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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-12
$4,000 to Push Case.

Jefferson City.-Attorney General
Major says it will take $4,000 to
| continue to prosecute the rate cases
against the railroads. 1t is believed
the legislature will vote all that is
necessary for this purpose.
House Passes Kinney Bill.
The house passed the Kinney bill,
amending section 700 Of the revised
statutes of 1899, relating to fraudulent
ballots, bearing particularly upon bal
lots being folded together or where
two of them bear the same number.
Among other bills ordered engrossed
in the house was that of Representa-
tive Devol, amending the local option
law 1t was first amended so as to
knock out the feature invading } the
hospitality of the home. Other bills
engrossed included the following:
Authorizing school boards to estab-
lish free night schools.
Appropriating state money for the
payment Of county fair premiums.
Ten-cent bounty on gophers.
State board of agriculture to furnish
lecturers where counties furnish free
rooms in which to hold a lecture
course on agricultural topics.
Making 1t a felony to steal a hog.
Amending the local option law so as
to include individuals in the inhibition
against taking %linquors into local
option counties.
The air at the state capital still vi
brates with the force Of the explosive
mays" uttered by those who have
been heard in opposition to the pro-
posed corporation capital stock tax Of
25 cents per thousand.
This is one of the numerous revenue
raising measures that have been pro-
posed. The senate has had confer
about this particlar bill and
the outlook is that 1t will pass in that
body.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-12
Plans New Prison Factory.

Jefferson City.-Senator ,Eads intro
duced a bill in the senate providing
for the establishment of a plant in the
penitentiary for the manufacture of
road and bridge material. This Is one
of several bills looking to the employ
ment of convict labor otherwise than
under the contract system.
Two years ago Senator Eads had a
bill before the senate along the same
line, the object being to occupy the
convicts in the manufacture of road
material and tools, and also in the
manufacture of bridge material.
The cost of such a plant is some
thing of a problem, but if the legisla-
ture abolishes the contract system, as
all of the parties are pledged to do in
their platforms, then the occupation
Of the convicts will become a live
issue.
During Gov. Docker's administration
a binder Irvine plant was installed in
the penitentiary at a pretty heavy
cost, the object being to furnish the
farmers of the state Irvine for harvest
ing purposes at the actual cost of pro-
duction. This plant is still in opera
ton and employs about SO convicts out
of about 2,10O.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-03-12
Makes Move to stop Strikes.

Jefferson City, Moan a%nti-injunc.
ton bill, affecting the right of en-
ployes to strike, In many respects fol-
lowing the lines Of the anti.injunction
lplank of the Democratic national plat
form of 1908, was introduced In the
House by Alternately of Jasper county.
Features of the bill are: That no re-
straining order or injunction shall be
granted by any court of this state in
any case between an employer and an
employee, or involving or growing out
Of a dispute concerning terms or con-
ditions of employment, unless neces-
sary to prevent irreparable injury to
a property right.
For the purpose of this act, no right
to continue the relation of employer
and employee or carry on business of
any particular kind shall be construed
as property or as constituting a prop
erty right.
That In cases arising in the courts
Of this state nc agreement between
two or more persons concerning the
terms or conditions Of employment of
laDor, or the assumption or creation
or termination of any relation between
employer or employee or concerning any
act or thing to be done or not to be
done, with reference to or involving
or growing out Of a labor dispute,
shall constitute a conspiracy or other
criminal %offense, or be punished OF
prosecuted as such, unless the act or
thing agreed to be done or not to be
done would be unlawful II done by a
single individual; nor shall the enter
ing into or the carrying out Of any
such agreement me restrained or en-
Joined unless such act or thing agreed
to be done would be subject to be
restrained or enjoined under the pro-
visions, limitations and definition con-
tanned in the first section of this act.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
Why the ortolan Is Almost Extinct.

