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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
TRUST .0RGAN|Ifl TO REFORM
TIL. MOVING eIURE SHOWS

NJ t. He studies his audience. He
knows that Wednesday afternoon
audience is different from a Satur-
day night audience. He gives the
women and children their kind of
pictures on Wednesday. Then, il
he wants to, he changes the films
for Saturday, night.
This moving picture man has
learned by experience that, II his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
THE DOC. DID THIS.

On the o. X. of DR.. J. II. Hoxsey.
physician at the poor farm, the
county has expended 81 for bottle
of patent medicine for one of the
inmates. Il Is considered an ,un,
usual thing for regular physician
- prescribe . patent medie:ne.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

Nesv Cabriolet Hat
Looks Like a Load
Of Garden Truck

a Well, here it Is! What? Why,
the new cabri0let or beehive hat.
1T may look to some like cart OF
freshly gathered garden truck. but
The milliners declare it is thing OF
beauty.
Not half as wide as the Merry
Widow. 1t is called conservative
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03

Joyed by the Apaches is due to their really won. derfu organization. They form a community by 'neneeNes' apart from all the rest of Paris, With their own laws, courts and executioners; their secret passwords and almost their own language, for the argot they use is practically uninteilglole to others. Merciless toward their Vlctllns they are no less merciless in punshing those or their own number who are convicted of treachery.
 A few years ago one Painbanc was accused or belng In league with the police. He was for mally brought to trial the judge being a leader Known as 'TEspagnol." The charge against Palnbanc was not fully proved but his loyalty was so doubtful that he was sentenced to exile. Rising from his chair in the obscure dive where the trial was being held he hurled his knife at PEspagnol with unerrng accuracy and the judge Tell dead with the blade in his heart The police rushed in and carried Panblanc to prison, the Apaches making no effort to him.
 Another alleged traitor was Albert Durin He was condemned to death and two Apaches tied him to the rails of a tunnel of the Belt Line railway of Paris. He found before a train passed and rescued How many traitors have been executed by their comrades it is impossible to know, for only in such cases as the foregoing do the police learn about the operations of the tribunals"
 The Apache highwayman operates swiftly and skillfuly, and lone strangers in the streets of Paris never safe from his attacks His favo- rite method, known as "le coup du Pere Fran cois," is to strangle his victim by twisting handkerchief about his neck. After robbing the senseless man, the thug frequently will kill him with the knife, for the Apaches seem to delight in wanton murder done in what they choose to consider artistic" way. If the criminal is arrested, score of his companions spring up apparently from the very pavement and unless the police are in force they are speedily routed and the prisoner is rescued
 An observant visitor in Paris may see Apaches, male and female, almost any street. but it is in the Place de la Roquette that they are to be found in crowds on ocasicn. There is set up
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03
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the recently restored guillotine. and whenever there is to be an execution the Apaches flock from all districts of the city to witness the ghastly sight Silently they stand, gazing at the grim instrument of death. until the condemned individual is brought forth. Then jeers and howls break forth from the crowd, and as the knife falls the Apaches rush forward to dip their handkerchiefs in the blood. These they preserve as souvenirs, or sell them to the degenerates of the upper classes.
 Strangely enough, the male Apa- ches nearly all look alike. They are hollow-cheeked, dark-haired, furtive- eyed, shambling of gait and sallow of comprehensive easily recognized among the throngs on the streets. The women on the other hand as a rule, are handsome, spirited and in- telligent. They dress well and give especial attention to the care of their hair, which they never cover with a hat. All of them, men and women, profess to follow some trade as safeguard against the occasional raids of the police on their haunts.
 Official Paris is somewhat dis mayed by the rapidly growing men, ace of these Apaches bands. The number of robberies and murders at tributable to them is increasing monthly, and as the victims very often are travellers from foreign lands. the crimes are having an apprecib5le effect on tourist business.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03

