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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
SECRETS OF
MEDICINE MEN

\ YOUNG Indian who Is ambi
n tious to become doctor. and
finally prophet. learns from
his father or other member of his tribe
the name and medical properties of
"'me herb. He can also. by presenting
Il sufficient number of ponies to medi
cine man prevail upon the doctor to i'm
part the secret of the herbs to him.
Frequently Indians allcge that the
secret Is revealed to them in dream
or by bird or an animal After pro-
curing it the novice is prepared to be-
gin the practice of medicine
Success in their opinion is only DOS
sible with the aid of the Great Spirit.
and in order to invoke the help of the
supernatural they resort to various
sacrifices
For instance. there is the practice of
ascending a butte or other elevation
and lying with the face to the ground
for several days without food or until
they are completely exhausted. During
this period they profess to have been
taught some song. or the Great Spirit
eonverses with them through weed
bird. wild animal or reptile
They frequently allege that wolves
come to them and howl and that they
understand what the animals say.
While treating a patient they place
tobacco in the little pouches which
they tie with sinews. These are paint
ed brilliant colors and fastened to will
low sticks about the size of the shaft
of an arrow. but somewhat longer.
Occasionally as a substitute for these
totems strips of flannel are fastened to
the tops of the sticks and permitted to
fluttcr in the breeze. The sticks are
also gayly painted and inserted in the
ground or crevices of rock on top of a
hill.
This is done to gain favor with the
Great Spirit and secure his assistance
in making their practice successful or
curing the patient under their charge.
The tobacco or flannel constitute. in
fact. votivc offerings and the custom
Is no doubt of Oriental origin.
They have. of course. in the mean
time. given the patient a concoction of
medicine made from the herb or herbs
which they especially Use. the offering
to the Great Spirit being simply sup
Elemental to the giving of medicine.
hut nevertheless considered necessary
ceremony.
After a novice succeeds in effecting
a sufficient number of miraculous cures
to render him famous he adds prophecy
to his curative attainments and makes
predictions as to events which will Oc-
cur in the future.-Denver Field and
Stream.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
THE MASSACHUSETTS, LAW,

Ii the hill which Senator r. NJ. Ne
David says h" j. going t" Introduce
sometime during the next session OF the
Legislature becomes Il law. il will maxi.
IL an "iIcn-r /" assist any one hut Il
blind man in maxim" out his ballot
And that ballot will be- such that Il
person VIII" cannot read cannot make it
out. The bill i To b. based on the
Massachusetts ballot law
In Massachusetts tn" ballot used j.
much like the one generally Used in
primaries. FIRST come the names ot
the nominees Tor governor. written al
phahctically with the name of each
ones party opposite his name and just
beyond the name of the party Il blank
square. The voter makes Il cross
mark IN the square opposite IA" nam"
of the man for whom he wishes to
vote. The names of the candidates for
other offices follow with a similar ar
ran"cmcnt and in Years OF presidential
nominees and electors lead the ballot
such Il ballot under such Il law would
not only prevent mach Illegal election
eering anon" the ignorant but it would
also facilitate independent. thou.hiu
votin" by intelligent voters And
whatever poitica! speakers may say
L
cnt voters and the demand for indr
pendent voting have. in recent wears.
forced the political parties to put up
more conscientious and more capable
men. with the result that the standard
maintained by our public officials j. in
general growing better
Under the present system the man
who scratches does so at di>advam
tagr. He runs the risk OF invalidatin"
hi, vote. risk which cannot affect the
man who votes straight whether he
does 81 con>cientiou>ly "r through IL
n"rancc or prejudice. Thus premium
l. put on the partisan> vote.
Another thing. when a voter has not
fully made up his mind beforehand. it
j. much easier for him to vote for the
nominee about whom he is doubtful. if
the name of that nominee appears lined
Ip with the names uf Others for whom
hc wishes to vote. than it would he if
the name was written amen" those "f
other candidates for the same office.
With the new ballot such Il thing al one
man pulling another through would he
unknown. 1t would place each man on
his merits and put the commonwealth
or country before party.
This reform seems bound to come
even if the next Legislature does not
adopt it, For with the record of more
than seventy per cent ot the voters III
the recent election having scratched
their tickets in one way or another. ana
with the power Of the initiative and
referendum in their hands. there ap-
pears To be no way OF stopping IL.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
Stop the Knockings.

