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The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
| The NEW ENGLAND BIRD FISHERY.
Curious Method by which Sea Fowl Are
Used as Bait.

curious helnOu ny MhtCh sea Fowl Are
Used as Bait.
One Of the most curious of the meth
ods adopted by New England deep sea
fishermen is the utilization Of birds for
bait. In deep water it is difficult to
obtain supplies of bait, though cod roe.
and even cla0s taken from the stom-
achs of Goldfish, are occasionally en-
ployed. The necessity thus created
has given rise to n fishery not for
fishes, but for sea fowl. the flesh of the
latter being utilized for bait. In fish
ing for birds two men go out in a dOry
and throw pieces of cod liver upon the
water These fragments quickly at
tract the ever present stormy peuels. -
which gather in hocks around the float.
ing morsels. Pretty soon bigger birds
perceive from distance the assem-
blage of small feathered fry and infer
that there is food to be got Accord
ingly, within n few minutes big gulls,
hagdens and iaegers are seen coming
from all points of the compass. large
flock of them collecting about the boat
When the weather is thick and foSgy
the fishermen help TO attract the hun
CRY sea fowl by initiating their cries.
The two men in the dory, one aft and
the other forward. are each of them
provided with a line twenty-five or
thirty feet in length and small hook.
The bait of Goldfish liver is large enough
to float the hook. being oily. AS soon
as a flock of birds has gathered the
hooks are baited and thrown out upon
the water. The birds display such
great voracity that the fishermen are
kept busy hauling them struggling
aboard the dqry. This performance
may continue until 100 or 200 birds are
taken. But after a while the flock gets
so shy that the sport becomes unproft-
able.
The speech of the New England fish
ermen is full of phrases of the sea.
Servant girls are said to ship for six
months" when they engage. \ young
man ships" himself to sweetheart
when they are afiianced, and a church
is said to have shipped" new par
son. who is apt to be called the skip
per- of the church. The master of the
house is Invariably the skipper" If
man is prosperous he is said to be
making headway;" if the reverse he
is going to leeward." If one feels
chilly he says that he is "crimmy." If
he loses his way in the dark he is pix
ilated" The ceiling of room is Il
'planchment" \ careless piece of
work is "frouch." \ dish improperly
cooked is "cautch." When anybody
acts with gross impropriety it is said
of him that he ought TO be ''squealed
M" which means that il would be well
to throw stones at him. The fisher
men of Grand Manan have patois Of
their own. When one of them speaks
of his brush you do not at first sus-
pect that he refers to his hair. His
boots are "stompers.' while his knife
is a "throater." He applies "she" to
everything, from his wife to a cart
wheel or n clock. On Nantucket Island
again when n woman says that her
''hold is clean swep.' she means that
she is hungry. Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

In Indiana there is new bill of
rights. Ezra Miller's mother was
brought to sign it as condition to
Ezra's return from a runaway venture.
The chief articles prescribe that. the
boy shall be allowed to so to school
and to read books and newspapers.
Obedience to parents is virtue. Also
it is well to honor ones widowed
mother. that ones days may he long.
However, there is the boys side of the
case. Master Miller has been the vic
tim of family lingering superstition
that the child owes everything and the
parent nothing. He has revolted for
certain unalienable rights of American
youth. And he has obtained them. If
filial allegiance We're never qualified
in worse cause no homes of the land
would be in peril. ..
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
The OLD EARN.


The old farmhouse ! see it again;
In its low dark caves the twittering wren
Is nested as long ago;
And breathe once more the south winds
balm,
And sit and watch, in the twilight's calm,
The bat fit to and fro.
The white cows lie at .he pasture bars
And the dairy cool. with its tins and Jars,
Is stored with curds and cream:
There's somebody putting the things to
right,
And through the window 1 see the light
From the tallow candle gieam.
The garden is rich with its old-time bloom,
And | catch, in fancy, the faint perfume
Of blossoms dank with dew;
And over it all Is the starlit dome,
And round about it the peace of home
How it all comes back to view!
The night wind strs in elm and oak,
And up from the millpond comes the croak
OF the bullfrog rich bassoon;
And / catch the gleam. as over the brink
There peeps with a tremulous, shIvering
blink.
The rim of a crescent moon.
1t all comes back from the dusk of time,
With the mournful cadence and swell Of
rhyme
That is half remembered, still
Like measure from some forgotten strain,
That haunhngly comes and fees again,
And under dusky twilight sky
1t, mngling. floats with the plaintive cry
Oh the desolate whip-poor-will
Hollis w. Field.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05


