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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-07-20
State News.

Sanstor Hci;Gcld was in attendance a.
.he Pocatello convention.
She Idaho Register is authority for the |
iatement that BaEtlett Sinclair has left
he Silver Republicans and RETURNED TO
re Republican cGmp.
General ]. b. Weaver Of Iowa IS in
pocatelo this week, His purpose is not
known but Il is supposed be has come in
the interests OF Tx Ex-senator Dubois.
The work of securing rights-of-wqy
above The city for the Midland is being
pushed. il is expected several condem'
pation suits will be commenced. States
man.
Horace Greedy Perry is now editor Of the
Idaho State journal Of BOISE She says
she will not apologize for being Of the
feminine gender as IL is better TO be born
lucky than masculiae. She has recently
become Republican.
Work Is % be started at once AT Dew
cy grading the ground for big electric
power house. the site selected being at
ahe east end of the Florida mill. II is
understood that this is to be the distri-
hutIng point for the electric power gen
Grated by the great Snake river dam,
work upon which is now being vigor-
ously pushed by big crew Of men
Nugget.
At a meeting of the Southern Idaho
Medical society held this week at HALEY,
DR.. Geo COllister of Boise read very
important paper in which he demOnstrat-
I'D that the BOISE valley is a natural San.
ltaripm for the treatment Of all pulmon-
AIRY troubles He claimed the climate is
a most desirable one for cousumptives
as il has natural antipathY for that pa
culiar disease.
Sam Jones, freightor, had narrow
escape from death July IL, on the grade
near Pearl. He was hauling ore to Boise
and had a load Of 1900 pounds AS he
WAS coming down the grade the brake
broke and the entire outfit went OIL thu
grade MIR. Jones was thrown from his
seat and one Of the wheels passed over
his shoulder and arm breaking anc
crushing the bones. lie WAS taken IL
Boise and DR.. Springer dressed th'
wounds.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
-aIAIEG ON A BEAM OF LIGHT
A simple Little Device by which one
Can Telephone from shore
to Sea.

Right at the heels Of the completion
OF wireless telegraphy comes a stiil
more wonderful inven tion,-the RADIO
phone, an apparatus for talking miles
away without the use of intervening
wires, says Pearson's Magazine.
The plan Of the rad5ophone Is so ex-
tremely simple that a child can read
lily understand II and operate Il. The
radiophone consists OF means OF
talking along a beam Of light. II 10
not difficult to draw clear pen pic
ture OF the Invention. At the send
Ing point-let us suppose II is a light.
house-is a sound-proof telephone box.
On the table in this telephone boz
there are four ordinary transmitters.
instead Of the single transmitter in
common usage, and the four pairs OF
wires that run from these transmit.
ters extend TO the back Of an ordinary
searehlight placed just outside the
box, the wires first passing through =
small 'knife-switch" and through a.
small resistance box and regulator"
on their way to the searchlight.
"Now, suppose the person II is de-
sired TO talk to is the captain OF an
incoming steamer which is some two,
miles away. There Is an ordinary tel.
ephone box In the pilot house OF the
ship, where, instead OF the "wire" tel.
ephone receiver there hangs on the.
wall OF the box a circular, concays,
mirror, in the center Of which is fixed
small glass bulb--shaped like the
glass Of a thermometer-the glaez
bulb being half filed with carbonized
filament. The small end Of this glasa
bulb penetrates through to the back OF
the mirror, where II fits into the end
Of an ordinary photograph eartube.
whose opposite ends are placed in the
captains ears.
The searehlight at the sending sta
tion is now thrown upon The mirror in
the pilot house, the person in the land
station talks in loud voice, and im-
mediately the captain hears the voice
as clearly and distinctly as II IL were
at his elbow instead OF a mile or two
away--it makes no difference wheth-
er he Is near or far; for the light used
Is the same, and the conversation Is as
Ineligible whether the ship Is sim
orsteaming farther OF nearer There Is
no bell 10 ring In orderto tell the captain
that the person in the lighthouse
wishes to speak 10 him; he sees the
lighthouse fixing its seanchhgit upon
his pilot house, and he knows that
IL the signal for him IN answer 'hello."
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
ONLY DEATH ENDED HIS WALK
Addiction of John owen Snyder Made
Him one of the oehtuFy's
MarveIs.

