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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

by the earth's motion, we estimate that
Its attraction Is 1852, $50 times as great
as the earth's and therefore that the
suns mass Is that many times greater
than the mass Of the earth. Knowing
the weight of the earth it is easy to
estimate the weight of the sun by this
method of comparison. In the same
way the weight of Jupiter, Saturn, We
nus, Neptune or any other planet may
be ascertained by comparison with the
weight of the sun, basing the calcula-
tons OH the amount of attraction the
sun exercises over these planets But
first the earth's weight must be esti-
mated to form basis for the other
calculations.
'Srhe same principle is applied, The
pyramid will be used as basis for the
first estimate. A plumb bob will be
swung from the apex of the pyramid,
observation and calculation will deter
mine the force of the attraction of the
small body, namely, the pyramid, for
the plumb-bob and the greater attrac-
ton of the large body, the earth, for
the plumb-bob. The weight of the py-
ramid having been estimated, the
weight Of the earth will be calculated
by multiplying the pyramids weight
by the number Of times the attraction
of the earth for the plumb bob is great
err than the attraction of the pyramid
for the plumb-bob. From the standard
Tins fixed the weight of all other bodies
in the solar system can be estimated.
Here are some old figures for you
the number of cubic miles In the earth
is about $50, SOO,0OO,OOO; each cubic
mile contains 147 ,2OO,0OO,OOO cubic feet
and each cubic foot upon the average,
weighs 5.67 times as much as a cubic
foot of water, or 354 pounds, ounces
avoirdupois. Figure it out for your
self"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
WEIGHING THE WORLD.
Correspondent of the The World To-
Day Tells How 1t VIII BE Done.

III
Day Tells How 1t VIII BE Done.
Science is dissatisfied with the &C
cepted figures of the earth's weight
They are considered Il tritle antique for
q twentieth century standard. Amerl-
cans are to lead the way in weighing
the world once more, writes Percy
Trenchard in The World To-Day.
1t may sound absurd to some to speak
of weighing the great earth and yet 1t
has been done and is to be done again.
More than half a century ago pendu-
lums were swung, under Airy's direc-
ton, at the top and bottom of an Eng
lish coal pit. The comparison of their
times of swing showed how heavy the
whole earth was compared with the
outermost thin shell, shell of the
thickness of the depth of the coal PIT.
Since biologists were able to give a
fair estimate of the weight of this sur
face shell, the weight of the entire
earth became mere matter of multi
plication.
The same experiment Is to be repeat
ed by scientific expedition from the
Survey Department at Washington. Pen
dulums are to be swung at the apex
of the great pyramid and in the cham
bers at it's center and base. From the
swing of these pendulums the compare
tive weights of the earth and OF the
pyramid can be learned, and the weight
of the pyramid having been estimated,
the weight of the world will be, as In
the case Of the Airy experiment, mere
matter of multiplication.
All this may be a little puzzling to
the lay mind, but the explanation is not
difficult. Asked to describe the method
of weighing the world in plain I'M
technical language an official Of the
Survey Department said:
1.-THE principle is that the weight of
a body is proportionate to the attrac-
ton which it exerts. BY the pull that
the sun exerts over the earth as shown
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

