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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
HE SUMMER NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MANSION SYCAMORE HILL N V

quisItIye general visitors and office
seekers.
The executive appanage will be domi-
ciled In the village at the Oyster Bay
bank, where the rooms that Mr.. Roose-
welt occupied as headquarters In his
gubematorial campaign several years
ago will be utilized, Secretary Cortel~
you, who accompanies the president
wherever he goes, will be the medium
OF communication between the Saga
more hill domicie and the executive
quarters. which are located In the sec
ond story Of the bank, the first floor
being devoted to monetary transact
lions. The rooms are large and well
lighted, with pleasant views over the
trees and the roof tops of adjoining
buildings. II Is rumored that there Is
a billiard room in the cellar of the bank
for the use of the employees, who might
otherwise perish OF ennui.
Sycamore hill, which is about three
miles from the railroad station and the
village of oyster Bay, is reached by a
beautiful drive over a fine macadam-
lied roadway winding along the south
ern stretch of the bay through woods
and fields In the interest of the public
business, diplomatic and executive,
President Roosevelt has consented to
have his privacy invaded and the beau
ty OF his lawns marred by telephone
poles, which up 10 this season had been
debarred,
oyster Bay proper, a village Of some
1900 inhabitants, is very appreclatlve
Of the honor bestowed upon 1t by the
president and purposes doing its level
best TO keep up its prestige as one of
the finest and most conservative Of
summer resorts The guidebooks state
that Il Is about an hour from Manhat-
tan, but that depends upon how one
travels 1t is reached by very devious
railway route from New York city, and
the average time consumed, according
to the time liable, Is from an hour and
forty minutes to two hours, though the
distance is given as 1898 miles. The
route by boat offers a charming com
blnatlon Of sound and shore views but
that IS more uncertain still.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
ENGINEERING FEAT.

A smart engineering feat was recer,
ly accomplished near the old Battersa
station Of the West London Extensn
railway. The girder bridge which spar
ned Battersea Park road was construc,
ed when the railway was built, forty.
two years ago, and bigger bridge was
needed, The old bridge weighed afy
tons, and the new one, which is jua
over 100 tons, had been erected on 4
tramway some time ago, ready to Be-
brought into service, Soon after mid.
night on a recent Saturday prepara.
lions were commenced. At 2.3O a, m
everything was ready and the men 10
charge Of the hydraulic lifts began III.
ing the old bridge 1t was afterwah
placed on tramway and shunted, and
the new bridge was at once moved INTO
place, the whole operation being &C.
oomplished In the quick time Of forty.
two minutes,
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consideration must be made for exag-
gerated reports from region so re-
Gently opened up to exploitation, but
even with allowances for these there
seems to be basis for a bonanza
boom" such as this century has not
yet known. At the present writing thou
sands Of prospectors and miners are
struggling toward the promised land Of
Thunder mountain, which until last
year did not have even name. Some
few miners had been quietly at work
along the river banks and In the gulch-
es taking out immense amounts of gold
with relatively little labor. but they
kept their information TO themselves as
long as they could When however
the precious dust and nuggets were
brought out to Boise City to be assaysd
the outside world became informed of
the new field for endeavor awaiting en-
terprising prospectors in that noun
tain wilderness,
The rush for the field began early
in order to take advantage Of the water
from the melting SHOWS, which is al
most as precious as the gold itself and
is soon exhausted as the summer ad-
vances, The treacherous SHOWS engulf-
ed and suffoeated many II IL said and
numerous stories are ahoat OF starva
ton and death from exhaustion on the |
trails leading into the mountains. The |
story Of Thunder mountain viii prob |
ably be duplicate of that Of every |
gold region discovered and exploited !
since gold was first found In America. |
There will be a vast emigration to the !
fields thousands viii lose all the money |
they ever possessed, many will perish
by the way, many will die with wealth |
almost within their grasp, but there |
will be a few fortunate ones who will |
become millionaires and revel In the |
possession of riches quickly acquired. |
This Is the epitome OF every gold dis |
tricts history up to date, but the fact |
remains that after the first flush has |
subsidized the yield Of gold continues,
and IN the end the discovery is Of vast |
benefit to the state, to the country and |
to the world at large. Such was the :
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1t was with a desire fl ...,,
yacy and retirement thai secure br,
vets originally took up tSs, ,"s S.l koo'e
here and 1t is with that t"s sno 'e,sldeno
that oyster Bay is selected a." :. 10 View
tons summer capital. Tho ~ ,o .ne IA.
Is noted for the quiet bea en- ,,owa'Ap
scenery and contiguous to ~. 81 IL
are superb water views 50, y n,, tae tow
rounding hills Great trees " sSa5 SUI.
VIDE and quiet streets ana a"' " Tie
Bays frontage is upon two St an. Oyster
OF water, East bay and wes i'i S.' Sheets
surpassed for yachting ana var 10y, w.
ed with FISH, Celebrated for | ,en sl0ct
OF Its water the GOODNESS Of ~, q. puit
mer breezes, Its matches = us Tvs sun.
schools library, churches ana S'VS S y
its low death rate, Oyster Bav ,a nasl1
been the chosen resort of we., ,ss lSg
high class residents, but namra,i,'s al
mas Drought such fame and nroa' y noe
II as the owner of Sycamore Nm u'"se 70
CLAIMING A. BARTow
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TO TEST DIAMONDS,

