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The Libby herald., 1912-04-11
Highest Point of Interest.

A man who was a passenger on an
excursion steamer which returned
few days ago from Panama and Costa
Rica, told a New York Tribune report
er that all the tourists were deeply
interested in what they saw in Pana-
ma and along the line of the canal
in the four days which they spent
there. "The monster dredges, the
great walls of concrete, the locks and
other wonders of the canal construc-
tion," he said, NATURALLY came first
in order for our attention.; then the
cheapness of the duck suits which
we had to buy, the independence of
the merchants who would not send
them to you and the hospitality Of
the American club will be remem-
bered, but the most wonderful thing
We saw was the real Panama souvenir
In the form Of a deck of playing cards
bearing Panama scenes, and the cards
are made in Chio.'
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Customs From Crusade DAYS,

The army has many surviyals be.
sides the flash" When an officer
draws his sword or returns it to the
scabbard he always brings the cross.
bar of the hilt to leve! with his
lips. The custom is a reminder from
the time when the hilt represented
the cross and the owner of q sword
kissed 1t as Crusader The sergeants
OF one regiment wear their sashes on
the same shoulder that their officers
did, because they brought The rem
nant of 1T out of action, all the Of
ficers being killed. Nowadays Off.
GERS wear the sash round the waist.
Rifle officers do not "hook up" their
swords, for the reason that they were
once cavalry. That omnipotent per.
son, the battalion sergeant major, let's
his sword rest in the scabbard. An old
catch question was: when does the
sergeant major draw his sword q"
The answer is: "At the trooping Of
the color. r."-London Chronicle.
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WHEN HUBBY 'HELPED'
BEAUTIFUL MIXUP IN THE
KITCHEN, OF COURSE.
And Wifey's Period Of Rest Was Rude-
Iy Interrupted az She Went to
tho Rescue Of Her Liege
Lord.

MY dear Olivia" said Pumperton,
firmly, as dinner ended. Il am going
to wash the dishes tonight. You are
to sit down in front of the dining room
fire and rest. While we are without
maid 1t is only fair for me to assume
my share of the work"
Mrs. Pumperton smiled. "Very well,
John. But as the hot water is not
coming very well, you'll find it better
to set the dishpan, hi II full, on the
stove to heat up. Put some soap DOW
der in it. The package is on the
shelf" And with sigh of relief she
went into the living room and sat
down to rest
Pumperton cleared off the table
without any serious accidents. then
set the dishpan over an open stove
hole to heat up. He took off his coat,
rolled up his sleeves and tied on a
large gingham apron. Then it oc-
Cured to him that Olivia had told him
to put In some soap powder, so he
took a yellow paper box from the
pantry shelf and poured in generous
supply. The water by now was almost
boiling, but the soap powder obstinate
ly refused to dissolve; so Pumperton
took kitchen spoon and began to
stir in vigorously. Instead of becom-
ing fine foamy soapsuds, the water be-
gan to thicken and thicken-and the
more it thickened the harder Pumper-
ton stirred.
AT last Mrs. Pumperton, quietly
rocking and reading before the cozy
open fireplace, was startled by an ag-
onized appeal from the kitchen.
"Olivia!" came her husbands CALL Il
want you! Quick!" She Jumped to
her feet and hurried to the kitchen, to
see her husband perspiringly, but with
determined action, stirring a dishpan
full of white mixture, in which knives,
forks and china came spasmodically to
the surface as he stirred-all coated
alike with something like strained
flour paste.
She looked at the dishpan with a
gasp. What on earth is the matter?"
she asked. What are you doing
there?"
Il don't know" came the discour-
aged response. whats the matter
with that soap powder of yours? Look
what it's doing! How can any man
or woman, for that matter-be expect
ed to wash dishes in that?"
She took one look at the white por.
ridge, then snatched up the package
standing open on the table. John
Pumperton,' she said, calmly, Il told
you to put little soap powder in that
water. Instead you poured in good
half package of cornstarch, and made
pudding out of it!'
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phoned under the Waikiki valley. The
Moodna section of siphon is entered
and then 1t goes on a direct line for
the Hudson river. The most interest
ing crossing is that where the passage
Is made from one side of the Hudson
to the other. Here the line of no
pressure Is 400 feet above the river.
1t has been found necessary to place
the bottom of the aqueduct 1900 feet
below the river surface In conse-
quence of these two facts, the upward
pressure Is enormous, being equal to
That eXerted by column of water
1000 feet high. This amounts to about
700 pounds per square inch. After
being forced out from under the Hud-
son the water goes halfway up the
face of Breakneck mountain and then
through two mountains and along the
high valleys of the Highlands until it
reaches Foundry Brook Four steel
pipes carry the water across that
stream. After another mountain tun-
mel and another slightly undulating
course, 1t reaches High Service
reservoir, 800 feet above sea level.
Three kinds of construction will be
used in the course of the aqueduct.
The largest part will be what is called
cut and cover" This form of work
is used only on the hydraulic grade.
The second form is tunneling. The
third form Of construction is the build.
ing of steel pipes. This last form
will require renewal from time to
time.
In New York city the aqueduct will
be nothing less than subterranean
river-ramifying through hundreds of
miles of solid rock throughout, issu-
ing finally through faucets and by.
drants to serve those who have bid
den 1t. In no place will this aqueduct
be less than 40 feet below the sur
face OF the streets. The natural pres
sure will be of sufficient force in low
er Manhattan to carry the water to
the top of 20-story building After
traVersing nearly the whole of the is
land, the aqueduct will cross the East
river and enter Brooklyn. The course
will next swing round semi-circle,
pass across the Narrows and thus ar.
rive at its terminal point on Staten
Island.
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Duel Fatal to Both.

