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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07

and his eyes nearly so. With a
human being, of course, the surprise
and shock would operate TO open the
Victims eyes and mouth and give
the fumes better chance to work
Several times in my experience"
said Chief Flynn, II have wished for
just such weapon as this chemical
gun. In dealing with Black Handlers.
counterfeiters and other criminals
who usually operate In bands, 1t Is
almost always necessary to round
them up at the point Of a gun.
The raiding officers are then In
position where for the preserva-
tion OF their own lives they must
show that they are determined to
shoot and to shoot TO kill at the first
show Of resistance. The first sus-
picious movement upon the part OF
the prisoners is the signal for the
officers to Are. and yet they are
naturally loath to take human life
unless 1t Is absolutely necessary.
This chemical gun. believe,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07

cartridges used with the chemical
gun was thoroughly analyzed. 1t was
found to comprise pasteboard
holder with Illuminating cap at one
end similar to that used in the ordi-
nary bullet cartridge Immediately
next to the cap was small charge
Of coarse-grain gunpowdeT, Then fol.
lowed large charge of capsicum. or
red pepper. mixed with lycopodium,
an inaammable yellow powder con-
sisting OF the spores OF cluh-moss.
and slight trace OF saltpetre. The
remainder Of the holder was dfIed
with lycopodlum.
With the pulling OF the trigger,
the cap eXplodes the gunpowder and
the force Of the explosion unites the
duces the binding. suffocating vapor
upon which the principle OF the
weapon depends,
To test the effect of this cartridge,
Mr., Schlesinger procured a guinea
pig from his laboratory and dis
charged 1t at the animal at range
OF some three feet. The guinea pig
seemed to suffer no pain. but was
unable TO open its eyes for the space
OF q minute and seemed to have
some difficulty in breathing as the
fumes penetrated its nose and throat.
The test, however, hardly did JUS
tice TO the weapon, for, naturally
enough, the guinea-pig was not in
the least alarmed at the sudden
sight OF the gun as ,. human being
would be and kept his mouth shut
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HBanK for TTfOOdO0Jf

had obtained 1t In Lower Rurmah.
The captain took the object by
strategy" from a Buddhist temple
and being interrupted by the priest
killed the poor fellow.
After that the image brought Ill
luck to every white man who came
In contact with 1t. When the ship
carrying 1t was near Liverpool ire
broke out on board. The crew. VINO
attributed all their troubles to the
Buddha, threw 1t overheard. and
after that they reached port sateiy-
By a rather strange accident the
Buddha was washed ashore In
Wales and the captain claimed II
and obtained 1t with much difhculty
and expense. Soon afterwaro ne
died.
His daughter kept the Buddha IN
her house for several years. during
which it gave rise 70 continual
trouble. The servants refused to
stay In the house. They declared
that the image wandered about the
house at night and that its eyes
were constantly upon them,
Then q young daughter OF the
owner, who had been observed gaz-
ing hxedly at the image. died. This
final misfortune made Mrs. Evans
decide to get rid Of the ill-omened
image She presented it to the
Victoria and bert Museum.
where 1t has been the reputed cause
of many mysterious disturbances.
1t is In this museum that large
part OF Pierpont Morgan's collection
has hitherto been housed. Report
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solves the difficulty If prisoner
shows fight, he finds himself sud-
denly confronted with what he i'm
AGNES is loaded revolver. In nine
cases out of ten. 1t is sufficient to
take all the fight out Of him, he
throws up bis hands and gives In.
In the tenth case. perhaps, he is
either too frightened to think Of his
danger or too desperate not to take
chance and he springs at the
officer right In the muzzle of the
gun.
Then, OF course, there is only one
thing for the officer to do He must
shoot, or the criminal may possibly
get the best of him. Armed with n
real gun. such a situation would
usually mean the death OF the crimi-
nal. but with the chemical gun, the
overpowering fumes released with
the explosion Of the cartridge right
in the face of the advancing crook
would place him entirely at the
mercy OF the officer. who would then
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07
-HE British arlstocracy and

