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The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
FIGHT A DUEL IN AIR

and coming together again until both
dropped to the floor Of my porch. They
clinched, or seemed TO. They fairly
rolled together
Then they arose in the air The hor-
net gave chase until he bore down on the
bee. The bee turned like a hawk and
met his pursuer. The hornet ducked
Then they got together again, and again
II was an up and down affair which for
dextrOus lodging and blufing and bat
ting surpassed anything I ever saw In
the ring.
While they were at 1t along comes an
English sparrow. He had a>Jbit Of rag or
whisp or something. whose weight was
testing his strength. 1t trailed in the
wake Of the bird and the lower end of
it came in contact with the hornet ana
the bee. And in some way the sparrow
lost his clutch.
Instantly the sparrow darted down
ward to recover the wisp The sparrow
is fool, but a fighter. This bird made
a dip for the wisp and came between
the fighters For a second he fluttered
as II he had been shot In less than a
second the pluCky bird recovered and
-aA'iS eaASeAtSA S'NNNt4tRA ~ Stl Ills prop
erty
For an instant there was a fast. frae-
tious, and fierce commingling of the
three. The last round had come.
The bumblebee fell TO the earth, pur-
sued by the sparrow. They hit the dust
together. At the same instant the hor-
net went off in a zigzag direction. I lost
sight OF him and went to the contest be-
tween the bee and the sparrow.
THE bee was dead. He had been lit
orally pecked TO strings. The sparrow,
swollen TO twice his normal size, was
helpless. He huttered feebly and ex-
pired. He had been stung TO death.
Il returned to my porch and waited
Nearly an hour elapsed when I saw the
hornet come back. He fell I'm his effort
TO fly. Finally he crawled across the
floor, climbed up the side of the house
feebly, and reached his nest.
He never came out When l thought
it safe to do so / mounted my steplaTlder
and carefully examined the nest through
a magnifying glass; The hornet was
dead. So all three fighters were ac-
counted for"
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diameter. which when the stage IS sub-
merged or when sunk into the basement,
fall into earth to the depth OF thirty-two
feet below the basement floor or fiftv-fiva
feet below the Prospect avenue level Each
OF these sections can be raised TO the
height of a four-story house in full view
OF the audience, making it possible for
the movable scenery and accessories. Of q
hippodrome production to be placed in
position In the quickest possible time.
Gigantic pumps are required In the on
Grafton or these stage elvators. but when
they are once raised to any height they
rest upon the water and no power is re-
qulred to keep them In place until the
signal is given for lowering.
It Is also possible to lift one entire
side Of the stage to what appears 10 he
mountain heights to the audience leav-
ing the other side at the water level In
the tank. This makes it possible to show
the hippOdrome audience all sorts of
aquatic carnivals. including diving ami
mais' realistic storm scenes, and almost
anything that pertains TO the great out
side.
In addition to the elevators. an inno-
walton in stage lighting will be made at
the Cleveland HippcdrOme. Heretofore
II has been impossible TO throw light
upon certain points of the stage or IN
Hood the entire stage in light as desired
For this purpose a light bridge weighing
900 pounds has been hung above the
proscenium arch. Upon this are twelve
lights, each manned by an operator di-
rectly over the heads of the peopIe on
the stage. BY means of this bridge # il
possible to throw the entire house in
complete darkness with the f1oodIipht
resting upon the head of one individUaI
or upon the entire stage.
When Manager Faetkenhauer resohad
Munich last year in his tour Of insnac-
ton or European stages, accompanied nv
Stage Director Wilson. he found tbe
stage electricians at work on a similar
scheme, which, however had not been
perfected and has not as yet been placed
in operation. even in Munich. The final
test Of this novelty in Cleveland will be
of interest not only in America. but fo
the theaters Of the Old World. and Is
likely to create a revolution In stage
lighting.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
CAUGHT THE THIEF.
An Incident Which illustrates Jap
aneSe Defective Methods.


