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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
LIeHTNINe's POWER TO DRILL.
VIII Pierce Through Rock Which
Would Turn Cold Steel.

Lightning, when in the mood, has
an ugly habit Of drilling" writes an
English observer, according to the
Philadelphia Record. ut will drill the
hardest rock-rock which would turn
cold steel; and not only drill, but Wit
rify it. They have found in Cumber-
land channels thirty feet deep and
from two to four inches in circumfer-
ence. The interior was hard glazed
where the solid substance had been
melted by tho stabbing flashes Arti-
fetal experiment has shown that a
powerful shock from a battery will
vitrify finely powdered glass; but not
feldspar or quartz The lightning,
however, does it in the manner de-
scribed-not in one place, but in many,
showing that before striking the
ground 1t divided into several
branches, each strong enough to pene-
trate and liquefy the solid rock"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Trauic Result Of a Kiss.

At times kiss has 6een the prelude
to a traeic sequel, as was that be-
slowed in 1718 by Prince Ferdinand Of
Bavaria upon Princess Thyra, the near
relation of ruler Of neighboring
state, where he was on visit This
affectionate greeting, needless whim
of the moment, was given under the
very eyes of the princess bethothed,
who, naturally taking umbrage, sound
ly rated the thoughtless prince. Words
came to blows, which resulted in a
duel being arranged, and diplomatic
relations between the. two states were
broken off. In the war that followed,
although hostilities lasted but six
weeks, over thousand lives were sac
rificed.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Retaining the Sahara Desert.

As a result Of recent scientific In
vestigations 1t may be possible to re-
wise our ideas of the barrenness of the
Sahara desert. since It has been found
by boring that there are numerous
springs which rise to the surface and
make possible system Of irrigation.
In the territory to the south of Algeria
government irrigation survey has
been at work making a series of deep
test borings, some Of which are as
deep as 1900 feet. In this way con-
siderable water has beel encountered
and in certain GASES already twice the
usual amount Of water has been made
available for the palm groves.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Absent Minded.

Dear me, Bridget, isn't it tine you
learned to set the table without help?
| think that after l have trained you
for a year l ought not to feel obliged
to always look at the table before a
meal is served"
"Sure, mum, me ould mother did be
atther schouldin' me for forgittin' whin
l was back home in County Galway.
Bridget she'd be sayin', it's yerself
do be sittin' there sewin', and here's
the pig a-walkin' round the corner
wild yer t'imble in his mout.' "-Lippin-
colts.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Parrot Hurt Trade.

~ just bought this parrot from a
butcher" said the sailor. cts a rare
sort-a gold beak. l got it at bar
gain, too-a dollar. The butcher had
paid six for it. But it seems the man
what sold it to him was a practical
joker. He had knowed the parrot
was to ornament a butcher shop, and
he taught it to say the wust thing pos
sible for such a locality.
"This here parrot didn't last long,
for from his perch above the butch
er's scales he KEEP a-singin' out In a
sarcastic voice:
"Iovely meat. Don't tell the lady
what it weighs. Just tell her what
it comes to-"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Apples Curb Desire for Liquor.

"For ten years." said a physician,
"I have advocated apples as cure
for drunkenness. In that time have
tried the apple cure on some forty or
fifty drunkards and my success has
been most gratifying.
LET any man afflicted with the love
of drink eat three or more apples
daily and the horrible craving will
gradually leave him. The cure will
be greatly helped along If he also
smokes as little as possible.
81 know woman who cured a
drunken husband without his knowl-
edge by keeping always plentiful
supply of good apples on the dining
table. The man ate these apples and
finally stopped drinking altogether"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
One Mans Wisdom.

Say" said the stranger. as he
climbed into the chair, "cut my hair
with the clippers, please"
VERY WELL sir" rejoined the ton
serial artist. Training for a prize
figL;?"
mo" answered the man in the
chair.
pardon me-" said the barber. "but
imagined"
"Cut out your imagination" inter
rupted the victim. "I'm. going to be
married tomorrow. That's all.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Too Highly Thought OF.

One of the faculty of university in
New Jersey tells of professor there
who never lost an opportunity to re-
Duke any bumptiousness on part of the
students. On one occasion, when the
professor was taking leave of certain
graduate, he is reported to have said:
"Sir, your fellow-students think
highly of yor; | think highly of you;
but, sir, no thinks more highly of
you than you do yourself. "-The Sum
ay-MagaZine.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-03
Her Love-.