-HE British arlstocracy and
wealthy classes have been
- driven by terror or supersti-
ton 10 confide many seemingly
haunted heirlooms and valuable OBJ
jecis or art TO the public museums.
There must be some Americans
il a similar predicament Mrs.
Charles Gilpin. the noted society
beauty oil Philadelphia, Is the pos.
SCISSOR OF singularly beautiful
emerald which she says has brought
her domestic misfortune and per-
sistent ill-iuck. So afraid is she OF
the emerald that she never wears
it, aud noone can nnu out what has
become OF IT,
She might get rid of her troubles
In the British way by turning her
emerald over to some respectable
museum. She has not the SUPER
stition-defying courage or Mrs. Ed
Ward Mclean, who has bought. and
Is wearing, the beautiful Hope
diamond which has the most amaz.
Ing history OF tragedy and ill-luck
ever associated with lifeless OBJ
ject
Very strange behavior on the part
OF idols and images in the Victoria
and Albert Museum, London, has
called attention to the practice
among the British aristocracy OF
banking their hoodoos" in a mu.
scum.
Watchmen left to guard the mu.
scum at night have heard blood
curdling groans, unearthly cries,
noises suggestive of the pattering
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OF ghostly feet. Many Of the keep
ers having certain antiquities inl
their care have suffered serious i'll
ness and other misfortunes.
investigation has shown that
there are really IN the museum
many objects which have had q
tragic and ill-omened history.
Among them Is a carved teak
Wool image Of Buddha, which be-
longed, until recently, to a Mrs.
Evans. whose father. a sea captain,
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says tina. a curious sixteenth GEN.
tury Flemish copper ever in the
form OF human head, belonging TO
Mr. Morgan, has been heard utter
Ing unearthly groans at night.
Not all antique idols and images
are credited with bringing misfor.
tune. Madame Catulle Mendea, the
noted Partisan novelist, possesses a
strange little ivory Buddha which
she consults before embarking IN
any new undertaking. She says
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07

that when she ts acting according
TO the Buddha's direction she never
rails to enjoy good fortune.
Scientific psychologists tell us
that there may be a basis of fact
In the yarns associated with these
idols and images. The inanimate
objects themselves can have no
power over human beings or events,
but 1t Is possible that superstitious
persons. believing In the super
natural powers attributed to the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07

objects, may bring upon themselves
the troubles which they fear This
theory would account for some Of
the tragedies associated with the
Hope diamond.
Another prominent British hoodoo
is the mummy case Of the Egyptian
high priest Nes-Amsu, which be-
longed TO the wealthy and eccentric
Lady Meux The original discov-
erer Of the artist Whistler, the
widow Of wealthy baronet. she
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put the handouts on him and marc
him Off
For this reason. after ] have
given the new gun thorough test
shall insist upon all of my men
carrying it when engaged In worA
not apt to require n regular Sc
volver. For the ordinary policeman
however. hardly think that the gun
would be sufficient. for in the ms
jority of cases in which the polio
officer is called upon to use gun a
all, he shoot to bring down a fugi-
tive, and. obviously, the chemic1l
gun would not do that"
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garrison at Ladysmith during the
Boer war by taking his naval guns
into the besieged town at the criti-
cal moment, He is considered one
or the bravest men in the British
navy But he was not brave
enough to keep the mummy case
or the Egyptian high priest and he
turned it over to the museum.
Another object in the museum
seemingly possessed OF super
natural qualities is bambIno, or
holy child, lying on a miniature
four.post bed hung with. Neapolitan
and Burmese charms. It originally
belonged to Lady Nevill, whose
sons complained that a constant
series OF misfortunes pursued them.
They therefore turned the hand.
some and valuable relic over to the
museum. Presumably in this case
the misfortunes must have hap.
pened because holy relic had been
removed from its proper resting
place In church
even before the recent alleged
activity OF the haunted objects IN
the Victoria and Albert Museum all
England was excited by the strange
behavior Of the mummy case OF the
priestess Of Amen-Ra
This priestess, Hetare bv name,
belonged to the royal family of
Egypt. In early life she was or.
dained n priestess Of Amen.Ra, but
on the accession of her brother as
Pharaoh Amen-hotep ". she fol-
lowed the new religion to which he
belonged and left the temple OF
Amen-Ra. Thus she may have IN
CURED the wrath Of the ancient
gods.
A party of four young English
men secured her mummy in its case
some thirty years ago Before they
left Egypt the mummy was stolen
and subsequent misfortunes fol-
lowed the case. One Of the Young
men was crippled In Egypt and an
other was shot shortly after reach
ing England. A third died suddenly
and the fourth followed him after
losing his large fortune
The sister Of the last hastily pre-
sented the mummy case to the mu-
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Mummy case with extraord
narily tragic history, that ID
longed to the late Lady Meu
scum. The man who drove 1t the
died within a week, while one WI
helped to carry 1t into the buildtu
soon afterward had both legs c11
of in a railroad accident e.
The first man who attempted
photograph the mummy case Gel
smashed his camera and cut b
face severely. The first journaH|
who described the tragedies accor
panying the object died soon afte
ward.
The daughter OF the Marchionel
Of Salisbury. who went to look
the notorious object, fell AN
sprained her ankle Other moi
serious accidents followed ar
finally the authorities withdre
the case from public view on q
count OF the reign of terror and g
element 1t had created.
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T5HE bulletless gun has at last
made its appearance 1t Is
l. 4 German invention and, IN
stead OF bullets. 1T shoots gas
which temporarily blinds and chokeS
the victim.
The cartridge used contains sew
eral Ingredients which. when ex-
ploded., combine TO form vapor OF
a peculiar character. The gun ltselr
differs very little in appearance and
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at with an ordinary drearm- His
eyes and mouth open IN surprise
and the gases generated by the
combination OF the chemicals en-
velop his head completely. pene-
trating his eyes and affecting his
sight
For several minutes he Is practi"
cally blind. simultaneously the mu-
cous membranes OF the nose and
throat are irrltated and the victim
eneezes and chokes. For a minute or
two the victim finds 1t almost i'm
possible to breathe
1t is obvious that no Individual.
even II he were as strong as Her
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mechanism from the or
dinary double-action re-
volver. It holds Ave
cartridges.
The action OF the va.
por may best be imag.
ined by considering the
position OF the person
shot at. The appearance
Of the weapon. the re-
port and the flare OF
the powder combine
to convince the victim
that he has been shot
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possessed one OF

