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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
ncinaerr of West Point.

The man who graduated at the foot
of the class that year QS60) had been
six years at the Point and had just
squeezed through at last-Haroid 8.
Borland, commonly known as Ginger
on account of his hair being the exact
color Of ground ginger. Borland had
distinguished himself while recitng to
Captain Benton In ordnance by re-
markable answer to the question. mr..
Borland, how many pieces Will
twelve inch shell burst intor' the av-
erage number having been determined
well by experiment Ginger threw his
eyes, inexpensive, but very blue, on
the floor and deliberated awhile. Then
slowly lifting them to point near the
ceiling over Captain Benton's head.
still deeply rejecting, he finally re
sponded. mot less than two."-Gen-
eral Morris Schaff in Atlantic.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
A etamp Menaasrse-

A very complete menagerie may be
formed from a collection Of postage
stamps having animals. birds and fish
as the central figures. The animals
represented are ion, tiger, elephant,
giraffe, jaguar. camel. hippopotamus,
buffalo, bear. leopard. dog, kangaroo.
dear. horse, COW. llama, goat. monkey.
donkey, beaver, duckbill, seal. sable,
gorilla, cobra, crocodile, tortoise. The
fowl family is represented by the pea
cock, owl, heron, eagle. parrot turkey.
snipe, swan, goose, quail, dove, hula
bird, emu, pheasant, Tyre bird, apteryx.
torea. OF fish there are but two-the cod
and carp. The insect kingdom has one
representative In the butterfly, nesting
IN the couture Of former Queen Lniuo-
kalani.-Frank J. Stillman In St Mich
OlaS
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
4 MYSTERY or THE SEA.
The PuxxiIna 6seswsx Of tho .Besohss
of. Oregon.


of. Oregon
OF al the secrets held by the f1otsam
and 5etsam Of many years none Is
stranger than that Of the beeswax Of
the Oregon beaches. Long before the
whita man came to the great north
west by ship or prairie schooner YES
sells from the orient had skirted the
coast Bits of wreckage have told the
story of Chinese junks gone to pieces
ON the shore, but the most curious evi-
dence of this eastern, traffic has been
found on the Oregon coast south of
the Columbia river. Mr.. Clarke gives
an account OF this treasure trove In his
pioneer Days"
When Lewis and Clark made their
famous expedition they learned that
the native Indians Of Oregon had for
many years found Jumps of beeswax
on the sandy shores.
Beeswax is practically indestructible
In water, but these pieces had pounded
In the surf until they were black and
battered almost beyond recognition
In 1914 one Henry, engaged in the
fur trade, wrote an account Of finding
masses Of this wax. The pieces were
scattered oyer wide stretch of coast
and were now covered, now uncovered,
by the blowing sand Some of the
Jumps were softened into all shapes
and sizes by the heat Of the sun and
bleached nearly white. Others were
square and stamped with strange char
| acters.
In 1895 a Mr.. Howell, walking ON the
beach, saw something exposed In the
sand. 1t proved to be the corner of
some large squares OF beeswax weigh
Ing several tons. Many smaller blocks
were also found; all bearing the stamp
ed letters IT H S." Besides the squares
Of wax, quantities Of large candles
were discovered. In looking up the
matter it was learned that as far back
as records ran these tapers had been
found with the wax on tSe shore.
or course the explanation may be
that some oriental ship bearing church
supplies for a mission farther south
went to pieces on the Oregon coas
many, many years ago, but wha
would ship bound for Mexico o.
South America be doing so far north
and what use could any mission have
for such an enormous quantity of wax
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
LARGEST Grab.

In the American Museum Of Natural
History in New York is a wonder of
marine life. 1t Is a gigantic Japanese
crab, measuring twelve feet across,
making 1t the largest In the world
The specimen is a type of the spider
crab, which inhabIts the waters Of the
group of islands forming the empire Of
Japan. The body portion OF the crab Is
the size of a half bushel measure,
while its great arms could easily en-
circle the figure of a man. It's legs re-
semble poles and are extremely elastic,
and If strung into one line they would
reach to the top of Il four story APART
ment building.-New York Herald
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
A TORNADO.
Tho Spiral That Connects tho Earth
With tho Clouds.

