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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Rubber
 Stamps are actually made is at BROWNS STAMP WORKS,
 1821E Second Avenue. Phones: Peoples, 1924; Bell, 490.
MEASURING THE EARTH. Science of Geodesy Making Rapid
 Strides in Accuracy.
From the PhIladelphIa Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The science of geodesy is making rapid strides along the line of accuracy, and there Is not much left to be perfected in the way of method. The all important problem of modern, as well as ancient, geodesy, of course, is the measurement Of the dimensions of the earth, which en- ters into all practical work of survey ing, navigation and terrestrial physics.
 The International Geodetic association several years ago undertook the problem, the different nations having agreed to contribute their share toward an accurate determination. As has already been recorded, the determination was under taken in Ecuador in 1901 and extended from the Colombian to the Peruvian frontier and every possible refinement to attain the maximum degree of accuracy was adopted.
 The greatest difficulty is to secure an accurate base line, which is complicated by so apparently trivial a thing as the ex- pansion of the measuring medium. The latest refinement in the bar method is that originated by the United States coast and geodetic survey, using a single bar immersed in melting lee, the containing trough being carried on a suitable car upon a temporary track Later still. M. Guillaume discovered an alloy of GA per cent steel and 36 per cent nickel that possesses an exceedingly low co-efficient of expansion, and, consequently, offers the best medium for accurate base line measurements. This alloy is known as "invar," and is usually employed in the form of a wire supported by tripods and stretched by a definite weight. A very valuable piece of work on the Island of Bpitzbergen was completed with the use of his alloyed wire.
 Even the infinitesimal variation in the force of gravity at different portions of the earth IS not too insignificant to be disregarded and must be determined and R correction applied This delicate deter imitation is made by observing the pres sure of the atmosphere by the determin- ntion of the boiling point of water. and comparing the same with the barometric reading, ths difference, if any being con- sidered due to a variation in the action If the force of gravity upon the mercury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
shoemaklne In the Black Forest.

From the Shoe Retiler.
 The Black Forest of Germany, re- zion famous for centuries, Is hundreds of years behrd the present age in meth- ods of living and conducting simple in- dustries. Iris fact Is strikingly exem- plihed in the primitive ways the native follow In making leather and shoes. When a farmer kills his beef he takes the hide to the local tanner. who will keep 1t for two years before he considers it fit for the shoemaker. When the hide Is leather the shoemaker is informed of the fact
 Then some morning tho shoemaker comes to the farmers house with his kit of tools, and for the time being is one of the family. Every Katrina and every Johann Is marched before him and measured and the wrok of making shoes for the family begins. It may take month more or less, but he sticks to his job until every one ia properly shod, when he 8 away to the next customer needing his services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Just Like the Loan Sharks.

From the Chicago Journal.
 'I fell over the bulwarls," said ths sailor "and the shark came along and grabbed me by the leg"
 And what did you dor"
 q let him have ths leg. I never dis- pute with q shark"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Death Comes Gradually.

Did say death is coming to you grad ually? Oh, yes, he has sent message after message to notify you of his early arrival The hrst message came to you when you were about 20 years of age. You had a fearful attack of pneumonia For days and days they thought you could not get we'll You recovered partially, but your lungs since then have never been strong. Every winter you catch a cold Each year the cough is harder to get rid of. Or years ago when child you had an at tack of dreaded diphtheria. The nurse let us sit up too soon, and the strain was too great upon the heart. It left it weak For years you did not mind, but now the old trouble has come back Or the message came to you that death was on his way to your home in failing eyesight You have to put on glasses now when you read the Bible or the evening paper. Or you can hear his footsteps in your dulled hearing. You find out that people do not talk as loud as they used to do.
 You keep asking them the irritating question, Why do you not speak more distinctly than you do?' Or it came to you last week in a startling way. You had your picture taken to please the children. When the photograph came home you were shocked Why, when you placed that pict=re alongside of the last photograph of your father and mother you found that you looked just as old as they were when they died. Yes, like the leaf, an average man died grad ually. He begins to die first at the ex- tremities His hair whitens. His skin wrinkles. His hand trembles. The once steady beat of the heart becomes un- steady. The winoows of his eyesight are bedimmed. He mas a pain at the base of the brain because the circulation is poor. God gives to almost every man thousands of warnings instead of one warning that he is fading away as the leaf as the autumnal leaf
 Is not the figure of the leaf dying grad uaIly the symbol of the average mans death? Of course some leaves do meet g violent and a quick death, as nearly all wild beasts in their native haunts end their lives f.y a sudden tragedy. A mis- chievous squirrel may climb tree and jerk leaf from its moorings and toss 1t to the ground. The tall antlers of the deer may be the pruning hook to lay hare a branch. The keen ax may slaugh- ter the leaves as ruthlessly as the farm CTS scythe uows down the golden grain In order that the woodman passing the night in the forest may have soft couch 10 sleep upon at the foot of some giant oak. The suilen blizzard, sulking behind an arctic iceberg. may decide to make a spring journey back to the place where it had tried in vain to batter down the doors of a summer cottage during the past winter months and in one night de- stroy all the sprouting leaves. A forest fire may allow the flames to feed upon the tender foliage which has been ex- posed by nature for a few weeks to be colored by the light of the sun. Some men in their youth or in strong middle age in full health may be struck down by some accident or contagious disease as quickly as :. soldier upon battlefield may
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-26