bS5 the most valuable
~ kS collection Of art an
S$/ HHY tiquities in the coun-
#$J $8 try.
81 ~ Among them was the
:W $ly mummy case Of Mes
W ~ Amsu, a magnificent re-
y EY presentation Of the dead
EW priest. whose body it once
81 contained in red, green,
~ black and gold upon wood
sT 1t was presented TO Lady Meu3
\ by Walter Ingram, noted trav.
eller. He was killed in an ele-
nhant hunt shortly after making
the Gift. The case bears an in
scription stating that a curse will
fall unon him who removes 1t from
its resting place.
Lady Meux, who was vigorous
character, defied the curse, and GER
tainly II did not prevent her from
living to an advanced age. But she
became estranged from all her
friends. She quarrelled violently
with Whistler.
She quarrelled as savagely with
her husbands relatives She had
no children and thus she had the
bitterness Of knowing that her
treasures must go to her husbands
hated relatives or pass into the
hands of strangers.
She left the bulk OF her property,
including the mummy case of Mes
Amsu, to Admiral Sir Hedworth
Lambton, a brother of the Earl OF
Durham. The Admiral Is distin-
guished for having saved the British
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
HOW HE KNOCKED OUT COLD
aIcernon Grapp!ed With II in Time
he Explains His Never Failing
Remedy.

You seem 70 have a cold this morn
ing. Algernon." said Mr.. Torhoor, as
the elevator boy respon6ci rather
e.ufiy TO his cheerful good morn
ing"
YES. sab: Use go' tho ehiiunces
OF 2 col. tank de lod. IL dociuumiy
hoaySed in nah froat. bu; | con tiak
de troubuiation gvan ~ mount -
much Yo' see. | done took il ir tire.
Is raigh, bad las night, uut befo' !
retire TO nah bald rub nah chcs ar
froat good wifi taller an tuCpentine
Den | has n very no; harf ;db fu''
watch an | steps into dat Den
gifts 'Eou; half pint D whisky an puts
dat into glass Wit some hilin' ho'
watah an susah an le-n-t.'-c lemon
loose On 10. sab. | didn' drink
!; all; | should sag not. give sore
ID 1, 10 nah wife an sorle Oh II 10
nah two lrr Gals, Sa' &c res ~ Y
takcs mahsef. an at dat ! 60 raicht
straight 10 bald IN s'sers Ike /: hum
min ton. an dis :;crr:r' feels fus'
ate. Drres nothin' ike tailor m tur.
achtimc an good hni drirS . whisky
70 CO.. II lea! NJ - onY:Elutus on
10 froat an clc.'s on, dc hrcric nj tccb,
raigh. way an pVcrts 90 foT takin'
consumption IA. re mes d-ea'fules'
liscase' low does knew bout IL?
Wy. was down 10 &c AnuseuEl
Natral H:st'ry do tire dcy had 30
- oh .f,,f
su.aption 'tacks 90 human body. an I
iouu oGt al bout It. An cher sence
zen bin scared q nah life dat ne or
nah wifc or nah chillens might git II.
nui reckon oi takes &c pescut!ons
ob fc tarpentimc an taller an dc hot
whisky de good l.od won let none oh
49, sit il"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
Street Cries IN Minor Key.

