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The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

looking thing that you often find on
your rose bushes II Is the milch COW
OF the ants. The ants actually drive
the aphis TO pasture. milk them reg
ularly. stable them and in other ways
tenderly care for them. Besides serv.
ing as dairy TO some colony OF ants.
the only other fun the aphis have
seems TO be In eating the tender
leaves OF young melon and cabbage
plants.
All! you begin to see where lady.
bugs come In In the line OF natural
resources. don't you?
Well, aphis can In short time
make a $500 acre OF melon plants
look like 20 cents. They would make
hundreds of gardens on the Pacific
coast worth about 20 cents an acre
II IL were not for the ladybugs. A
ladybug will go miles to make
record on eating aphis. Hence. peo-
pie are climbing miles up into the
Sierra SHOWS TO get the ladybug. One
fellow, Supt. Ed. Carnes Of the Call.
fornia state insectary. has already got
a box 2x3x5 feet filed six inches deep
with ladybugs. They will be nursed.
petted and given In marriage, and.
later on. they and their children will
be saving the melons and cabbages
for us by destroying the aphis.
Nice little lesson In natural history.
isn't II?
But, what II some trust should cor.
ner our bugs?
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
WAYS OF DOING THINGS

work in Massachusetts,, but II has re.
duced the cost of similar insurance
everywhere In the country. For 20
years before this savings bank indus
trial insurance idea was broached
there had been no reduction Of prem.
iums on Industrial policies. In the
three years since the savings bank
plan was started the industrial COM
panies have reduced their premiums
about 90 per cent. Golfers Weekly
estimates that In few years the an.
nual savings to the working people OF
this country will be ten TO fifteen
million dollars.
The Improvement has not stopped
there. Formerly. even at the higher
premiums, In case of death within tho
first six months. only one-quarter OF
the gee OF the policy was paid: In
case on death In the second six
months, o.ily one-half. The savings
bank policies secured full payment OF
the face OF the policy no matter how
soon death occurred. As a result. tho
industrial companies now pay one.
half instead of one-quarter. II death
occurs IN the first six months, and
in full after six months. Formerly
the two leading companies gave no
cash surrender value until after the
policy had been in force 20 years;
now after 10 years.
This savings bank insurance Illus
trates what government can DO To-
wards checking private rapaclty.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
Thursday. January Is.
1910
The Omniscience (?) of Our Courts

The superhuman wisdom OF lawyers
the moment they set on the bench Ia
a tradition OF our American life. Ono
can lambaste the lawyers all he
pleases. but rs soon as they become
judges they are above criticism. This
is as Il should be.
The omniscience OF our courts Is
shown by recent decision OF the su-
preIne court OF Virginia-and there Is
a story In II.
Years ago Mayor McCue. OF Char
lottesville murdered his wife. He was
tried and convicted and hanged. He
had In his prosperous days insured his
life. presumably for the benefit OF his
family rather than for any selfish pur-
pose. But when he was hanged. the
insurance companies. or some Of them.
resisted the payment OF the policies
on the ground that payment under
such circumstances would be an en-
couragement OF murder. and therefore
against public policy!
Now q mere man. with only human
wisdom. would have said Rats" The
mere man would have said that the
assured would be able TO find some
more direct way OF getting the avails
OF his insurance into the hands Of the
people he loved and wished to benefit.
than by numbering their mamma and
trusting TO the courts to hang him
for II.
But the grave and reverend seniors
on the supreme bench OF Virginia
pierce through the fallacy OF the man
who remarks Rats" with a supreme
wisdom that commands our reverence.
NO." say the court. Ito let these
babies have this money-that has been
paid into the Golfers of the insurance
company for their benefit-would In
duce crime. We can see In the awful
future saturnalia OF battle. murder
and sudden death IL men whose lives
are insured find out that they can ge;
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
Great Hoaxes of History
Speaking of Explorer Cook Walnut Cood Faker From Warm
Cline Fooled London.

