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The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
AMERICAN OSTRIcHES MANY
Four Farms in United States and tn.
dustry Is Reported Thriving
Year by Year.

There are four ostrich farms III
the United States and the two
most important are situated in
the Salt River valley, Arizona.
The industry is carried on success.
fully in the Arizona climate and
the birds seem to thrive quite as
we'll as in their foreign habitat.
Mr.. Joseph Harbert, of Phoenix,
imported 16 birds from South AT.
rica in 1898, and placed them on
his farm in the Salt River valley.
few miles from the city of Phoe.
nix. a number of the birds died
from the effects of the journey and
the change of food and climate.
and during the first years little
progress was made. Their eggs
were hatched in large incubators.
and when the business of caring
for them was learned it was found
that the Salt River valley birds
grew up to be several inches taller
than the imported birds and the
feathers are said to be of better
quality. Gov. Alexander o. Brodie
of Arizona, takes great pride in
the ostrich farming of his terri.
tory, and he has devoted consid.
cradle space to it in his last an.
1ual report, showing that he
believes it will become in time one
of the leading industries of that
region. One bird will yield q
pound of feathers at one clipping.
and they are clipped every eight
months. Some of the feathers are
sold as high as $25 pound in east,
ern markets, so it can be readily
seen that it is an industry worth
while. The ostrich population OF
the two farms near Phoenix is
about l,600.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
FIND TREASURE OF A KING
Hoard of Gold, Ivory and Precious
Stones Lies Hidden in
African Soil.

Treasure hunting continues to
occupy the attention of many peo
pie in various parts of the world
A hoard of buried wealth not as
well known as certain others is
that supposed to have been Sc
creted by Lobengula, king of the
Matabele in South Africa, before
he met his death at the hands of
the British. This treasure is said
to consist of gold, ivory and pre-
cious stones. 1t was brought into
the limelight of public notice not
long ago by the arrest of Dutch
man named John Jacobs. He ar,
rived at Bulawayo, told some.
thing of his plans, was put into
what they call the goal" and has
since been deported.
Lobengula succeeded his father
as king of the Matabele in 1870
and boldly opposed European civ
ilization. He made Bulawayo his
capital. After the discovery OF
gold in his territory in 1872, Por,
tugal, the Transvaal and Great
Britain strove to win the supreme
control over Lobengula's king
dom. In 1888 he signed a treaty
with Great Britain, admitting her
suzerainty. In 1893, provoked by
the insolence of the British South
Africa company, he attacked the
English. He was terribly beaten
His capital was taken and in his
flight he himself was killed.
John Jacobs, the treasure seek
er, was a school-teacher. He
claims to have been private secre
tary to King Lobengula and that
III this way he learned where the
treasure was hid. The BulawayC
authorities, however, discovered
that he had a bad record. Hence
his deportation. Jacobs is an el
derly man, bearing evidence OF
long exposure to wind and
weather. The treasure is still tC
be found.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
POTAlA: A SACRED PALACE
Edifce OF High Priest Photographed
for the First Time Re-
Gently.

Potala, or the sacred place of
the dalai lama, the high priest of
the Thlbetans, was photographed
for the first time when the mem.
bers of the British Thibetan expe
dition reached Lhasa, the sacred
forbidden city in the center OF
Thibet, says the Metropolitan
Magazine. Col, Younghusband
who was in charge of the expedi
ton, would permit no attempt by
the correspondents to violate the
sanctity of the various sacred
buildings, but splendid views of
the exterior were obtained, and
the world is richer by authentic
descriptions of this wonderful pal.
ace, which is described in the dis.
patch of the London Times CORE
spondent. Over Il city set as a
jewel, amid green gardens,
through which crystal streams
flowed, lowered the giant Potala
rising almost from the ground in
gigantic stretches of white ma.
sonry, pierced with intermingable
rows of windows, and scaled by
great, red-edged, zig-zag stair
ways, 20 feet wide. Above these
a white mass ascended at either
end in the shape of a heavily tey
raced palace, inclosing Il maroon
mass, the main building. Aboy,
this again were golden roofs of 8
Chinese pattern, the whole struc
ture, 43O feet high and between
500 and 900 feet long, completed,
dominating the city of Lhasa
which was separated from tn,
palace by wide stretches of tur
and a beautiful plantation full O
forest trees.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
WILL POWER AN ESSENTIAL
fdence in Himself Is He Who
Succeeds.

