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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
QUEER BOUNDARIES.
The 10 O'Clock Line Was Suggested BY
the indiana.

The 10 O'Clock Line Was Suggested by
the indiana.
The most original and primitive way
Of marking a boun larry was probably
that OF Queen Dido and her colony
when they stipulated, before the found
Ing OF Carthage. for as much land as
could be inclosed by bulls hide. All
tribes belonging to the infancy OF
civilization have like peculiar modes
Of reckoning
From point near the mouth of the
Miami river extends northwest through
Indiana boundary known as the
40 O'Clock line" This Is one limit OF
an Indian grant. When the tribe had
agreed to cede portion Of their terri
tory to the whites meeting was held
for the purpose OF marking out the
ground. A surveyor was present and
had mounted his compass and tele-
scope on tripod. The head man Of
the tribe went up to the instruments,
stared steadily at them for awhile.
grunted and returned to the circle
about the council Ere. Not a word
was spoken by any one. Soon another
Indian arose. walked sedately to the
instruments. gravely examined them.
grunted and returned TO his place by
the fire. This example was followed
by half dozen others. after which a
short consultation was held.
The chief then approached the white
men. '"That what Indian know" he
said. drawing small circle ON the
| ground with a stick. .'That what
white man know" drawing a larger
circle round the first. .Thls what mo-
body know" he added. pointing to
what lay without the last circle.
white man know that indicating
the instrument. Indian not know II.
Indian know the sun. He never cheat.
Him always same Him throw shad-
ow. Indian give white man land one
side"
After long consultation 1t was de.
eided that a limo drawn In the dlrec-
ton In which the sun would cast a
shadow from an agreed point at 10
o'clock should be made the boundary,
the white man taking the land on one
slide and the Indians keeping that on
the other. Tho other boundaries Of
the concession were those OF the origl,
nal territory of the tribe. supplemented
by water courses and other objects,
Such lines have been frequently used
In concluding bargains with the In,
dams aud have become known as &c
O'Clock lines. "--M Minneapolis Journal.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29

to realize this somersault into space be.
cause OF the other immediate result
viz, the transformation OF the earth's
motion into d heat so intense as to
raise the temperature Of the air by
hundreds OF degrees. turn seas, lakes
and rivers into steam and instantly
consume forests, buildings and cities.
And men and animals would instan-
tfaeousiy perish from the mere breath
ing of the hot air, and their corpses
would be incInerated in the general
confiagration. In short, the result
would be tragedy such as Is depicted
by st. Peter for the judgment day.
Scientists have given the tempeFa-
ture which one would feel when pene-
trating to the center Of the globe. To
obtain this estimate Of heat they had
to confne themselves TO simple OBJ
servations on the rise of temperature
In mine shafts. Biologists believed
that the mean temperature of the
earth increased by ] degree with
every hundred feet OF descent. With
these figures for basis they calculated
AAtAt AGAN VI AtG %NAEA1A
cleus must be 1890 degrees II.
This was good mathematics, but In
correct, for observations made in Ne
vada with instruments OF great pre-
cision showed that the heat of the
central nucleus was much greater
For the experiment Of 1907 silver
mine was selected. and there they
found that at $500 feet under the
earth's surface the air showed tenn
perature Of "a degrees Il. and the wa
ter Of 100 degrees. In the vicinity, at
Yellow Jack shaft, the mine reaches q
depth OF 5000 feet, and the thermome-
ter shows constantly 139 degrees b., so
that miners cannot work there for
more than fifteen minutes at stretch.
The works III the Slmplon showed like
wise an uncommon subterranean heat.
and the calculations justify an assump-
tion for the central nucleus OF tenn
perature OF GS0,00O to 100000 degrees,
the same as Is assumed OF the sun
Leon Landsberg in Chicago Record
Herald.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
GENERAL HALL RETlREs
Entered Regular Army as Second
Lieutenant In 1867.