In the Strong cemetery, ~ miles
northeast of Muncie, Ind, IL a
grave containing the body OF a
man who was noted in his last
days as being one Of the greatest
freaks Of his time, says the Chicago In
ter Ocean. His case was remarkably
interesting In that for the four years
prior 10 his death he was kept walking
ineessantly. The victim OF this strange
disease was John Owen Snyder, who In
the sos became a well-knosyn figure at
the Delaware county fair and at eK-
hibitions in Chicago and other large
cities In the central stateS.
John Owen Snyder died in 1888. lie
lived for many years near Millgrove.
About four years before his death he
became afflicted with the disease that
subsequently made him famous as the
champion walker OF the United States.
Day and night he was constantly on hia
feet. II he sat down, he Hasdmmediate e
Iy seized with painful sensations in his
legs, and an Irresistible desire TO walk.
Jumping TO his feet, he would start out +.
aud rsllef would come TO him at once.
lie could not sleep, and when he took
food II was handed 10 him while he was
on the move.
When Snyder went travelling on The
railroads a passageway in the baggage
car VISA always cleared, 30 that he could
pace up and down the aisles without
disturbing the trainnieu or passengers.
lie was unfble 10 ride ia other kinda OF
vehicles for the reason that be coulc
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
DIAMOND DIES NOW USED.
Brass Wire Made ~ FIne ss TAresar
of n CoBweb BY a Care
full Operation.

One of the latest and most wonder
sul developments in brass making is
the use Of the diamond die by means
OF which ingot brass is to-day drawn
down to wire Of the fneness Of nine
tsnths OF a thousandth part Of an inch.
Steel may also be drawn nearly az hne.
and the two products when completed
are as fine and soft ~ the threads Of .
cobweb, and are as wavy and glossy 40
human hair, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The brass hair Is OF n beautiful au-
burr 'clor. while the steel is OF an iron
gray. This wire is about as strong as
a human hair. and Is OF value for me-
chanical purposes. being in great de-
mand by makers of electrical appara-
tus. Never before was so fine
wire drawn through steel dies. The
development OF the diamond die TO its
present stage OF perfection has rem
dered possible the production OF much
hner wire. In fact. the size OF the wire
now possible is limited only by the
ability 10 hoh together as IL comns
through the die.
diamond looking not unlike Bit OF
isinglass. The hole through which the
wire is drawn is drslled through the
diamond and the stone is then stuck on
a steel slab with glue, directly over a
hole In the slab which Is trifie larger
than that in the diamond. The wire to
be drawn is then led through the dia-
uiond so that the stone bears steadily
against the slab. This keeps the Ola.
mond in position.
The brass ingots from which the cob
webby wire Is made are four inches
square and long enough 10 weigh about
IsO pounds. One of these Will make
miles OF the cobweb wire. tits first put
through steel rolls until IL is reduced
TO the size OF ones finger, and then ~
Is drawn by machinery through set
of steel dies. gradually decreasing In
diameter, until II comes out in the
shape % the wire OF the flnenees seen
In the ordinary trades. Then u Is put
through set OF eight diamond dies. the
diameter Of the last being the fnfinitssi-
NAL part Of an inch indicated above.
Another curious thing in this brass
making country is the development Of
hydraulic rolls which are 20 scientific.
ally adjusted that a copper cent may
be rolled out under them TO the size OF
an enormous platter. and to thinness
that amounts TO transparency, 80 that
newspaper may be read through the
metal. The operation has to be con-
Quoted with great care. One OF the
cents thus rolled out was sent 20 Queen
Victoria as a curiosity some time ago,
and the queen returned letter thank
ing the workmen.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20

old log cabin, anG there are men who
say they saw path around the edge Of
the pine floor in the cabin worn out by
Snyder while walking at night, unable
10 sleep. Within few years after be-
ing exhibited Snyder built handsome
home with his money earned from the
curious public.
Many interesting stories are related
concerning the manner in which Sny.
der was compelled TO act while IN pub
lie. in winter he never attended churcn.
lie knew that his continual walking
distracted the attention OF the congre'
cation from the services. This was .
great cross for him to bear, because he
was deeply religious. In summer, how'
ever, he never failed 10 attend meetings
held in groves. for there he could walk
slowly and quietly around the edge Of
the company without annoying any
one. In four years time IL is said he
never once reclined on cot for more
than a minute. When walking he never
seemed worried or troubled. Merely to
keep moving put his peculiarly afflicted
body at ease. His wife survived him a
few years. His sons are now located =
MichiOan
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
IMMUNE TO SNAKE POISON.
Father and Son IN Georgia whe
rhiak Nothing Of Being stuna
by Reptiles.