The following simple tests lof W.
monds may be found useful; The OI'
mond expert, after long years OF NV
rience with gems, can detect an inaN
ton, as a rule, at a glance. Ine ~
man in such matters, with rev W
pie tests, takes more time 10 solys w "
problems, but HIS judgment IN wv "
need not be less accurate "a
An imitation diamond Is never sO~I
liant as a genuine stone. II your ~.
not experienced enough to delea ". y.
difference, a very simple test Is 'oP ~,
the stone under water. The iml'Se aS.
stone is practically extlnguIshed' wa ",
a genuine diamond sparkles even , v,,s,
water and is distinctly visible W. s
possible, place a genuine stone ps.J y,
the possible imitation under wa'el 4.
the contrast will be apparent
least experienced eye. a
The glass cutting test Is, Oh ~.
more or less familiar II is prV"
the most common. False dIamoh"s,
usually cut more regularly tnaa
genuine stones. In cutting onS
the material is saved as far as w. "A
In any imitation the material .ss
worthless, and no attempt Is M
suit the size or angle OF the s,gi
the form Of the stone. II can s,u.
down as a safe rule that when ~.
is cut with great eyenness an l.,, Is.
iarlty 1t is. to say the least a '"
piclous sign.
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living authority on earthquakes, the
man who has admittedly done more
than any other to reduce seismology to
an exact science, resides in a fine old
country house in the isle Of Wight and
pursues the life In general OF country
gentleman.
This scientist Is Professor John Milne,
twenty Of whose fifty-two years have
been passed in Japan studying seismic
problems as presented in that earth
quake frequented realm and who
through lifetime OF patient investiga.
ton always devoted to one set purpose
has achieved the enyiable distinction
alluded to.
Casual foreigners in Japan used to
alude to Professor Milne as Earth
quake Johnny" but the Japanese gov
eminent appreciated his labors so high
ly that II was with difficulty that he
secured permission to leave the islands.
When he did so, about five years ago.
he took with him to England as his
wife one Of the Flowery Kingdoms
lovelest women, daughter Of a Buddhist
priest in Hakodate They established
themselves at shide In the beautiful
Isle OF Wight, in the old house men
TONED, which Professor Milne has made
the central station OF the great chain
OF earthquake obseryatories with which
he has been for years endeavoring to
girdle the globe.
Shide Hill House is built upon a bed
OF chalk giving a secure foundation for
various earthquake recording instru-
ments such as the seismoscope, sells
mometer seismograph micro seismom-
eter, etc, the last three being variants
OF or developments from the first
named by means OF his seismograph
the scientist has been enabled 10 give
to the world We'll defined and auto
matically produced "seismograms" or
earthquake autographs The simplest
form Of apparatus used at the OBSERVE
tory at ShIde consists OF a rigid rod Of
iron with iis base in solid masonry go
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
AS TO BRIDAL WprA-.