What would you think of a
young man, ambitious TO become
lawyer, who should surround
himself with a medical atmos
phcrc and spend his time reading
medical books? asks Orison SWEET
Marden, in Success. Do you think
he would ever become great
lawyer by following such a course
No, he must put himself into a law
atmosphere, where he can absorb
it and be STEPPED in it until he is
attuned to the legal note. He
must be grated into the legal
tree so that he can feel its sap cir
culating through him.
How long would it take Il young
man to become successful who
puts himself into an atmosphere
of failure and remains init until
he is soaked to saturation will,
the idea? How long would it take
man who depreciates himself
talks of failure, walks like fail.
ure, and dresses like a failure
who is always complaining of the
insurmountable difficulties in his
way, and whose every step is on
the road to failure-how long
would it take him to arrive at the
success goal? Would anyone be.
heve in him or expect him to win
The majority of failures began
to deteriorate by doubling or de.
preciating themselves, or by los.
ing confidence in their own ability.
The moment you harbor doubt
and begin to lose faith in yourself,
you capitulate to the enemy
Every time you acknowledge
weakness, inefficiency, or lack of
ability, you weaken your self-con
fidence, and that is to undermine
the very foundation Of all achieve
ment.
So long as you carry around a
failure atmosphere, and radiatc
doubt and encouragement, You
will be failure. Turn about face,
cut off all currents of fail
ure thoughts, of discouraged
thoughts. Boldly face your goal
with a stout heart and deter
mined endeavor, and you will find
that things will change for you
but you must see a new world be
fore you can live in ii. 1t is to
what you see, to what you believe
to what you struggle incessantly
to attain, that you will approx
mate.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
Novel Way to Kill Sharks

The engineers in the British
navy have a very effective way Of
killing sharks. They seal up d
dynamite cartridge in an empty
can, and put the can inside a large
piece of pork. The pork is thrown
overheard on "A wire which has
been connected with an electric
battery. When the shark takes
the bait the engineer presses a
button, which eXplodes the car
fridge and kills the fish.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
Size of Circus Rinos

Circus rings are always uniform
in size, as circus horses are trained
to perform in a standard ring A.
feet in diameter. In larger or Il
smaller ring their pace becomes
uneven, irregular and unreliable,
and the riders in turning somer.
saults are liable to miscalculatc
the curve and miss their footing
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
Smallest Installation.

What is said TO be the smallest
electric light installation in the
world is to be found in the village
OF Bremen, near Dormbach, Thur.
lngla. 1t comprises a single arc
lamp installed in Il church, the
lamp being operated by a small
dynamo driven by the wheels of
the village mill.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
Poor Johnnie

Nose Chigley, Il friend of the
Sentinel living in Davis, and GER.
tainly Il representative Indian of
his tribe, a man always ready to
appreciate the situation, was
blessed Il few months since with
a male heir. The little fellow
however, did not arrive in time to
get on the approved government
rolls. This grieved the fond ia.
ther not a little; in fact. he took
it so to heart that he was deter.
mined in some way to commem.
crate lastingly the matter. He
accordingly christened the Dor.
lonless heir Johnnie No Land
Chigley."-Paul's Valley %. IT,
Sentinel.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
BISON FIERcEST OF CATTLE
All of n Hunters Skill and Nerve Is
Needed When Tackling Such
Big Game.

