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contact with people who were so su- perior ito them in knowledge. manners and civilization.
 From the Crusaders, again. cofn- merce received a tremendous boost.f Ne wcommodtties were made known, new markets opened, fresh desires awakened and much better means of transportation created.
 But. best of all. there came as a consequence of those same Crusades. a pronounced growth of democracy and liberty. The "old families" were, to a large extent. killed of or reduced to bankruptcq, and their loss was tho peoples gain. With the naughty ba- rons and dukes either dead or dead broke" the plain man had a chance to better his condition, beth politically and socially.
 And thus 1t turned out that. in oreat~ ing the Crusades. Peter became much greater success than he could possibly nave been as a mere soldier.
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Well sir" said MT. Dooiey, "onaisy lies tn crown on amy kings head these days. Tn time was whin it was me ambition or wan iv thim to be a kfng. Ariy in life I'd committed the youthful folly iv bein' born outside iv tn country an so cuddent be prisi- dent. But 1t don't make amy diff renee what counthry a king comes from so long as he don't eome firm tn connfhry where he's king.
 No natives need apply is tn motto. if a country is so bad or thrt 1t has to have king they sind a comity down to Ellis island an pick out a good healthy, Schandinaryan. make him throw away his wooden shoes an bather cap an proclaim him King. de- finder iv tn Faith. Kings are tn on'y assisted immigrants that are let in, Tn King iv England Is German, tn King iv Italy is Sardine. tn King iv Sweden is a Fr-rinchman an all tn other kings an queens are Danes ex- cipt tn King iv Denmark an tn Lord knows what he is.
 "so ye see, Hinnissy, there's naw- thin in tn constitution to prevint me firm bein' a king an I loofied forward to tn time whin I'd turn tn Illinye Cinthral deepo into a rile palace an rule me subjicks. ye'ersilf among thim. with high hand. I'd be a just but marcifu1 monarch. No wan that come to tn palace wud go away empty hand ed I'd always lave thin little something. Divvle bit iv a cabinet I'd have but I'd surround mesilf with tn best thrained hatthers that cud be hired fir love of money an no wan wud tell me tn truth an I'd die happy. I'd show these here modhern kings
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Letter

Florence, Italy
 How would you like to be tourist? It is better than being an ice man, anyway, and it is a whole ocean re- moved. Ice, you know, Is not one or the European industries; it is an in- portation direct from the States, just like the tourist.
 The tourist covers a broad field-he or she usually covers whole conti- uent in the time it would take an Eng lishman to get his broad As and his language together. The conventional tourist is like the couple you met the other day who left Brooklyn, N. Y., the 2Sth of March and have done every thing Egypt, the Holy Lands. Greece, Naples, Rome. Florence. Venice Swift zerIand, And will also see Paris and England I(not only London), but Eng land by the 1st of June.
 There are individual types of tour fists as we'll as conventional. but nearly all of them come under the head of adame seul." Everyone who has lost a husbahd or lover or has never had either. comes abroad to have their grief aIsuaged. It is hard lines. too, that itihas to be assauged by looking at holt families and Madonnas. is 1t not2
 Theiiteral tourist is the most boring and is the one who lives by Baedeker rule. ''It Is don't leave your window open 1t night; Baedeker says so." And all tie other things that he does or does not say. He is as much an au- fhorty on travel here as Elwen Is on hridle in Montgomery and Mobile. The litefl tourist is also the one who searaes for violets on the hills around Athhs because the poet has written s'vioet-wreatAal Athens" when its lstnJsnbere-not howera--he meant.
 Tere is the domestic tourist. who nrekrs alarming stockings and indulg- ine in drying handkerchiefs on the mirror to taking second look at the mdt wonderful statue in the world. thJHermes, by Praxitiles, although she hal come miles out of her way to say shj has seen him.
 ~ Tourist Types.
 there is the comfort-seeking tourist, wb leaves Rome without seeing the (bliseum, because they don't have
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for a few minutes on the way to see the thornless rose bushes in the clus- ter of the church for both of which St. Francis is held responsible. You escape Assist with your pocket book well in hand but not so Perugia, 1t is too touristical place. Now even with all of it's quaintness not to be ex- pensive. It has besides the distinction of being ancient and revered, some first works of many of the old Italian artists, also tram car for each hotel and the highest price, two francs, to be paid for any car ride from hotel to station to be found in Italy.
 One Night stands.