Until Copenhagen came TO tne
front. London was the one great Town
that would fall" for anything In the
trayel.faking line. When Geo. Psai-
manazar. with walnut-tanned com
plexion and a jumbled vocabulary OF
strange words, announced In 1704 that
be was n native OF the then unknown
island OF Formosa. London fell all
over herself in It's efforts to convert
the Young barbarian" and to teach
him English, while he was trying mis-
hest TO conceal the fact that he had
talked English all his life.
Psalmanazar constructed Formo-
san language and grammar and actu-
ally taught II TO many students. He
talked his fake language freely. even
undergoing tests before scientific
bodies.
His Formosan text books formed the
basis OF European knowledge OF that
island until the hoax was exposed.
psalmanazar's great stunt was In lec-
turing before learned societies, but he
didn't make so much money on the
lecture platform as now lines the poek-
cts OF foxy old Doc Cook.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

One OF the shames OF our boasted
civilization Is that We make those
least able bear the heaviest loads.
Hundreds Of lives were sacrificed in
a mine at Cherry. Ill. Neither the
mine owners nor coal users rooted
the chief loss. Society threw THIS
overwhelming financial burden upon
those least able--the widows and or
nhans. as IL their immeasurable sor'
row was not enough.
But the injustice does not stop
there. II out of his meager wage. an
industrial worker seeks insurance "
proyide a pittance for his loved ones
he has TO pay several times the cost
OF ordinary life insurance IL you
want To know how enormous the pro-
Ar was. remember that the greatest
nro6t makers among life insurance
comnanies are not those which insure
tho well-to-do. but the two companies
whose speciality is. industrial insur-
ance to which the workers pay D.
10 and 20 cents a week.
Progress, though, Is the order OF
tho day. Louis ID. Brandeis. lawyer
~ Boston. a real phllanthropist. draft
ed and secured the passage OF an IN
dustrial insurance law In Massachu-
setts. II mas been In operation one
year. Il enables savings banks 10 III, ~,
sure people for small sums at smaii
advance over cost.
Not only has II done a benehcent
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

their insurance money for their loved
ones by the simple process Of getting
themselves hanged. or course man
to do this would have to love the benc.
hciary OF the policy very dearly. but
that's the very danger. Our people
love thoir children, and wives very
dearly. Therefore they would reyel In
murder for their sakes. The lovingest
are the murderousest. It's clear that
these babies must go without the
money their father paid In for them.
Let 1t go to other babies whose fathers
have not been hanged. Decision for
the defendant"
A Daniel come to Judgments
whole Old Dominion benchful OF DAN
iels.
Isn't II fine to think that the brains
OF our courts work along those linear
wouldn't you think-honestly, now
that the buffers had emptied the mush
into the skulls OF their honors that
morning. II you didn't know that such
an operation was physically 80 dim
cult?
And-oh. no. Don't tell us that it's
a Jim Crow state court that did this
thing. The United States supreme
court decided the same sort of case
the same way years ago. and II is still
the law OF that great tribunal.
1t Is only fair to say that the Illinois
supreme court-made up OF elective
judges. and not gifted with the su.
preme wisdom OF the federal courts.
recently gave the babies the funds
that had been bought for them. They
say that the other decisions border
closely upon the absurd"
Absurd? Heavens-they are either
abyssmally idiotic. or too wise for the
ordinary mind.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
STATE POLITICS

Scared perhaps by some threat OF
- rum power, solicitous friend OF
mos 8. Musselman OF Grand Rapids,
No would like to be made governor,
'nmo forward with the declaration
kot Mr.. Musselman has not con-
|1buted a dollar to either the Prohibi-
IN party or the Anti-saloon league"
! this II true, as doubtless 1t is. there
! nothing I'm II to Mr.. Musselman's 8
fodit. II would seem as though he
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
TIE C0wARDLY EGG AND
THE YELLOW STATESMAN

when I arose to speak," related a
Dortyred statesman. "some one hurl-
J . base. cowardIy egg at me and II
Euck me I'm the chest"
And what kind Of an egg might
~ beY' asked fresh young man.
"a beDe. cowardly egg" explained
~ G<ntesman. rs one that hits you
than runA"-Evsrybody's Maya
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

might now and then spare one OF his
many thousands OF dollars 10 helm in
tne struggle against Institutions which
are SO bad that Mr.. Musselman never
patronizes them.-Allegan Gazette
kalamazoo county supervisors were
oohged 10 crowd six days work ir,o
Tour to avoid prolonging their session
beyond the legal limit and accompIish.
eo the feat handily. The quick action
ala not appeal to some OF the "coun.
" dads, however. judging by the dis
satisfaction expressed.
Dr. Victor F, Huntley, the presen,
legislative representative for the Wer.
.ford district is possible nominee for
state senator to succeed Fred e. Wet.
more. who is retiring Voluntarily :
Port Huron Daily Times.
More than one-fiftn OF England's Goa,
Is consumed by its factories.
Lots OF fistic encounters attenaao
the campaign In England. Some eY.
cited electors think the way to over
throw the house OF lords is with a
push In the face
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

