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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
DO SPIDERS SLEEP?


The question, do spiders sleep at
night?" is not easy to answer.
have made a careful observation of
the sleep of ants, and that could
readily be done by watching colonies
In their artificial formicaries. 1t is
almost impossible to deal with spiders
In the same way. l would answer,
however, in general terms, that spid.
ers sleep, as all animals do, and
doubtless parts of the night are spent
in slumber. Many species, however,
prey on the night-hying insects, and
so must be awake in order to catch
their prey. If you will watch the
porch or outbuildings of your home
on a summer evening you will be
likely to see an orb-weaving spider
drop slowly down on single thread
in the gathering dusk of the evening.
From this beginning round web
will soon be spun, and either banging
at the centre thereof, or in little
nest above and at one side Is the
architect, with forefeet clasping what
we call the trap line," and waiting
for some night-fying insect to strike
the snare. In this position spiders
will sometimes wait for hours, and
it is just possible that they may then
take little nap. They nigh. easily
do that and yet not lose their game.
for the agitation of the web would
rouse the sleeper, and then it would
run down the trap line and secure its
prey. Some species of spiders do
the chief part of their hunting at
night, and there are some who chiefly
hunt during the day, but as rule
these industrious animals work both
day and night.-From Nature and
Science, in st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
The Emergency Case.

While on the march in India the
pioneer corporal Of famous Irish
regiment went to the quartermaster
for loan of a camel to carry spare
tent, but the quartermaster refused.
II have only the cart. and this spare
camel / am keeping for a case OF
emergency"
The corporal said, Cant you put
the case of emergency on the cart,
and let me have the camel?"-From
Judges Library.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
"Set and Thinkn

For ourselves, too, in these nerve
racking days of turmoil and strife,
we find distinct advantage in occa-
sionally emulating the example of a
great Peacham philosopher, who,
when asked how he maintained his
exceptional composure, slowly and
sagely replied: Sometimes l set and
think, and sometimes / just set. -
George Harvey, in the North Ameri-
can Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
Federal Control of Forests,

At present but one-fifth of the total
forest area of the United States is
embraced in national forests. The
remaining four-fifths have already
passed or are most likely to pass into
private hands. The average age of
the trees felled for lumber this year
is not less than $50 years. In other
words, if he is to secure a second
crop Of trees Of the same size, the
lumberman or private forest owner
must wait, say, at least 100 years for
the second crop to grow.-From "The
VIEWPOINT" by Caspar Whitney, in
The Outing Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30

soiled dolly and kissing her face az
lovingly as Genia Marsh could have
kissed her brand-new one. BY and
by she raised her bright and smiling
face to the window, and, seeing her
mother looking down, called out:
Home Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
A DOG AND A PIG.

Here ia q true tale of dog and
pig. They were both passengers on
the same ship, and became warm
friends. They used to eat their cold
potatoes off the same plate, and but
for one thing would never have had
any trouble. This was the fact that
the dog had kennel, and the pig
had none. Somehow the pig got it
into his head that the kennel be-
longed to whichever could. get into it
| first, so every night there was race.
One rainy afternoon the pig found it
rather unpleasant slipping about the
deck, and made up his mind to retire
early. But, when it reached the ken
mel, it found the dog inside.
Suddenly an idea flashed upon it;
and, trudging on to where their din
ner plate was lying, it carried it to
part of the deck where the dog
could see it, and, turning his back to
the kennel, began rattling the plate
and munching as though at feast.
This was too much for Toby. A good
dinner, and he not there! Piggy kept
on until Toby had come around in
front of him and pushed his nose into
the empty plate. Then, like shot, it
turned and ran and was safe in the
kennel before the dog knew whether
there was any dinner on the plate or
not.-Sunday Magazine.
hQUEER POSITIONS OF HEARTS.
There is one curious fact which not
everybody notices about the common,
fnger-long, green caterpillars of our
larger moths. Their hearts, instead
of being in front, are at the back of
the body and extend along the entire
length of the animal. One can see
the heart distinctly through the thin
skin and can watch its slow beat,
which starts at the tail and moves
forward to the head.
Hearts of this sort reaching from
head to tail are not at all uncommon
in the simpler creatures. The earth
worm has one, and so have most
worms, caterpillars and other crawl
ing things. Hearts in the middle of
the back also are quite as frequent as
those in what seems to us to be the
natural place. Many animals, the
lobster, for example, and the crayiish
and the crab, which have short hearts
like those of the beasts and birds,
nevertheless have them placed Just
under the shell in what, in ourselves.
would be the small OF the back.-St.
Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
TO EACH HIS OWN.

