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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

wsrk Is being pushed on the vast
Klamath, Ore, reclamation scheme,
well under way, to make productive
$4,000 acres Of land new useless. OF
that area there will be 1900 acres
ready for the plow Of the Erigator
next spring, says c. NJ. Hystell In the
Portland Journal.
The main canal, which leads from the
lower end Of the upper klamath lake
to a point in the desert nine miles east
Of the town of klamath Falls, Is being
rapidly constructed. The water Is ear
ried from the upper lake through a
tunnel under a hill just north OF the
town. This tunnel Is being rapidly con
structed. 1t is being driven from both
ends, and also by drifting from shafts
sunk along the right Of way. The tun-
nell will be completed during the COM
ing winter. 1t will be $500 feet long,
1871 feet wide on the bottom and IA
feet 4 inches high, with an arched roof.
Through 1t will now a volume OF water
IL feet high.
The nine mile section OF the main
canal to be completed in next February
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Pre-Adamito Bone Cave.

Among the wonders Of the world. tbs
bone caves Of the p~re-Adamite period
deserve a prominent place. 1t Is to
this period that the extensive remains
OF Mammifer@ found In the strata or
the Pampas OF Buenos Ayres, and in
the caverns which are scattered In such
vast numbers over t continents Of
Europe and America, and even in Aus
tralia, are to be ascribed. OF these
%caverns, a most extensive ene. and
among the first which attracted atten-
lion, Is situated at ~Baylenreuth, In
F~ranconia. and the engraving which We
here given represents a section Of II.
The entrance OF this cave, about
seven feet in height, is placed on the
face of a perpendicular rock, and leads
to a series of chambers from fifteen
to twenty feet in height, and several
hundred feet In extent, in a deep
chasm. The cavern Is perfectly dark,
and the icicles and pillars OF stalactite
reflected by the torches present a high
ly picturesque effect The floor is lit
orally paved with bones ard fossil
teeth, and the pillars and corbels Of
stalactite also contain Osseous remains
Cuvier showed that three-fourths Of
the remains in this and like cavernS
were those OF bears, the remainder
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02
AVERAGE vocARULARIEs.

AN61hAGE NOCAaOLAhAG1.
gu ; :: C: :: :: :; e.: +: e: e.: +: s: !: :. :: +: +: !: :: !: :: =: E: !: e: !: !: :: {: s:
K661CNhv form for old fashioned people to console
40H0E themselves within An uneducated mans Vo-
| cabulary contains altogether. according to
the authorities, only some 800 or 400 words. italian
operas require not ever 500 words, and the system Of
Egyptian hiereglyphics has but 800 symbols. Well edu-
Gated persons Of fair intelligence use, 1t is said, not over
1900 or 1000 words. The Bible Of 1o11-conmonly
known as the King James or the Authorized Version
without the ApScryphsl portion, has under 5000 words.
Poets, dealing much under distractions, employ a larger
vocabulary. Milton found 5000 words necessary for
the composition Of his poems; Pope. 1000, and shak-
speare, 1900. These are large figures, compared with
the prosy talk OF the average man" who gets along COM
fortably with 800 words.
Everybody knows or understand a great many words
which he never uses Dictionary words" include a long
list-never heard In speech and rarely seen In print. The
number OF words. including scientific and art terms,
which are not obsolete, that are used by good authors,
may reach 100000 Dictionary makers score a point on
their rivals by introducing in large numbers rarely used
technical terms derived from Latin or Greek. Slang.
eolloQuialismA hybrids, special coinages and semi-natural-
lied words may be used to pad the list indefinitely. Early
editions OF Webster had but 10000 words, but Worcester's
has $4,000, Webster's Unabridged, $4,000, and Web
ster's international Dictionary 10000. while the Ency-
clopedic Dictionary contains 10000 words, or, II com
pounds be included, 100000. The Century Dictionary, In
Guiding Herewith the Cyclopedla Of Names and Atlas,
defines 10000 words and names 1t should be added,
however, that OF this large total 10000 are to be cred
tied 90 the Atlas, and n number. similarly large, to the
Cyclopedia OF Names.-Baltimore Sun.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

occasionally sit on the sides, or SQUAT.
in eastern fashion, on his heels. The
body of the car was not hung on the
axle in equilibriO, but considerably
forward, so that the weight was
thrown more upon the horses. Its
lishtness, however, would prevent this
from being very f~atiguing to them. and
this mode Of placing it had the adyan-
tage OF rendering the motion more essv
to the driver. To contribute further
to this end, the bottom or floor CON
sisted Of a network of interlsced
thongs, the elasticity OF which In some
measure answered the purpose Of mod
ern springs.
The Egyptian chariots were inv,ris-
bly, drawn by two horses abreast. which
were richly caparlsoned. The
chariot Of Egypt ordinarily carried two
persons, n Of whom acted as the war.
rior, the other as the c~harioteer. DC
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02
consisting Of bones Of hyenas, tigers,
wolves, foxes, gluttons, weasas, and
other Carnivora.
Arab Pasha.