the shadow of the great chase dome of the capitol
4 at Washington lies what Is at the farest and
| the foulest city in America. Thousands Of visitors,
from every section of the country catching only I'M
prcssions of broad stately buildings and mag
nifcebt monuments take home with them only patriotic
pride In it's beauty, that here thrive squaor,
vice and civic sothuness not excelled and probably
equaed in degree at least in the length and breadth Of
the land. In the very shadow of capitol and White
House. correspondent declares exist sums that rival
the OF those against which social purifiers of New
Chicago have been battling for quarter of
century. But the browning blot the of Wash
ngon is the fact that the book of her laws is bare of
nearly every of the for civic beterment
which enlightened sentiment has secured for practically
every other American city.
In this city which should be in the of civic right
eousness among other amazing deficiencies, there
No compulsory school attendance law and 10000 children
last year absent from the public schools No child
labor laws. No Fairgrounds No adequate housing laws
to regulate the Stun evil.
Washington is the victim Of congressional neglect.
Her outward signs of dignity, beauty stateness have
created the false impression that there poor,
that there vice. that uncleanliness could not
thrive that grandeur would heget righteousness that the
whted glory of marble pile and shaft would bespeak
civic purity. Now the investigator revealing the
fact that against grandeur and beauty stand sloh and
vice. that the splendid array Of snowy marble the sym
boil only of whited sepulchre The sad,
indeed, it for the fact that along with the
posture the cheering word that great national
movement been inaugurated Washington
what President Roosevelt has called model city"
Appalling Conditions.
Very recently communication has been sent to mem
bers of Congress urging action upon the several bills
before House and Senate to provide legal framework
for the regeneration of the capital. The signing
the appeal subcommittee of the National Pubica-
ton Committee which organized last year to get at
the facts of social conditions in Washington 800
American cities and to put them before people that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
THE PERSISTENT GIPSIES.
N~~~~~~N

Such as wake on the night and sleep
on the day, and haunt taverns and ale
houses, and no man wot from whence
they come nor whittier they 60" So
quantity describes an old English stat
ute against the Gipsies. Ever since
the year 1880, says a writer in the Lon
don Standard, Great Britain has tried
to get rid Of this strange people with
out appreciate success. Every year or
SO some county is up In arms against
them, yet they persist in returning, and
apparently thrive under persecution.
The Gipsies are popularity supposed
to come originally from Egypt, as their
name indicates, but their origin is
traced farther east than the land of
the Nile. Wherever they come from,
they are separate people. tribe quite
by themselves.
They appeared In England about
1906, and twenty six years later Henry
VIII. ordered them to leave the coun-
try In sixteen days, taking all their
goods with them. IAN outlandish peo-
pie" he called them. The act was In
effectual, and in 1862 Elizabeth framed
a still more stringent law, and many
were hanged.
But what numbers were executed
says one old writer, yet notwithstand-
Ing, all would not prevaile, but they
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

to apply the memories and such term
to the individual exercise of justice
and punishment.
Thackeray, in the book referred to
and in chapter /, which treats of Cali
way, thus speaks Of an occurrence
within it's precincts which in 1872
and probably does to this day-bore
the grewsome "memento" so grimly de-
scribed in the words following:
"Then there is Lombard street, oth7
erwise called Deadmans lane, with q
;sw :, lad and crossbones and met
mento mort over the door where the
dreadful tragedy of the Lynches was
acted In 1893. If Galway Is the Rome
of Connaught James Lynch FitZSte1
phen, the mayor, may be considered aS
the Lucius Junius Brutus thereol-
Lynch had son who went to SPAN
as master of one of his fathers SHIPS,
and being of wild, extravagant turhs
there contracted debts, drew bills ana
alarmed his fathers correspondent,
who sent clerk and nephew OF ms
own back in young Lynch's snip 70
Galway to settle accounts. On the IL!
teenth day young Lynch threw ing
Spaniard overheard. Coming back 10
his own country. he reformed his IRE y
little and was on the point of marrying
one Of the Blakes, Burkes or Bodkliis
or others. when Il seaman who mao
sailed with him, being on the point OF
death, confessed the murder tn WHICH
he had been a participation.
thereon the father, who was ch'el
magistrate Of the town, tried MS SON
and sentenced him to death, and when
the clan Lynch rose in body TO res
cue the young man and divert such
disgrace from the family 1t Is said 'h"t
Fitzstephen Lynch hanged the cu'p'iI
with his own hands A tragedy cai'e'f
The Warden of Galway has peer
written on the subject and was ac'e''
a few nights before my arrival New
York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

away into the nest. 1t would have ho.I
difficult for anyone who mad witposos
the scene to have denied to this II
the possession of humane feelings
I'm face of such facts as these - i
impossible to regard ants as nero Il
quisite automatons, When we 500 i
ant hill, tenanted by thousands Of Il
dustrious inhabitants, excavatine chonl
bers, forming tunnels, making roodl
guarding their home, gathering food
feeding the young, tending their domea
tic animals-each one fulfilling its d,i
ties-lt is difficult altogether to dem,
to them the gift of reason, and III
preceding observations tend to confi,,I
the opinion that their mental powoJ
differ from those of men not SO nroI
IN kind as in degree.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
OF THE OLD SCHOOL.