"But l don't love you," objected the
young woman.
"Then, why" howled the indignant
youth, referring hastily to divers mem
oranda in his pocket diary, did you
eat total of sixty-five pounds of
sixty-cent candy l bought you during
the past year II you didn't love me?"
Because" she said, with rapt ex
preston on her lovely features. 81 do
love candy"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10
LARGEST
WEEKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO.
MORE CIVIL SERVICE HUMBU0.

A conference between all the city
department heads. Mayor Dunno and
the civil service commission. In which
many questions affecting city en-.
ployes will be discussed. has been call.
Cd for next Tuesday afternoon In the
mayors Office by the commission. It
Il expected that many reforms In the
civil service will result. The principal
questions that will be discussed are:
The temporary transfer Of employees
from one department to another where
temporary work Is done In order to
give them continuous employment.
A new system Of grading employees
IN the various departments to provide
for promotion according to seniority
and merit.
Changes In the payment Of compen.
sation to employees so as to provide a
graded system, with gradual increase
IN wages.
Al effort may be made TO remove
politics from temporary appointments.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10
THE SLEEP QUESTION.

A large number Of eminent British
physicians and psychologists have made
q public protest against the small
amount Of sleep allowed to boys Mt
English secondary and higher schools.
They declare that minimum OF nine
hours Of unbroken rest In summer and
nine ana half In winter Is needed
by the average boy Of from IL to III,
whereas investigation has shown that
In the majority OF the schools the
sleeping hours range from eight to
eight and half hours. a great wrong.
say these medical authorities. In In.
fiicted on these boys, who leave school
poorly equipped for the struggles OF
life both In body and In mind. The
trouble Is due 10 insufficient realiza'
ton Of the scientific fact that children
and young people require sleep not
merely for the recuperati0n and main
tenance Of existing tissue, which Is the
case with adults, but also for the more
important purposes Of growth and de-
yelopment. Principals are anxious 10
get results, and parents generally as
sumo that the former pay the neces-
sary attention to- questions OF physical
and mental yigor as well as To schol'
arshIp and moral habits; In conse-
Guence, n serious evil has been permit
ted To grow up 1t Is interesting to
note that the practice OF the United
States Is relied on by the professors
10 bring about the improvement de-
sired. In America, they say, the
proper amount Of sleep Is Insisted on
and care Is taken 10 prevent disturb
ances and noise on the part Of seniors
disposed TO play tricks at the expense
OF the juniors. The sleep question, as
some comments point out, Is really
much broader At college undergrad
yates are reproached for taking too
many hours for rest, and the virtue Of
doing without sleep Is exploited b!
thoughtless persons VINO forget tina
there are considerable individual differ
ences OF sleep requirement even amoni
adults. We are told that this or tina
great man 49, Humboldt Napoleon
Gladstone-Inan 10 get along will
four or five hours sleep out Of TN
twenty four, ana imitation or eHula
ton Of these eXemplars Is regarded a
n noble practice, II not a duty Tn
Saturday Review assails such busy
bodies" with justihable ferocity AM
tells them that they are blatant nul
sances. ~ sleep" 1t goes on to say
"of eight or nine hours after l reason
ably hard days work, and dOze Of al
hour or so after waking In tn
morning. with, perhaps, a cup Of tei
lust before rislng-lt Is this kind o
thing that makes life pleasing ant
worthy" or course, our Tory contem
porary Is referring to the upper
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10
PROTECT THE PEOPLES LANDS.