Recently in the village of Taharamura,
Japan, ali the male inhabitants above the
age of fifteen years were assembled in
front Of the local shinto shrine at the call
Of the village chief. A thief had been max
ing depredations in the local tobacco plan
tations, and the chief sought to discover
him.
Outlines of the feet Of all the villagers
were taken on sheets of paper and then
these We're compared with the tracks left
by the thief In the tobacco fields. Nothing
resulted from this experiment. The next
day the inhabitants were called together
again. A great hole was dug in the
ground. and a raging charcoal fire was
built in it. All persons present We're or
dered TO walk through the fire barefooted,
1t being declared that no person would be
burned except the guilty one al ad-
vanced TO undergo the ordeal except one
Shukichi Shibata, man Of evil Teputa-
ton. He declined 10 trust his feet 10 the
red hot Goals. Accordingly he was arrested
and soon confessed his guilt.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
QUEER RAINS IN THE DESERT.

Net a Drop of Water Touches the
Ground
In the Colorado desert there are some
times transforms during which not a drop
Of water touches the ground.
The rain may be seen falling from the
clouds high above the desert, but when
the water reaches the stratum Of hot. dry
air beneath the clouds, it is entireluGshg
sCrbed before falling half the distance
to the earth. 1t is a singular sight 10
witness a heavy downpour of rain disap-
pear like magic in the air
The Phenomenon occurs in regions
where the temperature in the shade
reaches as high as 12S degrees. and II
is, OF course, the great heat that turns
the water into vapor.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
WATCHES FOR THE BLIND.
Buttons Show fhe Hours and the
Hands the Minutes.

On the face Of one OF the latest watches
designed for the use of blind people the
hours are indicated by movable buttons
in relief on the dial. A strong pointer
shows the minutes The blind person
passes his fingers over the DIAL the but
ton indicating the hour he finds 10 be de-
pressed, while the position of the hand
gives him the minutes.
The buttons are held by circular plate
beneath the dial which has at one point
on its circumference a notch into which
the buttons drop, one after the other, as
the plate revolves with the movement of
the works. This plate serves instead Of
the ordinary hour hand Of a watch.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
A sPINsFER's LEAP YEAR NOTICE.

This is to say to all good men, of faithful heart
and true.
That I've bone Of contention. and III pick it now
with you.
For long long years I've waited and Ionged. and
Trsyed for one
To come and sit beside me Am clustered num-
But some Of you were busy" and some Of Won
have wed;
The rest all seemed Indifferent to what did and
said.
What If am past thrty-some thirty-one or more
A charming sge-none better comes after or before
AS for my style aud manners. my rank and aualitee
Consult the Podunk Blue Book and my honored
family tree.
If filthy lucIe were a bait I'd long since married
happy fatel
For don't draw 800? III get my own trousseau;
III buy the milk. and pay the rent. ana furnish all
the dough.
Take notice Of the calendar-it's nineteen hundred
eight
I've got yeu where I want you-and I'm not a-going
" wait
DUDLEY DEAN.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
ST. HELENA BANS CIGARETTES.
Little Island FOrbidx the Bows 10
Smoke Them.

Smoke Them.
st. Helena is determined to suppress iu-
venile smoking. The new law that has
just come into force in the lonely. little
Napoleonic island would probably be
deemed DracOnian by the average Young
ster Any person giving or selling to-
bacco to boys or girls under the age Of
sixteen is liable to fine of % shillings
for the first offense. Boys detected in the
act OF smoking or in the possession Of to-
bacco or cigarettes are liable to a fine of
. shiilings and twelve strokes with the
birch
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

Massachusetts. Illinois, Ohio. Pennsyl-
vania. and New York pay Iegislatorssala-
ries Of from 500 TO 81 500. Iowa has bien-
NAL legislative sessions. and pays mem
bers Of the legislature $3.50 per term. The
average length Of the session is ninety
days. The Mississippi legislature meets
IN Quadrennial session. Tbs average
length Of the sessions is three months,
and the salary Of members Is $500 For
attending a special session the legislators
receive a per diem Of s.. New Jersey has
annual legislative sessions, which last
from eleven 10 fifteen weeks. although dur
ing the FIRST six or eight weeks the weekly
sessions usually comprise about one day
The salary Is $500 for the term. Wtsc0n-
sin has biennial legislative sessions, whose
average length is 100 days. The salary
Is $500 for the term. Arkansas pays a per
diem OF S. and the sessions last from
ninety 10 10 days.
All States except Delaware and New
Jersey pay their legislators mileage. OF
all the States in the Union. only one.
Alabama. under its new constitution, has
QuadTennial sessions. II Mississippi the
regular sessions are quadrennial but spe-
claI sessions intervene so that the legis-
lature really meets biennlally. Counting
Mississippi. all the States hold biennial
sessions, except Alabama. quadrennial
and Georgia, Massachusetts,, New Jersey
New York, Rhode Island, and South Caro-
lima, where the sessions are held an
nually.
In Michigan the salary Of members Of
the legislature from the Lower Peninsula
is 50 per day while that Of the members
from the Upper Peninsula may be raised
by special act Of the legislature TO s. per
day. Rhode Island pays its legislators S
a day, and in Missouri the legislators re-
eeive g a cay for the first seventy days
Of each session and 81 a day for every day
thereafter. except during sessions for
revisions of the statutes, when they re-
ceive S a day for the first 40 days and
81 for each day Of service thereafter. IN
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
LAW IN THE MAKING
JANUARY Tie MONTH FOR STATE LEGISLATION,
THIRTY NOW BEING IN SESSION
BY RUDOLPH De zAPP.