The educational system Of to-day has
not a monopoly Of wisdom. Several
centuries before the words child psy-
chology' were heard a worthy school
master and sage wrote down theories
upon the instruction of the young
which are more in accord with the
principles of the present time than
with the methods of the rod and ruler
prevailing forty or fifty years ago. At
recent book auction volume was
sold for two hundred and twenty-five
dollars. The book was Roger Ascham's
The Schole Master, or plaine and per
fife way Of teaching children to under
stand, write, and speak, the Latin
Tcnge." 1t was printed by John Daye
of London in 1911.
"If a child doth WE'LL says the gen
tie "schole MASTER" praise him and
say. Here we do Well For l assure
you there is no such milestone TO shar-
pen good wit and encourage a will
to learning as is praise. ! know by
good experience that child will take
more profit of his faults gently warned.
now declare at large that love is
better than fear, and gentleness bet
ter than beating, to bring child up
rightly in learning.
Yet some men will say that chill
dren, Of nature, love pastime and mis-
like learning, because one is easy and
pleasant and the other hard and weari-
some. Which is an opinion not so true
as some men ween. For the matter
lieth not so much in the disposition
Of them that be young as in the order
and manner Of bringing up of them
that be old.
The clean, pure wit of a sweet young
babe is, like the newest wax, most able
to receive the best and fairest print
ing. Therefore to the goodness of ma
ture should be Joined the wisdom Of
the teacher IN leading young wits into
right and plain ways of learning.
The schoolhouse should be counted
as sanctuary against fear"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
Handle Work with Gloves.

II hope" said the woman VINO ""5
ordering a pair Of slippers mace ~
Powered satin, that you VIII tel So"f
workman to wash his hands BEFORE 40
begins to make these up"
Wash his hands," repeated tn'.
clerk. why, madam, he never wig
touch these with his bare hands. -,
Then the clerk explained that "'I
workmen employed in making slippers
of light colors worked with white glove
on.
'sTry to keep them clean" ne colltin''
ued. IT should say they ola. 1neS
try SO hard that they change tlie'I
white gloves three times day" " men
is not &c fantastic as 1t may SEEM JOE
If shoemaker soils material OF lhls
kind the expense to him of replacing
the material, to say nothing OF the losS
of his time, makes it worth his WING
to work In gloves and keep them cleah
at that.-New York Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

wandered as before, uppe and downe."
They got into Scotland and became an
intolerable nuisance. Both in that
country and In England legislation
proved quite Intellectual The acts
gradually fell into desuetude. Under
George Nv. all that was left of the ban
against the Gipsies was the mild law
that any person telling fortunes shall
be deemed rogue and vagabond."
"Gipsies are no longer a prescribed
class" says recent writer. Probably
the modern Gypsy does little evil be-
yond begging and petty theft, but his
determination not to work Is as strong
as ever, and 1t seems curious that an
industrial people like ours continues
to tolerate horde of professional
idlers." How numerous the horde Is
may be gathered from the fact that the
number who wintered in Surrey one
year was estimated at ten thousand.
The language as we'll as the life of
the Gypsy tribe has tenacity OF It's
own. Many of their words have taken
firm hold In half-slang, halfpermissi-
BILE way. Shaver is the Gipsy word for
child Pal is pure Gypsy. Codger means
man. Cutting up Is Gypsy for quar-
reling, and cove stands for that fell
low"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
Hogs or Hinnonntami.

