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quently a fash Of lightning (the squaIixing
OF the difference Of potential between two
mssses) cannot OCCUR.
On the other hand, IL 10 mot impossible
that wben q lightning fash takes place be-
tween q cloud and the earth 10 may set fire
on b way to the gas escaping from a
balloon between the two. but this effect
In not probable.
But it has often occurred that a balloon
rapidly changing its elevation as 10 nearly
always the case in making q landing,
charged as IL 10 with the positive electricity
OF the upper layers Of the atmosphere, oome.
down to the negatively charged earth sur
face and thus causes sparks to fly from the
iron valve or ring. which set fire to escap-
ing gas and cause an explosion.
In this way the balloon III imboldt OF the
Berlin Aeronautic Soetety was burned on
April 20. 1893, while making q, landing, as
the valve was pushed to the ground by the
strong wind. In 1907 the new balloon
Pannewitz Of the Berlin society burned I'D
in the same way while making q landing
on the island Of Zealand.
Such discharges can be prevented by
coating the surface Of che balloon with
calcium chloride. thus making II a con-
ductor. as suggested by Sigsfeld, or by
connecting the iron parts Of the balloon by
wires, with a long wire hanging down. thus
efecting slow discharge before the basket
reaches the ground. These precautions are
now well understood by the principal
aeronautic societies and are always taken,
90 thst under their supervision there 10 little
or no danger to the aeronaut from this
AnurcA.
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MUSICAL.

markable time Of two minutes for Inc entire
performance, and the next pair was only
a half minute behind. The boys had been
trained to the work and their speed ard deft-
ness were a revelation TO their fathers, who
had been taking thirty minutes for the
same work all their lives. This was fol-
lowed by Charles Clark, who gave a prac-
teal example of how to transplant cabbage
and tomato plants. He had the plants
and the soil on the platform with him:
There are no more pupils in the school
now than there were ten years ngo Ths
Indian children attend welt. the inuus
trial work particularly attracts them. The
Indian must nave something for his
hands TO do or you cannot keep him in
school. The school owns and conducts its
farm and garden, gives attention to stock
breeding and gardening and has its own
carpenter shop, built by the students. The
school management attempts to divide
literary n industrial work about equally
in the school curriculum.
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INDIAN SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
Contests In wame Making and Dish washing
by Girl -Quick Hitching by Boys.

In the extreme northeastern part OF
Indian Territory is what is known as the
Quapaw Indian Agency. Al this place on
a hill overlooking Lost Creek Valley is the
United States School for Indians.
In this school are the children OF the
remnants OF the tribes Of Wyandotte. Seneca.
Shawnee. Ottawa. Modoc. Quapaws. Peorias
and Miamis, to the number of 100. The
school was established many years ago by
the Friends Church. II has always been,
says the Konsos Cau Star, a place where the
hand as well as the mind was trained. ever
after it passed from the control Of the
Friends to the United States Government.
At the commencement exercises this
year instead Of a brilliantly lighted audi
torium a platform built under the trees
was the scene OF graduation. Hattie
Wright and Yvette Spencer gave a DEM
onstration Of the art Of table setting. This
was followed by Ruth Stevens and Rella
Baldwin. who showed how to make wafles.
The stove and waffle IRONS were on the
platform, and the wafles were eaten after
they were made. When they had finished
Eva Jamison and Esther Crotzer washed
the dishes. giving verbal instruction in the
manner il should be done
Mabel Spencer inc Enie Walker gave an
exhibition of that most abused Of all arts,
bread making, n they had excellent
success. wen though they were under the
eyes Of 200 critics. many Of them house
wives who had been making bread for many
years. This was followed by a ~demonstra-
ton OF the way to do a family washing by
Daisy Human and Ida Spioer. From the
mattress up" was an exhibition of how to
make q bed correctly. The bed. the pillows,
pillow slips and he bed clothes were at hand
and put into place with swift. sure touch %
by Myrtle Walker and Ida Schrimpser.
Indian girls trained as housek eepers as
well as in literature.
When IL came to the boys the most inter-
esting exhibition was the hitching con-
test. There were three pairs Of contestants
Each pair Of boys had q wagon and team.
Upon q signal the boys unhitohed the horses
from their wagons, took the harness of
tied both horses with halters to the wagon
wheels, then harnessed up and hitched
the horses TO the wagon again and started
on. The contest was exciting and close.
The pair OF boys winning made tho re-
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VIVID weeds Of Great value.