combined concerns into $3.50. 1000, 600
trust company. A large institution
like this is probably necessary TO take
care OF all the money people ara saw
ing nowadays by not eating so much.
Some surprise caused by the use
Of monocle by w. Gould Brokaw In
the court room. Well. anyone stand
ing that kind OF divorce case
shouldn't be expected TO falter at an
eccentricity like monocle.
/ Bronx-Why has Jones become SO
opposed TO clubs?
Harlem-Ho was introduced to his
wife at a country club. proposed To
! her at golf club. married her
nj a church cub; now the alimoly he
pays her just meet, her club duea-
Judge.
! Scientist treasures US. Says a
collision OF our planet with another
is "only slightly theoretically posi-
: BILE" IL seems then that we are con-
structively safe. And yet
Western folks have wondered why
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt travels TO
and fro between Cheyenne and Omaha
80 much. Is II possible he doesn't
know which place he likes the less
Chicago official wants his salary re-
duced. This happens once in while,
but there Is no danger OF II becoming
epidemic.
They're trying TO drive Pinchot TO
the high timbers he has been trying
SO strenuously to protect.
Indiana man was forgotten in Jail
for 104 days. The only bright view
OF this blunder is that he had plenty
of uninterrupted time for literary pur.
suits-that Is IL he was a true Indian.
ian.
During a cold wave II is much
warmer at n height OF 1000 feet than
at the earth's surface. the weather
experts have learned. Well. the sky
scrapers are gradually being built up
to where steam heat won't be needed.
What do you think OF a man with
a rip in his coat and only three but
tons on his vest?"
He should either get married or
divorced. Boston Transcript
For a baldheaded man. Secretary
Knox Is singularly prone TO indulge
In hair pullings with other nations.
But then, having no hair TO lose. may
account for his choice OF weapons.
Gladys: Mamma, my teacher was
talking about synonyms today. What
is a synonym?
Mrs. Catherwood: A synonym. dar-
ling, is word you can use In place
OF another one when you do not know
how TO spell the other one.-Record
Herald.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
II. Bryan Is a
Bit Too Brave To
Re a Good Politician
HE Speech Against the Liquor
Interests Docsn't Sound Like
Coming From a Man Who
Wants To Be President.

Wants To Be President to keep n:n sn' .S rs
s.rsss, s"sss iaso1 ISs sis s.: re: ,.
e " %: D:Tsssi s s:s ss ,ss that out srsss eo.
party interest onto the Re-
told that IT. n sn ''%:' =: ., s p: the GS'%
aerT and right that To. ' @sIor while
right s s"s ,S. or..:
ss:..'e"s -. s": ''' the O'"'e'''' par" ' ." ~"
We say daring words
They were remarkably coming from man whose aims
and whose hfes work will result In
compared accomplish lest he reaches the
enc his allotted days he finds the majority his side
Every reader Of this knows what those aims and
es goal Bryan the hope Of their accom-
llshmsnt b presidency of the United States
presidential campaign and probably will not
- his partys candidate.
So there will doubtless who will point that probability
Chattanooga daring after ALL particularly
yea subject while before the people party
isdsr
Bryan himself despite that others have dug for him
~ political grave placed has consented the peace
eposng and has conceded that he has made
II last try for the presidency
William Jennings Bryan doubtless aspires
. presidency today he has entered hi
campaigns with the nomination.
.A . of the
Those question by venung prompted in
seeking the presidency other than the furtherance OF his
political ideals, do him most pronounced injustice
He may have been unfortunate
Che game getting but that he honest evidenced
a appreciates advantage political aspiration Of being
popular ide by his giving voice his views subject which the
politician them all took pains always carefully avoid
great Mr. had that when there
szs sgns bear
And he politician from the signs all around him Of
active campaign against the saloon and whisky that there
avOr and anpahy around his toward the making whisky
and the selling Of it.
recognized recognizes presence
u the bear the that there other game
feast else he would not be there that there other
Ne political hunting ground
the hunter shoots at bear the deer back the
he shoots at deer the bear 60 back in the mountains
III he doesn't shoot at all, both remain near by.
30 Roosevelt quest support he could call upon any
lave hand didn't shoot nor the
s}aya"
speaking dsparagement Roosevelt either in calling
attention the that avoided putting record on the oues
tian Of prohibition.
From what know him purpose having
h placed and maintained that purpose
s ushng another the coun be hard
M his sincere and in HOLDING
himself aloof from this issue the justified
Just possibly the Mr. Roosevelt president explains
Vhy Mr. Bryan did possibly will get to be president
Mr. Bryan is politician.
He in this Chattanooga speech aligned himself once again
With the minority far reaching is concerned
Possibly too time he find that he has placed himself on the
majority side.
But whether with the majority minority makes no difference
With Mr.. Bryan
& He is not simply with a purpose
He ID more than that
He with PURPOSES deep and strong convictions
o. which ne would sacrifice aside Temporarily FOR
41kGDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

people who can't keep up with tn
high cost o. llvln' are besInnln' ter
think there's somsthln' In tn simple
life after ALL"
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

