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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10

pisint against their husbands for non-support The
rnnglins OF respectable wives and street walkers
In one room IL a minor detail Men prooation chi
GERS sixteen strong, who have no legal or moran
right to be present, make It point to attend the
.ssy1nposium' and bestow their glances an women
who are supposedly being instructed in the paths
OF virtue by members of their own SEX sixteen
men seated around table, stare at eacn unrortu-
nate brought in, and perhaps take hand In Inorai
interrogations or pass comments on the physical
tokens OF reform. Very rarely does magistrate
intr,,de at these sessions of moral arbiters and
connoisseurs in vice 1t is q private function
sacrsmentaI occasion for sixteen sef-appointed
Constocks
ONE METHOD OF REFORMING.
.-yyell. do you ali sit around a table?" asked Mr..
Mayer.
I'VE have a long table"
"And are the women probationers brought IN sep
aratey7'
Eyes, SIR"
And facing this whole crowd of men and
women"
Eyes, SIR"
Different questions were asked. said the witness
according to circumstances. The name and the
crime announced on the entry Of the woman
Sometimes - probation officer hd talks to
this girl ane advises her to do better
And is there any distinction made between a
known prostitute and woman who has been
placed on probation for some other reason?
NO sir; they all brought in alike.
do you know what means are taken. II any. TO
see how these women get homer
well. there Is an officer down in the han and
one on the stairway
We'll, mean after they leave the courthouser
tOh, no, don't
What is your idea OF the probation Of these
women" was asked Of another officer. that 1t is
intended In any way a reformatory measureT'
Eyes"
do you think that this system Of having them
paraded before sixteen policemen tends toward
their reformation?'
well, not there IN uniform
'I don't think It is q good system testified
Magistrate Corrtgan, to the Friday night sym
postum" II have been very much opposed to It
That is reason why I got out of the COM
mttee. 1t seems to me that coming up TO ath
street is simpIy-each woman advertises the fact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
LIKE LEFfREs DE cAoHET.


The records kept in probation are few and far
between. A police clerk testified that a man on
probation disappeared quite out Of his ken; the
original papers the showed nothing Of the
details of supervision Verbal reports few words
whispered in the magistrates ear the essential
features of the system It is true some kind kind
OF general records filed in the central bureau OF
the 54h street court and general reports are sent
by the officers the State Probation Board A ser
geant police is supposedly in charge OF the CEN
trail probation bureau. but his authority is not &C
lznowledged by every magistrates man; one Of
cer at least insists sending his report separate
Iy TO Albany. The magistrates rarely ntrude at
the session of the central probation bureau
The practice, generally followed of releasing prs-
ouers from the vyorkho1se and then putting them
on probation has been declared Illegal by the Cor
poration Counsel. A more illegal practice would
seem 10 be the Issuance Of lettres de cachet by
some magistrates for at the pleasure Of their
delegates.
The probation oracer is supposed to give his pro-
tege moral talk, visit him at his home. that
he follows an honest livelihood and have him re-
port at intervals Of a week two. But some Of
hcers profess q shyness about home visitation.
Yes sir, heard where some women accused Of
hcers of making advances toward them''-and 9TH
ers do not like approach too closely the working
places OF charges for fear OF bringing odtum
on them. If these statements were accepted on
their face value the result would be comparative
IL beneficial one to the practitioners. One officer
testified that he considered # successful ternina-
ton of two pickpocket cases when the youths in
volved moved away to Boston and Philadelphia
A swindler considered reformed because he
ceased TO swinde Italians IN certain section. Per
haps he took up another branch OF crime He
was a supposed CON man--that is what they call
II in Italian" said the bright officer IN another
case. The weekly fortnightly reports are appar-
entity the main dependence Of officers in keeping
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
DOES THE REMEDY
FIT THE DISEASE?
HON. PROBATTONt OFFICER
Works.
.Investigation of Page Commission
Shoes Him Practically Response
bic Only to Himself.