The German bride wears tho
for her bridal wreath, while No ,% ,,
the Black forest adorns hersslt su 'l,. q
the flower of the hawthorn win
In France and Great Britain 49,,
the United States the orange ao qua u
in vogue, while the maldens =, VI Is
and the French provinces Of ss, ,.ay
land use white roses. '@sr-
Pinks, carnations and red ,o,..
worn by Spanish brides. In Ll,bS. are
the bridal wreath is wound Of tSs ' -,
ian rou, on the lonlan lslana, 'm'
grapevine In Bohemia, Canntbs "a. ms
the krain districts Of rosemary ana s' Y,
Hesse of artificial flowers, to wblc Spl ~ %
bons are added. "''H I'D
In Norway, Sweden and servla h,,,.,
crowns are made of silver, in Bays, S
and Silesia OF gold wire. glass h'nsa
and tinsel; among the Films t na
Wends and the peasants OF Aier,n's wy
OF paper and in Athens of costly sllsso.s
Bridal wreaths We're In Vogue amoas
the pagans and were introduced AM
Christian brides during the fourth cs,'
tury y" 'en'
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and Labrador, was once seologst Oh
an expedition into northwestern Ana
bla and has Travelled all over the slooe'
During his twenty years In Japan DC
established nearly a thousand eaT'h'
quake observation stations and is nov
deyoting his time TO perfecting ses'
mic survey Of the world. He Is aulnul
OF several books on mining, selsnolosy
and crystallography and is memoir
OF many scientific societies.
WALTER WlBERIEh
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

Is about the twentieth part Of an ind
in diameter and yet In the course a
few months this seed win enlarge inn
$1,000 900 times its original bulk an
this IN addition to the bunch Of Leave
1t has been found by experiment that,
turnip seed win under favorable con
ditlons increase It's own weight fiftea
times in a minute. Turnips growing
peat ground have been found 10 h,
crease more than 1900 times IN
weight of their seeds In da,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

cylinder revolved by clOokwork. and
when any terrestrial disturbance occurs
II is recorded exactly and automatical-
~ This apparatus differs somewhat
from the seismograph which has been
for several years in position at the
weather bureau in Washington but the
principle Of operation is the same.
When Professor Milne was in this
country on his way home from Japan.
he labored hard to get our government
10 establish a line Of earthquake sta
tons across the continent mentioning
as good points for the purpose the cities
OF San Francisco, ST. Louis, New Or
leans, Galveston. Washington, New
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

registrar generals latest annual report.
The leaders OF flock OF migrating
wild geese become tired sooner than
others and are frequently relieved by
their fellows.
The American Mediterranean" as
the gulf Of Mexico and Caribbean sea
are often called, has a circuit from
Cape Sable round TO the Bahamas Of
no less than 1900 miles.
Only SH per cent OF the strikes in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
ELECTRIC WATCH.

An invention which is likely to reyo.
lutionize the Matchmaking industry has
been perfected by Swiss matchmaker
named David Perret OF Marin, near
Neuchatel. II is watch which goes
by electricity, II was severely tested by
experts, and II was found that It gained
only seven-tenths Of a second In FIVE
weeks, The expert at the observatory
at Neuchaiel declares the watch to be
equal in precision to an expensive chro'
nometer. The watch resembles an ordi'
nary gentleman's lever and goes for If
teen years without being rewound.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
A MELONS STRENGTH.

A well known student of nature once
tried the growing force of a melon,
When 1t was eighteen days old and
measured twenty-seven inches in cir
conference, he fixed sort of harness
around 1t, with long lever attached.
The power Of the melon was measured
by the weight 1t lifted, the weight being
fixed 10 the lever. When 1t was twenty
days old two days after the harness
was fixed on It, It lifted sixty pounds
On the nineteenth day it lifted 5000
pounds. The seed of the globe turnip
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called the serpentIne, so called , iI.s d !
appearance and curves, II :, "a has is
wood covered with leather anu
finger holes. oo,ono inhab'
itants OF the Philippines ae s~s
Arabic as their sacred lansua ssnnaoss
on from the cottonseeo, ,,n s' me i,i
seed, olives or peanuts comet 3. !. o,ber food
elements OF meat a. wen -
qualities.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
THE WORLDS WORK.