Called bison Incorrectly in In.
dia, seladang in Malaga, slang in
Burma, and gnudang in Siam, the
gaur Dos gaurus) is the largest
and ferccst of all wild cattle, with
hoofs small in proportion to its
height. and of deerlike, rather
than oxlike. character. says Out.
ing. Its sense of smell is as acute
as that Of the elephant and its
vision much keener. When you
seek one of these cattle YOU need
all your hunters skill and your
nerve, for. next to the elephant
and brackcted with the Cape buf
falo of Africa. believe its natural
temperament and the character OF
the country in which il is found
make the scladang in the Malay
peninsula the most formidable
quarry ON earth. In India. where
the range of he gaul is the hilly
wooded districts, they are more
apt to be found in herds Of some
size, and. because of the more dan
gcrous sections. less difficult Of az
proach, and less dangerous to the
hunter than in the Malay PENN
sula, where the jungle is the
dcnsest that grows. and almost
invariably the quarry has the man
ut a disadvantage. In Malay it is
snap shooting, where the game, on
being wounded, turns hunter. and,
concealed. awaits the sportsman,
who must approach with infinite
caution, with senses always alert
and hand ever ready if he would
stop or turn aside the vicious
charge. You may never in this
jungle survey the field of opera
tlons from some vantage point
but in the close growing angle of
vines, ard canes, and thorn bush
cs, and heavy coarse weed of
Srass-like mass-through which
You can never get even dim sight
for over 20 yards and most of the
time can scarcely see that MANY
feet ahead-you must follow the
tracks of the seladang YOU have
wounded, never knowing at what
instant the maddencd beast NAV
burst from the jungle practically
right ON top of you. One seladano
was fortunate enough to finally
get was only just at the other side
of a bamboo clump when he start.
ed his charge full at me. This is
the dangerous and the unayoid.
able feature of hunting the beast
in Malay. Luckily for the hunter.
the seladang, if unsuccessful i'm its
charge, passes on TO await him at
another point. Never have heard
OF one turning instantly to a sec.
ond charge after missing the
hunter on the first rush. But, on
the other hand, if the seladanc
charges home it remains to gorge
its victim.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
Old Age and Late Hours.

y statistician affirms that the
majority of people who attain oh
age have kept late hours. Eigh
ont of ten who reach the age of s.
have never gone to bed till afte
- at night.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12

He-The airships do not seem
to be perfected yet. The great
problem is how can a man be kept
up in the air?
She-Well, | saw you out horse.
back riding the other day, and ii
looked very much as if you were in
the air most of the time!-Yon.
kers Statesman.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
MUSSELS FIND MANY USES.
Some Facts About a Familiar She'll
fsh-At Its Best in the Spring
How to Cook Them.

-hOW 10 SOok 1neln.
Mussels are at their best in the
spring. Mussels thrive in bays
and inlets, on sandy bottoms, to
which, and to one another, they
attach by their byssus threads,
these being slender filaments issu-
ing from between the shells, says
Il New York writer. They are
sometimes in great beds extend
ing over a hundred acres, thou
sands Of bushels of mussels being
obtained in a single bed.
Fishermen go for mussels as
soon as the ice is out of the bays
in the spring, and sometimes
when wind and weather are pro
pitious they sandwich in trip for
mussels between the end of one
fishing trip and the beginning Of
another. There are plenty of mus
sci beds within easy reaching dis
tance of New York, and once on
mussel bed load for ten-tOn
slooR might be dredged up in
single tide.
So with good luck fisherman
could 60 to a mussel bed 20, 80 or
40 miles distant, and get a load of
mussels, and be back in New Yors;
ready to sell them, all within two
days. =
The profit on the trip depends on
what he gets for his catch. If
there should be many boatloads
of mussels in the market at the
same time he would get less for
them; but if he should happen to
come in when mussels were scarce
he would get more. If he got, say,
$1.25 barrel, about an average
price, and he had from 80 to Is
barrels in his sloop and he had
made quick trip and disposed of
his catch quickly there would be
fair money in it.
But the fisherman takes chances
in mussel fishing, just as he does
in every other sort Of fishing. {
Fishermen some times eat mus
sells fried, but the great bulk of
mussels consumed are picked.
The mussels are first boiled, and
then picked out of their shells. and
then what is called the beard.
which consists of the inward ends
of the byssus threads, is removed.
and with it little sac into which
the mussel is likely to have
drawn more or less sand. Then
the mussrIs are put up in jars in
pickle. with a few spices added.
Picked mussels have long been a
familiar item of free lunch, and
people buy them as we'll to carry
home.
The mussel is q much cheaper
shelltish than the oyster or the
clam, but still it is not eaten to
the same extent. There are peo.
pie with whom the mussel does
not agree, because of it's rich
flavor. But there are epicures
who are fond of them, and who
like to eat them occasionally, and
so mussels may be found on the
bills of fare of the finest restaur.
ants.
Junkmen who 20 into the coun,
try buying junk sometimes take
down their jangling bells and
stow them away somewhere in the
wagon and take into the country
wagOnload of mussels, which
they dispose of to farmers, trad
ing the mussels, maybe, for Junk.
Plckled mussels have been
shipped from New York at least
as far away as Chicago; so that
altogether the quantity of mus
sells disposed of in the Gotham
market is considerable.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
BLOCKING OF PORT ARTHUR
Writer in Vigorous Description Tells
of Perils of japanese Before
Doomed City.