Street cries are nearly always IN
the minor key" says the Paris Jour
nal des Debats. And an English COM
mentator AYERS that this key is main
tanned in our own street cries-such
as Sweet Lavender" And he thinks
the explanation is that the minor key
involves less strain on the throat that
has 10 emit the same cry all day long.
But Lcndon cries are few Of them In
tho minor key OF the Partisan boy
who heralds the evening on the boule-
wards with VOLTA lie Soir." Our own
newspaper boy he's cultivated" rau-
cous monotone that collects politics
and murders into one simple yell.
There is nothing OF the miner key
about the milkman's announcement.
And perhaps the least musical OF all
cries Is that Of the man who hawks
coal about the street. He does not
shout Coal No stranger would sus-
pect him of coal. He emits only a
single below. repeated al short inter
va,s. u below without form or comc!l-
ness; IL is the least ccmrcl dencrni'
nntcr of tho street cry.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
HOW ARAB PRIZES HIS MARE
Formulation of Wealth Is Mare;
Bring Forth Mare" IL One
of Their Sayings.

The Arabs regard for his mare is
often .STressed in sayings that are
short and very much TO the point, as
foj instance: The foundation ~
wealth is a mare: bring forth a mare"
The greatest blessings are wise
wife and q fruitful mare"
As the Arabs themselves are divid-
cd into tribes and sub-tribcs, the same
system is adopted In regard 20 the
strain or their horses breed In fact.
The breeding is carried on In the sgmc
manner &c laid down in the Koran for
tie Mohametan marriages. This is
one of the chief factors giving rise to
the hish quality nj the pure bred
Arab horse
"rtorouelbrci mares are never
SO uEdcr aay coalitions. and in.
stance have be known says
Pierre rguat ,i-> IN Life in the Mos.
lem East. when Eve and six and ten
thousand pounds have been refused:
for often such mares that are TOO Old
for riding ars still kept for brecdins
shA fpsNt
In olden tines stealing mare was
Punishable by death. Sheikhs own onc
or more pure bred mares, according
TO their position and means, but 1t Is
often the case that among the less
well to do peorle "a mare is owned by
several. the shares being clearly de-
fined and division of colts made &c
cording TO detailed and often compli
Gated laws. Sometimes one family
owns lone leg" while q richer man
claims two legs" etc.
The system Of owning mare In
shares is found among certain Arabs
In Turkish Arabia and sometimes in
the city of Bagdad itself. II any one
is fortunate enough to get. hold OF q
.half-bred mare. -TitRits.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
YANKEE GIRL DOESN'T FIT
Austrian Critic DECLARES No Formula
Can D-fine Young LADY
From Ameri.a.

Alice Schalck. vicnnese traveller
and writer has provided the Vossicbo
Iciiuiig OF Berlin with description
o! the manner Thcrein American
women on lou: differ from all others
he fact is." she says, you cannot
CESS then. ,Amcrican women; they
wont III !Hto any accepted formula.
You can tell "a FIcnchwoman I'M
ne"i&;cii, and hc dead sure she's no
fiEde. bat n l!ght.hearted dirt. II you
rtn' an English women you must wait
io MAKE her acquaintance until she
tr--J her tylioa' English reserve.
y German wOrIaa warts 70 be ask.
cd about her husband and his probes.
sion, titles and thcir hah.cs. IN Aus
TRAN woman vii be smart and
good ',llGw' Bat IL YOU racct a
woman who won't IT my OF thcs. cat
esorics ana Gccsn'' corgcapond 20 any
particular typo. yCu can b. dead GIre
she Is IN 'Mcr!c3n.
There j. 4 i7-ycsr.cld whose n
thcr. motGcr and elder sister are
along travelling IN cah!lr de lake
Str fira day ar night CO deck, and
al So naturally ~; sAr retains her
social l.s.;')n IN c.rccrls aacag mo-
r'LlrnJ.cr9.ltv c9u!l survive. What
las Il got . cp 18TH gvu' she seeing
70 ask. a.: there's IN oca 90 H..
"H-J- . sa-. I.c'a.es IRON uy
sal'f.. g, a.. ~i",1 a.r!s ,I~oad. iva
+" sh"" their q I,.e.co. s rlr! "ho
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
What Troubled Him.