. visitor 10 the average magistrates court in
Kew York City feels that he should have taken
with him 8 rubber coat and supply OF dlsintec'-
ants The noisorae air. the unclean benches' tne
GRAY twilight suggest the poverty IL NOT the ma
fsssv % moor peoples Justice It IS unnecessary TO
.sit the slams OF tuberculosis exhibition II you
60 here But be prepared for worse sights II you
thread the dark, winding corridors OF the UNDER
ground prison and enter pen where on the oesl
i--,oux of magistrate. men and women ere heIoeo
ms rsasfs There IS faint OF disease in the ar
IL Is TIE abode OF scurrying rats and creeping YER
l,-l3n
ons is not surprised 70 ind human reptiles IN
lsh,s environment Take fer granted the wickedness
= - - .,a ,,eorle showed on the bridge within
ieh. sozoe separated from the unclean benches by
ifiEsh iron fence They are wicked, whether they
got drunk or stoie AGENT doornat or came INTO
iraal,csous collision with poceman's club, re-
fo7,i-trr q white bandage like Oriental furoan 10
decorate their skulls. But what Of certain pasty
lseced man LAWYERS bondsmen. police officers who
Artand shout in the gray twilight and make great
zeal Of noiseE These noninally the Guerolahs
Of the wicked Have they escaped the contarnina-
ifion Of evil? Is notorious that the magistrates
courts are infested with shyster lawyers pro1es
.zional hondsmen and corrupt police olnceTs VINO
sccr..tdne TO prey upon the prisoners
II has remained for Page Legislative commits
sion TO uncover lately the character Of new KIND
~ co.,-4 attache whose classification among the
s.zas-y-feced brigade Is little difficult A ponce
Fcoiogist would be puzzled how to place MN. ne
seems 20 be q modified variety OF en- old Species
twilight fuactionary who roams abroad ana ooes
zr1.at ne peases with his extraordinary powers he
IS cross between gistrate's valet and mem
her Of the Third Section OF Russian ponce he Is
&c suv and moral supervisor. tentacle OF justice
reaching from the gray courtroom to the olngy
haonle he has greater power than the magistrate
Cor he car send people TO Jail without charge OF
--sal He determines guilt TO his own personal
satisfaction and hauls away the victim Win ms
.osa muscular arm. JGvert, who made ine1oTaole
pursuit Of Jean Vatican. lacked such autocrauc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
SOME ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.

Early last week the make-beeve corps waa
called upon to help real miners IN genuine peril
One Of the mines near Pittsburg caught fire and
the geological survey men hurried 20 the scena
One miner was saved from death He was taken
out of the tunnel in an unconscious condition by
one of the helme-ed rescuers, received oxygen
treatment and recovered One-half Of the lsrgs
building in which the model coal mine Is built il
constructed auditorium, and several hundred
miners and operators are able to watch the rescus
drill through the big glass windows which sep
arate them from the gas filed chambers.
Perhaps the most important and far reaching
experiments far at the station those IN
which 1t has been definitely shown that coal dust
is an explosive equally dangerous as the deadly
fredamp. This has been a moOted question
among mining engineers and miners alike. both
insisting that It is impossible to explode coal dust
unless there is gas present That the coal dust
will explode in mine where there is no gas has
been repeatedly shown to several hundred oper-
ators and miners at the testing station. The ex-
perts at the station bending their energies
TO discovering some method by which this dust
can be prevented from being serious menace 10
the miners. Experiments in wetting 1t have been
going for some time, but nothing Of a very dsr-
mite nature has-as vet been learned. unless II Is
the fact that the coal dust does not ignite when
there is great amount OF moisture in IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10

Scott wonder how that expression, Inc mar
yia ee was soIernnized," originated -, -
MOTIF was doubtless suggested oy tne loon Oh
the bridegroon's face.-Boston transcript
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
COAL DUST AN
EXPLOSION FACTOR
CAUSE OF MANY DIS6s.
TERS IN MINES.
Government Scientists in Cylinder
Experiment Station Prove 1t a.
Dangerous as Fredamp.
Irrom The Trfbuns suresz.I