Entered hegular Army as Second
Lieutenant In 1867.
WASHINGTON. April 29.-MaIor
General Charles d. Hall. who attained
his present rank on March 81 when
Major General Adolphus W. Greedy
left the service. was today placed on
the retired list of the United States
army. by operation of the age limit.
General Hall is native of PORT
land, Me-, and entered the regular
army as second lieutenant of the
Twenty-eighth infantry In 1867. He
had previously seen long service dur
Ing the civil war as second lieutenant
In volunteer infantry regiment. For
some time he has been eommandant
of the infantry and Cavalry Training
school at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
TALKS ny TAFT
Visits New York Previous to Depart
IRE for Canal Zone.
workers,

Visits New York Previous TO Depart
ure for Canal Zone.
NEW YORK, April Secretary
Taft made a flying visit, before his
departure for the canal zone, to New
York for few hours last night, and
in that brief period covered an itin-
erary calling for three addresses in
different parts of the city. The sec
Rotary left on a midnight train for
Washington.
Secretary Taft addressed a meeting
at the Waldorf-Astoria of the New
York state branch of the American
National Red Cross. and after a din
ner at the Union club spoke at the
Civic Forum In Carnegie hall on "De-
lays and the Effect of Enforcement
of Laws In This Country"
Later the secretary was hurried to
Terrace Garden, where he spoke at
the Psi Epsilon dinner. MIR. Taft at
the Red Cross meeting called atten-
ton to the needs of big emergency
fund for the Red Cross.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
DISMISS NAVY SURGEON

Is Found Guilty Of Neglect of Sick
by Court Martial.
WASHINGTON. April ss.--Assist-
ant Surgeon Leopold II. Seherwin. at
taehed TO the torpedo destroyer iilo-
tilla on the recent trip from Hamp-
ton roads TO Mabdalena bay. was
found guilty by a court martial of
charges against him and sentenced to
dismissal from the navy. 1t was
charged that while the ships were
proceeding from Hampton roads to
San Juan. Porto Rico. scherwiu. then
on the Whipple. neglected to attend
sick man. The navy department
has approved the sentence of the
court martial,
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29


Il have an idea. a glorious dear
cried the inventors wife. ''one Of
those simple little ideas wherein MIL
lions lle."
"YesY' said he, tossing the long
white hair back from bis ears. PRO
coed"
st ID a two pointed peng' cried the
lady. "a reversible pen. You write
With one point TN that Il worn out:
then you pun the pen from tho holder,
reverse 1t aud write with the other
point"
Excellent. butt
Il should say Il was excellent For
tho same money. out OF the same
quantity Of material. two pens instead
~ one, Where are your patent appll-
cation papers. James3 There's no time
10 be lests
The old inventor shook his head and
smiled sadly.
Jenny he said. ''never try 10 Inn
prove ca the steel pen. The subject Il
too old. Too many minds have been
ahead OF you. That idea Of yours too
a pen point az both ends was patented
all over the world IN 1859, The pen ap-
peared on the market IN iST0 The
people would have none OF Il. A fAil
nFe. Il was Withdrawn.
.But penmakers and the patent pa0
pie tell me that never year goes By
without the arrival Of q hundred Or "a
Of excited letters from people who. lsks
yourself. think that they have HIT o.
an epoch making Idea. 4 two polntes
zen. New Orleans rimes nemoSsk
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
BELL AND BoNAPARrE DIFFER
DO Not Agree ON Preparedness Of the
Country for War.

Country for War.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-At the
banquet OF the Sons OF the American
Revolution last night Attorney Gem
eral Bonaparte and Major General
Bell differed decidedly in their views
regarding the conditions in this
country today. The attorney gem
eral declared that I'VE are not threat
ened at this moment with the dan
gers which confronted our fore
fathers"
In vigorous language General Bell
declared that the United States has
wasted many opportunities, with the
result that should war now be de-
clared, our Pacific feet could not pos
sibly pass Cape Horn. He decried
the failure of the government to ac-
quire more coaling stations in the
Pacific.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
IN THE NAME OF GOD
Religious Fanatic Murders a Little
Child.


