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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
GIRLS MIS-SPELL;
LOSE MATINEKS

BOSTON, Dec. 22.-Failure of
Wellesley college students to pune.
tuate and spell properly means the
giving up Of Saturday afternoon
matinees and operas and attend
ance on q penalizing class to make
up their deficiencies instead. This
has been decided on by the faculty.
Any girl who has three words
misspelled or who has three Aiis.
takes in punctuation in a theme is
made a member Of the Saturday
class. u q.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
LABOR AIDS FIGHT r5r
ON CONTEMPT LAW

(ey United Press Leased Wire)
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.-Union la.
Dor will take up the fight on the
contempt law and the writ of in.
junction, both of which are now re-
ceiving heated criticism following
the sentencing to Jail Of two edit
ors of the Seattle Star for con-
tempt as a result of the Stars at.
tack on the use of the Injunction.
Resolutions were introduced in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22

the labor council meeting last
night denouncing the two laws qs
giving tyrannicai and arhftrpfy
power to the court and recumbadhh-
ing that they be materially amend
ed or repealed by the Legislature.
The resolutions were warmly ap-
proved by the union leaders and
referred to a committee toIwork
out the best plan for q new injunc.
ton law. STR,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22

union scale In my place and have
treated my employees right, but yet,
someone, through spite or other
causes, wants to invoke the law
against me on a mere pretext. Why
don't they go after the big depart
ment stores that are working their
women all sorts of hours this week.
No, they dare not do this; these
people have the political pull,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22

READS BIBLE TO WIFE lNceLL
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. Dec. 30.
Z. s. Call. a travelling salesman OF
Springfield, after having his wife
and Irving Wolfe of Bristol arrest
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22

; At As she 10 MOTHER or - ,
; NEWCASTLE, Ind, Dec. %.
= AT the age Of As years, Mrs.
= Jason Bonner has given birth
. to her twenty-eighth child
= T~enty-one Of the children are
, living. Mr.. Bonner IL ~ years !
. old.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-22
ART STORE

Finest line of Christmas novel
ties in city. Just what you want
for father, mother, sister. Lowest
prices. 4.
N3o2 Post St., near EIks Temple.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

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The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

crete or stone wall, and the other the armored safe proper The wall sec tion is stationary, but within it the armored safe is revolyed by means of an electric motor fitted close to the lower ball bearings on which the safe is pivoted
 During business hours the safe is stationary, entrance to it being ga:E- ed through the doors. During this period electric accumulators within the safe are connected with an out side charging circuit. which connec- ton is broken when the closing hour approaches. A time switch, likewise within the safe, is set to stop the motor at any given time the next morning or the following morning, should the day be Saturday. The doors are closed, and the motor is started by an outside switch. which. however, is not capable of stopping it again.
 The safe then commences to revolve, and continues this movement at a speed of about three feet a second until stopped by the time switch. Ro- tating at such speed. the surface of the safe at any given point is con tinually changing which makes impos- sible a successful attack by cutting burners" Again, as the safe is de- signed as a polygon. the distance be- tween the armor and tho melting in- strument in the hands of the burglar is changing constantly, and with proper distance. Any contact between the burner and the rotating wall would, to say the least, place the
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
BLINDED SONG BIRDS.