First Flag to Float Over North American Soil.
 Red Cross of St George" banner O Richard Couer de Lion in 192, planted at Labrador by Se- bastan Cabot in 191 the royal ensign Henry VII the Island of San Salvador, one of the Bahamas, and again in 149S at the mouth of the Orinoco in South America; but the first flag to float the soil of the North American continent of which his tory tells planted on the shore of Labrador in 1497 by Sebastian Cabot
 The first stage of evolution was marked two years before the settlement of Jamestown, when James I. of England, in honor of the union placed the diagonal white cross of St. Andrew with the red cross of St. George, both upon blue field. This is the first blending of the American national colors known to history. The red, white and blue is therefore old the country as it appeared in the flags which foated the Virginia settle ment and the flag of the Mayfower and of Plymouth
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03

that "Old Glory mature at it's birth. But it's infancy dates back to the earliest recorded American history.
 At the time of the birth of "The Star Spangled Banner tradition and verified history had marked some 500 years since the advent of the first European upon American soil. The Norseman and the Danes landed upon the northeastern shores of this continent several times between the years 9S6 and 1900, is proven by their records
 In 1492 Columbus planted the flag of Spain on
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03

save for the loss of one eye and the presence of many scars, the re- suits of her numerous boulevard battles. She was elaborately tat tooed and was mighty proud of that adorn- ment. Chiffonnette's ca reer came to an un- timely end last New Years day, when she engaged in a desperate fight with another woman whom she hat ed. Cheered on by a crowd of her male and female subjects, the queen finally stabbed her antagonist to death with a stiletto, and now she is a prisoner  in St. Lazare.
 This years queen of the Apaches is Pope. She is only IS years old and as pretty as a picture, but as fierce as a tigress and a fit leader for the wretch es by whom she is adored.
 The comparative i'm munity from arrest and punishment en-
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03

NE morning not long ago a well-dressed foreigner, evidently an American tourist, was found dead on the pavement in a side street of Paris. Twisted about his neck was a
 dirty handkerchief with which he had been stran- gled; he had been brutal ly kicked and beaten, and in his chest were
 several knife wounds, any
The Carlisle independent., 1909-06-03
"FLAG DAY."
My Mrs. Edward Dunroy-Reed.

The general observance of June 14 as Flag Day" suggests the thought
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
Concerning Children,s PRAYERS.

i my own experience precociOuSly reli-
giOuS children are very rare exceptions
but | am assured by so many people
whose word | accept unhesitatingly that
they are as numerous III life as In the pages
.0f Charlotte Yonge's story books. that
put aside my own experience, persist
ing, however, in my belief that the at.
mosphere and teaching Of home and
school have very little to 60 with this
kind of character. An enchanting but
irreverent 4-year-Old friend OF mine who
on being taken to church for the first
time, studied the business for half-an-
hour and then demanded in a clear. firm
voice: Give me my nat had been
brought up in a most devout atmosphere
Later on he came to grief on that rock
which has caused the shipwreck of nu-
merous juvenile theologians; he prayed
for a large toy yacht, and did not get it,
and declined to pay the slightest atten-
ton to the explanations furnished by his
mother Having listened to and weighed
them carefully, he shook his head, over
which seven summers had now passed
and said almost regretfully: i think |
am too young to be religious" This sim
Dle fact Of demanding something which
is genuinely wanted, and not getting it,
has of course been the undOing Of many
million small supplicants. BeWilderment
and vexatiou are followed by Indifference
and doubt, mostly, | am assured, from
lack of clear and insistent explanation,
but | cannot believe this. No eXplana-
ton, / think, is really accepted except
one which appeals only to an already
complete faith and devohon-viz., that
God knows what is best, and does not
think it good for the suppliant to grant
this particular request. For the guardian
to play deity and grant the prayer is not
much use in the end. l remember an s
year-Old lady whose maid was wont as
a rule to bring cake and milk for her
final meal before she got into bed. But
the meal was caprici0usly varied now
and again by the substitution OF bread
and butter for cake. This unkind pro-
ceeding occurred one night when the
small person was unusually anupatheuc
to bread and butter. and she decided to
test the efficacy Of prayer. At the end
of murmured petitions for parents and
friends came serious supplement: oh,
God, | pray Thee to give me cake for
supper tonight instead Of bread and but
ter" But when the prayer was finished
and the little petitioner looked round for
results the tray stood there without
change. and Annette, the maid, was
stolidlv folding up clothes IN corner.
This was bewidering, but she judged
il worth while to make another attempt.
The praver was resumed: ooh God. the
bread and butter is still here, / pray Thee
to turn Annette's hard heart. The IN
tarvputign of a weak-minded human
listener caused the cake to he brought
on this occasion, but the uuwlSdom 81
such Intervention was obvious next day
e. II. Cooper in The Fortnisht.y Re
view.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
MELONS IN ALASKA
Wonders Of Agriculture in Far Northern
Land

