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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
Robbers Loot Nebraska Bank.

GFBBON. Neb., December 1S.-Five
highwaymcn early today blew up the Hol-
loway Exchange Bank of this city held
the Inhabitants at bay while they secured
$500 from the vaults and escaped in an
automobile, the citizens pursuing them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
Constitution for China in Nine Years

PEKING, December 1S.-The foreign
board is again giving attention to the
foreign business of the empire, which has
been practically at standstill during
the twenty-seven days of mourning fol-
lowing the deaths of the emperor and the
dowager empress. Several imperial edicts
have been issued recently covering the
details of the project to bring China TO
a system of constitutional government in
nine yearS.\
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
Eight Drown When Steamer Sinks.

DOVER, England. December 1s.-The
Swedish steamer Lindholmen. SOB tons,
went down off Goodwin sands this MORN
ing following collision with the Ger
man steamer Friederike- Muller, 1.79O tons.
from Grimsby for Stockholm. Eight of
the crew of the Lindhoimen were drown
ed. The survivors were landed here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
Veteran Steamboat Captain Dies.

NEW ORLEANS, December 1S.-Capt
Campbell H. Sweeney. fifty-five years old.
we'll known in the Mississippi river steam
boat trade. died here of pneumonia yes
terday. His body will be taken to Wheel
ing. w. Va, his former home. for inter-
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
More Cabinet Gossip.

Gossip of the day mentions Charles Ma
gel of st. Louis as the probable recipient
of a cabinet portfolio. Mr.. Nagel is a
close friend Of Mr.. Taft and was active
in the management OF his campaign.
Col. W. S. Thompson of Brooklyn is be-
ing discussed for the Navy portfolio, in
case William Loeb. jr., should decide not
10 take that place.
At the Capitol today it was suggested
that Representative Overstreet of Indiana
may be made director of posts, If the
proposition to create that Office is car
ried out. Mr.. OverStreet, chairman
pf the committee on post offices. and a
member OF the postal commission, has
given deep study to postal affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
POSSE ON THE TRAIL
Small Army in Pursuit of
Oregon Train Robbers.
THE BANDITS GET $4,000
Express Held Up Near Portland and
Safe Dynamited.
HARD FIGHT IS EXPECTED
Outlaws Are Well Armed and Prob
ably Will Be Surrounded in
Foothills Before Night.
THE BANDITS GET $4,000
HARD FIGHT IS EXPECTED

PORTLAND, Ore, December 1S-A
heavily armed posse headed by Sheriff
Stevens is following the trail of a band of
highwaymen today with every possibility
that they will soon catch up with the
desperadoes, who left "a plain trail and
that a stiff fight will ensue. The men
wanted by the posse held up passenger
train No. I. bound for Portland over the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pans road, about 10 o'clock last night
and after dynamiting the safe in the ex-
press car and securing $4,000 they fled
toward the foothills.
The robbery was one of the most daring
and savored of the Old days when it was
a fairly common thing for train robbers to
operate and stir up the country side Fol
lowing as closely as this crime does ON
,he robbery of the East Side Bank week
ago. the utmost excitement has been
aroused and the sheriff had no difficulty
i'm getting together volunteers 10 follow
:he gang into the hills. 4 number of
Pinkerton men and several city detectives
have also been assigned to the case
Job Quickly Done.
The robbery Of the express car was car
ried out with such neatness and dispatch
that the gang must have given the most
careful thought to their plans The men.
all masked. appeared on the train when it
was about twelve miles east of this city
and while some covered the engineer and
firemen with their revolvers and ordered
them to stop the train. others went back
through the coaches threatening to shoot
any one who attempted to Interfere
The rest OF the gang made for the ex-
press car overpowered Express Messenger
Hudd. and. having uncoupled the express
and mail cars from the coaches, ran them
up the track II short distance and cracked
the safes with dynamite. About $4,000
was contained in the safe according to
the express messenger. and when the rob-
bers had secured this they signaIed their
comrades. who had remained to see that
no one left the coaches TO give an alarm.
and the whole gang made off for the foot
hills.
Small Army in Pursuit.
.Appa rently the hishwaHmen were con-
fdent of their OWL strength or else count
ed upon gaining such lead that they can
get safely away before any pursuing
posse can come within striking distance
of them. Sheriff Stevens. when he went
to the scene of the hold-up. found such
plain trail that il encouraged him to be-
lieve he would soon have the offenders
In custody and he at once swore In a
number of special deputies. Others who
wished to join in the excitement of tie
chase and We're not given temporary OF
fetal powers by the sheriff mounted their
horses and went along with the posse
any way, SO that the sheriff had a for
m;dable following when he hit the trail
of the robbers.
Other posses have spread out. in order
to give the nearby country a thorough
combing. and it is thought 90 be almost
an assured fact that the robbers will be
captured some time today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
BIG FUND FOR BUILDING HERE.
New Orleans Men Back Exposition
Office for South in This City.

