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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
CoNGR ES s.

Senator Bailey Delivers Set Speech on
1ariff.
Washington, April 27.-Denouncing
the principle of a protective tariff as
unfair in taking money from one man
to give 1t to another In order to en-
courage him In the pursuit Of an other
wise Improbable business. Senator
Bailey OF Texas yesterday delivered a
set speech on the Democratic side in
opposition to the pending tariff bill.
Both the floor and the galleries were
crowded.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
kills Self With SHOTGUN.

DEBORAH, Iowa. April a. = Harry
Webster. a stock buyer. locked him
self in building yesterday and with
shotgun shot himself In the head, in
nicting wounds from which he died
soon after. Business reyerses are
supposed to have been responsible for
the act
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Factory Men Fined,

saltwater. April 2s.-P. ]. Karpen.
factory inspector of the state labor
bureau and state truant agent, made
examples In the municipal court yes
terday morning of persons violating
the compulsory education law. Two
prominent owners of wooden box fac
tories and a father Of a truant boy
were fined s. each for violating the
law.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Ago Bar to Job; Man Hangs Self.

Minneapolis, April 27.-Toid by the
boss at a lumber mill where he APP
piled for employment that he was too
old to work. Napoleon Pleasant. aged
sixty years, went into the woods at
Thirty-sixth avenue north and Fourth
street and hanged himself TO the
limb OF a tree.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Firemen 10 Meet Al cloouet.

Cloquet, Mimi. April 2S.-The an
uual state flremen's convention will
be held in Il In city June 8. and about
500 visiting flremen are expected.
representing over 200 departments in
the state.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
COMMISSION IS NAMED.
Gov. johnson Appoints Men to Com.

Gov. Johnson Appoints Men to Com
pile Employers Liari.ity Act.
st. Paul, April 2S.-W. E. McEwen
pr st. Paul. George Gillette and II. v.
Mercer. the two latter o: Minneapolis,
have been named by Gov. Johnson a.
The commission authorized by the Leg
stature for the compilation OF data
looking to the presentation of an EN-.
ployers' liability act to the next legis.
lature.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30

Washington. April 2s.- Instruction
and practice of militia batteries and
target practice will be held at an en-
campment OF regulars at Sparta, Wis,
in July and August, in which batteries
of state troops will be drilled by army
oficerS.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
FLOUR PLANT RAzED BY FLAMES
Montevideo Elevator and Mill Suffer
$4,000 Loss by Fire,

Montevideo, Minn.,., pril Il. - Fire
destroyed tho Monte' ldeo roller mill
and elevator, cont aiming 5000 bushels
OF wheat II started from q hot box
on a wheat scourer.
The loss Is estimated at 500, 900,
with $4,000 insurance.
One miller suffered badly burned
hands while ate nptins 10 put out the
hre and he had TO jump to save his
life.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
eabeoek's Condition crltIeal.

Washington. April 27.-Former Rep
resentatiye Joseph w. Babcock Of
wisconsin. who has been seriously III
at his home in this city for several
weeks. Is reported to be h . critical
condition.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Town Wrecked by Tornado.

Oklahoma City. April 2S.-Sixteen
persons were injured. one perhaps IA
tally, in a tornado which destroyed .
large part Of the town OF Centrahoma.
near here. yesterday. Not a building
In the town remains wholly intact.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
HEAVY WIND At GAINESVILLE.


Heavy Clouds Of Dust Cause Darkness
to Reign in Town.
GAINESVILLE, Mimi. April %. - The
worst dust and wind storm in years
struck this place Monday afternoon.
the dense clouds OF dust completely
obscuring the sun from view. TIE
wind blew a gale Of thirty-five miles
an hour and filled the business places
and residences with fine particles.
The storm Is believed to have cover.
ed a large area.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
GIRL Is MANGLED aY DOG.

hslehbor's Children Set Animal on
Child for Fun.
st. Cloud. MIMI, April 27.-Leubell
Sheldon. the ten-year-old daughter of
Harlow NJ. Sheldon OF Sank Rapids,
was badly bitten by a dog. The child
was sent to a neighbor's on an er-
rand, when several children I'm fun set
the dog en- the girl. The animal be-
came enrased and tore large piece
OF flesh from the child's body. Tho
dog was Immediately killed and It's
head sent TO the state laboratory for
examination. II Is not known whether
or not the dog was mad.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Shoots Man: Kills ee,s.