In a little house up a by-street OF
the Mohammedan quarter, old, friend
less, broken, lives the man who might
have ruled Egypt.
If you ask twenty people In Cairo
today, where is Arab Pasha?" fifteen
will tell you that he is dead, while the
other five do not know. In fact, after
the b-ombardment Of Alexandria he was
sent to exile for life in Ceylon, but was
allowed some four years ago to return
to his native city.
1t was only after a weeks hard fer
reting that l discovered, through a ma
tive journalist, the whereabouts Of the
great man.
Even now, in his SEVENTEEN year, be
Is a big man; In his prime he mus
have been immense. White hair ano
beard; a broad, thoughtful forehead
~surmounted by the Turkish tarboOsh;
kindly eyes, dulled a little by age but
lighting up wonderfully when he talks
about things which interest him; 8
straight powerful nose; a large NOUN
which must once have been hard ana
cruel, now softened by adversely
Though the day is warm, he wears an
~overcoat, and he walks heavily on :
massive ebony stick.-Pall Mall Ga
zetta
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02
Egyptian War Chariot.

This chariot, which is mentioned In
various parts of scripture, and more es-
p~ecially in the description CT the pur-
suit Of the Israelites by Pharaoh, and
OF his overthrow In the Red Sea, was
a very light structure, consisting of a
wooden framework strengthened and
adorned with metal, and leather bind
Ing answering to the descriptions
which Homer has given of those en-
gagged In the Trojan war.
The sides were partly, and the back
wholly, open; and 1t was so low that
a man could easily step into 1t from
behind; for there was no seat, the
rider always standing in war or hunt
Ing, though when wearied he might
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

will W about 1900 acres 81 a..
class agricultural land that IL ~
semiarid, excepting for sne-thIrd Of ~.
area that is already susceptible Of ,,-,
cation from an cid project, known =.
the Ankeny canal now ewAed nv ~
government A large part Of ire "a
mainder Is covered with sage-brush ana
still held In private ownership Al.
though subscribed by the present our.
ers to the government project and sinh
ject to sale under the formula prescrth
ed by the irrigation law. Each nr,vot.
owner Is allowed to retain 100 acreo
He must sell the rest Of his holding a.
ultimately submit to having the Wsts,
Users Association sell 1t at public sala
Ultimately there will be hundred,
OF miles OF canals and bitches.
Through this whole project and Az.
tending from klamath Falls to Tuls
lake, will u the channel Of the Klam.
ath river, providing perpetually water
transportation for the farmers. Will.
the lakes will be lowered nearly X feat
by the irrigation plan, the present rIv.
er channel will be dredged and deepen.
ed. forming a canal for navigation usAs
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Father and Son.

How rare it is to see a father and a
sol who are chums, yet how beautiful
is the sight of such a friendship!
OF IRIS 1t depends chiefly on the
father whether N not, his growing son
Is to find delight in his companlonship.
If he cultivates the affection OF his
boy, If he seeks his society, if he tries
to mold him without breaking his will
or denying him the rights of a human
being with a reason, a will and a dis
position of his own, he will be ant II
the young fellow is made of the right
stuff, to win his heart and become his
hero. for love begets love. But If he Is
harsh and distant to the boy in the
days of the latter's youth, If he exacts
obedience without explanation, II he
expects an old head on young Shout
ders, II he makes no effort to gain his
confidence, If he does not seek his re-
gard, he need not be surprised If his
son grows up a stranger to him and
desires in his young manhood other
company.
Happy is the father whose boy f.
his friend, his associate, his admirer.
his right hand in business enterprises
his consolation and his STAFF in old
age.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02
LUXURY OF OCEAN TRAVEL.