Judge Morgan adjourned court
Tor two weeks, owing 10 the preva-
lence OF diphtheria at RaJhdrum.
There were 13 cases of the dread
disease In the town at the time.
school has been closed on accoun
of l..
Sheriff E. l.. Whitney was in
town ID short while Tuesday On
official business, He took an east
bound train out and we infer that
he was taking the trail of VIM. Cod
ley, the harnessmaAer, who Is
wanted Tor completely IN the CnI-
nese holGup.
M, + Boyle came up from
Bronx Monday returning Wednes-
day. he informed the HERALD
That Callahan IL Boyle had closed
down the logging camp until spring.
They have all their logs banked
amounting to $500, 600 feet. When
tney start up In the spring it will
be 10 put In 100000 feet more.
Fred c. Graham and wife, of
Elmlra, were III town last Friday.
Mr.. Graham informs us that his
fai her, ., j. Graham, has pur-
chased the Mike Conrey ranch, adj
joining other lands owned by the
Grahams, who have large tract of
very fine meadow land which they
are improving and putting into
timothy.
james Eckert, a prominent
rancher and stockman from Cope
land, passed through Tuesday on
his way home from Rathdrum.
Mr.. Eckert was transacting bust
ness with Mr.. q. l.. Fitzsimmons,
our county treasurer, having leased
from the state all of Sec. 36. L, "a
N, r. l W.. lying on the west eide
of the river. The tract referred to
is state school land, Several par
Ii, had an eye on this land but
Mr.. Eckert was the only ole to APP
pear and bid, so he secured the land
at the appraised value.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-26
He is a White Pine King

Peter Macarthur of the firm of
Macarthur Bros of Detroit, Mich,
was in Boomers Ferry on Wednes-
day. Macarthur Bros, are exporters
of white pine tlmbers and have
Offices in Mon, real and Detroit, and
annually send immense cargoes of
white pine timbers to Europe. He
is making a tour of the west and
dropped of here to see his repre-
sentative, Joseph May, the we'll
known white pine operator of Col.
burn. Mr.. Macarthur stated to tie
HERALD that he was securing from
north Kootenai some of the finest
white pine timbers in the world.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-26
MOravia

A box social Friday night at the
school house for the benefit of the
lamp Tnd.
Home, Gano would be missed if
he we've gone for he stands the ex-
pense of lighting the new school
house with seven good lamps, SO
that Moravia may have night ser
vices, etc.
Joseph Brooks came over from
Paradise Wednesday on business.
M. C. r. Burns fractured arm
is improving.
The school had holiday on the
22nd, which was the only celebra-
ton of Washington's birthday at
Molavia.
J. M. Hammell is afraid he will
have to send to Alberta for Ice.
Byron Walker comes out to
Moravia occasionally to see the
new store and eat prunes.
New goods arrive at the Walker
, store every week. Popular prices.
J. p. Dunn is nome from his
logging camp. ~
Z I ON EER.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-26
Episcopal Services

Rev. VIM. Bull of All Saints
Cathedral of Spokane, will hold
services in Bonners Ferry on next
Thursday evening at 7:30. All
are invited.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-26
A New Masonic Lodge

A dispensation has arrived to
organize Bonners Ferry Lodge, U.
d., A. f. and A. NJ. The grand
master of Idaho has appointed DR..
T. A. Bishop, worshipful master;
S. D. Taylor, senior warden; w. w.
Bush, junior warden.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-02-26
Focal and Personal