Bentonyille, Ark. April q. - After
he had fired ON e. Miller. the bullet
passing through the mans coat. but
fniicting no injury. C. Graham. seven.
ty-eight years Of age shot and killed
himself yesterday.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
NOT "cEN. MACKENZIE NOW.
Government snag Boats Name Chang
ed to "David TIpton,"

Clinton, Iowa, April 27.-In accord.
ance with q governmental order to
the effect that the name Of living men
cannot be borne by stes mers in the
government service. the old familiar
Gen. Mackenzie. the ''snag puller" OF
the upper Mississippi river. came out
this spring under the name David Tip.
ton. Few recognized the big side
wheeler as the old Mackenzie when
she came into the Clinton levee. Sew
eral other government steamers ap-
pear this spring under new names
because Of the governments order.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30

Necgmen Enter postoffiee.
New Richmond. Wis. April 2s.-The
postofiice at Jewett. Wis. was entered
by yeggmen and the safe carried out
OF the store and completely dsmolish-
ed by nitroglycerin. The safe contain
ed $50 in stamps. none OF which was
taken
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Roosevelt and Son III,

Roosevelt and Son I'll.
Nairobi. East Africa, April 2S-Both
Theodore Roosevelt and his son Ker-
NIT are indisposed rs q result OF their
recent hunting activity and their jour
ney to the ranch Of Sir Alfred Peass
on the Athi river. They are resting.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
SKIRTS CATCH IN MACHINE.
Duluth Laundry Girl 10 Stripped an
Seriously Bruised.

SERIOUSLY 6rutsed.
Duluth, April 81. - Agnes Busse, a
young girl employed In the Home
laundry. had a terrible experience as
. result OF an accident. She WAS en-
ployed on one OF the managers and her
skirts got caught In the machinery.
She was literally stripped of her
clothing and she received some ugly
bruises on the head and body. The
girl was hurried to q hospital. Her
condition Is serious.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
BOY KILLS HIS BROTHER.
North Dakota Lad Shot Through tn,
LUNGS and Instantly Killed,

Lungs and Instantly Killed.
Eckman. N. D.. April rs. Bryan
Boil, the thirteen-yesr-old son Of
Charles Boil, was shot through the
lungs and killed by his brother
Roy, aged fifteen years. while they
were hunting gophers. Roy thought
there was blank cartridge in the gun
and pointing at his brother said he
was going 10 shoot him.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-30
Ice Blocks Flfty-nins Lake Boats.

NV0 OtOSMD pHky'Hu9 1uNu 00AIU.
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. April H.
With the ice blockade In Whitsflsh
bay completely blocking navigation
between here and Lake Superior. Nifty
nine vessels are lying at tho 500 wait
ing for tho blockade to be broken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
100000 WHlTEFIsH EGGS.
Distributed Among Five Matching Jars
in Aquarium's Model Hatchery.

The aquarium now has in its model
fish hatchery 100000 whitefish eggs
received from the United States fish
hatchery at Worthwhile. Mich These
eggs are distributed in five Matching
jars. the bunch of 100000 in each oc-
cupying about two-thirdS of the space
in the jar and resting on the bottom.
They are of grayish white in color.
and each tiny egg now shows two
black specks, the marks of the coming
fish'S eyes.
A stream of water running in at the
top of the jar keeps the eggs in it all
the time aerated and keeps the mass
Of eggs constantly gently seething;
ahother pipe. a siphon. leading from
the top of the jar to a nearby tank.
carries off the surplus water. and when
the little fishes hatch out of the eggs
the rise in the water of the lar and
sooner or later they are caught in the
current that leads to the siphon, and
are carried over through it from the
jar to the tank
me water in which whitefish eggs
would be deposited in nature would De
OF temperature of about 49, and in
such water the eggs would hatch out
IN about l25 days; the water in the
Jars mere is of a temperature Of 4S.
ana IN SUCH water whitefish eggs hatch
out in about 100 days. The little
"hltehsh from these eggs are expected
to appear in a few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07