have faith that in the beginning,
When life was given us all,
IL was planned that sooner or later
Our hearts would answer the call,
That prescient voice of the spirit,
Which, spite of sea or zone,
Sometime, across the silence,
Brings to us each our own.
Helen Field Fischer, in the Christian
Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30

The Erzberg, Austria's iron noun
tain, will furnish ore for 1000 more
years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30

The huge serpent, the boa constric-
tor, has 800 pairs of ribs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Little Miss Frog
Went out one day
To call on friend
In pond cross tn way.
When she started out
The sky was serene;
The flowers smiled,
And the grass was green.
But before she had hoped
Gross the open space
She felt something damp
Fall down on her face.
A cloud had gathered,
And raindrops fell
All about Miss Frog,
Coming down pell-mell.
So she hoped along,
With all her might,
To the pond of her friend,
And lept in out of sight.
For she feared the rain
Would spoil her dress,
And that she'd get wet
And take cold. Goodness!
Maud Walker, in the Birmingham Ag
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-30

Little Tim, greedy boy,
Ate too much of cake;
He went to bed and thought he'd die
With a cramping stummie ache.
Birmingham AgeHerald.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
CASH PREeENT OF $3.50 HAND
Ed TO DISMISSED INSPEC-
TOR AS RESULT OF PRO-
TRACTED PETTY DlCkERlNG
OVER APPOINTMENT.

Peanut politics in the council
has cost the city little more
than $50 entirely needless ex-
pense. Last night, on motion of
Councilman Lambert. G. w. Dow
was formally removed from the po-
sition of sanitary inspector. He
was fred two months ago by the
board Of health, but it took the
council all that time to endorse the
dismissal and confirm the appoint
ment of Thomas Cavanaugh.
When action was finally taken
the council magnanimously order
ed Dow paid for two months and
eight days at the rate of SIS per
month, although in that time Dow
has done nothing more than ap-
pear daily at the health Office for
a few moments. The work he for
merly did was assigned to Cava-
naugh and there was nothing do
ing for Dow but draw his pay. He
had a right to the demand for pay,
however, in legal sense by rea-
son of the councils negligence in
the case.
Last night Dow insisted on being
heard In reply to charges made
against his official character by
members of the health board, but
Lambert insisted that the board
merited unquestioned confidence
and it's wishes should be respected.
After the lapse of a couple OF
months the council seemed to have
arrived at the same conclusion. 1t
also gave away the $3.50 of public
money accruing to Dow without a
murmur of apprehension.
When long deliberation Is re-
quired over the matter Of dismiss
ing a subordinate appointee the
public, of course, will have to pay
for it, And long delfberation is al
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
SHUT co.
OFF BRIDGE

According to Corporation Coun-
sci Hamblen, the w. w. P. Co.,
under it's franchise, is entitled to
use of any bridge that may be
built crossing the river at Monroe
st. This opinion was submitted to
the city council last night.
There is, however, no obligation
upon the city to build bridge
there strong enough to carry street
car traffic. and this fact may give
the city a club to swing on the
company.
Commissioner ONO says the w.
w. P. has promised to submit an
other written agreement to bear
half the cost of the new Howard
st. bridge. The original agreement
the board claims to have received
has been lost, 1t is stated. At any
rate 1t is missing after the fashion
of the company's alleged verbal
agreement to pay for the tenn
porary bridge on Howard st. after
the old bridge had been knocked
down by streetcar.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

! WAS CRAZY
my father died insane"

my father died insane
Those are the words which 1t Is
believed account for the actions OF
Larry Cavanaugh, who shot and
killed James Cahill and yesterday
cut his own throat in the county
all. The second day after his ar
resjt, while still incarcerated in
the city Jail, Cavanaugh uttered the
words to Sergeant ID. d. -McPhee
when asked if he wasn't crazy to
shoot his friend.
Deputy Prosecutor Fred Pugh,
when asked as to the truth of the
report, this morning admitted that
Cavanaugh made such a statement,
but now that he was without the
reach of the law it could not be in
vestigated. Cavanaugh will be
buried tomorrow at the expense of
the county unless some of his
friends pay for a funeral. He has
been around Spokane several years
and was quite we'll known.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
PRES PRATT WORKS THROUGH
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR
ESTIMATES ON REPAIRS
from CITY'S MOST RECENT
EXPERT.