This vigorous description is
from "The Yellow War;" by 90"
The scene is the blocking of Port
Arthur harbor hy the japanese
vessels. "The officer in com.
mand of the doomed ship stood in
front of the wheel with his eyes
glued upon the deepening base of
the black darkness in front of him.
The increasing shadow betokened
the land he was trying to make.
The only light was the hinnacle
The slow grind of the half-speed
engines and the swirl of the dis
placed water was in itself sound
enough to render almost unlea..
able the ovcrpowciing feeling o.
silence. Suddenly a great GoCG
OF light cleft the darkness ahead
II was SO white and clca. that L
l"ccs Of the three men on L..
~. idgc looked pale and Gc.;...i,,..,.
The man at the wheel WINGED wi,
die ST. oke-it WIS literally .
,.oke of light--lut tie O.. S..
q y moved his hand. re ...,..
nad defeated their own end ..!l-
-ad shown him the passa saep--hali Il
u"int to starbO9rd and the uOir .
was true.
"All was dark and dreadful
again, but only for second. =.
long meteOrlike rocket shot uu
from the center of the overpower
ing mass ahead. Its sinuous
course closed in Il mass of sparks.
The great beam of the Golden hi!l
searchlight leaped into life. Bat
there were other lights-light
ming flashes from the breast of
the mountain. flashes which
scared the gloom and vanished
The forts of Port Arthur wcr,
firing the guns which at night al g
always trained upon the harboI
approaches. The tumult was
deafening. The great bare flank $
or the mountains behind cauph,
up the deadly roll of dischargino
quick firers and flung the sound
back in mocking reverberation
But that was not the worst sound.
The Kissing rush of proiectiles.
the ear-splitting swish as they
struck the water and exploded, or
shrleked in ricochet overhead
the tension bred of apprehensive
darkness had changed to an in.
ferno OF modern war.
"At last the Japanese officer
gave evidence of sensibility to the
hades which surrounded him. He
had brought his ship far enough
into the passage. He blew the
whistle, which his teeth had bit
ten almost fiat: Port. had n
port! AS her head came round 2
heavy shell hit her forward. Then
another shock. 1t was as if an
earthquake had struck her.
lnstantaneously the engines
stopped, They were twisted out
of all semblance to symmetry
"a torpedo had struck her amid.
ships. Again the whistle sound.
ed. 1T was the order to take to the
boat. =. The ship was listing
heavily. The officer shouted TO his
men In the boat. His foot was on
the rail when the destroyer opened
with its quick firer. A shell took
MN IN the neck and shoulder and
bursting on impact carried the
brave mans head and brain away
with 1t. His mutilated trunk fell
forward among his anxious men.
HE was aboard. They pushed
OIL and as they handled the oars
they gave a cheer, Then they dis
covered that it was the warm,
thick lifeblOod of their chief and
not the spume OF the sea which
had made them wet in the dark.
ness"
Poor Johnnie.
Nose Chigley. a friend of tbo
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
DOWN ON THE RIO CRANDE
Contractor Tells Of an Exciting Ex-
perience in Crossing Stream
in the West.