Child.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, April ga
report of a horrible murder by a re-
ligious fanatic in the borough of AL
lance, near here, reached this city
today. Councilman Henry Smith s
little daughter was killed by theSfor-
mer's brother-in-law, Robert Bach
man Of Nazareth, Pa, while on a
visit at the Bachman home.
Bachman was the head of new
praying band, and last week he got
the Smiths interested. They went to
Bachman's house last Saturday,
prayed and held services, and then
decided to stay until the spirit told
them to leave. Bachman was In a
room with Smiths only child, Mary
Irene, s years old. When Mrs. Smith
entered later she found her daughter
dead on the floor and Bachman on
his knees alongside in a religious
frenzy. Bachman was arrested and
his wife told the coroner's jury that
the child had been killed by God and
that her husband was God. Smith
and Bachman are Drawn cement mill
workers.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
40 Acre Chicken
Ranch

II yeu want to buy Chicken Ranch we have
the best proposition IN Northern Idaho or the
Northwest. You can buy this plant for fifty
cents on the dollar. A few figures as follows
may convince you:
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29

TOday's news today Il you read
the Evening Pres.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29
Houses and Lots

New five room plastered bungalow. corner 18th
and Occur d'Alene streets, ,........ SI2U0
House and lot three blocks south of sherman
ON Twelfth street. House l2xi6, painted. on
rear OF lot .,.....,...... ,..... tS0O
House and lot on Occur d'Alene street. two
blocks east of Catholic Aeadamy Will sell on
easy TERMS $40 cash, balance $40 per month,
only Observation-Disclosures. .4............. $3.50
Three lots corner 18th and sherman streets
only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $1,000
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-29

We are prepared to furnish up-tO-
date calling cards; all styles and
slses. Let us, show y0a samples.
Press Publishing Co.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
BOIL WEEVl OUTLOOK VERY DlsCoURAeIMe.
Enormous Crop of Squares Now Growing Upon the
plants Affords Most Favorable Conditions
for Weevils Propagation.
Winter or Complete Farmers Practically
Ony Remedy % Serious Damage Next Year.

squares now growing upon the plants
afford the most favorable conditions for
the appearance of great number Of
adult boil weevils between now and frost,
and these will be the weevils which will
successfully pass through the winter to
attack next springs crop. Examina-
tions in the cotton fields at present show
that every square is producing weevil,
and in many fields it is possible to find
adults weevils at the rate Of four or five
a minute.
The Commission short time ago is
sued an interesting circular calling prom
nent attention to the fact that this fall
brood of weevils could he destroyed now
by Immediately picking out the open
cotton and then completely destroying
the green cotton plants, either by plow-
ing them under or by uprooting them
and burning them as soon as dried.
Secretary Newell points out that the
damage threatened next years crop by
tift pIcSchtC Va idi ~ huuiDttc VI SHu"iN u
this fall is very great one, and nothing
except severe, early, killing frost OF
the complete destruction of the cotton
plants by the planters themselves car
avert the most serious weevil damage
next summer that has yet been expert
enced i'm Louisiana. The Commission i,
urging upon every hand that the cottoI
planters all over the State immediatel.
destroy their cotton plants in accordance
with the instructions which are issued b!
the Commission Office at Baton Rouge
Circulars and letters advising the farm
ers to take prompt action in this emer
gency are being sent all over the State
the matter is being agitated at farmers
meetings and the newspapers of the Stat
are being urged by the Commission t
give wide publicity to this plan of avert
ing serious and even disastrous injury t
the cotton crop.of 1909.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
One Way to Fight the Boil Wesyil.

The following excerpt from a
bulletin issued by the Louisiana
State Crop Pest Commission, is
timely, and ia published III the
hope that the suggestion may be
tried and prove benefcial:
"This office, as well as the Blu
reau of Entomology, has for years
advocated the early picking of the
crop in the fall and the imme-
date destruction of the cotton
plants by blowing up Tor cutting)
aud burning as the most effective
means of controlling the boil wee
vii. The weevil situation in Louis
lana the past spring (l9O8) has
proven a beautiful demonstration
Of what effect such fall destruc-
ton of cotton plants has upon the
abundance of boil weevll the sea-
son following. On November 10,
1907, severe freeze visited most
of the northern parishes, COM
pletely destroying squares, green
bolls and foliage on the cotton
plants. Nature herself destroyed
the cotton plants early in the fall.
Now as to the results: In the
northern parishes where the de-
struction of green cotton was com
plete, the boil weeviIs were very
scarce the past spring, so scarce
in DeSoto parish even, that the
newspapers reported that the boil
weevil had disappeared and it is
said upon good authority that the
cotton acreage i'll that parish was
this year considerably increased
Farther south in the state, where
the frost of November -, 1907
was less severe, more boil weevils
survived the winter and Il steady
increase in the number of hiber-
mated weevils was noted as one
moved southwark. In parts OF
Avoyelles and Rapides parishes
where there was no destruction OF
cotton by the frost of November
18th last, the hibernated weevils
were more abundant the past
spring than we have ever seen
them anywhere, either in Texas
or Louisiana, there bcing in some
cotton fields from 1900 To 5000
adult, over wintered weeviIs pei
acre. A more convincing proof
that early fall destruction of the
cotton plants will solve the boil
weevil problem could not be asked
for"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
The Short Road to Disgrace and Death.