while two men were spearing sal
mon on the Columbia river, in Oregon,
they noticed large, gray eagle how
ering over the water, but they paid no
particular attention to the bird until
it suddenly swooped down and
pounced on big fish. The fish must
have weighed 16 pounds, and it soon
became evident that the eagle could
not lift 1t clear of the water After
several Intellectual efforts the bird
next tried to release it's hold, but it
was caught fast as If in trap. Final
ly it was itself dragged into the wa
ter, and the swift current swept the
odd combatants down stream until
they lodged in fishnet, where both
were caught. The fish was killed;
the eagle was already dead
The Libby herald., 1912-04-11
LIKING FOR DOLLS IS VARIED
Poor Little Girls Ideas Differ From
Those Of Wealthy Homes-Baby
Face 10 Wanted.

Two little girls stood side by side
with their brothers at the doll coun
ter of big shop the other day. One
was beautifully dressed, the other thin
and white faced, and her clothes not
only were faded and worn but size
or two too small. She held tight to
her mothers hand and her big eyes
roamed about the department, seem
ing to take in every doll there, and at
last rested contentedly on big pink
and white faced, blue-eyed, golden
haired beauty, dressed in fluffy blue
silk gown with an impossible looking
blue hat on her blond locks.
"Oh, mamma, if only l could have
that one!" she cried.
But the mother shook her head The
second little girl and her mother both
turned to look at the child who
wanted the blue-gowned doll and the
little girl laughed, not unkindly, but
amusedly.
"Oh. mother, isn't she funny to want
an old-fashioned doll like that?"
Silencing her daughter with look.
the mother turned to talk to the other
child and In an incredibly short time,
for busy shop and its red tape, a GER
tain blue-robed, blue-eyed doll filled
the arms of the poor child. AS the
mothers and the two children went
on their way the clerk turned to an
other customer.
isn't it funny" she said, "the diff
ference between the children Of the
well-to-do and those of the poor? This
year there is such fad for the char.
acter dolls that we find the pink-faced
dolls of our own youth almost drug
on the market. All the little girls
want the real baby-faced dolls In their
plain gingham and sheer white cos
tunes, but when poor child comes in
she invariably demands the richly
dressed, blond, blue-eyed dolls. sup
pose 1t Is the law of contrasts, or 1t
may be that poor children do not keep
up with the fads.
II only know that this year the
character doll is in great demand. The
rage started last year in Germany,
and this year 1t Is quite as bad here
In this country.
Here are some of the newest dolls.
See how individual they are. No two
just alike. Our buyer says that the
dolls are made after the photographs
of real children and l am sure they
look 1t. Why, even grown women
come In and look at them, and do
believe they long to buy them, only
they are ashamed"
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Unreasonable Woman,

