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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
USE FIRE-KlLLED TIMBER
Forest Service Discovers New Mate
rial for Railroad Ties

Trees killed by forest fires are used
to a large extent now, though the pop
ular opinion is that timber of this char
acter is unfit for use.
Dead timber is usually associated
with unsound and decayed wood. For
this reason it is hard for the average
person to believe that it is capable of
much use. In the west however there
are many large tracts of fire-killed tim
ber which, owing to dry climate and
high elevations, are just as sound thirty
years after as the day they were
burned.
One of the important uses made of
dead timber is for railroad ties. 1t has
been found that the strength Of the
timber has not been impaired by the
f1re-killing. while the dura bility has
been often increased. Where these ties
have been used along with green tim
ber ties they have shown up remark
ably we'll. In some cases they have
lasted much longer than ties of green
timber.
Dead timber is used for this purpose
in wholesale quantities in the Pike s
Peak National forest in Colorado, and
in a more limited way in other places
That ties made of this material are OF
known value is proven by the fact thai
the price is the same as for green tim
ber ties. In quite a few places these
ties have been made as long ago as
fifteen years.
Where the ties are known there is a
strong demand for them. One tie con-
tractor had a contract for $4,000 and
could easily have doubled 1t had he
been able to get out the ties.
The government, through the forest
service, is acting for the greatest econ
omy by disposing of this dead tie ma
terial before it becomes useless, as
every dead tie that is sold saves that
much green timber to keep up the
future tie supply.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03

being to palm off the skins of the
kittens as ermine. This was not much
of a success, but he found ready
market for the fur of the old cats,
hatters declaring it was the very thing
they were looking for.
Discarded fish from the lake, scraps
of meat and corn meal are used for
feeding, and since cats are light eaters
the cost of maintaining them is not
heavy.
Three crops of kittens are raised
each year, and when they are half
grown the animals are killed by gas,
and the skins sent to the hat factories.
BY a careful system of breeding, Mr..
McConolog hopes to rear cat that
will yield half a pound of fur, and thus
double his profits.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03

round the brim, quite narrow in front.
widens out to ample proportions at the
back khere it droopS a little. The trim
ming consists of a very full bow of
handsome ribbon or of hemmed silk.
The center of the bow is directly in the
front and is often finished with a
rosette. Handsome large hat pins that
contrast are the only other trimming in
most instances, though occasionally
form a sort of fringe that extends part
way over the brim at the back of the
hat only.
Wings and Ostrich Feathers
For similar wear many women past
20 prefer smaller hats, that set closer to
the head, or at any rate don't sweep out
in such pronounced fashion behind.
Wings are the trimming best liked for
these. OF the made variety, these
wings can be bent into any shape to
suit the hat, and the wearer and the
huge hatpins aid in these trimmings
also. Ribbon often forms the sole and
sufficient garniture for hats intended
for the hard usage inseparable from
motoring and travelling. Ostrich feath-
ers show no sign of losing ground; in
fact a leading store has marked this
stock up no less than three times since
Easter.
Face wells of Tuxedo nets, plain or
dotted, match the hat trimmings
usually. Brown is the most popuaT
color, and the long veil of washable
chiffon is a necessity for every one
whose headwear is exposed to the dust
of railways or country roads. Wells OF
net or chiffon with pleated edges or
those trimmed with lace of matching
color, are made up in squares that are
intended to be thrown loosely over the
hat and hang free from the face, ac-
cording to the French fashion. Here
most women draw them in at the back
of the coiffure with some sort of hand
some pin. ROSAL1ND MAY.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
Railroad Notes