To the Editor of the University Missourian:
The anti NIonilaw agitation has
reached point where every loyal Tiger
supporter must have convictions on one
side or the other. While have nc
personal interest in the matter save the
desire for fair play. and for Tiger sue
cess. I hope may bc allowed space to
consider some of the phases of the dis
clsSiOn.
| 1t is to be noted that the most bit
ter criticism comes from men who know
the least about football. or who have
some fancied grievance against the
coach. 1t is charged that lack of in
reference due. of course. To poor coach
ing. is responsible for defeat. Now. in
reference may mean two different
things Either the formation on end
runs for the protection of the runner.
or general helping spirit" The first
is due to coaching. the second cannot
he coached into any team by any coach.
Only the lack of interference. then. on
end-runs and open plays can be con-
Sidercd. The critics say results count .
Let us see. Missouri made more wards
by end-rumS than did X T.. Iowa or
Drake. and Ame>' gains were made not
by interference but by the matchless
individual work of the Lamberts and
Hubbard. Where. then. is the force of
the interference" arguments.
But" say the critics. look at the
material" ! ask What material:-
Only one man on the Tiger squad was
considered good enough material to
make the "All-Missouri Valley team
No man on the squad could kick 81
yards consistently and kicking would
have won the X. L. game. Not a man
on the team but who would have fall
len wOefully short of the speed display
ed by the member, of other conference
teams. We had good material. | admit.
but not of such character as to guar
antec winning team. even with the
best of coaching.
Monilaw is admitted To be great
trainer. even his worst enemies admit
that he is great theoretical master
of the game. few would care to assail
the excellence of his open formations.
yet they say he is not practical. he
has not played the game. A. matter
of fact. tho barred from inter -collegi-
ate contests. he has played more years
of football than any two men on this
years team.
And as to his record. In his three
years work here Kansas has crossed
our goal line but twice-a record un-
egualled by any three years in our his
tory. For the first time for six wears
we have scored on X. L. The time was
when Kirksville held us to and
Tarkio beat us. Those days are past.
We beat teams this year that we would
not have dared to play four years ago.
Next year we will do still better. SO
lets stop the Monilaw anvil chorus.
c.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR

Dec II. German Club Ladies' Parlor>
p. m.
Dec. Ii. Jasper County Club smoker
Sigma Nh house.
Dec. Is. Lecture, dorado Taft, Audito
rum.
Basketball. Missouri against
Warrcn>burg Normal. Roth
well gymnasium.
Dec. 10. Ia ~krt ball Missouri against
Warrcn>bury Normal. Roth
we'll gymnasium.
Preliminary University de
bate. Auditorium.
Dec. %. Wednesday. ii ! +. IN. t" Jan.
>. Tuesday. At : Il. III. Christ
mas Holidays.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

y. Y. Collins. editor of the Nnrthwr,.
tern Agricuturist. at Minneapolis.
Ninn.. the only weekly farm paper in
the hard wheat belt writes: Il wish
to congratulate the University of Mis-
souri, upon its practical course in
Journalism. II j, the onI " cour,r that
have ever examined which ha> ap.
pcarcd 'o me as Of real practical value
and ! heartily endorse it for nrw>pa-
t'i workers everywhere"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

