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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
HUNTING QUEER PREY


Copyright. 1903. by c. b. Lewis.l
We had gone out 10 the Solidas reefs,
fifty miles to the south of Ceylon, to
capture if possible d living specimen Of
the octopus or deyiiash for the Bonn.
bay museum. After arriving and an
choring the bark a safe distance from
the reefs we pulled in with the yawl 10
look for signs Of the prey we we're
after. We had every reason to believe
that he was at home in a shallow
cave at the base Of big rock, but we
had orders not to go too close.
Next morning two boats approached
the rocks from opposite sides, and Pro-
fessor Grimshaw, who had charge OF
the expedition, landed to make close
inspection. Our approach was made as
silently as possible, and the professor
removed his boots before landing
There was no danger Of the octopus
running away if he was there. but we
had some plans to lay In advance. Aft
er some spying about he was located in
the cavern spoken OF, and the professor
was dismayed at the size Of the crea-
ture. He had counted five great tenta-
eles, and the bulk Of the octopus was
that Of a big barrel II was decided
that its feeding time would be about
high water, and at low water It might
come out TO lie on the rocks or swim in
the channel 1t was for low water we
waited. and before the tide had run
out we landed on the rock again and
stretched two large FISH nets across il
and Weighted them at the corners with
stones to prevent their being carried
away
In the channel we stretched other
nets, and at dead low water we hauled
off to see IL anything would occur.
Something did The octopus decided
to take a little ramble, and he came
down the channel toward our hotilla-
When be reached the net and found
1is progress checked he was furious
IN an instant and did just what we
hoped he would do. lie seized It and
began pulling aud hauling, and In o
minute or two he was all tangled up.
For the next quarter Of an hour VIC
were treated to a rare exhibition. No
whale could have made the fuss that
monster did La his struggles he threw
water twenty feet high and for fifE
feet around him and now and then ~
raised an arm high III the air and
swept Il around him Ike fail ant
with such a swish as a limb woule
make IN the hands of giant. Tn
net was Of tie strongest material ans
when lie ceased e struggle we reaiizes
that he was pretty well tangled up
We could do nothing more toward hi
capture Just then, however. as the It'd
had turned, and he reiterated to III
lair. taking the nets with him ant
making slow progress.
At s o'clock next morning we landel
on the rocks and found the nets a
right. The professor had hrough
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
SCHOOL LIFE IN TENTS
Scheme In Arizona 10 Euild Up
Health Of Delicate Boys.
OUTDOOR WORK MIxBDWIrHsruDY