From the Nsv Orleans ines-Demoerdt
New Zealand fax Is one Of q number Of wild
weeds that yield their CATERERS great wealth.
This tfax, the strongest known. grows Wild
in marshes. When it Is cultivated 1t dwtndles
and It's nbres become brittle and vaiueiess'
Indian hemp grows wild. and out Of it
hasheesh. or keef, Is made. Keef looks like
TsEes or chopped straw. It u smoked In q
pipe; IL II eaten. on liver: It y drunk In water.
and Among Onentals IL IL almost ss highly
priced a. beer and whisksy with us. ~
crow tSroushout the Malay Archipelago.
but the most valuable weed Of all these
Wild xrowths II the seeweed, The nitrate
iite $4,000 900 Q year. are nothing but beds
OF seaweed'deoonposed. w." -
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Bryan has twice led his party TO defeat.and
this recalls the words Of James G.. Blaine In
1888 when his friends requested him to be-
como again the candidate Of his party for
President:
NO. no. / led my party to defeat once.
and that 10 quite enough"
Blaine In no sense was a serious candidate
FOR President In 1892. He merely permitted
the use Of his name to aid the anti-Hafxison
men and the friends Of william Mckinley to
defeat Gen. Harrison for denomination The
fact that Blaine was Harrison's Secretary
OF State at the time worked to the advantage
Of Harrison. the argument being that Blaine
As a member Of Harrison's oficial household
should not have Joined q movement for the
overthrow Of his chief.
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Praise be 70 God. who made the whole univer
- stupid a. He could. -Ntsfrsehe.
Perhaps. Philosopher:
And n its true.
The universal
Embraces you:
Therefore. Philosopher.
II must be
That you and your philosophy
Are made by God.
The Ever Good.
Who made all stupid As He could.
And We perceive.
Through your immense
Unmeaningnoss,
omnipotence.
WILLIAM J. LAnPToN.
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Free Potatoes in Indian Territory.

FT0m nc Kdnsns TIfy SFdr,
William Gulager OF Muskogee has a potato
field Of twenty acres near town, from which he
10 % marketing the first crop. He says that
the present prices will clear him ssl an acre
on his twenty acres. He will plant n second
crop on the same land Just IA soon a. the first
crop Is dug. The second crop should net $50
an acre.
An interesting phase Of the potato business
is that along the roads and in the fence cor
ners OF tho potato district there ara enough
volunteer potatoes growing outside Of en-
olosuresfor any one who wants potatoes to dig
and carry away oil he can use. These come
up from seed wasted in planting I,nd moving
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POEMS WORTH READING

An Inland Sea.
Across The meadows rippiins ses
Tho dsndclion spray is blown:
Above the green waves joyousty
The daisies foam white crosts are throwp.
The buttcrcups' sunlighted surge
Against the 1ags' deep azure breaks;
And on that far on shimmering verge
Life-or It's phsntasy-awakes.
When on this inland ocean scene
Tho earliest rays Of morning glance.
In the cool decps do gods marine
And gold haired mermaids laugh and dance.
ADA Fosrm MunnAx.
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From the Washington star.

From the Warrington star.
SO many winters disagree
Ger what wild creatures do,
It's mighty hard. 'twixt you and me,
To say just who Is who.
You cannot credit what 10 said,
Nor your own observations,
TIL with attention you have read
The latest publications.
when I behold the busy bee
Which once ! so admired,
A grim suspicion puzzles me
o Until my brain grows tired.
Sir Bee. do you work hard all day,
No moments pleasure takingr
Are o as busy ~ they say
or are you nature fAktngf
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Where It IL Kept.