There appears to be grave need OF
a complete overhauling Of our nation
al laws covering the disposal Of the
lands which belong to the whole PEG.
pie. Setting altogether aside the Grim.
inal and quasi.criminal land opera
lions which under Secretary Of the In
terror Hitchcock's persistent investi-
cations and prosecutions have already
resulted disastrous to some Of those
implicated, Il glance ut conditions re.
vealed In publicly reported facts and
figures indicates the necessity for
amending the laws. The people are
all equally owners Of these lands aud
II 10 to their interest that when they
pass out Of public ownership It shall
he, primarily, for the purpose Of be-
Ing devoted to the making Of homes
and adding to the productive power Of
the nation. 1t Ii a commonplace truth
that We have been too much In the
habit Of regarding the public stock Of
lands as inexhaustible. 1t II begin.
ming to appear that the end Is within
sight. The congestion Of population In
cities Ii one Of the noteworthy phe.
nomena Of the past thirty or more
years. Naturally, We would expect II
to be accompanied by diminished
dow toward private ownership Of
lands, and for some years In the Int.
ter part Of the last century this was
true. In 1898 only about S,5OO,OOC
acres Of public lands were sold to pri'
vate purchasers. But by 1901 the
number Of acres sold had doubled and
In 1903 1t rose to nearly ?3,OOO,OW
acres. The reports Of sales for last
year and the current year are not al
hand, but from great variety OF
private sources. within this year espe
cially, there have come accounts Of d
rush of land seekers and buyers In one
way or another all over the western
portion OF our country where only
public lands IRE for sale. So far a'
these land-seekers look In good faltl
to making homes anu putting the
lands to individual use In production
this Is n hopeful and helpful process
for the whole people. but II Il believed
that a very large part Of the inqulr.
Is In the interest Of projected railways
or, among the regions known as ari'
or semiarld, In the interest Of specu
lating companies looking to the reall
xatiOn Of great profits through tn
carrying ont OF vast irrigation plan
on which the government has entere'
or will enter or that these and othe
companies may undertake. The ma
ton has left now less than 53G,OOOOO
acres. no small part of which Is noun
tain and desert and swamp. lwenty
five million acres OF yearly sales vii
soon make away with all of this.
II not quite time for the United State
to withdraw what Is left of the publ
lands from all sale except for hon,
stead uses In good faith and keep
henceforth for such use alone?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

man Peter lleinberg, taken from the
Tribune Of Jan. Z, 1908: II cannot be-
reelected on an immediate municipal
ownership platform" Mr.. Wiedlnger
IL an ont and out municipal ownership
man and in reply to Alderman Rein.
berg's statement on this point says:
"lf am elected alderman I will NOT
vote for any franchise Of any kind
or character, will vote only for an i'm
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

classes." but those who cannot have
the extra doze and the ten between
can yet take to heart the observation.
regarding the need and the virtue Of
sufficient sleep and the folly Of apollo
gixing with sense Of shame for fall.
ing short Of exalted standards.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

somely fitted up buffet at the corner
Of Wabash avenue and Randolph
street, IL also owned by the same firm
and ID doing a first.class business.
When you SEE Il In the Eagle you
can depend upon Its being copied. Our
attention has been repeatedly called
lately to matter stolen from the Eagle
which appears in imitation puDllca.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

Postmaster Busse deserves the sup,
port Of every Chicago Congressman, ~
he has the support and good wishes
of everybody else In his efforts to get
more help for the Chicago postoflice.
The government should not neglect Chi.
cago. Her great business interests
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10