 By the time you have finished these hill towns, one night stands, in actor language between Rome and Florence, towns in particular which will enable you to tell somebody all about all they have missed and you get your reward out of that.
 You have no sooner arrived in Flor ence than you discover that it is to become what Philadelphia is to New York. Yes, it is quite the Philadel- phia of Italy, for after gay and way down into the pocket book season in Rome everybody goes to Florence to have a spell of economy.
 The first dose you take is the pen sion and every body takes that one The next is Boticelli! Of course every body knows about the girl whc thought Boticelh was a kind of wine and her mother told her to be quiet that she should know that it was a brand of cheese. BoticelH is an ac- quired taste just the same, although it usually stands for madminas and an gela and lot of gold paint.
 There Is so much art in Florence that 1t overf1ows the Areno instead of the areno overflowing it. Admission to the Pitate Palace on one side also gives you admission to the Uppzi gal lery on the other and there Is @ con tinuous passage way. There are a dozen or more other ways of crossing the Areno always by bridges though for boats are as scarce on the Arno as they are prevalent on Venace's Grand Canal.
 The most expensive way of getting from one side of Florence to ~the
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young man was to be pardoned for thinking that there was no glory like that gained at the point of the lance.
 Accordingly he donned his armor, mounted, his steed and entered the service of the famous Counts of Bou- logne, to go with them to the war that should bring him the fame he so ar dently coveted.
 ~ But Peter was doomed to bitterest disappointment. In these days a sol- dier's physical dimensions cut no fig ure. A small man can shoot as well as a big one-witness the little Japs, for instance as compared with the big, burly Russians. And the physically little general. provided he has brains and genius can do as well at tactics and strategy as though he weighed a ton. But it was different in the brave days of old ." In those days physical prowess was needed, and phgsical prowess was the one thing that Peter was short" on.
 And because Peter was physically
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world was a most benign one.
 When Peter began his preaching which was to turn out to be the grand est oratorical triumph of which his tory makes any mention-Europe was sound asleep. The Hermit's clarion voice worked it up, raised 1t from the dead level to the living perpendicu- lar" and started 1t a-moving. No matter about the direction of the move ment, since movement in any direction is better than stagnatiOn.
 By bringing together the men of all nations, led by common purpose. the Crusaders made them better acquainted with each other, created common de- sires and immensely stimulated inter communication of all kinds.
 It is impossible to overestimate the good that was done by the Crusades in the way of promoting knowledge and intelligence. The Europeans, as compared with the Greeks and Saracens, were densely ignorant, and it did them good in many ways to be brought in
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how a King ought to behave Ye 1 wudden't see Martin I, iv beloved | mim'ry runnfn around like a hired en- i tertainer, wan day doin' tn wurruk iv a talk ative brlcklayer at tn layin' iv
 corner stone, another day presidin l over a bankit iv tn Amalgamated So-
 ciety iv Mannyfacthrers iv Hooksan- Eyes or racin' horses with Boots Bur
 ness an Charlie OK or waitin' out in tn
 rain fir a balloon to come down that's
 stuck on a church steeple forty miles away. No, sir, I'd niver appear In public but wanst year and thin I'd blindfold me lille subjicks so that they'd stay lille. An I'd niver open l me mouth excipt to command music an
 dhrinlx. But tn low taste iv kings
 has rooned tn business as pursoot l fir gintlemen an today I'd think twict \ befure takin. tn job. 'Tis as preecary- ous as 8 steeple jacks an no more per- manent thin a Rosenfelt hold-over
 undher Taft. If king goes out an l looks naughty some wan iv his sub 1 ticks fires @ gas pipe bomb at him an | if he thries to be janial he's lfble to be slapped on tn back in tn paddock 1 an called Ed
 : Look at me frind, Abdul Hamid Whin dhreamed iv bein' king, some times I let me mind run on till I had
 mesilf promoted to be Sultan iv Fur Key. mere, me poy was 1oD that
 always plazed me. It was well-paid, l 1t looked permanent and I thought it | about tn best situation in tn wur-
 ruId. Tn Sultan was a kind iv a combination iv pope an king If he | didn't like ye-he first excommunicated ye an thin he fsthrangled ye. There,
 thinks I to fhesilf. there he sets, tn
 happy old ruffyan, on a silk embroid- hered lounge, in his hand-wurruked + slippers with his legs curled up un-
 dher him, turban on his head. a l crooked .soord in his lap, pitcher fv
 sherbet (which is tn dhrink in thIm l parts) at his elbow, aTpipestem like a
 hose in his hand, while nightingales whistle in tn cypress threes in tn
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For some twenty years the city of David had been in the hands of the Turks, and those visiting, the Holy ,Sepulchre were subjected to many hu- miliations and insults, to say nothing of the severer trials the pilgrims were forced to undergo at the hands of the cruel-hearted infidels.