A German company has perfected
a cheap process for the manufacture
OF hydrogen. based upon the interac-
tion between steam and iron borings
or turnings. ut a red heat.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
The Truth. No Matter
Whom II Helps or Hurts-

At an informal supper given In
honor of William Jennings Bryan
in Chattanooga, Tenn, recently, MT
Bryan was called upon for a speech
which he closed with these daring
words:
"There Is one qu@stioL upon when
for nineteen long years J nave kep'
silent, but . propose to keep silent nc
longer. rhe day has come wnen 'ne
corrupt liquor interest must be or'Se"
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

The British admiralty began ex-
perimenting with submarine boats In
plymouth harbor In 177A
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

"A man never know how many
friends he has until he gets into pol
tics
True" answered Senator Sorghum.
nor how few he has until he gets
out OF Office. e."-Washington Star.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

More than one-fifth OF Engiand's Goa
Is consumed by its factories.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

Morgan Ryan and a few others have
combined concerns into a sl50,000.00O
trust company. A large institution
like this is probably necessary to take
care OF all the money people ara saw
ing nowadays by not eating so much.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-13

Some surprise caused by the use
Of a monocle by w. Gould Brokaw 10
The court room. Well. anyone stand
ing that kind OF divorce case
shouldn't be expected to falter at ar
eccentricity like a monocle.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09
Notice OF Final Settlement.

In the county court OF the state OF Ore.
gon for the county OF Multnomah.
In the matter OF the estate of Harmon
rTyon, deceased,
Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed executTiN OF the above named es.
tate has filed with the clerk OF the above
named court her final report aud account
as eNecutrix; and that the court has
fixed upon the 10th day Of December,
1910, at 10 O'Clock a. m. as the time aud
the county court room OF the county
court house as the place where said re-
port will be heard, aud any person OF
persons having any objection TO anything
in said report contained, or any objse-
tion or exception To any act by said ex.
ecutriN as such, may file the same ON or
before said date aud shall then aud there
be heard.
The first publication of this notice is
the Ith day OF November, 1910, and the
last will be the 9Th day of December,
1910.
MARY TRYON, Executrix.x
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09
nuI~.r Lytton and M. choru,.

The Princess Won llacowltsu met
Buiwer Lytton In the Riviera toward
the end Of the hftics. lie wns then.
she says IN her autobiography. past
bis FIRST youth; his fame WIS az lts
zenith. lie seemed 10 mo uutcdilu
Wan. with his long dyed curls and hls
old fashioned dress lie dressed exact,
~ In the fashion Of the twculics. with
long coats reaching 60 the ankles, knee
breeches aud long colorrd wulstcouts
Also ho appeared always with young
lady who ndorcd him aud who was
followed boy munscrvunt carrying
a harp. She snt NJ his feet nnd ap,
peared, M be did. IN the costume of
1880, with long flowing curls. called
Anglaises. lie read aloud from his
own works. ana IN especially uoctic
passages his Alice accompanied him
with arpeggios ou the harp"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09
Way 20 Trsai Xsnison.

Tho sportsman was explaining TO a
few Of hls uuinltlatcd friends.
"lf you don't like ycnison." he said.
1T n because Il has not been prepared
properly. I think ! know the kind you
have tried 10 eat, nnd | agree with
you Il IN not tt. After the deer has
been shot the carcass probably hus
been allowed to llc around until the
blood hns discolorcd tho meat aud
really has almost tainted a. Few
hunters dress their game carefully
enough As soon M u deer N Killed
the carcass should be- thoroughly blcl.
skinned. the cntruils removed aud the
meat hung ~ IN the dry mir for some
hours Thorough aud prompt bleeding
is ~ the utmost Importance NenisOn
prepared In this way IN comparatively
light Ia colur-thut In. Il h n clear
bright rcd, and the tat II white und
clean There h uo strong. rank taste"
New York Press
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09
TAR AND FEATHERS.
A Coat Of These Means Exerueiatins
Torture TO the Victim,