January is the month Of the State Iegis-
latures More than thirty Of them will
begin their sessions between the first and
the middle of the month. In size they
vary from the nine senators and the
twenty -one representatives in Delaware
to New Hampshire's unequaled body of
nearly 900 members in both branches.
Our legislatures. like some other Ameri-
can Institutions, vary with the States
For instance, New Hampshire has a rep
resentative to every l,lD of population,
but the ratio in New York is only one
member 10 every 457O0 of population. Al
together, in the various legislatures in
session. between five and ten thousand
new lawmakers viii be at work II is
often argued that Congress is a large
body. but when their number Is COM
pared with the total of State solons, 1t
VIII be seen that the national lawmakers
do not number so many after all.
The variety is not confined to the ratio
have its own idea Of proper pay, or
probably It would be better expressed to
say that each legislature gets as much
as the people viii allow 1t to have. OF
the forty-eight States in the Union, thirty
three pay legislators per diem and the
rest a fixed salary. The average per
diem is $4S7. and the average length Of
the sessions in those States that pay a
per diem is slxty-seven days and frac-
ton. The highest per diem is S. and is
paid by California and Nevada The
longest session held by a legislature
whose members receive a per diem is 130
days. which Is the average length of the
session in Michigan. The shortest is forty
DAYS in Oregon, South Carolina. and
Wyoming Now. as 10 the States that
pay a fixed salary The highest salary
IS $3.50 a year, which is paid in New
York Pennsylvania pays $3.50 a session,
but the sessions are biennial. while New
YoTk's are annual Furthermore, the New
York legislature is In session not TO ex-
,eed 12j days while the session IN Penn
sylvania lasts five months. The lowest
salary is $50 per session, which is paid
IN Maine Where a fixed salary is paid
the sessions are not limited. The longest
sessions Of salaried legislatures are in
Connecticut. where the sessions lasts
from five to six months. and In Illinois,
where they last from three 70 six months.
The shortest session is ten weeks. in New
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

The bill, however, does not become a
law If not returned by the governor
within five days after the adjournment
in Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon SUNDAYS
excepted. and West Virginia; within ten
days after, in Florida, Illinois. and Ne
vada Sundays excepted as TO the latter:
within twenty days after in Arkansas and
Texas; within thirty days after in Colo
rado. Missouri, New Jersey. and Penn
sylvania. Within three days after the
next meeting Of the legislature. in Ken
lucky, Maine, and Mississippi; within ten
days after the next meeting OF the legis-
latuTe in Illinois.
A bill becomes a law If returned and
signed within ten days (Sundays ex-
cepted) after the adjournment In Cali
fornia; within thirty days after final ad-
journment in New York; within two DAYS
after the next meeting in South Caro-
lima: within five days OF the adtourn-
ment, the bin having passed in the last
i've days Of the session, IN Michigan,
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
ATLANTIC FLEET IN
HONOLULU HARB0R
FLOWER OF NAVY RETURNING
TO ITS STATION BY WAY
OF THE ORIENT.
Pleasant Weather and Smooth Seas
Make the Voyage One of
Great Pleasure.

