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The Glenwood post., 1909-06-12
GRAND RIVER
on Big RAMPAGE
Death and Destruction Ac-
company Surging Stream
Through Canons
HIGHEST IN 30 YEARS

o {. o Q o o o o o o o o o (.
. Not for thirty years has Grand :.
o river been on such a rampage as {.
o during the past few days. .
o From the little camps along the q.
{. headwa.ers to the Utah lines {.
G. come the reports of death and de {.
&. struction as n result of the surg {.
o ing stream as it rushes through {.
{. The canons to the western ocean. .
o ranches have been torn and crops !.
% destroyed; New Castle people /.
{! were for a time robbed of their {.
{. water supply; railroad and wagon {.
o bridges were threatened by the .
{. volumn of water which was filed {.
{. with logs, trees, and other debris. =
o The eleven foot mark was barely {.
c. reached under the state bridge at .
o this place. {!
90 Q o o o o o o o o {. o {. {.
With man breaking all records for
sped and endurance, is it any wonder
tha. nature as pictured in Grand river
should take notice and strive for a
higher mark as it passes through the
canons on its way from the tops of the
Colorado Rockies to the Gulf of Cali
fornia and on into the western ocean.
For weeks the reports have been
coming from far up Grand river that
the fall of snow was unprecedented AMI
that the ranchers in the lower valleys
must take action to protect their homes
, from the surging stream that was sure
TO come. But no one dreamed that
Grand river would assume such large
proportions and leave its banks and
spread over the grain fields and orch
ards of the lower Grand valley. Old
timers, who have watched the treacher
Gus stream each spring, held the idea
tina. it would not break the record of
some thirty or forty years ago. But
they have been mistaken and the past
few DAYS have seen Grand river reach
higher stage than the oldes.t inhabit-
ant can recall.
Nor has this unprecedented flood been
without its loss of life. \ few days
ago a young man near sulphur Springs
was caught in the whirling stream and
at last accounts his body had not been
recovered. although friends worked for
hours in their efforts to find it.
The story which comes with the tor
rent is one of destruction in lumber
and logging camps and to ranchers who
were preparing to build little homes a
few hundred yards from the shores OF
the stream. At New Castle the water
The Glenwood post., 1909-06-12

Miss Nina Walz who has been Il stu
dent the past year in the State Normal
school returned TO her home in this
city yesterday morning and will spend
the summer vacation here with her
parents.
The Glenwood post., 1909-06-12

Frank, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Brooks of this city, has accepted a
position in the postofiice as night clerk.
1t is the intention of Postmaster Thor
son to have man in the Office both
day and night.
The Glenwood post., 1909-06-12

The pastor of the Presbyterian
Church will preach Sunday morning at
II O'Clock on "Religion and the Flu
ture''. and in the evening at o o'clock
on THE BackbIter.' The evening ser
mon will refer to some local conditions.
Everybody invited.
The Glenwood post., 1909-06-12

Manager Patterson of the Colorado
Springs Zoo ball team was accompan-
led by his wife to this city Thursday
night. Other ladies in the crowd from
the Springs are Mrs. Geo. Patterson
and Mrs. John Shields.
The Glenwood post., 1909-06-12

Continued on page 81
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-23

taking Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and / am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
200, Willimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, ir-
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia f. Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure you?
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-23
AMUSE MENTS
THE GRAND TONIGHT.

Without a doubt the pretuest child
picture ever made by the Pathe COM
pany Will be shown at the Grand to-
u snt entitled "The Happiest Day Of
her Life is a very beautiful story.
Heating Powder" is an anusiue
picture ct this new discovery.
The IiaJ Of Fortune" is clever
ILLUSION.
IonisAts program is well selected
and ought 10 draw the usual large
audience to the Grand. which is tie
place TO spend these summer even
lnss, There is always something to
please ALL
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-23

walk ups tairs
without stopping
on the way. l
tried three differ
ent doctors and
each told me some
thing different. 1
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
nv health I haUap
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-23
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic. CONN., For five years
| suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing baekache, irregulari-
ties, dizziness and nervous prOstra-
lOn. 1t WAS imnnSSihle for me to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01
New EnaIand,s Libraries