the air is prepared in compressed FORM
A few days ago, when an apartment III
Washington's fashionable Connecticut
avenue district became too warm ana
the hostess complained of the stufh-
ness of the atmosphere. her Vlsltor'
who was just back from Paris, hanoed
her a brown tablet and told her 10
dissolve it in water. The tablet
dubbed away at a great rate. and the
hostess said she felt relieved; the stale
air seemed to become pure and brac-
ing; in fact, it was oxygen1Zed.
bought these tablets in France SAID
the visitor "They are the invention
OF the acetylene specialist. They are
a combination of chemicals that IN
water give off oxygen in abundance
The tablets are in winter very popular
in France. where one is considered
equal to a window wide open for an
hour "-Pathfinder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
Defining Seven.

How would you define "seven?" The
standard Dictionary says it is lone
more than SIX" Webster's calls it zone
more than six. or one less than eight,
the abridged Webster saws il is GIVE
and two and the Century says it is
ive and two and the Century's def
milton runs 'one more than six. the
sum of three and four" In metrolobv
mat u.s. the science of weights and
measures-seven is comparatively rare.
Tie seven days of the week form :.
striklng example of it's use however
schoiars nave found, too. that the
Egyptians cubic contained seven hand
nreadths. Cubic" is from the Latin
cup cao'tum'" the elbow, or the distance
from lhe elbow to the end of the mid
die finger. The Roman cubit was ~
homan feet. or ia English inches. hut
.ne royal Egyptian cubic, used in the
n'"iding Of the pyramids of Gizeh nor.
maps $500 b. c., has been learned from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
FROM PHoENIclANs.
We Got It From Greeks and They
From the Hebrews.

When we speak of our 3 C's as
our alphabet" we are using word
hoary with age, that as far back as
we can trace 1t, came from the eastern
shore of the Mediterranean sea, thous-
ands of years before the Hebrews went
up there and took possession of the
land of Canaan.
Back OF the people who occupied that
land before the events Of Exodus were
written we are not able to trace the
word, for we have not sufficient knowl-
edge Of them or Of their chronological
history before we find them in Canaan.
1t has been only within recent years
that we have been able to know that
the word "alphabet'' came to us from
the Phoeniciars. Before that we sup
posed tt at it came to LIS from the He
brews, through the Greek.
AS we say "A c" the Greeks said
alpha beta (the first two letters of
their alphabetl which when it reached
us became alphabet" This we sup
posed had come to the Greeks from
the Hebrews. who called their first two
letters "alph" and BETH but since
then we have found that both the
Greeks and the Hebrews got the word
'alphaDet from the same source Wllch
was tho PhoenicianS.
The people of Phoenicia had the same
letters. "alph' and 'beth." which have
suffered but little change in sound
down to our A and B.
Alph meant simply an OK. the sign
Of it being a conventional ox's head.
with the lower part of the face turned
slightly to it's right, and beth meant
house. which was pictured by the
rude outline Of primitive dwelling
which had a superfiuous line added to
distinguish it from other characters
very like it. as we place tail on a
Q to distinguish it from o.
SO the first two letters of our A B C's
were originally an OK and a house and
gave the name of all of the 26 letters
which, we call our alphabet. New
York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
CLEANING AND GOSSIP.

The women of Smyrna do not like to
use ewing-machines that are run by
pedals
1t is said that the City of Mexico is
suffering because of lack of plumb
ers. 1t doesn't know when it is well
off
4 woman died in Pennsylvania last
week who was 80, but could never be
persuaded to ride on a railroad train.
The Philadelphia Press says that the
place should seek the man. 1t is try
ing tc in Pittsburg, where the graft
cases are on.
A health inspector at Latrobe. Pa.
recently found man. three women,
three children. a calf and a dog living
in the same room.
A German newspaper says that by
spreading potatoes over a layer of
coke that they will keep in good con-
dition and never sprout
The old bee sting cure for rheuma-
tism appears to be coming into favor
again. Those who have been stung
will put lots of faith in it,
A couple appeared in a Los Angeles
court the other day and wanted a
divorce because they could not agree
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Emergency Clause.
portland EXpress.)

