Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18

ocean liners may save from $1,OOO 70
$1,000 on each voyage by being able to
steer much straighter courses, based
upon the new measurements Of mag
netic declination, dip and intensity,
correcting errors of former charts.
This is only one of the numerous fields
of research occupied by the Carnegie
Institute in 1907, the work Of which
is contained in the year book now pub
lished. Expeditions have been sent to
every part of the world, and almost
every branch Of science has been in
vaded. Among the practical results
noted are rain meter invented by 81.
De Rossloff, which will automatically
test and register the rainfall by the
day, month or year; the evolution of
barnyard fowls, with the promise of
breeding scheme that will furnish more
and bigger eggs; the discovery Of T. G.
Benedict that all bodily functions
thrive best upon food that Is the clos
est approach to plain proteid; the
grating of 5000 plants by Luther Bur-
bank, and several magnetic expeditions
into the Far North.
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Speaker Cannons notice to chairmen
Of appropriation committees to have
their bills ready to report by April 10,
presages an early adjournment Of Con-
gress Aside from the currency bill
there is little legislation of Importance
before Congress. So far as the cur
rency measure is concerned, the lower
house Is hopelessly divided, and there
is little possibility of the members get
ting together on the Aldrich bill. The
. Western members are outspoken
against it, and it is not believed that
: even Speaker Cannon can bring them
into line. Congressional conventions
: will be held early this year because OF
the presidential campaign. For this
reason Congressman want to get away
!, from Washington. A large per cent
have fences to repair In their districts,
and they do not want to be cooped up
l in Washington, hundreds of miles from
the dear people," If a currency law
Is to be enacted they may be driven to
agree to some plan in order to bring
about an early adjournment. The pub
lie welfare does not require that they
should remain in Washington.
4 For the first time in seventy years
the figure of the American eagle that
0. surmounts the mace, the symbol OF au-
2. thority in the national House Of Rep
resentatives, left its perch the other
1, day. When news of the flight of the
o. bird became known to members by
many politicians it was interpreted as
6, an i'll omen. The House mace Is one
2, of the most priced possessions of the
lower branch of Congress. 1t has done
8, service for threescore years and ten.
a, The mace has, with rare exception,
~, been effective in restoring order in the
House. representative suspended
for violating the House authority, aft
es er the mace had been displayed by the
ne sergeant-at-arms, cannot resume his
w prerogatives. except by vote of his col
leagues The House mace is fashioned
after the Roman mace. Its handle,
90 bearing thirteen silver bands, emble-
~ matte of the thirteen original States
80 is Of ebony. Surrounding the handle
- is globe upon which stands the eagle
Id Resident Washington Is divided into
III three distinct sets-old families, PEG
pie with money and people without
tn money. Those without money work
BIT hard to keep up appearances with
those who have money. Those with
er money work hard to secure socia
he recognition from the old families. The
ng old families are Indifferent equally tt
those with money and those without
pt The hardest worked class of all are
'ie those who, having accepted public
TX office and removed their lares ani
penates to the national capital, fn(
that the salary will not pay for thu
al game You know their women folk by
the fact that they wear ready mad,
gowns. Your real Washingtonian con
w siders the wearing of factory made
garments equivalent to sinking to tn,
,as lowest sartorial depths
ZEN
ers The report or the Clvll Service Com
ra- mission says that partisan activity II
ter the classified service has practically
ceased, and quotes Bryan as saying II
ITS his campaigns he had more trouble
from the influence exerted by railroads
an. over their employees than with those IL
WIS the service under Republican admin
90, 'stration.
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sht Some have a notion that because thu