According to the statistics of the
national bureau of education, New
England is conspicuous in the. number
of libraries. Her states lead the rest
of the country, except that California
is ahead of Rhode Island. The for.
mer state has one library for every
6,102 persons, while in Rhode Island
there is one for every 6,387. In the
number OF volumes per capita. how
ever, the little state is ahead, having
zoo volumes for each citizen. New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Con-
necticut are ahead of her in the order
named, and Maine and Vermont fol.
low.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01
Vain Sacrifice

Apropos of examinations and their terrors
A. E. Palmer, secretary of the department of
education of New York, told at a recent din
ner an odd story Of young African prince.
This prince" said Mr.. Palmer, entered
Yale or Harvard forget which-and amused
himself with motor cars and bulldogs till ex-
animation time drew near
Examination time frightened the young
prince horribly. He began to study and he
cabled home to the king, his father:
Examinations next week. Most difficult
Implore aid of gods in my behalf
"A few days later this reply came >ack
from the barbarous west coast monarch:
Rites performed. Fourteen picked youths.
all sons of mobiles. have been sacrificed. Omens
propitious
yet. would You believe it?" Mr. Palmer
concluded. THE young prince dunked."
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Criticism Repaid Author.

Bjornsen. the great Norwegian
writer, who is reported to be serious
ly Ill, once told an interviewer that
when his first book was published not
one of his friends could be prevailed
upon to read it. At length a fellow
student, whose opinion the young au-
thor valued highly, was persuaded to
attack the book on being promised
bottle, of punch. In fulfillment of this
promise, he climbed one afternoon up
to Bjornsen's attic, filed a long pine.
undressed to his singlet, for it was
very hot, flung himself on the bed.
and began to read, with the punch by
his side. Bjornsen sat on the sole.
hungry for praise, but not a word
dropped from his friends lips until
the pipe, the bottle, and the book
were finished, when he arose, dressed.
and took his departure. remarking as
he went. THAT is the best book I
ever read in my life" Then Born
sen felt that his punch had not been
wasted.
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ZWHAT EARTHQUAKE MEANS)

fers to call them, earth pulsations. Ihelr
cause is obscure and earthquake specialists
are divided as to whether they owe their or
1gin to a fitting up and down of the strata OF
the earth's crust or whether they are due TO
a cause different from fitting and as yet IN
known. These surface waves are quite oil
ferent from the other waves that have been
described in several respects. First they are
OF extremely long periods sometimes exceed
ing two minutes in length, while an ordinary
wave is very much shorter. Second they are
long distance waves and are not the results
OF earthquakes three or four thousand miles
away. as earthquakes violent enough to pro-
duce these effects at that distance must be, as
Major Dutton points out, necessarily Of great
power and could not escape notice and world
wide celebrity unless occurring in localities
very far from human observation. or perhaps
In the depths of mid-ocean."
In regard to earthquakes occurring under
the sea little is known, especially as to the
recoru of changes made in the topography of
the sea bottom. In some cases. however. in
formation has been obtained particularly with
reference to some of the earthquakes OF the
coast of Greece. A number of cables had
been broken in that vicinity and soundings
taken when they were mended revealed some
startling facts. In one case, according to Sails
bury. where soHndings were taken from the
bow and stern of the ship which repaired the
cable. there was difference OF more than
1.5O0 feet In the depth of water at the two
ends of the ship. When the cable was laid
few years before the bottom was practically
level.
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,RIHQUAkES sszzza
ROCK THEW0RID