T. ]. Foley has been appointed super
intendent of terminals of the Union
Pacific at Omaha.
j. F. Whiteford has been appointed
general roundhouse inspector of the
Santa Fe at Albuquerque, N. M.
w. B. Dixon, Northwestern passenger
agent of the Milwaukee at st. Paul, has
been appointed assistant general pas
senger agent at that point.
Gerrit Fort has resigned as assistant
general passenger agent of the Union
Pacific, to connect with the New York
Central & Hudson River.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
MOB THROWS STONES
AT PRIESTS HOME
BY Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, June 1.-Two hundred
men bombarded the residence of the
Rev. Vitus Hribar, pastor of st. Vitus'
Catholic church, today following the
MONDAY service. Volley after volley of
stones were hurled against the door and
through the windows. Thirty arrests
were made by the police after a riot
call had been turned in. The priest,
who was summoned to the street by
ruse, 1.ithstood the fusillade until a
mob attempted to drag him from his
porch. Then he took refuge inside the
h use.
Feeling against Father Hribar has
resulted in a number of disorderly DEM
onstrations recently, but he has stub
bornly refused to leave the parish.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
NEVER SPOKE TO A MAN
FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS
special to The Herald.


SHOSHONI, Wyo, June o. Miss
Jennie E. Carroll, who died few days
ago at the house of her sister near
Southpass City, had not, so far as was
known to those familiar with her life,
spoken to a man for twenty seven
years.
She was forty odd years of age at
the time of her death, and ever since
she came to Wyoming eighteen years
ago had made her home with her sis
ter, Mrs. Ella Cobbler. She went there
with the understanding that she was
not to be required to speak to Mr..
Cobbler and did not do so, though he
lived two years after her arrival.
The story is that twenty-seven years
ago Miss Carroll was engaged to be
married to a young man in the east.
Guests ha assembled for the cere-
mony at the home of her mother, but
when the hour came, the young man
did not appear. Miss Carroll never
saw or heard from him afterward.
She took a vow that night, the story
runs, never again to speak to a man,
and kept it religiously to the day of
her death.
Before she died she requested her sis
ter to perr;,t no men to attend her fu-
neral, and none did attend 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
CAT FARM BRINGS
IN LARGE PROFITS
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
CLEVELAND, June 2.-Brutus Nc
Conolog's cat farm, started as jest,
has opened up new field for money
making. The owner says that his
profits for the last season amounted
to $4326. He is now planning to ex-
tend the farm and double the output.
Owning some barren land along the
shores of the lake, Mr.. McConolog
erected few buildings and stocked
the place with white cats, his object
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
DEATHS OF THE DAY
William Sheffield
By Associated Press.

BY Associated PreSs.
NEWPORT, r. l., June 2-William
Payne Sheffield, former United States
senator from Rhode Island, died to-
day, aged 81 years. Mr.. Sheffield was a
member of congress from 1861 to 1863
and served as United States senator by
executive appointment to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Henry B. Anthony for few months in
1884 and 1885.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
OLDEST IOWA TEACHER
BEGINS EIGHfIETH TERM
sneclnl. to The Herald.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, June q
Opening her eightieth term of school
this week, Miss Nancy Frey of Sigour-
ney, II years of age, holds the unique
position of being the oldest school
teacher in the state.
Miss Trey is an exceedingly young
looking an. well preserved woman.
Her mental faculties are keen and well
balanced.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
Elliott Promotes Levy

President Elliott of the Northern Pa
cific railway announced in an official
circular that c. M. Levy of Tacoma,
third vice president of the Northern
Pacific, would have his headquarters
in st. Paul and that he would have
charge of maintenance and operation
arrangement the general managers for
the eastern and western ends of the
lines will work directly under Mr. Levy.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
Fire on Oceanic

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 2.-Fire broke out
early today in the steerage Of the White
Star line steamer Oceanic, tied up at
her wharf here, and before controlled
did considerable damage.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
viii Build to Butte This Year

By the end of the year the Pacific
extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul road will be completed as
far as Butte, Mont. Eventually the
extension will go to Tacoma and Sc
attle
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
Explained

Bobbie-Mother, is this the bottle OF
eau de cologne?
Mother-No, Bobbie, that's the ce-
ment
Bobbie-Oh, then that's why I can't
getamy hat off!-Pick-Me-U
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
Her Fault

The Young Husband (growling)-
This chicken is like piece of india
rubber.
The Young Wife Tin tears)-Piease
don't scold, Tom; it is all my fault. l
asked for s. spring chicken.-Illustrated
Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03

Everything you want you Will find in
the classified page One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03

~ fncturers of
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
FIFTY YEARS HARD
LABOR FOR KNOWLES
Infantry CrpOral Guilty of Having
Assaulted Captain and
Robbery.