whenever cares Cypress me.
To bear me from the town
! have . speedy auto
Which oncc breaks down.
Il Elidss through foreign countries
And climbs the hills of Spain:
Nor does II even dauut 10
To come across the main.
10 always breaks the record.
ID left behind.
IL never meets . copper
Nor an ] ever nnod.
I am myself thu chauffeur
Al, bIissfully ! jog:
The garage inexpensive
The auto catalogue.
NoLArnsu.s. vuso.
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The record OF the Prohibition vote in In
diana is AZ follows: For President. IN 1884.
Sy02s: 1883. s.ssi; 1892, I9.050: 1900, 1918. and
In 1900, 1900. For Governor. in 1900. 1881.
and In 1904, "a, 900.
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On the other hand. st. Paul, MINI, Repub-
the last few days give It as their opinion that
"Rooseveltism and La Folletteism are on the
decline In the Northwestern States"
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Justice Brewer wrote the book The United
States q Christian Nation"
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came largely from the colleges. but n Is now
on the wa
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roec d lew hundred YARDS anu enVST0u an
apparently harmless, low lying cloud.
Suddenly the balloon began to rise very
rapidly and a peculiar rushing noise became
subtle as il there were a waterfall down
below in the woods.
Hail fell into the basket from all sides.
Three lines the balloon was hurled rapidly
from a height Of about 400 yards to ZOO
yards and down again. The tow line stood
ont straight, nearly on a level with the
basket, and the latter was thrown about so
'iolently that>the inmates had to hold on
with both hands. The storm forced the gas
Out OF the ventilator at a rapid rate. and
opening The ventilator had no effect.
Little lightning was noticed but the
thunder was continuous and loud. After
about thirty minutes. judging from the
Paragraph curves. the balloon left the
region Of the thundercloud and fell at a rate
OF about thirty-four and a half feet a second
70 the earth. 1t alighted in the top Of an
old beech tree and remained there. Prof.
Miethe was let down by the rope and brought
people from Liepe in a wagon, and with
Their assistance the balloon was lowered
70 the ground.
Balloons rave often been In cumulus
Clouds heavily charged with electricity.
and sparks have been noticed on the iron
mig or the writing lever OF the Paragraph.
Out no effect like a lightning stroke has
ever been experienced in free balloons.
u is therefore a question whether q
balloon which may suddenly find itself
IN a ~thundercloud can be struck by light
nlng, In general, IL may be assumed that
TINS is impossible. since the outer surface
OF the balloon always takes the electrical
potential Of the surrounding ar. conse-
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Massachusetts, and CONNECTICUT Republicans
who have been In town remarked that for q
month or more Secretary Taft was strong as
Q Presidential possibility In those two States
and that the sentiment for Ne Secretary
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
ARGUE RESTITUTION SUITS
IN INSURANCE GRAFT CASES
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Arguments
were heard and decision reserved by
the appellate division of the supreme
court today in the cases Of the Mutual
Life Insurance company against Rich
ard A. McCurdy, former president of
the company, to recover $3,37O,00O, al
legged to have been wrongfully expend-
ed in great variety of ways
There are three suits in all against
Mr.. McCurdy. The object of one is
to recover from the former president
the amount contributed to political
campaign committees during his term
of office. This case came before the
court of appeals from an order by
Justice Bischoff denying motion to
strike out as irrelevant and redundant
certain matters in the complaint.
Another suit was against Robert A.
Grannis, a vice president of the COM
pany, to recover 100000, alleged to
have been improperly expended, and
another against Charles H. Raymond,
Louis A. Thebaud and Richard A. Nc
Curdy.
Raymond and Thebaud were general
agents of the company under the name
of Charles II. Raymond & Co., and
from 1898 to 1904 they received 81, ,399, ,S05
from the company In commissions. 1t
Is claimed that not less than $500,000
OF this was without consideration.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
SONS OF ERIN
RESENT INSULT
Irish Parody Actors Driven from the
Stage by Storm of Jeers and
Kisses from Indignant
Audience
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The Victoria
theater was the scene of a remarkable
demonstration last night. In the middle
of the act given by the Russell brothers,
in which they have appeared for years,
200 men suddenly burst into a storm OF
Kisses. cat calls and jeers.
The two men who have assumed roles
of Irish servant girls so long struggled
TO make themselves heard, but as the
uproar increased they were finally
forced to give up and the curtain was
run down on the act.
When this was done man arose in
the orchestra and explained the incl
dent. He said that certain societies,
whose members resent ridicule heaped
on the Irish race by certain players,
had Joined in a crusade to stop these
acts.
About week ago Oscar Hammer
stein was waited upon by a delegation
from these societies. He referred them
TO his son William, who is manager of
the house. Young Hammerstein heard
the protests, but the Russell brothers
went on just the same. The delegation
had threatened to take such action as
was witnessed last night.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
START FIGHT ON
FREE SEED GRAF 7
Mississippi Congressman Fears to
Face His Farmer Constituents
After Raising Salaries If the
Bonus Is Abandoned
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-In connec-
ton with the discussion of the agri-
cultural appropriation bill in the house
there was a general debate on the COM
mittee provision appropriating $23S,0O0
for the purchase and testing of new,
rare and uncommon seeds, bulbs, trees,
shrubs and vines, and emitting the
usual appropriation for the purchase
of ordinary flower and garden seed for
distribution.
Mr.. Chandler of Mississippi charged
that the item in the present bill was
the work of a lobby composed of seed
men of the country and of effective
newspaper work.
He said he could not go back and
look his dear old farmer friends in
hthe face after the increase of salaries
of congressman if free seeds were not
to be had.
Mr. Scott of Kansas in defending
the proposed plan of distribution of
seeds, said the department of agricul-
ture had suggested the amendment.
He thought the government with the
same propriety might give lead pen
ellis to the people and jacknives to the
boys as to give free seeds.
He said the press of the country, the
agricultural colleges and very largely
| the farm journals were opposed to the
congressional distribution of seeds.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
FIND BODY OF FOURTH
EDISON SHAFT VICTIM

