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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
SCIENCE BEATS NATURE,
lmpIe me nts of Present-Day Laborn.
tory Make the Human Organs
Seem Gross.

The eye and the ear have long been
regarded as marvels of mechanism,
quite the most wonderful thing in the
world But compared with the implc-
ments of present day laboratory, the
sensitivcness of all human organs
seems gross enough, says Harper's
Magazine. a Photographic plate
coupled with telescope will reveal
the presence of millions OF stars whose
light does not affect the retina in the
least. The microscope, too, with its
revelations of the world of the infinite
ly small, tells us how crude, after all,
is this most delicate Of the senses. In
deed, we may liken it to a piano. where
only a single octave toward the middle
sounds. From the ultra violet to the
lowest reaches Of the spectrum is a
range Of some nine octaveS of like vi
brations, Of which. save for our new
mechanical sense. we should never have
been conscious of but one.
The ear hears little of what is going
on around MS, BY means of micro
phone the tread of a fly sounds like the
tramp of cavalry. Our heat sense is
very vague; we need variation of II
least onc-tifth Of degree on Their
mometer 10 realize any difference in
temperature. Prot Langey's little
bolomctcr will note the difference of
n millionth Of a degree. II is 200, 900
times as sensitive as our skin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
The New Government Printing ONO,
Mt Washington VIII Excel
All Others.

IF the shade of Herr Gutenberg
new government printing Office is
completed and roam through that cs-
tablishmcnt he would note n few
changes in the art of which he is the
father. The biggest printing shop
in the world will he established un.
der the roof of the mammoth build
ing now nearing completion on North
Capitol street, reports the Washing
ton Star.
The printing bills of Uncle Sam
are enormous. He is great pro-
motor of publicity. He drives thou
sands of men day and night to turn
out millions of copies of every kind
n 50-volumc set of 6OO-pace hooks.
lie publishes a daily journal during
a portion of the year. He loads en-
tire cars with bulky documents and
ships them thousands of miles TO
ultimately gladden. the heart of the
ragman. He runs a bindcrv and
turns out marvels of leather and sat
in coverings. He has an illustrating
department and makes maps and
beautiful half-tonc pictures.
And all this work has been done
heretofore in ramShackle old
shop, SO shaky that every workman
has kept one eye on his case and the
other on the nearest exit But there
will he no excuse for criticism
in the now building. 1t will be a
marvel of convenience, safety and
cQiIiDrnCnt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

to himself, but when others enter the
field and all are making their little
waves, though they may not interfere
with each other, nevertheless the oper-
ator who receives them and reduces
them to the English language will have
rather difficult task.
"The Marconi system undoubtedly
has enormous value, chiefly for ships
signaling each other or with the shore
during fog. Cable companies and Mar
conf can both live in the same world
in perfect accord One system will not
interfere with the other. The Marconi
system can perform new services with
out encroaching on the cable compo.
MICS sphere"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
Jay Cookies 40. l.. j. Account"

When Jay Cooke was In business,
there always stood upon his ledger an
account called the 80. p. j. Account"
At each scmiannual closing OF the
books of Jay Cooke & Co. n tenth Of
the firms profits were passed to this
account and thence distributed in char
!ty and in the advancement of religious
teaching. a great deal OF money a
tenth, i'm fact, Of all that the firm
earned during It's long life-was thus
devoted so hpnevolcnce. The account
was called go. 7. j." because those let
tiers stand for odd Patriarch Jacob"
and Jacob, as Hii christians know. was
the inspired or.,..'tor OF the system
Of giving tithcS tu God. When the firm
of Jay Cooke \ Go. failed Mr.. Cooke
has since recovered his fortunes nobly
Its head said: How wise we were to
give q tenth OF our profits always to
%. T. j. Otherwise all that moncy
would have been lost too."-philadel.
pha Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
PASSING OF CORK-STOPPERS.
Ing Why TO BottIc-ClosinS De-
vices of Many kinds