Now what has all this to do with earth
quake waves? Very much The same kind of
waves as have been described as ripping the
surface OF pond or scurrying across field
OF grain are the waves that move through the
earth when shock, whatever be its origin,
calls them into being
Suppose we imagine a heavy charge of
dynamite exploded somewhere down in the
earth. The earth in the immediate neishbor-
hood OF the explosion will first be compressed
even as the water particles next to the stone
thrown into the pool were pushed nearer to-
gether. Then the elasticity of the earth ex-
erts itself and it Immediately rebounds Just
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01
THE OLD VIOLIN

Money talks just as loudly in the
realm of music as anywhere else.
The despised violin which merely Is
an incumbrance when it is thought
to be worth not more than $40 be-
comes the chief ornament Of the
household when an. expert says it Is
worth not less than $1,000. In Chi
cage there is business man who
owns violin. He inherited it from
his father. who was a musician. The
business man does not. play. One
OF his friends is a lover of violin mu-
sic. That friend often had told the
business man the violin was a good
one and that he ought to treasure it.
The business man regarded the ad-
vice as that of an enthusiast. One
day the argument became so warm
the friend insisted that the question
be settled at once by carrying the
instrument to a professor of music
who is admittedly an authority on
violins.
"Why. I wouldn't carry that violin
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The speed of transmission varies from zoo
or 500 feet per second in loose. soft earth to
more than 10 times that velocity in solid rock.
The crust of the earth varies much in differ
ent places as to the character of the strata.
AS the waves approach the surface they en-
counter areas of solid, highly elastic rock;
then possibly they pass into regions of soft.
incoherent sand and clay and weathered
shales. The vibrations are consequently much
changed as to their character and new set
of motions set up, differing considerably from
the original waves
A third class Of waves differing in nature
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01

L ne form OF wave observed in such field
has been described is known as a longitudinal
or normal wave and is the kind of wave in
which sound travels.
In both kinds of waves transverse and
longitudinal, we observe that the motion of
the PARTICLES is pendulum-like in its charac-
ter Let us consider what we may learn from
the observation of ordinary pendulum in
vibration Suppose we suspend a weight by
means of string and start it to swaying to
and fro. The distance covered in a complete
swing Is termed. as given above. the ampl-
tude OF vibration; the time required for
complete swing back and forth is called the
wave period If We cause the pendulum to
swing to and fro through a greater arc we
observe that the time or period is just the
same as before; in other words, the amplitude
or width of swing may be increased or de-
creased. but the time period required for
each vibration is always the same for any
given length. If we shorten the pendulum
we find 1t will vibrate much faster. If we
lengthen it 1t will vibrate much slower. Pen
dulums of different lengths then. have differ
ent times of vibration.
Now suppose we combine two pendulums
of different lengths into one. Each of the
component pendulums will strive to do Just
what it was doing before and the resulting
motion. as shown in figure l, which represents
a double pendulum. will be quite curious In
stead of swaying soberly back and forth as
every well-regulated pendulum is supposed to
do, II takes on a curious, Keeling motion Ii
we fill the funnel shown in the illustration
with fine sand the sand will be deposited in
a beautiful curve not unlike the figure in
general appearance. although the form of the
curve depends upon the ratios existing be-
tween the lengths Of the component pendu-
lums A. similar effect is produced when two
tuning forks of different rates of vibration
are caused to reflect their wave forms by
little mirrors attached to the ends of the forks
Lnto one image on a screen.
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From the he drew the bow and ran the
hair several times across the cake of rosin.
Then, striking a nearby piano. he pro-
ceeded to tune the instrument which for so
many years had been held in such light es-
TEEN by its owner.
1T is a genuine old Italian instrument, and
I'll give you $1,000 for it," the professor said
The business man gasped
I'll tell you frankly it is worth more than
that but that is all can afford to pay" the
professor continued
Il can't think of selling it," the business
man replied, with halt in his speech. "You
see it came to me from my father 1t is an
heirloom. thank you. however. for the test
you have made and the good opinion you have
expressed"
The two started away from the home
of the professor, the business man carrying
the violin
Let me take it." his musical friend said.
"You may meet some you know"
"I'll carry it, the business man retorted
81 don't care how many friends meet. And,
besides, you might drop it,
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~ tue waves that pass over the fell of
-: anu are longitudinal or normal waves
IT,, backward and forward in the drec.
80 u me wave notion even as the smokes
d wneel radiate from the hub and the radii
circle originate at the center
But this explosion of dynamite would not
ony set these normal waves in motion. hut
ouiu give rise to another set known as trans
s waves, corresponding to the motion
sno"n 10 exist in water waves 1t is yerv easv
- see now the normal waves originate but 1t
.equlres some little effort to understand how
'ne other kind is started When the dvna.
mite explodes it imparts a peculiar, twisting
inoIon TO the entire rock face of the cavern
IN winch the dynamite was exploded. This
'"isung motion is the parent of the trans
verse waves and they start on their way to-
setner with the normal waves
The two kinds of waves. normal and trans
verse, start out on their errands of destruc
uon together and are generally present in
earthquakes. Sometimes however thew soma
rate and travel in different directions. or one
OF them loses its energy through some yaria
uon IN the nature of the strata. or from
some unknown cause When thew travel to
gether these waves correspond in their effect
10 That shown when two pendulums are acting
as one. as In the sand pendulum referred to
before This explains the fact that USUALLY
tnere Is verdcose or twisting motion present
IN most earthquakes; but sometimes. as when
the waves separate. only an up-and-down mo-
uon. or twisting motion alone. Normal
waves travel faster than the transverse
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01
EZRA, THE DREAMER
so CHARACTERIZED BY HIS WIFE
AND He ADMITS 1T.
But He Will Vet Get Her the Many
Fine Things He Had Promised,
and the New Hat Right
Axasav

