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JUSTICE AND joLLITY.


They Mixed Punishment and Mssri.
s,snt In the Coed Old oays.
The milkman who waterx his milk
and the grocer who adulterates his
butter are not. after all, the produets
Of our modern civilization. Thees
men, It appears. have an ancestry Of q
respectable antiquity. Witness m
eaict which IN antiQuary has diacoes
"a in the archives Of Puy-ds- Dome:
whatsoever shall have sold watsssd
milk. in his mouth shall Be ret Q tuba,
and into the side tube shall b poured
the watered milk till the doctor or bar
Der there present shall assert that ths
culprit cannot swallow more without
being put in danger Of his days Who
soever shall have sold butter contain
ing turnips. stones or any other for
eign substance shall BE- seized and at
tached In a very curious manner 10
our pillory of POntet
"Then the said butter shall BE- placed
on his head Till the sun shall have
melted 1t completely. and in the mean
time the children and meaner folk OF
the villages shall Insult him with such
outrageous epithets A. shall please
them. subject to the respect Of God
And his majesty.
"Whosoever shall have sold evil q
rotten eggs shall be seized BY the body
and exposed In our pillory Of Pontet.
The said eggs shall be given to the
children OF the villages. who shall By
way Of joyful diversion throw them
In the face of the culprit. 20 that Ill
may be full Of merriment and laugh
ter"
Justice had humorous way with u
In those good old dayA-Paris Cor.
London Telegraph.
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Careful via, Their Lemons.

"In English inns" said man who
had Just returned from long coaching
trip In England. they do not use lem
ons In our haphaxnrd fashion. They
make the use of one more or less OF a
solemn rite. remember asking for .
.horse's neck in little Inn In the north
country. The landlord had never heard
of the drink. and | explained to him
that II WAS ginger ale with lemon
peel in it. He went back to the bar
and returned presently with an empty
truy. I'm very sorry. sir, he sald..
hut we haven't got lemon open just
now s-New York Tribune.
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yoL1Eo HER DIGNITY.
The Mstrsa. the Mules and . spss-
taeuias Procession.

The Mstrsa. the Mules and epse-
taeuiar Prsesssten.
They tell story In army circles b
Washington. wherein y0ung matrco
Of much dignity and a string OF army
mml.,~ were the principal acton, u
apj&urs that this young woman has
quite regal air. eircumxtaucs that
added much to the humOr Of the situ-
alton In which she found hersslf. Also.
It should be added. It u her custom to
Investigate pretty thoroughly any new
phass Of life with which she comes IN
contact. Accordingly. on the occasion
Of her viYit to an army post In the
west. she had everything about tn
poxt carefully explained to her.
One day. when her host and hostess
were out Of the house. this young We
man thought II well to 20 to the cor.
raj to inspect the army mulsa She
went among the animals. carefully e.
amininR each one.
She happened to wear q costume Of
very light color that quickly attracted
the attention Of the animals. which
were accustomed. like all army pack
mules. to be Ied BY the whitest animal
among them. They SLOWLY wobblsd
their ears M they noticed the unfurted
white parnsoi Of their visitor.
The young woman finished her In
spectIon and took her departure. As
she left the corral. she heard steps be-
hind her. CHANGING hack. she cav
mule following her. while ali the rsst
Of the animals were falling into Tine
behind their leader.
She was not afraid. Indeed. she deem
ed fear quite beneath her dignity. But
she was startled. to say the least and
quickened her pace. The mule i'm
mediateiy IN her rear increased bis
pace too. and marched steadily along
with t,ix nose Just touching the back Of
the white parasoi.
Then It was that the occupants Of
the long row Of Officers quarters were
astonisbed to witness the spectacle Of
an extremely diRuined woman coming
up the avenue. Ut q gait TINT might be
termed q compromise between her dig
nifty and desire to run. with . string
Of army mules behind her, the head Of
each Just touching the tail Of the one
In frOut Of him. The young woman's
steps are said to have exceeded the
prescribed army stride BY about two
feet Her dignity was decidedly mot
on straight" There were about TWEEN.
ty-nve mules In the procession
Youths Companion.
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Fir Without Flame.

An English engineer named Bode has
invented q way to have Ore without
fame. His apparatus consists Of q
porous plate or mass Of DIRE resisting
fragments. within which he mixes In
fiammable gas and air in the right pro-
portions. When the gas Is first turned
ON and lighted It burns with q dame at
the surface Of the plate. When tho air
II turned on the dame disappears. but
the heat increases. A temperature Of
$500 degrees IL claimed. Just what uss
Of this invention can be made Il yet
question.
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Moving Pictures II Japan.