Torture TO the Victim.
People who read Of tarrlng and
feathering know that the punishment
Is n very unpleasant one, but few i'm
nglne how terribly painful and dan.
gerous Il Is. Hardened tar IL very
hard to remove from the skin. aud
when feathers are added II forms
kind OF cement that sticks closer than
brother. As soon as the tar sets the
victims suffering begins. II contracts
rs It cools. and every one Of the little
veins on the body Is pulled. causing the
most exquisite agony. The persplru.
ton is entirely stopped, and unless the
tar Is removed death Is certain to en-.
sue.
but the removal Is no easy task and
requires several days The tar cannot
be softened by the application Of heat
and must be peeled or bit by bit.
sweet oil being used TO make the proc
ess less painful. The Irritation TO the
skin Is very great, as the hairs cannot
be disengaged, but must be pulled out
or cut on No man can be cleaned of
tar IN a single day, as the pain Of the
operation would be too exCrucinting
for endurance, and until this II done he
has 20 suffer from n pain like that ~
10000 pin pricks Numbers Of men
have died under the torture, and none
who have gone through II regard tar
aud feathcrlnR ns anything but a most
fearful innlctiOn.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09
NEW JERSEY TEA.
Red Root. That Did Good Service In
Revolutionary Days.

Red Root. That Did Good Service In
Revolutionary Days
You housckccpcrs Of today whose IN.
voritc brands Of Orange prkur. Eng.
llsh breakfast. India aud Ccyipn. etc..
diffusc their fragrance over your ten
table would hardly suppose that tea.
or. rather. u fairly good substitute for
II, was once mndc from the lcnycs ~
ono of our prcttlcst New Jersey wild
flowers. Vet so II was IN the old tur
bulcnt days Of the American Rcyolu.
tlon. when thcy had 40 much trouble
over the imported article aud used
various beverages M substitutes Tor
that 20 which they had become nccus.
toned
New Jersey tea, or rcd root. M II IL
also called. ~ low growing shrub
with many branches. seldom over
three feet high. aud IN found from
Canada 20 Florida. growing usually In
dry wooded sections. II IN very uhun.
dant IN New Jersey. for which II IN
named. II blooms prufuscly In July
aud IN no SNOWY. with its many pun.
iclcd white blossoms. M 10 be- quite
worth n place In the gardens ns an
ornamental shrub. II hns u dark red
root, with leaves downy beneath aud
very much vclncd, boy which II " easily
distinguished from the pure tea. An
infusion " the leaves prepared In the
snmc manner M the genuine article
has somewhat the taste of ordinary
grades of the tea OF the orient. but N
not supposed 20 possess any Of IT,
stimulating properties. Exchange
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09
Proposals for Street Work

Sealed proposals will be received at
the Office of the recorder of the city Of
81. Johns, until Dee. q, 1910, ats o'clock
p. M. for the improvement of Fessenden
street from the westerly line Of Edison
streettothc southeasterly limits Of the city
OF St. John In the manner provided by or.
dinance No. 53t subject 10 the provisions
of the charter aud ordinances Of the city
Of st. Johns, aud the estimate Of the
city engineer, on file.
This bid Is for cross walks and box
CUTTERS only, according 10 the plans aud
specifications for said improvement.
Bids must be strictly IN accordance
with printed blanks which will be furn.
ished on application at the Office Of the
recorder Of the city Of ST. Johns. And
said improvement must be completed on
or before TAO days from Oct. 81, 1910.
No proposals OF bids will be considered
unless accompanied by certified check
payable To the order OF the mayor OF the
city OF ST. Johns, certified by responsi.
bic bank for an amount equal 10 ten per
cent. Of the aggregate proposal.
The right 10 reject any and all bids Is
hereby reserved.
By order Of the city council,
A. NJ. RSSON,
City Recorder.
Published In the ST. Johns Review
Nov ~, IS and Dee. q, 1910.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-12-09

a government uhiyiul in Bavaria con
nected with the forestry department
has wonderful dog Whirh Is us clcv
er nj climbing trees as u cat n his
master fastens handkerchief up iu
the treetops the animal will chamber
up after n IN the nlmhlcst way and
never falls 10 bring Il down lie was
taught by his mother who was famous
as a tree climber. The clever animal
has won several medals 10y his cN-
traoriinaTy talent and takes particular
delight In climbing silver hlrchcs, not
the easiest tree IN the world to scale
for the trunk Is particularly smooth
aud slippery - Wide World Magazine