The area of Alaska is SO great that
the United States government maintains
i've agricultural experimental stations in
the territory so situated that crops may
be tested under all the climatic con,li.
lions. &. q. Ge0rgesou, special agent ia
charge of all the stations. in his annaaal
report for 1905 declares unqualifedly
that Alaska is nm agricultural country"
that good hay can he produced in any
quantity for winter feeding. while the
native grasses can maintain livestock
III excellent condition in summer" lie
SAYS also that potatoes, cabbage, cauii-
flower, rhuharb, turnips, lettuce and in
snort, all the hardy vegetables. can be
grown to perfection up to and even
within the Arctic Circle, as has heeo
proved by thousands of settlers" Ruf
before Alaska Gun be largely setfted
railroads and wagon roads must he built
Abundant sunshine is essential for
good crops in Alaska In 1905 fine rain
fan during the growing season at Sitka
was l6.22 inches, against 24.76 inches
the year before and 1891 inches in 1906.
The smaller rainfall meant more sunshine
and the result in 1908 was large crons
of potatoes, cabbage, caulinower and
various root crops. The quality also was
better.
Among many interesting facts given
in the report IS this; Watermeous were
brought 10 maturity out of doors on the.
Springs farld, u''ich is in the Tanana
valley. in latitude 64 degrees north. II
seems that on part of this farm the soil
Is warmed from the same source, what
ever it il, that heats the water Of the
springs. This farm mas now 100 acres
regularly under crop. the greater portion
devoted to potatoes,-Boston Transcript.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
FIGURING UP A STATE.
A Few Impressive Statistics as to the
Wealth of Texas.

An official statistical statement just is
sued shows that the total number of live
stock in Texas Is 1881 ,0O0. or this
number cattle head the list, there being
all told S.T9l,0O head in the state.
The value of all the live stock in Texas
aggregates S3l2,S57 900.
The services Of $4,000 cowboys are
constantly employed upon the ranches OF
the state in handling the herds of cattle.
The average value of the cattle per head
is placed at $lAl0. 1t takes, on an nv,
erage, twenty acres of ranch land to
Craze one head of cattle where the ami
mails are not fed, The average cost OF
shipping cattle 10 market is 50 per head.
The packing houses Of Texas slaugh-
ter about 100000 head of live stock an.
nually. aud the products of these packer,
les bring in an income of about sd 600,
GOO per year.
The annual output of mules in Texas
IS approximately 6SS,oO0 head. Texas
also produces 100000 hogs each year
There are. IN round numbers. l,00O,00e
head Of goats IN Texas.
Statistics of other products are also
given. 1t is stated that the chickens of
Texas lay T5,O0O00O dozen eggs a year;
that 10000 barrels OF oysters were TAX
en- from Texas oyster beds last year, ana
that the catch of fish amounted to more
than 100000 pounds during the same
period
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
Mysterious Ring in the Romance of Mrs
Thaw

