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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
CU2I0sITIES OF SOUND
Can He Placed on It's Proper
Musical Note.

In very high or mountainous regions
sounds become diminished in loudness,
so that a conversation cannot be car
ried on in an ordinary tone of voice. In
mines or in a diving bell the reverse of
this is the case. Speech becomes so
startling that it must be carried on in
whispers to be at all endurable 10 the
ear. Sounds of all kinds become
musical if the vibra tions of air are uni
form and rapid enough. 1t is said that
the puffs of an engine would make a
tremendous organ peal of music if they
could be made to attain the rapidity of
so or 60 a second. Everything in nature
has its keynote, as it were, and attuned
to one particular musical sound. This
fact can be very easily verified in every
day life. Stand near an open piano and
speak in an ordinary tone; while speak
ing you will suddenly hear a string
within reverberate to your voice. The
tick of watch, the sound of every
human voice, the bark of dog, the
NEW of cat, the noise of wagon. the
roll of thunder, the fall of rain. the
cunning VI hdANl III ldCls every lnlllS
about us can easily be placed by an at
tentive ear on its proper musical note
one of the sounds of the scale. This
is most interesting experiment, and
easily verified.
1t is said that the ear can distinguish
IL octayes of sound, but as a rule those
made by quick, short vibrations are
more easily conveyed For instance,
the whfrr of a locust makes more dis
tinct impression than the signing of
the wind through the trees. A whirl-
wind in its approach is noiseless; it is
only when it strikes some obstacle that
the volume of sound becomes terrific
to us. Then we receive the secondary
shorter waves from the destruction of
this obstacle. Tyndall says all fric-
ton is rhythmic. Flames are notori-
ously sensitive to sound They will
bend and flicker, and even respond with
leap of quivering light to high,
shrill sound. This is another interest,"
ing experiment. If We use glass tube
with small jet of gas, by lowering or
raising it to certain points, we can
cause it to shrek out shrilly or to an
swer sympathetically to its own key
note when sung or spoken by the voice.
If we could only hear the roll of the
vast oceans in harmony all round us i'm
our everyday life we could say with
truth indeed what the poet only mag
ined:
There's not the smallest orb which
thou beholdest but in it's orbit like an
angel sings; still quiring to the young
eyed cherubim. Baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14

the wave are damped back or form a
selective electric valve, which allows
impressed electromotive force of GER
tain character only to flow through the
apparatus. The practical utility of
such a device becomes Immediately ap-
parent, for it forms a method of pro-
ducing a direct current from an alter
mating circuit, and extends the field of
acknowledgement transmission into
those fields which have required undi-
rectional currents, such as the storage
battery and electrolytic work.
. The device used for this selective
converter is as simple as an mean
descent lamp. The containing shell in
the device exhibited is made of glass
and of spherical shape. Into this shell
project the terminals from the alter
mating current circuit, whereas the
terminal for the direct circuit is taken
from a Separate terminal at the bot
tom of the globe. A starting terminal
is also introduced into the globe, which
is used for starting the converter, and
to this a higher tension is first applied
After being once started, the action is
continuous as long as the impressed
alternating electromotive force is ap-
piled.
This selective converter is surpris-
ingly small for the energy it converts
In one, rated at eight kilowatts, the
vapor globe is seven inches in diameter
and weighs not over four pounds,
whereas rotary converter to do the
the same work would weigh over 700
pounds.
''We feel that Mr.. Hewitt has made
great stride, and has, at least, thrown
down the barrier which separated the
alternating and direct-current fields,
and it is hard to predict at this early
date the influence on the art this rad
ical innovation will make
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
WHEN CHERRY WAS HARMLESS.

