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islands. Look on the map and YOU viii
ind this island group under the equator.
600 miles west OF the coast OF Ecuador.
10 which country il belongs. The name
Galapagos means tortoise 10 Spanish
and when the western continent was
discovered there were literally acres OF
huge land tortoises 81 the islands. an
explorer. writing of the abundance OF
these monsters in another locality. up
on Rodriguez island, in 1891 says.
There are such plenty of land turtles
in this Isle that sometimes you see a
three thousand Of them in a flock. so
that you may SO a hundred PAGES upon
their backs
one Of these huge tortoises. or turtles.
yields go pounds Of choice meat for
food to man. They used to swarm all
ever the earth in what is called the
tertiary geological period. long before
the time known 10 history. But when
man came on the scene he began to eat
them. Then they disappeared rapidly
from the mainland OF the continents.
Now there are scarcely any left any
where. the largest number Of them be-
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ing found in the Galapagos islands.
The reason they still exist there is that
the islands are so dry and sterile few
human beings can stay there.
Tortoises belong 20 the reptile family
About fifty years ago Charles Darwin.
the great naturalist. visited Chatham
island. one of the Galapagos group.
and made a study of the giant tortofses
When he landed from his ship and Welt
toward the interior of the island he
was surprised 10 see broad tracks or
roads leading from the lowIands toward
the higher country. The tracks were as
smooth ard well laid of as if they had
been made by people. Darwin, who had
trained himself 20 observe closely ev-
erything he saw. asked what made
these tracks. He was told they were
tortoise roads leading from the arid
lowlands TO the mountain springs.
The tortoise is a very thirsty erea-
ture. though il can live a long time
without water. When ii wants it. how
ever. it wants It badly and goes after
IL regardless of distance. The Galapa-
gos islands are so dry that sometimes
the only water on them is in springs in
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and hear the voice OF some person
hundred or "a thousand miles away,
and experience no particular wonder,
You know ;he sounds have reached YOU
over the electrical wire road and be-
lieve they could not have reached you
otherwise: but don't you see you are
still ciinging TO the thought that as
phaltum walks are the only paths a
man can travel over and are ignoring
open fields? II a man cuts across lots
he may reach you quicker and more
go silly than If he comes around on the
asphaltum walk The same IS iInagtn-
ably true of the telephone wire
For a dozen years have been work
ing on an invention which enbodies
this idea OF wireless telephony. Six
months ago my invention was prac-
tically perfected. IL were 10 go into
detailed description OF it-which 1 am
not going TO do-you perhaps would
not understand me, unless you possess
unusual knowledge % the science OF
sounds. / will say, however tina, The
invention Is composed OF a trapsInitter
and q receiver. having some OF the
features of the ordinary telephone
traHsmItter and receiver and. neces-
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BY KATE z. JAMESON.

about the springs there were always
two lines Of them. one having had It's
drink and travelling away ana the other.
the thirsty line going 10 the springs.
He wanted to see how fast they could
travel and found the distance TO be
from three to eight miles a day, accord
ing to how long the tortoise stopped 70
eat and browse on vegetable grOwths-
The creature when going anywhere
never stops till it gets there. so that
travelling night ana day. tortoise can
make perhaps four miles IN tweaty-four
hours Stfi. IT does its best II il gave
up discouraged because Il cannot so
fast it would die OF thirst
Not long ago an exploring party WIS.,
tied the Galapagos islands and cap
tured twenty-five giant tortosses- Some
OF them We're the largest Specimens
ever taken. and the heaviest one weigh
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WHAT BOYS SHOULD KNOW.

4 philosopher has said thai true edu-
cation 81 boys IS 20 teach them what
they ought 10 know when they become
men
/ To be true and to Be geHuine- 10
education - worth anything that does
lot include this A man would better
not Know how 70 read and % true and
genuine in action rather than Be
learned Ia al sciences and n al Ian
guages and - a. The sane tine false
IN heart and counterfeit Z lie Above
ali things teach The boys that trg-h r.
more than riches. power or Esosseasi0ns-
, To be pure Il thought language
and hfs-pgre Ia mind and body.
