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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Mock Court Ends in Real Court Tr;a

ed by Ammon dragged a much-frieht- ened negro before him.
 This man spit on the deck" said one of the gang.
 Make him stand on his head" or dered the court
 The negro made a feeble effort to put his feet in the air and when he was unable to do SO he was made to drink five glasses of water. He be. came i'll suddenly and his tormentors let him go.
 It happened that Sergt. Irwin and six patrolmen. all traffic men in citi- zens dress, were aboard the boat, and as soon as they heard of the court they started mock fight so they could get arrested and see how the court was working.
 Patrolman Fritsch was promptly nabbed as disorderly person and was hurried to where Ammon was holding forth and was charged with fighting
 Let him turn a few handsprings. !" shouted Ammon. but Fritsch, who is a powerful fellow, hurled two of the men aside and walked away. Next day in real court the rowdies paid fines for their fun.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Elephant Collects Pennies in Zoo

keepers practice when the bank was full to take Congo across to the soda fountain nearby and buy him a quart of ice cream out of the days receipts
 At this rate Congo soon learned the value of money. and also began to
 love it-not for its own sake, but for
 what 1t brought him. When Richards
 went for his luncheon a few days ago
 he carefully emptied the bank, leaving Congo with a vacant tin box. When the keeper had finished his meal he hastened back to the faithful Congo. but on the way met four ju bilant urchins, who were dividing 60 cents
 There stood Congo. swaying mourn fully. Beside hin Sultana and Khar
 toum. two other elephants, were hold ing up their educated fellow. who seemed i'll.
 A seedy man standing at the rail ex. plained the case:
 Some boys were just in here with some apples they'd stole, and every
 time they gave the elephant with the
 bank an apple he gave them a cent
 an as soon as they got his last cen, | they beat 1t"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29

TT HERE are the ghosts" in the his
 torieal old Chapel of the Comfort CT at 10 Horatio street. near Jackson square, in New York City! Soren Lindgren. who until recently was sex. ton of the little mission supported by Ascension parish. of which the Rev
 pr. Percy Grant is rector, has not only seen the spirits, but he has taken photographs of two of them
 These strange, mysterious figures, according to MT Lindgren, congregate every evening at the foot of the altar
 It Is weird story MT Lindgren tells of his experiences in the church, where he and his wife, who frankly confesses that none of the ghosts have been visible to her. had their living apartments.
 So interested did the sexton be. come in the movements of the de- parted spirits that he purchased a camera and lay awake at night to take snapshot pictures of them The Lindgrens took up their residence on an upper floor of the church last No vember. and the presence Of the ghosts" was revealed to MT Lindgren the first night he slept there.
 About II o'clock at night" MT
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29

NEW YORK.-There is man in a street district of New York city who has not paid penny of house rent for the last ten years. although he has lived during all that time in hand some apartments in the most fashion able part of town; the smallest of which never is leased for less than S2,5O0 year. Among the very few who know the secret of how he is able to occupy such expensive quar- ters free of charge he is the most en- v1ed man. Yet he himself finds his good fortune something of trial
 He does not know from one month to the next where ne will have to move, He always is the first tenant ot all to move into the house, and when the house begins to fill up he knows he must prepare to get out Then this man who lives rent tree be- gins to wonder where he will have to move to next No sooner has his family made a circle of pleasant ac quaintances among the other newcom- CTS in big apartment house than they have to make some excuse, tele- phone for the moving vans, and have their furniture taken to a new place of abode
 This nomadic New Workers re- moval from one place to another does not cost him anything. except the wear and tear on his furniture, and the labor of getting settled in each new apartment His changing about is part of his days work and arises solely from the fact that he is consid-
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
German Scale for Tipping
Walters Considering Plan to Regulate Fee on Orders Below and
 Above 75 Gents.