y few weeks ago Il Maryland farmer
found an automobile safely anchored
in mud hole ON country road about
twenty miles from the city home of
the owner. The automobolist was
vigorously swearing at the mud. the
| farmers and the rural districts in gen
eral. After cooling down somewhat.
he struck Il bargain with the farmer
to extricate his machine and haul 1t
to the nearest possible road for $500.
| When the job was finished both We're
in a comparatively good humor. The
automobilist lit fresh ten-cent cigar
and presented the farmer one, and the
following dialogue ensued:
why don't you farmers improve
these roads,"
We'll. we do work 'em every year
but they don't seem to get any better"
But why don't you build first-class
roads and be done with it:''
Say, mister. you must think we're
rich out here in the backwoods. How
much do you reckon it would cost?
Not less than two or three thousand
dollars a mile 1 guess. That would
break us up. We're taxed rs much as
we can stand. If you city folks want to
so touring over these roads, | guess
you'll have to get used 10 the mud,
same as we have
After the two had smoked in silence
for half ii minute the farmer cleared
his throat and ventured TO ask
Say. why don't you rich city fell
lows give us a lift and help us improve
these roads? I've been reading some
lately about State aid and government
aid for the farmers in building good
roads. Why don't you &c in for these
things? Wou!dn't it be a benefit TO The
whole community? Besides, haven't
us farmers been voting for tariffs to
build up industries in the cities for
good many years? Isn't it about time
the rural districts enjoyed a little OF
the fostering care of the government"
| Well" replied the automobilist. who
happened to be n millionaire manufac-
turer. L don't know but YOU are right.
l hadn't thought of it in that light"
After some further discussion along
this line the two separated. each with
new ideas. The farmer had grasped
the idea that the automobile. which
he had always viewed with mingled
!
might after all turn out to be n great
friend of his; might in fact be the
means OF inducing the rich men of the
cities to help the farmers build good
country roads.
The rich city man, on the other hand.
had got Il glimpse of the real condi-
| tions and sentiments prevailing in the
country. He realized as never before
that no general Improvement of the
country roads could be hoped for so
long as the farmers We're left to work
out the problem unaided. In fact he
saw the injustice of expecting them TO
shoulder the whole burden.
AS a result of this incident both the
farmer and the automobolist are now
conducting little campaign among
their neighbors in favor of State and
National aid to road building.-Good
Roads Magazine.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
wHY esnEPr1cs IRAvEL.

4 Mechanical Performance Entirely Ee-
yond the Control OF the Patient.
DR.. W. Z. Sprading. in explaining
the tendency of the epileptio to travel.
states his belief that the act is not per-
formed in obedience to q desire of the
epileptic, but is phenomenon show
ing disturbed condition % the brain.
and is Il merely mechanical perform
ance. entirely beyond the control of the
patient. In certain peculiar phases of
epilepsy the patient when first seized
will break into violent run. and some
times travel two or three miles as fast
as he can 60 and then perhaps ran eN-
hausted at the end. On the other hand.
an epileptic may have the sensory half
of the brain effected and slight dis
turbance of the motor half, This may
cause the patient to travel days ana
weeks without being fully conscious
of what he is about Finally he will
awaken to his full senses with com
plete loss of knowledge of what mas
transpired in the meantime. because
his sensory apparatus has been glut-
ted. In opposition to many medical
authors who hold thar in cases OF epl-
lepsy during a convulsive attack con
sciousness is lost. Dr. Spratling claims
that consciousness may be disturbed.
but probably about sixty per cent. do
not lose consciousness completely. IL
lustrating the matter. he states that
the brain is divided into two halves
the motor half and the seusory half
The sensory half includes the mind.
the motor half includes the control of
the muscular and moving action Of the
body. The brain receives Il stiniula-
ton. perhaps. through some part of
the sensory apparatus. and this stimu-
lation in turn sets in motion the motor
half of the body, or perhaps the motor
half is directly irritated in the first
instance In whatever way the irri-
tation is applied. the motor half is
sooner or later involved and set in mo-
ton. \ person may suffer an epi-
leptic seizure. which abolishes the sell
sory half of the brain at once. and then
Immediately involves the motor half OF
the brain The involvement may at
tack first tllot part of the brain that
controls notion the use of the legs.
arms etc. and when it does it is apt
To set these parts of the body into Vio-
lent activity. Hence the irresponsible
activity of many epileptics.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
nITerence I'm Bird SONGS.