= To be unselash- To care foT TIE
feelings and comforts q othera- 70 -
se1sroEs- noble and manly This MI
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or surprising you must go over fields
and mountains, not through them. Yet
the path lies through them as easily
and naturally as over them, and here
IN IS involved. in q manner. the fourth
dimension, an explanation OF which.
however. we need not enter into in order
10 understand the operation OF ether
vibrations I have spoken Of the earth
and the planetary bodies as being i'm
bedded in the ether jelly. For our pur-
pose let US alter the sinile a little Let
us ina CINE a mass OF colorless je,Iy
with here and there drop OF chro-
matte fluid, forming, say. little crimson
globes at intervals Let US imagine
now that the colorless portion repre-
sents the ether and the colored spheres
the so called solid bodies-our earth
and the other planets. The simile is
necessarily crude and inexact, but it
will serve. Now, while those bits of
color are imbedded in the mass of Jelly.
they are, nevertheless. jelly. like the
rest of the mass Jar the Jelly. and
ether and planets are both Jared by
the same motion, the innermost point
of the colored globe being sensitive 10
the motion as well as the surface which
comes in contact with the coloriess por-
tion In this way We may perceive
dimly how = wave motion-the uplift
Of an insects wing or thousand ions
Of exploding dynamite-shan reach the
earth's core and the heart of. the outer
most star.
I'm other words we are assuming
that all material things are of essen
TALLY the same composition as the
ether. OF course they are not-at least
TO our senses-but so far as my observa-
ton of the operation of these ether
goes they are the same in
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ITO our senses inconceivably mimi
tesimal-yes. However, l am of those
who believe it is SO. So sensitive
I is this ether jelly in which the universe
/ rests that when it is Jared at all il is
I all Jared. The half hutter of an in
! sect's wing and the explosion of a
| star in outer space both set the waves
in motion. and the one wave travels as
! far as the other
Il wonder if you fully grasp the i'm
port of my words when 1 say that the
! innermost core of the outermost star is
affected. The object mentioned is so
remote thai perhaps one might lose the
application of it's meaning. Let US.
therefore, bring the subject nearer
home. If the innerrpost core of the
remotest star is affected, then of course
must also be affected the innermost
cores of all other stellar and planetary
bodies. Among these our earth is of
course. included, and though in real
ity it is far less wonderful fact per-
naps to our finite minds it seems quite
as wonderful 10 know that the wave
set in motion by the fiutter of the in
sect's wing is felt at the innermost core
of our own earth; or, to draw into
still narrower limits. it seems marvel
Gus that this ash that I am knocking
from my cigar sets in motion waves
that vibrate across London, Paris, Ber-
lin, st. Petersburg, that the words I
am uttering cause waves that vibrate
in Melbourne and Picking.
May l ask you which invention
seems to you the more wonderful-the
telegraph or the telephone?'
The telephone" 1 answered unhesi-
tatingly.
80 me Also said the stranger The
telephone is personal, the telegraph i'm
personal; therefore the range Of mag
ination about the former is immeasur-
ably wider. Possibly am more mag
NATIVE than Marconi, or perhaps it was
only accident. At all events he seems
to have worked with the telegraph in
mind, while through all my labors my
imagination was dominated by the
telephone.
Now when a telegraph message
from New York to Chicago is licked off
the wire nothing has really passed
across those thousand miles OF space
The ether Jelly has been Jared In New
York and the jars have been recorded
and read in Chicago. So with the long
ulStdICe telek'LVliS LIE NOlSS ltSSii iAeeT
not been carried on an electric current
across all those miles; but again the
jelly was Jared, and the sensitive ear
drum, aided by tFansmitter and re-
ceiver. has heard the vibrations. In
both instances the wire has made an
easy road for the vibration to travel
over; but it does not follow that the
road was necessary. One can pass
across fields as we'll as along asphaltum
walks. Marconi and others have real
lied this; only most of the others.
MaEconi included have made the error
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ed 81 pounds. To Eft one Of them re-
qUired eight men Some OF them were
found ia the eraters Of extinct volca-
noes They were brought 10 san Fran
cisco and placed in the Natural History
museum. One or two Of them had a
earapsce over four feet long. A cara
pace Is the shell OF the tortoise's back
Its under shell Is called a plastron-
These big creatures have a scary look
ing way OF stretching their necks up TIL
their heads are between two and three
feet above the ground
And il is said the biggest % them
must be 20D5 years Old though one
wonders h0w anybody knows that
Anyway. nobody ever knew tortoise
TO die OF Old age.