The original Ramona Of Helen Hunt
jackson is said to be living near Teme-
cula, Cal.
The London county council street
railway experts have drawn up an in
tercsting table setting forth the num-
Der OF passengers using per year some
Of the most important terminals IN the
world. Here II is. Grand Central, New
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

this country are sympathetic strikes"
2,A per cent are against the employ
ment Of nonunion men and lao per cent
to compel recognition Of the union.
Crows have twenty-seven different
cries, each referable to a different ac-
ton.
In order that rainbow may be pro-
duced the sun must not be more than
AZ degrees above the horizon.
Horses. CRATES and ostriches have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

find color" or traces Of gold every
where in the gulches, nuggets glitter
ing in the cliffs and sands sparkling in
the streams, particularly near the
headwaters.
The most conspicuous instance Of
good luck is that of three brothers
named Caswell, cattle men from Texas,
who went to Idaho in search Of fertile
range for cattle raising and farming.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

the largest eyes Of land creatures cut
fetish tf sea animals.
Meteors almost Invariably contain a
large quantity OF iron and a smaller
amount OF nickel.
There is one dentist TO a few more
than 1000 people in the thickly settled
states.
The Orthodox church in Russia has In
It's elementary schools 100000 children,
about forty pupils In each school, and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

with reference to the latest discovery
Of gold In the Thunder mountain dis
trlct Of Idaho.
Although Idaho has been known as a
gold producing state ever since its first
settlement, say fifty years ago, and
valuable minerals are abundant, min
Ing having been carried on to a great
extent for the past forty years, II was
only within q few months that the
greatest gold bearing district of the
state was made known. There has been
on assay office at Boise City for long
time the rich placer and quartz mines
within fifty miles or so Of that city
giving II ample employment, but just
now there is prospect that its skilled
experts viii be called upon to do double
duty, for miners and prospectors are
flocking into Idaho's capital with mug
gets, dust and quartz at a rate unprec-
edented.
The Thunder mountain region Ia prac-
tically wilderness In a part OF the
state little known and almost unex-
plored. II lies westward from the Salm-
on river range, which has submits
rising to height of from 5000 TO 10000
feet, rugged and snow capped. but
Thunder mountain surpasses them all
in grandeur and splendid isolation.
II is a strange fact that probably the
richest deposits of this century should
be found IN the most mountainous Sec
ton OF Idaho a state the Indian name
OF which Is Gem OF the Mountain"
Yet II the signs do not fail and II all
those signs are correctly reported,
Thunder mountain promises TO surpass
the Klondike, Cape Nome, Australia
and New Zealand in its immediate
prospective output OF course some
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York. 100000; South Union. Boston.
2l,o00 900; North Union. Boston. %. iOS.-
Oo0' Broad street, London, 270o0 900;
Park street subway Boston. 21.4oo 900:
Waterloo. London, p, $50 900. S. Lazare.
Paris, isOs2.ooO. Liverpool street Lon
don, 4ig17O00
Russla's death rate Is 81 per 600 and
is increasing. according to the imperial
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mograph, which not only records the
shocks Of "quskes, but their direction,
succession, amplitude and period of
successive oscillations. Professor Milne
has arrived at that stage of the science
where he can almost to certainty de-
tect the "earmarks" Of the quake pc
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approximate cost Of $1,000 1t Is not
the apparatus that costs, but the train
ed men with sufficient intelligence for
the observation stations. When all ar
engagements are perfected and the seis-
mometers with their self recording APP
paratus placed In position at deter
mined points all around the globe,
there viii be less haphazard guessing
aud more definite knowledge Of earth
duakes
OF the several instruments used by
Professor Milne and other seismologists
In their observations three or four are
automatic in their action. the most
valuable, without doubt, being the seis-
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caught a fine profile Of Caribbean
Central American quake, but OF the
last cataclysm in the West Indies his
apparatus gave no warning It is ac-
knowledged that the results obtained
by Milne have exceeded expectations,
and there is good reason to believe that
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York and Portland. Or. Objection was