Il. j. Hummer is DacK from
trip to the mines.
"A. E. Farnham of Copeland is
spending a few days in town.
Mira. ]. E. Callahan left today
for Standpoint on visit.
- Get your candies of Phillips
the Baker All pure. home made.
B. f. Grace and family have
moved out &c their ranch.
Mrs. E. L. Little is on the sick
list this week.
II. w. Mclaughlin ana family
have moved into a residence in the
nrst addition.
Prof. S. Cooper and Judge
Walters of Naples, were over Mon
day to attend TIE masquerade.
Hairy Melder came over from
Spokane last Monday to attend the
K. of P. Masquerade.
T. j. Hollinger is busy arrang-
ing his goods in his enlarged store
room.
Although -four has gone up zoe
per barrel. bread is just the same
at the Model Bakery.
Walter Severn came down
from Hacvev's in the Round
Prairie country last Monday.
VIM. Elderton is home from
Eathdrum where he was serving
on the jury. He will return on
Mrrch 7.
Constable Kent conveyed a
Siwash to the skookum house last
Monday. The Indian was sent up
for 30 days for getting. too funny.
Mrs. A. E, Bunting, Mrs. L..
f. Boyker and Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
enoe Fry left Tuesday for Hope on
visit to their relatives. the Brant
Bros. and families.
Alfred Gillon, the mining and
timber broker. and wnO is also in
te' ested in a fine ranch in Rourd
Prairie has an interesting article in
this issue.
-Tho3. McKinzy, road super.
visor of district No. 35, lying north
of the Kootenai and east of the
Movie. was transacting business in
town last Monday and Tuesday.
The HERALD regrets that cor
respondenCe from McAsynut and
Naples were received zoo late fol
publication this week. They will
appear ia our next tissue.
Henry Litzenberger and wife
of Endicott, Wash, arrived Wed
nesday and are Wis ting NJ. enC
Mrs. w. l. Kinnear. They al,
Uncle and aunt of Mrs. Kinneat.
Prof. o. r. Shern went to Rath
drum Wednesday to assist Count,
Superintendent Egbers in holdini
the teachers examination. Mis-
Kercheval is teaching in his place
and Misc Rose Perkins is teachin
the intel mediate room.
John Muhlfeld and Charlie
Berger have purchased a plant n
mill which they will soon have il
operation, the machinery havin
= just arrived. They have a 5-hors
power gasoline engine. They wi
9 make a speciality of moulding
= castings, sash and doors.
The government Intends plar
. ing river gauge at the X.
= bridge to furnish reports to tt
agricultural department. 1t wi
. enable the government to report
!, localities on the Columbia as
{ flood matters and warn them
y in advance. Agent r. Shevale,
has been appointed observer.
Dave Davis is back from
y six weeks visit to his old home
! Wisconsin. Dave has four siste
( in that state whom he visited, b
y sides many old friends, whom
! had not seen for nineteen year
Mr.. Davis SAID he enjoyed his tr
= very mnch-but cold, ughl !
. place like the Kootcnai.
. The following from this pla
= were in attendance at court
Rathdrum this week in the Sayl
and HydOTn case: G. l.. Cnlliu
L -.-....... -. c..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-12-03

held. and, as the stanch bark slow11
flgn'ed, this caused her 10 pay slowlN
eli, and she gathered Roadway at the
same time. Slowly at first and then
with increasing speed she boundsA
along before the hurricane.
And now the sea began 10 rise In A.
its majesty. The masses of watse
swept in wild waves before the hun.
rlcane, their crests blowing of int
spray as they met the fun force of tho
WIND After several efforts the crew
succeeded in loosiGg a few inches 81
the foretopsail, and for awhile this heiA
hoply. Then came stronger pufe
IMAM usual. and the sail was torn bod
lily from the bolt-ropes, disap0earinl
IN the gloom like some huge white,
bird.
There was nothing to be done bus
run before the gale, and, after SEND
ing the mate and half the crew below
the captain advised Tom and Avery -
retire, which they did. somewhat re-
assured by the collected bearing Of TIA
skipper, who seemed to take il all aa
matter OF course. especially as the
wind was sending his vessel Just whers
be wished TO go.
In this manner three days and nights
passed, until il seemed to Tom that the
world was made up of wind, waves and
darkness.
On the fourth morning the wind be-
gan to abate and the sun appeared, en-
aoilng the captain to ascertain his DO
sition. Tie found that the Seabird baA
made IL knots an hour during the en-
tire period since the storm struck hen
which caused his satisfaction to show
itself in his round face enthusiastically.
Sail was now made. and ten DAYS later
the Seabird was sailing proudly on the
bosom of the Pacific, having roundea
Cape Horn with the greatest slant Of
wind the Old skipper had ever expert
enced. The vessels head was pointeA
TO the north. and Tom began to COM
pute the days before they could hops
10 reach San Francisco.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-12-03