The determination to patch UP
the Monroe st. bridge If at all pos
sible was launched again in the
council last night by Pres. Pratt,
and carried through on his motion
to instruct Expert w. H. Burr to
report on the ACCESSIBILITY of re-
pairing the structure as well as on
the plan of building a new bridge.
The motion also carries the stip-
ulation that Burr shall consult
with, and presumably receive his
instructions from, the city council
before he undertakes his task.
Councilman Laumer fought for
the preservation of his original
resolution by which the council
authorized the employment of an
expert to prepare plans for a new
bridge in response to demand
from the citizens on both sides OF
the river dependent on the bridge.
Aised by Funk, Brown and Bald
win, Laumer was overcome and
the Pratt resolution passed. Bald
win suggested the plan of the coun-
cir giving Burr his instructions be-
fore the exporting began.
This means that all the hard
work of the Fourth and Third
wards has gone for nothing, and
that the promise made by the
council to drop the repair plan and
work for new bridge has been
broken.
Wire pulling for other bridges, in
the fear that the 100000 appro-
priation cannot be made to pay for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
May Patch MONROE ST.
BRIDGE UP after ALL

100000 worth of work In sight, is
responsible for a change of front
and resort to still another phase OF
exporting.
Engineer Bihler, while in w. w.
P. Co. employment, said the bridge
could be repaired. Engineer
Straus, while working for the city,
said It might fall of its own weight.
The council wants still another
opinion on the repair proposition.
Meanwhile, as a result of much
lobbying by Charles Ltchfield, the
council ordered plans and specifi-
cations for new bridge on E.
Olive st. The present structure is
crossed by the tracks of the
Traction Co. and one car nearly
monopolizes all the available space.
The resolution for a new structure
provides a 40foot roadway, two
eight feet sidewalks, and all pos
sible use of the present bridge in
reconstruction. Capt. John Gray
said the city's portion of the ex-
pense would be small because the
Traction Co. would pay part, and
by using the present bridge and
piers considerable money would be
saved.
Just how the city would pay for
the work Is a mystery unless the
new Monroe ST. bridge plan is
abandoned. OF thea$40g.000s appro-
priated the Monroe st. bridge would
take at least two-thirds; Howard
and Washington SITS 100000 more;
Division st. viaduct and Havermale
ST., E. Sprague av. trestle consider.
able more than that.
Somebody will be loser a bridge
evidently, and the indications point
out the people who want the Mon
roe st. bridge as the losers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
BAD DAY FOR
AUTOMOBILES

G. Burlingame, Of this city, yes
terday backed over high cliff near
Cheney in the big automobile own
ed by himself and Il. Holman. He
escaped with bruises, and pas
senger with him was unhurt, but
the machine needs reconstruction
in about every part. The rem
nants of it are now at the garage.
How the occupants escaped
death is a mystery they. can't ex-
plain. The machine became un-
manageable ON grade and dove
backwards over the cliff, said to
be 80 feet high, before the driver
could control it or jump.
Kennedy Hanley's $4,000 auto
mobile was wrecked on e. Sprague
av. Saturday night by Chauffeur
Harry Munson, who, with a party
of friends, had been carousing at
the notorious road house just east
of the city limits. All the passen-
gers escaped unhurt. The machine
collided with a telephone pole, turn
ed over and blew up. The wood
work burned Munson, who for
merly worked for the Rose and
Franklin garages, has not since
ueen seen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
BABY JOCKEY MARTYR
TO RACING EVIL