appraisers for ten weeks Cherry was
was presented by him to his daughter.
The animal grew rapidly and in less
than year weighed thirty pounds.
The weight of a full-grown spotted
lynx is about forty pounds.
Cherry, when he came to his new
home, was given the freedom of the
house. He provoked much interest
by his entertaining movements, jump
ng every now and then from the floor
to the top of a five-foot bookcase, and
from there, perhaps, to the top of the
piano. In expressing his attention to
small children he would often jump
high over their heads. Like a cat, he
enjoyed being stroked. His wild in
clinatiOns are evidenced in his choice
of a sleeping place.
This, if out of doors, is always on the
limb of tree; if indoors, on top of
high piece of furniture. All the cats
in the neighborhood run when they
see Cherry, and now even the dogs,
with which he has often held boxing
matches, seem suspicious of impending
danger.
In the autumn, when the leaves are
raked in piles, and before he became at
all dangerous, Cherry would bury him
self in a pile of leaves and watch for
a sparrow which subsequently, would
always fall prey to him. Cherry lives
on cooked beef, chickens and birds. He
prefers water rather than milk.
This animal, which. ON account of the
nature it inherited, is soon likely to
leave a beautiful home, possibly for
geological quarters, has a beautiful
coat of silky gray fur handsomely
marked in spots and stripes. His hind
legs are larger and much better de-
veloped than his fore legs, for it is with
these that he makes his many springs
or leaps. 1t has long been found nee
essary to clip Cherfy's claws often.
They grow rapidly, and, like his teeth,
are extremely sharp. Like all animals
of the cat species, Cherry has excellent
hearing and sight, but has been tested
in many ways, and is not believed to
possess the sense OF smell He has dis
played considerable intelligence from
time to time.-Cincinnat Commercial
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
WICKED BY NATURE.
CatamOunt, Although Beautiful and
Interesting, Is Failure as Il
House Pet.

The wild nature of Cherry, the pet
catamount owned by Miss Jessie Van
Nest, in Tiffin, o., has at last mani
tested itself. Strangers are no long
err allowed in its presence, unless one
of the family is near by and, much
as the owner prizes her pet, she has
decided to dispose of it. Many peo-
pie in different cities will remember
this catamount as one of the main at
fractions at the cat shows, where its
frequent growl made its attendants
stand in awe. 1t is seldom one of
these animals is tanned. even when
taken as young as was Cherry. When
wild they are very savage, attacking
their victims with both teeth and
claws.
Cherry has grown larger, stronger,
and handsomer than even he APP
peared at the cat shows. The only
way Miss Van Nest can handle him
his claws and thus keep him in fear
of her. Although he is so strong that
she can scarcely manage him, she
daily puts him through course of
training which is calculated to sub
due him. As yet it has not been
necessary to cage Cherry, though it
no doubt would be if strangers had
charge of him.
Although usually referred to as a
catamount, to be more accurate,
Cherry is spotted lynx"-a species
which has often been hunted by
President Roosevelt. Miss Van Nests
father, while engaged as land ap-
praiser in Indian territory, found
Cherry on Bushy mountain nearly
two years ago. The nest of the
mother was located by an Indian,
and while the mother was away,
Cherry at the age of about four days
was captured. After being kept in
the camp of the United States land
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
UNIQUE FIRE ESCAPE.
Ii Consists of Series of Spring Plat
forms which Break the Force
of a Fall.

The accompanying illustration rep
resents fire escape which stands in a
class alone as far as novelty is con-
cerned, having a unique feature which
has probably never before been applied
to the work of saving people from burn
ing buildings. There might possibly be
one objection to the erection of this
apparatus on buildings, and that is the
strong temptation it will present to the
boys as "A plaything.
As will be seen, the idea is to erect a
series of rigid platforms alternately on
opposite sides of well inside build
ing"o or between two buildings, setting
each platform at such an angle that
anything sliding from it will strike on
the next platform at right angles to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
INNbUS11RY&@aa
SELECTIVE CONVERTER.
Invention Which Has Thrown ID 3w n
Barrier Between Alternating
and Direct Currents.

1t has long been known that certain
media present a much easier path to a
current of electricity when it is pass
ing in one direction than when the flow
is reversed. Peter Cooper Hewitt,
whose invention of the mercury-vapor
lamp has already made him known,
has been investigating this phenom-
enon and has based upon it what he
calls ''seiective converter" which is
epected to have important results in
the electrical transmission of power
The device is thus explained by "a
writer in the Electrical Age:
"The basis on which this apparatus
works is: when an alternating cur
rent is caused to jump through a
space filled with mercury vapor of a
given degree of attenuation, it presents
a ready passage to certain portions of
the wave, whereas other portions of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
TRAINING WILD ANIMALS.
to Handle Than Those Born
In the Forest.