NEW ORLEANS. La, December 1S.-A
large sum has been Pledged by the mer-
chants and business men of New Orleans
20 the erection of the proposed southern
office and exposition building in Wash
ington.
President j. NJ. Parker of the Southern
Commercial Congress has given out no off,
cial statement. but it is understood that
the sum already pledged will aggregate
$4,000.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, December 1S.-
The Montgomery Commercial Club last
night appropriated $1,000 to further the
scheme of erecting a southern building in
Washington and also put $3.50 al the dis
posal of Col. G Grosyenor Dave 10 as
sist him in the work he is undertaking for
the development of the south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
Weather.

Generally fair tonight and
Saturday; colder: fresh north
westerly winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
Appeal to Danish Minister.

About noon the countess urged a deputy
United States marshal to summon an at
torney for her Later she asked that he
call upon the Danish minister and give
him the circumstances Of her case and
the conviction entered against her.
1t was stated by several strangers who
appeared about the court late in the
afternoon, and whose identity could not
be learned, that the fine would In all
probability be paid during the course of a
day or so and the Countess Lowenhielm
kept from prison.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22
81 q " - Q
,gCHApTLp SIX, &
y \, Z 4r11lsaa. neoG IS OF III

5 of introduction for
Lady Mowbray and her
daugh ter to lnfluen-
tlal and interesting per.
sons attached to the
Rhaetian court were
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22

has caused the owners to invoke the
aid of the golden hoofed sheep. The
farmers want the manure and are not
averse to cleaning up little coin on
the sheep at the same time.
The Gazette, In which the accempa-
nying cuts occur. says: The corn belt
farmers now finishing mutton feed
with the idea of accumuating a ma
nure pile uppermost on their minds.
Incidental to this is the conversion of
roughage and grain. the product of the
farm, into a concentrated and easily
transported marketable product. Even
when the stock Is marketed at what
appears to be loss the farmer knows
that the deficit can be charged to the
land without danger Of high financing.
But mutton finishing is not a task
calculated to yield unqualified satisfac-
ton to the amateur, In this respect the
big feed lot operator had one advan-
tage over the farmer. He had feeding
reduced to a science. the result of long
experience. His product came to mar
ket standard in quality and elected
high bids. The average farmer feeder,
ON the other hand. especially If tyro,
fails to get his stock started right and
usually markets In condition not cal
culated to yield the highest percentage
of meat and entailing serious dis
count from maximum prices.
Conspicuous among the errors of
farmer feeders are overlooking at the
outset or not providing sufficiently
generous diet. Many promising band
of western lambs goes to the country
to return with indications of having
been half starved. A disappointed
farmer feeder not long since asked a
successful operator his secret. Feed.
Ing them" was the terse response.
ut takes corn to make fat" Equally
disastrous is the common practice of
crowding lambs when first put on
feed Probably the best feeders in the
United States are those of Colorado,
where the process has been reduced to
an exact science.
Another common error Of the farmer
feeder and costly one is failure to
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22

Through the gate of dreams
lies the fair land of romance in
to which you would travel find
ing welcome relief from the daily
grind. Now you are invited to
accompany the Princess Virginia,
who determines that the royal
parsonage who woutd honor her
with his hand must fall in love
with her and WOO her as any other
man would a woman. Therefore
she travels incognito in his realm,
meeting adventures strange and
full of excitement You will
learn with pardonabie pride that
the American blood In her veins
gives her an independence un-
heard of the presence of kings,
but most of all You will want to
know how she succeeds in her
bold undertaking. That you will
enjoy every minute Of the read
ing is assured by the verdict Of
thousands who declare The
Princess Virginia" TO be a most
delightful story.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22

