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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
FEAR THE MANCHINEEL
POISONOUS TREE 10 DREADED
BY AFRICAN NATIVES.
its Sap Deadly to Humanity, and Peo-
pie OF the Country Take Precau-
lions When They Seek Shell
ter Beneath IL.

Everywhere the manchineel bears
the reputation of being a most dan
gerous tree, in the shade whereof it
Is never safe to rest. This evil repu-
tation has Its origin in the poisonous
qualities Of the sap and fruit of q
tree Of this kind found in Africa-the
~arborescent euphorbia. This tree has
q magnificent but most peculiar ap-
pearance, and the thickness of its TO-
iage, which wholly excludes the sun,
seems to invite the traveller to rest
beneath its branches. The negroes
have a way Of taking advantage of
the delightfully."- cool shade, and at the
same time avoiding the danger from
the poisonous droppings Of the tree.
They erect a matched roof below the
lowest branches, and then repose in
peace and security.
Tremaux, the French explorer. has
perhaps given the best account of
these aborescent %euphorbias. While
taking a view of Cacane, he asked
n Of his negroes who stood near
him to seat himself under a great
opAO1 bA0 LhdI 5SOOu III Tile lore
ground. At first the native hesitated;
then after a while he decided to yield,
but not without raising his ayes many
times in apprehension toward the
branches of the tree.
The Frenchman was about to climb
upon a rock to break off a branch,
but the negro seeing him approach
fed in terror from the shade of the
deadly tree, gesticulating wildly and
giving ~utterance to terms the foreign
er could not understand. The mans
gestures, however, and q few Arabic
words uttered by one of the bystand-
ers, ID you mean to die?" made the
explorer understand that in touching
the tree he was running q serious
risk.
But the thing was done, and the
broken branch in the Frenchman's
hand. Immediately a milky fluid
nowed forth, in much greater quantity
than he could have imagined from
what he knew of these plants in other
countries. covering his clothes and
penetrating even to his skin.
The features and gestures of the
negroes expressed their fear. They
made the traveller understand that If
the white juice touched one of the
numerous wounds which he at that
time had on his body he would die,
and that it was dangerous even to
let it touch the skin.
1t is with this juice that certain of
the African tribes poison their weap.
ons ia order to make the Wounds in.
hicted thereby mortal. They first
thicken it until it acquires the con.
sistency of paste. Then they dip in it
the points or blades Of the weapons
they wish to poison.
Trees of this kind are often "a feet
In diameter and 70 feet in circumfer.
ence The greatest height is "a feet,
The trunk and large branches are OF
hard wood; the smaller branches con.
sist mostly Of pith and parenchyma,
sustained by a slender woody fiber.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Difficult Lesson.

Johnny's teacher had tried In vain
to ir1press upon his mind that it was
Incorrect to say have went" AS q
last resort she told him to remain
after school and write upon the black.
board 100 times the words 81 have
gone"
When after much effort the labori-
task was completed Johnny wait
ed for the teacher, who had left the
room. to return. Finally in despera-
ton he wrote beneath his completed
task:
Miss Smith, I have wrote 7 have
gone 100 times and have went home
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Had FIerece Fluht with cheetah.

Attacked by a Cheetah, a Dublin
custom house officer named Graves,
had an alarming experience recent
ly. He was set upon in Rathmines,
n of the suburbs, by the cheetah, an
animal Of the leopard type found in
India and Africa, which had evident
ly escaped from its captors. He had
his dog and a thick stick with him,
and he succeeded in killing the AMI
NAL. It was while walking near
Grovenorsquare about midnight that
the Strengthening animal, somewhat
larger than the Irish terrier, suddenly
sprang at him out of a hedge neal
some gardens. With a hoarse bark II
gripped his trouser leg near the knee,
tearing the cloth. He shook the ami
NAL off, and a fierce struggle then
took place between 1t and his dog
Selling the dogs throat, the cheetah
dragged him towards the hedge, but
Graves caught the cheetah a heavy
blow behind the ear with his stick,
and killed it. The surmise Is that
the animal was brought from abroad
by some resident with the object OF
making it a pet.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
MONTANA BRIEFS