Honolulu, July 21.-The Atlantic
battleship fleet has arrived here.
completing another long leg in its
world cruise. Magnificent beyond
anything ever seen in these waters
was the arrival, as one powerful YES
sci after another rose out of the
Eastern horizon and came in the
range of vision of the thousands of
spectators from the whole Hawaiian
group of islands. who thronged Dia-
mond Head and adjoining heights
that stretch beyond Waikiki east
ward from Honolulu to the extremity
of the Island of Oahu.
Nearly all carried American flags,
and from the housetops of the city
floated, besides the Stars and Stripes,
flags of almost every nation, Chinese
and Japanese flags predominating.
The formation of the fleet began
to be distinguished when it was
about Is miles distant, and as 1t
ploughed its course along the south
ern coast of the island it furnished
a magnificent spectacle, the vessels
moving slowly in perfect column. A
wind fresh from the northeast blew
the smoke Of the vessels Off the port
bow.
During the entire run to Honolulu
the fleet experienced pleasant wealth
er and smooth seas. For two hours
or more daily, except on Sunday, the
feet had tactical evolutions and at
the same time routine drills were
carried on. No noteworthy incidents
occurred on the entire voyage and as
a matter of fact this, the first leg
of a long cruise. was rather more
uneventful than is usual.
The feet never had to stop or slow
down nor did any of the ships have
to fall out of formation through &C
cidents to machinery or steering
gear. The health of the crews has
been very good and there have been
no deaths or serious accidents since
leaving San Francisco.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
PROHIBITION TICKET.
Chain and Watkins Are Selected to
Garry the Banner.

Chain and Watkins Are Selected to
Garry the Banner.
Columbus, O., July 21.-For Pres
ident. Eugent w. Chain, of Chicago.
For Vice-President, Aaron S. Wat.
kins, of Ada, Ohio.
The above ticket was nominated
by the Prohibitionist National Con-
unanimously. The full Endorsement
of the convention was not given to
Mr.. Chain until after three ballots
had been taken.
On the first two ballots Mr.. Chain
did not show much strength, receiv-
ing but 1876 out of 1888 votes on the
first and 376 out of 1887 on the Sec
ond ballot. His nomination was
practically assured when the rollcall
began for the third ballot. His own
state. which had voted largely for
Daniel r. Sheen, Of Peoria, ILL.,. and
the New York delegation, followed
by those of Indiana and Wisconsin,
came over to Mr.. Grain and on the
third ballot he received a total of
636 votes.
Both the Presidential and Vice
Presidential nominees are candidates
for Governor in their respective
states on the Prohibition ticket.
Eugene w. Chain, who leads the
Prohibition party this year. is an at
torney residing in Chicago. He is a
native of Waukesha, Wis. and for
some years practiced law there. He
was at one time candidate for Gov
ernor of Wisconsin on tire Prohibit
ton ticket.
The forenoon session of the con-
ventiOn was devoted to the discussion
and adoption Of brief platform,
which is possibly the shortest on rec
ord, containing not more than $50
words.
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OFFICIALS CHARGED
] WITH CONTEMPT
MITCHELL AND GOMPERS CITED
" TO APPEAR-BOYCoTT
NOT ABANDONED.
81. Louis Corporation Files Petition
In District Supreme Court
{ Accusing Them.

washington. July 21.-In the
Buck Stove & Range Company's case.
Justice Sanderson, of the District
Supreme Court, summoned Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor; Secretary Nor
rison. of that organization, and John
Mitchell. of the executive council
and ex-president of the United Nine
workers OF America, to appear in
court on September to show cause
why they should not be punished for
contempt of the courts Injunction
order.
The citation is based on a petition
OF the Buck Stove & Range Company
OF st. Louis. which alleges that an
order issued by Justice Gould for
bidding a National boycott by the
American Federation of Labor has
been violated by the public utter
ances and addresses of the three la
Dor leaders named.
1t Is also stated that Gompers
caused to be published in the FEEDER
ationist. the official organ Of the Fed.
GRAFTON. a certain article rejecting
on the courts decision, and In al
legged open defiance printing the
name Of the Buck Stove & Range
Company in the We Don't Patron
ize" list.
Gompers is said to have said to
several newspaper men:
So far as / am concerned, l wish
to state this: When 1t comes to a
choice between surrendering my
rights as a free American citizen and
violating the decision of the court, /
do not hesitate to say that l shall
exercise my rights as between the
two"
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GEN. LEE BESIDE WASHINGTON
His Statue Will Be Offered by Vir-
ginia for National Statuary Hall.