Leopold was not half dozen yards
away and was coming nearer. No one
but Virginia suspected evil. She alone
had felt the thrill Of a murderer's
nerves. the tense spring of his mus
Giles She alone guessed what the roll
of parchment hid.
"NOw-now" the voice seemed to
whisper again, and she had no fear.
While the crowd shouted wildly fol-
"Unser Leo" a man in gray and red
leaped catlike. at the white figure that
advanced. Something sharp and bright
flashed out from a roll of parchment,
catching the sun in a streak Of steely
light.
Leopold saw, but not In time to
swerve The crowd shrieked, rushed
forward too late, and the blade would
have drunk his life had not the girl
who had felt all, seen all, struck up
the arm before it fell.
The rest was darkness for her. She
knew only that she was sobbing and
that the great square, with its crowded
balconies, its ropes of green, Its way
ing flags, seemed to collapse upon her
and blot her out.
1t was Leopold who caught her as
she swayed, and while the people surg
ed around the thwarted murderer the
emperor sprang up the steps OF the
great crimson platform with the girl
against his heart.
1t was her blood that stained the
pure white of his uniform, the blood
from her arm, wounded in his defense.
And, holding her up, he stood dominat-
ing the crowd.
Down there at the foot of the steps
the man In gray and red was like a
spent fox among the hounds, and Leo
pold's people in the fury of their rage
would have torn him in pieces as the
hounds tear the fox despite the cor
don of police that gathered round him,
but the voice of the emperor babe his
subjects fall back.
"My people shall not be assassinsi"
he cried to them. LET the law deal
with the mailman. 1t is my will. Look
ut me- alive and unhurt. Now give
your cheers for the lady who has
saved my life. and the ceremonies shall
go on"
Three cheers had he said? They
gave three times three and babe fair
to split the skies with shouts for the
emperor. While women laughed and
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22
AMPLE SHELTER PROVIDED.

provide shelter. For winter feeding
this Is imperative If loss Is to be avoid.
ed. Sheep thrive neither with wet
feet nor soggy feeces They are COM
fort lovers, and condition insuring
luxury on the dry ranges of the west
involves hardship in the low level
country east of the Missouri river.
Obviously the lamb is the favorite
with the farmer breeder Yearlings
come next and sheep last in the scale
or popularity The lamb makes su.
perior gains during the feeding period
II handled intelligently. 1t is this gain
that determines the feeders profit.
Lamb is the popular dish with Amer.
lean mutton eaters and always will be.
In a series of years nearly all the
feeders profit will be found In the
pocket of the man who makes a prac-
dce of handling lambs. He has the
advantage Of the superior gain and
also Of broader outlet.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22
The Thin Cows.

A great many farmers cows are 80
thin In the spring that 1t takes them
half Of the summer to recover from the
bad effects Of the winter There is an,
other reason, and very Important q
that cows should be fed well during
the winter time when they are dry. II
has been demonstrated that the effect
OF poor feeding upon the progeny is
very marked. and one of the reasons
why so many cows are improbable
mixers is because they were not prop.
erly fed when they should have BEEN
PROFESSOR Fl. Fl. Dean, Ontario.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22
Sugar Beets For Noreas

X. W. Clark of the Utah station
states that sixteen to twenty pounds of
wei fermented solid sugar beet pulp
was fed to horses experimentally for
Blk or eight weeks, and no irregularity
In the health of the animals was noted
which could be attributed 10 the pulp.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22

"Let the lao deal Nth the mddman."
wept and all eyes were upon that noble
pair on the red platform something
limp and gray was hurried out of sight
and off to prison. On signal the ma
tional anthem began. The voices of
the people Joined the brass instru-
ments All Kronburg was singing or
asking "Who is she?' of the girl at
the emperor's side.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22
THE FARMER FEEDER.
Finis to the Big Feed Lots-Mt
Now Made on Farms.