Ezra" said Mrs. Billtops, when
can I have the money for a new
aat?"
We'll, Elizabeth Mrs. Billtops re-
piled. cheerfully. Il couldn't give it to
you just now, but / can let you have
t next week."
Next week." said Mrs. Billtops,
schoing the words but giving them
somewhat different twist, saying them
lot bitterly not sarcastically, but in
sort of signing, weary tone. She
continued:
Ezra, do you know that you have
been saying next week to me ever
since we were married. so-and-so many
years ago?"-Mrs. Billtops mentioned
the number, but it isn't necessary to
go into all these minor details here
land that next week has never come?
You were going to get me horses and
carriage; yes, sir. was going to
aave carriage, sure, and fine house
and beautiful clothes. You were go
ing to make me happy, you said. and
give me everything that heart could
wish.
Where. Ezra" Mrs. Billtops went
On, smiling herself now as she re,
called the catalogue of luxuries which
when they were married brave Ezra
was going to give her, but which he
had never given, where are those
things that 1 was so surely going to
have? Have l horses and carriage?
A fine house? Beautiful clothes?
Have I any of the splendid things you
promised me, that you were going
to give me?
HAS it not always been next week,
next week, that these things were go
ing to come, but have they ever
Gomez" And again Mrs. Billtops smiled
down upon him as she thought to her
self: Horses? Carriages? A fine
house? Beautiful clothes? Why, I'm
having hard time getting money
enough to buy new hail"
Well, Elizabeth" said Mr. Billtops,
and he was smiling, too. Il haven't
given you all those things that 1 was
going to give you, that / wanted to
give you, and that 1 surely expected
[ would be able to give you, that is
true; but you see things didn't turn
out exactly as l expected they would.
Il didn't earn as much as expect
ed to, for one thing; and then, with all
your economy, my dear, it always cost
US more to live than we had expected;
and then the children came: and so
all the time it cost us more; and per-
haps l didn't save as l should have
done, and so l couldn't give you so
many things that l would have liked
to give.
L have not put off getting these
things because 1 wanted to, but be-
cause 1 had to. You know l would
have given you everything l promised
you if l could, don't you? And we
have been very happy, haven't we?
And l am going to get you all those
things yeti"
Ezra, you're a dreamer!" said Mrs.
Billtops, smiling still, and looking
down upon him kindly, as a matter of
fact, very kindly, lust dreamer"
Then Mr.. Billtops got up and
started for the Office, thinking to him.
self that perhaps he was a dreamer.
perhaps he had been too much of a
dreamer; but he had had few night
mares in life, his had been mostly
pleasant dreams; and then he reflected
seriously that he certainly must find
the money for Mrs. Billtop's new hat
next week.
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back again until the whole surface
OF the pool Is shivering with a dell
cate, tremulous motion, very complex
In its character. In a water wave the
particle OF water moves up and down
ut right angles to the general dlrec-
ton in which the wave is moving.
piece Of wood floating on the pond
Will be raised and lowered, but not
moved to any extent from its posi-
ton relative to the sides OF the pono.
in other words, there is no actual
transfer or movement of any particle
OF water from where the stone dis
turbed the surface of the pool to the
shore, although it looks that way to
the ordinary observer, so deceptive
Is the motion. This kind of a wave,
at right angles to the line Of direction
in which the wave is moving, Is
known as a transverse wave and Is
the kind of wave in which light trav-
els from the sun to the earth.
Another kind of wave may be OBJ
served when a gentle wind passes
over field of grain in fruit. AS the
breeze progresses the heads of grain
gracefully nod and sway, first in the
direction in which the wind is NOV
ing and then in the opposite direc-
ton. This is done SO regularly and
lharmonically that the disturbance
may readily be seen travelling rhyth-
mically across the field. 1t is very
evident, even to the most careless
observer, that no head of grain trav-
els more than few inches back and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01
Pretending.