SAN Antonio, Texas, May 22.-
The sentence fixed by the caurtmar-
tial in the case of Corporal E. L..
Knowles of the Twenty-fifty infantry,
recently tried for having assaulted
Captain Edgar l.. Macklin of the
same regiment, while the regiment
was stationed at Fort Reno, Okla, in
December last, is fifty years at hard
labor in the penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan. The sentence was
today approved by General Albert L..
Meyer, commanding the department
of Texas.
The court found Knowles guilty on
two specifications, assault and bat
terry with intent to kill, and assault
with intent to commit robbery. The
sentence named is but two years less
than the maximum penalty which
could have been assessed.
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Were All Leather Eaters.

"And then" said the arctic explorer,
81 ate my leather belt
"Pooh what of that? Every mothers
son of us eats pair Of shoes year"
The explorer frowned. This he be-
gan, lis no laughing'-
But the scientist interrupted him. 81
am not testing, sir. | speak the solemn
truth. What is leather? Is it not albu-
men and tannin? Well, when you add
milk to your tea Or coffee, the tannin
Of the one and the albunen of the
other unite, and leather results. The
leather is in minute particles. Never
theless it is there. And down it goes.
Al who drink tea CIR coffee daily the
scientist concluded, consume in n
year enough leather to make pair OF
shoes"
The explorer sneered. ''To resume"
be said. Il then ate the lining Of" etc.
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There is certain satisfaction in tai
Ing tie enemy unaWares on his own
ground, in downing him with his own
weapons. President Polk evidently
took comfort in his method for nit
eating the hand shake, that curse Of
the chief executive office, and he must
have clluckled when he wrote in his
diary the bit which is given in james
Schouler's Historical Briefs"
If man surrendered his arm to be
shaken by one horizontally, by another
perpendicularly and by another with
a strong grip, he could not fail to suf-
fer severely by it. But if he would
shake and not be shaken, grip and not
be gripped, taking care always to
squeeze the hand of his adversary as
hard as the adversary squeezed him,
te would suffer no Inconvenience by it.
can generally anticipate strong grip
from a strong man. | take advantage
of him by being quicker than he oni
Selling him Ey the tips of his fingers.
This is stated playfully, but it is all
true
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
Enoland and France.

It has been playfully observed thai
the mutual antipathies and attractions
of England and France resemble to &
curious degree those of man and wom-
an, perhaps one might say of man and
woman attached to each other by q
marriage de ance-geographique.
I'VE do all naturally hate the French"
Mr.. Pepys observed long ago. docs
any nation, by the way, love its neigh
bor?, France has never ceased to in
tcrest us or indeed to inspire part Of
Our ideas and conduct
Rightly do her historians descant Of
the glorious role she has played in the
general WORK of civilization, of the
sympathetic genius which has seized
and translated for Europe the ideas Of
reason, justice and all the theory Of
life. private and public which has
preserved even in the useful and
frivolous the tradition Of art of the
idealist perseverance, whose expert
ments have saved the world so much
suffering and "made of her follies the
wisdom of other nations. George H.
Powell in Fortnightly Review.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
Four Had Snakes.

Snakes are much maligned creatures.
although they are, for. the most part.
Of considerable value to man. as they
live almost entirely on insects and the
small rodents that are injurious to
crops. OF all the snakes that inhabit
North America there are really only
four that are dangerous. These are
the copperhead. the moccasin. the rat
tlesnake and q little snake of southern
Georgia and Florida known as the
coral snake. OF course there are a
number Of different species of the rat
tier (about thirty, but they inhabit
different parts of the country and are
all to be known from the fact that they
rattle" when approached. All the
rest Of our snakes are absolutely
harmless, and their bite is to be less
feared than that of mosquito.-Scrap
Book.
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Atmospheric Weiaht.

