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The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
To-morrow-American Holidays.
KIND OF THE ANIMALS.
Employment of Dog Police Suggests
Utility of other Animals.
Prom Harper's Weekly.

hIViA harper Weekly.
Now that the New York police DEPART
ment has dogs TO prevent the friendly
burglar from prying open our windows
with a cheese-knife and making US shake
the pearl buttons from our pajamas with
fear, We must not be surprised TO read
items like the following from our sister
cities:
Chicago. HL-Thc fire department Of
this city has added several giraffes to its
force particularly trained for fighting the
flames The g!raffes can be distinguished
from the regular firemen by the large
brown spots on their hides. These quad
rupeds follow in the wake Of the engine.
Upon reaching a confagration they stick
their heads through the windows. grab
the inmates by the back Of the neck, and
gently let them down TO terra frma or
somewhere near by Frequently people
slide down the necks OF these animals TO
safety.
Lansing. Mch.-The street and water
department has purchased twelve eIe-
plants from the c. O. P. and has
trained them TO sprinkle the streets by
blowing the water from their trunks.
They are also used 20 stamp down cob
blestones evenly when new streets are
being laid On asphalt streets they take
the place Of the steam rollers.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Nowadays when our
local water pipes become congested it is
not necessary TO put lot OF overpaid men
on the job 20 locate the obstruction. The
officials have trained snakes that wrig-
gle their way through the pipes and push
aside anything that tends to arrest the
free flow Of water BY this method the
city saves annually S456. 7S2. .943ll
Boston, Mass.-It is a pleasing sight to
witness the trained squirrels connected
with the street cleaning department go
ing through the streets every morning
brushing away the dust with their buShy
tails
Jersey City, N 1.-THE health board
has trained mosquitoes that come TO
headquarters every morning, absorb qui-
nine through. their suckertaches. then fly
about the city visiting poor people strick-
en- with malaria and inject the quinine
free Of charge
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Brazirs Black Diamonds.

The mining methods employed are OF
the crudest nature. and the work IS all
done by native miners. The diamonds and
carbOns are found in gravel known as
''caScalho.' which is obtained on the
sides and slopes Of the Sincora Mountains
and in the Parasuassu River bed and
tributaries. Owners and lessees Of di3-
mond lots generally allow well-known
miners to work their properties, who re-
Ceive a return of One-ffth 10 one-f0GrIh
OF the value Of their finds The former
generally buy in all the precious stones
themselves and sell them eithe- on the
spot 70 the diamond buyers who represent
the Bahia firms or the stones are shipped
10 Paris or London for their account. or
on joint account with the firms eStab-
lished in Bahia. with their mead Offices at
home. They receive from these fiIms
from 50 TO 30 per cent Of the value Of the
invoices. and the balance is paid after
the goods are disposed Of
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
CENTRAL RESERVE CITIES.
Only Three at Present. but PhiIadeI-
PhiR May Come In.

ph18 May Come In.
At the present time there are three
central reserve cities in the United States.
These are New York. Chicago. and ST.
Louis. The two latter are not as old IN
this respect as the financial center of the
country. as the latter was the first to be-
come a central reserve city, under the
national banking act Of 1887. In fact the
latter law provided for only one central
reserve city. but the growth Of business
in the West caused the fnanciers Of that
section to demand an amendment 10 the
law. This was done. and as the law now
stands any city with a population of
100000, or more, may become a central
reserve city.
Up TO the present time only two cities.
Chicago and St. Louis. have taken ad-
vantage of the amendment 10 the law.
It is said. however. that before long
Philadelphia viii make an application to
be brought into the central reserve class.
1t is probable that the small banks of the
latter city will oppose such a step. but IL
is also likely that their efforts Will be
futile Application from Boston is also
probable.
One reason why the smaller banks op-
pose the making Of a city a central re-
serve place is that the national banks of
these cities are required by the law to
keep on hand . per cent of the amount
Of their deposits in cash. In the other
reserve cities. not central. the national
banks have only to keep 12i5 per cent on
hand in cash. while the remaining 121z per
cent they may deposit in a national bank
in either OF the central reserve cities.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
PHARAOHS USED TELEPHONES
M. Henry PaccOry Cites Discovery
of French Scientist to Prove It.
Ivory and Bone Objects and COiIed
Wires Found in the Pyramid
OF Gizeh.