Berlin.-The Berlin Walters asso- citation is considering a proposal to fix a scale for tipping. All orders under 75 cents are to be tipped at the rate of 12 per cent, orders for more than 75 cents at the rate of ten per cent.
 This proposal is being discussed edi- toriaIIy, and every one agrees that the tipping system is carried to oppressive lengths, either through the unwilling ness of a part of the public to appear unartistic, and through the shrinking of the other half from getting into un- pleasant controversies with servants over a mark or two. The National Zeitung sees no hope for the public except to endure.
 Various incidents are related of walters assailing customers in brutal language for giving small tips, and in some instances. they have created
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Prof. Ernest D. Burton.

trary rules of conduct, but historical record. And no less an authority than Jesus himself was cited in support of his position.
 "The Bible is not a compendium of truth, nor even of theology" said Dr. Burton. "It is a record of religious and ethical experiences rather than the last authority and a composition of all theological truth, such as it is held to be by most churches.
 Taking the Bible at the beginning and following it through, we find it ever-changing, according to the con ception of the times. We cannot take it as a compendium and opening it say: There is the law; there is the truth"
 Parts of the editorial read as fol- lows:
 What shall we say concerning the commands of Jehovah in the Old Tes- lament to eXterminate the women and children of vanquished foe? How shall we account for the fact that the Old Testament heroes indulged in polygamy, forbidden by our modern laws? How can we teach total ab- stinence from Bible which repre- sents Jesus as partaking of wine at feasts, and which even tells how he miraculously produced wine from wa ter on one occasion when the supply fell short?"
 How, for example, can a Christian gain in intelligent understanding of the issues at stake in the modern con- flict between capital and labor if he simply confine himself to a reading of the Bible? How shall he gain de- fensible moral convictions concerning the ethics of child labor if he confine his attention to literature which never dreamed of the possibility of modern factories and machinery?
 When one turns to the Gospels one cannot fail to be impressed with the way in which Jesus taught moral ity directly from life rather than by the methods of the scribes. He de- termined what was right in any in stance by examining the situation it. self. When sickness needed to be healed the interests of suffering hu- manity were of more importance to him than the Jewish legislation con corning the Sabbath.
 f'Is it not time that we should cease to apologize for this method of Bibli- cal study which has been universally adopted in our seminaries?"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
THIRSTY BUY SNAKE BITES
Harmless, But Connecticut Men Get Drinks Without Registered
 Physicians Prescription.

Winsted, Conn.-Siias Wheaton, re- siding in Hampsted, no-license will lage, is said to be making a good liv- ing selling Cook frost bites," as he calls them, but which in reality are snake bites, to men desirous of get ting liquor in drug stores in no-license towns It costs ten cents to be bitten and Wheaton, his customers say, fur nishes the bandage.
 The snake-bitten man hurries to a druggist, shows him where his skin has been pierced by the snakes fangs and gets quart of something to coun- teract the poison No druggist will de- mand a doctors prescription when a life is in danger.
 Furthermore, Wheaton's snake bites don't cost as much as some physicians ask for prescriptions Wheaton keeps only green and striped snakes, but he says they can bite.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
BIBLE N0T ETHICAL
Thirteen Chicago University Pro- fessors 0. K. the Statement.
Holy Book Is Neither the Compen- dium of Truth Nor Theology, De- cIares an Official Editorial
 in the Biblical World.

Chicago.-The divinity school ot the University of Chicago gave the world another startling bit of advanced the- ology when the 13 editors of the Blpll- cal World put their o. K. on the state ment that the Bible is not compen- dium of ethics and never was intend ed to be.
 The argument appeared in the form of an editorial in the magazine, ol which Prof. Ernest Dewitt Burton, D D., head of the department Of New Testament literature and lnterpreta' tion, is the editor-in-chief. The asso ciate editors are members ot the 1ac' ulty, and their unanimous approval IS necessary before an editorial goes to the printer. Often two or three col laborate on an article.
 The editorial makes the argument that the ethical methods of Jesus were ideal in that they were elastic and ad justed to fit conditions as they were found.
 In an interview Dr. Burton elaborat ed on the presentments made in the editorial in a manner to emphasize what many persons had read between the lines, viz, that Sunday baseball and other personal enjoyment of the Sabbath were not necessarily sinful in the minds of the 13 professors. Dr Burton did not mention baseball in his discourse nor did he mention saloons but he left room for some very plain inferences As did the editorial, he held that the Bible was not an iron clad depository of truth and arbi
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
WOULD HAVE
 BEEN DEAD
Says Temple Clark, of Pope,- Had It Not Been For Cardui,
 Now in Good Health.