Much of the attractiveness of the
voice of the wood-thrush is due to the
excellent soundinG-board furnished by
the foliage by which his songs are
backed. In an open field the tones
would be deadened and their ringing
quality lost 1t would perhaps be going
too far to credit him with knowledge
of the value of his chosen environ
ment. but he certainly shows no dis
position to abandon the advantages he
thus secures, in this respect differing
from several of his usual associates.
The cardinal. wood pewee. Carolina
wren. and many other woodland birds
frequently pour their songs into the
larger spaces of the open meadow. and
the wood-thrush. through chance or
choice. thus gains distinct advantage
over these less consistent performers.
There is marked difference in the
light notes of the Carolina wren that
come from fence post or isolated tree
and those that ring out in the echoing
forest The cardinals rich portamen-
tos. too. are far less striking in the
pasture than in the deep wood. And
much of the sad sentiment of the mel
ancholy plant of the wood pewee is
lost when it rises from a bush in the
open instead of stealing out of the
heart of the wood.-Henry Oldys, in
LippincotSs.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

Says an editorial in the Century
That there is so much discomfort with
work among the so-called middle
classes in America is due in large part
TO the pampering of children, to the
supplying of their natural and artificial
wants, and to the sentimental idea
that their day of toll will come soon
enough In general, work is not Il
curse. but blessing-a positive means
of grace. One can hardly begin too
early to impress upon children lessons
of self-help by tasks appropriate to
their age and forces, and to beget in
them scorn of idleness and of depend
ence on others. TO do this is to make
them happy through the self-respect
that comes with the realization of
power, and thus to approximate Ten
nyson's goal of man: "Self-reverence,
self-conrol."
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
Tho First diamond nt KiInbcrley.

1t was not until the autumn of 1870
that the first diamond was found ON
the present site of Kimberley. There
was shallow, circular depression,
known as Dutoitspan. on the edge of
which farmer named Van Wyk lived
in Il cabin plastered with mud. This
hut had no architectural pretensions.
but. in it's way, it went beyond the
luxury of Fifth avenue. for the mud
with which it was daubed was sprin-
kled with diamonds. One day Van
Wyk's children prospected the plaster
ing of their home and extracted sew
eral gems. The farmer and his friends
began digging at the spot from which
the mud had been taken, and found
more diamonds.
Miners swarmed. in. and new camp.
called Dorstfonteih, sprang up. In June
of the next year the Kimberley mine
proper-one of the four great deposits
that form the present Kimberley
group-yielded its first diamond.-Cos-
mopolitan Magazine.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

By the terms of the act of Congress
granting $500O,000 in aid of the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition, at st
Louis, the appropriation was made con.
ditionally, the requirement being that
twice the amount should be expended
by the Exhibition Company in prepar-
ing for the fair as n guaranty of good
faith. This having been accomplished
the contribution of the Federal Gov
ernment now becomes available. The
appropriations made by forty-five for
eign nations, which have signified
their Willingness to become exhibitors
amount in the aggregate to over &c.
100000 several of the cooperating ma
tions having increased the amounts of
their contemplated expenditures when
they realized the magnitude of the
forthcoming Exposition. The forward
ness of the enterprise is gratifying, and
the qualification should not be confined
to st. Louis; the whole Nation is in
terested in the success of the centenary
celebration of the first and most i'm
portant act of expansion.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

Sir Frederick Bramhall has offered
$3.50 to the British Association TO be
invested for fifty years, the proceeds
then to be paid as a prize for the best
obituary on steam power, which will
then be dead, Sir Frederick thinks.
The association doubts the legality of
the gift. 1t would amount to about
SIPS by 1858. In 1T9S a Swede named
Thelusson left an estate of 50, 500, ,000
to be divided among his great-grand-
children. or if there We're none, the pro
ceeds were to be applied to the ma
tional debt. Lord Rendelsham was a
descendant of the eccentric Swede.
Thelusson's will was probated, but
caused the passage of a special act linn
iting deferred legacies to twenty-one
years. So it was plainly Illegal TO offer,
as another chap did recently, $50 to be
put at compound interest for the city
of Birmingham for 800 years. AT
three per cent. it would amount to a
trife on. 1924, 495, 100000. To be richer
than Rockefeller is a perfectly simple
matter. Only it takes SO longi
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