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 25.-The fourth
body to be recovered from the caved-in
shaft at the Edison camp No. l, where
five men met death December and
Lindsay Hicks was entombed for seven
teen days, was taken out today.
1t Is the remains of Gustav Anderson,
the foreman of the Inflated crew. Iden-
tification would have been impossible
II 1t had not been for an August time
check bearing his name found in a
pocket. The check was for $34.40 and
was for overtime put in during that
month.
A coroner's jury will view the re-
mains tomorrow and the inquest will
he held as soon as the recovery of the
body of C. ID. Robles is made.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
CALLS ART
WORKS INDECENT
Omaha Judge Decides Nude Paintings
by Famous Artists Are Obscene
and Prohibits Their
Exhibition

OMAHA, Jan. 25.-The Omaha courts
have decided that works of art by fa-
nous painters, including Van Dyke.
Rubens and Vanderwerf, are indecent,
and that reproductions of them cannot
be sold in Omaha stores. For persist
ing in their sale John Greenberg today
was fined and warned that on the next
offense he would be sent to Jail.
Greenberg had on sale copies of Ru-
bens' Judgment of Paris" the original
of which is in the Dresden art gallery;
Van Dykes Diana" and Golden Reign
of Jupiter" and Vanderwerf's "Magda-
Lena and others of that class.
A police sergeant confscated the pro-
ductions on the ground that they were
indecent and Greenberg was fined for
having them on sale.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
TERR0RISTS AND POLICE
CLASH; BLOODY RIOT
ENDS IN SEVEN DEATHS
BY Associated Press.

GRODNO, Russia, Jan. 25.-
AS a result of a general exchange
of shots between the authorities
and number of terrorists on the
streets of Grodno today five po-
licemcn, a prison warden and one
terrorist were killed and num-
Der of persons wounded.
The trouble started when two
men, without warning, shot and
killed a prison warden. The as.
sailants fled, one of them taking
refuge in a church and the other
in a private house.
Three policemen, who had ar
rested the man in the church,
were killed by the crowd. The
terrorist escaped
The police then proceeded to
the house where the second man
had hidden and as they APP
preached the building he opened
fire and killed two of his pursuers.
At this stage of the fighting
troops were called out and fired a
volley, killing the man who had
hidden in the house and wound
ing several passersby.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
AIDS DEFENDERS
OF States RIGHTS
Arizona Legislature Expresses SYM
pathy with California in Her Fight
Against Encroachment Of
Federal Power
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 25.-Both
houses of the Legislature today passed
resolution extending to California
the sympathy of the territory of Ari-
zona in the fight against the encroach-
ments of federal authorities on the
constitutional rights of the individual
states. The resolution, in substance,
reads as follows:
Whereas, Article 1, section s, of the
constitution of the United States limits
the powers of congress on certain sub
jects and enumerates others which
should be left to the consideration of
the respective states, and
THAT the implied power of congress
has been enlarged upon to "a point of
dangerous precedent not intended by
the trainers of the constitution, be 1t
resolved by the twenty-fourth legis-
lative assembly of the territory of
Arizona that they
view with apprehension and regret
the effort now being made to include
within the scope of congressional leg
islation the matter of the management
of public schools of the states of the
Union and that they extend to the
state of California their sympathy and
hope of success in the effort that state
is now making to maintain it's con-
stitutional rights
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
MAYOR HOLDS
UP REPORT Of
Gas EXPERTS
Too Much Whitewash
Is Applied
Councils Inquiry Committee Pays Fee
to Experts, Who Ignore Conditions
Which Public Watches and
Complains OF