"To give you an idea of what
sort of river the Rio Grande is
I'll tell you an experience that
had in getting across il with a
derrick" said Raymond McDou
gall. mining man from New Mex
leo. to Il Milwaukee Free Press
man. IL was Il contractor in rock
work in those days and was tax
ing my de rick from the east side
uf the river to the MagdaIcnas
The derrick was on four Wagon
wheels and four mules were haul
ing it. had my two hc,lpis a,on.-
and one of them drove The muics
He was an old timer, which Wa
lucky, and if had trusted 10 my
own Judgment | might have mad
a mistake that would have COS,
me my mules and derrick, if not
my life.
1--WE reached the Rio Grandc Il.
hour before sundown and | saw
a wide river bed. but no water
only dry sand from one hank "a
the other. 1t was a new kind oi
river to me, but my driver said
that il was all right-that il was 4
way the Rio Giande had. The
water was there. only il was flow
ing through the sands under the
channel instead of in il. | be
ing tenderfOot was for camping
on the nearer bank where the
grass was good, but Mccartney
the driver, said that would never
do unless | was willing to take my
chances of staying there week OF
two; that water sometimes came
down the channel, a good deal OF
il, and that it would be well to get
across while we were sure thai
we could.
"We were starting across owe,
the dry sands and | was thinking
what an easy way it was of ford
ing a river when of q sudden the
two lead mules were foundering
in a quicksand and the whole out
fit came near being drawn in. We
got the two leaders clear of the
harness and the other two mules
drew them out, one at time. We
hitched them up again and by max
ing a long circuit got past the
quicksand and to the other bank
"By that time it was ten o'clocl,
and the moon had risen. The
mules had just begun to climb the
bank when we heard a roaring
noise up the channel. 1t came
from a wall of water that
stretched from bank to bank and
was travelling toward us fast. 1t
looked in the moonlight to be four
feet high, and there was high wa
ter behind it sending it on. We
didn't need to holler to the mules.
They heard what was coming and
clawed up the bank like eats.
"We got out all right, derrick
and all-and there were not three
minutes to spare. Before we had
finished our supper the river bed
was full bank high, with torrent
that eddied and roared as II
rushed past our camping place as
II 1t had been sorry to miss us and
would like to get up where we
were. There was not a cloud in
the sky or sign of rain anywhere
and the flood may have come from
II clOudburst in Colorado 200 miles
away But it came near get
ting us.
II had learned one lesson. and
that was in travelling by wagon
always camp on the farther sid,
OF the stream. And had learned
TO put no trust in the Rio Grande.' ;
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
LONG-WINDED ORATORS.
30 a Texas Legislator Brought On
Alarm Clock Into the House
Which Is a Success.

The unusual sight of mature
and sedate member of the legisla-
ture standing on the floor of the
house in the midst of it's proceed
ings holding aloft 15-cent alarm
clock, decorated with blue rib
bons, while the alarming depart.
ment of the machinery was in q
state of eruption, was witnessed
the other afternoon, and the sight
precipitated convulsions and con
fusion onu the part of the member
ship, while the pages shrieked
wildly and turned somersaults in
the aisles. j. j. Blount, of Ander-
son county, was the owner and op-
orator of the clock and the origina-
tor of the idea that timepieces
should be put to that use. He was
deadly in earnest too, says the
Dallas News.
Mr.. BlOunt had on several occa
sions complained of the "wind-
jamming in the house and spcef.
tically of the fact that speeches of
ten minutes extended beyond that
time limit. This afternoon he
showed up in the house with q
brand-new clock. He informed
those who questioned him about it
that he intended to set the clock
as each member rose to speak 80
that it would call time on him
when the limit under the rules had
been reached.
There were several speeches
during the first hour and a half
of the session, but it chanced that
Curtis Hancock, of Dallas, was the
victim of Mr.. Blount's system.
The Blanton pure food bill was un-
der discussion. Mr.. Hancock had
offered an amendment to protect
the retail grOcers and was speak.
ing to it. He was frequently in.
terrupted with questions and
there was frightful disorder, so
much that the speaker (Mr. Huds-
peth in the chair ordered the ser.
geant-at-arms to clear the lobby.
Just at this juncture and as Mr..
Hancock was reaching the quit
ting point a strong "ting- ling
rang out above the din. Mr..
Blount arose and held the time
keeper aloft in full view of the
bowling assemblage.
"SteambOats have schedules, so
railroads have time cards, and the
Twenty-ninth house of represen.
tatives must follow it's rules" he
declared. Mr.. Hancock seemingly
believed that he had been special
ly selected as the voctim of prac.
tical joke, asserted with emphasis
his right to be heard in the inter.
est of the people whom he repre-,
sented, and he scathingly de.
nouncedthe spirit which it seemed
prompted some members to per.
petrate such pranks. His indigna.
ton and earnestness were such
that the remainder of his speech
was received in respectful silence.
The lobby was not cleared.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
Argentina's New Industry

During the last two years abour
100000 mulberry trees hav,
been planted in Argentina, which
has now about 100000 of sucl
trees. The production of raw sill
will eventually become an impoI
tant product of that country
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
His First Attack.

She toying with the ring)-And
am | the first woman you ever
loved?
He-No, indeed. AT the early
age of seven | thought seriously
of eloping with my teacher.-Cht.
cago Daily News.
The Falls City tribune., 1906-01-12
If You DON'T DiO

No one knows what day will
bring forth, but it is generally
pretty safe guess that il will be
nothing.-Puck.