Pope, Tenn.-"As the result of & fall from a horse, l suffered intense agony for about years," writes Mrs Temple Clark, of this place. 'I was irregular and had falling feelings and other womanly trouble. At last l was induced to take Cardui, the womans tonic, and it helped me a great deal I certainly believe if it had not been for Cardui and Thedford's Black Draught, I would have been dead, in- stead of having the blessing of health.
 q love a dollar, but l have never seen one I think as much of as I do of a bottle of Cardui. I could tell great deal more and not get tired. I recom- mend it to all my friends, for I am sure it will cure others as it has me-"
 Remember that Cardui is a yege- table extract composed of valuable medicinal ingredients, which build up vitality, tone up the nerves and strengthen the womanly constitution.
 For over 50 years, Cardui has been in successful use. It's merit is proven and known. Using 1t is no new expe- riment. It has stood the greatest of all tests-the test of TIME.
 NOTE-The Cnrdui Home Treatment for Women, consists of CarduI ($Il, ThedfOrd's BlaclL-Draught (25c), or VeIVo {50c), for the liver, and Carduf Antiseptic (50c). These remedies may be taken singly, by themselves, if de- sired, or three together, ns "A complete treatment for women's ills. Write tOs Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co.,, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Special Instructions, and 64-page book. "Home Treatment for WOmen," sent in plain wrapper, request.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Sexton Finds Ghosts in a Church

I Lindgren said, T heard a rap cn the door of my bedroom Positive that l had locked the front doors. I was puzzled to know how any one could have entered. I threw open the door and standing in the dark hallway I saw the figure of an old man with q long flowing gray beard I asked what he wanted and instantly the figure vanished.
 Tt was several weeks before the old man again made his appearance Determined to investigate the matter l followed the old man into the church. Hardly a second had elapsed until I found the strange figure at my side
 Be not afraid he assured me This building was once a dance hall and it was here that I wasted a for. | tune which had been left to me by my father, who was an Italian noble man. l killed man in this very ! room. Yes. stabbed him in the back l stole the money to buy rum, and her l am physical wreck
 Early the next night" he said. "as the old man approached the altar fixed my camera in position and gave the picture a long exposure. Mrs Lindgren was with me and we went directly to our apartment and devel oped the picture. Only the white out. lines of the mans face, head and beard were shown in the photograph but by using pencil on one of the negatives. succeeded in drawing an excellent likeness of the mysterious | figure"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29

THE Yemassie Haymakers, a West side organization in New York city, whose members say they are henchmen of Leader The McManus, had an outing at College Point and the last installment came home by way of the East Thirty-fourth street ferry at 1:30 o'clock in the morning. They jammed the ferryboat. Manhat- tan Beach, and there were also aboard a number of outsiders returning to their homes.
 As soon as the boat started Charles Ammon, 30 years old, 567 Tenth ave nue, called some of the picnickers to- gether and announced in no soft tones that he was going to open court and that as judge he would sentence every one brought before him for disorder ly conduct.
 The idea was taken up readily and soon several of the officers appoint
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Mouse Leaps from Owners Hat il Crowded Car and Other Women
 Jump for Places of Safety.

Ampere, N. LA mouse so affec- donate that he hid in the hat of his mistress rather than let her go to Montclair without him, caused panic in car of the 1:0S train. The only composed person in the car was Lib bic Mishell, owner of the mouse. She laughed at the other women when she saw their alarm at the fat little mouse that ran in and out of her hat and did stunts on it's brim.
 Kill iti kill it!" the woman who was sitting nearest to Miss Mishell ex- claimed.
 Don't you dare!" Miss Mishell ex- claimed indignantly "The very idea of killing my pet mouse Why, he loves me so much that he decided to take this trip to Montclair rather than be parted from me even for few hours. Don't you dare kill it!"
 One of the women appealed to the brakemen of the train, who was pass ing through the car.
 That lady has a mouse in her hat anu SIlS WOu loJ dHy DOuy XIII IL, IuG complainant said, drawing her skirts just little tighter.
 Are you sure it is a mouse in her hat and not rat in her hair?" the brakman inquired.
 Certainly I'm sure. Didn't it run out few minutes ago and sit up on the brim of the hat and wink at me The bold thing! Why it might get on the floor and"
 q know. I know," the brakeman said hastily. 'Tt's terrible risk. Let me see what the regulations say about that.''
 Just then the mouse leaped from Miss Mishell's hat and landed on the back of the seat occupied by the ex- cited complainant. She jumped so high willow plume in her hat became entangled in the emergency brake cord and the train came to sudden stop. The affectionate little mouse then scampered to the floor, and the women took to the high places on the seats. The brakeman made a hurried
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Apartment House Mascot and His Job