Some of the Democrats in the Leg
islature and at least one Democratic
newspaper, have shown signs of ind
inc fault with the emergency clause
which provides that the exemption or
any bill from the operation of the ref
erendum may be secured if it is de-
signed to meet an emergency and Is
finally passed by vote of tWo-thrds
of all the members elected to the two
Houses. The taking up of this matter
as party cry against the Republicans
indicates something of how small a
thing Democratic politicians must
grasp in order to get q hearing before
the people of Maine. They might be
asked if they would provide for no
means by which necessary legislation
could become Immediately effective,
however great the need. but there IS
little satifaction in asking Maine
Democratic politicians direct ques-
ton. They all have q way of slipping
out from direct answers. With the
referendum as a part of the ConStitu-
ton it is necessary. as a matter OF
public safety. that there he some
means by which. in cases of cmer-
gency, it may be possible to actually
enact legislation by the men elected
for that purpose. No safer method
can be devised than the one provided
by the constitution, namely that when
in the judgment of twO-thirds of the
Legislature an emergency exists that
requires that the operation of the ref
ercndum be- suspended in that par
ticuldr case, said referendum may be
suspended And so far as the Demo-
cratic criticism of the Republicans Is
concerned it is fact that had the
Republicans this Winter attempted to
put through under the emergency
clause any legislation that did not con-
stitute an emergency. and to which
the exemption did not properly apply
the minority party in the House had
ample numerical strength to prevent
such a measure from receiving an af-
tirinailve vote of tWO-thirdS of all the
members elected to that body. The eff
fort to make political capital out of
the affirmative votes of the members
of their own party is exceedingly
childish and shows that the party has
no longer any great issues upon which
it hopes to add to its strength as ali
organization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
Power Of Suns RAYS.

We receive warmth and light from
the sun. but the most of us think little
about the enormous power vested in
our luminary. The most satisfactory
way of arriving at an idea of it's tire
mendous energy is by measuring the
amount Of heat which it's rays are ca
pable of generating: and. further by
| our knowledge of the relation which
exists between heat and mechanical
work. we are able to estimate the
amount of work which the sun is ca
pable of doing. and also the quantity
of energy it must be losing year by
year.
BY suitable arrangements we can
cause certain quantity of it's radia-
ton To- he absorbed by water or other
substance. and note the rise of tenn
perature which results, and. as we
know the mechanical equivalent of
each degree of temperature in water,
it is only matter of calculation to
arrive at a knowledge of the suns en-
orgy Like everything else connected
| with this wonderful body. figures give
us no adequate conception of its vast
energy. and various illustrations have
been used by different investigators.
Thus Herschel considered it in rcla-
tion 10 the quantity of ice which it
would melt in a given time, and states
that the amount of heat which the
"artn receives when the sun is over
head would melt an inch thickness of
ice in two hours and thirteen minutes
From this it can be calculated that if
the body of the sun were entirely sur
rounded by a sheet of ice on it's surface
of more than mile in thickness the
sunt heat would entirely melt this
coating of ice in the same time-name-
ly, two hours and thirteen minutes
Another scientist uses an even more
striking illustration. He says: IF we
could build UP a solid column of ice
from the earth to the sun, two miles
and a quarter in diameter. spanning
the irconce;vable abyss of $4,000, 900
miles, and if then the sun should dis
solve ard melt, not in an hour. nor in
minute. but in d single second; one
swing ofsthe pendulum and it would be
water; seven more seconds and it
would be dissipatcd in vapor"
Of course, Of this enormous quantity
of heat the earth receives but a small
fraction. The rest, except what the
other heavenly bodies receive, passes
away into space and is lost forever, so
far as can be asccrtained.
1t is by this enormous supply of en-
ergy that the whole world is kept alive
and active. 1t keeps us warm, and
drives our steam engines and water
wheels; 1t circulates our atmosphere
and brings us rain and snow; it grows
and nourishes our plants and animals,
and, in a word, is the source of almost
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07
POI THEIR STAFF OF LIFE
It Is to the Hawaiians What Bread Il
to the Rest Of the World,