English Dealers Take Sight from
 Chaffnches to Make Them Sing.
 The magistrate at Lambath police laborer of Sultan street, Chamber well, to three months hard labor for cruelty to two chaffinches by blinding them, the London Daily Mail says.
 s. G. Polhill, who prosecuted on be- half of the Royal Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, said that the practice of blinding was re- sorted to because birds so dealt with were supposed to become better song sters or warblers. He was sorry to say the practice had been going on for many years, but in such secrecy that this was the first occasion upon which the society had been in a posi- tion to prosecute. The operation was carried out with needle, and was done skilfully, so as not to burst the eyeball. The birds adapted themselves to their blind state in a wonderful way. They fed and found their water and jumped about the cage.
 Al Ihul llAAAOty OAC Ol lhC oOOAOby inspectors, produced the two blind birds in court. He purchased them for 1 shilling pence from the prison CT at his house, where one room was full of birds, at least ten of which were blinded chaffinches. The prisoner said he himself had blinded them, but that blinded" was dangerous word to use because if he were given away" 1t would mean three months in prison for him. He had been at the game" he said, twenty years.
 Alexander Pearce, veterinary sur geon, said that in the birds produced he came to the conclusion that the optic nerve and the artery in the center of that nerve had been severed by inserting a needle at the bottom of the eye. This operation paralyzed the sight and made the bird totally blind. while leaving the eye to the casual observer the same as before the operation. The suffering would be acute.
 The magistrate (to the prisoner): You knew what the penalty was. It is three months hard labor.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Stopping Lnrge Hera of Hogs.

l have been using a device with which to slop pigs for number of years and find that I can slop 150 pigs with it easier than any way I know of, writes an Iowa farmer The illustra- tion explains itself but l will add a few pointers. Each of the four troughs is Is feet apart. A 22-foot trough is attached to the fence a couple of feet above the floor of these troughs. and slop poured into this trough runs into each one of the four troughs by pipes
 By this plan all troughs are filled with equal rapidity, and if the outlet of each pipe is bent it will shoot the slop half the length of the trough be-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
yentiIatinE Stables.

Horses and cows are in the stable at night for rest. When the weather is warm the atmosphere in close con- finemept becomes very warm and op- 2ressive. so much so that the animals become very uncomfortable and hence fail to get proper rest. The horse that does not get proper rest is not in good condition for heavy work the fol- lowing day, and the COW that does not sleep in a cool, restful place in hot weather will not give a full flow of milk. The temperature of the work ing or producing animal must be kept normal to give the best results. If there are no windows in your stables cut out a number now and let light and fresh air come for the health and comfort of the animals.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
FAIR WARNING.

A party of American ladies travelling in Ireland were delighted to find, coI- spicuously posted at the head of grassy lane leading to what was eyi- dently a country gentleman's farm, a notice which read as follows:
 Notice to Pigs: Keep Out. Notice to Owners: l do not prosecute,
 but keep a gun and a pork barrel
 The pig, it is well known, has long been accorded unusual consideration and liberty in the Emerald Isle, often including the freedom of the family living room, so perhaps the direct ad- dress to the gentleman himself, pre- ceding that to his owner, need not have been surprising. It is to be hoped the pigs took heed. and that the pork barrel was not replenished at the ex- pense of trespassers.
 It was, at least, less abruptly sur prising than a second notice, which the same party encountered few days later, upon the wall of a public build ing on the main street of consider able town:
 Riding bicycles and Pigs strictly for
 bidden on this sidewalk.
 The choicest gem among anti-pig notices is, however, that reported by an English lady from Fernando Pc, where the careless ranging at large of the natives pigs had resulted in such damage to gardens that procla- nation was issued, decreeing that all pigs must be confined. except such as had ring in the nose and could not root.
 The official crier, large and pomp- our colored man, patrolled the streets. clashing his bell, and shouting aloud the new ordinance. in terms of West Coast pidgin English.
 q say, I say, I say!" he vociferated in his best and most richly melodious below. Suppose pig walk-iron no live for him nose. Gun shoot Kill him enc timei Hear re! Hear re! Hear rel"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
A Few Horse Don,ts.

Don't ask me to back" with blinds on; I'm afraid to.
 Don't let some blockhead drive me that mas less sense than I have.
 Don't run me down a steep hill. for if anything should give way I might break your neck.
 Don't whip me when I get fright ened, or I will expect it next time and may make you trouble.
 Don't trot me up hill. for I have you, the buggy and myself to carry. Try running uphill with load your self.
 Don't drive me with an "overcheck" on; the sun hurts my eyes and I can't see where to step. It's inhuman and cruel.
 Teach me to stop when you say "whoa," and this you can do without jerking my head off or tearing my mouth It may check me if the lines should drop or break and save a run away and smash-up.-Californi Voice.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Ten to One.