Mayor Harper last night held up the
report of the gas experts who are ad
vising the council gas inquiry commit.
tee and intimated that the report need
ed more attention before it can be sub
mitted officially.
Earlier in the day Chairman Lyon
and Committee Wallace conferred
with the experts both of whom seem
inclined to whitewash the situation that
| for two months has confronted gas
consumers. Committeeman Yonkin, dis
gusted with the work so far done, has
practically rebelled and refused to have
| anything to do 18th the report.
"In some ways the report is a dis
appointment to me- said Mayor Har-
per- "I wanted to see little sledge-
| hammer work because of the apparent
disregard of the public's needs by the
gas company.
"It may be that what the gas experts
say is true and that conditions now are
| far better than a week ago, and that
there is little danger of a repetition of
past complications.
However, there are some things in
the report that l would have changed
| if possible and 1 told the experts to
| read the report over carefully and make
sure that the revision is complete. L
made no suggestions as to what to do
except that l remarked that I hoped
they had some remedies in mind"
Committeeman Lyon and Wallace also
urged the experts to suggest an ordi-
nance and all the provisions that it
needed to safeguard the public.
Report Foreshadowed
The report will s,ate that the COM
pany is now in fair condition to meet
| the demands "a 1t.
That the legal pressure is now main
| tained.
That the gas as now furnished is pure
That with the new generator just in
stalled and the one being built, which
will be ready In six weeks, no emer'
gency is likely which will cause past
conditions to be repeated.
That the cool spell was responsible
for the recent breakdown, the plant
being worked to its fullest capacity
causing the liberated carbons to ac-
cumulate on the interior oe the ma
chinery and doing great damage.
That green hands" were employed
| during the rush, these assisting through
their ignorance in impairing the me-
chanical plant.
Former Report Fine
I This report is signed by Frank Fo-
veaux and Roderick Mckay.
When Committeeman Wallace glanced
at the report he, too, seemed chagrined
and asked If this was the final report.
"It is the result of inquiry" said Mr..
FoveauX.
1--WE give our views there" said Ex-
pert Mckay.
Special interest centers in what form
of an ordinance the experts will ad-
wise.
Members of the Gas Consumers asso-
citation called on the mayor last night
to see how the legislative features had
been met. President Robert Loucks
said
1.-The plan will probably be to insist
on payment of gas bills hereafter on a
pressure contract basis rather than on
| the amount consumed as measured by
the meter. Any one can with glass
tube test the pressure at any jet. When
gas is paid only as used there will be
fewer complaints
|
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
.RACkED by STRAIN;
SEEKS LIFE TWICE
Columbia Law Student Driven to Deed
of SeIf-Destruction by Phan-
toms of His Own
Imagination
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Lathrop Smith
of Kansas City, student at the Colum-
bia university law school, who killed
himself by shooting in the Grand Union
hotel on Wednesday evening, it was
said yesterday had made an unsuccess-
full attempt to commit suicide only a
short time before.
1t is now universally established that
Smith killed himself because he was
laboring under great mental strain, due
largely to his own imagination.
Last Tuesday night a physician was
called to a drug store not far from
Columbia university to find the young
man suffering from poisoning.
He had taken a drug in his room at a
dormitory Of the university, but had
lacked the courage to await the fatal
end. The physician treated him sue
cessfully.