In the Midi, especially in the Pyrenees
Orieutales, the ort0lan is threatened with
extinction. The people are passionately
fond of this pretty little bird, but year
by year the number diminishes. Ii is said
that the bird was formerly so plentiful
that the poor could eat them occasion
ally. II what French contemporary
says be true, the sooner the bird be-
comes extinct the better, unless the au-
thorities intervene and make an end to
the cruelty which we are told is prac-
tced.
The ortolan forms dish for epicures.
and this is the terrible story of how
the birds are fattened. They are netted
in large numbers, and authorities are
agreed that they are fattened by being
placed in cages in dark rooms or cellars.
But to make the process Of fattening a
success, French newspaper asserts
that before being shut mp in their living
tombs the birds are deprived Of sight
The people Of Provence Languedoc and
the Pyrenees Orientales are this year la
menting the abnormal scarcity Of this
species Of bunting London Globe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
BITS OF SCIENCE.

The smallest complete watch in the
world is one a fifth of an inch in diam
eter, owned by n resident of Moscow.
The man who made it for the last EN-
press of Brazil permanently impaired
his sight.
To enable hotel patrons to ascertain
the time, a telephone system has been
devised, connected with Il master clock,
which sounds the hours, quarters and
minutes when a button on any receiver
is pressed.
\ French scientist has succeeded in
deadening the echoes which ruin the
acoustic properties of large halls by
covering the walls which reflect the
sound with two thicknesses of cloth, sep
arated by an air space,
An effective stain for Photographic
dark room windows may be made by dis
solving five parts of acaroid gum in five
parts of % per cent. alcohol. The add
ton of little castor oil will prevent il
cracking or peeling.
An official of the government bureau
of plant industry has invented method
of testing the moisture content Of grain
by making use of the principle that the
greater the moisture the greater the cleo
trical resistance.
Through installing another compound
for boraX, used 10 soften copper. n Dau-
yer JeNelef dlSCoNeFeu II nletnOu OF mar
ening the metal which closely app
proaches the ancient process of temper
ing it.
A British company, with ample CAPT
tai has been organized to work the So
called magnetic iron sand deposits Of
Java.
The term "acre-foot," used in mining.
is that volume of water which covers an
acre to the depth Of a foot, 1850 cubic
feet.
After a seven-year fight, which has
cost over $4,000, the bark beetle, the
chief foe Of South Dakota timber, has
been driven from that state.
A novelty in the line of physical cul-
ture apparatus is a motor-driven tread
mill which compels the user to run to
keep from being thrown off the ma
chine.
Candles are said to remove seven times
and kerosene five times as much oxygen
from the atmosphere as acetylene lamps
of equal brilliancy.
4 government report estimates the
number of Gagged songbirds in this coun-
try at not less than 100000, eating
feed cosCing $7.50O000 each year
A steamship recently made the ~ 10
mile trip from Yokohama to Seattle
without being out of wireless commune
cation with one port or the other at any
time.
A motor driven sleigh, developed dur
ing the past winter. was propelled by a
pair of legs resembling in their operation,
those of a grasshopper.
\ national girls college, for the train
ing of teachers has been established at
Pekin, entrance being by competitive ex-
aminations in all the provinces.
The waters Of Lake Chapala. betv cen
the Mexican states Of Jalisco and Micho.
acan, are to be utilized for an extensive
power and irrigation enterprise.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
Maine 10 Tmprore Its cIams

An attempt is TO be made to introduce
the famous Massachusetts and Rhode
Island clans to Maine waters, and twO
men from Massachusetts, and others who
are to be sent here by James Donohue,
commissioner Of sea and shore fisheries,
viii begin the work about October l.
These clans are very large. have very
white shells and command a much high
or price in the market than the Maine
product. At the last Legislature persons
interested in the subject succeeded in
getting an appropriation from the state.
IT will probably be two seasons before
the results Of the work can be known.
Lewiston Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
HEALING IN OLD TIBET.
Used Methods 1900 Years Ago That Are
IN Practice Today.