His Statue Will Be Offered by Vir-
ginia for National Statuary Hall.
New York, July 21.-Judge G. D.
Christian. of Richmond. Va, is here
from Providence, r. l., where with
other members of the Virginia COM
mission he inspected the new Valen-
tine statue of General Robert E. Lee,
designed for Statuary Hall in the
National Capitol. Another of the
members of the commission return
ing from Providence is D. P. Halsey,
son-in-law of Senator Daniel. Mem
bers of the commission are greatly
pleased with the statue. Virginia
has been represented for years in
Statuary Hall by a figure of Wash
ington, but the other niche to which
the Old Dominion is entitled has all
this time been vacant because the
legislature was willing to accept none
but Lees statue. When the bill was
introduced in the Virginia general
assembly providing for the appro-
priation of $4,000 for a statue of
Lee for the second Virginia niche,
many expressed the opinion that the
movement was ill-timed. The legis-
lature passed the bill and the COM
mission does not doubt that the
statue will be accepted.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
Dream Is Worth $1,000.

Tacoma, Wash, July 21.-In jan
uary, 1904, Mrs. Minnie Sullivan, OF
Seattle, died. A short time before
her death she increased her insur-
ance in the Women of Woodcraft and
changed beneficiaries, leaving $1,000
to her daughter, Mrs. Rancipher. AT
ter her death Mrs. Rancipher, not
knowing she was a beneficiary, paid
but little attention to the insurance.
She visited the secretary of her
mothers lodge and asked if there
was any insurance. She was told
there was none for her. Two years
passed and she had forgotten about
it. Then she dreamed that her moth
err had left her $1,000 insurance in
the Women of Woodcraft The
dream was so strongly impressed on
her mind that she made another in
Quiry, only to be told there was no
insurance in her name.
A short time later the same dream
came again. And a week after the
second dream she dreamed it a third
time. This decided her and she
placed the matter in the hands of an
attorney. He heard her story with
doubt, but was surprised after an
Investigation to find that she was the
beneficiary to the amount she had
dreamed. The Women of Woodcraf,
refused to pay and a lawsuit last
ing two years commenced. JudE.
ments were gotten in the lower court
hut were set aside until the supreme
court last week gave Mrs. Ranciphel
Judgment for $1,000.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
Balloon Race q Failure.

st. Paul, July 21.-All the bal
Ions that started from ST. Paul in an
effort to surpass the worlds distance
and endurance record have landed
and no records have been broken
The Pommern landed at Warsaw
MINI. The Chicago. the largest bal.
loon in the race, owned by C. A.
Coey, of Chicago, came down near
Blooming Prairie, Mimi, about IS
miles south of st. Paul on the Mil
waukee road.
A. Leo Stevens, director of the
race, in explaining the failure of the
aeronauts to sail greater distances
than they accomplished, said the lift
ing power of the gas was not as
great as they had counted on, and
that consequently the balloons were
unable to carry ballast necessary for
a long flight.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
Republican Leaders in Session.

Colorado Springs, Col, July 21.-
The first session of Republican lead
ers with Chairman Frank H. Hitch
cock, of the National committee,
was held here yesterday. During
that time members of the National
committee and the chairmen of state
central committees from 16 states
and territories addressed the assem-
bly, and explained state conditions.
Mr.. Hitchcock talked individually
with the leaders from the Western
states for the purpose of working
out with still greater detail plans
for opening and conducting the cam
paign.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
Machine to Pick HOPS.

Redding, Cal. July 21.-Machines
viii take the place of hop pickers in
the Horst Company's yards at b.
hemia. Tehama county Last year
between $50 and 80 pickers were
employed during the harvest This
vear equally large crops will be har-
yssted by i've hop picking machines
and a few men.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
n Omen Campaign in Ohi'

u-.,,ee to Open Campaign In ONO.
Youngstown. O.. July 21.-Gov-
.-ror Hughes, of New York, mas sen'
. ....ee from Saranac. N. T., say
th.t he will accept the invitation
- open the Republican Na''on''
ansisn here September 8.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24
Special Offer.

With $500 cash trade and SO cents
In cash we give a fine SO 90 oak pict.
ure frame and beautiful picture. See
them at J. f. Tull's.
A $3.50 piano at Whitelock's for
1928.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-24

Try q sack of Yakima Best Flour.
Guaranteed the best in the State.
Fine green bunchgrass pasturage
at Lofts ranch on Columbia
Heights one mile west OF Second
Street bridge. Send in your colts
and calves to grow up.
Try a sack OF Yakima Best.