Telephones were used in ancient Egypt
centuries before the birth Of Christ, ac-
cording to NJ. Henry Paccory, a noted
French publicist.
He bases this contention on the facts
of a discovery made more than a century
ago by the French scientist, Monge. the
significance of which was not understood
at the time.
Monge went with the army of Napoleon
Bonaparte into Egypt on it's famous
campaign. While delving around in the
Temple Of Mehmet-Abn. in upper Egypt,
he came across a coil Of wire in which
were tangled several objects Of ivory and
bones which were shaped somewhat In
the fashion of the later drinking horn.
These wires, Il was apparent, had been
lying for ages in the place where they
were found, a stone chamber in the tenn
pie
Later on Monge's arrival a. the Pyra-
mid Of Gizeh. he found in a vault of
about the same dimensions as the cham
Der in the temple some Of these ivory and
bone objects and more coiled wires.
1t Is apparent that the scientist gave
considerable thought TO the question OF
the manner in which the wires and their
attachments had been used, but he could
make nothing out of them. OF course, the
telephone was thing unknown 10 him.
He had no idea that men might talk over
wires. and therefore 1t never dawned
upon him that the wires had any connec-
ton with the transmission Of speech.
wires and the ivory and bone objects
were used for this purpose and that the
chambers in which they We're found were
nothing less than ancient telephone
booths. He does not believe. though, that
the development OF the phone had reach
ed anything like that OF the present day.
Two miles. he thinks. was the limit of
the distance over which the subject of the
PharaOhs could project his voice.
NJ PaccOry's very interesting state
ments were made in an attempt 10 prove
the old assertion that there is nothing
new under the sun And. among other
things which the people OF modern days
look upon as new inventions. but which
he claims were known 10 the ancients. is
itro-glycerin.
He declares that Hannibal. the Cartha-
genian who gave the Romans so much
trouble, used an explosive which pos
sessed the same qualities. This was call
ed oxoos. and Hannibal, it seems. used
il 70 open up passageways for his army
while crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps
While everyone has known that the
Greeks were familiar with what has been
called Greek fire. It has usually been
supposed that real explosive was first dis
covered by Roger Bacon, in the thirteenth
century. when he made gunpowder.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Dirty Money Is Easily Cleaned.

come to the conclusion that a great deal
of sickness and many deaths would be
prevented IL the people of the United
States cleaned the money that passes
through their hands more frequently.
Physicians of prominence have urged
that railroads. street railway companies,
large stores. and other concerns which
handle large amounts of paper and me-
tallic money each day should subject it to
a sterlizing bath before Jney send II, forth
again. A weak solution Of carbolic acid
or peroxide would serve the purpose ad-
and It is even suggested that in
the case of coins they might also be pol
ished very easily
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
snrdines Dese-tIng France.

An unexplained phenomenon OF sea life
has caused great loss 10 the sardine FISH
ers and packers on the west coast OF
France The French sardines have long
been known everywhere for their superior
quality. but during the past season they
seem TO have deserted their favorite
haunts. and most of the few caught have
been too large for packing No satiSfac-
tory explanation OF the disappearance OF
the fish, upon which an extensive indus
try was based has been offered. Some
Of the packers say that the fishermen
themselves are 10 blame. because the
price Of bait. imported from Norway and
Sweden, having increased. they neglected
10 strew il in the usual quantities over
water. and thus the shoals of fish were
not attracted 10 the coast
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

The Salvation Army is established in
ffty-twO countries and colonies and
breaches the gospel in thirty-one Ian
guages.
One of the national sports of the noun
tain canton of Appenzell, Switzerland is
the stone-throwing contest. in which
rocks of great size are thrown for a prize.
The Amazon stone, found in small
quantities near Colorado Springs, Colo,
is greatly in demand. A firm in Germany
ordered all that could be procured. The
stone is green in color and hard as flint.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