One might think that lions, tigers
and leopards which have been born
in captivity and have never hunted
or killed prey would be less danger
Gus. On the bill-boards of shows the
big cats are advertised as forest
bred African, Kaffrian, Nubian and
Barbary lions," because it is more
impressive to the public; but in reali'
ty the trainers are much more wary
of those born in captivity.
The reasons are two: The lion has
lost his awe of man, and the men
have lost their awe of him. A forest-
bred lion never faces man in captiv-
ity. He always retreats before him,
and he will not allow a man to touch
him, unless he is trained to it. But
cage-born animal has been used to
men from his birth. He has been
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
English Scientist Declares 1t to De
"a Comet Which Appears Once
in 20 Years

1t has been supposed that the star
Bethlehem, the herald of the Chris
tian era, was in conjunction with two
planets. David Forbes, of London,
hazards the supposition that it was
the comet called Halley's comet, which
has an interval of approximately rs
years, ten months and six days. 1t was
last visible in October, 1885, and will
probably, therefore, been again in
1911. HALEY. who saw the comet in
1852, predicted its return in 1859.
Several Temperatures have been OBJ
served. Pompey's defeat of Mithri-
dates in 152 b. c. was signalized by one
appearance; Josephus mentions an
other at the destruction of Jerusalem.
about rs A. d.
Mr.. Forbes contends that one of the
returns Of the comet between these
two dates must have been about the
date of the birth of Christ. Some
months before the birth the wise men
saw 'his star" in the east. The comet
would then be on its course toward
the sun, on its return six months later
it would be in the zenith above Bethle-
hem about the end of December.
If the subsequent dates are COM
puted it will be noticed that the comet
was apparently Is years out, and
should have reappeared in 1920 instead
of 1885. Mr.. Forbes surmounts this
difficulty by remarking that it was not
until the sixth century that Dionysius
made out the present chronology, and
that he then made an error of Is years.
which became stereotyped. This year,
therefore, should be 1888.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
ADVENTURING.

Freddie went out to the woods one day
To hunt and have some fun;
And the woodpile was the forest gray,
While broomstick was his gun.
And Freddie he found him lion bold
Away on the mountain side;
And the lion was pussie, growing old,
Who purred at Freddie's side.
Then Freddie he wandered away and away.
All into robbers cave;
And he found him gold, but had to stay
AS the robber chieftains slave,
Till his mamma called as loud as she could
That the sugar cakes were done;
Then Freddie he crawled from the pile of
wood
With his lion nd his gun
Frank II. Sweet. in s. s. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
SPRING PLATFORMS BREAK FALL

the first. This of itself would break the
force of fall, and a person could drop
from the roof to the ground with no
more serious injury than severe shak-
ing up; but the inventor has placed a
spring cushion on each of these plat
forms, which would reduce to a mini
mum the jar occasioned by fall from
one platform to the next.
AS a person drops on one of the cush-
ions it yields beneath his weight and
then discharges its burden to the next
cushion, and so on, until the bottom of
the we'll is reached. when the person
picks himself up and makes his escape
through one of the exit doors provided,
none the worse for his fall. The in
ventor is Philip H. DERRICK, of Grand
view-on-Hudson, N. Y.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14

The sandblast has been successfully
applied to the cleansing of ships bot
toms. An ironclad was recently dry
locked in an English seaport, and, by
means of compressed air, sand was
forced against the sides of the vessel,
cleansing and polishing the iron and
steel until they became almost as
bright as silver.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14

The heart beat in animals continues
for some time after death. In France
the heart of p criminal beat for 30
hours after he had been decaDitated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Smart I'm Three VIEWS.

PARTNERSHIPS a smart woman, 10
she not?
Patrice-Yes; she manages an auto
mobile, a cook and husband with con
summate skill.-StraY Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-14
Motto of the United states.