The finish of the big mutton finishers
and the closing up Of the great sheep
feeding stations around the large live
stock market centers of the country
seem to be in sight If the antcipations
of some of the experienced live stock
people materialize. The farmer is rap
idly extinguishing them. Empty and
half filed feed lots were the portion OF
the extensive operators the past win
ter One reason for this In northern
Illinois. as explained by the Breeders
Gazette Chicago, Is that soil depletion
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-04-22
[To BE CONTINUED
lrving's Distrust.

In her memoirs Ellen Terry saws
of Henry Irving: 'Stoker and Loveday
were daily-nay, hourly Associated for
many years with Irving; but after all,
did they or any one else really know
him? And what was Henry Irvings
attitude? | believe, myself, that he
never wholly trusted his friends and
never admitted them to his intimacy,
although they thought he did. which
was the same thing to them"
Her Old Favorite.
Professor" said Mrs Gaswell to the
distinguished musician who had been
engaged at a high price to entertain
her guests, what was that lovely Sc
lection you played just nowY"
THAT, madam" be answered, glaring
at her, was an improvisation.
"Ah. yes, ! remember now. knew
1t was an old favorite, but couldn't
think of the name of it to save me-
Chicago Tribune.
New Zealand Oddities.
The crow In New Zealand strikes az
sweet note as any heard in the wood.
land. The robin has no song and no
red breast. The native hen Is the great.
est of rat killers There is a caterpillar
which turns into plant. These and
some other productions of nature have
done for New Zealand what the kapea.
roo and the ornlthorhynchus have done
FOR AustraIia-given 1t the suggestion
of oddity and the marvellous.
Why He Left His House.
In the Paris Louvre is a famous art
collection, valued at 100000, which
was given to the institution by NJ.
Camille circuit In the collection are
some of the finest works of Vatican.
Fragonard, Reynolds, Gainsborough.
Turner and Constable M. Groults
house on the Avenue Malakoff was 40
interesting that Alexandra Dumas f,ls
once told the collector that he could
not understand why he ever wanted to
leave 1t. Il will tell you" replied NJ.
Groult; ut is for the pleasure of en-
tering 1t again" - London illustrated
News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
Women Smokers In ireland.

The comparison between women
smoking in England and in Ireland,
says correspondent, is hardly on all
tours. In Ireland many Of the older
women whose lives are spent in hard
toll smoke in the country districts, but
they would utterly disdain cigarette.
They smoke a short equity" pipe and
the very strongest and most pungent
tobacco Limerick roll. It is no un-
common thing for man to hand his
lighted equity" pipe, black with long
seasoned smoking, over to a woman for
"draw," as 1t is called. In Ireland
the pipe has long been the solace Of
the poor, aged, Woodworking woman,
and the habit has its origin in the use
Of tobacco for allaying the pangs OF
hunger In famine days London Chron-
icle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
WIGS IN COURT.
Bench and Bar In England Stick to
the Traditional Headoear.

the Traditional Headgear.
American visitors to English court
rooms have been struck by the strange
appearance strange to their eyes, at
least Of judges and lawyers in wigs.
Times and customs change, but the
judicial wig of England remains un-
changed. Bench and bar hold faith
fully to the traditional headgear.
Until 1927 human hair was used In
making the wigs, which were heavily
powdered when worn, but since then
white horsehair has been used. While
English horsehair is considered the
best, the wigmakers buy supplies in
France, Russia and even China and
South America.
Every operation in the manufacture
of wigs is by hand except the curling,
and this Is done on small hand curl
Ing machine. Most Of the wigs run
from twenty-one to twenty-four and a
half inches in circumference.
The wig Of the average member of
the bar costs $50. Full bottomed wigs,
such as are worn occasionally by
judges and the kings counsel and al
ways by the speaker Of the house of
commons, cost about $50.
Few lawyers buy more than. one wig
In the course Of their career at the bar,
Some of the most famous advocates OF
England may be seen in court with
dilapidated wig and rusty gown.-Phil.
adelphia North American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
SEALS ON ANCIENT RINGS.
Sacred Beetle Figured Prominently
austs of Isis or the Pharaohs.