Prom the Cnlcaso Jeurral
Undoubtedly the most perfect secret
service in the world is that possessed by
the japanese. who devote 70 it all the
patience for which the Oriental is famous
The late war in Manchuria offered ample
evidence Of the value Of the work accom-
plished by it. In Pekin. Harbin. Port
Arthur. and Seoul the centers Of an elab-
orate system were established. by which
secret service men. disguised as BARRIERS,
servants. itinerant merchants. and travel
ing priests. swarmed all over Northeast
Asia. There was neither village nor
military post that escaped observation.
and many OF the earlier successes of the
japanese were due TO the excellence OF
the information supplied by the members
OF the secret service before hostilitieS
began
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Electricity and Memory.

At a recent meeting of the Royal So
ciety OF Canada. Sir James Grant, NJ D..
presented a paper on the neurOns and
cells of the brain ia their relation 10
the faculty of memory, and, after stating
that as with the other tissues Of the
body so with the cells Of the brain. evil
dence OF leSSening power and activity an
pears with the passage Of years he add
ed the very interesting statement that
the line Of present investigation demon
strates that the electric current through
the brain rOtates its molecules 10 such a
degree as to produce a most nota BILE
physiological response in the direction
of improved memory.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Gigantic EIectric Arc.

An sO.OOO-volt electrical transformer was
recently installed at Butte, Mont. for
the local lighting and power company.
the distance over which the current is
transmitted being sixty miles. During
the insulation tests Of the transformer
the voltage was run up to 10000 and at
this pressure an arc was formed between
the ends of the cables and the trans
former tank. over a distance of five or
six feet But India rubber disks fixed
on the cable terminals prevented the
formation of the arc. When $4,000 volts
are used there is no brush discharge,
and the disks are not needed.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

French engineers have lately made sue
cessful tests of wireless telegraphy be-
tween the lofty observatories on the
crown Of Mont Blanc and the Valley of
Chamonix. 1t had been feared that the
absence of moisture in the frozen surface
might interfere with the earth connec-
ton, but no such trouble was expert
enced. The only difficulty arose when
the alternating current dynamos of the
electric light system in Chamonix were
at work At such times the wireless mes
sages could not be transmitted nor re-
CeiVed
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Municipar Plant statistics.

The census report based upon statistics
gathered in 1902 showed that of S2S mu-
nicipal electric light plants. only Is had
been leased, sold, or abandoned. During
the last fourteen months at least 2S such
plants have reverted to private opera
tion-more than twice as many as in an
the years preceding 1903 Put in another
way this means that in 1902 there was
only one admitted failure out OF every
64 attempts at municipal operation, while
to-day the ratio has risen until it is one
out OF every I3.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Coal Mining In Indin

Coal mining has become one OF India's
great industries The output last year
was s,7S4,250 tons, whereas the average
annual production for the decade ended
1885 was only 2.75s640 The coal now be-
ing worked Is near the surface, and with
the cheap labor employed India is able to
deliver its coal at the pits mouth cheaper
than any other country in the world
The average price ton, delivered on
board freight car, was S140 in 1906 and
1907.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Huprrv Wolf Raid. To,yn.

Chafee MOI Dispatch in New York World.
A famished wolf came out of the swamp
near here to-day and ran through the
streets, biting three persons before it was
killed. Allen Stokes, railroad employe.
was so severely bitten on the right leg
that ne Immediately started for ST. Louis
for treatment. fearing hydrophobia. John
Lewis and a negro boy were also bitten.
Citizens pursued the wolf to the swamp
and shot IT,
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
In.uring Girls Against Poverty.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin
The Maiden Insurance Company is a
singular Denmark Institution. 1t IS con-
fined 10 the nobility. and the noblaman as
soon as female child is born TO him en-
rolls her name on the company's books
and pays in certain sum and thereafter
a fixed annual amount TO the treasury.
When the young girl has reached the
age OF twenty-one she Is entitled 20 a
fixed income and 20 an elegant suite OF
apartments, and this income and this res
idence, both almost princely. are hers
until she either m2rries or dies
The society has existed for generations.
Il has always prospered- Thanks 20 il.
pOverty-strickeR old maids are unknown
among the Denmark nobility, but every
maiden lady is rich and happy.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