The British Admiralty has decided
to build three new battleships of $4,000
tons each. thus materially strengthen
ing the strongest navy in the world,
and Kaiser William has decided to ask
for an increase of $4,000 men in the
already enormous German army. The
dream of universal disarmament is not
to be realized right away.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

That German actor should be found
guilty in Berlin of lese majestic because
of some jokes he made in Holland
about the Kaiser, and sentenced TO
nine months Imprisonment, doesn't
look just exactly right from our point
of view, but possibly the Kaiser knows
better than we how fragile his dig
nifty is.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

Suicides are lamentably frequent in
these days. Students of social condi-
tons may not waste their hours if
they devote study to the special causes
which lie behind so many cases Of
self-murder.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

y Chicago man who was in the act of
committing suicide by drowning came
ashore when reminded that his pro-
cedure was contrary to law. rather
than be shot at by policeman for
violating the law. Some people are
very particular.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
The ArInnsas River.

Except when flooding. the Arkansas
River. in Oklahoma. is not n formida
BILE stream. 1t gains in magnitude after
passing the Indian Territory, and in
the vicinity of East Gibson becomes
stronger and deeper.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
NAV BE wreck of Troopship,

r 1t is suggested that the wreck re-
Gently discovered in Dublin Bay may
be that of the troopship which went
down in the bay in 1915 with troops
returning from Waterloo.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
CraceruI "Reminiscences,

comparing the various pronunciations
of the word chauffeur, recommends
''show-furr. Let it so ut that.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

When women form a mutual adml-
ration society it is seldom mute.
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05
@ Romance Of the
SCHOOLS.
~R~~~RRN~NENA

-SoE, HADDEUS BENT, princi-
I - Y pal of the Diogenes High
6 @ School, in the far South
Il = Side OF Chicago, left the
1GE train at Cover Hill Sta
The daily sentinel., 1903-12-05

@AAAIAI&N N~NA9Sl
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-10-14
|VORK BEGUN ON
SNAKE RIVER BRIDGE
BARGES ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED
LUMBER BEING SHIPPED TO BUILD
Golfer DAMS.

and will arrive In a few days M
Mr., Bacon says ss far as p0Ss'D's
employment will be given % men men '~s so,
teams 10 this vicinity % Nc a'ss ~ ~
expect % import men 70 90 lls y ;. '9's .',s
usdsr bis charge Iis says - I. 10, ,p'
la.sutIop of the American slps'
eomoany % gush ibe sorF v e9~p's, :,
Goo NJ gepldly ~ possible ~ sae s'g
beglp toafy @eslpg SWIFT o,ae, s
soaaolaas ~ tDe g'gs' besl ~ ~1a, ss,,'
,hsi 4, soop n no be'gsf AZ .a.,s, pvs.
sna w wsieFlel el'lifi va f''
SOB wel peNlV a.. a.
g.sp ,ow l,g ~ Belfg sNf =
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-10-14
MORE ABOUT THE
PROPOSED RAILROADS
REPORTED THAT FINANCES HAVE BEEN
SECURED FOR HUNTINGDON
LEWISTON ROUTE.

arrangements for placing the bonds.
His letter is certainly very hopeful,
as he states that he has secured suf-
ficient promises to take up the bonds
to tide the company over the furry
that precedes presidential election.
Mr.. Reed states that in all prob
ability he will be able to have ar
rangements completed within the fol-
loving week by which bonds secured
by the first mortgage on the railroad
which is to be built from Lewiston
to Huntington will be guaranteed by
responsible trust company to the
extent of the interest, which will be
per cent on 80 year $1,000 bonds.
He states that the bonded indebted
ness of the road will not exceed
s25, 900 and probably not $40, 600
per mile.
| uc DO1uo aiC W bt ~eH'~A~N y
the trust company, which is the New
York Security & Trust company, as
the road is completed in sections Of
10 miles each.
This, il is said, removes In a mea
sure the greatest obstacle that th'
promoters Of this road have had v
contend with.
Mr. Reed states that he secured
promises on quarter Of q mllllo'
bonds at 50 aud 80 per cent from
Erie (Ps parties, q similar amour
from "a. Paul luwbermsp, eDd ais'
. ike amount fIom Boise parties VII
gaDt the road bullt, lle also expect
W place large number " lle BOND
~ hep Haven, Conc
hg Reed ooeelpaee ~ sey'ng tpp
u tAeae mstelsllfe ~ NJ heg fyegl
gepsQn " belleyf lley vlil 'Ae con
pspy plll hegf sunlelep' f0eae " eel
lly a oyg lRe uipel apvl lpe' p''
$500 = plesleeellsl slselef
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-10-14
Effected a Settlement.