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a class g. SUNDAY school nss 10
tenins ~ lessen o. paflsnes. Ths
topic bad been carefully sxE ainss a-d
the teacher had given each surfl = card
bearing TIE picture q tey ashins
Evea Eleasgrs asie she requires
the exercise - sstisnes. I>s.ok ~ 81.
bay nshlng iis mesf So an1 sat aa1
SAT- hie mast - Eafisni~ Having
iFesifl TIE sabj~ei ssFy 91lig. sac -.
gan Nlfa sac sisaplssg uaosf DrActizsI
question. Ard req a. sHs fsts tor
tell me shat - Eees aasss 4hsa zs 90
nshinzT
Wiz ore voios -ss re sns1zr shczs-
-. Eslf
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the tonbs OF the kings al Tnebes. along
with the tomb Of Th0Shnes ". which
: nearly 1000 years old
II California farmers pioW a fUrrow
six rifles IN length
Al PittsbuTg and Wheeling water left
overnight IN the deepest wells becomes
hot
Before q recruit can Re said 70 have
joined the British army his name must
be entered sixty-tVo times and thai Of
his SUPERIOR officer twenfv-nsns times n
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ITEMS FROM NEAR AND FAR.

There is only one statue in Great
Britain with an umbrella This IS TO Re
seen AT Reading and represents Mr.. G.
Palmer OF biscuit fame standing hare
headed. with silk nat and umbrella IN
hand.
Salt water has tendency TO eat into
or clog up iron pipes.
Speaking of the production OF arti-
eciaI foods Tesla says: The most val
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progressed farther than he in this
study it is not nee essarily to my credit.
In all scientific research time is the
principal factor-the great perfector.
When the ultimate discovery in this
direction shall have been made and the
last word concerning it uttered. it will
probably be found that the suspected
but hitherto improved fourth dimension
had DO small part in the great dis
covery. However. it is not my inten-
ton to go into that phase of the ques-
ton now.
Have you ever happened to hear the
seemingly incredible = that
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very little from my own / have
called IL timing instead of tuning.
transmit sound AZ the rate. We
will say. OF Il. coo coo vibrations Sec
end. If my receiver" is adjusted, or
timed TO II .s99. 600 vibrations per sec
ond. or To I2ool. Goa vibrations. the re-
ceiver remains unresponsivs: bat if
tine the receiver 10 l2.eo0.009 vibrations
or any number of vibrations exactly
corresponding 20 the rate OF transmits
sion--the receiver instantly responds
and the transmitted sounds are re-
csIved"
The transmitted soundsi" ! ejac-
uiated
really IL is not so remarkable You
place a telephone receiver 70 your ear
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iuclaae d genuine reVerencr for the
aged and for sniags saeFs1
L l. &C. SEX reliant sa3 ssis helpful
even from chAdheoz 70 - Industrious
always an4 seif susgortlng - TIE ear
Eest posslsls age Teach them ;hai
al scDesf soTk j. henoszhls. that an
l1is lie q dzpealsnos O. ofhsss - dis
graceful
When a by has learned these thsaxs.
Vhel he has mace ;hss@ ltess Issr; -
eiHs. bosFever roor o. h0aessf ricn. -
has learned Tie sooss important thizgs
hs ought 20 knoH
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zse3 70 hea; dxeillnrs. and rear Bose
cssy theT DO nos hare - 80 Gown foF 81
n1s.eh 9.er tfssa feet
A vel near PI-fsburs s.s7s feet teeP
Is the se@9-s; artificial hnie r. IRE
World The next deepest bore boz CO
ire siob< - a. Senla3etsS3- drllls-. -
the PTzszlaa governed; e search sor
coal
Mira 6huiar1 AhGsAd o QBa3lzn
Ps1nt4o. India. Eho claims . - re
promised Messiah. has caais<rse5 Dow-
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The UnyveIcosne Guest.

Young hopeful has overheard hss
mother ciseussiHg what Esnt!e hat
'sou.e be best foT the removal Of fssiF
long s;ayiES guest
Mother fso5ble. darling. Nhatsv.r
are you doing7
Dobbls-fiush mofhsr I've rtSmps1
and addressed hirn. ard yea can sssd
rim hack ~ he nexi rail
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y ~ Chlcsgo - q 11sl - pgsysr. n
Ehich s~rh are - o. s,esiiioa tie A.
r1-zhiT fhzs - Sc tEo q sosxss - fns
La sD4E ssriEa 1nf
I-sofssseg Esia.as= fis1ssek q Cosea.