Ing with pain, and trying TO get on hi.
feet.
Take my arm and see If you cant
stand" said Tom. Are you badly
hurt?"
My right arm is helpless, and my
aead goes round like a top" was the
faint reply; but I'm coming round all
right, / guess. l got q nasty clip from
one OF them cutthroats. came TO lust
as that chap pulled his gun on you. and
tried TO get up, but everything swan
round so l couldn't. You're plucky
chum-"
: Can you get up?" interrupted Tom,
hastily. IF you can I'll just find that
pistol and We'll get away from this
place. If not, III leave you the weapon
and go after help. I'm cut in the side.
but | don't know how bad it is"
A moments search discovered the
weapon, and after assisting the in
Jured man to his feet they were NOV
ing slowly up the wharf when a bright
ray OF light suddenly penetrated the
darkness and tall policeman appeared
. before them, throwing the searching
beams of dark lantern upon them.
What's going on down there?" he
demanded. Didn't / hear shot lust
a moment ago?"
Tom was about TO reply when his
companion exclaimed:
Two men knocked me down and
would have robbed me but for this man
here. who pitched into them. They
both ran up this way"
~ passed two men," said the officer.
One was tall ana the other short. Were
they the ones?"
Upon receiving an affirmative reply.
he turned on his heels and dashed off
In pursuit of the evildoers, who by this
time had made good their escape.
AS the avenue was reached a herdic
happened along and Tom hailed it at
his companion suggestion.
Take Us to the police station on Bat
.Iery street" he said to the driver, and
in few moments they stood before the
official in well-lighted room telling
their story. y physician was in attend
hnce upon prisoner and he soon made
a rapid examination of their wounds.
"a few strips of plaster will fix your
scalp all right" said he to the elder
man, land your arm is only numb from
the blow. You1l be all right to-mor-
row." Then turning to Tom, he added:
you have had a very narrow escape
from death, young man. That knife
was meant for your heart. As it is. ii
glanced on rib and there is no damage
done. 1t is only a slight flesh wound.
which will give you no trouble what
ever"
y few moments sufIiced TO dress the
cut properly, and after turning over the
knife and revolver TO the authorities,
to aid in Identifying the two robbers,
Tom was about to start for his hotel
when his new acquaintance said, blunt
ly:
Hold on a minute. I'd like to know
the name of the man who stood by an
old chap tonight and saved my life.
How did you happen along so handy
like?"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-12-03

-, As' Shot out with tremendous

-. ist shot out with tremendous
force.
Down went the man like a stricken
OK and Tom grappled with the other
with shout of triumph. His blood was
up, and, lifting his smaller opponent
bodily from the ground, he shook him
as mastiH would terrier.
Hands Off" painted the helpless
man, fercely. Curse you, what are
you trying to do?"
He was not long in doubt, for Tom
hurled him against the side of stone
building with such force that he fell in
an inert heap and lay motionless.
Tom turned to see what had become
of the taller man, but at that instant he
felt sharp pain in his side and strong
hand seized him by the throat and bent
him backwards, while a hoarse voice
Kissed in his ear:
Take that for your pains, you med
ding fool"
With desperate effort he twisted
himself free from his assailant. spring
ing aside barely in time to escape an
other lunge of the murderous knife he
had just felt.
Again the fellow lunged viciously at
him, but Tom caught his wrist, and a
desperate struggle ensued. Although
much the stronger man Tom found it
no easy task to avoid the blade, and the
two swayed back and forth over the
snow, the man trying to free his hand
for decisive stroke, and Tom bending
all his efforts to prevent it. Soon, how
, hiS iron ~,
felt his enemy's muscles relax. Putting
all his strength into a supreme effort
he wrenched the knife free, exclaim-
ing:
i've got you now, you murderer, and
1 don't leave you till you are behind the
barsi"
But even in the moment of his victory
he felt cold ring of steel pressed
against his ear, and these ominous
words sounded behind him:
Hold up your hands, mister, or
you're dead man. Quick, say, or I'll
shootl"
1t was moment of fearful peril.
There was murder in the mans tones
and Tom felt it. He released his grasp
slowly, and the larger man pushed him
suddenly backward, crying:
Shoot him, you idiotI"
His action saved Toms life, for the
other man pressed the trigger at the
same instant, the bullet passing n foo,
In front of the young mans face, and
hattening against the wall at his side
Tom still retained the knife, and with
quick slash he struck the hand which
held the revolver, causing the owner to
drop II, with yell of pain, and dash of
toward the street at full speed, followed
by his companion, who had evidently no
desire TO face Tom alone.
AS the men disappeared he turned, to
find the stranger he had rescued groan n
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-12-03
(ro BE CONTINUED
KANSAS SNAKES ARE BUSY
One Wound Itself Around a Farmer.
Neck and Another Attacked
Peaceful Horse.

The Leoti (Kan) Standard saws tbss
the other day Nick Schwindt unhar-
messed his horse at the barn and hung
the harness on peg. The harness was
equipped with fly nets, and the evening
being quite dark Nick supposed the meta
to have fallen back across his shoulder.
After several futile attempts to shake
the-something off, il circled his neck
and NICK backed out into the light an6
began to tussle with a real live snake.
he finally shook the reptile off, but in
doing so he received a painful bite on
one of his fingers. AS the snake was ono
of the common bull variety DO bad re-
suits followed
Another story is told by Louis Ger
stenberger, of Marienthal Mrs. Ger