Mrs. VIM. Foutz, whose husband
was killed a short time since by the
explosion of an engine on the o. X.
& N. railway, while employed as q
fireman, is in the city visiting the
family of Joseph Reeves. Mrs.
Foutz was formerly resident OF
this city. She is removing to Nam
pa. Mrs. Foutz settled with the
railroad company for the death Of
her husband, receiving s2700.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-10-14

Rumors of proposed railroad
building continue to be circulated
The Lewiston Tribune says of the
routes projected to that place; Ad-
vices reaching the city yesterday are
to the effect that Engineer Jamison'
party of o. R. & N. surveyors had
reached Granite Point, about 20
miles below Lewiston. The party is
moving over the right-of-way very
rapidly snd are placing number OF
stakes. Many rumors are in clrcuia-
tion relative to the significance Oh
the presence of the engineers in the
field but no information has been
given out by the o. r. q N. IL is
learned. however, that the o. X. q
n 10 determined to reach the Lewis
ton country before another year. ana
n "a also assured that when the road
is built to this point, extension VIII
he Immediately made tothe big gram
belt of the reservation and cama'
Prairie sections.
The plans of the Lewiston q o"y'
hee company for the construction o.
the Huntington Lewiston line do"l
the Snake river continue to atirac'
much attention. The latest import
ant news in connection with the i'm
oortant enterprise Is given ID lD'
following article from q sp0SaD'
paper
The proposed railroad from Lewis
tos 10 huntington may be 10 eou'S'
Of eonsuuotiop early neEf y'sf
VOID Bas Teeelgso 10 1bls "'
dom N. y, Reed, the promoter sH'
orssldesf u the eowpepy vhp y y
49, Yosb slstlpg lRel ~ ffps''
l.o hage ihe bonas guaranteed p'.l''.
/. sess ghe lsllel Fs ap'fq Vs'
Iob9 y.. AN.
X, geea y eaF " 80 } 9'f .'' y.
plou9Nel M sp's'l''s' f'T Hs'''
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District court convened again Mon.

District court convened again Mon
day morning
The first business disposed of was
fixing the sentences to be imposed
upon Ed. Schneider and Chas. Boyle
found guilty of grand larceny Satur-
day, sentence being postponed until
Monday. Judge Stewart fixed the
sentence of Schneider at fourteen
years in the penitentiary. In impos-
ing this heavy sentence the judge
said that he made it more severe for
the reason that Schneider, when on
the stand proved to be such an un-
mitigated liar. Judge Stewart said
that in all his experience he had
never seen or heard such a colossal
liar. Boyle's sentence was fixed at
three years in the penitentiary.
The crime for which Schneider and
Boyle was tried, was that of robblne
an emigrant at Council last summer.
Schneider enticed the man from
Oregon to- Idaho, with the promise
that he would show him where he
could take up government land. The
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-10-14
FROM THUNDER'S
Big MINING CAMP
Gigantic Operations Con-
templated for Next
Year.

5. Z. Bowerman, wee president
of the Brant Mining & Milling com
pany, of Kansas City, arrived in the
city Monday afternoon from a trip
to the company's properties in Thun-
der Mountain proper. Mr.. Bower
man, like everyone else who visits
the camp, comes back feeling en-
thusiastic, and that the half of the
good things that are to be seen have
not been told. He says there is
great activity all over Thunder
Mountain proper and the Big creek
section, and that gigantic operations
are being planned tor next year,
when it will be one of the livliesi
mining camps in the United States.
The Dewey and Sunnyside stamp
mills have been taken very nearly to
the end of the wagon road, and vii
be taken into the camp early in the
spring.
Mr. Bowerman's company contem-
plate extensive operations on their
ground next year, and he expects to
return next spring and spend the
summer in the camp. His family
will accompany him.