Canada's population is close to eight millions, and the United States is about eighty millions. Each nation reached respectively its hundred mil lion dollar parliament and it's thousand million dollar congress almost simui taneously, and the chances are that Canada will turn the ten million pop ulation mark about the time the Unit ed States population numbers one hun dred millions. The ten to one ratio between the two nations seems to hold good in a number of matters.-Ottawa Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

GRUBBING DEVICE truths ana ne SSl about inventing an implement on the lever principle to be used in grubbing The result was the article shown in the cut, which is guaranteed to up root anything but the village chestnut tree and the Constitution. First there is base with an arm rigidly attach ed. There is a jaw at the end of the arm and a brace to which a lever is pivoted. On the end of the lever is another jaw. cooperating with the Aforementioned. The implement is thrust close to the root of a bush. the stem of which is seized between the two jaws and pull on the lever tears the bush up.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
The Largest Incubator.

There are a great many things that we can claim to lead the world in. but Australia has the largest incubator in the world. It has capacity of II 40 ducks eggs or 14.0S0 hens eggs. This monster matching machine consists of an ordinary shed, with a corrugated iron roof; the egg trays hold 130 ducks eggs or 16O hens eggs. There are four of these trays end to end. one above the other. on each side of the room. making eight in all. Heat comes from steam pipes supplied from large boiler and moisture from pans under the lower tier of trays. The incubator is claimed to be working very well and to be quite a success.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
She Wa. Artistic.

Was she artistic?" asked an in quiring person of Kin Hubbard, ths Indianapolis epigram maker, who was describing an Indiana genius, says the Saturday Evening Post.
 "Artistic?" said Hubbard Was she artistic? I should say she was. She was so artistic that one day. when one of her peekaboo shirt waists she had made herself fell into the pianola, they played two Beethoven rhapsodies with it before they discovered their mistake"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Getting the Crops In.

It pays to get oats in early, ana often one or two weeks time can be saved by blowing in the fall. Where corn iS put in with a lister it is not necessary to harrow the ground in the spring, as the lister will make the soil fine around the seed, and as soon as the corn is planted the cultivator can be put to work and the ground mt in fine corSitinn.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
THE NEW ROTATING SAFE.
VnuIt Is Always in Motion When
 Locked nnd Is Burglar Proof.

Vault Is Always in Motion When
 Locked and Is Burglar Proof.
 The improved melting methods now In the hands of expert burglars in .te form of gas cutting burners" has so greatly impaired the burglar-proof qualities of existing safes as ID war rant serious attempts to devise some new type that will resist their por|er- full effects. All the safeguards so far devised in this country against such burners are based on reducing their efficiency by increasing the thickness of the plates.
 The unique safe shown in the illus trations, the invention of a German safe expert, and already installed in several of that country'S largest banks, is entirely on a different principle. Instead of reducing the efficiency of the burners it makes melting of the metal by such means absolutely i'm possible.
 It is a safe divided into two parts. one part being the surrounding con
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
PAPERS BY 4np PEOPLF>

the telephone spectroscope the iquefaction of oxygen radum, wireless telegraphy, electric light! What has the rencarnation cult done during for the overthrow of child marriage for removing of caste and for the physical tion of Inda's millions?
 As imported theory from the dreamy imaginative East, reincarnaton may thus summarized It is not based upon welestablished scientific fact; at defiance the law of evolution ascending step by step through mineral vegetable, man. angels seraphs, gods its SOOOOO00 of believers ndia Tibet Korea constitute the most superstous people earth; it annihates stupefes memory long periods time; it degrades the aspirations of the spirit by rotating it back again and again into the meshes of matter; Karmic force it knows nothing of mercy forgive mercessy punishing souls in this life for wrongs committed in previous existence; brief it mingling of Hindu magic and Tibetan superstition. eclpsng the mind and deepening every mystery of the universe.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