What bread is to the American or
European poi is to the native Hawaii.
an. No meal is complete without if
and for the great majority of the ma
tives it forms the principle article of
diet.
Poi is made from a tuberous root
about the size of large sweet potato
1t is first baked and afterwards pound
ed up with water until d smooth paste
is obtained. much resembling a wheat
flour paste, except that the color is
pale pink or purple.
This paste is allowed to ferment
slightly and is then ready for use. For
merly each family prepared its own
poi. the work being done by the men.
as. in fact. were most other cooking
operations. Poi factories, in which ma
chinery grnds and mikes the material.
have largely surplanted the old method
Many of the white residents of the
island eat poi to almost the extent of
the natives, hut the taste is largely ac-
quired ard strangers seldom care for it.
Pei has q high food value according to
Health Culture, md since it formed the
principal food of the old Hawaiians
some persons credit it with the splen-
did physical development of the race.
Poi was always eaten from wooden
bowls and calabashes and was convey
ed to the mouth by the fingers. one, two
or three being employed. according to
the consistency of the food, which fact
establishes designation of one. two
or three finger poi. White poi-eaters
now usually employ fork or spoon in
lieu OF fingers, although it is still COM
mon even In the highest families to give
native dinners or "luaus" at which
knives and forks are tabooed and fin
gers only are use.
There is as much etiquette among the
Hawaiians in eating with the fingers as
with modern table implements. and the
graceful motion by which a portion OF
poi is twisted up on the fingers and
transferred to the mouth would not
slock the scnsibilties of the most re-
fined. An Invitation to a real luau at
which loi. naked pig. fish baked in
leaves and cocoanut in various forms
were the chief features of the menu is
an experience which every visitor to
Hawaii sincerely coverts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-07

ON Friday of this week the national
House will take it's final vote upon the
Payne tariff bill, and then it will GO
to the Senate to be discussed and also
to be very much amended. Nobody
knows how much time the Senate will
deVote to the measure but it is safe
to assert that it will be more than the
House has consumed. Judging from
past experiences the Senate will send
the bin back to the House with many
changes The Constitution gives the
legislation; but if it enjoys any adj
vantage over the Senate by constitu-
tional grant it has largely lost it by
failure 70 insist on it's prerogatives
III nearly every tariff bin of recent
years the Senate has made a crazy
quilt patchwork of the House bill. and
then has forced the House to accept
from two-thirds to -fifthS of its
amendments. For instance, as the
DingIcy bill finally passed the Senate
in 1897 it carried ST. amendments
perhaps more than any other tariff
About so per cent. of these were finally
agreed to by the House certainly more
than had ever been accepted by that
body on any other tariff bill. The act
was finally passed on July "a.
In an interesting article in the New
York Globe and Commercial Advertis-
or, Frederic J. Haskin thus sums up
the operations of the present tariff
law: Not only has the Dngiey tar
iii been on the statute books longer
than any other tariff measure ever
enacted, but it has been the greatest
seen. out of the eleven billion dollars
collected by the customs houses of the
U.liteL States since the foundation of
tie government. some three billion has
cone from the operation of the Dingley
law. This is more than was collected
unuer all tariff laws up to the close
of the Civil war. 1t is many times
more than ever was collected under
amy other general tariff The top
notch reached during single year I'M
de- the Walker tdriff-the next In
leugth of lite-was $4,000. 900, as COM
pared with $685.. 900. 900 under the Ding
ley law. which was the record for the
fiscal year ending June so, 1907
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Rapid Nitration.

Vibration is extremely feeble in win
ter and at temperatures below 40 de-
grees F. almost entirely ceases. 1t IS
most active at about SO degrees F.. to
~ degrees F., and is more rapid in the
dark than in bright sunlight. At tenn
peratures above 100 degrees f. the for
nation of nitrates rapidly decreases
and at 131 degrees F. entirely ceases
AS we have Just stated. it has been no.
ticed that the nitric ferment thrives best
IN the dark and hence one good reason
Tor making compost beds under SHEDS
or in sheltered situations When 50
made the conditions for nitrifcaton are
protected from the teaching action OIL
storms.
To insure rapid nitrifcation all the
food elements required by the nitric
ferment must he present. The ash In
gradients of plants. phosphates. ammo
ma, carboEacous matter and an excess
OF oxygen must be present.
Peat containing much copperas. coal
tar. Sas lime containing sulphites ana
snlphides. kill the ferment The nitrate
1erment is developed during the SLOW
decay of organic matter in all soils.