The ancients. priests and sayants Of
Tibet were slliIful physicians when al
most the whole of Europe was oyerrun
by ignorant savages or semi-ciyilized
barbarians.
The Russian government recently re-
ceived a petition from the Siberian Bud
dhiSts requesting that medical schools
should be established among them in
which the ancient Iibetan art of healing
should be taught. In consequence of this
strange petition the Medical Academy
OF st. Petersburg has been making inves-
tlgal0nS concerning the claims of the
ancient Tibetan art of healing.
a Ilbetan handbook of medicine which
was known and used about 200 years
ago and even then was regarded as an
ancient and venerated source of
knowledge was used as material for the
Investigation. The Russian academicians
have thus made the astonishing discov-
cry that this book described drugs and
cures which European physicians dis
covered many hundred years afterward
Thus the doctors of Tibet so many
centuries ago were not only acquainted
with the secrets of the entire human
anatomy-how many bones there are in
the human body, etc, the principal
nerves namely, ninety-niue - but knew
that the skin contained eleven million
pores. According to this venerable
book, the heart is king of all the or
gans and the support of life" Sick
nesses in general originate owing to
the evil and ignorance of human oeings.
especially owing to their inability 10
overcome their passions. which disturb
the healthy nourishing of the human or
gans. All evil thoughts also have a
harmful influence on the heart and
liver"
The physicians of Tibet 1900 years
ago employed the same means of diag-
nosing the condition of sick person as
the physicians of the present day-they
felt the PATIENTS pulse looked at his
tongue, etc, Among the remedies
which they recommended were not only
vegetarian diet, baths, congresses, but
also massage and cupping. What is
more remarkable is that physicians who
did not keep their instruments quite
clean were severely punished The an
cient Tibetans We're in this respect ex-
tremely modern. The cid Tibetan metli-
cine book prescribes that healthy per
sons should lead an orderly. sensible
manner of life, avoid all excuses and
Irregularities, also conscientiously cher
ish, keep clean, both soul and body
Pan Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
The Magic of Irrigation

After a long. hot sweep across arid
wastes, dotted here and there with irri-
CATION oases, we entered Idaho. Follow
ing the winding Snake river, the great
scheme Of reclamation unfolded itself be-
fore orr eyes and the deserted sage
brush land of a few years ago was now
glowing with ripened grain.
The most noticeable feature OF adj
vauCement in the west, % my mind, is
the growth Of trees. 1t is a delight to
see waving boughs dotting what was
once a waste prairie, and one wonders
why people don't spend every spare min
ute planting trees-every tree adds so
much to the value Of acreage and an at
Effectiveness to country life that nothing
else can furnish. Growing trees have a
favorable effect on climatic conditions,
and those planted in this locality have
already proved a benefit beyond calcula.
| tion. Trees, gentlemen Of the farm,
more trees. National Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
FLAG POLE 1875 FEET HIGH.
Cup Defender Constitutions Steel Mast
Erected in Battery Park.

When Hans Frederick JorgenSen, the
rigger of the park department for the
last twentyfour years, learned that the
steel mast of the cup defender Constitu-
ton could be purchased for 5000 he
went To Park Commissioner Henry
Smith and obtained his consent to buy it
and erect 1t rs flag pole in Battery
park in place of the old liberty pole.
1t was something of job TO get the
pole into position. 1t was set on steel
base imbedded in concrete On top of
the pole is Il weather yaue and gided
ball.
The pole is the highest in the United
States. If not in the world The length
Of the main pole Is 100 feet. diameter III
the foot % 13 inches aud at the top
l4l9 inches. The topmast is 50 feet in
length. diameter at foot II inches and at
top 30 inches, This makes the entire
height of the pole l65 feet and the es-
timated weight is $500 pounds. 1t ia
made of steel.
The flag flown from this pole In ordi-
nary weather is 40X6o feet, each stripe
being yard wide. The flag can he seen
from the Narrows, as well as from
places along tho Jersey and the Brook
Ign shore. On squally days much
smaller flag is run up.
The park department. is considering the
question of whether or not to erect
crosstree at the junction of the main pole
and the topmast.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
ROYAL EQUESTRIENNEs
The Queens, Expresses and Princesses Of
Europe Good Horsewomen.

The recent appointment Of the German
Crown Princess Ceclie as colonel Of u
regiment Of Silesan dragons has called
universal attention TO the fact that the
queens, expresses and princesses of Eu-
rope are all excellent hursewomen. The
dninty crown princess, accompanied by
the Emperor's daughter, Princess Vic
toria, delights l'otsdufa with her horse
manship. The Empress of Russia is
colonel of q regiment of Uhans. and
when in good neauh rides splendidly.
The Queen Of Italy, the gentle, humane
Elena, who actually disloeated her arm
lifting the wourded at MessiGa and is
generally known ant beloved for her
charity, enjoys nothing quite as much as
wild dash across the country in the
trail Of her husband. The Queen of
Spain is one Of the few ladies of the
peninsula who can lay claim to this tai
emit Spanish ladies are as a rule too
indolent for this kind of sport. Queen
Maud of Norway can ride across country
at regular breakneck speed, and she is
said to have beaten the record of the late
Empress of Austria in the hunting field.
All the English princesses, like English
women, ride well.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
A HAIRPIN WEDDING RING.
Resourceful Minister Took Wire from
Locks of Bride.