Sacred Beetle Figured Prominently
Busts Of Isis or the Pharaohs.
Among the rings found in ancient
Egyptian tombs are many which cru
dite archaeologists ascribe to period
slightly anterior to the deIuge.
This, however, Is debatable ground
the deceptive morass of conjecture
rather than the solid earth of fact.
But we feel the latter beneath our feet
when viewing the massive gold Egyp-
tian signet rings with revolving cylin-
drical bezels of indigo colored porce-
lain or the deep blue porcelain rings
bearing bust Of Isis or of one of the
Pharaohs In full relief. The former
represent the primitive seals in use
when the Isgaelites were bondmen and
before the pyramids were built; the
latter were the common adornments
of the prototypes of the modern fella-
heen when Solomon was in his glory.
In neither case is the workmanship
meritorious, the prentice hand" be-
ing plainly visible; s!'ill in design and
execution was aralicsd later, and
among the Eturscans attained a de.
gree OF excellence never since equaled.
Such of their work as remains Is a
silent yet eloquent testimony to their
marvellous skill, but the secvret that
enabled them to manipulate gold
fine drawn as hair" is one OF the lost
arts of the ancients.
In the Etruscan as in the Egyptian
rings the device of the scarabaeus or
sacred beetle figures prominently, for
| to both these remarkable races this
curious insect was an object of pro.
found veneration and as sacred and
symbolic in their eyes as the cross is
| to the Christian.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
When Children Smoked,

Every one has read that Hawkins in
troduced tobacco into England and
that King James inveighed against it.
Elizabeth liked to sit on low stool and
watch Sir Walter Raleigh putting
away. In Anne's reign almost every
one smoked. In Charles Ills reign
children were sent to school with
their pipes in their satchels, and the
schoolmaster called halt in their
studies while they smoked"
In 1902 Jorevin spent an evening
with his brother at Garraway's coHee
house, Leeds, and writes 81 was sur
prised to see bis sickly child Of three
years old fill Its pipe of tobacco and
smoke it as audfarandly as man Of
threescore. After that second and
third pipe without the least concern,
asst is said to have done above year
ago"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
His spasm Of Economy.

Speaking Of misdirected economy"
said the lecturer. reminds me of an
old man who lived in my town. The
old man had lost four wives and de.
sired to erect for each headstone
with an inscription commemorative Of
her wifely virtues. But inscriptions,
he found, were very expensive. He
economical in this way: He had the
Christian name of each wife cut on q
small stone above her grave Emma,
Mary Hester Edith Under each
name hand pointed to large stone
In the center Of the lot, and under each
hand were the words:
For Epitaph See Large Stone.'"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
OCEAN CABLES.
The Many Dangers to Which They Are
Constantly Exposed,

INC "aHy hangers TO winch They Are
Constantly Exposed.
The vicissitudes of submarine ca
BILE are many, says the Magazine of
Commerce. 1t may be torn by an an
Choir, crushed by rock or seriously
damaged by coral reefs such as abound
in the tropics.
Some of the growths often found on
a cable tend gradually to decay the
iron sheathing wires.
Then, again, a cable is sometimes
severed by seaquake. 1t may be ia
tally attacked by a snout of a sawfish
or by the spike Of swordfsh. But
perhaps the little animal that makes
itself most Objectionable from the ca
bic engineers standpoint is the insig-
nificant looking teredo navalis.
This little beast is intensely greedy
where gutta percha is concerned, work.
Ing its way there between the iron
wires and between the serving yarns.
The silica in the outer cable compound
tends to defeat the teredo's efforts at
making a meal Of the core, and this
defeat is further effected by the core
being enveloped in thin taping Of
brass.
But where the bottom is known to
be badly infested with these little mon
sters OF the deep the fnsulator is often
composed Of india rubber, which has no
attraction for the teredo and possesses
toughness, moreover, which is less
suited for its boring tool than the COM
paratively cheeselike gutta percha,
which it perforates with the greatest
ease.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
Consolation.

In an adjoining parish to Andover
a relative of one of my friends had q
cook who had been with her for twen-
ty-6ye years. The cook went to the
funeral OF an acquaintance, and soon
after gave her mistress notice to
leave. The mistress naturally asked
how this could be after so long a
service.
well, ma'am," was the reply, Il
went to that funeral, and was the life
and soul of the party, and the
corpse's husband and / are going to
hit it off. I"