while the European reed organ operates
with air pressure.
The first electric action organ ever
built was made by a kinsman of TheO-
dore Roosevelt. and himself bearer Of
that name. 1t was the one used at the
Philadelphia Centennial and was later
installed in the Mechanics Building at
Boston. Roosevelt. the organ builder.
was as dominant a figure in the organ
building world in his day as Roosevelt,
the President. is in the political world in
his day. And to the former Roosevelt
many of the most notable strides in the
Improvement of pipe organ construction
are TO be attributed.
Perhaps the organ with the most pa
thetlc fate in the United States was the
one built for the Boston Music Hall.
WalclSer, the great German organ builder.
was commissioned to construct it. He
agreed TO make it the most up-to-date
musical instrument then in existence,
binding himself TO carry out the speci-
fications, and TO add every known inn
provement that might come out while he
was constructing il. When il was COM
pleted. the instrument was revelation
in the wonders OF its tones The London
Exposition wanted il. and later the Crys-
tai Palace Exhibition sought to arrange.
terms TO get il for the season But il
came straight 10 Boston and was installed
and dedicated with an eclat never before
seen at a similar function. For years il
did fine service. and no sweeter music
was TO he heard anywhere than that
which poured forth from its myriad me-
tallc throats. But it lately became old
fashioned. was given away. and at last
accounts was stored in an clubhouse in a
Boston graveyard.
The evolution OF the modern organ has
been a slow one. The Greeks and the
Romans had what is known as water
organs, but the modern instrument owes
its origin. to one Ctessibius. Il barber. of
Alexandria, Egypt. His trade was not so
brisk as to occupy all Of his time. and
he set to work about 200 b. c. TO think
out the details Of what was destined to
be the fOrerunner of the organ. He was
successful, but il was not until $40 years
thereafter that an organ was placed in
a church. That those which Were so
placed were rather clumsy. may be in
ferred from the fact that the one used
In Winchester Cathedral in the tenth
century had twenty-six nairs Of bellows
and it required seventy men to supply
the wind. II took about three pounds OF
pressure 10 move a key IN those DAYS
In the fourteenth century some genius
happened 10 think of a smaller kew TO
be operated by the finger. which would
allow more than the single octave on the
keyboard, and at the same time he de-
vised finger touch. In the times before
That IL was popular to speak of an or
gainst having played with a delicate
fist"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
ALAsKA's GOLD OUTPUT.
Total of s126,OoO, 900 Worth of Pre-
ciOus Metal from There.


eiOus Metal from There.
With the production Of S1S,00O000 Of
gold last year, Alaska brought the total
Of its output Of the precious metal. since
il came under the sway of the United
States, TO a grand total OF s126 100000.
This is a mighty interesting fac- when
IL is taken into account that when the
United States paid Russia S7,200,006 for
the Alaskan Territory there was a ter
rife howl Seward. who had carried on
the. negotiations and effected the deal,
was lampooned all over the land. ana
no hesitation was evidenced n declaring
that he had allowed the diplomats Of
the Car 70 bunka him.
Yet this vast sum is said to be only
a drop or the gold that Alaska holds. It
Is estimated that 100000 will b. taken
out during the coming year, and e-en
this is said TO be much less than viii
be mined yearly when the real work Of
going into the heart Of the country be-
gins.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

Only ten cents week, delivered az
your door-the daily issues Of The Wash.
ington Herald. Phone Main $500.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15