A gentleman from northern Georgia.
whose statements cannot be doubted.
told q story Of family, at least IA.
ther and son, almost incredible. They
live near the Durham mines on the
Sand mountain and are named VIII.
son. The remarkable thing connected
with them Is an entire absence Of fear
OF snakes. even OF the most venomous
description, and their immunity from
any evil effects from the bites of the
deadliest reptile, says the Chattanooga
News.
The father and son came to the mines
not many days ago. according to the
statement Of this gentleman, the son
with large copperhead, one Of the
deadliest OF Georgia's many deadly
snakes, coiled in his cap on top of his
head. The father had a large rattle
snake, about five feet long, in his
bosom hsst TO his skin. They seemed
no more afraid Of them than n they
we're pet mice, and after putting these
strange pets upon the ground this
extraordinary pair, in order TO prove
their lack OF fear, provoked the snakes
until each was bitten in the arms and
lsgs a number OF times.
No i'll effects whatever were mani
tested, and the man told the narrator
that no snake bite had the slightest
effect on him. He and his son can take
up the most deadly snakes, such as the
.opperhead, rattlesnake and mocca.
Gin, without any thought of possible
snake bites, other than the slight pain
naturally experienced.
The man had no explanation TO offer.
saving that he has been that way since
he can remember. Physicians try 10
explain II by saying that they have be-
some proof by continuous bites and
lnnoculation, somewhat In the same
way that innoculation with smallpox
virus or vaccination protects against
contracting smallpox. But this can
hardly be true, IL the man Is 20 be be-
lieyed, since he states that he has en-.
jOyed immunity since his earliest child
hood, and the son, q small boy, is also
immune and has been all his life.
The case Is one which might be
proftably Investigated by physicians
and scientific men. A few such cases
have been told Of before, but vaguely
and indefinitely. but this IS vouched for
by such undeniably good and reliable
authority that there can be no possible
doubt Of its truth.
The informer is positive that the poi
son fanRs Of the snakes exhibited had
not been extracted. and he Is equally
pofitive that there was no deception
practiced. After submitting to the
bites the man and the boy both showed
their hands aud legs. and the small
punctures with the blood exudinR
therefrom were seen by dozens OF peo-
pie.
Whatever the power possessed by
this abnormal pair. there is no ques-
tion as 10 the poisonous character Of
the snakes. nor Of the fact that they
bite their keepers, and that the bites
we're absolutely innocuous.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
Aecurate IRformatiOn ~ 20 the SGn-
her CanAot Ne Obtained az The
Present TIme.

There seems TO be a woeful lack Of
definite information as to the number
OF foreigners now residing in China.
TIE information is not easy 10 get,
for when a country stretches thousands
Of miles. and 10 takes a traveller four
mOntbs to proceed from the coast 70
the far interior. even by constant trav.
cling, IL Is plain that such statistics
are extremely dificult TO obtain. But
one famous foreign newspaper, the
.Deutscher ReichS-Anzeiger. has been
at some pains 10 got particulars Of
what figures are available relating 10
nhe known "foreigners" in the towns
known as treaty ports"
The figures apply to some seven o.
eight towns on the seacoast OF China,
op en- for trade and business 70 all ma
ito nalitieE. In these we find that there
are In round numbers; English, 5,562:
jap anese, 2,t4o; Americans, 2,335;
Rus SLAMS, i.62i; Portuguese, i,425;
Fra1ch. Lisa; Germans, 1884; Span
iarhs, 44s; Scandlnayians, 244; Belgians,
234; Danes, i7s; Italians. I2l; Dutch,
100; miscellaneous, i6i; a total Of H.
l93.
lttAus appears that EnglIshmen form.
merc than a third portion OF all the for.
eigGsrn in China, and this fact alone
will show what a stake England has in
the most costly stake OF all--human
liyes--in the events now occurring In
the Celestial empire. A general mas
sRcre OF all foreigners In that land
would mean that Great Britain should
have 10 mourn the loss by a terrible
death Of torture aud trial OF no fewer
than 5,562 brave English men aud
women!
England's trading firms in these
towns number 4Ol, while Japan's are
i95, and she Is second. Germany has
ll5, and Is third. Then there are 70
French trading Arms In China and 10
| Russian.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL

Alvinza Hayward, the California
millionaire and mining king, still wears
the style OF the beaver silk hat that was
In vogue so years ago. For half CEN
tury he has had his hats made over the
same block.
There are suN in England two repre-
sentAtivss OF the old-titns fox-huntinR
parson. These are Rev. Y. A. Mine and
Rev. y. N. Reynolds, who are respective
ly masters OF the CAttistOek ans Con-
lsion packs.
When a waiter in q San Irsncisoo
hotel was offered $40 q month, With
board and lodgings, 70 go into horse
bold service in Honolulu, his answer
was that be could not ford the change,
because hiS tips far exceeded the pro-
posed vages.-Chieago rimes-Herald.
Most anything seems 20 be good
enough reason for bringing divorce pro-
eeedings A Washington woman has
sued for freedom on the ground that
her husband is not as strong pc litieally
as he tho5Rht and said he was, and q
Leavenworth sister has Just burst her
matrimonial bonds because her hus-
band would not take her to church.
A letter has been published in Mos.
cow from Sven Anders Hedin, travel
er, In which he mentions an exeursson
into Thibet In a direction never before
attempted by Europeans. He succeed
sd in reaching Lake Lobnor, on the
shores OF which he discovered the re-
81 -
were magnificent and were interseeted
BY broad roads
Acitizen walking past butcher shop
In Beatrice, Neb., saw the butcher and
customer rolling over the sawdust
door In lively rough-And-tumb!e fash.
Ion. lie pried them apart and then
learned that the customer had come in
TO buy some dog meat. The butcher
nonehalantly asked: do you wish TO
satit here or shall wrap IL up?" Then
the trouble began.
Walter Crane has designed a tablet
TO designate the house In Chelsea where
the painter Turner died. II was during
his residence there that Turner took
the name Of Booth. The old sailors of
Chelsea called him the Admiral. be-
cause Of his blue coat and brass but
tons, while the boys dubbed him
"Puggy Booth" Steps have been taken
70 preserve the quaint old cottage.
In Colorado IL is not necessary that
judges OF county courts shall be law
ysrs. The result has been that de-
eisions OF such tribunals, when Ap-
pealed. are reversed In almost half the
eases. It is found that in nearly all
eases county courts get at the equity
All right. but err as &c teehnicaHties,
and Il IL suspected that more or less
inscriptions lawyers lay traps 10 bring
Ibout iust such results.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
FIRST PRAYER IN CONGRESS.
ImDFessivs supDIieatiOn offered By
an B7iscOpalisn CIsrGy-
mas In ITTT.

We are most OF us familiar with the
well-known engraving entitled THE
First Prayer in Congress, but few
persons have ever heard that prayer.
In Thateher's Military Journal. under
the date Of December, iTTT, Is found Q
note containing the identical first pray.
er In congress, made by Rev. David
Bucbe, d. d., an Episcopal clergyman,
at the time rector OF Christ church,
Philadelphia. The subjoined is a copy
OF Il:
"oh, Lord, our Heavenly Father, high
and mighty King OF Kings and Lord OF
Lords, who dost from Thy Throne ba-
hold aA the dwelers OF the earth, and
reignest with power supreme and un,
eontrollablsoverthe kingdoms, empires
and governments look down IN mercy
we beseech Thee, on these American
states. who have fed TO Thee from the
rod OF the oppressor and thrown them
selves on Thy grocious protection; de-
string to be henc6orth dependent only
on Thee; TO Thee have they appealed
for righteousnezs of their cause, 10
Thee do they now look for oountenancs
and support which Thou alone canst
give. Take them, therefore, Heavenly
Father, under Thy nurturing care; give
them wisdom and Valor In the field. Do
feat the malicious designs of our adyer-
sariesi convince them of the unrigh-
teousDess Of their cause; and, Il they
still persist in their sanguinary puT.
pose, oh, let the voice Of Thy unerrinR
Justice. sounding In their hearts, con-
strain them to drop the weapons Of bat
tie. BE Thou present, o God Of Wis
dom, and direct the councils Of this hon
cradle asemblage; enable them 20 set
tie things on the best and surest foun-
dalton, that the scene Of HOOD may be
speedily closed; that srder, harmony
and peace may be Jestored, and truth
and justice, reliGi0n and plety prevail
and flourish among the people. Pre-
serve the health OF their bodies and the
Vigor OF their minds; shower down on
them and the millions they here repre-
sent such temporal blessings as Thou
seest expedient for them in this world,
and crown them With everlasting glory
In the world 20 come. All this VIC ask
IN the name and through the merits Of
Jesus Christ. Thy son. OuS saviouE
Amen"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
sRArINe EASILY DONE.
How I've moueyness Mes Traveies
on a scaiper's Ticket for
Man and HIS Wife.