MOWiu0 ps0Notvo IN SaVa"
The Japanese take the mOx.ng pic
ture with the seriousness betting tho
national character. They enjoy 1t thor
oughly, but they like 1t best when Il
makes them sad. The favorite theme
10 the allegorical play that represents
the warrior lighting for righteousness.
Next In popularity comes the pathetic
picture. The strictly educational dim
is also popular. and there Ii always
applause for good scenery. But the
love story IL never represented in the
Japanese moving picture. 1t would be
an outrage to modesty and violation
Of decency and therefore intolerable.
Pictures derogatory to the dignity Of
officials and Of policemen are forbid
den. as well as those likely to instill
revolutionary ideas in the minds OF the
young. III
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There" said the man who had pur-
chased pedigree that reached back to
the coming over" Of William the Con-
queror. SIS gold snunbox that was
used by one Of my great-great-grand-
fathers"
very interesting" replied the gem
tleman who was examining the thing.
Very interesting. indeed. had no
idea that the made in Germany mark
had been in use ~ long n that"-Chi-
cago Record Herald. D
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A eed MistaIss,

The wife cooked dish Of prunes,
which appeared to flnd No favor with
members Of the family. The prunes
''went begging" for day or two until
the husband, tired Of seeing them. de-
cided to get rid Of them.
The next evening he found a big dish
Of prunes at his place.
''You liked those other prunes 70
WELL" said his wife, .that I thought I
would cook some more."-Indianapolia
News.
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c,s.r Case Of Madnsss.


John Blank OF Ohio b a politician OF
considerable influence In his state. One
evening when be was In Washington
he was invited to dine at the home OF
John r. Mclean. who dabbles In Ohio
politics and costly tapestries.
Every time Mr.. Mclean hears Of
tapestry sale in Europe be peels Oh
section Of his bank roll. hands 1t to an
agent and tails him 10 blow It in on
the hangings.
Blanks appetite was very poor that
night. Apparently be was In great
physical pain or felt the gnawing clutch
Of a secret sorrow. When he got back
to Ohio he made this mournful an
nouncement: t.l
1--WE always heard that John B. Nc
Lean was wise old guy. It's mis-
take. That old fellow 10 AZ crazy ~
loon. He took me in to dinner in
room where there was absolutely moth
Ing on the door and all the carpets
were hanging on the wall"-PopuAr
Magazine.
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BROKE IT GENTLY.
He Didn't Know Exactly What TO De.
So They Came to His Rescue.

So They Came to His Rescue.
A young author and critic. who has
come to he an authority upon certain
modern phase Of education. went few
days ago to deliver his first lecture at
q girls school. he bad lectured before.
but never at young ladies' semi
nary. and an two white frocked. curly
haired ushers led him out to the plat
form and he sat down beside the mn.
troniy principal among the women who
made up the faculty and faced sea OF
girls fncex he was young enough tO
feel a bit OF embarrassment himself.
1t wak rather difficult at 6rst. but once
the lecture was started things went all
right.
He finished what be had to say and
sat down. The audience and the ma
tronly principal and the women who
made up the faculty clapped their
hands enthusiastically. Then the ap-
plause died down and silence settled
upon the lecture hall. The young man
sat on waiting for some one to say
something. dimiy conscious that q
move of one kind or another was ex-
pectpd, Of him. But his lecture was
finist,ed He had said all he had to
say. There were no questions from
faculty or students. A few Of the girls
began to idget. but no one spoke.
The young man became nnpieasantly
aware that he was expected to do
something and to do 1t at once. but he
did not know what to do. He reflected
mIsernbiy that he did not know the
etiquette of a girls school anyhow.
And then there WAS a signal from the
principal and move In the audience.
and the prettier of the two girl usf,ers
approached him. n little embarrassed.
q little shy. determined to do her duty.
"I'm 30 sorry. Mr.. B." she murmur'
ed. "but I'm afraid you'll have to-
you'll have to start right this minnie
II you want to make your train!'-New
Yorh Times.
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II think saw your little boy chew
ing tobacco a. came In the gate"
"Yes; that was Johnny"
Mercy: Do you permit him 30
chewf
well. you see. that was an almost
new plug Of tobacco bis father seft
when he died. an 1t seemed q sin -
waste it"-Houston Post
The Meeker herald., 1913-11-01
German Justies.