 Peter saw all this with his own eyes, and, aname with indignation, he went to the Patriarch of Jerusalem and ask ed him What he was going to do about it. That easy-going gentleman referred him to the man higher up" at Constantinople, assuring him that he himself could do nothing.
 well, then," exclaimed the little man, T will arouse the nations of Europe in the cause of these poor pil- grims."
 Taking himself out of the presence of the Patriarch, he went straight as a bullet from a gun to the Pope, stated his case, declared his purpose, and asked for it the papal blessing.
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He aint much to look at--a skinny lit- tie man. Osman, that ye cud sthrangle between ye'er thumb an forefinger He had a bad cold an was sneezin
 He wore a hand me down coat. He has a wen on tn back iv his neck an he's cross-eyed. Here's a pitcher fv him. What, that little runt7 Ye don't mean to say that's th'-Sultan. Why he looks like tn fellow that stops me ivry day on tn corner an asks me have I amy old clothes betther thin what I have on. An to think iv tn likes iv him rulin over tn likes iv us. Lets throw him out Twas tn pitch- CTS done tn business fr Abdul an they1l do tn business f'r tn King iv England befure he gets through Ye can puk it down in yeter little book that kodaks is worse fir kings thin dinnymite bombs. No wan Is goin to be ruled over be a king afther thy've seen a snapshot iv him as German brewer leadin' a horse be tn halter an maxim a face that Is meant fr an affable smile but comes out in tn pitch CT like tn expression iv Flanagan whln he's throwin' tn hammer.
 '.So 1t was with me old frind, Abdul. Wan day captain an squad iv polls backed tn wagin up to tn dure iv. tn palace an rung tn ssall. Who's there?' says tn Sultan. stuhin tn loose change Into his shoe. The house Is pulled says tn Captain. Ye'er license is ex- pired. Ye'd betther come peaceful he says. An they bust in tn dure an tn Sultan puts shirt an couple iv col lars into a grip an selitfs iliven iV his least formid-able wives to go along with him an they put on their bonnets an shawls an carry out their bur-rd cages an their goold fish an their fancy wurruk an tn pathrol wagon starts off an has to stop so that iliven iy thim can go back an get something they f'rgot at tn last moment an tn ex-Commander iv tn Faithful says. Did ye iver know wan iv thim to be ready, Cap? an tn captain says: They're all alike Dock am tn dhriver
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With the Pope's benediction and god speed Peter jumped at once onto the work that was so close to his heart, and the result was the Crusades.
 The little dwarf of man, too small and weak to be a soldier, was sudden ly transformed into one of the most powerful orators that the race has ever produced! Almost too thin to cast shadow, hollow checked and sunken- eyed, the apparition flames over Eu- rope like a mighty confagration! His soul was ahre with enthusiasm, and the indignation lie felt himself he was able to impart to the throngs who listened to him, and from the Cram plans to the Dardanelles continent sprang to arms!
 For 200 years the armies called up by this little mans eloquence marched between Europe and the Holy Land, and to this day the results of that marching are still felt.
 The Crusades were foolishness, pure and simple, but their effect upon the
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1 The remarkable character known in History as Peter the Hermit" was Born about the year 1o50 in Amiens, France. says Rev. Thomas B. Gregory in The New York Journal.
 From all accounts. there was good blood in Peters veins. He came of the mailed chivalry, whose chief de- light was in fighting. and whose most valued trophies consisted of the lau- rels they had won upon the battle fields of the continent.
 In those days the young man Of parts had but two occupations open to 'him-war and theology. The plugs" might be cIodhoppers, or weavers, or anything eyse in the line of honest work that might come handiest to them, but the ''well-born" must be either priests or warriors-destroyers of the body or saviors of tn soul.
 Peter decided upon the science mill ttary. leaving it to others to look after the souls of such as he might kill. It was a strictly martial age, and the
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small and weak he failed as a soldier. His soul was bigger than that of many a giant but the biggest, bravest cour- age must have an instrument to fight with: and when the instrument Is weak and the fighting is hand to hand, it is easy to forecast the result.