Butte grows happy as copper prices
creep up.
Mrs. Anna Agoa, well known and es
teemed matron of Butte, died recently
The Milwaukee road will continue tc
push its extension work all over the
state.
The Montana State fair will occur
at Helena, the state capital, Septem.
Der % to 81.
According to reports, the great Ken.
dali mine at Kendall will not be opened
again, for the present, at least.
Eight teams of shooters from the
Montana National Guard participated
in the state tournament at Helena this
week.
Rates On grain and other commod.
tiles taking the same rates will be
reduced to Washington points from
Montana August 10
Ole Oleson, waiter at the Beaver
sawmill camp, e Thompson Falls,
was drowned recently in Beaver creek,
where the went for a swim.
Fire which recently destroyed the
home of Mrs. Martha Miller at Ismay
cremated her baby, which had been
left asleep alone in the house while
the mother went shopping.
The Northern Pacific railway com.
pany will test out in the courts the
right of the state to tax the ~reserva
lions it has made of oil, coal and min.
eral rights in lands of which it has
sold the surface rights.
An active campaign is being carried
on in the state by game wardens in
disarming all aliens in accordance
with a gun license law passed by the
legislature requiring that foreigners
must have a written permit before
they may carry firearms.
A North Coast Limited train on the
Northern Pacific, was held up by three
masked men Saturday night a mile
and a half west OF Homestake and
about Is miles from Butte. The at
ICh1pL ASouAICN VI q " bhC "OuIu'
be robbers and nothing was secured.
The forest service is receiving bids
for S0,00O,O00 feet Of government tim
Der on the Lolo national forest of Mon.
tana. The award Of bids will be made
at the expiration Of one month, unless
some of the bidders wish further time
to examine the timber, in which case
the award will be delayed an addition.
al thirty days.
AS the result of a failure of the
stockmen and farmers to subscribe to
the official brand book of Montana
the state board has decided to discon,
tinue it's publication, which has been
annual. The failure has inspired a con
clusion that the days of the open range
are at end so far as the interest OF
the stockmen is concerned.
Mrs. w. l. Higgins of Deer Lodge re
Gently visited Butte to solicit funds fol-
the College of Montana in an effort tC
save the college for Deer Lodge and tc
thWart the efforts made by Great Falls
to have the institution moved there
Great Falls has offered 100000 anG
40 acres for a site. Deer Lodge needed
$50, 600 to retain the college. Of this
amount all but ! 500 has been secured
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Wreck Near Spokane.

Five men were injured, two proba-
bly, fatally, Monday, when three cars OF
a Milwaukee work train, loaded with
steel girders TO be used OF the new
Milwaukee freight station, jumped a
faulty switch near the outskirts of the
city, plowed up the earth for so yards
and landed on the main line of the
road, tying up traffic for hours,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Beef, italian StvIe.

Take two pounds Of rump, flank OF
neck beef, trim off rough edges, wipe
or with a damp cloth and place In 9
deep dish. Add a sliced onion, car
rot, turnip and a slice of fat sal
pork; add one cup water, one tea
spoonful salt, one-half teaspoon pep
per, cover tightly, place in a moderate
oven three hours. Place meat on plat
ter, add one-fourth cup tomato cat
sup. one-half teaspoon mustard to the
Drowned juices in the dish, pour over
the meat; serve with boiled macarouI
Fl. Morrison.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
One Good and Sufficient Reason.

Lawyer (cross examining the wit
ness)-You say your name is FIaviua
Josephus Parkinson. Is that rightf
Witness-Yes, sir.
Lawyer-How did your parents hap
pen to give you the name of Flavius
Josephus2
Witness-There's only reason
know of, mister.
Lawyer-Please tell the jury what
that is.
Witness-Gentlemen of the jury, ]
happened to be born a boy.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
PERU BANKERS ARRESTED.
Guodoy Brothers of Lima Were Bounc
for Panama.

Guayaquil.-Raoul Guodoy and his
brother CASTOR, prominent bankers OF
Lima, Peru, whose firm failed recently
with a loss estimated at $500, 600, were
arrested here on their arrival by
schooner from Callao. They were pre-,
pared to embark on another vessel for
Panama.
The Guodoys left Lima Immediately
after their failure was announced, on
July II.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
TRAIN HITS TREE-FouR KILLED
Passengers Have Close Call on Cop
per Country Limited.