steer Tying, Branding Contests,
Hunting and Camping seHne Of ths
Features OF an Institution xhice
Is called a ..Prep. school IL the
Open.
prep school in the open each
young fellow possessing his own ten5
horse, seven dogs, il 50 inelinedi study
pnnctuated with hunting ana camping
trips 70 the mountains, mines INDIAN
reservations, steer tying and branaiag
contests. prehistoric ruins and ihe big
horse ranches, almond orchards and
orange groves that ate marked features
Of the Salt river valley, Arizona this
is the latest addendum to the popular
desert camp life which IS proving ssgA
a boon to people who need ne outdoor
living to build them un, says . dispatch
from Tucson to the ST Louls Post BIS
patch.
Boys temporarily disabled by over
zeal i'll study OF athletics pale, weak
and anamic, yet anxious TO keep Up
their class work, have found an al
fresco school life whore development Of
Drawn goes on with that Of The BRAN
iii attractive and delightful prescrip-
ton for how to Get strong and he
contented while getting so
One OF the young fellows just out Of
high school, who went last year from
tie east pr0fited So well by his years
~ -, .tsfF ,saI3., ,s4g, ,,4q tl,s AMI
ity to fend for himself that ct the close
Of the school year ii Nay last he started,
with only his saddle and pack horses
for company, for the long overland trip
across the desert through tie range
country and over the Rockies 10 Den
yer, cooking and caring for himself %
/ tile way, He returns this fall brow
robust, keen witted ready for aa55lies
/ year that win fully re-essahlish
health and at Gle SAME time inish Ais
| preparation Tor one u the eastern col
ieges
The mise en- scene of this Gueersst u
schools IS an Interesting one II IS
situated Oh Tie very edge of the desert,
near the little city of Mesa. which was
FIRST reclaimed from purely desert
about twenty-five years ego hy the
Mormons, who were the pioneers in
/ opening up these pleasant lands TO CIV
/ ilizatien On the east are the super.
stition hills. around which cluster So
many indian legends and SO many teics
/ Of lost mines OF toward the aor.h
rise the MogolIon and san francisco
{. ranges, and IN the distance -Four Peaks
| looms UP. whose snow clad SUBMITS
/ are the rancher's weather bureau.
which he consults 70 ascertain wheth-
| er the valley Is 70 have d plentiful SUP
| ply Of water Nearer by is the red
Mountain Of Mcdowell, whore General
Crook and his followers fought and
| finally overcame the Wild Apaches and
to the south Twin Buttes and the dis.
mnt hills Of saeaton.
For the boy with Archaeological or eth-
nological predictions this section e.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
7be Times Daily Short Story.
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along q big squirt gun ana a large Jaf
OF chloroform, and when all was ready
we made a circuit to the west and got
as near as we dared to the cavern and
then began rolling stones into #. We
had not been at work over FIVE minutes
when the octopus was routed out We
first saw one long tentacle shoot out
Of the water and clutch the rock above,
and then the creature slowly and La
boriously drew itself out
The net had been bitten and broken
in many places, but still tangled about
him so as TO greatly hamper his move
ments OF the FIVE arms only one WAS
entirely free The monster must have
thought the attack was being made on
him from above, for he had no sooner
caught sight Of the spread nets than
he went for them in a furious way. lie
was. Of course, still further tangled up,
and the exhibition Of the previous dry
was nothing to this.
Nothing living could have broken
clear Of that tangle, but we had good
idea Of the creatures strength by the
way he snapped ropes and cords here
and there. With one free tentacie be
picked up and hurled into the sea a
loose rock which two strong men could
not have moved.
II was d quarter Of an hour before
the octopus was SO entirely tangled in
the nets that he could struggle no
more. and we waited NJ least ten min
utes before approaching him, Then the
professor advanced with bis squirt gun
charged from the Jar Of ehlorofom,
and It's contents were shot full in the
monsters face. IN two minutes he lay
as If dead, and we then got ropes and
straps and made him secure. Now and
then there was shlyer the full length
Of the tentacles, and we had TO stand
back while the professor repeated the
dose. bit at no time did the octopus re-
gain full consciousness. When all was
ready we put planks under the body
and slid # down into the water, and
after hard two hours work we gof
the mass aboard the bark and into I
box prepared In advance.
Few people have ever seen a full
grown devilfsh, as not above two o.
three have ever been on exhibition
ana those came ashore dead ans
shrunken. The weight Of this fellow
was $40 pounds, and the stretch Of eael
tentacle was over eighteen feet. Til
size Of the tentacies at their base wa
as large as the body Of a boy ten year
old. and each was armed with over 20
disks or sucking cups. Had he go
three Of his long arms around the bod,
Of d whale and used the other two t
cling to some submerged rock hi
whaleship would have stood no shoS
whatever
The odor exhaled made rs All NOR
or less sick and dizzy and we wer
! glad enough when we had landed on
captive at bombay He IS there toda,
but only MS Il preserved specimen. Tn
4 best of care was given him when tran
ferred 70 the museum but in the cours
Of Ave or six weeks be was dead. s
far as ! know, however. he was u
only one Of his Kind ever taken alive.
III. 0UAD
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31

Pictorial I7es SUR cn is tars
The Western Railway company vi
Paris has put in service iss lirst fra if
Of new cars. with special pictorial q
signs Invented by M Edouard eros
SAYS tie New York Herald Each ea7
has distinctive blazon. consisting q
some animal, flower Or other ooJeeh
which helps passengers to remember
easily their cars. The devices used 81
the train already running are a wind
mill. lion. a balloon. guitar grape.
vine. woman on beer barrel. rose
ship and a cock. The traii runs
from Paris to Cherhourg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
NEW MOTOR ON CANALS.