A curious Illustration Of the princi-
pie of responsibility abroad Il afford
ed by 4 civil damage suit growing out
of the breaking Of 4 plate glass win
dow In German town. A witness had
testified a. follows:
'As l was passing down the street
In front Of the window I saw q big
stone come whirling through the air.
did not know whence 1t came. !
saw It coming through the air. and I
had Just time enough to dodge to save
myself from being hit BY It,"
The witness was sharply questioned
upon the point whether the stone that
broke the window would have struck
him had he not lodged 1t. He was
then dismissed. Eventually tho deci-
sion Of the magistrate was this:
'.Inasmuch a. II the witness had not
unfortunately ducked his head the
glass would NOT have been struck BY
the stone. be II hereby adjudged re-
sponsible for the breaking Of the win
dow and IL ordered to pay to the own
er the value OF the same."-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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Reeves and roels.

Sims Reeves told this story In his
"Reminiscences"
s II was playing the part Of Tom Tug
in company with my excellent friend
]. E. Tooie. who was also a member
Of the cast In The Waterman word
or two Of gag Ii held to be permissible.
and. partly to amuse the audience,
partly to astouish my excellent fellow
actor. / said to him in certain scene
IN reply to his question:
whats the meaning Of all thisr
The meaning of 1t IL that you've
been made a tool of. and I'm q happy
fellow
johnnie looked very much surprised.
and. az a popular comedian does not II
be can help 1t allow himself to be scor-
ed Oh. after a moments reflection. dur
Ing which he must have suffered the
keenest agony, replied:
:. 80 1t sims"
The Meeker herald., 1913-11-01

Ethel. who was ten years old. was
studying her geographical reader and
learned that txh are placed IN brine
before they are dried and prepared for
sale. After explaining that brine n
very strong salt water the teacher
asked why the Dish were placed In Il
Ethpls face was illumined with sud
den understanding. aud she promptly
replied:
because they are used to salt va.
ser."-Youth's Companion.
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Well csndrrssi.

The Rev. Joshua KimbeF. IN his
rsminiscences In the Living Church.
tells the following anecdote Of tho
late Bishop Horatio Porter: "He had
been journeying up the east bank Of
the Hudson river. stopping for con-
nrmation each day at adjoining par
ishes. When he reached Poughkeepsie
be saw II woman at the rail waiting for
confirmation whose face be was sure
he recognized and was somewhat ia
miliar with. He was also certain that
she had been confirmed within the
week ut another place. The bishop
whispered to her to remain after serv-
Ice and said: My dear madam. what
DO you mean by coming for cohnrma-
toni l am sure confirmed you Mon
day at such a place. Did notT She
said: You certainly did. ! have been
following you up the river and have
been confirmed every day this week
He. astonished. said. Why did you do
that? Whereupon she replied. Be
cause ! heard 1t was good for rheuma-
tism.'"
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solitary cs~a.ss.s.t.

The punishment which replaced ths
death penalty In ltaly-namsly. hfs I'm,
prisonment with solitary confinement
Is considered to BE- much worse than
death itssif. Aurderers sentenced to
life imprisonment INVOKE death to end
their suiYerinEs. Isolation. complete
in the very sense OF the word-en-
forced idleness, lack Of exercise and
sumcient food and continual surveii-
lance In 4 cell 70 small n to almost
render any movement impossible-such
II the fate Of q murderer In Italy. sol-
itary confinement lasts for I'VE long
years. sometimes for ten. but convtcts
can hardly bear 1t for more than six
months. Invariably they arc insane
long before the term expires. and Of.
ten they commit suicide. The fear OF
solitary confinement acts n proven
t1ve to murder a. much A. and perhaps
much more than that OF capital pun
ishment. 1t II quite true that the
cases Of murder have not diminished
to any great extent In Italy since the
abolition Of the death penalty; but. IN
the other hand. they have not in-
creased. -Chicago News.
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He rook Aftsr Mother,

The star pupil arose at the school en-
tertainment to declaim his piece.
Lend me your ears" he bawled.
Huh" sueered the mother Of tho
opposing bat defeated pupil, that's Sa-
rah Jane Doran's boy. He wouldn't b.
his mothers son II he didn't want to
borrow NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Say. mamma. my teacher d make q
bully hlghwaymanr' exclaimed boy
as he rushed In from school.
"Why. Freddy. what In the world do
you meant" inquired his astonished
mother.
why. she's always telling the chill
dren to hold up their hands "-Judge's
Library. -
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A Nice LevabIs Girl.