Although much has been said and
written on the subject, we do not yet
realize how desperately lonely a WON.
an can be in thinly settled farming
community. Probably no one can ever
realize 1t except the woman herself.
They had taken Seth Hodgkins'
wife to the state insane asylum. The
day after she left him, Seth-who had
been good husband to her from the
date of her tinwedding anniversary
to the date Of her silver-wedding, and
through all the intervening anniver-
sarles-which there had been no par
ties to celebrate-received a visit OF
coincidence from his nearest neighbor,
two miles away.
Seth turned from sink piled high
with dirty dishes, to clear a chair for
his guest.
Il shall have to hire more help. 1t
seems as If she had been gone a
year," he said.
Il always supposed that Harriet en-
joyed good health" said the SYM
pathizing friend.
Harriet Hodgkins' husband looked in
dazed and futile inquiry from the
sprawly pattern on the bright new oil.
cloth that she had bought with the
carefully saved egg-money to the view
from the kitchen window, a wide,
snowy field, some tall, funereal ever
green-trees and patch of darkening
sky. The kitchen did not face the
road.
II cannot understand" he said,
what allied Harriet. She has hardly
been out of this kitchen for fifteen
years. Companion.
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Restrictions on Pulque Drinking

Pulque shops must close earlier and
restaurants may remain open later,
was the decision reached at the cab.
met meeting, says the Mexican Her
aid.
Abraham Gonzalez, minister of Co.
bernacion, announced that after Jan
uary Is all places where pulque was
sold must close at p. m, except on
Sundays and holidays, when the clos.
ing hour would be at noon. Restau-
rants, by paying higher license, may
remain open until three o'clock in the
morning. Furthermore, the tax on
pulque is to be advanced from Is Gen.
tavos the hectoliter to a peso.
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As a Precaution.

A good story is told of the old jour
nalist Frederic Guest Tomiin.
One day he found his office locked
and the Office boy missing.
When the boy appeared Tomlin re-
proved him for oversleeping, a charge
which the boy tearfully refuted.
It's this way, sir" he said. "My
uncle was hung at the Old Bailey this
morning, and, although we weren't on
speaking terms with him, I thought,
as one Of the family, I ought to be
there"
"Quite right" said Tomlin; "never
neglect your family duties; but when
another Of your relations is to be
hanged, please to leave the office key
under the mat"
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Father of IhirtY-IWo Dead.

Cape Charles, Va.-John w. Guy,
seventy-nine years of age, the father
of 80 children, is dead at his home
near Melfa, Va. Death was due to
stomach trouble. Mr.. Guy was pros
porous farmer and was married three
times.
OF Mr.. Guys 80 children, II sons
and II daughters are still living. The
oldest son is fifty-six years old. All
of his sons are the fathers OF large
families
The Libby herald., 1912-04-11
murder" PLOT ENDED
SHERIFF, GULLED By "PLANTED"
EVIDENCE, CATCHES COLD.
Students Imaginary Murder Myster,
In Endeavor to Improve His Power
at Building Plots, Sets Ma
chinery Of County In Motion.

Olathe, Kan.-How he planted" the
evidence of an imaginary murder mys
terry in an endeavor to improve his
power at building plots for short sto
r1es has been revealed by William w
ferguson, the University OF Kansas
student whose 'joke" set the machin
cry Of an entire county in motion and
furnished startling stories to the news
papers of the country for several days
Olathe Is divided over the case. The
young mans friends declare his prank
was lawfully funny" and others con
demn 1t.
e. g. Carroll, deputy sheriff, sees
no humor in the hoax. Carroll spent
many weary hours dragging an Icy
lake to find the body OF the slain
person, and now he has the worst cold
of his life. He is now taking quinine
and mustard foot baths.
Ferguson was student OF the
School of Journalism, in the short
story writing class, and he declares
despite contrary statements OF Pro
fessor Merle Thorpe, that the boys
were assigned to develop a murder
plot.
"Of course, one can imagine situa.
tions," said Ferguson, but l thought
1t would be rather original to frame
one up and see how many people
could puzzle. So laid the plant
the blood of rooster, gold neck
lace and stained iron bar.
Il told my fellow students l had
prepared plot SO good that II the
newspapers heard of 1t they would
have special correspondents on the
scene in half day. They argued with
me and said they didn't believe 1t.
Then l told them what / would do,
and sure enough when the properties
were found the story Of murder mys-
terry appeared and was telegraphed
all over the country. l am sorry now
the thing worked SO WE'LL"
Ferguson says he didn't tell the dep
uty sheriff when he saw him wading
through the water works lake because
he thought 1t was too good joke. But
Carroll, the sheriff, does not laugh so
loudly over the affair.
Professor Thorpe denies that stu
dents are assigned TO work up murder
plots in the way Ferguson did, al
though in the course of their short
story work the students are supposed
to develop plots carefully. When seen
at his home in Lawrence, the profes-
sor said
THE case presents some puzzling
complications. So far this year we
have covered only larceny, mayhem,
trespass, arson and a few minor Of
fences In our crime course. The work
in murder will not be reached until
April. or course, 1t Is not uncommon
that some students are more apt than
others. They make progress more
rapidly, and 1t is impossible to hold
them back with the laggards, and it
may be that the young man from
Olathe was one Of those restless stu
dents who felt prepared to so ahead
Of his classmates.
II am pretty sure the Olathe stu
dent Is the only one of the class In
journalism who heard anything about
murder plots in connection with the
course"
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Big Difference,