Tho Spiral That Connects tho Earth
With tho Clouds.
While in Kansas a few years ago
had a very clear view Of tornado. 1t
was about ten miles distant passing
swiftly over the prairie. 1t presented
the appearance of long rope about
two feet in diameter. IT extended
from dark, irregularly shaped cloud
to the earth and was slightly curved.
1t was Of nearly uniform thickness
and leaned about thirty-hve degrees
from q perpendicular toward the cloud.
A line drawn from where 1 stood to
the cloud would have made an angle Of
about forty degrees with the earth's
surface. After this ropelike projection
had parted I noticed In the irregular
cloud a perfectly shaped spiral of sill
yer Wilderness. 1t was shaped like
great auger and extended from the
point where the funnel or rope had
been connected with the cloud forward
in the direction the cloud was moving.
All around II was in wild commotion,
but the spiral itself seemed to stand
like a great white ribbon coiled auger
shape and fixed secure. This spiral at
the time caught sight OF 1t was lying
In q nearly horizontal position, the for
ward end being only slightly elevated.
l have never met any one who has
seen this spiral In the tornado cloud,
but by one who came dangerously near
being caught by a passing tornado 1
was told that the center of the whiri-
ing funnel was as white as milk From
his statement, taken In connection
with my own observations. 1 have
formed the opinion that the center OF
all tornadoes is a perfectly shaped cleo
trical spiral and that when in opera
ton 1t connects the earth with the
cloud. IT is manifest that such a spiral
would give the middle Of the tornado
funnel a white appearance But 1t is
not likely that one looking at 1t in Its
upright form would detect its spiral
form. Indeed, 1t would have to turn
itself In a most favorable position In
! order to reveal to the eye of the OBJ
server its spiral form.-ScientifcA Amer
lean.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
LITERARY >IMPosToRs.
Many Clever Writers Who Have Do
ceiNod tho World.


Clever literary 1mpostors who have
deceived the world are numerous.
Gamclli Carrieri, a Neapolftan gentle
man and scholar, while confined to his
room for long period of years by i'll
ness amused himself by writing an &C
count of an imaginary voyage round
the world When the volume was pub
lished, it was taken as a fact even by
learned people.
The detailed account Of q trip to
China which is credited TO Du Halde
is another literary hoax. The author
had never seen China and had been
sufficiently clever to compile the work
solely from the memoirs of Chinese
missionaries.
1t is remarkable, though no less a
fact that ~Gulliver's Travels" was
thought to be true narrative when It
first appeared. and the famous story OF
Damberger's travels was likewise a
hoax
varillas, the French historian, enjoy
ed wide reputation as q chronicler of
events, but later it was discovered that
his works were purely fakes. The vol
umes of this writer resemble those of
Gregorio Reti, who, in order to Keep
himself from starving, appended the
most unheard of incidents to English
history as 1t was known
One OF the most daring impostures
on record is that .of Joseph Vella of
Sicily. He said that he discovered sew
enteen of the lost books Of Livy in
! Arabic. He then set to work and
wrote q translation from his fancy
which was printed. After his death
the fraud was discovered. Before his
death however, he fell under suspf
cion and was condemned to imprison
ment. a.
There are countless cases of authors
selling their names to be put on works
they have never rend. Sir John Hill
once contracted to translate q Dutch
book After the agreement he remem
bered that he did not know a word OF
Dutch. He then bargained with an
| other translator to do the work fol
half the price he was to receive.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

1t was on the evening OF March 13,
1871, that William Herschel, at Slough.
England, discovered a new planet.
Wishing to pay compliment to George
Ill., his patron, he gave 1t the name Of
Georgium sidus, or the Georgian star.
Other English astronomers, wishing to
compliment the discoverer himself,
suggested the name Of uerschel. Con-
tinental astronomers proposed that the
old NEUROLOGICAL system be followed,
and the name Of Uranus was accepted
by the scientific world as the designa-
ton of the seventh planet.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