raised on account Of the expense that
II was assumed would be necessary.
Milne assured our scientists that he
had already pledged himself to outfit
twenty earthquake stations with the
latest apparatus in seismography at an
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ing down TO bedrock and with sort
Of boom rod attached TO II by a
swivel swinging freely and very sensl-
tive to the slightest motion. The boom
rod Is tipped with a silver pen or point
err so arranged as to make an impress
sion on a smoked paper passed over
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the average sum for a school Is about
siO5 a year, OF the teachers "a per cent
are uneducated, and they are paid next
to nothing, The schoolhouses are huts,
and there are no books, pens or ink fur
nished. This is the education OF Rus
SLAMS.
Authority for the formation OF volun-
tary corps was first given by the Brit
ish war office forty-three years ago.
The Italian pessantry have horn
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when the process of co-ordInating all
the observations shall have been per-
fected earthquakes and volcanic erup-
tions may with some degree OF certain
~ be predicted.
Professor Milne began his career as
mining engineer in Newfoundland
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cullar TO any particular country from
the outline left by the pencil Of the SETS
mograph on the blackened paper, which
IN It's general features resembles the
profile OF a mountain range. lie has
preserved many seismograms taken at
different times and two years ago
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lies within the headwaters Of the south
and middle forks Of the Salmon river
and is mostly above the clouds. What
Is known as its mineralized area is
estimated at about fifty square miles,
rich In copper. gold and iron. Capital
lists who are interested speak Of the
"porphyry dixie two and a half miles
wide and ten miles long that is one
solid mass Of gold ORE" Prospectors
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case with the discovery OF gold In Cali
fornia, In Australia, In South Africa, In
the Klondike, at Cape Nome and at
Cripple Creek The worlds aggregate
Of gold has been incredibly increased
within the past fifty years, and as fast
as an old district gives out or is meas
urably developed new one is dlseov-
cred and yields up its treasures. The
region dominated by Thunder mountain
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haps better adapted than either, espe-
cially the latter as summer retreat.
The white House" OF oyster Bay
(Which Is painted red, by the way is
large, roomy, brick as to its lower half
and wood as to It's upper, Of a COM
posite architecture, with big brick
chimney, gable peaks galore and wide
verandas. II sits In the midst Of a
lawn containing several acres, and the
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leading up TO prolonged and systematic
investigation by competent scientists,
II was developed In the late debates in
congress upon the interoceanic canal
that earthquakes are more frequent
than is generally supposed, especially
IN the region through which the At
lanto-Paoihe waterway will be con-
s,ructed An eminent authority has
estimated that there are on the average
at least 10000 "quakes" every year.
This estimate, however, includes not
only serious seismic disturbances, but
tremors caused by fracturing due TO the
excessive bending Of the earth's crust,
which latter fortunately, are more fire.
Quent than the former.
Even the scientists admit that the
phenomena Of earthquakes and vol
oanic disturbances are not so well UNI
derstood as might be wished. The
learned men can tell us that certain
forces produce certain results, but Il is
doubtful II they can inform us why
they produce those results. For this
reason, the obscurity that attends the
known knowledge OF the subject, every
Item Of accurate information is made
welcome, and men OF science have risk
ed their lives to gain that information
In their endeavor to ferret out what Is
hidden within natures arcana there
are men who are ready to devote their
whole lives TO the solution Of the prob
lem. believing that any addition to our
knowledge Of the subject, no matter
how small, is Of lnestimable value. Al
though there arc in this country and in
Europe learned selsmologisis who have
attained great distinction, the greatest
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celved. This room looks out upon the
west veranda. Here the president VIII
do his literary work, here he will re-
ceive his most intimate friends and dip
lomats who have the right Of approach
by courtesy. but all the really executive
business will be transacted down at
the town. and secret service men will
be stationed about the grounds TO pre-
vent the unwarranted intrusion of in