Flossie, a city miss of four, was
visiting in the country. One day she
accompanied her grandmother to the
barnyard, where she was very much
frightened at sight of a big gobbler
strutting about. why, Flossie," said
the old lady, "is 1t possible that you
are afraid of turkey when you helped
to eat one yesterday" YES grand.
ma" replied the little miss, but this
one amt cooked"
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MISUNDERSTANDING.

New York.-Dr. Lambert f. OFT OF
Philadelphia, president of the North
ern Medico-Legal society, announces
IN the current issue of the New York
Medical Journal what he terms an
'unquestionable remedy" for rheuma-
tlsm. The somewhat formidable
name of the drug he indicates is
Observation-Disclosures acid.
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How It Turned Out,

II told that dub he was foolish to
be courting so many girls.'
"How did 1t turn out?"
"As you might expect His expenses
were so heavy that he got behind with
his board and had to marry his land
lady,"
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That Is Natural

Mrs. Townsley-So Hiram Sharp's
girl Efie has become music teacher.
Hepzibah-Yes; we call her En-
Sharp.
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SCALING the Peak,

Knicker-Is that Boston girl frigidf
Booker should say so. When fel-
lows call on her they tie themselves
together with ropes.-Harper's Bazar.
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Quaint European Doll.

ular In London. These quaint dolls
which go in pairs, have become
nursery favorites all through Eng
land.
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BAN ON SMILING AT
DYNAMITE TRIAL
''A"" '-nfGIi More Solemn Solemn. 1 -

Indianapolis, Nov. 27,-Olaf A.
Tveitmoe, one of the San Francisco
defendants in the dynamite conspir-
acy trial, was ordered by Judge An
derson TO cease smiling The Judge
also directed him to leave his seat at
the table used by counsel for the de-
Tense and sit with the other defend.
ants.
81 notice there is perpetual smile
on the face of Defendant Tveitmoe
while the witness is being examined,
said Judge Anderson. II will not per
NIT any demonstration, either by smil
ing or otherwise"
Adhering to its argument that the
dynamiters who already have con
fessed alone were responsible for ex
plosions, the defense continued itG
cross examination of Ortie ID. McMani
gal Senator John w. Kern. chic
counsel for the forty-five defendants
piled McManigal with questions In
tended to show that the dynamitel
kept as secluded as possible while or
his trips of destruction.
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JURY FAILS TO
REACH VERDICT
Case of Attorney Gibson
Ends In Mistrial.
OUT FOURTEEN HOURS
Iswyer Accused of Numbering Woman
Client Now Faces a Number of
Other indictments In New York
County Charging EmbezxIement.

Goshen, N. Y, Nov. 27.-After de.
liberating for more than fourteen
hours the jury in the case of Burton
W. Gibson, charged with the murder
OF his client, Mrs. Rosa Menschik
Szabo, reported to Justice Tompkins
that they could not agree on verdict.
They were ordered discharged.
Jacob j. Singer of Gibsons counsel
announced shortly after the jury had
been discharged that the district at
torney had offered not to place Gibson
on trial again on the charge of mur.
dering Mrs. Szabo provided Gibson
would plead guilty to one of the sew
eral charges against him In New York
county.
A detective armed with a warrant
based on an indictment found in New
York, was prepared to arrest Gibson
In the event of his acquittal on the
murder charge. The warrant charges
the larceny of $1,000 from Hugh
Trainor, former client of Gibson, In
1910. Other charges are pending In
New York county against Gibson.
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BELMONT SUMMONS HIS SON
First Interview Since Latter Married
Chorus Girl.