 As a warrior, Peter was a failure. And then he turned his face toward Jerusalem. There is a whole lot of human nature in the old couplet: When the devil was sick. the devil a
 monk would be;
 But when the devil was well, the devil
 a monk was he
 Disappointed in his martial ambi- tions, and rehecting upon the vanity of all earthly glory, the ex-soldier be- gan thinking of the Holy City and of Him who died there. There were many pilgrims to the Holy City in those days. and. falling into line with these, Peter went down to kneel at the Mas ter's sepulchre.
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garden an beautiful Circassyan ladies dance. in front iv him far firm his mad 'tis ye'er soft spot I'd like to land
 "Whin tn. sicrety iy tn threasury wants to report to him, he starts firm his office on his stomach an wriggles into the august appearance. What is it ye want, oh head iv llgnum vity7' says tke sultan. Bark fir tn ladies.
 says he with a chuckle. Oh, descend- ant iv tn prophet. whose name he blest, Oh. sun an moon an stars, whose frown is death an whose smile is Heaven to tn Fafthfu--l Don't be so familyar with me first name says the sultan, but go on with ye'er con- timptible supplication,' says he. Ye'er slave says the sicrety iv tn threas- ury firm tn hure, is desthroyed with grief to tell ye fhat afther standin' tn intire Empire on it's head he's been enable to shake out more thin two miIlyon piasthres fir this weeks ex- pinses iv ye'er awfulness,' says he. swhatn says tn sultan. two mtilyan pfasthres--harly enough to buy bur-rd seed fr me bulbuls, say he. How dare ye come into me august prisince with such an insult. Lave 1t on tn fiure fir tn boy that sweeps up, oh, son tv tailor' he says, an he gives nod an firm behind a curtain comes lawn Johnson with little on him an the next thing ye hear fv th 1aithless Hlnister is a squeak an splash. He rules be love alone, thinks I, am feelip' that life without love Is useless. anybody that don't love him can go an get measured fir a name plate an be sure he'll need 1t befure th' price Is lower. His people worship him and why shud- dent they? He allows thim to keep all tn dogs they want, he proticts tliim firm absolute habits be takin their loose money firm thin an ivry year he gives thim an Armeenyan 'nassa- cree which Is a great help to tn clga- rect business in this country.
 Happy Abdul. thinks I. If l <cud l be a haytiien an was marvin nan. ding throng iv wives,N as tn pote says.
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By F. P. Dur1ne

In fr me declining days. So whin I r-read in tn pa-apers that there was a revolution startin' to fire Abdul Ha- mid, says fo mesilf: "A fine chance ye've got, me lads. That old body will be hoIdin down his job whin there's vacancy on tn Supreem Coort bench at wash'nton.' says ]. Tn first thing ye'~youns Turks know yell be gettin' a prisent firm ye'er sov'reign iv a necktle, says l. an it won't 1t ye,' says l.
 "Well sir, was wrong. I now was wrong tn minyit l see pitcher iv Abdul Hamid in tn pa-aper snap shot mind ye! Think iv that, will ye! Dye suppose sultan or a king that knew his thrade wud iver let amy wan take a snapshot iv him? Did ye iver hear iv Alexander tn Gr-reat or Ma poleon Bonyparte havin' snapshot took iv him?s No. sir. Whin they wanted to satisfy tn vulgar curiosity iv tn popylace to know what their lord looked like they chained an artist to a wall in tn cellar iv tn popylace an says they: Now set down an paint a pitcher iv me that will get ye out iv here says they. Nobody in them days knew that tn King had mole on his nose an that waniv his eyes was made iv glass excipt tn people that had jobs to lose.
 "Up to tn time Abdul Hamid wint thrapezin around Constantinople in a hack an havin' his pitcher took he amachoor photty- grafters his job was secure. Up to that time whin wan Turk talked to another about him they talk ed in whispers. What dye suppose he's like, osman?' says wan. '9h me. oh my says tf' other, but he's tn tur-rble wan. They say his voice is like thunder an lightnin' shoots firm his eyes that wud shrivel tn likes iv ye an me to a cinder.' But whin Abdul, be damid, as tn potes call him, made tn mistake iv polS in his head out iv tn palace twas different. Well, who dye think see today but tn sul- tan. I tell ye did. What Is he like ?
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DANCING AND FIGHTING.

In Montenegro They Have Their Own Way
 of Doing Eafh.