At the sea level, with the barometer
marking 80 inches and the thermoIn.
eter 81 degrees F., cubic foot of pure
dry air weighs about $50 grains troy.
The weight of a cubic foot of water
vapOr under the same conditions ia
only $50 grains. When vapor is mixed
with dry air, therefore, the resulting
compound is lighter-that is to say.
damp air is lighter than dry air. In
stormy weather the air is lighter than
it is in fair weather and not heavier,
as many persons suppose. When
smoke hangs about the surface of the
earth, it shows that the air is lighter
than the smoke When the air is dry,
it is heavier than the smoke, and the
latter therefore aScends. The weight
of the earth's atmosphere. or, in other
words, the pressure exerted upon the
earth by the atmosphere, is about the
same as would be exerted by food
Of water thirty-three feet in height
over the globe. At the sea level the
pressure Of the atmosphere is about
fifteen pounds to the square inch. A
man of ordinary size thus bears all the
time a pressure Of about $4,000 pounds,
but he does not feel it, because the
pressure Is exerted In every direction
above, below and around him-and be-
cause his body is filled with air and
other fluids that press outward, thus
maintaining state Of equilibrium.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
Bank Vusturcs of New York.

The way in which the banks are
permitted to plumber New York al
most surpasses belief. For the priv
ilsge of conducting a city government
there is paid over to the banks an
annual tribute of from S2o.000.000
to s25, 000,9o0, and it is tie esta5-
lished policy Of Wall street and Of
the successive administrations that
this amount shall increase just as
fast and far as the law viii permit.
There viii be raied this year for
taxation purposes in Greater New
York about $13O,00o,e0o, says the
New Broadway Magazine. Do you
imagine that one dollar Of this viii
remain in the city treasury and be
paid out to meet expenses as they ac-
crue? Not one penny of this will
lodge in the city treasury. 1t is the
fixed policy of the banks that no debt
shall be paid in cash. Shylock must
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LAUNDERING THE CITY COUNCIL
AS was anticipated, t

AS was anticipated, the Croakers
have gotten busy.
Music is a Delight, they agree; es-
pecially seductive is the soulful
brand produced by the local brass
band. And concerts in the park are
a source of unalloyed joy to the pop
ulace.
But the Croakers say that it was
wrong for the Municipal Board to
vote the Peoples Money to pay for
the public entertainments.
Now this is just what Croaker
should say. If he said anything else
he'd lose his Job as a Croaker-and,
like the poor-we have them always
with us.
But the Band will Play just the
same-and Happy Folks will go and
enjoy themselves.
Crackers will go too; but they
won't enjoy themseives-they'l just
loiter around on the ragged edge of
the happy throng, and Kick at the
Wanton Extravagances of the Coun-
Gil.
The public money is for the public
good. Music is just as enjoyable as
water, or good roads, or any other
thing that tends to human enjoyment
and comfort. And hundred years
from now this $50 a month that's
going to pay for the music won't be
missed.
Let Us Enjoy Ourselves as We Jog
Along.
There's enough real Trouble with
out Hypnotizing ourselves into a
Frame of Mind where we hunt for it.
Only a Blighting Croaker imagines
that everything's bad.
Stop hammering the City Council
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have his bond, and Shylock IL strong
enough in New York to take good
care that no oMcials get to the Aead
Of afaairs with any foolish notions
about checking the stupendous munI-
cipal debt.
The New York City Treasury Is .
printing once and q branch Of Wall
street finance. The money to be
raised each year by taxation is ex-
pended months before it is collected.
Bonds in anticipation of its collection
have been issued to the Wall street
clique which dominates the city hall.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
Tinnino Abe Cho,S