cred as mascot or a fororunner Of good fortune for a certain rich man, who owns a great deal of Manhattan real estate, and who is continually i'm proving 1t by putting up large apart ment houses
 One of the crucial periods in the life of an apartment house is when it just has been completed, and it is desired to fill it with tenants. All the apartment houses owned by this rich man are managed by the firm of agents in whose employ is this mascot who never pays rent Just how the superstition started is not xnown, but that the man who believes in it has grounds for such belief that are sat isfactoroy to himself is evident from it's long continuancee
 When new apartment house be- longing to this great landlord is fin ished. the lucky clerk in the agents | office Is notified that his quarters will be ready for him on such and such day. His apartment is the first to be completed. The other apartments may be still in the hands of painters and decorators and the halls may be filtered with shavings and broken plaster, But this professional first tenant has to have his household be- longings moved in and get them ar ranged as artistically as possible with
 But his field of usefulness is not confined exclusively to new structures. It sometimes happens that an un- profitable number of vacancies occur in one of the older structures.
 Strong in the belief in this mans magnetic qualities. the landlord tele- phones him to move in a hurry to the apartment house whose list of ten ants is dwindling Even in such seeming desperate cases as this, where the apartment house is less attractive than a newer building, the mascot s luck seems to warrant the landlords s confidence in it.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
! FISH COVER THE SEA
K0il from Wrecked Steamer Kills 3ndreds of Fish, Large and
 @maII, Says Sea Captain.

Francisco.-According to the n the barkentine City of Pa- (which arrived here the other sea near Point Arena was lit |eovered with dead fish when &sel passed that part of the apeete was sailing along over ratively smooth sea, when she a shoal of dead fish, large and Hd apparently of all varieties. rew of the barkentine was in ko attribute the presence of
 which had evidently been 5nly a few hours before, to disturbances. But seafaring ko heard the story and who f the recent wreck of the
 Winnebago, said that the
 of dead fish was probably he breaking of the fuel tanks trecked vessel and consequent of large quantities of crude the ssa.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29

HDICK" RICHARDS, keeper at the
 U Bronx Zoo, in New York city. be- lieved until few days ago that the high road to riches lay in simply catching an elephant. hanging a tin bank on the animal and then teaching him to beg money from the public and ring a bell whensoever he put a pen ny in the bank.
 Richards faith in the integrity of elephants was sublime thing. but now he holds elephants to be not only immoral. but capable of almost human imhecility.
 In short, 1t was Richards who a year ago taught the Bronx elephant Congo to beg pennies and put them in a bank, for which the huge beast has heen famous ever since. It was the
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
From Ballet to Bar.

Lucerne.-Mlle. Maria Rutkowska, one time mistress of the imperial bal. let corps of St. Petersburg, who aban. doned the stage some five years ago to study law at Zurich, has just passed her final examinations, which gives her the privilege of practicing in the Swiss courts of justice. Mile. Rutkow- ska has in effect applied to be admit. ted on the barristers' roll of Lucerne.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
scenes by throwing the tips across the room, and humiliating the tipper.
 The suggestion has been made that the police regulate the whole ques- tiOn
Women Can't Keep Secret.