They tell a story of a real estate man
escortinc prospective buyer through
some southeastern Texas swamp land.
What are those dark marks on the
trees" asked the prospective buyers
"Oh. that's where the hogs rub their
backs against the trees" said the agent.
Now you see this land will raise
But what made these marks here?''
the train was moving rapidly.
oh. the hoss-Now, as / was saying
Look here" said the revolving victim.
either the hogs down here are { feet
high, or else you keep hippopotamUses,
and this is lake on a vacation. The
Worlds Work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
FIRST CASE OF LYNCH LAW
Hanging of 81 Murderer by His Hoo,
I'm the West of Ireland


So many different versions and ev
plantations Of the term lynch law hava
at various times been given and occsl
sionally are even yet added to. that N
seems fitting to recount the tragic incll
dent which has since given a name "A
so many calamitous occurrences pot
only In our land but on occasion alsd
in that of others.
The very name of Lynch" gives thd
direct clew to the land Of its origin i
Ireland. And when we recall the faci
that during the latter part Of the sevl
enteenth century there was comparal
lively d large immigration from ths
north of Ireland and the south OF
Scotland, coming as settlers to the Carl
olinas, from which much Of this mad
terial spread westward into Kentucky
and Tennessee, and, realizing thd
tenacity with which these peoples husl
band, nourish and perpetuate thei
folklore and traditions, it needs ONLY
to relate the incident which ThackeraJ
In his Irish Sketch Book" graphically
recounts to show how natural it was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Duke George II. Won Sachsen-Mein-
ingen. who has been celebrating his
eightieth birthday in the Riviera. is since
the death of the Grand Duke of LuXem-
hourg and the King of Denmark the old
est of the European rulers. He has al
ways been remarkably popular among
his subjects on account of his liberal pol
icy. ana his intelligent interest in the
arts has made the word Meiningen Il
synonym Of excellence in musical and
theatrical circles He deiied royal Ell
quette and convention when, more than
thirty years ago. he married the young
actress, Ellen Franz. The minor no
hiIity took this step much amiss, and the
young duchess was subjected to many
humiliating Snubs. The colonel of the
regiment stationed at Meiningen forbade
his officers to salute her, and one day. on
meeting the ducal couple, he hid behind
a tree to avoid recognizing her. Com
plant was made to the aged Emperor,
who compelled the colonel to counter
mand his order and then transferred
him. Subsequently the Emperor Fried
rich took special pains to obliterate the
prejudiceS against the duchess.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

An early incident in Lord Wolseley's
career was characteristic of the spirit of
the man. At the end of 1854 in recog
milton of his services in the Crimean war,
he was gazetted captain. When it was
discovered, however, that Wolseley was
little more than u years old. the cap
taincy was Cancelled. But the young
man protested so vigorously against this
injustice that the cancellation itself was
cancelled and the captaincy restored.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Emory Speer, IL. D., has been APP
pointed the StolTs lecturer for 1906, at
Yale. These lectures were established by
the Misss Il. II. and NJ. a. Robinson. in
memory of William LUcius Storrs, chief
justice of the supreme court of Con
necticut. Judge Speer is a graduate of
the University of Georgia and the au-
thor of several well known law books.
He was at one time Il member of Con
gress, aud since 1885 has been United
States judge of the southern district of
the state of Georgia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Dcumark's kings for 3S4 years have
all been named Christian or Frederick.
II is the law of Denmark that Christian
must he succeeded by Frederick and
Frederick by Christian. To attain this,
every Danish prince, no matter what
other names he may receive, always has
Christian and Frederick among them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Recent experiments show that the
crystals of alum form in a saturated So
luton with so much force that they are
not repressed in their natural growth by
a heavy weight. In like manner the
crystals of pyrites forming in slate rock
have been known TO split layers of slate
without in any way changing the form
of the crystals which exert the separat-
ing force.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Mrs. Clarence II. Mackey has present
Cd the Nassau county N. " Jail an
organ and n library for the use of the
Mulnen prisoners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Ex-Governor Morrill, Of Kansas owns
one of the largest apple orchards III the
west. There are 500 acres planted with
10000 trees.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

When the children wait for the sec
ond table. don't dilly-dally, after you
have eaten; the children are hungry
and are not interested In your CONVEX
sation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Prof. Franklin II. Giddings of the de-
partment Of sociology, Columbia miver-
sity, has been appointed professor of the
history OF civilization, Il chair recently
founded by Mrs. Maria II. Williamson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25
One of Those Questions.