CINCINNATI. Oct. 9.-Tossihg
upon cot in st. Elizabeths hos
pital, Covington, KY, 14-year-old
Walter Address. baby jockey, is
the victim of an accident at the La
tonia track and violation Of Ken
tucky's child labor act.
Suffering from an injury which
left him weak, Walter was forced
to ride the thoroughbred Double
Trouble. Unable to manage the
horse, he was thrown and trampled
on by the horses following.
Baby Address is but one of the
under-aged Jockeys riding at La
tonia. He is under contract to N.
ID. Travis, who pays him SIS a
month, and unless he rides q win
ner the baby gets no more. To
date his salary has remained at SIS.
County attorney Frank Tracey
has taken up the case and will
prosecute Travis for violating the
child labor act, which specifies that
no child under 18 shall be employ
ed without the consent of the
county judge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
OPEN RIVER BOOSTERS
MEET TO-DAY

THE DALLES, Oct. 9.-Dele-
gates from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho are gathered at The
Dalles today to take definite steps
toward fastening construction of
the Cello canal and extension of
the portage road from Big Eddy to
The Dalles.
The meeting is the greatest of
the kind ever held in the North
west and has brought 225 delegates
here to boost the project. open
the Columbia and tributaries to the
sea-" is the slogan of the conven-
ton. Build a portage railroad to
The Dalles," is the cry of the dele
gates. They expect to put build
ing the canal on a continuous con-
tract or bonding basis and push
the work at once.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

some such terms as the city has
finally secured. The Nine Mile
power plant of the Traction Co. will
not be in readiness 70; several
months yet, but when it is the COM
pany will bid for additional lights
not furnished by the w. w. P. UNI
der the latter's self-perpetuating
contract. If the world stands I'm.
til that instrument expires there
may be some hope Of competition
in city lighting, providing the w.
w. p has not by that time regain
ed absolute control of city govern
ment. The term named in the con-
tract is five years for each indi-
vidual light installed in addition to
those now in use. If the city grows
in the next five years, as it has in
the past five years, probably double
the number of lights will be in use,
extending the contract on and on
indefinitely, as more lamps are
needed. With all that, the COM
pany had the nerve to ask "exclu-
sive" privileges.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
Will Sign a Light Contract That
, Merely Permits Indefinite
Continuation.

As soon as Commissioners ]. T.
O'Brien can corral representatives
of the Washington Water Power
Co., a contract for lighting the city,
as authorized by the council last
night, will be made For the past
two weeks the commissioners have
had trouble with the company over
a clause designed to give the COM
pany exclusive right to the privi-
lege. Finally the corporation coun-
sci was appealed to and rendered
an opinion that 1t was unlawful for
the city to grant an exclusive
privilege to anyone. Fortified with
this opinion, O'Brien last evening
met representative of the COM
pany and they agreed that the
clause should be left out, thus CIV
ing competing company, when
ever ready to enter the field, a
chance to bid on additional lights.
1t is stated that representatives
of the Traction Co. were instru-
mental in holding up the contract
So long in an endeavor to force
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
CITY Will GO INTO THE
GARBAGE BUSINESS

While in Seattle recently Mayor
Moore consulted with Thomson on
the matter and when he returned
to this city spoke highly of the
plant.
The action of the council settles
the present controversy between
the board of works and the scaven-
ger monopoly over the charges of
81 a ton, recently put into effect
at the crematory. Since then the
scavengers have bought II acres of
ground north of the city limits and
have been taking the garbage there
and burning 1t instead of at the
crematory. claiming that the new
charge was untustly high and pro-
hibited any profit.
Scavenger companies are rather
sore today over the trick played
upon them last night in the city
council, but assert that the city
will have it's hands full In trying to
get their business. Although they
had been invited to attend the
meeting and present their case, the
subject was not brought up until
the last thing, when the garbage
men had gone home. Then the
council decided to go into the garb-
age business on its own hook.
The private garbage men have
their own burning ground and de-
clare they can do the work Just
as cheap as the city can. II the
city wants their business 1t will
have to scrap for it and the result
of the scrap will probably make
costumers happy. A rate war Is in
prospect.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
W. W. P. FINALLY YIELDS
LEAD PIPE CNCH DEMAND
STILL OWNS The
WHOLE Street