The man who made the discovery
many long wears ago that little
tapercd cylinder Of cork was the
very best bottle stopper has only
been exceeded as a practical genius
by those who, within the past CEN
fury, have set themselves 10 work to
improve upon and undo this early in
vention. and to get upon the mar
ket anything else than cork" On
both hands there have been sue
cesses, the cork people having by
improved machinery reduced their
price SO that there is still to-day
nothing cheaper for the closing of
a bottle; the patent stopper men
for their part, having shut off the
avenue for the use of corks, coming
TO absolutely control certain lines of
trade
Yet the beginning of the end may
almost certainly be seen "as through
a glass darkly." After five centuries
of use, says the New York Times,
the cork-closing bottles are passing.
slowly and with many an effort to
hold their own, but passing. never
thclcss. Rubber, metal, glass, paste
board and pulp are the now cover
ings of the day that here and there
are taking the cork's place. There
are financial rewards almost be-
yond the bounds of imagination for
the inventor who hits the popular
taste for cork substitute. or if not
for the inventor. at least for the
lucky manufactures who manages to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

found your first Judgment faulty
one" He felt very foolish after this fiat
remark.
II have remembered your name" she
said graciously. Ills heart swcllcd.
There are n great many better Amer
leans than l." he saiG. You forget our
president and our statesmen"
Il thought they were mer> politi-
clans"
Grenfall Lorry. localized, retired to
his berth that night, his head whirling
with the emotions inspired by this
strange, beautiful woman. How lovely,
how charming. how naive, how queen
ly. how Indifferent. how warm, how
cold-how everything that puzzled him
was she. His last waking thought was:
"GugCcnslockcr. An angel with n
name like that
frTD IIF t'G\I'I %T-I.1Dl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Sir George Power, one Of tho roUcst
of English iaronets, WAS Formerly on
the stage. and was In the original cast
of the earlier sullivan operas.
The car of Russia is the largest in
dvidu1l landowner in tho world rho
area of his possessions rs "rcator than
that Of the Republic Of France.
Abdul Tlamid. Sultan Of Turkey has
lust celebrated his Goth birthday. Thirty-
four Cthmans have rcigncd in Turkey.
and tine longest reign was less than 20
years.
Edward II. Morris, who is said 10 have
drawn the Illinois municipal ownership
hill. is a coorcd lawyer who represents
the first district of the first and second
wards in Chicago.
Miss Thoodosia Ammons, who rcIro-
scented Colorado at the national suffrage
convention IN New Orleans, is professor
of domestic science and dean NJ women
I'm the state Agricultural college at
Boulder.
Prof Charles w Shields, professor i'm
Princeton University, who has Just be
come professor emeritus, was born at
New Albany. Ind. in 1925, and was cdu-
Gated at Princeton. both ia the college
and the seminary.
The trustees of Teachers College, New
York, have named Mrs. Mary Schcnck
Woolman to be professor of domestic
art at the college from July !. Mrs
Wooman is the third woman to be ap-
pointed to a full profossorship.
One Of the OQuenGo's nve-inch guns will
be sent to Palmyra, y. Y, the birthplace
of Admiral Sampson, where it will Do
erected in tho public park. The OuuonIo
was one Of the Spanish warshlps sunk
he Ia
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
Mans Inhumanity to Man.

First DetcCtive-iIOw did you man.
age TO get confession from that dcs-
peradoi
Second Dfoctive-Woll. you sec, we
Travelled together by rail for 200 miles
FIRST Detective-B what had that
to do with his confession?
Second Dct~ctive-I bought cigar Of
the train boy and Gnye it 20 him. After
smoking it h" thought no was going to
die, so he told me evcrything.-C Chicago
News
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

about how to treat simple maadics
such as occur frequently in house.
holds That may he 80. but nursing
is now recognized profession, and
those engaged in it do not look favor.
ably on those whom they regard as
matrimonial interlopcrs. So the Ell
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

That IS why bought your name Of the
porter. l shall always say that I know
fall Lorry."
Her frank statement staggered him
almost beyond the power of recovery.
Il am honored," he at last mau-
aged to say, his eyes cleaning with
embarrassment. Il trust you have not
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
For IA Texas state Park.

Texans are again urging that the
battlefield of San Jacinto he made a
state park The state bought the land
some time ago, but little has yet been
done to improve and beautify il for
park purposes, and the neighboring
farmers pasture their COWS there.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
Explosion OF AcetyIenc Gas.

Acctclync gas. as shown 10y tha
berlin experiments, VIII invariably
explode If "A detonator is in actual
contact with it, but not otherwise.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

The British government is about ID
appoint n committee to arrange for
replauting the woodlands in Scot.
land.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
THE AUTOMOBILE PROPHECY

The fourth verse of the second CHAPTER
Of the book of Nahum reads: "1he char
lots shall rage in the streets, they shall
jostle one another In the broad ways
they shall seem like torches, they shall
'un like lightnings.'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

When doctors fail try Rurdock Blood
Bitters. Cures d} Spepsa, constipation.
invisorutes the whole system.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21

Americans are making an effort 60 es-
tablish steel plant at Flushing. Holland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
The Gncen'A RcbnI.e.