In old times TO dine with 4 nobiemnn
cost more in tips to the servants than
4 club dinner. Lord Poor, we'll nam
ed Irish peer, excused himself from
dining with the Duke Of Ormond upon
the ground that he could not afford it.
III you will give me the guinea | have
to pay your cook, / will come as often
as you choose to ask me"-which was
accordingly done. The duke, however,
had not the pluck to stop the tipping
practice Lord Taafe, a general officer
in the Austrian service, did what he
could. He always attended his guests
to the door, When they put their
hands into their pockets he said: No.
If you do give it. give it to me. for
it was I who paid for your dinner"
To Sir Timothy Waldo must be given
the credit Of putting an end to the
INDUSTRIOUS practice. After dinner with
the Duke OF New castle he put 4 crown
into the COOKS hand. It was rejected.
Il do not take s.lTc". sir" VERY good
And do not give gold" This cou-
rageous rejoinder "caught on" and
the day of walls to cooks was over
ST. James Gazette.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
PAT. GROVE SET
FREE BY JURY
Acquitted ON Charge of Holding Up
Street Car in Council
Bluffs.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, May a.
Pat Grove tonight was acquitted by
a jury in the district court of the
charge of holding up two street cars
in this city about two years ago and
robbing their crews. The rcbberies
were committed by two masked men,
and Grove was indicted for the
crime. One of the men robbed, how
ever, today testified that Grove was
not one of the holdups.
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Instead Of gymnastics Or gau2os, III
str1neuts OF t0,ture wace used for
ueGeliES the fgu1a Of tha young lady
Of 1881. An English writer Of that
year says that could the modern
sch0olroon be preserved it would pass
for refined inquisitiQn. There would
be found stocks for the fingers (the
cheircplas0 and pulleys for the neck,
with weights attached" Fanny KEN
bic. to whom nature had been by no
means unkindly. was found wanting il
department, apd she writes that she
wore a back board made of steel, coy
cred with red morocco, which consist
Ell Of q fat piece placed on my back
and strapped down to my waist with
a belt and secured at the top by two
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1880.


The above figures might stand for
fourty four feet, five and fifty one
inches.
There are a great many things
they might stand for, but under no
circumstances could they stand for
more value than in this instance. A
dainty pink rose and gold Apiece
dinner set for $3.50.
This is bedrock price. Everything
else in the store we give you 10 per
cent off on.
See these dishes in the window.
Come inside and examine them.
Wenatchee Bazaar,
Phone 1872. We Deliver
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23

Citizens of Wenatchee owe a debt
of gratitude to the State Food Com
missioner and his hardworking assis-
ant, who have bent their energies
here to the destruction of dangerous
foods, and the stamping out of traffic
in tainted beef products.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23
RAILROAD WRECKS.

Yesterday the Daily World editor
received a call from A. A. Piper,
local agent for the G. N. The ques-
ton of railroad news as now hand
led by many papers was discussed.
The Worlds visitor felt that his
company was not getting fair deal
in the reports Of accidents, delayed
trains, ETC., which are published from
time to time.
The disposition Of many railroad
officials to suppress news of interest
to patrons was touched, and in this
connection the World reproduces a
few paragraphs from late issue of
the Railway Age
''The publicity which is given to
railway accidents by the press and by
the interstate commerce commission
is the cause of much bitter arraign-
ment of railway homogeneous, but is
of little benefit to the public, to the
railway managers or to the railway
employees. Might not different
kind of publicity make for the great
benefit OF all of these parties? AS
it is now, the principal facts which
reach the public are that so many
persons were killed and so many
were injured in a certain period.
The attention OF the public is not
directed to the persons who are pri-
marily responsible for these fatal
tiles and injuries, and it's resentment
is visited upon the management, even
when every precaution that human
foresight could devise has been
taken.
Take, for example, a recent acct
dent wherein at least 20 person were
killed and nearly 100 others were
more or less injured. Here, on a
piece of straight, level track, in broad
daylight, the engineer of the wreck
ed train ran into an open switch
when observation of the target would
nave SuOM IL HIN llldI llc SNllCn W do
set against his train. Moreover, the
engineer was running at high speed
through yard, in violation Of the
general rules and also of a special
bulletin recently issued. The switch
itself was left open by switching
crew, in violation of the general rule
that all main line switches must be
kept closed. On this line surprise
checking as means of educating
train men in the observance of sig
nails has been practiced for over five
years.
How to Enforce Discipline.
1.-THE most discouraging fact con
fronting the management in eases
like these is that such negligence is
found among the men, who, by their
training and experience should be the
most reliable of the company's en-
ployes. The railway management,
under such circumstances, is helpless
to prevent the accident, yet it is the
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-23

Mrs. E. B. Knowles, formerly
teacher of this city, in now living in
New York, where here husband is
president of an asphalt company.
Get some Fourth Of July Envelopes
at the Daily World Office.