MARION. O., Sept. 0-An interest
ing story of the girlhood of Mrs. William
Thaw, mother Of the slayer of Stanford
White. il told by a local minister, who
declines to have his name used.
During the Civil war an organization
Of women who provided soldiers with
the little comforts of home gave a ba-
Zaar. When the articles remaining un.
sols were disposed Of at auction the
auctioneer drew a gold ring from his
pocket, saying;
This ring, a tribute Of certain young
woman 10 the defenders of her country,
is to be sold to the highest bidder What
am ! bldg
The bidding started at $50, but soon
jumped to 800. I'm give you $3.50 il
you include the unknown girl" a voice
said. When the laughter subsidized n
young man said: Five hundred dol
lars. There were no other bidders,
and as the gavel descended the auction
eer shouted: "Sold for $500"
\ hunt was then started for the young
woman. but she was not found The
young man, however, continued the
search, He finally learned the identity
Of the woman and was introduced to her.
In time she again wore the ring. but il
was an engagement ring on its second
appearance.
The young man eventually became one
Of the presidents Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad. and the young woman became
his wife-Mrs. William Thaw. The ring
is still worn by the brokcn-hearted moth
er Of Harry Thaw.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17

many men watched a ball pup. that had
been accidentally locked up over night
ID an up town millinery store in Riclt-
mond, Va. demoiish u number of the
latest creations in feminine headgeaF,
doing damage To the extent of at least
500. The dog had followed his o,yner
into the store in the afternoon. where
he was left when the owner returned
home without missing him. The atten-
ton of the pup was attracted by boys
rubbing Their hands on the plate glass
OF the show window The animal eaped
into the window, we're he was imine-
dmtely confronted hy an array OF hats
which he proceeded to investigate.
l-eapmg about gleefuly, to the delight
of the boys and the diSmay of The wnm-
Ell, the dog pulled down hat after hat
and tore them to pieces. W-lten the own
er arrived the dog was putting the fiu-
lShlnE touches to il stuffed bird The
debris of She former feminine fnery
WAS stvcwu all over the place
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17

dictated by them. It is saying II feel
rs | wish 10 feel
Masters and monarchs. liegc lords and
potentatcS are all one when we fly our
flag If independence from the tyranny of
moods We rule shat is 10 say. We ore
not ruled by them. We are the masters,
they are the men. We lead. they follow.
they obey.
Our work and our play. our time and
our moods, the circumstances that sur
round US, we can have dominion over
them all in the attitude we take toward
them and the use we make of them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
BEGGARS MAKE BIG MONEY.
Half a Million Collected by Mendicants
Yearly in London Streets.


Yearly in London Streets.
That the skilled beggar can make a
larger sum a week than the average in
dustrious working man was one Of the
opinions advanced by the chairman, Rob
ert Pierpont, at the annual meeting 0f
the London Mendicity society, says
Reynolds Newspaper.
II was probable, he said, that in the
streets Of London alone something like
100000 a year was given away in cas-
uaI charity by persons who know moth
ing about the conditions and circum-
stances Of those to whom they gave.
The total number Of begging letters
received by the society during 1908 was
1853, which, with those already in their
possession, made a total of no fewer
than 23S 1898. He pointed out that
about % per cent Of begging letter writ
ers were utter impOstors, and only about
IL per cent. We're deserving of help.
Mr.. Pierpont reminded those present
that the society was originally formed
by the first Duke of Wellington, owing
to the number Of beggars who. profess
ing to have served under him at Water
loo and in the peninsuIar wars, confirm
ally accosted him in the street for aims.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
Value of Pockets.

At the Interna tional Council for
Women, Miss A. NJ. Mclean. professor
of sociology in Adelphi college, Brook
lyn, n. Y, gave a very interesting adj
dress on the conditions among working
girls. She told the following story: In
yestigating factories, she and those with
her found lot of girls sewing on peck
cts, all day long. | thought that was
embarrassing, and made inquiry Then
| found that the pockets were for little
Toys pants. Some time later | was tell
ing a lady this about the girls who
Sewed miles and miles of little boys
rockets all day, and she said How aw-
ful. Let's not have pockets Her lii
lie son was standing near. Mother he
said, I'd rather have the pockets with
out the pants than the pants without
the pockets Toronto News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17