GRO BE CONTINUED.l
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
WAY OF THE STOCK MARKET.
Pittsburg Syndicate Clears Up a For.
tune,

New York, June 16.-Although It is
generally conceded that the bears
have been responsible for many Of the
declines in stocks during the last
month, and that they have made mill
ions of dollars in profits, there is a
radical difference of opinion in regard
4ir identity, and Wall street is
divided as to how far such people as
the Rockefellers have contributed to
the shaking down in prices. Some
said John w. Gates had good deal
to do with the slump, others that
James Keene took hand, but these
guesses are wide of the mark.
The highest authorities agree that
the Standard Oil people have been
aggressive in shaking out spectators,
but things have gone much further
than they had any idea. A group Of
capitalists who have frequently been
referred to as the Pittsburg crowd,
with $1O,OOO,O0O to $15,00O,0OO of their
own money, has been the real force
that drove stocks down, and l hear
they have made fully 100000 since
they began operations this 81 ling.
They have the best banking and
brokerage connections, with facilities
for finding out, as far as it can be
done. what the financiers are doing
or are not doing. They have experts
in this country and Europe studying
every phase of business and conditions
that bear on the stock and grain mar
kets.
With all available resources at
their command, they are prepared to
plan campaign and act Immediately
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
IDAHO NEWS.

Wallace will have fourth of July
celebration.
The log drive on the upper st. Joe
is over for the season.
Wardner Is free at last from the scar
let fever quarantine which has been
in force for some time.
A large number of farms in the VI
cinity of Lane, Idaho. have recently
been sold to German farmers from
Wisconsin.
p. o. Fredland, a resident Of Burnt
ridge, near Troy, was killed recently,
while working in a well by a cave-in
of half ton of clay.
Reports from the Kendrick neigh
borhood are that growers on Bear
creek will begin picking and shipping
strawberries this week.
The new passenger and freight
steamer recently built for w. w. Fer
rel at the head of navigation caught
fire and burned to the waters edge
and sank recently.
-Four carloads Of fat hogs were
shipped to Seattle last week from
farmers in the surrounding section
about Juliaetta. Price, $5.65 hundred.
This shipment, A. is believed, will be
the last for number of months.
During violent wind and rain storm
recently Harvey Hill, timber foreman
for the Hope Lumber company, was
blown from the boom and drowned in
the lake. He leaves wife. Hill was
about IS years of age, and was popu-
lar man.
The most disastrous passenger
wreck in the history of the Oregon
Short Line in recent years occurred
within the city limits of Pocatello at
11:35 a. m. recently, when No. 2, the
eastbound fast mail, struck a mis-
placed switch at the west end of the
yards just as she was pulling into
town and went into the ditch. AS a
result Fireman Henry Bowers is dead
and Engineer Evan Williams and Mail
Clerk Ben A. Campbell are seriously
injured, but there were no casualties
If any kind among the passengers.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

An award has been made of 22,5O0
to Miss Birdie N. Mccarthy of Wayne,
Mich, against James HEREFORD of Lake
county, Ore, in a breach Of promise
suit.
]. C. Coggins, who is wanted by the
postoffice department on charge OF
forging money orders throughout the
country, was arrested in Eugene, Ore,
recently by officers while trying to pass
bogus money order for $50 upon a
clothing house of that ci
While in an intoxicated condition.
Dan Beer of Silverton, Ore, walked
off the bluff at Oregon City and fell
to the railroad track below, a distance
of 80 feet. He escaped uninjured
That the man escaped with his life is
miraculous, for the bluff at the scene
of the mishap is almost precipitous
and is of a rocky formation.
1nree prospectors recently found
the decomposed body of a man on
| Wagner creek divide. Appearances
indicated that the body had lain there
several months and had been prey fol
W!lu animals. IL IS peieNeu 'he Do''
is that of Charles II. Mccartney OF
Topeka, Kan A pistol was lying be
side the uody, and it is supposed that
he committed suicide.
A small forest reserve has been ere
ated on the borders of northern Grant
and southeastern Morrow counties
six townships IN Morrow county have
been withdrawn from settlement
which includes about all the timbered
land in the county. The north half OF
township I, ranges Is. % and so; the
west half of township s, range 81; al
south and east in Grant county, have
been withdrawn from settlement This
brings the reserve within five miles OF
Ritter.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