Organ building began early III the
United States. The nrst one was made
by John Clark in 174S. for the Episcopal
Church at Salem. Mass. In 1906, w H.
Goodrich began building organs on
large scale at Boston. Since then the
industry has grown steadily. both in
the manufacture Of pipe organs and reed
organs. There are about $50 pipe organs
now manufactured annually in the United
States. their total value being over s.. .OOO.-
000 There are about 115.000 reed organs
manufactured yearly, and their total
value approximates four and a quarter
million dollars. Boston and Chicago are
the leading organ manufacturing cen
tiers OF the United States. sixty pipe or
gans, with an average value OF more
than 5000 being turned out in a single
year. one of the developments OF re-
cent years is the self-playing organ at
tachment. which is being widely used on
expensive pipe organs. IL is claimed that
there is no effect in hand playing on an
organ that cannot be duplicated by
playing attachment under expert guild
ance. and that orchestral arrangements
too complex for one Organist can be exc
cuted with these attachments. The
American reed organ. with perhaps a
single exception, is a suction instrument,
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

With a thirty-day stay in Magdalena
Bay. the American tars are likely to seek
other means of recreation than the study
Of national policies and mistakes. and
they will have many matters of interest
besides the target practice. the principal
object OF their sOjourn in the great har-
Dor Of Lower California, which could en-
compass those Of New York and san
Francisco, and still have plenty Of deep
anchorage for all the navies of the world.
They found a largely increased popula-
ton al the little village OF Magdalena
Bay on Man O. War Cove This has con-
sisted OF few buildings. storage houses,
and Offices of the Flores-Hale Company,
which owns the concession for all that
part OF the coast and the surrounding ter
ritory.
Merchants and sea traders are fiocking
TO the bay TO make their profit out of the
sailors during their prolonged stay. One
ships company could sit on the roofs Of
the permanent buildings there and Ut
terly hide them from the world.
Recreation must take the form Of sport
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

The recent installation Of a giant pipe
organ in the College Of the City Of New
York is another proof Of American
progress. not only in 'ove Of music. but
In ability 10 eonstru> the instruments
on which the music is rendered. This
organ, one Of the largest in the world,
has 4.ol0 pipes, the longest one being
thirty. vo feet. and the shortest three
quarters Of an inch. When completed the
organ will have a thirty-two foot reed
lombard which viii enable the organist
TO give a Wagner music drama with all
the essential tone colOring. The cost
was S26900
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20
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The Mandan Mercantile Co
lave just received two carloads Of
buggies and farm machinery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McGray
fcame down from Garrison Fri. to
attend the play. They were guests
at the Callahan home over Sunday
Get one of those celebrated
Hoorier drills from the Mandan
Mercantile Co..
Mrs. L. NJ. Wallin wishes to an
nounce to her friends and patrons
that she has rented the old State
Bank building and will have a
complete line of millinery goods
for sale in about two weeks.
The firemen Of Washburn have
had two fire drills this week and it
is now hoped they will not be
called out again for at least a year.
The boys all responded as quickly
to both calls as though they were
an organized company.
The Yeomen lodge will hold a
public meeting Monday, March %,
at $50 p. NJ, in the lodge hall; at
which meeting the Yeomen Ma
tiona] Lecturer will deliver a lee
ture. At the close Of the lecture
lunch will be served. Everything
is free. You are cordially invited
to. bring your friends and neigh
bors.
The play, "A Woman's Honor
given last Friday night by the
Garrison Dramatic Club for the
benefit of their base ball team, was
above the average plays seen in
our hall. Special mention can
scarcely be made Of any one as they
all dds 50 we'll. The entire play
was we'll rendered as we'll as the
specialties, and the people Of Gar
rison have just reason to feel proud
of their dramatic club. The Wash
burn citizens gave them a good
house and we Zee safe in predict
ing that a like house would greet
them should they stage another
play in u town,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20
Dangers Of the Grip.

The greatest danger from la
grippe is of its resulting in pneu.
monia. If reasonable care is used.
however, and Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among the tens of thou
sands who have used this remedy
for la grippe, we have yet to learn
Of a single case having resulted
in pneumonia. For sale at Forbes
Drug Store.