with TheIr Splendid Equipment the
Great Liners Are Floating Palaces.
There was a time, and not so long
ago, when crossing the ocean seemed
quite an undertaking. and the person
who had ventured twice or thrice was
brave In the eyes OF his associates. But,
significant OF the wandering spirit de-
veloped In America within the last dec
ade, n few days ago the writer was
speaking with a man, not a profess
sional traveller, who had made eighty
trips across and to the mOneyed man
or woman Of this century a record OF
from ten to twenty trips across is not
so extraordinary as to cause comment.
The eight or ten days formerly spent
on the waves between here and Europe
have been reduced to n trifle over six.
and during these six days the vessel is
not only I'm constant communication
with land, but every morning a paper
containing brief accounts Of the news
features OF the world is printed and
distributed free OF charge among the
passengers.
Because Of their bulk and weight the
large liners are comparatively steady,
and few storms of the summer are Of
sufficient strength TO roll or toss them.
The broad decks are like small streets.
and the dining rooms and saloons are
more like those Of a metropolitan hotel
than a ship. In place of the stufTy
little cabins Of old-time ships, the up
to-date liners are equipped with rooms
EN- suite, with baths, ull-length mir
rorsand wardrobes, and even the small
er cabins are provided with all the
furnishings Of a. well-appointed bou-
dOir.-Leslie's Weekly.
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ing house blazed with nags and thrilled with the music
Of buEle and drum The blessing Of the volunteers, the
prayers for their safety, and the sad, sad series of sol
dlers' funerals-all these came up &c the mans memory
In the old pew.
Suddenly out Of this dreamland he Is called BY the
stir Of the cOngregaIon-and is conscious that he has
missed the good pastors sermon. But perhaps God Him
self has preached to him out Of life's grim stFuggle-in
tho vision OF some Of his sVn deep experiences and the
discovery that they are still potent to arousS The will
and confirm the faith with their rich and tender men-
oriea-Youth's Companion.
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taken into consideration the lady to
the left wears a black hood with an
ample fringed cape, which envelopes her
shoulders, and reposes on the summit
Of the hoop. The gentleman wears \
small wig; the skirts Of his coat are
turned back. and were sometimes OF
a color different from the rest of the
stuff Of which it was made. as were the
cuffs and lapels.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02
An Infant

Hercules was only six months old
when he uttered the first words under
most unusual circumstances.
lie happened to be looking over the
side Of his cradle when he saw ap-
preaching two huge reptiles.
Great snakes!' he exclaimed, as.
reaching out. he took one in EACH club
by fist and strangled the life out OF
each Observation-Disclosures Amerl-
can.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

Marvellous, q
Quaint and Curious.
ESS&SSSSSd


The monstrous appearance OF the la
dies hoops, when viewed behind, may
be seen from the following cut. copied
from one of Rigaud's views. The ex-
ceedIngly small cap, at this time fash
ionable, and the close u%pturned hair
beneath 1t, give an extraordinary mean
ness to the head, particularly when the
liberality of gown and petticoat is
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02
Fitting.

On the evening OF the first Sunday
after their removal from their house
in the suburbs, which was the only
home the children had ever known. t.
the top floor Of a seventh-story apart
ment house, the family gathered
around the piano for the usual hour
OF song, each member IN turn, ac-
cording to t~ime-honored custom. re-
questing a hymn Of his choice. When
l~O-year-old Marjory's turn came she
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ncation for an Affirmative answer. 1t has been amply
demonstrated that the electric locomotive is capable OF at.
tanning and maintaining far higher speeds than this.
On the Zossen experimental road In Germany speeds Of
over 125 miles per hour were reached.
The chief difficulty IN the way Of operating a con-
mercial line at such enormous velocities aside from the
question Of cost has to DO with the safety OF passengers.
The rails and cars can be built strongly enough to stand
the wear and tear, motors competent to push them at this
speed are available, and methods OF transmitting current
to the motors from an overhead conductor have been per-
fected. In fact. the realization OF a ten-hour train be-
tween New York and Chicago seems to require only the
devisement of a protective block system which would
render practically impossible the terrible fatalities liable
to result from collisions and derailments at these speeds.
" " " If the rolling stock could be made accident
proof, and the road bed sufficiently straight and solid to
do away with the danger OF derailment, there seems moth
ing In the way of a mile-a-minute line, but its cost. How
much heavier this would be than in the case OF a fifty
mile per hour service is a question on which the early
construction Of such a line seems to depend-New York
Globe.
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qualities that usually Indicate character and prin-
ciple. But this proves nothing except Mr.. Hip
pies success at slmulatiOn-a success which 10
not unique. but which, on the other hand, 1t would be
contemplate to consider universal.
Speculations as to our %neighbors', our rivals and our
enemies sincerity will always be one OF the interesting
occupations Of mankind. Yet 1t is a courageous man
who makes rigid rules, who is prepared to condemn or
affirm on general principles. Mr.. Nipple refraned from
the Sunday newspaper-he now proves a hypocrite, but
that makes the Sunday newspaper neither better nor
worse. Unfortunate indeed would II be to weaken ones
capacity for belief in ones kind because a knave had a
measure OF success.-Chicago Post.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

Here is a question hat came up
among some people who were talking
down town to-day: Which Is worse
to have some one around who Is will
Ing but dumb, or some one who is IN
willing. but wiser
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

casionally we find three persons in a
chariot, as when two princes of the
blood, each bearing the royal scepter
or habellum, accompanying the king In
a state procession, requiring a char
loteer to manage the reins.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