Weather, crop reports and labor con-
ditions all show improvement and the
feeling has grown that damage from
the foreign sources has been overesti-
mated Wholesale business generally
is still seasonably quiet, but already
an improvement in tone is noticeable
as the result of the better outlook ag-
riculturally. Railroad earnings are
good as a whole, though, as expected,
western floods have curtailed June
gross receipts somewhat. Wool is
steady, but business is light at the east,
while at the west new woods are mov-
ing quite freely.
Lumber shows a firm tone. Hard
ware is quiet. The jewelry trade is
dull. Groceries are active and reflect a
better demand. Refined sugar adj
vanced 10 cents per 100 pounds. COT
fee is firm.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
A HERO.

lone, Ore, June 16.-"Less" Matlock,
cousin of man drowned in the food,
killed one saddle horse and rode two
others until they dropped exhausted in
bringing the first news of the catastro-
phe from Heppner. The horseman ar
rived in four hours coming 30 miles.
When the overwhelming extent of the
cloudburst became apparent, Matlock
jumped on one of the tieetest animals to
be had at that hour. With the roar of
the flood and crashing of the elements
in his ears, his path beset every step
by washouts, he urged his mount for
ward for IS miles in order to reach lone.
1t was necessary to make numerous
detours out of the regular road. He
stopped at rancher's house and Sc
cured fresh horse when his had failed.
He reused the town with the news that
Heppner had been destroyed and near
by all its people killed. Within two
hours everyavailble rig was pressed into
service and started for the scene.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
A CURIOUS MISTAKE.
Still Born Child Mistaken for Laun.
dry PACKAGE.

Tacoma, Wash.-The newly born
child discovered in a laundry bundle
at local laundry recently was the
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Waters
of South N street, Tacoma. WheE
the marker" at the laundry opened
the bundle and the body of well
formed child was found therein the
police were notified and took posses
sion of the tiny remains, which were
afterwards given over to the undertake
err for burial. The case proves to be
probably one Of the most extraordinary
on record, fol while investigation
proves the child to have been still
born, the substitution of the remains
in the laundry package for bundle of
soiled linen is without parallel in news.
Taper records.
When the police visited the address
given on the bundle they found the
family of Michael Waters, a wood deal
err. and regular practicing physician
in attendance on case of still birth
Inquiry reveals that the family was
preparing to bury the wrong bundle
when the investigating officers arrived
with their explanations, and had the
laundry man not reported the remarka
BILE find probably the mistake in wrap
ming up the bundle would not yet hav,
been discovered.
The nurse had sent to the laundr,
what she supposed was bundle o
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
SPOKANE MARKET REPORT,
Retail Prices on Provisions In That
City,