TIC H. P. Mccarthy, his heirs, sue
cessors and assigns, you or yo,i, repre-
senJatives in interests are hereby mott
fed that the undersign. d, your co-own-
er, in accordance with the laws Of the
United States, has expended $500 in
labor upon theWild Rose, Wild Rose No.
l, and No. 2, quartz mining claims, sit
uated in the Elk City mining district,
Idaho county, state Of Idaho, and of
record in the mining records of said
mining district, and of said Idaho
county. The said sums being necessary
to hold said claims for the years 1904,
1905 and 1906, and you are hereby mott
fed that if you fail or refuse to contri-
butte your share Of said expenditures, or
$50, one-half for your one-half interest
in said claims together with the cost of
this publication, within the statutory
time as specified in section 1924 revised
statute of the United States, and all
the amendments thereto, your interest
in said claims will become the property
of your co-owner. Dated at Grange
vile, February Is, 1907.
MARK HOWE.
First publication, March %, 1907.
Last publication, June %, 1907.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
A. PRINCE OF DwARFs,
Career Of tho Famous Count Joseph
Boruwiaski.


The most famous dwarf who has
doubleday Count Joseph Boruwlaski,
whose long life-he died at the age Of
ninety eight years-is another example
Of the longevity of his kind. Boruw-
laski stood only three feet three inches
In height This did not prevent him
from marrying beautiful woman Of
from mixing In the best court society
of the Georgian period He was very
amiably received at Carlton House by
George w. few weeks before that
monarch's coronation. So struck was
the king by this dwarf's physical grace
and mental accomplishments that he
remarked to Charles Mathews, who
had brought the little man, If I had
q dozen sons 1 could not wish them
more perfect model of elegance than
the count"
Boruwlaskis last days were spent In
peaceful retirement In tie city OF Dur
ham, He tells Us that in spite Of the
theory that dwarfs grow all their life
he never added a quarter of an inch
to his three feet three inches. When a
lady asked him for his autograph, he
sent these lines:
Poland was my cradle.
England Is my nest,
Durham is my quiet place
Where my weary bones shall rest
He had known Marie Antoinette as a
child, and he was living when Queen
Victoria was crowned 1t is in the
Church of St Mary the Less at Dur
ham, close to the cathedral, in which
his body lies, that you read the follow
ing inscription:
Near this spot repose the remains
of Count Joseph Boruwlaski, a native
of Pokucia, In the late kingdom of Po-
land. This extraordinary man meas
ured no more than three feet three
inches in height, but his form was well
proportioned, and he possessed a more
than common shave Of understanding
and knowledge After various changes
of fortune, borne with cheerful resig
nation to the will of God, he closed his
life in the vicinity of the cathedral or
Sept. 9, 1887, in the ninety eighth yeal
Of his age."-P. T. o. Of London.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

Does the baby talk yet" asked a
friend of the family.
NO" replied the baby's disguised
little brother; "the baby doesn't need
to talk"
doesn't need to talkT'
mo. All the baby has to do Is to
yell, and 1t gets everything there is in
the house that's worth hnving"-Tit-
Bits.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

pOOn.
~Ne~spapsr Day" In England.
March IL ought to be named news
paper day." for on It. In the year 1902,
was published the first daily paper. 1t
was produced by e. Mallet against
the ditch at Fleet brtdger-i e. on or
near the site Of the present Printing
House square. OF single page, two
columns, the Daily Courant professed
to give foreign news only. without edi-
torial comments, the chief OF staff
-supposing other people to have sense
enough to make reflections for them
selves" THIS original sheet soon pass
ed into the hands OF Samuel Buckley,
''at the sign Of the Dolphin IN Little
Britain the worthy printer Of the
Spectator and one well affected, to
the house Of Hanover. The CoufAnt
was In 1888 absorbed in the Daily Ga
xette.-London Chronicle.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
And Than He Ran.

Ibid any man ever tell you," asked
Mr.. Henpeck as he edged toward the
door, ''ti1at you were the sweetest and
most beautiful woman In the world?"
mo" replied bis wife.
Gee! Men are honester than 7
thought they were" -Chicago Record
Herald 49,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
wuI,ro 20 Help.

willie was an only child, whose par
ents lived on a farm. He often grew
very lonely and ionged for a playmate.
One day he asked his mamma why sne
didn't get him little brother. Mother
replied. willie, babies are too mucn
trouble to tend" Say, mamma, II
you'll plant him, I'll hoe him-"-Lippin-
colts
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
COFFEE
We are Exclusive agents for
Chase g. Sanborn's
High Grade Coffee

CHASE & SANBORN do business differently from
any other Coffee House in the United States, They
give one store city the exclusive sale of their cof
feee and thereby do away with the cost of many travel
ing statesmen and add this saving to the quality their
coffee They are the largest importers of Fine Coffee
in the United States They have had forty years.
experience in buying and roasting coffee and have it
down to fine point.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
Accounted For.