Ministers love church weddings, where
the ushers march and the organ rolls,
and the bridegroom is led shivering 10
the altar, while the beamiug bride dom
mates the scene like q princess and sheds
her radiance over the entire assemblage
But any sort Of wedding is better than
none and the parsons are equal TO any
emergency.
Wherefore we may cite the example Of
Rev. Mr.. Poole Of Ellic0tt City, says the
Baltimore Sun. According to the re
ports, loving young couple appeared
before him to be joined in the bonds of
matrimony. They had youth and love
and me- rriage license and good looks,
but they didn't have the ring Now.
marriage without a ring is like an egg
without salt and the ElicOtt City pas.
tor had no idea Of allowing them to be
joined together without the mystic sym
boil. He is q man of genius and prompt
action. So he secured a hairpin from the
abundant locks If the blushing bride
and in a few moments had fashioned
ring that would bind them as securely
q any bedam0uded circlet that was
ever fashioned by the goldsmith.
That hnirpin ring is treasure. IT will
be an heirloom more interesting than q
gold band that you can buy in any Jew
eler's shop. IL Is the symbol Of a re
sOurceful pastor and the love that laugh,
at goIdsniths and can overcome any diff
tiCuty.
The hairpin has had ancient and hon
0rable history. II has adorned the heads
of queens and beautiea Of the earth as
well as the humble and lowly. 1t has
nestled ina the golden cOiTures Of the
blond divinity. has held the rich dark
coils If the brunette and has acted as
nutpick, pickle fork and shoe bnttoncf
for all sorts and kinds Of people But
the Ellicott City episode proves it's use
funess ia a new field and raises the
hairpin 20 a new height Of glory and use
fuiness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
BooInS Matrimony.

In remarks on general conditions in
his parish, Rev. Peter Quinn, rector Of
st. Gertrude's Catholic church, West
Conshohocken, Pa. said There should
be at least thirty marriages in this con-
gregation by New Years day." He re-
ferred to the seasons lawn fetes and
pIcmcs which had brought the young
people together, and said they were not
only gratifying financially but socially as
we'll lie was glad 20 see the young pen-
pie becoming better acquainted and
looked for more love among them. He
thought there ought TO be more mairi~
mDnial alliances as the result Of the proc
tracted reign Of sOciabiiity, and suggested
a boom in the matrimonial market. stimuli
taneOusly with improved conditions in-
dustriaIly He advised the raising OF Gue
families
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
Furnishing Rooms of College Boys.

The girl who is helping her brother to
select the furnishings for his college
room should not forget that among the
most effective of inexpensive ornaments
are the porcelain stems which come in
the colors of the leading universities and
are decorated with correct initials and
seals.
Plate rails play an important role in
the decoration of the youthful bachelor
den. The latest rails developed in fem
lSA or mission oak have guaranteed
movement clock set in their center and
are equipped with brass mounted shelves
and brass cup hangers.
Suitable plates for any darkly stained
rail have decorations representative of
Puritan period events done on deeply
glazed royal blue English porcelain, pic
lures of cattle fired upon royal Doulton
and of coaching and hunting scenes on
silver edged, yellow brown porcelain
Substantial luncheon cloths suitable
for a college" spread are of Austrian
weave. bordered with hemstitching head
ed with three rows of drawnwork: of
soft finish German linen, bordered with
deep scalloping, and of tan colored crash
embroidered with white cotton.
Rag carpet couch covers are so dura-
Bile that they are certain to win lasting
popularity in sophomore circles. The
newest rag covers are in mixed colors or
in old fashioned ''hit and MISS with
poster ends in brilliant hues. Among
the most attractive are those in plain
tints of brown and gray, with broad.
gayly hued stripes crossing the ends or
reproducing cretonne tints and designs.
Huge oblong shaped pillows covered
with rag carpeting make an excellent
background for more elaborate pillows
covered with denim of Princeton orange,
Harvard crimson, Yale blue, etc, suit
ably embroidered in white or black let
tering There may also be covers of fig
ured burlap similar to that employed for
wall coverings, monks cloth in natural
and popular tones. arts and crafts cur
tain material washable Austrian print,
block decorated in characteristic patterns
and dOeskin laced with leather thongs
Boston Traveller.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29