Irving to make something out
of nothing if persisted i'll, will
surely lead the experlmenter to
suicide or prison.
In this age of speculation al
most every man who has dollar
or a few hundreds or few thou
sand of dollars thinks he can
double his money at one stroke,
and so he risks it Oh some sort
of gambling, and invariably loses
it. Possibly, i'll order to lead the
victim on, he may be allowed IL
make an occasional winning, but
most of these victims are SO III
sanely determined to make some
thing out of nothing that they
do not need to be baited. They
lose their own money, and thel
they do their employers, thelI
families, anybody, III order to &c
more money to throw after wha
has gone before. The result i
that they kill themselves becaus'
they cannot face the disgrace, o
they are recorded Oh the rolls o
criminals.
Every gambling game is put NJ
for its conductors to win and tn
suckers to lose. Disgrace anC
death by ones own hand are al
that the victim ever gets.
4 Let every man, young and old
understand this, and quit gamh
| ling if he can. Otherwise hi
doom is ealed.-New Orlean
Picayune.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
JVEA THEIR AND THE CROPS.
From Mondays Picayune.

From Mondays Picayune.
Although the rainfall has been
excessive in southern Louisiana
and in the coast districts of other
Gulf States, IT has been only mod
crate elsewhere, and in the At
lautic States the weather has been
generally fair. On the whole the
weather conditions outside of
Louisiana have been favorable,
and good progress is reported in
harvesting and marketing the
cotton crop.
Comparatively dry weather is
now wanted to permit of rapid
picking of the open cotton. Heavy
rains, even though they may not
cut down the yield, are damaging
to the quality of the cotton.
While considerable cotton will yet
mature before frost, bright wealth
er, with only occasional showers,
will serve the purpose better than
heavy downpours. That the crop
is an early one the character of
the movement has amply demon
strated so far. The size of the
movement is therefore no indica-
ton of the ultimate yield.
There are still many complaints
of deterioration to the crop, aud
nobody now INDUCES any hopes
of bumper yield. Opinions diff
fer greatly as to the number OF
bales that will actually be pro-
duced. There have been no esti.
mates as yet from the so-called
authorities, but opinions are
seemingly ranging between 12,-
100000 and 100000 bales
Crop estimates arc seldom re.
garded as important until after
the first killing frost, as the date
of the frost may have an import.
ant bearing upon the size of the
crop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02

The following statement has
been given to the. press by the
officials of the Louisiana Expert
ment Stations, who are so con-
ccrned over the present discour-
aging outlook in the boil weevil
infected sections of the State that
only extreme remedial measures
can be recommended. The Com
mission strongly urges the COM
plcte destruction of the green cot.
ton plants by blowing up and
burning, to avoid most serious
damage next year. The state
ment is clear and conclusive and
couched in language that cannot
be mistaken in the intent and
purpose of the Commission to
recommend radical measures as
only hope for relief.
BATON ROUGE, La, sept. %, 1905.
The officials of the state Experiment
Stations and Of the Crop Pest Commis-
sion are much concerned over the pres
cnt conditions in the boil weevil infested
portions of the State. Secretary Newell
Of the Commission has just returned
from a tour of inspection through the
central parishes and reports that condi'
tions now are very unfavorable for sat
isiactory crop next year.
The weather conditions during tn,
summer and autumn have been sucl
that cotton plants are putting OH heav!
second crop Of foliage and squares. Par
ticularIy is this true in those portions o.
the state where the boil weevil damag,
this year have been severe, and wher,
the plants have not exhausted their vi
tality in producing normal amount o
lint and seed. The enormous crop o
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02