Washington Jan a-Most Of the so-caIIeH .,,,-...
explosives used in the coal mines Of the coun.-v
are veritabIs killers; every time a YnIns,
touches a match to a fuse he takes his lie in n,
hands, and the records show that hundreds hav.
been sacrificed by the supposed non-danEsrou.
agents Coal dust has been found to be nearly ..
explosive dynamite, and many heretofcre nv.
FERROUS mine disasters now laid to this a5ra--
emily harmless material. These two important IA.
coveries and others Of almost equal value "a ~.
men who risk their lives IN the production Of eoaI
have been made by little party OF brave scisnt.,.
who are carrying their experiments in nam,
moth boiler plate cylinder at Pittsburg. Tho .xas,
conditions existing IN the lower levels OF the .c.,
mines reproduced IN the great metal tuba and
the experimenters have already gained great se,l
Of information relating to the deadly nredaup, =,
gases and to the effects OF the various kind, :.
blasting powder used by miners IN getting OUT n.
universal fuel.
The cylinder In which the scientists vho ar.
connected with the chronological branch OF n.
geological survey, making their expertrn.,..
Is six feet in diameter and 100 feet long A. in
tervaIs along the top Of the tube safety valves
have been placed, that il explosion takes
place the cylinder Is uninjured- IN big Clans
incased, alright room. adjoining the boiler plata
tube. the geological survey men making ex-
haustive experiments IN rescue work The room
contains tunnels and passages, such are found
in a coal mine, and IN these narrow ways are
placed various distractions similar TO those that
are found In mine after 1t has been wrecked By
an explosion. Dummies, weighing 80 10 9s
pounds which are supposed to represent asphyxl-
ated miners placed at intervals along the tun-
neIs, and the miniature mine is then filed with
deadly gases and a rescue corps IS In Ths
rescuers provided with helmets carrying su,-
ply Of oxygen. and remain in the. tunnels for in
tervals Of two hours, removing distractions, pick
ing up the dummies and carrying them On
stretchers and performing all the duties that ordl
nary fall to The lot OF rescue party after mins
disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10

this fashion without the Formally OF verbal
report at the time. to cay nothing Of arraign-
r3ent Thus the probationer has exclusive dealings
with policeman, Who may deprive him Of his lib
erty at any moment without charge, without public
hearing and without chance to defend himself
If he is the victim oppression error the cold
comfort ren1ains-as suggested by a magistrate-of
bringing complaint against his oppressor after his
release from TAIL
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
Demonstrating the Buffalo.

The experiments in Corbin park.
New Hampshire, have demonstrated
not only that it is possible to make
the buffalo of great value as a domes-
tic animal, but that it is just as easy
to rear and much. less expensive to
feed than domestic cattle. This New
Hampshire herd was started in 1890
with 80 head. In six years the herd
had increased to Is. Animals have
been sold from this herd for other
parks, yet in 1906 the herd numbered
$50. For seven months in the year the
animals obtained their own living, run
ming at will on Croydon mountain.
During the long, severe winters when
the snow in New Hampshire is so
deep that it is impossible for any ami
NAL to paw down to the ground, the
animals are fed on hay and for con
venience are yarded in small inclos-
ures near the barns where the hay is
kept. The American Bison association
is endeavoring at present to push this
greatest of all American game animals
to the front as a valuable farm ami
NAL. 1t is said that it's flesh is almost
indistinguishable from beef. The hide
brings an enormous price and the
heads Of old bulls are sometimes
worth $500 to 5000 for mounting pur-
poses.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
Notice Of Sale by Advertisement,