Iron Mountain, Mich.-The engineer,
fireman and an unknown mar and a
boy were killed, one passenger serious
ly injured and six slightly bruised
when the Copper Country Limited pas
senger train on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad from Calumet,
Mich, to Chicago struck a tree which
had been blown across the tracks at
Cadeling, Wis. All of the passenger
coaches remained on the tracks.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
swims Like a Fish.

Portland, Ore.-With hands and feet
bound, Miss Claire Fairy, a 15-year-old
Portland girl, tonight swan the VIII
lamette river, a distance of about 500
yards. She did the feat in a little
more than IA minutes.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Wednesday, July 80, was University
of Idaho day at the Spirit Lake Chau-
tauqua.
The Lewiston-C Charleston fair will be
held at Lewiston, Idaho, September 30
to october 4.
The Standpoint city council has by a
vote of five to two reestablished the
redlight district.
Preliminary plans are under way
for the fifth annual Bonner county fair
at Standpoint, Idaho.
Drilling comforts are to be held Au-
gust 16 in connection with the annual
miners picnic at Kellogg.
j. Kunz Jr. was recently appointed
postmaster at Williamsburg, Bannock
county, Idaho, vice l.. Weibel, resigned.
Money has been subscribed and the
ground leased and st. Maries, Idaho,
will erect buildings and hold a fair
September II to 20
The constitutionality of the act of
the last legislature creating the state
highway commission is attacked in an
action filed in the district court of
Ada county.
The fire which has been burning
near Matchwood for the last few days
in the slashings is we'll under control,
due to the work of the Pend Oreille
Timber Protective association.
The expenditure of 5000, 900 will be
made at once by the Camas Prairie
railroad in the extension and improve
ment of the Lewiston terminals, ac-
cording to Superintendent F. N. Finch.
The capital stock of the First Ma
tional Bank of Forsyth has been in
creased from 100000 to $50, 900. The
Bank of Commerce of Forsyth was Or
gained with a capital stock of SIS, 900.
The most costly land patent ever
filed in Yellowstone county has been
put Oh record by the Northern Pacific
Railway company. 1t cover 1,199,-
272.S5 acres, contains 1880 words,
n the filing fee is STATS.
The last wool shipment from the
Snake river country was made Satur-
day from Lewiston. Figures show that
20 cars, or approximately 100000
pounds, have been shipped from Lew
iston country this year.
F. l.. Sturm, to whom a franchise
was granted by the Lewiston city coun-
Gil last December to construct an ur-,
ban and interurban railway, has
asked for an extension of time to Feb
ruary l, 1914. The original franchise
expires August l.
The pump house of the Harrison Wa
ter company was totally destroyed by
fire Monday at noon, and engine and
pump are probably a total loss, The
fire is supposed to have caught from
a spark from a locomotive which was
switching near there.
Representative French has had up
with the interior department the ques-
ton of expediting a large number OF
land cases that are pending before the
secretary of the interior on appeal and
the delay in consideration Of which is
causing great hardship and loss to the
persons involved.
The supreme court, which has been
in session at Occur d'Alene City for
four weeks, has adjourned and will
meet again December l. Judges Sulli~
van and Ailshie left for Boise to re-
main indefinitely. While in Occur
d'Alene the court heard arguments in
81 cases and opinions nave been given
in but two of them as yet. Judge Ali
SHE says more decisions will be forth
coming soon.
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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
CookIna Neuetahlea.

When cooking vegetables remem.
Der that all vegetables which grow
above ground should be put into boil.
ing water, and all which grow under,
ground In cold ~water--with thu AZ,
ception Of new potatoes.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Motherlv AdmonltIon.

