develops some
master mind as well as multitude Of
surprises.
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piled. 81 Went up to the house witt
papa, and you don't learn anything VI
there"
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|H[ BOY MONARCH
King Manuel H.. Who Now Rules
His Troubled Country.
Was a Lieutenant
In the Navy.
new king of

.HE new king Of
II Portugal, Maui
uel IL, is but a
boy of eighteen and
comes to the throne
observation-disclosures
that entitle him to
an unusual degree
of sympathy. When
revolt t ionis t s
struck down his IA
ther, King Carlos,
and his elder broth
er, the Crown Prince
Luis, they intended
to kill him, too, but
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Stories Told
In Congress.
n HERE is an in

IN HERE is an in
II teresting coinci-
dence concern
ing two new mem.
bers of the SiXtieth
congress from Mas
sachusetts and rep
resenting Boston dis
tricts. These new
members are An
drew j. Peters and
] os eph Francis
O'C on II e IL. Mr..
O'Connell repre-
S e n is the Tenth
Massachusetts dis
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-23
Tornado Insurance.

It 10 the usual thing now to
read every few days Of cyclones
and heavy wind storms in one
section or another. Damage run
ming into the hundred thousands
Of dollars was done in this state
alone by the recent wind storms.
The proper thing to do is to in
sure your property against loss
by Tornado and Windstorm.
This insurance is cheap and is the
best protection. Rates are as fol-
lows: SI.oo per SIoo. of insurance
for FIVE A Insurance
written in the strongest compa-
MES with a reputation for liberal
settlement of losses.
]. A. Wagner, Agent.