See the boys"
Pretending to be soldiers. eb2.s
Yes. kids get lots of fun preten.,.
ing
And grown-ups, too. 1 put In nv
vacation pretending was rich.n--
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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SAnD, HfNDULUL NOTE TIE 8-SHAPfD
ACTION OF DOUBLE PENDULUk1

forward but that the impulse travels successfully
from head to head This is an excellent illustra-
ton of how a wave progresses. The itself is
immateral. pulsation although it travels by
means OF material substances. The amplitude, as
1t Is termed of is the width of the swing
OF the swaying heads of grain forward backward
or the vertical distance from the highest part of
the water wave to the lowest depth of the trough
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D UNDERSTAND how an earth
quake sends its Quiverings and
pulsations through the earth it
will be helpful to review in a
simple way our knowledge OF
waves and wave motion. All writ
ers on earthquakes, both ancient
and modern, beginning with Tha-
les and ending with Milne, agree
that there are waves of long peri
DDS and waves Of short periods.
q narind hainp the time renuired
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are responsible for the mischief in
tne great shocks. They tilt build.
lngs' overthrow walls, upset Chin
neys, twist car tracks, swing and
snap on Immense trees and telegraph
poles. make great cracks in the
! ground and are the prolific cause of
! reat landslips where the conditions
Ire favorable. -
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There is still fourth class of waves. much
more terrifying and spectacular In their eff
fects. These waves seem to have no relation
to the elasticity Of the rocks and occur d.
rectly above the earthquake centrum, or cpl
focal district. Their lengths are small: they
have very large amplitude of vibration and
are TOO slow to be due to elasticity In length
tney vary from 80 to 100 feet and in height
run Two incnes to one foot. These waves
are probably due to reflection or refraction
from the deeper transverse waves when these
ia.tel waves pass from a highly elastic to a
sneney elastic medium, and are the most de-
strucrlve known These orc tho ,vavos rvh;ch
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from both the
normal a n d
t r a n 8 v erSe
w a v e s has
been observed.
T h e y a r 9
known as sur
face waves, or,
as Milne pre-
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| ]
i'm |sEl

Tor each complete vibration.
Everybody is familiar with what happens
when stone is dropped into quiet pool OF
water. From the center of disturbance there
Eadiates in every direction little crests and
troughs in overwhelming circles. These circles
gradually diminish in height as their distance
from the center increases and finally die away.
II they meet a rejecting surface they are sent