London.-A curious protest was made the other day against the em- ployment of women clerks in the Bank Bank of England. One of the share holders raised the subject at the halt yearly meeting of the court of gov ernorS.
 "They should not be here," he said ''They ought not to be in this estab lishment. They cannot keep a secret You know they cannot. It is impos sible."
 T cannot think the speaker is right" said R. B. Johnson, governor "in saying women clerks should not be employed at the bank. They are well adapted for the work they have tn de-"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
PROFITS OF FOREST

cording to the very latest report, the various German states having produc- tive communal forests are: Prussia, 6,309,1 109 acres; Bavaria, 2,041 ,450 acres; Wurtemburg, 466,203 acres; Alsace-Loraine, 373,417 acres; Baden (domains), 39,S96 acres: Hessia Estate and domains), 177,923 acres; Prussia crown, 165,492 acres, and Feursten- berg, 74,493 acres.
 In Hessia forests are being planted upon land hitherto devoted to aSricul- ture.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
tactical Value of Woodlands in \ Germany Is Immense.
e-Third of Area of State of Baden Devoted to This Industry, Which f Yield Big Gains-Acreage of f Other States.

Philadelphia, Pa.-In view of the |eral interest in municipal or com hal forests, as advocated in this |htry by the American Civic associ- "a, the report obtained by s. B. Dit of the Pennsylvania forest re- {e commission concerning the prac- l yal1le of such woodlands in Ger
 2 remarkable document. This kS the actual profits obtainable n public forests, according to the &rican Civic association.
 Mere are 1,342,944 acres of forests hden, which state has a total area 8726,665 acres. Of the wooded IS, 577,4 ,465 are owned by communi- Eand corporations. In Baden 1850 the 1,564 communities have forests Fin addition, 2S7 schools, churches, |pitals and other similar corpora IS are engaged in practical forestry. lm these public forests there are fNed to be cut yearly 261,724,300 nd feet of timber, which has a le of $3.600.0OO free of expense of |ting.
 " an instance of the communal for M the city of Baden has 1G,576 4&s, the income from which is $100.- as against an outlay of $33,391, so
 the net profit is $66,0S0, or ap- |xlmately $6.25 an acre. In Erie the forests cover S,085 acres, esenting a total income of 1884, with an outlay of $37,330, or a H of $46,386, or $5.79 an acre. In elburg, the forests cover CISCO
 The income is $39,S34 and the "a $27,189, showing profit of 35. Heidelburg still is acquiring
 and that expense necessarily re- its net income.
 the village of Braunlingen, which 1s601 inhabitants and 4,507 acres
 Fests, there is an allowance to &itizens for frewood and 10000
 feet of lumber is given to Ehes, schools and other public in
 Hons. From the timber sold the
 fcome is $21,60O and Braunlingen
 only free from all communal
 but is enabled to establish cleo
 3iants, water works and other
 improvements.
 6n in the village of Aufen, with
 R2O inhabitants, there are 163
 ssst timber lands. This gives
 uoard feet of firewood to each
 and the S5,000 board feet of ! $f sold nets more than $1,4OO, ts sufficient for all expenses of ||llftle community.
 4&6e advantages of public forests Y lie multiplied to the number of Community having them. Ac-
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29

An aching back is instantly relieved by an application of Sloan's Liniment.
 This liniment takes the place of massage and is better than sticky plasters. It penetrates without rubbing through the skin and muscular tissue right to the bone, quickens the blood, relieves congestion, and gives permanent as well as temporary relief.
 Here's the Proof.
 MT. JAMES c. LEE, of HOO 9th St.. s. E., Washington, DC, writes "Thirty years ago 1 fell from scatfold and seri- ously injured my back. l suffered terri ply at times from the small of my back all around my stomach was just as if I had been beaten with a club. I used every plaster I could get with no relief Sloan's Liniment took the pain right out, and 1 can now do as much ladder work as any man in the shop, thanks to
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Snake Swallows Calf.

Chardon, O.-Hambden is excited since that locality has become the abiding place of monster black snake, which stretches the width of the roadway, being nearly 15 feet long. A calf belonging to John Makes dis appeared and the opinion is that the big snake has made meal of it. Some think the reptile escaped from a menagerie.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
Corn for Scotch Grog.

ington.-American corn is used more extensively than that of any other country in the manufacture of Scotch whisky when the price is reasonable, says Consul J. McCunn of Glasgow. Scotch distillers use about '330000 quarters of 4S0 pounds each" annually. In 1908 $1,3O9,3Ov worth of Scotch whisky was imported into the United States.