- unlvsrs..y sass fbsrs sSssss ras -
tzs slightest dlGi-z.tY 81 pstasrlaz
steam fro-r TIE sntsrsoT q fas sartA.
t,s1zs.se fhaf Involves oriy > issfie extra
.za-oT "a hssglrx ia;o fsse ~ ara
q. 7. Sesrzifh szSs Tia - ~ ruras
diktEscts of TIE eszE.fry 10 fsr1ezxy -
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Es1Fe1sfE - 7 was IN the smoking
p !. !" !. :. :. !. !.
ENNfs lN I compartment of a Pull
R..E lE man, Oh a journey from
I'll New York TO Chicago
HEsSa 60 that l met him.
R7 - had just finished read
kTe554N r. ing in a magazine an
e-~-z----zszaSs article upon Marconls
achievement in wireless
telegraphy. and, raising nay eyes, saw
that the stranger was CHANGING down at
the magazine page.
a remarkable achievement, sir, L
ssid Have you read this article?'
"On Marconi? Yes the stranger re-
piled
1t seems almost past belief" L said
that "A message cou.d be sent across
the sea without the aid o. wires; yet
AarcOni seems to have Accomplished
it. unicss. possibly the three ticks he
heard were the result of accident. and
The fact Of that particular signal hav-
Ing bcon prearranged may have been
only one of those singular condolences
That now and then astonish us
The stranger removed the cigar from
his lips ard said: NO. the sounds Mar
coTi heard are not to be ciassed among
tae accidental and colncidentaL 1t was
a real signal sounded by his assistants
in England and received by him in St
Johns. I entertain not the slightest
doubt Of that"
He spoke with conviction. Pulling at
his cigar until the end glowed again
he continued, I might have had doubts
had l not previously heard and seen
things achieved along similar lines far
more wonderful than Marconi's feat"
Seeing that he paused. 1 said: You
Interest ne. May 1 ask what those
achievements were?"
For Il moment the stranger was
silent Then he said: You are aware.
of course that the vibratory theory
the theory of etheric waves-is not
new The idea that all planetary
bodies, our earth included. are i'm
bedded in what the magazine article
somewhat aptly describes rs ether jelly
the jelly Of space-is an idea which
Marconi has made use Of but did not
originate. What he attempted-and
has succeeded in doing-was to jar the
Jelly and register the jars. While
giving him fun credit for the Colun-
buslike daring of his thought. 1 will
say that that achievement alone was
not difficult.
For more than dozen years have
been engaged in an attempt to estab-
ush wireless communication between
distant points. Marconi was scarcely
IN his teens when | began, and if l have
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The documents required by The var
of.ice
A plan Of Instruction FOR ztudssfs IN
te0ssfed n sociological and zssEns.or-
hood zoTk has boea announced Sx a
COMMITTEES Of Columbia ansvsrssTT-
= scientist says < = possible 70 have
hot water and steam In any part % the
United States through hos@s bored tEsto
The earth
In several places IN Idsho hot water
In ne~ drawn from artificial wells ard
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liable food products which may be Sc
cured artihcialIy are compounds OF nj
troSen. and the cheap production Of
these is the key 20 the solution OF the
food problem our atmosphere con-
tains an ineNhaustible amount Of nitro
gen.
Pharaoh's chariot Ia which he rode at
Theees has been discovered. il is said.
IA a perfect condition in the valley OF
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the slightest motion anywhere-the lift
Of an insects wing, for example-starts
d wave motion that does not die until
it has reached and affected, to some
extent, the innermost core of the outer
most star of the universe?'
4 think not-Im not sure, though
but l have IN my readings run across
credit it. An effect so remote from
cause SO slight must be very small
indeed.
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the mountains miles inland. The tor
toises travel 10 these springs in droves
or fiocks. Darwin rode upon ones hack
for awhile. but could not keep his ball
ance very well. Darwin said IL was a
strange sight 70 see them following the
track, moving 10 and from the springs.
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that the so called solid bodies offer no
slightest resistance to the progress of
the waves. Progress is not quite the
right word, but l have to use it. Thus,
an ether wave travelling, say, from
Venus to Mars, would not break upon
the earth and pass around, as a sea
wave might break upon rock. but
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, TABLG FOR JUVENILE RGApGRS
THE BRIGHT SIDE.

Nanny has a hopeful way.