Now, Anne, how often have I told
you always to cast your eyes down
when you r in the street? 1t makes
a good impression, and besides you
sometimes find q pocketbook thai
way"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
kfaI Cstate Jur SALE
kfll estate j'pr Salc
BTG MONEY BEING MADE ~
arkland
Lots

Little money invested here will bring
YOU better returns than anywhere else.
Prices at present are very cheap. and
there arc good reasons for expecting
BIG JUMP IN PRICES
We have the lots and prices that Will
make YOU money
JULIAN G. ANDERSON IL co, INC.
Basement American Bank Building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
COLLISION INJURIES
ONE; OTHERS ESCAPE

An inexperienced mo.orcyclist
whose name was not ascertained col
lided last night at $3.50 with Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Youker, of 1924 Twenty
eighth avenue at Sixteenth street and
Fourteenth avenue, the accident
throwing the lady from the buggy in
which she and her husband were rid
ing to the ground. She was bruised
about the head and her knee cut, and
after being taken temporarily to a
nearby house. Dr. X. w. Oakley was
called, and she was removed to her
home.
Mr.. Youker escaped in a rather
miraculous manner, being thrown
from the rig across the back of the
horse, from where he managed to land
on his feet unhurt The cyclist was
also unhurt although his machine was
damaged, the cyclist tried to getaway
according to Mr.. YCukers, but was
caught by that gentleman. Later he
was released on promising to pay the
necessary bills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
FIRE WRESTLING MAY BE
A THING OF THE PAST

The matter of the discontinuance of
fire whistles was preached at meet
ing of the Greater Moline committee
yesterday afternoon, the subject being
brought up by R. S. Hosford, who
strongly advocated the fact thai Mo-
line had passed the swaddling clothes
era, and had made rapid progress to-
ward metropolitan standards.
Complaints from various factory Of
ficials that the whistles tended to de.
moralize their workers every time
they are blown added to the point
brought out by Hosford. Mayor NJ. r.
Carlson promised to investigate the
matter and report on il at the next
meeting
President R. B. Lowrie stated that
efforts are being made to secure a
paid secretary for the club. and that
either Of two good men are now avail
able. A decision en- the part of the
committee in charge of that matter is
expected in the near future, as the
club realizes the need of such an of,
fetal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
ONE MUNICIPAL
BIDDER IN LUCK
Only One Contract Is Awarded
Out of Seven Proposals
rendered to Board.

Only one firm, Gibbs and Shaley, local
people, was lucky enough to have its
bids accepted when the board of To-
cal improvements met this morning
and opened proposals for seven diff
ferent propositions.
The firm mentioned bid S5,122.SO for
construction $4,000 square feet of con-
crete sidewalk in different places be-
tween Third and Twenty-seventh.
There were no other bidders on this
project, and as the engineer had esti-
mated cost of s6.577, a figure con-
! siderably in advance of the bid, the
contract was awarded.
The rest were not so lucky, how.
ever, all losing out for the same rea-
son-too high-according to the city
engineer. These included paving bids
| on Thirteenth between Sixteenth and
Twenty-third avenues, for which A. Z.
/ Rutledge bid S20,s50 and the Nc
Carthy improvement Co, of Daven-
! port, $4,000. The engineers estimate
being $19,000.75, both were rejected
The Moline Heating and Construc-
ton Co, with five separate bids for
sewer and water main construction,
suffered the same fate on all five prop.
ositions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
VEGETARIANS WALK
ACROSS CONTINENT

Sunbrowned and muscular, H. Ward
Soule of Portland, Me-, and Bascom
Seymour of Athens, Ga, are walking
across the continent to Los Angeles.
Also "Hyka," three months old Eng
lish terrier, is long root" The young
men are vegetarians-pr probably Hyka
isn't
Both young fellows are physical cul-
turists and members of the Buffalo
branch of that order. That is where
Soule started from. He had another
companion, but the latter took sick
and quit, and at Chicago he was join.
ed by Seymour, temporarily a Chi
cago student. Their destination is
Los Angeles, and they expect to be
there Thanksgiving day. Soule left
Buffalo city hall May 81.
They sell postcards, drag a funny
kind of a go-cart, and carry cameras
log books and autograph lists.
The objects of the trip are educa
ton, travel, outdoor life, and to prove
that the vegetarian diet under labori
Gus conditions is more efficient than
meat diet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
CITY HALL ISLIKE SOME
MEN-lT "SETTLES"

H. w. Whitsett, supervising archi-
tect for the new 100000 city hall now
being built at Sixteenth street and
Seventh avenue, explained to the city
commission this morning that the
settling Of the building didn't amount
to G-ything in particular, and that
underpinning the walls with concrete
slabs would Offset the trouble
II had been found that an old cis-
tern and some hidden fills were To-
Gated beneath the, foundation, and
when asked why test borings had not
disclosed these in the first instance the
architect replied that there had appar.
emily not been enough borings made.
I The expense of the underpinning will
mean about $4,000 more, but the com.
mittee will allow that, probably realiz
ing that it is the best way out of what
appears to be rather bad job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
VESTIBULED CARS
TO Be INSTALLED
New Type Will Prevent Acct.
dents Resulting from Getting
On and OFF Improperly.