DIR. John r. Kirk, president of the
State Normal School at kirksvilIe.
writes: Il desire to congratulate the
University Of Missouri very heartily on
the impression the new Department of
Journalism is making. Nothing tn.
University ever did before has produc
ed such an impression. 1t is sure
winner and other universities will rap-
idly take notice and get into line"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

j. G.. Paxton. who was student i'm
the University in lSSS-S9. a Phi Beta
Kappa and a Sigma Nj. and is now a
professor in the University of OklahO-
ma. wa> a guest i'm Columbia during
the Inauguration exercises. He speaks
enthusiastically OF the prospects of the
new University of Oklahoma. The
state has just appropriated s2oO.OoO for
new buildings.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
SOCIETY
THE engagement "f marriage oi
Mis-. Ethpl n,hn,tt and I,S.,,h

THE engagement "f marriage oi
Miss Ethel Robnctt and Joseph
/ N"nrcith Estes was announced
( f'hi> afternoon at Il luncheon given to !;
lew "t Miss Robnctt'> intimate girl
friends AT the home of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. David Anderson Rolnett. The
decorations were suggestive of Christ
Mas and the color scheme red and
green. After the first course each guest
drew hy Il red ribbon Il heart shaped
card from beneath the camation cen
t'rpi"rc. This card bore the names OF
Miss Rohnctt and Mr.. Estes. thus re
NcaIing the interesting secret.
Miss Robnett is Il graduate of Chris
tian College at Columbia. and Washing
ton College at Wa>hn"ton ID. C.. and
an accomplished musician. While a
student III the University of Missouri
she was Il member of the ri Beta Phi
"f Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Estes. A. stu
dent OF the University he was mem
h"r "f the Kappa Alpha fraternity and
Il PLAYER on the Varsity baseball team
The wedding. which will take place
durn" the Christmas holidays. will
unite two of the oldest and best known
families in Boone county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Estes will live in Fort Worth
Ten. where Mr. Estes will he employed
hl Il livr--tock commission firm.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
Provide a Better Hall.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
The football reception demonstrated
again the great popularity of dancing
in the University. The crowd in Aca
demic Hall reminded one OF High School
Day. Since the gymnasium can SD
rarely be secured. it would seem that
IL better hall should bc provided.
H. +. NJ
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

Prof, a. W. Duff. superintcn,l,.n of
the public schools at Mangum. Okla,
writes: viii you kindly send Us cir
cularS relating to the Teachers College.
The annual catalogue will bc highly ac,
Iccptablc also. as a number of our stu
dents are becoming Interested in the
Uni, er>ity of Missouri on account of
reading the daily University Missou-
rian."
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
Pitiless America.

The American. like all fighters. like
all eonquerorS. does not know what
pity is. | have never seen public opin-
ion stirred by great catastrophe
where many lives had been lost Indi-
vidual life i of little value.-La
Grande Revue Paris.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

The Livingston County Club is pre-
pairing to give dance and reception
to the High School pupils in Chilicothe
during the holidays. The club will
meet Tuesday night to make final ar
rangements. The club is working up
plan. also. to send the agricultural
publications of the University to every
district school i'm the county.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
Label the Gowns.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
II the gowns in the Academic pro-
ccs>ion had been labelled a> To degree
and University. the student might have
%andier the gown and the greater the
variety of color> involved the more i'm
portant the student thought the wcarer.
VI. T.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
T III A N II S!

Oliver f. SaylOr. University of Mis-.
souri,. 'O2, writes from New York
City: ALLOW me to compliment the
staff of the University Nlissourian on
the appearance and fine illustrations of
the paper
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

The preliminary debat" to select the
members pf Vhr University debating
squad will he held next Saturday. The
preliminary will last all day and far
into the night because of the large
number of contestants. The question
i>. "Rc>olved: That a tariff should he
levied for revenue only.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

Harry Dranc. Il student i'm the Engi-
nccring Department of the University
of Missouri. has gone To his home in
Charleston. Mo. He is not expected to
return until after the end of this So
mpSter.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

Miss Willah Alspaugh left Columbia
Saturday for her home in Sedalia. She
will not return to school this year.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

Representatives of Kansas colleges
have fixed March IL as the date of the
state OratOrical contest. The contest
will he held in Ottawa Nine colleges
are represented.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

A meeting of the Pike County Club
will be held at o'clock Wednesday
evening at 6O4 South Ninth street.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
Win All Events.