"Docthor." said Dennis. the old
squlre's valet. don't yez think the
masther Is getting mighty thin7"
NO harm in that. Dennis" said the
doctor: Tho was too fat He'll be
healthier when he's thinner"
''Loikely he Will" said Dennis. dis
appointedly: but OF won't be able to
wear his ould clothes them"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
LOCAL ITEMS

ke.. Russell wa, i-iIor a. town
Monday.
Geo Scsrist witt a party from Garter
s,.s up today.
M.s. Zip DrGga. is visiting friends
a Carter this week.
Ber, Hancock made q business trip
10 Dallas the first OF the week.
Oh. Gulliauacx vent To Murdo for
freight the latter part of the week.
Rob't. Miller and, Ed Nounguuist,
Of Carter were guests at the y. n.
Mood and ID. G.. Miller homes Sunday.
Louis Meuard has been at the ~.
Francis mission for several days
where he was called on account of the
illness Of young grandson.
T.. J. Burke. formerly on the Gazette
nj Burke South Dakota, has accepted
the position on The Pioneer aud it is
hoped from now on the paper will be
out ON time.
Lost. strayed or stolen One Boss
Farmer named Film, and one county
Assessor named Anderson. Last seen
IN the ,icinicty of Carter. The usual
liberal reward.
!. r. Cox of Murdo. visited our lit
tie city this week and was loud in his
praise Of our town and surrounding
coantry. Mr. Cox IS contractor and
builder and is very favorably Impress
"a with the prospects here.
Edward Jackson and wife of Bad
Nation, were business visitors III
Wood Thursday. Mr.. jackson was a
pleasant caller mt the Pioneer office
aud entered his name on our list tn
keep posted OH the dofngs of Mellette
county.
The building which is to he occu
pied by the Wood Hardware Co. is
nearly ready for the stock. Thus an.
other important line of business is
added to our growing town. We
understand this firm will carry com.
pletc line OF farm implements in con
nec,ion withthe hardware store.
Frank Kriein Of near town mas
ordered = deep rillirg machine and
expects 70 farm right This is Mr.
Krehn's first year in Dakota and he
is well pleased with the country, he
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kinds OF crops. The ground is well
soaked, plenty OF water everywhere
( Tor both range aud farm stock. and il
We don't have bumper crops and
lat stock this season we give up all
claims a. a prognosiicator.
ker meth Melott recently OF Canton.
South Dakota arrived 10 day Ia take
charge Of the new feed barn being
erected in the north part of town, Mr.
Mrloti is an old timer in this country
though he has lived ia the eastern
part OF the state FOR -four years past.
he has served his time purchin- cattle
over these hills and fla;s. and at one
time was a licensed trader near the
old Bull Greek school in Tripp county
Kenneth : Old friends are glad to see
him back and W. predict that he will
makc many new ones.
On Tuesday evening, March IL,
ia spit" 81 tn worst torn cf the winter
wa- gn,h,.ed together a crowd rep.
r'~rhtiu- all pas Of the county.
several .. IA DDvS from White River
were with Ia, \ good meal Yas .ery.
ej in the dining room OF the to!ryicw
hotel. W. l.. Hoi!enl K end Roy Rich.
mond OF White River each mace an
address expressing ia" gsoi !."iin.;
existing between the people aud the
loans OF our county. j X. Cox,
mayor of Murdo, wGH with ~ and
proved himself prince Ct fe.lJv
and an after dinner speaker oF ability.
Though many were kept awLy BE-
the storm, the forty guests presen,
had "A ROYAL good time and parted
fecliag well repaid for their trip in
the storm.