The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-09-30
CURIOUS EXPEDIENIS
maKesHFTs THAT SERVED USEFUL
PURPOSES.

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Dynamite Used Fer DFisiRs piles.
Guns have other uses than that Of
killing We all know thas hundreds
Of clocks are set from the ! O'Clock gun
fired by electricity from Greenwich
observatory, but moi everybody III
aware thal rifles haze supplied m1is
ture la desert countries TO travellers
dying Of thirst aud thus saved their
lives.
In the great Sahara some time ago.
says pearsous Weekly, a globe trUster
who wanted water badly. found it pos
slbIe 10 collect a drink out Ut the mere
dampness 90 tic sand. lie SUNK the
barrel u hla gun into tllr ground aud
It collected enough moisture III the
bore ID stay his thirst. Timely suck
~ d gan mu4z!e lass saypi aauy iiyea
iii the sua seoFeAtsl deserts M tAe
tropics.
Water ran short oa merchant yes
sel iii mid-AllanIic MT ilns ael ana
the errN dld not ktlaw What t. 10 to
obtain drink The captain. however,
hil upon b brilliant idea.
He had 1 uH4ilarr of sporting gHns
Ia his eabin. ana. taking tlem un d.-s-il
be plugged un ti4e bree2ll ends. uliesi
tic buFpa with sra uHivr and s,t tl4eln
them eI.d up among glle eaais % liie
galley nre
As lhe strsHu gathered be ran it
through other gran iaaFreiR until n cool
al. Ihe sErau roi.r,tesi Id tbs shape
~ r1rrileut fresh water, aAd Ia this
was the crew were supplied Wslh suf.
neient moisture uAtit tlar vessel touch
es1 port
IL yyu were - arap into tiir liatlses
OF ihc freaeh stasants Yau would a.
struek aiih thr faes tiAas practically
ss@ft mah Hnd WOMAN lstk,xi his ~ het
nrv Witil t,agatsgt
ssuac tWtUH hayutar,s ,'oniirfun,y1
stores - gav tretlsa aFuy ana uesd Ia
ihn Frau,g i'ylse4au War lasr found
theiF way lula iAs, h,.lurs - poser peas
ants, sit1 gap ,hrm Hr nv, IRONS
1h~ iafA kuth. t,nunt ffoA t.tnvra
~ a. pblu UlGh ausas neatr t,i ga
prseurr q chart vg usr Scottish s4ast
@hvn srgliBE sAil TAv captain had
HsFeF be~a 90 uA,sn t-.flre. aud. not
Wishing e. Fvfusa 90 uemrEar0 10 get
chart he loaAoi ats3ut the vessel far a
substitute
ilc d4srgvpsssi caitsleaian rauway
tlt5r table. wi'h the railway alsP a
tara~i tbs7 tylgsd tln oug W hss ~
neultt. flr IL ar'@I alisadsliy TO q eca
gatlv Ttte KuiA eaf d. gsaa tbs Atlan
tie aAd after sailing ap the weag coast
81 Scotland drpgial hrF anchor safety
III ohau less
Without fha railway map tbs esp
tain wu8jd uryrt hafr Esg his ssasri
safety through ffe Intricate channels
tiassl ateel Wasn't astlsinabia Rlaen
tbs tsfFiaaus W&sh=I 81 manufacture
e9uFv usW gisief FER shslr army 80 tleef
purchased taua nj h9ges~isae aa5ls
; vhiah had l=-ga kseari at-sat IT, raads
Of tt5r aarsA tg Hsresa iauumssatle
1IAs EHnmshsrs faHH4 us.su .srrgvs.t
HutsstaRee f1F ghe manufacture 1t ride
isaFrzla. faF fte uaIis flaar ssf ginaliy
81 The isaf metal ahtatuablr. HAD ~
cslHwi ffnm The constant pounding "
tliu harHsss fesi On Aag3 raada a pazcul
laf aHneallRs a4d taagarnHk
Il is quite Fessftfe gitAf yea are wear
ing ea te8r haaHs te#iaY drawn up
lawyers briefs at ancient tits ler,la
When kad lratasr wa at premium
the fpnrh eEavmHakrrz hunted high
ami hp far s. substitute aue frm.
mqre Inns aEaua than Fhe rest baught
ny old rHrthmruts ~ all descriptions
They rarefaEzy rematrt tho iul marks
a q H.
parchment tgl1 gloves
Eref ssnrs that particular Hrtn haa
supplied ifitau with Hnest French
hid gloves made IT parchment Tho
vellpm clippings iest over when the
gloves ara made are halifi down and
turBssl into letter cares aud Hnrscs.
The british faFeca Herr about to
cross the Glands river during The late
Her war when Il VAS discovered that
It vas impossible ta construct trr#fip
bridge ncrasa II. Tor tte bea Of tho
river WAS nothing hHf quisAeaHi rlles
had 70 ha driven hut no pile driver
was handy
Tho officers ~ the engineers. how
ever. nvrryamc tho difficulty in WY
that startled the general in enmmand
Of Tho troops Tho HBppors wadcsi into
The water set W the piles AMI laid Iron
plates on zach uup On thvac small
charges of dynamite were placed and
fired.
After tho explosion the plies were ~
firm an II they had bevn driven In hy n
steam hammer Dynamite explnsica
downward with terrific force. aud
anything below u is pounded deeply
into the rnrth
Mr. FoallSke. engineer I'm charge Of
the Aaaka dam on the Nile. HcuttieI a
ship to save his cherished earthworlgs
from ruin The dam partly burst, and
the grcat rush OF water was forcing
the banks from below.
Something Ind to be done TO stop tho