The motto "E Pluribus Unum" was
taken from the title-page of the Gem
tleman's Magazine, at the time of the
revolution, having large circulation
In the colonies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
A JOHN BURROUGHS STORY
Famous Nature Students Sunrise
Walking Lecture to Vassar Girls.

John Burroughs. the well known nat
uralist, who will be the presidents sole
companion on his long rides in the Vel.
lowstone park this spring. is well
known in Washington. not, as else
where. in his capacity as naturalist,
but as an expert bank examiner long
attached to the Office of the comptrol-
Ter of the currency. for. like Irving
and Hawthorne. Howells. Richard
Grant White. Bret IIarte and others
of Il brilliant literary list whose names
will occur to most memories unaided,
he has mad" government work boil the
pot While his genius furnished his de-
light in life. says the New York Posts
correspondent. He is also held in high
regard by tie Washington disciples Of
Walt Whitman. whose friend and sim
cere admirer he was throughout the
poets life. What has astOnished many
of his old cronies in Washington is his
persistent b~achelorlood in the face of
the fact that he is esteemed so gen
orally by the won,rn and especially
the Young women with whom he is
lurOWil III COuldct. II is TcCullcu tudt
soon after he settled down in his home
on the banks of the Hudson he visited
~Poughkeepsie and looked eel the Vas
sar foundation. Something al said
to him by one of the girls about lee
turing to the college. II lecture only
on nature" he answered banteringly,
land my preference is to go to nature
for my inspiration instead of trying to
bring her to me indoors. If | were
sure of IN audience who would get up
early enough to hear me, l would give
a walking lecture tomorrow at sun
rise"
Not a little to his surprise he was
awakened the next morning about 3
o'clock by the voices of forty or fifty
girls on the doorstep and in the front
yard of the house where he was stay
ing--"a great pool of girls" as he after.
ward expressed it. bound not to miss
their walk. When l heard them whis-
pering and moving about. out came,
and we started. they crOwding after
and stepping Oh NY heels all along
they were so anxious to hear every
thing l said. But that didn't matter
I had stout shoes on"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
PROBING THE TRUTH
NJ
Continued From First Page.

Mr.. Goddard were there to get a
sworn statement from John P. Nc
Bride before the amputation should
be performed. The object of their
visit was explained by the father to
the son and the latter made a state
ment. Then, in answer to questions
asked by the lawyers, he gave fur
ther information regarding the shoot
ing. The patient then asked for the
document and read it, while he lay
upon the operating table, waiting for
the surgeons to amputate his leg.
After reading it, he asked that an
other line be inserted. After the in
sertion the wounded man signed the
statement in the presence Of Doctor
]. H. Rinehart and Doctor Cliff Lind
say.
The statement was submitted to the
court. After it was read MI. Goddard
stated that the state hoped by the
further testimony of Mr.. Hathhorn
" pIOVC CudC JllC WOuuuCu u1du ulu
not have any hopes of recovery, but
that he would not make such an ad.
mission to his folks.
Lawyer K%ingsbury for the defense
stated to the court the grounds upon
which they objected to the introduce
ton of the alleged dying statement.
He quoted from the statement the
phrases: "Tll show you when l get
better as proof that the wounded
man did not believe at the time OF
making the statement that he was
going to die.
About half an hour was devoted to
argument of the matter when it was
decided by the court that the state
ment could o. be introduced as evil
dence unless supported by further
testimony on the part of the state. A
recess of 10 minutes was then taken
to give the state time to prepare for
the Introduction of further testimony
in support of the alleged dying state
ment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24

Calling cards at The Gazette ONCE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24

Sweetwater country have received
copies Of a circular letter notifying
them that sheep would not be permit
ted to Craze within certain boundar.
les
At . meeting of the executive COIN
m't,ee Of the Fremont County Wool
grcwers' association Saturday, resolu-
t:ohv we're adopted holding accounta-
BILE to all members of the association
whose personal and property rights
shall be violated the person and prop
erty of the dead liners and pledging
full financial and other support to the
defense of the lines and the lives and
property of the men.
The resolution characterizes the
drawing of dead lines" as a violation
of federal and state statutes, and calls
on both federal and state officials, 9TH
err wool growers associations and all
persons interested for assistance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
U S PAY.
General RegaIdo Angry But Advises
Submission to Inevitable.