Notice is hereby given. That that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by rne K.
Nlybo, and lngebor Nybo, his wife. mortgagors.
to JamesD Brown. mortgagee, dated May q,
1905, and recorded in the once Of the Register,
OF Deeds, In and Tor the county OF Steele and
state OF North Dakota. on June 2, 1906, at 200
p. M. IN BOOK GOT Mortgages page 4O7, which
SAID mortgage was thereafter On June 10, 1905,
duly assigned by said James d. Brown. to the
Social Settlement Association OF Minneapo-
lis, and said assignment recorded in the Regis
ter.s otfice on September 2. 1908, at 200 D m,
IN Book IL OF Mortgages. page 46O; and which
salG mortgage was thereafter on March 30,
l9o', duly assigned by the said Social Settle
nent Association OF Minneapolis. to M. B. Cas-
sell, and said assignment recorded In the ONCE
Of said Register Of Deeds, on Max 20. 1908. At
SaW p. M, in Book Is of Mortgages, page 140.
VII! be foreclosed by a sale OF the premises In
such mortgage and hereinafter described, at
the 'front.' door OF the Court HOuSeain the Vii
lage OF Sherbrool1e, in the county Of Steele
and state of North Dakota. at the hour Of one
July, l9O9, to satisfy the amount due upon said
mortgage on the day OF sale, together with
costs and disbursements.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are
those certain premises situated in the counvy
scribed as follows to-wit:
me northeast quarter NEh) OF section
twelve %. in township one hundred and for
ty-four CAD. north, of range ifty-seyen (57),
west, of the fifth principal meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date OF sale. the sum OF S1796. 80.
lated at Sberbrooke. N. D.. this 2eth day of
May, 1909. 80
M. B. CAssHLL,
VIM. BARCLAY. Assignee OF Mortgaree,
Attorney for Assignee OF MortgaRee,
Sherbrooke. N. D. 5-27-7-1
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
Reward Of Honesty.

One day recently a teacher in Boil.
~toneschool picked up in the street a
chamois bag, and, peering inside, saw
some diamonds. Advertisements tell
ing of the loss of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds led the school teacher to the
residence of the owner, the wife of a
down town merchant. incidentally a
reward was offered, but the woman
who found them is of character too
high to make a reward a thing to be
considered in such a case. She carried
the diamonds to the, woman who had
lost them, and the latter seized them
with all the joy that a could
possibly show on the of her
jewels.
And now" said the woman, you
shall have a reward of $40 If you take
1t out in trade in my husbands shop"
The school teachers sense of humor
prevented her from showing any dis
gust, and she told the owner that she
could not think of taking a reward for
common honesty, and was only too
glad to find the owner. During the
conversation the woman was counting
the diamonds, and she suddenly broke
out with:
"One Of them is missing! One of
them Is missing! What are you going
to do about that?"
"The best I can do about that" re.
Piled the school teacher, "is to wish
that more were missing. Good day."
Cleveland Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
VERY ANCIENT GAME is POLO.
Was Played In China Thousands Of
Years Ago Under the Name
Of HorsebaIl.

zone day, while walking along Liu-
Li-Ch'ang, the great book and curio
street of Pekin," says a writer in st.
Nicholas, II stepped into a store to
look at some Chinese paintings. The
street Is more than a mile in length,
not very wide and not particularly
clean, but 1t is the model street in
all upper China and one OF the most
remarkable in the world. 1t contains
nothing but book stores and curio
stores.
There you will find a history-not
a history of the world-not a univer-
sal history, but only a history of
China which would fill a two-horse
wagon. There you can also find an
encyclopedia which contains as many
volumes as there are days in a hun
dred years. And there you will find
the works of a nan who, besides gov
erning 400,000,0 1000 people, wrote as
many separate poems as there are
minutes in two weeks.
Among many other things the
dealer brought out a painting of five
men dressed in the style of the Ming
dynasty-a garb of four or five hun
dred years ago, playing polo. The
picture was painted on a piece of silk
about three and a half feet long and
Is inches wide. The silk had original
ly been white, but through the years
and centuries since 1t was executed it
had turned a beautiful brown.
II found by the inscription that It
had been painted by a man named
Chiu Wing, the greatest landscape
and figure painter of the Ming
dynasty, some 400 years ago.
What are the men doing?' I in
quired Of the merchant.
Knocking horse ball. he an
swered.
"'But they are not riding horses;
they are on mules I continued.
"'Quite right said he; "a horse
would be too large to turn quickly
and play easily and he would not be
tough enough to stand the game..'
Why, is it a violent gamer I
asked.
II 90 not Know he continued; L
never saw it played, but I suppose it
Is. When lei are riding mules, turn
ing, twisting, galloping, swinging
clubs and yelling, it cannot be very
mild. They are liable to run into
each other, their mules may fall, or
they may be unseated and trampled
under the feet of their antagonists. It
is not child's play
elbow long have the Chinese played
this game?' I inquired.
HE waved his hand at me in that
queer way the Chinese have of saying
they can't answer
II do not know. l suppose they
have always had it; at least he mod
flied his statement, for $500 or 5000
years."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
In Milk Street, Boston.