1.-THE baby's awful bald,' said Mabel.
"Yes they come bald on purpose. If
they had hair they'd pull 1t all out. and
then all that hair would re wasted"
said Tommy.-Philadelph Record.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
Not Uivinq.

Hello. links! hear you are living
In boarding house."
you heard wrong. I'm boarding In
a boarding house" Her
aid.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

1t Is maxim with me that no man
was ever written out OF reputation
but by himself.-Bentley.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
Trouble Ahead.

lis your husband up yeti" asked the
early caller of the sour faced woman
at the door. IL expect he Is" was the
reply. I'D like to see him for q few
minutes" 80 would I. He hasn't
come home yet."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08
All Sad

He-It always makes me- feel sad
when I play the piano. She-Ah. IN
sympathy with your audience, sup
Spose.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

Presumption is our natural and or1Rf'
hal Observation-Disclosures
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

serve praise have generally the modS
xxquisfte relish Of ft.-Steele.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

You can get all the news for
81 year in the Mining News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-08

She-Be frank viii, me. Hell can't.
Ny name Is Jameb.-Harvard LAM
poon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30
THE SUPREME JUDGESHIP.

The most important nomination to
be made by republicans of Nebraska
at the primary election next Tuesday
will be that for supreme judge. Two
candidates have been placed in the
field and partisans of both have been
aggressively waging campaigns in be-
half of their favorites. But the day
will shortly be upon us when the
selection of one or the other as a can.
didate on the republican ticket to be
placed before the states voters in
hands of the partisan campaign man
ayers and made by the rank and file
of the party. And after carefully
studying over the situation, there APP
pears to be every reason to believe
that the rank and file will nominate
as their candidate the present chief
justice, Hon. H. Sedgwick.
The two candidates whose names
have been placed before the republi-
cans of Nebraska for the coming pri.
mary election are NJ. B. Reese and
Chief Justice Sedgwick. Judge Sedg-
wick now occupies the position of chief
justice of the Nebraska supreme court,
He has filled that office honorably and
well. His service has brought credit
to the state. He is a man broad.guag,
ed and eminently fair, judge who
has carried to his Office the dignity
and the impartiality of a common.
wealth.
The News is not personally interest.
ed in either Justice Sedgwick or Judge
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30
ANOTHER SCOOP"

The story of the lynching Of Muir
derer Higgins near Bancroft Monday
morning was carried to people residing
throughout northern Nebraska and
southern South Dakota in The Norfolk
News Just twenty-four hours before 1t
could possibly reach them in any other
newspaper. This lynching was of in
terest throughout this entire section
because people of the northwest were
familiar with the story of the dual MUIR
der for which Higgins was to have been
tried, and because an incident so
startling within northern Nebraska is
of prime interest to the whole terri
tory. The fact that this dispatch was
carried throughout this territory by
The News ahead of all other papers
only emphasizes what Is done every
day by this newspaper with all of the
important news happening between
midnight and noon.
In this same way every day The
News gives to the northwest the Chi.
cago and South Omaha livestock and
grain markets twenty-four hours ahead
of all other papers.
Other striking instances of this abil
ity to beat all other papers, by virtue
of location, were shown when The
News gave to the northwest twenty
four hours ahead of all other papers
the cablegrams announcing the fall
of Port Arthur, the story of the Slocum
horror in New York, the story Of San
Francisco's destruction by earthquake
the story of Edward Rosewater's sud
den death and hundreds upon hundreds
Of other less important events. includ
ing scores Of news happenings Of 10
cal Importance in north Nebraska ant
southern South Dakota. Indeed, the
double murder for which Higgins has
now been lynched, was given to thi:
whole territory twenty,four hours ear
lier in The News than in any othel
paper.
1t Is little wonder that The News cir
culation is growing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30

