Evening star., 1900-11-24

- n1 bicycle ldCt- SiI'i tIf HIil " ilp
owns an automobile. has its place along
with the productions of modern times but
it is secondary now to the automobile hand.
You. VINO look al one of these smoothly
flowing little vehicles that glide about Ike
a duck on water don't begin to realize just
what il is TO the man who is at the helm
of one and has his mind on it. The steer
ing bar. which IS most in evidence. looks
innocent enough, but it is seared to the
underworks, and it shakes and jars with
every movement OF the machinery, not to
mention the jarring that it gets from rough
places in the road. The automobilist must
keep his hand on it constantly, because an
automobile has an everlasting tendency to
fly the track if left to its own sweet will.
being almost as sensitive as bicycle Is.
This continual jarring seems to act upon
nerve and muscle and bone, and the auto
mobiIist's hand after a long trip is almost
useless. The ends of his fingers have that
sharp. singing sensation which results if
one bites his finger nail for moment and
then presses it against something solid. |
have been awakened in the night by ii. for
It lasts Il good deal longer than the hurt
from the biting and pressing. His fingers
lose their strength. too. and he finds ii diff
ficult to write. Sometimes they will cramp
and not iufrequently the little finger viii
drop over in state Of inactivity not greatly
diSsimillr - paralysis. Just what the au-
tomobiIa hand of the future will be l can't
say. but it is to be hoped the steering bar
of the later automobiles will be So adjusted
to minimize the danger of serious re-
suits.
And there are other things that the
casual observer doesn't note as he watches
The whizzer fly along. While the left hand
of the automobiles is on the steering bar,
holding il steady or moving ii about 20 keep
it in a clear course, his right thumb and
fOrefnger are on the throttle. and his other
three fingers are on the reverse handle by
its side. One eye is on the water glass and
steam gauge, the other is on the air gauge,
and both eyes must be kept steadily on the
road before him. particularly if he is going
at any speed. or he is on crowded streets:
the right foot is on the brake. and his left
- on the bell to warn people in front: and
his whole soul and mind the hot
water in the boiler, the steam in the cyin-
ders. the oil in the iubricator. the water in
the box. the gasoline in the tank. the click
ing of the pump at work and the regularity
of the exhaust: and after the utomobilist
has made a of fifty miles. if there is
any part of his physical. mental, spiritual or
nervous organism that isn't tired 1t must be
Il part that | have never learned of in my
studies of anatomy, physiology and hy
gieue. Oh. yes. the auto is a great thing.
nothing like it wheels, but don't you
forget that it has its weaknesses like every
thing else Of human production
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at is my belief, said Commissioner Her
mann of the general land office, shortly
after his return from the west. that Idaho
is take her place among the COM
merciai states. and will henceforth be
known in the great markets of the United
States. In the past little has been heard
of this state and her products have been
practically unknown. I myself, although
living near. had no idea of the capabili-
ties of that state until l passed through it
during the recent campaign, when l had an
opportunity of seeinS pretty much all sec
lions The sheep and the grains. as well as
the minerals. of Idaho will always be a
great factor in her development, but the
one thing which impressed me more than
all else was her great and growing orchards
and the promise for phenomenal develop
ment along this line. Up to a few years
ago great stretches of land in Idaho were
value!ess because of the lack of water.
Irrgatins bitches have since been installed
in many localities and vast areas have been
watered and the lands made valuable.
Upon those lands recently considered
worthless vast orchards have sprung up.
and for miles groves of young trees may
be seen stretching up the valleys. The ap-
pie yield this year has been enormous. and
when i left great shipments of Idaho aDples
were being made to Chicago and interme-
diate points. The quality Of the fruit is
superb. l recall passing through one young
orchard, tnsn loaded down with fruit. and
a tree was shown me which produced forty
bushels of apples. This was said to be a
typical good tree. although many did not
reach that limit When you consider that
apples were selling a 81 per bushel the i'm
mense value of the Idaho apple industry
can easily be realized. and one can appre-
ciate why Idaho apples are rapidly becom-
ing factor in the development of the
state
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When all other methods of controlling
lid beasts fail the keeper has only to en-
rlcy an iron rod. which has been made red
hot at one end said old circus man to
a Star reporter recently. Lions and til
gers he continued will cringe before the
heated poker. and matter how restless
and fretful they may have been the sight
o. the glowing iron Immediately brings
them to their best of animal senses. 1t has