To the Editor of the University Missourian:
Missouri will have ten chances this
winter and spring to retrieve the blot
on her athletic escutchcCn received
Thanksgiving day. 1t is probable that
in four basket ball games. four base
ball games and in two track meets we
will meet Kansas. Let us win them
all. F. A.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

John Carter. who was called hom"
two weeks ago on account of the i'll
ness of his father at Carthage. re-
final arrangements for leaving school
as his father is no better He depart c'l
again for Carthage Saturday light.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

BORN: To Prof and Mrs. Max Mey
er. son. Friday. Dee. ii.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

President W. S. DcarmOnt. OF the
Cape Girardeau Normal School. who at
tended the Inauguration exercises last
week. gave Il dinner Friday evening To
the alumni of the Normal who are now
here attending tn" University.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

Mrs Burton Harrison of New York
is the guest of Mrs. j. {. Jones. wife
of the dean of the College of Arts and
Science
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

Der Deut sche Klub of the University v
of Missouri will hold its bi-monthly
meeting i'm the ladies' parlOr of Aca
demir Hall at = o'clock this evening.
\ Christmas program consisting of
songs will be given.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
SPIRIT TOF THE NEWS

In an interview. the former chief en-
gineer of the Panama Canal. Bynau-
Varillo. brings before the American peO-
pie that $3OO.OOO,OOO will have been
spent and the undertaking may be a
failure instead of solid canal. lie To-
Gates the vulnerable point in the site
of the Gatun Dam, which has lately
given away in part that was built
this year. BESIDES all that money which
'nay have been squandered without re-
suits the treacherOus canal will have
taken its annual toll of lives. Yester-
day a communication was received that
loo were killed and wounded near PAN
anna by the explosion of forty tons of
dynamite. Most of hevictims are sup
posed tn be SpaniardS. The American
people will forgive anything. however,
il they get their moneys worth.
Mrs. Potter Palmer is negotiating for
the purchase of the ChOcagO Record
Herald. which she intends to make
thoroughly Democratic paper. If she
succeeds the Record Herald will be the
one really Democratic paper in Chica
90. The purchase price is said to be
$2.OoO.OOO. Mrs. Palmer will place her
sons in responsible positions. The
W"man's Suffrage agitation that has
been imported from England may have
tainted this society leader with the de
sire To boss the bosses. She must see
the ruling power "f the press ami real
We that newspaper is more effective
party weapon than the stump. Per-
hap> though she only wants tn see the
boys tied up in a respectable business
President -clcc, TafI with his family
vii spend the next two months in At
lanta. Ga. He will play golf and die
tate his inaugural address
The new Congress To convene March
/ vii show a slight Democratic in
crease in both House and Senate. At
the present session the House has 22l
and 81 Democrats. the Sen
ate 81 Republicans and 81 Democrats
After March there will be in the
House 2l? Republicans and l72 Demo
Gratis 6o Republicans and - Demo
crat-. Ninctvfour from the present
congress will he retired The Missouri
delegation will contain six men who are
not at the present time in Congress.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14
VIEWPOINTS

tThe University Missouran invites contri-
buttons. not to exceed 200 words. matters
of University interest. The name Of the
writer should accompany such letters. but will
not be printed unless desired. The Univer-
sity MissOurian does not express approval
disapprOval Of these communications by print
Ing them.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-14

President -clcc, Tafs with his famiI,
vii spend the next two months in At.
lanta. Ga. He vii play golf and die
tate his inaugural address.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-16
STATE NEWS.