Jack-The college girl am engaged
to picked me up on grammar before .
week had passed over our beads. Tom
You got Oh light and easy. The cel-
lege girl knew corrected my Engiish
while ! was proposing to her. Boston
Transcript. Nls
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Galveston Plan. Improvement.

Galveston il laying plans for an ex-
tension of the sea wall and grade rails
ing to at least double the present
area. This extension Of the wall with
accompanying grade raising will entail
q cost of at least 100000 and will
provide raised area and sea wall pro-
lection for practically double the pres
ent population Of the city.-Shipping
illustrated.
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Ef you'll stop courtin' 20 troubles
fer swhile. mebbe you'll have time tss
diakiver dat you've had enough bless
ln'a fer u good sized tifetims.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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The
Scrap Book
tn. ,mersssisn He Gave.


The leafhed English jurist. Judss
willis. was 4 very democratic and gen
ial sort Of q man. On one occasion 90
ing home In an omnibus which landed
him ut an INN known ~ the Green
Man. BIO as usual passed the dme In
friendly discourse with the passensefs'
To one housewife who had bosn mar
keting he delivered 4 well meant lec-
ture on the purchasing power OF money.
the tarim, free trade and domestic and
political economy. To other passengers
be talked freely and dispensed counsel
and advice Unfortunately. Arrived
at bis destination. be tnimated to the
conductor, II want to get out at the
Green Man" Accordingly the omnibus
slowed down. but a. be was leaving his
seat q lady touched him on the sleeve
and earnestly inquired. my good man.
don't you think you've had enoughT
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Again.

Marie-1 hear that you are going to
be married again. Edith-Againi Why.
I've never been married yet Marie
No. but can't recall the number Of
times you were going to be-"
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A Wew,an's ~,

Guest-Delishtfu party you are hav-
Ing tonight, old fellow. Host-Yes. 1
am giving 1t to my wife. It II the
twelfth anniversary of her thirtieth
birthday. -Harper's Bazaar.
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Bobby. you have been lighting With
that Stapleton boy again. Did you
count ten before you struck him. ~
have always told you to DOR
.'No. but was told that somebody
counted ten after be landed on me."--
Chicago Tribune.
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Rsservsd.

Thomas : Tint Miss Wadleigh b
rather reserved. isn't she7 Jack-vesy
much 20. reserved her for life last
night
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Millions of money are not better than
millions of grains Of sand at the gate
Of Eternity.
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Dispatch ia the soul Of business. and
nothing contributes more to dispatch
than meth0d.-L0rd Chesterfield.
The Meeker herald., 1913-11-01

Strong minds suffer without COR
planning: weak onss complain without
suffering.
The Meeker herald., 1913-11-01

Love. a cough, smoke and money car
not long be hid.-French Provsrh.
The Meeker herald., 1913-11-01
The Humble Hers.

He was not Of the royal blood.
He did not seem to know his worm,
But In our common brotherhood
He was q hero Of the earth.
God gave him grace to work and van
And strength and patience to endure
And faith and hope which. soon or lata
A crown Of triumph would Insure
He looked not to the heights for fame
Nor walked where Wild ambition leads.
Content on earth TO wrsathe his name
with kind and helpful little deeds.
The world seemed brighter for his smile.
And hearts were glad TO have him near
Broadcning lifs's nobler scope the while
He moved within his humble sphere.
Joseph W. Humphrtsa
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-31
GARRISON |NSPECTS
FLOOD-SWEPT
CITY
SECRETARY OF WAR is I'M
PRESSED BY RELIEF WORK
IN HAMILTON, OHIO.

Hamilton, Ohio, March 30.-Secre-
tary Garrison of the war department,
who is touring the flooded district as
the personal representative of Presi-
dent Wilson, visited Hamilton today.
So impressed was the war secretary
with the manner in which the situation
is being handled by the citizens and
Ohio national guard, that he an
nounced he. would telegraph President
Wilson nothing needles for the
present emergency is lacking. The
secretary was told that the death list
here would not exceed so; while the
property loss is estimated at $4,000,0OO.
With Secretary Garrison We're Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff
of the army, and Major Mccoy. They
penetrated the very heart of the city,
past block after block in both the
residential and business sections of
the city, Where street lines virtually
We're eliminated by overturned houses
and almost unbroken heaps of debris.
AS soon as Secretary Garrison's
cal reached High street, the panorama
of desolation was laid bare to the
visitors, Near the. Y. NJ. G.. A. the
car was stopped to permit the pas
sage of a van load of dead animals.
A tier Of coffins running half a block
in length stood in front of the court
house yard, the basement of the court
house having been turned into a
morgua. AS fast as bodies We're iden-
titled they We're being taken out of the
courthouse to the cemetery.
Secretary Garrison was told that As
bodies had been recovered. Fear
was expressed that the mud and de-
'bris along the river bank still held
nan more who persisted, as most of
the bodies already recovered were
found in hat locality.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-31