side-down civilization of the east that Japan and China wear white. But no longer ago than the time of Elizabeth the unfortunate Mary of Scotland wore white on the death of Darniey Even now the hearse used for children is white. and in England the mourners at funerals of young unmarried per sons wear hatbands and sashes of white A queer English custom is that of decorating the black bearsa horses with long black taiis. They attract no more attention on a street of an Eng fish city than do the Glack nets used in this country 70 cover the horses.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
InvestIeutInx Poor Egg Yield.

There may be several causes why your hens are not laying. Maybe they are infested with lice. This is a very frequent cause of non-laying. Maybe they don't get sufficient green food or animal food; either cause may prevent them from laying. Maybe they don't get enough exercise. Keep investigat- ing until you find out the cause of the non-supply of eggs. and if you find that and apply the remedy your trou- ble will be over.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
suxEr...-- lor notatlon.

Try this rotation for lands that are falling down in their grain yields: Corn or potatoes, manured; wheat; clover; wheat or flax. Oats or barley may substitute for the wheat. This gives a five-year rotation. three crops of which have a cash value to the grower. The tillage of the corn has a better effect than summer fallow. the of the land returns to the soil much Of the fertility and gives to the land a friable texture that re- tains water well. while the clover crop aids in the same manner and at the same time restores to the soil the nj trogen of which the crops rapidly de plete it.
 It is estimated by Dean Shepperd, of the North Dakota Experimental Sta tion, that this rotation. followed con- slstently. will in a period of years re- turn to the owner of the land larger cash value. year by year, than will continuous cropping to small grains.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
MOURNING CUSTOMS.
The Widows Cap Dates Back to Am
 cient Egypt.

The widows mourning cap dates back to the days of ancient Egypt. Egyptian men shaved the beard and the head as token of mourning. The women, instead of cutting off the hair. concealed it with a close cap. The Romans, who were as a race clean shaven, shaved the head in mourning and wore wig. The black band on the sleeve as a sign of mourning comes to us from the days of chivalry. The lady tied a scarf or napkin, as the handkerchief was called, about the arm of her knight. If he was killed in battle she wore the hand in mem ory of him. Black has so long been the color of grief in Anglo-Saxon coun- tries that it seems part of tho up
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
1Tals@g;2&
 I(67IaIqSG

Under the heading, Plain Talk by q Plain Farmer" a writer in the Agri- cultural Epitomist says:
 Tt seems to me that we are fast coming to that place where it is going to mean something to own farm and mean much more to know how to han dle it. We are beginning to look upon the farm as something that requires the brightest mind to manage. In my travels about the country have found places where at one side of the road we saw fine land and fine stock, everything looking prosperous, and on the other side exactly the reverse, everything going to pieces. poor crops and poor stock, and the owner head over heels in debt. 1 am sorry for the man who is unfortunate, who has sickness or anything of that kind to contend with, but what is the reason in the same neighbornood for so great a difference? It is not always an ac- cident or sickness, but because one man is the farmer and the other is not a farmer. I, think we can do no better work than help speed the day when we may educate our farmers in our public schools so that they can read the agricultural papers and bulle- tins intelligently. The trouble is not that farmers do not read the agricul- tural books. papers and bulletins, but that their early education has been neglected and they are unfamiliar with the terms that we are compelled to use in writing upon agricultural top ics. There is no greater need in our education to-day than something that will assist in connecting our expert ment station workers, our agricultural press and our agricultural writers with their readers"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

Covering Cement Floors in Winter.
 An excellent suggestion is made by a practical swine breeder to those hay ing cement floors in their pens.
 He advises movable wooden floor for the winter. He makes his own floors of one inch boards, and lays them flat on the cement, in section small enough to be easily removed at any time. In this way he combines the advantages of both the cement and the wood. He can remove the board floor, scrub out the pen and also thor oughly clean and disinfect the false floor outside Cement is the cheapest material in the end for the floor of the hog pen. The floor of the outer apartment should be a few inches low CT than the house floor, so as to in- sure drainage and dry sleeping quar- fers
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Feed for the Lnmb..