Electricity From overhead Wire
successfully Moves Boats.
a successful test Of q mechanism fer
towing canal boats bg electricity was
made on the Erie canal between Troy,
N. u, and Schenectady the other day,
says the New York Tribune. a device
called an electric mule, ST eighty horse
power and running on rails on the tow
path. was used. 1t is capable Of towing
four loaded canal boats at the rate 81
four miles an hour. The power IS OBJ
tanned by trolley from an overhead
wire. The machine can run ia either
direction. The first boat handled was
loaded with sand Difficulty was ex-
perienced ID getting 4 towing line
strong enough. Finally a heavy hauser
was put on, and the boat was hauled
quickly the extent of the tracks. Two
loaded boats hauled by three horses
were met. They contained 500 tons
apiece The horses were unhitched,
and the boats were moved together by
the electric mule. working backward
The mule is about 10 feet long, 2 feet
wide and feet high and resembles an
inverted rowboat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
popc's narher VISITS his patron.


Rome Oct 30. Pope Plus y. mas
been fhe recipient OF many touching
proofs Of devotion, but the nost re-
markable is that Of Luigi cristogolI a
barber, who used often to shave the
pope when be was patriarch Of Venice.
who walked from Venice to Rome 400
miles, to pay his respects TO the pom
tiff. Cristofoli went TO the Vatican and
said he wished TO see the pope, ana he
was not only surprised, but annoyed,
to find that he must formally asa for
an audience and even, perhaps, not get
It The barber Went ID high dudgeon
to the sisters 81 The pope, who consol-
ca with him and promised 70 speak 70
their brother in his behalf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31

American pioneers We're God fearing
and Bible loving. They staked out
town lots in % Bethels. 10 Iordans, .
Jerichos, "A Bethlehems, - Goshens,
"a shilohs. II Carmels, IS Tabors and
Mount Tabors. y lions and Mount
Zlons. 26 Edens. 30 Iebanons, g He
brews and 36 sharons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31

There are three classes Of children,
according TO the Home Science Maya
zine. that teachers dread to receive
namely Che only child, the youngest
child and the child raised BY his grand
mother.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-31
rhe rhrnsI,cr shnrls.

The commonest shark around Brit
ish eoasts IS the thrasher, or fox shark.
It's utmost length is about thirteen
feet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
PEARY TO THE POLE.

II walter Welimon Is correctly in
formed, the general opinion among
members OF the National Geographic
society is that Lieutenant pcary now
has a fair chance Of reaching tho North
Pole. But Mr. Wollman, who has had
experience in northern ATTITUDES. Is
rather conservative in his views as TO
the probable success OF the cXped,t ton.
lie points out that the Franz Joseph
route Is preferable to the Greenland
route. which Peary has chosen, and
that only when the tee conditions are
very favorable, can the Pole be reach
ed IN the short time Arctic travel is
practicable, from the land base he pro-
poses TO establish II, says MIR, We'll
man, the ice conditions are unusually
favorable and he succeeds IN pushing
his ship up to Cape Joseph Henry. or
near thereto, as the Alert, the Discov-
cry, the Proteus and the Polarls we're
pushed he will probably reach the
Pole. II he has to work forward from
q base several hundred miles further
south, the odds win be heavily against
him.
II anybody deserves success IN the
search for the Pole, Lieutenant Peary
does He has spent years In the Arc
tic regions studying the conditions
there, and qualifying himself for a final
dash for the Pole" Neither hardshlps
nor accidents have deferred him from
repeating his efforts, Interest In Arc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
NEEDLESS AND FALSE ALARMS

our morning contemporaries appear
reluctant 10 withdraw the alarms and
the accusations accompanying them,
which they have advanced In references
20 he typhoid outbreak in this city. The
position taken by the Deseret News has
been borne out by the investigations
that have taken place, There has evil
IDENTIFY been no case Of typhoid In Par
ley's canyon as asserted Nor has there
been a single typhoid bacillus detected
in the official analyses that have been
made repeatedly.
Yet one paper, even now pretends
that there have been traces Of ~
phoid bacteria in the water OF Par
ley's creek, and the other declares
that, archaeological examinations OF
the water from these [Aowingl wells
have shown beyond question that It Ii
loaded with typhoid bacteria" Both
statements are utterly false and decep-
tive. Not single typhoid germ has
been found in either the city water or
that from flowing wells. Slight traces
Of nltrates, OF ntrites, and Of free and
alubumlnold ammonia have been OBJ
tained from samples OF Parley's crack
water, but no typhoid bacteria at all.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11