City.
Vegetables-Newp potatoes, 6 lbs Csc
old, SOC cwt; head lettuce, 10c lib; to-
matoes, zoe ID; green peppers, 35@50c
Id; radishes, punches SC; dried on
ions, 1c lb or 81 sack; green onions,
3 punches &c; cucumbers, California
l5@20c each; beets, punches 10c;
carrots, punches &c; parsnips, 2
lunches for SC; cauliflower, 15@25o
head; rhubarb, 10 lbs for Csc; green
peas, Oregon, 10c Id; Walla Walla, 10c
lb; spinach, 4@5c lb; fresh mint, &c
bunch; horseradish root, 10000 lb;
cabbage, 4@5c lb; celery, punches
Csc; turnips, punches 10c; asparagus,
1Oc lb.
Fruits-Lemons, 15@30c doz; apples
&c lib, 75c@$2 box; oranges, 20@40c
doz; lines, zoe doz; pineapples, 300
SOC each; straw berries, Clarke's Seed
ling and Sharpless, for 25c; Hood
River, 2 for 35c; bananas, 25@35c doz;
cherries, zoe lb; Walla Walla cherries,
l5c III; So, seberries, 1Oc basket; cur
rants, 10c basket.
Poultry-Spring chickens, 40@65c
each; chickens, dressed, 1S@20c lb.
Dairy Products-Creamery butter
25Q3Oc lb; country butter, 10000 lb;
oleomargarine, 35@40c roll, zoe lb;
cheese, 1S@25c lb.
Eggs-20c doz; case, $5.25.
Honey-Lb, zoe.
GRAIN ond Foad-Tfmnthu hav f1 Or
cwt, $21@23 ton; grain hay, SLIPS cwt
s21@23 ton; alfalfa, $1.2O cwt, 5000
81 ton; chicken feed, s1.35 cwt, $25
ton; oats. $1.25 cwt, s24 ton; bran, 95c
cwt; bran and shorts, 81 cwt: shorts,
s1.1O cwt; barley, $1.30 cwt; corn, s1.5O
cwt.
Seeds-Timothy, TIC lb, $3.50 cwt;
alfalfa, 1Sc lb, SIG cwt; red clover, 1Sc
Id, SIG cwt; white clover, zoe lb, $26
cwt; redtop, lac lb, $12 cwt; rye grass,
l2c lb, SO cwt; bluegrass, zoe lb, SIS
cwt; orchard grass, tic lb, SIS cwt.
Flour-Wholesale, eastern hard
wheat, s5@5.50 Dbl; retail, fancy pat.
ents, $1.20 sack; standard brands, Sill
sack; common grade, s1.10 sack; low.
est, 81 sack; Washington wheat, $40
$50 Dbl.
Sugar-$6.5O 100 lib sack. IA lbs ST.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, roos
tiers lie, hens 13c Id, live weight; eggs
fresh, S. case; eastern dressed hens
Ice lb.
Vegetables-New potatoes, $2.5(
cwt; potatoes, 35c cwt; onions, 500
75c cwt.
Live Stock-Steers, $4@4.75; cows
$325@4; mutton, ewes, $3Q3.50 cwt
wethers, $3.25@S.75 cwt; hogs, live, 81
cwt; dressed, S@Shc lb.
Eastern Dressed Meats-Steers, 9,
lb; cows, SIC lb; veal, 10@12c lib
hogs, 9@10c lb; chickens, Ice lb
spring chickens, S5c Id.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
KING AND QUEEN MURDERED
SERVlAN RULERS AND MEMBERS
OF COURT SHOT DOWN.
Prince Peter karageorgeviteh Pro-
claimed King Of Servia-Peopie Ae'
cept Him Without Murmur-Par'
ticulars of the Crime Related by
Leader of the Criminals.

The assassination of King Alexan
der and Queen Draga, the latter's two
brothers, the Servian premier, minister
of war and former minister of war, per
petrated in the dark hours of the night
by a band of officers, and the procla
nation by the army of Prince Kara
georgevitch, pretender to the throne
as king of Servia, have apparently, it
may be said, been accepted by the
capital and the Servian people without
a murmur.
The only new element in the situa-
gent classes in favor of the abolition
of a Servian monarchy altogether, and
the creation of republic, and this SEN
timent is shared by at least one men,
Der of the provisional government.
story From Berlin.
The Belgrade correspondent of the
Lokal Anzeiger sends number of par
ticulars of the assassinations, which
were given him by Lieutenant Colonel
Mischitch, the actual leader of the con-
spiracy. The conspirators, he says,
were exclusively junior army officers
and included no generals among them.
King Alexander received several warn
ing letters, one appointing Whitsunday
for the tragedy. When that day passed
Queen Draga remarked to her maid
of honor:
I'd mi
write, but no one ventures to act"
During the evening before the as
sassination the conspiring officers as.
sembled in cafes adjacent to the palace
and created an impression Of loyalty
by frequently demanding that the mu.
sicians play certain piece named af-
ter Queen Draga. In the fight at the
Palace gates, according to Colonel Mis-
Glitch. 10 men were killed and 20
wounded.
When they discovered the king and
queen in their hiding place in the al
cove Colonel Mischitch demanded King
Alexander's abdication. The king re-
piled in loud voice:
81 am not King Milan. will not
allow myself to be frightened by few
officers. Do you understand that?"
Then the colonel demanded that the
king Danish Queen Draga. The mon
arch replied by embracing and kissing
his queen. Both were then shot.
Coming into the palace under
cloud Of suspicion and disliked by the
people over which she was to rule, the
late Queen Draga had life of tur-
moil from the day of her marriage.
1t is said that the queen physically as
saulted her liege lord on one occasion,
and on another his majesty is said
to have slapped his consort's face.
Only a few days ago report came
from Belgrade that the new French
cook had committed suicide because
he had been detected in an attempt
to poison the queen. 1t was indeed a
strenuous life that royalty led in the
palace at the Servian capital.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

Word was received from Frank, Al
berta. N. w. T., that horse, buried in
the mine at the time of the great rock
slide. was found recently alive and in
such condition that it may live. 1t
was 5000 feet below the surface, with
no food. but plenty of water. 1t had
lived thus more than month.