Kong. China, September 10. 1863 He
spent his boyhood in Newberg, \. Y,
and was educated at Adams academy.
Quincy, Mass, and at Harvard university
After his graduation in 1885 he began
his railroad career as a mechanics help
er in the locomotive shops ut Aurora,
III. lie acquired an intimate knowledge
If the mechanical and Of the railroad
business and then turned his attention
% the executive departments. His brSt
step away from the working rank came
in 1890. when he was appointed superin-
tendent Of freight terminals I'm Chicago.
He remained with the Burlington system
twenty years. during which time he 6lled
many offices. from that Of supsriutend-
eut Of motive power r. general manager.
After leaving the Burlington he served
for a time as consulting engineer 10 the
war department in relation to the rail-
roads Of Porto Rico Then he became
Identified with the Gould interests and
iu 1905 he was elected 10 succeed 10
seph Ramsey as president Of tire Wa
bash system.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
Lye5alls Kept Bright.

| - D~A4o AS pt DIlSll.
II more persons knew that ibs a,.si.,ll.
need bathing quite as much rs tbe III.
ho dressing stand would he witbo,,, ~
| eve cup and lotion for this nurnosa H.
WASHING the eyes use a Suac;aI -
! sIlai may he bought at any drugrisf,S
| / MS cup Is shaped something like n wine
| stasS' except that it is elongated instead
| Oh round and has rim thai stones do,,.a
IN Inc middle to MT the eyes.
| To use this little vessel fin II tbrao.
quarters full of whatever lotion or lignid
| y prescribed, then place it closely obont
the eye and throw back the head. In this
position open and shut the eve, SO thar
the ball Is thoroughly bathed
As 70 the lotion for the bath an excel
seht ana simple wash that will cleanse
lhe hai and relieve feveriSh or tired
sensation is made by boiling and fltering
half a pint of water and pouring into it,
Wnhe sun warm, one-haif teaspoonful Of
fehned borax and ten drops Of spirits of
caIhph9r. Let this cool then filter again
through piece of thin muslin.
The cup may be partly filed with this
Iquld morning and night and any time
during the day when the eyes feel tired.
1t should be applied as previously di-
rected and, after using for time. will
usually clear away the yellow scum SO
frequently seen on eyeballs and always
so dlshguring. Before applying any 10
uon the eyes must always he carefully
bathed in warm water
hor eyes that are weak tonic wash
recommended by English oculists is made
III this way: One-half of an ounce of
rock salt and one ounce Of dry sulphate
OF zInc simmered in perfectly clean
covered porcelain vessel with three pints
OF water until the ingredients are all dis
solved; strain through thick clean mus
lin, add one ounce of rose water aud
cork tightly
Use when the eyes feel weak.
If the lotion smartS add a little wa
ter. The eye cup should be kept perfect
y clean.
If after simple home treatment the
eyeballs continue to show a yellowish
appearance no time should be lost in
consulting a physician, for something
wrong with the system is indicated.
Any inflammation of the eyes is likely
to exhibit itself by secretion on the lids
in the morning. and this condition should
be checked before it leads into another
more serious state
After bathing with either of the To-
tons given the edges of the lids should
be covered at night with a paste made
of two and one-half centigrams each
OF oxide of zinc, and subacetate of lead,
twenty-five centigrams of oil of sweet
almonds, three grams of white vaSellne
and three drops of tincture of benzoin.
1t is well to have this compounded by
a chemist, for should there be the least
lump or grain it is apt to find its way
into the eye and cause irritation In
making any lotion at home too much
care cannot be glVen to filtering. and
should the liquid become cloudy after q
time it must be strained again to prevent
causing irritation
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
How Honesty Paid

Jim-Honesty is the best policy after
all
Tim-HOwf
Remember that dog I stole?"
Yes"
We'll, I tried two huh days to sell
ma, an no one offered MORN 30 cents
went. like an honest man. an guy him
70 III ole lady what owned i'm, an she
guy me 'af dollar. "-Pittsburg Chron.
icle-Telegraph