The sensational headlines in those pa
pers are contradicted by the matter
under them. and people who have not
time to read both are thus led into err
ror and fear,
Salt Lake city Is not alone by any
means in suffering from typhoid just
now, and the disease is common at this
season IN many parts OF the world.
There Is no need TO Try TO create a
panic, ana no good viii result there
from. At the same time It is we'll as
we have said many times. to take ev-
cry known precauton against contract
ing or spreading the disease.
The further assertion Of a contem-
porary that, 1T has been shown that
the pollution Of the wells has been
caused by the pollution Of the soil, the
water carrying the bacllli through the
various strata and into the water that
people drink from the wells" is erron-
eous. It has not been shown That
Is theory but It is not borne out by
the facts In the present oase,as no such
bacili have been found in the flowing
wells water That there are impurities
In those flowing wells supplied by
what is called Surface water" is con-
ceded. But that they come from de-
poslis at a considerable distance Is not
proved. Nor Is II common TO find sim
llar impurities or In so great quantities
In those flowing wells that come from
considerable depth,
II Is all right TO advocate sanitary
measures. TO extend the sewer system,
to remove and destroy all foul and
waste material TO boil drinking water,
to denounce indifference and careless
ness as 10 the health and comfort OF
the public and to cooperate with
health officers in the enforcement OF
necessary regulations; but no benefit
will come from wild eXaggeratlons.
false statements or stories fabricated
to make a sensation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
THE FiLiPiNOs.

A writer IN the Army and Navy Jour-
nal thinks that civil rule in the Philip
pines has not proved success. lie
claims that as long as the military rule
was maintained, life and property were
safe, and order was maintained, but
now there has been an increase of
so-called 'ladronIsm' and other forms
OF lawlessness, an ominous spirit OF UNI
rest prevails In many provinces and
there appears to be among the white
inhabitants growing sense of appre-
tension
The former governor OF North Borneo,
Hugh Clifford, should be authority on
matters pertaining to the Malay tribes.
IN an article in the North American Re-
view, he seems TO take the view that
no kind OF rule" win really benefit the
peoples of those regions. He says they
belong to n decadent race, and cannot
be rejuvenated. They have, he argues,
been converted to all kinds Of religions,
but neither Hinduism. Mohammedan-
ism, nor ChmstianiU hRd had any inAu-
ence upon their MORALS whether ruled
by the Dutch, the spaniards or the
British, the Malays, he says continue
TO manifest the tendencies Of a people
essentially immoral afflicted with apa.
thetic Incidence aud puerile Inconsistency
Of purpose. His conclusion Is. that the
American rule win prove equally inef-
tlclent,
Mr. Clifford admits that the British
policy of liberty works better than the
Dutch rule Of coercion. but this result
Is achieved only by the Importation OF
Chinese, who perform all the necessary
labor for the development OF the coun-
try The natives themselves. he says,
cannot be made to take kindly TO work.
II they are compelled, as in the Dutch
| possessions. they are sullen and re-
belious, causing trouble constantly.
Mr.. Clifford has had much experience
among the Malays. and speaks authors
tatlvely on the subject, but we are slow
to admit that any part Of the human
race is fallen so low as to be beyond
redemption. And II advancement is
possible. It should be under the most
perfect system Of human government
ever established. American principles
have not had time enough to accomplish
their work In the Philippine islands, No
conclusion as to their value as an edu-
eating force among the people there
can be formed until a generation has
passed, ana a new appeared on the
scene, As far as can be judged,
they have worked well. Foreigners may
doubt the efficacy OF our government
principles az an educating factor, but
patriotic Americans, who have noticed
the practical effects OF those principles
cannot but have implicit faith in them,
wherever honestly applied,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11

Call back the rushing squadron. Our
consul at Beirut was merely scared, not
hurt, An unknown individual fired sew
ernl shots, Some of the bullets passed
close 10 Consul Magelssen and the pre-
sumption is that be meant to kill the
American consul The provincial gov
ernor hastened to the consulate, ex-
pressed his sympathy for the consul ana
regret for the occurrence He Issued or
ders for the apprehension of the Of
fender, and the Would-be murderer will
probably be strangled and buried in Il
ditch before the cousurs letter Of ex-
PLANTATION can reach Washington IL Is
not known whether the offender Is a
Turk or an Armenian, a Greek or an
Americans whether he was drunk OF
sober; whether he acted under secret In.
struction OF the government, Of reyo.
lutionary faction, brlgand chief or up
on his own accord Whatever the cir
cumstances may have been. our atti-
tude has not been protective Of either
our dignity or our face.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
The Hartford Times.