 The national dance of Montenegro is the kolo somewhat similar to the horo of Bull garla. Both sexes take part crossing hands and forming unjoinod circle. The music they supply themselves each end of the horn alternately aiuging a verse in honor or the Prince and his warlike deed
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-08-06
IN THE TRtATtRS
At the Grand.

The program 10 finish the week at
the Grand theatcr is all to the good.
To call any one act the feature would
be entirely out of the question, as each
is II winner. The Mud Town -Four
whether original or not, We're very
clever and their singing Won for them
much applause. They answered sew
cral encores each time they appeared.
The Juenets. head and hand balancers.
are acrobatiC eNmnasts OF more than
ordinary ability. and some Of the feats
in equilibrium they present are exceed
inGly difficult. Cuban La Schom por-
trays the Indian woer In fine style and
her singing is we'll up To the standard.
She is equipped with II great layout
of the red mans regalia and finery
ana understands how To wear Indian
garb to advantage. The illustrated
song and the motion pictures are a.
pleasing as ever.
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-08-06
AT THE FAMILY THEATER.

The Nan DYKE company. as usual
drew another packed house at the
Family last night. and the play nf A
Cowboys Girl seemed to have been a
most successful one. Miss Berthe Nan
Dyke in the role of Isla Rivers. the
school teacher. gave pleasing rendi-
tion OF the part. Miss Mae Nccaskey
as the widow. showed her eNCClleat
ability as character actress. Miss
Elenore Carlton looked and played the
part Of Ptquita we'll and many in the
audience remarked. When is she going
In sing again George Mortimer in
heavy leading part received deserved
applause. Manager Van Dyke ap
peared as IA Mexican and reminded us
of Tony in Arizona" Earl Howell.
as the major. gave an excellent I'M
per~nnation. but Il little boy. whose
name we dn not know. played the
part OF little Willie and was one of
the features of the performance Jack
Thomas, as Bud. the darkey. created
many laughs, and Frank Condor. as
Captain Moore. Was acceptable The
rest ~ the east. Including Fay HoWrst.
Who played the chinaman. gave splsn-
did support. Miss Madeline BHuum
MAS pleasing la hrr N"FA al ia" tian..
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for nearly all classes OF merchandise.
Building is active. and our railroads
are free purchasers OF materials for
constructive purposes. Advices con-
able. the only discouraginG reports be-
ing from the cotton districts, where
continued drouth and heat have caused
further deterioration in the condition
of cotton. Money continues in good
supply at easy rates. but the west
ward currency movement has already
begun. and both the interior and Cana
dian banks are drawing against their
balances in this city. II is not gcner-
ally thought, however, that the crop
demands this season will cause any
material advance in money rates west.
ern banks being abundantiy able TO
meet large part OF anticipated re-
quiremcnts. The condition Of the ma
tional banks appears TO be exception
ally strong. According to the last
statement, the amount of loans issue
by these institutions amounted to
5036 coo. 900. the highest on record, anC
an increase of ti90.O00.OO0 over a yeai
ago. 1t is also an increase of $4,000,
900 over the minimum following the
panic. The total of deposits was
sis9s. 000, 900. or nearly double the
amount of nine years ago. These fig
ures show a tremendous growth in our
financial strength"
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BANKERS AND THEIR GREAT INFLUENCE
UPON THEIR COMMUNITIES AND STATE
George F. Orde of Minneapolis Discusses nstructivey
Important Topic Paying Particular Attention TO the Re-
sources, Advantages and Conditions in Montana at
Present and in the Future.

objection to d banker becoming inter
ested in commercial enterprises 50
long as il has no influence upon his
Judgment in the handling of his bank \
funds. Bankers have SO many oppor-
tunities of getting into promotion
schemes that they should be sure 4
proposition has merit, for the reason
that ii bankers name Identified with
a promotion or speculative enterprise
leads the unwary to invest; and while
the banker may only have u small i'll
tereI. his name alone very often is
the sole factor in selling the stock Ia
people who have every reason to be
Iieve he has investigated the PROPOSE
ton and believes in its merits There
IL no objection to banker becoming
rich ii he acquires his wealth along
legitimate channels becoming - his
profession as 4 banker.
A bankers responsibility, his home
advice his interest in tn. Christian
upbuitdints of his community. his sup
port of civic affairs, his corporation
in providing healthy recreation for the
young people of his town-all these
bring him in close touch with the peo-
pie and tend to build up for him u
moral reputation which is the most
powerful asset his bank can have.
AS Emerson has said: There can
be no high civilty without deep
nlprDlify''