Bright and busy Nanny
Wheu 7 cracked the cup today.
Sac said IN her hopeful way
ITS only cracked Don't fret. pray
sunny. cheerful Nanny
Nanny has a hopeful way,
Quite right little Nanny
Cups will break and crack Away.
Trettsng doesn't mend or pay.
Do the best ygg San. ! say.
Busy. loving Nanny
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4 boy n one 81 car psbisc scbe.osa
having besn tod ihst reptile - an
animal that erseFz- being asked fhs
Hsus q q. promptly Fes4see- h
haty.-
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STEERS. crabs and the various sheIItish
But the largest living thing that walks
inside OF its skeleton is the giant tor
toise. especially that of the Galapagos
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What ship Is best for the voyage O;
life? Friendship.
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HAT animal is K that has its
skeleton outside of its body?
There are several species of
such creatures, including lob
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Almighty God.

Almighty God.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l
have hereuuto set my hand, and
caused the Great Seal of the
Territory of Arizona to he
affixed. Done at the Capitol, in
the City of Phoenix, this sixth
day OF November, A. D., 1903.
ALEXANDER O. BRODIE.
BY the Governor:
Seal. WILLIAM ENGLISH,
Assistant Secretary of Arizona.
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DOWie may be reStOrer, but
lie never restores the coin lie
cops from his foolish followers.

A child of Mrs. Geo. +. Ben
son. when getting his usal
Saturday night bath. stepped
back against hot stove which
burned him severely. The child
was in great agony and his
mother could do nothing to
pacify him. Remembering that
She had bottle Of Chamberlaln's
Pain Balm in the house, She
thought She would try it In less
than half an hour after applying
it the child was quiet and
asleep, and III less than two
weeks was we'll. Mrs Benson is
d well known resident of Keilar,
Va. Pain Balm is an antiSrptic
IMMINENT and especially valuable
for burns. cuts, bruises and
sprainS. For sale by st. Johns
Drug Co.
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Secretary Shaw estimates that
the receipts and expenditures OF
the government will be nearly
balanced at the close OF the cur
rent fiscal year, and says 1t
would, in his opinion, be very
unwise for Congress to enact
any law that world reduce re-
ceipts, and that care should be
taken to keep appropriations
within hounds.
Snips and the St. Johns herald. [volume] (St. Johns, Ariz.) 1903-1905, 1903-11-21
Thanksgiving Proclamation
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


The people of the Territory
of Arizona, in gracious and un-
feigned acknowledgment Of the
rich blessings bestowed during
the year by the Supreme Ruler.
and ever mindful of their de-
pendence on the bounty Of the
Giver of all good, should seek
fitting occasion to express their
feeling Of gratitude and adora-
ton.
The general health of our citi-
zenship has been good; the
treasures of OUT mines, forests,
fields and gardens have been
poured forth in increasing guam
tiles; and the paths Of honest
toll and energy have led to com
fort, cOntentment AMI happiness.
Prosperity has come to all
branches of industry, not only
in this Territory, but in the Ma
ton, for which the expressions
Of thanks of a greateful people
should be devOutly given.
In harmony with the beauti-
full custom of our people of CIV
ing a day in each year to de-
votion and thanksgiving for the
gifts of Providence, I, ALRx-
ANDKK O. BRODIE, Governor of
the Territory Of Arizona, do
hereby recommend, in conform
ity with the proclamation of
the President of the United
States, that
THURSDAY, NOV %. 1903
be observed as a day of especial
devotion to thanksgiving and
prayer. remembering the needy in
acts Of Christian charity and
brotherly love, that we may be
worthy of the Divine blessings of
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Projects for the defense of
San Juan, Porto Rico; Pearl Har-
Dor and Honolulu harbOr,
Hawaii; San Luis d'Apra, Guam;
Manila bay ami Suhig bay have
been approved by the Secretary
of War, says The annual report
of the chief of engineers. 1t
surely does look as if we were
getting pretty well spread out
over the world.
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WAN rED-FAITHFUL PER
son to travel for well estab-
liShed house in a few counties,
calling on retail merchants and
agents. Local territory. Sal
AIRY 52D CD per week with eXpcu-
SEES additional, all payable in
cash each week. Money for ex-
penSes advanced. Position per-
manent Business successful
and rushing. Standard House,
$50 Dearborn ST., Chica 20. 4o-19