The New York World publishes a
dispatch from Beirut saying that; 1.-THE
attempt made upon his [Magessen's
life last Sunday evening failed, al
though the revolver was discharged dl-
rectly against Mr.. Magessen's car
riage by his assailant, who was stand
ing under street gaslght not far from
the American consulate" This state
ment may be correct without coming
into conflict with the report attribute
Ing the cause OF the attack 10 the jeal-
ousy aroused In Turkish breasts by Mr..
Magelssen's popularity with the ladies'.
The vice consul, who is unmarried, Is
said to have q very winning way WITH
him. Il Is entirely possible that the
American vice consul In Beirut has
merely had a row" with some local
resident and that the affair Is one that
might have occurred anywhere.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
SHOULD BE UNIT ID.

The New York Evening Post en-
dorses the suggestion that the trans
Mississippi congress and the National
Irrigation congress be combined. The
Post says
"It would seem that enough of COM
mon interest exists to make the prop
osltlon 10 unite n sensible one Con-
crosses and fairs With long names
and all-embracing purposes are TOO
common, and II the country beyond the
Mississippi would attract attention TO
itself there must be some definite pur-
pose behind Us exhibitions. The OBJ
lection, frequently urged, that the
trans Mississippi Congress represents
much larger area than Is interested
In irrigation laws and methods is not
so valid as would appear, Barring the
first tier OF states beyond the big
river, there is hardly community that
is not vitality affected by drouth-oc-
oosional or periodic. From North Da-
kota to Texas, and from eastern Wash
lngton to southern California irriga-
ton Is the farmers hope. Everywhere
In that immense area the Wright Irri-
CATION law was looked upon as the
forerunner of a general revival OF in
terest In the problem Of making arid
lands productive. With senator Du-
bois Of Idaho heading a company to
water $4,000 acres of land about Lewis
ton with the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce discussing d project TO re-
claim 5000 acres In the Grand Valley
Colorado and with numberless smaller
private enterprises on foot, 1t is diff
cult to see what more important work.
q serious-mlnded trans-Misslssipp
Congress can take up Heretofore GER
tain delegates TO both bodies have
fought the idea Of union, but the obyI-
Gus advantages Of the consolidation
seem likely to appeal more forcibly as
the aims of each are better UNDER
elnp1
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
Toledo Blade.

The conclusion OF the President not to
ranean squadron TO rendezvous at Bel
rut Is TO be commended. That Moslem
fanaticism Is aroused in Aslatlc Tur-
Key is evident The attempt to burn
the college at Harpoot shows this, as
we'll as the attempt on Magelssen's life.
Beirut Is the center Of American mis-
slonary activity in that region The
revolutionary attempts In Macedonia
by Christians has stirred the religl-
Gus hatred of Mohammedans through
out the empire, and any and all Chris
tans are in more or less peril. Three
American war vessels in the harbor Of
Beirut VIII prove a salutary check on
the murderous tendencies of fanatics.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11

There seems to be no way out OF the
present difficulty eycept By the inte,-
position of the powers and they them
selves are iu q most perplexing posl-
ton. They have preserved the Turkish
government ana think that its preser.
WALTON is necessary They command IL
70 keep order AZ the same time, when
~ attempt3 TO carry out the command
they are thrown into ilts over It's meth.
ods and take 10 admonitions and warn
ings. Nothing effective can be acconl-
pllshcd by such program, and there il
almost as great need OF q grand inter-
national pow-wCw as there was afler
the HussO-Turllish war.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11

II there is a graft that somebody
In Chicago fails to think Of, It is be-
cause IT ceases TO be a graft An en-
terprisng milkman in the windy city
proposes TO sell to thirsty schoolchil-
dren three ounces Of Pasteurzed milk
for penny. And this under the cloak
of an impure water campaign. 1t is
presumed that Salt Lake milk vendors
are modest enough to refrain from
making a similar offer here; because
what is the difference between impure
water and impure water with a little
milk i'm Il?