It was he who reorgan.
lied 1t and placed It upon the present
splendid basis. He was fire marshal
from 1873 to 1870 in which year he
went into the business Of mnnufactur.
Ing fire escapes. He will make good
alderman.
John Carey, Of 7O4 Homan avenue.
a rising young lawyer and graduate Of
the Lake Forest University. IL strongly
backed for the Republican nomination
for representative In the Nineteenth
Senatorial District.
~e~
II know" says Il. NJ. Wiedlngcr.
Democratic candidate for alderman o!
the 18th ward. "of mt least one place
In the Goth ward over a mile square
with only one policeman. What do
we have aldermen fort"
~6A
"Thcre IT," says Mr.. WletlInger. "en.
tlrely too much Of a desire to be alder.
man for the honor that goes with It..
too little regard for the work that
should be DONE"
John Il. Owens will be the Demo.
cratic nominee for Congress In the
Sixth District, He II able und pOpu.
lar.
~9A
"Aiileage Grab Mann In going ia
have n hard time getting his sancti.
mOnlOus mug Into Congress again.
State Senator Francis w. Parker II
preparing a list Of questions which
Congressman James Il. Mann will
have an opportunity to answer next
Monday night ut his meeting ut O3d
street and Stony Island avenue. The
list will contain about dozen hard
questions, and II will be announced
Saturday night, when Senator Parker
Il scheduled TO address 7th ward
meeting In the Hotel vendome. G2t
street and Monroe avenue. He vii
speak on 1.-THE Wisdom Of Re.electlnl
Long.Term Congressman" For thu
next three evenings Parker meetings
will be held In three precincts Of thu
eth ward.
%e
Congressman william LOrimcr al
ways looks out for the interests Of hi
constituents.
AZ
Elect George NJ. Boyd to the mu
niclpal court bench.
>6A
Judge Merritt W. Pinckney Is max
ing IA fine record.
Judge Willard NJ. McEwen il
credit to the bench.
~6A
The Democratic State COMMITTEE
will meet ut the Sherman House Eel
III for the purpose Of fixing date 10
the State convention.
@6
Beat the proposed high license ord
nance! 1t is unfair.
~c1~
1t Is unjust to make one bushes
interest carry the whole burden.
~ ,
One Of the ornaments to LlncOl
Park Is n life prcserver hanging o
II post on the outer drive between tn
lagoon and high bridges which In
been broken In two for over year.
The high license proposition IL sp'
clal legislation Of n pronounced cha
acter.
~
Captain 4. &. Arson, the popula
city clerk, ana much doomed cand
date for sheriff. Is going To have
fine base ball park south Of the Whit
City. Everybody wishes the cap
and his nine success,
%6A
Roy q. West would make goo
United States Senator, But he .
not looking for the place.
Asesass>
Lincoln Park needs new superll
tendent.
AeSaA
The POllasiy sub.ralroad Is wli
Chicago needs and what she must con
10.
%eA
Postmaster Busse deserves the SUI
port Of every Chicago Congressman, /;
he has the support and good wish'
of everybody else In his efforts to q
more help for the Chicago postOfic
The government should not neglect Oh
cago. Her great business Interest
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

The Bank Of America, In the Ashland
Block, Is growing In strength every
day.
Daniel q, Ramsay would make a
good Municipal Court judge.
~6
Andrew J. IIlrscil would grace the
bench.
%c
Fletcher Dobyns Is one of the rising
men Of the Republican party,
6M
Edgar Bronson TOlman Is being talk
Cd Of for mayor,
%cSA
James $, Hopkins would make IN
ideal judge,
%eS
Ernst IIummcl will be the Demo-
cratic nominee for County Treasurer
beyond any doubt,
~GA
The Republicans are talking Of
patricl; J, Cahlll, the present efficient
and popular clerk Of the Probate Court,
for sheriff II would he hard to find Il
stronger candidate.
&<sFA
Matt. Benner has been nominated for
alderman by the Republicans Of the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

u. NJ. WIedinger's campaign for nj.
derman In the Twenty.sixth Ward Ia
a hot one. In the hail Of hot shot he
il directing against his opponent Is
tho following declaration Of Alder.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

lions. As the people who read 1t In
the Eagle first have good memories,
they readily recognize the thefts.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

II. A. Devic Il Son are entitled to
the thanks Of the people Of Chicago f''r
importing from France the wonderful
Avene Water and putting 1t ON tho
market here.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

mediate issue Of Mueller law certlh-
Gates to acquire all the street car
lines"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10
EAoLETS.

The Bank Of America, In the Ashland
Block, Is growing In strength every
day,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

Bernard NJ. Wiedingcr will In all
probability be given the Democratic
nomination for alderman in the Goth
ward. He has pledged himself to mu-
nicipal ownership In the following UNI
equlvOcal language: III ! am elected
alderman ! will not vote for any fran
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

The Pollasky sub-rallroad Is what
Chicago needs and what she must CONT
10,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

The only club in the 2Gth ward that
held meetings for the purpose of or
ganlzing the Democrats was declared
an Illegal club by the County Central
Committee. Why; Is it the inten-
ton of the organization to betray the
ward entirely to the Republicans this
spring and the city next year?
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-27
FORAKER SAYS
THE RATE BILL
WILL NOT STAND