SO said Captain Bragg, describing
an experience in the Philippines, the
scouts came up and rescued me just
In the nick of time. But, | tell you,
felt at one time that | should become
hopelessly insane"
land didn't you" breathlessly ask
ed Miss Chatters-Philadelph Press.
A correspondent asks: DO you be-
lieve the women chase the menu We
are trying to avoid all violent contro
versies, and refuse to state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-25

Calais, France. sends S6.0O0000 of
iaces TO the United States every year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-27
Local Officials Incensed.

County and city officials are much
incensed at the action of the Umatilla
authorities. Moses Christensen was
the first Umatilla official to come,
and without notifying the local au-
thorities he went out in the hopyards
and commenced to gather up children
to return them to Pendleton. Sunday
a big crowd followed him after he had
taken two Indians in charge. Chief
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-27

Cayou met him and inquired the
cause OF the disturbance. Cayou says
that he could show no badge of au-
thority so he was made to release
the children. Christensen Immediate
ly wired Major Edwards for instruc-
tions, who replied for him to follow
out instructions, and get the children,
and today Major Edwards arrived in
person. The officers here say that he
was insolent and arrogant, telling
them that he would place them un-
der arrest if they interfered with him
or his men while in the performance
of his duty. 1t is these matters that
have led up to his arrest.
About % Indian children have been
gathered up and are quartered under
guard at the Davis house. They will
be returned to Pendleton in the morn-
ing. Only two have escaped. Major
Edwards intended to accompany them
but his arrest will prevent this.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-27
EXCELLENT COMIC OPERA.
Zinn Travesty Company Fills High Elk
pectatIOns.

The extravaganza-co "Teezey-
Weezey'' by the Zinn Travesty compa-
ny was witnest by a large and really
delighted audience. Neither the fun
nor the appreciation thereof were per-
functory., The skeleton plot was al
most completely obscured by the
clouds of music, dancing and other
specialties, and from start to finish
there was not a moment when the fun
lagged-and 1t was not coarse fun, nor
silly by-play. The entire affair has
action-lots of it-and the muzical
and terpsichorean numbers are high
class and executed by talent that is
in no particular mediocre.
Among the especially excellent
numbers was the Highland Fling by
Jessie Brown in full Highland cos
tune, supplemented with figure va
riously called the Sword Dance" and
the est. Andrews Cross Dance" Also
a baritone solo, "old Glory" by Hor-
ace Mann with a chorus, was fine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-27

John Ankeny, son of United States
Senator Levi Ankeny, of Walla Walla,
and Richard Mclean, of that city, are
now under indictment for having kill
ed deer in this state out of seazon.
Unless they appear and dispoze of
their cases previously they will be ar
rested when next found within this
state.
The complaint against the two
young men was made before District
Attorney Phelps today by Otto Turner,
deputy game warden, whose official
net seems capable of taking in game
violators of both high and low de-
gree. ia
According to Deputy Turner. he has
evidence which shows that young An
keny and Mclean were hunting near
Bingham Springs some time in De.
cember or January last year, and
while there killed some deer. 1t was
at about the same time several deer
were killed out of seaZon by Messrs
lie Grow, Grasty and Pamburn, who
were arrested and fined for the same
Whether or not the two Walla Walla
iheH were III the same party is not
known, but the case against them is
very similar to the one against the
men from Athena.
As both Ankeny and Mclean are
outside the state the warrant against
them cannot be served at prezent
However, 1t will stand against them
and may be uzed should they ever be
found within this county or state. In
view of this fact it is prezumed both
the men will appear in court here in
person or by attorney and have their
cases dispozed of at once. BY doing
so they would avoid the displeazure
of an arrest at some future time.
Mr.. Mclean Is an employe in the
office of the water board at Walla
Walla.