Accustom the lambs gradually to full feed. Corn and early cut clover are the best combination for finishing lambs It is a balanced ration and is grown on almost every farm Succu- lent food. as roots or silage, should be available, and should be fed once a day. Food like this keeps the skin in good condition and gives the wool better lusto-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
How to Treat n Wife.

An ancient Egyptian moralist, writ ing to his son, said: If thou takest a wife try to make her happier than any of her women friends. She will be doubly bound to thee if the tie is sweet to her. Accord her what pleases her. She will appreciate the effort"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Developing Strong Constitutions.

Part of the stamina. durability and spirit of the horse is inherited, and part is produced through proper feed ing. The growing colt should have variety of nourishing feeds that coh- tain a fair proportion of mineral mat ter for the building of strong frame. It should be allowed the freedom of pasture for almost all of the year, and a hilly pasture is preferable for devel- oping strong muscular. lung and heart mower
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

ton. It is not so generally known that the work of grub ping is a veritable labor of Hercules and that the uproot- ing of a few sturdy bushes and young trees is all the eXer- else some men want. A Virginia man, however, was cogni- zant of both these r,.fh- onI ho eat
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

burner out of commission and endan- ger the operator. The same may. be said of any other tool used in an at tempt to break the safe open.-Popu- lar Magazine
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Strong Habit.

That fellow made money, but he certainly is a faker."
 Indeed he is. Why, the habit was so strong, that's why he built his new house on a f''-Baltimore Ameri- can
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

material prosperity though its silver lines set on a background squad poverty and awless schemes revolution.
 The restlessness which characterizes life in mark of true sound civilization. felt be by the cultured few who are puzzled and amazed at the 'uptodate" which slowly but surely quenching the spirit and and the nation.
 folly call this wide expansion of sensuousness wordliness age of Stages declare that get filled with the rural population when love of fnery and amusement the minds the people, The flight the country into towns, known already to full of the unemployed and the unempioyabe is insects into bonfire lit in tropical night, affords positive proof that the spread of sensuous breaking up the foundations society
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

or and beauty in that world Of the ideal where all traces of human in6gence obterated.
 Let us look at the great subject in large way is a creating, working God. With His breath He sus tans all that lives He the face of the ceasingy. So great and numerous His works, so full is the earth of His wisdom and goodness the c1ildren of may dwell under the shadow of His wing.
 But man is only truly when he is like God Therefore only the creating working speak of the divine nobility of his nature; only such be of being in the image and likeness of God, of sharing the eternal Fathers strength and life
 He should longer work because he must, but be- cause he will. He will find his supreme happiness in his work. coworker with God he will carry stone to the great temple of humanity in which the d vine light, life and love shall clearer warmer to
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
IS WESTERN CIVILIZATION A FA1LUREl
By P. RaManafhan.

The West, which includes Europe and Amer ica. is firmly persuaded that it is progressing satisfactorily. It is proud of its success in industry. science and politics, and claims to have created and to live in an age of prog ress. Fifty years of ever-broadening com merce fifty years of ever-brightening science and fifty years of overwhelming empire" rep resent the cry of those who are satisfied with
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
WORK IN REALITY DIVINE BLESSING.
By Prof. Geo. Burn,an F0sl

Work to-day wears a sour and stern coun- tenance, not seldom full of pain, indeed, and on this account are not without our fears that under the influence of socialism some thing of the joys of life may be sacrificed. We sometimes imagine that if work sat upon the all-powerful throne of life there would be no room for pleasure and pain any longer for the free activity of the spirit in the Kingdom