market, sending many values down to
unknown low points, has had It's alarm
ing effect upon many stockholders and
investors and money has become eau.
tious lest it get stung. 1t is argued
that If all companies now be punished
for sins of the past, under former con.
ditons, many will in future be driven
to bankruptcy and that, while we may
stand aside now and declare 1t imma-
terial, would be highly undesirable
end, all things considered.
The tendency of the day appears to
be heading in toward more conserva-
tism. Inevitable results of reckless
agitation and muck raking," however
good its motives may be, are becoming
more apparent and the general public
Is asking for halt. We want
breathing spell. A strong pull has
been made, and there should be a
moment for resting on the oars. For
much of the agitation of the past year
has been populistic, anarchistic and
wholly dangerous. Prosperity has
thus far withstood the attack. But
there comes limit. And much that is
termed reform in politics might better
be left undone than to go too far for
the country's good as a whole.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30
UNIVERSITY REGENTS.

Republicans will nominate two can
didates for regular terms as regents
of the state university, at next Tues
days primary election. People of
northern Nebraska are particularly in
terested in the candidacy of George
COPELAND, farmer living near Elgin,
who would go into the office with a
through knowledge of the needs of
greater development agricultural edu'
cation. Northern Nebraska republi-
cans will unpuestionably give to Mr..
COPELAND a cordial vote-a big enough
vote, it is to be hoped, to insure his
election.
Besides Mr.. COPELAND there are two
candidates for the republican nomin-
alton as regent One is A. S. Won
Mansfelde of Ashland, the other is
Charles B. Anderson of Crete. OF
these two it is probable that DR.. Won
Mansfelde of Ashland will find the
greater favor because his past exper'
fence, as compared with the past ex'
perience of Mr.. Anderson, makes him
the more desirable candidate.
DIR. Won Mansfelde is well known
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30

physician and pioneer Of Ashland. lie
has for many years been in close touch
with the University OF Nebraska and
has been very vitality Interested In Its
welfare by the reason of the fact that
a son and three daughters graduated
from the institution 1t will be recall.
cd that about year ago his only son,
Charles Won Mansfelde, n promising
young attorney of Omaha and mighty
fine young man, was accidentally
drowned near Ashland.
Mr. Anderson on the other hand,
having been interested In Crete and
the growth of It's institutions, has
naturally been somewhat prejudiced
against the state university in favor
of Doano college.
The position Of university regent Is
payless one at best. 1t Is important
because the welfare Of the university
of which Nebraska is Justly proud, is
closely identified with the board of re
gents.
Looking to the best interests OF the
state, northern Nebraska republicans
will probably do their share toward
nominating Mr.. COPELAND and DR.. vor
Mansfelde.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30
DRYAN'S PET.

And now they tell us that Bryan's
government ownership pet refuses to
sleep. The government ownership
league of Nebraska, which will be re-
called as an organization formed about
n year ago to further the scheme
launched by Bryan In his Madison
Square Garden speech, refused to sub
side as II ought to, now that Mr..
Bryan has abandoned the Idea a. an
immediate issue. and 1t Is said that
there is promise of pretty warm
wranglo among democrats of the state
when it comes time to send delegates
TO the national convention.
Edgar Howard and some of the 9th
or staunch members of this league are
said to insist that government owner
ship must be pressed as an immediate
issue.
And whatever the outcome OF this
local squabble, 1t is apparent that, as
Henry Watterson predicts, Bryans
nomination will carry with 1t the
necessity of constantly trying to de
fend this indefensible dream.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-30
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY FRIDAY AUGUST 30 1907

Of other cities. The money thus in
vested remains In Spokane and will
be utilized to develop this and other
Industries of this city. 1t will mean
larger and more numerous factories,
employment for more men and an en-.
HANGED value for your own property.
ut is a simple matter for you to in
quire, when making a purchase, for a
brand of the desired article that is
made in Spokane. One very good way
to determine whether the brand meets
this requirement is to observe IL 1t
bears the Made in Spokane label,
which adorns this letterhead. This is
coming into more general use every
day and will eventually be used on
every product of Spokane factories.
within a few days | will mail you
a little pamphlet containing a list of
Spokane industries, which | trust you
will carefully study and thereafter
bear in mind when shopping"
The letter is signed by Fred II. Gas
ton, secretary of the 100000 club.