New York, Nov 27-For the first
time since he married Ethel Lorraine,
the winter garden chorus girl last
week, Raymond Belmont was invited
to the residence Of his father, August
Belmont. His visit was short, but he
returned to his bride in happy frame
OF mind. He refused to discuss the
result of the visit.
Earlier in the evening the young
man issued a statement through Miss
Clara Eidlitz, who is one OF Ethel Lo-
raiDe Belmont's best friends.
"Tell them," said Belmont, that
shall fight any move on the part Of my
father to annul my marriage"
I'VE all expect that the breach will
be healed" said Miss Eidlitz. Ethel
and Raymond love each other devoted.
ly and why should they be parted
His father has tried for three years to
separate them. He can hardly succeed
now"
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CALL MONEY GOES
TO Il PER CENT
Highest Rate Attained in More
Than Two Years.

New York, Nov. 27.-Another sud
den advance in call money, or day-to-
day loans, to IL per cent. not attained
since the early part of 1910, was re-
sponsible for further unsettlement in
the stock market. Several influences
were responsible for this stringency,
including the fact that the clearing
house banks have already lost $1,000
900 to the sub-treasury since last Fri
day, which threatens a deficit in the
excess reserve at the end of the week.
II was reported in the financial dis
trict that the treasury department at
Washington would again be appealed
to for assistance.
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READY TO SERVE HIS TERM
Immigrant Boy Sentenced to Five
Years In Public School.

Pittsburg, Nov. 27.--Sentenoed to
i've years In the public schools, Me
olas Killel Haddad, aged eleven, an
immigrant boy from Syria, who ar
rived in Pittsburg a few days ago,
went to the home of his brother In
New Kansin otn.> n - - ---
The boy was permitted to pass the
immigration authorities on Ellis island
on condition that bond OF 81 900 be
posted to guarantee that he be kept
at his studies In public school until
he was sixteen years old.
Notice of this action was formally
conveyed to Secretary George w. Ger
wig of the Pittsburg board of public
education by William Williams, com
missioner of immigration at New
York, and when the boy arrived here
in company with his brother Michael
who fed from his native land to es
cape Turki | persecution. he was cen!
to another brother, John, who is tin
worker at New Kensington.
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BIG SHIPMENT OF TURKEYS
Special Train Takes $1,000 Birds te
New York City.

Washington, Nov. 27.-With q ma
jority of it's $4,000 passengers COB
bling their despairing protests spe-
cial train of forty-two cars raced
through Washington bound for New
York with turkeys from Eastern Ten
nessee destined to grace many a
Gotham table. There were thirty-four
cars filled with live turkeys, each car
in charge of special man who looked
after the comfort of the fowls, and
eight refrigerator cars containing
birds killed and prepared for market.
The turkey special is said to be
the biggest single shipment Of turkeys
ever made.
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London, Nov. 27.-While Russia is
believed to be continuing her military
movements on the frontier and Aus
tria-Hungary is believed TO be rapidly
mobilizing an immense army equipped
for hard field service, there is nothing
definite to indicate that an interna.
tional war in Europe is imminent.
The increased tension, the depress-
ing undercurrent of which is every.
where felt, however, tends greatly to
decrease the ability of diplomacy to
resist an ultimate rupture.
Great Britain, 1t Is reliably stated.
has given Servia, as we'll as France
and Russia, to understand that she
has no interest In Servia's demand for
port on the Adriatic sea. Britain
also has declared she has no intention
OF supporting Servia's claim, nor OF
aiding any other power to do so.
The progress of the negotiations be-
tween the representatives of Turkey
and the Balkan allies at Tchatalja is
iefencB Is kept strictly secret.
In diplomatic circles here. however,
ii is stated that Turkey has presented
the following as an acceptable basis
for an agreement:
"First-No war indemnity.
"Second-The retention by Turkey
of the territory bounded by the MART
"a river, the fortress of Adrianople to
be included.
"Third-The maintenance of the
sovereignty of the sultan OF Turkey
in Albania"
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CUNMEN TO DIE IN JANUARY
RosenthaI Murderers to Be Executec
First Week of New Year.

New York, Noy. 27.-Gyp the Blood,
Whitley Lewis, Lefty Louie and Dago
Frank, the gunmen convicted of the
murder of Herman Roscnthal, were
sentenced by Justice Gon to die in
the electric chair at Sing Sing during
the week of Jan. 6.
Each of the prisoners was sentenced
separately and in each case Charles
G. r. Wahle, their counsel, moved that
the verdict be set aside and the judg-
ment be arrested. Each motion JUS
tice Goff successfully denied.
One of the grounds for Mr. Wahle's
motion wa that the verdict was the
result Of passion, prejudice and other
influences"