in effectiveness. Nevertheless, a cup, bowl
or plate of fine porcelain, if placed To adj
vantage. rather low, where the eye may
appreciate its beauty, will rank as an
ornament
China. like pictures, must be chosen
and placed with discretion, in order thar
no inharmonious effects may DC produced.
1t IS not advisable 10 mix different
makes amy more than il is to mingle
different subjects in pictures. and for
the same reason-they clash. Chinaware
and French together are bad taste,
whereas china alone. or delft alone. or
grouped in different parts of the room. is
successful
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29

10 fall from a second story window.
sprain an ankle and sustain severe LAGER
ations On the face and body. and stili
remain asleep was the experience Of 10
year-0ld John Dougherty, son of William
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29

lover of animals. George *. Ialler
a music dealer and sportsman Of Altoona
Pa, who spent last winter in Florida
for his health, brought home with him
three fine specimens Of small alligators
He built tank in his back yard aud
watched the lively critters grow In
view of the fact that an effort to steal
one Of them in the dark is as dangerous
as reaching after n trap set for bear
he did not make his pen secure against
attacks from the outside. The other
night bold thief ran the risk Of losing
his hand and stole one Of the saw-tooth
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
FOR THE LADIES.
The Mother.

The Mother.
They call him a hero; and tell
How brayely and nObiy he died;
And bid me eXult that he feIl
A soldier, his eol0rs beside.
And III his mother. who see
The wound and the head fever tossed
oh God. What are heroes to me?
/ want but the boy | have lost
Edwin l. Sabin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29

Miss Alleue Shea has just been grad
uated as the valedictorian Of the Com
mercial high school in Louisville NY.
Born without hands, Miss Shea has ac-
eompIished the task of becoming the
best penman ever graduated from the
school, the fastest operator of a type
writer ever 10 receive a diploma in the
city, and finished the course with an
average Of 1881 She is also an expert
bookkeeper, the president Of her class,
and the editor Of he school paper, The
Cyuosure. Miss Shea hes Won three
medals for efficiency in academic studies.
She has won prizes in penmahsbip and
typewriting. in which her teachers de-
clare her almost perfect. She is also
a shorthand writer Of wonderful az
cnracy aud speed. Her arms terminate
al the wrists, with barely a suggestion
Of a hand. though a tiny thumb, half an
inch in length. extends from either arm.
With these Miss Shea, with EXPERIENCES
and precision. battles even her iustruc-
tors.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-04
eALL THAT'S DOING TODAY IN THE REALM OF SPORT
MANAGER OF GREAT FIGHTERS,
"PARSON DAVIES is DYING

Park Davies. one OF the most unique
figures In the history of sport, is dying
at the home OF his sister. in Chicago
About six weeks ago Davies was in
New Orleans. Men who had known
him yor years watched him hobble
about the corridors OF the st. Charles
in a hopeless sort of way and sighed.
remembering what he had been.
lE his day Davies managed John l..
sullivan. Jake Kilrain. Peter Jackson
Jack Dempsey, Jack Burke and Jim
Hall. who fought Bob Fitzsimmons for
the largest sum ever battled for in a
ring. $4,000. Davies managed Others
hut they were not great, simply be-
cause they didn't have greatness In
them. II 1t had been there he would
have brought II out.
Davies was one of the drst 10 recog.
nize Jeffries. Before the big fellow
was champion the ''Parson' said:
"Jeffries is the greatest lighting ma
chine the world has ever known"
Davies never told his age. but he Is
about 60 He was born in Ireland
and saw his first fight In Killarney.
With $25 OF his fther's money he bet
on the man who won. and from thai
day was a figure in the ring game.
Leading a life OF stirring adventures.
Davies loved the game and played IL
we'll. RE love dthe thrill OF changing
pulse and heart heats.
To publishers who wanted TO mar