When the new cars now being made
for the Tri-City Railway Co. in St.
Louis and Cincinnati make their ap-
pearance, the public will have to get
used to the vestibuled door system,
but most people will realize that the
change is welcome one for the rea-
son that dangerous accidents caused
by jumping on and off will be elm
mated. The conductor will have full
control of the doors, thus doing away
with a source of what has resulted
more than once in a fatality.
Superintendent ]. G. Huntoon says
that the loop to circle the inn at
Campbell's island will not be built be-
fore the fall as he is of the opinion
that construction work going on while
picnic parties, ETC., are in progress
would be futile.
Asked if he intended to provide low
er steps on the new cars on account
of the tight dresses worn by women,
the superintendent stated that styles
in car steps didn't come from gay
Paree, and that the company was not
IN the business to change steps with
ia mode"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
WAGES DECLARED GOOD
IN STORES OF NEW YORK

New York, July 26.-After an inves-
tigation extending over period of
two years the welfare department of
the National Civic Federation has
made its report on working conditions
in New York department stores.
Nineteen of the big retail establish
ments were investigated.
These three conclusions favorable to
the department stores stand out. in
the report:
The average weekly pay Of sales
women is 1891, or 81 cents a week
more than socio.ogists have said is the
minimum on which a saleswoman can
live in New York in reasonable com,
fort.
The commonly accepted theory that
low wages in department stores com
pei many of the saleswomen to aug
ment their incomes in questionable
ways is vigorously refuted. No con
nection whatever between department;
store wages and the social evil was
found.
Department store proprietors were
found 20 be taking lively interest in
the welfare of their employees and vol
unfairly to be continually lettering
the working condition in the stores.
The report says:
"Chief among wrongs to be righted
are the long work day, including
Christmas and general overtime work
slow promotions, insufficient pay of E
large class after the apprenticeship
period, the fning and docking system
no dismissal notice to rank and file
! inadequate fire protection, makeEhif
or unattractive luncheon, hospital ani
rest rooms; lack Of attention to ply
steal needs of mature workers, such as
separate lunch rooms AMI special quie
| rooms for relaxation Of women; in
1 struction talks and conferences aftel
hours, no general plan for summer va
cations with pay, absence of trained
welfare workers and organized, per
severing effort, and Indifference or ig
norance on the part of many responsible
heads concerning high and correc
standards of welfare work"
AS 20 the length of the work da.
the investigators found that, except
ing when there is a sale" shopper
do not begin to purchase to any ex
tent before 1880 or II a. m; but tina
On the other hand the public shows
! decided inclination to buy as late a
1 6 p. n.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-26
IMHOFF SEWAGE
TANKS DISCUSSED
East Enders Get Together and
Have Details Explained
to Them.

Last night an enthusiastic meeting
of the property owners of the east
end was held at the residence of
George Gould, the Elms, wherein the
merits of the Imhoff sewage tanks
were discussed by various local city
officials and experts from Chicago, the
latter having been invited to address
the meeting.
Most of the city officials we're pres,
ent, including City Engineer Lyle Pay.
ton, the city chemist, and all the com.
missioners except Johnson and East.
man. DR.. Arthur Lederer, director of
the Chicago laboratory at the 18th
street sewage station in that city, and
Paul Hansen, engineer of the state
water survey, explained the details OF
the Imhoff scheme, and later on they
we're aided by Commissioner Clark
Anderson and the city engineer. the
latter using charts to illustrate his
remarks.
Drs. F. II. Vessel and A. H. Arp op
posed the idea, but Commissioner An
derson stated that it was proposed tc
install two 759 gallon pumps, to be
operated by electric motors automat
ically. and that the capacity of these
would insure ample care of the city
needs.