A young man who was in such a
hurry to get out of the Milk street
subway station that. he forgot to exer-
else ordinary politeness, very nearly
caused a serious accident yesterday
about one o'clock. AS he raced up the
exit stairway through the crowd he
brought his heel back into the face of
an elderly lady close behind him. She
gave a shrek Of pain and fright and
staggered backward. A man behind
her was jostled and, losing his bal
ance, also staggered backward. For a
moment it looked as if a. whole row
would go down like %ninepins, when a
big man near the foot of the flight
stretched out his stout. arms and
stayed the human avalanche. The in
dignant ones looked for the
man that they might fall upon and
smite him, but he, had Disappeared
Boston Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
ECHO THAI BEAT THEM ALL.
Man That Told Of II Had Not Trav.
eled z But Surely Could
"Go Some."

Echoes" remarked the Great Trav-
eler, "are queer things. They're queer
for two reasons-their cause and the
vast difference in their sounds. Sci
ence has explained why there are
echoes, but 1t can't tell why me
should reverberate with bass tones in
response to q shrill tenor yell, while
another reverses this, OF responds
naturally"
i reck'n you've heerd, a number O.
echoes" said the man, whose furthest
trip from home was a distance of
41hA miles.
Rather. l recall one In Switzer-
land; the echo rolled for Just four
seconds, no more. no less, Then
there's n in the Pyrrenees that
jumps six times, first loud and harsh,
then low and soft, then loud again.
and so on. There's one in.tbe west
ern. part Of Germany that holds q full
sentence of seven words before re-
leasing a sound, thus rivaling a GER
tain echo In Afghanistan, which
doesn't repeat until a minute and a
half have elapsed"
I'D like to listen to a few of 'em,"
suggested the ~home-staying man, with
a suspicion of distrust in the tones OF
his voice. NIX. y
"of course, you would" responded
the traveller. There's nothing In the
world like a good echo"
You're right" said the other. Il
amt Y been but a few miles frum
hum, but I've heerd one of the
strangest echoes that can be. Beats
any of yours all to shucks. Up in the
little range of hills 20 miles yonder is
a ravine. If you stand at one end of
that ravine an yell Jones' what echo
'spose'n Gomez"
Il have no idea," said the traveller.
We'll, sir, 1t says, kind O.: question
In like, Jones? Jones? What
Jones?'" :
after ALL" unused the great trav.
eler, its hard to stump a homebody."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-01
Old English Favorite Drink.

A favorite drink in the seventeenth
century, alike with men and women,
was known as "Tewahdiddle." This
beverage, which Wed in popularity
with the old English ale, was COM
pounded of a pint of table beer Tor
ale), a tablespoonful of brandy, and a
teaspoonful of brown sugar or clari-
fed strip. A little ginger and a thin
slice of lemon peel were occasionally
added. Such a drink would probably
prove insipid to the modern palate,
but Lord Ruthven, in his Experiments
on Cookery" published in 1854, de-
clares that "this is a right Gossip's
cup, that far exceeds all the ale that
ever Mother Burch made in her life
time"