Washington, april 21-According to
advices received by the state depart
men, the Sa%lvadorean government
will pay the judgment rendered by the
arbitrator in the case of II Triumfo,
although it will do SO with i'll grace,
according to reports received here.
Before coming to this conclusion a
professional opinion was called for
from General Regalado, the former
president Of the republic. This opin-
ion stated that there was nothing
more unjust, nothing more vulgar
than the a~rbitrators' disregard for the
opinion of the Salvadorean arbitrator,
DR.. Pecas, whose powers were brutal
ly ignored by Messrs. Dickinson and
Strong. The opinion further declared
that the sentence which they render
ed was iniquitous, crude and immoral,
in several respects, but added that,
despite all equality and despite all
right, the consequences of that deci-
sion must weigh with Salvador for
the simple and obvious reason that
compulsion cannot be resisted by
force. Therefore, said General
Regalado, the simplest way to put an
end to this question is "hurling at
the claimant a little gold, with the
contemptuous manner of one who is
disposing OF something immaterial,
and thus not %conceding an iota with
reference to it's dignity and it's rights.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
WYOMING RANGEWAR
Sweet Water FlOCkmasterS Resolve
to Stand on Their Rights.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 20:-Sheep
men of the Sweetwater country have
declared open val on the cattlemen
and 2. clash is imminent unless steps
are at once taken to get the warning
factions together on the proposition Of
a satisfactory division of the ranges
of that section.
A report from Lander is to the ef-
feet that the militia there may be call
ed out to prevent a general fight and
much bloodshed.
Sheriff Charles Slough of Lander
has gone to the range country to in
vestigate the situation, and If he finds
the condition of affairs as alarming
as has been reported, he will imme-
diately make a formal request Of Gov
ernor Richards for at least one COM
pany of the state militia to patrol the
ranges.
Recently the sheepmen of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
YESTERDAYS CLOSE.
Witness Who Heard Shot and Saw
Mcbride.

Mrs. E. r. Kyle testified that on
the night OF November IL, 1902, she
was at the home of Mrs. Allen, who
lived in the house adjoining her own,
in South Twenty-seventh street. She
and Mrs. Allen we're in the house
when the shot was fired. They, she
and Mrs. Allen, went to the door and
looked out. On the opposite side and
directly across they saw two men
in the street. One OF the men was
in the act OF falling as they looked.
While he was falling they saw an
other man approaching the first. AT
terward they saw a man ap-
preaching from the same side
of the street on which they
were and walk toward the 9TH
ers. She recognized him afterward
as her husband. While the two were
carrying the third man across the
street she heard the wounded one ask
n OF the others if he was a police
man ana upon being answered In the
affirmative replied that he was sorry,
saying, 'Tm a gentleman and l have
a home here and can prove it,"
Cross-examined the witness said the
first thing she saw after having heard
the shot was a man falling. Immedi-
ately afterward she saw the second
man. The man she saw fall was run
ming toward the west, while the other
approached him from the west, going
toward him from the side of the
street on which she was.
r. B. Brooks, q barber, was the
next one called. He said he was in
hie shop in Minnesota avenue on the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
To sheepmen.

A thoroughly competent man de-
sires position as manager or foreman,
Firstclass references. Address w. H.
care Gazette. 194-6-lO2-z
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
For Sale or Trade.

Four room dwelling and five lots in
West Side addition, will sell at a
bargain. or exchange for live stock.
Edgar B. Camp, Billings, Mont. Real
Estate and Livestock Broker. d-sw.tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
Gov. Richards Condition Critical

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22.-Gov-
ernor Deforest Richards is sick with
acute Inflammation of the kidneys.
His condition is regarded as critical.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
Jack Root Given Decision.

Detroit, Mich, April 22.-Jack
Root was given the decision over
kid" Mccoy at the end of the tenth
round.