1.-THE police should get busy over
there said a member of the city
council as he emerged from the
crowd that completely blocked the
sidewalk in front of Dutch Jake's"
deadfall last might mo one else
would be permitted to maintain a
nuisance like that on the principal
business streets Of the CITY,"
The truthful remarks were occa-
stoned by the councilman having
Joined in the efforts of men and
women to force their way through
the crowd of loafers which congre-
gate nightly in front of the Occur
d'Alene. The efforts of a special
poloiocoeomoan to keep the side
walk clear have been without re-
suit as lettering matters to any
appreciate extent. The street
blocking in this instance is so near
the city hall and police station that
the authorities can't help but over
look it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
CIVIL WAR OVER
MURDER

BRISTOL, Va, Oct. 9.-Town ar
rayed against town, neighbor
against neighbor and friend against
friend, is the condition here, as the
result of the arrest and trial of
Ack Hale, charged with the muir
der and assault of Lille Davis.
Making the interest more intense
is the fact that Roy Hale, brother
of the accused, had previously kill
ed a brother Of the dead girl.
Ack Hale has been tried once.
but the jury disagreed. Every eff
fort was made by the defense to
besmirch the dead girls character.
Women were imported from Ten
nessee towns to prove she was ad-
dicted to drink and things worse.
Neighbors and friends, including
John e. McRoberts, fiance of the
murdered girl, disproved these
charges. McRoberts Is devoting ev-
cry minute and his last cent to
convict Hale.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

The Pratt crematory department
ordinance, authorizing the city to
take over street cleaning and garb-
age collection, and run 1t in con-
nection with the incinerating plant,
passed the city council near mid
night last night without a dissent
ing vote.
Representatives of the garbage
companies. who were in the coun-
Gil chambers up until H. o'clock,
got tired and left before the propo-
sltion was brought out of commit
tee of the whole. The regular SEES
sion of the council, and a motion
to adjourn, was up when Council
man N. S. Pratt, father Of the Or
dinance. demanded that the mat
ter be brought up.
The only objection came from
Councilmen Dalke and Laumer, of
the Fourth ward. Each of them en-
tered strenuous objection to the
matter being considered without
the presence Of representatives of
the garbage trust who, by the pass
age of the measure, are practically
put out of business. Pratt's mo-
ton carried, however and when
put to a vote the ordinance as read
was passed with Dalke and Lau-
mer, who had wanted more time
for it's discussion, voting with the
other eight councilmen.
The ordinance places the city in
entire control OF garbage collec-
ton, its destruction at the crema-
tory and street cleaning. 1t also
provides for doubling the capacity
of the present Acton Decarie plant
and authorizes the board of works
to open negotiations with the De-
carrie company for an enlarged
plant of so tons.
Provision Is made for superin-
tendent of the newly created de-
partment at salary Of $3.50 a
month.
There is some doubt as to wheth-
err the Decarie proposition will be
acceptable to the board of works.
The present crematory has done
the work as we'll as was expected,
but there seems to be leaning to-
ward the English crematory, whom
Engineer Thomson, Of Seattle, aft
err trip to London for the pur-
pose, recommended for Seattle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
PROSPECT PLEASES
the B0lLERMA KERS

Desertions from the Jim Hill
stockades similar to those that
have occurred at Hillyard are re-
ported from all along the line, and
the striking boilermakers feel
jubilant today over the prospect OF
winning their struggle for an in
crease in wages.
They figure that the companies
cannot hold out much longer, as
there are no skilled men to be OBJ
tanned and the failure of green
hands in the boiler shops has been
demonstrated.
The boilermakers give a ball at
Carabin hall, Hillyard, tomorrow
night. --~~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
10000 ACRE
LAND FRAUD

y SANTA FE. N. NJ, Oct. 9.-As a
result of new evidence unearthed
by land fraud agents, the Pennsyl-
vania Development Co.. New Mexi-
can Fuel & Iron Co.. and w. s.
Hopewell, agent for the corpora
tions, may be compelled to cancel
deeds to almost 10000 acres of
timber land secured in 1901. A
suit has been filed to compel can
collation. by the government. The
government claims both territorial
officials and corporations were
aware that fraudulent means were
used.