Emmanuel Lloyd. who brutally as
saulted Mr.. John X. Askew. at Scot
land Neck. was tried before Mayor
White, and bound over 10 court in
$4,000 bond. in default OF which
he was sent to jail.
AS a result of charges OF graft
having been filed against Chief OF
the Fire Department r. Henry Ra-
per, by the Board of Aldermen OF
Elizabeth City. Raper resigned his
resignat ton to take effect In thirty
days.
Fifty-fiye thousand acres Of timber
land in Western North Carolina has
been sold to Letcher-Moore Lumber
Company, of Orange, Tex, at SIS
per acre, or a total of $S25,oOO. This
is the largest timber deal made IN
the South in many years.
Twenty-one children, members OF
party from Grace Methodist Church
Sunday-school, were poisoned Tues
day while picnicking at Carolina
Beach. 1t is supposed they were
poisoned from eating ice cream pur'
chased of a local dealer. 1t is be
lieved no deaths will result, but sew
eral of the patients had close call
Mr.. Berkeley Smith was run Over
| by a log train in the yards of the
Kinston Lumber Company, Jul!
18th, mangled almost beyond recog
nition 1t is not positively known
whether he was killed by the traii
or by the running away of his mule
which became frightened at the ap
proach of the train.
J The Seventh Annual Conference o
| the Southern Wholesale Grocer
opened in the ballroom of the Bat
terry Park Hotel, Asheville, Jul.
18th. The address of welcome wa
delivered by Capt. w. T. Weaver
and the response was by H. A
Forchheimer, of Mobile. This is tn
second time the Wholesale Grocer
have met in this city.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-16
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Continued from Page ID

(CO0II0uoQ from rage l.
fetal misconduct. Appropriations
have increased as our needs de-
mand, while taxes are reduced"
This stable government PROPOSE
ton is a curious performance on the
part of a party of which Governor
Glenn is the head, and yet only last
summer he threatened to defy the
United States and call out the mill
tia to nulify the orders of the Fed
eral courts.
Local improvements are pushed
with vigor" is another sentence in
the paragraph. We have splendid
specimen of this right here where
the night hawks shout in undis-
of the southbound railroad, along
| which the silence of death prevails
except when broken by the boot of
the owl at night or the scream of
the hawk by day, Notwithstanding
we were actively at work on this
road when the last Legislature was
in session, and had spent about two
hundred thousand dollars on work
and in acquiring rights of way. This
is only a sample, and it's counterpart
can be found in some shape in every
community in the State, so that with
such object lessons as this all
around us farther mention of this is
unnecessary. estate institutions
have been managed with credit and
without scandal" Have they? How
Iabout the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima Railroad? How about the tria.
of certain officers and employees Of
the Assembly at Raleigh who were
indicted and tried for the bruta
treatment of an inmate? Has moth
ling ever happened in the peniten
ltiary that has called for an investi
cation? Let the Democratic news
; papers answer these questions ant
then they will expunge this sentence
from their platform. "Appropria
lions have increased, while taxes ar,
: reduced. This is keeping faith t.
: the ear, but breaking it to our hope
/ as Shakespeare says. When ou
: Democratic friends found that the,
, had increased their appropriation
: to point where they could not rails
: imoney enough by taxation to NEE
Ithem under the limit of sc 23 cent
on the hundred dollars worth o
1 property which the Republicans ha
e put in our Constitution, they the
e decided to revalue all of our prop
r erty and raise the price to a poin
where even less than sc 2-3 cent
= would meet all their needs. Thi
: enabled them to come before tn
: people with this plea of reduction
e fair in its face but false as a fact
e and all your readers have to do
r to compare their tax receipts toda
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-16
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

THE campaign for Governor
which covered about a year and
which eliminated In the recent con-
yention Of bitter memory was not
creditabIe TO the good name Of
North Carolina The hard things
that were said in that campaign and
the furious struggle Of the delegates
AS they wrestled night and day for
their favorites were worthy of South
Carolina or Georgia. We hope and
pray that we have passed through
our last political nightmare and that
hereafter this unseemly scramble for
Office will be avoided. Charity and
Children.
Can you believe it? A dicredit-
able Democratic scramble for Office!