Business men and planters, at
a meeting in Monroe, discussed
the culture of sugar cane as a
probable substitute for cotton
Statements from 1S3 State bank
ing institutions in Louisiana show:
Resources, s93, sos 1856 So; capital
stock paid in, $14, 100. 767 20; bills
payable, So, 121 ,224.72.
II. C. StringfeIlow, of Red Riy-
er parish, was selected Ivy the cot
ton planters of Ouachita parish
to visit Texas and study the boil
weevil and truck farming meth
DDS.
Post Office Inspector Charles
Fitzgerald was shot and killed at
Clinton, Miss, on Tuesday lay the
assistant postmaster there, Will
Sorsby, whose only motive fer the
crime was that the Inspector
checked him up short in his ac-
counts aud stated that same had
to be reported to the Department.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
affect. they ought to be support,

affect, they ought to be support
ed.
The two remaining amendments,
the one establishing juvenile
courts and the other increasing
the maximum allowed for pen
sions for Confederate Veterans,
require no argument to induce
right-thinking people to support
them. In 50 far rs we can see
the amendments are all proper
and necessary and they should be
ratified at the polls.-Daily States
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02

Justice Mills, at White Plains,
n. j., denied the application Of
Harry X. Thaw for a jury trial
to determine whether or not Thaw
is sane, but promised to give Thaw
a hearing before himself, Justice
Mills. District Attorney Jerome
withdraws from the case.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
Shreveport and Prohibition.
Monroe Starr

Attorney General Guion's opin-
ion that wholesale liquor dealers
aud brewers may continue to dc
business in Shreveport despite the
prohibition law may be a sound
deduction under our jurisprudence
we are not in a position to take
issue with him OH that point
but that the result will be to
make prohibition a bowling farce
in the City of the Red, there can.
not be the least question. We
speak from experience aud there.
fore by the card OH that. We
have seen it tried here in Monroe.
During the one year of prohibi-
ton in this city with the retail
establishments closed down and
the wholesalers wide open there
were more blind tigers born than
tigers with two eyes in any Jungle
of the wild anywhere in the world
in similar period of time and
the delivery wagons of the liquor
and beer dealers we're kept OH the
double-qaiok supplying the insa-
table thirst of the aforesaid blind
tigers. 1t is truly wonderful the
quantity of liquid refreshments
they can consume.
And this is what we predict il
going to happen to Shreveport
unless the officials want to ell
force the law and can find a way
to exterminate the blind tigers
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
To the Public.
ST. JOSEPH, La,
September Is, 1908.

CtpteiuutT 10, lcVc.
70 Ny PatreWss
In order that may continue to give
the patrons of my Bus prompt and ef-
ficient service, am compelled hereafter
to conduct this business on strictly cash
basis. 1t has always been my wish and
effort to accommodate my friends in
every possible way, and should this
change at any time cause them inconve-
nience, trust they will understand that
it is made necessary by the general
tendency to place all business on q
cash basis, and to which /, like all
others, am compelled to conform.
Therefore, after October LIST, cash fares
will be demanded from all who ride in
the Bus to or from train or boat.
Mr.. Charles Johnston will have charge
of the bus and collect all fares.
Thanking you very much for your past
patronage, and hoping l may continue
to deserve your good will,
Yours truly,
u. SAaITNA.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02


The Wednesday north-bound
passenger was minus a mail agen,
and no mails were handled by the
train. The agent was reported
sick.
Smith w. Green, Grand Chan.
cellor of Louisiana for tie colored
Order of Knights of Pythias, and
Supreme Chancellor of the World
is Oh u visit to his old home il
Tensas this week. Green has
climbed to the top.most wrune
of ladder of Pythian fame, a.
practIsed by his order.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02

Send your inquiries for lumber,
shingles and building material of an
kinds to CARROLL LUMBER co.,
Ltd, Lake Providence, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Remaining in the ST. Joseph Post
Office for week ending Sept. 26
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02
FOR SALE.

ONE GOOD JACK and Twenty-sev.
en- head Of horses, one to seven years
old, q head are mares, IS bred to
jack.
Address. A. B. C...this office.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-02

A true copy.
Attest:- Z. f. NEWELL,
Dy. Clerk 10Th Dis. Court.