Washington, Aug. Ex-senator Foraker
yesterday in an interview discussed the
political situation i'm Ohio, devoting con-
SIDERABLE attention to the probable ac.
lon or the approaching Republican con-
NentIoi IN that state with respect TO
those OF the congressional delegation
VINO had differed from the president In
somo matters OF legislation. lie said:
III am sorry TO learn that the Repub-
means or Ohio are having some sharp
controversies, but the subjects OF differ
ence do not seem 10 me very important.
! cannot think, therefore, that there is
.kely 10 be any serious injury done To
the party, whatever may happen td indi-
vduals.
$50 far as indorsing me is concerned,
that Is not Important to anybody except
Hyseli, ahd shall try TO accept with
equanimlty whatever may be the action
Of the convention.
IL is true / opposed the presidents
policy as embodied I'm the Hepburn bill
but not as IL is commonly stated in the
newspapers, because / was opposed 10
governmental regulation and supervision
that have done as much In that behalf
as any other Ohio man I'm congress. but
because | thought the Hepburn bill un-
wise, unjust and unconstitutional.
My contention was that under exist
Ing law which / helped enact. having
been a member OF the subcommittee
that framed 1t, especially II amended as
IL should be. every serious wrong OF
every kind practlcod by the railroads can
be remedied and that all evil practices
can be broken up as nearly as any law
will enable US 10 break them up.
Everything ! said in that respect has
been already fully justified and vindi-
Gated by the many successes the attor-
ney-general has met with I'm the numer-
Gus prosecutions he has instituted during
the last nine months, until which time
long after the debate commenced-no one
seemed TO realize, not even the govern
ments own officials, the excellence OF
the laws we already had.
Existing laws have been found, ac-
cording TO the judgments rendered In
those proceedings, TO apply 10 every
kind OF rebate or discrimination between
what form or guise practiccd, that any
body has yet complained about.
Excepting the rate bill l supported
the president as 20 every other measure
he urged upon congress, except only joint
statehood for Arizona and New Mexico.
/ oppose that except on condition they
should be allowed 10 determine by vote
I'm each territory whether they wanted
joint statehood. 1 think the great ma
jority Of the people were opposed 10 the
idea OF the president Offering joint state
hood 10 those territories against their
protest.
But. however this may be as to my
self | shall not make any request OF the
convention nor any complaint as 10 It's
action. whatever that may be. but / can
not forbear suggesting i'm this connection
form TO the rule prescribed by Mr.. Bur
ton OF indorsing less cordially than the
president those who may have differed
from the president as TO some matter
matter how henestiy-it- ~etiia-have-
some hard problems TO solve
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-27
CLEVER CAPTURE
Of TWO BLACK
HAND PLOTTERS

Trenton. y. j., Aug. G.-Carmon Cam
palma and Porti Fortunate were arrested
here yesterday In the very act of at
tempting to extort money by BLACK
Hand" methods.
Agastino Vanozzi. an Italian saloon
keeper, received a letter Saturday, signed
by the Black Hand, instructing him, un-
der pain of death to himself and family,
to place $3.50 under stone at the foot of
a certain telegraph pole in the outskirts
of the city. The pole was accurately de-
scribed, and as a further means OF identi-
fication the base which was I'm a thick
growth of bushes. was wrapped around
with rags. The usual instructions as to
coming alone TO the spot with the letter
were given.
Vanozzi took the note TO police head
quarters and Saturday evening a couple OF
plain clothes men had sized up the ground
so that when daylight came yesterday
two policemen were carefully ambushed
in the immediate vicinity of the pole
Vanozzi was told 10 do as directed in the
letter except that he was to leave an
empty envelope instead. OF the money.
He mistook the place. however, but af-
ter some delay two men entered the
cump OF bushes and after remaining
there a few minutes emerged into the
hands OF the waiting policemen. Cam
palma broke away, but was brought TO a
halt by pistol shot.
Another-seareft- made under tho
stone, and Il was found that the Black
handlers had left there note advising
VanoZzi that IL was not too late TO save
his life by depositing the money. The pa
per on which this was written dovetailed
with a leaf torn from a notebook found
on Fortunate. The whole scheme indicates
to the police that as Black-handers the
captured men are mere amateurs.
Last Friday Francesca Vittoritto, an
italian storekeeper received similar
note from Philadelphia, demanding that he
deposit $500 at a specified place In the
woods near the city. The place was pick
eted by police, but Nittoritto lost his
nerve at the last minute, and instead OF
going alone took with him four compan-
ions. Upon their approach the police saw
two men break from cover. but were not
able TO capture them. The handwriting Of
the two letters bears a strong resent
blance.