|
HTt was a slick trick, and II worked, |"
snid a well-known conductor who runs
IN here, in tehing Of an incident Of his
last trip down to this place, says the
Galveston CTex) News.
"Just before we left Dallas" said he,
II noticed a young lady and two young
men get on the train, and when / came
through a little later 70 collect the
tickets found them sitting together In
double seat. When / stopped at their
seat the man sitting next 70 the aisle
handed me two tickets, one for man
and wife and a single ticket TO Calves
ton. l took them, thinking nothing Of
IL, but on passing back and forth
through the car several times after that
I noticed that the man and wife did not
seem 10 be getting along very well to-
gether; in fact their actions toward
each other would lead one to believe
they were perfect strangers, and dur
ing the day their actions became more
and more noticeable, until my suspi-
cions began to be aroused, but as /
knew nothing held my peace until al
most here. when, finding the one who
had handed me the tickets alone in the
smoking compartment, I asked him II
something was not wrong, whereupon
he fessed up and frankly told me the
whole story.
"He said he and the young man sit-
ting opposite TO him when he handed
me the tickets were from Kansas City,
who, having lost their positions in that
city, had started 20 come south 20 seo
II they could find something TO do down
here in Texas. and that they had got.
ten as far a. Dallas when their money
gave out, and, having been assured OF
getting positions in Galvesto on, wanted
to come on here. One OF them, by get
ting in a day and a hAlf's work. had
made three dollars; but, as that would
not bring him here. they were in as bad
plight as before. The next day, how.
ever, they happened 10 drop into n
ticket brokers Office. but the only thing
he had in the way OF tickets TO Galves-
ton was one for man and his wife.
After consulting with each other they
hit upon a plan and decided 10 take the
ticket, paying three dollars for IL. They
then went TO the depot and hung
around the ticket window until they
saw a youDG woman buying a ticket
for Galveston, and followed. boarded
the train with and deliberately sat
down beside her, so when came
through the man sitting beside her po-
litely took the ticket from her hand
and passed II over TO me. thus giving
the impression that she was his wife,
and in this manner the two Adventures
came here"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-20
RAW MEAT FOR TUBERCULOSIS
ssrts His Relief IN Ita Cara
tive Power.

VIII science succeed In finding q
meanE of preventing and Of curing
tuberoulOsis? Researches have been
made on all sides. yet 10 this hour
the problem does not appear near Eo-
luton, says a writer in tho European
edition OF the New York Herald. 10
Is necessary 20 say "to this hour, ("
for attempts made with the most
varied descriptions Of Berums have till
now been fruitless. Is operotherapy
that is 10 say, the treatment which
consists in inOculating with animal
1uieos-about to be more fortunate 7
without desiring 10 forecast the fu-
ture, but judging from the only ex-
periments which NJ. Richet, Of Paris,
has just communicated TO the Blolo.
gical society one may reply in the
affirmative, assuming II TO be legit-
Innate 10 forra conclusions az TO man
from the dog. But let as not antie-
ipate events while maintaining q
just reserve let us walt until the
clinic has pronounced its opinion.
II results from the observations
made by this Paris professor that,
In the hrst place, treatment by cooked
meat causes the death OF dogs more
rapidly than any other treatment
On the contrary, dogs fed upon raw
meat continue In good health and get
fat.
Out OF lot OF "A dogs tuberculized
nine months previously, only two that
were fed on raw meat survive. They
are large and in perfect health.
whereas the other ~ mare long since
aucqumbed.
Cut q smother iot Of dogs also IN.
ocplated wlth lnhfrculorls products.