One Of the jokes Of this season is
to decorate a house with golden rod
for a party, and find out when the
guests have arrived that half of them
have hay fever.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

away, the faces changed, the new carpet faded into the
w-elLremembered colors OF fifty years ago-and he was
In truth a child again.
His thought went back to the time when he was al
lowed to sit on the f~ootstool as a concession to his short,
restless legs. He tasted again the luscious rasin which
found It's way from grandmother's pocket to his mouth,
and shifted the pungent southernwood OF the Sunday
nosegay In a n~eighbors silk united hand.
1t was in that pew that he first realized to the full
the dignity OF trousers. 1t was there that he was proudly
conscious OF the approving glances of his friends on his
first college vacation. He recalled in a fash the lntoler-
able length OF the sermon on that Thanksgiving day!
The pew has sad memories as we'll as sweet ones. Most
poignant OF them is that OF his mothers funeral and
the awful Sunday after II, when no one could bear to
take her empty place and the emptiness OF 1t seemed I'M
endurable. Close upon that time followed the Sunday
when he made solemn profession there OF the faith she
had loved so we'll.
Then came the days OF the great war, when the meet
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said: Il think the most appropriate
hymn Is:
I'm nearer my heavenly home to-day
Than ever I've been before
i Think Of 1t every time | come m
In the elevator New York Press.
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When you pass a pig in a pen II
is hard to imagine how good pork viii
taste next winter.
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A woman may believe only half
what she hears, but she always hears
twice as much as a man.
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HYPOCRISY.

damage effected by the late Mr.. Nipple Is
not confined to his depositors. The ex-
posture of a hypocrite always endangers the
faith In human nature Of the grudging and
the weak. Mr.. Nipple was able to deceive
his creditors by parading his religion, by
practlcing with convincing ostentation the
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-02

After a family has kept a COW u
town a few years, it begins to lo0A
around for a parrot
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mEA.M1NurE RA1LRoApMo.

the signs point to an eventual electric
cation Of the transportation business Of the
country, at least except in the case Of very
long hauls through thinly populated re-
gIons. Will this TRANSFORMATION bring with
It the practical impossIbiiity Of nile-a-min-
ute trayeli There seems considerabie tusti.
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THE PEW.

of the most vivid OF the emotions which
thronged upon the summer pilgrim to the
old home we're those which awaited him in
the family pew of the old meeting house.
As he took his seat there, and heard the
familiar note OF the organ and the clear.
thin voices Of the choir, the years melted
The oasis., 1906-08-11

at d distance. Whenever men of opposing political faith, like the Murphys and Mark Smith get to- gether and agree upon a pro- gramme the dear public can depend upon one proposition and that Is that there is more involved than appears upon the surface.
 What then the motives behind this forced coalition of republicans and democrats for the ostensible purpose of fighting statehood-the motive behild the idea of sending Mark Smith back to congress with the endorsement of the republican party, as we'll as the nomination of the democrats. First is the de- sire to secure control of the repub- lican convention and prevent the adoption of the Kibbey programme
The oasis., 1906-08-11
THE POLITICAL SNAKE DANCE.

With the full account of the great political snake dance at Phoenix, presented upon another page of this issue, there is due a whole lot of comment for the con spirators who have tricked re- publican governor of Arizona Gin his capacity of chairman of the Republican Territorial Central Committed into open opposition to the declared policy of the repub- lican president and congress, hop ing thereby to throw dust into the eyes of the people by magnifying the statehood issue, binding them to the many reforms demanded in taxation and regulation of railway and mining corporations, and cov- ering up their schemes to head off the reforms already accomplished by the administration of that same republican governor.
 To the thoughtful observer there was plainly apparent behind the concerted movement to hold the two committee meetings at the same time and place something more than a mere effort to support the anti-statehood sentiment. That was a plan to check the impetus given by Governor Kibbey to a movement to regulate taxation of the great mines and railways, and to regulate the exorbitant and out rageous system of railway charges prevailing in Arizona. To the argument that has been advanced by those who have embraced the cause of statehood as now attain able, that statehood Is necessary 10 achieve the great reforms so sadly needed, the reply has been made that all those matters can be regu- lated under a territorial form of government Believing that, Gov ernor Kibbey has conscientiously endeavored to make good the reply to the argument for statehood. He has evoked the latent powers of the Territorial Board of Equal ization to increase the assess sments of the great tax shirking mining corporations, and by a decision of the supreme court has been sus- tained. His excellency has turned attention also to the assessments of the railways, and has induced the territorial board to increase their assessments. In his address to the Republican Territorial Com mittee, last Saturday, Governor Kibbey called attention to the work that the board of equaliza- tion has accomplished, and quot ing statistics, prices of stocks and dividends, he demonstrated that even with the work of the board as accomplished all the great corpora tions are yet evading fair share of taxation:' He made mention also of the necessity for regulation of transportation charges, and ad- yocated legislation that will relieve