turbed by a bitter fight on free sugar
or upon the wool duty.
President Wilson's tariff message,
the substance of which has been COM
m%unicated to the leaders of both
houses of congress, is understood to
AVE received general approval.
In the 10 days that precede the
opening of the special session, it is
planned to settle, as far as possible,
all Of the disputed points, and to
reach a general basis of agreement
that will insure speedy action and a
few changes in the tariff bills.
The income tax plan as framed is
expected by the democratic leaders of
the house to run the gauntlet of both
houses successfully n to become a
part of the permanent national rev-
niue system. The scheme embodies
these features:
Exemptions-All incomes under
$4,000; incomes of eleemosynary insti-
tutions, etc.
Rates-Minimum Of ] per cent on
$4,000: graduated UP to a maximum
of 4 per cent on 100000 or more.
Observation-Disclosures of the col
lection at the source principle so as
to obviate personal assessments as
much as possible; collection through
corporations or other employers in
stead of direct from the employees
whenever practicable.
The rates and exceptions still are
subject to change, though the figures
are expected to stand. The income tax
feature was written in it's essentials
by Representative Hull of Tennessee.
1t is designed to bring into the treas
ury not far from 100000, 900, includ-
ing the present corporation tax of
about 100000, 900.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-31
MEXICO TO PROTEST
TO WILSON

Mexico City, March 3O.-The Next
can government has made a formal
protest to the American government
against the shipping of arms and am
munition from the United States to
the rebels and has requested that
greater vigilance be exercised in
guarding the frontier. Mexican off,
cials understand that numerous con-
signments of war material, including
many machine guns, have Deer sent
across the border, in some cases even
at he regular ports Of entry, and now
are in the hands of the rebels.
1t is pointed out by the same Of
ficials that since the rebels control
a large part of the frontier, this coun-
try is dependent absolutely for time
being on the United States to prevent
the rebels obtaining supplies. That the
rebels are securing quantities of am
munition appears to be a fact.
No noteworthy Improvement in the
revolutionary situation is apparent.
The greater successes in recent days
are credited to the rebels, although
severe punishment in minor engage
ments has been inflicted on the adj
herents of Venustiano C%arranza, near
Monterey. The first report that Car
rama and his chief lieutenant, Major
Carfias, have been captured, has not
been confirmed.
The followers of Carranza apparent
ly are not as we'll organized as those
of Maytorena in Sonora, but numerous
bands are harassing a wide area
throughout Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.
The new organization of rebels of Du-
range and San Luis Potosi is greatly
%hampering the federals.
The government seems to regard the
situation in the northwest as more
delicate than that in Coahuila. Gem
eral Jose Mier is en- route to take
command of the campaign in hat ter
ritory. The slow mobilization of forces
along the Chihuahua-S Sonora line con-
tinues. Troops there are to be sup
plemented by forces sent in trans
ports to Guaymas and Mazatlan. The
government asserts that it will have
10000 men in that region soon.
Thus far very few former rebels
have been actually engaged in the
campaign.
Residents in the capital are nervous
N'' VI III IA AllS~
ton between President Huerta and
General Felix Diaz, and of plots and
intrigues ever to the fixing of dates
when q new battle may be expected
in the streets, or the assassination of
one or the other of the principals may
take place. On Saturday so keen was
the excitement that the president
summoned newspaper men to the pal
ace after midnight to issue a formal
statement saying he and Felix Diaz
still were friends and working in har-
mon Huerta's statement was re-
iterated by Diaz.
General Geronimo Trcyino, who re-
Gently resigned as gevernrr of Nlevo
Leon because of his alleged lack of
sympathy with the Huerta admins
t%ration, arrived at the capital today.
He was shown all honors, being greet
ed by officials and escorted by troops.
He was received in audience by the
president, but no statement has been
made as to the object of his visit here.